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Il Story Of Real Life

her along. / asked for you, ana
they were so excited over Ger
trude they just said you had gone
upstairs some place, and they
never even noticed It when
wandered out of the room and
went upstairs to look for you. !
looked all over the second floor
and couldn't find you, and saw
the door open leading up here so
I took one more chance"
'.Then, then, it WASH n't-wasnt
YOU who gave Gertrude the ring,
she asked in ,amazarnent, sitting
up and then changing her mind
and cuddling back down in his
arms again. He kissed her halr
tenderly.
Lord, no--and what would /
be giving Gertrude a ring for?
It's not a ready. made grand
mother I'm after; I'm looking for
a kid, some one who can play
around with me, not take life too
seriously at first-someone who
well, who would just naturally
pick out q dusty attic as a
natural place to come for . good
cry
"But--but you deserted mo for
Gertrude, and you've been going
around with her all of the time"
"Sure, baby; I had to. / knew
that they wouldn't let me make
love to you, until they had her
safely married off; and saw
that all of her beaux were mara !
thon lovers, likely to so almost
any distance. so I rushed her
day and night, to make them
wake up. Sure enough one OF
them picked her off"
I'm be 1S next month" con-
fided Bonita impishly.
He kissed her with great at
tention to detail and no hurry.
"And next month"; I am to be
division sales n1anager-wlll,
you"
'Will To said Bonita, and then
she kissed him.
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h1pressing It in the Child;s Mind

than there is from fire. If you
are ever caught in a building
where there is stampede, crawl
under your seat and stay there
until the rush is over"
Because the children were ex.
cited over the commotion close by,
the precaution made lasting i'm.
pression upon their minds. And
often, after that, they referred to
the subject. That is why 1t came
flashing back to their minds when
the emergency actually arose.
It IL in moments OF stress that
suggestions are stamped upon
the mind. II a child Is In the
throes Of anger, fear, or any
other emotion. that Is the time
when Impressions are planted In
his consciousness.
Unfortunately, it is at those
moments that he usually gets
harmful impressions. If parents
could only remember to say moth
ing and do nothing until the ten
sion Is over, it would prevent a
world of useless trouble.
Arguments, punishment. un-
kind statements, made when both
parent and child are angry, has
done more to wreck the happl-
ness of children than any other
factor in home government.
If you would save yourself
heartache and your child worse
difficulties than that. be careful,
in those moments of stress when
Impressions take root and stay.
IL YOU would plant beneficial
truths in his mind. seize upon
the high moments to place them
there.
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ALL of a sudden one Of the
A big elephants on the vaude-
vile stage became angry and
lunged across the platform, knock.
ing over part OF the scenery.
This frightened the other eie-
plants and In an instant the
trainer had lost control Of his
animals. Men came running
from back stage and somebody IN
the audience shrieked. That
started the stampede.
Down in the sixth row sat two
little girls where their father
had left them during intermission.
Mr.. league, hearing the disturb
ance, rushed back into the thea.
ter but the surging mob at the
door prevented his return to
Phyllis and Mary.
Two minutes later the excite
ment had subsided and the Or
chestra was playing again. When
Mr.. league finally reached the
place where he had left the lit
tie girls he saw them crawling
out from beneath the seats
slightly upset but entirely safe.
Mother tells us to crawl under
a seat and stay there il anything
happens and we think there is
going to be a stampede" Mary
explained.
Mr.. league remembered then
that he had heard his wife tell
the children just that. He also
recalled the fact that he had
laughed at the suggestion and
had said something about "cross-
ing bridges before you get to
them" Now he was very thank
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Peggy saw that Ranny had
stopped caring for her.
His eyes, in the light that
streamed into the room from the
hall, looked at her coldly. His
mouth was hard, HIS whole face
sulky.
She knew that he wanted her
to 80. She knew that he was
through with her and that she
ought to go. But her feet refused
to carry her from the room.
She caught her breath sharply,
as il he had dealt her a stunning
blow. Then she found herself
beside him again, without know.
ing that she had moved.
you're just angry because !
rushed out of the house tonight,
she said TO him. II only did It
because I was tired and nervous.
You know I don't do f1ighty
things like that. oh, Ranny put
your arms around met Don't
treat me like this. You're break
ing my heart :,
Lost to Her
Silent and sullen, he looked at
her.
She knew she had lost him.
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hams Vegetable Compound and 1t
would help me. She handed me one
Of your little books and read it and
was interested IN 1t. went to q
drug store that night and got bot
tie Of your wonderful medicine. ]
took it until the baby was born and
was able to be UP and do my work.
Baby is ~ months old now and
weighs Ia pounds. | have plenty OF
milk for her and she gains steadily.
[ recommend it. am willing to
answer letters and will do anything
I can for any woman. for know
how / suffered. .'--MRs. A. H.
TscHRHART, r. No. 2, Box 80, Ad.
kins, Texas.
Lydia q. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has been in use by women
for over fifty years. 1t is q vege-
table tonic made from roots ana
herbs and Is sold by all druggists
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all" she went on. "And I knew
it all the time. I wouldn't ever
have been Jealous OF her, only
only I'm jealous Of every woman
you see Ranny. Forgive me, dear,
and promise me not to flirt with
Babs or anybody else.
She took hold Of his shoulders
and put her face down in the pill
low beside his face.
II never could go through an.
other three years, like the first
three years we lived together,
she told him, with a. kind Of
moan. II thought I'd go crazy
tonight, when i saw you and
Babs standing there by that lamp
down stairs. It made me remem.
ber Fay, and Puss, and all the
rest OF them"
She felt him draw away from
her, ever so little. And she raised
her head, and looked at him.
Please don't have a brain
storm tonight" he said to her in
a flat cold tone. I'm tired. and I
want to go to sleep, Don't you
think you'd better go back to
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PEGGY STARR engaged to RANDALL PHELPS for
when he asks her free him. because he's fallen in love with
her hum, FAY SHIRLEY Heartboken Peggy gives him np 10
satisfaction AGONY who brought her Aunt
goodfOr-nong and will be true to
woman Peggy PETER WlLk
B sober, prosperous bachelor who adOres her,
opinion Ranny to be correct too For sud
denly drops Peggy after all Soon after they
their tiny flat he begins to be restless and no
Of him. He CANDLES
drinks But when Peggy breaks the
that going baby he behaves himself wonder
fully well y short time. :,
But soon after JUNIOR baby is born he returns to his old
habits falls desperately in love with girl
ELISE LEOPOLD who's planning to open gilt shop IN
town gives Peggy at ALL and piano
lessons keep going Finally she makes by
writing popular song toward the purchase price
of the house baby DR. BUzLARD says that
fra and needs to live out OF doors
Rannys father of the real estate firm Of
PHELPS SON, taken ILL., and Ranny takes MS place nut
THOMAS BOYLE his sister, LOY really runs the
business for baby becomes ILL., and Peggy begs Ranny
She the dark aes flat is killing her baby .
from his illness which turns out 10
be fu" while Ranny is out PLAYING D-
ards one and Peggy walks out of The Nest ana never
goes back into it again.
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BY Beatrice Fairfax

GsGtAN q wedding ring a dumb
~ bell?" asked the funny.
man In a recent newspaper issue.
The illustration showed Miss
Dumb Bell being lassooed by a
wedding-ring circiet to her naive
establishment.
Certainly, 1t would seem that
in the vast ma aiority of, cases
Miss Dumb-Bell changes the pre-
fix of her name to Mrs" before
the springtin1e OF her foolish
young life is over. 1t would
seem equally undeniable that
many an intellectual Miss High
Brow lives all her years in single
blessedness. Even Miss Brilliant
Wit sometimes fails to attract
more than momentary masculine
attention.
The natural conclusion from
these observations might seem to
be that men like dumbness in a
woman. and that cleverness is a
drawback to a girl in realizing
her dream of love and marriage.
Men like to feel comfortable
and at home. They don't partic-
ularly enjoy being impressed with
the idea that they are intellectu-
ally hopelessly inferior.
But the average mamie who
as supposed to prefeB a dumb-beu
las a rule chooses a practically
clever. typically feminine girl who
- none the less clever be-
cause she avoids egoism and
braggadocia over any intellectual
gifts she may have.
"Shell shock" some Of the
girls at the office whisper induI.
gently when a ceyNain young
philosopher pauses a moment in
his work to eonfide his views con-
csrning women. But those very
flappers might stand a better
chance Of winning lasting happl-
ness If they were to listen to and
profit by his remarks. For there
Is more of common sense than
shell shock in his philosophy.
"If only women would apply
their cleyerness IN the right di.
rection." he will sigh. There's
my Aunt Mary. for instance-I
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And to Babs DelanO, o an

And to Babs Delano, Of Ell
women!
FOR one Instant she had 9
vision of the way Babs looked
when she first woke ia the
morning with puffy eyes and
lips. and pasty color.
Wait until he sees her, look
Ing like that, sometimes, she
thought.
she got up from the side Of the
bed and tried 10 tpull herself
together. But her voice shook
"Ranny," she sadi, You may
as well tell me just what You
want me to do. and III do it,
do you really want me to leave
you, for good?''
He groaned. "I'vs told you I
won't talk over this thing to-
night" he said sulkily. What
I want you to do right now + 70
go back to the baby and leave
me here to get d few hours sleep.
I have q big day ahead Of me
tomorrow"
All right, I'll 90. she said.
Very quietly she went out OF
the room, where the baby had
been born only ten weeks ago.
Ranny's baby and hers and now
he could treat her like thisl
Halfway down the stairs her
eyes were caught by her own
reflection in the long mirror that
hung on the landing between the
windows. She stood for q mo-
ment looking st herself.
Nothing could keep Peggy
Phelps from being beautiful. Even
now, in her misery. she was love-
ly-yes, she was. She knew 1t.
She looked at herself without
vanity, AZ she wondered what
chance she had to hold Ranny-
to keep him from Babs Delan0.
None, she knew. and yet
Even in the dim light on the
landing she could see that her
hair was darker than dusk, and
her eyes the deep blue of the
sea at twilight. She remembered
how, long ago, before she mar
ried Ranny, he used to tell her
that her mouth was like q rose.
She remembered how he had
held her and kissed heralld
suddenly she felt that he must
love her still! Perhaps in the
morning, when he woke up, he
would see things In a new light
--he would see that his in
fatuatfon for Babs was nothing
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An Intriguing and Though Compelling
Story Of the Love Affairs Of :
Modern Young Woman.

more than infatuation-h he would
know that he stili loved his
A Hasty Note
she stopped in the. downstairs
hall and scribbIed q note TO-
Ranny on q page torn from her
address book:
..CaH me up at Aunt Agony's,
please. And don't forget that I
love you. always. PEGGY"
She tucked it under his hat on
the hall table, where he would
be sure to find It in the morn
Then Just Is she. picked UP
tha telephone to call q taxicab,
size remembered that she had
only 10 cents left il her purse.
she went quietly upstairs 20
borrow some from Ranny.
Before she had reached the top
step, the sound OF his loud, slow
breathing told her that he was
asleep already. IT had not taken
him long to- forget her!
she tiptoed into the room. his
trousers were neatly folded over
the foot OF the bed.
Rejecting that this was the
first time she had ever gone into
her husbands pockets for money,
Peggy began b careful search.
But she could find nothing but
dime and two nickels. Ranny
was s'orokes as usual.
with q sigh she went down
the stairs again and out into the
darkness of o'clock OF q rainy
winters morning.
1T was b long way and Il was
b little after when she rang the
door OF Aunt Agony's, house.
she'll think its = telegram
and be scared to DEATH she
thought. as she stood waiting for
her aunt to come down to the
door.
After an eternity the hall light
flashed on; through the window
Of the door Peggy could see Aunt
Agony coming down the stairs
wrapped In q black kilnono that
made her look like 3 deaconess.
"Well, for the dear lands
sake!'' she cried, when she saw
her niece standing on the porch.
Where under heaven have you
been? Have you lost your mind,
walking the streets at this time
Of night? 1 never even knew You
were out Of the house"
CTo be continued Monday.
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HERTRUDE and Bonita were
VI as different az their names
might indicate. Gertrude was the
eldest by five years in point OF
age; she was % actually but she
had SO convinced herself that she
was grown up that she had more
or less succeeded in convincing
everyone else that she was about
80.
Bonita was II, but Gertrude
had so succeeded in convincing
her that she was an infant that
most people took her for about
II, and Bonita let the illusion
stick for she was a sympathetic
little soul and realized the neces'
sity for getting Gertrude married
off.
Gertrude had several beaux.
more or less live" prospects in
matrimonial mart, only one OF
which Bonita begrudged her; that
was Tom Vending.
Tom was very young himself,
only 25; and. Of all her sisters
beaux, he was the one most
sparingly endowed of this worlds
goods; in fact, about all he pos.
sessed was a smile that ought to
be worth a million dollars to him
some day as a speciality sales
man, a batch of red hair, and an
optimistic outlook upon life that
would permit of no such thing
as failure.
3 ha1 IVA
to Bonita, but strangely enough,
one day, he had stopped asking
for her when he called, and had
asked for Gertrude from that time
on, paying little attention 20 Bo-
nita. She had gone up into the
attic, and sat by the window and
cried for two hours. and then she
had bravely put him out of her
mind--that is maryland came
back downstairs to go on with
the housework, most Of the bulk
of which she attended TO, since
her mother had told her that it
was necessary" for Gertrude
to look her best these days until
she got married.
One afternoon late in June,
Gertrude came home from the
theater wearing q seraphic smile
and gorgeous diamond ring.
She flashed both at the supper
table. Mother was tremendously
impressed, her father rolled his
eyes toward heaven. and Bonita,
after congratulating her, left the
fable and went up into the attic
to cry.
There was little doubt in her
mind as to who the donor of the
ring must be, so she had not
stayed to hear.
She had cried before. but this
time, her tears seemed actually
to run away with her. She be-
came a little frightened at the
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the Nest Interesting Story of Young Love Ever
Penned by Beatrice Burton.

windows above the door, the win
dows of their room, Ranny's and
hers. He was home, then.
Breathlessly she ran up the
walk and unlocked, the door.
Ranny's overcoat and his soft,
gray hat were hanging on the
hall rack. The smell of smoking
tobacco was in the air. His
newspapers were scattered on the
floor of the living room.
whole house spoke of him.
She ran upstairs. He had fallen
asleep reading and a cigar dang
led from limp fingers. 1t had
scorched a hole in the bedspread
before it went out. Its won-
der he doesn't burn the house
down." she thought.
The soft glow OF the lamp be-
side his bed brought out the chis-
eled straightness of his features
and glinted on the side of his
blonde head.
How / love him" Peggy
thought. ''I couldn't leave him,
for / love him too much.
He gave q sleepy sigh and
moved as il he were waking up.
Mainly LG8DS SUM- SOAeAg > ~-AaNN
he opened his eyes and looked at
her
You came back?" he said,
after q minute.
She nodded happily. Her heart
was suddenly as light as a feath-
er, because she had found him
here, where he belonged.
"Of course, came back" she
said, and dropped down on her
knees beside the bed. II got TO
thinking things over, and / made
. up my mind that it was silly of
me to run away from home Just
because you kissed Babs.
The memory Of that scene IN
the living room, when she had
found him with Babs In his arms,
stabbed her like knife for
second. But she went on bravely:
II know that you don't really
care for Babs,'' she said gravely.
II know you haven't a little case
on her the way you had cases on
Fay and Puss March. and pretty
girls like them"
Perfectly Absurd
Why, 1t was absurd to think
that Ranny could fall in love with
a lumn1ox like Babs Delano. For
even il she had learned how to
paint her face and dress herself
we'll, Babs was still lummox in
Peggy's eyes.
Shes not your kind Of girl at
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Times Daily Dozen

ing events Of the Twentieth Cen
tury.
3. GEOGRAPHY. The Leipsic
Fair has been held continuously
for nearly 700 years.
4. BUSINESS. The greatest sin.
gle factor in the huge increase
of automobile sales ia the ease
with which the cars can be pur.
chased on the installment plan.
5. MANKIND. A scion is a
child or descendant of a noble
or illustrious family.
6. HUMAN NATURE, The best
American trait is optimism.
7. GENERAL SCIENCE. White
gold is made from a combination
OF II per cent gold, Is per cent
nickel and 8 per cent zinc.
8. LAW. An inland bill of ex-
change is a draft drawn on a
person living in the same State
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9. CIVICS. By putting the
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10. ART. Atlantic City is con-
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to run into consumption.
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Now Continue

worse, till death do US part"
she had said.
She jumped up, pulled off her
nightgown and began to dress
with feverish haste.
1t was 12 when she slipped
halfway down the stairs and look
ed at Grandfather STAIRS old
clock on the landing. Very quiet
ly she tiptoed down the last
flight OF the steps and telephoned
for a taxicab.
Waiting
She stood on the porch, in the
windy February darkness, wait
ing for 1t to come. She did not
want Aunt Agony to wake up,
and she ran down to the curb
when it drove up, and jumped
I'm, begging the driver to make as
little noise as possible.
: The little white house was in
darkness except for the two front
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1. LITERATURE. Which fa-
mons German brothers wrote one
Of the finest collections OF chill
drens' stories in any language?
.. HISTORY. What famous
in So B. G.
3. GEOGRAPHY. What per-
centage of the. earth's surface
is occupied by oceans and seas?
a. BUSINESS. What are the
average earnings per hour OF the
American railroad workers?
s. MANKIND. What Is the
name of the Greek philosopher
who lived in a tub?
G.. HUMAN NATURE. Which
has been called the worst trait
of Americans?
z. GENERAL SCIENCE. What
effect did the World War have
on inventive genius?
8. LAW. What is meant by a
precedent condition" in a con.
tract?
retary of the United States
Treasury?
10. ARI. Wndt IS q feStO0nI
IL. MUSIC. Who was the
greatest composer in England
during the Tudor period?
12. HEALTH. Why is starVa.
ton dangerous as method OF
reducing?
ANSWERS TO YESTERDAYS
QUESTIONS
1. LITERATURE. 'The Last
Days of Pompcii" was written
by Edward George Bulwer Lyt.
ton 1S03-1S73).
2. HISTORY. The World War,
the political upheavaIs and the
unparalleled advancement Of sci.
encs, 80 far, the three outstand.
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Aunt Agoney's? That's where
you left the baby. isn't it?"
He put up his hand and switch
ed off the light beside his bed.
.You left me tonight he add
ed. still in that cold voice. "and
I'm going to have something to
say about your coming back. I
don't know whsther I want you
to come back or not. to tell the
truth. |"
Then. as she gave q little cry
and put her head down to his
again. he pushed her gently. but
very firmly. away from him.
Lets talk 1t over in the morn.
ing" he said. I'D like to get
some sleep now. il you don't
mind"
There is nothing so dead as
dead love.
When a man stops caring for
q woman he does not begin to
hate her. He just forgets her.
He doesn't think of her. He
becomes perfectly indifferent to
her.
And ali at once. that night,
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MHIEN Peggy asked herself i she
hadn't been foolish to get up
and run away just because Ranny
had kissed Babs.
Perhaps she was making a
mountain out of molehill. Per-
hans he didn't care snap of his
finger about Babs Delano, after
all. Ranny had kissed many
woman who didn't mean a thing
to him, in his lifetime. Peggy
knew that.
..And anyway, I had no right to
leave the way I did" she made
up her mind at last. I've mar
ried Ranny. and my job is to
stick to him through thick and
thin"
That was what she had prom
ised to do when she married
him, wasn't it? ''For better, for
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Exit Prejudice

THE economic independence Of
Il women is being achieved as
fast as women step in the places
now fully opening to them in the
workaday world. The clingi1g
vine, fortunately becoming rarer,
Is still with us only because she
still chooses to cling. The an.
cient prejudice against women In
the professions survives only as
an acknowledged fear Of competI.
tion on the part Of men.
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SERVICE A LA
CAFETERIA

A S women we must get away
4 \ from the begging and be-
seaching complex, that habit that
still clings to US of asking men
If we can have what is ours by
right. There Is no longer any
excuse for an inferiority com.
pIex. Equality of opportunity is
ours by Divine Right and the
Constitution.
We need not expect that IA.
vors will be handed us on a silver
platter. This is the day Of service
a la cafeteria. step UP and help
yourself.-Florence NJ. Sterling, In
Woman's Viewpoint.
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young girl ike Aunt Mary I'd
get married tomorrow she'd
have me!'
For time a man may enjoy
playing about with a witty. stun
ming girl who il always the life
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mur. sIIow wonderful you arep'
This is perfectly natural. Don't
you, yourself. enjoy cumming
about with another girl who has
a mentality about like your own.
on whose whole-hearted friend.
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in bed most OF
the time until !
began taking
Lydia b. Pink:
hams Vegetable
Compound. My
mothei. : In law.
who is q mid.
wife, told me 1t
was all foolish
ness for me to
stay In bed. She
told me to take
lydia n Pink.
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Of the party" But when 1t comes
to marriage, the girl wins out who
is clever enough and appreciative
enough to listen to all he has to
say with sincere, open-mouthed,
open.eyed admiration and nlur-
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tell You the sensible thing to do!
"SympatIetic?--ss she always
understands. Her kids are
crazy about her-so Is her hus-
band. That's the kind of clever
ness / admire. II / could find
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ever! She does her housework so
we'll and easily that she never
seems to be working, yet she al
ways has time to spare.
You can ask Aunt Mary for
advice on any subject and she'll