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THE OLD DAME
An old dame walked through the
long woods after some fagots to make
herself a nice warm fire. She gathered
and gathered until sh*? had so huge a
bundle that she could hardly totter.
"Ah, how nice It would he if I had
some help," said she. So she totiered
to the edge of the wood where sto<id
a little village. Going to the first house
she knocked at the door and said. "Is
theie some one here who could help
a poor, old dame?"
A taH man came to the door and
looking at the poor, old dame he said,
"Why certainly. I think I have an old
pair of shoes that you could wear,"
and the tall man went inside and re
turned with a pair of old shoes which
he gave to the poor old dame.
Now the old dame didn't really want
the old shoes just then, but she put
their on gratefully and proceeded on
her way to the next house. Knocking
at the door, she again said. "Is there
DEAR EDITOR:
By Fred Barton.
THEY'RE trying to kill off our
imaginations. First the tabloids
brought pictures to people who couldn't
read words. And now the talkies are
spelling things out to people who
don't even understand what they see.
The next step will be to work on
the few remaining senses so that even
a moron can get the point. During a
movie of a snowstorm, the theater
ought to be brought down to zero.
The next step will be to employ
scents. When the heroine is powder
ing her uose, they ought to broad
cast odeurs through the theater.
When Cinderella cooks cabbage for
the king ? help, help!
If we don't look out we're going to
become dull, lazy thinkers.
((c) by the Hell Syndicate. Inc.)
A plaster model of the proposed park and art museum which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has offered as a ?rift to the
city of New York. The land Is valued at about $7,000,000 and the development of the park and cost of building the
museum are expected to bring the total outlay up to about $13,000,000.
some one here to help a poor, old
dame?" A stoat woman cam#? to the
door and seeing the poor old dame
tottering under the burden of fasrots.
said. "Why yes. I have an old coat I
think you could wear.** And rolng In
side she returned with the coat.
Now the old dame didn't really want
the coat just then, but she put It on
gratefully and tottered to the next
house. A slicht rap on the door brought
a quick response from a little girl.
"Is there some one here to help a
poor, old dame?" she asked.
The little pirl saw how poor and
olr] the dame was, so she answered.
"Of course. I have an old hat that
would Just fit you." and she skipped
Into the house after It.
Now the old dame didn't really want
the hat Just then, but she put It on
gratefully and crept slowly up to the
fourth house. A single tap on the
door brought the bright face of a fine,
young boy.
"Is there some one here to help n
poor eld dame?" she feebly murmured.
The fine young boy looked at the poor
old dame with her old shoes, her old
coat, her old hat and the huge bundle
of fagots weighing her down and he
ran out quickly and said. "I will gladly
help you. Old Dame." Tutting his
strong, young shoulder under the bun
dle of fagots, together they lifted It
all the way through the woods. Then
home flew the young boy. his heart as
well as his heels as light as a feather.
The poor old dame lighted her fag
ots. made a nice warm Ore. and was
very thankful.
? Mary Laurence Turnbull Tuft?.
But the Robot Has No Soul
B' JEAN NEWTON
A BRITISH inventor has achieved
a mechanical man. He calls him
a Robot ? Mr. Richard Robot.
The mechanical man can stand up
and talk and obey commands anil,
with some limitations, carry on a con
versation.
Showing off for bis Inveutor,
when told to "Wake up!" he opens
his electric light bulb eyes, stands
up. bows when told to do so. saying
"Good morning," and when asked
"Ilow did President Garfield die?"
hisses. "He was assassinated !"
He cannot yet walk, but tliut Is a
mere detail. What his Inventor is
working on now, we learn. Is to mak**
tiliu really SKM This he expects to
?1?> ? and n little science won't hurt
us ? by iin application of the princi
ples of she ultra red ruy working with
a selenium cell.
We've heard a lot about Robots ?
mechanical men, in fact not long ago
we had a play ahout them. And now.
apparently they have become a re
ality. and are going to become more
and more familiar. At a receut meet
ing the New York Electrical society
gave a series of exhibits of how auto
matous can do away with man power,
how Itohots can do the work of men.
If the itohot can be made to see.
tie can he made to walk. Is it then
PAUF AND PAWN
Two sold!er men r?mH Pauf and Pawn
Both painted blue. st???>d on the lawn.
They w ere surviv
or* of the fray
(Their friend* had
rusted all away).
Paid Pauf. "T'll be
the raptain, s:r.
And you can *>e my
me?wnp?r "
But Pawn said.
?"Humph!** and
ever "Ho'"
Which most cm
phatlcally
meant, "no.**
"I have survived as
much as you ?
I'll make as Rood a
raptain too!"
There followed
then a fjrlm ti
rade
I'm afraid.
OH veteran Pauf grew rude and rash
And tweaked his comrade's tin mous
tache!
Cried Pawn. "Be
ware" You will
regret "*
And tugcred at
Pauf*? old epau
let
And then Pauf
shouted. "See
here, you'll
Receive my . hal
lcnjfe to a duel!
I am at your dis
posal. sir.
Come, let's encage
without demur.'*
They had no duel.
did Pauf and
Pawn.
Their swords wer?
only painted on!
I I I I I I I I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I !? I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 | 1 I I J I r :
About Our Master Motives
By M. K. THOMSON, Ph. O.
l i i I I I l M I 1 M I I I I i I I i i II i I I I I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I I I I I I I ! 1 I I i I I I :4
I Cadets Ride Self-Propelled Gun Mount f
West Point cadets of the graduating class taking r ride on a self-propelled
can mount during their annual visit of instruction to the artillery proving
grounds at Aberdeen. Md.
KNE TUNNEY'S master motive
while he was the world's heavy
weight champion was to keep himself
in good physical condition In order to
defend his title successfully. He no
douht had to give up many good times
for the sake of his major Interest.
The same holds for anyone who as
pires to reach the top in any line of
activity.
The lover, the patriot, the faddist,
rhe crunk, the reformer and all who
have one great objective to which all
?.?thers are subjected are moved by a
master motive and are further Illus
trations of this remarkable urge.
A master motive Is one that grips
you so tirmly that you subordinate
all other wishes and desire9 to it.
Master motives may be of short
duration or may last a lifetime. Those
that are of short duration appear In
the form of a crisis. No matter what
ttreat objective a man may have he is
temporarily sidetracked by another
master motive in an emergency such
as a tire or an automobile accident
or some other emergency that requires
immediate attention and demands all
ids strength and resources. After the
crisis is past a uian may fall back to
his long-term master motive, such as
winning a girl or making a million
dollars or getting elected to office.
A master motive Is really the con
centration of ail our wishes and de
sires into one major drive that we
beyond the power of the Imagination
that he shall eat, digest food, even
grow? No. Contemplating the tre
mendous heights that science has al
ready scaled, cne would hesitate to
deuy that there are any attributes of
man with which nieu of science may
not some day endow a being of their
own construction. With one excep
tion. They may give him everything
to make the semblance of a man.
They may manufacture, even, a cer
tain chart of life. But what man can
not create Is what In the final an
alysis really constitutes man ? and
woman. And that Is a soul.
Without that soul, what good are
we anyway? Ninety-eight cents worth,
the chemists say. So it ought to be
easy enough to reproduce us.
((c) bv the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
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By NELLIE MAXWELL S
Some Interesting Pimiento Dishes
THE zestiul little Spanish pepper
adds much to the flavor and ap
pearance of various dishes. Here are
some suggestions for using it:
Squaw Corn.
Cook six slices of bacon until deli
cately browned. Remove the bacon
from the pan and pour off half of the
bacon fat. Beat two eggs until light,
udd one teaspoonfnl of salt, two cup
fuls of fresh corn from the cob or a
can of corn, one-eighth teaspoouful of
l>epper and one canned pimlento
(chopped). Turn Into the bacon fat
and stir constantly over a low heat
until the mixture thickens. The fresh
corn if used should be cooked slightly
in the fat before adding the eggs.
Pimlento Plnwheel Biscuit.
Prepare the following biscuit mix
ture: Two cupfuls of flour, one tea
spoonful of salt, four tea spoonful* of
value most, the thing we want above
all others and hence are willing to
sacrifice everything to secure.
We have master motives to fulfill
a major ambition, to steady our pur
pose, to be more efficient, to make our
sacrifices with a good conscience nnd
willingly, nnd. above all, to got what
is nearest our heart, the thing with
which we have Identified our true self
and upon which we have staked our
happiness.
<? by McClure Newspaper Syndicate )
: THE CUBAN RUMMY I
By Hugh Hutton.
' (Author of Nutty Natural History.)
THE spiritually-minded tourist in
Havana, If he were ;.ble to have ? ,-ea
the old cathedral, may have noticed
the carved figures of these little crea
tures grouped above the portico. They
were formerly very plentiful, and were
mentioned by Columbus in his letters
to Isabella, the Spanish queen. The
rummy, he related In his quaint Gen
oese dialect, had caused a great deal
of trouble with communications by
perching by the hundreds on the new
telephone wires and breaking thera
down. It Is now believed that it was
the soft-shelled egg of the rummy
that Columbus stood on end.
The writer waited fourteen hours
In a frozen swamp to get this picture
of an alighting rummy, which shows
clearly Its pistachio-nut head and fil
bert body. The wings are spilt al
mond sheils, and peanut feet with
clove legs ho'-d him up pretty well.
The nose is a popcorn.
(? Metropolitan Newspaper Service.)
Avoid Eye Strain
Discourage the youngster who wants
to read "Just a little while" in bed In
order to become sleepy. Reading In
bed overtaxes eyes that have already
done a day's work.
baking powder, four tablcspoonfuls of
fat, one-half cupful of milk, one cup
ful of grated cheese and three well
drained plmientoes. Sift the dry in
gredients and rub In the fat, when
well blended add the milk and roll
out one-half inch thick. Spread with
the cheese and the plmiento finely
chopped. Roll up the dough and cut
Into half-inch slices. Bake 15 minutes
in a hot oven.
Cabbage Salad.
Prepare a lemon gelatin, let stand
until cool. Shred a small cabbage,
add seasoning of salt, red pepper an?l
a bit of lemon. When the gelatin be
gins to thicken stir in the seasoned
cabbage with a cupful or less of finely
diced pineapple and one finely shred
ded plmiento. Mold and serve well
chilled on lettuce with a hlghiy sea
soned mayonnaise dressing.
((E). 19*0. Western Newspaper Unle?.>