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" "BS13"' turo of Monoacetlcacldeitnr of Sallrjrllcs^ld Community Brush. "Morning inspection" in room showed tluit .lames Innl neglected I give his teeth their much-need? brushing. His sister's teeth showe i white and clean. Teacher?.lames, why ?1 i?1 you to brush your teeth tins morning? .Tames?I forgot. Teacher?Why, I should think yo would have thought of it when yo siiw your sister wash her teeth. Wh didn't you brush your teeth then? .Tallies?I couldn't. She had in toothbrush. WHY DRUGGiSTSlEGOMMENI SWAMP-ROOT For many years druggists have w&tche with much interest the remarkable recor maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Rool the great kidiney, liver and bladder med cine. It ia a physician's prescription. Swamp-Root is a strengthening med cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad dor do the work nature intended the should do. Swamp Root has stood the test of years It is sold by all druggists on its merit an it should help you. No other kidney med: cine has so many friends. Be sure to get Swamp-Root and star treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test thi great preparartion send ten cents to Di Kilmer & Co., Uinghamton, N. V., for sanuile bottle. When wntini/ hi? mirn an mention thia paper.?Advertisement. Pleasant for the Colonel. A dusky rookie was doing guar duty for Hit' tirst time. Along cum one of those oliicers who wear sllve chickens on their shoulders. Th riHikie naturally got excited and Ihn tered. "Halt !" he yelled, ami then stopped "Well, what are you going to d< next?" inquired the colonel after h laid remained on tin* spot like a gravel image for some seconds. "I ain't sure. boss," admitted tit darky. Then he added dungerousl.v "Hut, by golly, yo" better stun' rigli wliah yo' Is till I thinks what it is I' to do."?American Legion Weekly. The occasional use of Roman Eye Balsan at IIIKIH u^'ll .<-?!. l..a nn.t r? lleve tired, watery eyes, and eye strain Ail* Bororwing Dims the Sight. "I.t'llil m*? t?*li tutII I St*t* you ajfllitl old iiiiui." "I'd rut liar not put it .lust that way.' "What do you nit* an?" "Suppose I lend you ton until I so vou ttiptin. In tin* rlrciunst anros m; vision i> apt to In* tnurli ket*nt*r thai \ ours."? Hoston Transci Ipt. Woman art* not having a rt*al Row tiint* unlt'ss about four of tlit'in ar talking at omv. ; z ' < ^ s \ w ' V S' CHILD NEEDS INIA FIG SYRUP" Bowels with this Harmless n Love Its Taste Millions of mot 1mms k#**p "Callfoml Flu Syrup" handy. Tliey know si tet spoon fill today may save a sick dill tomorrow. It inner crumps or ovei acts Ask your druggist tor geuuln "California Fig Syrup" which has d red ions for hahies and children of a aires printed on bottle. Mother! Yo must say "California" or jau may gr an Imitation tig syrup. POIRGHRE WILL BE ATMEETING ALLIES WILL MAKE EFFORT TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON REPARATIONS BILL. MEETING VERY IMPORTANT > France May Set Out Independently To Collect Moneu Ono ?? Own Way. Paris.?Premier Poincare has left for !x>ndon to attend the conference of allied premiers which is regarded by many here as the laat great effort of the entente to reach an agreement on Germany's reparations bill before Prance sets out independently to collect In her own way. The meeting is looked upon as in many respects the most important since the armistice, Involving as it does the continuance of friendly cooperation between France and Great Britain. A lesser, but none the less important factor, is the prevailing impression that M. Poincare's political existence is at stake In the policy for which the proposed Brussels financial conference stands. Unless the premiers decide In London to convene the Brussels meeting, many observers believe that M. Poincare will find his usefulness at an - cuu. c/iuers minK mat t?e French 1 premier. In the event of a disagree3 rnent at London, will proceed to the ? execution of his plans for the occupa'I tion of the Ruhr valley and the ex I ploitation of the occupied Uhineland ! before making way for some one else, ' hut faith in the efficiency of this , scheme of penalties appears to he ! decreasing in official quarters and ii many say it will never be resorted to. ii French optimism over the make-up y of the new British government hadP given way lately to a feeling of pes>' simism in view of certain definite in' dicatlous that Prime Minister Bonar Law holds to substantially the same Q views on reparations as did Mr. Lloyd George. Although the British have disclosed i no stated policy since the resignation I of Mr. Lloyd George, Premier Bonar d Law seems to agree with his preded cessor that Germany should he given h a long moratorium from cash payl* nients. that the total of the indemnity < should he reduced and that no inili IU1? uicanuifs snmill) IX* IISPU 111 at!; tempts to force Germany to pay. y M. I'oincare's much discussed plau of settlement, although withheld on , the eve of the last London meeting J because of the sensational Balfour i- note, is expected to he placed before j the present meeting, t a America Warns Turks. I^ausanne.?True to its traditional a humanitarian policy, the United State3 d government took a strong position at i the near eastern peace conference in protesting against the expulsion of the Greek population from Constantinople. ' Apprehensions from the Turks would insist on deporting all the Greeks from r their sacred city proved to be well' founded when, at a meeting of the sub-commission on the exchange of I ' population, a Turkish representative arose and announced definitely that departure cf all the Greeks was one 1 of the features of their program concerning the adjustment of populations. The American representative then took the floor and read the following statement: "The American delegation is not in ; accord with the proposals for new ^ unless It Is clearly shown that Rood - purposes will he served as might b<* ' the case in the exchange of prisoners, ! or populations where exchange is necersary to serve humanitarian ends. , "Without discrimination between > the parties to the negotiations for j exchange, the American delegation is unable to approve the movement from v Constantinople of the Greek populan tion of that city, particularly under I conditions which will send an urban people, used to artlsanship and comd merce. to a rural district, e "We will not hesitate t?> express In pursuance of our leelt'mn'e - tarian interest, our llgltlmate human!such dislodgment of human be.ngs. Subsequently the representatives of France. England and Italy joined in the discussion and strongly advised the Turkish delegates to change their minds about sending the Greeks away from Constantinople; they urged the Turks to reflect and not act too harshly on this important question. They pointed out that Turkish insistence on such deportation would endanger the entire negotiations relative to the ( hang" of population and prisoners of wart. New Draft Bill in House. Washington.? Representative Johnson. republican. South Dakota, has Inroduoed a 1)111 giving the President authority in wartime to draft the unorga^ ?ed militia, without exemption of men from 21 to 30 on account of industrial occupation The hill also would authorize the determination and proclamation of material resources necessary to carry on a war and the stabilization of prices of j things necessary to either the army or the civilian population. Thirty-foot Strip of Land Disappears. Superior. Wis.?The disappearance of an entire point fif land 30 feet high and four acres in area into the upper iiig Kauclaire lake, on a chain of four s lakes located IS miles east of Gordon, I* | Wisconsin, in Huyfleld county, holds ?' j the attention of geologists of this sec r- tion. The land disappeared beneath e the water of the lake between 9.30 ' p m.t Thursday. November 30, and 11 early Friday morning. " The tipa of 30-foot treen are barely visible above the water of the lake. v , Vi -J. 1- . Sheclimbed *v ? Jacques-, Christmas. Eleanor King 1411. vuriw nmmm union J ^ ] BLIZZARD was brewing. CPm /\ I Little eat ting pieces of snow were being blown in whirls around corners and down ihe street. Huddled down '*'s ('"nt ? newsboy of some eight or nine years. ^ Ills face was drawn with tlie coin and lie beat bis hands against his sides to keep them warm. ! l.ast-uilnute Christmas shoppers. hurrying along to get their various 1 errands done, gave no thought to the little fellow who pestered them with his papers. lie ought to have known better when they bad so many things to think ubout. "Yeh, all the news?the latest news. Won't chu buy one, mister? I only have a couple more." He looked up pleadingly Into the face of a passerby. ; "Sorry, sonny," smiled the man." "pot one here now that I probably won't ever pet a ebanee to read?so busy," ami be hurried alonp his way. The rush of pedestrians subsided a moment. The hoy slnpled otit a younp woman, as lie said. "She looks kind. I'll try her." "Yeh?all the latest news?just out ?won't chu buy one. please, lady? 1 only have a few." She opened her purse and started to hunt for the money. "I've just pot to sell these papers out early tonight, 'cause It's my last chanee to buy that doll. You know, my little sister, they say, isn't very well, and the only thing she says she wants is un orange for Christmas, but I know better." He paused for breath. "She wants a doll, but she thinks she can't ask for It 'cause we haven't money for dolls. 1 have, though." he said promptly. "I've been watching 1 s. or-ry. She Opened Her Purse. a dull In one of the windows here. I'm Koine by tonlsht and iret It " "What Is your iiutue, son?" "Jucques und my sister's?ma petite soeur?Mart lie." * "/shuck??Whut a queer?" "No; it Isn't," lie said, anticipating what she was going to say. "My mother Is French. Those names ure beautiful?to us." he added ufler a pause. "Where do you live, Jacques?" "Sixty-nine Kensington Square. Top floor, hack two rooms, I've got that down pat now, haven't I?" i "Yes, you won't get lost right soon." i she replied as she put her arm around him, and gave him a gentle tap on the I shoulder. "Merry Christmas, Jacques," and she was on her way. She stopped USE OF THE CHR Custom Comet From Sunny Italy Where Poor First Used Long Knitted Purses. malum of hnnitlnR tip Huat I stockings on Ohrlatinns Kve Y comes lo us from n Imul fur across the ocean ? from gunny Italy. In the city of I'adua, long ago, goon i old St. Nicholas used to go ahout the I streets after dark and throw through i the windows of the homes cf the poor | people long knitted purses, tied at hot It ends, and containing much needed coins. These purses were made of yarn, and when untied looked not unlike a footless stocking. Finally, as trine went on. the poor [ eople. hoping thus to remind the more fortunnfe of their needs, used tc hang these empty purses out of rtie windows on the night before Christ ; A-ain:<iitoii-i nisi i : S559 RIGHT4 ^ | THE CHIMNEY I a little way do\\vn tlie street, however, wrote something down, then hurried ?>||. Another half hour found Jacques hugging t*n orange and a little doll under his coat iih he trudged along home. When he onened the door a !'l le voice started chuntlng. "Frere j Jacques, Frere Jacques?you're Inte tonight." "Yes, Mart he. Today 1 was talking to Santa on the corner, and he said he was awfully husy. lie doubted If he would get ull around j this year.' "Oh!" said Marthe In a disappointed tone. Jacques' mother was sewing busily upon a garment she was Intent upon finishing. Tomorrow wus Christmas. and no sewing was going to be left I over to bother her. Mnrthe's bedtime came, and Jncques fixed his presents In preparation for His Mother Was Just as Excited as He. | the morrow. He had found n Christmas tree branch In the street, and this he made Into a little tree under which he placed his Rifts, i Christmas tnorninu' dawned hriirhtlv ' In the little French home. .Torques' i surprise was complete, fur Martlie went into raptures over the tree and her presents. She alternately hugged and kissed her doll, keeping up a constant chatter to It In French. The orange and a few other presents tlint shi? had found under the tree she put ' on the shelf, re the' B,,w eouM admire them while she rocked her doll. Jacques hud had his surprise, too? i "Give and It shall he given unto you>" j ?for his two packets under the tree had grown to he six or seven. "Mother," he said. "1 think 1 will have t<> try my new mittens umi see exuctlv how warm lliey are." So suyinj?, tie slipped Into Ids coat and ; pushed on the door. What ailed it? Was It frozen shut. stuck, or what wus the matter? ! With his mother's help the door was opened. To ilielr sii.,,r!? they found that a liujje pile of packages hud been i the cause of their trouble. Jacques nuve a cry of delight as he pounced upon the bundles. His mother was Just us excited as i ne. as sue neipe<l carry In the stutT. I Then followed one of the happiest j hours the family had ever known? i whole two-dozen oranges and all sorts of wholesome food. Jacques' inoi'.ier fairly wept with )oy. Santa remembered us after all. mother," said little Jucques, "und he I left this note on one of tuy presents. I.ook. mother, it says:? " *1 hope you will always he as ; thoughtful of your sister. Jacques. A i Merry Christinas uml a Bright and llappy New Year. '"SANTA CI. A ITS.' " Filling for art Sheila. A good tilling for tart shells. mmt<? I from I** ft -over pin crust, can la? made 1 of shredded pineapple, sweetened, j topped with stithy beaten white of an I egg. ISTMAS STOCKING .( ! inns, so that n gift might lie placed in them. In the north country, where the weather is cold at Christmas time, the parses were hung by tlie chimney place In tlie hope that St. Nicholas would drop ills offering down the chimney. | When the purses went out of fashion stockings as the thing most like them were used In their stead, and that Is why we today still observe the prnc| flee and the rn??om We're Sure She Can. I "Well, I'lincessa, did Santa Cluus | till your stocking?'* | "Not literally, of course, hut he left me a dozen perfectly 8ttinning pair* j which I am confident of being able to ; Oil myself." .. MhAir.i i' - > v.. iM * a :: # Page Monsieur 1j ti De Farge : i * :: ' ?v:; y< ;; By I LA MARCELLA KING ;t ???? (O by MoClur* hi?wapv|>?r byndlcala.) m Homer Uutue had met Yvette when he wag returning home after IS yt months overseas. Being a war worker y( for the Y. M. C. she happened to be at the pier in New York when the ship bearing home some of the boys who were fortunate enougli to be re- 8j, | turning pulled in. Yvette had arrived In this country rc a month before the Europeun war broke out. Few women In the community tolerated her, fcr they be- (>J| lleved her place in France,; helping tier countrymen with their problems of war. There were still others who ^ thought she had been exiled because of some crime. There was nothing too wrong for them to think of her. A battle was raging, as usual, In 'r(? No. 77, dwelling place of Homer und Bernard Durand. ^ "If I had thought you were going s(t ' to be such a fool, I'd never have Inj troduced you to her." ea | "Now, listen here, Homer, if you think I am going to argue with you, you're badly mistaken, 'cuuse I've got VJ something else to do." n? "Well. I'm not going to argue with hs you, either, so don't get all excited? ! I but I tell you she's going to the dance y<j I with me, Homer Stanley Hume, get me?" "Will she? Well, I'm from Mis- pi sourt! Do you suppose she'd turn me 8t ! down to go with you, when I asked ex I her first? Do you suppose she'd turn me down for you? Even if you have as known her longer than I have." Tl "That's all right; she feels different th townril mo Vr?n? I'"" ""> *' " ""l"" to marry her?that Is?If?If she'll tli have me." w< "Hn! Hn! If she'll have you, Is right!" yt "Say, you, If yon didn't wear glasses I'd trounce you right here!" tli Something indeed serious might re have happened then If someone hud ? not knocked on the door. There was ti a note for each. The envelopes were te of the same dainty size, and pink, and fe addressed In the same hundwrltlng. nt Each hoy tore open his letter linme- j0 dlately. A sigh of disappointment at escaped the lips of Homer, and a j?, "darnlt" from Bernard. Neither would give the other any Information as to what his note contnlned; each new It ,n was from the same person. ti, Ahout seven o'clock of the evening UI of the class dance Bernard entered vt me room to una Homer sitting l>y the window, evidently very much interested In Vfrgll. yt "Aren't you going to the dunce. Ho- j , mer?" assed Bernard, In u ery j. troubled voice. n'| "No, I'm not going tonight. Rrofes- j,-| sor Carries Is giving n.-> an exuin. on js Virgil first duss tomorrow. I've got (j, to study." "Mighty poor excuse, Homer. I bet Yvette wouldn't go." "Well, all right then, she wouldn't? ^ hut I don't see you getting re..dy to |)r take her. She refused you, too, didn't she?" sn "It's none of your business whether tj, she did or not. and If you weren't a ^ firm friend of mine, I wouldn't tell j (.e you that much!" | ^ HnHniT th& rv vnrao ?>io ?- ~ 1 ? - >" r.niiiin i neither left the room, hut studied dll- t>a (gently ano retired enriy. r The next morning Homer cut his tt) very Important "yhem" class and went rf riding with Yvette. It was a crisp, 0j sunny morning In November, und with H| the only "her" riding heslde him. Ho- cr mer felt ns though he could conquer the world. She glanced bewltchlngly t^ nt hlyi. her eyes full of mischief, her white teeth gleaming, and, touching m her horse with her whip, she lea|>ed w forward and gave the Junior metnher 0? of the_ Hume family u merry chase A for ha if an hour. As he caught up to jn her they stopped thetr norses for n breath, and, leaning across, he put his et hand over her small gloved ones. j? "Yvette. dear, I?1 wanted to tell T you ever since I've known you that | ot 1?I?love you, and want you to be j ln my wife!" | fI She placed her tiny gloved hand i ^ across his mouth ami hushed hltn. He , grasped her wind and placed It to his j ^ Hps and kissed It tenderly, again and 1 w sen in. I ? ! w "Don't, please don t, Horner. You 1 j,, can't Imagine how fond I am of you, hut 1 can never, never marry yon. j You know there I: a lot of scandul about me and?" n, "Yvette, please don't speak about y, that. You must know that ! don't be- w lleve one word of It." j "No; somehow I know you don't, i ft but you must admit that I um somewhat of a mystery. Well, I'll tell you. m There Is a certain renson why I ain si In America. I can't tell you why Just i hi yet, but I will Honr.e flay, and maybe y, very soon. Now let's ride; ,be mornInn Is too wonderful to waste." 1 The same afternoon Bernard took tl . i SEES FUTURE TRA Machines Carrying One or at the Most (i( * Two Passengers Seem Likely to h| Be Favored. 8( s< One-passentter aerial flivvers, with liprlit motors of 8 to 20 horse power, will probably be the outgrowth of K) the present International Interest In 1 gliders. - w This Is the belief expressed hy Prof. ^ E. I*. Warner of the Massachusetts j, | Institute of Technology. He hns Just p| | returned from Europe, where he atj tended the alr-salllng contests In France and Germany, nnd traveled by airplane over seven countries. There Is absolutely no outlook for w | motorless (light as a practical means T of transport, Mr. Warner snld, but li experiment* with Rimers,,he felt, will * tend to the development of small e airplanes than ran be used by com- s muters, sportsmen and travelliiR sales- t! men, who buven't a fortune to Invest y In gasoline or seres of flat terrain li to land on. f "At present," Mr. Warner said, "man t! I , "t . . , < liff frym afc t *** 'v*pfr tMrnotn> fter tea they hired an open earring* M) drove through the perk tdjolnlug ie school grounds. They had gone m? distance when Bernard spoke. J "Miss Darquese?Yvette?'I lova >u.# Will you marry me?" "Why, Bernle, you surprise me! 1 >ver thought you would take our lendsblp so seriously." "But I do. I've always loved you. ve loved you since the tlrst time I et you. "I'm sorry, Bernle, so sorry, that >u feel that way. I can never marry >u." "Do you?Is It someone else? Par* >n nie; I've no right to ask that?" "Well, yes, there Is someone else," '< ie whispered. "I'll bet It's that good-for-nothing onimate of mine; he?" "No, it Isn't Homer. Bernle. will >u please tell me why you two boys in't Ret along together? I think It's shame I" The following evening when the >ys returned to their room ufter dln>r they found two no*es on the reshold. The envelopes vere of the itne siiiu11, pink kind that they had eelved once before, address*:U In the me familiar penmanship. Kuch >y's fnce was a study as his eyes nnned the sheet before him Both letters were worded al..:e, but ich thought the message was tneunt r only himself: Dear Homer (or Bernle): I snould be >ry glad to have you call at my house sxt Monday evening at 7:30 o'? lock. I ive some news that will be of a great terest to you. Hoping to see you then, I am always >ur sincere friend, YVETTE DARvjUESE. Monday evening found tro very izzled young men ascend'ng the eps of No. 3382 Governor road at :actly 7 :30. It wus Bernard's dlspotion to ring the bell agnlc as soon i Homer's finger hnd left the button, tiey both tried to enter the door at e same time. Am thev nnhtporl Mm f.nio alt. ig room n soft, \vell-kno\v n voice elcomed them. "Good evening, boys; I'iu so glad >u have come." She took them by the nrrv and led lem to n soft-cushioned divan dl ctly In fr?mt of the fireplace, where log was crackling under the flames, lie three sat down, "vette in the cenr. They sat watching the fire for a w moments, the hoys gazing at tier >w and then like timid youngsters ok with admiration and amazement the daring heroine In a movie serial, resently she spoke. "Now, I have heard that you two iva Ha r* Irvf a# cone rm? J a .../ .? .vi VI JWUI ^UUIIVUUK ??? e. It hurts nie very much to think at I should come between you boys id spoil such hours of friendship as >u might enjoy together." "Well, Homer always?" "Sh ! I'm not going to let either of >11 say a word till I am nil through, asked you here tonight In order that might straighten out some things at I know ure troubling you both, irst, I shall tell you that my name not Yvette Darquese! My nume Is wendolln de Forge." "What ?" gasped Homer. "Huh!" stammered Bernard. "I am In the employ of the French eret service. Shortly before the war oke out It was found that a certain ?u chard, Henri Gouchnrd, had given me vnluuble Information concerning e state of affairs In France to the terny government, for which'1 he revived a large sum of money. When e ofllclnls had tracked him to Ids nrtment In Paris they found he had cuped to America. "Having secured i?-? frcrr. e United States government to arst him In this country*, in the name France, they chose me for the ralson. At timet} I became very dlsmrnged, for I found no truce of hlin. "You know a week ago last night ere was an automobile accident not ir from here, and nn unidentified nn was injured. Last Thursday I ft* colled ont of mv he/I ni fnn? cit>ck In the morning to go to the St. gnes hospital. This same man that id been picked np by the side of the >ad after tils ear nan gone over the ahnnkment had heen delirious and id sjHiken something about France, he doctor In charge Immediately rectnlr.ed him, having seen his picture i newspapers and read Ills descrlpon. He telephoned to the police, hen they sent lor me. He tiled be ire I left. I Immediately cabled the renrh government und they sent ord that I could return as soon as I Ished to France and?and my?husind." "Your?what?" "Your husband?" "Yes, my husband. Don't you see ->w why I couldn't marry either of )U hoys? I couldn't even tell you hy until now. Now It's good-by, boy a, >r I shall sail ??nrl^ In the morning >r dear old France und?home!" The boys left the house together ud walked down the street side by de. Suddenly they spoke In unison. r>d with the sume expression in their Dices: "She wns the most wonderful girl ever knew"?and It whs the first me they ever agreed. . VEL IN THE AIR f>osn't know any more nhout how a lr<l flies than did King Solomon, who matched his wine head In vuin when >mebody put that question to hltn. "In some respects air navigation 19 ow at the point that marine nnvlutlon must have been about the me Columbus cut loose to show the orld that the world wasn't Hat. We now enough to transport ourselves i the air. but we know little of the lenient In which we move." Otdtlme Witch-Cat*. In the Middle aces cuts ? WMUWVICU '1th witches were 'called witch-cats. 'hose were credited with u great llk? ig for beer. One old cruntryman la aid to hove waited up one night to utch the stealer of his beer, and on eelng some cats approach, he called hem around and suddenly soused thens m ilth boiling beer which he was brewtig. In the morning his wife's scalded ace Is said to have betrayed to blu bat she was the culprit 1