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CROCHETING YOUR
DAUGHTER A TAM"

The thrifty mother at this time of
small son, a school Tam, which will
take the place of more expensive
hat. | know of mothers who make
them out of old shawls and sweaters,
ripping the yarn from the old garment
winding it taut around shngle, and
holding the shinglc in the steam from
. boiling tea-kettle to take the ''crinkles"
out OF the yarn.
TO an old crocheter, it does not
seem necessary 10 give directions for
50 simple thing as tam For the
work can be done by eve almost bet
ter than by ruie Begin by crocheting
two links of chain, then single crochet
seven times in the first link of the
chain; this makes round circle. Now
the work is easy, as it consists simply in
going round and round the circle Just
as if you were crocheting a table mat,
using only the single crochet stitch.
You must keep this mat" fiat and often,
to keep it from curling up, you will
have to put two single crochet stitches
IN the same chain stitch on the mat in
stead of one, on your way round the
circle this is called increasingly. If
you increase too much (that is, put
two single crochet stitches together
too oftenf, your mat will begin to
ripple, instead of curling up. But
many women like to have tam rip
pie, especially girls tam. When the
mat is rs large as you want the top
of the tam to be, it is time to make
the edge curl over purposely-- and of
course that is done by simply cro-
cheting along without increasing. Three
or four rows without increasing will
make it curl over. 1t is then time
to decrease; this is done by skipping
a chain-link, now and then, as you
go around the edge of the mat" This
forms the under edge of the tam. Dc
not stop decreasing until the opening
or part which fits down on the head, i
Just the size you want it to be. Their
simply crochet along, neither decreasing
Tor inceasing, until you have a band Ions
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Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. kirkman

enough to turn back prettily. Your
tam is then done.
Here are explicit directions, for those
who cannot crochet by eye:
Directions for Tam: for a Girl Of
II or IA: Using bone crochet hook
No. 4, and luster floss, q balls), be-
gin at center of crown by claiming
two, s. C. in LIST oh. Second Round;
2 $. C. in each St, picked up on the
double loop. Third Round: s. c.
in first St, 3. C. in next, and repeat
around. Fourth Round: $. c. in
LIST st, 9. C. each in next sts., and
repeat to end. Work in this way,
always increasing seven times In each
round (making the increasing stitches
come right over the increasing stitches
of the last round). In each round there
will be one stitch more between the
increasings than in the preceding round.
Work like this till the crown measures
eleven and one-half inches in diameter.
Then work five rounds without increasing,
ing, after which narrow seven times in
each round for two inches; the head
size should now be about right. Single
crochet to the depth of three or -four
inches, neither increasing OF dccreas-
ing; this forms the band, which is turned
up on itself. Top with a pompom.
Tomorrow-Answered Letters.
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A Young woman who draws down a
fat salary as the head Of a department
in the store in which she works, writes
me that am mistaken when | say that
the business world is the happy hunting
ground for girl who wishes to capture
q husband.
In proof whereof she asserts that she
would like to marry il she could ind
the intelligent, successful, broadminded,
noble, chivalrous sort of q man she
desires for husband. But she has never
yet met Just the man who came up to
her ideal, and who WAS worth giving up
her Job for
The men who have popped the ques-
ton to her have all been poor fish, each
with some fatal defect. Some OF them
couldn't make as much money as she
docs. Others were conccited asses.
Others had the morals OF alley cats.
Still others were vain weaklings who had
to be perpetually iollied and flattered.
She says she wouldn't take one Of
these men as gift Still, she wants to
get married, and she knows plenty OF
other young women in her own fix. They
are good looking, clever, capable, hold
ing fine positions that they would like to
swap off for home with the right man,
but it seems to them that all the desir-
able husbands they meet have already
been taken by some previous lady. Also,
that men look upon an efficient business
woman with the dispassonate gaze OF q
fellow worker instead of the eye OF senti'
ment. Therefore she thinks that the
society girl has better chance to marry
than the business girl.
Wrong. 1t may be true that not every
woman who starts out on the husband
chase makes her kill, but it is indls
putable that the one who hunts where the
hunting is good, and the game plentiful
has better chance Of luck, than she whs
stalks her prey in barren pastures where
seldom deer roams save those who ar,
protected by either the old age limit o
the baby act.
The girl in business is in the one plac'
where men most abound. She is thrown
daily and hourly into close association
with them, and If she has any charm Il
to conjure with she has the best place IL
the world to work it. Moreover she ha
this great advantage. She has the mai
off his guard. In society man know
that he is pursued, and it is up to hin
to be foxy enough to make getaway
if he can. In business, he falsely imagine
himself safe, and keeps no watch for tn
pitfalls that may be laid for him.
That business is the first aid to matri
mony, and the fatal handicap to woman
success in commercial life is matter {
common knowledge. The managers {
the telephone company, and big DIR
goods stores all unite in saying tina
Cupid keeps their forces perpetual
crippled, and business men hesitate t
advance clever and capable youn
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women to the positions their merits en-
title them to, because about the time
they become indispensable they up and
marry and leave. One big corporation
will not employ woman under forty
because that age makes sort of dlvld-
line between those who are pretty sure
to marry, and those who probably
wont
If the business girl, then, doesn't
marry, it is pretty sure 10 be her own
fault, and there are two reasons for this.
The first is that she knows men far better
than the society girl does, and has fewer
illusions about them. The woman who
works with man has such closeup
view of him that nobody except his wife
ever gets. She sees him without the
veneer ofhis society manners. She seees
him when he is sick and when he is well,
when he's tired, and worn, and nerve
racked, and full OF anxieties and fears,
and she sees exactly how he reacts to all
strains OF life.
1t is easy enough for man to be q
carpet knight, and say beautiful and
| chivalrous things to a girl he sees once a
week, until he looks to her like an under
study of Sir Galahad. II is easy enough
for man to puff out his chest, and brag
about the big deals he has pulled off, and
to throw his money around when he takes
girl out, until he makes her think he's
a second Rockefeller, and as good a
spender as Coaloil Johnny.
But no man lives who can put any
thing over on the girl who takes his die
tation, or checks up his sales. She has
his number to the decimal point. She
knows whether he's ready TO protect q
weak woman, or if he is making a fool
of silly little cash girl. She knows the
measure of his ability, and just how faI
he is likely to go. She knows whether
the money he spends is wrung out o.
the thin pay envelopes of poor scrut
women or not.
And, knowing these things, she car
forecast what the life of the wife of sucl
q man would likely to be, and very Otter
it makes her job look mighty good to her
For she can quit when she gets tired of i
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Little Benny's
Notebook.

Pop was reeding the paper last mite
and ma Was Introducing Embroidery,
and pop FED, Lissen TO this, heers vat
call a sensible editorial, lisSen 20 this.
And he started to reed 10 out loud,
saying, There il lot Of agitation Jest
mt present conserving the government
wasting the peoples money, As
matter Of fack, economy Ike charity
begins at home, and il is high tIns
that the house wives Of this CRATE na~
ton paused to consider weather or not
they are wasting their husbinds money:
Until the home is on a fern financial
basis il is useless 70 pirate OF economical
governments, and until
Wich mn kepp on Introducing iro-
broidery and pop sed, ] don't believe
you're paying the slightest attention
heer I am reeding my he'd of and you
haven't herd a werd
] have 80, certeny have, ma sed.
Well then tell me wat I've bin tawk-
ing about, watts the gcnrcl ideer Of vat
I've red you so far? pop sed, and ma
sed, The genrcl ideer, wy, the genrcl
ideer is that the government awt % stop
spending 50 mulch money and give some
OF IL TO people 20 spend IN their homes.
zee gods that's so mulch like II that
it couldent posserbly be eny more diff
rent, pop sed. The genrcl ideer was,
if | may have your valuble attention
for moment, the genrel ideer was that
you wimmin awt 10 economize more IN
your household Expenses because that's
more vital 10 the nation than the gov
| eminent econonizing.
Izzent that the same thing7 ma sed.
It most corteny IS not, pop sed.
Wy izzent it2 ma sed.
zee gods, ! wish was a woman 20 I
could stop thinking for n vile, pop sed.
And he got behind his newspaper and
stayed there.
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Mrs. Hudson, the landlady Of Shcr-
lock Holmes, MAS long suffering WON'T
an. Not only was her hrst-foor fiat
invaded at all hours by throngs OF
singular and often undesirable char
ac,crs, but her remarkable lodgcr
showed an ccccntricity and irrcgulanty
in his life which must have sorcly tried
her patience. His incredible untidincss,
his addiction TO music ut strange hours,
his occasional revolver practice within
doors, his weird and often malodorous
scientific experiments and the atmosphere
around HIM made HIM the very worst
tenant in London. On the other hand,
ms payments were princcly. | have
no doubt that the house might have been
purchased ut the price which Holmes
pad Tor his rooms during the years that
] wrs With him.
The landlady stood in the deepest
awe OF him. and never dared to inter
icrc with HIM. however outrageous his
proceedings might seem. She was fond
IT HIM too. for he had remarkable
gcntlcncss and courtesy in his dealings
with women. lie disliked and distruS,ed
the scN, hut he was always = chivalrous
opponent Knowing how genuine was
her regard for HIM, ! listened earnestly
To her story when she came to my rooms
IN the second year OF my married life
and told me of the sad condition To which
my moor friend was reduced.
Hen diving, DIR. Watson, said she.
"For three DAYS he has been sinking
and | doubt ii he Will last the day. lie
would not let me g,t doctor. This
morning when | saw his bones sticking
oui of his face and his great bright
eyes looking nj me, | could stand no
more OF II. With your leave or with
cat II. Mr.. Holmes, | am going for n
doctor this ycry hour. said !. Let II
hc Watson, them said he wouldn
waste an hour in coming 10 him, sir,
or You may not sec him alive
| was Mortified. for had heard moth
ing of his illness. | need not saw that
! rushed for my coat and my hat. rs
We drove back | asked for tho details
There is little | can tell YOU, sir.
lie has been working nj n case down
ut Ro,hcrhithc in an alley near the
river, and he has brought this Illness
hnck with him. lie took to his bed on
"Wednesday afternoon and has never
moved since. For these thnrc DAYS
neither food nor drink has passed his
lips
Good Godr Why did YOU not call
in doctor"
Gle wouldn't have il. sir. You know
how maS,criul he is. didn't dare 10
disobcy HIM. But he's not long for
tins world. rs you'll see for yourself,
the moment that YOU set eyes on him.
lie WAS indeed = dcplorablc spectacle
In the dim light of ioegy November
dav the sickroom was n gloomy spot,
hut u was that raunt, wasted face
staring at me from the bed which sent
chill 20 my heart. His eyes had the
brightness OF fever, there was = hectic
flush upon either check, and dark
crists chung to his lips, the thin hands
upon the coverlct twitchcd necessarily,
his voice was croaking and spasinodlc.
lie lay ls,lesSly as entered the room
hat the sight of me brought a CLEAN
oi recognition To his ewes.
We'll. Watson, We seem 10 have
fallen upon evil days" said he in =
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and tho wife cant. Moreover no mean
man treats n female cmpIoye ~ hs does
his wife He doesn't dare to.
And the business girl with heT good
job is far more cboo~'y about whom she
marrics than the society girl Is. II IL the
privilege that her estate OF Independence
gives her. The girl Who stays At home
and who has no fortune Of her own, feels
that she must marry because she must
have meal ticket. She can't expect
her father 10 support her forever. Also
she must mnrry TO get something 10 do
to keep her from perishing Of bordofn.
The business girl has nm interesting
and absorbing occupation ~ I'll her
thoughts, and her own pocke'book,
80 shc can afford 10 pick and choose
when she comes 20 selecting = husband,
aud not take Just anybody as the do
pendent must do.
OF course plenty Of business women
don't marry, but IL isn't because they
| couldn't.
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them up far over her head. The old
woman screamed with anger, but hav-
ing no cane she was powcrlcss TO do
ANYTHING.
Il will put an end to his pranls, /"
she cried when Mt last her cane and
hat dropped to the ground "Tomor-
row night will bring my broomstick
stccd and up | will fly and catch him
by his long beard and bring him down
with me.
But all that happened that night
was that the long beard of the dwarf
caught the broom end of the stick
and carried it up in the sky before
The old witch could mount and this
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THE LONG BEARDED DWARF.

Part |.
Once upon n time there lived in n
deep forest a queer looking dwarf.
His head was not round but fat and
rather pointed at the top and he had
no neck at all.
His face was grecnish color and
his eyes bright and round. His head
seemed to be a part of his body and
his arms were thin and long and SO
were his feet and legs But the strang-
est thing about this dwarf was his
long white beard, which hung from
the lower part Of his face like a sweeping
name.
This queer looking dwarf possessed
some magic power by which he could
spread out his long white beard and
fly over tree tops and mountains until
he came to the dells and woods where
the COLLINS or the gnomcs were holding
a revel.
Then he would float down among
them and scare the little men so they
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-18
YOUR HEALTH
WHY HALF THE BATTLE IS
BELIEVING YOU'LL GET WELL
BY ROYAL 8. COPELAND, M. D.
Commissioner OF Health. Now York City.

FREQUENTLY We hear the expression, "ths ono
best bst" There IL best bet" in medicine. No
matter how sick and how perilousy close to death
person may appear TO BE- he Is vsry likely 10 get WE'LL
Never forget that the natural tendency Of disease
IL toward recovery. II il tho other way, the first
severe illness you had would have ended your
career.
What made think Of these things was the MEM
DRY Of . case years ago New York doctor called
in consultation to examine the eyes Of OF his
patients. found her in bed, with snoring breathing,
eyes rolled up pulse almost impsrceptble skin like wax
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Eclipse OF Sun On Thursday.

There will be total eclipse of the sun
next Thursday. according to the al
manac, but things will go on here
just the same. In fact, only the Aus
tralians, the South Asians and North
Africans will see the eclipse. 1t will
be invisible here.
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a. hest ! could. I made a report OF my
findings to the doctor. but said:
It MAKES no difference. OF course. be-
cause your patient win be dead before
night"
There IL q sort Of unwritten law among
doctors not To discuss unpleasant sr-
perienc>s. We particularly hate 70 bring
up a topic which may appear to hint nj
any failure on the part OF colleague.
II IN the business OF doctors 10 Keep
folks alive. 10 We always have \ sense
OF failure even when an apparently
incurable patient dies.
OF course. never referred TO the
patisnt I have mentioned. What was
nv shock and Amusement. fve or sir
Years later, to have that dear old lady
walk into my object She didn't die.
after ALI Ny own lack Of faith did not
discourage her doctor, who stayed by
and turned the scala.
Several experiences IKE this and OBJ
scrvation OF other doctorr' experiences
have taught me that IL II never safe
TO prophosy fearful things. There Is
ample foundation for bounding optimism.
When I am siok I want my doctor to
hang on TIL the undertaken drives him
out. Tho more resourcefuI and hopeful
tho doctor. the moro likely he Is to re-
store you TO health and usefulness.
HOBO gives strength and encourage
ment. SO long as there IL life there IL
hope.
Never give way to despair
Determine to get well.
Think recovery and health!
How Il helps a doctor TO have trust
ing and confident patient
Half tho battle il believing you WIN
get Won.
Then Il IL ~ much easier for the nurse
and family IL tho patient II responsive
and helpful
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"sarnbo. how do they get De water
in de Watermelon
Oats easy. Dey plants IL in do
spring"
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God helps him who helps himself" IN
certainly q wsll-founded adage.
Let's all get well and keep WE'LL
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The Adventure Of
the Dying Detective

nv SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLl

" " Newspaper Syndicate
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The Business Girl and Matrimony
BY DOROTHY DIX
,,he Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Copyright. 1922. by Tho Wheeler synd icate. Inc.
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and surface of her n cold
Of
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The Sandman Story

BY Abby Phillips Walker
Copyright. 1922 by the Wheeler Syndicate Inc n Y
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Tomorrow-Thc Adventure Of the
Dying Detective, continued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-12-22

nesses, the laws of the valleys were
far away from them; they were face
to face with realities. Their code had
become the basic code of life: to kill
for self-protection without mercy or
remorSe.
They did not know when the Turner's
would attack. 1t was the dark of the.
moon, and the men would be able to
approach the house without present
ing themselves as targets for Bruce's
rifle. The danger was not thing on
which to conjecture and forget; 1t
was an ever-present reality. Never
they stepped out of the door, never
they crossed lighted window, never
a pane ratified In the wind but that
the wings of Death might have been
lowering over them. The days were
passing, the date when the chance for
victory would utterly vanish was al
most at hand. and they were haunted
by the CHASTITY fact that their whole
defense lay In a single thirty-thirty
rifle and five cartridges. Bruce's own
gun had been taken from him In 81
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not In the form of words at first. AS
man might watch a miracle he
watched a new light come into her
dark eyes. All the gloom and sorrow
of the wilderness without could not
affect its quality. 1t was light Of
joy, of exultatlon, Of new-found
strength.
you hadn't ought to ask me that,
Bruce" she said with a rather strained
distinctness. ut has been like being
born again. There aren't any words
to tell you what 1t has meant to me-
And don't think / haven't seen the
change In you, too-the birth of a new
strength that every day is greater,
higher-until 1t is-almost more than
! can understand. The old smiles are
gone, but something else has taken
their place-something much more
dear to me-but what it is I can hard
ly tell you. Maybe it's something that
the pines have"
But he hadn't wholly forgotten how
to smile. His face. lighted as remem-
brance came to him. "They are a diff
ferent kind of smiles-that's ALL" he
explained. Perhaps there will be
many of them in the days to come.
Linda, have no regrets. I've played
the game. Whether it was Destiny
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CHAPTER xxIV-Continued.

He had rather liked his appearance as
he saw himself In the water of the
spring The last of the velvet had
been rubbed from his horns, and the
twelve tines (six on each horn) were
as hard and almost as sharp as so
many bayonet points.
AS the morning dawned, the change
I'm the face Of nature became ever more
manifest The leaves of the shrubbery
began to change in color. The wind
out Of the north had a keener, more
biting quality, and the birds were hav-
ing some sort of exciting debate in
the tree tops.
The birds are always scurried,
nervous, rather rattle-brained outfit.
and seem wholly incapable of making
decision about anything without
hours of argument and discussion.
Their days are simply filled with one
excitement after another, and they tell
more scandal in an hour than the old
ladies in a resort manage in the en-
tire summer. This slow transforma-
ton in the color Of the leaves, not to
mention the chill Of the frost through
their Scanty feathers. had created a
sensation from one end Of birdland
to another. And there was only one
thing about 1t. That was to wait, I'M
til the darkness closed down again,
then start away toward the path of
sorts in the south.
The Little People in the forest of
ferns beneath were not such gay birds,
and they did not have such high-fiown
ideas as these feathered folk in the
branches. They didn't tall such fool
ishness and small talk from dawn to
dark. They didn't wear gay clothes
that weren't a particle of good to them
In cold weather. You can imagine
them as being good, substantial. mid
dle-clsss people, much more sober
minded, tending strictly to business
and working hard, and among other
things they saw no need Of fitting down
ia southern resorts for the cold sea-
son. These people-being mostly
ground squirrels and gophers and chip
munks and rabbits-had not been fit
+ed by nature for wide travel and
had made all arrangements for a pleas
ant winter at home. You could al
most see a smile on the fat face Of q
plump old gopher when he came out
and found the frost upon the ground !;
for he knew that for months past he
had been putting away stores for just
this season. In the SHOWS that would
follow he would simply retire into the
farthest recesses of his burrow and
LET the winds whistle vainly above
him.
The larger creatures, however, were
less complacent. The woives-if ami
mails have any powers of foresight
whateyer-knew that only hard days.
not luscious nuts and roots, were in
store for them. There would be many