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Show ;Glni:f Ell by Ethel Hueston Illustrations by Irwin Myers Ooprrltkt, by Bobba M.rrlll Oa. WNU Sarrlc CHAPTER I There art two whole columns on the disarmament conference all and quotations, and simply tre-mendous big words." said Ginger Ella In a discouraged tone. "Oh, here's a little bit of a column about the Elks' May day fete end beauty pageant" She settled berself to read with a smog little flounce of eagerness. "Ion may skip that." said her fa-ther. "We know all about the beauty pageant," . . . Bis daughter sighed resignedly. "I suppose you want Lloyd George and the Communists, although It does not look very churchy to me." She read patiently. In a low clear voice, paragraph after paragraph, sit-ting on the couch beside the reading lamp, little, eager and slim with eyes that Just would wander, despite her best and most daughterly Inten-tions, from the stupid newsprint to the simply fascinating goings-o- n in the opposite corner of the wide room. and a half Including favors for the ladles, an elaborate buffet supper at ten o'clock, and participation In the beauty pageant In spite of tbelr con fldence In Marjory's outstanding beauty, two dollars and a half for admission to a May day fete did not fall within the scope of a parsonage budget But the good fairy who watches over youthful beauty did not fall them. . On the twenty-flfi- h day of April, Eddy Jackson walked up the narrow flagstone path to the parsonage. Mar Jory was tying In the hammock, faat asleep, her magazine fallen to the floor at ber side. Eddy Jackson, com-ing thus upon beauty unaware, was stricken momentarily dumb In lis presence, and stared at ber In such rapt awe that Marjory awakened In some confusion. "Gee. Margie, but you're easy to look at" be said admiringly. "Why don't you go after the Elks' prize J It's fifty dollars In geld. And there's sinuously about before the mirrors, preening herself pleasantly to their flattering reflections, and to tbe mora flattering eyes of ber sisters. Ginger giggled. "Father, yoo ought to see ber. Really yoa ought She Is so unaffected right now Just like dower turning to the sun. The tow siren of a motor sounded outside. A flash of light leaped to Marjory's eyes, a quick flush to ber cheeks. "It's Eddy," she whispered. "Sit down everybody, and look natural. Don't stand about gaping " Suiting action to ter words. Mar-jory dropped gracefully Into a chair and toyed with the golden chain wltb an air of utmost Indifference. The others, quickly, with more or less of grace, draped themselves about the room. Ginger turning ber back to tbem all and to the door, burying herself In the details of the buffet supper. "Ion see. father." she hissed scorn-fully. "Ton see? The whole family Is man-ma- simply man-ma- Ex-cept yon and me. Disgusting, that's what It Is, simply disgusting. Nat-ural as a flower humph I Ton dont see the flowers flying off their stalks when a d bumble bee breezes In." "Lo everybody," called Eddy's pleasant voice from the piazza. "Door's open rm coming In. Oh, good evening, Mr. Tolllver, bow are you? Good evening. Miss Jenkins. Gee. Marge, I pity the Judges. I only hope they live to deliver the prize." "Why, Eddy, how nice you look," said Helen warmly. "Yes, thanks, I suppose I do. The white carnation was mother's Idea, and I feel Just like a banker. She says it Is not often a mere hay rube farmer has a chance to step out with a Blue Ribbon, su she dolled me up. Hello, Ginger." Ginger had not so much as lifted her eyes from the paper, "Oh, bello, Eddy," she said coldly. But this coldness on her part was merely assumed on principle, to show ber disgust for the man madness with which her sisters were afflicted. In her heart she wss fond of Eddy Jack-son. "On, you're all right are youT That's a relief. I thought you'd been suddenly struck deaf, dumb and er uh " He floundered awkwardly away from the tender subject of blindness. "It must be time to start" said Helen, her eyes on the clock. 8he bad told Professor Langley not to come until eight-thirt- y a late hour for callers la Red Thrush, but she was determined to do her sisterly duty to Marjory before abandoning berself to personal pleasure. les, I think it Is." agreed Eddy. "It seems they check the beauties at the door, at eight I think. I should have brought a truck to carry borne the prizes, but" "Oh, nonsense." laughed Marjory. "Tou know I haven't a chance In the world, against all those lovely girls, sod all those lovely gowns" "Huh," sniffed Ginger scornfully, under her breath. "You'd never think we'd spent that fifty dollars in our minds five days ago." The girls followed them to the door as they went out smiling admiration at Marjory admiration, encourage-ment ' and hope. ' "Shall I bring you a sandwich In my pocket Ginger! Or would you rainer bave an aspic?" Eddy called to her. . where Marjory, the pretty twin. love-lier than any picture, stood on a low stool, Ilka a goddess lifted up. with ber bevy of worshipers at her feet, while down on their knees before her, were Miriam, the brainy twin, and Helen, who was quite old and engaged to be married, and Miss Jenkins-clipp- ing stray threads here and there, tucking, patting and pulling, in a vain endeavor to add greater charm to ber girlish beauty. But although Ginger's eyes would wander, the memory of her father, sitting still and limp, so patient In the big chair at ber aide, bis kind eyes closely bandaged, quickly brought her own straying orbs back to the onerous news. By rights. It was Miriam's Job to read the papers to ber father. But Miriam, being a twin to Marjory, would naturally wish to assist In preparing ber to win the Elks' club beauty prize. "'And this in spite of the frank warning of President Coolldge that the United States will regard any such move with extreme disfavor,'" finished Ginger, with a flourish. "Here's a paragraph on Mussolini and God. In my opinion It would look a lot smarter If you took that lace off the shoulders entirely. Oh. excuse me, father, rm so sorry. Here's a para-graph on Mellon cutting the tax melon three hundred billions, no mil-lin- WalL It doesnt Interest us "Oh, Father, It Is Qlorlousl Mar-Jor- y Honestly, Father, Marjory Is 8o Pretty It Doesn't 8em Possible." not a girl to Iowa can walk In the same block wltb you. Why, If 1 was a Judge, I wouldn't let anybody else enter the same contest wltb you. Oo on, try It, bet you, a dollar on It. and yoa can pay me out of the beauty prise." "Heavens, Eddy, what would (he members say If father sailed down to the Elks' club to enter his daughter In the beauty pageant r Eddy squared bis shoulders. "All right, I'll do It myself. Too and TU go. I'll get the tickets right now." And be turned himself about and marched straight down the flagstone path, entirely forgetting that be bad come with a message from his mother. In a household whose financial limits were as circumscribed aa those either way. Oh, here's lovely write-u- p of the buffet supper that Is to be served at the Elks' club fete at ten o'clock bouillon, chicken sandwiches, tomato aspic" Reverend Mr. Tolllver smiled Indul-gently. He might not see, but what father but could feel the wandering eye and the truant thoughts of a sixteen- -year-old daughter on the eve of a beauty pageant "Put the paper op now, Ellen. Too full of news Suppose you play little bright-eye- s for me, Instead, and tell me what Is going on over there, with all that snipping of scissors, and on-In-and ." "Oh, father I" Ginger doubled her-self up rapturously, enfolding both ber slim knees In ber arms. "Oh, father, It Is glorious I Marjory hon-estly, fathor, Marjory Is so pretty It doesnt seem possible. Miss Jenkins la down on (he floor with Ova pins In ber mouth, and ber dress pulled up, over ber knees to keep from soiling It" Miss Jenkins, wltb guilty haste, cov-ered the offending members. "They weren't her best ones they bad lisle tops. But 1 saw a silk ruf-fle, Just the same. Xcu're really miss-ing quite a lot, yon know," continued Ginger wickedly. "lou d better take those five pins out of your mouth, Jenky dear, if you're going to gasp tike that" of the parsonage, the Elks club beauty pageant was an event of no mean Import. The prise Itself was fifty dollars In gold, and there were additional trophies. Eves Mr. Tolllver, despite his seem-ing Indifference, warmed slightly to the charm of fifty dollars In gold. Marjory slowly revolved for final approval. Ginger Ignored him. The three girls stood together In the doorway until, wltb a last farewell of the siren, the car disappeared down the quiet shady street. "A nice boy," said Helen quietly. But with a full view of the living room before her, ber quietness van-ished. "This place Is a sight," she said briskly. "Ginger, get the broom, and dust up that rug. Miriam, put away the thread and things." "But what difference this time of night" protested Ginger. "Horace will be here In ten minutes. Now straighten up for me, won't you, while I run up and straighten my-self r "Most disgusting Udng I ever saw. Man-ma- Simply man-ma- The whole gang of them. She uoesn't care If you sit In a dusty chair, fa-ther she doesn't care If Miss Jenkins baa to look at a messy table and an untidy rug she doesnU cave If Mi-riam and I bave to associate wltb ber when ber nose Is shiny, bat a man I Oh, nor (TO BBS CONTINUED.) "There It is perfect another touch would be too much." Reverend Mr. Tolllver stood up, and put out his hand. "Come here. Mar gle Let me see If my pretty twin Is as pretty as I think." i She crossed te him quickly, a little pain rising In the white throat with tbe thought of bis helplessness, quick mist clouding tba lovely eyes. His hand gently followed the gold lace at her shoulder, fondled the soft curve of ber hair, fingered the slender chain. "It Is not Just prettlness,. my child," be said affectionately. "Ion are frag-rant, and wholesome, and sweet. Thai la your beauty. Ton don't need arti-ficial adorning. Tour loveliness Is like a flower's unaffected, una sumed, Just born there." Marjory, freed from bis band, moved Only Ellen dared to call tne sedate spinster "Jenky," and even she did It only In ber mora Irrepressible mo-ments, when she wss most thoroughly a Ginger Ella. It was sixteen years ago, at (be birth of this same Ellen, that Miss Jenkins bad first come Into Intimate contact wltb the parsonage household, then In another pastorate. And upon tbelr later transference to other charges, she had arranged ber small matters and followed after them, living ber own life, keeping ber own small borne, teaching In tbe primary schools for a livelihood, but keeping In close and helpful touch wltb tbe Tolllver family, to which. In Its en-tirety, she bad given all tbe atored-u-love of her lonely heart With Helen and wltb tba twins, she remained to the end firm and unyielding. But she was from tbe beginning surpris-ingly pliable In tbe bands of tbe wbeedlesome Ellen.' "Well," Ginger went on, "she Is wearing Helen's engagement ring, and Miss Jenkins' old gold chain. Eddy's mother gave ber a perfectly splffy lace handkerchief, and she has on my stockings that Mrs. Morris gave me." For five days, tbe modest Tolllver household bad simply fermented wltb excitement over the Elks' May day fete and beauty pageant. The without exception, knew thst Marjory was absolutely tbe prettiest thing in the Middle West. Many other residents of Red Thrush, Iowa, real-ized It also. But Just prettlness wss not enough to win this beauty prize. One required an admission ticket Tbe Elks' club was staging the event for the benefit of Us various charities, and the admission was two dollars We Want Yon to keep in mind the fact that in addition to printing this news- -' paper we do job work of any kind. 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Very good express service on Teocle Bus line at a very reasonable charge. ,vr: phone hy. ins kite phone iiy. 2539 . ,, We telegraph flowers to all leading cities. 1910 SOUTH STATE STREET Little Journeys in!; : - Americana j: . . . o i Br LESTER B. COLBY The Legend of QueUalcoatl are very rare CULTUEE-BEROE- 3 naUves of the Amer-icas. Search the records and you win find It so. . Aboriginal heroes were fiercely savage. In Mexico, Central America and South America only a few centuries ago, human meat was exposed ta the flower-adorne- d public market places for sale. Cannibalism was common through-out these lands. The human flesh, however, was not eaten for sustenance but as a religious rite. In some places prisoners of war were penned up and fattened as we fatten domestic ani-mals for slaughter. It was accepted; common. . Out of all this savagery one brigtit name appears. It shines like a star. This man came Into a world where human sacrifice was the ordinary thing. He condemned the practice and other forms of savagery. Leg-ends are handed down about him. He Is not wholly a mythical character. There la definite evidence that he lived. The man's name was Quetzalcoatl. He came out of somewhere to a place called Tulla. His forehead was high and broad and bla eyes were large. Be wore a flowing beard and long white robes. The legend pictures him with a sickle la his hand-l- ike Father Time. His habits were pure. He was kind to all. He never married ; was chaste. He lived a life of celibacy at a time when anything like that was almost unknown In Mexico. For In the early religions of Mexico and the lower Americas, sex played a large and li-centious part In .the rites. Priests were essentially promiscuous and fla-grant In their habits. To be sure there must be much fric-tion in the stories about Quetzalcoatl. Some parts of the legend cannot be Irue. For example, It is said that when he lived, corn grew fo large that a man could only carry a single ear. Cotton grew already dyed In all colors of the rainbow. Stalks of amarath grew so big that people could climb them like trees. The earth teemed with fruits and flowers with-out the labor of cultivation. Quetzalcoatl taught that wars were wrong. When anyone talked of war Quetzalcoatl would stop up his fin-gers in his ears. He held that no man should rob another or cheat or tie. His character Is the finest of any hero of record In all the ancient stories and legends of men In all the Americas. Under the beneficence of bis blessings all things prospered amazingly. But be came to defeat Tezcatllpoca, who was the antithe-sis of Quetzalcoatl, who was as evIJ as he was good, led a revolt against him. Texcatllpoca encouraged human sacrifices and the religion he conjured up was a fierce and bloody one. The people favored the bloody deity. For some reason Quetzalcoatl was permitted to go out from Tulla In peace. So away he marched with a handful of brave followers. As he went a myriad of birds, richly-feathere- d and beplumed songsters, flew along the road, ahead of him, behind him, on both sides of him, above him and made the air gay with melody. Also as be passed along unnum-bered flowers nodded and beckoned by the roadside and gave oft most un-usual volumes of perfume, until the air was filled with It Quetzalcoatl went to Cholula, and while he stayed there that place knew nothing but peace and plenty. Those who had been enemies of the people of Cholula came and went and none raised band against them, and they raised hand against no others. The sculptor and architect and builder flourished and an era of great peace and prosperity came to all. Flualfy after twenty years here, working his reforms, Quetzalcoatl went down to the ses one day, seated himself In a skiff made of serpent skins, bestowed his blessing upon four young men who had been faithful to him above all others, and sailed away. A part of the legend Is that Tezcat-llpoca was a sorcerer, a wizard, and that he gained his power over Quet-zalcoatl by getting him to drink a wine over which a spell had been cast. That disarmed him. In spite of his goodness, and made him an easy vic-tim to the sorcerer's power. ((& Mil. Liter B. Color.) What Sadie Said Oliver Cabana, wealthy Buffalo banker, said at a dinner on his return from Europe: "Europe loved us during the World wnr. but now that we expect her to pny her war debts she loves us no longer. "Europe Is like Sadie. "'Sadie,' Tom said, you used to say there was something about me you loved.' "les, so these was, but you've spent It,' said Sadie." Stopping Foist Miuinf The curate was paying an apparent-ly interminable visit to one of bis parishioners. The little daughter of the house went up to her mother, and, In a stags whisper, said: "Hasn't he brought his Amen with him?" Ntw Waterproofing It is reported In Germany that a scientist has developed a process for covering cement objects with a spray of molten sine, tin or lead to make them waterproof. Beginning Ufa' Battlo The bureau of education says that the average age for graduation among high school students In the United States Is eighteen years. Loss "A man sold a collection of 900 va-rieties of moths for 1.000." "I made a mistake In giving my old suit away." It All Dapoada Bob Two can live as cheaply as one. Bill That depends on how much the wife Is making. In Addition "Mrs. Smith has wonderful poise," "Yes, and a couple of good-lookin- g girls, too." Greater London has nearly as many Inhabitants as all of Belgium. There are 7,850,000 In London and 7,875,000 In Belgium. Rip Van Winkle's great mistake was In waking up. His dreams were Interesting. Some Snakes M&Iigned Without a Good Reason Just because a few snakes are poi-sonous, all snnkes have been deemed dangerous. The first Impulse on sight- - log the reptile Is to kill him or run, says Herbert C McKay, In Field and Stream. There Is no Justification of such ac-tion. Is the writer's opinion. He points out the black reputation of tbe spread-adde- By photographs of children playing with snakes, he shows the barmlessness of the more falsely li-beled reptiles. As regards the deadly spread-adder- , he says. "Not only Is the snake absolutely harmless, but It cannot he made to bltel It will coll; It will strike, and strike most viciously, but It strikes with the side of Its head, not with tbe open mouth. I have teased one of these little reptiles until It was furi-ous, yet never have I been able to make it strike with the open mouth." MT Name "Peony" Traced to Legend of Mythology cued the physician of Mount Olympus from deatL by changing blm tnto tbe Vlant that had saved bla life. Until this day thst plant bears Paeon's name and Is known to us as tbe peony. The history of the peony In Chins and Japan Is of a sentimental nature. Fittingly enough, the words ' 8ho Yo," meaning "Most Beautiful," were ap-plied to tbe herbaceous peony, while the tree peony held sway as tbe "King of Flowers." Kansas City Star. In the days of tbe Greek gods and goddesses, the peony first came to the world's attention. Leto, Apollo's moth er, was the one to Introduce it Apol-lo was known as the god of healing and his son, Aesculapius, was the god of medicine. It seems that a pupil of Aesculapius named Paeon was the physician of the gods, and to him Leto first gave the plant wblcb be employed to cure Pluto of a wound received at the bands of Hercules during the Trojan war. The fact that his pupil could sur-pass blm In effecting such s cure msde Aesculapius angry, wltb the result he attempted to kill Paeon, but Pluto, In-debted to Paeon for his own life, res- - In this age one may know more of sin, but he also knows more of Its worthlessness. There would be more philosophy garnered on the creek bank If there were no fish caught at all. It's a poor artist who Isn't able to draw his own conclusions. Hu Its Uas "The appendix Is the only part of the buman body that Is of no use," says a writer. For tbe medical pro-fession, however, It la a ery profit-able side-lin- Snakes Not Aggressive; Are Lazy, Timid roof of the mouth. A single row of scales runs alopg the belly. The big-gest United States snake Is the east-ern dlajnond-bac- k rattler, which grows "Contrary to lore, snakes to nine feet." Philadelphia luqulrer. do not humans wantonly," renils sn ar-ticle In the news magazine Time. "They are lazy and timid and do not strike unless huit or thrcntened with hurt," the article continues. , 'Exceptions ore the African mamlia, the Malayan king, the buslminster of the tropks, oud cascavel, a rattler of Central America. A coachwhlp will sometimes follow a man.' But It Is only curious, snd will speed awsy If threatened." Other facts about snnkes are given In Time as follows: "Identifying poi-sonous snakes Is easy. Most of them belong to the pit-vip- family. They have a deep depression hetween eye and costrll. Heads are flat and tri-angular, necks thin, bodies stout ; tails short, eyes with elliptical pupils tike a cat's. Fangs fold back against the Primitive Hoitelriet The llonmns are credited with hav-In- Invented "hotels." which were first known In Italy ss "Osterla." They were slovenly places, without host, cook, waiters or beds. In fact, all they gave the traveler was shelter from the weather. He hnd to bring Ills own bedding and food and do his own cook Ing. Pearl FUhiag Old The famous pearl llslierles of Cey-lon, India and the 1'erslan gulf date; far back Into history, but nothing Is known oa their origins. It Is prbhle that tiie fishing was carried on 2.1XK) years ago In all three localities in much the same primitive way ss toduy. Air'i Weight Air has weight. Id a fair-size- room the air would weigh shout 2U0 pounds. |