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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH The Wedding Present if By M. MACWILLIAMS. i3$$$$SS$SSSS$SS$$$$Sj$S3333$33SjSSt) 1921, by licClur Newspaper Syndicate. Josefa sang mockingly, keeping time with head and foot: Will the flame that you're rich In Build a fire in the' kitchen. Or the little god of love turn the spit, spit, spit?" Ending with a dance merry enough to cure a hypochondriac. But It did nothing of the sort to her sole spectator. Bess Leech, her sometime chum, was deep in very angry blues. I think you might have a little pity for my head," she scolded: "It's splitting I cnme here it hope of quiet and consolation and youre so cheerful It's wildly disgusting. ' Why not be cheerful? Praise be. I'm not contemplating matrimony on the grace of God, and expectations." Josefa retorted. Bess sat up very straight from the couch where she had thrown herself, to say acridly: Sour grapes, my dear! You know you were quite mad about Wilmot and he has v. the same as confessed to me, you at- v - tracted him until I, came." Not Josefa drawled, going off into a gale of laughing that made I laugh to think ". Bess sob angrily: of you as the Angel of Deliverance, EUznbeth-BetsJosefa explained With your when she could speak : - red hair, and the way you dance! - When you give your whole mind, and not the . body to. it, nobodys Salome article has original anything on you. Bess You! You're disgusting, I wont stay here to be panted. mocked. I I thought you were my Bess re-- f friend, .not a jealous cat. turned, however, without making a i' motion of departure. Josefa smiled behind her hand. t ; Better have lunch before you go, Swear I wont poison you, she said. v no matter if I am jealous, and a cat. j Fact is Betsy Lizabeth, I believe yowre suffering the pangs of hunger even more than love. Tell me, what did you have for breakfast? Quite all I wanted, thank you, Bess answered with her gravest dignity, speaking truth literal, and fiction actual. She had had all she wanted of rather stale crackers and water from the tap, but now there was a void sensation conducive to weak knees and trembling hands. Josefa knew it, but was too kind, in spite of her railMe myself lery, to stress the point. has a bear appetite, she said over her shoulder. Keep house please till I come again ; I shant be long. She came, back quickly to find that Bess had sobbed herself to sleep. Josefa looked at her with kind eyes, if merry ones, murmuring. If heaven doesnt help these babies In the woods Im afraid theyre in a bad way. But nothing of that was in her voice or manner when she roused Bess to sit at a table well and bountifully spread, and to find further the beloved Wilmot just entering the' door, You here? Joe fooled and saying: ,me. I thought she was cooking in 1 . ? -- my honor. Im a designing person you know, Josefa retorted. Always something up my sleeve. This time its something for the pair of you a chance to honeymoon in a heavenly cottage for six weeks or so, rent free, and do work enough meanwhile to take you half through the winter. Bess bridled at that, but Wilmot, otherwise Billy Johnson, said Mighty good of you. Tell us som more. After, the more had been told, specifically the Illustrating of a book thaf might lead to something permanent, he dropped shamed eyes, saying huskily:' "Joe I we really dont deserve this of you. By her showing she had "happened to hear of the chance. Wilmot thought the happening had been really an offer to herself, which she had diplomatically diverted his way, knowing his need. He wanted to thank her; somehow the words stuck, choked back by memory of vainglorious boasts to his new love. Josefa might haws had him for the taking. With Bess It was indeed a matter of catching on the reAnd he had the grace to be bound. heartily shamed by this brand of revenge. Well, he would work hard, so ns to do Joe credit with the publisher, meantime keeping a wary eye for anything that might lessen in any way his obligation. He had been rather appalled by the prospect of matrimony without money scarcely the price of a wedding ring. But how gainsay a sweetheart extremely temperamental ! Sure, in her lies salvation for her lover and his money. Bess was almost a genius, hut lacking in practicality. She could never stand alone, for all her looks, her charm. Wilmot had not withstood her, but had shivered at thought of Inking the plunge. Bess ati. heartily of Josefas providings. 'Certainly she hod an apretite for any f'e. But, hunger once appeased, she began to ruminate to mill- over things in what she was pleased to eall her mind, with results rather startling. Josefa was plotting She to separate her from Wilmot. must be made to understand that Bess would never permit him to be patronized by her. What if she was good friends with John Brennan, head of the big publishing firm whose word made or marred coming illustrators I If Josefa had meant fairly she would never thus have taken things In her own hands. Rather she would have suggested to Brennan sending for Billy Johnson and settling things man to - man. No, Josefa was plotting to show Billy what she could do for him detach him from Bess and by and by appropriate him. Hence, in her haughtiest drawl, she said, rising from the table: I think well be going, Wilmot to the club, you know. Izzy Blffski may be there If we go early. You can tell him your Ideas for costumes ; you know, he puts on things that are hummers. And once you get him nailed you're made for life. iny1 ma.ce (Conducted WIFE OF AMERICUS VESPUCCI All Florence Mourned When the Beauteous Simonetta Died, the Victim of Plague. The story of Simonetta, wife of Amerlcus Vespucci, the man for whom this country Is named, stands out a clear, delicate cameo among the host of beautiful stories of her day. She was beloved of Gulllano' de Medici, brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and Was the inspiration of Sandro Botticelli, one of the greatest painters of all times. A girl in her teens when she came from Genoa to the court of Lorenzo in source of satisfaction to the Boy Scouts of America to know that the American Legion not only official- It is a The fruits, which may be placed In any sort of basket or suitable dish, require wire, crepe paper and colored the fad for artificial fruits used in decorative furnishings, is growing, it is worth while to learn how these pretty things are made. The work, like other fancy-woris more of a recreation than a task and puts bits of finery for the house within reach of every one, besides allowing refreshing changes. In the group of small furnishings pictured above there are two baskets' made of paper rope one filled with fruit and one with flowers, both of them as lovely as those the shops have to offer. At the bottom of the group a little telephone record book is shown, made of black oilcloth and decorated with flowers, painted on with either oil paints or sealing wax, and above it cardboard and tin boxes lacquered and decorated in the same way. SINCE flowers, k, . sealing wax for making them. Wads of cotton, wool batting or crepe paper, rolled into the right size and fastened to a wire stem, are covered with melted sealing wax, which is dripped over them as it melts. They are twirled about to round them, the shape controlled while the wax is pliable, and dipped in waier to cool them. Stems are made by winding the wire with strips of green crepe paper or tissue paper. The grapes are made In green, d and purple bunches In the natural color tones. The small apples require two or three colors. After the apple Is made in one color, and cooled, it Is wiped dry and bits of other colors droupped on it and blended In over the small alcohol or other flame used for melting the wax. Paper roses, shown In the basket at the right, are made in several ways. Those pictured of pink crepe paper are merely narrow strips, rolled at the edge and wound about the end of a wire stem. They are fastened to the stem with tie wire and set In or in foliage bought with the paper. Black lacquer Is used for covering the tin powder and rouge box, and colored wax for simulating ribbon and flowers on them, and the telephone book is merely a length of black oilcloth folded and painted on one side. A black silk cord binds Its leaves to the cover and serves to suspend It A SIMPLE ONE -PIECE FROCK ly Indorses the scout movement but Is willing and anxious to with scouts in their various community undertakings throughout the nation. Our boys look with the great-es- t respect and hero worship to those other just a little older boys who held trenches so heroically the front-lin- e while the younger lads at home worked gallantly at selling Liberty bonds and raising war gardens both for the same great cause and In the same high spirit Now that the war is over it is most fitting that the same fine energy and devotion to the nation which was shown both by the Legion and boy scouts should go on in other forms of service, and there is literally no limit to what the two organizations, working together, could .accomplish, by way of community and national ac; tivity. Our patriotic holidays, such as Memorial day, Flag day, Fourth of July, Constitution day, Columbus day, Armistice day, etc, all offer fine opportunities for the Legion to with their younger but no less loyal scout brothers In holding patriotic meetings and making public rededication to the service of our great country with its Ideals of liberty and Justice for all as well as the renewal of acknowledgment of the debt we all owe to those who gave their lives -- that the nation might win Its battle for the right. Americanization work not only ol foreigners but of our own people, in laying stress upon loyal service to the nation, the flag and all It stands for also offers opportunity for cooperation. Last year thousands of foreign-born men and women were induced through scouts to enter citizenship classes In preparation for obtaining naturalization papers, and the Legion could materially assist in carrying out this important work on an even greater scale, using newspaper and other publicity. It Is difficult to suggest in a general article specific ways by which the two organizations, working together, may results. Local accomplish worth-whil- e conditions and needs will govern the selection of the object sought Community swimming pools and playgrounds, founding beds In hospitals, adopting war orphans, conducting e bureaus, taking part in local campaigns, such as safety-firs- t, fire prevention, city clean-upetc., may all be undertaken with good effect wherever there is a local scout headThe executive In charge quarters. will gladly offer suggestions and Ideas as to the best and most practical kinds of service and will place his groups of trained boys at the Legions call wherever possible. Readiness to help Is a boy scouts chief characteristic. If you havent tested this fact out for yourself, try It and see what happens. Nothing could make a scout happier or prouder than to help a member of the Legion, or a Legion post, whether the good turn required is great or small. Finally, perhaps, the very biggest opportunity for service to the community Is the opportunity offered, to the Legion to go in for active scout leadership. No one is better fitted than a veteran of the World war to become a scoutmaster or an Instructor. Offer Greatest Influence In Reducing Impact Force on 8urface of j Varlpue Road , (Prepared by the United Staten Department of Acrteultnre.) Impact the force resulting when ia track wheel strikes the surface of road depends largely upon the kina and condition of the tire used on the wheel, the bureau of public roads ojj the United States Department of Agrl culture reports after a series of exten-- i 'j sive investigations ou the subject When roads were built to carry the traffic of a few years ago the actual weight or speed of the load was onljji generally considered. Much attention was paid to the question of whether, the traffic was equipped with steel or rubber tires, but a definite analysts of the surface and supporting conditions of the road and a determination of destructive forces were not deemed necessary. The transition from horse-draw- n to automobile and truck traffic has changed the surface and strength requirements of the road of When the realization came that this heavy and severe traffic was here to stay and that roads would have to be built according to a very careful and thorough design in order to carry this traffic it was found necessary to study, very definitely all the forces to which a road is subjected. For two years the bureau of public roads has been working on the problem of obtaining the value of the Impact forces on roads. Some high points in their report recently made are: Thin or worn solid rubber tires, evton though they be very wide, produce very high Impact forces. Pneumatic tires offer the greatest Influence in reducing Impact forces, and with their use the impact Increases only very slightly with the speed of i the track. Cushion tires, that Is, tires having a! degree of softness and deflection between solids and pneumatics, offer corresponding advantages In reducing to-da-y. ini-pa- ct. . Impact increases with the speed of the track, but It cannot be aald to Ins home-servic- Florence, Vespuccis bride, Simonetta was a fragile, exquisite creature, tall and slender, with skin of ivory and a wealth of wondrous hair, it Is recorded. Simple and girlish, she was despised by the other women of the court, who made no secret of their jealousy. Guiliano, prince of the reigning house, loved her in vain. One day as she wandered silently about the garden she was seen by Master Sandro. Her radiant beauty overwhelmed him and she became his inspiration. She consented to act as the model for his paintings, and the central figure of The Spring, probably the Botticelli today, is Simonetta. She was the original of all his succeeding madonnas and, although he loved her with a deep fervor, he never attempted to win her for himself. While still itt her early twenties, Simonetta died, the victim of a plague. As beautiful in death as she had been in life, Simonetta was drawn in state through the city while all Florence s, -- best-know- n mourned. A thrilling beautiful account of the passing of Simonetta Is given In Maurice Hewletts Quattro Centlsteria. Australian Gold. Figures quoted by the Australian Gold Exporters association show that in 1920 gold to the value of 4,813,431 was exported, and for the first four months of 1921, 882,330, making a total of 5,695,761 within the past IQ months. The Commonwealth government has adhered to its policy of kee Ing the gold reserves untouched and only permitting the export of the cur-reproduction of gold and bullion. Pneumatic Tires Reduce Impact on 8urfaec of Roade. creese according to any constant ratty or power of the speed. Although heavy unsprung weight may give higher Impact than lighted unsprung weight, it cannot be said that this Is the major controlling factor. The relative destructive effect prd t, d duced by trucks and heavy, truck! has not been determined by these tests. They do, however, indicate that equal Impact may be obtained under somQ ' conditions. Impact may be as high as seven times the static load on one rear wheel when a solid-tir- e truck strikes a obstruction at 16 miles per hour, TO MAKE SWIMMING 8AFE. an average value being about four times. For pneumatic tires the maxi"The old swimming hole" Is all right mum impact value la probably not If you know all about it, but every more than one and s times year many lives are lost because peothe load at one rear wheel, and an ple attempt to swim In uncharted average value Is not more than one lakes or rivers with dangerous' holes. and times the load. Out In Shelbyvllle, Ind., a boy scout lost his life In one of these treacherDIFFERENT PAVEMENT COSTS ous gravel holes and the tragedy awoke the public to the dangers In' Its Given on Various Kinds of own midst. The Rotary club immedi- Figures Used In Tact Made Surfaoing came to the front and enlisted ately in Pennsylvania. the willing of the boy scouts In charting and permanently The costs of various kinds of snr marking all the danger points In thO facings on 3.41 miles of road forming 3 vicinity of the town. The scouts made part of a test road built In theslgns and the Rotarians sold them by the bureau of highways, Philadelunder the slogan of Buy a sign and phia, are now available. Twenty-si- x save a boys life. Wires as well as sections were laid, of which six were signs were placed over these treacherbituminous macadam mixed method, ous holes by the scouts and trash and eight bituminous penetration macaddumpage were also cleared out. am, five of concrete base with a biHow about' your town? Any need tuminous top, seven vitrified brick, says of this kind of safety-firs- t work? If Engineering Averaging so, set your scouts to work. That the first cost, interest at 4 per cent for good old ounce of prevention of which seven years, and the maintenance, the we have all heard so 'often is still re- total cost January 1, 1920, was $1.7738 markably worth while as a substitute per square yard for bituminous macadfor the pound of cure, which is, some- am penetration sections, as compared times, as it was- in Shelbyville, a sad with $2.0776 for bituminous mixed business. method macadam, $3.0006 for concrete, and $3.5109 for, brick. light-weigh- high-spee- slow-movi- three-fourth- one-four- nt ' t HOW LEGION CAN , Are you quite mad? Wilmot demanded, catching her by both shoulders. Josefa, safely out of Besss sight, said mutely: "Dont! Let her have it out. Bess was shaken now with passion. She screamed: Let me go! And come along with me unless you you want me to hate you forever and ever. r As Wilmot loosed her.Josefa stepped in front of them, saying with a smile: Bess wont you listen to Just one thing? I know whats In your mind; but youre all up a tree, honey. I scheme a bit to get the job and the cottage for you two chose It as my wedding present." I wont have it! Bess whimpered angrily, her fury but half spent. You cant help yourself, old girl, Josefa went on evenly. For, you see, it is a present to myself. I I dont understand, Bess sobbed. You claim to be my friend, yet tell me to my face you want Wilmot Not a bit, Josefa interrupted, "Listen ! Hard! Bm going to marry John Brennan next week; no fuss of any sort, but he insisted on making me a present in honor of the event, so I hoped to give myself your happiness. Will you take It?" On my knees!" Bess sobbed, then fainted in Wilmots arms. b r National CouncU of the Boy Scouta of America.) PNEUMATIC TIRES ARE BEST But nailing him!" Wilmot gasped Bess, of course youre joking, but Id rather you stopped it here at least." Im not Joking. I Intend you shall try for a chance at designing for him. Josefa, I dare say, wants you to waste yourself on black and white things but I say no. Anybody can do them she herself, after a fashion. But you Im marrying you to make a great man out of you, the greatest artist of your time. So come along, Bess, said curtly. a -- 1912-191- Why Marines Are Scarce. Recruiting for the United States marine corps is on again. The enlistthat fashion's devotees ments must be for three or four years and the applicants must be physically NOW upon the very simplest lines in frocks for daytime wear, perfect and of good moral character. A man must be at least 65 inches in the ingenuity of designers is put to test. Their resourcefulness must height, and weigh not less than 150. save these frocks from becoming morepounds stripped, and meet the most of their quirements of a perfect physical notonous by making decoration, and they have 'called upon standard. all sources for inspiration. This savof decoration has been congrace ing Pump Fish Into Vessels. overdone sometimesone A contrivance to pump fish from a siderably must know where to leave off but hold a the net into of fishing this is the exception and not the rule purse vessel has been invented. The fish are in the new models presented for winter pumped through a large rubber tube wear. to the deck of the vessel and disAmong them appears the handsome charged upon an inclined plane of and faultless dress shown in the picwire mesli from which they slide into ture above, which may be taken as a the hold, the water running through representative of the best interpretasea. the and into the mesh Its lines could tions of the mode. hardly be less simple or more becomHow to Clean Leather Furniture. ing and Its decoration is everything Add a little vinegar to tepid water that could be wished. Beads and silk and wash the leather with a clean are used for a design which recalls cloth; wipe dry. To polish apply the the motifs used by American Indians following: Whites of two eggs beaten in their wonderful bead work, but is slightly (not stiff) and mix with two carried out in only one color, beige, teaspoons of turpentine; rub with with steel beads. This combination clean, dry cloth. all-th- e on almost any of the fashionable colon or black will not fail to be approved by women of conservative and eleIn this model the em gant' taste: broidery is not applied directly to the frock but In separate pieces of material which are set on. In the bodice they are loose at the bottom, allowing he narrow girdle of the fabric In the dress to slip through them, and in the skirt they form pockets as well as This dresse Is made of adornments. dar blue velours with satin vest to match, but it would be effective in any of the fashionable suitings or in To Remove Peach Stains. Wet with cold water, then cover the slain with cream of tartar and place In the sun, then wash in the usual way and the stain will disappear. News-Recor- BOY SCOUTS POLICE AIDES. Thirty-si- x boy scouts have been formally sworn in as members of the Essex county (N. J.) park commission scout police, an organization formed to act as auxiliary to the county police forces In protecting the parks. A picked group of these boys will act as leaders and will receive direct instruction from Chief Gllhooly of the park police.' They will wear metal badges, combining the insignia of the boy scouts with that of the park po lie Road Work in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, 25,000 men are employed In the construction of 280 miles of concrete highway, 600 bridges, 8, 000 culverts, 1,000 miles of gravel road, grading of 2,200 miles of earth road, find patrol maintenance of miles of state system. T,-6-00 rrjl First Road Legislation. The first good roads legislation la the United States was enacted In Yin ginla, by the house of burgesses lit 1082. , ' |