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?t:!iiiiiiii!imiiiiiiimiiiiMiiiiiimiimiim:i I Rams< I By 1 riii!iiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiii C= =0 OUT WALKING. Synopsis?With his grandfather, small Ramsey Milholland Is watching the "Decoration Day Parade" < In the home town. The old gentleman, a veteran of the Civil war, endeavors to Impress the youngster with the significance of the < great conflict, and many years afterward the boy was to remember his words with startling vividness. In the schoolroom, a few years afterward. Ramsey is not distln- I gulshed for remarkable ability, i . though his pronounced di-likes are arithmetic, "Recitations" and German. In sharp contrast to Ramsey's backwardness Is the precocity l of little Dora Yocum. a young lady whom In his bitterness he denoml- j nates "Teacher's Pet." In high school, where he and Dora are classmates, Ramsey continues to ] feel that the girl delights to manl- ] #fest her superiority, and the vindictiveness he generates becomes alarming, culminating in the reso- I lutien that some day he will i "show" her. At a class picnic Ramsey Is captured bag and baggage by Milla Ruit, the class beauty. ' and endure? the agonies of his first love. I II H1 CHAPTER V. ( The next morning Ramsey came Into { l?ls father's room while Mr. Milholland i was shaving, an hour before church v time, and it became apparent that the { son had something on his mind, though for a while he said nothing. ( "Did you want anything, Ramsey?" ; "Well?" , "Didn't want to borrow my razors?" ( "No, sir." j Mr. Milholland chuckled. "I hardly 0 supposed so seriously! Shoving Is a t I irrpnf mikflncp nnd the longer vou keen t away from It the better. And when t you ?Io. you let my razors alone, young v feller!" u i "Yes, sir." (Mr. Mllhollnnd's razors s were safe. Ramsey had already r achieved one of his own, but he practiced the y.rt In secret.) c "What is it you really want, Ram- t sey?" (] "I guess I don't want anything." "Money?" . " "No, sir. You gay' me some Frl- \ day." s Mr. Mllholland turned from his mirror and looked over the edge of a s towel at his son. In the boy's eyes there was such a dumb agony of Inter- 0 rogation that the father was a little j startled. v "Why. what is It, Ramsey? Have 0 you?" He paused, frowning and won- n derinp. "You haven't been getting Into some mess you want to tell me ^ about, have you?" "No. sir." j Ills tone was meek, but a mute distress lurked within It. bringing to the ^ father's mind disturbing suspicions, and foreshadowlngs of Indignation and ^ of pity. "See here. Ramsey," he said, "if there's anything you want to ask me, or to tell me. you'd better out with If and get It over. Now, what Is it?" v . "Well?it isn't anything." 1 "Are you sure?" ^ Ramsey's eyes fell before the severe and piercing gaze of bis father. "Yes, 1 sir." Mr. Mllholland shook his head doubtfully; then, as his son walked slowly ^ ? >?> rnnm tip tnrnpil trt romnletp Ms toilet In a somewhat uneasy frame of mind. Ramsey had undoubtedly 1 wanted to say something to him and 1 the boy's expression hnd shown that the matter In question was serious, 1 distressing, and. It might be, critical. s In fact It was?to Ramsey. Having ^ begun within only the last few hours ^ to regnrd haberdashery as of vital Importance, and believing his father to 1 be possessed of the experience and au- 1 "And When You Do, You Let My ^ Razors Alone, Young Feller!" thority lacking In himself, Kaiuscy had eoiue to get him to settle a question which hud been upsetting him badly, in bis own room, since breakfast. What he wanted fo know was: Whether it was right to wear an extra handkerchief showing out of the coat breastpocket or not, and. if it was right? ought the handkerchief to have a col- j need border or to be plain white? Hut ! he had never before brought any such perplexities to his father, and found himself f<M> diffident to set them forth. However, when lie left the house a few minutes later, lie boldly showed an inch of purple border above the tukfL'i't ihen as he saw himself about to encounter several old lady pedestrians, he blushed and thrust tlie hand- i kerchi 'f down Into deep eoncenluient. Jlitvii." L'one a block farther, he pulJed it up ; and so continued to oper Illllllllllllllllllilllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 3y Milh( BOOTH TARKINGT Illllllllllllllllllilllll llllllllllllllllllllll.'lllll ate this bndge of fashion, or unfashlon, throughout the morning; and suffered a great deal thereby. Meantime, his father, rather relieved thut liumsey had not told his secret, whatever it was, dismissed the episode from his mind and Joined Mrs. Milholland at the front door, ready for church. "Where's Ramsey?" he nsked. "He's gone ahead," she answered, j buttoning her gloves as they went xlong. "I heard the door quite a little while ugo. Perhaps he went over to walk down with Charlotte and Vance. Did you notice how neat he looks this morning?" "Why, no, I didn't; not particularly. Does he?" "I never saw anything like it before," said Mrs. Milholland. "lie only lias three neckties, hut I saw him several times In each of them. He must liave kept changing and changing. I wonder?" She paused. "I'm glad lie's begun to take a little ?are of his appearance at last. I'll rave to take a look ut him and give lim a word of praise. I suppose he'll ie In the pew when we get there." But Ilanisey wasn't In the pew; and ?"hnrlotte, his sister, and her husband, who were there, said they hadn't seen inythfng of him. It was not until the nenibers of his family were on their way home after the services that they aught a glimpse of him. They were passing a church a little listunce from their own; here the congregation was just emerging to the pen, and among the sedate throng lescending the broud stone steps ap?eyred an accompanied Ramsey?and i red, red Ramsey he wus when lie leheld his father and mother and siser and brother-in-law staring up at ilm from the pavement below. They vere kind enough not to come to an ibsolute halt, but passed slowly on. o that he was just able to avoid ponding up the street in front of them. ! In hoarse whispers, Mrs. Milholland j hided her husband for an exclnmnion he had uttered. "John! On Sunlay! You ought to he ashamed." "I couldn't he'.p it," he exclaimed. Who on earth is his clinging vine? Vhy, she's got lavender tops on her hoes and?" "Don't look round!" she warned him ; harply. "Don't?" "Well, what's lie doing at a Baptist hurch? What's he fidgeting at his landkerchief about? Why can't he | ralk like people? Does he think it's < bllgatory to walk home from church , nchored urm-ln-arni like Swedes on . Sunday Out? Who Is this cow-eyed . at girl that's pot him, anyhow?" 1 "Hush! Don't look rouud again, < ohn." ( "Never fear!" said her husband, havng disobeyed. "They've turned off; i hey're crossing over to Bullard street. Vho is it?" "I think her name's Itust," Mrs. Miliolland informed him. "I don't know ihat her father does. She's one of i he girls in his class at school. It i rould he pleasanter if he'd taken a 1 aney to someone whose family he- i ongs to our own circle." I "Taken a l'ancy!" lie echoed, hooting. I Why, he's terrible! He looked like 1 red-gilled goldfish that's Hopped It- i elf out of the bowl. Why, he?" < cot. T u-loh If lia folt that Itu liorl 1 o tak^ girls anywhere," said Mrs. Millolland, with the primmest nlr of < peaking to the point?"if this sort of ' hing must begin, 1 wish lie might have 1 elected some nice girl among the 1 laughters of our own friends, like I >ora Yocura, for instance." < Upon the spot she began to undergo 1 he mortifications of a mother who ' ins expected her son, Just out of in- 1 ancy, to look about him with the eye ' if a critical matron of forty-five. Moreover, she was indiscreet enough o express her views to Ramsey, a ' veek later, producing thus a scene of lseless greut fury and no little sound. 1 "I do think it's in very poor taste 1 o see so much of any one girl, Ramsey," she said, and, not heeding his irotest that he only walked home from school with Milla, "about every other lay," and that it didn't seem any 1 Time to him Just to go to church with ler a couple o' times, Mrs. Milhollnnd vent on: "But If you think you really nust be dangling around somebody luite this much?though what in the vorld you find to talk about with this 'unny little Milla Rust your poor faher says he really cannot see?and f course It seems very queer to us io\v when your mind ought to be entirely on your studies, and especially tvlth such an absurd looking little thing? "No, you must listen, Ramsey, and let me speak now. What I meant was i that we shouldn't be quite so much j distressed by your being seen with a girl who dressed In better taste and seemed to have some notion of refine! ? WAS NOT ALWAY, At Certain Times Robert Louis Stevenson's Manuscript Is Said to ? ft nave occn *vcuu. Robert Louis Stevenson's handwriting was fairly lc>Kll?le wlien he felt well, although when he was not well ! his scrawl was distinctly weird. In his article on the genesis of "The Master of I'allantrae," lie speaks of having been haunted by a story "con- ; reived In Highland rain, in the blend of the smell of heather and hog plants, and with a mind full of the Athole correspondence and the memories of 1 the dumllchlo .Justice." Ingenious surmises have been made as to the meaning of tie last words. Sir (Indium lhilfour now ?-\| lains. according to the Westminster (Juzette, 111 n m i m m 11 m i n 11111 h 111 ] n 111111 n n Dlland I ON ' I Copyright by Poubladay, Page & Company S 11111111111111111111 (i 11111111111111111 n 11111111 in ment, though of course It's only naturnl she wouldn't, with a father who is just a sort of ward politician, I understand, and a mother we don't know, and of course shouldn't care to. But, oh, Ramsey! If you had to make yourself so conspicuous why couldn't you be a little bit more fastidious? Your futher wouldn't have minded nearly so much If It had been u self-respecting, intellectual girl. We both say that It you must be so ridiculous at your age as to persist In seeing more of one girl than another, why, oh, why, don't you and see some really nice girl like Dora Yocum?" Ramsey was already dangerously distended, as an effect1 of the earlier part of her discourse, and the word "fastidious" almost exploded him; but upon mis cmnax, -.L?ora lucuui, nc blew up with a shattering report and, leaving fragments of Incoherence ricochetting behind him, fled shuddering from the house. For the rest of the school term he walked home with Milla every afternoon und on Sundays appeared to have Evening After Evening They Walked and Walked and Walked. become a resolute Baptist It was supposed (by the Interested members >f the high-school class) that Itamsey md Milla were "engaged." Ramsey sometimes rather supposed they were Himself, and the dim idea gave him a sensation partly pleasant, but mostly apprehensive; he was afraid. He was afraid that the day was coming when he ought to kiss her. CHAPTER VI Vacation, In spite of Increased leisure, may bring inconvenience to people a Ramsey's strange t>ut not uncoinnion condition. At home his constant Ur was that of a badgered captive plaintively sUent under injustice; and tie found It difficult to reply calmly when asked where he was going?an inquiry addressed to him, he asserted, ?very time he touched his cap, even to hang it up! The amount of evening walking he lid must also have been a trial to his icrves, on account of fatigue, though the ground covered was not vast. Milla's mother and father were friendly people, hut saw no reason to "move out of house and home," as Mr. Rust ?ald, when Mllla had "callers"; and on account of the Intimate plan of their small dwelling a visitor's only alternative to spending the evening with Mr. and Mrs. Rust as well as with Mllla, was to Invite her to "go out walking." Evening after evening they walked and walked and walked, usually In company?at perhaps the distance of half a block?with Albert I'axton and Sudle Clews, though Ramsey now and then felt disgraced by having fallen into this class; for sometimes It was apparent that Albert casually had his arm about Sadie's waist. This allured Rarnsev somewhat, but terrified him mfipi. TTo flliln't know linw eiif>h ni?f. ters were managed. Usually the quartet had no destination ; they just went "out walking" until ten o'clock, when both girls had to be nome?and the boys did, too, but never admitted it. On Friday evenings there was a "public open-nlr concert" by a brass hnnd In a small park, and the four were always there. Ramsey kisses Mills and fate steps in to separate them and "everything's all over." (TO BE CONTINUED.) S EASY TO READ thnt after many heads had beer called into consultation he hlmsell came to the conclusion that It should read "Chevalier de Johnstone." Th< Interpretation may be correct, for lr one of Stevenson's papers occurs the combination "breati." The late J a me: Murray of the Oxford dictionary asked Stevenson what it meant. Stevensor replied that It was u misprint foi "ocean." Back to the Simple Life. Lady Just arrived from Knglam wishes to dispose of her entire wurd r,,he.?Advertisement in an Australia! paper. The cost of living in London is l'Ji per cent above the prewar figure. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNaiIONAI I / SundaySchooS ' Lesson' | f I (By RE v. P. B. FITZ WATER, D. D., * Teacher of English Bible in the Moody j y; Bible Institute of Chicago.) j Copyright. 1922, Western Newspaper Union, j / LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 19 ( ELISHA AND NAAMAN THE SYRIAN = ' z LESSON TEXT?II Kings 5:1-27- GOLDEN TEXT?Bless the Lord. O my = 1 soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who Z i forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth ; all thy diseases.?Ps. 103:2, 3. Z REFERENCE MATERIAL?Luke 4:16- = 30: 3:12-10'. ^ ^ j fltiiVLAltX lUflU?A uiue vjhi t ing. JUNIOR TOPIC?A Young Girl's Serv? Ice. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC "I ?Ellsht. Helping a Foreigner. f YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC J I ?How to Overcome National and Racial , Prejudices. ^ ' . U I. Naaman's Fatal Defect (v. 1). 1 He was a great man, but a leper. c He was held In high esteem by the king, because through him the Syrl- c , aus had been delivered from their eneI mles. He was not only a capable u general, but was a very brave mun? a , valorous. 'Every unregenernte man, regardless of his gifts and possessions, ' , has tills one fatal defect. He may be v p mighty warrior, a great orator, a , gifted writer, a man of profound learn- 11 Ing, an honorable statesman, but If he ' Is un unbeliever in Christ, he Is a lost v sinuer?a leper. Leprosy Is a type of sin. Note Its characteristics: Loathsome, hereditary, Infectious, separating, destructive, deceitful, Incurable by man. , * II. The Faithful Witness (vv. 2-4). This was a Jewish maid who hud ~ been captured by marauding Syrluu ? troops who made frequent Incursions ? Into Israel's land for the purpose of i;.: plunder. Though she was the victim :j: of a great wrong, she was not bitter ij: against her captors. She, no doubt. was lonely and home-sick and perhaps :j: frightened, but she trusted God for her keeping, and was thoughtful to fi do good. Daniel at a later date was carried away captive, and he likewise was used of God to bless many. Joseph Is another example of one who { was put Into a hard place, but became a blessing to others, even to the saving of his brothers, who sold him. 0 Many times even children are placed in positions of hardship and suffering, 11 but if they trust In God and are faith, ful to Him they can do good. This n Jewish maid pointed out to this great man the One who could heal him. J Many are the persons who have been 11 pointed to Christ as the Healer of souls by children. III. Naaman Seeking the Healer (vv. j' 5-9). 11 1. He goes with a letter of Intro- 11 duction and great gifts (v. 5). In the East valuable gifts are taken ulong 1 when In quest of some favor. In this case the value was perhaps $80,000. 2. lie goes to the wrong place (vv. * G, 7). The maid did not suggest that ^ if Nnamun would he with the king he j would he recovered of his leprosy, but with the prophet of God. We should (J be very cureful that w* go to the ^ right place with' our troubles and sins. Neither the king's power nor Naainan's c money could avail anything in this ^ case. The prophet of God can bring greater blessing than kings and rich ^ men. < 3. Nan man at the door of Ellsha (vv. 8, 9). Elislia, upon learning of j the king's embarrassment, sent to him, saying, "I.et him come now to me." Naamnn appeared before Elishu's door t] in great splendor. He did not come as a suppliant, but as one who could t) pay a goodly sum for healing. IV. Naaman Healed (vv. 10-15). p 1. Ellsha's message (v. 10). Go j, wash in Jordan seven times. tj 2. Naaman's anger (vv. 11, 12). He tl thought that Elisha should have shown r, deference to him. People today think that their rank and wealth entitle them to different treatment by God. They turn away from the humble way of the Cross, God's method of salvntion. Rich and poor, high and low are alike In God's sight. Reasonings of the flesh must be supplanted by the obedience of faith. 3. Nnaman's obedience (vv. 13, 14). Through the earnest entreaty of his servants his pride and prejudice were overcome, and he did what the prophet commanded. The result of his obedience was that Ills flesh "came again as the flesh of a little child." lT 4. h'aaman acknowledges Jehovah (v. 1*). After his cleansing he came again to the prophet and said, "Now * 1 know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel." The vital point of teaching in this lesson is how near- g ly Naaman missed being heuled. The three enemies which almost kept him from being healed were: (1) Pride (v. 11). He was Insulted because the I p man of God did not come out to such ' f | a distinguished man as he was. (2) | p Preconceived opinion (v. 11). "I q thought." Many sinners procrastinate p because they have preconceived opin- j Ions as to how God ought to snve. (3) e Prejudice (v. 111). Itivers of Damns- t! cus are better than Jordan. Count- n | less thousands are lost by these ene- v I mies. God has provided only one way a to save men from their sins?the way < I of the Cross. I< t Power of Young Men. j What a power is a resurrected young 0 I man! lie becomes a power in any i c , calling or business in which he may , j employ his best talents. He is a pow- i k or in the church, and the world needs j such young men today, lie is the pow- c er which will bring this nation through s its time of testing, and make it a hies- j c ing, not only to its own people, but to ; f all tire nations of the earth. Resur- I < rectIons are miracles which never j t cease. The spirit of the living God 1 , is working in the hearts and minds of 1 o ' men and women to lift tliem out of sin t and death, into tlie glorious life and s 1 liberty of tire children of God. May that spirit Had response In your heart i today. li | OUR I S Department Devot Mlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllll ! Something to j , BijF. A.U illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll S03IE INFLUENCES rN THESE days of doing; big things. ^ which cannot be done properly 1 without putting into them the hard- ? st kind of work, accompanied with 1 indeviating concentration of thought, here is a disposition among certain 1 lasses of employees to uilow dlsturbng Influences to belittle their efliiency. Trifling as these retarding breaks 1 lay seem to the young nmn or wornn who is inclined to entertain them, c not overcome, tney soon uecume ormldable barriers in blocking the >'ay to progress. The thoughts of last night's rolllckng play or gay dances, as they come 1 rooping before you in the morning rheii you tuke your pJace at your esk, may unfit you for the day's : pork. Under their influence your mind rnnderft, eltides control and places ou at a positive disadvantage with lie man or woman who is able to think \ 1 i Uncommon Sense ? I By JOHN BLAKE X ?????J v. SLOGAN OF FAILURE jF I had gone after that contract I I would.have landed it," snld the manager of a business firm to no of his subordinates, who had rejrned empty-handed from a business rip. "Sure you would," said the subordlnte, cheerfully, and if I had your ruins instead of you, I'd be sitting in our chair, and you would be out pulllg boners on the road." The foregoing is typical of a conersation which, In some form or other, ikes place in every business instituon of Importance on un average of venty times a week. It may be that the bosses are overanfident In their own ability and over evere <>n the men under them. lJut the excuse beginning "if I had our brains," which bosses and employrs hear till they weary of it, is the lost Inexcusable excuse that there Is 1 existence. The man who admits that he has not le brains to succeed will, of a certainp, never succeed. The man who is convinced that he nn never do as well as the boss does as stopped trying, and when a man tops trying he begins to slide buck own the hill. Of all the futile unprofitable employlents, that of envying another man's rains is the worst. An employer who hires a man for a osltion of trust and responsibility has i le right to expect him to do what be ] i told to do, and to act, when out of < /.fll/in no tlm Amnlntror o^nt UC UHIV.C, <10 IIIC cuil'ivjbi > vuiu uvv. If he fails, he fails. Nobody can ex- 1 ect 100 per cent performance. But 1 e at least should not make the excuse 1 tint he has failed because he lacked < tie energy, the Intelligence and the 1 psourcefulness to succeed. < The employer who spoke the words . H' MOTt COOK "The proof of the pudding la in the eat-, | ig." I FAMILY DESSERTS rAPIOCA Is a dessert that may ' he used In niuny combinations ' and Is always u wholesome desect for children. , Peach Tapioca. Drain a can of peaches from the quor or Juice, using n pint of the < rult If home canned; sprinkle the < caches with one-third of a cupful < f powdered sugar und let stand an j our; souk one cupful of tapioca one ] iour In cold wuter to cover, add J nough of the peach syrup to make J liree cupfuls, heat to the boiling point; J ' dd tapioca drained from the cold J liter, two-thirds of a cupful of sugar 1 nd one-half of a teaspoonful of salt; 00k over hot water until the tapioca 1 ? clear. Line a pudding dish with 1 he quartered peaches, turn in the , upioca and bake slowly in a moderate ( ven for 35 minutes. Serve hot or , old with cream. I r.rarlt*r P.iifitard Puddina. Soak three-fourths of a cupful of | rueker crumbs in one quart of < cabled milk; cool, add one-third of a upful of sugar, one-fourth of a cupul of butter, two eggs slightly beaten, lie-half teaspoonful of vanilla and lie same of lemon, with salt to taste. Jake slowly one hour In a moderate ven. spread with a meringue, return o the oven and brown delicately,; erve with vanilla sauce. Coffee Jelly With Cream. Soak two tablespnonfuls of gelatin a one-lndf cupful cf cold water one FEAT ECTIC ted to Attractive M IllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllU Think About j JALKER ] llllilllilllllllllllllilllllllllllillllliilllllllri clearly and make every stroke count. Columns of figures refuse to prove themselves; words are misspelled; hands tremble and nerves tingle. In your dismay you wonder what has come over your usual placidity. At the next desk Is a worker twice ns much in earnest and not one-quarter so flurried. This timidity of yours Is proof of the presence of disturbing Influences, which are diccinir nltfalls about your feet end leudlng you blindfolded to the brink. The very flexibility and ease with which tills Is done, fall to arouse your suspicion until In some way or another you sense that you are standing on a precarious base, In imminent danger of toppling over. And thousands of others like you, through disturbing Influences, are standing helpless at the brink, disconcerted and miserable. Yesterday you and they were certuln of the future. Today everything is In doubt, simply becnuse yf the lack of sufficient will-power to drive frivolous thoughts from the mind and to step down on the solid ground of common sense. And these same disturbing Influences have been fooling with mankind since the foundation of the world! (Copyright.) SCHOO ' ' , (Jnc y#u "tki* | ?> Iprr(V? yir ttt?vce ln?t 15?-EJ t JIV o Sdl COPYRIGHT ?ve quoted above used to be an employee blinself. lie made failures, of course, but he never excused them. When he was "called" for these falljres he resolved not to makte them igain and sometimes to show the boss :hnt he had as many brains as the average employee. That Is how he ^ot where he Is, which Is at the head of me of the most Important concerns in \inerica. (Copyright.) lER'S Hi BOOK ||7 half hour, dissolve In one cupful of boiling water, strain and add two cupfuls of clear coffee, one-third of a cupful of sugar und stir until the sugar Is dissolved. Turn into a ring mould, chill, unmodld on a serving lish, fill the center with sweetened whipped cream, tiavored with vanilla. bopyrlght, 1922, Western Newspaper Union. o The Friendly Path ; > I j ' l! ? ; By WALTER I. ROBINSON !; J 1 NO ONE IS PERFECT ({T F ME*.* ore so wicked with reI I Won, wliut would they he without It?" Those who nre so free with criticism of what religious organizations are trying to do nre seldom found helping whole-heartedly [n making* their work more effective. It always is much easier to find fault than to offer helpful advice. In religious work or anything else of consequence there are always certain to !>e those who devote most of their time to criticising. In consequence. )y fault-finding, without commendation >r pointing tlie way to overcome the things to which exceptions ure taken, the natural tendency is to disrupt, weaken and frequently destroy much )t the good that otherwise would tnake the world better and Its people more happy. Let those who are so free with their criticism of religious tclivities keep the lesson, of the proverb that they'll get more Joy every UREp m I (agazine Material > YOUR HAND' || 1 How to Read Your Characteristic* and Tendencies?the Capabilities or Weaknesses That Make for Success or Failure as Shown in Your Palm. THE FINGER NAILS AS A general rule, when the nails are short, It Is a sign of sharpness and quickness of Intellect and the ability to learn easily. These Indications most be confirmed, of course, by a study of the line of the head, which must be good; that Is, ^ clear and strong. If the line of Apollo, which runs; up Into the finger of Apollo, the third finger, Is also good, the short nails, % I mean wit, and In some eases Irony. "Short-nailed subjects make the best journalists, by reason of their love of criticism and their readiness to engage In any dispute or contention," says Heron-Allen, a well known . writer on palmistry. He holds also that In a good-nature^ and happy hand, or In a lazy hand, short nails denote a spirit of mockery and of good-humored sarcasm, frivolity, criticism and contradiction. Of course, It must be understood that by "short nails" are meant those that are short from base to tip, not those that are shortened by the nervous habit of biting them. The latter Is an indication of nervousness, ? melancholy, and worry, especially If the finger tips are spatulated. 1 (Copyright) L DAYS' > |? g ? e?Vt'5' | k tfiiiA 1 **1 I fo&hl || hl^ "hUpof^ ^ ^ ^ ' day, because they'll see some good even among the bad conditions they claim to deplore. Those who become disheartened in doing good, because of the constant fault-finding, need a new estimate of the Importance of the work In which they are engaged. Instead of being sensitive of criticism, It would be much more to their credit if they accepted fault-finding as something to be expected; then their efforts would likely be more effective In accomplishing the amount of good they set out to do. On the whole, the Influence of religious work, even though slow and disappointing at times, is responsible >for the high moral code under which virtually all the civilized world operates. There may be evasion# of the tme course which is generally accepted as the pathway everyone should tread. But, nevertheless, as a rule people don't side-step very often without experiencing a pang of regret and without lowering their estimates of themselves. It is always disappointing when those who teach others stray from the proper course themselves. But? It la well to remember that no one Is perfect (Copyright.) South African Locust Plague. Locusts In immense swarms which covered the permanent way and brought the engine to a standstill held up a train on the Groaff Relnet line, South Africa, for two hours. Passengers and officials, by sweeping steadily with Improvised brooms for two hours, continued partially to clear the line to allow the Journey being resumed. The Insects were a couple of feet deep in places. O I |THE CflEERFVL CHERUB These w^r-like nations mtke me jick; l ncy ix ? qvesy Uk^t mtke* tkem "tkink. tkey kt*ve t* ridkt To <$e.t our world in suck-iL me5>? 'VS J RW* V. I] <