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n < n 111 ii 111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 Ramsi I By 1 ^iiiimiimmiimiiiimmiiiiiMiiiiimiiiiiii ' v o l DORA YOCUM. ' < Synopsis.?With his grandfather. 1 email Ramsey Mllholland is watching the "Decoration Day Parade" 1 In the home town. The old gentle- ( man, a veteran of the Civil war. endeavors to Impress the youngster with the significance of the ( great conflict, and many years aft- ( erward the boy was to remember . his words with startling vividness. In the schoolroom, a few years afterward, Ramsey is not dlstin- ] guished for remarkable ability, j though his pronounced dislikes are arithmetic, "Recitations" and German. In sharp contrast to Ram- < sey's backwardness Is the precocity \ of little Dora Yocum, a young lady ( whom In his bitterness he denominates "Teacher's Pet." In high school, wherq he and Dora are r classmates, Ramsey continues to ( fee! that the girl delights to manl- . foo? aimoflneltv o r* rl tha \*1 n - IICI ou^/vi iv/i 11/ | Uttu H'V * dictiveness he generates becomes alarming, culminating In the reso- 1 lution that some day he will ( "show" her. At a class picnic Ramsey is captured bag and baggage by Milla Rust, the class beauty. V and endures the agonies of his first love. Ramsey's parents object to s Milla and wish he'd taken up with Dora Yocum. Ramsey kisses Milla. ^ Then Milla suddenly leaves town. c t 0 ^ t CHAPTER VII r -7- c He never saw her again. She sent t him a "picture postal" from Oconomo- s woe, Wisconsin, which his father dls- p engaged from the family mail, one u morning at breakfust, and considerate- ^ ly handed to him without audible com- ], inent. Upon it was written. "Oh. you g Ramsey!" This was the last of Milla. v Just before school opened, in the autumn, Sadie Clews made some revelations. "Milla did like you," said Sadie. "After that time you Jumped In the creek to save her she liked you better than any boy In town, and I guess if it wasn't for her counsin Milt up in Chicago she would of liked you the best anywhere. I guess she did, anyway, because she hadn't seen him for about a year then. "Well, that afternoon she went away I was over there and took in everything that was goin' on, only she made me promise on my word of honor 1 wouldn't even tell Albert. They j didn't get any wire from the uncle about the touring car; it was her coucln Xfllt thot 4iitnnn/1 nn tfia trnin nml came down and nxed it all up for | Mil la to go on the trip, and every- i thing. You see, Ramsey, she was turned hack u couple of times In school before she came in our class and I j don't know how old she is and she j don't look old yet, but I'm pretty sure she's ut least eighteen, and she might be over. I didn't think such a great deal of this Milt's looks myself, but he's anyway twenty-one years old, and got a good position, and all their family seem to think he's just fine! It wasn't his father that took in the tour- ? lng car on the debt, like she said she was writing you; it was Milt himself. He started out In business when he t was only thirteen years old. and this t> trip he was gettin' up for his father ] and mother and Milla was the first v vacation he ever took. Well, of course t she wouldn't like my tell in' you, but I can't see the harm of it, now every- t thing's all over." f "All?all over? You mean Mllla's going to be?to be married?" "She already is," said Sadie. "They j got married at her Aunt Jess and Un- | cle Purv's house, up In Chicago, last . Thursday. Yes, sir; that quiet, llttie | Mllla's a regular old married woman ( by this time, I expect, R^Tnsey!" When he got over the shock, which ( was not until the next day. one pre- ( dominating feeling remained: It was { a gloomy pride?a pride in his proven maturity. He was old enough, it ap- , peared. to have been the same thing j as engaged to a person who was now s a Married Woman. His manner thence- , forth showed an added trace of seriousness and self-consideration. f Having recovered his equipoise and something more, he entirely forgot that moment of humble admiration he had felt for I>ora Yocum on the day of his flattest prostration. When he saw her sitting In the classroom, smiling brightly up at the teacher, the morning of the school's opening In the autumn, all his humility had long since vanished and she nppeared to him not otherwise than as the scholar whose complete proficiency had always been so Irksome to him. j "Look at her!" he muttered to him- j self. "Same ole Teacher's Pet!" I Now and then, as the days and seasons passed, and Dora's serene prog- i ress continued, never checked or even flawed, there stirred within him some lingcrlngs of the old determination to "show" her; and he would conjure up a day-dream of Dora in loud lamentation, while he led the laughter I of the spectators. But gradually his ' < feeling about her came to be merely a dull oppression. He was tired of j having to l<>ok at her (as ne stated 1 It) and he thanked the Lord that the time wouldn't be so long now until j he'd he out of that ole school, and then all he'd have to do he'd Just take 1 rare never to wulk by her house. It was easy enough to use some other street when he had to go down town, "The good ole class of NlneteenFourteen Is about gone," he said to Fred Mitchell, who was still his most I intimate friend.when they reached the I senior year. "Yes. sir; It's held to- ' gethor a good many years Fred, but < after June It'll be busted plum up. and 1 hope nobody starts a move to i < have any reunions. There's a good I many members of the ole class that . I I can stand and there's some I can't, j but there's one I just won't! If we 1 ever did call a reunion, that ole Yo- i cum girl would start in right away s and run the whole shebang, and that's I where I'd resign! You know, Fred. JI mi mum nun muni mini mi i illinium ii sy Milh BOOTH TARKING' | mmiiiiiimiimimiimmmiiimiiiiiimii he thing I think Is the one biggest teneflt of graduating from this ole school? It's never seeln' Dora Yocum igaln." This was ugaln his theme as he sat iy the same friend's side, In the roar ow of the class at Commencement, Istenlng to the delivery of the Valellctory, "Thinks she's Just soohllme, lon't she!" he whispered morosely. 'She wouldn't trade with the Fresh lent of the United States right now. S'ever mind! Just about a hnlf-anlour more and that's the last o' you, de girl! Yes, sir, Fred; one thing we ran feel pretty good over: this Is vhere we get through with Dora Yorum!" Ramsey and Fred had arranged to oom together at Greenfield, the seat if the state university, and they made he short Journey In company the folowlng September. They arrived hlarlous, anticipating pleasurable ex'Iteiuents In the way of "fraternity" iledglngs and Initiations, encounters vith sophomores, cluss meetings, and lections; and, also, they were not absolutely without interest in the matter if Girls, for the state university was o-educatlonal, and It was but natural o expect iii so broad a field, all new o them, a possible vision of something ather thrilling. They whispered heerfully of all these things during he process of matriculation, and Igued the registrar's book on a fresh age; but when Fred had written his lame under Itnmsey's and blotted It, ie took the liberty of turning over the enf to examine some of the auto:raphs of their future classmates, I written on the other side. Then he ut- j What on Earth'^ the Matter, Ramsey?" ered an exclamation, more droll than lolorous, though It affected to be wholy the latter; for the shock to Fred vas by no means so painful as it was o his friend. Ramsey leaned forward and read tin nimio Indiratprl hv Prpil's fnr^ inger. DOHA YOCUM. . . . When thej- got back to their feasant quarters at Mrs. Meigs', facng the caTnpus, Ramsey was still unible to talk of anything except the amentable discovery; nor were his ompanlon's burlesquing efforts to console him of great avail, though Fred lid become serious enough to point iut that a university was different 'rom a high school. "It's not like hnvin' to use one big oom as a headquarters, you know, tamsey. Everything's all split up, and she might happen not be In a single >ne of your classes." "You don't know my luck!" the afllcted boy protested. "I wish I'd gone o Harvard, the way my father wanted ne to. Why, this Is Just the worst lulsance I ever struck! You'll see! She'll be In everything there Is. Just he way she was back home." He appeared to be corroborated by he events of the next day, when they ittended the first meeting to organize he new class. The masculine elenent predominated, but Dora Yooum ,vns elected vice president. "You ;ee?" Ramsey snld. "Didn't I tell ,-ou? You see what happens?" But nfter that she censed for a time :o Intrude upon his life, and he admit ,t?u liini ma nai aooiiicui ?u.^ ira.^ ?i<i\rr hun he had anticipated. There were ibout five hundred students In the 'reshman cluss; he seldom saw her, ind when he did It was not more than i distant glimpse of her on one of he campus paths, her thoughtful head jent over a book as she hurried to a dassroom. Tills* was bearable; and In LESSONS FROM 3e Careful Where You Step and Take Credit When Due. Is by No M?ans Bad Advice. A circus man says that un elephant s always careful where he steps. He :oes forward one step nt a time, and ioesn't lose his nold upon one place f security until another Is gained. If many of our business men had tcquired this elephant philosophy and lad followed It they wouldn't be hanging over financial precltdces now. If one goes about thinking that the ivorld is tilled with crooks and schemers, the world It filled with crooks and schemers. On the other hand. If one >elleves that the world Is filled with Ine neighborly, helpful, kindly folks, 111111111111111 i 11111 n r r 11M1111111111 n 1111111 tt r olland I roN I E ? Copyright by DoutHeday, Page S Company E = 1111111ii111111111111111111111m111111111111ii11iiiin C the flattering agitations of being p sought, and even hunted, by several "fraternities" simultaneously desirous of his becoming a sworn Brother, he almost forgot her. After a hazardous month the roommates fell Into the g arms of the last "frat" to seek them, and having undergone an evening of outrage which concluded with touching rhetoric and an oath taken at midnight, they proudly wore Jeweled symbols on their breasts and were free to turn part of their attention to other affairs, especially the affulrs of the Eleven. However, they were Instructed by j the older brethren or tneir uraer, i whose duty It was to assist In the | proper maneuvering of their young ca- 2 reers, that, although support of the Iv 'varsity teams was Important, they 1 must neglect neither the spiritual nor ^ the Intellectual by-products of undergraduate doings. Therefore they be- iE came members of the college Y. M. C. A. and of the "Lumen Society." 01 According to the charter which It si had granted Itself, the "Lumen Sort- ( ety" was an "Organization of male E and female students"?so "advanced" ic was this university?"for the develop- hi ment of the powers of debate and or- s< atory, Intellectual and sociological di progress, and the discussion of all mat- s< ters relating to philosophy, metaphys- s< les, literature, art, and current events." ai A statement so formidable was not h; without a hushing effect upon Messrs. n Milhollnnd and Mitchell; they wenf ft to their first "Lumen" meeting In a state of fear and came away little "] reassured. al "I couldn't get up there." Ramsey tl [ declared, "I couldn't stand up there Is before all that crowd and make a speech, or debate In a debate, to save p my soul and gizzard! Why, I'd just ^ keel right over and hnf to be caroled I out." ? "Well, the way I understand It." ! said Fred, "we can't get out of It. The ! seniors in the 'frat' said we had to 1 join, and they said we couldn't resign, either, after we hail Joined. They 11 i said we lust had to go through It, and a after a while we'd pet used to It and ? not inind It so much." J" "I will!" Ramsey Insisted. "I couldn't any more stand up there on * my feet and get to spoutln' about sociology and the radical metempsychorus of the mettyphyslcal bazoozum ? than I could fly a flyln' machine. Why, ^ I ? o "Oh, that wasn't anything," Fred ? interrupted. "The only one that talked ^ like that, he was that Rllckens; he's a tutor, or something, and really a f1 member of the faculty. Most o' the 1 others Just kind of blah-hlahhed * around, nnd what any of 'em tried 1 to get off their chests hardly amounted to terribly much." "I don't cure. I couldn't do It at . a'l!" t] "Well, the way it looks to me," Fred observed, "we simply pot to! From what they tell me, the freshmen got to do more than anybody. Every oth- ^ er Friday night, It's all freshmen nnd nothin' else. You pet n postal card F on Monday morning in your mall, and It says 'Assignment' on it nnd?nnd? then It's got written underneath what you hnf to do the next Friday night ?oration or debate, or maybe Just d rend from some old book or something, si I guess we got to stand up there and F try, anyway." o "All right," said Ramsey. "If they u want me to commit suicide they can h send me one o' their ole 'Assignments.' tl I won't need to commit suicide, though, I guess. All I'll do, I'll Just fall over r< In a fit, nnd stay In it." o And. In truth, when he received his a first "Assignment." one Monday morn- tl Ing, a month later, he seemed In a a fair way to fulfill his prophecy. The h attention of his roommate, who sat 11 ' at a window of their study, was at- o tracted by sounds of strangulation, h "What on earth's the matter, Ram- a sey?" t "Look! Look at this!" tl Fred took the card and examined It ti with an amazement gradually merg- a Ing Into a pleasure altogether too per- s! ceptible: ASSIGNMENT Twelve-Minute Debate. Class of 1918. Subject. Resolved: That Germnny a Is both legally and morally Justified J' In her Invasion of Belgium. 1 (Debaters are notified that each will ^ he held strictly to the following sched- fl ule: Affirmative. 4 mln., first. Nig*tlve. 4 mln., first. Affirm.. 2 mln.. second. Neg., 2 mln.? second.) Affirmative. It. MILHOLLAND, *18 Negative. D. YOCUM, '18. o: The "Lumen Society" debate, j ' R. MilhoIIand vs. D. Yocum. I w (TO BE CONTINUED.) p| UUUUJJLJULJ LJU '< THE ELEPHANT % h onp finds people of that class In the % great majority. It Isn't well to hnve too much hu- h mlllty. The man who gets Into the habit of refusing to take credit for the good work he does Is quite apt to be surprised when he discovers that people accept bis denials as the truth. e It Is much better to be like the little w gtrl In the old story who, when she c was asked, "Who made you7" replied, t] "(iod made me that length," Indicating t.( with her hands the ordinary size of a j new-born babe, "and 1 growed the p j rest myself."?Forbes Magazine. t] n Radges, symbolical of the name, are p being supplied to many ships in the * j British navy. /Srfom ^ Legion 2oj>y for Thle Department Supplied hj the American Legion News Service.) I00KS TO PLEASE ANY TASTE G. Galpln, Historian of Texas Post, Brings Odd "Cargo" From Australia to England. One of the few persons in the United tales who can cook up a meal for a pin Is never more engaged in brewig up a stew for a cassowary. Upon his return from a recent trip f the liner, bearing lizards, carpet lakes, rat-kangarocs, and other things 800 altogether) from Australia to ngland, chef Galpin expounded dletets to his Legion comrades. They ad to believe everything he said. It ;ems that the bird of paradise, paraoxicnlly, has secular tastes and juawks vigorously when offered such jeralngly compatible delicacies as tigel cnke. "I fed 'em bananas and nrd-bolled eggs," said Galpin, "and ot one of 'em lost a single heavenly ?ather." "And on the other hand," he added, I had a couple of Tasmanian devils board, and they wouldn't touch a ling the whole trip except floating iland." I0SE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE erman Submarine Commander Who Sank Lusltania Also Now at Bottom of Sea. The commander of the German sublurlne thut sank the Lusltania is now t the bottom of the sea, according to story which has reached American eglon headquarters. Flogged and ung over the side of a Paraguan war essel, he met death with a dose of Is own medicine. The story Is that the commander, eelng from allied Justice, took refuge 1 Paraguay, where he at once took ut naturalization papers and swore llegiance to tjie I'araguan republic. Hands in the shipping world secured >r 'him the command of a Paraguun lan-o'-war, the Adolph Kiquelml. He ad hardly set his heel upon the decks hea be inaugurated the rules which ad been his custom. The crew, with teir Latin blood, could not stomach He diet as the stolid Teutons had one in the old days. So they passed lm around for a beating, and then irew him into the sea, far from sight f land. MD THE "THEODORA" ODOR ancy French Pet* Saturated With. Unwelcome Perfume of Marshal Foch'a American Mascot Fifty thousand francs' worth of pet ogs were temporarily ruined by Mar liai f ocn 8 who cm on me vu^ukc iu ranee. When the niurshal, us guest f the American Legion, had picked p Theodora from an admiring friend, e had little reckoned what devastaon was in store. Theodora was placed in the kennel oorn atop the liner I'arls, under care f the ship's butcher, who acted as nlmal valet for the trip. Believing fiat the fluffy Pekinese, and poodles, nd Mexican halrlesses that shared er compartment did not represent, ke herself, the true red-blooded plneering spirit of America, Theodora ty quietly in her cell and exuded the ronm peculiar to wildcats. When the arls touched the shores of France, tie valet handed the pet dogs around a the group of daintily-scented madmolselles and was greeted with loud hrleks. Parachute in Shell. A shell which blows off Its head at n altitude of' 2,000 feet, expelling a nrachute from Its Interior, Is flred rom a gun at Lympe, Knglund, as an xperiment In physics. Attached to le parachute is a brilliant magnesium are, which lights automatically when ie parachute opens and lights the sky >r miles around. Error in Judgment. Her plan for nssurlng the support f the women voters to him moved le statesman to admiration. "Whatever steps you take will carry -eight, I'm sure," he said cordially. Right there he lost the whole wornn's delegation. She had been dletic In for threp months.?Amer run Legion Weekly. A Heavy Load. Krlss?After we hud sampled the ome brew last night we organized a oral (yinrtette. Kross?Who cnrried the bass? Krlss?It took three of us to get him ome.?American Legion Weekly. Army "Spring Fashions." Even the army has Its "spring modIs." What the well-dressed soldier 111 weur Is a knotty problem. Recent hanges permit extension of blouse to lie crotch, a slit In the bottom of the oat skirt, and a honk to hold the 8am trowne belt In place, ltreoches of led ford cord of different color than lie blouse will also be allowed. A ew design for officer's overcoat conmiplutes an open-necked effect. The aldier'g coat remains soberly the nine, in all its simple beauty. r our 1 s Department Devo \ amiiiimiiimmiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii j Something to | Bxj F. A. u filllliililililillllllllllliliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini "YES" AND "NO" gpiIESE two Mtle words, yes and I no, with which men have heen wrestling for apes, are vocables of enormous menninp, capable of settling all the siinpJe and complex problems In life, when used with utmost wisdom und likewise with utmost caution. In Washington, the stutesmen who were debating and udjusting the question of limited armament found It difficult ut times to apply "yes" and "110" to the interrogations which naturally arose In the discussion, and in which the whole world is vitally Interested. To use these monosyllnbles at the right time and In the proper place is the earnest wish of every fair-minded man or woman who would have "peu<^e and good-will on earth." But to do so In trtuh and mercy, when dissension is rife and righteousness seems to be tumbling noisily like mountains in an earthquake, requires the wisdom of Solomon and the patience of Job, accompanied with divine ; guidance. How many lives of promising young men and women have heen blighted by the indiscriminate playing of "yes" and "no"? How ninny nations have gone to war through the utterance In anger of a ruthless "yes" when a complacent "no" authoritatively spoken, might have saved millions of precious lives, untold sorrows and Inestimable treasure? He or she who mnkes merry with these small words without giving thought to the Immensity of their power to create or destroy, Is risking everything In this life, and possibly In the life to come. Though these words may seem but j. V/.'.V.V.'.VAV.V.VW.'.W." \f? -Vi ? The Friendly >' ?1 'Path Walter I. Robimoi j AV.W/.V.,.V.%\W.S,.V.".V.S DOING THINGS RIGHT ?QH, IT'LL DO!" ^ How many times do you suppose you have heard this sentence spoken by those who should know better? How often have you said the same thing yourself when you knew that you'd never be entirely satisfied when you announced your half-hearted okehT Things are either right or they're wrong. There can't be any half-way ground if one wishes to enjoy to the fullest his own handiwork or the happiness of knowing that he has done a valuable service for mankind. When ever a person quits laboring at anything before the Job Is entirely satisfactorily finished, there Is certain to follow disappointment and a sense of resentment against one's own carelessness. And whenever one In authority okehs the work done by others by saving that "It'll do," neither he nor those engaged on the Job will ever be pleused as greatly as If the task hnd been perfectly done. One of the chief reasons why many go through life unhappy and complain of their rough pathways. Is the inclination they display by aiming too often for "what'll do" rather than aiming constantly for the very best. Fortunately there Is a growing tendency to demand perfect goods and perfect work. There has been entirely too much Imperfection In both finished materials and In the way work Is done. Hut, perhaps, after all this has been a good thing. If It has caused an awakening to a sense of the importance of absolute perfection, the dlfflMOTI COOK Spite of the clouds that hide The Bunset glow, In faith I see Dawn'B ecstacy. I do not trust; I know! -L. L. FOOD FOR THE FAMILY A N OLD fashioned cooky that even ** the grownups wjn for is; ; Meadow Inn Cookies. Work one cupful of shortening Into one cupful of sugar, then ndd one cupful of molasses, two tahlespoonfuls of vinegar, two tenspoonfuls of soda dissolved In one tnblespoonful of sour milk, and three tahlespoonfuls of cold coffee. Add one well beaten egg, mix and sift thr^e oupfuls of flour with one touspnonful each of allspice and ginger. Mix all together and let stand over night. In the morning roll to one* j fourth Inch In thickness. Sprinkle j with sugar and cut with a cooky cutler dipped in Hour. Hake in a moderate oven. Pasadona Pies. Roll out plain paste to one-fourth of an Inch in thickness and cut In j FE>4TI ECTIO ted to Attractive Ms IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU I Think About |; TALKER | 1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiri 1 < mere pigmies In the world's vocabulary, they are really veritable giants, ter- < Hble In their wrath, but cheering, con- | soling and inspiring In their love. It matters not how exalted or lowly ( you are, or whether you be rich or poor, strong or weak, you cannot at ( any time in your dealings with others afford to summon up "yes" or "no" | without first giving serious thought of what may likely follow. In all circumstances It will be found advisable to use neither word until you are absolutely sure of your ground i and know your own heurt. Do that in all sincerity, and "yes" and "no" will be found faithful friends, i (Copyright.) O Uncommon Sense . OHN BLAKE || i GL003I IS CATCHING "P* VEN though \vc are reasonably sure that the sun Is stiU, In the sky, a cloudy day depresses us. Most of us suffer from a feeling of foreboding even on a clear day, when a cloud comes between us and the distant fire that lights and warms the world. We are similarly sensitive to all the little troubles of ,our lives?to anything that disturbs our regularly ordered existence. , A temporary Illness?a suspicion < that there ure some kind of business & SCHQol U vortMoT , ' jorr ArV se VfttlOC ^ ^ COOC "" copyright * * 1 i , CUlties cne worm nus experjeuteu maj prove only n small price to pay for better things. No one can ever get the greatest possible enjoyment from the things he Is doing If he is doing them half-heartedly; nor will he be Inclined to do I he best work when he Is In that state < of mind. It Is, therefore, essential to one's happiness that he either work toward perfection In what he Is doing, or else engage himself in something more to his liking which he can be 1 sure to do well. (Copyright) tER'S ! : BOOK |p four-Inch squares. Place a canned , apricot drained from the sirup In the center of each square. Bring the pastry together at the comers, turn the points hack and pinch to form a box base. Place on baking sheet and bake until delicately browned. Two minutes before removing from the oven top with a rnarshmallow. Stews. Into a large pot put one large fowl ) or a rabbit, neatly Jointed, cover with ' two quarts of water, add three sliced onions, one nnd one-hnlf pints of lima beans or less, If the family is small; a pint of tomatoes with salt nnd tapper to taste. Cook slowly until the meat Is tender, add a can of corn and 1 some hot boiled potatoes. Serve from the casserole. * Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Union. O ; Songs and Laws. "Lot nio write the songs of a nation and I care not who makes the laws." "Well, at that some of the songs have more sense to them than some of i the laws." 1 URE I W I ' wwwawmmw/WVM \ igazSne Material > renkers ahead?these things plunge js Into gloom. And we, In our turn, pass the gloom ilong. For our friends, seeing the ilack and foreboding faces that we vear, grow gloomy too. One sullen-faced man in an office will sometimes spoil the day for the jntlre working force. One croaker on board a ship In a dorm may send the whole passenger list Into something very like a panic. Nobody loves a gloomy man?but everybody listens 'to him?and looks at him. The prophet of evil Is never without an audience. Poe, in his remarkable poem shows how the raven, by crooking the word "nevermore" was aide to drive a luckless poet almost to the verge of insanity. Continual gloom Is not good for the soul, any more than continual shadow would be good for the green anl blossoming things upon the surface of the earth. We all need sunshine and a great deal of It. It Is not Decessnry to go about continually telling people how happy we are, like Pollyanna, but we can at least keep our trouble to ourself, and not look as If we were limping along ? -d * !?" n?? thn ornllnxVQ limuiu IIIC 510TC V* The gloomy man or woman In a home destroys the happiness of an entire family?and usually drives the children out on the streets, where at least there Is air and sunshine, and maybe now and tnen a hurdy-gurdy. The reason the jazz Is popular, that the comic supplement sells by the million copies, and that the comedian gets a thousand dollars a week Is because we will do anything to get rid of glooin. It Is a burden on life, a menace to human happiness. If you are a gloom addict, change your mode of thought. You are as much of a menace to the community In which you move as was "Typhoid Mary" to hers. (Copyright.) / L DAI] S ? \ TrfOOtfrtT I'O L J J ^ GOw! j/Mfi GiT V)P AM DR?fg\ ' |TU tt il ~~ MI i 1 | "ly^IDDIES SIX j! i! L\J Will M. Maupin :| 11 11 THREE <y MINE "P YES-O'-BROWN and Sunny Hair, And Dlckey-Wlnktum-Wee, Two beside my easy chair And one upon my knee. Thus the evenings come end go Till Mr. Sandman'8 call Sets three wee heads to nodding low And tired eyelids fall. "This is the way to Sleepytown? Jump into bed and cuddle down!" Kyes-o'-Brown wants "an'mal tales," Of bears and woolly things; While Sunny Hair most loudly wane For whirr of fairy wings. But DIckey-Winktum-Wee Just winks His laughing eyes at me? I wonder what the young man thinks Perched there upon my knee? 'So sing hey ho for Sleepytown? Jump into bed and cuddle down!" 'Once there was a big black bear"? Two pairs of eyes grow bright; i'wo forms press closer to my chair As if to banish fright. % 'And once there was a brave yonni boy"? Then dimpled faces shine, ivaiio r u-lth fnlrv lore add Joy To those sweet tots of mine. Pint Dickey-Wlnktum-Wee just crows Till oft to Sleepytown he goes. 'Now I Iny me down to sleep"? The good-night prayers are said. The fleecy clouds of slumber creep Above each little head. fiyes-o'-Brown and Sunny Hair, And Dickey-Wlnktum-Wee? jod guard and keep from ev'ry care My little ones for me. ^afe In the shades of Sleepytown? . Tucked In bed and the light turnef down. (Copyright.) O The New Testament was first dl tided Into verses by Robert Stevens, i Trench printer, In 135 .