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w. $3.00 Save R L. DOUGLAS “THE SHOE THAT uni the shoe that holds ITS SHAPE" $3.50 $4.00 $4.50 & $5.00 aJSSVSSim loney by Wearing W. L Douala/ w ■n,. r. . vr- inoe dealers. Kx'ov™ Shoe* **» the World. ^}e retail pace is stamped on the bot tom of all shoes at the factory. The valueh^ranteed md the wearer protected against high price, for mU shoT^The ntail prices are the same everywhere. They emt no more in SaS 5S^fc'*2.,b“N~Y“t ti-r L.Dou«M* Prodwi a gurutatd by mote Sx*S^3. supervision of experienced men, all working with as honor dttermjjiaoon to make the best .hoes for foe price that money A»k Tonr ibM dealer for W. I_ Donglae shoe#. not lUDDlT ▼on with the 1,1_a_. »a«e. Write for Intereettnc booklet explaining how to return mail, poitap free* LOOK FOR W. L> Dou|Ias name and the retail price •tamped on the bottom. Boys* She Bast in the Wtritf Prealdent^— $3.00 $2.50 t $2.00 W. L. DootUi Shoe Co,, Brockton. Miu. I I FOUND HE COULD DO BETTER Story of Man Who Turned From His Wickedness Ended in Somewhat Unexpected Manner. The late John Philip Quinn, the re formed gambler, who for 20 years trav eled all over America exposing the ele trie roulette wheel and other cheating devices, had a reform story that he would tell while exhibiting his queer 7 paraphernalia in his private car. “Don’t be afraid of reform," he said. “Help every poor devil who wants to reform. The way most people act, you'd think they all believed religiously in the reform story. ’You stopped smoking because she asked you to?’ was the question put to a solemn-looking chap. “ ‘Yep.’ “ ‘And you stopped drinking because she asked yon to?’ “ ‘Yep.’ “ ‘And you gave up four poker par ties and went into refined, serious so ciety for the same reason?’ “ ‘Yep, yep, yep.’ “ ‘And then, I suppose, you married her.’ “ ‘Well, yon see, after I'd reformed like that, I found I could do better.’ ” He Won’t Lose. “Brunswick offered to bet me a hun dred dollars that he could beat me j playing billiards, and I took him up.” “You’re a fool. Why, that man is an expert.” “That’s all right. I’m not going to give him a chance to prove it. No date has been set for the match, and, be lieve me, there isn’t going to be any.” Opinions. “A man may change his opinions.” “Yes.” replied Miss Cayenne. “But a man who changes them too often needn’t have troubled himself to have any In the first place.” Foreign Substance. Doctor—There’s the original pre scription. I can’t imagine how you made that mistake in putting it up! Druggist—Humph ! I must have mixed your signature in with the >ther ingredients. Babies Thrive Best on Sunlight. “Sunlight and sanitation, not silks ! and satins, make better babies.” This maxim is contained in the lat- | est official statement of the surgeon general of the public health service, who directs the forces of the United ' States against the army of General Disease, just issued from his “war” office here. The rearing of children in dark, un kept homes is given as one of the chief causes of the continued success of the army of General Disease. The surgeon general announces that the enemy now claims 1,200,000 Amer icans a year. Heart disease, pneumonia and tu berculosis are the strongest units of General Disease's army, claiming 30 , per cent of the annual number of deaths. The surgeon general renews the ad- j monition to let no fly go unswatted. He points out that every female fly ! lays eggs at the rate of 120 at a time j —meaning that many more soldiers i for the army of Disease. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CA8TOR1A, a safe and aure remedy for infanta and children, and aee that it Beara the Signature of i In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Caatoria Settled. “My boy is always taking things ! apart to see how they are made, but ; he is never able to put them together again. I don’t know what to make of j him.” “That’s easy. He has just the right temperament for a critic.” Unreasonable Assumption. “N'ero fiddled while Rome burned.” “I don’t believe it. No violinist would permit a pyrotechnic display on j the same program with himself.” “Making Hay.” Madge—Did you have anything to ! talk about at the club meeting? Marjorie—Lots! On account of the i storm there were only three of us pres- ! ent. TO hold “its place in the sun,” is the avowed purpose of a great nation’s conflict. To hold “its place in the sun,” is the object of every business in the great fight for industrial and commercial supremacy. To be able to hold “its place in the sun,” is the supreme test of an asphalt roof. It is the sun, not rain or snow, that plays havoc with a roof. If it can resist the drying out process of the sun beating down upon it, day after day, the rain or snow will not affect it except to wash it clean and keep it sanitary. Certain-teed i Roofing takes “its place in the sun” and holds it longer than other similar roofing, because it is made of the very best quality roofing felt, thoroughly saturated with the correct blend of soft asphalts, and coated with a blend of harder asphalts. This outer coating keeps the inner saturation soft, and prevents the drying out process so destructive to the ordinary roof. The blend of asphalts used by “The General" is the result of long experience. It produces a roofing more pliable than those which have less saturation, and which are, therefore, harder and drier. At each of the General's big mills, expert chemists are constantly employed to refine, test and blend the asphalts used; also to experi • ment for possible improvements. Their constant endeavor is to make the best roofing still better. The quality of CERTAIN-TEED is such that it is guaranteed for 5,10 or 15 years, according to thickness (1, 2 or 3 ply). Experience proves that it lasts longer. Behind this guarantee is the responsibility of the world's largest manufac turer of roofings and building papers. The General makes one third of Ameri ca's supply of as phalt roll roofing. His facilities are unequal ed, and he is able to produce the highest quality roofing at the lowest manufactur ing cost. CERTAIN-TEED is made in rolls; also in slate covered shin gles.There isatype of CERTAIN-TEED for every kind of building, with flat or pitched roofs, from the largest sky-scrap er to the smallest residence or out building. CEBTAIN-TEED Is sold by responsible dealers all over the world, at reasonable prices. Investigate It before you decide on any type oi root t General Roofing Manufacturing Company World’a Largest Manufacturer of Roofings and Bailding Papers NowYork City Chicut PhiUd.lphi. StU>u Bo.tcn CUreUnd PitubBfb Detroit _ Surrucuco L« Alftlu Now Oriaoss ■ —r--—- Milwaukee ___ 5settle KaaaaaOoo Do. Moioo. Houtoo Duluth _ Oopjrif Med 1916, General Boo fins Msnulacturing Co. We ere wholesale distributors of Certain-teed Products. us for prices sod information. Dealers should write Carpenter Paper Company, Omaha, Neb. Granting Every Whim of Child Brings Trouble Later. By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY WTien she asks for a gift not fitting ijr.to her needs, be true and just. It la you who breaks the thread in the knitting; She plucks the fruit that is made of dust. Haven’t you often heard a wife de clare with pride: “I have the best husband In the world. He has never yet refused his daughters anything they wanted, not even when they were children.” Instead of admiring such a parent, we mentally rebuke him for bringing trouble to the men who will become the husbands of those girls. It is wis dom to gratify the inexpensive wish of a child now and then, but it’s alarming if a parent has not force of character and a mind to know when to refuse. When you see a young girl wanting about everything she sees, you may well imagine there is trouble ahead for her. If her bosom friend has a lover whom she craves, she will have few if any scruples about winning him away from her. When she weds she will want a home fully as fine as her neighbor’s. Whether they can afford it or not will make no difference to her. She will want to live at a twenty-thou sand-dollar rate on his salary of mod est two or five thousand per annum. It will take jewels, fine clothes, servants and an automobile to gratify her whims. Such women look upon husbands as money-making machines whose sole duty it Is to grind out dollars to fling here and there as a wife’s fancy dic tates. There is no let-up to the ex travagances of such a woman. In truth, she Is more to be pitied than blamed. From childhood up, no rein has been put upon her wants. It is a grave matter to attempt to educate her at the expense of the husband’s peace of mind. During courting days a man should be able to study pretty thoroughly the disposition of his sweetheart If she pouts because he Is not spending money on her pleasure every evening of the week in one way or another, he may be pretty sure she will not turn over a new leaf after the wedding bells have rung. Loving her with all his heart, he is apt to firmly believe lie has influence enough with her to show her it will not be a hardship not to have all of her whims gratified, but he who marries a woman to reform her ; in this direction finds out to his cost the hopelessness of the herculean task he has set for himself. Her parents have spoiled her—have bent the twig in the way it grew. Only the most powerful loving couid counteract or uproot the misguided influence of the past. Many a hus band has gone bankrupt—and indeed landed himself behind prison bars—to satisfy the extravagant, unreasonable whims of the woman he adored too well. No daughter—or son, either, for that matter—should be allowed to imagine his or her will is law to dot ing parents. All extravagance should | be sternly put down, instantly refused, i Home training sets its stamp indelibly j upon youthful minds. If you wish to wreck the after happiness of your children, grant them all of their fool ish whims. ALEXANDER HARDY PRODUCT ! OF ROUGH LIFE ON PLAINS Great Pitcher of the Phillies Probably i Owes His Wonderful Physique to Boyhood Work on the Farm. Grover Cleveland Alexander, who this season, as for several years past, has been the mainstay of the Philadel phia National league’s pitching staff, is a product of the western plains. He Grover Cleveland Alexander. Was born in St. Paul. Neb., February 26, 1887. of a Democratic family, both politically, as his name would indicate, and otherwise. His parents were “settlers” in Ne braska during the Indian times, and “Alex” was born in a hut, miles and miles from nowhere. His early exist ence was one of hardship, he being of a race which could not shirk work of the hardest kind. Probably his won derful physique was built by his boy hood work, but at any rate when “Alex” first thought of baseball it was as a means of providing a vacation, not a living. In 1909 he heard of a chance to pitch for a professional club in Galesburg, 111., and being offered enough to pay his expenses and have a little over, he accepted. This pro vided his start in the national pastime, and began the career of the man who now is ranked the premier pitcher of the country, and the reason pro and con for the success of the Phillies. He was drafted from Galesburg by In dianapolis in the autumn of 1909, but unfortunately for this club he was not even tried out, being shipped to Syra cuse, of iTie New York State league, which team sold him, Alexander, the greatest pitcher, to the Phillies in 1910 for $750. Somebody in Syracuse has been kicking himself ever since, for the first year with the Phillies Alex ander won 28 games, and since then has been considered far the most val uable man in the club. Poultry Pointers If your chicks arc not doing well something is wrong. Look out for lice and for worms in the intestines. Two-year-old hens had better be sent to the market. They seldom pay for their feed if kept over a third sea son. Grit and oyster shell should be in cluded in the ration for both young and oid. To neglect this would be poor economy. 1 oung stock will do better if not compelled to pick their living with the old. There will also be less trouble from lice. Shade is one of the most important essentials during the hot months. Get tlie chicks into the orchard and corn field. It is not too late to plant sun flowers. A growing chick will not thrive on short rations. If the right kind of food is fed, there is little danger of overfeeding, especially if they are given plenty of range. Supplement the regular feeds with a wet mash—fed crumbly. Feed all the chicks will clean up before going to roost, but none should be left in the trough, for it will sour. Mark the pullets this fall so that you will know just how old your hens are. A leg band on the right leg one year and on the left leg the next will assist in culling the flock. A hog ring will serve the purpose. Lived Under Six Sovereigns. After posing for his picture on his one hundred and fifth birthday anni versary, Levi \\. Richardson, said to be the oldest man in New Brunswick, died before lie had fairly started his one hundred and sixth year. lie bad been ill for only about ten days. Mr. Richardson ascribed his long life and remarkable preservation of his faculties to going to bed early and being active. He had followed the operations of the war with the most careful attention, and his own ambi tion for the last year, says the Mutual Star, had been to live long enough to see Great Britain and its allies suc cessful, for he had lived under six sovereigns and had watched with in terest the expansion of the empire. More than 80 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren survive him. Care of Shoes Important One of the most important things in the proper care of shoes is to have a form to insert in them when not in use. It is a safe assertion to make that if shoe-trees are used, the life of a shoe is prolonged 50 per cent and their appenrance will be likewise improved. Damp shoes should never be dried sud denly near a hot stove or a radiator, as the leather will stiffen and finally crack. Keep the leather soft by apply ing animal oil to it. The best oil for most lenthers is neat’s foot oil, which is refined from the fatty contents of the hoof of an animal. When the surface of the leather is nicked, it should be carefully mended by using pastes of vegetable or animal oils, followed by n compound of wax, which should be rubbed to a polish. Shoes should be cleaned and polished daily with a guar anteed shoe paste. Things That Are New. New in the line of contractors’ ma chinery Is a hand-operated concrete mixer that can be run by one man. Experiments with the use of granu lated glass as a preservative for wood surfaces are being trieAin England. A St. Louis inventor has equipped the legs of a life preserver with metal webs to help a wearer move in water. Oysters can be kept in filtered wa ter for two weeks without injury or loss of weight, according to a French scientist. That it will last indefinitely and re sist the elements and vermin is the claim made for a recently patented clay burial casket. To warn when the liquid in fire pails becomes low a New Jersey inventor has patented an electric alarm, oper ated by a float Slabs of natural cork expanded to more than twice their normal size have been invented in England for cold stor age insulation. To pick up fallen fruit rapidly, a Californian has invented a machine re sembling a lawn mower, the work be ing done by a pronged roller. Phonograph as a Clock. A music-loving inventor has lately ntilized the phonograph as a means of announcing the hours in place of the striking of a clock. A collection of records are placed so that a short air is played every 15. 30 and 45 minutes. "Idle a longer selection marks the full hour. Simple m, jhanical arrange ments shift these records under the needle at the proper minute and re move them after they have been played. The records can be changed as desired. The phonograph clock consists of three parts, the mechanism operating the phonograph, the case above It containing the records, and the clock itself, the face of which is on the front of the machine, while the mechanism in the rear connects with that v hich operates the phonograph. Motortruck in Warfare. Motortrucks equipped with search lights have played an important role in the world war. They have multi plied in number until now hundreds are employed by each of the warring na tions. A Few Smiles More Trying StilL “It is painful to hear a man and his wife quarreling in tones audible to all the neighbors.” “True, but It might be even more painful to the feminine part of the neighborhood.” “How so?” “The quarrel might be heard bj them and still not be quite loud enough to enable them to find out what it is about.” Rather Dull. “I understand your town is establish ing a record for law and order.” “Yes,” replied the thoughtful citi zen. “And it's rather hard on our local reformers.” “How is that?” “They haven’t had an excuse to call a mass meeting and pass resolutions in more than six months.” I Not Used to It “Is it true that Twobble and Dub | waite are no longei , Ion speaking terras ?' “Yes. But th« ! quarrel is so recent i that they still find it rather difficult tc j ignore ench other." J A Risky Investment. “Has your son decided to enter bust ness?” “Yes,” replied Mr. Cobbles, “but I'm not encouraging him any.” “That’s strange. Why not?” “I can't afford to buy mahogany fur niture and oriental rugs for an office he doesn’t expect to stay in more than two or three hours a day.” Going Too Far. “It is shocking the way young worn en here put on bathing suits at home and then walk through the streets tc the beach," said a visitor at a seashore resort. “Oh, we’re used to that,” replied the resident, “and don’t mind, so long as they go direct from their homes to the beach, but if one of them should tarrj for an ice cream soda or yield to the temptation to drop into a movie show, I dare say it would cause a sensation.” Cool Consolation. ing there?” asked the alleged funny chap, as a hobo picked up a hunk of ice from the side walk and hid it away In a mysteri ous recess of his habiliment. “Jist takin’ it kind uv cool, pard,” replied the free lunch epicure. “Ain’t dat de prop I er t ing ter do Ois hot weather?” “Ice suppose so,” answered the com- i lc individual with a fiendish chuckie. Boy Constructs a Phonograph Out Of an Ordinary Shingle. A phonograph recently constructed . by a high school boy has as its repro ducing part nothing more pretentious than an ordinary shingle, with the point of a darning-needle securelj fastened in one corner. A steel knit ting-needle, clamped in a laboratorj ringstand is thrust through a hole in the shingle to support it as it is car ried over the record. The record is mounted upon a wooden turntable con structed as follows: A disk made of three-quarter inch wood, with a groove in the edge, is mounted on the hub and axle of an old bicycle wheel, so that it can turn easl ly. This is connected with an ordinary battery motor by means of a cord belt Pressure of the thumb and finger on the shaft of the motor regulates the speed of the disk. Records can be played backward simply by twisting the belt.—From the Popular Science Monthly. Wise and Otherwise. Sooner or later every man bumps into his stone wall. Some men succeed by ability and some rely on their nerve. The meek will of necessity have to inherit the earth if they ever get It. The feminine idea of a popular worn an is one who has an interesting se cret to tell. Some men make fortunes out of old things and others starve while trying to invent new things. Women would soon tire of men if men were as good as the women think they should be. A woman dislikes to find her first gray hair almost as badly as a man dislikes to part with his last one. It '* the rankest kind of folly for a man to expect the world to grow bet ter until he begins to notice improve ment in himself. Photographing Whole People. An order to photograph the entire population of a large district of Po land has recently been given by the German government. A regular army . of photographers are busy now upon this wholesale order. They are travel ing from town to town taking pictures, while a force of 300 men and women are at work in studios In different towns developing and printing the pic tures. Orthodox Jews and Polish peas ants are averse to having their pic tures taken, so an escort of police or soldiers accompany the photographers in every town. The photographs are necessary for passports which are be ing issued in large numbers to enable the people of this region to pass back and forth into adjoining countries. Masonic Lodge 900 Years Old. A Glasgow paper says there is an association which has existed almost 900 years. Such is the length of days achieved by Glasgow SL John Masonic lodge. It received n charter of incor poration from Malcolm II, king of Scot land, as far back as the early part of the eleventh century. SELLS BIBLES TO FILIPINOS Agent Uses Auto and Electric Lights to Draw Customers to Buy the Good Book. An automobile strung with electric lights until it looks like a mammoth firefly, a moving picture machine and a high-power searchlight would hardly seem the correct equipment to aid in ' selling books, but J. L. McLaughlin of ! Manila, agent for the American Bible society, sold 300,000 copies of the Bible in the Philippines in the last two years with just such gear, aided by his own Yankee salesmanship. Selling Bibles, says Mr. McLaughlin, is like selling any other article—it takes salesmanship and ingenuity. The lighted automobile is his own scheme, and through it he made a record sale of 1,800 Bibles in one evening. “I drive this automobile through the country in the early evening and as soon as it gets dark I turn on a power ful magneto that I have geared to the engine. It gives me enough current for 100 ordinary electric lights, and I have them strung all over the machine. “I also operate a searchlight and turn the beam in every direction up and down and across the country. Then when I reach a village 1 have a procession of natives behind me like the tail of a comet, attracted by the electric display. “In the village I turn the machine so that a moving picture machine can play upon a blank wall and run off a reel or two. Then I tell the crowd there Is a better show inside and it always flocks in. “The price of admission is a ten cent copy of the Bible. A dollar book lets ten in and other prices in propor tion.” Dangerous Question. “In court-martial trials in our army,” says an officer, “the attorneys are se lected from the officers at the post without reference to their legal train ing or their ability to handle a case. “A young surgeon, whose ignorance af law was complete, found himself appointed counsel for the defense at his new post, and when he entered the court his only legal knowledge was that he had a right to ‘object’ to the tactics of the other side. When, there fore, one of his witnesses was placed under cross-examination, the lawyer surgeon sprang to his feet and shouted lustily: ‘I object!’ “‘On what grounds?’ demanded the prosecuting attorney. “‘On what grounds?’ repeated the surgeon. ‘On very good grounds. Why, if my witness tells the truth when he answers that question, it will ruin my case!’ ”—Case and Comment. BABY’S ITCHING SKIN Quickly Soothed and Healed by Cuticura. Trial Free. Bathe with hot water and Cuticura Soap. If there is any irritation anoint gently with Cuticura Ointment on end of finger. Refreshing slumber for rest less, fretful babies usually follows the use of these super-creamy emollients. They are a boon to tired mothers. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Personal Appreciation. He had been telling her in a frank, straightforward way about what an athlete, business man and all-around great fellow he was. . “By the way,” he asked, “who is rour favorite character in fiction?” She looked at him with gentle in tensity and answered, “You are." Martinique wants an American bank. It’s Foolish to Suffer You may be brave enough to stand backache, or headache, or dizziness. But If, in addition, ur ination is disordered, look out! If you don’t try to flx your sick kidneys, you may fall into the clutches of kidney trouble before you know it. But if you live more eurefully and help your kidneys with Doan’s Kidney Pills, you can stop the pains you have and avoid future danger as well. A Nebraska Case Samuel Bixler, Gor don, Neb., says: “Four years’ service In the army left me with a chronic case of kidney complaint. I had to get up at night to pass the kidney secre tions and my whole body ached. My Joints swelled and X had fainting spells. 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Mrs. Fowler ships 250 water lilies every morning in mid-summer, and se lects every flower herself, for she can tell you just how many times each tightly closed bud will open, and she sends out nothing but the freshest and the best. At hybridizing Mrs. Fowler is an ex pert, and one of her new varieties is a beautiful lily called Suffragette. Revenge. “Look here, neighbor. That dog of yours domes in here every day and digs up my flower beds, and I want you to put a stop to it.” “Suppose I don’t! What then?” •Til plant so many flowers that your darned old dog will wear himself to a frazzle trying to keep them dug up.” Beauty Adorned. "You can’t paint the lily.” “No? Then I’m subject to hallucin ations as I pass along our public thorn oughfares.”—Louisville Courier-Jour naL yt woman'& Problem How to Feel Well During Middle Life Told by Three Women Who Learned from Experience. 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