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was awarded an honorable mention.
 Winner of Second Prize

was awarded an honorable mention.
 Winner of Second Prize
 Eugene speicher. winner of the sec- ond prize. is a distinguished and vigorour figure among the younger American painters. His art is of a robust, fuli-blooded and decidedly American type. He was born In Buff falo. N, Y., in 1883. studied art there and in New York city. and later spent three years abroad. Tn 1921 at the twentieth International he was award ed third prize for his painting, Girl with Great Hat"
 Pierre Bonnard, the last of the prize winners. belongs to group of French painters who call themselves '"rhe Intimists." He was born in 1867 and studied under Cezanne and Gauguin. His first exhibit at the International was last year.
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MAsoNs GOING TO CHICAGO.

Cleveland, O., April 27 (By Asso- ciated Press) .-Inasmuc as 1S,0O0 members of the Masonic order al- ready have made reservations in ho- tels here for June II, 12 and IS, the dates for the Masonic Grotto national convention, the committee in charge of the arrangements estimates a total of 60,000 members of the Grotto will be present when the convention as- sembles.
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child will learn his first lesson in geo granhy, are all being reproduced daily on this photographic monster,
 The three-and-a-half-ton giant was designed by 4. II. Linsenmeyer. pho- tographer of the Geological survey. and is being used as . center for re- organization of the departments pho- tographic activities.
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"A careful survey of the clothing industry by qualified experts resulted in this conclusion. and this lesson is going to be taught at our convention and exposition morning, noon and night"
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An EngrOssing Story Of Life and Love,
Thrilling Episodes and Unique Situa-
tiOns From q Master Pen.

repeating prudent advice: .'Don't
90 on; keep the money. Itis inn
possible to. so any higher.
Alicia refused to listen to warn
ings. Her Inspiration was not ex-
hausted. There sim remained
great things for her TO do: and
when the time came for her to
stop, she would be aware Of It
sooner than the rest.
Michael had been present 1t this
struggle. which had been annoying
to him. Every afternoon when ne
entered the Casino ne called him
self names. tas though he were
doing something cowardly. why
did he come to witness the acts OF
that mad woman? she did not
seem to be aware of hts presence.
At first q look, q smile, and during
the remaining hours she had eyes
for nothing save the gambling and
the croupiers. N spite of this. the
Prince kept coming regularly
Harbinger Of Good Luck.
no excuse himself. he recalled
certain words which the Duchess
had said. The day following her
first famous winning she had
arisen on seeing him enter the
room and taken both his hands
in hers to speak to him pri-
vately.
You bring me good luck she
rnurmured in his ear 81 am sure
that this is So. have been win
ming since we have become
friends. Come, come all the
timer Let me see you every
time raise my eyes.
She raised them, however. very
seldom. She had other. more
I urgent things to think 81.
But Michael, to quiet his angry
pride. told himself that ne was
there to, keep his word. Besides.
who knew but that she was tell
ing the truth. The tendency to
superstition, common to all gam
blers. the Casinos surroundings
ana even Alicia's luck itself, had
finally Influenced the credulity
az the. Prinee.
He tried to avenge himself for
these long waits and her indif-
ference BY looking at her with
scornful eyes.
How ugly she loolxs!
Copyright, 1918. BY p. r .Dutton q c.
All Rights Reserved.
no BE Continued TomOrrOwl
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OHM E r
STORIES

Hostess, on seeing her nephew's
fiancee for the first time: "I
should never have known you,
from your photograph. Herbert
told me you were so pretty.
Herbeft's Ffancee: mo-. I'm not
pretty, so / have to try to be nice,
and it's such a bore. But perhaps
you haven't tried?"
A dealer in antiques was very
anxious to sell an old violin that
came his way. This fiddle" ne
said to a visitor, was the one
used by Nero at the burning or
Rome Come, come" said the
customer with a laugh, that was
a myth" Eyes" replied the
dealer, land Myths name was on
it, but it got worn off!
A gentleman and his wife called
at a country house. They rang,
and as nobody came, they rang
again. They kept on ringing ana
knocking. and though there were
signs Of life and movement IN
doors, no attention was paid to
them. Finally they turned to CO.
feeling justly ann 5yed. Close by
them were the twins OF the
house. Willie and Ted, grinning
happily. The louder you ring
the less they'll come" said Willie.
"They think it's US" said Ted.
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BOBBIEi AND
81
HIS PA
by William =. Kirk

y. s9
- ASKED Pa last mite to tell
me about Moon Shine. I
herd all the kids talking
about it SO asked Pa
Wei, Robbie, sed Pa, it wud-
dent talk long to tell you about
Moon Shine, but little kids like
you shuddent ought to be bother
ing pure beds about it, sed Pa.
Moon Shine is a naim for the
feerce dope with wich the suck
ers is filling themselfs up with,
sed Pa.
In the old days it was whisky,
now it lis Moon Shine, sed Pa.
Whisky was bad enuff, sed Pa,
but any gent that will drink
Moon Shine is week in his Upper
Story, sed Pa. A>inner-mate of
the Feeble Minded Hoam wud-
dent drink 1t, sed Pa, & If you
poured it into a Troff in pig
pen, sed Pa, the pigs wud run
the other way but thare is men
& boys loony enuff to drink it,
sed Pa, the poor fish.
Why doant thay drink Lem
munnaid? 1 sed. 1t tastes nicer
than Moon Shine.
Well, sed Pa, am sure l doant
know. Newman mater Is queer
combinashun, sed Pa. one tenth
newman & nine tenths Mule, sed
Pa. Thus you see the spectickel
of a full grown white man drink
ing what is sumtimes called
White Mule. It is SO MANNED bee
Klaus a white donkey is drinking
it, sed Pa, Mulish white jack
ass, sed Pa, that wants to have
his own way if it kills him.
If the wurld is getting better
all the time, why do peepul drink
Moon Shine? sed.
The peepul are not all drinking,
Bobbie, sed Pa. Thare are a
whole lot of wise guys, Bobbie,
sed Pa, that are drinking water &
giving the Moon Shine guzzlers
the Razz, sed Pa.
What langwidge! sed Ma.
Wen I feel strongly on a sub
jock I use strong langwidge, sed
Pa. But the strongest langwidge
cud use wuddent be half as
strong as Moon Shine, sed Pa.
I will now cloase this essay.
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GO0D might STORIES
TO YOUR CHILDREN

cause we have no eyes.
my goodness exclaimed
Mama Beetle. Mortified. You
have no eyes? Then how did you
know that you didn't eat my
eggs?"
The largest worm shrugged his
body and shook his funny little
head.
81 can't say for sure" he
sighed, ''but / mean. hope we've
done no harm. You see. we just
Matched ourselves this very day.
and I'D hate to think we had
started life stealing. II we ate
your eggs. it certainly was by
mistake"
Then you didr' cried Mama
Beetle. you ugly little thingsr'
She was about to pounce on
the largest worm when Mrs
Tree-Toad, hearing the commo-
ton. came bouncing into the
doorway.
'.well. wellr' she laughed, mo
wonder you're shouting. I'd
shout, myself. What q lovely
family you have, Mrs. Beetle. /"
But they have no eyes" she
sobbed, and Mrs. Tree-Toad
laughed so loudly that Mama
Beetle had to hold her ears.
There, there, little mother, .
she croaked.' Anyone can see
this is your first family. 4
heard you accusing them OF eat
ing your eggs. Why my dear,
most beetles are Matched blind.
There! there! Dry your eyes.
These little white worms will
soon go to sleep again in their
cradles, which they win spin for
themselves. Then when they
come out again they viii look
just like you, my dear. For
when you were their size you
looked like them"
Mama Beetle was SO happy
when she crawled into bed that
night that she had to laugh at
her foolishness.
Another fine story tomorrow.
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ner hour, families who dWeIled
permanently in Monaco ana who
are forbidden to enter the Cas-
mo, asked for news Of her luck.
In the cafes and restaurants, her
name resounded. mingled with
the names Of the generals who
were directing the war.
In front OF the buildings giving
the latest news people interrupted
their comments on the coming
offensive. asking one another,
How did the Duchess de Delille
come out yesterday Afternoons
when she arrived 1T the Casino
sightseers crowded about her to
get better view. and her friends.
greeted her, proudly kissing her
hand.
It was q silent ovation, consist.
ing Of gIances and smiles. like
that which greets the entry Of
famous soprano on the stage
which has witnessed her tri-s
umphs.
Her battle with the Casino
lasted about two weeks; she won,
lost. and won again She began
her .'work at 5 o'clock in the
afternoon, and remained at II
until midnight The tea hour
passed. then the dinner hour.
without her being aware Of It.
when the gambling was closed
she came away, leaning on
Valera's arm, greeting everyone
aniahIy. exhausted and victorious.
Sometimes. ike an invalid who is
fed against her win, she accepted
the sandwiches and q cup Of tea
which her companion brought her
at the gambling table.
A Memorable Night.
one night memorable one
she had won continuously up to
the closing hour Of the Casino.
she counted the bank notes that
the head employees had given her
with q hard, enigTnatic smile.
There were 400 Of them. each Of
1000 francs. they protruded
from her handbag and from Vale
riais Even her friend the Gem
eraless was obliged To help her
by taking care Of several pack
ages Of them.
IF they hadn't closed I would
have broken the bank" she said
with the vanity Of q conqueror.
CIorinda accompanied her in the
carriage as. far as the house.
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One Of the Worlds Greatest NOyelists
Weayes a Wonder War Time
Tale of Monte Carlo.

ions, laughed at his resentment.
Castro himself was considerably
impressed by this new marvel in
history.
Times have changed since your
day, Don Marcos. We are going
to see something new. America,
which q century ago was merely
a European colony. viii perhaps
protect and save Europe now. In
the meantime, we are witnessing
the curious spectacle Of a former
university professor being the ar
bitter Of the world. What would
Napoleon say IL he were to see
this, ninety-fonr years after his
death?n
Toledo gloomingly assented. Yes,
his days had passed. Democracy,
republicanisn, all these things
that had made him smile, as
though they were something
tranistory, Intellectual and out OF
date, were very powerful in the
present world, and perhaps would
finally take charge Of its affairs.
Even he felt their irresistible in-
nuences. But when the presi-
dent of the great American re-
public protested against the tor
pedoing OF defenseIess ships, the
crimes Of the submarines and
finally declared war on the Ger
man empire, Don Marcos affirm
ed. stammering out e confession.
This man Wilson this viii
son is q decent sort OF fellow
For him it was impossible to
say any more.
But though he approved Of the
man through instructive worship
Of personal power, he refused to
believe in the military strength
of the United States. It was q
land OF liberty, according to him,
where all considered themselves
equals, and this made it impos-
sible to create q real army.
To raise an army Of men in q
country that did not have COM
pulsory military service, to trans
port this army across the ocean
with all the immense quantity Of
supplies and munitions. and to
get it there. besides. in time to
save Europe from the great dam
ger Mere dreams! What
they call over there bluff
DON Marcos chung to this word
in order TO maintain his incred-
ulity. This race is accustomed
to accomplishing tremendous
things; Americans conceive OF
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"You horried little creatures"
she cried, wringing her feelers.
you have broken into my nurs-
ery and eaten all my lovely
eggs! And here I've been watch
ing and waiting for them to hatch
so / could show them to the
meadow folk. Oh, dear' Oh,
dear! What shall I do" And
she beat her foolish head with
her paws.
WHAT cried the largest.
Brother mine. have you eaten
anything-any eggs, mean
since you began to breathe?"
Indeed, have not" answered
the brother. And the largest
worm went from one to another.
asking the same question. When
he reached the last one, he turned
to the sobbing Mama Beetle and
shook his funny white head.
"No. madam, we have never
tasted an egg." he said. Then he
laughed merrily. why, madam,
we couldn't see to eat eggs be-
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BOBBIE AND
HIS. PA
By WiIlian q. kin

Z, = -I y
HEN the hours are heaped
up. full measure, with
their portion Of play and
work; with the joys that are ours
to treasure, with the duties we
would not shirk; when the days
are as fleet in going as q leaf
on the whirliIlg wind, when times
ripples are. swiftly flowing, dis
4tant friends are not brouht to.
mind. For the s1ares OF the
world eIlchain us, we are caught
in its far-f1ung net, and, however
the thought may pain us, there
are days when we do-forget! We
forget in tthe fret and FURRY, in
the haste Of our passing mood,
the old smile that could Danish
worry and the handclasp that
understood. But as soon q
1ull comes creeping through the
maze OF busy hours, then the
love. that has just been sleeping
wakes again like the fragrant
flowers. It may be when the tWt-
lights falling and the shadows
are marching on, it may be when
the robins calling to his mate
in the flush of dawn. But, What
ever the time or reason, 1t Is al
ways brighter day when we
dream for a little season or the
friend who is far away.
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BY Maria Jeritza,
The Famous Prirna Donna Of the
Metropolitan Opera Co. and
One Of the Most Beautiful
Women Of the Day.

nR ANY a woman makes her
Nv self actually miserable
1-N1 because her nose is not
shaped as she feels that it should
be to conform to the requirements
OF beauty. Her complexion may
be flawless, her hair she may keep
lovely and lustrous, her figure may
respond to exercise, but her nose
--how hopeless!
Yet, is anything under the sun
really hopeless, least Of all that
useful feature, the nose? If your
nostriIs are constantly INSTRUCTED
and your nose gives you actual
physical trouble, there is only one
thing to do-have the defect over
come by proper surgical or medi-
cal attention. This accomplished,
you will have achieved a long step
IN your beauty quest, for the deep
lines or strain from your nostrils
to the corners of your mouth will
have vanished and you will breathe
in great Iungfuls of fresh air joy
fully.
Dressing your hair becomingly
and wearing the right hat make
q real difference also in the APP
pearance of your nose. II you are
in doubt about the lines that show
up your nose to the best advan-
tage, experiment with two mir
rors-one q mirror the other a
hand mirror-that will reflect your
profile. Try different arrange
rpents of your hair and differently
lhaped hats until you find what
suits you from every angle-then
make that style of hairdressing
and that type of hat your own.
Your friend-the one who is al
ways dressed with such charming
taste and successful effect-will
surely be glad to help you in
yeur search for the best hat and
tine best arrangement Of your
hair.
u your nose is always red,
poor circulation may be the un-
DERIVING cause. Be sure to dress
warmly and comfortably and sec
TO it that no tight bands are i'm.
peding the free circulation of
your blood. With our modern
sensible fashions, there is no ex,
cuse for an extremely tight band
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YOUR BEAUTY
fORTTATTVE ARTICLES OF PRACTICAL VALUE

anywhere, at neck, waistline, gar
ters or toes.
II your nose il disfigured by
blackheads. use less powder and
let what you do use be of the
purest and always applied over
cold cream. Personally I cannot
see why just the faintest sugges-
ton of a natural luster Of the
skin of the nose is fatal to
beauty, but apparently it is so
considered by many young girls
of today and so they hopelessly
clog the pores of the skin with
coating upon coating Of what ap-
pears more like heavy whitewash
than delicate powder. This effect
is neither artistic nor beautiful
and is certain to lead to black
heads in the hopeless effort Of
the pores to discharge impuri-
ties.
II your skin is badly blemished
with these little black spots, you
might try this treatment:
Blend together each of these
two mixtures:
Green soap ...........1K ounces
Alcohol ...............1A drains
Glycerin ...2k drains
Borax IN drains
Rosewater ............2A drains
Spirits of lavender. IN drains
Alcohol IN ounces
Wash your skin with mixture
No. every morning, then with
No. 2, and finally battle with
warm water. In a short time this
should Danish the blackheads,
and if you are a little more care
full hereafter in your use Of pow
der and cold cream and will build
up your general health by a wise
diet aISi the walks, goh and other
seasonable exercises, we all show
ed enjoy, they will probably never
return.
(The next artiIe will deal with
the mouth and expressiOnJ
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mount picture.
By Vincente BIascO Ibanez
Author Of 'sThe Four HOrsemen
Of the Apocalypse" and Other
Novels OF World RenOwn.
TT was clear to, Michael now
why the Duchess de Delille 80
much admired this Lieutenant
Martineze. Alicia was proud Of
his courage, yet from time to
time she plainly showed her un-
easiness at the horror which she
guessed from his words. ''The
war! When win the war be
over?"~she would ask. thinking
Of her son. And the Lieutenant
would shrug his shoulders smil-
Ing. The war would last as long
as necessary: five years, ten
years; the main thing was to win
the victory.
PeriIOus Days.
These were the days when the
Germans. having freed themselves
from the peril presented by
Russia at their backs by making
peace with the Bolshevild. were
concentrating all their troops
In France, to make the drive on
80
Paris. The Allies. facing this
overwhelming offensive. could
count only on their regular forces
and those which the recent inter-
venfion Of the United States could
bring.
The Colonel from the beginning
0f the war. had been irritated by
the Importance which everyone
was giving President Wilson.
Just as though the man was
the center OF the Universe. The
President Of republic that only
had a few thousand soldiers, q
professor dreamerT he pro-
tested.
This gentleman in a cutaway
coat and stift hat with eyeglasses
and a smile like that Of clergy
man, is the man on whom the eyes.
of half the world are focused with
looks OF hope, the deciding power
that some are anxious to win
over and others afraid of arguing
withp'
Atfllo Castro. always out Of
sympathy with the Colonels opin-
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everything on q large scale. cities,
buildings, industries. wealth; but
afterward they exaggerate con-
siderably when they come to adj
vertising and describing what
they have done. Everybody knew
that. and the American military
forces which were to crush Ger
man militarism and re-establish
peace on earth, although weIlIn-
tentioned. were nothing but one
bluff more.
During these days Prince
Michael went more and more
frequently to Monte Carlo. villa
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backs, they went and sat down
on divan In . corner and oon-
tined their conversation there.
Suddenly, e. mlrmur from the
crowd around the table would
cause Alica. her professional
curiosity aroused, TO leave Lsl-
bimoff and hasten thither.
Alicia smiled the proud. bitter
smile Of dsthroned queen. For
many days people had talked of
nothing save her. Her name had
travelled as far as Nice and Men
ton. In the evening. at the din
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that he would play nothing save
{ enormous sums.
His eyes seemed to see in all
directions and no sooner did the
Duchess. de- Deliile leave her seat
to go. over to- another table. than
the Prince came forward to meet
4 her, extending his hand, and
smiling youthfully.
They remained Imotionless in
the spot where they greeted each
I other, gazing II into each others
eyes, until, warned instinctively
Of prytng gIances behind their
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Sirena seemed now to- bore him.
intolerably. The idlers who !
promenaded around the 'Canem-
bert. frequently saw / him ENTER.
the Casino with an absent
minded air. like q gambler who
has just thought Of a new COM
bination. The crowd ! in the
gambling rooms saw him APP
proach the tables as though in.
terested in. the flucuation Of
chance, but they waited in vain
to see him place a bet simagining
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BY Blanche Silver.
BE SURE TO READ z

10y goodness, but wasn't
Mama Beetle proud Of her
" little eggs. She placed
them in the trunk Of the dead
maple tree because she felt she
could watch them better. For
Mama Beetle was very young
and hadn't learned that most
beetle mamas lay their eggs and
leave them to hatch themselves.
One day when Mama Beetle
went to the old maple tree she
had the shock Of her life. In
stead of her lovely little eggs
wrapped so snugly in their cradle
cases, she found the ugliest
white crawling worms one could
imagine. My, but Mama Beetle
flew into passion.
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Do You Know

By the state of the hair it is
possible to judge the general
health Of a person, say many
doctors.
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This Day III History /

THIS the anniversary Of the birth ii 1869 Of Mar
shall Ney, one Of Napoleons most famous generals.
After brilliant career he tried after NapoleOns
exile and sentenced to be shot IN 1915.
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Strange Masterpieces

66CONG OF DAVID the celebrated poem of Smart,
~ was written on the walls of madhouse, probably
the stranges literary masterpiece known Samual Taylor
Coeridge wrote sonnet a piece of sea weed.
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This famous story has been
created into . superlaflve melton
picture by Cosmopolitan PrOduc.
ton direction Of Alan Grassland.
1t VIII be released IS . Parar
mount picture.
By Vincente BIascO IbaneZ
Author Of 'aThe Four Horsemen
Of the Apocalypse" and Other
Novels Of World RenOwn.