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Show " ;y, April 15, 1832 MAGNA TIMES, MAGNA, UTAH REALITY ' 85 By FANNIE DURST NmiMr irs4Mt) tl HcUan (WU Barvtea) , m fTHAT happened to Nontao Perrj in Pari daring the Utter 'teen of the Twentieth ury, wan Just aa onch part of J world - upheaval aa machtno i, trench misery, air ralda and bed wire. pon thin hoy from the placid d of a anbnrh of Cincinnati, A ' there burnt with the vario-eArt of a skyrocket, tbe apeo-l- e of plunder and death, Faria 1 beauty, llcenao and pain, rice, -ardlce and a panorama of very that, through the rockets 1 glares made mankind seem sub -- , f. ' - - at twenty, from the even or of his father's tool factory the pretty suburb outside of On natl, found himself something of ferry, s hero, two bravery to his credit; a citizen of the rid, floundering around the of Prance and Handera for o years; and finally, a disabled dler on extended . leave wbllf junda of an all bnt mortal nature, )wly but surely closed their ugly outha Then what happened was Jnst jrmar part ofthe absomal eondh an. Be met. through a vagary f circumstance tbe usual little whose hair was rcnch Colett ke a wet mop of curl whose drolh. lea were es exciting aa they were llurtng, whose constancy was and whose adoration healed im more swiftly than medication. Be forgot. In the phantasmagoria of Jtf moment, "the girl back home," ensconced himself with Colette In the traditional thatched ah tie on the left bank of the 8eln months the Idyllic, life of a man and bis maid, .lowed In nnlnterupted bliss. Colette I He tried sometimes to capture tbe words to describe her. A dragon-fl- y skittling ever bright water Popcorn dancing In its' pan. All A chrysanthemum In a gal to no effect She would not he She caught In the prison of word was thistledown, dancing ahead of tbe wind. She waa delectable nonsense, and then strangely, paradoxically, the wee tbe frugal little French girt, conserving yonr Inter-ea- t your fund your health, your ctta-n- World-wa-r bat-fiel- pa-iet- lc trre-tonalb- le , well-bein- , Life In that attic, with geraniums on tbe window Bills, cookery reeking from tbe little improvised store, laughter blowing abouf tbe corner happttnAaqnattlng every turn, was a dream caught In an Interlude between two realities; tbe reality of war; the reality of the suburb of -- GndnnatL Life and Paris and flower stands gpd holidays on tbe Seine and walks in Fontainebleau sod nibbles In patisseries and kisses on the back of Colettes darling adorable neck were just one bouquet of irresponsible hours crammed with IrresponTon awoke with a sense sible Joy of holiday, yon breakfasted with Colette on yonr knees with a sense of holiday, you galloped through the ail too abort days with that him sense ' of holiday-- " and blessedly. -- A wornout .with fatigue of pleasure . hour you slept that you might awaken to another holiday. . And so the days became tbe weeks and tbe mouths and Anally the year, and then, as la the case there with all perfect holiday came one day the awakening to the till cold dawn of reality. 1 tbe form of two tram--e- t It came InArmistice I And a cable call Helen, from tbe girt back bom worn with waiting; eager, home-rick- , rejoiced, waa arriving with her mother for a Faria wedding and a honeymoon trip to America. Well, it fell Into tbe midst of that small paradise as bombs like , that were falling Into one after another of tbe transient paradises that honeycombed Paris and bad been erected out of the toil and moll of who knew everywar. Colett thing, and in a way bad been prepared for the blow before It fell, took It when It came In the Mine dauntless spirit that characterised tbe countless of her kind. Norman, feeling smirched, guilty toward both Colette and Helen, and filled wretched, apprebenriv with a sense of the kind of obll-co- n and responsibility that baa its moorings In sections like tbe suburbs outside tbe Clnclnnatls of America bowed bis bead and hit heart and succumbed to the predicament of cartog for two women and , haring to choose on f Helen, Th It waa characteristic when she arrived, that ahe should have tolerance and sympathy and confea-atom- s understanding for tha veiled tbe from In driblets came that lips of her flanc Of course Norman had been Indiscreet. Tbe wonder of U la that be had survived to tell the tale at all. A man could not be held accountable for hla reaction! under the hell of conditions of war. No more about It Aa If It bad-- not happened. Tor -Forget glv And so, as the saying goes, they were married end Uved happily. There was a bungalow adjoining tbe parental home tn tbe beautifulA suburb outside of Cincinnati. lovely setting, with a rock garden and a tudof living room and a In streamline, family ' sedan two-ca- r garage. the Helen, beautiful, dutiful and righta was proper complement to such v gun-meta- l, A A housekeeper, a mother, a horn considerable social entity In the community and a wife who furthered the steady advancement of the man of her cbolc Iou could not Uve tn the quiet orderly and always lovely environment mated by Helen, and not relax against Its sedative Inr If Norman bad stopped to question himself, which, tn the ordinary course of event the buy American business man does not, be would have found within himself contentment, pride and no small amount of happiness. Helen, who wore her hah la dark loose portieres over bra ears and caught low In a knot at tha nape of her neck, waa la her very beauty of repos the essence of what a maa seeks In --bis marriag la a way, although ha did not pause to realize It, Norman, with hla slick, short, tan hair, his square Jaw, which In America Is Jthe badge of hla brisk tailor-mad- e efficiency, commermanner and cialism, was just as neatly hews to hla environment The Norman Perry when their children were tlx and eight and ten, who were the sort of young-peopl- e are "coming on." Norman, already a rich man on hla own effort waa boat' to Inherit hla father's business,- as well aa certain Important real estate holdings which would accrue to him through Helen, whoso ' . parents had died. ft waa about then that the Perrys decided to use their bungs low as gaand rage and servants' quarter erect on the alta of tho old parental s mansion; a new and eves more home. It was one of those success stories little of a normal, upand-comln- g family working tts way ap and np In its prosperous community. Clean, rather rentlou conservative living; good strong (deals; well educated children, social advancement, travel, comfort and praiseworthy old ag Mr Norman Perry, as tho rice president of (be largest woman dub In Cincinnati, patronised every In Important musical enterprise town, sponsored mtfaral event community sings and waa a member of tbo board of one of tbe city's - ' . largest charity hospital cortwo as Norman, president of poration pfficer In a bank,, president of noonday club and pillar of a church and several philanthropic marched onward torganlratlon ward million Lise every other radical conservative, however, he has hla "blind Helen laughingly puts spot" it. It waa fals wish, and ahe abided by it, although aba counts it as one of her most wifely Sacrifice that she cat her lovely flowing hair and wiar it In a mop of curia on her head. It subtracts in dignity but doe It mast bo' admitted lend a certain air of Insouciance to her placidity. ' With ber hair shorn and worn "mopped," something gay and almost a little naughty seem to crop out In Helen. -Norman adores It Another of hla "blind spots" was his Insistence for a den. In tho attic after an part of tbo new hous architect had already planned him a luxurious one on' the second floor. Perry's choice, however, waa for ono of 4 those slanting-roofegarret corner where be has geraniums growing along tbe window sills and all sorts of fantastic charcoal drawings on the wall. For ali tho world, laughs Helen, ll&e one of thoseParls garrets you read about where Trilby lived and loved. . In this garret sometimes It seems to Helen, atrangely aloof from ber, Norman spends hours and hour -Colette baa married, too. The rather pompous owner of- - a patisserie tn whose shop aba flits about all day, helping him to succeed. half blond, He la a' rough-hairerather charming French fellow, adores hla wife and makes no secret of 1L In ber way, Colette returns hla homage. She baa done much toward toning hint Into a more Impressive type of buaineM man. Especially, In the yean since marriag has hla appearance changed. She has worked over bis head l, , Instead ' of the rough-haire- d fellow the married, be has been meiamorpboaed Into a sort n looking of person, with slick fiat tannlsb hair that gives him a look of efficiency. -- d, on-ti- Trimming Ideas for Wash Frocks By CHERIE NICHOLAS Min im l3 CCtkfiO ffthcp 'fun, i 111.111' in iiiyiViM' i tiit M am n nx iuxxbs os rvoxr soap naa.u.a.MV.eev. Why don't yon try this Burning eoap ee how its soda last till dishes are sparkling dean how they float dirt oat of clothes and hold It oat so clothes are cleaner and (0)M7' JXlD U, I HI whiter without robbing? Softens water. Ncrer Ll, np. PrtKter & Cwnhle WIFES RIGHT TO SHARE IN INCOME Should Mates Be Real Fifty-Fif- ty Partners? which her of the sewing campaign which to and ever will be at this season of the yeer. Heres a timely word of advlc be aura to stock your work basket and yonr sewing cabinet with a goodly assortment of crochet books and crochet threads and yarn for a touch of hand crochet to tba call of tbe honr. Parla to all entbnalaam on the crochet subject and so to American woman very style-wis- e and her next-doo- r neighbor. It to taken for granted that you have been buying up all aorta of pretty wash materials in anticipation' of this annual sewing be tor who can resist tba lure of tbe perfectly lovely cotton rayona and linens and washable Bilks which have bpen so temptingly on display throughout the various fabric departments this many a day. As usual, tba "still small voice" to bidding mother to consider tbe needs of tbe little folks of tbe household first Which 1s the reason wby we are showing this group of Interesting styles for children. Seeing that hand crochet to so exceedingly popular, why not adorn Uttle daughters bright washable-prin- t frock with' neck . trim and Sleeve bands of band crochet They will gtve,t an' air of distinction to ber gown 'such as only handwork can SPRINGTIME to fto These Uttle crochet pieces are so easy to do that an entire set Uke that which adorns tbe frock to tbe left In the picture can be made In one evening while Ustenlng In on tbe radio. The short story hour would afford sufficient time, for the sUtch la easy' and the strips are straight Since tbe tub material selected for the frock shown to brown with orange and ecru tiny figure tbe thread for the neck - COLOR FEATURE OF SPRING ENSEMBLES Tbe color theme to e predominating feature of many of tbo new spring ensemble A dark coat with e light touch is worn with a light frocirthat boasts a dark note to match tbe coat, and there to tbe More Hairy Than Apos Of coura It la not quite Scientists state that human, be- as simple as aU that, but this color ing generally, have more hairs on scheme to certainly extremely poputheir beads than some of the ape lar her Tbe average number of scalp hairs Ton will like tbe new ensemble a square centimeter waa 812 for for they certainly are different from man and 807 for thirteen specimens almost anything shown for many a of the large anthropoid ape Goril- season, most attractive and wear d than many abl and refreshingly new.. Fine las are less men. Two adults bad only six and materials and furs are used. The three bain, respectively, a square frocks often boast very complcentimeter, whereas a mafl not a icated cut and yet the outcome to an d one at that had apparently simple costume, without very nln Scalp balr varies IB density any trace of tbe opulent or lavish, among the human race It appear Six adult negroes ' averaged 297 hairs a square centimeter and three Simplicity Marks New adnlt white men bad a few mor . . Fashions for Daytime with an average cohnr of 833, - AU tbe colors ln the sartorial spectrum are unable to eclipse or diTho Choir in History success of black. Chairs are of extreme antiquity minish the bright In tba direcsorties several After for purposes and were originally of browns,reda and green tbe of stato and dignity rather than for tion smartest women are forth in ordinary use. They dld not become black suit ensemblesfaring coats and for cencommon until the Sixteenth wear. daytime general anthe of chalra the of tury. Many of the frocks have touches cient nations were of great richness of Many either In tbe material or whit They are represented In some of the in lingerie accent en always nest Nineveh. monuments of earliest and youthful not Simplicity cer They were known to exist In Greece talnly seems to be tbe watchword O, of tbe newest tn the Fifth or Sixth century daytime ensemble and In Rome at a later period. One tbe kind of clothes that busy womof tbe most famous of tbe ancVml en select when they face a busy chain is (be reputed chair of 81. from home and have to attend day to Peter In Sf Peter1 Rom many different dutle band and cuffs la also an ecru shad Tbe french mesh, fllet or even the modified Irish crochet stitch may be employed with equal effect Use 80 to 50 mercerised crochet thread and a N 10 or 8 steel crochet hook. . The neckband and cuffs are applied with a trim stitch thread In one of tbe colors of tbe design In the fabric. Tbe trim stitch la done on tbe machln Use the coarsest and set tha of machine needle gauge for nine or ten stitches to the inch. Bias trim In orange shade effect at the outlines the clever yoke " waistline. Speaking of bias trim, any young girt wlU be most delighted with a plaid gypsy girdle with bead band to match, such aa to worn by the seated figure sketched above to the left Tbe Idea la to 'stitch bias trim In various colors outlining a to shown. This to plalded design really a unique Idea and one which can be worked very effectively In a trimming way. Jad scarlet pilot blu orange and black bias trim make a striking combination when plalded aa suggested. Just as novel and Interesting Is tba braided hatband and girdle which the otber yonng miss la wearing. This set to also made of blat trim, anch as can be bought by the counter. Fold on bolt at the bias trim in Jialf, and fasten the endswlth thumb tacks, to a desk blotter or pad. Then Interlace the strips firmly, continuing with pins to bold in position as yon proceed from one aide to tbe other. ' Tbe hatband may be made a little nao rower tba, the belt, nslng five In" stead of seven strip Tbe Uttle girt who to going stepping, In tbe foreground of tbe picture, baa her pretty . whits blouse smocked to perfection" tn gay color , w Womens right it seem was not settled when political equal suffrage was adopted. Equal rights tor women to stUl the most important question In American home life today, to n questionnaire conducted among 6,000 women by tbe editorial staff Jhe County Horn Fifty-on- e per cent of aU tbe women who answered the questionnaire selected this as the "gravest and most important question of a long series submitted for their selection. Most of them narrowed tbelr Interest down to money matter the right of a wife as a partner to share fifty-fift- y la the family income. The arguments brought to bear on the subject were many and varied. A Kansas answer carried the following Indorsement: "When I waa thirty I .would have stuck up for the old Idea that a man to the natural head of tbe family. But now, at sixty-twI am convinced that an actual partnership with the wife would be tbe salvation of many homes that otherwise will be wretched or Wrecked. Experience has demonstrated that, under our present system of equality In education and opportunity, woman to not only man's equal mentality but often hla superior in business acumen : and she to entitled to full participation In everything pertaining to tho welfare of tbe home." An Indiana woman wrote : "I have traveled the whole road. This very question almost broke my heart I let my husband get hold of all the He money I got from my parent spent it all tor his farm and his good. I have no modern convenience with an electric line right In our farm borne. I have no front Refinement Janet came home from school full of praise for one of her Uttle friend "Mary Louise to such a nice Uttle girt, she said. "She doesnt wipe ber pen on her stock-to- g She Just licks the Ink off I" , any-nori- (ft llil. Western Newapaper Onion.) CORDUROY PRINT - . By CHEJBIB NICHOLAS t .v Teeth Index to Brain Dr. G. Elliot Smith, famous . ' Just How New Yorker Happened to Be Let In as the essential goodness and kindness of human nature when you look for It Sir Alfred Hopktoson. Education Education Is presumed to equip the student so he can go ont to tbe world and make more money than the educator who educated him. Richmond Register. Felt Hot Materials Fine felt bats are made of the fur of rabbits and conlea; cheaper grades of felt contain considerable wool or cotton. Ivory Heads "Please tell me where the population 6f the world 1s densest asks a reader of London Tlt-Bltand "From the the edltor answer neck np." The American Language that big cheese therer In Odd Seqneace sequence of pames to puzzling University of Alabama professor , In one freshman class John James and James John occupy seats near each otber. Across tbe aisle are Jacob Jacobs and Roger Roger Three Bernard Cohens are signed np for the same course also. That problem was solved' by placing the Cohens on . different schedule - Ill - Longevity Note The right of way may be yonr but don't Insist on having It right away, If waiting a second will keep the undertaker away. Otoclnantl Enquirer. Soil Sacrifice In this world It to not what we take np, but what we give up that .makes us rich. Henry Ward er la "Life Thought" About Quraslvus If we could see thta tumbled and troubled . world clearly and truly, then how It would sparkle with Ught and inspiration and Joy. Corduroy goes printed for this mart pajama ensemble which to -- All ia the Viewpoint carried out In tbe ever cent of we people are per Ninety black and white combination. - Tbe bigots caUlng other folks bigot Unea tailored are featured Atchison Glob atrlctly this season for pajama costumes which go cruising, or strolling on Prolific Plant tbe beach, or which enter Into A stogie ragweed plant may proSPorta of any description. duct more than 23,000 seed good-lookin- f Beech- Hay Fever Cansce causes for hay fever have been listed. Any sufferer will testify that one to amply sufficient. St. Louto Globe Democrat - Seventy-on- e Sizes of ConttnonU North" America to larger - than 3 Use grindstones - South America go there." It contains about while South' America contains about 6300,000. 8,000,000 square mile "Thats the place to earn big ' money." , , As you Jog along through this old world dont forget that out time ont of every million the other fellow la right and you are wrong. Florida Tlmee-Unlo- Big "Think m A false rumor gains currency qulcker thao the avrreg nsa.- - i "I see to Tap they for currency." ever j "Some big butter-and-eg-g Washington Post. - Whet Educe tie Can't Da . No college can give yon an origAfter a man baa laughed at your inal mlndlf you haven't bn aor a he over the expects telephone, joke Woman powerful mind, either. you to bang np. t .Home When a man speaks slightingly of himself, his qualities and shuttle dont forget be to generally expecting you to put up an argument on the other eld or at least, hoping you will. Farm Journal. Interesting Forgeries Harvard university has a collecIreland tion of the papers and letters which She Has to Be Smart Jud Tnnktoa aaya one of the marteat financiers he know to a woman who can manage a 2 bill ao as to make It bny a dinner for the whole family. Washington Star. Fatigue Antitoxin According to a German scientist, fatigue to caused bya poison, which he haa isolated and from which be has prepared an antitoxin that seems to Increase energy. From tho Latin The , word "sesqnlcentennlal" to taken from tbe Latin. "Sesqul Centennial means one end one-hato derived from "centum," meaning one hundred. ; . True F col seep Paper Thla la a British paper, and measures 13 by ' 17. Inches . It to ae called because tbe watermark to a The fools cap and bell American foolscap to the same else ae legal cap" 13 by 16 lnche k d Dan gf r In Undue Haste "Too mneb eagerness In getting always to tbe front, said HI Ho, tha sage of Chinatown, "may leave a vain man dangerously unaware Of" what to going on behind hla back." --Washington Star. 1 . The Only Difference There to thla difference between great leaders and the average citizen : The average citizen doesnt know how to save the country, either, bnt he doesnt know It Los Angelea Time Uncle Eben d "A man," said Unde Eben, "tin entitled to much credit d If hee only Jes because he kin take life easy an not care what happen Washington Star. good-nature- good-nature- Special CoiusfC lt Is It Something New? to the Far West Reasons for Detours avUlzatlon to under construction, ays an editorial. That, perbap to why we have to detour around it so much. Arkansas Gazett fool New Alihl Needed New . One good thing abont the rad!o. No politician can claim the microFlorida phone mlsqnoted him. t Tlmee-Unlon- . Its Sanctioned by Usage The nse of the word "pretty" to the sense of a comfortable degree Is Mnctloned, as "pretty well," "pretty ure." -- 1 Thought ts Essential Reading only fnrnlshea the mind with the material of knowledge; It to thinking that makes what we ' , read our. Exchange, He to getting you under obligation ao he can tell abont hla San Francisco Chronlcl trouble yon-kno- . t lt you. Tbo Pessimist w Do what a pessimist 1st A man who thinks everybody aa nasty aa himself and hates them for It Shaw. - Thats Wby , The reason a lot of women look old before their time to because they persist In trying to look young after their time. London Tlt-B- new, something that haa never been Toledo Bled tried befor Most Sincere Patriot always been our impression that a man can be a patriot without Cinboasting' abont it all tha tim cinnati Enquirer. f Oregon Trail half dollars were coined in 192ft. , They commemorated the heroism of the fathers and mothers to traversed the Oregon trail Men are beginning to talk abont tbe nse of common senae as If It were Dirty Work Dont let a patient listener Companion. - a, Early IUustratic According to tbe theory of the great naturalist Pliny the Elder, tbe art of painting waa started by drawing Unea around men's shadow . horn" Name . Nothing strikes those who have 1 "Whos A curious pays with weak and crooked teeth for a better brain. , Uved long in this world eo much come John Stewart Bryan, himself a Virginian, tells of a man from Charleston, 8. C, who returned home from a visit to New Tork. Somebody asked him how he enjoyed himself and tba colonel raid "Fine 1 We had a great dlnner'afTieiBionteoar Colonel Ra veil ell waa1 there; Major Elliott from Columbia waa there; three of the Screven s came from Savannah, and there waa General Brgckenridge from Kentucky and Beverly Randolph from Virginia." "That made eight, with your Oh, 'yes ; "No, there were nln there was a fellow from New Tork there." , How did he get tor Oh," said the colonel, "be waa giving the dinner 1" Boston Glob pro- Tribnte to Humanity If - gd col-le- . HtlM ill- I water In the house. I draw cistern Little Difference water. I had aeven children for him The yonng bride was asked what ' and had to raise chickens to clothe he thought of married Ilf myself and the children. And what "Oh, theres not much difference," was It all? There are no ahe replied. "I need to wait ap half ' the night for George to go, and new. pockets In a shroud." I wait np half the night for him to fessor of anatomy at a British g William Henry Ireland wrote Jn the expresses tbe beUef that while Eighteenth century and atrova to bralna grow, teeth rest,' and man have attributed to Shakespeare. Rainbows at Night Rainbows are occasionally seen at night This results from the Ught of the moon shining on rain, bet to feeble compared with tbe rainbow seen to the daytlm balry-cheete- t for-ger- ie r hairy-cheste- a OUTDti XfcOGD tow-heade- Amerlcan-tfuslnesa-ma- 'H'nnjJi t , Family Ufa happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family to unhappy in Its own way. Count Leo I . AU Tolatoy. . ' Error Talkativo Every absurdity has a champion to defend It; fpr Error to always - 1 talking. Goldsmith. 1 Fortune's Helping Hand Fortune truly helps those who are Judgment Eurlplde d ' r |