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THE GREEDY SQUIRREL
HE IS sure It all happened, but bis
mother told him If he had not
eaten such a heavy supper he
"would not have dreamed It but for
all that he has his tail to prove his
story.
Grey Squirrel had a very bad habit
of getting up after all the family were
In bed and getting nuts that were to
be served for breakfast, for he was a
greedy , little fellow and cared little
about anyone but himself.
One night as he got out of his bed
he saw a light shining, and when he
looked out of the window "of his home
be saw Under the bushes across the
path a long table spread for a feast.
Around the table sat so many little
men In green and red suits that Grey
could not count them.
These little men all wore red caps,
which they were very careful to make
ore were on their heads, for every
once In a while Grey, noticed that thev
would feel to see that the red cap was
In place.
Then out of the house he carefully
crept and was soon on the other Bide'
of -the path hiding behind some
' bushes, where he could plainly see all
' that happened.
Of course, the little men feasting
. were Goblins and Grey should have
known better than to have gone out
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of the house while they could be seen,
for those little magic people are very
Jealous of any eyes that look at them
other than their own magic folks.
But his greediness soon got him into
trouble, for he poked his little head
out too far and a Goblin saw him.
Quick as a flash, he pointed a long
pointed finger at Grey Squirrel and
t lVe a funny little cry of "kool, kool."
Grey Squirrel, of course, expected
to dart back from sight and run as he
always did;. but to his surprise he
found he could not move bis head or
feet or his tail .
Grev tried acaln to run. but It waa
no use, he could not move and In an
other isecond the funny little men
stood In a circle around him. -
"lie Is a good nut cracker," said
one. "Why not make him a Grey
Goblin and have him for our servant?
He couid crack all our nuts, and to
punish hln still more for peeking at
us tonight we will not let nun eat any ;
only crack them for us."
"Never eat another nut" thought
poor Grey. "Why, I'd rather loao my
bushy tall than suffer that punish
ment." Then,- just as If they knew what he
was thinking, as quick as a wink an
other Goblin said. "I know a better
way than you have mentioned to punr
ish this peeking creature. We will pull
some of the hair out of his busby tall
and make It look so thin he will be
ashamed." .?
- All the Goblins began to shout
"Enlf, enif!" and then at Grey they
rushed, and with a tiny finger and
thumb each one pulled a hair from
his handsone tall, and then with It
held over Ms neau earn iittie jeuow
began to hop and jump, dancing like
wild creatures.
But then something happened, for
in their wild dance they forgot their
red caps, and oft they fell on the
ground, and richt then Grey Squirrel
found that he could run. and run he
did faster than ever in his life, and
when he reached the place where he
had come into the Goblin land he was
iuckv enough to find the door open.
The Goblins had foreot to close It.
Out he ran along the path home,
and as It was not quite daylight he
nestled down Into his bed, trembling
with fear that the Goblins might find
him even there, for he knew that by
that time they must have put their
caps on, which gave them their magic
Dower.
He cave one look across the natch as
he ran Into his home, but the table-
was not there, and when he told all
about It the next day everybody
laughed and his mother told him he
had eaten too much pie for supper.
But Grey Squirrel knew It was not a
dream, nnd anywav there was his
'scrnccy-looklnK tnil to prove his story
He does not run out any more at
nlcht. nor does he get up In the night
to eat, but he has thought many times
about the strange magic words the
Goblins used that night and wondered
what they meant.
Rend them backwards and see if you
can tell.
Copyright.)
Uncommon Sense
By JOHN BLAKE
KIND OF INTEREST
ASK the man of affairs what he la
interested In and he will prob-
aoiy ten you :
"Everything."
He Is Interested In everything, and
he ought to be.
But he also is especially Interested
In some one thing, which Is why he
is a man of affairs.
A verv imnortant editor Is so ab
sorbed in the study of the world and
what Is going on In it, that In work
time or playtime he Is engaged in Its
study.'
But he is especially interested . in
men and women. And specializing In
this specialty he is Interested In what
they like to read.
He Is so deeply Interested In tnis,
that he never meets a man or "woman
that he does not find out, In some
fashion or other, what It Is that at
tracts their attention In newspapers
and magazines.
The results of the several nunarea
thousand Questions he has asked are
carefully' put away In his brain, and
when he gets out a number or me
publication he directs, it Is always
bought and read by a very large num
ber of people.
To have a live personal interest in
11 created things At necessary to
very, well-educated and active man.
If vou sat at a dinner next to jonn
D. Rockefeller you could get few rises
out of him by discussing the theory
of relativity. But If you began to
talk of how to give away money In
telligently, which Is his special In
terest Just now, you would probably
bear something of much value.
Golf, music and. many other things
are fine Interests to have, but the one
Interest you need most of all con
cerns your business or your profes
sion. If that Is paramount, and you givs
It enough Intelligent thought, you will
prosper. If you "scatter" too much
you will not. ,
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Something to
Think About
By F. A. WALKER
THE RIGHT THING
tithe
RIGHT TIME ;
By MART MARSHALL DUFFES
YOURHAND
How to Read, Your Characteristics
ndTendendes the Capabilities or
nr.ir.uMM That Maka for Success
or Failure at Shown in Your Palm.
THE HAND3
SEENCE I gotta fight weeth my girl
other day I no care eef da school
keep or go home. I feela tough
and one friend wot gotta fight weeth
hees wife and me go veesit da bootaleg.
After I been dat place leetle while I
no care for da girl and my frlen no
care for hees wife. We spenda money
so fast would maka you tlnk dat boota
leg was putting over Leeberty loan.
Een feefateen tneenute I no care eef
somebody else gotta my girl.
But when da bootaleg say be no
gotta any more dreenk was no time to
go home yet. Een leetle while I begin
no feela good and my frlen feela saraa
way. He say we gonna be seeck nexa
day. I say no wants do dat. Eef I
am seeck I no goota condlsn for da
work.
My frlen say we go taka Turkish
bath so we feela good en da morning.
I no Ilka da Turk seence he been
flghta een da war, so I tella my frlen
I no do dat. But he explalna weeth
me ees no Turk een dat bath. He say
Turkish ees only name for da kind.
Well, I begin tlnk of my girl leetle
bit and dat maka me feela preety
tough. So I declda taka da bath right
een da meeaie or ua weejc eei maua
me feela better. Saturday night was
tree day ago, but I no care.
One guy putta me een leetle place
for geeta acquaint weeth some stesm.
And, believe me, was too hot een dat
nlace,for feela srood. Eef I am hot he
maka me cold weeth da water, and eef
I am cold he maka me hot weeth as
steam. I tlnk be try see jusa how mad
can make me, I Ounno.
But I no losa da head till he try beats
me up on a table. He getts me down and
try slaDoa me all over. I tella you I
no stand for dat . So I Jusa puncha
hees Jaw and he go to sleep. I reegure
eef he wanta fight I feela fine for dat.
I putta da clothes on and go home.
Nexa day I no feela good. But I betta
you seexa bits. dat guy wot try beats
me up no feela good, too.
Wot you ttnk?
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SCHOOL DAYS
Gut ?hott, laVlufr
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WHEN the bands hang limply at
the side, and are heavy, thick,"
and fat, you may deduce there
from, generally, that' the Intellect of
the noasessor will be likewise heavy
and "fat." All Is density, and there
Is no use trying to raise the possessor
of mwh a hand out of the depths or
materialism. When you read his or
bet: hand, says one authority, "if you
attempt a keen analysis, he win
blankly stare at you. No use trying
to lift him out of his trough jot mate
rialism. It can't be done. He
wants to know his brother's name,
whether he is married, how many chil
dren, how long he win live, wnemer
he will be rich, and you cannot lift
him above this plan"."
f.Bst. we liave the cautious person
who enters your room with an air of
investigation and with the hands car
ried behind the back, where they are
clasped. This person la timid and
wpII meanln. but suspicious or me
value and merits and standing of
palmistry. You must deal gently with
him;. he Is open-to conviction, but
must be led and cannot be driven.
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Worth Cultivating. -
"How rich is Mr. Grabcoln?"
"He must be. quite wealthy."
"Year
"Several artists have told bim.be
would make s magnificent portrait
study."
"What's In a Name?"
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Ftct about yaut nm: kihtatatri min
ingi whence It wu derived; lignlncancei
your lucky day and lucky Jewel.
-' ' Graham Cracker Pudding.
V' Take. four tablespoonfuls of butter,
dd one-balf cupful of sugar, one-half
teaspodnful of vanilla, the yolk of an
egg and a pinch of salt, mix well, thoa
add three cupful s of finely rolled gra
kam trackers, three-fourths of a cup
ful of milk, one and one-half tea-
. spoonfuls of baking powder; lastly
fold In, the well-beaten egg white, dd
nt-harf cupful of dates cut In bits,
With the -stones removed. Steam for
see and oae-half hours. Serve with s
' bar4, sauce or whippy, eream.
Cheese ' and Cracker 8upper Dish.
Spread milk crackers with butter
and cover with finely minced or
rrrnted cheese nlace In a baking dish
until enough have been prepared to
serve .the family- Cover with a cus
tnrri. nslnir two. ecRS to a pint of
milk, one-eighth of a teaspoonful of
salt and a generous sprinkling OC pap
rika over all. . Bake In: a moderate
oven until the custard Is set. Do
not overcook or the cheese will be
stringy. Serve hot from the baking
dish, . j
THE CHEERRL CW
I oftth Wv. wek .
To tKink of poor folk'j
dep di5tri5 ;
TKe retaorv it tiTect '
TTVS. SO
h ttviermonsi oF.tKtrn.
LOIS
Lois is really a masculine name.
It means "famous war" and
comes from the Teutonic nomen
clature through the Karllng romances.
Lolg or Lolz, as It Is sometimes
spelled, Is really Louis.
The French king whom the French
knew ns Louis de Debonnalro, was
originally called Lludulcus. The Pro
vencal promptly softened the n-me to
Aloys, but so popular did Louis be
come that no member of the French
royal family was christened without
it Finally the soft Aloys gained
favor throughout France and the "n"
was dropped, producing the musical
Loys. The Bretons were already us
ing the name of Lois so the "y" In
Loys disappeared and Lois appeared
and remained permanent.
Loys was the only form of the
Innumerable, versions of Louis that
became applied as a feminine
name. Spain's Lois hos never wav
ered from Its masculine interpreta
tion, nor has the Lniz of rortugal.
France formed an Heloise from Lois
and Louise might possibly Be called
an equivalent for Lois If It were not
tor that strain of Provencal.
Lois has been given In baptism gen
erally as a name of sentiment. It Is
a trifle difficult to pronounce but Is
undoubtedly beautiful and extraor
dinarily popular In this country.
The tall8mnnlc gem assigned to
Lois Is the onyx. It should be worn
with care as It Is Inclined to cool af
fection, provoke discord and separate
lovers, but worn by Lois It prevents
these very misfortunes. Mouflay is
her lucky day and 4 her lucky num
ber.
(Copyright)
ONE TIIINO AT A TIME
TUB successful worker, whose
achievements are greatest at the
end of the day, Is he or she who
does but one thing at a time, and re
fuses to leave it until It Is finished.
Such a worker never vacillates
between one duty and another.
There Is no undue confusion In the
mind by wavering.
By putting off the seemingly dif
ficult task for the easier.
Everything Is taken up as it
comes, completed In every detail,
reudy for the. scan of the muster at
the top.
The worker who flits from pillar
to post, sturtfj In- one direction and
suddenly sets his face in another,
never really gets anywhere.
He Is lacking of stability, and at
the end of the year he Is about where
he began, with no prospect of ad
vancement and no hope of Improve
ment. Indeed, In spite of his fever
ish, hurried efforts, he Is slipping
down grade.
Doing the job in hand and sticking
to it until it is done to the very
end Is the only way to achieve suc
cess. Train yourself to do this. In a lit
tle while you will find that you are
getting speed with less friction.- There
will be no more Irritability and lassi
tude at the end of the day.
Instead of going home at night In
an 111 humor, with every nerve
tlnnllni and on euee. you will nna
that your brain Is clear and your
thoughts at rest.
Tills, you" will discover later, Is
because of the orderly method adopt
ed of,;taklng up but one subject at
a time and not letting It go until you
have no "further, use for It.
One of the foremost merchants of
New York, confronted with thousands
of serious questions every day, hos
formed the habit of returning to his
home at night as care-free as a school
boy during vacation season. .
When he leaves his desk, he leaves
his perplexities.
The next morning he comes In
bright-eyed, light-hearted, eager to get
in the fray.
If by chance the first encounter
should happen to be troublesome, he
disiienses with It before proceeding
to another.
, There is no loss of time, no trying
of nerve force In flitting from one
problem to anotJier.
He drives straight ahead and makes
decision after decision without the
slightest sign of flurry.
And you, however burdened Tou
may be, can do the same If you hold
unswervingly to the same course.
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Take 'Em Away.
Daughter Willis rapa, do you
if 1 take Flncing lessonst
Papa A'lllis Not if you tike
iway. Life. ., .
cars
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Tomato English Monkey.
Take one and one-fourth cupfuls, of
cracker crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of
butter and three-fourths of a cupful
of ml'k. Beat two eggs, add salt, pep
per, o pinch of soda, one and one-third
cupfuls of cheese; add to the scalded
milk. When the cheese has melted
add three-fourths of a cupful of to
mato strained, stirring until well
mixed. Serve on hot toasted crackers.
jubU 7Witfi.
Copyright, 1921. Weitern Newspaper Union.
WHY-
DO WE YAWN?
OXYGEN Is one of the elements of
tlie air which Is essential to the
healthy, normal action of the
lungs. Unless a sufficient quantity of
oxygen is taken iuto the body, tne
lungs become Irritated and flash a
signal to the brain that a larger sup
ply Is necessary. The easiest method
to overcome this shortage of oxygen
is, of course, to take in an increased
amount of air at one time. Hence
the nerves which regulate our breath
ing apparatus react upon our Jaw and
throat muscles, causing both of thera
to open wide. Expansion of the lungs
at the snme time results in the In
halation of a much larger amount of
air than is obtaJKiable through or
dinary breathing, thus supplying (the
needed amount of oxygen.
The reason that yawning Is usually
connected with a feeling of drowsi
ness is because a desire for sleep is s
Blgn that the body is tired and Is seek
ing a stimulant of some kind either
rest or an added amount of oxygen,
the fuel which keeps the. human fur
nace burning brightly. The satisfac
tion which follows a yavn is oue w?
the fact that the blood has received
an extra supply of the material which
It needs and we Immediately .feel the
benefit of this.
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WHEN TO READ.
What do you readT-8hmkwper,
AYOUNq bride writes with the
following complaint: "My bus
band's older brother, .who U
making his home with us, Insists on
reading hts morning paper st the
breakfast table. This is annoying to
me and I feel that It Is an set of dis
courtesy to' me. Although mv hus
band himself does not do It he says It
is quite all right for his brother to do
so. What do you say about It"
It is so usual for our busy husbands
and fathers and brothers to read the
paper over their breakfast, often be
cause they feel that Is the only Urns
thev have to do so. that It would be
unfair to say that they are thereby)
doing us an act of discourtesy. How.
ever, I do agree with you that It Is
not very good manners. Where one
does not have the excuse of reading
the paper because It Is the only op
portunlty to do so at breakfast then
It Is less pardonable than otherwise.
If It Is quite clear that the reading Is
simply actuated by curiosity and Im
patience then there Is even less ex
cuse for It. The fact Is thst with
many families mealtime Is the only
opportunity for friendly leisurely ln
tercourse and where one person
chooses to put a damper on thst spirit
he is acting In a decidedly unsocial
manner. .
If a person breakfasts alone that It
another matter. Then he may read
the paper for companionship. So in
a hotel restaurant when you occupy
a table by yourself you are not show
lng bad manners; to do so though if
you must eat at a table with other
persons even If they are strangers to
you, you are not showing very much
politeness if you prop the paper up
before you. The practice of paper
reading has become so general at
breakfast time that there are little
metal paper props in the stores for
which there is considerable demand,
making It possible for one to eat un
disturbed and have one's paper held at
a convenient angle before him.
There is really no reason why one
Bhould not read a paper In the car or
trnln though, of course, the courteous
man or woman will contrive to noia
the paper or magazine or book so that
It does not annoy his neighbors ot
so inai ins t-iuuwo w inn"." - -
not prod them. It is extremely dls-1
courteous to read paper or magazine
at a lecture, or any performance, h
thu i dops not actually embarrass
the . performers It is the kind of
thing that detracts from the enjoy
...,. nt the other members of the
nnriiencp. And never., never read
when some one Is talking to you. To
he sure, you may be able to attend to
hoine Raid to you and sense
what you are reading st the
snme time, but it is the sort or flis
courtesy that Is almost never excus
able. .
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A LINE 0' CHEER
By John Kendrlck Bangs.
ALL ABOARDl
OYOU Reader of this Rhyme
Are you running weU on
time?
Do you keep your rails all
clear
For the Special trains of CheerT
Are your trains of fcympathy
Running through from A to Z
With no elde-tracka to delay
Progress o'er the right or wayt
Are the awltchea wisely et
Lest you detour to RegretT
Do your schedules give good heed
To the shadowed Land ot Need
And your Terminals today
Toll me, Brother, what are theyT
(Copyright.)
"Life Is not a cup to be drained, but sa
offering to be poured out."
HAVE A CRACKER
CRACKERS are the ever-readystsnd-by
of the "up-to-the-mlnuteH house
wife. They will keep Indefinitely
It kept dry and air-tight If tbey
do soften five minutes in s hot ores
will crisp them again as good sa
fresh ones. Any kind of crackers,
sweet, graham, oatmeal or ginger may
be used for a dainty sandwich to be
served with a cup of tea or s re
freshing drink. An old-fashioned dish
and one -good for an invalid or a
child Is cracker soup. . Toast the
crackers until brown, spread with
butter, sprinkle with s Uttle sugar
and nmir over hot milk.
" A sweet cracker put together with
marmalade, Jelly, cream cheese, wrts- ,
nr anv other ood fllllni makes CO04
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