^ I <dl She exaggerated the natural -p,. /t - r .wnmg m E I runldv bow which is tny upper lip, FlVC-C/GIlt IllVGSt'

g Tub K * n<H rpdt,er ,he * ,de8 01 ® ,,iier

be struck by lightning, or chewed me.d dog. Is at least spectacular; to be drowned in the bathtub is an ; your enemies the chance of tag, “She took a bath, and

her!"

Yet that Is what I once came rery

ment Gave Him

lip, thus reducing by about one Inch the proportions of what I like to

think Is a humorous mouth.

(e) She rubbed a black paste into my eyelids. I now looked extremely

tragic, and. I considered, something master mechanic with mutton-chop "lage.

moving his James Whitcomb Riley ; « - , Glasses and growing reminiscent 1001116 0311^168 Ol

Foolish Questions

"Perseverence is the most important thing, but three other rules should proa Good Idea; 0 "The Orst rule is:

. .US£ Xor.LU.picture and nnaliy beard

of the difficulty.

“Tad. go and unlock that door," he

i commanded, mildly.

But mp young man refused, and

Learn to recog-1 Here are ten words. Can pou spelt ! marched off to his mother's chamber Jnlae new mechanical possibilities th)«u thtar? They wwre taken from instead, nor could Jie me ncontinue

Fourteen years ago a tall Illinois they are sUll in an undeveloped u*,* used in the seventh grade of a their work until his father went after master mechanic with mutton-chop "tage. public school and brought back the desired article,

like Pauline Frederi'k with a dash of whiskers strode despondently to and "The second rule Is: Work alone. 1 Abutlion. 2 Bergamot. 3. Deut- Later, how-ver. Mr Lincoln remarked Maximova. Owing to the fact that fro | n t i, e iiaitimore and Ohio station don't imitate others, trust yourself. , rla _ , Hagnert type. 5. Paradigm. 6 ' “Tad was a peculiar child. He was l had a towel pinned around my hair al Twenty-second and Chestnut Streets Always make It a principle never to | Ueconnolssanco. 7. Erysipelas. 8. violently exclttd when I went lo him doing. It happened during the to keep It clear., and a sheet over my Philadelphia. He was utteriy discour follow anybody else If you study Mnemonics. 9. Trichinae. 10. Weig- I said. ‘Tad. do vou know you are term of my senior year In college. l*«t silk sweater. 1 also had a cer .„ e d. For seventeen yean be had another man s devices you culUvate e l» making your father a great deal of «a with hard work, and worry over tain nunlike look, and an expression ,, u dying liquid fuel and working hi* mental nits and are apt to mak. < )tu , of pleven mi , n ^ UCCP ^,^ .rouble?- He burst Into tears. Ins (am s of my brothei. I had become of peace, due to the enUrr elimination to perfect an oil bonier which would his mistakes It takes daring and m spelling six words correctlv Three ly giving me ibe kev " -nally fatigued. As It was a half; of all my facial lines. make oil superior to coal as s heat courage to be original, tut these are wpr ,. ablp to Rp , 4I four von is, two g..i The little lad was always Mr. Lin boUday. all of the twenty girls in, “I rather like It," I said, and licked producer. His dream was that oil <he qualities that bring the big n- three rirt , onp Kot twp , hrPP companion on his trips down the house cxc-pt myself and two m> lips Which necessitated doing would be lhc fne , of twentUeth wds and the big oonors on , r one correctlv. and one failed on the Potomac, and was beside him. others had gone out. I decided to take my cupid s bow again. century. Now. after fourteen years The third i*: Bon t work too much ovor} . Al) I<ponard P Ayres of clinging to his hand, when he mada hot bath, and spend the afternoon (f> She produced a Uny frying pan „f endless experiments, of labor by di) fro® th«or>." I the Russell Sage Foundation says: his enthusiastic entry into Richmond “Jnst resting" some three inches across and filled !tnd nlj?hl _ hu dream had faded away i'oetor B< st s favorite author is OH- j ..„ not , nrp Hstag that they He was a very miserable urchin. Ot all the “fool" things 1 ever per- Wth a black solid. Under this she 0r fo , t |n< espPrtmPnls ver Wendell Holmes His own bell i failp< , colD p i etri r . fl .r no cltlxen in though, when the White House stabl.stated in doing, boiling myself In a burned three matches, while I watched ^ ^ on jmon( , |h( , in the value of pers. verence. of hold any on j 1Iurv **, k of „ fe npPd * to were burned, and the precious poni.-s cub of water many degrees too boi h-r with apprehension When ; weiu of California, where oil was lnc io wl,, “ Jou . bel1 ' re ln - lhouKh ,he know how to spell there wonis. When given to him and Willie perished In ' a quite the favorite. But the expert black material had melted Into the fhen p , pnUril , H> nl([hu whole world seem* to have turned , h „ rarp arlH es that he needs the flames. He threw himself, howl

enre of .hat day completely cured me! consistency and appearance of the U I Ailed the tub three quarters full of j used for repairing roadways, she stuck steaming water so hot that I had to a brush ipto it and approached me.

wriggle my toes In It for some minutes before I could stand putting my feet in and and then my whole body. After a good scrub. I situ down into the tub until my chin Just cleared the water, and closed my eyes for a bliss-

ful doxe.

j I do not know how long I lay there, but gradually It filtered Into m.- conausness that my heart was beating ; tl a teriffic rate. Then everything m Mack and 1 felt myself slipping. I wreJched back to consciout.iess, and tried to raise myself from the water, bat could not lift i finger. Another i w»ve of black, a sickening dlxxtae**. nnd the sting of the wa»er in my nostrils, and my head went under! Once more I dragged myself hack to consciousness. Gasping U— breath fn hesteam that still rose from the water. I again tried to raise myself. Again 1 fell back I tried to call, but nty throat would not open. Another struggle. then a slide back—like climbing a steep and slipper}' hill. At last, after a t"riffle effort. I heaved myself over the side of the tub, and fell in a gasping heap on the floor. I was no longer In da. -er of drowning. but could scarcely breathe in the su ocaung be it of the room. Could 1 ever get the strength to unlock the door? I Anally dragged myself up. and turned the key. but fell, exhausted into comj>iet<“ unconsciousness before I could stagger from the room. It was there that one of the girts aroused by an intuition that something was wrong, fiund me. Several days passed before 1 bed oomplct-ly recovered from my experienoe. and during that time I had plenty of opportunity to ponder the playful scolding of the doctor: "Overfatlgue. young lady, and too hot a bath. And the next time you think you want to drown yourself in the tub. just leave the door unlocked so you can be rescued. ta case you change your mind!' —b. n u.

How They “Made p” Mrs. Rinehart For the Movies

Up’ :

Here Is Mary Roberts Hinehart'i the famous authoress, description of

“What are you going to do nowT

I demanded in alarm

“Bead you eyelashes." rhe said

briskly. “Close your eyes.

The process consisted of painting

you. he find) best reflected in

the following word* of the New England humorist, whi h he keeps before

him on bis desk:

alone at home. Hundreds of sheets of paper were covered with drawings made on bis kitchen table. The first successful test of nls first perfected burner was made with the kitchen

range.

^ The test decided him. laying

my eyelashes with the Ur. which then ,m * 11 brMS “•ting on the table, he Mpn who gaccf *, have faith ta

ran down and conges >ed ta small black "•'d «° b ‘* w1fe - "I've turned the trick tears or b" ~'d of each lash. The Th*' burner will p'ay a big role ta effec was ravishtu - from a distance, revolutionising industry .a this coun _ aid 1 brought thr frying pan honi. lrj - or 1 D,lM m > ,ruM,, 1 resigned th>t he nepda with roe When I think of the wasted > I™" tor New York at the rears when 1 put vaseline on my eye “arllrot possible rooraent-there is the

iashes at night. I could weep P 10 " b,d for access."

I then went to the stage snd war ; Six months he traveled ta and about movies and spent a feverish night wait-1 New York, seeking a manufacturer

•rite one of theCi. he looks It up ing upon the floor and refused t

in the dictionary." comforted.

And he added: “Some of the chll-i Meanwhile. Robert was pursuling dren in the schools can spell these ! his studies at Cambridge, although he

lo, tor the iwmo ~n I «»• w *° W “ M «•»' ool™ ,00 nonrif H.v. mttu. K , ~ 4lK»».rMl th.l I o-oold O. « Wrttor tr. N °"« ™ lnl"ro.tM 1» trfliW to hoot -.tooo,,, T? n „

__ , powerplant boilers, run great furnaces

the enu of my A-y

Humor and Wit

The daughter of a country rector tat.. England taught the choir boys s new T ' tune at a Mondap evenlngY practice, to be sung on the following Sunday.

Sunday morning came.

“Well. Johnny. I hope you haven't forgotten the new tune, lor w? depend

much on you.”

“Naw. mum. not a bit. Why. I've be-n a-skeerin' the crows with it all

week!'

powerplant boilers, run great furnaces or mills with a liquid fuel! Besides, oil was expensive. And the little brass burner was quite different from anything they had ever seen before, in fact. It and Its inventor were rather

Weary, discouraged, turned down everywhere, the Inventor shook the dust of New Y'ork from his big shoes and. believing that he might get a "nibble" in the City of Brotherly Love, traveled that way. The cold shoulder again. Every promoter, every engineer. ever mechanic turnid him do*-n. He turned to the station, plunged his blind despondently into his pockets.

. - fingered a single flve-ernt piece left There is a language of flov er.^. as. , - _ . . . ... ,, . , . . , . , In one of them, and acked himself ror when . ta-wlor'.rf boy ; ^ ^ wt , ct OTr „„ * U ’^_ b-oono cl.™*: "Wbcrc do wc ,0 Iron

“ '^toloi- 00c of ibe wall, ol Urc »ta-

roc«-ivtag h'.i older brothel's old toys .. .. . _ . . , . , . . Uon the Westerner saw one of those and clothe*, recently remarked: ...

prehistoric nickel-in-thiH'iot contrap-

Saccess Is the mult of menial at- wor d R correctly; but. while they are made frequent visits home, and 1 titude. and the right mental attitude ij^Q^ously tearing to uo It. many of j most anxious to leave college and Join

-rything you thwn an , at j|i una t,le to spell such the army.

short and common words as 'which.' This he evidently did and was given separate." and "receive'." ' the rank of captain, and served until The following test in geography was ; the close of the conflict. He was a taken from the sixth grade work ns brave youth, of lofty soul, who rather prescribed by the revised course of scorned the follies of fashionable so study, and consisted of five questions riety. and after his father's tragic Included In the new course. These edath. proved his mother's main stay

questions are: and comfort.

1. What is the distance in degrees When Mr. Lincoln was Inaugurated from Portugal 10 the Vral Mountains? ihe second time, in 1865. It Is said that 2. How many miles long Is South a brilliant star was seen at noonday,

which appeared bright augurp of

Name the capital ot Montenegro* the peace that rre long descended Locate the desert ol Atacama. unon the land: and it was a Joyful 5. Where ta the Pamir Plateau? ' moment for the President when the One of the eleven men was able to war Tas Anally pronounced at an end. answer the third question. All Ihe on Good Friday morning the Preslrest of them failed on all five ques- dent said to Captsin Robert: tions! “Well, my son. you have returned

safely from the front, and now you must lay aside your uniform and re turn to college. I wish you to rend

will bring success b:

undermk'

Men «

themselves, and fall r In their fello' Houbt either, and } a are doomed. The man who does his work so well

bervtaiim brs already succeeded.

Men who act thei- thoughts and think 111 tie of thBib -t are the ones who win. Falluj Thei •* Is no such word in the bright lexicon o. rf""' - ’..

A Few Notes On American Women Here are a few notes on American

women made by Senor V. Biasco Iba-

for

never

■'American business me their conquest of wealth knowing what true lore Is.

"The American bualress mi.r chase* .dollars all day away from home: and. at night, when he comes to look for a

‘Tad” Lincoln and

that time I hope you will be able .«•

tell whether you will make a lawyer

The four children of Abraham and or not.”

Mary Todd Lincoln were named Role That night the great heart of the Edward. William and Thomas, loving considerate pairiot ’

_ stilled

little rest he finds it at hi* club—talk- ((f laila Edward died In infancy, forever by the assassin's bullet, and ing business with his friends. l>ut lhrpp || VP d heroine Illustrious the whole nation stood aghast. “The wife of the American business of thfi vvbltp House. Robert rose manufully to the ocm. n •KTOSM .b, I. by ■ Lincoln ... con.ldcn.bl, "..on, ta. poo, 1IU1. l*,„,old Trt

comfort and ever? luxury, lives a dreary, solitary life at home. To es-

cape from it. she also goes to her club, and lives among women, as her husband lives among men. Thus, with

I older than his younger surviving bre ^ almost franti. For twenty-four there, and was ouch away at school ! hours he crouched at the foot of his

in those Springfield days before the

mother’s bed, a world of agony in his

going first to Philip's

Exeter young face, and sobbed inconsolably

the two sexi

pan of t

tions which simultaneously vend your I fortune, e scrap of music, and your

weight.

nickel in the Inventor's pocket made connections in his brain. He knew his weight; he wa* beyond eating about his fortune: but he .lid care for i.iusic. ' Here goes.” he said to himself, "my lest nickel fbr a farewell swan song, and then back he would go to the old

Job."

In fell the coin. The music tinkled.

,pd out Ml . Un, lickcl. bertue L“..

pounds" on one side, and on the other the words: “Purseverenco will bring

Kefttruied lor ibo'roul- »"'> >»« <• Hamrd.

"Mine Is the 'business before pleasure’ that you hear of so much.'' said the man jt the theatrical box win low. am surprised. Bobby." said his father, reproving Ip. “that you should strike your little brother. Don't you know that it is cowardly to hit one

smaller than yourself?"

“Then why do yen hit me, pa?" inquired the boy. with a pronounced air

of having the better of it.

Mr. Chlmponxee- “That ostrich eats

cooua fo, .»o Mrt, Wb.l do r~ db*o»r»«ed nu..'

He couldn't

some ways William seems

have h—n the flower of the' family— . a delicate, studious little fellow, with ,

suppose makes it so greedy, Mrs. C.T Mrs. Chlmpanxee—“I heard

how a feminine expert made her up ; v.eeper say it swallowed a pair of ' for the movies: i *t.-ong eye-glasses yesterday, and they I

(a) She covered my fare with a magnify its appetite." thick layer of grease paint Greaae j

paint is creanwo-lored and looks like | The ham mi r has a striking appear- 1

a s’ick of shaving soap. It obliterated ; anco.

the fine lines around my eyes which

mind. It challenged him.

dismiss It from his thoughts. “Wl 1 have perseverd." ue kept saying htmael.'; “I am on the way to success I must keep on. 1 will keep t While In this mood, he picked up bag and. instead of starting for Cali f.irnls, took a return train to New

York.

On this train he got acquainted with a n»ut who told hitr of a firm in New

mbtlci nud bafflin, .,pr.»do» ,b,uh , — ib.l wa, lut,™.ud In oil burn t, ouit, Marini •• mo ! Tbo Dniffo and lb- ann.dlllu an ^ ^ „„|, h | „„ lo (bl Sb- [il,—d oror ibet a i-iU-k | rrlrad^a. alih no vocal chorda. Tbr s - i S Ho found Ihrrr hi. (lr.1 la>' r of yellow powler 1 Immediate- ; rhl ^ 0 f t h- lona-eared bat is said to ,, urc t ia?P r. the National Wire Corpon. I* took on a Jaundiced look, with a : ^ (bfl mftat acu t e Hound produced by j tion of Ihnt city. His burner has been tinge of malaria, and my tece felt , ^ pJlliual atld only . flvr ^ , ir uw-d there successfully ever since,

as mobile ns the hood of an automo-

persons can hear It.

time, the women come

„ , , m to depend on themselves or other woThe triple bargain and the 1 _ . . .

men. and a sort of hostility against

men grows up. much as the women in H erarp tastes and peculiarly winning a harem come finally to hate their '•ay*. There v a* a sluing spice, howt yrant That is wfty the United States i ever, of "Father Abe s humor in Ms alone shows more divorces among peo- composition, and he was not backpie in comfortable circumstances than ward in joining In any bit of tun any other country on earth. started by small, mlschevious Thomas

"In other tuitions, husband and wife or "Tad

have less money, but they s"e more "Tadpole'' wa* shat Mr. Lincoln

The wife is not so lux called his youngest —his baby—and

uriously supported, but she Is more this quickly became contracted to

carefully tended, by ber husband. "Taddie" and "Tad "

"Even poor couples in the t nltdl The boys were about ten and seven 3 ' States live most of their lives spall, vhen their father—their own dear, jog j Both husband and wife work, all dvy poo d tather--was elected President of ' long, and by evening they feel more jj,,. Rules. It was in the faneed of sleep than of love mous old White House that Willie be

■True love is the child of pence^ ^ , n |o H Cr j bb j p of h , B

»ul circumstances and of the hour of u, ouabtll on paper ^ W ell as pore

idleness. It requires Imagination, tat- ;ovpr !>ook a| hl)! R ,d e .

agination that Is free from r

p and

It i

s in the White House that he

But when the Easter sun buret forth In glorious splendor on Sunday morning. It seemed to bring him a ray of roil. Of a caller, he asked: "Do you think ray father has gone to heaven?” T have uo doubt of it." was the gentleman's prompt reply Then he stammered. In his broken

way

"I am glad he has gon there, for he never was happy after ht came here. This was not a good place for

him."

From that moment he was calmer, and was the only one who couhl quiet Mrs. Lincoln's wild grief, often pat tering into her room at night to beg ''Don’t cry. mamma! 1 can out «leep If you cry. Papa was good, and he has gone to hiaven. He is happy

there."

Five weeks after the assassination the Uncoln's left the White Hous'and settled down in a hotel at Hyde

1 like to think are the result of not j When you sink into a reverie you wearing glas-tee, and gave me an eaig- j are merely buried in thought.

•M* “ *“» , * 4 "’“T died In the nty How* of bl. h.i„„

™,r lm|«i.,lble wltbout ln..tln. ^ ^ >birb. nbn of lb. snbnrb. Chico Uon. Uonblo n Imam ond build it, tracltj)) riM Qn h|i[ n —- - — —bn— b,„ -w—.i.v

lolc die. It md«lo". Hitle non, i nc „„ont wrooti,,. fever

to„lr.l o^oriolloo. . Id ^ ^ ^ d>j . bv

he grew more

while and wan. until at iast he passed

incorporal ion founded for doing something that everyone else has don- be

fore yon."

Winged Expresses

He had been his mother's favorite child, but she gave away eveything that could remind her of hir-i. and

i automo- . r-nitw ti,,. Meanwhile, the one (talent has grown

.... persons can hear It. In reptiles the * . , Wl*' ! 1 .i , to thirty-eight patents: >h i efficiency |c) Rite look a brush and removed j larynx is in a rudimentary con t on. of oi| burners has Increased over one the powder from my eyebrows and The crocodile and cabmen make a hundred percent: and Dr. W. N. Best, taahes I feeble, roaring sound. F. R. S. A.. 11 Brotiuwa,. New York

- : City, furnishes burn-t

It has bed-n discovered that blue rock pigeons fly at speeds ranging

from 23 to 26 miles an hour

llii asants at their best are able to

about 33 miles an hour, and part :

never again

where he died or the Bine Room where he lay ta his little casket. Now. however. Tad became more than ever his father's pel. and ran freely in nnd out of the public office.

great cahnge. hut “necessity

knows no law.” and the late President's family was far from rich. A pen.-ion was later granted Mrs. Lincoln. but with all her troubles what wonder that the poor woman's mind gn-n way, especially when little Tad. at 18. also went to be as be once said with “father and brother Willie in

Squirrels vs. Owls

Wilkes-Barre. Pa. —Whether f

PER CENT. PER ANNUM ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

Open a Savings by Mail

Account

Add t( know

it regularly the satisiaction

ind of

ealth increase

watching your w

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS *4.«».W0 WEST END TRUST CO. Penn Sq. PH1I.ADELPH1A. PA.

of the oil consumed In the ridges from 26 to 34 mil»s an hour works of the different manufacturers Carrier pigeons have been found to

nfllcted with an ■mp'dlmeat . , . . . .

. . . . , . . , , screech owls are to share a home with

in his speech, hut this only se med to

of the United P-tatoa.

Now. al the age of fifty-seven, living in affluence, loving his job so that he raniiot leave it. ta spite of many resolutions to do so. Doctor Best has grown mellow with kindly, helpful philosophy. Inspiring rtrnggltag in

much as 50 mile-

tboticb the average carrier dm

about

These spo* - *!* have been tested by

i naturalM by meat

icn-en of very fine silk and wire

With this contrivanci

endear him the more to his parents, and may also have been the reason why he was not sent to school and his

education was no neglected, be not irulng to read until after leav-

enton. and young men In general is j wt.* able to re<x>rd the ) peed of birds his favorite iadoor sport. Sit boride flying through the screen* in the name

,• that i Led at

Afford:

him today in hi* akyscraper rfSce and ask him to tell you how vou can make

a success of your invention.

His eyns twinkle with pride. He gase* at you closely. a» If pondering whether or not you have It in you

to grasp hi) great secret. Then, with- with their toys, out a w.ird. he produces his cardcase 1 "J.-hnny. y and remove* the worn, faded little game. You ticket which he bought for live cents ever saw.

WmhlMTWn.

He was an odd little chap, very affectionate. but mischevinus as a monkey. and 1 fear, sometimes almost a*

| unreasonable.

.peed of a bullet Is

ar-'

grounds for complaint—

Irixxietop children »

unoccupied apartment he fitted

up a miniature theatre, with slag", curtains, orchestn- stall* and ptrqueue, all rompleie; and was high y j Indignant, a hen on“ day. he found

re plap ng | , akwl poss«»alon of by the photo-

j graphers. who had come to lake some i sho<H dogs running at large and annoy spollin, the whole | SJero p| c Tl) , WR on d wished there to | G*'' squirrels. Gfflt-er Bert felt that

i are the biggst donkey I

said little Mamie.

Philadelphia year* ago. and rhew s ; Colon. I Flxrietop (reprovingly you the faded letters: “Pereeverence • “Why, Mamie. 1 am surprised."

I *ul.lIc Square squirrels will be determined by Alderman Frank B. Brown wht-a Policeman Charles Bart, of the local police force, appears before him to ans*v<-r a charge of shooting and killing an owl In a tree on Public Square. IVcember 6. The charge was preferred by Herbert W. Bey, secretary of the Wynmijg Audubon Society

fn behalf of ihe organization.

It is the contention «f the police that the bird was a nuisance and was preying upon the squirrels which cityare doing all in their power to pro

tect.

inasmuch as he is authorized to

j develop their proofs He made a great | uproar, and. locking the door, pocketed ( 1 i tin key. having oil the cnemicals in-; 1

wilt bring you success ' Mamie <indignantly "But.'" you exclaim, perseverance, didn't mean you. Yot won't do everything; jwrpeTering at ( S*at donkey 1 ever saw. the wrong thin* won't gel roe any- j ——

where.” A burning que dion—“Was

"You are right," says Dr. Best, re-iany insurance?"

Coaxiu gaud persuasion were of t

'Why. pa. 1

ain’t the big-1 , v .i t

| 'They have no busine.

• had u right to shoot the feathered temy of the little animals. Acting » Liat assump'ion. he killed the owl. On the other band, tb** society says

that the bird 1* protected and that j the officer violated the law in killing room {It. regardless of whether or not the

and shall not go in. even to get their ! owl was preying upon the squirrel-, things.” he declared. 1 It Is a case of the squirrels against the

Meanwhile, the President was sit- - owls.