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your flowers?"
 My-~flowers? Oh, I took them eff" Sam glanced at her shoul- der where the spray of orchids had been, and then up at Peak, her eyes wide and dark. They got crushed-somehow
 On New Years afternoon Fourth Aldersea gloomily took himself off to pay his respects to Eugenie Frye. Fourth was not happy in his pill grimage, for he felt that his self respect suffered with every visit to his most profitable customer.
 It was not that the rich widow was,- herself, to blame. Euge Frye bought books in greater quan- tity than all the rest of Fourth's customers put together.
 He realized, however, that sales manship played no part in the matter Tt was obvious that Eu- genie's interest lay not at all in books, but rather in the man who sold them.
 On New Years afternoon Fourth was. particularly perturbed. He told Eugefie frankly of his fall from wealth to poverty, and he dealt convincingly with the many humil- iations that poverty entailed.
 iEugenie, stout, middle-aged lady in an expensive, unbecoming dress, clucked in sympathy Its a shame. An outright shame!"
 Fourth drew long breath. Tt is all Of that. Consider. for in- stance, my present position. The mortgage interest in my house falls due on the fifteenth of this month. If I can't meet it. and l see no way to meet it, my daughter and my son, and myself will be without a place to live"
 The widow got to her feet. I'm going to lend you the money, and you can pay it back when you like Now, please don't say no, MT. AL dersea." F&4
 Fourth seemed to shrink. His eyes fell. What can I say?" he asked in a low tone. T may as well admit that if you hadn't been kind enough to offer. I should have u .ss.s,s: ::.s. -4
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his way by steerage back to Glas- gow, where he land ed without funds but with a head full of American ideas.
 Most of all he had been impress ed with the American method of advertising. Describing these in glowing terms to his parents, who had accumulated a few hundred dollars. he succeeded in persuading them to open a small provision store. He advertised boldly and ex- pensively, considering the capital behind him, and soon made his name known throughout Glasgow
 String of Tea Shops
 The shop prospered beyond Lip tons most extravagant dre ms, and soon another one was opened modelled exactly after the first. After few years he had whole string of shops in Glasgow and was growing rich. He entered the Lon don field, then Liverpool and Man. chester and at the height of his business career cont ol l ed more than 600 stores in England, Amer ica and other parts of the world.
 In order to supply his retail stores more directly, Lipton bought a tea plantation in Ceylon, to which he later added a coffee plan- tation and then a cocoa grove. Finding these investments profit able, he continued to purcha SC plantations, and soon his teas were known around the world.
 In 1898 he converted his various enterprises into a huge limited lla- bility company, which relieved him of many business cares and per- mitted him to give more time to yachting. His fortune later was es- timated at $50,O00,00O
 Sir Thomas Lipton never mar ried.
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CHANGING RESIDENCES

w. E. Snyder and family are re- moving from the Reisser cottage on E street to the house formerly oc- cupied by G. Hudson and family.
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dates agreed upon for the race, anc Lipton's yachts, as well as those of the New York club, were haul ed up on the ways for an indefi- nite period. r
 1920 Contest
 Then came the great contest of 1920, when Shamrock and Reso- lute were pitted against each oth- CT for what proved to be the most spectacular of all the internationa, races since the British defeat ir 1851. Sir Thomas actually won two of the five races, and had the sat- isfaction of seeing one of his Sham rocks cross the finish line a victor for the first time since the began racing in America.
 T have looked forward to this moment for 21 years, and now am happy" he said as Shamrock swept majestically over the line In his optimism he ordered spe- cial casket in which to carry the cub back to England, but the cas- ket went back empty
 Aside from his long and ardent yachting career, the life of Sir Thomas was full of many inter esting features, although the wea- ther- beaten sportsman himself was reluctant to admit it.
 He was born May 10, 1851, at Glasgow, Scotland, of Irish parents After a brief schooling, he was compelled to seek work to aid his parents in their struggle for live lihood. but after two years as boy, the lure of bigger things got the better of him.
 Is Stowaway
 Slowing away on a st e m e r bound he knew not where, he landed in America and worked for a while on 8 rice plantation ir South Carolina. Making his way to New York two years later, he found that fortune still kept far ahead of him, and many a night he is said to have slept on park benches. Finding work at last, he soon had sufficient money to pay
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Market street. You didn't see me. You were dancing"
 Nelson slowly laid down his book. As Sam watched the color in his face became a dull brick red, and then a dead white. He got up from the davenport.
 Sam nodded. "Yes, you were dancing with Martha. She dances very well, doesn't she?"
 Nelson stared at her for a long moment, almost unbelievingly Then he shrugged in an effort at indif- ference. Well" he dem nded slowly, what about it. What are you going to do?"
 Copyright, Freeman Lincoln)
 Sam makes her attitude clear
 to Nelson, tomorrow, and is her
 self amazed by Fourth.
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Chapter :
SIJDDEN LIGHT

Aren't you even going to say good night properly?" Sam asked.
 NO" Freddy did not turn as he strode from her down the platform. T most certainly am not!"
 Fifteen minutes later Sam re- joined Peak Abbott at their table in the Cricket Club. Peak said with surprise. Why, Sam, where are
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FEDERAL BUILDING
 POSITIONS FILLED

Announcement of a promotion and of two new appointments in the Customs Service was made yes- terday by J. c. Mcbride, Collector of Customs and Custodian of the Federal Buildings in Alaska.
 Harvey G. Goodwin, who served as laborer in the Capitol in this city, was promoted to fireman la borer. His place as laborer was fill cd by the appointment of Erhman Bliss of Juneau.
 Foster M. Mills has been ap- pointed fireman laborer at the fed eral building in Sitka, succeeding William Allard, who had served temporarily.
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(Ccntinued from Page Onel t..i. these conditions which was immedi- ately accepted. Rhf
 War began, however, before the
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AMES, Iowa - The white grub Brood A, which will appear in 1883, is said by Dr. Carl J. Drake, State Entomologist, to constitute the biggest pest problem Iowa has to face at the present Grub in- jury in 1930 amounted to several million dollars in Iowa.
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Gudmund Jensen, who has been engaged in doing assessment work on his mining claims, has returned to town and has resumed his posi- tion of merchant patrolman at night. During his absence, the patrol duties were performed by John ZaboSki.
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GRUMPY" OPENING AT
 DOUGLAS COLISEUM TONIGHT

A delightful comedy romance which involves the mystery of 8 stolen diamond and the subse- quent merry chase after the culprit. is Grumpy" which comes to the Douglas theatre tonight and Sat- urday.
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WILL VISIT HERE
 DURING JURY TERM

Mrs. Karl Larson and P. E. Ol- son are here from Skagway for jury duty during the present term of court. During their stay on the channel they will be guests of MT. and Mrs. w. E. Feero.
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WINTERTIME
BY d. C. PEATTIE.

ONE junco does not make o Winter,
but when juncoeS have arrived here
In such numbers that wherever l go
walking through the fields and over the
bush-covered hills I drive them up be-
fore me In a furry like little snow
storm when gray flakes rise instead of
descending, then indeed it is Winter,
whether the weather be balmy or
stormy
All other Winter birds in times of
adversely crouch in the lee Of branch
or trunk or hide beneath whatever
caves they can. Only the juncoeS, and
sometimes the chickadees, so far as
can observe in this particular zone of
fauna, have the hardihood to keep
adrift, to keep the open air, as we say
the ships keep the open sea, in a real
storm. So little are they terrified by
wind and snow that, as it seems to this
observer at least they deliberately cir
culate abroad at such a time, and
merely utilize the winds to let them
blow them on to fresh grounds, where
among the weeds they search out their
familiar, their minute, fare.
The chickadee, with his black cap
and his thin, wiry, twanging little song,
is even friendlier than the junco, allow
ing near approach, and in his modest
but neat and striking costume he is
quite handsome. cannot claim for his
vocal exhibitions in Winter anything
precisely like music, but he certainly
exertS himself far less than when he
has a fair lady to WOO in Spring. 1t is
a wondrous, CHEEKY little clarion of
bravery that he emitS-one of our Win
ter'S most characteristic sounds.
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

EAR DIxA charming girl OF acquaintance
~ When they returned to the
asked her she had overlooked something
said
q considering
She then said Father
the ticket
thank much for
dropped go
Johns hand and closed the door.
girl medal Of don't
NswER-1 certainly
shei
they
worth motion pictures permitting themselves to be
kissed
famliaries
with afraid submit
rather
their
rather than kissed Dick who thinks bunch
kisses worth 80
thing
without them than they without the
making
DOROTHY
DEAR i in a
~
fault that fellows
than the
this all
will getting
husband his
greatest history
good husband and your girl should have enough this
$500
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'I never went through grammar
school, you see-but had two years in
trade school. showed quite a little
promise in interior decorating.
II am very happily married. I have
a little girl of S-my husband is doing
all-around mechanics work and Is an
expert copper worker. We have lived
around in furnished apartments for
years because his work makes him
travel. I don't mind moving, though.
/ am an excellent mixer. But we could
settle down here If could get posi-
ton to keep me busy. Just tell me
what to study while holding the job
There Is night school here, too"
There are courses for window trim
mers, but all those I know of are in
New York City. But you are good
friendmaker. You're bubbling with
energy, good humor and ambition.
That means you'd be a spleAdid sales
woman Why not try to get a selling
Job in a furniture or decorating house?
After while you might get chance
to use your taste in choosing furniture
and arranging windows. In the mean
time, read the home decorating mag
aZines at the public library. And, If
you can, get hold of some furniture
trade magazines.
Why don't you 60 ahead with your
study Of interior decorating? Your let
ter is clever and well written. But
you'd enjoy o night school course In
grammar and punctuation.
kC60Yflkht. 1e4fA
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BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

each year this custom prevails. The
last Thursday in November, whatever
the day of the month, Is the prescribed
one to celebrate.
If in any family this year there
comes a feeling that 1t Is not for them
a Thanksgiving day because the year
has not been as prosperous as previous
years, they will do well to remember
this first Thanksgiving day, when, in
the sadly depleted families, there was
yet rejoicing because of the plenteouS
harvest of just one food. Imagine be-
ing in such a condition that a single
food crop meant salvation from Starv-
ing, that to possess just enough corn to
satisfy the needs of the body was sufl-
cient reason for setting apart one day
in which to give thanks. Such a con-
dition is not faced this year, so let 1t
be a day OF rejoicing not alone for
our own families, but for all those who
have enough to sustain life.
There should also exist a great feel
ing of brotherhood, since in the times
of unemployment troubles those who
are blessed with even little more than
their fellows are gladly sharing what
they have with those less fortunate
Such a bond of comradeship should
warm the heart of the Nation. 1t
should be shared by those who receive
as well as those who give.
Unless there is q spirit of Coop
erative appreciation, the work of those
who form the relief body will have
cause for regret, not that they are not
doing their bit, but that the hearten-
ing attitude of Thanksgiving is absent.
So let us all, distributors and recipients,
make the day joyous with the gratitude
of Thanksgiving.
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Straig hit Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

mouths to feed, and host of domestic
responsibilities. Such a woman may
find that a maid can actually save heS
dollars and cents.
If she is burdened with home which
would occupy all her time during the
Gay, she may find herself slipping into
the habit of doing all her marketing
over the telephone. or in a haphaZaro
way that is waSteful and unsatisfactory
Then, too, the dull grind may under
mine her health, and prove uneconomi-
cal in other ways.
Thus the modest sum per week which
maid would cost might constitute an
economy. 1t would afford her a chance
to market and shop advantageously
And also freedom to develop herself so
that she can make the home a health
Ter and happier place to live.
A wife chained to the house and
kitchen all day often so narrows her
horizon and the scope of her husbands
and family's contacts that many OPP
portunities pass them by.
If saving money means sacrificing
things of greater material value, OBJ
viously it is pointlesS to save" in that
way. The woman who discharges her
maid may be dismissing opportunity in
the same breath. Whenever possible
we should first think over the practical
equivalents of money.
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of the room. While you are out the
rest of us will think of something we
want you to do.
when you come in we will not say q
word.
1--WE will tap our fingers on the table,
quietly if you do something which We
have not decided upon. louder If you
begin TO get close to the action, and
thunderously as you actually do the
thing we have willed you to do. Who
will try?"
Clarice volunteered. She left the
room.
The group decided they wanted her
to move vase which was on the buf1et,
to walk up one side Of the table, down
the other, with it in her hands. She was
to deposit 1t back on the buffet.
Clarice came in. At first she did not
realize she was to do anything and
stood irresolutely in the room. Then
action the group had decided upon.
She walked to the door leading to
the pantry. The finger-tapping was
light. She went from there to the liv-
ing room door. But in getting there
she had to pass the buffet The finger
tapping was quiet until she reached the
buffet. 1t grew louder She passed on to
the living room door. 1t became quieter
She came back to the buffet. The tap
ping increased in volume.
After a number of false tries she ac-
tually lifted the vase, carried it around
! the table and put it back.
The next person had to lift a peach
| from the centerpiece, wash it in her
| goblet, peel it and eat it. She did 1t, too
all by direction of finger-tapping.
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Making Negligee Pajamas
BY MARY MARSHALL.

LTHERE is something particu-
80 larly irritating about old
evening dresses" a woman
i told me the other day. Goats,
suits and practical dresses
can always be handed on to other
women that need them. If you don't
know any one yourself who needs your
things. there is always some local char
ity that's glad to get them. But when
it comes to evening dresses, it's differ
ent. They are so useless, and people
who need your discarded suits and coats
and practical dresses probably haven't
any use for the evening dresses"
I suppose we have all of us thought
much the same thing at one time or
another And then some one suggested
a solution. Make the old evening dress
into a pair of neglige pajamas. An
extra pajama dress or two never comes
in amiss and almost any sort of mate
rial that you'd wear for evening may
also be used for lounging pajamaS.
The dress in question was made with
a combinatcl of soft green satin and
figured velvet printed in tones of green
and violet, and because the dress was
short and offered only limited amount
of either kind of material, the ingen-
ious home dreSsmaker helped out with
satin for the upper part of the paia-
mas. She took in the bodice a little
and used the short skirt for wide lower
sections of the legS-and the result was
lovely. Wasn't it?
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Work to Be Done.


Schools and all that concerns them
are Of first interest to mothers.
leave fathers out of this for the mo-
ment because they have other duties
in this field. They can help with the
business management, for instance,
when the bills come into question, as
they will.
Education is the first need of any
generation. To-day it is a pressing need.
This generation of children is going to
need every advantage, knowledge and
skill can afford. The only way I can
see for them to get what they ought to
have is through the schools. And our
schools are not adequate.
We are living in an age new and
strange to all of us. adult and child
alike. Individual power and community
interests are interviewer in beWildering
fashion. Hand skills and machine
controls are required Of all of us. Speed
and more speed Is the word and the
spirit. New systems of knowledge must
be mastered in new ways. Method and
matter are new. Only the schools are
old.
If you think your school is new, in
step with today, look at it again What
preparation are the children making
for living in this new world? They are
studying their lessons. And. please,
what kind of lessons? Well, the usual
DEMONSTRATING and writing and all
the others. What more could you want
I want whole lot more. I want a
new spirit in the school: I want a new
viewpoint. The list of subjects may
be the same, but their motive, their
uses, their trends, must lead to direct
and personal effort. 1 want to see
children using the knowledge they ac-
ouire the day and the week they &C
quire it, instead of storing it up for an
examination and then forgetting all
about 1t as soon as they can. 1 want
all the stuff that children have to cram
for examinations and then throw away
taken out Of the courses through the
country. I'd begin with certain prob
lens in arithmetic tables that are no
longer in service.
Then I'd put every sort Of work into
the schools so that no child need feel
at g loss, but each Of them find work
for his hands to do. I'd put the ma
chimes, as far as practicable, in the
schools so the students might have
hrst-hand knowledge Of them. I'd make
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breathing tubes into the air. Where
the water Is shallow the baby Scavenger
lets his head and body rest on the floor
of the stream while his tail Is out Of
the water. This clever hunter is tax
ing no chances that q dainty morsel
will escape him.
When ready to put away childish
pursuits and grow up the young beetle
leaves the water and climbs to the soft
earth near the ponds edge. Here he
digs a hall three or four inches long,
at the end of which he constructs a
rough cell. Into this room he crawls
and goes to sleep. Later he awakens a
strong winged insect, clad in armor,
with six strong legs and keel under
his chest. His last four legs are oar
shaped outlined with long hairs.
He finds that he can walk and, bet
ter still, that he can fly. When dark
ness comes he lifts his newly acquired
wings and is full grown and free.
Away he flies, seeking his mate.
(CopyrIRht, 1o3l)
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OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRL.

school an extension Of everyday living
so that the children would not be
strangers to the life they meet outside
school.
This means q thorough inspection
and revision of all schools. It means
the establishment of schools for the
adolescent boys and girls who leave
school to seek work and have no quail
fications for work. It means school
for every child, not the book-minded
ones alone, not the high I. @. group
alone. The handicapped child, the ordi-
nary normal child, the specialist, the
genius, the artisan and the artist-every
child in the school Of his particular
and peculiar need.
There is work to be done for the
children. It is the work for which
mothers were put here on earth. 1t is
to them we look for the modern school.
It is to them the children look for help.
(Copyright, 1917
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Apple Brown Betty.

Grease a baking dish and place in it
a layer of bread crumbs, oven-toasted
until crisp and light brown; then a
layer of diced tart apples and some
sugar, cinnamon and salt, mixed in the
proportion of one and one-fourth cup
fuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of cinna-
mon and one-fourth teaspoonful of
salt. Repeat until all the ingredients
are used, saving enough crumbs for the
top. Pour one-fcurth cupful of melted
butter over the top layer of crumbs
cover, and bake for about As minutes
or until the apples are soft. Toward
the last remove the cover and let the
top brown. Serve hot with plain or
whipped cream or hard sauce.
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Letting the Help Go.

When many women are forced to
economic somewhere in their scheme
of living in order to make ends meet
the first practical solution that usually
comes to their minds is to let some of
the help go.
Now, not only should this, in times of
depression, be a last resort, since it
throws other people out of employment
and so has dire social consequence,
but there is a question whether it Is
always the wisest move for the woman
who is trying to economic.
One economies most by applying
efforts where they will be most pro-
ductive. Nobody can do everything
equally well, whether it be in the
household or in business. 1t pays to
hire help to perform certain tasks at
which ones own time would be spent
WaStefully
We have discussed before the woman
who finds a market for her talents or
abilities, and makes her profession her
work, rather than her household. That
woman's place, we have commended, is
not necessarily in the home at all, and
an arbitrary position on the question is
unfair to her
There is also the woman who has
large household to care for, many
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DAILY DIET RECIPE
MAPLE NUT CAKE.


Shortening, one-third cupful;
light brown sugar, one cupful;
eggs, two; vanilla extract, one
teaspoonful; milk, one-half cup
full; flour, one and one-half cup
fuls; salt. one-quarter teaspoon
full; baking powder, two tea
spoonfulS; chopped nuts, prefer
ably pecans, one cupful.
MAKES ONE LOAF CAKE.
Cream shortening Clutter or
substitute), add sugar, egg yolks,
flavoring and milk. Beat well.
Silt together flour, salt, baking
powder. Add the sifted dry in
gradients to the creamed short
ening-egg mixture; add chopped
nuts. Bake in creased tube cake
pan about Z inches in diameter,
or in a loafpan in moderate oven
(375 degrees F. 35 to IS min
utes. Ice with maple icing and
while icing is still soft sprinkle
with chopped nuts.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes starch, sugar,
protein, fat. Lime and iron
present as we'll as vitaminS A.
and B. Can be eaten in modera-
ton by normal adults of average
or under weight.