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RY FAY King

IF you are thinking OF economic.
i ing and swelling your saw
ings account. my advice is that
you start reading stories about
shipwrecks and Robinson Crusoes.
It works splendidly with me!
When / think / am getting a
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der the skin or by the mouth. of
a definite culture would not harm
monkeys and protected them for
at least a year, even though they
lived in habitual contact with
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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
Lemon for FlavOring

Lemon Tor FIaVOrlng
Wipe a large lemon and peel
off the rind very thinly. Put it
into a bottle, cover with half a
pint of brandy, and let 1t infuse
for a fortnight. Strain into a
clean bottle, cork securely, and
use for flavoring various dishes.
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bacillus remains In the body the
subject is protected from infec"
ton.
One of Calmette's assistants
found that incubation, either un.
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Worlds Largest Organ

E organ in Liverpool Cathedral just completed at cost OF
SITE GOO said to be the largest the world 1t has five
rows Of KEYS 222 drawnob stops and 10934 pipes Its ac
ton is electro pneumatic.
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A Word to Wives

Latest statistics show that the
British birthrate Is still falling.
In order to lift the average adult
a balloon must have about 1000
cubic feet II gas.
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comedy-like a rooster following
a sparrow around a barnyard!
And then q still funnier thing
happened, for David began to
trot In circle around st. Pierre,
lodging and feinting, and keeping
always at a safe distance.
The MOb's Howl
A howl of laughter came from
Bateese and broke in a roar from
the men. st. Pierre stopped In
his tracks, grin on his face,
his big arms and shoulders limp
and unprepared as Carrigan
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$50 YEARS AGO TODAY
BY JONATHAN A. RAWsON, JR.
Story of the U. S. A.

bilities, worried to the point of mad
ness by his difficulties in putting his
army into condition to meet the
enemy. SHOW his anxiety for the dis
.tressed people Of this city. Besides
Issuing this proclamation. he wrote
today to the New York Convention.
urging them to form some plan
for the removal and care Of the in
hahltants and promising his co-opera
ton to the utmost of his power.
When l consider he SAYS, that
the city of New York will in all
human probability very soon be the
scene OF bloody conflict, I cannot
but view the great numbers of
women, children and infirm persons
remaining in it with the most melan.
choly concern. When the men-of-
war passed up the river the shrieks
and cries of these poor creatures
running every way with their chill.
dren, were truly distressing, and I
fear they will have an unhappy effect
on the ears and minds of our young
and inexperienced soldiers. Can no
method be devised for their removal?
Many doubtless are of ability to re-
move themselves, but there are
others in a different situation. Some
provision for them afterwards would
also he necessary considera ton. II
would relieve me from great anxiety
il your honorable body would i'm
mediately deliberate upon it,"
troovr,rht 1925,
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Kapok of Many Uses.

A fiber now often sold under the
name of silk floss, but in reality ka
polk, the lint surrounding the seeds
of the silk cotton tree, has long been
used in the Orient for the wadding Of
guns. like gun cotton 1t has some re
markable differences from cotton
though, such as the fact that 1t can be
pulled off the seed clean and hence is
easier to mill.
kapok Is as light as elder down: a
very little will keep a man afioat for
of thermos bottle. keep substances
hot or cold as desired. 1t is often
made into life preservers in the form
of canoe pillows, serving the double
purpose of being soft and comfortable,
and OF buoying person up in the
water.
The old.fashioned cork life pre-
server, when hurled at drowning
person, was as likely as not to hit him
in the head and stun him. Kapok
will, apparently, serve every purpose
Of cotton except the most important
one OF being spinning fiber.
Now what do you know about that
answers to Yesterdays Questions.
l. Cypress Is especially useful for
piles TO be driven in dock construction,
as 1t does not decay under water
2. The old wooden battleships were
built Of oak.
5. The white pines are the most
valuable as construction lumber.
4. Cherry Is often polished to re-
semble mahogany.
5. Deal is any sort of soft wood.
used in weak box construction; spruce
generally fulfills this purpose.
s. Sandalwood comes from the East
Indies
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DRESS
BY FLORENCE DAVIES.

Clothes make the man" has been
said so many times that 1t would be
difficult to trace the philosopher VINO
| said 1t first
| A fresh point was given TO the ON
adase by noted clubwoman, who re-
Gently showed her impressions of the
Geneva conference.
1T wasn't a picturesque gathering
although SO many nations were rep
resented" she said disappointedly
Everybody, except the colorful
Maharajah and delegates from Abys-
sinia, with their gorgeous turbans,
looked just like everybody else.
THE women-they looked alike,
too. / never saw 50 many flesh col
ored stockings"
The speaker was only one of many
who feel that modern women, with
their bobbed hair and legs clad in
nude" hosiery, are losing their in.
dividuality.
Who doesn't know the stout matron
Of 50-odd, who buys the slim and
slinky gown that comes nearest TO
the one she admired on l9-year-old
Betty yesterday"
Hilda, your buxom laundress. arrays
herself in fur-trimmed coat that is
twin to the one you congratula ted
yourself on buying to advantage last
week. From a row Of short haired
women in front of you at the theater.
select the backs Of heads that are
known to you II you can.
But consider the relation between
outward appearance and ha bits of
mind. Free education, public lectures
and flood of inexpensive fashion
journals are leveling up the mentality
and the dress of the American WON.
an, which is as it should be In a
democracy which so often quotes the
free and equal" paragraph of it's
constitution.
Then take the scene at the Geneva
conference. Less Of romance and col
or. certainly. than as though half a
hundred national costumes had been
grouped together in a session of his
tory making. But If likeness in ap.
pearance helps men and women TO see
eye TO eye, welcome the sameness of
those Geneva delegates.
To know and understand each other
Is the only hope for nations as well
as for neighbors on Main street.
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LITTLE BENNY
BIT LEE PAPE.

Iestidday it was mas BIRTHDAY. and
| mad 3 cents and I was wondering
| wat ] could get her for 3 cents. think
| ing, G, I cant get her enything de.
cent for cents. and if ] don't hurry
up and get one Of those 8 cent hard
| wood tops at Mommy Simminses they
will be all sold out.
And I went around to Mommy Sim
| minses store and looked at the tops
in the window. the sine saying, Vile
They Last, Ony Cents Apiece, me
thinking, o we'll, heck. awt to be glad
1 got a mother to buy a berthday
present for.
And bawt her a cent green pen
Gil with a red rubber on the end in
case OF mistakes, and I took it home
and put 1t on the big silver tray and
took 1t up to mas room. saying, Hap.
py BIRTHDAY, ma, look wat l bawt you.
Well now wasent that sweet ofyou,
it's jest wat I needed, too, certeny
appreciate it, ma sed.
I baWt 1t with my own money, too,
ma. l sed. and she sed, That makes it
all the more valuable, assure you.
And G, ma, could Of bawt a hard.
wood top for 3 cents with those 3
cents. and for all I know those tops
will he all sold out by the next time
| have 3 cents. l sed
No they wont, either enything of
the kind. because heers cents rite
now for being so thawtful, and you
can get the top and keep the change,
hows that? ma sed.
Crate. sed.
Wich it was, and proving II is bet
ter to give other people presents than
to buy them for yourself
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Women Who Have Important Tasks
i'm Government Service
BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER

had the possibility of development in
it. She remembered her mathematical
training and asked to be changed to
the Statistical Division, Her request
was granted, and at the end Of six
months. when she decided she was
ready for the civil service statistical
examination, she had become a group
head.
The statistical examinatio took her
to the Tariff Commission in August,
1919. with the position of statistical
clerk. From then on there was a
different story to tell. She began by
doing research. but in a very short
time she was collaborating with Mark
Smith, special expert in leather manu-
features. Three reports We're the re-
suit of this Manufactures Of
Leather. Light Leathers," / and H.
and Heavy feathers" After the new
tariff law went into effect in 1922 these
were published, and little later Mr.
Smith left for other work and Miss
Bullock was assigned to individual
responsibility
Her assignments as junior eco
nomic analyst are to furs and their
manufacture, fans, hair and hair
products. peat moss (which has uses
ranging from surgical dressings to the
filling-in packages Of fresh fruit>. and,
in conjunction with two other experts.
hides, leather and their manufactures.
The diversity OF her interests is so
great because she is in the Sundries
Division. Her job now is to dig up
information requested on any one Of
these subjects in whatever place 1t
may be found and write it into con
idential report for the use of the
commission. She has made one field
study in leather goods and shoes that
took her to Boston. Philadelphia, New
York and Newark. learning at first
hand how shoes are made. But most
Of her work Is done in the city of
Washington. not only in the libraries
and in the other Government depart
ments. but also In local firms. In ad
dition to these bulletins she wrote the
part concerning leather in 1.-The Die
tionary Of Tariff Information"
She belongs to the Women's City
Club, the National Geographic So
ciety and the Washington Society of
Fine Arts.
The interesting thing about her
story is that she is proof conclusive
that a woman, given ability and will
can from small beginning by intelli-
gent planning cut for herself very
stable niche in the service of Uncle
Sam
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NEW YORK. August Il, 1776.-The
following proclamation was issued to-
day by Gen. George Washington:
BY His ExcellencN George Wash
ineton. ESQ. General and Comma nd
sr.in-C Chief of the Army Of the United
States of North America,
"N Whereas a homhardment and at
tack up the city of New York b. our
cruel and inveterate enemy may be
hourly expected, and as there are
great numbers OF women, children
and infirm persons yet remaining in
the city whose continuance will rather
be prejudical than advantageous to
the army. and their persons expose q
to great danger and hazard
II do therefore recommend 1t TO
all such persons, as they value their
own safety and preservation, to re-
move with all expedition out Of the
said town at this critical period.
trusting that, with the blessing Of
Heaven upon the American arms.
they may soon return to it in perfect
security. And do enioin and re-
guire all the officers and soldiers in
the army under my command to for
ward and assist such persons in their
compliance with this recommends ton.
Given under my hand. ut head
quarters. New York. August II. 1875.
co. WASHINGTON."
Thus Dies the general. while heset
by Thousand cares and RESPONSE
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The Gentle Transition.

David and Margery. and s years
old. respectively. sat on the floor build
ing toy castle Higher and higher
climbed the last tower. The children
were tense and eager. The last block
was to he set in place. and 1t re
oured such a gentle touch. such a
nice adjustment that both children
held their breath To see II slip into
place and behold the castle complete.
Mother swept into the room like an
energetic contract boss Look sharp
now Come alonS both of YOU, The
clocks striking Z Sten along.
Stoopine, she seemed 10 swoor down
IN the children snatched them up and
carry them off in a breeze and a gale.
one in each hand. The castle fell with
. crash. the blocks came swirline
down in heap close to Davids heels
rs ne made wild grab for the table In
order to steady himself. Margery be
gan TO howl Mother continued To
swoop. sweep. urge.
When the clock strikes you go.
When | say come. YOU come. No
diily.d a Lying. Bedtime In this house
In O'Clock and not a minute after
ward. What In the world are YOU
trying to do? Pull the house down be-
cause 1t is your bedtime" | never saw
such children. Stop YOUR crying this
minute or I'll give you something 10
cry for. The idead.'
This went on all the time the chill
6ren were being undressed. hathed. put
10 bed AS their mother put the light
out she sighed like pine tree in the
wind. MY. what chore getting
those children 10 bed! I'd as soon do
q DAYS wa shinc"
II would be better for the children
II she had heen otherwise employed.
swooping down on children who are
absorbed in play shocks their nerv-
Gus system so that they are unnf to
s,een. unft for anything hut soothing
and rela king n,inistrations. 1t does
harm 10 jump children from one &C.
c,,nation or interest TO another. The
transition should be gradual and
.sntle-not like the sudden reversing
of an engine under full power. One
wo,,ld not dare handle an engine SO,
and children nerves are far more
sensitive and delicate.
Allow 10 or Is minutes for transi-
,.on time. Children. the clock will
strike in 10 minutes. Don't begin any,
thing new. Begin TO put your toys
avay" That allows time for the en-
erSy that is pouring out along one set
If neryee and muscles 10 he adjusted
and sent along another set. The chill
dren will set about closing up their
h,ainese in an orderly fashion and
With tranquility Of mind and body
that makes bedtime a happier occa
sion for everybody.
when calling the bcy In froen play
,sfvs him Is naiantss:ssarntnsx'1~w
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SUB ROSA
i
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
One Way Of Losing Him.


We women are funny creatures
we fall desperately in love--so much
in love that we worry all the time for
fear some awful thing may happen
to our beloved Percival. and yet we,
, ourselves, usually hurt and harm
dear Percy more than anything else
could
common form Of barbarity EN-
ployed by nice young girls Is that of
showing off the man who's in love
with her-boasting of his devotion to
her-making him display it In public
begging him to perform feats for
her that will show how thoroughly
infatuated he is.
When a boys in love. he's a sensi-
| tive. shrinking plant, who ought to
be carefully treated. He shouldn't be
exposed to any form of ridicule, no
matter how friendly.
| One of the worst tricks played to-
day by the modern girl is that of
showing her love letters to adniring
friends and relatives. What, in
Heavens name, makes her do this
She sincerely loves her man, wouldn' t
hurt his feelings for the world-yet
ner vanity Is so strong that she can't
| resist the temptation to let others
know just how crazy he is about her.
And oh, what a wound to the boys
feelings, II he ever finds it out.
It's cruel thing to do. The boy
wont ever forgive the girl who has
displayed his burning effusions to an
unsympathetic world. Nor will he
ever be keen again about the girl who
iS 0u@rh6o ri hna of inc tn hnr 1c |,
she can make Tommy do anything
she wants him to.
Don't you suppose that he under
stands her motive? Men aren't as
| dumb as all that. They recognize
| cheap vanity when they. see it. And
if their hurt isn't deep enough to
make them want to run away and
hide. their anger will complete the
job and end the romance.
Some girls have a habit of show
ing their power over men publicly.
Eunice says: "Bill, let's play tennis"
Gosh, what do you want to play
tennis for? It's too darn hot this
afternoon. and I've got the begin
ming of headache anyway" oh,
but Bill" mindful that she has a
large, appreciative audience, you will
, play tennis just to please me, won't
your"
After some little coaxing. poor Bill
goes in. and Eunice smiles triumph
antly at the group of young people
around her
She isn't as bad as she sounds
Just loves showing off her power.
But woe betide her. if Bill turns
around suddenly in time to catch that
triumphant sn1irk. He'll never for
give her for it. You cannot blame
him. No man likes to find himself
acting like a well-trained white rat.
If you would keep the man you
love. don't misuse his love for you
Don't take advantage of his desire to
please YOU. And don't make him per
form publicly for the delight and edi
f1cation of your friends.
AS long as he thinks you respect
him, his love will grow stronger
When he finds you're making a fool
of him, he'll lose interest.
(Copyright. 1850
Send for Minis Fashion Hints Please
inclose self-addressed. stamped envelope.
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QUESTION: from readers are answered daily NJ
BY Dr. Parkes cadman; ores,ae9I ,r Q. 'n 3r
America Dr. Cadman seeks to answer IN,
auir1es that appear to be representative %. OF
the trends OF thought Ill the many ie'~fs
Minneapolis, MINI.
As pastor / am deeply interested
in a number Of men whom I am seek.
ing for church membership. What
shall I do. invite them to join the
church, or assign them some worthy
task in which they will discover their
need Of church fellowship?
Answer-Do as your Master did.
His recruiting program combined the
direct and indirect approaches which
are mutually helpful. To one disciple
He said, Follow me-" to another one.
Prepare a meal. for today 1 shall
dine at thy house"
Before assigning tasks to these
men, be sure that you are not trying
to fit square pegs into round holes.
Not a little heart.burning and diff
to suit the man to the job. Why not
get at each one through his own
calling? If he is a shoeman, talk
about leather; If he is farmer, about
farming, and be sure that he leads
after you have started the converse
ton.
a ministry stepped in honest inti-
nlacies with the daily toll Of men and
women seldom falls short in other
respects. The most successful clergy
man I know in Chicago owes his
crowded audiences to his breadth of
sympathy. his humanness and his
constant contact with his fellows. Go
thou, and do likewise"
Syracuse, n. Y.
] am a, young man in public life,
holding my first Office and anxious
not to make a fool of myself. Can
you tell me what / can read to best
advantage TO guide my efforts as a
politician and enable me to rise in
the political world?
Answer-Read history, especially
where it bears on the rise and prog
ress Of constitutional government and
on the social developments which
ultimately dictate local and national
issues.
President Wilson. as his writings
indicate, studied Burke and Bagehot.
President Roosevelt knew with par
ticularity the events connected with
the War of 1912 and our country's
expansion in the West. Follow their
example by majorins on the United
States and Its ascent to power. Above
all else, remember that not only the
facts as stated but their originating
causes and results must be carefully
noted No man is well furnished for
high politics who does not know the
philosophy Of history. 1t reveals the
ability or lack of 1t in various peoples
to create, maintain or change their
national culture.
Add to your reading of history that
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EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
Ansuered BY DIR. S. PARKES CADMAN

Of political biography. Get and read
every life Of a first-class statesman
who has been thus concentrated.
Ask yourself why 1t Is that men like
Morley Haldane and Trevelyan could
enrich philosophy and literature when
they were immersed in the political
fray. Keep a biography of Lincoln at
your bedside, also one of Washington
and that Of Chief Justice Marshall by
ex-senator Beveridge. I name these
works as standards and as sources Of
stimulus and guidance toward a goal
which many seek but few attain.
Boston, Mass.
Would the adoption of a code Of
ethical instruction for public schools.
such as Is pending before the Massa-
chusetts Legislature. be as advisa-
BILE, all things considered. as instruc-
ton in the Bible?
I inclose a copy of the proposed
code for your inspection and COM
ment.
Answer-The value OF any SUCH
code depends upon the response OF
the moral sense aroused in the pupil.
Every child possesses that sense In
some degree. and it inclines him or
her to justice and good will. But II
requires constant and careful cult
walton.
1t is therefore of the utmost i'm
portance for the children Of Massa-
chusetts or of any other State to be
taught to be truthful. honest. brave.
just, obedient and affectionate. The
use of moral naxims and examples
to this end Is praiseworthy So far
as they go they are helpful in defin-
ing and emphasizing the virtues chill
dren should intelligently revere and
practice.
Yet Is not the actual practice or
lack of practice of those virtues the
difficulty OF our situation? True.
Socrates said knowledge was virtue,
and that once the advantages of
right doing were clearly understood,
right would be done. But his CON-
clusion was not correct in the case
of his countrymen. who condemned
him to death for his integrity.
Nor is it to be exclusively relied
upon by educators today. Children and
adults alike need that motive
power which faith i'll a Supreme
Being of perfect goodness inspires.
Experience shows that despite their
acquaintance with the loftieSt codes
of conduct individuals are guilty Of
the basest deeds.
The manual before me Is a splen-
did supplementary aid to the religi-
Gus instruction which a complete
system of education demands. But
such instruction depends upon d
common agreement upon what to
teach, or the confusion now preva-
lent will be worse COMPOUNDED.
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Our Children By Angelo Patri
troorr,rht. 1925

blow the whistle * minutes before
coming-in time. Remember that and
begin to make ready so you start for
the house at the second signal.
don't want you to come rushing in all
hot and excited. Take it easy and
come on time"
Train the child this way and YOU
will not have the evening battle of:
'Why didn't YOU come when | called
you?"
Il didn't hear YOU. | was PLAYING
too ha rd" How could I come? !
was at bat with two men on bases.
Give me time
Arrange things no the transition
from play to duty Is gentle and grad
nal and without shock. 1t is the sud
denness, the shock that makes the
troIIhle
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ington and educated at the Puget
Sound College. with mathematics as
her speciality. After college days were
over she tried her hand at teaching
for two years. and then. with the loss
of her father. came the necessity of
becoming the man Of the family. 1t
was then that she joined the Fruit
Growers Association and became a
practical berry farmer.
But the lure of the Capital was too
strong and when the war was a fact
she sold the ranch and came on to
Washington. The Veterans Burea u
gave her her first job as filing clerk.
and at the end Of two months she was
promoted" to the handling of mails
as assistant. But that was a blind
alley, and Miss Bullock saw it and
looked about her for something that