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Show 1 r ? poared i torrents. Wh" ritohtaing flashed rel7 de1! HE th By Maud Weatherly Beamish Uod out clearly, etched P" i As dripped and swayed. the gray borison see, could Iff pne in an opaline haze, dashed SSKSte strdaks of the falling rain. and S5. me from th. window to the piano. Shewn over the ken. The merged into the song topical ballad and tender a of measures She shrank away and covered her bewildered look changed" to amusement He stooped and picked up the face lie took her little eold hands chair which she had knocked over in his. "Paula, cant you see how He drew her much I love you? when she entered. This had been their only introduc- tenderly to him, and as she looked tion. Paula's childish wrath at his up, no longer fearful, he kissed her Intrusion melted ufider his light ban- lips softly, reverently.; She broke ter and the charm of his personality. from him pnd ran down the long lunt" chords frosted Infortndtf him that she was Paula She trvi t hr- - home, . dosed 5oS of a waits. She she learned that he was Then the memory gave place to She played. How vividly Edmonds and Phillip Falkner, architect for the big the pain of that other night. There brought to her mind the house If you on a neighboring estate. Long had been a clash of wills. ft, of those cherished days when the will persist in accepting the escort in their followed meeting knew and tramps clouds ST had lived in the love! It cabin- - at first, quite by chanpe, then of those people, everything is over the first time the joy of . us, he had said. IL s be bad taught her, and openly and frankly as their friend- between and Then "You are foolish, was her retort nt grew strengthened. accompani-Maship of a kind married yet -- Am 1 to in came not jt had become Wa that are the there tramp long to hi ooirji loV woods, when she had felt a dif- have no liberty?, Th ,a,ddamp bad h Psuja," ' He came up to her and took her had swayed and ended as he ference in his manner and her own ft-This to not theUiuestion. You and smother-of hand. new sense She ; something breast 'riaspedbef bands to bisshe not have them- - for friends. How should sweet came and feel could everything ing heard hip heart beating, I dislike and distrust how You know even to her of back the the her he drew perfume rts riotous pulse of it as seek them. You would On branches! their on Now them, you dripping yet pine way her kissed lips. and to him be with 'them than with me." spring night, home they had stopped to build up rather ftj, ,oftly 'melancholy - "You simply want me to obey you, ceased again suddenly a camp fire' in the lee of the cabin. waits 0ve ft, - JL . Two She had laughed when he warmed her she cried wrathfully. the over keys. bent , Pauls Is sol not know 'that' His blaze. mouth before the hands two you "Paula, bad .. year, ago her romance ended, which was grave, almost stem with re- But you must choose between them kng, -- wretched years during feeling, and she had chal- and me. Which is it to be? - h had readjusted her life alone un- - pressed 'Their-eyemet, her defiant --his lenged him withheaif thrownhack tender the from girl changed happy, friends came up the Her earnest.' and her who heart-iicmutinous, although woman, lovely lipa k to a bitter, " turned and waved She beat heart love. driveway. violently. laughed at pain and Youre not the least bit sentlmqn- - gaily .td them. Land flung She rose from Do you realise that I Aye you ready? they called out, herself- - into the wide armed chair. taV he said. ignoring Phillip, who had not turnetj Et she could feel his arms d aboute Paula amil your hands? . 4norjpokca- t"her,' the see hr"bfth Sft5werr-besiPaula wavered. To give In now eame to her, she could and left her white and breathli - - the hearth How the others Perhaps it depends upon theman. waa impossible. hear his dear voice, "I love you, would laugh at her The knowledge weetheartJ Do .you know how dearly Had you been some one lsef-w- ho decided her. Holding her head high knows?. i I love yout 1 dont she gathered np her wraps .and ran Ha went closer to her. The words rang through her brain down the steps. That had beep the - to dearly .that she started up and believe it, he spoke deliberately. No? she smiled up at him, "and end. His letter of entreaty ehe had .looked about the room. It seemed as But the you knoweo much of women?" y V replied to angrily, declaring that he It he must be speaking. With ' Yes, he returned briefly, I am had never loved her. , Howeverjfcshs revealed nothing.- darkness added bitterly, ahe believed she no now I dosed eyes she gave herself up to the going to klsa one woman 1 loved him, o their engagemoment. Rain PleaseT wouldnt the of Oh, sweetness you please longer bitter her dismay was so apparent that ment might better be terminated. slteays made her restless. It was the ' Phillip and he drew back and compelled her Several letters, which she wrote in , rain which had brought g and a deserted frightened eyea to meet hia..Then rapid succession after a rain herself together night, during which she repented cabin in the woods. She had taken he laughed. what she had done and realized how You see! I know. . shelter in the Cabin one Autumn She had tried to recover herself, dearly she loved him, were returned morning and come upon Phillip there. 7 Amiiement seizerf her at finding any but her smile wavered pitifully. to her, unopened, and when she tfied You are so wjpe! Just 'what do to get a telephone message to him, she ' one fa th old place. For years it had She endeavored to speak v.as told that Phillip had left town. stood there quite hidden from the you know? and she carelessly, although his nearness was Then ahe heard of his serious illness, view of the chance passer-by- , hsd felt that it belonged to her. disturbing her and her heart was and later of his engagement to' an. other. Tha ipain, the heart-sickneThere she liad gone .to dream-he- r pounding. alof it all returned to her now as she know He bent dreams her of "I neir again. dreams, fairy youth, ever been kissed.- - - lie re- listened- tottfee Jfast, falling rain., SI ways ending wlth"'the' tSWffiif'bf 'the you ha v her from the peated tha words again and watched buried her head in the chair cushions Prince and cried like a lonely, heart-broke- n jaws of death and claimed her for her narrowly. -- The his own. And so careful had she echoed through the . stillness and child. The moments slipped away, carrybeen of her house of dreams, she seemed to write themselves in lines had never spoken of it to any one. of fire upon her brain. ing with them the shreds of her hope. The old restlessness came back and a Then she suddenly discovered in it a Am I right? She- - tried to speak, hut. her voice new dread of the room with Its deep voiced stranger in rough tweeds, who smoked a pipel , She had stared failed her. gloomy shadows.' She rose hurriedly, at him, astonished and resentful. HU . Paula, he whispered, Visa me slipped on her hat and rain coat and the darkness rushing outto her, heavy with the seent of pipe smoke. Out of the shadows of the familiar room came the spirit of her old love and her lost happiness.- ffo charged with dear memories was the atmosphere, she closed her eyes ' and, leaned weakly against the door, 'then shut it without With her hand ather entering, throat, trying to drive back the sobs, she stood for a moment, the dripping of the boughs and the rumble of distant thunder adding to her feelingof desolation. Blindly she went down the path. The Phillip, Phillip. thunder increased,-bu- t she. did not hear it Suddenly a flash of lightning, which seemed to rip her heart from her body and' leave her stunned and breathless, illuminated the night She threw out her hands,, gripping nothShe tried to call her lips ing. shaped hia name, but she could not Then darkness closed in spesk. around her Out of nothingness she seemed to come to a sense of life and joy.' Tender arms embraced her and voles repeated over and over. Sweotheartl Little sweetheart i Then, as suddenly aa ha' had ap neared, he laded away, leaving nothing but blackness and the old sense of falling. The next thing she knew ahe wal in her own big the sunlight was streaming Into the room, When' she tried to sit up, aome ope put out a restraining hand. Then sha saw a tall, whits garbed figure that looked like the silver birch on which Phillip had ones carved .her xL tfSjS litly - ave-ntfe-'- c; w Sali ft,-wait- , - s - I- the-pian- am-hold- ing ' - , heart-breakin- -- ss - -- who-snatc- hed declaration 1 Chiming Effects Secured by Clever Use A WOMAN who of Needle is clever with her peatedly squeezed needle can do quite wonderful things with bits of lace, for pieces, useless alone, may be turned into beautiful trimming by employing old portions, taking, for instance, a motif of . scrap' and combining the riyo.v . Before any sewing i done the lace must be thoroughly cleansed- - This is a partof the workjhat cannot be skimped. ' It consists not only in washing, but preparing lor laying and a most particular detail the preparation is. The motif or net that is to be saved is cut from the background,, taking grest pains not to stretch it " This is then neatly- - sewed on to a piece of perfectly smooth muslin that has been previously shrunk. The latter is most important otherwise -- the l.nea will draw and pull. the lace out of shape. Stitches In this work must be fine .and close, using very thin thread that will rip easily. . l'8 done the lace is ready for wishing m soapy "water," the bath be-Jm je by. putting scraped soap into boiling water to dissolve. This makes a jelly which is warm into put not hot water and thoroughly ' . No rubbing or pulling is done. As soon as the water is soiled a fresh bath must be prepared, ' repeating the cleansing until'no more dust remains. The) several rinsing waters are used. To dry, - the muslin ' must ' be stretched upon ' the !floor or other smooth surface, and tightly- - pinned. It will then stay in shape, and just before the last dampness is gone it Ironed, Using a cool rather may than hot iron, and pressing over the ' , muslin background. is time lace the that By ready for renovating and should be gently v -from the background. If it is a motif that is to be applied to new uet the latter should be put intoan embroidery frame to hold it smooth and the pattern laid on the place desired. It Is then'iy Uqtied with fine cotton, taking the tiniest stitches close together. When this is complete the net beneath should be cut. out, and if ruffle is being made the raw edge must be turned back and appliqued - ng over-distend- 1--' any-one- - ng Some Curiosities In Pens d d ot-th- e Division of time into month comes from' the motions of .the .moon. Malays, Polynesians reckon snd .Australian aborigines time exclusively by months snd dayi. That greater unit of time, the yets, characterized by the regular lucces- - high, and low tide. nt nick-nac- . n - - m - V ' always turns the same face toward the sun; so tha planet has no day, and the lack of a moon deprives it of the month. Finally, it has no year, for its axis of rotation Is perpendicular to the plans of its orbit and the latter Is almost circular. Bounding the Infinite many itsri m there? It HOW known, but most astronomers is sen tha force with which mass is held together. .. is not unlimited. believe Tha argument is that with sn infinite universe of stars tht heavens would be one uniform blaze of light .The mors distant start are, of course, dimmer; some are too far away to affect the naked eye st sQ, but no matter .how slight the units sn Infinite number of theta would produce " T the effect desired. " ' As there Is no uniformly blazing sky, the number of stars, though possibly immensely great must be limited. This argument is tupplemented ia s recent astronomical paper by a similar one drawn from gravitation. Every star, no matter how distant exercises its own power of attraction on every other heavenly body. Includ. .- ing our earth. However, as the earths center is farther away from the attracting body than its surface, particles on the earths surface arc attracted with greater force than those at the center, snd the practical result is to les GfVE each guest a card with the Answers to be written opposite. Thbrides name? Rose. Groom's. name? John Quil 1 What did she say when he knelt bep. fore her? 4. Who msrrie4 them? Jack in the 1. 2. Johny-Jump-U- pulpit , ' L Who-assisted- 6, With 'what did they seal their y the earth's Now, if the number of stars Is. infinite, this decrease would be so great that weight on the earth would practically cease to exist Moreover, the same conditions would prevail everywhere throughout a boundless uni- -, verse snd probably all masses would , be disrupted. That this result does j nof oeeuf It proof, we are told, that the number of heavenly bodies ia ex- istence is not Infinite. These arguments make certain assumptions that may oi may not be granted; they can neither be. proved nor disproved. The argument from light assumes that light waves arei transmitted through space without losq; that from gravitation assumes! that the same thing is true for gravitational attraction. If light or gravitation Is absorbed dr lost In some way- - when passing from star to star, the number of stars may be infinite after all At its belt the speculation Is more curious than conclusive. A" Flower Game Sr : five-ce- -- ini t ion, partly because the Maieuj to most persons, it to well to remem- are not sharply distinguished ia some unSver--j ber that in the arctic regions the mark- regions, partly because ing of this division to by no means-easy-. sal desire to establish among the i During several successive year, month and day sinjplq relations i months the sun is either always be- which find no support in the facts cf j low or always above the horizon and astronomy. the only method The inhabitants of Venus, If there very uncertain one of distinguishing between day be any, must find it extrsmely L2 and night is to observe the times of cult to establish units of time. Veins - HELPFUL SUGGESTIONSx 1 Sun Smtd-ntg-ht 'T'HOUGH the fundamental division sion of the tcatont, bil presented theof time, the day, appears Intuitive greetesr difficulties to exact detsrm- . : ere Sderhed In the Lend of the HoQ the Days - e M Divisions of Time By Marianna Wheeler. - to-th- tKt"t Ornk. d use-ca- 1 to-da- d ... - . rrs how perfect In Itself the old, when ft is baby's food may be, if the method ot him on the four x ri i un-tick- ed r, ;!aca. - . -- 1 - 1 him while usually best to put his food, of ttand bwldfi head on a he is in his crib with his hour interval hia bottla for him It tha stomach Is overworked, low pillow, and hold giving it to the child is wrong the all tha time he ia nursing from it. or bottle-fe- d results will be unfortunate. The stom- either in the breast-feach of a young infant Is imperfectly baby, it will soon become distended, As soon as the meal time ia over,' bottle to developed, consequently It is a mis- eease to digest, and vomiting will be taka the bottle away. If the take to overload it, or to give solid the natural result. Too large a quan- placed in the babys mouth and no .food before so delicate an organ is tity given at one meal is quite as bad further attention paid to the child, he 9 as too frequent meals. The breast- will very often1 lose the pipple, and capable of digesting it. in fed baby should never be allowed to the milk will grow cold long before feeding Absolute regularitymeans everything to the babjr.. Th have. the .breast more than twenty it can be found end taken again. he The bottle-fe- d baby should have baby should be fed by the clock from minutes at one meal time, and many the very start, whether be is breast babies will take , enough in fifteen his food given always st the seme fad or bottle fed. If he is asleep at minutes if the milk flvws freely. The temperature, .98 to 100 degrees F, the regular meal hour he should be bottle-fe- d bsby should havd the pre- The nursing bottle should be heated cotgently waked and kept' awake long' scribed number of ounces, usually by standing the- - bottle, with Its' .and a in meaL a in still ton cup Boon deep cork his fog to taken take age. baby plaee, Very his, by enough be will learn to wake of hii own ac- weight, and no more, no matter bow or pint measure of hot water. The cord, being himself as methodical as much ha may teem to want it temperature of the food should be Mothers often make the mistake of tested just before it to given to the . . a clock. . The meals should always be begun attributing all cryingto hunger, when bqbfr. and after the rubber nipple to at the same hour each morning, and there are many other causes. A baby on, by dropping a few drops of the the other feeding hours planned from wlH often ery for a drink of cool food on ones wrist just over the Tha time should be water because he ia thirsty; he may pulse;' H should feel lukewarm. this . time. the counted from beginning qf a meal cry because he is too warmly or un- Never should the nipple of the bottle and not from the time when it is seasonably dressed or because he is be placed in the mothers mouth and the food thus tested. To keep the finished. For example, let ns say uncomfortable from an first meal Is given every stomach and wron feeding. If he is food at a uniform temperature while that - ' the. : neatly;ef these causes, it .is being taken a Jfttle wool knit seven."' In this''eai the crying from who hat tried this, morning at - two Only will be made or flannel bag should cover the bottle; much' matters worse be ' should fed or how every method reairres what really exquisite baby hours from this time un- If the mother nurses him or gives him After the bsby has had bis meal be three every results may come from such labor, be left quiet and undisturbed him she finds should the whenever crybottle at ten til night Except during and that literally from rags she rosy when ona midnight meal ing! in his crib, for half an hour at least. first month, achieve a decoration which would stirred. . ' . The bresst-febaby should never If tha baby's bead is allowed to hang may be allowed, the baby should be cost many dollars. Suds are formed Into which the lace to oclock ten from the allowed to be sleep at the' breast or down over ones shoulder or is kept sleep Dyeing if done,, should come after taught in his month more too low directly after a meal seven until o'clock is tho to the meal at nipple night keep dropped, when it is gently and. re the cleansing bath. of part of that meat to liable meal in the morning. than twenty minutes at a time. The " It is thought best by many to be- same rule holds gesod for the bottle-fe- d to take place, because the stomach of baby. It. is very wrorg to allow-- c a young infant lies In a less horizontal gin at once with tho baby on tho schedule of the throe hour interval baby to sleep With the nipple i his position than it does in later life, and This-l- s baby on the food to much more easily brought very successful with strong, mouth. Hold the breast-feA cPen for Every Purpose. Oven Five Hundred patents Secured babies, but with babies your arm .in a gently inclined posi- up in consequence. who are less vigorous, the two hour tion ell the time he is taking his meal; The absolute cleanliness of all VER, five hundred patents, have are ruling pens with two or three Interval for the first month will be when he has finished, place him gently utensils used in preparing the babys . , been issued for the manufacture of points and of such sizes' that the lines better or until he gets a good start, In his crib with his head slightly food, and the after care of nipples be close together, or as wide then the time should bo changed to. elevated by means of a very thin hair And bottles, to essential to jucceseful . Pens, so it is not surprising that in a may baby in feeding. . ' kfSe establishment where stationery apart as the writer may desire. These, the three hour schedule end con- pillow Hold the botUe-feof course, are for the tise of'account- - tinued until the infant is nine months the same position while he is taking V. -- H.MUUT.i,iof aHriw' ivwa afferent varieties and sizes and so the muiic pen.. It U not much used , mny shapes as to excite wonder to nowadays, for the ruled music paper, vhat possible use they can all be ap- - both for orchestral and vocal scores, : : . phetL is to convenient and cheap that comSo far as thesize is Baforo Baking Potaton Over Your Dak, Kitchen Table concerned, the paratively few persons need a music When Making Coniine smallest is the artists let them stand in hot wqter for fifpen, not so pen. It U made of a strip of brass if one places a tea towel over the or wherever needed, hang a and flours minutes. The? will require only rge as a crow's quill and the larg-- ! so folded breadboard the slightly, as to present fiye white to hold a ball teen together funnel painted t i s steel monster will not stick half the time for baking, are more and can nearly am inch points, tach representing a double cooky dough be hung by its mealy and palatable, and If they are of twine. It in ' icroes and capable of holding ijalf.a fold of the out half tha rolled ba time. , are The points atrip. baked in a gas oven,, the saving In ''aspohnful ink at time. Then there then slit, the edges filed down, so that ring, and will be one of the most Wilt To . " Tewjrnwnln .. gas totcdhsjderable. imaginable, rcRbting, ruling tyid shad- - the points touch the paper equally, Sava all your temo: peel and boQ it useful ' Ir om the last being so are (lightly parted to allow the ink to Brown Fro. ting ' towels. It will whiten them ubby as to rule a line over a. quarter flow, the pen is fitted into a wooden with your AaOrdianry School Blackboard Eraser A Delicious to mads with ont moistened with kerosene and kept which will not ersek while thq. sbad- - handle, and is then ready for use. beautifully. brown sugar of vinegar h pens all off tablespoonful near the kitchen range, wipes be Ruling five lines at once; of uniform Eggn Broken Into a Butterod DUl by dexterous mix and th beaten' white to Bands. ones enough and flavored seasoned saves with soiling snd indust tho grated A,w line 9 almost any thicknesi and equal distances, It is well together nnd rfd xWcknewr.and - so - are em-- f valuable musician who happens chfcesq are most appetizing If closely Where there ere hot air registers use of an egg. Whip to j spread. add sugar enough covered and (teamed. the eraser to clean them as well ia ornamental lttteriag.There ta b short of mnsic paper. t yei "" . Paula, dear lova Phillip was cry. ing brokenly., Phantom though he might Jbe, this time he felt very substantial- - Fearfully and with lightning1" toucher, Paula ran her flngera over the coat, the arms, that held her, and hia dear . . 1VJO matter ii hun- - grily. j Formerly Superintendent for Fifteen Yesrs of th Bibies Hospital , 2Nfv Yor - under water. arms caught .her and 'held har ; . Phillip, la it really. jrou, or am 1 . dreaming agtln? If Ha did not apeakbut took her face I bfd-anin his hands and kissed har eyea, her hair, her toft, round cheek, and, aa j her eye closed, their lipa mat AH t tha agony, of tha years slipped fro them in that moment After Phillip had convinced her that he waa not spirit but a blessed reality, ha toll name and hia. her that ha had called her over the ' After a time aha remembered the telephone tha day aha had gone out and In tha' atom. cabin, ths storm,, tha thunde I yfelt I must apeak to you he Phillip. But, curiously, no on said a word about him. - Yes, she had been said. I didnt know how you would carried home by a neighbor whose reply; but I know I loved you and So it was oh, Paula, I was so hungry to hear name was not Falkner. 'But har voice all a dream a dear, sad dream. - She your .vole again recalled the sense of peace and happi- had aonnded ao cold it had taken a3 ness sha had felt with hia arms about tha heart out of him, and he had busy her once more. Could a dream be as aphtha receiver, little knowing that real aa the touch of his lips had she, on her part, had been ao overbeen? She buried her face in .the come at hearing him speak that (ha So I thovM pillows. How much better to have Could scarcely answer. ho conto over tha cabin, Id tramp died in her dream than to llvs on in tinued. "You always seemed nearer bitter jpeftory I She recovered rapidly.. A week to me' there. And aa .1 waa golrT later she was carried down stairs, wel- along'the path, tha crash cams and I comed by tha flowers, and the fra- heard you call. Ha held har elaatr ' " , grance of Spring. The scent of grow- to him,. scoff at mind reading and People mad get.'lnto 4hteig. her.Jong.to All (ho agony of the years slipped by tbemln that moment" ing the woods, to be alone there. In the metttai telepathy 'and1 aU .tha' afternoon she asked to be taken over said, , but tell you, Paula,. It waa left tho house. With long drawn bles and splashing throughsha to the cabin. The eilver birch and something more that just chance that the she it, in realizing drank fresh puddles. Hardly cool, breath, cabin. tha to During her mother eagerly consented. They brought us together in the rain tod air and lifted her face to the aky. chose the path she had avoided drove her over in the carriage and the thunder storm that night! The rain drops caressed It gently, like tha last two Sha drew his face down to hen, y an irresistible said they would return for her later. the soft, wandering fingers of a baby. tha place, but waa, Phillip.' It waa love. "It of her be feast to apple drawing May had spread a AlreadyJbetheart fejt lighter. On force seemed . Hmm ahe walked, punching the loose peb toward it - The door opened heavily. blossoms Paula's heart warmed TV FEEDING THE BABY New Lace for Old the sight of their petals drifting the roof of the cabin. Within, a tit! fire burned. She leaned against Ll door and looked curiously aboat Everything was as. Phillip had loft it the chairs by the table,"tha old bowl for wild flowers anti there was' his pipel She caught It up and held it to her cheek. It aeemed as though he must be there 1 For a moment, grief and longing swept over her and left her faint Would ahe never smell the pungent scent of tha brier without longing-fo- r tha rough coat under her cheek and the strength of I Tull ip "s Vrnis. The "ffagrahotf tod the memories of .the plaee over-whelmed her, and she sank into the chair and buried her face in her arms. Thera was a swift movement in tho room. Startled, she looked, up and saw Phillip Falkner striding toward hef, a great love shining in his eyes. Fbiliip! she cried, shaken to the heart in a sudden rush of doubt, of unbelief. .In another second strong Eldtr-berr- y. ? yows? Tulips. 7. Who was the dark bridesmaid? Black-eye- Susan. d 8. The demure bridesmaid? Pansy. 9. What did she wear, on her headh Bridal-wreat- h. . Id On her feet? Lady-slipper- s. Ft ,, 11 What gloves did shhweir? gloves. . 12, Wbat collar had she on? Stock. 13. How did he know lbs woul ! marryhim? Aster. ' H Color of her eyes? Violet 15. In what wss the wedding wt , . served? Butter-cup- s. - - 4 . . "V1 |