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Show ' the girls sat together In the pantry and ale a sandwich or folded paper napkins and bad a good time together. "One of my soldiers ate four eggs," In a Canteen 2 By DOROTHY DOOOXS i (Copjrrlfffct. lilt, by th UoCm Bjradicata.) pr "It seems too bad to drag jou out, Helen," began Doris Vail, In coaxing tone, "but you know Tuesday Is my day at the canteen." "Don't mind me, dear," Helen quickly replied. "I'd love to stay here In your room and just read and be lazy. You've entertained me to death since I came here." . The girls were In the gray and rose sitting room that Doris' mother let her have for her own. They had had their breakfast and were patting on their sport clothes for hoar of golf. Suddenly Doris looked op from the task of lacing her boots. "I have It I'll borrow Genevieve's uniform and you shall be a real canteen worker It'll be lots of fun. Will your Helen demurred. She was not much Interested In canteenlng at least on this side of the Atlantic ocean. All that life held of real Interest to her at preset dwelt In a uniform somewhere In i.nee, and because the said some one h.fi no dependents and had no allot-i- n nts for the country to pay, .he sifmod to be one of the chosen few to have to remain on foreign soil. Helen had not even heard from him for weeks. The sight of soldiers who had been fortunate enough to get home would only make her home lonely. "I really would rather stay at home, Doris," she said. "Really." "Oh, that's too pokey. And besides, we need you. I Just happened to remember thnt Genevieve won't be home till tomorrow, and you shall take her place and wear her uniform. It's a t u 1 I Appeared in tfAj the Doorway. duck of a blue overall with black pat eut belt and white frilly collar and ca." Helen, saw that she would have to go. Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad. "All right. I'll do my best, but do leave me In the pantry to make salads and don't make me wait on table." "We'll see about that, dear. You're far too pretty to be poked off In a pantry." Doris waved off the flattery and donned her hat. "Hurry, Helen, If we're going to have any golfing before we go to this canteen place. Where Is It, any way?" "Oh, across the Island a bit over at Hempstead, near Field 2." "Wherever rhat may be," mumbled Doris, who came from the middle West and to whom Long Island meant very little. At three o'clock the two girls were neatly attired In their blue canteen aprons, and with two other workers, were being driven In a comfortable closed car to the bungalow on Meadow street, where soldiers and officers found rest and recreation as well as good meals. When they stepped Into the big lounge Helen could not restrain an ex elamation of enthusiasm. "How won home-cooke- d derfully pretty, Doris." Doris knew that her guest would fall In love with the place once she had seen It. "Yes we think It Is most attractive." I should say It was. "Attractive I've never seen anything so perfectly arnmged and so prettily decorated in my life. Ajid every big comfy chair has a table beside it with a book and a drop light. Isn't the scheme of blue And Helen and yellow effective?" raved on, moving from one corner to another of the canteen and exclaiming anew at every turn. From the blue bowls of yellow flowers to the blue and yellow soft pillows that made the big lounge look invitingly homelike, she was enthusiastic to her utmost. After a while, when the workers had arranged the tables, attended to the cutting of the bread and filling of the water glasses, a stray soldier or two dropped in for an early dinner or a bite of extra food. Helen worked as if she had been brought up to just this sort of housework and made a charming and deft waitress. When there waa a loll la tha jrerk ! EMERY COUSTY " PR&GfcESS CASTLE DALE, UTAH laughed Dorlsl ."And I had a boy who had two plates of that meat pie, and you know how I much Ellse puts on for portion. nearly passed away when 1 took his order for a second portion. "On, I hear some one In the officer's room now I Who'll go? Yon go, Helen. You haven't worked so hard," said Doris, pushing her friend forward. The officer's room was Just off the big dining room and had a door lead lng directly Into It from the porch. Doris, being a regular worker, knew that there came to that room occasion ally a fat and grouchy major whom they all disliked to watt upon. Therefore, in Helen'a ignorance or Innocence she had taken advantage of her and the girls were all laughing quietly about It. Helen was gone so long that they began to wonder what waa keeping her. "It must have been the aaajor, and he's explaining just how long he wants his toast toHskfJand his eggs boiled," remarked Doris. "It's taking a long time tonight," added another girl. "Suppose you just happea out that way and look," suld another. "Let's all go," whispered Doris. "We can pretend we're fixing th tables." They all started In the direction of the officers' lounge and looked care lessly In. There was no fat, groochy major. There was no Helen I The gifls Jooked at each other. "I certainly heard some one go In there," Doris said. . "And your friend Helen t" question ed one of the girls who had envied the newcomer her prettlnesa. "I I can't Imagine," began Doris. "Oh, listen!" ,"Yes I hear voices!" exclaimed two of the girls in unison. Out on the porch, dimly lit from th yellow lights within, they hean' Helen's voice. Then they heard a man speak. Doris felt It her duty to go to the door. She-haharflly expected Helen to break the rules this way. "Oh a Helen," she called softly. Just then Helen, flushed and happy her eyes sparkling like twin stars, her dimples coming and going, appeared In the doorway, arm In arm with a blj; khakl-cla- d captain, with oversea stripes and a wound stripe and an equally beaming face. "It's It's Bob, Doris Capt. Robert Haverford. Miss Doris ValL" Helen managed to explain. Introductions followed, and the explained that he had Just arrived from France, that he had sent a tele gram out to Ohio to Inform Helen of his coming, and he had just wandered Into this attractive canteen for a bit of supper, being too tired to eat with the fellow officers at camp. "And the little ennteen worker who came to wait on you prtved to, b your fiancee?" laughed Doris. "It sound Just like a story, and I can hardly be lleve It Is renl. Girls, shall we lei Helen eat with him and we'll all wait on them?" And Ellse, the cook did herself prou' on the extras she added to the plate of the two lovers who had found eac! other so romantically. "Faith, and be jabbers, I was youn mysel' once,' she said when they tolt her. Youth's Supreme Sincerity. Children and fools tell the truth and few of us can comfortably en dure the candid eyes of childhood fixed upon us In amazed surprise a It was i our social Insincerities. child and not a courtier who sav that the king, strutting amid his cour In the garments made by the wlcke magician, bad nothing on. Our chll dren, beholding us In our undrape moral ugliness, speak out as Is th witless way of their world. Luckll; children forgive us our sins of misun derstanding, forgive us even our lnep attempts to understand them by med dlesome supervision and vain cate chlslng. We know In our truest mo ments that we can hardly show th best that Is In us to anyone else, be cause It Is too precious for display Just as we have a sure test for out best deeds In that we give ourselves no credit for them, seek no reward of public fame or Mr. Carnegie's her fund. Yet we expect our children t wear their hearts upon their sleeves Lear's dumb Cordelia remains for al' rime the type of youth's sacred and silent sincerity. Exchange. our pleasure to the results of out and to go less much work, serbear beautiful music and uplifting back-breaki- mons." "I've always wondered why women attempt so much." "Because everybody does. And If II ) one poor, lone, sensible woman sits down and flatly refuses to kill berelf fciid working for 'Christmas, her family a is she quitter a HE woman with friends will think OGJIjriBtmaaol 1 41 1 How Competition Helps You 'brown eyes waa social slacker." "Well," suggested her husband, "why gazing meditanot let the rich people have all the tively out of the and let those In window at the fuss and feathers, realize they circumstances medium people hurrying that pace?" can't np keep fallthe through "You don't understand," said the ing snow with woman with the brown eyes; "as long The competition that exists among the hundreds bf meat distributors, large and small, means their Christmas as rich folks do It, those less able will That's why the "You are strain to do likewise. will have to see the people wealthy tldnklngr bar husband suggest trend and Institute a change. "In place of so many mere "presents 6J must give such things as love, courwe "About Christimpulses-thi- ngs mas, that's alL" age, kindness and generous and physical our which present "We have left undone the things that mental strain forbids. Throughout the one felt In"Not this time, my dear. Merely rest of the year. If any a clined to send regular gift to a about everybody In the world," that could be done or relative, friend "No one could call you narrow would very easily and the recipient minded I" know It was a voluntary, not a com"People have the right spirit about remembrance." it," she explained.. "They are so full pulsory, "It's a great idea," said the brown-eye- d of good will toward men that they try woman's husband, cheerfully. "A to do too much that's the trouble! real affection in place of some of bit You see, most of us and our good inof the monstrosities now exchanged tentions are hampered by average would be a great Improvement." and moderate strength." "You can make fun If you want to," Tve noticed it" ehe replied, "but when the world "We want to give to everybody. We wakes up to the real meaning of ChrisR ant our homes superscrupnlously tidy. tmasand the war I believe has helped We plan festivities which require new to wake It np youll see the effect party clothes for the whole family, epread over the entire year. Then extra special cooking and preparation the first of January won't be assofor guests. ciated with bills and pills, but with "Then we set about doing these the genuine eagerness to live the next things. At first It goes well and we 12 months better than those precedenthuse. The common, everyday affairs ing." Interfere and complicate matters. "In the meantime," sighed her hus"At the beginning of Christmas week band dramatically, "I hope you haven't with many frills deleted we find me another smoking jacket" rarselves growing tired, awfully tired. bought reminds me I" suld the woman "That But we see that it's impossible then to with the brown eyes. "I haven't time itop and rest That's where the strain to be sitting here talking. And It won't jeglns.. We feel compelled to finish be any of your affair until tomorrow what we've started and to carry the Chicago Daily morning, anyway." program through to the last Item of Mews. raying, making, packing and shipping. PROBABLY WISE "Unexpected demands interrupt. Then the strain begins to tell on our lerves. Perhaps we don't say anything for fear of spoiling Christmas for the )thers, but in our hearts we wish mankind had kept Christmas free from this sort bf thing. "When Christmas day comes we are too weary to bother about the true meaning of it all or to take very keen bundles. Rivalry Rivalry Rivalry Rivalry in Prices in Service in Economy Swift & Company sells meat at the lowest possible price, con- sistent with quality and service. Our profit of only a fraction of a cent a pound oh all products is evidence of keen competition. sal-cri- es Swift & Company must provide the best service to your dealer or he will buy from our competitors. This means a supply of fine fresh meat always on hand for you at your dealer's. Swift & Company must keep down manufacturing and" selling costs, and to avoid waste, or use all else lose money meeting the prices of competitors who do. by-produ- cts Swift & Company must make its products of the highest quality, or see you turn to others. This means better meat for you and a greater variety of appetizing wholesome food. We are as glad for this competition as you should be. It helps to keep us on our mettle. Swift & Company, U.S.A. What has become of your campaign for feminine votes?" "Hie first girl I nuked refused to vote for me. I hate to take no for an answer, so in order to line her up 1 proposed matrimony. She accepted." "Well?" "But after reflection I decided I'd better end my campaign right there." -- Oath of Allegiance. The oath of allegiance which naturalized citizens of the United State take before receiving their second papers admitting them to full citizenship "I hereby declare on is as follows: oath that I absolutely and entirely re uounce-an- d abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, poten fate or sovereignty and particularly to (the ruler and the country from which he came), of whom I have here tofore been a subject ; that I will sup port and defend the Constitution and 'aws of the United States of America igainst all enemies, foreign or domestic ; and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the sume." Covered Bridges Going. The limiting factor In a great many roads extensively used has been antique bridges, built In the days when light buggy traffic was the rule. Gradually the state departments are overcoming this handicap to travel by replacing these structures by solid concrete spans. 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