Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I DAM CUPID'S WO! By LOUISE OLIVER. tCopyright, 191S, by the McCiure N per Syndicate.) They say love laughs at locks It does. And it has been prove It also laughs at gas bomb and nel, bayonet and trench knife depth of the sea and the tops i highest mountains, the icy tern the frozen North and bitter of the desert. But there is one thing left. Wi learn how love conquered that. Betty Barstow was a very i girl, but spoiled. Perhaps thal why she merely laughed at J< Gilbert, a young superintendent i father's mill, when he fell fool desperately, pitifully in love wit! "Betty," he plead, "no one ever as I do. You see it's the only th live for. Other people have bei love, or thought they were, but il nothing to this. Can't you fee Don't you see- it. that I can't live out you? You'll find lt out some why can't you give me a little h( Betty laughed. "Eventually, not now?" she quoted from an a tisement. Jerome colored. "You're cruel, ty. You don't mean it, I know, fa hurts awfully. I can't stand it longer. I-I'm going to enlist a hope I get killed." But Betty had heard that be and it worried her not. He did enlist in the aviation ? That was the next thing Betty h of him, and he was gone without lng good-by. Then she grew thoughtful. Per she had been a little unkind, really hadn't intended to go so She had only meant to tease hi little and make it up the next he came. "He doesn't deserve any credit going," she said to her father morning. "He went because-bec: he was cross about something, I iieve." "I don't think so," returned her ent. "He confided to me a coupb months ago. that as'soon ns we certain important work done in mill he thought he would go." "Oh!" Betty's eyes filled with t< of humiliation and she left the bn fast table hurriedly. For the first time in her life B< had a rebuff, and with characteri wilfulness, fell in love with the Ul tainable. And then she discovered t sh? had really been in love with Je all along. Thon her mind being serious for first time in her life, she began think earnestly of the war and of w she could do to help. She went in Rod Cross work for a while, and wo ed tirelessly in the Woman's Mo corps. But thoro wore others who could her work and slio wasn't satisfied. ? wanted something distinctive. Then one (Tay she road how carr pigeons wore needed in Franco, a how difficult it was to got people train thora. And instantly she deck: that that was her work. She wont out to their house in t country, with only the caretaker a his wife for company, and started c with twelve birds. It was interesting work and kent I busy. She would take the birds short distance away from the farra first, in her motor car, and let thora back. Then gradually she inereus the distance, letting the birds fly alor At last it got impossible for her take them herself, as the distance gre greater, and she would ship them friends in different cities to release. They came back unfailingly, alwa; with their little brass tubes containii a friendly note. White Wing was tl swiftest of them all. Betty was vei proud of him. One day she sent a message to he self, or rather to Jerry. She had bet so lonely all week, and the solitude < the country gave her plenty of time 1 think. "Oh. Jerry, Jerry, if you would onl come back," she cried nightly on ht pillow. "I'd never let you go awn again." The next time she wont to the cit; her father was shocked at her appeal ance. "You're working too hard wit those birds," he said. "Pack up an we'll both fro to the seashore for week. They can get along for a wee without you." So Betty went, but she took he fcl?jtfs to test them in a five hundrei mile flight home, the longest they ha< ever made. And that was when she sent thi message to herself, or rather to Jerry * for on the little slip of paper she tuck ed into tho tube on White Wing's lei was written: "Oh, Jerry dear, corn< home. I do love you. Betty." Now arctic ice, and burning sands gas bombs and trench knives not hav lng baffled love, such a thing as a few hundred foot in the ?ir was not going to get the best of the wily little fellow, Jerry was out on a trip, flying low, when suddenly something hit him in the breast. There was a flutter of white, and behold, a pigeon lay stunned ky the impact, in his lap. Hore was romance! Jerry, keen for adventure, spied tho tube and extracted the note, and thus received by Dan Cupid's spe cial C .livery Betty's heartbroken mes sage. Jerry's leave of absence came just when Betty arrived homo. There was no preliminary. He just gathered her in his arms and kissed her. "How did you know, dear," she ask ed curiously. i "A little bird told me," he confessed. Wiry not tax Wff?t watches ?QU Boats? Garden protection is an ideal job for the junior police. A gardener is known by the depth to which lu- breaks ground. One ,way not to fight a successful war is to discourage production. Unless this one Is fought to a finish it will not be a long time between wars. Who remembers when there was nothing to discuss but the uge of Anne? Uncle Sam is well prepared for war in one respect. He has a big idea to fight for. Indications are that this is going to be a busy season for your neighbors' chickens. So long as we have good soups for our soldiers we care not who makes the songs. That time has passed when men would desert from the navy in order to escape ennui. This summer the farmer may be able to employ his city boarders in the potato patches. On tile French front the battle rages back and forth ; on the Italian front lt rages up and down. I They are reported to be eating crows I in Germany. The diet is both appro priate and significant. Many amateur gardeners this year will discover that they have planted their beans upside down. A food speculator is a highway rob ber who uses a desk and an office chair instead of a gun. The few things Americans have not done they are doing now or have their sleeves rolled up to do. What has become of the old-fash ioned girl who complained because there was nothing to do? And then a fellow hr.s no idea how good radishes .nd tomatoes can be un til he has raised : - x himself. What has become of the old-fash ioned man who used to put a potato over tl'.e spoil' of the oil can? ..- , Will the woman street ear con ductors have to climb up on the roof when the trolley pole slips off? j Movie heroes-might be mon1 popular j If they did not look so much like the cat that had just eaten tlie canary. Nothing discourages submarine war fare sn much as increasing the num ber of submarines.that don't return. If a girl looks good in overalls she will ?ie accused of being immodest. If she doesn't look good she won ; Wear 'em. Meatless days are being talked of for the United States. Thus we may make a patriotic cause out of a neces sity. Tho ra?fc who conceived the brilliant Idea of adapting this American khaki uniform to British styles probably was a tailor. King George works every afternoon rn bis potato patch, and thus the an cient institution of kingship is justi fied. The Red Cross urges American women to knit woolen socks for the army. Thus an old art is being re vived. If Edison lias a scheme to put the submarine out of business he has all the Atlantic ocean iu which to demon strate lt. War shirkers are going to have a hard time to get away from war tiiis side of the North pole and the deep blue sea. John Barleycorn, the champion fool er, has made many a man believe he Is sucli a good workman that the boss will never fire him. Some people eat and drink "any old thing," but are very particular about tlie quality of oil and gasoline they use in their automobiles. By reducing waists as weil ns wastes, this war will do much to im prove the appearance and elli ci ency* of the singular human race. The scientific ? explanation of why Hons roar will be interesting to those who thought perhaps it was because i they were hard of bearing. It is undeniable tlmt a young man looks hotter in an army or a navy uni form than in civilian clothes, and doubtless he feels that way, too. Armies cannot he bothered with corn plasters and arch supports. That ls why they make the shoes fit the sol diers' feet. It is a good idea, too. John Bull ls reported as worried be cause Iiis girl workers in factories are smoking, but, of course, that ls not as much to worry about as if they had taken to the use of fine cut. GOOD IDEA .THAT IS SPREADING Few Places Now In the Country That Do Not Recognize Need of Beautification. Time was not so very long ago when the thought of civic beauty and the recognition of the importance of city beautification belonged to a few peo ple only. When the first of the larger cities of Texas set about the process of making beauty where only ugliness had been before, many taxpayers ob jected on the ground that it was not wise to expend public money for such purposes. But that larger city persisted. A landscape architect was employed. A comprehensive plan for future devel opment was drawn up. Appropria tions looking far into the future were planned. An educational campaign to teach the people the need for beauty was gotten under way. Today that city is far to the front as an example of what may be accomplished in a few years of labor intelligently applied. Other cities followed. One by one the centers of population fell into line. Directly the smaller cities began to lay plans for that day when they, too, 6hall be large cities. Only recently the city of Denison, urged on by pub lic-spirited citizens, employed a well paid expert to make a survey and lay down a comprehensive plan of artistic development. And within the next few months practically every Texas city will have proved that even in the stress of war Texas people recognize the value of beauty and the Impor tance of the artistic in the everyday life of the people.-Houston Post. WHERE CENSOR IS NEEDED Successful Outcome of Allotment De velopment Depends Largely on in telligent Forethought The successful outcome of an al lotment development as an asset to a city depends largely upon the type of neighborhood established by the real tor in selling his property. It is true, however, that some prop erties are assured of ultimate indi viduality before development on ac count of tlioir natural location. The average allotment, however, ls dependent on the method of sale of separate lots and the restrictions im posed upon them, which have an im portant bearing on the ultimate up building] But "tho character nf a neighbor hood ls far from assured because of Imposed restrictions as to price of house to be erected, as is shown in numerous cases about Cleveland. Perhaps the most apparent reason for a development not proving what was originally intended are, first, that the building operations (to set the pace, so to speak) were not carried on by the developer to show what was expected, and, second, the censoring of building plans.-Cleveland Leader. Kind of House in Demand. The last matter influencing cost Is "marketability." To be saleable a house must measure up to and down to a standard. Mahogany and quartered oak wainscoting, plate glass windows and other similar embellishments do not increase the selling value to any great extent. By the time you are ready to sell the style in these things will have changed, and they are then more likely to decrease than increase the value. Be measurably conven tional, and comfortably normal in your ideas. The best houses" are not the most expensive or the most peculiar. They are almost always the expression of a "type." and follow the main fea tures of their type, departing from the normal only in minor ways. This ls the kind of house that is always In demand. Your War Garden. Don't rob yourself of flowers even in war times. There is no better anti dote for the war horror, and there is no reason why the vegetable garden should not be bordered with such plants as gladioli, dahlias, sunflowers and various other annuals. Indeed, some of the vegetables themselves have beautiful blossoms. The scarlet run ner hean and the sugar pea, for ex ample, have beautiful flowers and both are excellent vegetables. Old time gacdens are often bordered with parsley, and most of the herbs when grown in little beds are delightful to look upon. Site of Ancient City Discovered. News has been received at Madrid, Spain, of the discovery in Brazil of the site of the Incan city known to early Spanish and Portuguese explor ers as El Dorado, and hitherto regard ed as legendary. The ruins are locat ed in the Manoa region, near the Bo livian frontier. In the midst of a dense forest. An archaeological expedition. Including Brazilian Spanish and Por tuguese scientists, will make a detail ed study of the district. Force of Habit. "These crowded street cars are spoil ing my oratorical style.'' "How cnn that be?" t4?v?i"-y time I put my arm into the air to make a gesture I paw around nc If I were reaching for a ?trap." 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