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GOOD RULES FOR CHILDREN
Think Three Times Before You Speak
and Pronounce All Words Clearly
and Distinctly.
Tlioso rules, handed down by Bomo
body's grnndmothor, nro good ones for
our boys and girls to remember:
Always look at tho person to whom
you speak. When you are addressed,
look straight at tho person who speaks
to you. Do not forget this.
Sponk your words plainly; do not
mutter or mumble. If words aro worth
Baying, they aro worth pronouncing
distinctly and clearly.
Do not say disagreeable things. If
you hayo nothing pleasant to say, keep
silont.
A fourth Is and oh, children, re
member it all your lives think three
times before you speak once.
Have you something to do that you
find hard and would prefer nato do?
Then listen to wlso old grandmother.
Do tho hard thing first and got It ovor
with, if you havo done wrong, go and
confess it. If your lesson is tough,
maBtor it. If tho garden Is to. bo
weeded, weed it first nnd play after
ward. Do first tho thincs you don't
like to do, nnd then, with a clear con
Bclenc.o. try tho rest.
PUZZLE WITHOUT ANY TRICK
Figure Shown In Illustration'' May Be
Drawn Without TaklngJ'encll
Away From Paper.
Hero's a-puzzle which is solvnblo
without any trick. You can actually
Pencil Puzzle.
tfraw this figuro without taking your
pencil from tho paper, crossing a lino
or going back over a line already
drawn.
, , ENIGMATICAL CATS.
; Tho cat that rests on tho dressing
table is tho cat-a-comb.
Tho cat that one finds in the woods
is tho cat-a-log.
' Tho cat that makes your mother
run is tho cat-a-ma-ran. '
The cat that rides horseback is tho
cat-a-mount.
Tho cat that suffers great pain is
ith,o cat-a-rnct.
Tho cat that wins a prizo Is the
cat-as-trophc.
The cat that can fly is tho cat-bird,
j Tho cat that has been in a fight
Is tho cat-n-gory.
Tho cat that is under the porch Is
tho cat-or-plllnr. j
' The cat that Is better than a fenco
Is tho cat-er-waul.
1 The cat that is related to everybody
Is tho cat-kin.
I Tho cat that Is good 'to cat is the
.cat-fish.
1 Tho cat that is never behind 1b tho
cat-chup.
I Tho cat that ladies llko to carry Is
tho cuts-oye.
Tho cat with a bad cold is a cat
arrh. The cat with hornB is cat-tie.
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AMUSING TRICK FOR PARLOR
.Common Hen's Egg Made to Come to
' Life and Revolve Around
Like Boy's Top.
Here Is a trick which requires some
skill and practice, but which causes
more than enough wonder to pay for
,tho trouble. You take n hard-boiled
.egg, placo It on a plato or platter,
give tho plate a horizontal revolving
'.movement, increasing tho motion
gradually, and soon tho egg will come
to llfo, ralbo itself till It stands on
end, and then gg revolving llko a
top and moving all round tho plato,
Life Into Egg.
Naturally you havo to make a few
attempts before you can, succeed In
getting tho egg to obey instructions,
'but keep ui it and you will succeed,
'and tho effect Is impreeslvo. It is
'best in boiling the egg to hold It in
,an upright position with a spoon bo
jthat tho air inside wilt all collect
round tho central axis of the egg and
keep it from being unbalanced.
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MOTHER'S SHARE OF SALARY
Youth Illustrates Absolute Necessity
for Her Services, But No
Money Value on Work.
A" wan chanced to meet e certain
boy who was unduly proud of tl'e
fact that he was earning regular
wages nnd supporting hlmsolf. Ho
entered into 'a conversation with the
boy, which ran something like this:
"Yes," said the boy "I make $3 a
week; Mary is in the-store nnd she
eanm $5; I don't know how much
father earns; and Ted and Jim, they
don't earn .anything they just go to
school."
"And do you board at home?" asked
the man.
"Oh. yos; we eat breakfast and
supper there, -and mother puts up our
dinners for us."
"Yes, I see; who gets tho break,
fast and does tho cooking?''
"Mothor."
"Who washes for you?"
"Sho does."
"Do you keep a girl?'1
"No, wo don't need one. Besides,
wo couldn't afford one, anyhow."
"Does your mother do all thowork
for tho whole family?" ""
"Why, yeB, of course."
"Does sho sew and mend for all of
you, too?"
"Why, I should say she did. We
never hire holp for unythlng."
"You say you get $3 ovory week
and Mory ?5. What does your mother
got?"
"Mother! Why she don't work;
she Just stays at home; Bho don't get
anything."
Tho mother's servicos wero evi
dently necessary, but no- money valuo
was placed upon her work, it was
taken as a matter of course that sho
should bo a cook, nurse, sew and be
n regular Jack of all trades and good
at all. The woman has a great, God
given responsibility, whon tho health
of a family is placed in her hands.
KEEP BIRDS FROM RECORDER
Instrument Used on Isle of Wight to
Measure Duration of Sun Obscured
by Flocks of Crows.
Tho United Kingdom enjoys so com
paratively few sunny days that ovory
hour of sunshine during tho year is
cherished. A sunshine recorder Is
maintained on tho Isle of Wight,
To Keep Crows Away.
which is one of the sunniest plncca In
tho Drltish isles, but It appears ttiat
tho crows have been interfering with
It, says tho Pathfinder. They gathor
about it in such flocks and use it for
a perch so much that they shade tho
sensitive instruments and thus make
them register cloudy weather when it
Is really sunshiny. So a scarecrow
has been erected to keop them away,
and it le reported to bo n success.
Too Many Places.
"Whal'c tho matter?" naked tho po
liceman, "haven't you any placo to
go?" "Any place to go?" ropentod
Tired Timothy, with supremo con
tempt "You chump, I'vTJ got tho
wholo United States nn' a big part o'
Canady beforo me. l'vo got so many
places to go dat it's worryin' mo dizzy
to mako up my mind which way to
start. Lommo nlono n couple weoks
till 1 kin git n lino on what it's best
to do."
Caught at School.
Neighbor I heard your sister Edith
Is ill. What seems to bo the troublo?
Little Heloiso She's 'flicted with
tho diploma, I guess. I hoard mamma
say aho got it at school.
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OWTHEYPROPOS
What Men Do and What They
Say.
By HERBERT DROCER.
"Mnma, how do mon proposo '
Rosio nsked. Sho glancod shyly at
her mother.
Mrs. Farnnm looked up, a merry
'twjnklo dancing beneath her Jiazol
browB, which soon disappeared, to bo
succeeded by a juoro steady, ques
tioning gazo. At thirty-five, Bho ap
peared scarcely older than her daugh
ter. In fact, tho two had boon mis
taken for alsters on moro occasions
than ono.' The widow was round
faced and plump.
Tho two had paused at tholr task
of dusting nnd rearranging tho furni
ture. In tho dining-room, whero thoy
had dropped into scats, was tho con
fusion that ono might expect whora
an only daughter had celebrated her
seventeenth anniversary with a birth
day party tho evening boforo.
j "Mama, did you hear mo?" repeated
.tho girl.
"Yes, daughtor," replied Iho mother.
"I was merely wondering why you
asked." v "
"Becnuso I want to know how men
proposo and what thoy do and what
they, say and whothor thoy "
i But Itoslo got no furthor. Tho
mother, leaning back in her chair,
broko out in a laugh so clear and
hearty that tho daughter, too, in splto
of her puckered lips and look of hurt
surprise, finally caught tho Infection
and smiled.
- "Ma, pleaso do bo sensible," ajt last
the girl broko in, persunslvely.
"Well, daughter, I afn. But, really,
you will Boon bo able to answer that
with more authority than I. It only
happened to me once," hesitating re
flectively, "and that seems such a long,
long time ago."
- As the widow ceased speaking, a
tear glistened In her oye. After a
brief interval of slleuce tho girl
crept up to her mother's side nnd
folded her nrms gently about the lat
tor's nock.
"There, mama, don't feel bad,"
soothed tho daughter, filled with recol
lections of tho loneliness nnd tho
f niggles that her mother endured,
,"l Want to Know How Men Propose."
(following tho denth of a father whom
the girl could not remember. "It was
foolish of mo to ask such a silly Ques
tion. I might havo known it would
lead to something like "
"No, dear, not silly at all. And I'll
not bo a baby again. Tboro," as a
('smilo rekindled hor faco. "I really
imean it, you will havo a proposal be
)foro your noxt birthday comeB."
"Oh, mama, mama, do you really
think bo? And why?"
; "Can't you see? It's plain to every.
,ono. When ho wasn't hanging at your
elbows last night, ho was tripping
,'around aftor mo. And why clso should
.ho ba bo consldorato to mo, If I wero
jnot tho mother of tho girl ho likes?"
i "Who? Who, 'mama? Do you
iinean "
! "Yes, Henry, of course. I am suro
;hc "
, "Oh, I hopo so I hope so."
, Tho mother regarded her child
,thoughtfully, then asked: "Do you
jieauy jovo mm bo mucu
"Now, mama, why do you put it that
way?" returned tho girl, whiio a
shadow seemed to gathor ovor 'her
Tjrows. "No, como to think of it, I
don't boliovo I lovo him at nil. I"
"Why, daughtor, you amazo mo,"
cried tho mother in astonishmont.
"Then why wero you so dollghted? I
jenn't understand."
"Becauso because," plainly abash
,ed, "I Just wanted him anyone to
'proposo. I .anted to boo how ho
would act, and what ho would do, and
Jwhat ho would say, and all that."
Roslo .pulled a ring, sot with em
eralds and pearls, from hor finger and
toyed With it in hor lap, during tho
bilenco that ensued. Tho mother look
ed on, then nroso and walked to tho
window whero sho stood gazing at tho
'whirling eddies of snow driven with
tho lato Fobruary storm. Whon she
turnod back into tho room, aho seem
ed loss perplexed, and said in a mat-tor-of-fact
way:
"Henry Is a splendid chanco, my
llttlo girl. Ho has a good hoart and
a good business. I am not eager for
you to marry and thoro is lota of
tlmo yet but any mother wants to aoo
uor daughter"
MPPPI
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1 But, mama, ho'a bo much oldor
than I."
"Yos, you aro very young too
young to marry not too young to
becomo engaged. How old Is Henry?"
"I don't know," ropltod tho maldon,
candidly. "I never thought to ask
him. But ho scorns oh, ovon oldo:
than you." ,
Tho mother laughed. "And this
from a llttlo girl who should not try
to flatter her mama."
During tho month or so that follow
ed Honry camo regularly, somutlmes
so ofton ns two and three times a
week, to tho Farnnm residence. Since
tho morning after her birthday party
HobIo had scorned Icsb at oaso and, at
times, half frightoucd, when in Ills
company. Especially wno this tho
caso whon thoy woro not Joined by
her mother, who usunlly, becauso ol
tho cold weather and tho necessity ol
economizing in fuel, sat with tho two
At Buch intervals whon tho widow wag
absent, Henry, also, wbb restless and
wnndorlng in attention.
Hut it could not bo winter always
Spring breezes camo at last ovor the
Ozarks into Missouri. Tho sun shono,
robins flitted betweon tho boughs oi
maplcB beginning to rejuvenntu wltb
tho rlso and flow of sap through thch
trunks, and out in tho pnsturo, Just
then turning fnlntly to green, young
coltB frolicked and raced bcBtdo thcli
mothers. Llfo and lovo wero unfolding
from a single bud.
Then, on a night, whon Honry
camo, tho wealhor waB warm. lie
called to them through nn opon win
dow ns ho passed and, hurrying around
to a side door, ho entered tho dining
room, whero tho mother nnd daughtoi
Bat. Mra. Farniun remained with the
couple only a short time, when, with
out pretext, she withdrew to tho fronl
porch.
Sho was gazing absently into the
enst, where tho moon was rising
and giving only a half attoiltlvo eai
to tho medley of iiiBoct voices just
then awakening, whon sho was star
tied, not a half hour aftor sho had
found her Beat, by tho Budden appear
anco of Kosio, who rushed to her side
and whispered breathlessly In hoi
car. .
"Oh, mama, mama," tho girl ox
claimed in subdued tones, "I just know
Henry Is going to proposo! Whnl
shall I do?"
"Do! Why, I thought you wanted
him to propose."
"No; I don't I don't not sinco you
told mo," sho cried, almost on the
verge of tears.
"Well, daughtor, what's caused you
to think nil this? Did ho say"
"Ho Bald he wanted to dog you. 1
know ho wants to ask if ho can pro
POBO."
"How "silly!" interposed tho mothor
with a laugh not wholly natural.
"Oh, ho Bald ho wanted to boo you
alouo that ho mudt boo you that he
couldn't stand it any longor that "
"It? Stand what, dear?"
"Oh, mama, do go In do! And toll
him that ho roust not proposo to mo,
any more, and that I'm going to bo an
old maid, and that "
"Don't worry yoursolf bo, llttlo girl
It's nothing!" enjoined tho mother,
as she nroso.
Roslo, left alono, for a tlmo grow
moro oxclted. Then, nB tho mlnutoa
passed nnd her mother did not; ro
turn, her agitation began to past!
away, and grndually sho became calm
Suddenly Bho leaped upright from hot
ehajr, at tho prompting of a bold
thought.
Why shouldn't sho hear what' was
being said between Henry nnd bet
mother? It concerned her.
Sho crept lightly Into tho hallway
ind through tho parlor toward the
folding dooi-B that separated it from
the dining room. Tho doors woro n
foot or two apart, and over thom was
hung a curtain. Screened within its
folds, Bho stood in an nttitudo of lis
tening. At Iho first Bho dlstiiflruidhed no
word or sound. Thon, thoro camo to
her oars a low, Bupprossod Bob, thai
of a woman's. Could hor mother be
crying? And why? Thon, a voico
Henry's.
It'B you, Mrs. Farnam Mary, it's
you I love it's you, you I havo al
ways loved. Thero don't cry. Do
look up nnd tell me "
But Roslo could restrain hcroolf no
longer. Tearing tho curtains apart,
sho burBt into tho room". Betweon hot
crlcB and tears and half hysterical
laughter, Bho rushed to thom, and, in
an effort to gather tho two within hor
nrms, ombraced both, exclaiming:
"Of courso, Honry, Bho Iovcb you
Of courso Bho docs; Bho always did
and always will. And now, mamn,'1
with a llttlo shout of delight, "I know
how thoy do, nnd what thoy Bay, and
how they net, and I'm a goose!"
(Copyright, 1312, by tho McCltiro Nows
paptr Syndicate)
The Vicious Circle.
Apropos of tho rlso In meat prices,
Representative Redlickl said tho other
day in Brooklyn:
"Tho way everything keeps going
up, it will Boon bosomo discouraging.
I can lmagino an idle Hnvairo from tho
tropica saying scornfully to nomo In
dustrious clerk or mil! oporatlro:
" 'Why do you work?' .
" 'To live.'
" 'And why do you llvo?'
" 'Why do I llvo?'
" 'Yes. that io what I Bald. Whv
do you llvo?'
" 'Er or to work "St. Louln
Qlobo Democrat.
Lack of Tact.
"What made you ask Mra. Do Stylo
such a porioual quostlon nn did sho
belong to tho progrossivo movement?"
"Why not? Nothing personal in
that."
"Isn't there. Sho'o on hor way to
Rono to got a dlvorco from hor third
busbaud,"
MIPS
ESTRADA SAYS NICARAGUA PLUNDERED
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handsome, powerful and imprc-HRlvo man of forty-flvo, wltiriargo flashing oyoa.
an olive complexion and bluo-blnck hair. His clear-cut sentences, his raro put,
forceful gestures, rovonl tho man of action. General Moncnda, shorter in
stature, gray-hatred, softer In speech, gives an Impression of polish, culture
nnd statesmanlike ability.
"Revolutions," General Estrada Bald, "can no longor help us. I person
ally thought for a long whiio that petty tyrants could bo dono away with
through populurvrovolt. I know hotter now."
JAHEN ITALY'S KING
During their past summer vaca
ition, tho king nnd queen of Ualy woro
moro in tho public oyo than"ever, ow
hig to. tho war. Thoy aro at present
at tholr cstnto of Snn RoBsoro, near
Pisa, whenco thoy frequently go to
visit hospitals to sco wounded sol
diors from Africa, to review troops,
nnd take part In othor functions on
which tho heart or tho nation la now
concontrntod.
Tho royal yacht Yola is in constant
demand, nnd tho king nnd queen gen
erally tako tholr small family of four
along, as thoy aro all excellent saiiorB.
Princess Yolanda, who Is quito a
photographer, lias boon devoting her
self principally to sea views. The
privacy with which tho king always
moves gives rlso to many piquant in
cidents. For n rulor who goes about
In his own kingdom as much as Vic
tor Emanunl III does, ho is not known
to many offlclals.
Tho Yuln put in Spozla recontly,
and was boarded by tho harbor-master,
a snapshot of him, whon ho exclaimed:
lane pnoiograpns; you nau Hotter givo
young to stand on hor dignity, burst into tears and gave up tho camera, when
tho king appeared on deck. Even then tho official did not know with whom
ho had to do. and wns about to' speak, whon ono of tho officers camo forward
and said: "Ills majesty." Tho man, who wns speechless with embarrass
ment, was relieved by a laugh from tho quoon, who proposed that ho should
givo Princess' Yolanda back her camera and that ho should stand up and
havo his photograph-takon. Tho princess later sent him a copy which did
credit to her skill.
DECLARES WARS SOON BE ABOLISHED
llltinnlnl1 n lit n r nr, I h sinnfeiln
Wc nro unquestionably nllve to the
find human resources, and thlo is' a
RENOUNCES WORLD
William II. Borden, young Chicago
millionaire, was ordained a minister
pf tho gospel tho othor night at Moody
church. Ho has sacrificed all other
ambitions to his dcslro to become a
minister and devote his Iifo to work
In tho Chlneso missionary field.
Mr. Bordon is a graduato of Yalo
univorslty and Princeton theological
seminary. Although utlll a young
man, ho has dovoted many years of
Ills llfo and a groat deal of his wealth
to church work. Ho is a son of tho
lato W. B. Borden nnd a brother of
John Borden.,
While Mr. Bordon wns attending
Yalo univorslty ho founded tho Hope
mission In Now Haven, a rescuo homo
for "down-nnd-outs," nnd denoated tho
building nnd equipment, nt a per
sonal cost of moro than $20,W0, Sinco
Ills departuro from tho unlvoiBity the
work in tho mission Is bolng cnrrlcd
on by other mon in collogo.
Mr. Bordon has lone Intended to
grntiry his lifelong dcslro to servo na a missionary in China. At tho solicita
tion of tho Studont Missionary Volunteer association ho will spond tho winter1
visiting tho colloges of tho country and making addresses to tho students
on tho subject of Christianity. '
His tour of the collogos will begin In Now York nud will oxtend from,
coast to coast
"Zolaya's government plunderod
Nicaragua bo shamelessly that in
Bpito of its inoxhnuBtlbio natural re
sources our country is bankrupt.
Nclthor tho stnto nor private cttiisonB,
have at tholr command tho capital
necessary to develop Nicaragua.
Whon I overthrow by tho force of,
arms tho Zclaya clique I hopol that,
poaco would finally rolgn In my coun-j
try. General Mcna has shattored myi
hopes, I know now that wo Bhould no'
longor Jeopard our futuro by a silly
prldo in our anarchistic Indopondenco.
Soma largor nation must help us out,
and if tho United States cannot do
It, who can?"
According to Gen. Juan Estrada,
formor president of Nicaragua, such
!b tho present situation. Tho general'
Is now in this country and Is living
In Brooklyn nt tho Hotol St. Gcorgo
with ills political associato, General
Moncndn.
Tho cx-nrosldont is a RtrlkliiRlr
AND QUEEN PLAY
Princess Yolanda wns about to tako
"It in agahiBt tho rules; you cannot
mo tho machinu." Tho nrtnr.nun ton
In an address on "Tho Natural
Forces in Amorica Working Toward
Intornatlonnl Poaco" beforu tho ln
tornntlonal Peace Congress nt Gonova,
Switzerland, Mrs. Elinor Black, chair
man of tho propaganda committee of
tho American Peaco- and Arbitration
loaguo, declared that war as a moano
of Bottling differences betwoou na
tions will soon be abolished. Sho
said that thoro wero cortain Invincible
forces working toward this end, with
llttlo nolso, but with irroslstible
power.
Ufilng conditions in America as an
exnmplo, Bho Bald in part:
"Thoro aro cortain great natural
forces working in America toward the
final consummation of world peaco.
Thcso natural forces aro developing;
the procossos of social and cconomlc
ovolutlon through which wo nro work
ing out our part in tho world's des
tiny. i'lrsi. among uicso l piaco thi
tn lift nnttnrfll dllKlrtnf r9 rSnn n 1 1 ....
First among thcso I placo thi
Importance of conserving our material
condition opposed to war."
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