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Show THE SALINA SUN, S A LINA, UTAH Hr-- - Mrs. Athertons Aspirations By H. IRVING KING i h, AARY GRAHAM. BONNER. COhbCul UNNt ftt ihis Department supplied by ibe American Legioo News Service ) Vtklttf MWtKl (Copy iuf TUD TOAD GREATER INTEREST IN ADDING MEMBERS . The toads are very solemn and very sedate, and their lawyers are the finest in the animal world. One day last Howard P. Savage, national commander of the American Legion, la announcing recently that the Legion as .maintaining the lead In membership over the same date a year ago, declared that greater Interest has been shown in membership work than ever before. . Illinois, the national commander's home state and one of the big three," was the sixth to exceed the total membership of 1020, and is striviug to get a total of 70,000 members by the time of the convention to be held In .Paris, France, In September. This goal was set as a tribute to Command-- . 'er Savage. Canada, Florida, Alabama, Indiana and Kentucky, were the other departments that had gone over the top before May L Florida and Canada hnd exceeded the 1927 quotas set for them by national head- June It was well known in the toad world that Tud and Jody had been bitter enemies, so It wns a question of great doubt among many as to whether it had been an accident or whether Tud had really meant to murder Jody. A day was set aside for a trial, and all the toads from far and near planned to be present, for they were much impressed by trials. Toads are, for the most part, so good and well behaved that when anything dreadful happens among them they are very much shocked. Tud Toad came of such fine parents that every one felt very, sorry for them and did everything they could to comfort them, telling them that Tud would, come out all right and be a finer toad in consequence. At last the day set aside for the trial came, and all the toads were there. Near tha Judges bbx sat Tuds mother and daddy. Ilis mother looked very nervous, and every few moments she wmuld bring forth from her pocket a green handkerchief and dry the tears from her great big eyes. Tuds daddy coughed to keep back the sobs that he felt in his throat. A constant murmur of whispers could be heard from the portion of the courthouse where all the toads sat, for they- - kept talking among themselves, wondering what the result would be. But soon the Judge, a fine- looking, big toad, stepped into his box, with the jury about him, and in front stood the trembling Tud, quaking'vvith fear and looking at the ground, as he was too ashamed face the crowd. The judge began to speak in a clear quarters. Many contests in membership have been held this year, and several are still being waged. Kansas won in a race with Oklahoma, the contest ending April 30. Kansas won a similar contest last year, and according to agreement, took a Kansas jayhawk" to the Oklahoma capitol building in which the Oklahoma Legion has state will jayhawk headquarters. The remain in the Oklahoma headquarters another year, a constant reminder that Kansas won the contest. . Illinois was leading in the contest of. the big three," New York beiry second and 'Pennsylvania third. The Legion has been aided in Its membership work this year by many outside agencies. In numerous instances mayors and governors have proclaimed Legion week and Issued men to statements urging renew their membership, or if they never had Joined the organization, to become affiliated with 1L .Many newspapers have pointed out editorially that the major objective of the Legion this year is community service, and urged a large membership In their communities, stating that the Legions power to do good Is measured by its length and the willingness of men to work unselfishly for their communities. states had broadcast ofThirty-on- e ficial Legion programs by radio before May 1, and most of them inaugurated membership campaigns, or the program was part of an Initiation of new members at the close of campaigns. - voice Public playgrounds for the children of Zanesville, is the slogan adopted by the Zanesville (Ohio) post of Ths American Legion for Its civic activl- ties. A plan for the development and maintenance has been adopted and a survey of the city to determine the number and location of the needed has begun, The work of establishing and maintaining the playgrounds will be done entirely by the Legionnaires, but finnn. cial assistance will he sought from A committee ot other organizations. representative citizens will be appointed to advise with the Legion committee In charge of the work1. play-groun- A boy scout drum and bugle corps after the famous Fort (Iowa) American Legion drum corps, which won the national championship at the Legion convention in Philadelphia last year. Is being organized in Fort Dodge. Members of the Legion corps will train the scout musicians and drill them In the formations that brought the national title to Fort Dodge. patterned Dodge Legion Dads Help The American Legion Dads, an organization of fathers of World war veterans of Marshalltown, Iowa has voted to subscribe for stock In the Legion P.uilding association to help the local Legion post to obtain a building of Its own. The Dads also voted to pay a months rent on the pres ent Legion hall. it! do said the Judge, it will be a lesson to you. You can be good The Jud Apose to your enemies as well as to your friends. This was the end of Tuds trial. He lived to be a fine, highly respected toad, but he could never forget about poor Jody, whom he had accidentally killed. Now, Community Golf Ground Is Maintained by Posl To Drill Scout Drum Corps : Ladies and gentlemen, my jury will be out of court for fifteen minutes they will leave, now. At the end of that time' they will tell us the result of the trial.? The fifteen minutes seemed like hours, but at last the twelve toads of the jury came back and handed to the judge a slip of paper leuf. The judge arose again and said: It has been decided that Tud is not guilty. At t h 1 8 Tud burst into sobs and cried : It is true; I did not mean to Post Helps Playground Program in Ohio City The American Legion Community Coif association of Mason City, Town, fathered by Clauen-Vorde- n post of the American Legion as its pet community service activity, is in Its thir$ venr with a surplus In Its treasury. T.eglon golfers believe the success of the course is assured. During the first year the association had 239 members, nobody being barred and the fees being kept low. New greens were con- strurte 1 and the course wns generally Improved. It is tfie aim of the post to develop the course and eventually turn It over to the city as a municipal links. , CONUNDRUMS If a man gets up on a donkey, where he get down from? A swans breast. does j ' When are eyes not eyes? the wind makes them water. Pat hear yer wife Is sick, Mike. She Is that Is It dangerous she Is? Mike Dlvvle a bit Shes too weak to be dangerous anny more. American Legion Monthly. Mike Put . 1 When What part of a fish Is like the end of a book? The fin-iWhat Is always moves? A clock. going yet never Why Is a circle like a bell? cause It makes a ring. What Is most like a A mares. ' In I summer? aves. Be- horses shoe? Why does a book resemble a tree Because they both have What shoes would make The sandals would. a good box? Why Because Lent are umbrellas like pancakes? they are popular during When are flowers out of breath? are fully blown. When they HubleClip ) ARNOLD ATHERTON would have found life one grand sweet Song had she not been troubled by ambition. She was really having the time of her life. Arnold made money and his wife, Gertrude, spent It. Go aheud, Gerty, he would say. have a 1 cau afford It. Lord good time. knows, old girl, you had a hard enough time of it In those years when I found you slinging hash In that Alaska miners boarding bouse when I met jou. And that was so. Mrs. Athertons father had gone out to Alaska prospecting, had made a strike and brought out his wife and his daughter; then lost his stake in a new venture, and died. His wife hud soon followed him and Gertrude had become a waitress in a boardiug house. Then had come along Arnold Ath ertou, the Midas man, who changed to gold everything he touched, and married her. Back again in New England all the Alaskan pant of her life had become a dream of unpleasaqf tilings that had been and could never be again. Dont tor a moment think that Ger trude went into the social whirl Hum boyantly. Not a hit; she knew too much for that She would have gone through life happily enough had not Mrs. Charles Fosdick married her daughter to an English earl. Now, Mis. Fosdick was an extreme ly obnoxious person to Mrs. Atherton. She knew that Mrs. Atherton had met and married Arnold somewhere In the West, and from the fact that she had Intended to( marry Arnold herself when he went'out to the coast, was curious as to the details of that western romance. Oh, Mrs. Atherton, she would say, do tell me about your life in the West before you met ArIt must have been nold, you know. intensely interesting so unconvenMrs. Atherton tional, you know. would change the subject. And w hen, after her daughters marriage, Mrs. Fosdick began to talk about My daughter, the countess," Mrs. Atherton could stand It no longer. Slie, Mrs. Atherton, had a daugh ter, as yet unmarried and now quite old enough to be; and to this daugh ter a marquis was paying attention. Wouldnt it be delightful to match Mrs. Fosdick8 the my daughter, with my daughter, the countess, Richard marchioness! Brahman was also a suitor of Mrs. Athertons daughter, Ethel, and heretofore Mrs. Atherton had been perfectly willing to take him as a But now came stamping in Ambition with mud dy boots and messed things up. When Gertrude told her ambitious designs to Arnold he said: Gerty, 1 never denied you anything yet and I am not going to now. If you want a marquis, go to it But how about Dick and Ethel? Dont you think they ought" to be consulted? "Oh. they are so young," replied Mrs. Atherton. After her husband had gone Mrs. Atherton sat awhile in deep thought Then she rang a bell and summoned a maid. Was Ethel in the house? She was. - Tell her I would like to see her. Ethel came. She was young, that was a fact And site was also pretty In her way. Not a raving beauty, you understand, but a good, wholesome-lookin- g sort of a girl with Intelligence sparkling from every feature. And slie had a charm about her that was Indescribable. Anyone who saw Ethel Atherton and did uot like her at first sight must have been bard to please. Ethel," said Mrs. Atherton, how would you like to be a marchioness?" That would depend entirely upon what sort of a marquis sought my fair hand, laughed Ethel. And, as I am going to marry Dick Brahman the question Is a purely academic one. anyway." Oh, you are going to marry Dick are jnu?" said the mother. When did you come to that decision? "Last night," answered Ethel Diet asked me last night. But, of course. It was all understood before. Dick was a little slow about making tils formal declaration because, you see. he has no money and felt a little diffideirr ubout asking the daughter of a man as disgracefully rich as pupa Is to marry him. But I told him that was all nonsense. Papa approved and so did you. So Its all right. "And the marquis? suggested Mrs Atherton. Oh. he! laughed Ethel. Why h asked me to marry him three weeks He is al It was too funny! ago. ready paying alimony to two wives and I told him be bad better clean up the shattered remnants of his former matrimonial adventures before he sought new ones. Did father tell yon lie was going to take Dick into part And now Well, he is. nersltip? mother dear, where shall we buy ui wedding trousseau? Hum," said Mrs. Athertou; yon and your father seem to have settled things between you very well witliou But you are right my assistance. Ethel. Let your hand go wdiere juui we heart has gone. But, gracious have Just about time to dress. We are engaged for t"hat horrible Mrs Fosdicks to dinner tonight, you know and I suppose I shall have tit heat all about My daughter, the count ess I" son-in-la- 1 Why story? Couple of Irishmen A toad a named Tud had accidentally stepped on and killed a smaller toad named Jody. Copyright Is a church bell like a good Because It Is often tolled. was the first musician ana a hat was his tune? The wind. lie whistled over the bills and far away. Who Why Is a horse moie - lever than a fox? Because it can run when In a trap and a fox cannot. .Corn f RS. s More than of Yellowstone park is heavily forested. four-fifth- , Flakes & POSTUMcoMpANy '7 Ask for POST TOASTIES com flakes that stay crisp in milk or cream ) ; Delicious crispness that childrens eager appetites prefer corn flakes that everybody likes for breakfast, supper and d Toasted temptingly seasoned.PostToasties are the com flakes that childrens appetites prefer. Sealed in the lasting crispness of these golden flakes is the true delicate flavor of the tender hearts of succulent white corn. Give this crisp delight to children, to double-crispan- treats. wax-wrapp- satisfy their eager appe- tites. Serve Post Toasties often the crisp, delicious e? POSTUM 1927, P. Co., Inc. 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The picture represents u bouquet of flowers and ferns, topped by a blue butterfly, and was recently on show at an art exhibition. Self Interest has shattered many a mans lofty Ideals. You have a conscience. That Is to apply to your own moral behavior, not to that of others. x Carry Me Back To That youngster seems to take a great interest In his geography les- An Ohio poisop to get under his hide. A sons." hes planning to be a popular Yes, song writer w hen he grows tip. .Me- 0iwm Table Talk. lbourne Delicate Instrument Built with such delicacy as to include the wings of flies among its working parts, a new Instrument wii; be used in measuring infinitesimal quantities of heat in the spectra of distant stars. Everyday Behavior Nurse think that Do yon is a proper way to act? Dorothy Oh, its all right for th middle of the week. Los Angeles Times. By No Means Useless husband Is no longer needed In the raising of a family, says a magazine writer. Well, whos going to Plain the dishes? 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