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passing through it took on the colors
Of the rainbow. The beautIfui
youth, who continued to lead Colette
by the hand, walked with her
through paths bordered with .layr'
ties. She wore robe of etamlne,
which seemed made of the tissue OF
flowers. He was clothed in raimens
Of gold. 1t was the first time she
had seen him. Nevertheless she rec
ognized him. He came to her from
the depths of the ages and ne was
pensive and free of soul, like Love
He must have been about fifteen
also, but undoubtedly he possessed
the secret of eternal felicity.
Il am thirsty" she said. "on'
how thirsty / ami"
She bent down to drink the iimplo
water which flowed from the fouh-
tain. She felt the waters freshness
pass into her burning throat 70
looked at her with smile. waiting
for her to finish. Then he took nef
by the shoulders and pressed nel
gently against his heart. He sssa :
her:
II am thirsty, too"
And without her trying to enecA
him, he drank the waters freshness
from her lips.
When Colette awakened neM
morning she ran to the window. y
was raining. The roses wore drip
ping wet and the birds were mute.
But all the JOY Of Nature had taken
refuge within her and she was sufs
now that her wish woEld b fnle &
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of gold. There were so many that
they mounted one above another and
seemed to cover the earth with a Sec
ond canopy Of azufe, as brilliantly
studded as the first Now and then
light spark, like fiery insect, de-
tached itself and fled into the depths
of the night. Colette, all in trem-
bic, hadn't time to utter her wish.
Nevertheless, it was on her lips. She
had no hesitation as to the happi-
ness she would choose. She knew
what she was going to ask of Fate.
She watched for the miraculous
messenger. She cast anxious looks
to the part Of the heavens where the
consultations clustered thickest.
Finally, when she was about to give
UP hope, she saw the trail of wan
dering meteor flashing across the
Milky Way. She had time to say
thrice the words which were on her
lips: "To love, to love, to love"
She fell asleep content. The mys-
terious spirits of the Land Of
Dreams swarmed about. her. A blond
angel, with youthful face, took her
by the hand to lead her into an en-
chanted garden.
This garden was vaster, more
beautiful and more sheltered than
any other she had ever been in. 1t
was an earthly paradise, where un-
named flowers grew and fruits
whose SAVIOR reached the tongue,
even though one didn't pluck them.
In the middle was fountain whence
flowed water so pure that the light
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when she is ready to alight. On the
other hand, young women who own
expensive cars just as often demon
strate Immediately that they can
drive Ford and keep it in good con-
dition as well.
An examining board of American
Committee women who have driven
trucks overseas in war and peace try
out every applicant. This board con-
sists of Miss Muriel P. Blagden,
Miss Katharine Van Rensselaer, and
Mrs. Richard Hevenor. One Of the
examiners takes group Of volun-
teers to the estate near Pelham
which is the proving ground. There
each applicant is compelled to
demonstrate her knowledge Of igni-
ton, transmission, steering gear,
changing, patching and ir9ating
tires, locating and re ing trouble
and driving.
In anticipation of driving over the
war-rutted highways of the devastat-
ed part of France the girl chauf-
feurs must know all about adjusting
spark plugs, cleaning the commuta-
tor, draining the carburetor or oil
ing the steering gear They must
master the trick of cranking and
know the UNDERWOOD section of their
trucks. And most of the candidates
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7's0o Stories of Hog Spring Comes
TOMORROW is the first day
of spring. Whatever the


of spring. Whatever the
weather, rain or shine, snow
or sun, wind or calm, spring comes
on the 21st of March. That date
is set by what is known as the vernal
equinox, when the sun crosses the
equator from the south to the north.
In every country and in all ages
people have told stories explaining
spring. The change from cold to
warm weather, the awakening of
the flowers and the other signs of
new life out of doors make every
one happier. Then we all imagine
wonderful stories of why these
changes are taking place. Spring
stories of all countries are beautiful.
The Greeks explained spring by
the story of Demeter and Perseph-
one. Deneter was the goddess who
made the plants and the crops to
grow. Persephone was Demeter's
daughter, gay as the spring winds
end beautiful as the flowers.
One day Persephone was playing
with group of other girls in the
sunshine. They danced and sang
and were merry as could be. Far
out on the meadow Persephone saw
some flowers which she wanted to
gather. She picked spray of them !;
they were narcissi, which, as you
know, have pleasing though heavy
scent. The smell of the flowers put
Persephone to sleep, and when she
awakened she found herself in the
arms Of strong, dark-faced god,
who was carrying her away in his
car drawn by black horses.
She cried for help, but no one saw
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Colette's Wish-By Jean Bertherov

But the long golden streak never
showed itself in the sky. Then
Colette grew angry. She accused
the nurse of deceiving her. She
didn't like people to tell her stories
the conclusion of which was DELAYED.
leaving her imagination unsatisfied
II want the STAR she repeated,
II want the star which runs through
the sky"
And for the first time an unful-
filled desire brought tears to her
eyes.
*
Colette had grown. She was now
fifteen years old. She was a wise
little girl, already informed about
realities formerly encrusted with
the powder of dreams. She knew
that II there were shooting stars
they were not charged with carving
10 the mouse OF the F'ates the wishes,
generally frivolous and unreason-
able, OF the people who lived on the
earth She no longer believed in
angels-at least in that physical and
positive sense which, when she was
younger, brought her into contact
with them.
One spring morning she awoke
with feeling of languor. Her win
dow opened on the garden. She
went to it and heard the birds sing
ing outside. She saw the first roses
opening on the bushes. A sweet, in
finitely subtle cdor came up to her.
A great thirst, thirst which she
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TIME young woman who wanted
to drive car in France dur
ing the war but who was
barred because she had husband
or brother in the service, may come
into her own now. Up on the West
chester shore of the Sound, on a
broad estate in. Pelham, a battered
but serviceable f. o. b. Detroit can
be seen darting along the highways
almost any day, driven by capable
girls in grease-streaked smocks or
leather coats. 1t is UNUSUAL when
the drive is not interrupted by
some trouble" for this is a
trained car, schoo!ed to balk at some
uninviting spot on the road where
the woman chauffeur can demon
strate her ability to start the car
going again.
Repairs on the road and driving
are only parts of the examination
given here to all candidates to be-
come chauffeurs of the American
Committee for Devastated France,
which organization finds its motor
transport division most necessary in
carrying ON its varied service for
the people in four cantons where
the roads and fields remain she'll
furrowed and the Inhabitants live
in caves, dug-outs and cellars. There
are no garages or repair shops
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Translated by William L. Mcpherson
(Copyrig''t, 1921, NeaO York Tribune .1nc)

had never known before, possessed
her and gave her desire to drink
from some limpid, inexhaustible
spring where she could refresh her
soul to its depths.
She dressed and went down into
the garden. She had a favorite cor
ner there. When she was little she
used to hide in it with her dolls and
picture books to escape the prying
eyes of the servants. To-day she
went there without any reason,
weighted down by this strange SEN
sation, this sudden inquietude. She
would have liked to pluck all the
roses and press them against her
warm lips. The song of the birds
suggested to her a desire for music
lisped to her alone, in some mysteri-
Gus dell. She was fifteen and it had
just come to her that she was her
self the springtime of the world.
She suffered from not being able
to confide in any one. She. had no
brother or sister or any friend inti-
mate enough to talk to about the
strangeness of her feelings. For
that matter, what words could she
have found with which to express
herself9 Nothing had happened in
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NHEY told Colette; "When you
see a star shooting through
the skv Won must mako q

NHE told Colette; when you
see star shooting through
a the sky you must make a
wish. The star will carry it
to the house of the Fates and your
wish will be fulfilled"
But, in truth. Colette didn't wish
for anything. Since she had come
into the world she had been over
INDUCED by happy parents, who an
ticipated her smallest caprices.
What could she ask of the star if
she happened to see it rushing
across the deep blue of the frma-
nent, with long sparkling train
behind it, as if it were on voyage
to the land of the fairies? Her little
bed, beside window whose shades
We're never drawn, was an observa-
tory from which she used to con-
verse with the angels whenever she
was slow in going to sleep. For she
knew that the most beautiful and
radiant of the living beings with
which she felt far-off relationship
didn't live on earth, but in the free
spaces, where she would have loved
to rejoin them. Yet how could she
reach them? Her greatest wish, she
now realized-her sole wish, even
would be to travel herself up there
among the stars, on that beautiful
pathway Illuminated with points of
gold, which seemed to be making
signs to her. She would have liked
to soar, and keep on soaring, driven
by swift, strong wings, sprouting
frssn her shoulders.
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and became SO uncomfortable that
she looked out Of the nest.

she looked out Of the nest.
Down in the valley below she saw
smoke coming out of chimney
Leaving the nest, she went to the
valley and at cottage she asked
the woman within to give her some
of the fire. The woman, who was
really the mother of an evil demon
named Rakshas, refused to give the
girl any fire, but tried to lure her
into the house SO that she could
give herr to the demon to eat. But
Surya Bal would not enter the cot
tage and went back to the nest.
When the demon Rakshas returned
his mother told him of the feast he
had missed. He was angry and went
out to try to steal Surya Bal. He
found the nest, but could not force
open any of the doors. But in prying
at them he tore off one of his claws.
Surya Bal pricked herself on this
claw and Immediately fell into a
sound sleep-a sleep like that Of the
Sleeping Beauty.
For some reason the eagles never
returned to the nest. And Surya Bal
slept on and on for long time.
Then one day rajah who was out
hunting found her. He saw that
she was very beautiful, and as he
gazed at her it seemed to him that
there was something queer about
her sleep. Seeing the claw sticking
into her hand he pulled it out. Surya
Bal awoke at once.
1t was the Hindu custom for a
man to have several wives if he
wanted them and could afford them.
The rajah married Surya Bal, but
they were not to have much happi-
ness, because he had an older wife,
who was jealous of the girls beauty.
This jealous wife planned to do away
with Surya Bal by having her taken
to the edge of tank and thrown in
when the rajah would not know it.
Although the raiah could not
understand what had happened to
the beautiful girl, he suspected, be-
cause every time he went to the
edge of the tank little sunf1ower
which had sprung up in the place
where Surya Bal last stood nodded
and waved toward him in such a
friendly manner.
The jealous wife noticed this sun
flower and had it taken into the
woods and burned. From the ashes
a mango tree grew.
At the top of the tree a gorgeous
flower bloomed, which developed into
luscious fruit in due season. One
day when the poor milk woman was
going through the forest this mango
FELL into her milk can. At home
she took out the mango and it
turned into a tiny woman, who grew
and grew within the hour until she
Rad reached her natural size Then
the milk woman recognized her
daughter.
The rajah found her at her moth
er's home and claimed her. Her re-
turn to her husband and her mother
was the return of sn,,inu
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Auction Bridge
By R. F. Foster
Author of Foster Auction, Auction Made Easy
Fosters Complete Hoyle, etc.

MERE are one or two interest
ing situations in connection
with the use of the conven-
tional double that sometimes lead to
astonishing developments. One
must never forget that the double is
not a command; although many per-
Sons would like to regard it as such.
The partner is always at liberty to
use his Judgment as to the better
course to pursue: to let the double
stand or to take it out.
Undoubtedly the most difficult
situation is when a suit is doubled,
and that suit happens to be the best
thing the partner holds. The rule is
that he should have the suit stopped
twice to go no-trumps, assuming that
it will be led up to him. But good
players do not lead suits right up to
an adversary who says he has it
stopped twice, and four to the ace
jack has often been led through and
only one trick made in the suit.
When the suit is simply long, such
as five to the ten, to go no-trumps
seems ridiculous, as the hand can
never get into the lead to give the
doubler any illnesses or plays over
the hand he has doubled. The safest
course then seems to be to leave the
double in, if there is no other suit Of
more than three cards, and all rags
There are two situations that need
special attention. One is when the
double is made second hand; the
other when it is made fourth hand
The difference is this: A double by
the second hand shows that he is
willing to support any four-card suit
Tor the trump, or to play for penal
ties if the fourth hand happens to
have the remainder of the high
cards, the third hand having nothing
at all. Penalties are then sometimes
better worth playing for than few
points that cannot quite reach game.
Against these modern light-no- trump
callers the opportunity to pass a
double is not at all rare.
But when it is the fourth hand
that doubles it must not be forgot
ten that although the second hand
has passed he may have one pretty
strong suit, but with the lead
against the no-trumper he did not
fcall It, hoping to save game by sit
g ting tight and leading it.
Just because the fourth hand dou-
bles is no reason why this suit
should be shown. If it had chance
to make tricks enough to save the
game against no-trumper, why is
It not probably good enough to set
the contract if the partner has a
doubling hand?
Here is good illustration of the
ssituation. At five or six tables in a
duplicate game the no-trumper was
doubled by the fourth hand, but at
only one was the double left in:
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table but one, A seemed glad to jump
at the chance to show such fine
spade suit as an answer to the dou-
BILE, and his dummy certainly had
assistance enough; but even with
nine trumps between them A could
not win the game in spades.
His partner having bid no-trump,
did his best to turn the play into
no-trumper by leading a spade,
which dummy won with the ten,
leading ace and small in diamonds.
z won the second round with the ace
and led another trump, which A
won, making his queen of diamonds
and giving dummy heart discard.
Then A led heart, and z let the
queen hold. This LED A to put him
self in again with trump so as to
lead another heart, which Y covered,
forcing the king, which z killed.
The immediate return of the small
heart by z, who had discarded a
club on the last trump lead, forced
A to lead the clubs, losing two tricks
in the suit and stopping at three by
cards.
At the one table at which A let the
double stand they set the no-trumper
for 300, with aces easy, instead of
scoring only II points in spades. A
started with the spade king and ran
down his five spade tricks at once,
B discarding the eight of hearts on
the last round. A led the heart nine,
dummy covered with the ten, and z
let the queen hold, he having dis
carded one of each suit on the
spades. If z wins the first heart,
the suit is set. B returned the small
heart, knowing z had the power to
kill his king if he held both ace and
nine.
z had to lead diamond, which A
passed Up, the ace winning. Now 3
makes EIs top heart and returns the
diamond. z put on the king and led
the jack, making his two clubs at the
end.
Here is the solution to. Problem
No. as, given last week, in which
hearts were trumps, z to lead, and
w to win six tricks.
Z starts with the ace of clubs, Y
discarding the queen of diamonds.
q eaen leads the spade seven, put
ting A in the lead. Whichever red
suit A leads next, Y wins and leads
the winning card in the other red
suit. This gives 2 two discards,
which are the ace and king of spades,
giving Y clear path to make all the
rest of the tricks with his small
spades.
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to go to three spades, and if he did
so he would have released the diamond
bidder and his partner from eny pen
atty.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-20
POKER

POKER
Question-We are playing with the
stripped pack, the lowest card being
five. A bets the ace ranks below the
five to make a straight, such as A 5 6 Z
8, just as it would rank below the
deuce when playing with the full pack
G. T. L.
Answcr-The ace ranks below the
deuce in the full pack, because it is
III sequence with that card; but with
the stripped pack the ace ranks always
above the king, and there only.
PINOCHLE
uestion-Playing wo-hand, A wins
trick and melds 80 queens, which puts
him out. B bets he must win another
trick to make the meld good. Why is
he not out if he is over 1000? C. B.
Answer-The trick that is won be-
fore the meld entities the winner of
that trick to score any meld he has
in hand, before he draws from the
stock. If this meld puts him 1000 or
over, he must call out, and if his count
is found to be correct, he wins the
game.
ouestion-Playing auction, four
hand, with widow, A bets that the
highest bidder must not only show
what he got in the widow but what
he lays out in it's place. The bidder
disputes this. M. ].
Answer-The widow must be shown,
but not the discard.
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this thirst, this great thirst, which
tormented her.

this thirst, this great thirst, which
tormented her.
Before the gate which led to the
Avenue Hermance, the gardeners
daughter, was talking to a passer-
by. They laughed and must have ex-
changed those commonplace phrases
to which only the pleasure of the
meeting gives an interest. Colette
could see the narrow face of the
gardeners daughter and the round
face Of the boy opposite her. Both
seemed enveloped with the same ray
OF light and drawn together by the
same invisible force. Then she
ceased to look at them. She looked
down, instead, at her own heart and
was affrighted at the emptiness
there-an emptiness like that of a
we'll without bottom.
That night was rarely beautiful
luminous and pure. 1t was a night
out of antiquity, like those which
used to rule in the happier days of
the world. At least, Colette thought
SO. Looking at the stars, she remem-
bered the wish she would have made
years ago but never had happened
to put in words.
| The sky was inlaid with patines
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FAR out ON the meadow
Persephone saW some
foacers. She picked a spray,
md their odor put her to
sleep
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q dealt and bid no-trunlp. A ano
X passsssssss p doubling. At every
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There are no trumps and z leads.
Y and q want seven tricks. How do
they get them? Solution next week.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-10
UNCLE SAM ASKED
TO CUT RENT RATE

QUINCY, Mass. March Sin a
formal complaint today tenants who
occupy houses owned by the United
States government at Quincy asked
Uncle Sam to lead the way in low
ering rents. The complaints were
directed to James J. Davis. Secre-
tary of Labor.
In the petition attention is called
TO the opportunity offered the pri-
vate landlords, who have immedi-
ately raised their rents to a price
commensurate with the high room
rates instituted by the government,
and in asking that action be taken
the Quincy citizens characterize the
continued refusal of the govern
ment to accept tenants for the liz
homes at Quincy Point, which have
not found buyers. despite an in
tensive selling campaign, as moth
ing short OF criminal"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-10
A Good Start.

PRESIDENT Harding's administration starts mot
with rush. but with that rapidity and sureness
~h'en belongs with business ability and executive
experience 1t did not take his Cabinet twenty.four
ouS 70 settie 10 their tasks and start work It is
working Cabinet.
President Harding did not 90 before the s.nat.
present his Cabinet nominees for confirmation and
then stop. He. too settled at once to the routine
al ms desk On the third day of individual con-
situations with his official family he had the lead
ers OF the party in Congress dinner that he and
they might begin understanding for a mutually
satisfactory program.
That was Monday. Tuesday came formal
Caoinet meeting, real getting together of a work
ing organization with Vice President Coolidge pres
ent This is pulling together. This is prepared
ness, II is unity OF effort with no part working in
the dark, pulling against or simply marking time
After the dinner with its subsequent discus
sions, Mr. Harding met the newspaper men. He
was frank as well as cordial Through them the
pubic was taken into the circle of delibe eratons
these reporters are not the Fifth wheel of the
wagon they are rather the traces through which the
motive power IS translated and made effective in
pulling the load
These few days set the background for the
hrst scene of the first act of this administration.
winch VIII make the general public explode a great
sign OF reiief 1t is exactly what they wanted 1t
iuinhS 'ha' laitn IN things unseen which evil
denced on November 2. 1t is demonstration of
that confidence which breeds confidence, of that
sureness which warrants others to 60 ahead if not
in high" at least in second"
1t shows that the President is directing force
IN an organization whose ability will have free
dom OF action which will admit of developing full
individual values. There is promise pf working,
well eo-ordinated program in which Sash member
of the Cabinet will have his part with only results
his measure
The Executive, also, will work with Congress,
not dominate it, 1t will be team play, not mastery
The past is past The outlook is not that way. but
to the future. No is to look mournfully into
the past, for it is not to again. but all the ele
ments which combine to make up this adminstra-
ton are directed to wisely improve the present and
go forward to meet the future without fear and
with manly hearts"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-10
Economic, Not Political, Project.

Mr.. Tumulty made a quick side-step and fol-
bowed it with clever counter, when he removed
himself from the International Boundary Com
nissionership situation and substituted former Sec
retary of Labor Wilson. The objections personal
10 himself do not lie against Mr.. Wilson.
= Mr. Wilson, also, has excellent official rec
ord He organized and developed the Department
of Labor. He held admirable balance between.
The effective and the radical He got results with
out bitterness and without creating antagonisms
His was most difficult position admirably filled
8 But there are two facts which will operate
against his holding place at this time on this
mission. from which President Wilson summariy
removed former Senator Obadiah Gardner with
out cause and without resignation.
The least of these is that he is a.Democrat as
also is Mr. Marcus A. Smith, of Arizona, who steps
rom the Senate into the new berth on this COM
mission He, too. was an eeventh-hour appoint
ment. These two would make two of the three
commissioners of the now defunct party. By the
hw of political economics one of these places
Shor'd fail to Republican.
Buk the thing that viii, If given its right i'm
psrtznea leave Mr.. Gardner on the commission,
v put HIN bacl54s that its chairman he is now