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Show r. Dolores Rcusse LUCKY sir, Mr. Fox, If you only could I ejES, get the left bind foot of Mr. BabI: - bit or 8ime of his relative you would never again have a day of bad luck," sold Jimmy Crow, looking down at Mr. Fox from the limb of the tree where In was perched: Jimmy turned his head from side to side as he kept both of bla bright yes fastened upon Mr. Fox to see bow be took this Information, Mr. Fox sat, looking up at Jimmy Crow while he talked. "Uow do you know so ranch about a rabbit's foot bringing good luck?" he asked. "How do I know?" replied Jimmy. "Why, I know some one who has carried one all his life and never has had a really unlucky day yet" Mr. Fox had Just had a very unlucky morning. He had caught bis pnw In a trap up at the farm and It had caused him a great deal of pain to pull It out and now he limped. Besides that, he did not get any break- - J' r ' ing Juck Rabbit be began to Jump and bark for bis master to come with uis gun. When Mr. Man came running be saw Jimmy flying up from the corn and he shot at him, thinking Mr. Dog, wbo wis 1 great belp to Mr. Man, bad barked to tell bim Jimmy Crow was eating his corn. Mr. Man did not hit Jimmy but one shot from the gun grazed a wing and scared him pretty badly and so be wanted to get even with Jack Rabbit by getting Mr. Fox to chase him. Jack. Rabbit bad bidden under the bushes, for be saw Mr. Fox coming along, and It was then that the sharp eyes of Jimmy Crow spied him and knew he was cornered and told Mr. Fox about the lucky rabbit foot Jack Rabbit sat very still indeed but Mr. Fox spied bim. He forgot bis sore foot and made a leap for poor Jack, wbo was glued to the spot with fright Jack Rabbit bad two long bind legs and they were very strong and be knew if ever they were worth anything or ever would be again, now was the time to use them. He kicked and Mr. Fox, who did not make the pounce be expected, to, because .of hla hurt, paw, got the kick right on the end of bis nose. When he recovered from his surprise Jack Rabbit was far away and Mr. Fox limped towards his borne. "Did you get the left hind footr inquired Jimmy Crow, wbo bad come back hoping to see the chase. ' "No, I didn't get that one," replied Mr. Fox. "But who Is the one you know that has had a lucky rabbit foot so long? Perhaps help me to get 6ne." "Jack Rabbit," replied Jimmy with a loud caw, "and It seems still to be bringing bim luck for I can see bim legging it across the fields. You really ought to get that left hind foot .Mr. he-ca- n "How Do You Know 80 Much About a Rabbit s Footr fast and with a lame foot he had little chance of getting any food that day. I knew where to get one," Mr. Fox, "I need luck worse thiin any one I know." "I should think you w?uld know "I wish sighed .just where to get one," said Jimmy Crow with a sly wink. "J thought you often had rabbit pie for your din- ner." " Now, listening among the bushes sat Mr. Jack Rabbit and he was well aware -- why Jimmy Crow, had g'ven Mr. Fox this advice. For that morning he had been scudding about In the gurden of Mr. Man at the farm not far off and Mr. Crow had flown down to get his brenkfast. Mr. Dog was around, too, and see . ti" A LINE By John . a 0' CHEER Kendrlck Bangs. 1 m QHO8T8 Memory comes to make a call end bring-Bacto my mind some thing. If be unpleasant on me, long-forgott- shrift. If he smile my knows no end As to 1 dear, and sent friend. too-lon- welcome g A famous author and an ambitious at a voung beginner arrived together of second day On the seaside hotel. their stay the outbor took the landlord aside and said : "I want to talk to you about this young friend of mine. He is now in the writing game and earns very little money. As a favor to me I wish as possiyou'd make his bill as small ble." The landlord, highly gratified at the great man's friendly attitude, promised to do as requested. He was about to tbe go when th author added: "By way. don't let my bill be any bigger than his. It would humiliate him. Boys like that' are extremely touchy." It Is unusual for a Los fngelea girt to go to New York to go into motion pictures, yet that Is what Dolores Rousse, nineteen-year-ol- d beauty, did. ab- by MoClare Newspaper Syndic U.) 1 1 I H. HIMNQ KINQ buy-ent- sife by millions ind prescribed Colds Headache. Pain Toothache dr by physicians fo Neuralgia LumEajo Neuritis .: Rheumatism t J .til MAf 9 .Accept only "Baver" which contains proven direction llaadT "Bayer" boxes of Abe bottles of 4 and innrJ!!r.U "uggiaia. Masenwfrte et iloseaotitceddetUf Itiicju -- Aeplrta le tbe trtde eurt ef Beyer Two pleasant warn to relieve ; - a cough Take your choice and suit or Menthol Tow-taste.- -: S-- B flavor. A sure relief for coughs, colds and hoarseness. Put one Fox. Jack Rabbit has been lucky long enough." But Mr, Fox was wise enough to see now that Jimmy Crow was not so anxious to have him lucky as he was to have Jack Rabbit caught, though he did not know why Jimmy was so Interested. Mr. Fox was hungry but lie could not run and so for that day at least Jack Rabbit's left hind foot 'Again brought him luck. Though If you had asked Jack he probablv would have said that the other three feet had to go with the left hind one to bring him real luck. In your mouth at bedtime. box on tuutd. Always kp MUTT think that old Bill Green's a mutt, A GOLF I MAfUl BROTHERS mm &5 M C0JPBPps Century-Ol- d Woman Astronomer. Nothing Serious. One of the most remarkable wooer 'the under for positions Applicants He chuckles when municipal government of a certain living in England Is Mrs. Thomas 8tj I miss a putt Middle Western town are required to an, who recently celebrated her tat undergo a physical examination. Dur- hundredth birthday anniversary, taj Birds. Dizzy JI1. by McCIure Newspaper Syndicate.) ing the examination of one candidate woo la still an active astronomer. Eid The woodpecker was a Jailbird, He got it on the head: the physician asked: "What did your night she studies the sky through bet This la an age when one can't be .wTlttllMirillTttiiinilWfl3 grandfather die of?" The applicant telescope and makes notes of her o&fc openly a" "red." looked nonplused for a moment and bservations. finally admitted that he did not reMight Well Have Paused. uver "Why didn't vou get un automobile T member, but hastened to add. "But I "CASCARETS" "Because I don't know whether or know that It was nothing serious." AND BOWELS lOcABOX not I could manage one." Only the Best Ingredients. "You didn't let that consideration Cures Biliousness, Constipation, Sick re used In Brandreth Pills. For conFACTS about 3? our name; it's HistorjJ; stop you when you wnnted a wife." Br MILDRED stipation they have no equal. Take Ueadacbejndlgestion. Drugstores, Adr. meaning; whence it vJas derived; fignijv one or two at bed time. Adv. The Right Fix. MARSHALL Just What He Wanted. cance; your luck;? dap and luck jewel "How are you fixed, old man?" The golfer was just getting rady HIS OPINION OF ACTRESSES "For what?." renin Tfnmn-to drive off at the first tee when a like of er I'd loan $10." "Why a sudden he paused In his twlnj this country, employing Justine and JUSTINE "Jut right. I haven't a cent with Stage Aspirant Relates Remark Made of Justtnn Indiscriminately. and put his hand Into his pocket : me." by Photographer When She c The moss agate Is Justine's After fumbling about for i mtanti Needed Encouragement may almost be classed as a stone. It her two drew out a handful of cor he courage promises Misfortune. JUSTINE name. It Is derived from tbe caddie, bt and victory through all difficulties. Crawford I understand he's In very The trials and tribulations of the igars and, approaching the Latin word Juro, meaning to swear Sunday Is her lucky day and 4 her hot water nt home these asked: days. embryo actress are legion. One learns or take oath, and Is one of the many lucky number. "Do yon smoke, sonny?" Crabshaw Yes, he headed a com- from Imsources obstacles of ail the many such names that show the strong by WhMler Syndicate, lno.) The boy's eyes glistened is he sotel mittee to pick twelve famous women placed in her way. She Is told that pression made upon other languages fine' 'cigars and with aa etpf and he forgot to Include his wife. the success means hard work and so forth, by the Roman law. It signifies "Just" he answered: smile and those girls with courage enough to In early times there was a St Jusshould Just think I do, ilr." "I go on, their eyes fixed on a shining MERCENARY tus or Juste In Lyons, but the femi"In that case," said the golfer u bt GHOSTS. goal, are the first to agree that hard nine form was directly evolved from walked away, "I think 111 carry tben work Is the real means to an end. Brtggs has Justa, a virgin martyr, whose fame j "We have our disappointments and myself. moved away waa later eclipsed by that of Justlna. from that house discouragements," said one, "letters Her martyrdom at Padua caused that He Knew It he was living In. from managers that when you follow city to adopt her as Its patron saint was paying U He it was Jim says HIgglns them up often turn out to be only and her purity made tbe unicorn her so It MtntW haunted. form letters, kindly written. It's true, visit to the country and emblem, since It is said to lend obediAnd so it was. was also bli W i this follows that but still form letters. And one can't ence to none but a spotless maiden. His creditors blame the manager. lie gets so many visit to a farm: The Venetians believe that the vicwere hanging Un lue UI El U1"IU'"6 letters from aspiring applicants. But" of of eon battle the around Pepanto, great tory there A GREAT PRIZE. with the family ca breakfasted a with courageous and determined which was fought on St Justlna day, day and night He But darling why were you to toss of a lovely brown head "I'll have was due entirely to her Intercession. f sure that I bad never proposed to The city fellow immediately a part this fall I" For that reason, Justlna, or Gutstlna, i rind M" the other off Aany girl. True Friend. "I've had a good many blows and ceeded to cut as she Is called in Venice, Is very popf ' bis W-She Because, you wonderful boy, He la friend. side of disappointments, discouragement and placed It on the ular In Italy and France has' made rou were not married. and, l" That fact I know. this noticed The farmer the like, but the funniest of all was her equally popular as Justine. The For when I'm wrong He telle me to. the photographer's I visited the other up, he remarked: English accepted tbe French spelling, "We all eat the rind her to have some professional pictures but we have adopted both versions In day Jfc Make the Average Good. ? That's all right." repUed f taken. He looked me over. 'Going on f mine ready "Dorothy didn't have so very many the am Just getting said he. 'Well, I suppose stage? showers." fered In sacrifice and bow anything next spring you'll be posing for the -By E "She'll make up for the lack In post- by done to them after severance acted by , cloak and suit trade.' "New York A perfectly well man may ser nuptial storms." sympathetic magic on the man him nan. Sun and Globe. invalid better self. You always look ahead In I J Sweet Revenge. This toothache cure, then, Is but a book? A woman bought a paper of sacrifice to the tree-go- d to the benefiHaven't a lot of people said to J pins and handed the man a $10 bill. cent spirit of the beech, a "lucky tree" t you ( "Why do you spoil a book "I'm sorry." she said, "but I haven't for his Interposition on behalf of by looking at the ending? You J got a nickel." the patient. That the body of the t don't know bow to read a book ; "Don't worry, lady," said the 5 and tree-gothus appealed to should not why, you spoil the author's store man, grinding his teeth; be destroyed by ax or tire goes with- 0 plan I" Suppose you doT You have Just 199 of 'era in a min"you'll out saying. This folk-lor- e medicine J may not ever get time to get to ute," far-off In was practiced the the end and then you will never days of know where the heroine "comes a history's morning twilight and In Veterans. off," or how the villain gets many localities today the Fliipper (after the accident) It doea a thriving business. often "his," the writer Very t t was nil your fault. I've been driving ( by McCIur R.wepaper Syndicate.) himself does the ending first J enrefully. I've had two years' experi0 Knows his ending and fits the ence. J whole book Into It The laugh- - J 8heddlng Light ld Roy (picking himself up) But ers can read the book the way There Is no life so humble that if It walked carefully. I've had I'vejilways they like. You have a right to J sixty-eigh- t be true and genuinely humnn and years' experffnee. spoil It for yourself If you care obedient to God, It may not hope to which includes Grapc-Nut- a with cream shed some of Its light There Is no J to. The Specialist SO e life so meager that the greatest and J "So you're a specialist" good milk, will have one dish that has both Your here It: wisest of us can afford to despise It. t "Yes. I've discovered that is the engaging flavor and true nourishment. That the book In which you We cannot know at what moment It to fiincv nrlwa tir A..- tret Waf. " look ahead for the ending It not a flash U"l!lg with God. of forth the life may Grape-Nut- s is more than "something good what the family doctor Is supposed to for you and that you hive tpoltt . . . r. . .. A A n O n wi .1.1 to is a building food in most digesuie uny s wont. a never asked anyone to read the t tible flrttl ending form; rich in proteins, by McCIur Napapr Byndloata Experienced. 0 mineral elements and vitamin B ! J" It safe to let Charlie Madge--Is manage the car with one arm? tallyesscntialtothe daily rebuilding of every Msrjorle I gupss so. ne'a mighty 'Irresistible Allurement part of the body. : "You have only two or three build- handy with the other. Judg paya to keep oneself in the highest phyjj ings In this new town of yours." leal condition, "I know," responded the enthusiaswith the tic realtor, "but look at the can do UUS Vigor that go with health parklnr " (. Whats in a Name?" m: for ,Miuim.u:-....m- talis-mani- l. Has Anyone Laughed pre-nuptl- al Becaus- e- 1 Superstitions 5 Proved She wanted to start as "somebody" In pictures not as an extra. Though a newcomer to the screen, Miss Rousts won her stage spurs in vaudeville. She le a vivacious, beautiful brunette. At You QheWhy "BAYER" when you SAY " be, and dour bit ... gift, I gtve my visitor tbe shorteat But VERY SENSITIVE & ft In firmly, for GHOSTS toI belUve me A Qhoat Is but a passing That Life ' FOOT UAUBIT P- nt ' J d 10-ce- ' CURE FOR TOOTHACHE any friend of yours has INtheCASE toothache, and you wish to cure of a Mm without the Intervention from a hair an take eyelash, dentist, the eyebrow and trimmings of tbe linger nalls and toenails of the patient, bore a hole In a beech tree, and put them lri. Some say that the patient should not see the tree and all agree that tho beech should not be cut down or burned. This superstition, which Is found In many localities In the United States and Canada, reads In Its formula almost as If It bad been copied direct from the rules laid down for tbe government of the Flanien Dlalla. the Roman priest who waa the living embodiment of Jupiter. It was the law that when the hair or the nails of the Flamen Dlalls. were cut they must be deposited under a "lucky tree." The beech Is a "lucky tree," according to the definition of Cato and I'llny, who say that trees which bore fruit were considered lucky by the ancients and those which did not unluckyand tbe beechnut la tbe fruit of the beech. Of the mystic light in which primitive man regarded the hair and the nnlln those living and trowing pnrta of man supposed to retain a portion of the man's life and has mil even after severnnce-'-Diu- ch teon tHs Uow they, were often of ea-cr- ' 1 The Winter Breakfast 1 or get-awa- y '' ' eat' It i'r' carrhydrcs. It n2t. V Jor. spacer O- - A Suggestion. "My dsughter can do anything with the piano I" "Could she lock It np and drop the key In the river?" Sondugs Mate (Stockholm). - (Oopyrlaht. by UeClare aya4Iate!) -- o Gen. redro Nel Osplna, the president of Colombia, was once a student In the engineering school of tbe University of California. JUST SO. Adam waa created first Well? And men have bean and be happy. ' K r a wav anu "There's a Reason" x iiere s waiting for their wives ever since. you , fin , - |