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Show - J lfcJiuiftA J SiAt 7 THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH Two in a Taxi By JANE OSBORN (g), , 1923, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) It was a peculiarity of Leonard Titus tliat he always did his most Important writing on the train on his way into the city from his home In the suburbs. Some of his city friends had expressed their amazement that he ,a bachelor, with no taste or talent for golf or tennis or any of the diversions that would keep a bachelor in the country, persisted In living so far from town. Leonard made some light excuse. It would have sounded too absurd if he had said that he didnt come to the city to live because his best work was always scribbled with a lead pencil on the pages of a notebook in the smoking car of a com' muters train. Leonard Titus was perhaps the best known editorial writer of the city; at least the business manager of his paper advertised him as such, and his fame had gone out throughout the land and across oceans until cabinet members called him in conference and serve on committees he was asked1-tto meet very distinguished foreigners. Anyone would have been interested to meet Leonard Titus. John McKoy, the taxi driver who almost invariably took Leonard Titus from the railroad station to the newspaper office two miles away, had somehow found out who his customer was, and henceforth felt honored in having him for a steady. John always waited a reasonable time after the 9 :32 arrived,' refusing other fares until he was perfectly certain that his distinguished customer was not coming.' One October morning the clock on the station facade pointed 9:45 and Leonard Titus had not arrived. John McKoy decided to wait no longer. That is, he reflected on the subject when a young woman, hurrying out of the taxi entrance of the station, furiously waved her handbag to him by way of summoning him. She did not possess the easy manner of one accustomed to riding In taxis. If she had been she would never have waved her bag in that manner, even though, as it happened, there were no other taxis standing at that stand at that particular time. John McKoy was about to pull out when he spied his steady, Leonard Titus, coming out of the waiting room. John McKoy stopped short, got out of the taxi and went around to talk to -- the young lady inside. I am steady, sorry, but there is my You see, I am said. obliged to take him hes an important person he has to get to his office, you see. How do you know Tm not Important? said the young woman. She did look very, very young as John McKoy looked in at her face blushing with something; like rage. I never heard of putting anyone out of a fax! just because someone else wants 1L I got here first, and Im going to stay here. It happens that It is as important for. me to get to my office as for this Its Leonard Titus, the great writer, said the taxi driver, and just then Mr. Titus arrived on the scene and sensed the situation. If the young lady doesnt want to get out, all right," he said, looking But maybe anxiously at his watch. she wouldnt mind letting me go along, too. Im in a deuce of a hurry train -late and they go to press by eleven Leonard Ill take the seat outside. was now raising his hat to the young You wont object? lady in the taxi. Youre going downtown, I suppose. You can drop me on the way. The young lady, who had shown that she had heard Leonard Titus when the driver mentioned Ills name, seemed not to object Id just as soon have you ride inThat is, if you want side, she said. to Leonard Titus got in beside' the young woman, bowing politely as he did so. 'He - looked a little embarrassed. Then he regarded his watch again, and then with a look of apology toward the young lady he dove Into his brief case for a notebook and soft lead pencil. Youll pardon me, I hope? he said, and began to read the scribbling inf the notebook eagerly. You see. Im late," he said after a few minutes. And I must get this to the typist. You have been very good to let me ride. I must go to Hill street do you go as far as that?" said the young lady, and Yes, then, I dont In the least object. The taxi man told me who you were. I have always wondered what you looked like. Leonard Titus straightened the a little glasses on his nose and sat-uAnd what do you think straighten I look like? he asked without a shadow of impertinence IVeil, not exactly what I expected, tiiough surprisingly like it, too. I thought you were a Jittle taller and perhaps a little more bald and not quite so heavy But I knew your eyes were blue and that you had hands . like that. Bless me" was all Leonard Titus cnnld say, and then, You are a verst observing young lady, Tm sure. But do you really read my editorials mean so carefully that you have been able to tod out so much about e , ' . meje Oh, I read them every day,, quite thoroughly. Thats Interesting now, said Leonard Titus with unfeigned satisfaction. Id hardly expect theyd hold the at--, tentlon of a young lady. Oh, they dont always. Sometimes you dont mind my saying it, but sometimes they are so Interesting, and then again its all 1 can do to get through them. I suppose thats because Im not educated enough to understand she sighed, and then both she and her companion looked a little embarrassed. He wanted to ask her why if they bored her 'she persisted in reading them daily. Also she had said that she had thought he was not quife so Somehow this was singuheavy. larly annoying. If she had been less charming, not quite so young and not quite so naive, this piece of frankness would have been less annoying. Do you really think Im too heavy? lie asked, smiling and putting away his notebook. Im only a , pound or so overweight. , I didnt say you were too heavy," she said appraisingly. Only well, from the way you write I Imagined you were quite thin. You know you cant help get an idea about a mans appearance when you hear as much about him as I do about you. But I dont think you are overweight. I think she regarded him critically that you are just right as far as weight goes, she added hastily.' Really, weve had an extraordinary conversation, laughed Leonard Titus when he saw that he was within a block of his office. And you havent given me a chance to finish correcting these notes. Perhaps they wont need it, said the girl. Maybe the typist can make them out Shed be most unusual If she could.' Typists, you know, are usually not very skillful making out handwritten copy. And now, he said, Im nearing my stop. You know who I am. Would it be too much to ask for your name, too? You have been very kind. I should be grateful to know to whom I am indebted. The taxicab had stopped. Oh, my name is Florence Mason, she said I wanted to tell you quite simply. I wanted to tell you why I was so stubborn about not giving up the taxi, but you see I had to get to my office on time. I missed my regular train, ' and the one I took was late. So I had to take a taxi. You see " Miss Mason, Im glad met and here the taxi you, Im sure, driver, who had alighted, opened the door and informed Mr. Titus that he was here. All that day Leonard Titus went about with the memory of his taxi companion uppermost In his thoughts. It flattered him, no doubt; that this very charming young woman read his editorials every day, even though they did occasionally bore her. He wondered what she did. She had 'spoken of her office. He hoped sincerely that she was not a typist, for he said something about the general stupidity of typists. He wasnt quite sure what it was, but It stuck in his mind and made him a bit uncomfortable. He berated himself for this, but not so soundly as he did for not having managed to learn from her her address. Oddly enough, she had got out of the taxi after him, and having said good morning had disappeared into the crowd while he was paying the driver. She hadnt even suggested, paying her share, though of course he wofild not have considered such an arrangement. The whole thing was quite mystifying annoying, too, because she was such an attractive little girl. Leonard- Titus sat musing at his desk in the newspaper office where he spent a brief hour or two every morning attending to his correspondence and answering letters to a dictaphone. Suddenly he jumped to his feet, sat down again as suddenly, and called to the switchboard girl through his telephone to connect him with the typing room. - I, Is there a girl there named Mason Florence Mason? he asked. Sure, came back the answer from the head typist. Shes the girl that always does the Leonard Titus stuff. Smart girl or she couldnt make out that copy. Looks like writing on a laundry ticket. Thanks, said Leonard Titus. This is Leonard Titus talking, at which the girl at the other end saidi Gee whiz, please excuse me for what I said. Certainly, said Mr. Titus suavely. Please ask Miss Mason to come into my office when she is at liberty. I want to let her know how much I appreciate her careful work. Florence Mason reported at once very much embarrassed and very pretty. Iye been thinking about that taxi episode, said Leonard Titus, and it dawned on me. that perhaps you read those editorials every day because you had to. The fact that you got off at this street seemed to corroborate that theory. And I didnt stop to pay my share, "I said Florence Mason, blushing. knew you wouldnt let me, anyway, and I wanted to get away. 1 didnt want you to know that I Worked here and did your copying. When Florence left a few minutes later Leonard Titus saw her to his Then Ill meet you in office door. the entrance waiting room at 12:30 and well have luncheon anywhere you want. Weve been collaborating for a year; we bugbi to get better acquainted. And that was the- - formal Intreduo-- I ton of Leonard Titus to the charm ing young woman who very soon afte ward became his wife. A IMPROVING - 4 AttCr EvSfV hoJy FlC&l CITY , Aids digestion, ceanses foe ,ee soothes the throat. n ' Every Indication that American communities are becoming Interested in the beautification of their environment is encouraging. Recently we referred to the proposal for an art commission for Grand Rapids, Mich., and we now note the appeal of the Des Moines Capital for the restoration of the beauty dam g comin that city. A mission makes the proposal, which Is Intended to protect the water level of the river, which fh the low water season shows an unsightly array of sand bars and stagnant pools. Oui western American towns and cities have grown up chiefly under economic Influences, and while many have features of beauty, these are usually almost accidental. If we take a little trouble we can make our towns much more attractive to the eye and thus provide for ourselves and our children a daily pleasure beyond price. There is no reason why our communiIntellities, which, are now gent, and ambitious of progress in the higher things of life as well as in material things, should not greatly Improve their architecture, their public monuments, - their natural features, parks, streets, and places of recreation. It Is well worth whiles When yon hear of the Grand Rapids art commission or the Des Moines town planning commission you have a new interest and .a new respect for these enterprising and prosperous centers of real American life. Chicago Tribune. agood thing to remember Sealed in its Purity Package town-plannin- " r f Palace of the Maharajah of 'Kashmir. t, the National Geographic inspired art and trades tnat are esWashington . C.) The Yale of Kashmir has become so thetic. The most famous of its artis- e famous as a name suggesting supeib tic products were the superfine shawls' that were the last word scenic beauty and delightful atmosIn clothing accessories to the smartly Is to It known all the phere that women of the West two genworld as an epithet. But lew of the dressed ' or worlds densely populated beauty erations in' mbre ago. Back the reign qf Napoleon Bpna-partso been have Isolated spots effectually when that temporarily devoted by natures barriers; and not nearly was looking for rare gifts to so many Westerners have taken the husband the fancy of his charming and please strenuous the somewhat journey Into gracious wife, he bought one of the Happy Valley, Indias ideal, summer (Prepend cash-mer- e, resort, as have traveled to. the summer capital of India, Simla, which may be reached after fhe approved western fashion by fail. Kashmir, unlike most of the other Indian summer stations, is not on the southern slope of the Himalayas. It is actually among those towering mountains, and behind a portion of them. In back of the barrier range, passage of which, because of peculiar geological conditions, Is unusually difficult, the great mountain masses opened up, so to speak, to form the celebrated Vale. This is a great level valley, Its floor a mile above the sea, 84 miles long and 2 broad, with fertile soil, abundant water, most of the products of the temperate zone in profusion, the wholes surrounded by a majestic wall of towering, mountains. To ihe visitor the Vale can hardly fail to bring thoughts of the legendary valleys of the Arabian Nights into which one could go only by the wings o fa roc. Not many decades ago the Vale was almost as safe from casual intrusion, and even now that British engineering skill has been brought e Into play In road construction, the Journey-Jrothe nearest railroad station at Rowalpindi, over the outer Himalayas, is far from being an easy jaunt. The geologic energies of the present seem in league with the mountain-building forces of the past to preserve something of the Happy Va" The" road is conlleys seclusion. structed over much of its extent through a loose conglomerate formation, and hardly a rain occurs which does not cause isolated bowlders or great masses of stone and earth to fall to the highway. The toll of life on this evanescent road is steady, and squads of laborers must ever be kept busy opening the way afresh.. The road, superseding the old trails, was the fruit of British nervousness at the steady southward advance of Russia a generation ago. By 1888 the Russians had pushed through Turkestan and the Pamir to the northern border of Kashmir, and the British felt the need of a highway over which their troops could move for the defense of this Kashmir boundary. In the face of most serious difficulties the road was pushed forward in two years. Srinagar an Oriental Venice. It Is a distinct surprise to the visitor to discover in this valley far Inland, a mile high, and in the heart of the mountains, a city that Is a Venice of the East. Such is Srinagar, capital of Kashmir and the greatest city of the valley and the state. The Jhelum river, fed by icy springs from the Himalayas, winds through the Vale spreading out in several places to form beautiful lakes. The main street of Srinagar is the river and facing It is the palace of the maharaja, government buildings, and the dwellings of the prosperous and humble townsfolk as well. Some 15,000 people live in boats on the river and the numerous canals that intersect It, and most of the traffic is carried on by water. If one is to spend some time jn Srinagar he rents not a house, but a house-toaSuch a dwelling comes equipped ' with the necessary oarssnow-mantle- d 200-mil- t. men. ids menage One completes by renting a kitchen boat manned by cooks. Thus provided for, the visitor may live a lazy enjoyable life, moving his abode from one beautiful setting to another, with his breakfast, lunch or dinner in the making, trailing along behind. Unfortunately the beauty of their surroundings does not seem to have inspired the1 Kashmiri to attempt to protect that quality and cleanliness In themselves. Many of the people are as those In the as dirty and In fact ugliest slums of the East. Srinagar, away from Its river highway, Is all. too slumlike Itself, with narrow, dirty, odorous streets hemmed In by houses devoid of sanitary facilities. And as In all Eastern cities, ihere are swarms of beggars Kashmir's beauties do seem to have - -J OF Something Can Be Done In That Direo-tioIn Practically Every Ameri-- , can Community. . e LOOKS custoa univers that benefits every - . , z i most beautlfnl of the shawls for her, and from that time on the Kashmir shawls ran a long and brilliant course at the court of fickle fashion and Srinagar developed an Industry which kept the shuttle flying through 16,000 looms In the state. well-to-d- In-t- Franco-Prus-sia- n $650,-000,00- - the early part of the Sixteenth century. In those days and for centuries afterward the beautiful shawl woven and embroidered by the ' Kashmiri maiden was the chief object in the dowry she brought her husband. The queer part of the story Is that these exotic things are not made of wool of sheep, nor do all the animals In our every-da- y live In Kashmir. parlance, the word cashmere Is Incorrectly applied to material made from the finest grade of the wool of merino sheep raised In Spain, but the real product is made from the soft, very fine and short underwool of the shawl-gowhich lives for the most part in the mountainous regions of Tibet. There are several varieties of this wool, but on the finest of it the maharaja of Kashmir has a monopoly. Transportation a Drawback. the In addition to Kashmiri have long been famous tor gold and other metal work, embroidery, and for the production of that most concentrated and costly of perfumes, attar, from the roses that grow in such profusion in this fortunate shawl-weavi- valley. Since artistic products are usually of great value in small bulk, no doubt the economics of Kashmirs transportation problem have helped to turn the energies of the country Into such g In the manufactures. bullock carts the trip of freight into or out of Kashmir to the nearest railroad requires close to 15 days, while even the carrying of the mail In faster usually requires three conveyances days. The difficulties and slowness of transportation adds perhaps $25 a ton to the cost of the products moved. But for this transportation problem Kashmir might supply nil India with the. fruitsA of the temperate zone. Since there Is no reasonable outlet for fruits and vegetables, and since .only a lmited number of tourists enters Kashmir, living there is surprisingly cheap. Labor, too, Is cheap, and the absence of motorboats in this aquatic paradise is ascribed by economists t the fact tlmt- - the labor of five oars, men for a day Is less costly tlwn one gallon of the meager supply of gaso line that finds its way Into the coun try. slow-movin- W. N. U. Salt Lak. City, No. 23. German Proverb. Love unreciprocated is like a tion without an answer. WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROO- ques- T o, Beautiful Shawl Patterns About the same time American PUT THE BEST INTO HOUSE whalers and sailing vessels that were plowing the Pacific, explOrjr.g, naming No End by Using Money Saved and renaming islands in the South .Dam- -' Immense Poor Materials of made the their way into seas, ports Caused Rust. age by India in order that the women waiting at home for the welcome sign of - rhe small home .builder has learned a sail might add to their collections of treasure one of. those prized light a lesson, and that is that poor planand Construction Is much more wraps which have become renowned ning for the glowing harmony, depth and expensive than good architecture and indifferent The demand for enduring qualities of its brilliant better homebuilding. building ' Is spreading, colors. with the consequence that flimsy work One of the most beautiful of the will be condemned by all elaborate designs was the cone pat- home eventually ' buyers. tern; ahother general favorite being There Is a clearly defined movethe ring shawl, which, though not ment back to the substantial and enat all transparent, is so soft that it and away from the flimsy type can easily be drawn through a finger during of construction which has been a ring. Fortunate indeed was the wom- noticeable feature of much of our conan who happened to possess one laden in moderate-cos-t struction, with the delicate embroidery which homes, in particularly the last decade, says W. A. I made them so handsome and so costly Willis of the Copper and Brass associaThe production of shawls In Kash- tion of the United States. mir, however, has fallen off within The costly results which follow the the last 25 or 30 years and Is almost erection of the type of house that Is today. The built merely to sell and not to live in war sealed their doom, and the Is perhaps no better Illustrated than famine in India during 1877-7- 9 played by the amazing fact that home owners havoc among the weavers. It Is said In this country spend more than 0 that If it were not for the fact that every year In repairing and reaccording to the treaty between the newing rusted metal work In and on state of Kashmir and the British gov- their dwellings. The significance of ernment six pairs of shawls of tine this loss Is apparent from the fact that quality must be paid yearly, probably It Is greater than the fire loss in resieven the knowledge of the art Itself dence structures. In all save danger would die out among the natives, to life rust Is vastly more destructive thohgh it has been practiced since the 'and costly than fire, the more dangerdays of Emperor Baber, the first of ous because rust works so Insidiously. the threat Moguls, who ruled India In - FLAVOR LASTS Rules for Better Cities. Believing that an era of better cities is at hand If citizens and traffic authorities will give study to the question, Charles Clifton, president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, makes six recommendations for city planning. He has sent his views to traffic authorities In several large cities asking for comment and criti- Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it. Womens complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. Pain in the back, headache, loss of ambition, nervousness, are often times symptoms of kidney trouble. Dr. 'Don't delay starting treatment. Kilmers Swamp-Roo- t, a physicians prescription, obtained at any .drug store, may be just, the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Get a medium or large size bottle in. . mediately from any drug store. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper. Advertisement. ' . George Ade on Women. Women- - of high voltage are es- The pecially keen as arrangers. married woman decides that Herbert, her husbands bachelor friend (with the false eyebrows), is just the man for Ella, a holdover from the puff sleeve period. So she Invites the two waifs out for the week-en- d and Issues secret orders that whenever Herb and Ella can be assembled together on one settee, then all the others are to run away and leave them. And yet you may have read In a book somewhere that woman Is mans best friend. From Single Blessedness, by George Ade. case-harden- r Wage Slave, The wife of a certain prominent member of the Los Angeles Athletic her hnsband the club button-holeother day with ears in her eyes. Darling, she murmured, every day this week Ive been looking In the window of a store near the club where theres a perfect dream of a hat, but the price was so tremendous Perhaps, began the fond husband. Yes, dear! But there Isnt any perhaps. I paid the cook this noon, and what do you think? She marched right down and bought herself that very d hat! , ' - - cism. - Mr. Clifton suggests as a means of Improving traffic congestion and hazards In cities: , (1) More playgrounds. (2) Stricter regulations ,and more scientific study of safety provisions. (3) New boulevards. (4) Detours tof through traffic (5) Parking spaces In basements of office buildings. The average man wastes a lot of wind airing his views. - V. (Hi vcGjasj cDHi! y Signless Highways. At Kansas City the County court has ordered the removal of billboards and signs from the county highway, due notice being given as required by the law. It is too much to expect that the example sot In that section will be followed throughout the nation. One is mads to wonder, however, what the country would resemble if the highways were cleared of billboards. They havent been signless since man began to traverse them and towns to spring up alongside them. The chill tonic reminders of an earlier day have led up logically to the doml Dating varicolored posters of our own day. What our roads would look like without them only the persons with imagination might conceive. Dallas Journal. Bostons Wise Move. Bostons conservation bureau, a newly created city department, Is conducting a ssrk--s of; public meetings to disseminate Information on the conservation of human life and public t sources. Big Monsy for City Manager. Charles E. Ashbumer, city manager Norfolk, Ya., and the first man to hold that position In the United States, has resigned to accept the city of Stockton, CaL, at a salary of $20,000 year. dmOoiffiiHHfl GftHmgnfc nig. (MU) (tiPiffliBMfhan (DGxgiiftefMiv d$$KlS5J5 (MfiOnuT ftesrti fuan-rgershl-p - ' - .4 - |