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r V, X i Nurse Mary's Patient By Susannc Glenn l'4KVfrxi (Copyright, 3912, by Associated Literary Prcsn.) f Frederick Wpodard sat ns If stun ned. "Surely you ( do not mean it?" he said to Evelyn Baird, appeallngly. "But surely I do, Frederick. We aro entirely unsuited to each other." "That is Buch a threadbare story, Evelyn." ' "Yet it is true. I love you; still, I know wo should never be happy to gether after the first. I havo seen it tried too many times to deliberately walk with you into disillusionment." "I must confess I do not under stand your theory, Evelyn. If wo had not been suited to each other, why should we have learned to care so entirely? Remember this is no em passioned, love-at-the-instant affair. (Wo have been growing into it all our lives. Wo enjoy the samo amuse ments, tho samo studies, the same interests." ' "But life, dear boy, does not con sist entirely of reading poetry and studying nature at close range. If it did " She spread out her pretty hands with an expressive sigh. "You do not understand yet. Lis ten, Freddie. You know that lovely little white house that your mother kept so exquisitely? Perhaps you do not know that tho whole countryside wondered how she managed to do it, and educate her children and keep so beautifully sweet and wonderful herself? "That is what you were brought up to, and I should fall you, that Is all. No matter how much I might wish to be a gcod wife to you, I could never do it, not in that way. I do not know how. We were not brought up alike. We are as far apart as " "Money can make us," supplanted tne young man bitterly. "Not that," she cried sharply. "Do you think I do not suffer? Do you &A 71 "Money Can Make Us." think I fear poverty in itself? I only " She paused as if powerless to proceed. "However you express it, Evelyn," he said more kindly, "you cannot deny that It is money or rather my lack of It that is separating us. But perhaps, as you say, it Is bettor now than later. I. suppose men do not always understand such things. I know I never dreamed of my mother as being unhappy or overburdened." That evening Frederick Woodard sat In the silent little white house. Everything was as his mother had left It. Perhaps only those who aro blessed with such a mother as IiIb can leallzo what a home means. How many hours he had spent here since the hduso was tenantless! And now Evelyn had said she could not come! He did not moan or bewail his fate. He jammed his hands deep Into his pockets, and looked straight ahead with hard, unseeing eyes. Were all the liner things of life subservient to money after all? Must n man buy his wife and their subse quent happiness with the sordid cur rency of the country? Was his moth er a disappointed woman crushed by n relentless poverty? The enrly December twilight gath ered In the room where Evelyn Baird was seated. She felt very curious about this room, the abode of a busy,' self-Bacrlflclug nurse. Upon her return homo from a pll grimugo in which she had endeavored to forget Frederick Woodard and their unfortunato affair, she was surprised and delighted to find her old friend Mary Dawson so near her. Yet their first visit had been broken in upon by a hurry call from the local physician. "You stay here," the capable nurse had said as she hastily donned her warm wraps. "If It Is anything that will detain mo, I will call you up. Otherwife, I'll be back in half an hour. You will find thlugs to read if you care for them. Good-bye, dear." So Evelyn nut In the room so differ M hi ent in its simplicity from her own lovo ly apartments, nnd wonderod what it must seem like to bo always ready for a call, Presently tho telephone rang. "Hollo, Evelyn," called Mary's cheer ful voice. "I'm sorry, but you may as well go homo. I will not bo back tc-. night. Come in nnd see ine tomorrow nt two, that is my hour off, and I will be at my rooms. Good night." Evelyn went next day, eager most unaccountably, to hear about tho case. "Why, it is an old neighbor of yours," declared Mary Dawson. "You surely remember Fred Woodard? Ho Is just back from somo placo in the southwost where ho has been building a bridge. Was taken at tho hotel yes terday with an ugly fever. It is n pity, for it is such a dreadful placo for him." "Is he dangerously ill?" Evelyn's voico Eounded strange and uninter ested. "He is delirious, nnd tho doctor says there Isn't much to build on seems to havo gono to pieces generally. Ho talks contlnunlly about a key. Ho begs mo to get It1 and unlock tho door so ho can get in. Ho seems to have an impression that he is locked out of his own house." "Ho is!" sobbed Evelyn, rushing suddenly from tho room, leaving hor astonished friend alone. A few minutes Inter a white faced girl was talking earnestly with tho kind old doctor.) "Why, tho very thing," he said, patting her shoulder soothingly. "It will bo hard to movo him, but that will be less harmful than for him to stay where he is. Get tho key this afternoon and we'll get him over there in the morning." It seemed like sacrilege when the girl tremblingly begun her search among his possessions for tho key. In a small box It lay, with a picture of his mother and one of herself! She kissed them all in infinite relief. Then sho hastened to tho little white house. With her own hands, unaccustomed to labor as they were, sho swept and dusted, aired tho rooms and built fires. "It Is of no use to interfere," sho told her astonished mother, "If ho Hvos and wants me, I am going to marry him!" But Frederick Woodard did not know when ho was placed in his own bed In the pleasant, sunny chamber. Ho continued to beg (o be taken home. It was not until Evelyn with her own hands placed the key in his weak fin gers that he sank to a refreshing slum ber. One day the sick man's eyes opened with a rational light. He gazed about him in slow bewilderment. The sun light glinted through tho windows. Evelyn sat near him in her whlto gown over which the fire cast rosy shadows. "Is it a dream?" he whispered at last. "It is no dream; you are really at home, Freddie," she smiled quietly. "But how did I get hero?" "You were ill at tho hotel. We knew you would be more comfortable hero at home, so I opened the house and Dr Way and Nurse Mary brought you here." "And you?" "Oh, I have come over through the day to look after the house, and to sit with you during the nurse's hour at home." "Whom do you havo to help, Ev elyn?" "Why, no one, dear boy. I do it my self. Will you believe that I actually enjoy It? It Is the first time I over did antyhing useful for anyone, Fred erick. I did not understand how it could be a joy Instead of a hardship!" At the look in tho Blck man's faco the girl slipped to her knees beside his bed. "I want to come to stay, Frederick, if you still want me." "Dear," he said, "wait. You are pity ing mo now because I am ill. "It isn't that. I am not afraid any more; experience has made mo wiser. I understand now what made your mother so lovely. I'll never be like her, dear, for I did not begin right. But I'll try so hard to be a good wife. Will you take mo back, Frederick?" Woodard put his arms about her with quite remarkable strength. The Lamp of Llfo. The comparison of human life to the burning and going out of a lamp was familiar with Latin authors, as we know by tho term senes decrepit!. Plu tarch explains the origin of this meta phor thus: The ancients never extin guished their lamps, but suffered them to go out of their own accord that is, by tho lost crackle. Hence a lamp just about to expire was said decrepl tare, to ceaso to crackle. Hence, meta phorically, persons on the verge of tho grave were called decrepit meh. Genuine Belgian Charity. Around a hut where, according to tradition, a young Irish princesB was murdered, grew up the present town of Gheel, in Belgium, which became known as "the colony of the crazed." At first a temple In memory of tho princess was erected and later It be came a refuge for the "sick In mind." Tho remarkable thing about this Bel gian town is that tho residents accept patients In their own homes so that they mny enjoy tho beneficial effects of domestic and social Intercourse, Cautious. A lady making a social call was told by tho maid that hor mistress was not at homo. Tho caller smiled sarcastically and said: "Ah, indeed! Will you please tell your mistress thaOwhen I saw her peeping from the front window as I came up the drive I felt very much afraid she was." Harper'B Magazine. CONFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL IN BREEDING DRAFT HORSES s Of tho 100,000 Animals Murketcd at Chicago Not Metro Than 5,000 Would bo Termed A-1 Economy of Heavy Maro on Farm for Work and Produ cing Colts Is Summed Up by Expert. An Excellent There are a number of considera tions for tho farmers to keep in mind in breeding horses for the draft horse trade. Among these are that slzo, weight, condition and chnracter each bear an Important influence In de termining tho prices paid on the mar kets nnd therefore that this influence Is reflected upon tho prices which they receive from tho country ship pers and buyers, says tho Wisconsin Agriculturist. Nothing that influences tho largo centrnl markets for the prod ucts of tho farm fails to affect tho Ealo of a single article directly on the farm. Probably tho one thing which tho general run of horses that rench tho markets lack moro often than any other is size nnd incidentally there fore weight. It is stated from good authority that there are moro good horses marketed in tho Union Stock LYards at Chicago than any other piaco in mo united states, and yet of tho 100,000 horses marketed there not moro than 2G.000 would weigh over 1,550 pounds, nnd not more than 5,000 were what would bo termed A-l horses. First class draft horses for tho city trade should not weigh less than 1,600 pounds when in working condition, and if h'ey weigh 1.750 pounds thoy will satisfy all tho better. To carry such weights horses should stand about 1G hands high or over and should havo conformations in proportion. The condition, of a horse is all Im portant, both as to soundness and thrift. Horses that havo, poor feet, bad hocks, weak wind, or noor shoul- dera aro sticklers on the market. They sell very slowly and at verv low prices. So also do horses that nro in a poor condition of thrift. Fat always helps to sell horses quickly nnd at good prices, for it mnkes them look good and tho horses, moreover, do not neea 10 no conditioned before they can bo put to work. A horso which looks thin when it leaves tho farm is liable to look considerably thinner after it has been shipped and arrives at tho Bales stables. Fat horses ship far better than thin, thriftless ones. Then, too, tho suspicion of being a poor doer on tho best of care is liable to attach Itself to tho thin horso In tho mind of the buyer, whereas when he looks upon a well conditioned horse no such suspicion ogcurs to him. Character Is a valuable asset to any horso that is placed on tho mar ket, and like slzo nnd weight is gen erally lacking in tho usual stock or horses to bo selected from in the country. A horso that shows intelli gence, good breedinK and those mini. ities that cbme through careful handling and good training will out sell tho common, plain looking horses by a considerable margin; Blze, weight and condition being otherwise uliko. Tho man on the farm engaging In horso production from tho viewpoint of dollars and cents and anxious to mako his acres cam tho highest net returns should breed his mares to tho best sires that aro available combin ing sizo, wojght, soundness and char acter, and should breed to them con sistently. They should endeavor also as soon as posslblo, eithor by pur chase or by breeding up, to possess themselves of big drafty marcs com bining those qualities. Tho only re grottablo thing about the sale of tho dapple gray marcB on the January 11, 1912 Chicago horso market for ?1,000, is that tho mares wero not purchased by some good farmer to bo used for breeding and farm work pur poses instead of by a Chicago teaming firm to draw a big wagon. It Is re grettable that they should ever have gotten away from tho farm, for if they were worth $1,000 for drawing a big wagon and heavy loads, certainly thoy wero worth that on tho farm whero they could do work to earn their cost of maintenance and raise colta worth $1,000. Tho economy of the heavy maro on tho farm, both from tho standpoint of doing farm work and producing colta compared with light and medium weight mares is nicely summed up as follows by Secretary Dlnsmoro of tho Percheron Society of America: "Tho cost of maintenance under fnrm con ditions !b about tho samo, tho heavier maros aro moro ediclent In tho work of tho farm, tho colts aro ready for work a year younger, and If carried to tho oame age, will bring about twice as much as tho coHb from the Farm Tea m. light weight marcs and nbout one third or one-quarter moro than tho colts from tho medium wolght mnres." This summary was drawn up after somo careful thinking, upon tho ques tion being put to tho secretary ,by an extensive land ownor looking forward to tho purchaso and breeding of horses, "What kind of marcs should I use? I want to know nil things con sidered, whether I should buy a 1,200 pound, a 1,400 pound or u 1,700 pound maro? In other words, tho land owner as a business man wanted to know whtnt would bo tho relative cost of maintenance, what tho relative effi ciency on tho farm and what tho rela tive market valuo of tho colts pro duced, of theso threo classes of mares. Hero Is how ho thinks out tho mat tor, and his thinking was based on ox tended observation and oxperlcnco: All three classes can, of course, bo managed, ns far as maintenance cost is concerned, at nbout tho samo gen eral figures. But in respect to working efficiency, if wo rata tho 1,700 pound horso nt 100 per cent, liberal allow ance Is made if tho 1,450 pound horso Is credited nt 90 per cent., nnd tho 1,200 pound horso nt 80 per cent. Tho colts bred to a good draft slro will averngo somo whero about 1,500 pounds; colts from 1,450 pound mares 1.C00 to 1,700 pounds, and colta from 1,700 pound mares, 1,800 to 2,000 pounds. Then, too, tho lighter weight colts necessarily mako tholr full weight only at maturity and thoy will not bo fit to sell until they are four and one-half or flvo years of age. Tho samo is true of tho medium weight colts, but buyers aro scouring tho country for heavy colts. Every good gelding is gathered up at threo yearB of ago. Tho heavier colts sell earlier, or if carried until thoy aro older and then put on tho markot tho prices ad vance accordingly. ColtB weighing around 1,500 pounds will not bring moro than $140 to $175 on tho average, becauso thoy como in competition with tho great glut of common light drnftors on tho market. Thoso weighing around 1,050 pounds to 1,700 pounds will bring $200 to $210, and heavy weight geldings will bring $300 to $350. Tho heavy mares thereforo produce colts that bring from one third to twlco as much money as tho lower weight mares. 1 FEED FOR HOGS Fed In Conjunction "Willi Corn Will Brlnsc Auitnulo Up to Lm-sto Woielit in Sliort Time. In finishing hogs I mako a slop of ground oats and shelled corn (ground) and a smnll handful of ollmcal to each hog, says a writer In Swino Breeders Journnl. This feed, in conjunction with car corn, or shock corn if possi ble, will bring hogs up to largo weights in n surprisingly short time. I believe that most up-to-dato stock ralserB will agree that with such kinds of grain ns wheat, ryo and barley, grinding and mixing with other feeds Is absolutely essential. For example, no ono would think of feeding wheat to hogs without first thoroughly soak ing it or running It through a feed mill. It mny not b necessary to grind it very fine, but it should at least bo crushed pretty completely, or ground flno enough so that tho hard, compact portions of tho grnin will not go through tho animal, undigested. This Is true for old as well us young ani mals. Another point upon which most peo ple will ngreo in that for tho young growing stock, especially nnlmalB which do not havo a full set of teeth, grinding is necessary. It not only en ables young anlmnls to get moro of their feed, but they eat greater quan tities and grow much moro rapidly. On unground feed of tho typo noted, ft young animal would do very llttlo good; but If wheat, barley, ryo, etc., bo ground nnd mixed with a llttlo corn, they will thrive. Leveling Board, A lovollng board attached to tho cul tivator helps to reduco tho Iosb of soil moisture by ovaporaton. When tho ground is kept flno nnd level, less sur face is exposed to tho air nnd tho capillarity at tho surfaco Is Ices active. ff63ffl& WwmicMiitf S3 ? Tho beauty of tho skin depends to a great extent upon tho health of tho sebaceous glands. Theso aro llttlo underlying ducts supplying tho skin with tho grease needed, and if their eccrctlonB nro suppressed, tho pores aro stopped up and somo complexion defect or other will result. Ono must keep tho pores of tho skin unhampered or old oil nnd dead cuti cle to havo a good complexion, and when they seem innctivo thoro is noth ing to do but to reBort to mnssago nnd vory thorough bathing with hot wnter and a good soap. Cold wntor Is useless agalnBt tho deep seated dust and grease of tho skin, even with tho aid or soap. Moreover, J.t tends to contract the pores, making it still harder tor them to yield their con tents. So as a preparation for help ful massage, which is meant further to clear tho stoppod-up pores, tho faco bath must not only bo hot but very complete. There is much contention that soap is injurious to tho sklnf but this is by no moans true. Tho infiuonceB of soap aro tonic, antiseptic nnd demi sing, so that n soap must really bo very bad to hurt tho Bkln contain, in fact, tho strong alkali which Bcorchos and irritates. A good faco bath with very hot water nhd a bland sonp leaves a emooth skin llko marble, nnd with repeated nnd systematic bathing tho rough ono Is much improved. Work thick soap suds or a soap jolly well into tho pores, nnd rlnso with ropentcd waters. Dab it partly dry with a soft old towel, and then sit down with a pot of good, cold cream, or a llttlo almond oil, nnd proceed with tho massage. Begin by massaging tho muscles of the cheek just In front of tho uppor half of tho car, using tho threo first fingers of both hands. Rub outward and upward In a circular manner, with a firm yet gentle touch, covering a. spot about tho slzo of a Bilvcr dollar. If the muscles aro correctly located, tho upward motion will pull tho skin taut about tho corners of tho mouth, rubbing out tho drooping lino at tho Bide ot the nose, ir the face 1b heav ily lined hero, mnssago will In tlmo so strengthen tho muscles that tho furrows will bo much softer, or disap pear entirely. Next mnBsago tho temple muscles In tho samo way. Theso aro still moro easily detected by tho even greater influenco they exert on tho lines each sldo of tho nose. Tho reg ular and systematic massago of them will prevent tho formation or crow'a feot, thoso flno lines nt tho corners of tho eyes which laughing faces with thin skin take on so often nt an enrly nge. Somo unguent or other Ih undoubt edly required with massage, for oth erwise tho cuticlo would bo much ir ritated, and tho benefits of any faco cream nre increased tenfold if it is used with massage. For tho faco con stantly made-up with cosmetics, rouge and a fancy povyler or liquid white, it is aho necessary to cleanse tho skin first with tho grenso before UBlng wa ter upon it, for otherwise tho bath will only forco tho makeup down into tho pores. If the faco skin is very delicate, do not dash cold wuter upon it after the, hot bath, as this interferes with tho circulation nnd in cqnsidcred harm ful by nil the beauty people Whero tho skin Is very inactive two fnco Btenma could bo tnken a week, tho massage Immediately following theso. An astringent of n harmlefn and invigorating sort is often needed nftcr massage, especially if tho pores aro inclined to bo big, and nil authorities ngreo that a first-class cologne is tho heat for this, A formula for farina cologne, which Is much used In this way, follows below: Oil of berKainot 1 minco O of m-roll 0 rtrainH O of rosimnry .'. Cumins O of lemon 3lriimH Oil of clovm 1 ,run, " .1L l?',"lf 1 '1"im llcctlfled fiplrlt 1 gallon The druggist would put up this for mula more perfectly than it could bo done at home, or else supply a bottlo of German cologne, which would bo very nearly ns good. Arranging tho Veranda. Do not crowd tho vornndn to over flowing with odds and ends, or nil its comforts nnd charm will bo dis pelled. Arrangements should alwnys bo porffcted to mako It desirable ns an outdoor living-room, well lighted at night and suitable for brenkfast, luncheon, ten and oven dinner. And If in a vicinity where mosquitoes nnd flics swarm, screens must completely Inclose tho porch space. Dark Slippers. At the present moment slippers of tho paler tints nro not considered good styles In Paris and footwear in richer shades of dark red, blue and violot combined with gold and sliver are worn with gowna Introducing thoso lonos. Theso metal brocadea can Irnco their popularity to tho rich Ori ental effects introduced by the eve ning gown. oospm ctftd WeHMrtij 1 Ti From Brown Eyeo. j Is It proper for mo to go with nj young man who Is engnged tounotherT; Am going with a young man whom I llko vory much; how am' I to flndj out whether ho cares for mo? Ho had told mo that ho loved mo, but I don't know whether to bollevo it or not. Haven't been going with him vory long. Is It all right to go driving at night? Suggest something for a "gyp sy tea;" also something odd to enter, tnln about six girls and boys. How should tho InvltatlonB bo written? Am going to havo ft visitor for a wcok, What must I do to entertain hor a tho time. I llvo in a small placq whero thero nro vory fow amuso( ments. BROWN EYES. I Bhould not think you would want to accept attention from n man who was engnged; it docs not look right and I would not do It. I would not bo In hnsto to bollevo all a man told; mo If I had known him but a Bhorti time; bettor go slow nnd lot tlmo settlo tho question ot how much- ho thinks or you. I do not bollevo in girln going driving nlono nt night with out a chaperon. I do not know what you mean by "gypsy" tea, Biipposo you wrlto and tell mo nbout ono for tho benefit of tho other renders of tho column. For six girls and boys it is not necessary to wrlto tho invlta-i tlonB unless for a formal dinner party. JuBt nfik them over tho telephone- or when you sco them. Summer enter talnlngv Is nlwnya vory informnl. Do you think your vlBltor will wish to bo amused "all tho time?" I should havo my friends moot hor at a porch) party In tho aftornoon or an evening card party or something llko that. A Variety of Questions. Hnvo rend and enjoyed your answorn In tho paper so much, havo decided to ask you to plonso answer a fow quos tlons for me. Widely color oyea nnd hnlr nro counted tho stronger, and which ard most genornlly liked by tho majority of people? How often should a young man call upon a young lndy during tho week, nnd how Into should ho remain? Would it look well for a girl to toll' her friend of nil hor former lovo nf falni when ho seems vory nnxlous to henr about thorn and insists that ho Bhould know? Do yon think a girl who is seven teen too young to havo young men callers? If you havo not been Introduced to a young man is It proper to Bpoak to him when ho nlways BpenkB? Hope you will not mind helping mo out In this. I thank you very much. "DIXIE GIRLIE." Scientifically I do not know whothor It has over been provon which aro tho stronger, light or dark haired people I think dark hair nnd eyea nro greatly admired and I havo heard much In favor of tho golden blond, nltliouKh that tyno Is snlil to lnn ttn youth sooner than tho darker hatred, nut 1 havo soon it work both ways. It all depends upon how doeply Intor 03tcd a young mnn Is. I should Bay that two or threo times a week la often enough nnd ten-thirty lato na ho should stay on ordinary occasions. A girl must do ns aho thinks wlao nhout her former lovo affairs. I do not think many affairs aro to a girl's credit; I mean serious ones. Hovnru teen Ih plenty young enough for a girl to uo m socloty. It nil depends upon who tho young man 1b whether you Bhould speak to him. Thero Is gen erally a way for a man to meet a girl by being properly Introduced. I do not rrjfnd helping you out in tho least. Questions From Gladys. I rend your department ovory Sun day and would llko to ask soma ques tions. First, do you think It la nil right for a girl fourteen to havo boys nt her party? Second, please glvo two or threo gnmes or contests to havo when the boys nnd girls first come to keep it from being "stiff." Third, doca tho hair grow quicker plaited or hang ing Ioobo (at night)? Thank you foe tho help I havo gotten from your do partment. I llko It so much. GLADYS S. B. . It Ib perfectly right to ask boys' to your party, and they llko to boj asked. I put all tho contesta I can lay my hands on right into tho de partment; perhaps tho "Nautical" ono' in today's paper will help you. It Is best to braid tho hair very loosoly at night nftor n thorough brushing to remoVo tho dust of tho day. Thank) yon for your kind words regarding tho, department. Reply to "G. H." and "R. L.w I am very sorry I cannot answer) your questions because I do not know; tho best way to find out Ib to write direct In care of tho stock company.! MME. MERRI.