Tale of a Mouse
By M. J. COLLINS
CTAN JACKSON owned the serv
O ice station beside the pine grove
a few miles outside the town. It
was a good location and Stan made
a fair living.
This was Saturday and he'd been
busy all day, and so had the cash
register.
"What's goin' on now?" Highway
Patrolman Clancy Burke asked as
he stepped into the service station.
Stan looked up from the corner
where he was bent over fixing some
thing. "I'm trying to catch a
mouse," he answered, "and having
a time of it, too!"
"Listen, Stan," Clancy's mood
turned serious. "There has been a
lot of service stations robbed late
ly, youngsters seem to be at the
racket, so don't leave too much cash
lying around."
"Oh, they'd never bother with a
place like this." Stan's mind wasn't
on Clancy's warning. "Now if I
could only catch that mouse." Clan
cy fled.
The next few hours were busy
ones for Stan. It was well past
midnight when he eased himself into
his rocking chair for a look over the
newspaper. "I'll stay open till one
o'clock just in case there are a few
more to come," he thought.
Hardly had he settled down when
there was a "snap."
"Ah," he cried, "I've got you this
time!" Jumping to his feet, he
rushed back to the corner. He
pushed the box aside, but the mouse
was gone, and so was the cheese.
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The man looked hard and trim.
Perplexed, Stan scratched his head.
Getting another bit of cheese, he
reset and placed the trap in posi
tion. As he turned around the mouse
scurried back into a hole in the op
posite wall.
"I'll get you yet!" he muttered,
shaking a fist at it, and picked up
his paper.
The car grinding to a stop woke
him up. Before he was out of the
chair, the door opened and a man
stepped in, closely followed by a
girl.
"Good evening," Stan said, start
ing to move behind the counter. The
man looked hard and grim.
"Stand where you are." The
voice sent chills up and down Stan's
spine. "Put up your hands."
A small automatic's ugly snout
was pointing where Stan had al
ways considered his heart was.
Right now it was pounding in his
mouth. His hands shot up with all
possible speed.
"Wise guy," the man sneered.
The cash register sat on the
counter at the opposite end, and
Stan's eyes stole towards it. There
was almost two hundred dollars in
it.
"Take it easy, buddy," the man
laughed. "It's going to help the
puui f 611, uauc: nc oaiu iu uic gui.
"Yeah!" from the corner of her
flaming mouth.
If Clancy were only here. Stan's
ears were straining for the sound
of the motorcycle.
"Here," the man said curtly,
"hold the gun on him." She took
it while he emptied the register.
The sight of his vanishing money
made Stan see red.
"Don't try it, sap!" the woman
said coldly.
A pair of small, beady eyes
stared out of a hole in the wall.
The mouse started to run across the
floor. The girl screamed and, drop
ping the gun, scrambled up on a
cluur.
Cursing, the man turned. All the
fury in Stan's fist crashed into his '
face. He went crashing into the
wall and slumped to the floor.
In the excitement the sound of :
the motorcycle had gone unnoticed.
Clancy had stepped inside, sur
veyed the scene and quietly asked, j
"What goes on?"
Stan heaved a sigh of relief.
"You're just in time."
"I think so," Clancy said, dryly,
taking the gun out of the shaking
hand. "This might go off and dam
age someone." And as an after
thought, "eved you."
The two would-be thieves had
been taken away. Stan and Clancy
were in the back drinking coffee,
Clancy asked. "Just how did you
get the drop on them?"
"Well," he replied, "he handed
the gun to the girl. Migosh, wait!"
he cried, rushing out to the front.
In a few seconds he was beck.
"Look at this," holding up the trap.
The mouse was pinned by the tail.
"Ah! Success!" Clancy chuckled.
Setting the trap on the floor, Stan
released the mouse.
"What in the world did you do
that for?" Clancy asked.
"The mouse proved my argu
ment." Stan beamed. "It saved the
country two hundred dollars-"
Woman's World
Economize on Clothing Budget
By Making Youngster's Garments
hif flrlla
\T7 HAT lo i i
^ for children entering school?
Nothing, that I can think of right
at the moment, because these
youngsters usually have such line,
healthy bodies, basically good fig
ures, clear skin, and bright eyes.
They look so perfect in almost any
thing you turn out, that it's a
pleasure to sew for them.
Youngsters go through their cloth
ing so rapidly, or outgrow it so
quickly, that home sewing for
them is a necessity. Not only can
yard goods be made up into at
tractive dresses, but many other
things can be remodeled to fit quick
as a wink.
Styles in young girls' dresses vary
little from year to year, so if you
have two or three good basic pat
terns, these can be used over and
over again.
You'll discover that your little
girl is very style-conscious, not of
grown-up styles so much, but in her
own age and social group. She
wants to wear dresses like her
friends, the same type, if not the
same fabric. Don't steer too far
off that course if you want to keep
her happy.
For school dresses and outfits,
your best choices of material are
velveteen, light-weight woolens and
plaids. For warm fall days, cotton
will still be the choice.
Styling Important in
Youngster's Garment
Though basic styles do not
change much from year to year in
this age group, little girls have fads
and fancies which you'll do well to
follow. If they should like wide rib
bon trimming or bows, or a certain
kind of ric rac, then let them have
their own way to keep peace in the
family.
Princess styles are very becom
ing on the younger figure. If you
plan to have a button front on
them, the little girl will be much
more able to dress herself, and will
require little help from you during
When you sew for youngsters. . . .
the breakfast rush hour. Sew but
tons on securely, but do not fasten
them too tight.
Another tip to help your young
ster dress herself independent of
your efforts is to have neck
lines open down the front rather
than the back, whenever possible.
This makes it easy for her to slip
into the garment, and she won't
have to wander about the house
half buttoned until you can get
around to her.
One of the cardinal "don'ts" in
dressing children is not to have the
dresses too long, just because you
don't want to take them down every
year. Long dresses can give a
youngster an inferiority complex if
her other friends are wearing them
short. Another rule is to have them
fit nicely enough to allow for move
ment, neither too loose or too tight.
Don't select fabrics that the
youngster has to be careful of al
ways. This will make her too wor
ried about spoiling the dress.
Garment Choice Makes
Wearing Easy
Just what exactly should be in
cluded in the young girl's ward
robe to give the greatest amount of
wear? The answers to that ques
tion are easy. First of all there
should be plenty of jumpers and
blouses, or perhaps one or two
good jumpers which can be con
YouU wi? money on clothe?.
verted into five or six outfits ? all
apparently different ? just by a
change of blouse.
For early fall plan to use some
of the more sturdy cotton mate
Popular Jumper
Any girl who Is handy with a
needle can make this jumper, a
perennial favorite, for less than
five dollars. The fabric recom
mended for it is a rayon and
aralac with a wool finish.
rials for both jumpers and blouses.
Remember that these will have to
be washed constantly, and they
should be easy to iron.
Another must for the younger
wardrobe is a skirt, or preferably
several skirts to be worn with
blouses and sweaters and even
contrasting jackets when the
weather becomes cool. Plaids are
very popular with the younger set
and these are easy to run off on
the sewing machine.
If you are considering a suit for
the young girl, make it very sporty
for everyday wear. By that I mean
have a loose jacket with a pleated
skirt. Work in soft woolens or all
wool or part wool plaids. Both the
jacket and skirt in such a suit may
be worn separately with other
things, of course.
Another good idea for a suit is
the ever popular bolero style. This
can be worked out attractively for
the younger girl if you trim the
hem of the skirt and the edges of
the jacket in bright wool binding
of a contrasting color, or even a
decorative braided wool.
Whenever you sew with woolens,
remember these three pointers: Cut
larger than average seams so that
the material will not ravel. If the
woolen does not tend to run and
ravel, pinking shears may be used.
Secondly, always press out the ]
seams after they are sewed, and
have them lie flat.
The third has to do with finish
ing the seam. Most woolen seams
should be overcast and finished with
a binding tape so there is no oppor
tunity for raveling and loose yarns.
Know-How on Fabrics
A number of chemical proc
esses are now used on fabrics
which give certain types of fin
ishes. It is essential to know
them because care of the gar
ment differs with its finish.
A resin process makes certain
fabrics ? cottons and rayons?
crease-resistant, but not crease
proof. This is helpful in making
skirts and dresses and suits.
Some fabrics contain perma
nent stiffening and as such will
require no starching. Look for
washing directions on this type
to come with the material. Some
stiffening will last only through
a few washings, but others will
last the life of the garment.
There are some stain-proof
fabrics which resist certain
stains and dirt. When you buy
the material, ask which has a
wax finish and which a chemical
finish as this information will be
important when you wash the
garment.
Fashion Forecast
For warm school days there s no
neater trick than the striped cham
bray dress that is so easy to laun
der. They will look especially youth
ful on the teen-age girl if they're
made with touches of ric rac, saucy
shoulder tucks and full gathered
skirts.
A three-piece suit offers infinite
possibilities for mixing and match
ing costumes.
What's new in color for the school
girl? First of all there are the three
basic types to choose from?black,
brown and gray. For those who
want something a little more vivid,
there's bright red and brih.ant blue.
You'll see these colors appearing
constantly in fall plaids.
For dressy dresses, select velve
teen ? often combined with plaid
taffeta?or velveteen with wooL
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BIG CITY ADVERTISING
PROVIDES 'FREE' LESSONS
CARSON, PIRIE, SCOTT fc CO.,
of Chicago, operates a State street
department store with sales run
ning into many millions of dollars
each year. That volume of sales
is attracted through the store's ad
vertising, appearing every day in
the Chicago daily papers.
One of the highest paid execu
tives of that store is the adver
tising manager. He knows sales
psychology; what will cause peo
ple to buy. He knows the what,
when and how of effective adver
tising. Every paragraph, every
sentence, every phrase and every
word of the copy of his adver
tising is carefully weighed in the
scales of his trained ability.
Some 1(0 miles west of Chi
cago is a good country town
of some 1,500 people, surround
ed by a trade territory In which
there are another 1,500 to 2,000
people. That town has several
good stores with adequate
stocks of merchandise to meet
the requirements of the people
of that community, but whose
sales do not represent anything
like all the purchases of the
town and its trade territory.
No store in that town does, or
could expect to do, a large enough
business to warrant the employ
ment of a capable, efficient adver
tising manager. The newspaper of
the town would profit from the
employment of such a man as
would know the what, when and
how of advertising by each of those
local merchants. The publisher be
wails the fact that he does not get
the advertising he should because
the merchants do not possess the
know-how of effective advertising.
ii wis mil uccurrcu us eiuicr
those merchants, or to that pub
lisher that the extremely capa
ble advertising manger em
ployed by Carson, Pirie, Scott
te Co., is showing them every
day, every week, what to ad
vertise, when to advertise, and
how to advertise the merchan
dise they have to offer. That ad
vertising manager cannot cov
er np his ability. Be displays It
in every ad carried by the Chi
cago dailies. Throngh that ad
vertising, circulated in that lo
cal town and its trade ter
ritory, through the distribution
of Chicago daily papers in the
community, Carson, Pirie, Scott
& Co. is attracting sales to
the people that might be buying
in the borne stores. Advertising
of equal effectiveness would
keep much of that business at
home.
What is true of Chicago and that
local Illinois town, is equally true
of all sections of the nation. It is
a condition that could be remedied
to some extent, at least, if both
the merchants and the publish
ers would but watch, and imitate,
the advertising methods and copy
of the effective advertising mana
gers employed by the large stores
of the nearest cities. Each day and
each week these high salaried,
capable men offer, for all to see,
examples of what, when and how
advertising, the kind that sells
merchandise. These examples can
easily be applied to the stocks of
fered by the local stores, by either
the merchants or the publisher. It
would mean increased profits for
both.
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EUROPEAN NATIONS TRY TO
'BLACKMAIL' UNITED STATES
UNCLE SAM. it would seem.
has become the victim of black
mall on the part of European
nations. They know we srish to
preserve world peace, with no
reparations or territorial de
mands, other than a few small
Islands in the Pacific as naval
and air bases. They are will
ing; to co-operate so long as we
keep on paying. "Pay, or we
start shooting," Is the demand
and threat. England won Id
have us pay for peace in Pales
tine, Rnssia wonld have ns
finance her reparation bin
against Italy. Greece, Aus
tria, Hungary, France and oth
ers are demanding American
dollars to keep them qniet and
peaceable It might be well
to show them a few battleships
and atom bombs, and call their
blnll. We have done most of
the paying, and a fall share of
the fighting in the effort to
establish world peace for every
body. There Is a limit and
we have passed that limit.
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THE TWO CENTS TAX on
each dollar of wages earned?
one cent paid by the worker and
one by the employer?has been
enough to meet all the expense
of social security. In addition,
it has produced a large surplus,
represented by government
IOUs. To increase the tax be
yond the present two cents
could mean only that the gov
ernment is seeking additional
general revenues to meet the
federal deficit, or have more
money to spend.
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More Profit* When
Electricity I? Used
Extra Hired Hand One
Of Advantages Offered
By W. J. DRTDEN
Out of the hardships of farming
in wartime came a realization that
electric energy could become an
"extra hired hand on the farm."
This realization has been carried
over into the postwar period and
farmers today are looking to elec
Blades and tools sharpened bp
electrical power grinders result in
big saving of time.
tricity to lower production costs, re
duce physical effort, to operate their
farm more efficiently, boost output,
increase their income and raise
their standards of living.
Electric lights to reduce fire haz
ards, increase the workable hours
in a farm building; electric water
systems to save time and essential
water for crops and animals when
needed; corn and hay driers to save
crops; ultra-violet irradiation lamps
to prevent meat spoilage and in
crease health of brooder chicks;
electric power tools in the shop to
save machinery and time; electric
welders which make it possible to
repair or make many items for the
farm?these are only a few of the
uses to which electricity may be
put on the farm.
Corn Chopping Block
Chopping Block J
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As seen in the illustration this
chopping block (or ear corn is a box
supported on three legs. The block
is set at one end, so that the
chopped corn will (all, or may be
brushed off into a basket.
Slot Machine Milk
To Increase Volume
Coin vending machines will soon
bring a drink ot milk within easy
reach in subway stations, office
buildings, (actories and apartment
buildings and hotels, according to
plans announced recently.
Completely sterile, the milk dis
penser has the approval ot the New
York city department ot health and
research laboratories. First distri
bution ot the machines is scheduled
(or early (all.
Parts ot the machine which come
in contact with the milk, including
the can and syphon, will be steri
lized. Milk flowing into the con
tainer is sucked up through the sy
phon.
Ear-Marking the Hogs
RIGHT LEFT
Identification ot all purebred hogs
should be made be(ore they are
eight weeks o( age by tattoo mark
ing. Another method, illustrated, is
the ear notching system. This sys
tem will take care ot 100 different
number combinations.
DDT Is Not a Panacea
For All Known Pests
The most promising insecticide
discovered, DDT nevertheless has
many disadvantages, says George
C. Decker and Carl J. Weinman ot
the University ot Illinois. It is not
effective against cotton boll weevil,
plum curculio, chinch bug, Mexican
bean beetle, cattle grub, screwworm
and red spider.
It does have a long-lasting tt
(ect. Applied indoors to walls,
screens and floors.
NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS
Gay Applfqued Party Dress
Fruit Designs to Cross-Stitch
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Tot's Party Dress
I^AINTY and pretty and so easy
^ for Mother to make?a charm
ing round yoked dress for tots
with a mere whisper of a sleeve
and baby ducks parading around
the bottom of the skirt. Ideal for
parties. Use a pretty organdy or
pastel crepe and make the ducks
from pale yellow scraps. As cute
as can be.
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pbque Baby Duck Frock (Pattern Ho.
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pattern. Send 20 cents In coin, your name,
address and pattern number.
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Sensible
Hunter ? Is he an intelligent
hunting dog?
Zip? Yassah. He gits behind a
tree wheneber I shoots.
Most women have a strong
sense ot rumor.
Real Test
He was probably the world's worst
poller and was at the very bottom o/
his form. After a particularly exasper
ating hole he said to his caddy: "ion
know, the only reason I play this game
is to dei elop self-control."
"In that rase, sir" replied the boy,
"you should try caddying instead "
Wife?Did you see those men
staring at that girl as she boarded
that train?
Husband?What men?
Fruit Mstifa
T OOKING for some lim pi*
handsome pick-up week these
warm days? Here are some col
orful fruit designs to do In uses
stitch?big pears, strawberries, ba
nanas, oranges, apples, plums and
cherries in lovely shaded effects
in natural looking fruit c nisi i. Use
on tea towels, for kitchen break
fast and luncheon cloths, for place
mats.
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shaded Cross Stitch Designs (Pattern Ms.
5181) color chart (or worfclnff. aim?la of
different colored (losses, send ? cents m
coin, your same, address sad ssttsn
number.
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