davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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sons over country, expressed in
terms of plant life. and such charts
are often more valuable to the aCri
culturist or horticulturist. as a guide
in selecting varieties for cultivation
and in timing his operations, than any
charts that can be compiled from or
binary climatic data. Some admirable
charts of this kind have been drawn
for parts of Europe
There are many practical applica
tions of phenology to agriculture. and
there would be more if phenoloeicaI
observations had been made more ex-
tenSlvely throughout the world
Good Psychological charts of differen,
regions would. for example, greatly
facilitate the work of foreign plan
introduction carried on by the. United
States Bureau of Plant Industry.
I'm the United States phenolorical
observations were made systematically
between 1850 and 1868. but only
desultory work has been done. In this
line subsequently. The most com.
prehensive individual record is that
maintained by Thomas Mikesell from
1878 to 1912, at Wauseon, Ohio, ana
published in full by the Weather Bu-
reau in 1916"
Hunting for Spring is fascinating
said Prof. Talman "Yes, we have no
Spring today" unused the genial
weather prophet as he made a final
examination Of the forsythia plant.
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1T WAS NOT THE GERALDINE
FAMILIAR TO US.

certified checks that morning in hi.
own ba nk
I'VE couldn't do thing about it"
he said. There was no ground on
which we could interfere, though I'll
have liked to. OF course, the Crisp
well girl is only camoufiage for thai
old man Of hers. He'll make her de
post the money to his credit in soine
other bank. and maybe let Una havc
enough TO buy fur coat. He's prob
ably laughing his head Off right now
to think how ca silly 1t worked"'
But this was a mistake. My banker
friend didn't know Una Crispwell. or
how much she really cared for Bell
worthy Cameron. In her way. I think
she was as desperate about him as
Geraldine was: and the reason she'd
let her father use her TO annoy him
was her belief that 1t might be the
only way TO keep Bellworthy for her
self. Old Crispwell wasn't laughing.
as my friend guessed: he was cursing
Una wouldn't give him cent!
She went straight to Cameron. "whv
won't you marry me now" she said.
I've got more than your other girl
has
Crispwell went around town teliinc
the whole story. OF course, by that
time. almost everybody believed that
the whole thing was a swindle, and
that Bellworthy Cameron had actual
lv been in IT from the start. But that
was a mistake. I don't mean he ever
really cared anything in particula =
about Geraldine; he was much more
taken with Una-she was really "hs
style of girl" Anyhow they left thai
night for San Francisco. Cameron
wanted plenty of space between him
and his father-in-law.
So there was doctors car in front
of the old Wygate house again. Geral-
dine took her tragedy about as hard a
any woman could take anything and
survive.
OF course. when Geraldine got up and
began going about again, nobody ever
spoke of Cameron in her presence: and
for my part I never heard her refer
to him again except once-but the way
she did it that once almost knocked
me off my feet. IT wasn't SO long
ago: il was at Aunt Sallie's seventeen
birthday dinner. and Geraldine had
been married to Joe Buell. for 10 years.
Somebody mentioned that old Judge
Cameron had spent the Winter in
California; and before Bella thought.
she said impulsively: Yes. and he says
Bellworthy Cameron has become =
moving picture actor. He says-oh''
She broke off. staring around the
table: everybody was looking at her
agonizingly.
"Oh. dear" Bella mumbled oh.
dear me.'
But Geraldine wasn't even embar-
ra ssed. "Bellworthy Cameron she
said. as if she didn't Immediately iden-
tify that name with a person. Then
she laughed with the reminiscent kind
of amusement we feel when we re
member some absurdity of long aeo.
THE silly thing" she said
And she turned to her S-year-old son.
sitting beside her. You eat that drum
stick she told him.
To my way of thinking, this was
the most mystifying thing she ever
did: but / know that If I'd the bad
taste to tell her so. Geraldine wouldn /
have had the faintest idea what l
meant.
tCopyright. 1926)
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Here's a man all women can't help
adoring; every woman who ever sees
him will struggle to make him care
for her: and if he isn't actually harsh
or unkind to her she may believe
she's succeeded. Well, it isn't his ma
ture to be harsh. and at times his
kindness Is certain to be taken ad-
vantage of to entrap him. That's
what's happened now
Hes asked you to help him." ]
said.
NO lie told me all about it
everything-and ! am proud that
| he came to me. proud that | can help
and that I'm the only one who can.
He didn't ask me; he simply told me
| that he vas worried on my account
| because he didn't see how to avoid
great deal of notoriety for himself.
and he knew it would hurt me. The
! girls father has asked a large sum
| of money; otherwise he'd bring this
| suit, and Bellworthy had no way to
| raise such a sum-.
'IIow much is it?" I asked her.
"A hundred thousand dollars" she
said But he told me they would
accept ninety, he was sure.
He told you that, Geraldine?
| When?"
Just before I spoke 10 poor papa
about it." Her eyes began to wink
! little. Papa has been very kind in
other matters: | didn't dream he'd
refuse me in this. I told him It was
something | simply must do-and he
| got terribly upset. 1 couldn't quiet
| him. She winked harder then. and
had to stop and cry Il little. Poor
man she said. "He oughtn't to have
| let himself get 50 excited; it wasn't
good for him.
No I told her. II suppose not"
Geraldine quit crying: she even
smiled little. 'Of course, every
things different now" she said. ITS
all mine now. to do as l please with.
/ The first thing l want TO do Is to
/ raise this money. ! want you to help
me-
] got up. I'm sorry" l told her.
/ You WON'T she said. That
! Just what your Cousin Joe said
! I'm sorry-and he walked out of
the house. 1t doesn't seem very
kind.'
Yet Joe Buell. would do more for
YOU than he would for anybody else
| in the world" told her.
II know it," she said. But he
won't do this. and so I'm asking you.
Won't you?'
| Not in thousand years. Geral
! dine told her. What's more, I'd
! do anything l could to stop YOU
! But there she stopped me. She
! jumped up. red and angry.
please do what your cousin did,
she said.
! l bowed to her and walked out of
| the house.
| A banker told me at lunch that
| the money had been turned over
| to Miss Una Crispwell in the form of
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appointed one Of the attorneys for the
street railway company simply be-
cause she asked him to-
Il didn't know that, as a matter Of
fact: Joe hadn't mentioned it to me.
and / hadn't heard of 1t: but ! saw
that Bella knew what she was talking
about and it must be true. Queer
he'd do that" I said. Last night
he was arguing for postponement of
taking up Cameron name at the
club
Yes" she told me. IT'S because Of
something that's turned up lately"
Did Joe tell you what IT was.
Bella?'
NO" she said. "He didn't need to.
Cameron's in a terrible mess over that
loud girl you see all over the place in
a red car. Una Crispwell, and her
fathers going to have her sue him for
breach. OF. promise. Mrs. Thomas r.
Cloope heard about it Yesterday, so
it's all over town today"
A UNIT SALLIE came in just then
= and she knew all about 1t and was
full of it.
People are just buzzing" she said
II mean over this scandal about that
relative Of the Camerons. Mrs. Tom
Cloope tells me she decided last night
that Geraldine Wygate had a right to
know what was being said. so she
went over there and started to tell
her: but Geraldine already knew all
about 1t. and took a very high hand
with her. She told Mrs. Cloope that
it was the most absolute slander and
persecution: but that it was going to
be stopped at once and wouldn't
amount to anything. Mrs. Cloope says
she's just demented to talk that way
with poor old Mr.. Wygate lying at
the point Of death on account of it,"
WHAT" Bella cried. "Why, he
only goes around doing what Geraldine
tells him to-
mot In this case. it seems" her
mother said. Mrs. Cloope told me he
after lunch and the end of il was that
he fell on the floor, and Geraldine had
to call the servants in and get him to
bed and send for the doctor. Mrs.
Cloope's cook has sister who's house
maid at the Wygates'-a nice way for
me to be passing on information! But
anyhow. the housemaid said they
could hear the old man shouting some
thing about Cameron and telling
Geraldine she was crazy. They could
hear him clear out in the Kitchen.
and the last thing he said was
Never" They heard him Just scream.
ing, Never! Never, Never" He
must have fallen down then, because
he was still mumbling Never when
Geraldine called for help and they
came running in. That's all they
know about II; but my own belief is
that Geraldine had been telling him
she was going right ahead and marry
this Cameron in spite of the scandal.
Bella shook her head. No" she
said. ut must have been something
else"
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ington is still several days off,
although the position of the sun
~ today brings about the Spring
equinox.
Officials of the Weather Bureau
characterize as a myth the tradition
that the date marks a change i'll tenn
perature.
I'd to March 1 the weather this year
was normal, says the Weather Bu-
reau. An accumulative temperature
chart shows Spring has gone back
ward since the first Of the month by
a daily decrease of 10 degrees.
Prof. Charles Fitzhugh Talman.
librarian of the Weather Bureau and
prominent meteorological, who is prob
ably as we'll read on weather science
as any person in the. world. depends
upon vegetation for his indication or
the coming of Spring. The study OF
the relations between weather and
plants or crops is really branch OF
science of broader scope, known as
phenology. he said.
His prognosticator is fOrsythia
plant, which grows in front of the
Weather Bureau building.
So much faith has Prof. Ta1man in
the growth of the little bush as an in
dicator of Spring weather that early In
February each year he begins to make
daily inspection of its buds. For the
past three years, he has recorded the
date on which the plant bloomed.
According to Natures own fore
caster, Spring began on February 20
last year; March 80 in 1924, and March
81 in 1923.
Thus, the coming of Spring, the
season when plants begin to vegetate
and nature unfolds all Of her magic
|enchantment, varies from year to year.
Asked whether Spring would begin
on March 81. this year, Prof. Talman
went out to make an eleventh-hour
inspection of his natural weather
kiosk. Examining one of the little
! buds. Uncle Sans naturalist-meteor.
ologist replied:
"Spring is still several days off.
The buds are not quite ready to bios
som vet. Spring weather in Wash
ington this year will be later than last
season by about a month-it may be
another week before the forsythia gets
it's blossom"
Prof. Talman pointed out that for
sythia is plentiful in Washington. It's
blossom is bright yellow and of
pleasant fragrance, he added.
Author of a recent publication deal
ing with meteorology. Prof. Talman
quoted from its chapters discussing
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New High.Flyer.

A NEW type of airplane designed
to climb an altitude of 6oe@a
feet. or more than Q miles, is DC
ing constructed at McCook Field
Dayton, Ohio. the War Department
recently announced. Wings of extraor
binary lift and propeller of un-
usual diameter are being installed in
the new plane to provide increased
lifting power in the rarefied upper at
mosphere. The wings, of wood and
fabric. will have an area of GOO
square feet. A 4O0-horsepower cu
gine drives the machine.
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why must it?''
Because it would he so much a
matter-of- course with Geraldine that
she's going to marry him anyhow, it
wouldn't occur to her to say SO. II
was something else
well, whatever it was" Aunt Sallie
said, ITS just about killed that poor
old man. The Doctors car is still
standing in front of their house, /
noticed, as / came by
A UNIT SALLIE didn't exaggerate
when she said the trouble between
Geraldine and her father had Just
about killed that poor old man''-it
did more than that. The Doctors car
was still in front of the Wygates'
when / left Bella and Aunt Sallie.
half an hour later, and went home.
BY o'clock that evening, though, the
Doctors car had gone--but there was
another one standing there in place
of it. This one was the undertaker's.
Geraldine sent for me after the flu
neral.
I've got TO ask somebody's advice, -
she said. II did ask your cousin Joe's
i sent for him last night-but he re.
fused 10 give it to me. It's about
raising quite a large sum of money on
property and securities in a quiet way.
Mr.. Cameron could do it for me. but
we both feel it would be better II he
didn't appear in the matter
"Why?" / asked her.
She looked at me sharply DO you
know the truth about this"
I was embarra ssed. II don't know
that do" I told her. II understand
you don't think It amounts TO any.
thing
II didn't say that" she interrupted.
II said 1t wouldn't amount to any
thing. meant it wouldn't because i
intend taking measures to see that
it doesn't
was confused But I understood
you said ii was a persecution, and
slander and
Yes she said The truth is often
slander in the mouths of those who
don't understand it. It's quite true
that Mr.. Cameron has become in
volved with the Crispwell girl: but
just to say that isn't to tell the truth
about it
"Wait a minute" said. I'm get
ting mixed up. You say he's involved
Do YOU mean"
"I mean the girl pestered him tc
death" Geraldine said. "She fell VIC
lently in love with him. of course. as
soon as she saw him; she managed to
get herself introduced to him. After
that she sought him continuously
Women simply besiese him. of course
and naturally he can't prevent then,
from making love to him. In this case
it's resulted in his becoming serious
ly involved with Una Crispwell."
I stared at her. And you-you
don't resent it, Geraldine?'
Resent it," she cried. who am
to expect to be given every single
look and thought of a man like that? =?
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Forsythia Plant Aids Weather Expert
In Predictions as to Advent of Spring

Gus other events of a biological char
acter that recur with the seasons.
In the course of time, it becomes
possible to compute from such rec
ords the normal dates Of these events;
and then. in any particular year. a
comparison between the actual dates
and the normal shows whether the
season is early or late, and by how
many days.
chronological observations on plants
also make it possible to draw charts
showing the normal march of the sea-
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No German Trip.

nR. HUGO ECKENER has post.
poned his attempt to raise funds
by popular subscription for building Il
super-Zeppelin for North Pole explora.
tions. He states that Germany's
acute financial and economic situation
does not warrant continuance of his
efforts, which so far have raised only
100000 out of $4,000, 900 needed.
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the accuracy of phenology in deter
mining seasonal temperature, as fol-
lows:
This science is devoted to the in
vestigation of all periodic phenomena
Of plant and animal life that are con-
trolled by the weather. There are, in
some parts of the world. large corps
of psychological observers. who main
tain records year after year of the
leafing, Towering and fruiting of both
wild and cultivated plants. the migra-
tions and first songs of birds, and vari-
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gentleman's legal ability and to solicit
all my friends in his behalf. More
over. as she went on, found / wasn't
the only person she'd invited to per
form this Office. She said she'd
spoken" to Joe Buell. and one or
two others, and that her father was
using all his influence in Mr..
Cameron's behalf; which really meant
that she had the old gentleman limp
ing around to his friends offices
recommending the talents Of the
beautiful Bellworthy. Mr.. Wygate
wasn't the man he had been. After
Mrs. Wygate's death the previous
year, he'd suffered a 'stroke;" and
ever since then he'd crept about on
two canes, pretty feebly, his head
not much stronger than his body.
A day or two after I had this talk
with her, my cousin B>ita t1lI
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could be as gorgeous looking as Mr..
Bellworthy Cameron and be anything
else
.Tou mean he's one Of those
pretty men, don't you?" Joe asked.
Hasn't he got 'well-chiseled fea-
lures and 'unruly golden curls.'
Bella?"
"well-" Bella said, beginning
indefinitely. mot golden; no.
IIes-" She had turned to look out
Of the window, as she talked, and
her feet were again swinging as they
had been; but they began to slow
down rs something outdoors caught
her attention: then they stopped
aNa hsg French heels clicked to-
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posite Of theirs. She told me what her
own view was, one day when I had a
talk with her.
You're such an old friend and
neighbor," she said, II thought you
wouldn't mind talking with me about
something-about something" She
faltered, and blushed. well Il
thought you wouldn't mind If I'd talk
to you about it," she went on. ITS
something-somethin L"
1 laughed. What is It, Geraldine?"
TITS something-it's something very
near my heartv she said. 'It's about
Mr.. Cameron"
II just barely suspected 1t might
Evening star., 1926-03-21

- PRINGTIME weather in Wash
ington is still several days off,
although the position of the sun
~ today brings about the Spring
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THE next afternoon I went uptown
to see what I could find out from
Bella. BY good luck. she was at home
and Aunt Sallie wasn't around.
Look here" I said. whats got
into old Joe he's so exercised about
Geraldine Wygate and her affairs?"
Nothing" Bella told me. Hes
just like everybody else. Isn't the
whole town exercised about Geraldine
and the ridiculous exhibition she's
making Of herself?'
Bella"
At that Bella looked angry, bnt not
with me.
ut makes me. perfectly raging she
said. Hes a sentimental idiot. and
that's the only explanation I know.
1t began the very day when we looked
at her and Cameron out of that win
dow yonder. Don't you remember Joe
took it rather queerly? He said she
looked beautiful-he'd always thought
she was Just a walking statuette, or
something, but now she'd come to
life. Then he got quite silent and
thoughtful after they'd gone by.
think it began to happen to him right
then and there, and it gets worse the
longer it runs on. Joes always been
rOmantlclSt. ana ne says Geraldine
is lofty-he thinks her obliteration Of
self is a holy medieval passion, or
something, and the only 'heroism on
the grand scale we've ever seen in
this dull town. Did you ever hear Of
anything more preposterous? To pay
no attention whatever to a girl until
she begins to make a ninny Of herself
over another man and then go and
make a ninny Of yourself over her"
II wouldn't put it quite that strong
| ly, Bella. Joe isn't exactly making a
| ninny Of himself"
! "Isn't he?" she asked dryly. Prob
ally you didn't know lie got Cameron
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY Wn.LrAM BRADY. N. D.

/ only sources now available 70 iayrAen
who must SOoaer Of later study these
thinss.
These are substantial subjecte. quite
~ important every ci1e Of thenls -
mathematics 81 spelling Or geography,
and Theses studies may be linked UP
with English composition, spelling,
writing. Latin, phygicS, chemistry,
mathematics, history and every other
proper study Of mankind. 4
Nh some high scliooaG ard colleges
there u sloveniy trick Of buncking
I'LL the natural sciences into one course
Of a term or two, which warn the
boy or 9irl who seeks an education
ana not just .ofedita'. TO leave Sc
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dash OF French, Spanish, italian, Ger.
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So Ear on In the woods are the edii.
cational authorities that when 4
school or college actually put on d
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study ths Science u Han.

This ii q rood time 70 outline the
form which q gTeatly needed edncas
fional revision snOiiid take. It may
not interest the educational aitthoEi.
ties at ali, but hops thak y Few
boys and girls iii the upper grades
0f grammar and high school may read
this ana choose their courses more
thoughtfully.
we might wei cut out considerable
stun end piflie which wa nov teach
IN grammar atd high sesiOol ana sub.
BtiEutA suitable instruction IN nlolCgy,
with proper emphasis on human life.
Ola Alex Pope uttered something
more than u K1efe resoundink batiality
them tIyself. presume not God to scan;
the proper study uf mankind II man. !
Never vet. 50 far as can learn.
nified way In the common schools.
Anatomy has scarcely been touched.
Hygiene III universally farce. Sell
dom, III ever, ID d. trained teacher en-.
ployed to deal with these subjects IN
our grammar or high schools, 81.
though Under the whip Of the law On
some Etates1 trained teachers are now
employed In the physical education De.
parttnent. A 81 general rule, the ed1-
CatiOnal or school aufh0flE1e9s Lnem'
selves alneducated I'M man science,
deem any old teacher who has q little
spare tifln competent to teach physi.
ology, hyEiene and related subjects.
That's the farce speak Uf.
III we are serious about it, we viii
employ trained teachers OF hygiene
physioiOgy and related subjects,
teachers especially trained for this In
struction. just as we employ. teachers
especially trained for mathematics,
languages, history ana whatfiot.
The upper grades of grammar
school and the four grades Of high
school should include suitable courses
In biology. physiology, anatomy,
hygiene. sanitation. health flfst aid
domestic medicine, home Nursing,
nutrition, prenatal hygiene, .ififaxi
Feeding, child care ana even pathology
adapted To lay requirements. It q
b diegrAhe To leave all this TO chance
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Deviled Tomatoes

Wine, peel ana slice III cne.half-
rnatoes. Sprinkle the slices NJ with q sait
and pepper, dredga with Hour ana
fry In hot Tat. Place On 3 hot platter
and pour over the tomatoes B. dress.
ing made al follows: Foltr tablespoon.
fuls of butter, two teaspoonfuls ok
sugar, one teaspoonf,ii 81 mustard.
cne.half q teaspocnful Of salt, d little
cayenne ana the yotk oe one hard.
boiled egg rubbed through q sieve.
10 this ada oalA egg beaten slightly
ana TWO tAble1pe oiifulb of vinegar.
Cook over hot water. stirring con.
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