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The Lode Star of the Alps
The Edelweiss, Often Called the Most Dangerous Plant in the World
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TendinglheRoseof Kindness
' The Statue
ly KLhA WIIKELER WILCOX.
(Copyright, 1913. the 8Ur Co )
A granite rock in the mountain aide
Gazed on the world and wan satisfied.
It watched the centuries come and go, '
It welcomed the sunlight yet loved the snow;
It grieved when the forest was forced to fall.
Yet Joyed when steeples rose white and tall
'In the valley below it, and thrilled to hear
The voice of the great town roaring near.
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When the mountain stream from Its idle play
Was caught by the mill wheel and borne away
And trained to labor, the gray rock mused
"Tree and verdure and stream are used
My man the master, but I remain
Friend of the mountain and star and plain,
I'nchanged forever by God's decree
While passing centuries bow to me."
Then all unwarned with a mighty shock
Out of the mountain was wrenched the rock.
Bruised and battered and bnfken in heart,
It was carried away to the common mart.
Wrenched, and ruined in peace and pride,
"Oh, God is cruel," the granite cried.
"Comrade of mountain, of star the frelnd.
By all deserted-how sad my end."
A dreaming sculptor in passing by
Gazed on the granite with thoughtful eye;
Then stirred with" a purpose supremely grand
He badd his dream in the rock expand.
And Jo! from the broken and shapeless mass
That grieved and doubted, It earns to pass
That a glorious statue of priceless worth '
And infinite beauty adorned the house.
Tiring of Top Kind Husbands
v By DOROTHY DIX.
"What do you think' of that woman but
west who ha Just gotten a divorce from
her husband because ha always gv her
everything she asked for and never op
posed ler in any- '(
thing she wanted
to do?' asked the
Stenographer. r - -"I
think she didn't
know good graft
when she bad one,
end it should be the
foolish house for
hers," replied the
bookkeeper.
"Y-e-s. Maybe so."
said the Stenogra
pher. . "Of course
' matrimony with a
husband like that
would be oil long
grand song.l bu It
would lack pep and
ginger, and be. apt
to get on a woman's
nerves."
"Huh, I should worry for that sort of
a woman." remarked the Bookkeeper.
"Well." returned the Stenographer,
"consider the matter. What would be the
fun of working a'husband for Imported
millinery tt all you had to do was to ask
for It and get It? It would be like tak
ing pennies away from a Wind baby."
"Kor my part." commented the Book
keeper, "I should think that 'an elastic
limb that could be pulled without trouble,
or howls of agony, would be about the
most attractive 'sideline 'of desirable qual
ities that a husband could carry. At
any rate. In all the Hed-up couples t
know, the' thing that seems to annoy the
wife most Is the difficulty of extracting
the coin from. the family treasurer."
"That's true," agreed the Stenographer.
"When a man marries he endows his wife
with all Ms earthly goods, 'but as a gen
eral thing she has, tnVhloroform him to
get carfare out of him. But it's the doing
of this that gives sport and xest to do-
mestto life. Every tlrn a woman film.
ECZEMA
HANDS
ITCHED AND BURNED
Especially the Finger Joints. Would
Crack and Bleed. Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment Healed.
Hotel Summers, Minneapolis, Minn.
" My ecaeme troubled me most In my bands,
especially the finger Joint. I felt at time
Hit tearing the flash off. It
0rst appeared a a raah and
It Itched and burned. The
Joints would crack open and
bleed at times. I could pull
small pieces of scaly akia oil
and then the part would be
very )sndar. Several of my
finger nsils came off. Cold
water ssmsd to make the
ersema worse. j
"Aa old friend toid me to use OuUeura
Soap to wash wKh sad Cuticura Ointment
on retiring at night. I dM and now I bare
not the slightest Itchy feeding, aot a mark
or soar. Cuticura Soap and Oiotasent
hsetod aa" (Blgned) George Lowtber.
Oct. 8. 1S14.
Jteiaia your good looks, keep your aids
dear, scalp eleaa and free from dandruff,
and hear Dto and glossy. CuUmre Soap,
with aa occasional use of Cutirara Ointment
will promote these coveted conditions.
Sample Each Free by Mall
With S-p. Bkia Bonk oa request. Ad
drees post-card "Cuucuss. Daot. T, Bee
tea." Sold throughout the world. '
flams her lord and master out of a bunch
ot the long green she experiences all ef
the thrills of artistic burglary success
fully pulled off."
"Did you ever notice how ,a married
woman goes to work to get what she
wantsT'
"She doesn't demand It as a right or
aix It as a. favor. She acquires It by
subterfuge. Say she has - set her heart
or a new dress. She goes and picks' it
out" The next morning at breakfast" she
steers the conversation around to the sub
ject of clothes.' Hubby, being wise,, ssys
nothing. At dinner hubby perceives that
stl his favorite dishes are set before Mm,
Wife observes In a casual tone of voloe
that Mrs. So-and-Bo has t new diess.
Business ef profound thinking on hubby's
part. i
"Wife remarks what a good, noble, gen
erous man, and what an Ideal husband
Mrs. 8o-and-8o has. Stilt nothing doing
from hubby. After dinner, In the living
room, wife tearfully opines- that she's
afraid husband's business must be bad.
and it it is of course she doesn't want to
even think about a new dress. Husband
grunt and wife 'wipes a few furtive tears
away. JIubby suggests, apparently of his
own volition, that wie needs1 a new suit,
and wife falls upon his neck In triumph.
"Now do you suppose that woman
would have missed all ot that Scene for
any money? Do you think she would
have enjoyed having that dress hurled at
her the minute she suggested she wanted
ItT Not on your Ufa. She feel that she
has been a regular Talleyrand to bant
boosle a husband Into giving tt te her,
and every time she wears) ft she throws
bouquets st herself to think how clever
and diplomatic and deep she Is."
"Women are queer fish," observed the
Bookkeeper.
"Well." said the Stenographer, "there's
one thing you don't want to forget: Mar
ried life for the majority of women is a
dead level of monotony, In which thry de
pend on their husbands to furnish the
tabeeoo of existence. That's the reason
that the too easy man Is aot a hot fa
vorite with woman. There ia bo sport,
evea If there is profit, In selling gold
brioks to blind farmers."
"I should have thotight that that west
era man would have won out on one
fcount. anyway." remarked the Book
keeper, "the no argument proposition.
Anybody makes s hit with me who
doesn't contradh't my statements or take
j Issue with my opinions."
"Women are built on s different plan."
i said the Stenographer. "A woman fine
and yes i ns to be contrsdicted, because
that la the only way she has of finding
out what she really thinks. A married
woman never knows what she wants
until her husband tells her she can't
have It. and so. If he always agrees with
her, the poor creature is. compUtely at
sea. It takes opposition to crystallise
her opinions, and the husband who re
fuses to give this first aid to the unde
cided la a mean old thing.
"And there's another objection to the
too urreeaVie husband." (
'What's that?" ssk.d the Bookkeeper.
"It taxes away woman's excuse -for
not doing Ihe things ahe doesn't want to
do. I would so love to give to your
noble cause, but my husband won't let
me ssys the woman squeete. 'My heart
Is with you. snd I would join your Society
for tne Preservation of Huperaanuated
Cats, but my husband has such a pre
judice against cats.' says the woman
welober. 'I'm dying to have you visit
sne. but my husband Is so nervous he
can't stand . company,' says the woman
who wants to avoid an unwelcome
guest, and so It goes. '
"The chief advantage of having a hus
band ie that he is aoeh a good scape
goat, and no sensible womsq wsnts to be
married te a' man so amlsble tne can't
"en lay things on him."
"Have women no Idegl of a husband?"
demanded the Bookkeeper.
"On. yes," replied th Stenograph"
sweetly, "but Uiey den t want ta marry
It."
"liiHt-o!" agreed the Bookkeeper
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Here is seen the Edelweiss as it grows in its natural surroundings
it can be easily cultivated
Photographs of it under
such conditions are rare.
By GARRETT P. 8ERVIS9.
The edelweiss, or "noble-white." has,
with considerable truth, been called "the
most dangerous plant in the world." The
statement that It has cost many Atpfne
climbers their lives Is undoubtedly exact.
Ordinarily its starry white flower ta only
to be seen In the most Inaooessible spots.
st great altitudes, on steep mountain
sides, guarded by precipices which even
the sure-footed chamois would avoid.
As a member of the greatest order In
the vegetable kingdom, that of the Com
posites, and a relative of such familiar
flowers as the daisy and the black-eyed
Susan, thers Is something singular In the
shyness and aristocratic aloofness of the
edelweiss. And this seems all the more
remarkable from the fact that It can be
cultivated With ease In any ordinary
garden. But when thus cultivated It
loses the characteristics which causa It
to be sought after with so much deadly
risk in the Alps.
These characteristics are the ampleness
of the flower, Its pure, snowy whiteness
and the peculiar woolly down that covers
the' leaves of the plant, and the involu
cre, or ring of bracts, surrounding the
flower-head. The edolwelss exhibits in
a marked degree the curious tendency
of Alpine plants to Increase the else, the
frsgrsnce and the brilliance of their
flowers, while there stems and branch
sre dwarfed.
The surprise snd admiration exdted by
the first specimens of the edelweiss en
countered by the Swiss and Tyrolean
mountaineers led to a papular supersti
tion concerning the plant, and for gen
erations It has been regarded aa the em
blem of purity, and the most suitable of
alt gifts to a bride from her bridegroom.
There could be no stronger inducement
than this to lead adventurous spirits into
dangerous places for the sake of obtain
ing the coveted flowers. Bvery canton
has Its local traditions snd- poetical
legends about the edelweiss.
The flower sppoars to flourish beat on
limes to tie, Jts roots apreuiing widely in
the cracks of the rocks, snd It Is com
paratively abundant among the limestone
ranges of the eastern, or Tyrolean, Alp.
It grows also In the Pyrenees, and ha
been found In Plberla. Since th modern
influx of tourist In the Swiss Alps the
l-edelweiss ha become scarcer, and law
j have been passed to protect It.
I There Is an element of mystery In the
aaecent of high mountains by this plant.
the vast majority of whose botanical rel
atives dwell amid the warmth and abund
ance of the lower world. The delicate
vegetable wool with which It protects It
self shows that It has yielded te the
necessity of adaptation to Its Icy envir
onment; hut why should It aver have
climbed so high, and sought so frigid a
homef There is plenty of limestone In
the valleys below, ' and experiment has
proved that the plant can be forced to
grow there, but when left free to follow
Its own bent the edelweiss seems to dis
dain all lower levels and all common
place surroundings snd will grow, ef Its
own aocord, only high among the wintry
peak and In places where, one almost
needs " the grip of Its twVtted root) In
order to obtain a foothold. It is easy to
see in this aspiring nature of the wonder
ful plant the origin of the almost super
stitious regard in which it is held by the
Inhabitants of the Alps."
lly IIKATHICK FAIRFAX.
The art of being kind Is 'a very simple
one which mnst of us conmetcntly rofuM
to practice. Wc seem to think that sclf-
l.ve and disnily demand thst wr Ininrces i
the world with our own Importance by
being very haujthty and superior to It.
But snobs are tho people who are i"
afraid or Insecure In their social portion
tlist they dre not be amlaMo to whom
they choose. Your true aristocrat has no
hought of criticism or misunderstanding.
On of the finest women I know went
bark to her home town after a lapue of
twenty years. I'p tho street can-e a
stooping old rssplcker whom she, to
gether wltli all the children In the place,
had known In her girlhood. Mrs. W
stepped and spoke to the old man with
perfectly unaffected Inlercsl In his wife
(who had worked for her mother snd
bis daughter, who had been in her own
clsss tn nubile school. The- poor old man
fairly besmed. 1 am sure that hit of un
affected friendliness brought sunshine to
hlu dsys for a long while to come. Mrs.
V ' companions laughed at her. but
her only reply ass: "How could you ex
pect me to be unkind to a poor old man
had known when I was a child?"
We don't exsetly expert people to be
unkind In: this werld, but we sre not, a
bit surprised when they are. It doesn't
tske a hit longer to speak to k girl be
hind a counter In a shop pleasantly It
doesn't interfere with the efficiency of
her service and yet how few of us are
kind enough tn do It?
Sometimes I think thst the only reason
that we are kindly IS because we are
sfraid of being suspected of ulterior mo
tives. Suspicion Is such an ugly thing
and rears lis head with such omnipresent
faithfulness to its cruel course that most
of us have fallen Into the halut of look
ing for It everywhere.
Bureh, If It were not for the Tear of
being misunderstood w must be willing
to he kind. Certainly we are none of us
so malicious or coldly disdainful or
serenely proud In our consciousness of
higher state thst wo hurt Vllfully or be
cause we are unable to put ourselves In
the other chap's rlce. It Is not possible
that we don't know how to be kind so
It just muet be tluit we are afraid to.
A pleasant smile, ' kind word, a
friendly greeting are such simple trifles.
Any of us is capable of them. Any of
us ought to be willing to give them freely.
There are pain and, sorrow enough In
the world without taking on yourself the
responsibility of Inflicting any. If you
are easily hurt and afraid of having your
advances rspclled, how about other peo.
plet
t know a girl whose friends criticise
her because when she came Into a room
fun of people she greeted everybody b
pleasantly, and with such a shoV of In
terest that It wss hardly possible to tell
which were the friends she loved, which
wsr mere acquaintances and which the
people she only tolerated.
People harped for so long on her over
cordial manner that she set about cur
ing herself of It. Sh got Into the wsy
or mnjntting her friendly Impulses lest
she be misunderstood. Finally she swung
tn pennuiura so fsr In tho opposite di
rection that In her fear of blng thought
gushing she became almost rude.
un compiaim against ner was
that "she hadn't pleasant manners at
all," for when ooldneas and self-oon-sctousnaaa
came to take the place of her
naturally warm and cordial manner they
Weren't welcome. Naturally not. Even
when we suspect people of shamming a
bit we like them better smiling and amia
ble than gloomy and disagreeable.
Blacsrity is on of the big qualities of
life that should .never be ot sight of.
Pnt there Is ivo resAon why one cannot
make kindness so much a psrt of his
own nature, that even to rnoelng so
quM'itnncca it ran he st once kind snd
alnt ere.
H tane ao little effort to avoid hurttn
peopie It needs merely an Intelligent
direction of your attention. N'olfce, for
Instance. If someone rhlvers a hit In -a
draft, and even if you hsve a hobby on
the s'ibjert of ventilation, don't be so un
kind ns to sit ralnily by while another
individual suffers from the rush of cold
ulr tht pleases you.
1'nklndnr may be due to suspicion.
hut It Is the twin sUter of stupidity. Of
course. It Is very Inefflrlent to make
enemies r-f people who would be much
mre useful to you as friends. And nn
klndnens leaves a train of resentment
and dislike in Its wake. I'nklitdness hurts
snd destroys and breaks down; It aocora
pushes nothing. Kindness, on the other
hand. Is Just ss simple to nraetlce and
far plessanter to meet with. It generally
brings klndmss In turn. For the practice
of It you have, to start out with a
definite feeling thnt you ar not the
only Individual In the world who has
rlchts and desires. Next add an Intel.
Ilirent observation of other people's
tastes of their sirens and weak point a
Bo setiemus enough to elve people not
the consideration and attention you might
want or want them to have, but rather
what they as Individuals yearn for.
"The gift without the giver Is barw."
ssys James Russell Ixiwell. There lies
the crux between mere giving and real
generosity. If you give with your heart
m the gift you give what la wghted Snd
present it with a smile. The one two
gift we all have in our power to offer ta
kindness. That means consideration,
sympathy and sn attempt at least at un
derstanding I one knewsof a wealthy couple wh
adopted a young girl. They wera fond o
her they actually loved her. But they
did not believe In taking a chance of
"benefits forgot." They were always
reminding the girl of hnW grstefut she
ought to I e. for what she was getting.
Instead of that she was very unhappy be
cause she felt constantly belittled In her
own eyes and In those of all whq met
her.
No one meant to be unkind hut no
one was wise enough or efficient er
sympathetic enough to put himself In
her place. The woman who adopted her
thought that a beautiful Jiomo, good '
food, fashionable clothing and a chance
to travel snd see the world were mag
nificent thing for a poor girl to have
Within her reach. But given to her with
out kindness, these things seemed a
niuHniii uose isss easy to tag in an
had poverty and tardshtp been.
In talking about it afterward, when
she had gone back to her poor home and
hard work, tho girl said: "it never oc
curred to them once that I might like
to face , the dining room when wo were
living at a fashlonabl hotel, t always had
to face the wall, and Mr. X. was so and
couldn't have cared as much ss I did
for the gayety back of ust But she Just
didn't think thst I was In teres Ud
enough to have any tastes or desires of
my own. I couldn't stand that. I didn't
want Jo face the wall. At least now I
can see what Is' going on In my world,
even If It Isn't a very tig. flue ons."
Perhaps Mrs. X. didn't means to be un
kind but she succeeded very well. Most
of us do when ws give people what we
think they ought to want.)
Being) kind Is giving with your In
telligence and the other person' nature
constantly la view. It.doesu't He In let
Uuc a child sat itself sick on candy. It
never means unintelligent over-Indulge
satos. Tt means Intelligently sdjusting tho
other person's needs and desires to your
powers of giving.
Do You Know That
An elephant has more muscles In Its
tiunk than any other creature possess
In Its entire body.
The three greatest heor-drlnklng coun
tries are the V'nltsd Kingdom, Oermanr
Sod Denmark.
It is claimed that there are sevea of
Shakespeare's eutotcrsphs In existence.
in thirty-one consecutive days 440 Inches
of ruin recently fell in Dhangawata.
India.
Xot until Die iin of tjueen Kiixabeth
was Um dorkey Introduced Into Kng-land.
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