SUFFERED ALL
A WOMAN COULD
Mrs. Meyer Finally Found
Relief and Health in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
Orange, Cal.—“I always feel very
grateful to you, aa some twenty yeara
- " [ago three doctors
■said I had to have a
I serious operation. I
■had a tumor, and ul
|cers which would
ather and break. I
I _ad displacement so
badly that I could
hardly sit down at
times, and it seemed
as if I suffered every
thing that a woman
could suffer. Then
some one advised me
to take Ljadia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound, and I took it until I was
cored and saved from the operation. I
have told women of your wonderful
medicine times without number, and I
am willing that you should use these
facts and my name if you like. I also
used vour Compound dining the Change,
and I can do all my own work but the
heavy part and can walk miles every
day as 1 help my husband in the office.
—Mrs. J. H. Meyer, 412 South Orange
St, Orange, California.
- It is quite true that such troubles as
Mrs. Meyer bad may reach a stage where
an operation is the only resource. On
the other hand, a great many women
have been restored to health by Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
A Conservationist.
Mother—“Willie, have you no man
ners?” Willie—'“Well, If 1 waste ’em
tow I won't have any when company
Romes."
Rotation of Numbora.
Numbers run as follows: Units,
tens, hundreds, thousands, millions,
billions, trillions, quadrillions, qulntll
» lions, sextilllons, septUUons, octillions,
nonillkms, decllllons.
Tlmo Enough.
“Am 1. right in surmising that you
have something of serious Import to
say to my daughter?”
“Oh, no, sir, I’m merely going to
propose to her. I’ll talk over the se
rious details with you after the wed
ding."—Detroit Times.
Music’s Debt to Ancient Egypt.
The contribution of ancient Egypt
to the general history of music Is
found In tbe mechanical excellence
of Its Instrument-milkers, under whose
dexterity and skill the harp gained
sufficient power to be able to he played '
is a solo Instrument. Every other in
strument of theirs has perished, but
he solo hnrp has remained.
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Tact.
"How did you get your boy to study
arithmetic? 1 thought you said lust
winter that the study was positively
distasteful to him."
1 “Well, you see, I told him that arith
metic was useful If he wanted to fig
ure the batting nnd fielding averages
of the ball players, nnd now we can't
keep him away from his multiplica
tion and division tables.”
sure
Relief
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BBUcANS
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'Western Canada I
Land of Prosperity
offers to home seekers opportunities that can
not be secured elsewhere. The thousands of
farmers from the United States who have
accepted Canada's generous offer to settle on
FEES homesteads or boy farm lad In her
provinces have been weil repaid by bountiful
cropa. Thera is still available on easy terms
FartHa Land at $15 ta $30 an Aore
—land similar to that which through many
years ha yielded from 20 to 48 bushels
of wheat to the acre—oats, barley and
flax also In great abundance, while raising
homes, cattle, sheep and hogs la equally
profitable. Hundreds of fanners in Western
Canada have raised crops in a single season
worth more than the whole coat of their land.
With such success comes prosperity, inde
pendence. good homes and all the comforts and
conveniences which make hie worth living.
Farm Gardons, Poultry, Dairying
are sources of income second only to grain
s-s?
schools, good markets, nulroad facilities, wm/
rural telephone, etc.
. For certificate entitling you to re
dueod railway rates, illustrated liters
turn maps, description oMarm oppor
I Bldg., tasks. Isk.: I. k. S/UMETT,
I 111 inkm Street. Htmi. area.
New Shees-Old Shoes-Tlghi Shoes
all feel the same if you BK
shake into them some lilDTdyiLi,
ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE fOI
The AaOseptfc, Bealiag Powder far the Feel Lt^im
Takes the friction from the shoe, freshens MWttPU
the feet and gives new vigor. At night,
when your feet are tired, sore and awtll- W Am awTM
len from walking or dancing. Sprinkle 11 Elf
ALLEN'S KOOT-EASK In the foot-bath ■MQ ujtL
aadtaloyUicbllMolfccIwUhaal
Over 1JM,M0 poondi of Powdar for the feat j
were taaedej oer Army and Navy daring the war. WaMaWafaet i
_ Awfclor A1APPS fDQT-«Aa«. _ .. <
Taking Her Order.
His parents were what Is popularly
known as “lilgh-brow,” but they also
were good sports. So when he sug
gested taking them to a restaurant
In the market district they agreed.
The mother’s exquisite clothes
stamped her as a society woman, but
democracy reigns supreme at that res
taurant They sat dowii at a table.
The waiter handed the mother a menu
and then leaned confidentially for
ward over the back of the chair and
said: "Well, sister, what's the good
news?”—Indianapolis News.
A Salt Lake In Miniature.
About 40 miles south of Zunl, IT. M.,
there is a singuler depression, in a
plain of Cretaceous sandstones, about
a mile In diameter, with walls 150 feet
high. In the midst of this exists a
shallow lake 4,00Q feet long by 3,000
broad, the waters of which contain 28
per cent of salt
This hns been a source of supply
of salt used by Indians and Mlticans
for centuries, and lately the salt has
been hauled to surrounding ranches,
everybody helping himself.
She Knew.
Ethel had taken Edith into con
fidence touching the manner of her
husband’s proposal.
"Why, I felt so sorry for the poor
fellow,” said Ethel, “do you know his
voice actually stuck in his throat?"
“I don’t doubt it in the least,” said
Edith, “but however did you know he
waS proposing?”
“Well, you see,” said Ethel, with a
blush, “I took' a lip-reading course al
college."
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The Cutlcura Toilet Trio.
Having cleared your sklij keep it cleat
by making Cutlcura your every-day
toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per
fume. No toilet table Is compile
without them. 2§c everywhere.—Adv.'
Sight Unseen.
He had always greatly admired the
khaki bag In which his wife keeps her
clothespins, so he persuaded her to
make one for his fishing tackle.
A few days ago he went several
miles from home fishing and Vi’as Just
preparing to assemble his lino for a
good day when he discovered that In
stead of bringing his fishing tackle kit
ho had carried out his wife's bag Of
clothespins.
Pot Mortems.
“Wasn’t there something about a
promise to love, honor and obey In
that marriage ceremony?” asked her
husband quietly.
"My goodness, Henry 1” responded
Mrs. Voter. "You nre like thosj tire
some politicians who never stop talk
ing about the party platform.”—Bos
ton Transcript.
ASPIRIN
Name “Bayer” on Genuine
Warning! Unless yon see the name
“Bayer” on package or on tablets yon
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by Jhlllions.
Take Aspirin only as told in tbe Bayer
package for Colds, Headache, Neural
gia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of As
pirin cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture ol
Monoacetlcacidester ef Sallcjracld.—
Adv.
Women In Commercial Clubs.
The San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce, recognizing the valuable serv
ice and successful achievement of
women In business, has amended its
by-laws to per rut t women to become
members. All of the women thus far
admitted ore unmarried and engaged
In school work.
Good Point of Motion Pictures.
Jud Tunktns says motion pictures
appeal to him because the audience
Is not expected to applaud and call
the actors out to spoil the effect of a
good scene.
Swiss Have Women in Clergy.
Unmarried women are now ‘permit
ted to serve ns clergy In Switzerland;
they must resign In the event of their
mnrrlnge.
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Perfect men belong to an order of
things uot yet in effect.
A woman forgets she has a head
ache when she Is wearing a new hat.
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T Sr:
Graham looked up from the
phone into the astonished, grate
ful girl’s eyes, and caught her
look of deep admirat'on, which
Vuite confused Shirley for a mo
pent, and put her in a terrible
►ay trying to thank him again.
“Oh, that’s all right. Farwell
and I went to prep.yschool to
gether. It’s nothing for him to
arrange matters. He says it will
be all right. Now, what are your
planst I wonder if I can help
In any way. How were you plan
ning to go outf”
“Oh, by the trolley, of course,”
•aid Shirley. How strange it
must be to have other ways of
traveling at one’s command 1
“I did think,” she added, half
thinking aloud, “that perhaps I
would stop at the school house
and get my sister. I don’t know
but it would be better to get her
judgment about things. She is
rather a wise little girl.”
She looked up suddenly and,
seeing the yonng man’s eyes
opon her, grew ashamed that
•he had brought her private af
fairs to his notice; yet it had
seemed necessary to say some
thing to fill in this embarrassing
pause. But Sidney Graham did
not let her continue to be em
barrassed. He entered into her
plans just as if they concerned
himself also.
“Why, I think that would be
a very good plan,” he said. “It
will be a great deal better to
have a real family council before
you decide about moving. Now
I’ve thought of something. Why
couldn’t you all go out in the car
with me and my kid sisterT I’ve
been promising to take her a
spin in the country, and my
chauffeur is to drive her down
this afternoon for me. It’s al
most time for her to be here now.
Your brother will be here by the
time she comes. Why couldn’t
we just go around by the school
house and pick up your sister,
and all go out together i I want
to go out myself, you know, and
look things over, and it seems to
me that would save time all
around. Then, if there should be
anything you want done, you
know—•”
“Oh, there is nothing I want
done,” gasped Shirley. “You
have been most kind. I couldn’t
think of asking for anything at
the price we shall be paying. And
we mustn’t impose upon you. We
can go out in the trolley per
fectly well and not trouble you.”
“Indeed, it is no trouble what
ever when I am going anyway.”
Then to the telephone: “Hello!
He’s coming, you say! He’s on
Me wayT Good. Thank you very
►inch, Harry. Goodby!”
“That’s all right!” he said,
turning to her, smiling. “Your
brother is on his way, and now
excuse me just a moment while
I phone to my sister.”
Shirley sat with glowing
cheeks and apprehensive mind
while the young man called up
a girl whom he addressed as
“Kid” and told her to hurry the
car right down, tlfet he wanted
to start very soon, and to bring
some extra wraps along for some
friends he was going to take with
iim
He left Shirley no opportunity
to express her overwhelming
thanks, but gave her some mag
azines, and hurried from the
room to attend to some matters
of business before he left.
CHAPTER VI.
Shirley sat with shining eyes
and glowing cheeks, turning
over the leaves of thff magazines
with trembling fingers, but un
able to read anything for the joy
of what was before her^ A refd
automobile ride ! The first she
had ever had! And it was to in
clude George and Carol! How
wonderful! And how kind in
Vm, how thoughtful, to take his
jv/n sister, andher^, and so make
the trip perfectly conventional
and proper! What a nice face
he had! What fine eyes! He
didn’t seem in the least like the
young society man she knew he
must be from the frequent men
tion she had noticed of his name
in the papers. He was a real
gentleman, a real nobleman!
There were such. It was nice to
Inow of them now and then, even
though they did move in a dif
ferent orbit from the one where
)he had been set. It gave her a
nappier feeling about the uni
verse just to have seen how nice
a man could be to a poor little
nobody when he didn’t have to.
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T
For of course it couldn’t be any
thing to him to rent that barn—
at $10 a month 1 That was ridic
ulous I Could it be that he was
thinking her an object of char
ity! That he felt sorry for her
and made the price merely nomi
nal! She couldn’t have that. It
wasn't right nor honest, and—it
wasn’t respectable! That was
the way unprincipled men did
when they wanted to humor fool
ish little dolls of girls. Could it
be that he thought of her in any
such way!
Her cheeks flamed hotly and
her eyes flashed. She sat up
very straight indeed, and began
to tremble. How was it she had
not thought of such a thing be
fore! Her mother had warned
her to be careful about having
anything to do with strange men
except in the most distant busi
ness way; and here had she been
telling him frankly all the pri
vate affairs of the family and
letting him make plans for her.
How had it happened! What
must he think of her! This came
of trying to keep a secret from
mother. She might have known
it was wrong, and yet the case
was so desperate and mother so
likely to worry about any new
and unconventional suggestion.
It had seemed right. But of
course it wasn’t right for her to
fall in that way and allow him
to take them all in his car. She
must put a stop to it somehow.
She must go in the trolley if she
went at all. She wasn’t sure but
she had better call the whole
thing off and tell him they
couldn’t live in a bam, that she
had changed her mind. It would
be so dreadful if he had taken
her for one of those girls who
wanted to attract the attention
of a young man!
In the midst of her perturbed
thoughts the door opened and
Sidney Graham walked in again.
His fine, clean cut face and clear
eyes instantly dispelled' her fears
again. His bearing was digni
fied and respectful, and there
was something in the very tone
of his voice as he spoke to her
that restored her confidence in
him and in his impression of her.
Her half formed intention of ris
ing and declining to take the
ride with him fled, and she sat
quietly looking at the pictures in
the magazine with unseeing eyes.
“I hope you will find some
thing to interest you for a few
minutes,” young Graham said
pleasantly. “It won’t be long,
but there are one or two matters
I promised father I would attend
to before I left this afternoon.
There is an article in that other
magazine under your hand there
about beautifying country homes,
bungalows, and the like. It may
give you some ideas about the
old bam. I shouldn’t wonder if
a few flowers and vines might do
a whole lot.”
He found the place in the mag
azine, and left her again; and
strangely enough she became ab
sorbed in the article, because her
imagination immediately set to
work thinking how glorious it
would be to have a few flowers
growing where Doris could go
out and water them apd pick
them. She grew so interested in
the remarks about what flowers
would grow best in the open and
which were easiest to care for
that she got out her little pencil
and notebook that were in her
coat pocket, and began to copy
some of the lists. Then suddenly
the door opened again, and Gra
ham returned with George.
The boy stopped short on the
threshold, startled, a white wave
of apprehension passing over his
face. He did not speak. The
boy habit of silence and self con
trol in a crisis was upon him. He
looked with apprehension from
one to the other.
Shirley jumped to her feet.
“Oh, George, I’m so glad you
could come! This is Mr. Graham.
He has been kind enough to offer
to take us in his car to see a place
we can rent for the summer, and
it was through his suggestion
that Mr. Farwell let you off for
the afternoon.”
There was a sudden relaxing
of the tenseness in the young face
and a sigh of relief in the tone
as the boy answered:
“Aw, gee! That’s great!
Thanks awfully for the holiday.
They don’t come my way often.
It’ll be great to have a ride in a
car, too. Some lark, eh, Shirley t”
Theljoy warmed to the subject
with the friendly grasp the
young man gave him, and Shirley
coaid see her brother had made
a good impression; for young
Graham was smiling apprecia
tively, showing all his even white
teeth just as if he enjoyed the
boy’s offhand way of talking.
“I’m going to leave you here
for 10 minutes more until I talk
with a man out here in the office.
Then we will go,” said young
Graham, and hurried away again.
“Gee, Shirley 1” said the boy,
flinging himself down luxurious
ly in a big leather chair. “Gee!
You certainly di^j give me some
start! I thought mother was
worse, or you’d got arrested, or
lost your job, or something, find
ing you here in a strange office.
Some class to this, isn’t there!
Look at the thickness of that
rug!” and he kicked the thick
Turkish carpet happily. “Say,
he must have some coin! Who
is the guy, anyway! How’d ya
get onto the tip! You don't
think he’s handing out Vander
bilt residences at $15 a month,
do you!”
“Listen, George. I must talk
fast because he may?come back
any minute. Yesterday I got a
half holiday, and instead of go
ing home I thought I’d go out
and hunt a house. I took the
Glenside trolley; and, when we
got out past the eity, I heard two
men talking about a place we
were passing. It was a great, big
beautiful stone bam. They told
who owned it, and said a lot
about its having such a splendid
spring of water beside it. It was
a beautiful place, George; and I
couldn’t help thinking what a
thing it would be for mother to
be out ifl the country this sum
mer, and what a wonderful house
that would make-•”
“We couldn’t live in a barn,
Shirl!” said the boy, aghast.
“Wait, George. Listen. Just
you don’t say that till you see it.
It’s the biggest bam you ever
saw, and I guess it hasn’t been
used for a bam in a long time.
I got out of the trolley on the
way back, and went in. It is just
enormous, and we could screen
off rooms and live like princes.
It has a great big front door, and
we could have a hammock under
the tree'; and there’s a brook to
fish in, and a big third story with
hay in it. T guess it’s what they
call in books a hay loft. It’s
great.”
“Gee!” was all the electrified
George could utter. “Oh, gee!”
“It is on a little hill with the
loveliest tree in front of it, and
right on the trolley line. We’d
have to start a little earlier in
the morning; but I wouldn’t
mind, would you!”
“Naw!” said George, "but
could we walk that far!”
“No, we’d have to ride, but the
rent is so much lower it would
pay our carfare.”
“Gee!” said George again,
“isn’t that great! And is this
the guy that owns it!”
“Yes; or at least he and his fa
ther do. He’s been very kind.
He’s taking all this trouble to
take us out in his car today to
make sure if there is anything
that needs to be done for our
comfort there. He certainly is
an unusual man for a landlord.”
“He sure is, Shirley. I guess
iireuue ue uas a case on you me
way he looks at you.”
‘AGeorge!” said Shirley se
verely, the red staining her
cheeks and her eyes flushing
angrily. “George! That was a
dreadful thing for you to say.
If you ever even think a thing
like that again, I won’t have any
thing to do with him or the place.
We’ll just stay in the city all
summer. I suppose perhaps that
would be better anyway.”
Shirley got up and began to
button her coat haughtily, as
if she were going out that min
ute.
“Aw, gee, Shirley! I was just
kidding. Can’t you take a joke 1
This thing must be getting on
your nerves. I never saw you
so touchy.”
“It certainly is getting on my
nerves to have you say a thing
like that, George.”
Shirley’s tone was still severe.
“Aw, cut the grouch, Shirley.
I tell you I was just kidding.
’Course he’s a good guy. He
probably thinks you’re cross
eyed, knock-kneed—
“George!” Shirley started for
the door; but the irrepressible
George saw it was time to stop,
and he put out an arm with mus
cles that were iron like from
many wrestlings and ball games
with his fellow laborers at the
store.
“Now, Shirley, cut the com
edy. That guy ’ll be coming back
next, and you don’t want to have
him ask what’s the matter, do
yout He certainly is some fine
guy. I wouldn’t like to embar
rass him, would you! He’s a
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peach of a looker. Say,*iSrfTMey,
what do you figure mother’s go
ing to say about .this?”
“That’s just what I want to
ask you, George. I don’t want
to tell mother until it’s all fixed
up and we can show it to her.
You know it will sound a great
deal worse to talk about living
in a barn than it will to go and
see it all fixed up with rugs and
curtains and screens and the pi
ano and a couch, and the supper •
table set, and the sun setting out
side the open door, and a bird
singing in the tree.”
“Gee! Shirley, wouldn’t that
be some class? Say, Shirley, don’t
let’s tell her! Let’s just make
her say she’ll trust the moving
to us to surprise her. Can’t you
kid her along and make her will
ing for that!”
“Why, that was what I was
thinking. If you think there’s
no danger she will be disappoint
ed and sorry, and think we ought
to have done something else.”
“What else could we do? Say,
Shirley, it would be great to sleep
in the hay loft!”
“We could just tell her we
were coming out in the country
for the summer to camp in a mice ’
place where it was safe and com
fortable, and then we would have
plenty of time to look around for
the right kind of a house next
winter.”
“That’s the dope, Shirley! You
give her that. She’ll fall for that,
sure thing. She’ll like the coun
try. At least, if it’s like what
you say it is.”
“Well, you wait till you see
it.”
“Have you told Carol?” asked
George, suddenly sobering. Carol
was his twin sister, inseparable
chum and companion when he
was at home.
‘ * No, ’ ’ said Shirley, ‘ ‘ I haven’t
had a chance; -but Mr. Graham
suggested we drive around by the
school and get her. Then she can
see how she likes it, too; and, if
Carol thinks so, we’ll get mother
not to ask any questions, but just
trust to us.”
“.Gee! That guy’s great. He’s
got a head on him. Some lark,
what?”
(To Be Continued Next Week)
No Word From White House.
Prom the New York World.
Questioned In the house of commons
about the Borah amendment to the
naval appropriation bill, the prime min
ister said that he had followed the pro
ceedings In the Senate but that he had
not yet received an Invitation from
President Harding to consider the lim
itation of naval armaments.
'When asked whether Great Britain
had ceased further construction, the
prime minister replied that this had
not been done In any part of the world
and that everything would depend on
whether the Borah resolution was put
Into operation.
IJoyd George thus passes the issue
back to the president, and the presi
dent apparently is doing nothing. If he
has any real sympathy with the alms
and objects of the Borah resolution he
has managed with extraordinary skill
to conceal It.
Reports have come from Washington
that Mr. Hardlhg was determined to
hold up the resolution In the House
because It would interfere with a gen
eral phut for disarmament on which
be has been working. If, Mr. Harding
Intends to do nothing toward the lim
itation of military aprojjrtatlona until
a general plan has been formulated
that will be acceptable to everybody,
the taxpayers of the world are headed
for the poor house by the most direct
route.
Drop a Pebble.
Drop a pebble In the water; just a
■plash and It Is gone,
But there's half a hundred ripples cir
cling on and on and on.
Spreading, spreading from the canter,
flowing on out to the sea.
And there la no way o ftelling where
the end la going to be.
Drop a pebble In the water; In a minute
you forget.
But there's little waves a-flowing, and
there's ripples circling yet,
And those little waves a-flowing to a
great big wave have grown—
You’ve disturbed a mighty river Just
by dropping In a stone.
Drop an nnklnd word, or careless; la
a minute It Is gone,
But there's half a hundred ripples cir
cling on and on and on.
They keep spreading, spreading, spread
ing from the center as they go,
And there Is no way to stop them once
you’ve started them to flow.
Drop an unkind word or careless; In a
minute you forget.
But there's little waves a-flowing, and
there’s ripples circling yet.
And perhaps in some sad heart a mighty
wave of tears you’ve stirred;
And disturbed a life that was happy
when you dropped that unkind word.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness; just
a flash and It is gone.
But there’s half a hundred ripples cir
cling on and on and on,
Bearing hope and Joy and comfort on
each splashing, dashing wave,
'Til you wouldn’t believe the volume of
the one kind word you gave.
Drop a word of cheer and kindness; in %
minute you forget,
But there's gladness- still a-swelling.
and 'there’3 Joy a-clrcllng yet.
And you've rolled a wave of comfort
whose sweet music can be heard
Over miles and miles of water. Just by
dropping one kind word.
—Gus Williams, in Nuggets.
The British air ministry has decided
that a lifeboat or raft must be carried
by airplanes crossing the channel as a
safeguard against a forced landing oh
the water, A new type of collapsible
dost has been so lightened for air use
tna It weighs only 56 pounds, and folds
up re that It can be carried along the,
| top wf the fuselage of a machine. Two
{ semi-circular air-bags can be inflated la
1 30 seconds by a couple of compressed
| air cylinders which form an integral
.part of the apparatus. The air baga
support a folding platform o( wood.
I which accommodates four.