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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. DMff BARN WITH CONCRETE ILLS Most Dairy Farmers Favor Con crete Basement as Best for Modern Stable. GIVES YEAR-ROUND COMFORT Standard Width of 36 Feet Has Been Adopted Building Is as Near Air Tight as Possible, and Venti lating System Admits Plenty of Fresh Air. Qy WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr William A. rtmlford will answer questions nnd Give ndWre KIlKh Ot i'OST on nil subjects pcrtainlnK to tlio S'ibjict of bulldlm? work on thu farm, for tlio readers of this paper. On nccount or Ills wldo oxporlenco as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, ho Is, without doubt, the hlRhest authority on nil thene subjects. Address nil Inquiries to William A. Had- ford, No. 1SZ7 1'ralrlu avenue, unicaRo. Ill , and only Inclose two-cent stamp for reply. Most dairy farmers feel that a con crete wall is the best construction for a dairy stable. When It Is built en tirely abovo ground, with light and air on all four sides, thoro Is no objection If tlio stable is provided with sulu dent light and ventilation. There has been considerable chango in tho manner of building dairy sta bles. Tho first concrete or stono b'asoment stables wero built Into hill sides. At that tlmo three reasons were given. A hillside afforded good drainage. A bank cellar basement is warm in winter nnd cool In summer. Tho third reason for using n bank was to have an easy driveway from tho high ground into the barn. At that tlmo It was considered nec essary to havo a threshing floor. Tho threshing machine occupied tho floor two or throe days In tho year. It finally dawned upon farmers that a threshing floor that Is Idle threo hun dred and sixty days In the year Is a very expensive provision for two or three days4 threshing. Modern pow- orful hoisting machinery has proved much bettor and chonpor than to haul the stuff Into tho barn and unload It by hand. Adopting tho curb-roof plan of build ing "rafters In pairs In tho form of Belf-supportlng trusses has resulted In greater mow spaco at less oxponso. These self-supporting roofs loavo tho mow spaco entirely freo from obstruc tion for tho easy oporatlon of hoisting machinery. Tho result Is that farm ers havo found it necessary to put In extra good horse forks with improved tracks and roller-carrying trucks that work without friction, bo that powor may be ifsed to advantage both for filling theso great mows In summer and emptying them In winter. A modern dairy stablo built ob shown In the accompanying perspec tive nnd floor plan, provides both win ter and summer comfort for high priced dairy cows. It is designed to hold tho machinery necessary to han dle both feed and manure, to buvo ex pensive hand labor. Tho standard width of 30 feet has been adopted for modorn dairy sta bles, There may bo any longth, but tho uniform width of 30 feot has boon generally recognized as providing room for cows, In addition to alley ways that are wldo cuough to operate manure carriers and food carrlora. Iu this plan the lowi-r story is built entirely of concreto siartpd at a depth sufllckut to reach Uovn iu good solid tartli t i tho f.i.i'g,j of tuo walla. 1 SStfwi p mttIb" rig sSwM , .. H ' Ian ra fl W?Wm r&& 's&mfflic? fJssaj?-i'AV. T-r fcv. ' te ftaKM'::. & siyUmteeto TtmWMm ' "o:r"1i "3r;r j I M I . I a m we i m I also to get depth sufficient to go be low frost. Ground to Bupport tho floor Is vory carefully graded nnd tho earth made firm nnd solid by being thoroughly wetted down with water and pounded into place. Tho contor supporting plors nro largr, wide footings. Tho columns that support the weight of tho roughage stored ovorhead rest on thoso piers, so thoy roqulro good footings. The floor of tho stablo Is carofully laid out to glvo the proper incline to tho stand ing stalls, tho gutters and tho walking floor along the sides of tho stable. Tho concreto for tho floor Is care fully mixed with a rough choap mix ture for the lower strata. This Is sur faced with a fairly rich water-proofed cement moitnr. The surfaco Is mado smooth for easy cloanlng except whore tho cows stnnd and walk. Most dairymen prefer to rough the floor nt the back of tho cows and tho back part of tho standing floor next to the guttors This Is dono by using a rough surfaco trowel aftor tho rich cement has been laid with the smooth ing trowol. Tho rough surfaco Is carofully applied so as not to Interfere with tho truo even surface. Tho oh jeet Is to mako It rough enough to provent tho cows from slipping. Tho Illustration shows a barn 74 feet In length. Thoro aro four vonti latlng flues to carry off tho foul nlr ono flue in each comer of tho stable Theso flues reach up the sides of the building tn tho plate, then follow the slant of tho roof to the ventilators shown abovo the peak at tho onds of tho roof, Tho center ventilator Is for tho mow. Ventilators havo been found necessary to regulato tho draft In tho ventilating flues. Tho wind vnrios on dlfforcnt duys, so that tho suction needs to bo modified on windy days and encouraged when tho air Is still. Thero are a number of von tllator hoods that nttend to tho regu lation of theso out-take flues, so that tho air In the stable may bo kept In good condition. Thero nro several ways of supplying fresh stablo air from the outside. Tho commonest plan Is to tnko tho air in at an opening mado two or throe foot abovo tho ground, nnd carry It up through tho outsldo wall and dis charge It Into the stablo near tho cell ing. Another plnn is to build special window frames with V-shaped Bldo i . .tivMSMfT? .'Iri'i VT - . a - . ' ' '-' AX.yyrsx.rv wzmatr1 rlWW.KTW3T - . ' - . boxes, Tho window sash nro hinged at tho bottom to drop in at tho top, bo tho air will follow up tho sash and dlschargo against tho stablo colling without spilling at tho BidoB. Both of theso plans havo tho samo object that is, to distribute tho fresh, cold nlr abovo tho cows to provent a draft from striking thorn. Sometimes tho window boxes aro made to drop tho sash either In or out, to regulato tho ventilation of tho stable both winter nnd summer, but such windows nro difficult to mako tight. Thoro nre times when thoy should bo closed almost nlr tight. For this reason stablo windows should bo vory carefully mado, to shut against solid stops, Another plnn of taking air Into n stablo 1b by moans of a fluo In tho bottom of tho concreto feed alloy. A wooden walk protects tho lluo and lots tho air In dlroctly In front of tho cows, so that their nostrils got tho flrat chanco at It. Theoretically, this Is tho proper way to admit fresh air Into a well-built cow stable Tho main Idea Is to build a stablo as near air tight as possible, and to admit plenty of frosh nlr as tho cows need it, nnd to dlschargo tho foul air oa fast as It accumulates. World's Largest Statue. Tho InrgeBt statuo In tho world Is now bolng carved In Japnn. It la n recumbent effigy of Nlchlrcn, a Jnp nneso patron saint, cut from a natural granite rock on a htllstdo on tho Island of Ushlgnkubl, or, "tho cow's head," in tho lnlnnd sea of Seto, Ja pan. Tho stone Imago will bo 240 feot long from bond to foot, sixty foot long er than tho Sleeping Buddha statuo at Segu, Burmah, and considerably largo then tho Sphinx In Egypt. Remember Onlv Todav. Finish overy day and bo dono with It. You havo done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a now day; bo glu it well and serenoly and with too high a Bplrlt to bo cumbered with your old nonsense This day is all that la good and fair. It la too dear with Its hopes and aspirations to wnsto a mo ment upon tho yesterday. Emerson. Using Watch as Compass. A watch may bo used to dotormlno tho points of tho compass by pointing the hour hand at tho sun any tlmo of tho day and then placing a small pleco of straight wlro crosswise be tween tho hour bund and tho flguro 12, getting exactly half way. Tho point of tho wlro which comes bo twecn tho 12 and tho hour hand al ways points duo south. Dally Thought. Truo fortltudo I take to bo tho quiet posBeBelon of a man's self, and an un disturbed doing his duty, whatovor i-i, 11 bistlH him or daugor Ilea In hir way Lot he. MADE VAST IMPROVEMENT IN WHITE SOX I1& ''- J?S3 mHh j 'J' sil' Eddie Collins, White Ono ball player can transform a team from a modlocro porformer into a championship combination. That has been demonstrated moro than onco on tho groen diamond. Johnny Evcrs mado tho Boston IJravos of last year into a team of championB, with out tho least doubt. This year with Evera out of tho line-up n great part of tho soason tho Bravos havo wal lowed around hopolossly In tho pen nant chase. With Evors back thoy seem moro liko champions. This senson wo havo tho White Sox as an illustration of how a good playor can work wondors In a club. Kddlo Collins was purchased by Char loy Comlskoy at a price said to bo ?G0,000. It would not bo surprising If tho Sox owner did pay this big amount, as Collins Is ono of tho great est players who ever shied his castor Into tho baseball arena. Ho has been callod by Manager John McQraw of the Giants "tho most valuablo player on the diamond," nnd thoro Is none better ablo to Judgo of a player's abil ity than tho manager of tho Giants. Collins Is credltod with being a moro ooooooooooooooooooooooooo I HIT BASEBALL POOLS Success or falluro In tho ef forts now bolng mndo to sup- press the baseball pools 1b of vitnl lmportnnco to tno proies- ; sional end of tho national pus- p time. Amateur baseball we j shall always havo, writes I. E. Sanborn In tho Chicago Trib une success win muuu iuu uiiiu- -. lnation of ono of the many His c j which are sapping tho life out or tno gamo. failure win im-uu nttnnhinllir l f ol I m I T n 1 1 Oil ftf , u.v.-..,.u...... ...w -; -- professional uaseuau irom mu 11U1U UL OJJUlt IU UlU PUinu v.avvi..v as running races havo been, and ' frw iminh li rt anmn rnDDnnfl 1U1 iliUlwil lltU 0UIUU 4 vuuun"' From small beginnings, con fined to purely locnl Holds, tho $ baseball pool has grown to na tional proportions. Unchecked this cancer will attain still greator growth until Its tenta cles penotrato every nook nnd comer whero basoball Is spok on. At tho outsot when the sums Involved In tho pools woro comparatively small, thero was little danger to tho gamo. Whenovcr big money begins to enter Into tho proposition thero always Is danger. Tho averago American cltlzon, being perfectly certain that ho himself would do almost any thing It tho price was big enough, naturally bolloves tho promoters and others engaged In basoball would do tho same for a prlco. And It Is only nec essary to havo tho gambling side of n Bport mount high enough in dollars to bring sus picion on tho honesty of that i sport. (' oooooooocooooooooooooooooo SWEAT CAUSED HIS MISCUE Drop of Perspiration on His Finger Given as Excuse by Kelster for Missing Fly Ball. Whon Hill Murray first took up his Job ii3 mnnngor of tho Phillies, Billy Kelster, n hard hitter, but a mlscrublo Holder, was playing right garden. Murray was a manager who raved nnd stormed on tho bench, n la Stall Ings, and nfter Kelster had thrown away a gamo by missing an easy fly, Billy went after him hard whon ho returned to tho bench. Imagine tho surprise of Murray and tho rost of tho players when Kelster replied: "Bill, I couldn't help that. I had Just wiped tho porsplratlon on my forehead when tho ball camo to mo nnd a drop of sweat on my finger caused tho ball to slip awny from mo." Kelslor was sont to Jersey City of tho Eastern league about n week later. Mack Ahead of His Time. "In retrenching this year all along tho lino Connlo Mack Is doing now what every club owner In tho major leagues will bo doing next year," said a westjom mngnnto tho othor day. "Tho wlso Mack," ho continued, "Is ns usual a year ahead of ovorybody else. It took a lot of courage to do what ho has dono, but like nil mon who do big things, nud accomplish 'groat ro Bults, Connlo has the nerve equal to any emergency." Place for Slsler. It Is hard to tell what Mnnngor Rickey bought Slslor for. Tho formor Mtchlgamler has pltchod, played first base und left Held. Hts success in the hibt position resulted in Rlclu y'a re leasing Ernie Walker to Rochester Sox Keystone Star. helpful playor to a team than tho won derful Cobb. Ty Is tho brightest In dividual player in baseball without a doubt, but whon It comes to all-around usefulness to a team, ono who In Bplros hlB toam mates with his pres onco in tho llnc-up, tho White Sox second baBoraan must bo awarded tho palm. Tho Sox bear all of tho earmarks of champions with Collins In the fold. Thoy havo played the fastest ball of any team In the land slnco tho season oponcd. Their hitting haB boon won derful, considering that thoy havo al ways boon looked upon as bolng weak with tho bat. In all othor depart ments thoy havo shown surprising form and If they do not win tho American league pennant tho team that beats them will know It has boon In a flght. Tho Boston Bed Sox appear to bo tho only club tho Sox need fear. The Tigers havo given ovldonco of slip ping back lately. It Jack Barry shows tho form ho displayed on tho Athlet ics in days past tho Ited Sox will bo worthy foemon of tho White Sox. CAREER OF HOWARD CAMNITZ First Professional Engagement Was In Cotton States League Now With Federal League. Howard Camnltz, ono of the stnrs of tho Pittsburgh Federal leaguo pitching staff, was born In Covington, Ky., August 22, 1881, is 5 foot 8 inches In height, and weighs in playing con dition, about 108 pounds. UIb first professional engagement was with Greenville Miss., in tho Cot. ton States leaguo In 1902. The follow lng year he was with Vlcksburg, and In 1901 Pittsburgh secured him nnd turned him over to tho Springfield club of tho Threo Eyes leaguo. He was placed in Toledo, In the American association, for further de velopment In 1905-'0C, was then ad Judged ripe for fast company, and brought back to Pittsburgh. SPREAD OF NATIONAL GAME Baseball Continues to Grow In Popu larity In Australia Youngsters Take Up Pastime. Roporta from Australia Indtcato that basoball continues to grow In popu larity. The seventeenth annual re port of tho Now South Wnloa Baso ball association shows that tho gen oral advancement of tho Amorican gamo was moro marked in this state In 1914 than in any previous season, and that tho standard of play In all grados was of a high charnctor. A Bpecial note expresses satisfac tion at tho success of school baseball, tho wlBdom of fostering tho gamo In tho nursery section bolng oxempllllod by tho vlctorios of tho youngsters In tho lntorstalo matches. As to finances, tho association haa a sum of about 11,-145, an increnso of almost ?G00 over last soason. Giants Get Fast One. Tho Now York Giants have pur chased Georgo Kelly, a first baBoman, of tho Victoria club of tho Northwost em league. Ho Is n nephow of Bill Lange the old Chicago outfielder, antf 1b said to be Just ns fast as his unc i 8 fr' ' $$ X 2 i"" f$ 5 SJSvIiSL. jf9l 1 o -fc&irx,s4 rv 1 m&& - j Howard Camnltz. JOHN MILLER IS STAR Cardinals' Second Baseman Is Equally Good at Initial Sack. St. Louis Player Is Lauded as Peer of Vic Saler and Jako Daubert at First Daae He Was Coached by Hans Wagner. Miller Hugglns has on tho St. Louis Cardinal team a ball player whb is really ono of the stnrs of tho National league, but whoso ability Is not appre ciated by tho fans. Tho player re ferred to Is Joha Miller, who Is now plajing second base, but who has also been at first and short, at which posi tions ho delivered na brllllnnt n brand of ball aa ho is now giving his club at second base, writes Oscar C. Itelchow In Chicago News. Miller is so great an inflelder that Manager BroBnnhan of tho Cubs would rather obtain him than any other athlete in tho leaguo unless it be Art Fletcher of tho Glant3 or Buck Herzog of Cincinnati. Miller first gnlncd prominence when ho Joined the Pittsburgh team and played second base alongside of Hnns Wagner. On enrolling with the Pirates he was crude In his actions and had only a fair knowledge of tho game, but close asBoclation with tho game's greatest shortstop improved him Im mensely, mado him a star at tho key stone sack, and an asset to tho club. For a long tlmo he was ono of Fred Clarke's most timely hitters and was invaluable because of his aggressive ness and hustling qualities. When Clarko needed a first base man ho took Miller off second and placed him there Ho did as well at ESfi ISCiaBlSaKl 3KI3 John Miller. ono position as at tho othor. Thero was trouble In the ranks and Miller was ono of the men who resented their treatment by the officials of the club. What was moro ho thought his serv ices wero worth moro to tho team, but Barney Dreyfuss did not agree with him. As a result a trade was mado with tho Cardinals. Since joining that team Miller has played as great a game aa any Inflelder In the National league. Hugglns declnres he would not part with him for any trade or sum Df monoy that a club might offer. Leo Meadows Is pitching winning ball for tho Cardinals. Fieldor Jones Bays tho Whalos will bo tho toam to beat for tho pennant. Jack Founder talks llko an honest fellow. He admits he likes his baso hits. Stovall is being talked of as tho noxt manager of tho Cleveland In dians. Lajolo Is still hitting tho ball as hard ns over, but has slowed up In his Holding. Mlko Donlin, tho famous actor-player. Is now engaged in tho movie busi ness in Connecticut. e .- .- Mnnngor Tinker i3 still In tho hunt for n pitcher and an extra Inflelder, If such can bo found. Mnnngor Hugglns has picked up n great stortstop In Joo Sargont of tho Mount Vernon, N. Y., club. Tho hoodoo that troubled tho White Sox In formor seasons on ladlos' day has boon vanquished this year. It Is said to bo Christy Mathow son's hopo to last as long In basebnll as Pap Geors In light harness rac ing. Chailoy O'Leary, tho formor Tiger, but now with tho St. Paul team, has won a host of frlonds in tho Saintly city. Now Orleans has roleasod Jack Frost, pitcher, to Fort Worth, Tex. Frost In Toxas, and at this tlmo of tho year. Geo whiz! Admirers of Rusa Ford nro wonder ing what will becomo of tho emery ball expert now that he has been ro leasod by tho Buf-fcds. nanus Wngnor. nt forty-one, is al most as much of a drawing card ns ho was 20 yoars ago. Ho dollvors tho winning wallop occasionally. Outllolder Kenneth Williams of Spokane and Pitcher James McIIonry of Vancouver havo boon signed by Charley Herzog to play with tho Rod. & it ha, X. m& .as k sisnyi mb The Married Life of By MABEL HERBERT URNER Originator of "Their Married Journal of a Neglected Wife," Helen Pays Dearly (or Holding Her Own With an Asser tive, Insolent Woman (Copyright, 1915, by tho McCluro Helen viewed the coat from every angle In tho triplicated mirror. She liked tho cut, the straight lines gave her an add ed sllmness. Its very plainness was distinctive af ter tho fussy braids and but tons of the other suits. "I'm sorry to keep you wait ing," the Bales woman catno back into the fitting room "but the skirt's been mis laid. Just let mo see that number," Mabel H. Urner. o x a ml n 1 n g tho ticket on tho coat. "I liko this better than any of tho others," admitted Helen. "If tho skirt's as good I think I'll take It." "It's a circular skirt I know you'll llko It. Just a moment" But It was several moments boforo alio returned, plainly troubled and still without a skirt "Thero seems to bo some mistake. Another customer has tho skirt and she wants to try on the coat." "Oh, but I've already said I'd tako It!" Helen's desire for the suit in stantly Intensified. "Why, they can't" "That's what I told Miss Boyd, but she says her customer had the skirt first. I've just sent for Mr. Carter." This element of uncertainty great ly enhanced tho desirability of tho BUlt, and with fomluino obstinacy Helen determined to have It. The door now swung open to admit a Btout', blonde, assertive-looking sales woman. "Will you kindly let me havo that coat a moment?" with ley authority. "Why, I I've bought this suit," flushed Helen. "I beg your pardon, madam, my customer has the skirt! She had it on before Miss Walker showed you the coat." "They've sent for the floorwalker I'd rather wait till he comes." "But, madam, my customer's wait ing to try tho coat on," arrogantly. Here, to Helen's Intense relief, her own saleswoman camo back with a tall, falrhalred, youngish man. "Mr. Carter, this Is the customer. She likes the coat and has practical ly bought tho suit without seeing the skirt, but Miss Boyd insists" Miss Boyd, tho stout saleslady, in terrupted with an excited, voluble protest. Her customer had tho prior right to the suit. She had seen it on tho figure, and the stock girl had Just taken It off for her when Miss Walker took away tho coat. Realizing that Miss Walker was much less assertive, Helen felt that sho must help her out or she would loso the suit. "I've had an account here for sev eral years," her voice quivering with excitement, "and if Ardman's won't let mo have a suit that I've " "My customer has an account hero also, madam. Sho saw the suit on tho flguro before " "Miss Thomas, tho buyer, will have to decide this," nervously interrupted Mr. Carter. "I'll send for her," hast ily making his escape "Oh how unfair!" began Helen tremulously. "Why surely I " "Just wait," comforted her sales woman. "Miss Thomas'll bo hero In a moment, and she's always fair. The stock girl wasn't taking the suit off the figure at all! I took tho coat off myself." Again the door swung opon and again entered the blonde clerk this tlmo followed by her customer who had on tho tho skirt! Sho was a thin, drfrk woman with an expensive but unbecoming hat and a fussy lnco walBt. "I've come In to show you the skirt," with lofty scorn. "You can see It's a mile too long for you. Now will you lot mo try on the coat?" The door was slightly ajar, and just outsldo stood Mr. Carter with amused grin. The situation of two women lighting for tho same suit, ono wearing the coat and tho other tho skirt, was no doubt most amus ing. But at that moment Helen failed to seo in It any element of humor. "Now-, mndam, that I'vo let you see tho skirt, will you kindly lot mo try on tho coat?" tho woman repeated haughtily. "I shall keep the coat until wo seo what the buyer says," flared Hoi en, furious at tho arrogant, presumptu ous Intrusion. The woman, now livid with rago, looked as though sho would tako tho coat by force But sho contented her self with a sneering, Insolent re mark about "somo people who aro so Ill-bred," and flounced haughtily out. "I was so afraid you'd glvo It to her," whlspored Miss Walker. "Oh, how brazen! Tho Impudence of hor coming In here! Why should I glvo her the coat," hotly, "any moro than Bho should" A buzz of voices outalde, and tho door was pushed opon by a tired, frail, but capable-looking woman, whom Holon know was tho buyer. Sho was followed by tho blonde saleslady and Mr. Curtor. Everybody began talk ing at onco In excited, high-pitched voices everybody but tho buyer, and sho only listened. Then sho turned to Holon with n brief "I'm vory sorry that such a mistake has happened. A suit is usually spld by the coat, but I'll havo to see the other customer." "Right In the next room," and Miss Boyd led tho wny triumphantly. Again Hclu vas left alono, a chok Helen and Warren Life" Author of "The "The Woman Alone," etc. Newspaper Syndicate) ing sense of thwarted indignation in her throat. She would not get tho suit. Everybody always took advan tage of her. Sho could never hold her own. An endless wait; then Miss Walker rushed In with a triumphant: "It's yours! You seo, all tho marks stock number nnd cost aro on tho coat ticket. That's what decided It! Oh, she's making an awful row sho's boiling!" "What did sho say?" eagerly, then quickly ashamed of her question. "Whon sho couldn't get tho suit sho even tried to buy the Bklrt!" "Tho.skirt? repeated Helen. "Why, she wouldn't wanf just tho skirt?" "Of course not, but she's deter mined you shouldn't havo It! She's still arguing hasn't taken it off yet. but she doesn't want that. Says she'll withdraw her account, and never Oh," Joyfully, "hero's the skirt now," as Mr. Carter handed It In. It wns with a sense of elation, of thrilled exultancy, that later Helen loft tho shop. For once sho had tri umphed. Then she realized that In her ox cltement she had not even tried on tho skirt, hut since it was Just a plain ifc model It could not bo far wrong. They wero almost through dinner when Emma brought in tho large box marked "special." Dropping her nap kin, Helen started up with an ex- v cited, "Oh. it's my suit! I'm wild to i ft seo it!" ' 7 "Seo here, tho suit can wait you llnish your dinner." But already Helen had It out of tho box and was trying on the coat. "Wait, dear, I'll put on tho whole thing you can tell so much better," and gathering up tho package Bhe ran Into her room. But her heart sank aa she slipped on the the skirt. It was made with a yoke, a stylo she never liked, for the line across tho hips took from her height. And tho coat somehow It did not look qulto tho samo! But then she had had on her hat per haps that made some difference. Anxious for Warren's opinion, sho ran back to tho dining room. As she turned slowly around before him, he viewed the suit in stolid silence. "Not crazy about It. Big enough for two of you." "Oh no, it's just the skirt that's too long nnd tho sleeves." "All right, if you're satisfied. You'ro the ono that's got to wear It." But Helen was not satisfied. She had Emma leave her dishes to ijjr up the skirt. Then sho spent the next hour viewing it In the various mir rors her discontent growing as sho found new faults. "Tako it back If you don't llko It," growled Warren, exasperated by her constant appeals as to what he thought of this or that alteration. "Oh, I can't ask them to take this back," flushing. "Why not? You'ro not so blamed scrupulous about firing things back." "Oh, but this Is different another woman wanted tho suit! Oh, they had a time! They had to send for the floorwalker and the buyer " And then came the story with all Its details. "That's rich!" Warren threw back his head and roared. "Ha ha, I'd havo given a farm to seo you two women scrapping. Butted right in with tho skirt on, did she? Regular hair-pulling scene, eh?" "Oh, sho was so Insolent about It!" Indignantly. "Well, I can't seo that you were such a 'perfect lady.' " "Why, I simply held on to tho coat! You certainly don't think I should have given It up to her?" "Huh, seems now you'ro deuced Bor ry you didn't! I should say sho got tho best of that deal. Looks like you'ro the one that's stung." y Almost In tears Helen went in to V tako off tho suit. As she hung It on a form in her closet, she thought of tho months It must hang there, of tho countless times she must wear It and always with distaste. For sho never wore with comfort a thing that sho disliked. It was a bitter price for a few mo ments of triumph. Other people were always triumphing over her yet neither regret nor retribution seemed ovor to como to them. With an almost vicious bang she shut tho closet door. It was always so! Others got off sho never did Whatovcr happened she was always tho ono to pay. The British Crown. The present crown of Great Britain is called St. Edward's Crown, and Its shape and form date from tho earliest annals of English history. Many of tho stones have been used over and over again in tho various crowns for centuries and centuries, although tho form has never been changed, tho weight has been mado less. Poor kings, they used to havo to parado through tho streets and stand nine and ten houra at a stretch, with a crown which weighed six pounds on their heads. Pertinent Question. A Now York man who says ho Is thinking of getting married and In tho last year has visited qulto a numbor of young ladles, complains that ul' seemed pretty much allke same dress, samo pose, same remarks. "Now," ho says, "as I do not want my wife to be a more copy or echo of oth ers, I should like to know if there la anything orlgUal In tho way of a girl nowadays, and If so, where Is sho to bo found?" How original is tho young man himself? Exchange. rw& i r4 "n1 f-rea ebrj Pl 4