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willing and more worthy; schem.
Ing with the chums who work this
dishonesty with you, to wrong
some other or class whom you
grossly misjudge; missing by this
sighting. cheating, unsympathetic
method the entire Significance Of
education which is gradual self.
mastery through honest trial and
correction"
Is your boy in the grip of the
false and fraudulent sentiment ex-
pressed above? Then, the case
calls for quick and COURAGEOUS
treatment. Very probably you will
find. on inquiry, that this perver-
sive ideal is dominating the pupils
Of his entire class or school. II
so, II will be far more difficult to
handle the matter constructiyely
than II It were an instance of two
or three chums scheming against
the better policy Of the school.
Reports coming Informally from
hundreds Of parents whose ado.
lescent boys have adopted the
"getting-by" policy for their school
work. are filled with notes Of dis
couragement. Il can't get my boy
to see the better way" is the
typical tale OF despair.
The surest and easiest means Of
redirecting his mind and purpose
toward more honor and honesty in
school work and other work Is to
attempt to convert the entire
group with whom he 10 perpetrat.
ing the fraud.
Appear before the group, either
In school or out. Become their
friend and even their happy chum,
II possible. Try to bring It about
that they themselves argue for,
and by their own leadership tske
up, more honest policy of school
work. AS q rule you will find the
boy who Is practicing the getting
by" habit. set firm against the de-
sire Of both his parents and his
teachers to have him do otherwise.
Not quarreling with him. but
reorganization OF your boy's atti-
tude of mind, 10 the solution Of the
problem Of graduating his false
ideal Of getting by"
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THE UNUSUAL ROOM
IN REAL AMERICAN INDIAN STYLE
V INDIAN STYLE
BY Loretto c. Lynch

Mexico tribes during a wedding
ceremonial makes a much more
interesting vase for the freshly
plucked native wild flower than
stereotyped cut-slass or silver.
These Indian vases cost in the
neighborhood Of 81.
For the wicker tea wagon. look
for pottery bowls-small ones Of
course. to use as drinking cups
Boston ferns in wicker plant,
box stands will tone down the
gayness of the room. Perhaps
you will want a copy Of the ia.
nous Indian Bird Woman who
led Lewis and Clark during their
exploration of our great North
west. Frame II in narrow
black frame. Or, a reproduction
of the famous statue OF the brave
little squaw might we'll find "a
place on a suitable pedestal in
the room. t.
A reading lamp with a soft.
toned rose-lined tan silk shade
would fit in most appropriately
The base Of the lamp might be
of pottery.
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OURRUNAWAY EARTH
WE ARE SPEEDING 100000 MILES EACH DAY
BY Garrett p. Serviss-

his evening campfire close to ire
Pleiades: on June ! he bivouacked
just north OF the Hyades and five
eyed Aldebaran; on July he will
be camping at the feet Of Gemini.
And to produce all this apparent
shifting Of the sun through the sky
the earth will have Travelled S..
100000 miles in It's orbit!
But the other motion Of the
earth, which combines with It's or
bital revolution to produce its
spiral track In space, 10 not 30
easily detected. The astronomers
alone have visual evidence OF Il In
some OF the stars, and as those
though discordant, motions OF tn .ir
own, the disentangling and separdt-
ing out, Of the effects of the earth's
really the suns motion makes
a job for experts.
But to return to yourself. whom
we left suspended and fixed in
space outside the earth. 1t would
be unfortunate IL you happened 20
have been set right ahead OF the
earth in It's spiral track. 1t would
mercilessly run you down In the
thousandth part of q wink! II your
place was At the side OF it's track
II would go by with the whole Of
it's huge bulk, 5000 miles in diam.
eter. in q trifle more than s,x
minutes.
II your place was behind It, and
close to it's surface. II would glide
silently away with a velocity that
would make your heart sink. In
one second O twenty.twomile gap
would have opened; in one minute
the empty chasm would be 1920
miles across; In one hour. 70, 200
miles; in twenty.four hours, 1,900,-
900 miles--nearly eight times the
distancce OF the moon! Soon the
curvature OF the track would have
to be allowed for In calculat ting
your radial distance from the flee.
ing earth.
Evidently you are wrong In sup
posing that ''in Q few minutes Il
would disappear" On the CON
trary, at the end Of twenty.four
hours 1t would still have an appar.
ent diameter nearly half as great
as the moons, and when favorably
Illuminated by the sun you would
probably be able to see II with the
naked eye when II had receded to
a distance Of several hundred
million miles. At $50, ,00o. 900 miles
II would still have an angular
diameter Of nearly three seconds
OF arc.
But what would become Of you.
left alone motioniess in space?
After q while you might feel so
desperate that you would simply
grasp the kindly hand OF sravita.
ton again, and let 1t draw you
straight to the sun. II would take
you about sixty-four and one.hAif
days TO commit that flaming
suicide!
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relish the gleam In Pops's eyes.
and he hastily sought refuge in a
goblet Of water, Notwithstanding
his distaste for the liquid.
We sometimes know as much as
the police, and we invariably tell
more" continued Pope. Yes. =
business man can get q haircut in
Tony's without fear OF family com.
plications now. l suppose Armi-
stead is smoking hop; souns Sui.
Ivan Is probably laying an alco.
holic foundation for a wtfe.beating,
and-the others are spending
Hammon's money in the cafes"
Jimmy Knight paled. for behind
Pope's genial smile were both
mockery and contempt; u panic
swept him lest this fellow should
acquaint Lorelei with the truth.
Jim lost interest In his clans and
thereafter avoided converse ton
with the wariness Of z fox.\
He was still glowing with re-
sentiment when Robert Wharton
paused at the table and greeted it's
occupants cheerily. In RESPONSE
to Jim's invitation Boo drew up
fourth chair. seated himself, and
began to beam upon Lorelei. Not.
ing the faint line of snnoya nee
between her brows, he laughed
Retreat 10 cut off." he an.
nounced. complacently; escape is
hopeless. I've left orders to have
the windows barred ,ni the dnors
walled up"
"Eh? What's the idca"" inquired
Pope.
Wharton answered SADLY: My
vanity has suffered the rudest jolt
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A Realistic Romance Wherein Poverty
and Millions Walk Side by Side
-. in Strange Places.

joyed myself more if we had
gone to Billy the Oysterman's and
dressed the part" She surveyed
the gaudy dining room with its
towering marble columns, it's tire.
mendous crystal festoons shower.
ing a brilliant but becoming light
upon the throngs below, then
nodded here and there to casual
greetings.
Proctor's was a showplace,
built upon the site of a former
resort the fame OF which had
been nationwide; but the crowds
that frequented it now were Of a
different type to those that had
gathered in the old Proctor's."
Nowadays the customers were
largely visitors to the city in
whom the spirit Of Bohemianism
was entirely lacking. The new
resort was too splendid for the
old.time atmosphere. Magnificent
panels done by a gifted artist
were set into the walls and dis
tant ceiling; an elaborate marble
stairway rose from the street
level to the hall itself, but in
stead Of extending an air Of cheer
full welcome 1t seemed to yawn
hungrily for the occupants of
the place. rudely inviting them to
descend when they had sufficient
ly admired the costly furnishings.
A superb orchestra was playing.
hordes OF walters hovered about
the serving-tables and sped noise
lessly along the carpeted spaces
between the dining tables; but,
despite the lights and the music,
1t was evident that the servitors
outnumbered the guests. Nomin.
ally high wages were offset by
the various deceptions open to
an ingenious management; prices
were higher here than elsewhere;
the coat-rooms were robbers dens
infested by Italian mafiosi; tips
were extravagant and amounted
in effect to ransom: and each
mealcheck was headed by an
illesible scrawl which masked an
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OF it's young career; l mourn the
death Of a perfectly normal and
healthy self conceit. agei twenty.
nine. Services at noon; friends and
relatives only"
"Oho! You've heard the seduc-
tive song Of the Rhine maiden?"
Pope's eyes were twinklins.
"Eh?-1'm tangled up like a
basket OF ucker.tape. You see.
Campbell, l drink; candor compelis
me to acknowledge that much. In
a moment of folly was indiscreet.
and ever since have been trying
to apologize. have borne gar.
lands Of roses, offers OF devotion.
plaintive invitations 20 dine. but
the Circuit 10 a trick theater and
II has a thousand doors. All I
have to show for my efforts at
reparauon is bad cod. a worse
temper. and a set OF falls, teeth
which the doorman p!edsei with
me for a loan OF SO. have Mr..
Regan's dental frieze in my bu.
reau -drawer-but they only grin
at me in derision. In short. I'm
in Dutch. and there sits the ador-
able cause of my sorrows."
In spite OF Wharton's re-
proachful tone, the gage re
bent upon Lorelei was good
humored, and she saw that
he was in a mood different to any
she had ever seen him in. Strange
TO say. he was sober. or nearly 40,
and he was plainly determined to
make her like him.
Has he annoyed you, Miss
knight7" asked Pope.
"Dreadfully."
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An Acknowledged Expert In All 1
Matters AppertAining to House
hold MANAGEMENT.

kSVYyE have about $1,000 to
w spend upon the furnish.
ing Of our small home.
and we want TO furnish the living
room at least in an unusual way
The furnishings must be suited to
both winter and summer. and
here is our real problem-the fur
nishings must be easy to move, for
the man of the house is a young
engineer and must move whenever
the job in one locality ends. Can
you make some suggestions?'
Suppose you furnish your living
room in real American Indian style.
Ever thought Of that? The better
shops in each city carry Indian
rugs and blankets. or course, you
must go to a reliable shop, else
you may be paying for a poor imi.
tation The 7x9 or the SKI rugs
are not too expensive. or you might
possibly be able to purchase one
larger rug.
Two or three rugs on a stained
and waxed floor will usually be all
that is required. These rugs may
be used as bed covers or couch
covers with excellent effect. Two
or three small rugs may he made
up into sofa pillows. or a single
color found in the design Of the rug
may be used for pillow covers and
window drapes. Natural color
pongee Is very effective and unob-
trusive with Indian rugs.
Willow or reed furniture COM
bines beautifully with the rugs.
Moreover, reed and willow ware is
inexpensive compared to other
types Of furniture. and II might be
well to dispose OF the furniture
when moving. and buy II again In
the next place.
Indian rugs can he folded ard
boxed, while many other types OF
rugs must be carefully rolled ard
therefore present q decidedly bulky
package to be cared for when one
is moving frequently and moving
long distances.
I suggest that you acouaint
yourself with articles used bv the
more advanced types of Indians.
Books on this subject may be
obtained at any public library or
book shop. Then. he on the look.
out for such objects. The two
mouthed pottery vase used by
some OF the Arizona and New
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Ell llNS Dy! - TuttlnB IL
over on the other fellow"
~ "These are two phrases
which we educators should like to
have blotted out of the English
language" says Superintendent
Thalman of the st. Joseph, Mo,
city schools.
1t is not that his work may be
mediocre and his class room
grades low. which makes the get.
ting-by" idea a real block to edu7
cational progress. It is the fact
that IL represents a fundamentally
wrong attitude toward the entire
meaning Of education.
Getting by" means, do as lit.
tie studying as possible; managing
the teacher instead of mastering
the lesson; practicing deception
and mere pretense; treating edu-
cation as superficial and a policy
of graft; scheming with other pu-
pills to support a united student
policy of bluff: making known. by
your conduct, to your teachers, to
your classmates, to the outside SO
ciety, that you regard education
and life itself as merely
screened affair of dishonesty.
Putting 1t over on the other
fellow" means - sighting your
work whenever possible: giving
your burden to someone more
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BObbie And
His Pa
BY William F. Kirk.

= HAD a terribul mite mare last
mite, I dreemed that nobody
in the wurid cud talk, I
dreemed that thay had all been
striked DUNN 4 was all going
around making sines & riteins
notes to eech other on peeces of
paiper.
Was yure deer mother dumrn.
also? sed Pa wen telled him 4
Ma about my dreem.
Everybody was DUNN, I sed.
Eeven yure deer mother? sed Pa
aggenn.
What is the crate idee? sed Ma.
She was looking at Pa like she
looks at the men wich Gums to sell
enlarged picters.
Oh. nothing. sed Pa.
Pritty neer nothing at that. sed
Ma. You poor littel chile. sed Ma
to me. did yure dreem friten you
much?
Kind Of. I sed. dreemed that
was trying to tell you was hun
cry 4 / dreemed that you rote on
a peecs Of paiper that you wud
give me a big peece Of pie at 4
o'clock Saterday afternoon. I sed.
It is Jest that time now. sed.
Then Ma runned q bringed me
the ptece Of pie. that worked prit-
ty good. You poor littel deer, to
have such a terribull nitemnir, ssd
Ma.
Cuddent yure deer mother say
eeven a single word? said Pa.
Not q word, l sed. She tried &
tried.
will bet she tried q tried, sed
Pa. Ha Ha, sed Pa.
wud you not miss the sound Of
my voice? sed Ma. Ma was look.
ing at Pa awful hard.
You bet wud, sed Pa. I am 80
used to IL, sed Pa.
What, - Ma.
luv SOUND OF yure voice
so, sed -. It Is like the falling
OF waters in a dim glenn, sed Pa.
Then Ma looked moar gentel 4
Kind, etc.
Do talk that much? sed Ma?
Yes q no, sed Pa. anser YOU
thus, sed Pa, so you can pick
eethsr word you like, sed Pa. But
seriously, sed Pa, am glad we
are not all DUNN. That wud be
terribul.
My father used to say that often.
sed Ma, the deer old tender hart..d
noabelrnan, sed Ma.
Yure old gent ought to know,
sed Pa, he was DUNN enuff.
Then Ma wuddent talk 70 Pa
any rnoar, 90 I will have 10 end
this here essay 4 60 q buy sum
meet for supper. bet the butchers
is glad Lent 10 oaver.
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To Haze Curly, WaDy
Hair "Like Nature's OUn"

In three hours you osn have just the
prettiest eurts ana wavssi And they
remain . long time, when LIQUID oil.
nnsrine 10 used before doing up the hair.
when the hair 10 combed out " will Be
nice ana fluffy. siimerine 10 perfectly
harmless. Of course, ana 10 easily applied
with q clean tooth brush, n oan be
ebtstned AZ drug stores ana at toilet
eeuntvfs generally, dirsctiers accom-
psnyins each bottle n serves also ss Q
splendid dressing, keeping IN. hsir soft
ana sloesy.
siirnerins 10 FIN. for the outdoor slri.
as % prsveats the hair from strinsiug
abeut the face ana neek. even when the
day n auite warm er wtndy. A beon %
the hobhed hair nirli
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A Graphic Story of Metropolitan Stage
Life and a Beautiful Girls
Great Sacrifice.

Robert found himself not only Or
dering for himself. but supplement,
ing Jim's menu with rare and et'
pensive viands. AS great favor
he was advised Of a newly imported
vintage wine which the proprietor
had secured for his own use: II Mr..
Wharton wished to try it, the stew
ard would appeal directly to Mr..
Proctor and secure the keys az q
personal favor. Nothing like this
wine had been seen in New York =
for years, possibly in a lifetime; It
was an opportunity. and Mr.. Proc
tor was eager to accommodate
those who really knew wines. A
visiting prince had offered him a
fabulous price for the remaining
bottles. but he had refused. To
partake OF this vintage was almost
like drinking up the sunshine;-
darkness. complete and eternal.
would follow when this precious
shipment was exhausted. -
or course, Mr.. Wharton wished
to sample such a vintage. any vint.
age. in fact. since a thousand fires
were consuming him. and his
nerves were on edge from the night
before. The first drsught electri-
fled him, his spirits rose and he
swept his companions along with
his enthusiasm. From surround.
ing tables people accosted him;
men paused in passing to exchanse
a word about stocks. polo, scandh,
Newport. tennis, Tuxedo: none
were in the least stiff or formal
and all expressed in one way or an
other their admiration for Loreiei.
Women whom she knew were not
Of her world beamed and smiled At
the young millionaire. 1t was a
new experience for the girl. who
felt herself, as the supper pro-
gressed. becoming conspicuous
without the usual disa greeable ac
compartments.
Copyright. 1910. BY Harper q Sens
To BE Continued Monday9
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began to take in the fact that hts
guests intelligence and appear
ance were entirely out Of harmony.
Wisely, Jim sheltered himself be-
hind an assumption Of plea santry
he was far from feeling. lie also
watched the nearest entrance with
some anxiety, for the reviewers
presence did not fit we'll With his
plans. As he finished ordering he
heard Pope say:
II was sorry the story got out.
Miss Knight: but 1t was pretty
we'll smothered in this evenings
papers. OF course, you were drag.
ged in by the hair to afford Ro-
man spectacle: we all saw what
II meant when II came to Us"
What aid 1t mean" queried
Jim. with brotherly interes:.
"Blackmail. The word was writ
ten all over II. Melcher's connec-
ton with the affair was proof OF
that: then-the way 1t was han.
died! Nobody touched II except
the Dispatch. and, Of course. II
got it's price"
Il thought newspapers paid for
copy" innocently commented Jim.
A Start of Dismay.
Yes. real newspap pers: but the
gang had to publish the stuff some
where. II Is reported that Ham,
mon paid fifty thousand dollars to
prevent Melcher from filing suit.
I dare say things will be uuiet
around Tony the BARRIERS now"
You press people certainly have
got lot up your sleeves" James
involuntary start Of d:smay did
not pass unnoticed. He did nos
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Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Subjects Of Scientific Interest.

Noted Astronomer and Wrter on
Subjects Of Scientific Interest.
II am puzzled by the article
in which you say that a man in
a balloon left without gravity or
resistance would be able to see
the earth revolve in twenty four
hours. Is 1t not true that the
man in the balloon would have
to be travelling with the Garth
a. the same time watching II
revolve? In twenty-four hours
wouldn't he have to travel dis
tance of approximately 100000
miles with the earth? Or. X he
could stay in space, wouldn't he
see the earth leave him like a
bullet, travelling with such speed
that in q few minutes 1t would
disappear?"-R. c. W., Brooklyn.
V/0U are quite right. but you
are giving a scope to the
l. question that was not con.
templated in It's original state
ment. 1t related simply to the
earth's rotation on its axis, with
out regard to its revolutions around
the sun. said that the effects
described would follow II the aero
naut could 'Iiberate himself from
the rotational momentum which he
possessed when he started from
the earth's surface"
His remaining stationary was ex-
pressly predicated with reference
only to the earth's rotation, his
continued revolution in company
with the earth in it's journey
around the sun being tacitly as
sumed. 4
But the new and broader form In
which you put the question is full
Of interest, and leads to results
that may serve az q corollary to
the first.
Imagine yourself, then, fixed in
space, and motionless with regard
not only to the rotation of the
earth, but to its revolution around
the sun, and its journey In COM
pany with the sun toward the con.
steliation Of Hercules. The path
OF the earth in space has the form
OF the thread Of q very steep
pitched screw, or a corkscrew. 1t
tTdVelt dt al dNefdkc Speeu Ol
about eighteen and one.half miles
per second in an eastward direc.
ton around the sun. but at the
same time II travels parallel with
the sun, about twelve miles per
second, toward q point a few de-
grees southwest OF the brilliant
star Vega in the northern sky.
The velocity of the earth's mo.
ton In space, the combined result
OF its revolution around, and IL
journey with, the sun, 10 found by
the law Of the composition Of
velocities to be about twenty-five
miles per second. This makes
10000 miles In every twenty.
four hours. At that rate are we
speeding. continually, day and
night, year In and year out, and
nothing tells us that we move at
all except the slowly changing
places Of the heavenly bodies
around us.
The revolution around the sun is
performed about .. center suffi.
ciently near 10 render its effects
visible by the consequent. AppAr.
ent motion OF the sun around the
inside Of the starry dome. Every
successive night the sun pitches
his tent about q degree farther
eastward among the constsilatiofs
Of the sodiac- On May 10 he M
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LORELEI KNIGHT-A charming and lovely girl who
is brought to New York and placed on the stage by
her mother who seeks to capitalize her daughters
beauty.
LILAS LYNN-A show girl who shares Loreei's
dressing room in the theater in which they act;
she has won the attentions Of Jarvis Hammon a
millionaire.
jim KNIGHT-Lorelei's brother an unprincipled
youth who does his best to try to force his sister
into rich marriage to feather his own nest.
MAX MELCHER-A we'll known character along
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item termed service" The fig
ure opposite would have covered
the cost Of a repast at Childs's.
But New York dearly loves to be
pillaged: II cherishes a reputation
for princely carelessness OF ex-
penditure. 1t follows that free.
dom from extortion in places OF
entertainment argues a want OF
popularity, than which nothing
can be more distressing to con-
template. Nothing speeds the
Manhattan sleephater more swift
ly to q change Of scene than
the knowledge that he 10 getting
his moneys worth.
Speaking Of Clothes.
Speaking of clothes" Jim con-
tinued. staring past his sister to
another table, there seems to
be a strike-breaker In the room.
Pipe the sink with the night
shirt under his coat. and the
shoe-string tie. There must be
a masquerade Say! He's bow
ing to you"
Hush! It's Campbell Pope. the
critic"
Mr.. Pope had risen and was
slouching toward them. He took
Lorelei's hand, then shot a
sharp glance at her escort
as the girl introduced them.
Accepting Jim's mumbled invita-
ton. he seated himself and in.
structed q waiter to bring his
coffee. Jim continued to eye
him with poorly concealed aumse-
ment. until Pope led him into con-
versation. whereupon the youth
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Broadway whose connection with the underworld
makes him formidable figure among wrongdoers.
ROBERT WHARTON-Son of q multi-millonaire, a
reckless spendthrft who is intoxicated most of the
time but who has some sparks of decency in his
sober moments.
ADOREE DEMOREST-A noted dancer who has
startled the Metropolis by her daring exhibitions.
JOHN T. MERKLE-A rich bachelor and lifelong
friend of Harmon, whose association with Lilas he
watches with anxiety.
CAMPBELL POPE-A caustic writer and critic who
can see little good in stage life