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leading to the door. The elf checked
his hat with cloak room boy, who
was splendid FREELY. and they pro-
ceeded Into the dining room. The
head waiter, busting humble bee,
lead them to place near window.
A waiter came hurrying forward aad
with one pair OF arms laid fresh
spoons on the table. and with another
pair OF arms handed Mary Ellen and
the elf menus and napkins made OF
rose petals. Even then the waiter had
arms to spare, for he was. beetle.
dressed III smooth green suit.
Over In one corner was the or
ehestra with crickets and katydids! all
playing their parts. And on cleared
space on the door some OF the guests
were dancing. There was fat Mr.
Caterpillar wearing a new green suit
dancing with slim Miss Caterpillar
with new fur run around her neck.
And the water bugs wore there-the
whole family Of them-and gay Mrs
Ladyhug, who had left all her babieS
Al home. And tiere was
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Ellen had been told by her mother
many times to ask for only one thing
at a time. At last she said she would
ike a rnoohbeam soda.
Did you ever. see the moon aiming
on the ocean or lake? It you have
you know hoW the moonbeatns dance
and skip upon the little wavas, turning
them to shining silver, Well, that's
the way Mary Ellen's soda-looked.
The Jolly little moonbeams would dire
to the bottom Of the glass and then
come dancing up again 10 leap about
ontthe top in sparkling confusion. She
took a wee sip and It tasted better
than anything she had ever eaten be-
fore. Almost before she knew It was
gone. 1tswas now getting late and the
sISy In the west was beginning to turn
to soft pi1ks. and reds and yellows.
.oh, dear" Mary Ellen cried.
Mother will begin TO worry because
I'm not home BE
wen be there quickly. replied the
eli. HOB on orr leaf. There's a nice
breeze now and Il viii carry Us along
much faster than we came.
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"@stNASN tEohl slnaple anu fililt tslt
holes III tie head were uipsred With
round he 10 receive them.
This handy boy used eia yloyin
stEin2s bat strings otfvarioGs sltcs
may be made OF wire. Of llaTfi isst llt~
~ o. varying nu1Nhcrs OF stt8has 81
fine SIlS these llsh lines and AK
strings mas be sheiiaeed and al
lowed To become ,horonthly hard
The most JliIictl; thing n IL i1pr-
ms u the frets IN Inc fhserhosru
which regulate the lingering and thr
piEh ~ she s,r!ny. The frets ma
be made o. a piece Of iintaboW
wtde. doubled over 10 1asc IN TOP
odse round so II will NOT ept HE strins
AMI fitted into fine saw cot uisds
Y deep which must be{so piaeeu AZ
to mako the correct tone Tht hest
way 20 do this isto string iiie inttrn-
nlcnt. and by moving q piece ~ wire
hack and forth 1nl the corrsct ioca-
.tlon by comparing The tone wlth
piano or other pstrumept OF corrcci
tone. Matte every tone apa half ionr
Cor m octave. the ostaySs Grst then
the nth. the thirds tie tones and The
half tones. Such an instrnntent MAY
have from four to eight strlnss or
Say have i've double strings a. In
standard pandolln. Ttsniay he PLAYED
with the fingers, or with i pieessnrn or
picker. which NAV he made OF n dis-
,crsded totoise sheli comb After -hs
.trrtS have been Flpet- In; thelf piare,.
the instrument was unsfsuns ard
given coat OF dark mniiofauy s;air.
followed hv two coats % hard earnl.h.
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"Follow Me. We Are Nearly Therer.

leaf that was floating down the river.
"ouIek!" cried the elf. take that
stick" Looking where he pointed,
Mary Ellen saw twlg floating near
the leaf. Leaning over shs pulled It
aboard. The elf had found another
stick, and with these as oars to guide
them they were soon hurrying along
with the current. Then Mary Ellen
saw that there were many other leaves
floating along with them, and that
each bore an elf or two. They called
out to Mary Ellen. saying ''HeIlow
and wishing her a pleasant visit.
Many Of the tiny boats stopped at q
huge. water lily near the bank, and the
elf guided their leaf towards the lily
also. As they. drew near Mary Ellen
noticed a sign hanging over a door cut
in, the side OF the lily. II said:
WATER LILY TEA HOUSE
The elf made their leaf fast 10 the
landing, and they climbed the steps
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in fact. It's because you've been so
good lately that planned this sur
prise for you. You see you're getting
pretty large now (she was going to
be eight the next week., and the big
ger you get the harder It Is to do any
thing for you. couldn't make a
srown-up little as you are now at all.
Now lookI You're Just the same size
as ] am"
Sure enough, while he had been
talking, Mary Ellen had stopped
shrinking and was now just as tall as
tho little man before her.
Now" he said, its getting late,
and Il we want TO have any fun we
must hurry Soon you'll have to be
going home"
With that he seized her hand and
gave a great leap, pulling Mary Ellen
after him. They landed on a large
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-14

Srp'Sns t..S ~. ~wn,su vas, ,v.. .n,
TO allow the small glue blocks e and /
to be glued In place by spreading sluc
on two sides OF thr block ana rubbing
u into perfect c0r'uei with the angie
These glue blocks were abou; v"
across the lone augle and not mc5S
than y long and '-rre glued into all
corners Hnd aroand the inside nt the
TOD edge ..i'the sides az at (: after the
glue was thoroughly hardened those
At were planned or to receive tho tor
later. The netk vns whitfield f=nHi a
piece Of soft white wood or poplar.
and the dowel s Of the neck fitted to
the box by boring 81 holes through
the ends Of the box to receive II,
glued In It's place. and nailed through
the end ofthe box into tn. neck where
theS Joined The bass ha. d was made
and glued on the under side Of the
top as at d after which the ." hole
was cut 'inNhe top ana the soundins
post b u In diaFie;--, Just enough
higher than the sidee to stay in place
vas glued upright on the bnttoni
When this hai set. the top was sIued
on the'sldeS and glue blocks T. and n
weight placed upon 1t until the next
day when the glue had thoroughly
hardened The hos was then care.
fully smoothed and sandpapered: the
nut. saddle and bridge were Whitfield
from maple and glued In their places:
note that the nerk Ia rut below the
fflnSer bonrd to receive the nut Mt n,
and that thc HnTerboard projects
above the box whore they are Joined.
The PEGS with tNnered shafts were
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Won't you5e come ln?r
III soon show. you how to settle
that!n exclaimed Air. Reed. aud Mr.
Allen came In TOO, With the wtyea
There he 81 No, thersi" was
ahopted through the house Head
him OF, YOU therelr
tThen,a terrible thud and crash. Mr..
Reed, who was quite .portly, had
stumbled over Dick on the stairs and
down they had both gone carrying
the grandfather clock with them.
The front door hsli was ringing
furiouSly' In a minute and Alice ran
to answer Il. There stood police.
nah
whats the trouble?" he demand.
ed. pushing himself In without being
asked.
"Thsre's rabbit in our house"
painted Alice. land We can't catch
him."
SHOW it to me-" commanded the
officer, waving his night stick.
Find 1t yourself, II sou can" re.
piled Alice Eigglinc. f
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creak, ereak! They ,iptoed ap ths
rtatrs. Everything was s.ill Is. a
church. They Sun-shesd all aveuad.
preddlnS every likely corner, No aal.
NAL did they hnd The oaieer looked.
suspicious,
''fseekoh II was the Wild March
Hare you saw" he said sarcasticSiiy.
But Dicks dad soon restored him 10
good humor, by giving him some
cigars and telling him fuany story
about an Irishman. He went away
laughing and the neishbors followed
soon. promising to come back e
needed.
NO sooner had everyone gone but
the family. when the seampering be.
gan again.
let It hop!" exclaimed Dad. sink.
Ing YEARLY into a chair.
II can't bear to have a ereatur, IN
the house running loose" cried his.
Then Alice had an idea.
Let's open Up the Window and
maybe It'll 80 away she said.
"Aw, l want IL" protested Dick.
But his parents decided In favor OF
the plan.
Windows were thrown open and III.
family went downstairs and sat m ire
kitchen ard waited The scam pcrtar
and racing continued.
That fellow nsver seems 10 tlr,.-
remarked Dad.
They ate supper In the kitchen 8,
as not TO disturb their visitor In case
he wanted TO leave by the dining room
window. and all the evening they
stayed out Of the way while Dad read
to them out OF an animal book.
When it.eame around to bed time
the house was still. Dick stole up to
his room with sad heart. He had
wanted to keep the lively creature,
As he opened his door he saw the
moon shining in his window and II
seemed TO be rocking. to and fro. TO
and fro, Ike boat. AS he bllnked
and looked harder something scamp.
cred over the floor and sailed out OF
the winiow-sometEiinE with two
long ears and little white tail. A
chill wind, more like breath OF be.
eember than March. blew across 81,
! forehead. It rustled all through, the
house In shost!y way. lick drew
back, and even though he LAUGHED nj;
his own foolishness he whispered:
Twas The Wild March Hare all
right all right"
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They soon reached tbs bank and
srasping lthe elfs hand Mar Eiien
jumped to the shore. Before she could
thank the elf for. her good time hs
piueked torget.me.not and bade her
drink the dewdEop nesued IN It's cup.
She did so and soon the eli seemed TO
be growing smaller and smaller. Blu.
Il was really Arary Ellen who wa
growing, Of course, and soon she was
back to her risht size.
But when she again tried 10 thank
the elf she couldn't see him. She
peeked under leaves and Searched In
the grass and called 10 him. bat no
answer came.
Dear Mr.. Eiflr said she 81 guess
he was too shy to Stay III Keep this
flower he gave me ana VIII never
forget him.
Then she rem nibered that she had
still 10 get her mother loaf OF bread
before supper, and she hurried To-.
wards the villase. or course. rha was
a little late ltonie. but when shs told
her mother whit a WONDERFUL lime siss
had had her mother didn't scold a BIT.
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IIhg 1llil5 ilznzA Haze

light lay shattered on the door and
the bedspread was all unused up, but
no,rabbit was in sight,
Never mind" said Dad, .I'll settle
him after dinner"
Such a hunt! They poKed into
every corner, and finally poked up a
larto hare. They just glimpsed him
for In second he was gone. leaping
through the house like mad with the
whols family after him. They'd think
they had him eornered in a room and
they'd carefully shut the doors and
windows, when iol and behold! they'd
hear him tearing around somewhere
else.
TinE.a-llng, The door-bsl! Ale.
ran TO answer it, There stood sir. ana
Mrs. Allen and Nr. and Mrs. Reed,
neighbors
We've been hearing such tar.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-14
THE JUNIOR COOK
GRApE fRUiY SALAD

Into cup or howl put
+: tablespoonsfrl white vinerar
tablespoonstui vegetable oil
2 teaspoonstul sugar.
I-3 teaSpoonful salt.
2 shakes Of pnprIEa.
Mix well,
When time TO serve the salad ar,
range the lettuce neatly on individual
plates.
Put the pieces Of grape fruit on tol
tho lettuce and put the dresspn,
equally over each portion.
Serve at once with cheese or pla!r
waters.
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Wash and fhake day one head o.
lettuec.
Pick oyer carefully and nut in a
Cloth bag (or wrap in tea towel),
and put in a cool place for at leas. one
hour.
Peel one large grape fruit.
With sharp knife slit down elose
by ths thick white skin Of each Ilt:ls
section, removing the pulp In one per.
feet piece and without scrap OF the
bitter connecting skin.
Put these pieces in howl in cool
place. ~
Make French dressing as follows:
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MU ons can compute tue energy
n Switch has been wasted III the
vain endeavor TO make a playable
y = instrument Of the mandolin type
with cigar box rs the basis OF in.
spirati,In. hut the writer recalls one
which was made By Handy Boy"
while he was convaleScinE from a
long illness, and he will cndeaSor TO
tell the story OF It's making here.
The ,firs; thing vas 10 find a perfect
cigar bcx. with no splits nor broken
pieces: 1t was taken apart carefully 10
be sure The delicate wood was MOI
split In the process, The paper was
strapped of and the Joints of ,thc hos
glued AND nailed together aSain, ex.
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sET NHo.o.o" whistlsd the; wind
.AN las II tore over the field and
3N AiIes had e. pause a ,,lirl t,ts

Z n
NM Alice had to. pause a minute
*ssSsfto get her breath. Then she
raced TO catch up with her brother
Dick.
(! There's where 1 put one!r he
called. STOPPING oesr . box hait:hid'
den under the naked raspberry vines
TITS sprungi" he shouted. There's
sornething insideH"
Poor little thinE!" said Alice.
Trapped
well. It's not suffering" Dick re.
PILED. Inpatientiy, "and think what
Cory. place I've got for Il at home!
Indeed, there was something In
( Dicks trap. II thumped and banged
about the whole way home.
Z Say, It's a whale!" painted Dick.
shifting the load from one shoulder
70 the other. II never did feel such
. heavy rabbit"
VMayt. Il Isn't rabbit" cautioned
Alice. Better look out John caught
wild cat once In a rabbit trap"
THAT'S right" exclaimed Dick.
"Guess I better not let II out In the
mem With Whitley and Pink until see
what IL Is"
There's tire old parrot cage" suE.
rested his sister. you could let Il
out In that. IT'S in the kitchen up
high on the shelf saw 1t there the
other day"
Before they reached home Alice
had to help her brother by carrying
one snd Of the boz. 80 heavy had Il
become. There was nobody IN the
kttahen when the two entered with
thsb Dick climbed up and brought
down the parrot cage. They then put
the open door Of the cage as close to
the traps door a. they could. Then
Z Dick opened tho trap.
Btu! Bangl whirr! Something
big, something brown, something
furry sprang out like a cannon bali.
Y "wh.what was It? wh-where is IT."
Essped Alice. staring at the over
turned cage. at kicked me on The
head as It few pastn
sGee.wIillker!" exclaimed Dick. II
dtdn't get good look at 1t myself.
but seems to mo It was kind OF a
RABBIT, only very big, but never saw
q rabbit that acted so determined.
Come on, let's try to catch it. 1t
couldn't get out"
lust then they heard the swing door
between the pantry and dining room
slam and a heltsr:s&eltsr on, the
stairs, III
With merry shout the children
Jumped up in pursuit. Upstairs and
down. through every room in the
horsa the intrtid ef.' kant 3rSt ahead ~
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TWO DIAMONDS

IhO DlahtONDS
Ny nrst Is In March,
Ny second Is worn about the neck
My third Is cycle OF days.
Ny fourth Is to have eaten.
Ny nth is in March.
Ny nrst Is in San Francisco.
Ny second is the abbreviation OF
Eirl'a name,
Ny third causes merrlnent and fun.
My fourth 10 wise bird,
My 18th Is In Pennsylvania
DELETIoNs
|. Take a letter from marsh,
and leave a grain.
q. Take a letter from honest. and
leave tree.
.. Take a letter from ito hurl",
and leave an animal
:. Take a letter from a fsh, and
leave tsorrowtul.
$. Take a letter from a trap and
leave. a flying animal.
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Puzzle Corner rs

s. Take a letter from liquid
measure, and leave hole.
Z. Take letter from a boat, and
leave unfurnIshed.
5. Take letter from an animal,
and leave sage.
.. Take letter from, a covering,
and leave coal scuttle.
10. Take letter from loud noise,
and leave a pouch.
The deleted letters form the name
OF famous American.
ANSWERS
TWO DIAMONDS
BOA FLO
NON til CLIO WV
DELETIoNS = WASHINGTON:
l. SHomp.SGmp. 2. Fair.Fir. 3. cast,
Cat. 4. shdd-sdd. 5. BGitBdt. 6. Pint.
Pit. Z, Baroe.Bdre. 8. steer-seer,
| 9. Hood.Hod. 10. Bdno.Bd0.
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With a Merry Shout The cllIren Jumped In Pursuit.

Divide Yourselves" ordered the po-
Iicemah.
Il pretty near have" srOansd Mr..
Reed.
"Half Of you sneak softly up the
back way" continued the policeman,
the rest come with me-"
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But Just then the elfs voice saying.
What would you like, my dear?''
brought Mary Ellen's attention back
to the menu in her hand. There she
saw long list Of good things such as
sunset frappe, moonbeam soda, dew
drop sundae, rainbow salad. aud a
great many more with equally entleing
names.
1t was hard TO choose from such a
list Just one good thing. and Mary
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rible commotIon in your house for an
hour. we came over TO see what was
the matter" thoy explained.
oh" replied Alice, painting, its
Just hare or something Dick caught
In a trap. 1t got loose in the house
and we've been trying to catch II.
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dance like that before so she walked
up near 1t and discovered that instead
Of turning over and over as most
leaves do when they scud along the
ground It stood straight Up and
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While sitting. quietly at home and being very q
The little pig felt rather dull. as anybody would
When up above the roof he heard sound like III. wing,
OF twice ten thousand mighty birds. OF other ayins things
The sound increased until il sweled into an awful roar
And seemed about 10 enter at the open cottage door.
10 great alarm the little pig sprans up and yentured out
And what he saw above him soon I'll tell you all about
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I1e WATER-LILY TEA HOUSE

nNE day as Mary Ellen was walk
ing down the street she saw a
leaf dancing ahead Of her In the
" most peculiar way! She was
quite sure she had never seen leaf
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-07-12

employment fer eight or eH
months in the Sumter stemmery.
The competition On the Sumter
market will do the work Of keep
ing up prices. The Tobacco CO.
operative Marketing Association
has secured ample space in tile.
building formerly occupied by the
Splitdorf Manufacturing COMPANY
in the manufacture of magnetoes
and Mr.. George r. Reaves is the
Sumter manager Of the associatien,s
affairs. This warehouse withins one
hundred yards OF the big Sumter
stemmery and has ample sidetrack
facilities for receiving and shipping
out tobacco.
Mr.. C. O. Watts, manager and
lessee of the Farmers Tobacco
Warehouse, of Sumter. located on
East Liberty street, was here list,
week and took charge of this ware,
house and equipment and he also
notified the. Sumter Chamber OF
Commerce that this warehouseswiH
be open fer business on August fst
with a full corps Of buyers. sss7ss' 80
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THE SUMTER
! TOBACCO MARKET
There Will Be Two Independ-
ent Warehouses and Coope-
rative Association Opera
ting This Season

Mr.. w. T. Harnsberger, lessee
and manager of the Banner Tobac-
co Warehouse of Sumter. located
on corner of Hampton Avenue and
Magnolia streets, is in the city and
has completed arrangements for
the opening of this warehouse on
Tuesday, August 1st. He has a
force Of employees here advertis-
ing the Sumter tobacco market.
Mr.. Harnsberger says he has posi-
tvie assurances from the biggest to-
bacco companies that they Will have
buyers on the Sumter market and
on the Banner Tobacco Warehouse
floors as follows: The Imperial
Tobacco Company, Liggett and My
ers Tobacco Company, The Ameri-
can Tobacco Company, the Export
Leaf Tobacco Company, the r. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, the
China a-American Tobacco and Trad
ing Company.
Sumter will have fine market
this year as the market at this
place will have both Independent
and Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Marketing Association facilities for
handling the weed.
The fact that the six largest to-
bacco companies in the country
will have buyers on the Sumter
market assures competition that
will give our tobacco growers who
sell in Sumter the highest market
prices. The China-American To-
bacco and Trading Company, one of
the largest tobacco exporting con-
Germs in the country are the lessees
of the Sumter Stemmery Company
building and are operating, as last
year the Sumter Leaf Tobacco
Company and will be on the mar
ket for millions of pounds of tobac-
Go which will be redried and
stemmed in the Sumter stemmery.
Hundreds of people will be given
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Chamber of Commerce Notes.
The many friends of Mr.. c. w.

The many friends of Mr.. G.. W
Schmo1ke will regret to learn that
having completed the work of or
ganizing and esta blishing the new
Sumter Creamery for the purpose
of which a number Of Sumter coun-
ty citizens recently formed and
financed a company, he is leaving
Sumter shortly. He will take UP
the work of investigating cooper
ative methods employed in the
United States. on behalf Of the
Union of South African govern
ment by whom he has been COM
missioned to do this work.
Mr.. Schmolke came to Sumter
about five months ago. as a dairy
specialist of the extension division
of Clemson College. to assist in
putting the dairy industry and
creamery proposition before the
farmers of Sumter county. He
had his headquarters in the Sum-
ter Chamber of Commerce for
months.
He has accomplished splendid
work in this county both in the
information he has furnished farm
ers and in the establishment of
Sumter's large and modern cream
cry. and also in inducing many
farmers to put in dairy herds or
increa sing the herds. Sumter coun-
ty has greatly benefited by his ex-
pert assistance and his enthusiasm
as we'll.
Sumter and Sumter county ap-
preciates the splendid work Of Mr..
Schmolke. and regret his departure.
He will have his headquarters for
= time in Columbia.