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AMERICAN TOWN AS A STUDY ?Subject Well Worth the Little Time and Consideration That it Calls For. A young writer in the Atlantic [Monthly, Randolph S. Bourne, starts >a line of inquiry that ought to be fol lowed up. He chooses a suburban .town, striving to retain its "soul" against the adjacent city's onslaughts, .end in that, we think, he follows op tportunity rather than judgment. Su burbs are not very representative. He ?Iso, we think, neglects some of th9 iiuost vital features of the life of Amer ican towns. He has probably worked lin some seminary subject to German ?influence. But his idea ls a good one. !Millions of Americans live in "towns" of one sort or another, and a compe 'tent account of the life of the various .sorts of American towns, done with sympathy and imagination, would ?show us a lot about ourselves. It would have economic values. It would .make many of us understand better j .what we care about, and how we are ?daily occupied, and how much better we and our neighbors might be doing, lit would give definiteness to latent public spirit It would help quite ap preciably in the present vigorous but unguided endeavor of Americans to Tnake their own lives interesting oth erwise than by the mere mimetic study of the lives of other peoples.-Har per's Weekly. HIGH IDEALS NOT REACHED Municipal Reforms Have Yet Much to Do Before They Can Demon strate Real Value. For the past few years municipal government has seemed to undergo a general and thorough improvement, but in reality creating a spirit of un rest and a feeling of uncertainty quite destructive of the high ideals ostensi bly striven for. Never in the history of this country have we had so many so-called municipal reforms in vogue all over the country as at the present time. In many instances ' the effect has been beneficial and doubtless will eventually prove valuable to all cities, for such campaigns have been educa tional and have awakened great inter est in civic affairs on the part of even the humblest citizen. In the end when all ls simmered down, the people will insist on keeping their affairs where they may be quickly and easily reached when changes are found desir able. While consolidation of city and county governments will doubtless prove economical by ret\on of reduc ing the number of officials necessary to do the work as now performed, mu nicipal governments must give the people more and closer representation before the so-called reform wave will jsettle down to an enjoyable calm. ?Los Angeles Times. Devitalizing Air in Cities. City air has amazing properties. The smoke and soot that are always in the Btttosphere (there are 6,000 tons of Boot hanging over London every day) contain lots of sulphur, and this sul phur when it meets certain substances .forms sulphuric acid, or vitrol. It was the vitrol In the atmosphere that brought the great roof of Charing Cross station down with a crash a few years ago. The engine smoke had eaten away the iron, which was Insuf ficiently painted. And some years ago, 'before the London underground was .electrified, it was a great joke at one . of the stations for passengers to go and poke umbrellas into a certain Iron ?girder, which at qne point was nearly ias soft as putty. Paint is in such cases the engineer's igreat standby. In some ways paint ls more powerful than iron. Many city buildings might be said to lae practically held together by paint, particularly railway stations.-Pear ieon's Weekly. Ornamental Yards. . "We still have too many people who ?eem to love bare ground or, slightly better, rows of corn or cabbages, rath er than stretches of grasB or flowering border plants. "Order? ls heaven's first law" and th? first attempt at Im provement should consist of making the yard orderly. Then plant In an orderly, dignified yet simple manner, and on a similar plan and you will not go far astray. No objection should be urged 3,alnst fruit trees in the iront yard, nord especially if they be citrus or other evergreens. Loquats and avocados both are handsome trees and shrubs of guava, carissa and leljoa are as ornate as any non-fruit ?bearing plants. Any or all of them will make a decided and welcome change in any yard now a stretch of teije soil. Four Vital City Problems. 1. How to interest children in the cult of the beautiful. 2. How to^a-dwellers may make their homes, small garden plots and backyards beautiful: 3. What local authorities and other public bodies may do to apply the gar den city ideal to industrial centers. 4. How our towns may be made brighter and cleaner by the abatem' it of smoke, dust, etc. THE LUCKY OLD RING By JOSEPH E. SMITH. Ithaca, N. Y.. Jan. 27, 190-. Dear Old Dad: We have always been such awfully good friends about everything that I thought I would tell yod how it happened. Of course it's Jim's sister. You re member Jim. He was one of the boys in the old frat back at Yale. You know we were both on the elev en for old Eli, and it made it no end jolly that when I got it for coach here he should get it for trainer, toe. At first I liked Edith because she was-Jim's sister. I took her to things ; and tried to give her a good time. Pretty soon, I got to like her for her own sake, and then finally it hap pened-only after I had made a thou sand fools of myself. You see, since Jim and I were such chums, I got to know Edith pretty well, and we became great friends. If it hadn't been for the ring, lt might never have happened. It was a heavy Egyptian scarab, with an en graved setting. It was a particular thing in the frat, and you know you couldn't let a girl wear it unless you were engaged. A scarab ls supposed to bring luck, and mine certainly did. One night I had come back home from taking Edith to a reception. I glanced down at my hand and saw that my ring was gone from my lit tle finger. It upset me considerably. Not that the ring was valuable, only a fellow hates to lose anything like that. I could not see any way that I could possibly have lost it. After I had hunted everywhere I gave it up. I was out of town for a week or so, but the next time I saw Edith, you can imagine what I felt when I saw my ring on her finger. It knocked me flat with surprise. At first I couldn't think of any way that she could have gotten lt, until at last it came to me, that the night of the reception she had asked me to hold her muff for. a moment My ring must have slipped off in it then, and the next day she probably found lt. It was the fact that she wore it that gave me courage to speak at last. As long as she was Jim's sister, I knew that she must know what lt meant for a girl to wear that ring, and so I was in a fool's heaven of happiness. It was- good weather for sleighing and so I took Edith out the first chance I got. Nothing seemed to come right to bring up the subject until she took her glove off. for some reason or other. It happened to be on the hand that had the ring on. I looked at it and said: "You know what that ring means, don't you, Edith V She looked rather surprised. "Of course." We were way out in the country j and I guess my happiness went to my head and made me all kinds of a presumptuous fool. She pulled her hand away with a jerk. The air had brought the color to her face, but it was not the air which made lt deepen. She did not say a word, 'but just looked at me. "But the ring-N I stammered. "What has the ring got to Jo with-" "Why, you know what lt means, and I thought you understood." She stared at me Incredulously. "Jack, what do you mean? I don't understand at all." It was my turn to stare at her. "Why, didn't you find my ring In your muff?" ! "Your ring in my muff! How should it come there?" "I lost my ring the night of the re ception, and when I saw you with that on, I thought you had found lt. Your wearing it gave me hope for something I had never dared dream of. You must know that I-" Edith looked at me a moment and then she jaughed. "ThiB ring? It has allays had a fascination for me. I have tried to persuade Jim to let me wear it and he never would. So when I found It on his dresser last night I appropriat ed it." Then all of a sudden lt came over me what a fool I'd been. I might have known it was Jim's, but I was so ready in my conceit to think it was mine that I never stopped to con sider anything else. "I don't suppose there's anything I can say. I am sorry to have made a fool of myself and have spoiled every thing." There was a long silence after I had headed the horBe around. I thought of all the things I might say, and didn't It must have been the courage of despair that made me ask: "Can't we keep on being friends, only in another way?" And then it happened. I couU hard ly believe that Edith could care for a fellow like me. But, Dad, here's where I come to the?joke of the thing. The next time I had on my evening coat, lt was cold and I dug my hands deep Into my pockets to keep them warm. Down in a corner I felt something cold and hard. I fished it out, and what do you think? That lucky old scarab ring! It had slipped off In my pocket and been there all the time. But I'll choke off thia yarn. Send me your congratulations, Dad. Yours as ever, JACK. . (Copyright by Dally 8tory Pub. Co.) One Hundred Dollars Fee.' Young Doctor-What are you doing with that Latin dlctlonSry? Old Doctor-Mr. Gotrocka baa a old and I'm looking for a nama ATLANTA, CA. Open June 30, 1913 The South's finest and most modern hotel. Fireproof. 306 rooms. Rooms with running water and private toilet $1.00 per day. Rooms with connecting bath $1.50 per day. Rooms with private bath $2.00 per day and up. Finest R?thskellar, Cafe and Private Dining Rooms in the South. J. B. POUND, Pres. J. F. LETTON, Mgr. "!HAS. G. DAY, Ass't Mg?. Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gle Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA, GA. FOR SALE Real Estate Desirable five-room house and half acre lot, witb half story that can be ma'^ into two large rooms. 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All druggists or by mail, 25c. Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., Philadelphia, Pa., St. Lou: Mo. FRENCH PASTRIES IN DEMAND First Served by Fashionable Hotels, They Have Been Taken Up by Hostesses Who Are Up to Date. The increase in the number of good patisserie shops where really delicious French pastries can be purchased probably accounts for the serving of French pastries for dessert at the home table just as they have been served for years in the big hotels and restaurants. There a special boy goes about with a huge silver platter filled with concoctions that make the mouth water and the purse strings open. When the diner or luncher chooses the sort he desires the boy deftly removes it with a wide bladed silver knife. Nowadays the home hostess has the maid pass French pastries at luncheon and dinner. They are passed on a big platter and naturally each guest chooses the particular sort which ap peals to him. Many of them are simply boat shaped shells of puff paste filled with fruit of some sort. Grapes, covered with rich syrup, are sometimes used for filling; and strawberries, luscious and ripe, combined with a syrup, can also be used. Some of the pastries are made in layers of puff paste with an appetizing and delicate cream or al mond paste or fruit filling between. These interesting pastries really help to solve one of the housewife's many worries, for they constitute a dessert which is easily procured and which is a welcome relief from ices and creams and the more usual sweets served.-New York Times. GET BUSY WITH CHAFING DISH Many Delicious Concoction? May Be Prepared for the Late or Sun day Night Supper. A light, but fairly substantial edible, served piping hot, directly from a chaf ing dish, adds immensely to the In formal Sunday night supper. Creamed salmon is delicious and is easy to pre pare in a chafing dish. Use the hot water pan first, brown a little butter and sprinkle crumbed bread into lt, crisped crumbs aside and proceed, with the blazer pan, to make a sim ple bechamel or cream sauce, first melting a tablespoon of butter, stir ring in a tablespoon of Sour and add ing a ecant cup of milk. Season this fairly-thick white sauce with salt, pep per and a few drops of lemon juice. Stir in a can cf salmon and when steaming hot and ready to serve, shake over the top the browned crumbs. The creamed Balmon may be served with out the bread crumbs, but they add an appetizing Savor, suggestive of the browned crust over a hot dish pre pared in the oven. From the Caterer we take tho fol lowing recipe, and for family use each can reduce the quantities to suit Even In using the leaves and poorer parts of one head only the recipes of the best chefs will be a good founda tion for experiment and adaptation. Remove the outside stalks from 12 heads of celery, keeping the hearts to be eaten raw. Cut up these stalks in email pieces, wash well, drain and set in a pan with a piece of butter; cover the pan and cook over a slow fire. When the celery is nearly done, moisten with one gallon of lightly thickened chicken or- veal stock, al low to cook for 15 minutes, and then rub through a fine sieve; pour the soup into a deas pan, let boil and clean from scum. Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar, and be fore serving bind with one pint of cream, six eggs and four ounces of butter. Serve small fried crusts of bread separately. One scant coffee cup sugar, one-half cup acid jelly, one heaping tablespoon cornstarch, two cups sweet milk, yolks two eggB beaten light, butter the size of walnut. Sift cornstarch and sugar Into a bowl, pour the milk over this, beating constantly to pre vent lumping, then add the well beat en egg yolks. Place jelly and butter on stove to melt and beat them slow ly Into the first Ingredients. Set on stove and cook until mixture begins to thicken; stir continually to prevent scorching. Pour Into a baked crust and make meringue for top of whites. Set in o.,?-n for a few minutes until golden brown. It must be perfectly cold before serving. Bolled Salmon Steak. Boll a pint of broth or water with a small bunch of celery, half a teaspoon ful of salt, quarter saltspoonful of pep per and a tablespoonful of vinegar. Cut the steaks in suitable pieces and put the fragments and bones In the bolling liquid. Place the salmon In a clean saucepan and strain the seasoned broth over lt; cover and let boll briskly for ten minutes. Serve In a deep dish with the liquor Instead of sauce. The full flavor and the richness of the fish are preserved in this dish. Marmalade of Rhubarb. Two quarts rhubarb, two pints sugar, two )ranges, juice of one and grated rind of one ; one cupful chopped rais ins. Cut the rhubarb In pieces, cover It with sugar and let it stand over night, then add other fruit and cook until thick. It can be made without raisins. Orange and Prune Salad. Steam a dozen large prunes until they are puffy; then cool and remove the pits. Cut the prunes In two and mix with an equal quantity of orange pulp. When serving, place a table spoonful of tart bolled dressing, mixed with whipped orean, on each helping. over until crisp. Set these Cream of Celery. Jelly Custards. IE BEST IT WEATHER THC, GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC Thc Old Standard, General Tonic? Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. FOR GROWN PEOPLE AND CHILDREN. It is a combination of QUININE and IRON in a tasteless form that wonder fully strengthens and fortifies the system to withstand the depressing effect of the hot summer. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC has no equal for Malaria, Chills and Fever, Weakness, general debility and loss of appetite. 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