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Show I FURS j 8 By NINA EPPS. j y"et. 'wsp,w' cClure ' incin? over a shoulder, fur-cla- d saw the man was Gajnor again towing! he came f s eyes fastened upon her, i't a skipping trot, worming In and the crowds. His face was eager glistening with sweat. , L walked faster; so did he. d i.e persistence of this tormentor filled her with terror. 1 the past two weeks he had bea linually bobbing up, always to pro-after her in hot pursuit. Once be and stopped her; stammering fienlatln? wildly but she had brok-awahailed a taxi and driven dark-skinne- y, off- - iliat ' J ,' he wanted with her she : had com-- 4 fidea. Probably one of those flirts who accosted girls on the lets whe'n the policeman was far . I it she would fix him this time, she fduiied grimly. She would lead him iorry chase until some policeman Irred into sight, then er mental resolve was at this point Irrupted by the dark, undersized finger who, running ahead, had sudly" turned and blocked her way. tie tipped ids derby in a flashy roanfur-cla- d then laid a hand on her - t 31. something I should like I want you to listen, A, swell girl own advantage. jotir Lady, I got Nay to you. you llice gasped. "How dare you?" yiiey were at the entrance of a She shrank back against a Jldlng. fiar, at bay. How" she wished Hal Is here' to protect her. .Hal was genii manager for a firm that uianufac-fe- d She was cashier for novelties. same company. Mter they had taken In dances, frties and quiet strolls together; their uaintance had blossomed into sonie-2n- g deeper than mere friendship. I her Hal was the unattainable, big, Jnest Hal ! He could soon teach this Suiting ruffian a lesson. i If a hen lay for you she doesnt A q$k rmmbM WITH THE A PURPOSE mean any harm by It Silence "gives" consent is an old saylmj, but It generally means dhv i sent., To grow old gracefully, a man ha to keep as sharp an eye on his clothes . as ever. The fellow who thinks the world wes him a living usually has a hard time collecting. One man's loss la another man's Brown lost his temper and Green gained an enemy. "Man is the only animal that blushes LEARNED FAST and the only one that has occasion to blush." Mark Twain. "It's all his deWhat Is the most useful article on fendant n a fault," said the fair divorce showault. "He the farm? Now all together, we ered as well admit it: "Baling wire."might how toluxuries on me and taught me spend money." "Have you anything to say to that?" DIDN'T SEE END OF INCIDENT asked the court "Nothing, your honor," replied the Gap Johnson Had More Important plaintiff, mournfully, "except that she was an apt pupil," Birmingham Thing to Attend to. Than Wit. ' nesting a Hanging. . HOW. "I can remember most every word of your speech," said the adinlriug RAIN BECOMES CHANGED INTO SNOW AND . HAIL. Why should rain become snow In cold weather? And why should It fall, sometimes even in summer, in the frozen drops which we call hall? The air, strange as It may seem, is not warmed by the sun's rays as they pass through It ; all its warmth comes from heat given out by the earth itself. , In summer time this warmth Is usually sufficient to keep the vapor of which the clouds are formed from freezing. But In winter, when the enrth hns little heat to give off, the air becomes colder. The vapor of the grent clouds Is frozen Into fleecy flukes, which descend upon the earth in the form of snow.' Snow, then, is simply frozen vapor. Haildrops of water congealed into lumps of See is formed In a wonderful way. A great cloud, floating In the sky, meets an upward draught of nlr and begins to rise rapMly. In most casrs such n cloud would soon l.e turned to snow, for the higher you go tne greater becomes the Cold. If this happened In summer time the fulling snow would be melted Into fine rnln by passing through warm air on Its wny to the earth. But sometimes the cloud as it rises meets a blast of warm nlr which carries It to a great helKht. and then makes Its vapor condense Into ruindrops. These drops begin to fall, and when they have fallen a little way they strike Intensely cold nlr, which freezes them solid. Owln? to their weight they fall so rapidly (1 at there Is not time for them to thaw as they pass through t'te warmer air near the ground. Hence they reach the earth In the form of little balls of Ice. ' friend. "I was afraid something like that nnght happen," replied Senator Sorghum. "It Is most undesirable to have I people quoting yon unexpectedly. tried to make that speech sufficiently long and uninteresting to prevent any. body from remembering any part of It" 1 Anxious Momenta. very nervous this eve-otcKthol." "I should say I am. Jack proposed last night." "And did yeu accept him?" "That's what l'ia nervous about You see, I wis so awfully excited I don't know whether I did or not. If be comes tonight, I did; and If he doesn't, I didn't." - "You necm Age-Heral- d. "While I was In Tumlinville yesterday," relates Gap Johnsou of Rumpus Ridge, Ark., "a mob came r'arln' around a corner hauling along a gwit with a rope around his neck, and dung the end of it over a limb wlthiu forty feet of me." "Did they hang hlra?" Interestedly asked an acquaintance. "Dogged It I know I You see, just then a feller bantered me for a hoss swap and drug me off to look at his nag. and 1 didn't learn how the anecdote came out" "What bad the gent done?" "Well, I heered somebody say that he'd either been selling bone dry licker to the mob or else he'd refused to do so; I forgot to ask which." Kansas City Star. The Inducement "I will run again if there Is an overwhelming demand." "I think I can get a petition signed Senby our four or five ator." "All right. It won't take much to overwhelm me." Louisville Courier-Journaoffice-seeker- lf Discretion. "What Is your favorite recreation?" "I decline to answer," replied Senator Sorghum.! "I'll take a chance on differing with a constituent on a question of serious public opinion. But If you ever Intimate that you don't regard a friend's particular pastime as the greatest of sports you lose him forever." Instructive. "Has this photoplay you are talking about any educational value?" "Have you ever seen a roulette wheel In operation?" "No." "It will educate you to that extent" Birmingham . Age-Heral- No Use for Him. Pained Customer I believe you HIS BATHS COSTLY AFFAIRS keep a good cutter on the premises? Tailor Yes, sir; certainly, sir. One of the best. Marine Sergeant Major Evidently an Pained Customer Well, you might Excellent Patron of the put him on to cut down this bill you Jewelry Store. sent me last week. said the gob as "Doggone the. luck A Trim Motto. he flopped Into a chair In the lobby of The Barber (eloquently, and razor the Y. M. C. A. aloft) Why, sir, the barber shop is "What's the matter?" Inquired the marine sergeant major who was enThe Victim Is the land of the fee his afternoon smoke. joying and the home of the shave. Wayside out the of turned A mad pushing "I was taking a bath this morning Tales. His fowd and swung toward them. over and I left at the Waldorf-Astorir shoul-on fell hand the avy pursuer's my ring In the bathroom. Of course, and spun him around. When I went back for It, the darn ring f'You little runt! Annoy a lady, will had disappeared." n? Speak up, now, and apologize." "Tough luck I" said the sergeant mahis honest Jit was Hal Strong and jor. "Tough luckt You lyiow I leave ice blazed with wrath. a ring in the bathroom every time I ln his bear trap grip the little man 14 of 'em in the and writhed. "I should not take a batb. I lost The Leatherneck. weeks." last coupla lie was cried, and his voice tfologlze," fin and tearful. "No, sir No wrong Its Own Place. :l(1 I do this lady. Only I tried to Mr. Brown was until recently a feak with her again and again I in the Methodist church in his deacon will I she fied! Always gets away. town. But recently he not only withsot apologize, it is business, drew from his honored position, but "Yoti say you're sorry before I kill ceased to be as regular an attendant bu !'' Strong growled. church as formerly. The minister, at I "No, no, no! I would talk business, THAT'S THE QUESTION came to call at the Brown home, who You let me go." He luthing more. 'She: Anything that Is worth win the reason for this failure. demanded lipped from under Strong's hand, then nlng is worth working for. "My rheumatism Is much worse than iced them, panting, outraged, mad. He: Yes, but the question Is, will been for years," Mr. Brown behas It Un right," he cried. "All right, then, your father loosen up, or will I have so far." to keep on working for you after I've ie deal is off. I make no proposition. gan, "and I cannot walk tut!" laughed the minister, "I wort you? "Tut, that's you're sorry, believe it is a lack of religion." ihope get, quick, Wise Guy. "Sir," Mr. Brown drew himself up I'll get. Only I explain, firmly, "my religion Is In my heart-- not "The silent man's no fool," said Peno, ilany times I seen this lady In that "He knows what he's about; in my legs." Indianapolis News. He thinks mistakes like other men fr coat. She looks fine like a queen, But doesn't blurt them out" ith such lovely blue eyes and golden fair, Silence Is Golden. to match you understand? The Hire the Lower. Harper's Weekly tells a story of two well ! Even on a hot day she wears been waiting for had who son is anxious to get a soldiers tlder "My fhe coat like a regular A-- l duchess, weeks for a letter from home. Finally Job." ft makes a hit with me. Her mauone of them received a letter with the "I see; he has hire aspirations." lers and her looks. home-towmark on It, but when "And my other boy Is crazy to post I "I am a furrier, a manufacturing he ooened it up there was nothing In acquire knowledge." furrier, you understand? I need such side but a piece of paper blank on both "Ah! Lore aspirations, so to speak." girl and I was ready to pay good, sides. oo. Yes. sir, I nerW such a girl a His buddy laughed. "You haven't The Thrifty Scot. irl that can make Hudson seal, and got anything on me," he said. "That's Bix I wonder why a Scotsman alKolinsky, and such look like the genuways says "hae" for "have." ' no letter."It ine artielp. A steady job I "Sure Dix Possibly its on account of his Is," said the one who was I "Al1 right, that's all. My card here. holdine the silent missive. "It's a let thrift he saves a "v" every time he I Jiwis that proves it. A job I was ter from my wife. We're not speaking does it. Boston Transcript. iing to give her, but now I hope to each other." you're satisfied!" Small Container. I With something close to a sob, the Men and Marriage. Algy Dearest, I've often longed to little man threw a card "'One woman In a hundred marries tell you all that's In my heart. t their feet and flung himself Into the the man she wants.' said Gaisford; Miss Bright (yawning) No, Algy ; look for some tell me all that's In your head it mssing crowd. 'the other ninety-nin- e One won't take long. Strong picked it up and handed it one they can at least tolerate. alirately to Alice. It bore the name: man ripens the peach, and another i'Savoy. Dunn & Co., Furs, Kolinsky, ways eats it'" Correct. jfludson Seal, Electric Seal, etc. "Marriage is always an adventure, Teller You will marry a Onr Fortune You don't begin to a blind leap. f'rices defy competition." light man. "Now know f anything about a woman until look what you have done," Norah (Joyously) Thot's Dinny ; her." From "The to married for th' electric you're pclainied Alice, tearfully, her anger Shure, don't he wor-r- k Secret Victory," by Stephen Boston at Transcript. the company. a such of thought ping losing Wonderful offer. "I've just lost a perfectly good j,,b, you " No Quarter for His Last Quarter. Didn't Think It Possible. How long did your honey-moo- n I But Strong had her Bachelor arm. Mr. the ventured by "In my opinion," last? f Listen," he said sternly, "stop being Meekton. mildly, "the ballot for womlittle fool. You don't want Benedict Oh, just like the other that job en has not proved as successful as I moons, it faded, away on the last quayou one now?" It would be." I "I was getting tired of grinding away hoped rterScience and Invention. has caused your doubt?" "What that old cashier . wife I job'. "The candidate for whom my I "I say you don't want Thoughtful and Sympathetic. that job pos-- i campaigned was overwhelmingly deSinger Did you note how well my 'lg.'n fur coats! You have a Job and feated. It's the only time I ever knew filled the great hall? vnl I wire going to stick. to It. Peterson Henrietta to get the worst of an arguwere kind, Yes, people Friend need I ij'rotherg you. And need you. ment." . . to leave, so as to mane room need- v,. enough xou near. Alice: im.ai. You re SoilUr ...... , I T for it. In Utility. love von. wife a Christmas iou He hear? Got to!" made "You your shook he r Coming and Going. roughly, whlsnprini? hlsi mea. present of a set of furs she doesn't married Dick for his 8;1fc'e A1lceGladys through clenched teeth. reallv need?" money. Buddeuiy IlH.ek, Alice glanced him foi "I did." replied Mr. Meekton. up at Virginia And then divorced advo"I thought yon were a strict same object. New York Sun. the On'u lliKht" she nodded.-''All right. cate of useful giving." Hentlle ,ove of Heaven, tnke me "1 am. A new set of furs put Father's Definition. ... f frame 1 angelic a wl,ere in 2eWrfe' perfectly n, get out of this rietta s a silent majority?" what 'Ta, itu smothering me," mind. Nothing could be more useful. "A silent majority, my son, Is two one woman." njcn trying to entertain Sin. Unpardonable The , Transcript. Boston Keeping Counsel. thia I hear about the iwh.r't 1 d" modisclose alwuys your tlvew planning a divorce? hat Somewhat Diffsrent y tW J'our P,it,cal ass,st- - Smvthes they untswere wonderful pals-jnew star doesn't seem to thought That with b. the took up golf Just "0," HrllifWto.1 ociimur n center of the stage." the want aorgiiuni. ..- and wai and all thnt sort, of thing! ho'a an Z I.ut I1 try to keen 811 nands at hlci; she end mr.n. ,j,.'p just the troab!; - to being ueddon't necessarily let my , v n better game than h doe" .; una, know" what my Louisville tourier-jouiiiu-i. uai Judge. !" a, NEEDLESS Daughter Pa, our domestic science professor Is teaching us how to spend money. Dad (interrupting) Next he'll be teaching ducks how to awlm. You Know Him! He likes to grab and blab and blow; He's always braying. He talks so much he doesn't know . What he Is saying-- Musical Comedy. , "Does an organist In a movie theater have to have a sense of humor?" "Not necessarily a keen sense of humor. If he can just remember to play a funeral march when a marriage Is performed In a film comedy that's about all the management expects of him." "Do 1 it" all" or", USE OF FUTURE PRESIDENTS UN ATTAIN ED n d Chip of the Old Block. you believe In heredity, Nu-pop- Hit Mistake. "How did you happen to lose your fiancee?" "My lavish entertainment cultivated In her such expensive tastes that she decldetf she could be happy only with a millionaire.' ...... f Her Day Off. Mr. Madmoro Mother won't he home to dinner this evening, honey; so you will have to take her place. Little Ethel Do you mean I won't to Suitable. "How do you like that smoke?" "Fine." "Accountants ought to favor this brand." "Why so?" "It Is made from loose leaf torytcco." ! I' 1 j J T' . an-pv- lf s ' Monk You make me tick. You laugh while I tell you a sad story. I'm a ' Hyena Can't help it laughing hyena. An Altruism. Some day we'll be bo good and kind, And perspicacious and refined, That cities, as crime takes a drop. Won't even need a traffic cop. Relieving the Monotony. "Does a game of poker help you to forget your troubles?" "Not exactly," replied Cactus Joe. "Mostly it only gives me a new kind.'- . Reasonable. . "Have you anything to say, prisoner, befo-.-jvytenre. is passed upon you?" asked :iw Jnr'rv "No, your honor," answered the cul prlt "except that It takes very little to please me." e g Fol-we- BALM OF GILEAD LOVE GIFT What Is Known as "Bee Wine" Has Been Introduced Into England by Returning Soldiers. In many houses In Great Britain, writes a correspondent, a glass Jar, filled with a yellowish liquid and containing small pieces of white fungus, DON'T TAKE ENuiIGH EXERCISE may be seen. It is loosely covered with a piece of brown paper. This Is Men "bee wine" In the making. The acWhy Majority of Middle-Aoe- d Take on Fat During the Months tivity of the pieces of fungus rising of Winter. and falling suggested the busy bee and gave the wine Its nickname. Its corWinter brings added terrors to mid: rect name Is "Balm of GHead." and fat men, for that Is the sea- there Is an old superstition that It son they get fatter. Each week they must not be sold but always passed note with dismay the reappearance of on ns a love gift. Our soldiers, rethe surplus avoirdupois lost with so turning from Mesopotamia, brought the much trouble and labor during the halm (which, is procured from an last summer. Eastern tree) with them. The fungus Exercise Is most difficult to obtain doubles in bulk with every brew. Balm in the winter, especially for the busiof Gllead is actually a yellowish, ness man. The shorter days mate It gum, collected from Arabian and necessary for him to leave home soon Abyssinian trees. The making of It after daylight, and It is dark when he having become common! knowledge, returns. The opportunities for outdoor someone lias raised the bogey that It recreation are virtually withdrawn ex produces cancer and other malignant cept at week ends. Winter Is the sea- growths. It may, however, be taken son of sedentary life and there is lit In an unfermented state, ns it Is tle Inducement to get out of doors, useful In 4cases of whooping cough It has always even should the daylight hours be and other ailments. available. . So the fat man gets fatter been valued In the East for Its exand supposed and fatter as the cold days arrive. ceptional fragrance But the fat man has a way out If medicinal qualities. In fact, the tree he has sufficient determination, say from which it comes belong to a family His relief of plants styled "all heal." The gum physical culture experts. lies in the gymnasium if he will force Is collected by making Incisions In the himself to take advantage of it But trunks and upper parts of the trees.' a fat man is generally lazy, too, and It takes not a little courage to get him Draining the Zuyder Zee. to stick to a course throughout the At the Inland shipping congress winter that will maintain his weight recently the drains at the minimum of the summer. New held at Rotterdam zee formed the most of the Zuyder age York Sun. It Important subject of discussion. was pointed out that the drainage Why Dust Is Beneficial. would make necessary the construction As as aid to agriculture, a Judicious f a number of new canals. One coniiound!ng of wind and dust have speaker pleaded that the building of been found most beneficial, observes new villages and factories of. the the Detroit Free Press. In northern polders should n'f be left to mere China are deposits of fine yellow chance. . Villages with churches should , powder, brought by the winds from built near the canals, but Industrial the desert regions, ; several hundred Such a arworks near the feet In thickness, which have been rangement would prove of advnntnce for to without fertilization, tilled, shipping, and would prevent any thousands of years, and to all Intents A of the polder water. pollution and purposes they are as fertile today of the waterways connecting amber ns ever. Volcanic dust Is found In the Zuyder zee ports are to be preKansas and Nebraska today, and In served, but wherever polders form n some places the deposits are as much continuation of the existing land, new as thirty feet In thickness. There have harbor j will have to be made. Sclen-ttll- c never been volcanoes wlthiu hundreds American. of miles of these deposits, and the wind was either the culprit or beneWhy Should He Be Surprised? factor. Oalture will crop out. A Boston golf Wind and dust do not confine their pranks to the heights, but play many a player writes to the Outlook telling fantastic trick beneath the earth's how his caddie gave hlni a bit of sur- surface' and In mines Increase the In- prise. The golfer had played his ball flammability and assist the explosion Into the rough, and they hud ahont of gases which . otherwise would be given It up for lost, when suddenly the harmless; youngster's eye lit upon It. Did he "I got it, holler, ungrammatically: Not this lad. Raising the mister?" "Missouri Called Compromise." Wny The Missouri compromise la the batl aloft, he exclaimed triumphantly: 1" Boston name popularly given to an act of the "Miserable dlctu it's found United States congress, passed Febru- - Transcript. ary 27. 1821, admitting Missouri Into g Beavers Satisfied In Captivity. state, the Union as a that The colony of beavers at the zoobut expressly declaring slavery should thenceforth be prohibited In logical park of New York, have tunany state lying north of latitude 36 neled under the foundation wall and degrees 30 minutes the southern escaped tp the upper reaches of the boundary of Missouri. Although nenry Bronx river. One was Ignomlnously Clay was one of the most prominent captured under a wash boiler. Many supporters of this measure, it originatkeepers camped on the trail of the ed, not with him, but with John W. others, but the "call of the wild" Taylor of New York. proved to be too civilized and the beavers returned to their home In capHow He Would Tax Tlpe. tivity and they seemed glad to be Scientific American. home. to Nation's the Business, According tips are attracting the attention of the collectors of Income tax in England, Comparative Solitude. and there is a fine flurry. Some wag "Yes, your honor," said the aghas suggested that the Income tax grieved woman, as she dabbed her eyes, should be collected on tips "at the "he neglected me shamefully. Why, source." Every traveler and every he was never at home." person who goes out for dinner would "And 1 suppose you had to spend thereupon have to carry a full equip- your evenings all by yourself with no ment of blanks and the preparation of companionship whatever?" frtn" wft'd become an Important she sobbed. "I bad. iart of the usual ceremonies with two goldfish." Birmingham Age-Hporters and waiter. aid. if NATURALLY AlWayt Busy. "You never pay attention to Idle gossip?" "There Is no such thing," answered Miss Cayenne. "Gossip Is never idle." good-lookin- , a. jt know anybody who has a bigger than a popular, Consider the voting movie) star? strength of those who patronize the movie; would they rally 'round one of their Idol 8 If he' were nominated for high office? The vote of the movie fan, male or female, Is as good as that of any other voter, and If he fancied Reld Wallace or Ray Charles for president because one or the other of them had a "nice smile" or a "love of a curl," the reason which determined his vote would be Just as well considered and Just as weighty as many of the reasons which prompt voters now In the choice of a candidate. All a man needs to be elected to high ofllce Is a reputation for honesty, "a strong face" and a report that he Is "good to his wife." And a movie star should be able to ll command these assets, Arthur IL writes in Leslie's. There are probably 00,000.000 movie fans In the United States. Who will be the first politicnl boss astute enough to capitalize this following? Think of tho adoring flappers of voting sjre, thousands upon thousands of fliem, who would take their first interest In politics were one of their screen favorites to be nominated for the presidency. They'd vote hlra Into the white house because of his adorable eyes or the twist of his huir at the temples. Don't laugh. They would. And some day they will. aro-mat- lc "I certainly do. Why, for Instance, son always trying to get his toes in his mouth if It isn't because of his dad's constant struggle to make both ends meet?" Politics Not Discussed. "Was politics discussed during the visit of your Influential constituent?" "No," replied Senator Sorghum. "There was no discussion whatever. He simply spoke his mind and I listened." Wfco Is to be the first movie candidate for president of the United States? Don't laugh or scoff. Do you die-age- d la my have to be polite and respectful you? Time May Come When Movie Fans Will Elect Their Particular Heroes to High Position. 1 slave-holdin- . , . . c r |