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Show t THE SONG OF THE KITE. r THE ERICANf Romances JiamiTF0G2 nnnniTTO -- HOME JJlJNLJwUl1 SAMMY ATTEMPTS TO Mary must sit. On the grass for a bit, Ami Tommy must run with th Vps, that's all right; Now I'll toss the kite Up, up, on the breeze's wing. string. It wriggles its tail O'er the meadow rail. And wheels about in the air; Then up to the sky It will soon pass by The lark that is caroling there. T'p, up It flies To the clear blue skies. Let's sit on the grass in a row, And watch the flight Of our fine new kite As far as Its string will go. TREE WONDERFUL SIGHT COW Grow to Great Height in South America and Are Milked by the Natives. Groves of such as are to bo found in hilly districts of certain parts of South America, are said to be cow-tree- Made a Mammoth Kite. started upon his travels, bearing a volume of messages from his parents to different relatives with whom he would spend days. Now it chanced that Jock, the donlittle exercise. key; had had very Therefore, he kicked up his heels and capered along the highways at a delightful pace. The boy was feeling as happy as a lark when he came to a place where the road shelved steeply down an embankment to a creek ford. "Hold up a little!" he cried to the donkey, and tugged with all his migiit upon the reins. But the donkey never paused. Downward he plunged, rattling over the loose stones at a terrific rate of speed. And disaster came, as one might have Near the bottom of the expected. slope the frail cart careened against a bowlder. A moment afterward it was a mass of splintered wood instead of a handsome pony cart. Then it was that Jock stopped in his headlong dash, and, returning to vhere his master had been pitched upon the stones, gazed ruefully with Sammy But his obedience upon the ruins. had come too late for any good. Across the creek stood a farmhouse where lived folk who gladly would have lent Sammy a cart with which to. drive home. The lad declined with thanks, however. Assuring them that now he had an opportunity to work out a new invention, he began the construction of a mammoth kite. cross the middle of the contrivance he nailed horizontally a light board capable of holding his weight. Then he rigged the kite to Jock's back by means of the traces and long hway Flew Jock. Having led the donrope extensions. key to the straight, level road, Sammy announced to the people gathered round that he was abotit to fly home. "Get up, Jock!'' he shouted, whacking the donkey briskly with his whip. All went well until there came a brisk wind. Dp flew the kite in the air to a position several feet above the donkey's back. Jock passed beneath the bough of a tree. He passed but the kite didn't! Jock had reached home by the time Sammy became conscious of what had happened. Then, with one last, angry look at the fragments of the kite, which, like himself, had been battered against the treacherous limb, the boy Inventor limped slowly toward home His vacation, though and mother. short, had been eventful but not altogether a happy one. g a wonderful sight. These trees, which, it need scarcely be said, do not acta-allresemble cows, grow to great height, yet for lengths of perhaps without fifty feet they are quira branches. Near the top thej expand into thick heads of foliage, however, and display a matted texture of leaves and branches. The leaves are thick and ribbed, and often grow to be a fodt long. To walk in such a grove, among the bare trunks and underneath the obscuring upper foliage, is not unlike passing through some dim, old pillared temple of past ages. And if you remained long enough, until daybreak or evening, you might have the surprising pleasure of seeing the natives come to milk the A hole is bored into the heart of the trunk. From this hole there pours a milky fluid much esteemed as a drink by some. If this fluid is put aside for some time a thick white cake forms at the top of it, while beneath there remains only a clear cow-trees- . cities are not well calculated to furnish a proper setting lor a bouse the width of this one. The house is not such a great big affair, either, for, while the width is 47 feet, the depth is only 29 feet. But you get the size at the sides where you most need it. This plan is well suited to a suburban lot where you are supposed to have plenty of elbow room, where you can mow the grass on your own lawn without walking over on your neighbor's lot to turn around. It Is not an expensive house to build, because the main framework is rectangular in form with square cor-- j ners. There are projections enough to relieve the monotony of a straight- sided house, but they are also square-cornereand easily constructed. And the roof is all plain, straight work, that any man, although not a regular carpenter, can work on to advantage. These are all points that save in expense when building. You know the main cost of a house Is the labor, and I am going to give you another pointer. You can build a house that is just as good with a great deal less money if you select a design with trimmings that may be furnished from stock carried regularly by lumbermen, because you are saving hand labor. Stock patterns of moldings, doors, and what are termed cabinet parts of houses that are carried In regular stock are just as neat and attractive as especial designs worked out to fit some particular style. There are so many stock patterns and sizes to choose from that almost any one The fruit of the tree is also esteemed as food- - It is of moderate size, and contains one or two nuts, which are said to rival strawberries and cream in their flavor. And this is not- all. A kind of bread is made from the bark of the tree, and is said to be almost as nourishing as wheateu bread. - LITTLE & JB if can be satisfied without going Into specialties. The shape and general plan of this house makes it possible to lay out corner rooms good, large, square downstairs, with a center hall and bathroom in the rear without encroaching upon the size of one room to accommodate another. I like a center hall when you have room enough. It gives an Impression of elegance as you enter the front door. First impressions are often True hospitality commences lasting. A Strong Motive. If you reas you enter the house. Robert Louis Stevenson tells of a ceive the right kind of greeting you Welsh blacksmith who, at the age of feel at home at once. It assists a 25 could neither read nor write. He hostess immensely to have an entrance then heard a chapter of Robinson Crusoe read aloud. It was the scene of the wreck, and he was so impressed by the thought of what he missed by his ignorance, that he set to work that very day and was not satisfied until he had learned to read In Welsh. His disappointment was great when he found all his pains had been thrown away, for he could only obtain an English copy of the book. Nothing daunted, he began once more and learned English, and at last had the joy and triumph of being able to read the delightful story for himself. A strong motive and a steady purpose overcome the greatest A Balancing Feat. only things required for the game here described are a large clothes-baskea broomstick, two apples and two chairs. Is first put through The broom-sticthe handles of the basket, with the protruding ends resting on the two chairs. The apples must also be placed on the chairs. A person Hien sits astride that part over the basket, of the broom-sticwith bis feet resting in the latter, and endeavors to knock the apples off the chairs with a walking-stick- . The occupant of the basket will In variably press one foot down more than the other, which causes the basket to tilt sideways nnd himself to b thrown out on to the floor. t, k Onethird of all the tonnnge under than 200,000 pounds of human hair are exported from Hongkong io the American flag is employed on th Great Lakes. Who First Taught "If you made a slave dress and live as you do he would run away!" And the sneered a rich Athenian. man he addressed was one of the first Socthere are only two In the family and und greatest of Progress-Makerguest rooms are wanted for occasional rates. This sage, who revolutionized revisitors. Advantage is taken of the rib roof to build two splendid bed- ligion, thought and education, looked rooms on the second floor with fine more like a comic paper hobo than a large windows In the gable ends. Be- genius. Socrates was the son of a statue-selle- r sides these we have a second bathfather's his and learned room, which is a great convenience The Creeks of his time when there are more than two or trade. (471-39B. C.) worshiped a colony of three persons in the house. The plan works well in another way. gods who were supposed to inhabit If a maid is kept you have con- Mount Olympus, who led scandalown veniences downstairs that will appeal lives and who blessed or cursed man-kinto a first-clasaccording to the whim of the girl. Times are such that you cannot keep good help unless moment. To these gods the Athenyou provide them with comfortable ians erected altars, made sacrifices sleeping quarters and proper bathing and supported a body of priests. "The actions attributed to our gods," facilities. There is a little room. 7 feet by 11 said Socrates, "would disgrace the vilest of human beings. It is impossible that the world can be governed by such dietios." Yet he saw that some ruling force controlled human destiny, and hp began to preach the existence of a Suand benefl-- , preme Being, an cent Creator of Substituted nivprse for Superstition. To he the belief that man's spirit is immortal and not the mere sport of 1 f dweller of Olympus, some lf I and that a guardian angel (or conscience) dictates all mortal impulses. He argued that men should labor and pray to become better ard wiser instead of making sacrifices of sheep and cattle on the altars of the Olympian gods in hopes of being favored with luck in war and business. Second Floor Pian This doctrine of higher ideals and the discovery of conscience's existence raised a howl from the hosts of priests. But Socrates did not stop there. He attacked the narrow, stupid system of education in vogue in Athens and sought to rebuild it on broader, more feet 6 inches over the front hall that modern lines, adapting the vague, abmay be used as a bedroom for chil- stract facts to practical value and dren, for storage or for a sewing teaching youths to think for themroom. Most women probably would selves. He was, in a way, the founder prefer to make this little room into a of modern education. He also assailed work room. The window looks out municipal graft and incompetence onto the street, where there is some- and tried to show his fellow Atben thing going on and where a woman ians their duty toward the state. It was largely due to his opposition that the tyrannical council of thirty, who ruled with the iron hand of injustice, was deposed and a democracy formed. As an example in patriotism he served for three years as a private soldier, winning fame for his courage and endurance. , But he refused to accept promotion In rank or public office of any kind. He furthermore lived in abject poverty that he might teach others to think more of the mind and soul than of the body. Rousing people's dor s 9 s e Wm Wti W very light substance, the pith of the elder tree for instance, which is soft and can be easily cut into any form. Then provide a rical hemispbe some of base, material, heavy such as the half of a large leaden bullet and take 53 away all the im perfections which may be on the convex part. Fasten the figure to the plane surface of the bullet and in whatever position it is placed, when left to itself, it will immediately rise upright. The Man First Floor Plan Mill i People to Think tor Themselves. man-mad- TUMBLER. Make a figure of a man out of any More this country annually. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he Is. without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago. 111., and only enclose two-cestamp for reply. Wide houses are becoming very popular, but you must have considerable lot room side ways. The deep, narrow lots so often found in eastern liquid. THE SOCRATES- - -- The EDITOR mmBS Disastrous Results from Youngster's Intended Visit to Relatives In Country. School had closed for the summer. With two months at his disposal, Inventive Sammy naturally began to think of what he should do in this vacation period, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. His experiments and inventions had proved so expensive of late that he did not like to ask his father for money to go awAy on a long holiNeither did he wish to day trip. 6tay at home. "Father," said he, thoughtfully, at the breakfast table, "if you could Bpare me the donkey and our little pony cart I could take a jaunt through the country, stopping at the homes of our relatives. They live most everywhere about here, you know, and I've promised ever so many visits I've never paid." "The very idea!" exclaimed his father, who had just been wondering how to provide an agreeable vacation for his brilliant son. Sammy was quick to avail himself of the permission. That very day he Bv Albert Pavson Terhune -- A.RADFORD FLY. of Progress 91 can see callers as they approach, livery woman likes to have a little warning a few minutes before answerYou ing the door bell, If possible. know life is made up of a great many little things, and this is one of them. If we get all the little details arranged to our liking the big things will take r are of themselves. In studying a house plan, the size of the family, distance from town, rail road or other transportation facilities the size of lot, the neighborhood and a great many other things must be taken into account. While a man's house may be his castle, he does not w ant to stay in the house all the time, and he cannot live alone. In building he must provide not only for his family, but on certain occasions for his iends as well. In this plan the large living room, with the big fireplace, flanked at the sides with comfortable seats, all help to make the house attractive to oth ers as. well as ourselves. Such rooms usually are furnished with large, heavy furniture that is comfortable as well as attractive to look at. The fireplace itself Is a splendid ornament and, of nurse, It Is always embellished with interesting and there Is always a fire when the temperature i ires one. Any woman can be popu lar in tne neighborhood If she has a room like this and understands how to entertain in proportion to her advantages. While the front of the house Is Irea especial confederation, the kitchen is by no moans neglected. It has a corner of the house all by Itself, with a good pantry nnd plenty of windows and conveniences to save steps. It is not necessary nor desirable to have a large kitchen. We have dis carded the big wood cooking stove with Its wood box; we have quit using th heavy cast-Iropots and kettles, and we are slowly learn the that half acre kitchen Is lug large no longer needed. We are saving the extra cleaning and the many miles of unnecessary steps that large kitch ens entail. i - bric-a-bra- re-T- to her house that Impresses guests favorably at first glance. Besides the general apearance, this It hallway Is a great convenience. connect the front and back halls In an easy manner and offers a convenient way of going upstairs or down In fact, the two halls and cellar. stairway deserve especial consideraIt would be difficult to design tion. for a anything more appropriate That's It To a "T." house of this size and shape. It's the fellow who minds his p't There is one bedroom and a bath This makes and q's that sleeps on flowery beds ol room on the first floor. where e's. Philadelphia Record. i very convenient arrangement e mant minds, teaching them to think for themselves, fearlessly rebuking public injustice and superstition, he gathered about him so many disciples and admirers that the government became seriously alarmed. Persecutions and ill treatment became his reward. Not the least of these came upon him at home. He was married to a shrew named Xantippe, who could not in the very least appreciate him and who by her scoldings and beatings made bis life a daily burden. He bore all this with the patience of a true philosopher. But worse was in store for him. The tyrannous council of thirty whom he had so often assailed had not molested him. It remained for the popular democratic government (which he had helped to restore) to arrest him and bring him to trial for his life. He was accused by the authorities with denying the gods, preaching the existence of a new God and of corrupting the young by his teachings. Socrates in effect Condemned to replied mere (hat Defies Death y 8 u b 8 1 1 ted Judges. tnUh super. stition, and that his only "corrupting" of the young had consisted in making them better educated than their fathers. For doing all this, he claimed, the city should honor and pension him. This speech naturally did not serve to pacify his judges, who next tried to frighten him with threats of death. Socrates answered them that whatever world lay beyond the grave It could not be much worse than Athens under its present rule, and that the change could not be otherwise than a benefit The judges, in a rage, condemned him to die. He was led back to prison. His friends thronged his cell. One of them secretly offered him a means of escape. He refused, preferring to abide by the court's verdict. In the presence of his disciples he drained a cup of hemlock poison. Xantippe rent the air with cries of prief. He asked his friends to remove her from the cell so that In his last moments he might enjoy in dying the tranquillity she bad always denied him in life. Then, while the poison crept through his veins, he preached a powerful sermon on the Immortality of the soul, exhorting his followers to remember his teachings and to profit by them. He ceased only w hen death at last overtook him in the midst of his sermon. Thus died Socrates, first and greatest of the whole mighty army of philosophers; the man who, as a reward for leading his fellowmen from darkness into the light of knowledge, was officially murdered. But the spark he had lighted was destined to illumine the world for all time. - 1 (Copyrighted.) - H1PPOCRA TES - The Man Made Health In olden times when a man was ill, instead of dieting or taking medicine, he sacrificed a sheep or an ox to his favorite god. If this treatment did not improve the condition of his liver or digestion, he took it as a sign that the deity was angry, and resigned himself to his fate. When (owing to the horribly insanitary conditions of the age) a city or community was smitten by plague or epidemic, votive offerings were made to all the gods on the list and an army of priests was kept busy sacrificing and praying. In fact, there was a special class of consecrated officials known M They dealt in charms, omens and amulets. In other words, they had the same functions as have the North American Indian "medicine men" of But in 460 B. C. was born a man who in a ) (son of a single generation changed all this barbarous custom, to whom we owe our present knowledge of physic, diet and sanitary law. He was Hippocrates, the father of' medicine. He made health a science and paved the way for every doctor who has since lived. Like most progress-makers- , Hippocrates owed his greatness to the fact that he was discontented with the customs of his day, and sought a logical reason for things which others were satisfied to take for granted. He could not see how the offering of sacrifices and the belief that th" gods held all health or illness at their disposal would cure a sick man. He would have made a very poor sort of Christian Scientist. By a series of careful experiments Hlppocrat's discovered that certain hi rbs and foods had direct effect on the human body. Instead of exhorting Sic.: people to Tries Effects of make burnt offerMedicine on ings to the gods, Slaves. he dosed them with powerful physics. Luckily the human system In those days was robust, and the medicines, strong as benefit. they were, proved of vast Moreover, there were always slaves on whom to practice in order to find OOt hw niuch of any certain kind of medicine or drug the system could comfortably stand. These marked reforms sent his fame broadcast all over the civilized He was hailed as a miracle world. worker. Yet In reality he had merely ippllcd logic and cemnion sense to the treatment of disease, and had freed the practice of medicine from priest-physician- priest-physician- Who the world-olyoke of superstition. But the "Father of Medicine" per formed other services to humanity even greater than these. He discovered, after many experiments, just what foods were beneficial or hurtful to the system, and laid down the first rules of diet ever formulated. It is. In the main, the same theory of diet that is In use The fact that regulating their daily fare could keen them In health more effectively than could any priest-bles- t charm, amulets or Incantations came as a shock ol surprise to the ancients. Next Hippocrates took up the subject of public health. Sanitation, as we understand it, was unknown. There was no board of health, nor did civio hygiene exist. In consequence epidemics of the most fatal and fast-kinds . spreading re of' Pitifully Health Depart- f r e q u e n t re. "lentcurrence. Hippoc rates framed the first actual code ol sanitary laws and measures for checking epidemics, and was influential enough to have them put into effect To him we owe the first movement that led to the modern health depart ment. Nor are diet, sanitation and the discovery of medicine all for which ws are In the old Greek's debt. He desciencs "ausculation" vised (the whereby the condition of heart, lungs, etc., is determined by sound), and is credited witli being the first to practice trephining. In Greece all of mankind who did not happen to be Greeks were regarded as barbarians. It was not thought necessary to treat them as human. Persia was Greece's hereditary foe. When a terrible epidemic ravaged Persia, the emperor, Artaxer-xes-, sent presents to Hippocrates, begging him to come and put down the scourge. The doctor is said to have sent back an Insulting refusal, declaring his art was too precious to waste on his country's barbaric enemy. And the Greek world applauded his decision. This is, perhaps, the one blot on the character of a man to whom progress and civilization owe more, from a physical standpoint, than to all the rest of mankind. Every doo-to- r acknowledges that debt, and, on entering on the practice ol medicine, be takes what la still known as the "Hippocratlc Oath." T"!" - to-da- y (Copyrighted ) |