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Show OAIjI' 1zA1..E 1 OU IX tUDUlUi, DAI in KA VT ? JSJ 1 -- 1. 1 MY MOST EMBARRASSING -- "I"0-.. THE COOK BOOK MOMENT Collecting Hu Money. evening th door boll rang and I went to answer It. Upon opening th door a man standing on th porch aid; I want a quarter. Thinking him very bold. I replied. Th very Mr of any on coming to th door and aaking fur a quarter. Too certainly hav nerv. Just then mother entered th room, and oa elng th man. aald: O, you hav com for your money? Eh told m it wa th ab man cob M. If. Icctlng hi money. feXlrWA w in a Dank. Th first day X worked In th bank la which I am employed I wa given a rated package marked $ 10.008 la gold. which wa In th form of a brick. I presented it to th downtown bank for payment and wa aent from on teller to th other, each on keeping hi dlecovery to hlmaelf, until I got or bcau of th fact that they had mo going around In a circle, and I wa th goat. I might add that It wa not a gold brick It waa a red one. c. B. P. 8. Dont you think a d - ... tool ilk m earned a dollar? .2 htj ; t M ( v. Va. .1 , v Aw- vV- V -' -- i , A HOUSE THAT WONT BURN. OME building began with a roof; and the first roof waa not built. It grew. Long before man learned to construct a for himself he took refuge fromdwelling storms under th sheltering canopy of th tree When he began building be Imitated nature and put up a thatch to keep off the rain: probably generation panned befor h went farther and Inclosed his den with walls. Japanese builders today, outside the region Infected by European notions repeat In each dwelling the home constructing history of the human race. They build th roof first; when that la don they Inclose the house with nd tha floors come last of all. wall; Our own proverbs tell the same story When w want to say that people are entirely shelterless we say that "they have not a root over their heads. That tells the tale without any reference to 1 a a Zj v - v ' of this I asked my husband to take me to a summer resort, where I knew no one. At the hotel the guests smiled condescendingly on me. a though they suspected I waa a bride; but I was too shy to talk with the women, so they had no chance to ask me direct One day we were going for a walk, and my husband went to get me a sunshade. which was th gift of my little sister. The vestibule was full of loungers when my husband returned, and carelessly he opened the sunshade a we started out The opening parasol deluged me with a shower of rice and confetti, and left me blushing and trembling with embarrassment My bridesmaid had planned this, to give me away no matter whgra I spent C. S. my honeymoon. 0 Nev Year's Eve. New Y ears I waa Invited out to a card party. It wa quiet In the room, as every on wa Interested in the A young man across from me card said: Doesnt seem like New Year's eve at all. does It? I spoke up: " No, Indeed. I usually go out for a good time New Year's eve." Everybody turned and gavs me a look, which sure3. B. ly brought me to my senses. Billys little pal, Harry, had been fighting with the new boy, and, getting the worst of It. had run away. Dont - boys AU Off. Faun-tleroof Lord was the I part playing in an amateur play. I wore a blonde curly wig and a red tamo-chanteIn the first act I ' made a running entrance, calling out to dearest, I hav my mother: Dearest, won tb fancel " At tha same time I waa to throw off the red tarn. The curtain was up; It was time for me to enter. I ran In In my best atyl and threw off th tarn. What waa my horror to se my blonde wig W. H. flying with ltl y ' I S, . ? - j mg to the altio between them. The other two are over the vestibule and living room, running out a little over tlie porch as well On of these room is large, 12 feet by 1$. and they are served by a separate bathroom at the rear of tlie house. There Is a good quantity of closet space, and the big attio furnishes ample facilities for storage. One of the most Important things about this house remains to bo mentioned. It wont burn. The walls are of hollow tile, covered with stucco. The Interior plaster, both of walls and partitions. Is carried on metal lath. The roof la Of asphalt shingle. The floors, to be surtf, r wood, but did you ever try to strrt a fir with nothing for Jr n t UKfc a, fIvwjT CM MU Asbestos Roof, Hollow Tile and Concrete Make s Fireproof House. Well Helen, how la dolly this morning?" asked mother. After a moment's serious reflection on the degree reg istered Helen replied, "Better thl morning, mother, I think, cause her H. G. tem'ture is mutual. My little girl Margret came running Into the room one. day and said, " Mother, I don't like the lady next door; she Is too fat. I told her never to say fat, but say plump. On day at the Go back be a coward, advised Billy. and lick him Hes bigger than me. blubbered Harry, an, besides, hes given me two black eyes Well, roared Billy, you any more, kin he? 5- dinner table she said, steak is sure plump. Mother, this E. W. Jane had been to tea at a neighbors bouse, and her entertainer took her home about V Jane politely said; he cant give K. S. - Margaret. the older sister of little Helen, was told to take Helen for her afternoon nap. After much persuasion Helen was forced to go upstairs to bed. - It W tvtw kindling but oak boards, nailed together In one solid sheet? Th ?olst nd studding are wood, but Area dont begin in these place, either. The only way to burn this bous would be to do as the kaisers armies did In France and Belgium, set flr to It with prepared incendiary material. At that, you would be obliged to kindle a separate blaze In nearly every room, and when the Are was over, r of the value of the entire house would remain. This house Is so strongly Are resisting that for all practical purposes It may be called three-quarte- flreproof. Th coat? It will cost from 2 to per cent more than a wooden house of the same plan and size, provided the contractor who undertakes th job ts familiar with Are resisting construction. The trifling difference in first Investment is quickly balanced by th low insurance and upkeep cost of the hollow tile structure, not to mention the slow depreciation of burned clay compared with wood. The forests of the United State are being cut three times as fast as they With another generation of grow. this reckless destruction, they will be almost gone, and the wood, which la the best material on earth for some uses, will have to be imported or re-placed by some Inferior substance, But the netlone supply of clay could never he exhausted, and burned clay la infinitely better than wood for the walls of a bouse, gave wood for Its proper uses, and build of stuff that wont burn. 5 Their machine was entitled, according to the California code, to th name Elizabeth, because It has 1300 worth of extras. The front scat la cut on both aides so that it can be let down to help make a bed for two, and fastens up with trunkllka fastener. for a folding wire griddle with shi-- p leg which la your hurry up stove, and for a thin breadboard, the plate, and the dishcloth. Th above culinary outfit ts pretty well balanced for the experienced camper who like to potter over open fir and who aupporta hi kettles over th flam by mean of forked ticks, rock, and hi wlr grid. On Next to Nothing. There ar d lux motor kitchens for campers, which w can find any day In or thre man store, and there ar two can be put In kits so small that they a man' pocket. This 1 tha day of condensable, collapaibl. practical outfits, and of th portable and companionable. In thing and men. Taste differ, but a for m I could get on with two kettlen, a frying pan. and strainer in camp. And If I spared on It would b th frying pan. Vegetables of some sort can b purchased almost anyw here, and you mostly need a kettle for them. Bacon can b on a stick or fork and eggs tried on a hot rock. A man's estimate of th amount of food per person peiweek required la twelve to fourteen pound that la. If th per n work up an appetite. H advises against heavy canned goods and suggests that powdered milk and eggs b taken wit- - dehydrated vegetaHe says: bles for camp "mulligans. Malted milk will fit in at meal time and between. Just as sweet eating chocolate wllL Be careful, I should say, to choose the most palatable brand of th latter., Th general sentiment on supplies seems to be to make a list of things ou fancy and then prune It down a half. It la possible to take ch supplies as to mak pots and pans almost a superfluity, but something In which to heat water will never be. One writer The nearer you approach tha says: outfit of the nortliern trapper the better. They And themselves well equipped w 1th a pinch of salt, a pair of moccasins, and a gun. Good Air Adds Flavor. Almost any food excites an out of door appetite. Good air is no Insignificant item of th meal and procurable on the spot Bread and butter or crackers and butter or crackers and cheese eaten under the sky have heavenly flavors. As a training In resourcefulness I can imagine nothing better than efficient camping.- - The husband of tha most resourceful young woman I hav met here built a hous on a truck which they drove into tha mountains in, rolled it off, and they lived In It while they proved uo on a A little of such living teaches any man or woman to drop a great part of the uselee Impedimenta of existence. Like her. they become peculiarly keen In picking out and obtaining the most highly worthwhile things, getting only a tew and Just right. Jecta. Convenience In Camps. Their outfit Included a collapsible chimney In which they burned sag brush and manzanlta to cook. This year they will take n gasoline stove In th box they ar building for th running board, because of It quick action. In aom California camping spot even th cities provlda thesw you can get gas and electricity by putting a nickel in a slot, and tlier ar set tub for washing. The continually Itinerant people of th state hardly set up camp before they put out A washing. As to other domestic operations, no two families proceed in th same wray or ar llkety to hav th same equipment. I have seen on camping woman whisking egg white in front of her place, hut I imagine few would hav th convenience this Indian skinned but sophisticated young woman had. h was In th camp colony wher there were both slum and boulevard within it two or thre acre. At th entrance there 1 a sign which aaya: " Flivver F.ow. All Fords Small Donations Kindly ExWsl-com- e. pected. o 6a ' Those who write on th subject of motor camping are fond of contrasting It with the old wagon type, with rattling tinware and loosely packed and scantily protected food supplies. Today's equipments are mad to nest or telescope. They are put Into dust and weather proof bags and cases. They ar balancej Ilk th pack animal' kyacks. The cooking, equipment la a dream of simplicity. Th larger containers are made to hold th lesser containers. Bystera and ordar ar first ess n tal Home utensils and bedding will not serve for out of doors w hen It Is deslrablt that tb former be made to nest, and In general that there be enough room for the tourists to rid comfortably while on the road. Practical Outfit for Four. Four years back an experienced The practical outfit person wrote: for four persons consists of a large lidded pot, capacity about five quarts; a smaller lidded pot, capacity about three quarts; a coffee or a teapot or pail; a steel frying pan, ten Inc he In diameter with a folding handle; two small milk pan for mixing bread-stuffetc ; whit enameled plate and cups; knives, forks, and spoons of s, V hit metaL The latter tool slip Into a slender bag which, with th cup, goes Into the coffee pot. Each of th pots nests comfortably In th next larger size, the largest being placed in the mixing pans and frying pan. The whole assortment has a measurement of ten inches, breadth and depth. With this outfit a capable camp cook can Practical and Fancy Needlework 1 ing case, In which you will find room go-llg- com-forta- bl frl-sle- BY CLOTILDE TOD and girls In high school. One boy had annoyed me a great deal by putting his arm around the boy next to him and lopping over In a spineless fashion. At the end of my patience in the matter one day I exclaimed: Donald. If you cant keep your arms where they belong youll have to sit up here beside me " Needless to say tha class roared with amusement, and I have never heard the end of it. E. A. M. - - ,i, .2C Remembering thee things, we can understand why the roof is the most Important factor In giving a house a At the opposite end from the triple homey, sheltering look. The big, windows Is the fireplace, flanked at on brooding, competent roof of this house by tb entranca to th dining illustrates that fact admirably. It side the stair room and on th other promises protection the moment you leading to th upper story.by With moat see it, and the architect has contrived floor plana, stair hav to be turned to reinforce that promise In a curiousInto the hall, but It Is a pity to do thl ly effective way. Notic the hooded It can be avoided.' There ts no dormer of the second story and the when more feature In a building little curve over the doorway. Those than aInteresting constructed staircase. properly Items give the sheltering loAk In detail The rest of. the ground floor of the which the main roof carries as a genhouse la taken up by a dining room' eral message. a kitchen, good sued room with and floor favorout The tha plans carry room very able Impression which the root la first Is 14x15convenience. Th dining two from its feet, gets light to give. The spacious porch is part of has a built In china closet the house, and Ita stately open entrance - sides, and room is hospitable to a degree. No miser, In the corner nearest th living fireplace. The large pantry between no recluse would build or buy a bouse the dining room and th kitchen 1 diwith such an entrance. It Is so friendvided Into two parts, a service pantry, ly and inviting that he could not poswith shelves and a sink which reduce sibly abide It. From the porch you enter a small tb work,onand a storage pantry, openthe kitchen. This laat room only vestibule, and from this pass at once ing is 11x14 feet, well lighted, and with to the splendid living room, 254 fee t access to the rear porch, and the baselong by 18 feet wide. This Is one of the most Interesting living rooms ever ment, steps leading to a landing on th main staircase. planned. It is lighted on three sides. Tb upstairs arrangement is quite Two windows open on the porch, two on the rear garden, and a cluster of unusual. There are four bedrooms, all three are on the end wall. With auch of good size. Two of these are over the dining room and kitchen, with a an arrangement bad ventilation is im bathroom, linen closet, and ststra lead- possibls. l Afer playing several pieces I asked the girl If she didnt play. She smiled in the affirmative and. after looking through my music, selected a piece that my mother often had asked me to play. She had played but a few measures when my mother called to me in a disgusted voice, "Emily, If you cant play that piece any better than that, dont play it at all. Why, I never E. B. heard auch discords! ' r jgiklwt walls and floors. piano iii C0ovY , One of Mothers Favorites. neighbor girl stopped In one evening to return a book she had borrowed. She' was glancing over some music on th piano and asked me to My mother play one of the piece was present at the time but went into another room while I was at the . s Giving the Bride A may. I was a bride of IS. and felt shy about meeting people a a " Mra" Because A j i V Didnt hancy It Out 4? t:: ; Laat Chriatma my1 hutoand and I received a fin record for our phonograph. It waa a classical piece of music and my husband did not fancy it. One evening th couple who had made the gift came to spend the evening at our house. During the evening we were having acme muaio and I said. "You have not heard our new record, have you?" They both answered. No, w haven't heard it." My husband, not thinking of them a the donors, epoke up quickly, " Well, you haven't missed - I. O. much." When Patience Cave . w , hal writ tod follow there, and ho Iny mediatoly conceived a great liking for mo. Several month later while vlait lng there again I attended dance, when thl fallow cam up to m during a danc and In a loud vole, eaally beard all over th place, said, I know who you ar; you'r my girl." and proceeded to follow me around th rest of th evening. V. V. I was teaching a class of senior Vr3 4 HU CiiL During a visit to a girl friend of mine In another city I waa kind to On - VY s, I a i rf a-- vw- vy serve as mmv aa five or six persons with mral that ha sufficient vari-t- y to suit any out of door appetll. An accessory highly desirable and recommended Is the efficient folding aluminum redactor oven, an artful biscuit baker and roaster of meat and There ar two elsca. One. spuds. folded Cat. ts twelve Inches squar by on inch thick, and It taka an eight by twelve inch baking pan. For tour or five person or leas this site sufficiently huge. Keep th Inner surface well burnished and your breadYou stuff will brown beautifully. Jockey it lack and forth to ault your fir. It elides Into a square fiat carry- la fine Od AVCKLES. Cal SpeclV CorYou will find th respondence eal of the motor. In th ahap of a deep red burn over the collar bone, on a good half of th women of California, speaking generously, aa the stats does alws of Itself. All but the fewest motor, and probably half that motor camp at some time during th year. Wa reaihel California originally largely by trail and track. Where the golilseekeia camped apran. up town, now cities. The motor In Its earliest and must awkward build was aelzad upon by this slat aa a touring Inal rumen t. Tha rich and daring ran the grades of the 8lerr and coast ranges, and today no end of narrow motor roads, engineering teats, gtrdl the high aides of mountains, with all With tha too many hairpin curve flivver vrybody coming of th climbed per motor, and Th Sierra club has "hiked climbed with dunnag hags, and perhaps by examp' Increased th popularity of mountain camp. "TwoOtrhi In a Buggy year back rod 100 mile up and down and wrote about It, as other combination a many hav done until Such report ai encyclopedia. The Barking Betsey, aa they call the motorcycle here, joins the camping throngs. Not a few people apparently go " High and low, in sand and snow, along with Barking Betsey, O. Chicken Dinners In Camp. motorists and Barking For th would rather buy a Betsylts who dinner than cook It thar ar chicken dinners to be had In th mountain camp. Enterprising and Intelligent, more Intelligent In general and more to do than city caterers, build . well I camps, dining and dancing bungalow for health seekers, for those who would ride a horse over mountain trails, and for the Sunday motorist w ho want a good dinner In charming surrounding. Mina host, In th place forty-twmile from Diego and 1.500 feet above It, where aom friend took me, was mor completely a hoet In hlmaelf than any cosmopolitan gentleman I have ever seen. H was everywber at once, helping where help was short, setting horseback parties, which he often guides, on their way, shaking hands with comers and goers. W had an excellent dinner and accidentally ran across freah chlckan feathers, which we did not need for proof of the quality of the name dish of our dinner. Taking to the road again, we dropped 2.000 feet In the first four miles, and at a good many places we might have dropped that distance In two minutes or so. The prospect of doing so at any minute was quit absorbing. At Roadside Markets. At a good many places by the roadside on our way out of and Into th mountains w might hav bought th Ingredients for a gratifying iteal; eggs at 31 cent a dozen (the middle of March); chicken from their ranches; oranges, lemon, and grapefruit almost from the-treand wondetful lettuce and other vegetables. ' One roadside merchant had rather a pitiful but full load of turnips aa dusk cam on. It seems to be on the return trip that the motorists patronize thce merchants, buying eggs to put down in waterglasa. A couple in on little roadster were evidently buying a weeks supply. V saw a few people cookjng, but oue party had built a fir) stove rock. A well constructed rock stove for cooking Vacation values get a good deal of attention fr, n th promoters of both the state and the motor trade In California. Th friend who took m Into the mountains motored to and tamped In the Big basin for thr week last Bummer, Their total outfit of pot and pan and bedding weighed The thre of them, only l')0 pound father and mother and young en, " mostly wore th clothe they had on. they aald. There Is not space her to tell about camping wardrobes and thlr cleaning and tar, but I hav learned umo entertaining things on these sub. of MOTOR TOTS AND FANS. - Humor Jane Eddington Dy On "Wont you turn In?" The woman said: " No, thank- - you; I won't come in to night, when Jane looked un and said El S. O, be a sport and turn on in! What was that!" Flora, the stout hearted and youngest, replied, " Pooh! thats nothin' but the 'magtnation; 1 beard it myself." H. K. Victor objected to praise or to being coddled, seeming to think it beneath his dignity. One day a caller, noting that he had been quiet during her via-- ' it with his mother, said to him. In a Victor, youre patronizing manner: not? " " Ye, good little boy, are-yomaam. Im not, came the quick reply. Mrs. C. R. a Made put on her best clothes expecting to go to Uncle Johns with her parents. But their automobile waa out of frder and could not be tinkered sufficiently to make it go. "O, dear me!" lamented Matie, here I am. all dressed up, with a place to go and no way to Mrs. C. R. get there." Bobby went tnto a dry goods shop the other day, and, walking up to one of the clerks, said: " I want to buy a present for my mother. Tomorrow is her birthday." " Well, asked th salesgirl, what would you like to get for her? "O I dont know, replied Bobby. ' About a half hour aftsrward Helen came slowly creeping down th stairs. She sat on th bottom stair and wltn her Uttl forefinger upon her lip she said; " Eh! shl I's just put Margy t sleep. H. F. r. - Martha wa having her hair bobbed. barber told her to hold still. After she was still a moment she remarked: Aint I th best little holdstiller you H.F.G. ever saw? Th Helen doll was ill Helen wa JuA taking It temperature, with a thermometer almost as large as the doll, when mother came Into th playroom. Kenneth had been patient with baby sister when she pommeled him around and the family often remarked over hla forbearance. But th other day he . didnt feel well and th baby gave him an unusual biff. so he returned th favor. Why, Im surprised, " said mother. Well, I didnt mean to surpris you, but a man cant stand everything, said Kenneth. A. ft. - , Fapa and mamma had gone to cial leaving th five kiddies so- alone, with profuse instructions not to be afraid. Bobble, Nellie, and Jlmmi went to bed and covered up their head Bessie, the eldest, sat and trembled at every sound. To her 8ht "Tour a lady, you ought to know." " How about a handkerchief? queried the clerk. " That would be all right, said Bobby. "And what would you like to pay for It? , " O. replied he, with a debonair air, D. T. between 45 and 64 cents! HOW TO MAKE A SHOE BAG. HOE bags ar a great convenience and one can easily be made In an afternoon. The atorea show great variety and they ar moat attractive looking. And, while there are many women to whom aewtng doe not appeal, and who prefer buying everything, there ar a great many ethers who enjoy making everything possible, and the saving effected 1 an added strong motiv. These bags or pockets are made of denim, heavy linen, the heavier cretonnes, or gal&tea. Some choose plain colors, finishing with braid In a contrasting color, while others would prefer the gay patterns that cretonnes show. The Inside of a closet door is the right place for a bag of this kind, and so the siz of the finished article should be governed somewhat by th place it la to be put. As a guide, 33x20 on with Its lower edge from four to Inches is a fair size. Those measuresix inches above th top of the other ments ar for the back of the shoe bag. In one this size there can be two pockets. The raw edge of this row rows of pockets. Cut stripsicross the should have braid basted over It and then stitched across on each edge. width of the material, 13 or 14 Inches deep-Miwide enough1 to make thre The upper dig of the back pari had pockets each pocket should have a better be finished with A turned over double box plait, which la held In place hem or a faced oue to give strength acroes the bottom edge and will open for tacking In placa. Then the braid If necessary to lts full width acroaa is used as A binding around the enthe top. tire outside edge of th bag. and this basting must be most perfectly done, Mercerized skirt braid Is a good fineo that under and upper edges will ish, and the pocket strips should b come In the stitching. The bag should bound across the upper edge befor 1; well dampened and pressed before Then to attached the back part. being divide the atrip into three parts and taking out the - bastings that hold tb lay the double box plait In each on t plait in place. Where there is not much room for of the thre places. A strip 38 or 40 inches long should be right for the a shoe bag make one about half th other measurements given. Baste theee depth of this one, having just on row plaits from top to bottom, and then of pockets; but, s whatever tha size you mak decide on. alw-ythe double baste the first row of pockets with th raw edge at the bottom of the back. plaits In the pockets, els they whl be The second row of pockets Is set apt to tear. -- ' d |