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THE INNOCENTS J NOW Mr. Rat was rather young J and he did not know that lie i Kbould lock well around before lie ran t out of lii.s home under the harn floor in the daytime. s And Mr. Puppy was also young and s he did not know that w!j?n he saw a r rut he should uot begin to bark and jump about. . c One morning when Mr. Puppy was j I r.sleep on thf flour of ttic- nam near j th<> door hp happened to open one eye ! 3 suddenly, and there in the corner of the ham was Mr. Venn? Kat, nibbling i r r<?rn. j I rp .pimped Mr. Puppy and harked, s jumping about on his little legs as j 1: 1 rcg- ? 1 r though he were standing on hot coals. a Mr. Rat stopped nibbling and ran t back of a barrel, where he peeked out, n but when be saw It was r.ot the big dog he began to run around the barn, j Mr. Puppy at first only barked, then 5 he decided it was something tq play t with, ami around the barn he ron. ^ Over the barrels and over bags of f grain they went. Mr. Rat always far v ahead of Mr. Puppy, and just as he t came to the door Mr. Rat ran cut In a the yard. After him went Mr. Puppy. Across WSM\ JjmPWGILUf&L, (Copyright.) ^ IN CONFIDENCE. s I would not speak In bitter tone, n But Brown Is Buch a stupid pup! Hla collar-button's made of bone, . w And so ts he, from that place up. I C * | e Jobs. I ' Jobs are wbat everybody Is sop- | j, posed to have or to want. I s. The Job a roan has Is hardly ever j the one he wants, after he has got It. j, He knows of another job that beats ' ri his all hollow. 1 n Another fellow has it I ^ It is easier work and pays better, j and the dub who is' holding it down-^- I F well, how he gets by Is more than any- I hody can find ont. Must have some kind of pull, he reckons. This job the man has would be all ' ight if the hours were different, if the pay was raised, and If the boss asn't unreasonable. Only last week the t>oss refused to tke this man's advice about something. Stubborner'n a mule! Like to know how that guy got to l>p boss, anyway. Some fellows have all the luck. He gets to do the kind of things he ? ants to. If the man had the kind of thincc thp hnss ppts tn rtn?nh thprp would be the snap! But catch that hoss letting him do them! The boss knows very well if ' e let the other fellows do those hings awhile they'd get hep to what :i snap he has, and wouldn't have any spect for him at,all. Ruh! Guess yes. O well, some people get it mighty j nice, but others have to work. When an employee says Work with ' a capital, he means his own job. i When he says it in lower case, quo- ' :ition marks around it. he means the ! T snap the other follow has and thinks is work?hah ! What's he know about work ? *1 The permanently unemployed and " unemployable are those who cannot he r Sited with a job. 11 There is something wrong about g very job they tret. s People who are inclined to be frank i " about it. think the main objection on Mie part of some folks to n job, is that c there is work rnmiectcd with it. But of course this may be wrong. w ... s F1NNIGIN FILOSOFY ?, i > If vcz find annv throuble In*. i n v in* other people, use on thim 1 some av what yez have been p wa-astin' on yersilf. t 0 i c v, > !i c What the Sphinx Says t By Newton Newkirk. "S 0 11) t' sf~r^ men. in or- [ e r 10 'M* I ' 1 of, are) I k obliged to | 1 <1(. the J?? j | :1 || itiymselvw j j I 11! If! J! he yard tliey ran. Under the gate vent Mr. Rat, and under went Mr. Juppy, and down the road they ran mtil they came to the woods and here Mr. 1'uppy lost him. "Oh, dear, I am all out of breath," aid Mr. Puppy, und down he dropped ind went to sleep in the sun by a bi): ock. When Mr. Rat found out no one wa> basing him lie ran out from under ; I tush and looked around. "Tired hin j iut," laughed Mr. Rat when he su\v dr. Puppy asleep. So oil he ran for home, and when 1m J eached the barn there was Mr. Pup j >y's mother, and he had just time t? i lip into his hole before she cauglr ! lim. | Mr. Young Ral got a good scolding' rum his mother when he tumbled lnto| U* K,.InKlnr, \ffa r*/W lie iiwuou XVI ICIUU^ ?'Xi O. i/Vjj vhere he lived, and Mr. Puppy wa>: i-ell scolded by his mother for bark- j ng and playing when he should have' aught Mr. Hat. I The uext day when Mr. Young Ral loked his nose out just to take a look, iround, Mr. Puppy spied him. "Come! ut here and let me civtcli you," he aid. , "Oh, you can't keep awake lonfi j nough to catch me," said Mr. Youns;. tat, jumping back in his house. "I! aw you sleeping by the rock when 1, an home." "You never will see me asleep, gain," said Mr. Puppy, jumping at !e he tip of Mr. Rat's nose, which he nissed. j "We are going to move," called Mr j tat from insi/lehis house, and though; Ir. Puppy watched and ran around he barn and scratched to get under.) le never saw Mr. Young Rat again.] or that night when it was dark he. j rith his mother, ran down ,the road) o a barn where there were no dogs! nd I expect he lived to be a very old' lr. Rat. (Copyright.) i Beauty Chats f | By EDNA KENT FORBES j:! I11 STEAMING THE SKIN I if** A.N you tell me," runs a letter. signed Roberta, "whether! teaming tbe face is really good for It r not? I once had my face covered rlth blackheads and pimples but have ared these by dieting and using dally. ueuias tor a month. It left my skin all of noticeably large pores, though, nd 1 want to reduce these to normal, ivlslble size as soon as possible. Will teaming really help me?" Steaming will, If the face Is rinsed nmediately after with cool water and ubbed with a piece of ice for a few loments. Daily massages will also elp. for anythin? which promotes I jJTTTTl~rrTT^ he Skin Should Not Be Steamed Too Often. I tie activity of the skin tends to re- 1 iove its blemishes. The face should not be steamed jore than twice a week and then ently, for about ten minutes. If the kin is muddy or blotchy a massage ;ith houling cream into the ?pen pores 3 advisable,- but if, as in Roberta's ase. only the fineness of the skin is ; esired, the face should be wiped off ith a soft cloth, to remove the oil teamed out of the pores, then it hould be rinsed in cool water to close he pores, arid finally, rubbed with a liece of ice to close them completely. J "lie action of opening and closing the' ores tends t?> shrink them and in time hoy will return to their normal size. Everything takes time, of course. Cature, intelligently assisted, will overome and cure most abnormal condi-! Ions, !>nt nature works slowly. (Copyright.) O Idiosyncrasies of Ice. "Never mind." exclaimed the Hlog-! cal optimist: "there will he plenty of oe next winter." "That's the trouble about ice." re-! tiled Mr. flrmwher. "There is always; *hi?!*::'-'e needed and a j urplus \v| . |? t( :v not." i ETHEL CLAYTON I Ethel Clayton, one of the popular j "movie" stars, finds her greatest recreation in reading. She has a carefully i chosen library in her Hollywood (Cat.) home. Last year she made a trip to the Orient, spending several months in Japan and China, and this summer was booked with her mother and brother, Ronald, for an extended vaca- | tion in Europe. I&1AKA oieestake deesa morning and show up for da work. And da j boss be maka meestake and show up, ! too. He geeva look wot day ees on da j calendar and tella me go home. When nobody 'eise show up for da ' work I tlnk mebbe was out late and! no gotta ambish deesa morning. But j uu uuss lewu uut: was uu uuuuie ii&n , dat He say today was da Labor day J and nobody work. He tella me I cau; go home and hava da vacash. I dunno somatlng bouta Labor day. I tink every one was da labor day eef you gotta steady Job. I no tink today was moocha deefrence?Jusa plain. Monday, September six time. But he say een deesa country one day every year ees beega celebrash and nb work. He say da union taka da vacash and maka member pay da fine eef he go to work. And when da union queeta work, da boss say, everybody else no worka, too. Da boss tella me I no losa da wage and can go home and maka da celebrash. Righta queeck I tink da Labor day was greata stuff. So I go home and feegure out smarta Idee. I no tella my boss, but I am gonna flnda guy wot maka da calendar. I tell a heem eef he maka tree hundred and seexaty four Labor day every year and jusa one day for lay off ees greata , stuff. We go to work on da lay off day and lay off on all da Labor day. Jj Da boss forgetta deesa morning was da Labor day before he geeva look at 11 da caleudar. So weeth jusa leetlejj change een da print tnebbe he forgetta j every day. I tink I am pretty smarta J guy alia right. ' A ?ot^ I mroreRSAi Jj I H S Ride the In $ Not the Bl ?? ?H I The i Features Tractor You Want ?&? 1. Does all field work?including ?PC . cultivating?and l?elt work. You cat Saves most horse keep. fill the conditio 2. One man handles both tractor Work is IU.HU lUlJJlCiilCAll* You can farm more land alone. You 1 3. Tractor and implement bsck up right on as one unit. pront tC Easily handled in close places. in man Univers 4. Operator sits on implement seat. Perfect control over whole It? C( outfit. heat an Tulv an 5. Operator's eye always on im- ~ plement. factor Better implement work; belter giving J crops. entire o . _ . . . , Moline6. Tractive power ahead of work; , operator behind it. tnan Wl Handles like horses. 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