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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1916)
X>iefe 2ibteilung ift fiir bie ^amiliengliebcr, melcbe am liebftcn I)eutfcf? lefen* $mn Sdittuf)lfl$c DCs curobiiifdicn Sijlftrtrtcjc^ Sic „@roBe Cffenfiue" ber SUiier len an ber SKeftfrout, bur* roeldje bie Sentfdjen aus fiiorbfranfreid) unb Sclgien geirieben roerben follten, ift bereits redt)t flein geroorbeu. Sie 3r. kilometer breite britifd) ■ franso fifdjc Jfront, Don roeldier aus Don Sere, norblid) bes 'Sadjee Sucre, bis Soucaucourt, fiiblid) ber Somme, bie CffenfiDe angefetjt roar, iit auf fiebcn JUIomeicr jufammengefirumpft. Sic englifdjen unb frangofifcbcn Strmmen, roeidje bie iiffentli*e 2Jiei nung nor aEju bo* gefpannten Gr roartungen in SSerbittbimg mit ber Cffenfroc an bcr SScfifront roartten, roerben immer lamer unb entfduebe ner. Scrbun, fo Ijeifjt es, biene ber Cberleitung ber gemeinfamen alliier ten SorroartSberoegung als 2>orbiIb. Sas fnfrcmatifdje SSorgebcn ber Scut f*cn gegcn bie Seining foil alfo auf ber briiifdjen unb ber fran36fif*cn jyront auf beiben llfeni ber Somme ttacbgeaiimi roerben. Sann aber roiirbe e3 fid) gar nidjt meljr um eine CffenfiDe banbelit, bann roiirbe and) an ber nbrblid)cn ber grofjen S*Ia*tenauffteHung ein ffelbjug be gcmicn baben. Sie britifd) - fran iofifdjc IPorrodrtsberoegung fonute aber mir bann als Grbffnung eines Jtelb3ug3 betradjtet roerben, falls bie Seroegung auf bie gcfamtc S*la*f linie iliorbfranfreid)* unb fSelgiens iibergriffe. Semi ba-3 3iel foI*en Jielb3ugc* fbnnte bod) nur bie sd>er treibung bcr Seut}*eit au§ iflorb ftanfrei* unb SPelgien fein. Sas ift fa bemt aud) jebeSmal als Gnbsroecf bingcucllt roorben, fo oft $s an ir genb cinem i'unft ber Sltliierten f\rortr etoaS lebenbiger ttmrbe. ?ln bie SKoglidjfeit, bie Xeuifdjen non ber ficben kilometer breiten Jvront cm ben bciben llfern ber Somme au§ ?torbfranfreid) unb iBelgien 311 mcr fen, biiritcn jebodi bbdmenS bic blin* ben ,.?fugen3eugen" unb bic Sdireib mafdiinc - Strategen glonben ober Su glonben norgeben. SBeniger ben eigenen 23iiuid)cn alS bem Xrurfe feitenS ber ?tHiierien gc bordicnb, bat ©ttglanb fvine groge £ Tfenfioc, non ber bic englifdie SSref- i fe nnb tbre Slnbiingfel in biet'em San-1 be fdion feit IFionben plaubcrn, ein gclcitct. SBenn bie beutfdjen Stel Itutgen nidit ftarfer tniiren alS bic biblifeben EUanern non Jericho, bann iriiren fie nor ben SiegeStromueten ber entente • fj?rcffe nnb ibrer amc rifaniidjen SIblegrr. langft in Xriim inern babingefunfen. Sic finb es abet nidit. Sic bent jcben fimtcti in ^raufreidi unb 'Bel gien baben fajon mandjem Stnrme getro^t. SBotjI biegen fie fid) unter ber SBudjt ber feinblidjeu Ueber mcdjt, abet fie tnerben nie breeben.1 Sin ber felbgrauen 2Jtad)t Scutfcf) lanbs, an ben fieibern unb iDhisfeln feiner flrieger. an ber (Benialitat ib rer 5ubrer, an ber llniibertrefflid)= feit iber tetbnifdjen SluSriiftuitg unb Ser aflem, an bem jdben, unbeugfa* men SStEcrt beS SSoIfeS, baS bem ?einbe bort gegeniiberftebt, merben bie feinblicben SBeflen tnie an iRce reSfelfen 3erbredten. (Semis merben fie fid) an einselnen Stellcn, nicfleid)t fogar an nielen, in bie gelfen binein nagen unb Seile merben unb miifien unter bem furdjtbaren Xrucfe ab= brodeln, aber bie eigentlid)c #roiit mirb balten. Sie ®ergangenbcit ift aud) in bic-; fern Jfafle ein gates Omen fur bie .Sufunfi. $n ben lefcten Sagen ift tin-1 enblieb niel gelogen morben. Ser | Ic^tc grofee iPcrfud) ber SHIiicrten, bie Ietjtc auBerftc firaftanfsannung ber Jtcinbe SeutfdjlanbS, ift fdjon mit grofjem SiegeSfdjroall eingeleitct trorben. Xorfer unb Stdbte fieleu i mie bic Jfliegen, su Sau'enbcn mur ben bie tjerbafeten Seinbe, bie nim mer treidjen moflett, in ber 'Brefje bingefdjladitet. 31 ber man jofl fid) nidtt nerbluffcn Iaffen. Ser Sturm mirb fid) ouStoben. unb baS 2?ertraucn. baS bte Jvreunbe Scutfdi IanbS nodi nie getaufdjt bat, mirb aud) bieSmal bie StcgeSlieber ber peinbe iiberlebcn. flnTttilang Glfaf? - £otf)ringcBS? - ■ ■ S e r I i r., iiber Sonbon. $n amt lidien Sreifen foritfot man banon, j bafe GiiaB . Sotbtmgen natb bem ftriegc aufboten foil. al§ fclbfidnbi* geS ..Sicidbslanb" oermaltct gu roer ben, unb an einige 3funbe»ftaaten oertcilt roerben foil. £er Somenan teil ift Sanern gu^badit. fLie an bcren Staaten fmb '^reufjen unb 930 ben. * 2>ie fiirglicbe Sfene bc» 9}eidj€fang Ier® naeb Siibbeutfd)Ianb foil ben Sroctf gebabt babcn, bie Sicgienmgen ber 93unbcsftaaten fur ben iJSIan gu getninnen. 9?aben foil bem ©ebiet§ gutrad)® abbolb fein, ba bie 93enoIfe rung in bem neuen ©ebiete teili fa tbolifd). teilo fogialbemofratifd) ift. Kudi non militdrifdjer Seiie tuerben ginfbriidbc gematbi. *1 Scridjt brr (®tfuiibheit»bchdrbt. Die ©efunbbeitsbefrorbe bcr Ser. etaateu bat auf Wrunb einer 1 tinge* renllnterjudjnug iiber bie Gfentnb heit»perbdltnii|e in ben Set. 0taateu einen Seridjt nbgegcben, in bem ein ftaatlufel $h:atifcnperfidjcningc’it} ftetn nad) europdifdiem Shifter em pfoblen roirb. Sijnfitnbjroanjig unter taufenb finb ftets franf", be:f;t es in bem Se. ridjt, „unb ber bnrdifd)itittlicbe Slr beiter periled jdbdidi neun SlrbeitiJ tnge roegeu ftranfbeit. Der grofste Deil biefcr ftraufbeitsfdEe ift oer biitbar obcr fbinitc auf alle Jxtifle auf ein Shnimum rebu^iert rocrben. „^rgenb eine 2lrt ttrnitfenperfid)e. ning in ben Scr. 0taaten folite auf bcr ©runblagc anigebaut feiit, bafe e§ ieiditer ift. ftrnnfbcitcit 311 tcrbiitcn," fiibrt ber Sertdit fort, „unb iSmerifa foEte non ben tfriabrnugen profiiie ren, bie in europdtidien Sdnbem in biefer .'oinfitbt gefnnimett finb." (jin «raufcnperftd)erung-:-uiftem in ; biejem iiaitbe joEte bie folgenben fiinf Snnfte umfaffcn: • 1. ftranfeugclb nnb iirjtlidie foroie I mcbi3inifd)e .iiilfe fiir aUe Siobnarbei I ter in ftraiifbeitsfaflcn, fiir einen ge , ringereit .xfoitennufttanb aR jctjt ; moglid) iit. Dabitrdi roiirbe drstlicbe ^>ilfe antb ben am gcringftcn bcjabl j ten Jlrbeitern sitgdnglid) gemacbt ! rocrben, bie ant meifteit unter ftranf. f.eit 3« leibcit paben. 2. Die .Gotten foflen non ben 2lr leitgebern. Jlrbeitcrn nnb bem 0taat getrageu rocrben, bn biefe Ciiruppen fiir bie 3ufidnbc rerantmortlich finb unb burdi bie Serfidierung profitic rcn. Dies faun beroerffteEigt roer ben, inbern bic ^frbeitcr rodchentlidi einen fleinen 3?eitrag sahlen, ber burd) Seitragc con ben 3troeitgebern' unb nom 0taat crgan3t roirb nnb fitf) in bem SSerbdltuR- rebn,3iert, roic bie GranffeiRratc abnimmt. 3. Tie nattonalen, ftaotuajen nnb Iofalen ©efnnbbcitebeborben foEen mit ben brci uerantroortlidben ©rup pen gufamnicnarbeiten. um ba3 3p flem einjnfiibren unb in '-Pctrirb 311 crbalteu. 4. (Fine beffcrc S9afi3 fiir bie 3m fummenarbeit ber dratlidjen 2>rofcf ficn mit ben offcntlidien ©cfuub ficitsbebdrben muR gefchaffen roer ben. 5. Um bem Skrficberungvfnftem ben (ibarnfter einer '-Pepormunbung ober einer 25ohltatigfeit3anftalt au nebmcn, ift ef> notig, ban bie ?!rbet tcr, 'Jtrbeiigeber unb ber Xtaat ge meinfribaftlicbe^ontroBe bee XnnemS baben. Xer iPeridit fd&lieftt nut ber 2kr ficberung, bar, eine iiaatlidic ftranfen nerfitberung fid) febr gut ben ameri faniicbeu iierbnltrtiffcn anoaifen lie f.c, unb menu einmal eingenibrt, ficb ale eine ©ejnnbbcitsmafcrcgel uou auncrgeroobnlid] gronem Sert cr* j meiien mirb. Sfnatlidit EJcrtrilnug bes Wetreibrs. \ ! 25 i e n. 5iad) langeren .ttonieren- j 3en jmifdien ben S?iniftern be-3 3n nern unb ber Sanbroirtfdiaft non Defterreid) foroobl roic Ungarn bat man fid) auf ein Spftem geemigt, monad) bae> ©ctreibe in aUcn Xeileti ber Xoppel - EJiouarcbie gleidmtdRig uerteilt roerben foE. ©leicbacitig roirb bainit cine 2>rci3erbdbung per bunben fein. Unter bem neucu i^lane roirb bie Serteilung eine birefte fein unb afle SSereinigungen, ©ilben ober ©efeE* fdiaften, bie friiber al3 SKittelemann gebient baben, fommen in Xie „J?Tieg3 - ©etreibc . ©efeBftbaft fiir ba3 iReid)" roirb bie einaige Dr ganifatiou fein, bie baau bcred)tigt ifi, ben EUiiEern ?lnroeifungeu auf bie Spcidjet 3ur £erau3gabe Don ©e* treibe 3U SKahlaroeden auoaugeben. Xa3 2JiebI mufe an bie SJtunicipal oerroaltungen sur gleid)en2?erteilung unter bie 2?cudlfenmg geliefert roer ben. Xie in flusfidjt gefteHte 2Srei3er bofmng ift ben gorberungen berEKiil* ler unb nid)t ben CfrnteauSficbtcn 311. 3ufd)reiben. — Serberblidjcc- Dionopol in Alnofa. 2B a i b i n 0 t o n. lie jroifcben itaatlidje ©anbelefommiffion orbnete einc Unterfudiung ber 93ert»altniffc fcei ben Sabnen unb 2cbifiabrt§ge ieHichafter. in AlaSfa qu. £ie Samp, jon ^atbmare Eo. giebt namlicb on, batj eo nnmoglid) iei. @efd)aite 311 betreiben, toeil bie Sabnen unb StbiTTabrtdgeHlicbcften bie Ameri can Smelting anb Penning <So. al ien anbcren inbufrrieUen Untemeb mungen por3icbe. 3)ie crtodbnte@e ieHidjaft befinbet fid) bcfanntlicb in ben Sjanben ber ©uggenbeimr. Sitcbcnrr onitott Berlin. 2 0 n b 0 n. Lilt. 9?erlin, JDnt., beflen SetDobner fiirslicb beicbloiien batten, ben 9famen ber Stabt, bie ibre gan3c Eniroitflung bem benticb* amerifaniidjen i9ePolferung» • Ele ment cerbanft, 3U an bem, tnirb in $infuntt „fliicbener" beisen. Sine arose ifeier foigte bee Austoabi bee Jiamcn^. THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK July 24. 1915. Russians driven across the Vistula at 'Ivangorod. Artillery battles near Souchez and in La Pretre forest. King of Italy watched opera tions against Goritz. German submarine sank Rus sian steamer Rubonia. Third American note to Ger many on Lusitania made public. Turks and Arabs defeated on Euphrates. July 25, 1915. Von Mackensen checked on Lubin-Cholm front. French took German trenches in Ban-de-Sapt region of Vosges. Germans bombard Dunkirk. Italians forced Austrians back at Tervona. British trawler Grimsby sunk by mine, ten lost. American steamer Leelanaw sunk by German submarine. July 25, 1915. Hindenburg advanced near Novogeorgievsk. Allies violently bombarded Turkish positions inside Darda nelles. British submarine sank Ger man destroyer. British answered American protest against trade restric tions. July 27, 1915. Russians checked enveloping movement north and south of Warsaw. Germans threatened Vilna Petrograd railway. Enormous losses in fighting along the Isonzo. German submarine sank many British trawlers. July 28, 1915. Russians held Austro-German forces in most places. Germans forced crossing of Vistula between Warsaw and Ivangorod. Italians repulsed 170,000 Aus trians at Goritz. German submarines sank Brit ish, Swedish and Danish vessels. July 29, 1915. Russians preparing for evacu ation of Warsaw. Von Mackensen broke Russian line on Lublin-Cholm railway. Belgian and Swedish vessels sunk by German submarines. Germans attacked British line in Belgium. July 30. 1915. Germans broke Russian lines at Warsaw at many points. Warsaw evacuated by civil ians. Germans took British trenches near Hooge. German submarine sank Nor wegian steamer Throndhjems fjord. BITS OF INFORMATION Statistics show that unmarried men. as law breakers, outnumber married | men two to one. Tbe United States government de- i clines to mnke itself responsible for damages caused by slides in the Pan ama canal. When, because of one of these slides, the steamer Newport was sunk at Balboa three years ago, the i company sued for $800,000. The slide which sank the Newport displaced 18.000 tons of earth, and hurled two heavy cranes on the ship. To facilitate rapid writing there lias j been invented a metal device to be clamped to the little linger and with a shelf on which to rest the next finger and slide over a surface written upon. The Brazilian government has de creed that products offered for sale ns butter must contain at least 80 per cent of butterfat and not more than 15 per cent of acid content. Fifteen thousand Russians from tills country will work on Canadian farms. Canada is fostering the invention of machinery to reduce the labor cost of flax raising. Mrs. Hannah Berry, age ninety-one, of Strafford, N. H„ enjoyed her first automobile ride recently. There are 5.004 lighted aids to navi gation in the United States. Of these 1.500 are either lighthouses or major lights. Tlte oldest state bank in New York state, the bank of New York, which re centiy celebrated its one hundred and thirty-second anniversary, and which was founded in 1784 by a group of business men headed by Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury of the United States, occu pies a site It bought in 1797. An Italian scientist contends that the signals which the nerves carry to the brain and from the brain to the muscles are chemical in nnturp. in comparison with the other con tinents, Australia is almost totally free of earthquakes. Nothing Doing for Tim. Tattered Tim—I’ve been trampin’ four years, ma’am, an' it's all 'cause I heard the doctors recommend walkin' as the best exercise." Mrs. Prim_ "Well, the doctors are right. Walk along.”—Kunsas City Star. Saturn’s Rings. A Norwegian scientist has advanced the theory that Saturn’s rings are electrical phenomena, produced by the radiation of luminous particles from the planet, which constantly renews them. Habits, After All, Make the Child By SIDONIE MATZNER GRUENBERG It Is Through Little Tricks of Politeness and Deference That a Child Learns Respect. □HERE is no doubt that some chil dren are much “brighter" than others. And, of course, the brighter children are easier to teach than are the others. But many a bright child absorbs the teachings offered him and develops n character that is very far from satisfactory, while among the less “gifted” children are evolved useful and lovable spirits that amply compensate for the rela tively feeble intellects. This is all common knowledge; yet we continue to lie puzzled about it without making any effort to cleur up our understand ing. Or we continue to think and to act as thought the development of the intellect were of itself sufficient to in sure suitable training of the character. The fact is that while knowledge may be converted into power it is in Itself very far from being a substitute for wisdom. And still more remote is it from character. We know that chil dren can learn knowledge; the impor tant question for us Is, can they ac quire character? When we compare an infant with an older child and with an adult we may see that the lack of "character” on the part of the Infant means that the child has sot yet developed lived habits In reganl to certain things, whereas the older person has. You do not know just what the child will do under given J circumstances, while you do know what the grown-up will do. It is the muss t>f habits that make up the foun dation of the character which the child acquires. Hatits of courteous speech, for ex ample, may be mere imitations of other jieoplo's speech, und very different from what the child would use if neg lected in this regard. Yet as it be comes a habit it constitutes a distinc tive part of the person’s character. It is through the little tricks of deference and politeness that a child learns re spect, and it is from this that he de velops an appreciation for the quali ties that we wish him to-look up to. And that suggests the second ele- j ment that enters Into the "character" that can be trained or cultivated. The comparison between young children and udults shows us that another dif ference in their characters lies in the comparative instability of the child's likes or dislikes, and of his standards of right and wrong. Beginning with nearly direct imitation of what he sees his parents do. he comes in a few years to imagine himself doing things that he hears of others doing. When he begins to read about the exploits of great heroes he projects himself into the characters of history or legend, and for the time being he lives in the character that is upper most in his interest. In this way he absorbs from his immediate surround ings and from his reading and asso ciates the ideals and principles that will give stability and color to his con duct—that is, his character. For Outdoor Wear. Washable satin skirts are pret tily finished by belts and folds of colored corduroy. Some of the quiet, prim-look ing little dress bodices are al most childlike in simplicity. Among leather handbags fa vored colors are brown, blue, green, amethyst, gray and pur ple. A well-cut, very simple suit of navy serge is given undeniable smartness by white braid bind ings. The military belt is fashion ably made of suede, with strap pings of black patent leather and a small buckle. Some of the prettiest sports suits have coats of gray silk stockinet, trimmed with the same material as the skirt—striped Japanese crepe, heavy weight. Frocks for Girls Frocks for quite young people have no waists, a loose belt descends many inches below the normal waistline; such frocks are made in tweed, cloth and various soft woolen fabrics ami often have a horizontal bund in white down the front, with buttons l'or fast ening, and the belt Is white also. Some have sailor collars of the same white fabric, ending in front in a large black satin bow without ends. Some of the little frocks of plain material, made <vi the same lines, show a little striped petticoat below. Girls of that delight ful age from twelve to seventeen wear mostly plain skirts, bodices with nar row, all-round basque, rather full white rovers, a late frill falling over a flounce of chiffon ; the sleeves are all after the coat form and close lifting, sometimes with buttons outside the arm. sometimes set in a band, and a favorite fashion for making such dresses is with a piece forming a front breadth from neck to hem. buttoning on either side, eight inches at the hem, tapering as little as necessary to the neck. Dog Here of the Trenches. “We had a French soldier brought in frightfully wounded,” says Dr. Mary Crawford, a Cornell graduate, who served in a French hospital, in the Cornell Women’s Review. “One leg had to be amputated, and. besides that, he had a half-dozen other wounds. His dog came with him. a hunting dog of some kind. This dog had saved his master’s life. They were in the trenches together when n shell burst In such a way ns to collapse the whole trench. Every man in it was killed or buried in the collapse, and this dog dug until he got his master’s face free so that he could breathe, and then he sat by him until some re-enforcements came and dug them all out. Every one was dead but this man. Isn’t that a beautiful little story? We have both - dog and man witli us. The dog has a little house all to himself in the court, and he has blankets and food and lots of petting, and every day he is allowed to be with his master for a little while.” Pockets a Feature Separate sport skirts are now quite as likely to be of silk Jersey, khaki kool or la Jerz. as of linen, even If the i knitted silk, wool jersey or the velvet 1 cout is worn. They are very lovely J in white, and have the advantage of being washable and needing no stiffen ing. While there are some skirts laid in long, narrow pressed plaits, most of the sports skirts are cut flaring and in few gores. Their novel feature lies In the pockets, on which much personal ingenuity is desplayed. Pockets, whether slashed or patch, are cut in odd shapes. The crescent tops are one of the favorite outlines. The upper edge will often have a tiny plaiting of a contrasting material. The belt, which j is of the same material generally, may have this same plaiting along the edge and buttons with as many as three buttons. Sometimes pockets are found in the belt. They are little j slnshes which are often faced, as ure j the up-to-date buttonholes, and are only large enough to hold a whistle, watch or key. A Few Smiles. Painful Discovery. “I've just been studying one of those tests t o prove whether or not a person is feeble-minded." “You look dis turbed.” “Why shouldn’t I be, when accord 5ing to that chart I’ve been a moron all my life and ^ didn't know it?” Appropriate. “What Is the neme of your deg?” “ ‘Macbeth.’" “That's a curi oCts name for a deg.” “He howls a gfbat deal a t night. I got the idea from that qcotatlon ‘Mac beth does murder sleep.” Brilliant Success. 'Was the charity ball a success?” "*1 should say so. The debutantes hod about ten thousand dollars worth ol fun and two hundred dollars was re’sed for the poor.” Roughing It. "Those young women are evident ly taking their military training seri ously.” "“No doubt of that.” “Yes T “Why. there isn’t a hair-dressingi prrior in thirty miles of their camp.” j Most Opportune. ’’Of course you agree with me that whr with Mexico would be deplor able?” “Oh, yes. Still, I can’t help think ing that it would take care of a great many college graduates who have not yet been able to land a job.” His Opinion. “Do you think the average girl will accept a man as soon as he proposes?" “As soon as he proposes? Great Scott, man. she’ll accept him as soon as he begins to propose." A Real Friend. “Dodge volunteered to lend me some money.” “Did you taae It?" “No. That sort of friendship is too good to lose." _ Where Open-Minded People and Tight-Minded People Differ By EVERETT DEAN MARTIN There are just two kinds of people in the world, open-minded people and tight-minded people. Open-minded people are naturally born gen erous. They are tolerant. They are not easily scandalized. They do their own thinking, and they let others do the same. They are not afraid of names or party labels, and when it comes to a final test, they think more of a living human being than they do of an abstract idea. Their ideas are not like little hard wads of truth, but are streams of life, free and flowing. Somehow, open-minded people have a way of feeling that life is bigger and more reliable than our little human notions, and 60 they are not worried for fear the world is going to the dogs every time the spir itual atmosphere changes. But tight-minded people do not feel quite at home in this universe. They go through life all cramped up and shivering, so to speak. They are afraid of eventhing strange. New ideas shock them. Naked truths em barrass them. They are such strangers to the great realities of life that they never recognize them walking around in new millinery. Tight minded people are a little suspicious of progress; they always take their intellectual silverware to bed with them. They are afraid to trust reality in the dark. They also want to keep everything in this universe tied up in neat little bundles and stored away in bandboxes. They are very “old maidish” in their methods of mental housekeeping, never having given birth to any new ideas whose play upsets the perfect orderliness of their minds. Tight-minded people are like cooky cutters. They throw awav all of life that does not come within their own little circle, and vet thev call the frightful wastefulness “conservatism.” Tight-mindedness is a kind of spiritual convulsion. It is a disease. Wise and Otherwise. A failure is frequently the successor of success. The batter some people act the more violent the reaction. A few men mork too hard and a lot of men rest too much. Even the cow that produces the richest milk may kick at the hired help like a woman in silk. Present a small boy with a watch ant! he’ll have the time of his life. Never judge the dimensions of a woman’s brain by the size of her hat. Most men would be satisfied to do nothing if they could get paid for ao ing it. What little things go to make up oar character. The man who parts his hair in the middle is more vain than a schoolgirl, but he’ll deny it, which prova^i^mreliabiUty^^^^^^^^ Some people cover their crimes so deep that it leaves a hump on their moral character, and people begin to wonder what is in that hump. Beauty doctors may not all be quacks, hut they seem to enjoy the so ciety of social geese. Men who wear patches on the seats of their trousers make good states men—they never turn their back to the people. If It wasn’t for the mistakes they make some men would never be heard of. Few things become soiled on earth, except in the judgment of man. With dirt in his heart he sees only dirt with his eyes. The conceited woman who Is always saying “Dear me" usually means It Putting up hand boards to guide the people out of tliis world seems to be a good trade, even if people pay no at teation to the signs. Dwrs mm TORY TALE M Qmrnmm MR. SUN’S BIRTHDAY. The Children had seen old Mr. Sun on his way to bed. He hud been as red as could he and very, very enor mous. They wondered what Mr. Sun was up to, and were not surprised at all when Daddy said: "Mr. Sun had a Birthday 1’arty this afternoon and the Gnomes were in vited. He told his Guests to come just a little while before it was time for him to go to bed. “ ‘Well,' said Peter Gnome, 'you don’t sup|Mtse we would come after you had gone to bed, do you?’ “ ‘Oh no.’ said Mr. Sun ns he grinned, “but the Party must liegtn at just such a time and end at just such a time. I have my own special rea sons, so come as I've said, won't yon Gnomes?’ By all means.' said the Gnomes. “And just a tittle while liefore Mr. Sun's going to bedtime, all the Gnomes appeared on top of a high hill. "Mr. Sun was shining brightly, hut soon the Gnomes noticed he began to get even brighter and brighter, and more red every second. " ‘You're looking wonderful. Mr. Sun.’ the Gnomes called our in adrni ration. “ ‘So glad to hear you say that.' said Mr. Sun. 'for this is my Birthday Party !’ “ ‘Your Birthday.' they cried out in amazement. ‘Why we never knew you hail a Birthday!’ " ‘Oil, oh.’ suid Mr. Sun. and he almost lost his tine color which he had been getting. ‘Dear me. oh Mr. Pur ple Cloud.' lie called, ‘let me hide mv head in your best shawl, these little Gnomes never knew I had a Birth day !’ And for a moment Mr. Sun was hidden l»y a Purple Cloud and only a shadow could be seen from hi> beautiful red color. “ ‘But explain to us.' said the Gnomes. 'We don't want to hurt your feelings. We’re only too glad to be “You’re Looking Wonderful, Mr. Sun.*' at your Birthday I’arty. We just didn’t know about it—that's all. Won't you tell us, Mr. Sun?* "And Mr. Sun again camp out from the Purple Cloud and said; “ ‘Why, you see when 1 change into this bright red robe of mine—then it's mv Birthday. Perfectly simple, isn't it?’ " 'Yes, perfectly, now that you’ve ex plained. But still we want to know how many years old are you? And you certainly have a Birthday Party more than once a year, sucb as People have. Won’t you kindly tell us the meaning of that—we’ve seen you wear this fine red robe quite often, you kuow.’ “ To be sure I'll tell you.’ said Mr. Sun. ‘In tbe first place of all I can not tell you my age for I've forgot ten it. Truly and really I’ve forgot ten. Now that I've lived so muny years it's hardly worth the while re membering just exactly the time. Of course, I know that a little Boy or a little Girl would think it very strange to forget one’s age—but then you see 1 am so old. Besides I have such a great deal to think of. There are al ways the sick People to be made well, and there are the Picnics and Swim ming parties I have to attend, and there are the Crops to be grown and the Flowers in the gardens, and oh such thousands of things that 1 can not remember m.v age. “ ’And as for having more than one Birthday a year—that is perfectly true. 1 have them whenever I feel like it—but usually I have one when I'm going to work very hard the next day, to make folks tine and warm, and the things in the gardens grow. You see when I’m feeling so strong and well I think I ought to celebrate, so I give a Birthday Party. *’ ‘Everyone admires me when I wear this robe, and it’s just the same to me as though they were all saying that they wished me many happy re turns of the day—for they all are hoping that I will wear the red robe again.’ “’You've shown us a great honor to ask us to your Blrtndav Party.’ said one of the Gnomes, ’and we’re more than grateful. But we must sing you a Girthday Soug.’ And they all joined hunds and danced around on the top of the hill singing. To Sir. Sun, who is such fun, many happy re turns of the day!' “And as Mr. Sun was hurrying off to bed, for it was high time for him to be off, lovely Red Clouds were left in the sky as thanks for the Gnomes' Birthday wishes.” Harry Repeats Text. Little live-year-old Harry accom panied his father to church one Sab bath morning, and the minister preached from the text “ Tis I, be not afraid.” Upon returning home his moth er asked: “What was the text thin morning. Harry?" The little fellow thought for a mo ment, then answered: “It's me; don't get scared.” Remain in the Current. Keep your lifeboat in tbe current, rjj!—-C,-V.1--1-_