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Show THE HE2ALD Psgt Tout 0KiTrt ANTS HAVE OWN SOCIAL SYSTEM Saving the Snow Birds Called the Most InJustriout Cn ataret in Africa. Most interesting of the Inserts of Afrit are the driver ants, for they seem to hive s social system so complete hi almost to deserve the came of By MARTHA WILLIAMS civilization. They are, writes Prof. R. L. Garner In the Century Magazine, the most industrious creatures to 1M4, aUCluro Novapapor Syadtcat. ( Africa. a snow bird. Ton ought to The natives call them ntyuno, a Seems like you get so glad to see tha word tliut Is often heard es a cry of flakes fall." Major Caswell said to his warning among them when they meet Granddaughter Grayson, who stood a column on the march. The drivers with her face against the window, eem to be forever on the go. If they with delight quivering have permanent abodes, no one in She smiled almost roguishly, flingAfrica ever found them. ing over her shoulder: "You shouldn't The colonies often number million that daddy remember snow birds say of ants, and earn ant has Us partlm And yon know you'd have wings. lar place and its regular duties. The miss me If I flew away. Who'd play Individual members of a colony are dl , backgammon with you, and not mind Tided into three distinct kinds, and your swearln' whfn you get beat? Or each is necesxary to the welfare of the knit you socks like granny did?" whole community. The smallest of the useful conId-erl"You are right-dows three tyes la about of lie," the major chuckled. your an Inch In length, of slender propor "Wtist is it Billy Newton calls ye tions, very agile In its movements and Miss Bllgh? Way he with comparatively smalt mandibles. looks sometimes be don't want aiore'n These anta appear virtually to be a half portion not in the wsy of laves; they perform most of the girls. And he's pretty mlddlin' decent, menial work of the community and as young fellows grow up these days. carry most of the burdens. Better mind how you handle him. litThe anta nest In alse are about half tle " gal ! He'a got a heart, fen Inch long, of stouter proportions. "But not quite as big as his nose," with bodies more compactly built and flung back saucily. "I wish ' with mandibles somewhat larger than Grayson be hadn't he Is a good fellow but the lower class. They constitute the think of sitting down opposite that yeomnnry, and they direct the affairs young mountain three times three hunof the community, control the movetimes every year dred and sixty-flvments of the colony and act as scouts of my life." In exploring for food. Building or "Ye might have to look at worse." clearing the roadways forms part of the major said sententlously. "Young their work also, and when the colony folks think looks are everything" builds Its wonderful bridges across "I'm glad you remember granny narrow crevices, puddles or streams must have been the beauty of her gentheir bodies form the network of the eration." Grayson Interrupted. "Makes tructure. me mad every time I look at little Joe Those bridges are the most Ingent he's her llvin' Image and beauty Is tms and marvelous specimens of insect wasted on boys." engineering to be seen anywhere In "Well, you might be worse offn ye tbe world. When completed, a bridge are," the major admitted Judiciously; looks much like a telephone receiver "hut thar's no denyln' my wife took with flares at both ends Instead of at the shine off all the rest Does It one. It is composed of the bodies of till, by George. See her walk up the hundreds and thousands of ants clingaisle sure as any stranger happens ing together to .form the bridge over to be thar, he'll find out who she Is In which the rest of the community short order. You've got her eyes and passes in safety. The bridges are her cunnin' little dimple when you made up of five or six sections, and It chuckle but the rest of ye is Grayis difficult to Imagine anything more son, or else Bligh. Your pappy was uniform in pattern or delicate In strucbut them bloods give hlra ture than the amber spans of living Inthe right to be but somehow what sects. I have seen bridges hold fast they bring don't fit well on the pocket for boars while the colony passed over.' slr.es." When the last ant has crossed the "Slanderer t You're worse even than bridge slowly begins to disintegrate, Grayson protested. Billy Newton," and the colony proceeds on Its way. but with the chuckle that brought the The third caste if It can be so dimple. It was vastly alluring, adding called lg made up of soldiers, large, touch of the el tin to her fatryllke, f strong and well provided by naturs toi yet exquisite proportions. Roy Grame their duties. aansed that as he came hesitantly through, the door to the hall, saying will rather stammering: Getting ' this blinding snowstorm excuse my Every day since they had started Intrusion?" housekeeping his bride had given him the same kind of breakfast food, and "Sholyr from the major. "Ye'd be fool to str.y out In it with any roof finally he mustered up courage to handy. Didn't I see ye In town last make a gentle inquiry. first Monday co't day? Somebody "How does it happen that we have aald the Grame boy had come back. this every morning?" he asked. Many's the miles I've rode with yer "Oh, Georgel" she exclaimed. "They grandpap after red foxes and may give blue coupons with each package, be other things," this with a chuckle. and for 100 coupons you can get the loveliest rocking chuir. You have only "Hang up your overcoat outside thar, then come sit by the Are. Bet ye a to eat 90 more packages I" ginger cake my little gal thar her name is Grayson Bligh can mix ye Ice Cream for un somethln' that'll make ypu forget ' With the thermometer near zero one snow." early morning, a Chicago man who diFive minutes later, snug at the fire rects the operation of a score of newsside, Grame found speech, due and boys considered it a good idea to give proper in acknowledgment but yet the boys some food to help them comwas scarcely conscious of what he bat the cold. So he Invited them all was saying, being so wrapt In the Into a restaurant charm of Grayson, who had spoken "Now order what you want, so you'll barely three words to him. When be able to keep warm when you go out presently she slipped away, the major on the street." said proudly: "The little general And every mother's son of them .orShe's gone to thinks of everything. dered ice cream. Everybody's Magacall up the Halfway house, and bid zine. 'em stop granny and little Joe, and She's weather-wis- e keep 'era overnight. for this valley of ours, and knows Used for Ballast the drifts In It will be so high a car can't get over." Miss Ponderosa I thank you ever "She la right mine stalled half a so much for the lovely ride you've mile away," Grame Interrupted. "But given me. a rider might get through. I'll try Henry Carr The pleasure was it If you can mount me." mine. My car runs so much easier "Ever face a blizzard before?" the with about 200 pounds weight on tin (. 4fr0 n three-eighth- Half-Portio- n man-size- e flne-looki- n' a Prize Heat rw ' seat. major asked. Salt Lake City Firms To utort prompt oarrte and quick return to theM idYtrtixacot aMntien tin hum at thia paper. A BARBER IS EIGHT WEEKS Write Moler Barber Col.. 114 Regent St., S. L. BUSINESS COLLEGES L. D. 8. BUSINESS COLLEGE. School of Efficiency. All commercial branches. Catalog free. 60 N. Main SL, Salt Lake City. BOOKS BOOKS AND SHORT STORIES Any book you want by mail, C O. O Ueaerrt Book Co. 44 East So. Temple SONGS A 8HEET MUSIC SONGS new ami old. All kinds. Sheet music by mail. COU. Beesley Music Co. 57 S Main CREAM WANTED SHIP DIRECT Direct Cream Shipments Pay Most Money Send a trial can Griffin Company, Ocden. Utah Blackmail DYED DRESSES CLEANED SUITS Up to the minute Cleaning and Dyeing Return postasjre paid Dyeing Co., 166 E. 2nd So. Regal Cleaning "Say it With Flowers" Fresh Cut Flowers at All Times Hobday's Flower Shop Keith Kmporinra Bldg. Salt Lake Grame shook his head, but said stoutly: "I'm not afraid to at need." "Good boy!" from the major. Grayson came back, tier face deep"Halfway doesn't anly troubled. swer," she said. "Wires must be down or clogged with this damp snow." "Then I had better start at once I" Grame said, rising. Grayson looked startled. The major roused lionlike to say "You don't know a foot of the road : " and snow hides everything "I know It with my eyes shut !" Grayson broke In, her hands cllnch-ing- . "And Trlx Is I'll start right away." "Call Billy Newton first!" the major sure-foote- d entreated. "I called him no answer," Grayson returned, making toward the door. "Stop! You must be mad!" Grame "You! So little! broke in huskily. So fineout in this welter of wind and sleet. Til go even If I dou't know the way " "I won't let you," Grayson said proudly. "Trli never in her life carried double she shan't undertake It Sow." With he last word she vanished, heedless of her grandfather's calls and cries. Grame mnde to follow her, but was stopped by 1fu Imperious gesture, and the sound of heavy rapping on the front door. Grayson answered It finding there a black boy spent and breathless, but grinning broadly, who gasped out: "Mane Billy, he took'i went down 6 valley road dest soon as d thick snow started ke'i dar now ell snowed up nice and aafa la de kyar wid ol Miss and little Joe. Pat's bow come me here he walked tele-foaback twell e eotched op wtd still and called np 's house, to say come and tell ye he done tried ter call ye, bat de lUa was dead. He took blanket! and twe he say ola bottles In de saddle-bag- s Miss was fetching back vlttles fit fer Chrlsmus whole bam, biscuit poundcake. And don't yon-afret ha gwine atand by tell de storm blows out den go find oiens ter drag da kyar borne." "Praise God fer all His mercies-B- illy Newton in particular P the major cried, then dropped his head upon the shaking handa locked over the head of hia cane. "Hell save them, surel Now set down, all of ns and trust In the Lord and the finest man we-all-- ll ever He made." It was a weary waiting almost hours. Grayson tried to twenty-fou- r be stoical, but all in vain. She was too conscious of Grame' eyes, of hia magnetic voice, most of all of his And be was good to look at straight slim, limber, with classic features, harmonious coloring, and the pose of easy culture He should easily have banished bis absent rival Billy of the big nose, the bigger heart yet the balance wavered mightily. Sometimes when ahe had looked and lis tened for minutes Grayson found her self fascinated but woke with sharp sense of satiety that woke a yearning tor something dlfTerert Inarticulate of course she was too artless for but none the less of force and effect Through the murky dark came cries, lantern glimmers, the thudding feet of oxen struggling through the snow then Billy Newton burst In upon them triumphantly, granny safe In his arms, as chipper as you please, and actually giggling as she was set down before a speechless major, "You'd be a widower, Jimmy, bur for that boy," she said, nodding at Billy. "And yon won't find the match to him this side of heaven. I know" huskily from the major. Then In a loud. If shaky voice : "Billy, you've saved my snow bird for me so I've got to give ye another for pay." x "Not unless she's wlllln'." Billy aid humbly, his heart in hia eyes, "Not willing but glad," Grayson said softly, heedless of a nose frostbitten, and bigger and redder than ever. , Party I rock tor Young urn; M.llin I ill . AW ' J ft WW with her beta en than without tbenv Never were hats more gives te flattery than tbey are now. Moat of tbe hats fer spring ere mall or median In sise sad many of rhera are more than reminiscent of the little cloche that has reigned fur several seasons. But they have taken en little brims or visor or upturn. ed coronets. Nothing restrains these wayward little brims. It la always ease ail round the hat of or part way round or twice aroond. Also they turn np er down when and where rhey will or disappear entirely the freeaoesa and of youth are written in this spring's styles fot young girts om sixteen te twenty. Frocks designed for tbe street affect boyish contours and eck treatments; tha front flooiiahea on npular, new French flannel and "ool crepe dresses is cneck and stripes, and on blouses for wear with suits Turn over col lar i and Barrow tie fit In with this boyish node which sulfa our young girls se Well. All these bear out the vogua of bobbed and aiilngied hair. Evervone agrees that the styles are charming ALL shirt-boso- Ha m -- x ip7 VVHIYour Family Be Happy This Spring? a a. If yorf Is coe of rh few retraining faaaitiee Utk-inauiOiuobU, aa &sabt yoa have feaally tWHarl So get one within the Dest tutsr mvrirh. A In at prirssi lamlare Mtomofcile like tbe CbeesoUc Bate be come itaaiiapeBoabia es the family at ordinary income. A sniuioa, ether tamilio can cuilv prove to you that the better way b with Chevrolet. Tha beauuc of aature, the interesting nd educational features of other place end waya of living, main things to read about or een dimly in cold photographs suii yon art free to get to them at yen-- convenience an d pleasure. g kttt .r j But, yoi have definitely decided to buy a Chevrolet this spring. This does not noearily mean yoet are going to get it. Anyone posted on conditions in the automobile business will tell yon that thousands of families are going to he unable to get car this spring. This ha been true almost every spring for the last tea years. There are ust two ways of making sure of getting yoar Chevrolet for nte when the flower and balmy breeze of spring lure yoa to die country roads buy k note or order it ne If you do not want to pay for it ha luQ at tbsa time, any Chevrolet dealer will arrange terms to suit your convenience. You will be surprised to learn bow easy it i to pay for B Chevrolet and tu k while, you are paying for it. Please realize these statements are made by u in good faith and we mean hut what we say about the possible difficuldes of getting a car delivered jto you this spring if you wait undl then to otder k. The only way to be sure of B Chevrolet this Spring it to order It NOW. A Prices f. a. ... , 8uperie Touting Svsrlor Uailirr Coup I arte Coupo . . .. k Flint, Michigan Suporios Coaanaordae Casiils Superior lishi Pilhtrr . . Udtor Eaproaa Tnack Cbaiil 493 640 72 $199 39$ 49S 540 FUkaaBodiMomaBCIiiifaUla Chevrolet Motor Company II 1 f V.- I- 1 -- y J UuHIKWO- - ' 5frs3i 'Ifv ::yj:iS S Statue of Liberty Less Frivelaws Heroic Thpn Uncle Sam f ) IJfV-l- -- i Ckaraisg Party Frock. The Statue of Liberty, with its maj and designer knew how to give them esty of pose, is less heroic than Uncle dainty and even amusing finishing Sam. While the Statue of Liberty em touches that express th eternal fembodies our conscious rectitude and in inine. These same designers are at their spires pur laudatory and exemplary nationalism, Uncle Sam Is not a statue. happiest when they concern 'lemselve He it so constituted that he could not with party freck fat buds in'- the roseby any stretch of the imagination oc- bud garden of girls. The bobbed and d cupy a pedestal. He could ont hold the hingted haired wrap bands of ribbons about their shorn locks pose without feeling ridiculous. He is hearty and fraternal, Impulsive and and forget all about being boyish. Bat the rule of simplicity is not forgotten, generous, and, above all, unselfcon-clouHe has a kind of instinctive for h Is the vogne for young people wisdom by which he anticipates and and Is more emphasized than In tbe disarms the laughter of the world by recent past Taffeta stands in the front row of laughing promptly at himself. It Is Uncle Sam who feeds the hungry tramp fabrics for party frocks along with at the back door while the Statue of crepe de chine, printed silks and voile. Radium taffeta is used for quaint Liberty reads him a lecture from tha frocks with snug bodices, round CenB. in the porch, say R, Perry and plain sleeves, reaching tens necks, tury. It was Uncle Sam who went to elr-oFrance in 1917 and to Russia In 1919, than half way te tbe The frivolous and charming party while the Statue of Liberty remained frock pictured is made of taffeta, with at home on its pedestal. There Is a place for the Statue of It should not stand upon the Liberty. Atlantic seaboard, looking meaningly at Europe and inviting attention to our national perfection. It should not be compelled to enlighten the world. It should be removed to the interior, there to revolve upon its pedestal and stir the aspiration of Americans. It flower-decke- s. at the back Wisdom Justified Learn Eyelid Talking v J l Detroit, Michigan Division of Qtntral Motors Cerperetiet they ere eccentric rut In Canada are being Detectives taught code by meant of which they ran communicate with one another by dropping, raising or other movements of the eyes, and also how to "talk" secretly by means of finger touches, by twisting of a cigar, fingering of a mustache and twiddling fingers behind the back. This is being done so that they can transfer their thoughts when In the presence of criminals or prisoners. It is declared that communication with the eyelids can be as rapid as the ordinary man typewrites. Popular aUchanlca Magazine. Governess How old la person whe was born in 1894 T The Modern Child Man or woman? London Opinion. "DANDELION BUTTER COLOR" A harmless vegetable butter color used by millions for 50 years. Drug stores and general stores sell bottles of "Dandelion" for 83 cents. Adv. And some people even seem to be proud of the fact that they have nothing to be proud of. VM is aleaspoonM? flattering. Satin canton makes the pretty hat that has an upward-flarin- g 'brim, shewn at the top. Figures, cut out from sneda leather, are applied e it. buttonholed down with colored silk, and silver nail heads are scattered over tbe design. A pretty taffeta cloche at the right baa an embroidery pattern done in narrow braid thl la s favored decoration. Milan straw holds the center of the millinery stage and Is shown in the hat with wreath of colored silk foliage etidlng In a pompon of ostrich flues. The net veil has a star role and is a part of the decoration of many a pretty hat At the right a bangkok straw In the Alpine shape has a scarf of silk about Its crown extended into a long end that Is wrapped about the throat Tha scarf Is drawn through a large buckle at the right side. A pretty black poke It depends on the Bat lag Powder yoa use. Yoa limit ate a heaping spoonful of many brands because they don't contain at mach Ieav ening strength aa Th Economy BAKIXQ POWDER Level spoonfuls are all that are necessary when you use CALUMET it makes more bakings which means a real saving on bake day. TEST I aUM IT " 1 Sahs2 times as much as thai ofany other Brand aKUIII should preside over trie domestic life and not over our foreign relations. Thus placed, it would symbolize, not liberty attained before the envious and admiring world, but that liberty which is our goal. It might then, together with Uncle Sam, symbolize our seeking and our confession of shortcoming, our faith and our candor, and before the world our tolerance and com- IMSJ THE WORLDS GREATEST VELVET PENCILS radeship. IVa. At all Dealers Passing of Cracker Bowl Six diminutive oyster crackers In r an sealed envelope as the maximum portion assigned to each oyster cream stew in a hotel restaurant has opened the sub ject of New York city eateries, their extent and their characteristics. Once there was a time when every oyster stew order drew a heaping bowl of oiled-pape- well-know- n Supreme rP r in their class. As Smooth aa Velvet. Writ for trial sample American Lead Pencil Co., New York crackers. But the free cracker bowl is follow ing the exit of the bread and butter which a decade ago were Included in s the price of a meal at any first-clas- food emporium. There are 15,000 restaurants in the greater city, according to the records of the health department Philadelphia Public Ledger. Hopeless visitor to a school, after questioning an unhappy little boy about various matters, asked him If he knew the A ten commandments. The boy said he did not "You don't know the ten commandments?" the' visitor repeated, in as- tonishment. "No, sir," the boy Insisted. "What is your name, my lad?" "Moses, sir." The visitor gave It up. d ruffle after anone little other covering the skirt. They finish the neck and provide the bands that answer for sleeves. This frock may or may not be wired over the dips. A little wreath of tiny roses finishes it Now that the quest of the Easter hat is on in earnest millinery shops are very busy and , very cheer-fuThe spirits of the shoppers appear to rise as they try on one after another of the new styles presented, for spring millinery is very kind it enhances one'a good looks, makes a charm to grow where none grew before, adds a distinction to even the plain woman that lifts her Into the at- TKTa la nvii n v tia ntl a alaaa mission of hats they fall In their pur' pose unless the wearer looks better picot-edge- Prizes worth ENTER L shape made of a fine haircloth with narrow braid decoration finishes this representative group of hats. A fan of burnt goose feathers la mounted at the right' side where two handsome Jet and rhlnestone pins are posed. WILMINGTON. DEL. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. 1914, Wtatorn Nonapapor Colon.) ot nothing to register. Destroy this menace to game and crops. Writ today for booklets aboottb crow. E. 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