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Some merlans7'' suggested Ma
rise. You can cook them asl
gratin just like q sole. Z
But win / have time? he
groaned. Who knows whether
the oven Il hot enough?''
wen. hurry back ana brigAten
the fire. while ! rush out and
get the fish.
Culinary Details.
He he'd back up the stairs. his
slippers Tapping. She left her
roll cf music ii the conclerge,s
care and darted out into the
street. market-bag In hand, TWEEN.
ty minutes later the fish were
being disposed with religious
care on q bed Of chopped parsley,
sha1lots, mushrooms and butter.
Biron showed the balxing.pan ten
DERBY into the oven, wiped the
sweat from hts face, and stopped
storming az his wife.
You were not to blame. after
All. Melanie." he told her mag
unanimously, and with . long
breath, ''But It was 8 close call,
~ God, close cali.
In the salon Marise was pour
ing an aperitif Tor her father,
brightly dishing up the news
Of the day with the sauce Of live.
" comment, and saying nothing
about culinary close calls. Her
father listened to her, slipping his
DubOnnet with IN air oe intense
satisfaction. He took plenty 0e
time Tor It, allowing each mouth
ft1i to deliver all its complicated
burden Of tang and bitterness
ana heat befOre he took another
one into his mouth.
excellent stuff, DubonnetIs
he said appreciatively.
''I'm glad you like 4" said
Marase. She envied her father
his enjoynents. They were. com
paratiyeIy speaking. 20 easy To-
get.
Looking ct her seemed to re-
mind him Of something. He.
reached into s vest pocket with
some difficulty, for his vests
we're more and more tightly
packed with each year Of good
living, and took out q little
jewelers. box.
cts your birthday today
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EK- OR three years was
working and saving to-
make q home for my
sweetheart--and just as got
together the things she deserved
and needed, she eIoped with an
other man-One who has no more
to offer her than had three
years ago when she told me to
prove myself q real man Il I
wanted to win her." writes
Peter G.
Though I have told almost my
whole story in that one sentence,
/ am going on to give you q few
details In the hope that they win
help you diagnose my case and
offer me some word Of solution.
''I was twenty-six when I met
Helene. She was twenty-five. We
worked in the same firm earn
ing seventy-five dollars week
she twenty-five. She said we
would both go on working and
saving, and then when we had
enough to buy q little home In
the country and start right we'd
get married. And in the mean
time we'd be good friends. pals,
and know that In the right time
we'd have the love we were
earning.
"I saved half my salary and
lived in q hall bedroom so I
could give her pleasant time on
what I allowed myself. / have
been steadily promoted. Now I
am earning over a hundred g
week and have ten thousand dol
lars to invest in home. And
my girl elopes with a salesman
who has nothing to offer except
fascination.
IT am bitter and disillusloned.
I see that women are not to be
treated right, to be trusted, to be
adored, but that you can sweep
them OFF their feet with a little
bunk while you can't win them
by honest devotion and striving.
I'll know how to treat one OF the
DANES next time-you bet"
.Will your I wonder. win
you be able to see just what Is in
a girls heart-or will you listen
to what she says? VIII you
analyze girls motives and devo-
ton or accept her words in terms
OF her lure for you? And above
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The Story of Two Young People Who We're Destined for
Each Other, Though Every Influence Seemed
To Keep Them Apart

what's left OF the baths the Ro.
mans had here
Eugenia made no answer, but
looked at them hard.
Marise went on, "Awfully in
teresting, isn't It. to see Roman
ruins right In Paris. across thu
street from q cafe. But I sup
pose they'd look like small pota
toes to anybody who's seen Rome.
Nine. Vallery says they look
comically small, AFTER Rome"
Eugenia put her arm around
her neck. and kissed her once
more fervently. disturblngIy, on
the lips. Would you ike to go
to Rome? III take you to tonne.
IN hire . private car for the two
Of MS
And before Marise could an
swer. before she could even
bring out the laugh which rose
to her lips, Eugenia said with
another OF her abrupt leaps.
.sThat young man Is In love with
you. The one who came In after
ward. He's awfnlly goodioOking.
too" She looked into Marise's
face with her avid. penetrating
gaze, and said. "But you don'r
like himg'
Desperately Tired.
Il never thought about him In
my life" cried Marise. exasper-
ated. She was beginning to feel
desperately tired Of the mental
gymnastics Of such talk.
but there was something YOU
didn't like a. / spoke about him
Don't Won like men? Don't you
IKE men to be In love with your
do. I love Il" She made
another flying leap. and asked.
'Are many French women Ike
your music-teacher-so fa.-no
style?'
She's not French, Madame de
Ii. Cueva."
what. them
"A Levantine."
"A whatf What's q Levantine7'
Marise considered. What t. =
Levantine. anyhow A little OF
everything, should say. and all
more or less oriental and south
ern She's part Spanish, part
Jewish from Asia Minor, brought
up In Cairo and Paris"
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ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
by Beatrice Fairfax
a Conservative Adnirer.
TEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

a Conservative AdmFers
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am thirty and for the
past year and q half have been
going out several times a week
WIKI man Of forty whora I
have known for some ysars
and have always found to be
of fine principles. Whils he
has been most attentive. there
has mover been any under
standing between Us. I now
find myself growing fond Of
this man, and believe the feel
ing Is reciprocated. However,
in the absence Of any definite
declaration of affection, ] am
beginning to wonder IL it Is not
a somewhat unusual situation.
Is It not customary for a man
to request permission to cali on
a lady on set evenings, if such
is his intention. and to express
his affection, when it exists?
]. ".
vVHERE are no set rules for
friendship-nor yet for love.
individuality expresses itself in
so many ways, that no one can
insist on custom In the develop
ment Of an interest between a
man and a woman. Possibly
this man finds you an interest
ing companion-no more. Per
haps he is not yet convinced
that you and he are really mated.
A man Of his age would pre-
coed conservtively, no doubt,
and not rush into a declaration
merely because he felt attracted
TO a woman. His attention shows
his interest. Whether there is
a growing devotion back OF 1t Is
a thing for you to judge sanely.
If you really care for him, try
to give so much OF understand
ing, so much Of kindly consldera-
ton that you will become neces.
sary to him. Masculine human
nature being what It is, IL you
force the Issue you may not force
1t to the conclusion you want.
But the more charming you are.
the more necessary you become.
the greater the likelihood that
you will win the devotion you
want. Real love is likely to be-
get love In return.
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SECRETS OF HEALTH
AND SUCCESS
WHAT FOCAL INFECTION MEANS

fore they lay their their full Fix
hundred eggs. many eggs are de-
stroyed before they hatch, many
flies perish before they mature.
II Il were not 90. the afr ana face
Of the earth would be filled with
flies.
But the figures are sufficient
to impresse you with the almost
frightfuI rate at which they re-
produce.
This fact become doubly Sig
nificant to health and life. when
1t Is remembered that each ny
may become the carrier Of the
germs Of disease.
This role Of the house NY com
prises one of the greatest forward
strides In preventive medicine.
It points with unerring empta-
sis to the fact that a ny ID not
merely a nuisance that ticlxles
your nose when you try to sleep,
out IL an enemy that tries to pol.
son you with the poison that sticks
to its legs and wings and body.
This now old, old story IL here
told in just another way to arrest
your attention and to impress you
again with your duty to swata the
ny. destroy his breeding places,
screen him from your homes and
In every way possible treat him
as your implacable enemy.
Monday: What Your Physl.
clan First Sees I'm Your Case.
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THEY FIND A STRANGE NEST IN "A TREE

; let's stay on cur horses 50 that
we can look in, IL we set q chance"
We waited while and listened.
There wasn't a sound coming
from the nest and not even the
flutter Of wing In the tree.
II guess they've gone off 20
spend the day." said Bobby. "Per-
haps they've gone on q picnic"
Well" I suggested; at wouldn't
hurt to take a peep into the nest,
would it, Bobby"
mo; but don't think there n
anything in IT," he replied. EFT
might even be an old nest. ANY.
how, would love to see the In.
side Of such q strange looking
nest. I should think that eggs
would break IL they were rolled in
1t, and It certainly doesn't look as
II It would be very comfortable for
baby BIRDS"
Bring your horse over near me,
ASNOO1P 0AAN udAFu AtAC The T01nS.
I'll lift you up so you can look
over the top into the nest"
tied Bobby's reins to the pom.
mel OF my saddle and lifted Bobby
over to me. Then I held him up
as high as could reach.
Foxy Grandpa! Foxy Grand.
pa" Bobby gasped.
What is it. Bobby"
There's big --"
Just then I saw for myself, for
four little eyes peeped over the
edge Of the nest and then eight
smaller eyes ami heads appeared.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood Rat and
their Children I laughed.
rats in q tree" Bobby gasped.
care they stealing eggs2'
Indeed? they're not. That nest
is their home. Wood rats often
build their homes in tree" OK.
planned.
Copyright. 1898, By international
News SerVioe)
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OAO ACAAIO4t
fIy-3ust the common house fly
lays 900 eggs In the course
Of her brief career Of about ser
dayS-an egg layer.
The eggs hatch out In two hours.
Each female fly thus newly
Matched out goes through two
other stages Of development-one
OF about four and a half days
: when she becomes a full-fledged
fly and begins laying eggs.
This gives about eight genera
ton Of lies to q ny season Of
eighty days when the frost stops
the reproduction.
This gives US the figure above
twenty-one quadrillions eight hun.
dred and seventy trillions. as the
mathematically possible progeny
OF a single fly in the eighth gen.
Grafton.
To find the grand total Of all
the flies bred by this single egg
layer 1t will be necessary to add
all the products OF the eight rnul.
Implications.
sOf course no such number al
flies do come from a single an
cestor. Many flies are killed be.
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THE MAN WHO LOSES
FAITH IN WOMAN
N'T JUDGE ALI By ONE SAD EXPERIENCE

all VIII you try to generaIize and
to prove that what one giri does
all women must do? II Won do
any Of these things. ron cannot
trust q girl again ever. becailse
you cannot trust your own reac-
tons and impressions.
Your experience was unrcr-
tunate in the extreme. but #
need not make you cynical about
women. It need. In fact. DO
nothing but show you beyond
peradventure that you must learn
to use common sense In dealing
with them. The girl Of twenty.
two who did not feel enough love
and devotion and partnership
spirit to start out on your very
fine earnings and work toward
her ambitions for you and her
self, proved her lack Of courage
or real love when she hesitated
to take q chance on such =
splendid big sum as seventylfive
dollars q week.
Be as hard as you like on your
self for not seeing what q nner-
cenary. calculating, altogether nm
womanly attitude she was talk
ing. But don't sit around
and cultivate a bitter ana cynical
attitude toward women because
a woman like that did you the
good turn to elope with another
man.
You were lucky to ''iose" such
an unstable and coldbIooded
twhere you are concernedl little
mink. And the man who set her
blood racing so her hard little
head couldn't works. probably
the one who has some real reason
for losing faith In womankind.
Next time choose a girl
who Is really worthy OF faith
and then give It to her intelli-
gently and gratefully.
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Eugenia sheered off on anoth-
er tack, And who is Madame
Va - Va - something
Madame Vallery? She's o
- she's sort of friend of
mine. Yes, she's : friend. Ny
old muaic.teacher, when was
little Girl. got us together. she's
the wife OF . Deputy, you know,
like our congressman. !.
rs she chic. too,' asked Eu.
genias like Mrs. MaFbury? IL
she young7 Il she pretty9''
Marise laughed, mo, she's NOT
pretty or young. She must be
fifty years Old
Eugenia was shocked. And q
friend of youah's!.'
Marise explained, aShe has
more brains than you and and
forty other girls rolled into one.
And I've met more interesting
people at her house than 80
WIN You take me sometime SIS
WIN you take me?,' asked Eu.
genia.
''Yes. Il you liIte,. said Marise.
Shocked.
Eugenia looked around her
wildly. as Il 70. And some way
Of saying her thanks. Something
in the street caught her eye.
They were passing I florists
shop. She slammed the door
open. curved her flexible little
body around the frame, ana
caught at the drivers coat.taiIs.
stop . minuteg' she cried TO
him and dashed into the shop.
When she came out she had q
huge bunch Of mauve-colored CT.
chids in her arms.
For you, for you" she cried.
elated at her idea, thrushing
them into Marise's hands. and
kissing her again. And then,
suddenly downcast, "oh, IL
oughtn't to have been Orchtdsl
what7 Roses3 LIlies7 Vioiets7
Yes, yiolets.''
This time Marise protested
theoretically against this as
sumption Of meanings in her
face.
81 don't know what makes you
say such things" she cried out
helplessly, half-angrily. orchids
are lovely-beautiful, How could
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Why the Marriage Of the Principal Characters Of This Novel
Was Able to Stand the Test Is Related in
Captivating Manner

. heremarked, taking another care
fui sip Of his aperitif
Marise looked at the present,
little wrist-watch. from q very
good house.
ooh, that's awfuily good ot
you Father" she said. trying Il
on.
.You can have one if that
funny little frisnd of yours en-.
he advanced.
''oh. * you start giving me
everything Eugsnia has Is re-
protested Mariso.
'somsbody ought tos make her
present Of little ordinary
sense, ne commented. with no
great interest ii the subject.
eve seen her kind befcre. They
tear things loose tn they set
what they want, and then they
don't IKE Il"
s.Eugenia lust loves Il. every
bic of it, Marise objected.
well, let her., he disrnis1sd
her from cOnsid ation with his
usual nonchalancs, and taking
the last 81 the Dubonnet he
rose to 50 into his room
An Indignant Man.
IN ! moment Marise heard an
indignant roar, lasIanis has for
gotten my hot water again. Her
father came to the door ot his
room. vast ana buiging III his
shirt and trousers, outraged BY
the oversight
s'Oh, yes" said Marise. III an
noyance. sYou might have known
she would. Blron has been II
another tantrum and taking her
head OF. It gets her % fattled
she fotgets her own work 4.
II don't zee what that has 70
do with my hot water, cried
the master Of the house aggrisved.
ri hasn't! It HASN'T cried Ma
rise hastily, running TO tell Ne
LAME Of her crime.
Not tin the hot water vrau nafely
delivered, and her fathers COM
ments on bad service diminished
to distant solitary mutter. did
Mariss 80 into her own room
ia dress. She had no hot water.
either, but she washed IN calds
scorning with all her heart the
(To Be Continued Monday
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THE RHYMINC
OPTIMIST
By Aline MichaeIis.


TNILL BROWN was not the
pushing kind, I've heard
my grandafre say; he never
was the least inclined TO rise at
break Of day. He never knew the
subtle lure that fame and power
can hold; he never minded being
poor; he never longed for gold.
He lacked ambitions stirring
force and neighbors all oplned
He'll not amount to much, OF
course, Bill Brown ID not that
kind" But alwaya when a dance
was planned upon some festaI
day and there were doing gay
and grand, they sent for Bin
to play. For Bill could reel off
lively airs and haunting tunes,
and sweet; he wove them into
tempting snares for prim. decor
Gus feet. And Bill could WELD q
fiddle bow tin common thfngs
would change, like scenes be-
meath the moonlight's glow. to
something fair and strange. His
touch upon the twanging strings
made listeners think they heard
the meadow lark that scars and
sings, his soul with rupture
stirred. II seemed like Nature
loved Bill Brown. her secrets ell
she told him, the ne'er-do-wsIl
OF town, who never cared for
gold. And when he played, It
seemed as though a soothing hand
caressed the heads bent down
by weight Of woe and eased the
aching breast. Bill Browns
achievements were but few in
any worldly way. but Grandsire
said It thrilled him through to
hear the fellow play. Bill followed
out, his natural bent and knew
no flaming goalh but he went
happy and content, with music
in his soul.
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three untldy minds,
left untidy.
Mr.. GEORGE: Absurd
MRS GEORGE. isn't absurd. Look st II from tha
point the woman who the simply
work for the hed wife to strgge 70 keep the house tidy
everybody doing his best make Of
Mr.. GEORGE Are you talking about yourself
MRS GEORGES Yes, Of course Look at the trouble
have: YOU never put back into the bookcase
do attempt 10 YOU deliberately II the shelf
it. If II
you pull chair out that happens e be your and there
It viii stay unless get up and put Il back again.
MR. GEORGE Yes know YOU think Of nothing but pating
re cushions Tidiness become y
ms GEORGE mot lstening): put up clean net curtains
yesterday in before dinner you'd tied them
Mr. GEORGE Yes, the knot you're tied up with with your
the want wallOw Give
me freedom and you have the knots and the nets.
tcopxrlrht y mel
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newspapers stacked on the
sofa. It exposes the people
In the house, and you may
Be sure that an untidy house
means that they have untidy
minds.
MRS. GEORGE: Yes, dar-
ling, that's all very well, but
generally more than one per-
son lives In q house. It's ten
to-one against their I'll being
tidy-minded. / think the ar
rangements ought to be de-
cided by Il majority.
Mr.. GEORGE: What do
YOU mean?
MRS. GEORGE: IL
there are five people in the
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looked cross ana anxious. Come
thing must have gone wrong.
she turned back. meeting him ia
front o. the conclerge's door.
"oh. MademoiselIe, Cod be
praised you're back IN time. Des-
olation and ruin! The sole has
turned-it has been % hot to-
day. I swear on my, soul a. .
Christian II was fresh when I
got it--unless that bEaclkguard
Gagnan changed. 80
When Biron turned his tbrrent
Of objurgation on the trades
people who sold him eatables
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- HE dashed the question IN
- Marise's face as though It
~ had been her fist.
Startled.
Marise positively drew back
from her. Too startled to be
anything but literal. she answered.
"Why. don't know where ! did.
Oh. yes, in my French history
class. / suppose. They make you
learn everything 50 hard, you
know. You yourself were saying
what a grind it is. :"
Eugenia breathed hard and said,
.History again, darn it! But I
didn't dream you'd learn that sort
of thing in It." She added defi-
antly. and for Marise quite cryp-
tically, well, I'm going to learn
It Without
Nine. de Ia Cueva came back
with the music in her hand.
.svoila. mon enfant," she said,
shaking Marise's hand heartily.
She reached for Eugenia's hand.
too, which was hanging at her
side, TIN Eugenia. seeing the
meaning Of the others gesture,
brought It up with an awkward
haste, . painful red burning In
her cheeks.
Sonis one came IN as they went
out, another student evidently, for
no had q RON of music IN bis
hand. ne stopped and stood aside
with Z deep bow to let the two
girls pass.
'sGood-dAy. Mile. Allen" he said,
booking at her intently.
A0ood-day, N. Boudoin." she an
awered Neither girl spoke al
they went down tho endless. wind
ing stairs and passed out to the
street.
Az they turned into the Boule-
ward. and logged past the Jar
din de CIuny. Eugenia asked
tenssIy. what are those queer
looking broken-down WALSH
Marise answered circumspectly,
fearing another out.burst. "I
think they're Roman ruins $50
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LILY tn0 NSSuEG
by 800. multi
ply this product
by 800; keep
multiplying the
product by 300
and keep on UP
to the seventh
multiplication.
The meaning
Of all this arith.
metic is as FOL
lows:
Ono female
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WHO SAID 1T
AND WHERE

''The heather CIlinee."
This expression, at one time
quite common, is from Bret
Harte's plain Language from
Truthful James"
''Whon The moon h made Of
green cheese"
This familiar saying was pro
verbal In the sixteenth century
when Haywood collected his pro.
verbs.
Copyright. 1898, King Features
Syndicate, Inch
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anything Be better? never had
any before in my life"
But the other was not to be-
comforted. Eyes. it ought 70
have been violets,'' she MUIR
INJURED, and then squaring her
Jaw, And It VIII be violets. the
next time. You just seer
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Nasturtiums. marigolds, and
sunflowers are said to be able to
cast a faint light around them;
this is most noticeable on .
warm, dry night hitter a day OF
hot sunshine.
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Thousa nds of parasite wasps are
being taken from the United
States to Canada in an effort to
suppress the corn-boring worm.
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Earliest KnOLUn Bread.

- throughout tropical and sub tropical America It
Is the most ancient form Of the staff of life 81 the
whole Western Hemisphere.
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: By Dorothy Garfield
VII. George and His Wife
ACROSS THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Tidiness

NNRs. GEORGES oh, yes, know Mase isn't very tidy
IV houekeeper and perhaps her drawing did look
~ rather in mess night But after all they're very
happy in that house, don't suppose II matters much
MR. GEORGE: Yes hate untidiness
the dirty shoes host the porch last years
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As Marise started UP the front
stairway she saw Biron emery
ing on the run from the foot OF
the servants stairway. his apron
haif-off. q net marleting-bag in
his hand. His broad, red face
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SnaiIs as FOrecasters.

ACCORDING to an authority, snas indicators Of
weather changes The snail goes abroad except
before rain that time it gets the under side Of
leaves if heavy rain, on the outside if light rain
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By Charles A. L. Reed,
M. D..
Tormer President Of the American
Medical Association.l

MeUDCA ASBOc1a8lOn.l
~ OW MANY - 1850, OOO.-
100000, 900 - and then
- some!
: You get at Il this way:
Take 600. divide It by two, n1uI.
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By Beatrice Fairfax.

Who Occupies 3 Unique Position
in the Writing World as an
Authority ON the Problems
Of Love.
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By Dorothy Garfield.

HE dashed the question in
- Marise's face as though it
~ had been her fist.