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women OF America. AT that time
crowds of the curious and also of gen.
timely interested people made such COM
slant demands on the great scientist,
who was In poor health. that a break
down seemed imminent. and 1t became
necessary for her to go away some-
where for a few days secluSion and
rest she chose the home OF her quiet
friend, Mrs. Brady. for refuge.
To describe lniSfada is to give no
idea at all of the home life of its own
erS. 1t Is great estate. with its tapes
tries, paintings and statuary by many
of the best of the old masters and the
modern painters and sculptors but in 1t
live two quiet. simple. Woodworking peo-
pie, whose principal joy In the place Is
to use IL for the pleasure of others,
When they are at home 1t Is Allied
groups and troops. clad In the new
green uniform which they have Just
adopted. have parties In the famous
gardens and are given the run OF the
immense house. Life there Is +
dull. II you are q guest at that table,
YOU may sit next to an Ambassador, an
engineer Just starting his business life,
great scientist. u poor poet, Girl
scout leader or a copper king And to
all OF them Mrs. Brady Is the perfect
hostess. No detail flashes ON her mind
that does not issue into action There
are many human stories which can he
recorded~-and the best of all NAV not
be told Only through every one of
them energies the picture of a greatly
loving, greatly Selfiess woman, coming
now to he one Of the national leaders
OF the Young girls of America.
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time No Z shows dish of metal or of
burnt clay containing a small hole in
the bottom. Ii is set in the water. which
gradually Seeps through the hole. filling
the pan and sinking 1t. always in the
same period of time.
But these methods told only how
much time had passed They told when
a minute or an hour had gone by, but
they could tell nothing about what time
of day 1t was. The continuance in pic
ture No. gave that information. This
is kind of Sundial, which can be held
so that the sun shines through tiny
hole in the straight piece of metal and
lights up one of the figures engraved
inside of the circle which is placed at
right angles to the straight piece. No.
shows one of the oldest means of time
telling in the world The straight stick
casts shadow which moves around q
circle as the sun moves from east to
west. The shadow becomes longer and
shorter and changes its position accord
ing TO the position Of the sun Figures
are marked in circle on the ground
and one need only look at the figure to
which the shadow is pointing to tell the
time of day. No. is another Sundial.
though a more accurate one, The
shadow cast by the metallic piece on
the circular dial points to certain num-
bers on the circumference of the circle.
which enables one to observe at once
what time of day 1t is
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was completed and the copper statue
q the angel Mofonl vas set in place
10 complete the church Forty years
III complete even such large struc~
tire may seem q very long time. but
The builders ~ this church had a ire
21endOuslY difficult time of il When
the MoFmofls commenced their church
they had only tine very crudest OF tools
~ help them with their task They had
none Of the modern steam appliances
which MAKE building comparatively
easy al the present time, and the heavy
granite blocks which we're made into
the walls had 70 be q3aTTied by hand
and hauled by horses and oxen for many
q mile before they could be used.
The Church Of Latter Day Saints
or ths Morm0ns, 40 they are generally
called, was organized Ia 1880, and some
wears later established a small colony
in the town Of kauYeo, III But thfy
we're prosecuted and nara&sed by their
nei2nbors 10 such az extent that they
left Illinois In lS46-thousands oi
them, on horseback and IN wagons
made the weary and dangerous journey
across planes and deserts 10 the shore
Of Great Salt Lake.
IT was q barren wilderness al Una
time but those who decided 10 nlakt
the region their permanent home were
people of determination. and afteI
many discourageuents they established
what is now the beautiful and prosper
Gus city 0f SaH Lake, the caD.tst - tn
eten 0f Utah
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LESACK This wa8 originally the
French lie Sac" II Is used In Chinook
u mean sack Or bag Of any kind. and
also a pocket" iB the hills at the head
Of stream, or little bay IN lake
II Is nov seldom used
LEM0OTOH,~~'Fhe Il Is sounded AZ in
Eat the 90 as In Coo, and the final
O as In Go. Accent the second syllable
The word means Sheep, but is now
rather rare.
OL,-~Pfonounee as spelled, Wllh
the K long and the accent on the final
syllable. This means the Grouse, or any
gr0use-iike bird such rs a chicken or
turkey. When used In the latter sense
the prefix BOE'H Is used, the meaning
then becoming White Mans Grouse
MIA MAMOOK-POO LCKUT LE-
! POOL is Il shot four grouse"
/ LAMAR. -APTon0unee each A as In
/ Father accenting the second syllable
| This means Hand primarily, but also
/ means Fingers or the Arm HiKA
/ LAMAR CHACo COLE is MY hands
/ are cold"
J LpJ This is the English word Rum
/ as the Indians said IL III the Oiden
days when rum was an important part
Of the Indian trade The word Was com
/ mon, but it IL little used today Later
( all liquor was known az "fireWater'' oi
! PIAH~CHUEE and snii later M
! HOOTCHIBOO 0T HOCGH.
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THE STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL AND A BIG b.

about the most important thing In the
world
On Dicks first day as life guard. she
had decided hat she wanted to take
his boat out rowing. OF course, nobody
was allowed in the life guards boat,
BIT thct meant nothing to Sally. She
took 1t out anyway, and when Dick pro-
tested. she told him to mind his busi-
ness.
But the rich little girls with big ideas
| held no terrors for Dick. AS Sally pulled
away from the beach, he slowly waded
in after her. Then as she approached
deep water he caught hold of the boat,
! and started to drag it back to shore
Sally. in a rage. struck him with an
oar, and thereupon Dick calmly and
gently upset the boat. splitting the girl
into the water, clothes and all
Then he dragged her back to shore,
fearful and furious. and delivered her
to her parents Sally'S mother had been
quite upset, but her father slapped Dick
on the back and told him he had done
exactly right.
For several days after this event Sally
would have nothing to do with Dick,
but once when he was diving from the
| platform she padded out with her fee
BILE little str e. watched HIM enviously
| for while and then asked him to
| teach her TO Give
! That had ended their enmity and
| started their friendship During the
/ next few weeks Dick taught her the
crawl stroke and all that he knew about
diving, AS result Sally was now not
| only regular little mermaid, but she
was Dicks faithful slave as well. She
| thought the big. bronzed life guard was
the greatest person in the world, and
| anything that he said was law Dick,
| for his part had developed very real
liking for the little girl. whose good
humor, perseverance and courage we're
qualities that would appeal to any
older fellow.
Now Sally sat beside Dick on the
diving platform. wiggling her brown toes
and gazing at them reflectively.
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TIME RECORDERS IN CLoCKLESS
AGES

To tell the time OF day it is but nee
cSSary 10 look at a watch or at a
clock. But suppose You had none OF
these at hand. What then? There are
many simple ways of telling the time of
day or the length Of an hour or a min
ute, and our ancestors of several hun
dred years ago. who knew nothing of
such tilnepieceS as we have today, used
a variety Of methods that we're fairly
accurate.
The rope in picture No. . shows a
simple way of measuring time. A hemp
rope IS knotted at regular intervals and
lighted al the bottom. It SmolderS slow
" and regularly and the fire reaches
every knot In the same space of time.
This method is stin employed in some
parts of the world Alfred the Great.
King Of England in the year 900, is
said to have invented the candle clock
shown in picture No. 3. The candle is
marked IN black and white and when
lighted burns through each of the
marks in a given time Picture No. 4
shows an hour-giaSS. II consists of
two hollow globes of glass connected by
small hole One of these globes is
filed with a small quantity Of fine sand.
and when the apparatus is inverted the
sand flows through the hole TO the other
bulb and always in the same period OF
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of hard, regular work. She has never
been content to give only money TO
those who needed IT, With the money
has always gone what is a much more
difficult gift for busy person of wide
interests part of herself, her time,
her thought, her personality.
They tell a story OF her work during
the wal which Is characteristic. In
1914 she entered the Presbyterian Hos
pital and took the war nurses train
ing course, Until several months after
the close OF the war she did 20 hours
Of hard work each week in hospital
wards. One day ut one of the de-
barkation hospitals Il negro soldier
half crazed with pain and nerve shock.
had TO be bathed, Several of the
nurses hesitAted to undertake the task
Mrs, Brady leaned over the stricken
man and with her own hands made
him comfortable Then the soldier
looked up at her and said MY Loriy
chile, YOU suttenly does look like Mrs
Brady
She laughed and asked him who he
was, and he told her that he had once
worked for some one whom she knew
When he discovered her identity, he
said apologetically
IF I'd knowed you was Mrs Brady
l. Npulul III ltl YOU give ME no DHln
oh, yes. you would" said She, be
cause you are sick and It had to be
done"
That is the spirit she has brought to
all OF her work,
II
T)ERHAPs she inherited this spirit
from her parents. the Caravans,
for theirs IL q fine American story,
typical OF the sturdy upward growth
and Towering Of 40 many families
tranaplanted from the old sod. This
story goes back 10 the time when
young Mary Carroll sailed away from
Erin 10 the new country, where she
eventually met aud married Patrick
aarvau Ut al Irish family for genera
tons resident IN Connecticut. The
years In between had been hard ones.
but Mary darvan did not try 10 forget
She taught her children 10 be tender
with all those whose way was hard.
Nor did she forget 10 be tender her
self when prosperity came 10 her and
her husband Their home In Hartford
was always open % all young people,
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A Gaucho Tracker.

THE gauchos of the South American
pampas are of mixed Indian and
Spanish blood. Among them the track
er holds a high place. for his instinct
III tracking men and beasts macs HIM
indispensable, Some of his adventures
would seem wonderful even to the
American Indian and our old-time
guides Of the plains. In confused
track OF animals feet he can tell how
Liar OF them are laden or have riders,
He viii detect the footsteps OF human
being or an animal and follow them
many miles without firing
The stories told Of Calibar. noteC
memory of the gaucho when hunting
for his man.
Once while Calibar was absent from
home his best saddle was stolen. His
wife carefully covered up the footmarkS
and showed them TO him on his return
two months after the robbery.
One afternoon, a year and halt
later, he was passing along street in
the suburbs of certain town, when
suddenly he stopped and examined Ger
tain footprints, Following them he
came to a house. entered It, and there
found his saddle, Sotled and torn,
Once criminal. under sentence OF
death. having escaped from prison, Ca
Thar was sent pursuit. The fugitive,
knowing that he would be hunted, had
taken every precaution to leave no
track, even to walking long distance
in shallow stream.
calibar followed the stream until II
came To place where he saw q few
drops of water on the grass.
he got out here" said Calihar.
Through fields and over walls he fol-
lowed the fugitive until he led the sol
the approaches TO the house. ne told
the soldiers they would find the Grim
tnal inside. They searched the prem
tses, but could not find their man.
"He Is inside" insisted the tracke.
A second and more thorough search ]
Gated the man, and the next morn
he was shot.
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like him, The girl is Mae Walpole. She
is all right. / guess.
Dick grinned at Sallys graphic de-
Scriptions, and then watched her dive
off the platform with final Guess I'll
quit for the day" and swim in toward
the beach
A glance at the sun told him that it
was indeed time for him to go of duty.
but he saw the new fellow and girl
wading out toward the platform, and
decided to wait for a moment. AS they
got to deeper water they started to
swim, and Dick noticed that neither of
them was very much at home in the
water. The young mans stroke. par
ticularly, was awkward and amateurish
They came abreast of the platform,
and the girl swan up to It, but Stanley
continued on out toward deep water
Dick watched his splashing efforts for a
moment and then called a warning TO
him.
Better not 60 out too far,'' he cau-
toned. TITS deep out there
The swimmer flashed him a look of
annoyance. Tn doing this, fellows' he
called back
Dick smiled to himself, and keeping
his eye on the young man, he turned
to the girl, But she had taken a seat
on the far edge of the platform and
kept her back turned to him.
Stanley had now reached the guard
rope but instead of turning back as
Dick expected, he passed over the rope
and splashed on out into the lake.
"Ho. therei" called Dick. jumping TO
his feet. You mustn't go past the
ropei"
Stanley paid no attention to him.
Dick was about TO call more urgent
warning to him when the swimmer sud-
denly ceased to paddle. Dick saw him
double up. and caught glimpse Of a
pain-wracked face as he took a quick
shallow dive off the platform and raced
toward the distressed swimmer
h. La
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The only dive / don't seem to be
able to get right is the jackknife," she
said. wrinkling her brows with annoy
ance. Il don't see how you do 1t like
you do. How in the world do you fold
all up and then straighten out just m
time to keep from hitting the water all
i'll bunch?"
oh, you'll get on to it after while!"
said Dick with a grin. 1.-THE main
trouble is that you don't weigh much,
and that springboard is little tight.
But try 1t this way, imagine that there
is rope stretched across right in front
Of your chin, and that you have to dive
up over that rope and down into the
water"
Sally jumped to her feet and ap-
preached the end of the board 1T
sounds easy" she said doubtfuily. "but
I don't seem able 10 get it."
She stepped back from the end of
the board, stood for moment, and
then jumped to get the spring. But she
gagged her Jump wrong. and instead of
going down with the spring of the board,
she hit 1t as 1t jerked upward. AS a
result, what was intended for dive
became sudden. crooked fall into the
water
Dick shouted with laughter as her red
cap bobbed above the surface Sputter-
ing and grinning, she climbed up the
ladder.
Guess / tripped over the rope you
were talking about" she said ruefully.
oh, you'll get it," replied Dick
Come out in the morning and We'll
get to work on 1t hard It's almost
time to quit this afternoon"
Sally. who was standing up shaking
herself. nodded toward the shore.
Here come some people down to
swim now" she said.
who are they?" asked Dick. after
scanning the beach. Don't believe I've
seen them before"
THEY Just got IN this morning." Sally
informed him, He's young college
fellow named Francis Stanley. He
thinks he's pretty smart but / don't
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~ ECAUSE Fate sent no daughters
- 10 the new head OF the Ameri~
can Girl Scouts, who has Just
H. succeeded Mrs. Herbert Hoover
as chairman of the board all
American girls have champion and
leader whose new Office is the most re-
cent service In a life that has been
given unstintedly 10 all Young and
eager things, and TO all who are helpless,
old or poor
Who's Who" lists Genevieve Caravan
Brady as the wife Of Nicholas Frederic
Brady, well known as a capitalist and
financier director of many corpora
tons. owner Of Inistada, one OF the
most palatial estates In America 1t
also adds that they we're married on
August IL. 1905.
There the record stops, giving even
less hint of the real color and richness
Of this woman's life than theater pro-
gram gives Of the play II describes. The
world will probably never get COM
plete picture OF Mrs, Brady, because
she has passion for keeping her good
deeds secret. and has worked out an
elaborate technique for helping people.
slngly and en- masse In such way
That only those acting as agents for her
ana some Of her closest friends know
what she Is doing. But mercy viii out
aA well as murder no matter how hard
she may try 10 cover up her tracks
MRS Brady cannot keep all Of her &C
cofnplishments sub rosa She cannot
conceal the remarkable work she has
done for the Girl Scouts the work
which has made her the logical sue
eesSor 10 Mrs. Hoover,
|
AIRS ERADY Il a uew TYNE of
new" woman She h quiet IN
| her manner. Of the Irish type Of good
| looks~~dark blue eyes, reddish brown
! hair very white skin she combines
CHARM what Barrie calls bloom"
| With ali enviable business efficiency.
| And she has q conscience. a. conscience
| more important 10 her than her great
| wealth. When the French consul gem
eral. CASTOR Liebert bestOWing on her
| In behalf Of his government the
| Medaille d'Ofiicier de INSTRUCTION pub
lique. for help in the rehabilitation OF
| France. and for her support OF Madame
| Curie'g scientific work said many true
though eulogistic things Of her. and she
| was too overcome to answer him. a
friend who was present seized the OPP
pOrtunity 10 do no While describing.
among other things, the varied angles
Of her friendship, lac declared She IL
a wonderful hostess, she cnn listen Ia
you enci1antingiy. she can play bridge
with you gkilIfully. she can make your
! wife happy while you enjoy golf, and II
you need II she can pray for your
soul i"
with The means 10 occupy her life
In any way she wishes, Mrs. Brady
has deliberately assigned herself the
kind OF jobs that require long houth
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i/VV YATCH this one. Dick" An
1 ll-year-old girl in boy
" ish black bathing suit and
vivid red cap, stood for
moment poised at the
end of the springboard. Then her slen-
der body curved upward in a graceful
arch and cut the waters of Silver Lake
with scarcely a splash. AS her head
appeared above the surface a moment
| later, the boy to whom she had called
| clapped his hands loudly.
Very pretty, Sally Your knees bent
a little, but not much" he said.
The girl came back to the diving
platform with a strong stroke, and
climbed up TO where the boy was sitting.
He was much older than she, and his
broad shoulders, protruding from a red
jersey marked Life Guard" gave evil.
dence of his athletic abilities. Dick
Mills was the best swimmer in his high
school, and it had not been hard for
him to get the job Of life guard at Sill
yer Lake, for the Summer vacation. The
JOB didn't pay great deal. but he got
his room and board at the hotel free.
and was able to save most of what he
earned.
| Silver Lake was one of those ex-
| pensive resorts which are patronized
mainly by rich families. The hotel
stood on rise of ground about 100
yards from shore. There was a fine,
sandy beach, and the diving platform
was erected where the water began to
oeepen. Out past the platform was a
rope Enclosing the swimming area, and
II was Dicks duty to watch this area
during the day, keeping all but the
strongest swimmers from going out
past the rope.
Dick and the young girl who now sat
beside him the platform had been
good friends ever since the first of the
season. more than month ago. Sally
Faoer was spending the Summer with
mar parents at the hotel, and being an
only child, and spoiled one, she had
an idea that what she wanted was lust
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Their boys would come back from
Yale with a crowd OF classmates, and
the girls would bring their friends
from Manhattanville Convent. Near
by was the home of Mark Twain, and
q stones throw further on the cottage
of Harriet Beecher Stowe and the
house of Charles Dudley Warner, and
part of each visit was walk along
Literary Row
One Of the visitors was young
senior from Yale, named Nicholas
Frederic Brady, and from those walks
he learned two things~-admiration for
Mark Twain and love for the young
Irish beauty, GenevieVe Garvan When
she returned from Europe few years
later, having finished her education
in Dresden and having travelled in
many countries they we're married
Years later he built splendid house
for her at Manhasset, Long Island, and
In the keystoneS and tiles on the
facade OF this building the keen-eyed
visitor may see depicted scenes from
the adventures of Tom Sawyer, and
IN the library may examine the original
manuscript.
Mrs. Brady began her work for others
soon after her marriage first with the
Ladies OF Charity In New York City,
whose principal service Is To the poor
In the city hospitals. This has con-
tinued to be one OF her major interests.
Il II
GIRLS are her great passion, and
next To girls. the old and the sick.
Probably no other woman In the coun-
try, except Mary Pickford, gets more
letters from girls than Mrs. Brady re-
ceives. Groups of them are forever
giving her parties,
A person happening to be on the pier
when she Ia sailing for Europe would
wonder whence all this crowd Of eager,
excited youngsters swarming up the
gangplanks and over the decks. ANY
one of the youngsters could give the
answer; Our Mrs, Brady Is going
abroad" On her last voyage huge
bouquet of tiny roses was presented to
her with a note which said Each
rose has been given by some Girl who
viii pray for you"
But the Girl Scouts are not the only
group OF this kind she has mothered.
She is the founder and chief donator Of
the Carroll Club In New York an Or
ganiaation named loe her mother.
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exact center with stake driven into
the ground TO denote the starting point.
Two lines are scratched into the
ground, each ten feet to one side of the
stake and parallel II there are an odd
number Of girls let one remain out Of
the contest to act as referee. She is TO
see that the pulling is started when
the handkerchief is over the stake. The
line wins
The rope will come in handy. too,
when you are climbing steep slopes II
viii help girl who may accidentally
lose her footing and slip down to ledge
back TO safety. One precaution: Never
tie the rope about your body or waist.
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A Good Name.

I TITLE Mary Ellen had been given a
~ new Teddy bear-whoSe button eyes
conveyed the impression of a pro-
nounced squint.
And what do you call your new
bear?" asked a fond aunt.
"Oh. his name is 'Gladly'-same as
the old one in the hymn responded
the little girl very bravely.
But what on earth do you mean,
child2 What hymn?"
why, you know the one mean. "
explained the woolly animals owner.
Gladly my croSs-eyed beart"
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You should always have some object
IN view when hiking Girls can enjoy
o half holiday in royal style by planning
. nike 10 the river or into the woods,
and the time win be enJoyably spent
providing every one is properly clothed
and does not object TO real exercise
One Of the articles worth taking along
Is a small rope. 1t need not be more
than one-quarter Of an inch IN diam
eter. but it should be at least 80 feet
long. 1t can be used only for emergency
purposes or 1t can be used for tug-of-
war between the trips. Even a small
rope viii Withstand great strain and
@ handkerchief should be tied in the