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pared soma 200 odd before 1t, for
a highbrow weekly.
Seems to. me. Gertrude" said
Mrs. Stilss. mouner or the poten.
tial young novelist. that you'd
write much better concerning
something which interests you
something that you understand
thoroughly. You don't honestly
give two boots about comic
urges do your"
"Cosmicv' corrected Gertrude
frigidly. What cross to bear;
a mother who was 80 kind and
thoughtful and yet so totally
impossible.
Gertrude finished wiping the
dishes and repaired to her study
to read her finished essay. She
got out her style model and com.
pared the phrasing Of her effort
with the musical phrasing Of the
author whom she had selected as
the one upon whom to found her
style. 1t seemed to be prac-
tically the same, 30 she carefully
fitted an extra sheet over the top
Of the manuscript to keep it
clean. placed it carefully in an
envelope with her name printed
in the upper left-hand corner and
started for the mail l,ox.
In a week the manuscript was
back with the conventional,
printed rejection slip.
For six weeks she INDUCED in
round Of dances and lectures
and at the end Of that time de-
cided to give up q literary career.
Going gladly down stairs she
helped her mother get supper
ready, and as she worked, her
|. mind was busy with the final es.
say. 1t would be an essay that
would shock. scandalize and at.
front the editor of the weekly.
Full Of the idea, she rushed to
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/<TOXY GAMBIA" said Rob
by one day while we
- were exploring along the
west coast of Africa" come over
here to this tree with me-"
Whats up now?" l asked.
i've seen two of the most
beautiful birds I ever say in all
my life."
1t didn't take me long to get to
my feet and hurry over to the
tree Bobby indicated. And
must say never saw anything
more glorious than the plumage
and coloring of those two mag
nificent birds as they sat on their
nest.
"IncomparablNp / exclaimed.
Instantly I took from my
pocket my bird book and searched
for the description of the hand
some birds before me. Imagine
my surprise when. after identity
ing them by the picture, 1 read
under it, Incompatible Bird
Il guessed the name!' ex-
claimed. ''They are rightly
named!'
glanced down along the page
and soon I came to something
which caught my eye, go 1 said:
"They have another name.
They are called widow BIRDS and
they are related to the birds Of
paradise"
II don't think that bird looks
very much like a widow ven.
tured Bunny. why, her husband
hasn't left her side since we first
saw them"
Perhaps she's a widow and
that other bird is counting her."
laughed.
"But they can't all be Widows"
Bobby insisted.
You're right" chuckled. But
did wonder why on earth
they called the pretty things
widow BIRDS
"I'd like a peep into their nest"
Bobby whispered.
$50 would l." 1 answered.
Il wish they would fly away,
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WAYS OF A HUSBAND : By Ann Lis
IA Delightful Sequel to when Girl Marries" Which
Scored Such Tremendous Success Throughout
the Country.

wrong she-he wants to maker" :
persisted the boy. =
II think that If one I loved
wished to do a real wrong-a
cruel. destructive wrong which
would cost some one else a great
deal-I would think / had been
loving a dream--not real per.
son." I said honestly.
"Sow
This was all the boy said. For
a long moment he sat in silence!
1 could see that there were many
questions clamoring for answer in
his mind and that he was being
honest with me in his own way.
Suddenly he began to speak
again, and his simplicity made it
impossible for me to take offense
at what he said.
II know your husband, he pose
every day for this statue. First
think lightly Of you for that
you know and cannot stop. Then
I think maybe little better of you
for that l see big man like Ralph
Lacy. he admire you. Then I get
some kinder feelings while l see
you want to help me. Now I
think maybe you are wonderful
woman like what my madre she
was. That is how 1 am getting
the feeling by you, Sonora"
THANK you, Senior Ortiz" I
said. ''You are doing me a great
honor when you speak Of me and
your mother in the same sen.
tence. I wish you always would
remember that you had the in.
stinct to express yourself that
way. 1t would make it easier for
you to believe in me-"
I hesitated then. For was
too deeply moved to be able to
turn this moment cold.bloodedly
to account. even though it was
for Peter Stanley and his ship.
ping corporation-not for my own
interests wanted to appeal to
.Manuelo.
you are young, woman-and
beautiful; so the right is to call
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you Sonora White Lilac" smiled
Manuelo, with flash of his white
teeth. "But simple and sweet, like
the lilacs, Is how you are. ana
strong yet like the stems. So hard
it is for me to not make a fight
for you and to see how 1t is you
do not fight for YOURSELF
There is no reason for me to
fight Ruth Gregory" said frank
~. II would have nothing to gain
even If I had the inclination"
Rosa she tell me-" began the
boy. Then abruptly he interrupt
ed himself to cry: Senior Ortiz
is what you call me. Cannot you
make me say so friendly like to
say 'Nello'"?
IT could say -Manuelo," / an
swered, baking mentally at Mel
To- which is Rosa's name for the
boy. "You are a nice boy-but
only a boy. / hope that doesn't
hurt your pride"
at how you call, makes me
pleasant" answered the boy in a
tone of establishment. ITO Rosa
I wish l shall appear the man and
make to do what she thinks big
man will do, and then most I am
silly boy who over his feet stum-
bles. But with you, who think me
only boy, make to walk-the
straightness."
you are at home with me. You
aren't trying to impress me as
anything except what you are" 1
reflected aloud. You know / like
you most for your honesty, and
that ! don't want to see 1t mis-
led"
Then Manueio burst out in a
puzzled but insistent voice:
"And now I make to beg you
shall tell me what it is you mean
when you have said my affections
for my home friends shall lead
me astray. Have you had thought
in your heart against my Rosa?''
Ito Be Continued TOmOrrow)
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Cabal

THE word "cabal' is in fact de.
u rived from the Hebrew Cab.
bala, a mystical system OF Jew.
ish philosophy, and later car.
ried the idea Of intrigue. This
term was applied to an unpop.
ular English ministry n667.70
composed of Clifford, Ashley.
Buckingham, Arlington and Lou.
derdale. whose initials by a
curious coincidence spelled cabal.
Sugar is found in the sap Of
nearly two hundred plants and
trees.
n II
Stockings which are too long or
too tight can do as much harm
as badly.fitting shoes.
Miss Cummings was the only
American player in the British
tournament last season. She
was eliminated in the third
round.
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By ]. P. Voolfolk.

A s Gertrude watched the mo-
A ton picture unfold. she
a. was thrilled and worried
to have. to admit it. A motion
picture was a thing to be alb
horred by a potential member Of
the 1iterate. but Gertrude, to save
her life, could not keep from en-
joying them.
On the silver screen before her,
the villain outfought the hero.
outgeneraled him. outguessed
him, outloved him. and was only
prevented in the end from gaining
the old home, the girl. the money
and the key to the city by for
tuitous stroke Of lightning which
forever destroyed his Internal
ubiquity, and the hero clasped the
dainty little thing. with the torn
sleeve. into his apparently weak
arms and looked heavenward.
His triumph was utterly unde-
served, and Gertrude knew it.
Gertrude knew It was absolutely
impossible any way you looked
at It.; but she was thrilled.
For three hours afterward. she
thought It over, enjoyed 1t again
in retrospect. finally deciding that
It was almost as good az that
thrilling incident in which a
desert bandit had shot the horse
from under the fair English girl Of
noble birth, sandLagged her.
whipped hcr with a rawhide whip
and finally married her: only to
have 1t discovered at the end that
he was not q bandit at all, nor
even an Arab; but the son Of an
English curic collector.
Gertrude sighed in despair and
forced herself to finish her essay
on the Inner Urge" which she
was preparing. az she had pre-
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By Ann Isle,
Whose Serials of Married Life
Have Won a Big Popular
Success.

A41N~~NSDS
4, Copyright. 1924. King Features
II Syndicate. Inc.
II I felt that from now on I must
.;;act on the suppcsition that. Man.
uelo Ortiz and I are friends who
respect each other too much to
.pry into each others secrets.
.:iAnd then the boy burst out as
.tonishingly:
Mel know you are attrac-
tive woman" he said. AT the
first, I say to myself maybe 1
shall not respect SO much the
woman 'Who',4- abruptly he
changed, and, went on, with equal
force, but different emphasis.
"I know your husband he pose
all the time for this statue. That
night when we are by Ramon and
Rosa and the elevator she do not
make to go, and your husband
he sounds walking by US, am
Shamed for you that you do not
make the fights. Now I have
learn that not always with the
stiletto do you make the fights
here in the cold North.
at think it an honor to have
any husband chosen to pose for
q great statue like that Of '"The
Young Aviator" 1 managed to
say equally. "Ir know what it
means to Jim. He loved flying.
And when his ankle was hurt
and he became famed and was
driven out Of the air forces it
was heart.breaking. So I feel
that this work-his share in it
is a restorative to sorely wounded
pride. Would you interfere in
what meant so much to the one
you loved most?"
d Manuelo regarded me in
puzzled silence. After moment
he said slowly:
do you think it is that the
one you love can do no wrong?"
II do not let myself think
wrong Of what the one 1 love
wants to do" I said thoughtfully.
I. but il it is that you know it is
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FOXYGRANDPA'SSTOR
THE WIDOW BIRD" WHO REALLY ISN'T A WIDOW

? SO that we could get a look at 1t
without frightening them to
DEATH" murmured Bobby.
Perhaps you can." suggested
Bunny.
The words had not sooner cross
ed his whiskers than off fluttered
the two incompatible birds.
'Now's your chanceT exclaim.
ed my little rabbit. But before
he had spoken we had started
for the tree.
But before / climbed up into
the branch where they had built
their nest, I glanced back over
my shoulder to see that the birds
really were we'll on their way.
When I was convinced that all
ways well. I pulled myself UP
into the tree and there was the
nest.
What kind of a nest is it?"
asked Bobby, as he climbed I'D
behind me.
Zone of the strangest nests in
the world!' exclaimed.
"Why?" asked Bobby, peeking
in.
Look at those two compart-
ments," I said, in surprise. cts
a nest with two roomsr'
"Sure as you're alive, it has
two rooms" Bobby agreed.
"And look" said I, Zone has
eggs in 1t and the other hasn't"
That's strange" said Bobby.
mot strange at ALL" said Bun
ny, looking UP from below.
THAT mother bird lives in one
compartment and sits on her eggs
and her husband lives In the
other, right next to her, so he
can stand guard"
They don't live in the same
house at ALL" unused Bobby.
That's why they call them
widow BIRDS" said Bunny. what
is the nest made off"
Grass" I replied.
They ought to call them grass
Widows" chuckled my little
Bunny as he winked his left, pink
eye at me.
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PrOfitOn Pennies

DENNIES are made Of IS per
l. cent copper and s per cent
nickel and zinc. The material
which goes into them costs about.
% cents a pound and this pound
makes up into 100 1-cent pieces
They are distributed to banks at
their face value, so the prof. is
81 a pound, less the cost of manu-.
facture which is not great.
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

I. 1-When did Commodore Barry.
II. S. N, capture the British
ships Atalanta and Trepassy?
2-When did Flotow write his
opera, ''Martha?"
II 3-When were the famous sculp-
lures of the ancient temple of
Aegina, Greece, discovered?
4-When did Aesop. author of
the, popular fables, live?
5-When did Daguerre, inven-
tor of the daguerreotype, die?
ANSWERS to these queries will be
printed tomorrow
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seven-thirty every morning-but only to shut off
the alarm clock.
Theoretically he walks briskly to the office
every day-but somehow, it never seems to re-
duce his weight or his taxi-bills.
Theoretically he works eight hard, long hours
out of twenty-four-but when you call him at the
office they always tell you to try "Joe's place."
around the corner.
Theoretically, he never snatches more than
bite" of lunch-but it takes him two or three
hours to snatch it,
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ANSWERS r
To Saturdays Questions.

To Saturdays Questions.
1.-The California coast was ex-
plored by Sir Francis Drake in
157S-1579.
2-The great italian painter,
Bottice1li, lived from 1447 to 1910.
3-Basutoland, South African
rebelled against England in 1880
1852. $&
st. Agatha. early Christian
martyr, was put to death Feb
ruary s, 251.
6-The noted French writer,
Anatole France, was born in 1874.
Copyright. 1924. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland
MAN, THE THEORIST.

THEORETICALLY, of strong principles
tlawless Judgment, hard rigid habits and
Spartan routine. Oh, yes he is!
Theoretically he is than "en minutes
matter what his watch may say.
he is Of had
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shirt of Nessus''
Told of in Old Fable

"The shirt of Nessus" Is a phrase
used to describe the tortures OF
remorse. According to one YER
Sion of<an ancient legend it was q
gorgeous, gold-bedecked garment
given to the wife of Hercules by a
centaur who hated him. With it
he gave the advice that II ever she
found her husbands affection wan
ing she should persuade him to don
the shirt, when his love, for her
would return.
Years passed, and Hercules. after
the tickle fashion Of mythical
heroes, grew tired of his wife. She
thereupon bethought herself of the
centaur's gift, which she begged
her husband to wear, says London
Tit.Bits. He put it on, only to find
that it burned and tortured him,
and finally caused his death, for
he built great funeral pyre, laid
himself upon it and bribed friend
to fire it rather than endure the
torments of the shirt, which chung
to his body and could not be re-
moved.
A ceptaur was legendary crea.
ture with the body of hose
and the arms and head Of man.
Therefore IL we say of horseman
that he sits his horse like cen.
taur we mean that he rides so per-
fectly that he and the animal seem
to be one.
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uate institution with which were
many Of his associations.
Furthermore, Johns Hopkins. az
the pioneer postgraduate and. re-
search university, has the expert
ence and allied departments nee
essary for the most advantageous
development Of the school. It's 10
cation, within an hour from Wash
ington, thus being accessible to
the Library of Congress, the State
Department, and all the other
treasures of Government informa-
ton provides an ideal site.
The fund required to found the
school is 100000. The capital
sum will yield an income sufficient
to provide for professorships. fell
lowships and library which are es-
sentlal. We ask the gem
eral public support in the erection
OF TINS postgraduate school in the
iorm- OF contributions to the capt.
tal sum. The creation of
such q living institution viii not
only be an investment enrichine
those contributions, which we. "a
Americans, can make for the prop,
ress OF civilization, but It will nre-
serve for the youth of our country
the example and influence az (
noble American" =.
Contributions may be sent to
the Walter Hines Page School ,of
international Relations. III Rroad-
way, New York'CitY, &.
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indiana Steam, Bath

\ The sweat bath has been used
by the Sioux and other Indians of
the Northwest for generations. The
framework of the bath closet is
made of timber willow sticks. over
which are thrown blankets and
skins anchored with heavy stones.
In a hole in the center Of the
bath are white-hot stones, on which
the bather splashes cold water to
make steam. Periodically he drinks
cold water to induce perspiration.
In the meantime the bather lashes
his body with a bundle Of tightly
bound straw.
After 80 minutes of this he
runs to a stream and plunges into
the cold water. For soap the In
dian uses fine mud at the bottom of
the stream. A Commute sun
ming completes the semi-weekly
bath, says Chief Buffalo Child Long
Lance in the Mentor magazine.
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for him, is just such an appropri-
ate memorial"
Edgar Richard, director-genera]
of the American Relief Admins
tration, and Herbert L. Gutterson
are members Of the control COM
mittee of the proposed school
which aims to eliminate interna-
tional strife and establish good
will and understanding among the
nations Of the world.
From headquarters Of the or
ganization, Ill Broadway, New
York, the trustees, among whom
are numbered thirty nationally
known educators, statesmen, pub
fishers and businessmen, have is
sued an appeal, which reads in part
as follows:
'The proposed Walter Hines
Page School of International Re-
lations will offer unique facilities
for the postgraduate training of
men competent to consider interna-
tional Problems. from q states
mans high viewpoint, and to un-
derstand the art Of diplomacy with
the most comprehensive grasp of
it's true essentials. No such school
or college exists. -. The place
for this living memorial should be
at Johns Hopkins University. Mr..
Page became fellow at! Johns
Hopkins in the first years Of the
existence Of this unique post-grad-
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to land the title. Failure to have
done so would have resulted in a
tie.
1t is golfing history that Hagen
does his best when trailing the field.
Rival golfers fear Hagen at all times
regardless Of his score. They feel
that he can do big things ina pinch,
and are never content until he has
finished and the figures have
counted him out.
Hagen is fighter, never knows
when he's whipped. He keeps plug
ging away, doing his best even
though it is a physical impossibi:ty
for him to win. He simply refuses
tc quit.
The player with the reputation for
coming from behind is credited with
great courage. He is deserving Of it.
The player who can only do his
best when leading the field is usn-
ally regarded as lacking the cd
fight, courage. Is such a player be-
ing done an injustice?
Is it more difficult to come from
behind than to hold an early advan-
tage? Either way the mental and
physical strain calls for the best in
man. ~
what do you think?
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The support of the nation is
sought by the trustees who will
establish the 81, O00, 900 fund to be
raised in connection with the pro.
posed Walter Hines Page School
of International Relations. The
school will be founded at Johns
Hopkins University.
"Walter Hines Page was hu.
'manitarian above all else," declared
Herbert Hoover, in voicing his ap-
prevail of the project. ellis inter
est was in his people. He labored
for the happiness Of others, and
in the most practical ways. He
believed that they must have edu-
cation, health, and enough means
to rise above the wholly material
thoughts Of life. For the opp0r-
tuEity of all men to know and
have these things he worked un-
ceasingly. Then he believed in
democracy; an equal share and an
equal duty in the common life.
And he believed in international
goodwill. He worked Ill his life
for these ideals, and he died for
them.
'The most appropriate memorial
to him is an educational institu-
ton, because it too will work, and
will further the things he worked
for. The proposal OF school OF
international affairs, to be named
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Says Adrienne Lacharnp
Blends Charm of
Nations

If several of our best artists are
right, we must say goodbye to the
dollfaced vision of blue and gold
and peachy pink who's been smiling
'elnptily at US from magazine covers,
popular fiction, silk stocking ads
and the screen.
At least Howard Chandler Chris
ty, connoisseur of pretty girls,
Willie Pogany, we'll known scenic
artist, w. T. Benda, creator of the
famous masks, and Tong Sarg, of
marionette renown, are all agreed
that the fair-skinned, azure-eyed
Anglo-Saxon who has reigned SO
long as the accepted type of all
American girl isn't really represen-
tative at all.
CHR1sTY EXPLAINS
- "The only way" explains artist
Christy, ito get a true national
beauty is to blend the elements that
now compose our country-Irish,
Swedish, French, Italian, Russian,
Scotch, Dutch and Hungarian"
And so the artists have selected
Adrienne Lachamp, born in China,
daughter of French diplomat and
Hungarian beauty, great-grand-
daughter of a British sea captain
and a Polish general, and American
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Michigander's Win
In College Golf
Upset The Dope
by NEA Service

Ann Arbor, Mich, July l2--Add
the name of Mode Holdsworth to the
rapidly increasing list of Big Ten
surprises.
Holdsworth recently stepped out
Of the athletic wilderness to cop the
Western Conference of golf cham
pionship. His victory was one of
the greatest dope upheavals re-
corded in seasons.
When the Maize and Blue team for
the annual Big Ten affair was being
considered. Holdsworth was sched-
uled to fight it out with several
other aspirants for fourth place, the
other three being certainties. Much
to the surprise of the experts he
came through with the lowest score
and made the team.
But even then H0ldsworth was
not rated as a championship pros
pect. For the Big Ten boosted many
clever golfers, including veterans of
three campaigns.
Holdsworth, however, spilled the
beans. Not only did he set the pace
from the start, but he outplaycd
George Dawson of Illinois in the
finals. Dawson, by the way, was the
favorite.
Obviously Holdsworth played ex-
ceptional golf to grab the title. He
had to, for Western Conference
FASTENERS are capable of shooting a
pretty good game"
Outside of Holdsworth and Paw
son, the other semi-finalists were
Carl Engstrom, Indiana, and Don
Heppes, Northwestern.
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by adoption, as an approximation
of what the composite. American
girl ought to be.
Little. Miss Lachamp, whose pref
ty head isn't the least turned by
all the charming things people say
of her, declares that America is
made up of comprehensive, art,
music, food and everything.
"And ees Get not natural?" she
demands, with the accent which
makes her use of our language a
delight to the ear.
Americans demand the best and
the best is made up of good from
everything.
LOVELY. LucERNE
II have been particularly inter.
ested to note your music. In that
you have borrowed from every
country and then added your own
touch to make it go.
"You did that with pretty thing
they are singing in Paris this year,
called Lovely Lucerne'. 1t sounds
as if it really were written about
the beautiful Swiss lake, yet there's
something Partisan about it, and
above all, an Americanness that
gives it the twist that makes every
body want to sing it.
eyes, of a surety, to be an Amer.
lean composite, is to be a great
success. am grateful to the Or.
fists who paid me this international
compliment"