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Show HOW THE g jBEVERLY GIRLS ! C4RRIED ON By FANNIE HURST l,B by McClure Newsoaner Syndicate.) tWNU Service.) THE exterior of the Beverly ironical situation it was! The pair of pale, rather pretty girls, going to bed to sleep off hunger, while under theif very windows, rare and beautiful plants and flowers were manufacturing perfumes. One year, however, the rock garden accomplished the miracle of actually bringing into the empty coffers of the Beverly girls a little Income. The landscape gardeners, in reality a struggling young farmer and his brother, who had taken up this work as a side line, and whose services came cheap, proud of their results, had succeeded In interesting the editor of a garden magazine. The Beverly girls received the sum of one hundred dollars for permitting photographers to take pictures which were ultimately to be published in a magazine. It was part of the conservatism Jn which these girls had been born and bred, that their sensitive natures should shrink from even this vicarious publicity, but the young farmer huskies, local boys with ambition, were eagerly insistent and the prospect of the one hundred dollars so welcome, that finally they gave in. The beautiful rock garden cf the Beverly mansion was published far and wide, guests came to drop in more frequently after that for the privilege of taking tea to the sound of the little waterfalls and for the lovely perfume of roses and magnolias. Indeed, as the girls whispered ruefully to one another in the secret reaches of their room, practically all of the one hundred dollars had gone in meeting social expenditures that had come with the public celebration of their garden. The Beverly girls, as the years marched on, were growing tired ; bone-tireheart-tiresoul-tireThe struggle was too much. It was one thing to walk out every afternoon as they did, down the broad, beautifully-scoureand along the quiet lane of their sedate avenue, and out into the city, where they were known and respected as the "Beverly girls." It was quite another matter to creep back into that cold, bleak house of empty larders, servantless servant quarters, tireless fireplaces, climb into scrubbing clothes, scour Into midnight and then creep hungrily, as often as not, into beds whoso sheets and pillow cases had been washed and Ironed by the girls themselves. One day something really quite thrilling occurred. The mayor of the town approached the sisters, requesting that on the city's birthday, when a great local celebration was to be staged, they throw their beautiful garden open to the public. The city would insure them against damage, and since the old Beverly mansion was really one of the landmarks of the community, it seemed fitting that on this anniversary occasion, its famous gardens should be open to the citizens. It was a tribute both to the social position of the Beverly girls and to the lovely old mansion itself. The sisters were moved and Impressed and gladly consented to ,the undertaking. Consequently, part of the elaborate festivi ties of the birthday celebration of the city was the free inspection of the Beverly rock gardens. Hen, women and children filed through the gardens by the thousands, all during the day. Refreshments, served by the city, were to be had in the beautifully painted pergolas. Sun danced on the flanks of the darting goldfish in the Beverly ponds. The populace applauded the scene of idyllic loveliness. It was remarked, however, that the Beverly sisters were not among those present on that day. The house stood open, Inviting those who would, to enter, but somehow, it was not the sort of Interior to beckon. There was something cold, austere and homeless about the Inside of the Beverly mansion. It seemed more of a relic, a historic place, than a home. No, the Beverly girls were not present. This is where they were: They were off in a neighboring town called Andulsia, in the act of being married to the farmer brothers who were their landscape gardeners. The Beverly girls never returned to the Beverly mansion. They presented it to the city. No longer do they have to creep back Into a cold, bleak house of empty larders and tireless fireplaces; their new home Is no relic, no historic place. but a house of cheer and hopes and plans for the future. No more do the sisters walk out in the afternoon along quiet lanes and sedate avenues to be nodded to and pointed out as the strange and respected "Beverly girls.' The days of converting precious old art objects Into money are gone; the struggle of secretly laboring under cover of darkness, washing windows, scrubbing steps, weeding and spading, Is done. The Beverly girls are farmers' wives. They live on a truck farm five miles outside the city limits. Their rock garden now is a truck garden. They still scour and sweep and dust and clean, but out in the open sunlight now, through long, busy days that are happy days. was one of solid and stolid It was a double house, red brick, Georgian, with over a beautiful example of fan-ligthe white doorway and a side garden that was walled In by red brick overgrown with ivy to about the height uf a man. The street on which stood the Beverly mansion was also one of rather solid and stolid magniacence, old families in old homes, whose children and grandchildren, and in one or two inhad been stances, torn under the same roof. It was the sort of street from which the closed carriage and the pair of spanking bay horses had departed reluctantly, as it gave way to the automobile. It was as If the double row of locust trees which shaded It, had attempted to form a barricade, shielding the quiet avenue from the encroaching glare and hurry of the growing city. The Beverly sisters, Linda and Wanda, had been born in the house they occupied. They were an example of having been born into the same house that had been occupied by their forebearers. It was a quiet, austere household now, the entire lineage including the girls' parents, having died out. There were only the two of them now, pale-eyerather girls, wtih the slender wrists and ankles that bespoke good stock, and the repressed and careful bearings that bespoke good breeding. There was a portrait of the two girls, done fifteen years before when they had been fourteen and fifteen, seated on a stone garden bench, a small lap dog between them. It had been painted during the last year of their parents lives, and an effective pair the girls presented. It Is true that the bill for that painting still continued to come at regular intervals, even during the fifth year following the death of the paternal Beverly. But then, so many bills continued to arrive at all too close intervals. What had happened was the not unusual predicament of the heirs to a supposedly large fortune, finding that their Inheritance had been a myth. Except for the elaborate home in which they continued to dwell, by untold scrimping and sacrifice, the Beverly girls were practically penniless. It was a cruel fight to keep up appearances in that looking mansion. There were no servants, not even a gardener. It was inevitable, of course, that people should know that the Beverly girls had not inherited the large fortune that had been expected. But no one In town, and miraculously no one on that pretentious street, knew to what extent these two girls secretly struggled to keep up the pretense of even One by one, certain art objects of value had disappeared from the house ; paintings, silver, ivories and bronzes. It was said In the neighborhood that the peculiar thing about the Beverly girls was that although they went about socially practically not at all, they seemed to sleep the greater part of the day. That was true, but for a pathetic reason. It was after the shades of night had fallen, that Linda and Wanda ventured to do the house and garden work which there were no other hands to carry on. Under cover of darkness one could wash windows, scrub steps, scour the beautiful fan-ligover the entrance, weed and spade and dig in the garden. The Beverly girls were workers, all right; they beat rugs out of windows, painted cornices, and even, one spring, painted the entire length of pergolas and trellises In the garden without ever being detected in the act of manual labor. The degree to which they were and pathetically snobbish, never dawned upon these two girls. They had been bred in an atmosphere of artificial gentility. They knew no other standards. There was one annual ritual, however, which amounted almost to a legend, which the girls performed at any sacrifice. It usually meant long, vnary hours of needlework, which they secretly sold to the Woman's exchange, and the sacrifice of more objects of value from the household, but ery spring, come what might, regular as clockwork, the girls added a bit to their lovely rock garden, and called in the services of landscape gardeners for the extension. The Beverly rock garden was known a the finest In the state. Decorative Symbol On those rare occasions when the Beverly girls The dove and the star have been had guests, they served them tea in used In church decoration and archiit, as their parents and grandparents tecture from a very early period, and nd their symbolism may be variously inhad done before them. It was the one luxury in terpreted, according to the conception their lives and It cost thera dearly. of the artists. The dove represents It may tax the credulities, but it Is the new principle of Christianity Its actually a fact that many a night the two wings the love of man and the Beverly girls, after they had concluded love of God, compassion and contemtheir day's work in. the darkness, went plation, or active and meditative life. to bed hungry. But in all the lean It also stands for the Holy Ghost and years, the rock garden never suffered. the soul. The radiation star is the New and precious species of roses star of Bethlehem and therefore repclimbed its walls each year. Orchiresents Jesus Christ. Stars without daceous plants especially imported, the rays are often used to represent thrived in its crevices. What an the saints. d, front-stone-ste- pale-haire- d top-loft- y Important Change The Snag City "So Bessie Blowitt is married; It was his first day as a caddie, she's a wage-earne-r no longer." and he had shown so much interest NICHOLS CIUSMON "No, she's a wage-burnin the play that at the end of it his now." a ovdo and ose u directed. Fin pmrtidn oi axd ASSAYERS AND CHEMISTS Gt him how asked he liked It fcia pel employer S. Weit efl until all drt auoh aa pimples, lirar Office and Laboratory fraekle diaappaar. fikin is than aofi P. O. pot, taa and "Oh I I'm Just crazy about it," re- and Temple St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Ylvety. Your tmt look Tsara youngr Marooliaad and prloea 168$. Box Boy Mailing envelopes Wax brieza out tha hidden beauty of roar akin. T plied the youngster. 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An iron pillar has been standing in the open in Delhi, India, for 1,500 years and is not rusted. The bureau of standards says the resistance to corrosion of the pillar is a fact that has not so far been explained. An eminent metallurgist, Sir Robert Had-fielhas made a chemical analysis and a metallurgical examination of a specimen from the pillar and did not find anything which would explain its resistance to corrosion. Wartime Nurses Explaining Undertow When a wave rushes up on a beach the water must recede. Meanwhile another wave is approaching. This second wave climbs over the water which is running back. This is repeated time and time again. There is therefore a seaward-flowincurrent set up under the advancing waves. . The army nursing corps says that in the Spanish-America- n war woman nurses were first used in the army hospitals. There nurses were under contract to the government Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee, a contract surgeon, was appointed superintendent of the army nursing corps. It was mainly through her efforts that the corps was organized and became a part of the United States army in 1901. Balked at Diet Fried ants and alligator meat, relished by natives in previously unexplored wilds of Brazil and Venezuela, were too much for a party of American scientists. The expedition found monkey and parrot meat more to their liking, however, on the trip which took about ten months and resulted in the collection of 300 specimens of birds, some described as new to science. Ancient French Banner The oriflamme of France was the ancient banner of the kings of France and was first used as a national banner in 1119. It was a crimson flag cut into three Vandykes to represent tongues of fire, with a sllk'en tassel between each, and was carried on a gilt staff. When Glassware Sticks Tumblers that have become fixed together can easily be taken apart if the outside one is tapped gently round with another tumbler. Flower pots can be "unstuck" in the same way with another pot, and a glass stopper that Is fixed in a bottle will often yield if tapped with another stopper. Belongs to the Nation Carlsbad cavern Is a national monument undor the supervision of the national park service. It was created October 25, 1923. It contains 719.22 acres. These limestone caverns are of extraordinary proportion and of unusual beauty. Curiosities of Nature In the Manti National forest of Utah there are to be found huge spheres of stone which have been formed naturally In some unaccountable manner. The stones are perfectly round and are as regular as if they had been turned in a big lathe. City's Colored Sidewalk Canal street, New Orleans, La., is s.1 Id to be one of the first cities to use colored pavements. They are terraa-zolikmade of chipped rock, laid in a scries of diamonds, shaped with brass stripping and then sanded down and polished. g Jokester "Debunked" The famous Joe Miller, an English actor, whose collection of jests has earned for him the title of "Father of Jests," is said by h'lstorians to have been incapable of even a single Joke and that the book going under his name was written by a Mr. Mottley. Kiwanis Slogan its origin in a word in s. one of the Indian languages This may be translated in English, to make oneself known. In the Elwanis clubs, it is Interpreted as the accomplishing of worthwhile things. Their slogan is "We Build." Elwanis finds Kee-wanl- Simple Fishing Method Natives of South America and East Indies extract a poison from tropical plants, especially from the "cube," which they pour into a stream. The fish become Intoxicated or stupefied and the primitive fishermen then gather them In. Coldenrod and Hay Fever Goldenrod is by butterflies and bees, and is a typical plant. The pollen gives a positive hay fever reaction, but, not being can cause hay fever only upon direct inhalation. Motoring Across Africa In 1930 C. E. Bedaux led a motor caravan of five cars from Mombasa on the east coast, to Casablanca, on the west coast, marking the first transcontinental trip across-Africby motor north of the equator and crossing the Sahara desert The same year Capt Owen Tweedy and Captain Crof-toof the British army, made a 5,500-mil- e trip from Rejaf, in the heart of Africa, to Algiers, crossing the Sahara en route, in a small delivery car. Ancient Italian City The city of Pisa, Italy, was probably of Etruscan origin. It became subject to Rome in 180 B. C. At the height of its greatness, in the Twelfth century, it Is thought to have had a population of 150,000. In the Sixteenth century Its population had dwindled to about 8,500. It is now in a thriving condition with a population in the commune of about 70,000. Oldest Royal Abode Probably Windsor castle is the oldest royal residence. Windsor was a residence of the Saxon kings before the Conquest, their palace being at old Windsor. William the Conqueror chose the present site, built a castle there, which was taken down and the present one built In the time of Edward II. This has since been extended and com: pletely renovated. cross-fertilize- d Insec- t-pollinated wind-born- "Open" and "Closed" Sea Mare clausum is a Latin phrase meaning closed sea, and is applied to a sea closed by a certain power or powers to the unrestricted trade of other nations The free and open sea Is called mare liberum. Works Through the Blood In the light of modern medical knowledge, it is apparent that the weapons through which nature works are humoral that is to say, that her messages are transmitted through the blood. In Hard Lack Indeed "Pride." said Uncle Eben, "am er good t'Ing in Its place. But er country or er citizen is in hand luck when he ain't got nuffln' much 'ceppln' 'Is pride ter be proud of." Washington Star. e, Mummies Not Everlasting Should a mummy be unbound it would remain in the condition in which it was found for some years. Eventually, mummies are inclined to pulverize, due to too much salt in the embalming preparation. The abdication of the emperor of Germany was announced November 9, 1918. "council of The people's commissioners took over the government and declared the existing imperial parliament dissolved and proclaimed the republic. A call was issued for the election of a national assembly. It met at Weimar February 6, 1919, and elected Frledrlch Ebert president of the republic on February 11. The national assembly adopted a constitution July 31, 1919. Hebrew Alphabet The present Hebrew alphabet is not the original one, which was probably derived from the Fhoenlclan, but Is believed to be the one derived from the ancient Aramaic. Fiih Need Protection Because of the fact that tiny fish cannot protect themselves against their natural enemies, fish culturists have found that planting 100,000 trout, raised in rearing ponds, gives results equal to planting 1,000,000 small fry directly in streams. Trout in Abundance It is estimated the 250 Rocky mountains iHkes and streams of Glacier National park contain the densest trout population of any area on the continent. In twenty years the govern- The Idea of Inserting a grain sand In a mussel shell, so that musoel would build a pearl around irritating sand, was suggested by Magnetic Ore Lodestone Is a magnetic ore; magnetite, which has been known as a natural magnet from early times, and Is the first substance in which the phenomena of magnetism was noticed. It Is found in the Appalachians, especially in the Adlrondacks; in the highlands of Nefr York and New Jersey, and also in other parts of the United States. Old Astronomical Belief The most ancient astronomers believed that while the stars themselves, were fixed by some means in the vault of heaven, the planets had the power-tmove to and fro, either as they . willed, or by the will of some unseen-powerFor falling stars, they believed, there was a deep pit all around the flat earth, into which they went o j Vandalism Prohibited The American antiquities act of June 8, 190G, provides a $500 fine and imprisonment, or both, for any person who shall without permission "appropriate, excavate, injure, or destroy any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument or any object of antiquity, situated on land owned or controlled by ' the United States." Foot Covering The sandal, the earliest and simplest shoe, was known by the most primitive: races and was certainly worn by th ancient Egyptians. The Hlttltes wor shoes, often with gaiters above to protect the ankle and calf of the leg. Colors Denote Pure Blood . 1 Fure bred Arab horses are 50 per cent grays, 80 per cent bays, 20 per cent chestnuts and browns, with a very occasional pure white or black. Dun or horses are a sunt sign of cross breeding. parti-colore- d Uncomfortable Journey John Ledyard ths Connecticut-born traveler, once traveled from Sweden to the western coast of Siberia, all the way on foot with prac(1751-1789- ), tically no money or suitable clothes and equipment Bisque Doll Not Domestic of domestic manufacture are today made of an unbreakable composition, which Is entirely separate and distinct from the bisque dolls, which are still Imported, although to a very much lesser extent. Into this country. Deserved a Meal Bobble, a Pekinese owned by Mr. and Mrs. Eagle, was awarded a medal at the Croxley (England) canine show for rousing them by pulling ths bedclothes when firs broke out in their house. All dolls In a Nutshell The sparrows and robins, If you give thera leave to nest a they choose about your garden, will have their own opinions about your garden ; some of them think it well laid out others 111. Cool is Impure carbon. of the the the l; ment has stocked more than 80,000,000 fingerllngs of all varieties. Coal and Diamonds Linnaeus' Idea Since Japan extends through nearly latitude, it necessarily has a great range of climate. In the In south the climate Is the north it is extremely cold. The southern islands have high temperatures in the summer and no snow or ice In the winter. In the Kurlle Islands the snow and ice never entirely disappear. Kiushu and Shlkoku have a moderate climate. 30 degrees of A diamond Is pure carbon, crystallized. That is, the diamond has its carboD atoms arranged in a definite form and rigidly fixed In that position. Rhinoceros Heads List The Indian rhinoceros Is the most expensive wild animal in zoos or menageries. The difficulty In capturing this animal and keeping it alive makes It cost from $18,000 to $20,000. Youthful Genius Pope wrote many of his published poems by the time he was sixteen; at twenty, his "Essay on Criticism," and at twenty-five- , his great work th "Translation of the Blad." |