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together IN q quiet restaurant
and the little girl ordered choco-
late eclairs. and ice cream and
everything she liked best. and
then they went to q picture to-
gether. and laughed and cried
and had a lovely time. and
went home and told Daddy
al about il.
And the little girl was rosy
and well dressed and happy
but dear me she didn't know a
thing about her grandfather or
of grandfather's stepsister, who
was a not distant relative
70 Robert f. Lee or jefferson
Davis or General Albert John
son or somebody else very inn
portant way back yonder when
they talked about the "South's
Fairest Daughter"
And of course this was very
terrible-not 10 know that your
grandfather had q Step-sister
who was some sort Of a distant
relation TO somebody who was
very important and very dis
ti~nguished when hoop skirts and
cravats and side curls and side
whiskers we're all the rage.
So Grandma just stole the
child and took her away with her
and told her all about her grand
father. and his stepsister. and
- - -
how, during the war, old Uncle
Jasper dug a hole behind the
smoke house, way down on the
old plantation and buried the
family silver.
The little girl didn't seem to
care very much about the silver,
but she was a good deal inter-
ested in old Uncle Jasper and
the smoke house.
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in the story I'm Jack the Giant
killer and I can't 80 home until I've
destroyed this wicked giant. Won't
YOU please help me?'
We're not much used to Destroy
ing giants" Yam said
They're a little too Big for us"
added Flor. who was no bigger than
the big.toe OF a giant.
You don't have 10 be big" Jack
pointed out You have 10 Be-
clever"
At this Knarf threw out his chest.
ROT course I'LL help YOU" he said
boldly, Where Il the giant? Wen
show him who's clever. Come on.
shadows. follow me-" And he started
OFF towards the giant. whose legs
could Be clearly seen. looking like
t~ree-trunks.
Here you-Mr. Giant-you've got
10 be destroyed. "a YOU understand"
he called up loudly. making a cup
OF his hands. And be quick about
Il. too. We've no time to waste"
Hearing this the giant suddenly
bent down and picked up the bold
Master Knarf between his thumb
and forefInger.
HIM youN make a nice sauce for
my appledumpline.' he said licking
his chops. and without another word
he set off in the direction OF the
palace.
Come back. come back" cried the
others in dismay. All In vain. Still
holding the squ.rnlnE knarf. the
giant disappeared into the palace
while the others. shouting loudly.
followed after.
Tomnrrovw. The Dfnnar ParfvN
coryrtEat. 1910. NrrEpl5ur FuAturs Services. Inc.
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Kitchen aprons. please" I there
fore said despondently TO one OF the
saleswomen behind the counter. and
then blinked at the riot OF color
which she flashed before me. I max
all OF my own aprons. and the prevt-
u wear had been stocking year FOR
Katie. SO / had made no purchases
in this department for two years.
There had been attractive aprons
then, but. with Mother Graham's ad-
monition before me. I had turned
away from them 10 the palmer ones.
But today ! saw nothing which sub
scrihed at all 70 her structures.
Have you anything plainer?" !
asked. m~iserably conscious OF the re-
strained but distinctly contenptuous
establishment of the saleswoman.
Nothing palmer than these" she
answered in a tone which consigned
the garment she was holding 10 the
lowest depths Of u~tilitarianism. The
real fancy ones are owe on the third
counter from here"
An unholy Joy welled up in my
consciousness. I could truthfully
say 70 Mother Graham that l had
bought the plainest. most s~erviceable
aprons In the shop.
Give me these two" I directed,
and the saleswoman laid aside two
gayiy colorful aprons which / knew
would delight Katie as much as they
would irritate my mother-in-law.
But I was not yet satisfied. Always
I have hated useful" Christmas
presents. To ma 1t Is a day for CIV
ing and receiving pretty things
whether cheap or expensive. but
which are outside Of the ordinary
routine or living. For instance. I
would rather have a single rose. than
the money for a new hat.
1t was this thought which sent me
TO a neighboring counter where was
displayed some OF tho fascinating
imitation Jewels. But I had not
reached II when I heard voices be-
hind me which halted me as IL they
had been rifle bullets.
Look. Uncle Charlie." two girlish
voices said in unison. and ] wheeled
to see Lillian's young daughter.
Marion. with her "roomie." Carolyn
Brixton. looking enthusiastically up
at Charles Owens,
Continued Tom0rrow.)
ccryright. 1880. Newspaper Featars Service. Inc
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Words Of the Wise

They say that man is mighty,
He governs land and sea,
He yields n mighty sceptre
Der lesser powers that Be;
But a mightier power and
stronger
Man from his throne hath
hurled,
And the hand that rocks the
cradle
IT, the hand that rules the
world Wallace.
DOING easily ichdt Others find
difficult is talent: doing lrhot is
impossible for talent Is genius.
-AmieL.
Your knowing i nothing IN
less some other person knows
that you know it. -PeSsius.
We Tire. but Cd tCorld has
passed rsCdy
With the years that persisted 70
make US men. -HoUelTs.
II Is a great comfort to be
free from guilt. Cicero.
Simplicity on character fs W.
hiHdr1nce 10 Subtlety or intel
lect- -MorIey.
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OPRINGTIME-the time Of happy laughter. of gaiety that ex-
presses the pulsating JOY and rhythm of life. Sprngtime, the
~ time for merry games that bring happiness and delight to
the sunlit hours that pass SO swiftly by. And, of course, there Is
one game that Isl the most thrilling and wonderful game in the
world when it is played in Sprngtime-and that il the game Of
love. Often it is that the love game begins just as a merry jest,
a filtration, or sometimes a series of fhrtatons with every nice
man who comes along. Soulful gances, swiftly exchanged, secret
meetings, all the joyous moments of the love game-with Cupid
as the invisible spectator.
There are SO many girls who play the game Of love in an
airy, happy-golucky kind Of way. It's just an amusement for
them, and a broken heart-provded it does not belong 70 them
means just as little as a crushed rose or a dead leaf. But Cupid,
the silent spectator. is not idle. he Is just laying his plans and
watching Beauty with an amused tolerance For he has seen the
game Of love turn into a battle for a heart and sometimes the most
Indifferent players find that their m~ake-beleve has become deadly
serious.
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She thought il would be lots
Of fun TO go down there and dig
and see if she couldn't find a
spoon o. so hidden in the black
earth all these years.
But somehow she didn't seem
TO be at all interested in the
Grandfather or his stepsister
or anything.
Grandma was bitterly disap-
pointed about that.
Why Grand daughter didn't
even know what a Yankee was,
and she didn't seem to care.
So Grandma brought the little
girl home again, kissed her good
bye and went back 70 a dream
ing little city somewhere down
South. And now the whole
affair is like something she has
seen in a motion picture-to the
little girl.
Poor Grandma, I'm sorry for
her.
It is a terrible thing to wake
up suddenly and find ones self
hopelessly "out of step" with
someone who really ought to be
a perfect harmony all the time.
When the magnolias are in
bloom and all the hooking birds
in the world are singing at the
top of their voices suppose
Grandma will sit in the
gallery" and hum:
"The years roll slowly by.
Lorena."
And be sort of w~istfully happy
remembering.
The little girl-oh she hasn't
anything to Remembered.
1880. Nswspaper Feature servles. II,
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The Stars Say
For Friday, May 9.
BY CENEvIEvE KEMBLE.

"A THOUGH this Is presaged as
~ an active day 1t may not be
considered a favorable r. for
the understanding or the progress
or the affairs I'm hand. There t. men
ace OF friction. quarrels. litigation.
enmity or probably personal acct
dents or disaster. unless unusual
calm and circumspection be X
cised. Im~petuosity. rashness and
sudden activities or changes might
prove hazardous. In any event there
may be setback and disappointment,
although personal matters are under
happy rule and business. we'll
directed. may bring future benefits.
Those whose birthday il Is are on
the threshold OF q very lively and
exciting year, but n calling FOR
calmness and wise management II
good results are TO be attained. There
is danger through tumult. impetu-
osity. strife. litigation and accident.
and also there nay be obstacles and
postponements. Personal a ( r s
should prove happy and compensa-
tory. A child born on this day
should have many fine social and
cultural qualities. but should be well
disciplined and educated in self-con-
troll and responsibility for its actions.
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Robert Savarin's legacy TO ac-
u company me on my Christmas
shopping trip for my mother-in-law.
With a firm mental gesture / shut
IL in the taxicab as the driver closed
the door after bringing me TO the big
shop TO which I had directed him.
There was nothing / could possibly
do. l knew. until ! heard from Mrs.
Cosgrove, and ! had my work cut
out for me In this afternoon and the
next day-all the time I could spare
for Christmas shopping. l not only
had to purchase all the items on
Mother Graham's list, camouflaging
the price Of each item with a judi
cious addition from my purse and
Dicky's. but I had my last-minute
gifts or my own to purchase. chiefly
for the basement playroom which the
TIGERS were constructing as a Christ
mas surprise TO Junior and his
cousins.
There was a certain dinner decora-
ton. also. on which I had set my
heart because ] knew II would appeal
especially TO Junior and Roderick.
But small reindeer. OF candy. or com
position. or metal. were necessary TO
the scheme. and with the exception
OF two nondescript. rather battered
ones which had seen repeated serv-
ice on our Christmas trees. I had
been unable. 90 far. 20 find any. But
I meant TO exhaust the possibilities
OF the big shops and such small
speciality mes as I could discover be-
fore I acknowledged defeat.
I tossed up a mental penny before
selecting my first counter. Should
buy Mother Graham's things first,
or should I attend 10 my own err
rands? But / did not wait for the
fall OF the coin. Too well / knew
that no matter what else I accom-
plished or failed TO do. l must not
return to the farm with any com
mission OF my mother-in-law's un-
finished. The only concession / could
make TO my wi errands was TO keep
my eyes open at each counter TO see
II perchance / might see something
which I could check OFF my own last
rnfuffa LIST
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HOrne-Making
Helps
More Clothes Preserrers.
By ELEANOR ROSS

IF he's fussy about the spruce ap
pearance OF his ties. then "a
n simple new invention may keep
him happy. That is II he boasts no
more than - ties.
This new ~contraption II a bit OF
steel that takes UP no more than IN
t~welve-inch strip or wall space FOR
fastening. There are seven rows.
each containing even seperate
notches. and a tie goes by itself into
each one. They hang separately In
rows. and a. the whole framework
can be swung back ana forth. all ties
are visible simultaneously. No fin
gering half a dozen or more to reach
the particular one wanted. Nor do
the ties get tangled up and crush
each other They hang separately.
kept apart by the small bit OF steel
framework.
Another saver OF shelf room Is the
swinging wire hatrack for her MILL
merry. It's a round wire framework
in which a hat rests. and II Is swung
by a wire arm from the edge OF a
shelf. III shelf room is limited. these
swinging hatracks are a great help
in providing a framework that keeps
the hat in good shape. without crush
ing. and without crowding.
However. IL there is enough space
on the shelf another kind OF hat
holder has some superior points In
the way OF preserving the hat I'm
good shape. 1t consists OF a crino-
line hat form made into two parts
fitting into each other. so that they
can be moved back and forth. and
adjusted TO the right size. A hat fits
very snugly over this fabric frame.
and keeps ~ permanently I'm its
original smart lines. Several OF these
on a shelf require ample space SO
that they do not crowd each other
but they do prevent bumps. creases.
or other undesirable changes OF line
in the hat.
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began on another one and. paying at
tention this time, ] discovered that
nv brisk shaking OF the bottle was
moving the muscles just above my
hips.
kept Il up q little longer. this
time concentrating on beauty culture
and found IL I shook the bottle real
hard IL worked on the muscles just
under where those pads OF fat are
most apt to form because ali ordi-
nary exercise doesn't reach thai spot
with the forceful movement which is
necessary for reduction.
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Discovering an Exercise.

I kept at II. tracing the activity
OF the muscles as ! shook the bottle
and found that there was more &C
zion on the right side than on the
left | switched the bottle so that
she large end would be In the left
hand instead of in the right and
when / went on with the shaking
more action was on the left side than
on the right.
AS / said before IL sounds Ike a
gily idea TO turn a milk bottle filled
with water into an exerciser and m
afraid the idea can't be patented. But
~ can be used by any OF you who
want TO break down fatty tissue just
above the hips. And 1t q be used
most effectively as later experiment
tation proved.
You want to remember 70 change
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r e S u lting
from o~vereat-
ing on Sun
day.
7 heard a
r e o once
from a man
who had been
bitterly At
tackled by a
fellow leglSla-
tor. I'm quick
time this man
said, Il wish
| had indiges-
ton so that |
might frame "A
fitting reply
There can
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done her Christmas shopping.
has she changed from this biennial
routine. One year she gives Katie
three pair OF servicable Isle hose.
the next year two aprons. IL mat
tiers no whit to her that Katie turns
UP her nose nj anything but silk
stockings. and either locks the stock
ings in her trunk or surreptitiously
gives them away TO some country
woman less fond OF American styles.
Nor does she appear 10 notice the
fact that Katie never wears the Sc
we're looking aprons which always
have been my mother-in-law's un-
yielding choice despite my protests.
In her day. Bingham aprons and cot
ton or Isle stockings were appro-
pirate gifts for housemsids. and she
refuses 10 consider anything else.
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So she put on a heavy veil wonder
where she got it, you never see wells any more.
do you?-and she went to the school. asked for
the child. and carried her away in a big tour
ing car. And the child's stepmother was
worried to death. and the child's father was
frantic.
No, II wasn't the child's mother who stole
the child, it was the grandmother.
The child's mother was dead, or divorced
or something, and Grandma thought son-in-
law had no business to marry again without
Grandma's consent and give granddaughter a
step-mother.
What really worried grandma about the
stepmother, was this:
She was a good woman, she was kind TO
he child, she acted as if she really loved the
little GIRL
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"A Household Hint

To render a fabric fireprooi, dip In
the following solution:
Dissolve u 10. ammonium phos-
phate and II ID. ammonium chloride
IN three pints OF hot water. The
solution II ready for use when cold
and viii keep for a considerable time.
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the hips and a little 70 the back! And those Of
you who have them know how hard they are to
get rid Of. There are some exercises that help
and if continued for a long period of time really
prove efectual. But in the main such exercises
haven't been as successful as quickly as we would
like
Well, | think I've got something now that
will turn the trick. I've been testing it for sew
era weeks and it seems wonderful.
I'm going to call it the milk-bottle exercise,
fully realizing that the very name is enough to
cause many of you to lose interest-but that's
what it is and that's what we are going to call it!
But | want TO tell how ] discovered it. | was
washing milk bottles and one Of them was ex-
ceptionally hard to clean, for it had not been
filed with cold water as soon as it was emptied.
The bottle was full of warm suds and a dish
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Shopping for Mother Graham.

The store was crowded. but I found
a comparatively free backwater near
a stairway. and taking out Mother
Graham's list. ran ove IL TO see that
l had 1t meaorized- Then l went in
search of a floor When ] IL
nally was successful In finding one.
I marshaled for immediate use the To-
cations OF the sections which con
tanned the articles I had to select for
my captious mother-in-iaw.
Then with my invariable wish TO
get the most d~isagreeable task out
of the way first. / made my way to
the apron counter. TO select the gift
which Mother Graham had put down
for Katie.
1.-TWO servicable aprons OF good
material. no nonsense" my mother
in-law had written. and I breathed
my annual little moan OF protes..
For never. IN all the years that /
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Advice to Girls
By NANCY LEE

nEAR NANCY LEE:
~ Please give me advice on
these questions:
1. When a girl is engaged TO a
boy is II right for her 70 kiss him?
?. When a boy Is driving in d
car and waves his hand at a girl
is Il nice for a girl to wav her
hand back?
5. Should a girl speak TO the
boy first when meeting him?
BROKEN-HEARTED.
DROKEN-HEARTED: THAT Is
the pleasant privilege OF those
engaged 70 be married. 2.-Why
not? Just a friendly gesture. s.
Yes. the lady indicates whether she
wishes 10 converse.
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the bottle every few minutes. how
ever, so that both sides are exercised
equally. You could use a dumb bell
IL you have one but IL you use this
substitute keep IL in the same posi-
ton that you would II you were
using a bottle.
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hICTURED today Is one OF the
most effective tailored costumes
OF the season. This ensemble
win appeal especially to the girl who.
while she likes tailored clothes. feels
that to be becoming TO her they
should have some slight touch or
femininity.
A simple suit OF gray flannel is
worn with "a strilinsly attractive and
flattering blouse or plaid taffeta.
The tie ends or the blouse are fin
ished in a huge bow which is worn
over the coat. And to make the
effect perfect a turban OF taffeta
completes the costume.
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GOODNIGHT
STORIES
- BY Max TreIl -
Before a giant
Can grow big
ne hes 20 eat
"A roasted pig
Shadow Sayings.

w HteASAe Wiz = AVrs AALl4s
Yam and Knarf-the five little
shAdow-chIldren 80 didn't know
wha tO do- linn quite sure IN YOU
were in their place y0u shouldn't
have known either.
They had reached the TOD OF the
magic beanstalk which they found
growing In the Fairy Tale Book
garden. and Just a. they took the
first step OF the stalk into what
seemed to T. IA strange country high
up above the clouds. they We're
alarmed 10 hear a loud voice crying:
"Fee-fi-fo-fum.
I smell the blood OF an Engiishman.'
The next instant a boy came rush
inE towards them in the utmost ex-
element and the frightened shadows
didn't know whether tn dart down
the stalk again. or wait 70 hear what
the boy had 10 say.
Nothing can happen 10 US"
said knarf Ell az once.
Why nntT' the others wanted 10
know Az they prepared 10 dart down
the stalk.
Because wv smells the blood ar
an Engiishman. and we aren't
English"
This seemed 70 be right so they
waited iii the boy came up. which
Pie aid A m later
Help me. help me- IT, cried. He
wants ND eat me-"
who doeH2" they demanded
The giant who lives here. Ny
name IS Jack. The beanstalk be
longs 20 me. | climbed up 10 sea
who lived here and all OF a sudden
as 7 was hiding In the palace which
You see just behind the trees The
giant came home. Tie knew | was
there and he tried 20 catch me- III
make p~ot-roast OF yout he shouted,
but I ran away from him and now
he's looking all over for me. Hell
be here in a second"
Sure enough. the giant could nv
heard beating about among the trees
Just behind them and coming carer
and nearer with each step.
why don't you escape down tbs
stalk again before it's too later"
Hand urged.
The boy named Jack shook his
head. ION. \ cant do that. Tx isn't
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The Family Tree
Is Everything
At Least Grandma Thinks So
she Vas Worried Lest Granddaughter knowledge OF
Her Ancestors Be Neglected-So She Adopted
Meiodramatic Tactics.
BY Winifred Black
Meiodr0nlatic Tactics.

NHE stole the child the other day-hke someone in an old
fashioned melodrama.
- She thought the child was not being properly educated, and
besides she loved her and wanted to see her.
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GOOD NATURE is founded on
n good health. That snappy.
- disagreeable attitude YOU
have on Monday. isn't you III ia.
the effect OF the disturbed stomach
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Shake Off Weight
By JOSEPHINE HUDDLESTON

Beauty authority Discovers a 'Bonle-Exerciser" That Will
Help Reduce Those Pesky Pads Abore The Hips.
II you folks laugh at me before you've tried this exercise the joke
viii be on you! know it sounds rather ridiculous, but then many
N things do until they have been tried.
You know those pesky little pads of fat that collect just above
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She even embroidered little frocks for her, with her own
mother took the little girl To town. and thew bad lnnchean
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cloth and | was shaking It vigorously. During the shaking PROCESS
my mind got on something else and came back to earth a few
minutes later with arms exhausted and the muscles in my hips crying
for mercy. The bottle was clean, however, and after rinsing it out /
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Sickness Is
o. Social
Problem
Host OF The CrOuches and Dis.
agreeable Happenings Of
This Life Can Be Traced
TO III Health.

BY r. s. COPELAND. NJ. n.
". :. Senator from New York.
Former Commissioner or Health.
AetJ York City.
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Loves Reawakening
Nv Adele Garrison
Madge, On a Shopping Tour, Is Amazed TO See Charles
Queen in Company With-ot All Persons
LiLIion'S Daughter Marion!
BY Adele Garrison

N DID not permit the problem or
Robert Savarin's legacy 10 ac-
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covynrA,. 1889. Newspaper F.stur. Serves. lac
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a LTHOUGH this Is presaged as
a an active day 1t may not be
considered a favorable one for