OSEVELT TALKS
TO MGE-EARKERS
Labor Day Address DaHvsrod at
Fargo Is Well Received
JOINT ACTION A NECESSITY
Trades Unions Commended, But Some
of Their Acts Criticised Ameri
can Federation Planks Ap
proved by Speaker.
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 5-The nnion
labor forces of Fargo and thousands
of other persons had a treat today
when Theodore Roosevelt delivered
the Labor Day address. He spake
"with great seriousness and with frank
ness, and his speech was well re
ceived by the big crowd that-heard it
Colonel Roosevelt's address was as
follows: .
Today on Labor Day I speak In one
sense especially to thoao personally and
vitally interested in the labor strugtrle;
and yet I speak of thia primarily as one
aspect of the larger social struggle grow
ing out at the attempts to readjust social
conditions and make them more equitable.
The nineteenth century was distinctly
one of economic triumphs triumphs' in
the domain of production, Including trans
portation and tbT mechanics of exchange.
Thi marvelous rl-?reas made In these
respects multiplied man's , productive
power to an almost inconoetvablo desrse.
In the matter of the production of wealth,
a.3 much progress was made during the
nineteenth century as during all previous
periods since history dawned; that is, the
changes brought In a single century
through machinery And steam have been
.greater than the sum total of the changes
of the preceding thousands of years; and
these very changes and this material
progress have thrust -upon us social and
political problems of the first magnitude.
The triumph of the physical sciences in
tho nineteenth century represented prog
ress primarily in the material elements of
civilization. The most pressing problems
that confront the present century are not
concerned with the- mati-rlal production
of wealth, but with its distribution. The
demands of progress now deal not so
much with . tho material as with the
moral and ethical factors of civilisation.
Our basic problem Is to see that the mar
velously augmented powers of production
bequeathed to us by the nineteenth cen
tury shall In the twentieth be made to ad
minister to the reeds of the many rather
than be exploited for the profit of the few.
The American wage-earner faces, this
larger social problem In a dual capacity;
first, as a citizen of the Republic charged
with the full duty of citieenship; and next
.s a wasre-earner as a wage-worker
who. together with his fellow-workers. Is
vitally concerned in the question of wages
and general conditions of employment,
which affect not only his well-being and
that of his wife and children, but the
opportunities of all workers for a higher
development.
Must Depend on Our Own Efforts.
It Is tr'ie of wage-workers, as of all
other cittssens, that most of thehr progress
must depend upon their own initiative
end their own efforts. Nevertheless, there
"ire three different factors in this prog
ress. There Is. first, the share which the
man's own individual qualities must de
termine. This is the most important of
all. for nothing can simply the place of
individual capacity. Tet there are two
other factors also of prime importance;
namely, what can be done by the wage
workers In co-operation wtth one another;
and what can be done by government
that is, by the instrument through which
all the people work collectively. "Wages
and other most important conditions of
employment must remain largely outside
of government control; must be left for
adjustment by free contract between em
ployers and wage-earners. But to attempt
to leave this merely to individual action
means the absolute destruction of indivi
dualism; for where the individual is so
weak that he, perforce, has - to accept
whatever a strongly organized body
chooses to give him. his individual liberty
becomes a mere sham and mockery. It
is indispensably necessary. In ordor to
preserve to the largest degree our sys
tem of .individualism, that there should
be effective and organized collective ac
tion. The wage-earners must act joint
ly, through the process of collective bar
paining. In great Industrial enterprises.
Only thus can they be put upon a plane
of economic equality with their corporate
employers. Only thus Is freedom of con
tract made a real thing and not a mere
legal fiction. There are occasional occu
pations where nhis Is not necessary : bnt,
epeaking broadly, it is necessary through
out the great world of organized indus
try. I believe this practise of collective
bargaining, effective only tbrMgh such
organizations as the trad- ' nSns. to
have been one of the most patent factors
In the past century in promoting the
progress of the wa go-earners and In se
curing lsrgpr social progress for human
ity. I believe in the principle of organ
ized labor and in the practise of collec
tive bargaining, not merely as a deslr
abl. ; ing for yhe wage-earners, but as
80UV,si?ng wilier hns ben demonstrated
to be' essential in the long run to their
permanent progress.
Tliis d--- not mean that I unequivo
cally inc -se any cr all practises that
tabor organizations mav happen to adopt,
or any or all principles that they may
choose to enunciate. Labor organizations
have the weakneises and defects common
to all ether forms of human orsrantza
tlor.s. Somet'mes they aat very well, and
sometimes they act very badly; and I
am for them when they act well, and I
am against them when they act badly. I
believe that their existence is a neoessitr:
I believe that their aims and purposes are
jrenerallv good; and I believe that ail of
them have occasionally made mistakes.
a"nd that some of them have been guilty
of wrong-doing. Just in so far as they
are strong and effective they tempt de
signing men who seek to control them
for their own interests, and stimulate the
desires of ambitious leaders who may be
clever, crooked men, or who may be hon
est but visionary and foolish. In other
words. In treating of labor unions, as in
treating of corporations, or of humanity
(generally, we will do well to remember
Abraham Lincoln's saving that "there is
a deal of human nature In mankind."
Whether In a man or In an organized
body of men, the power to do good means
that such power may be twisted into evil;
and in proportion as the power grows, so
It becomes steadily more important that
It should be handled aright - Just in pro
portion as in its proper function power
Is important to social progress, so in its
Improper function it becomes fraught with
social disaster.
Wise Course For . Original Labor.
Outside critics should appreciate the
necessity of organized latior. and under
stand and sympathize with what is good
tn it, instead of condemning it indiscrim
inately. On the other hand, those -within
tts ranks should fearlessly analyze the
criticisms directed against it and ruthless
ly eliminate from the practises of lis or
ganization those things which Justify such
criticism and attack. This is the path,
not only of right, but of wicdom and
safety. Public opinion in the United
States is daily boooming more alert and
more intelligent aad more foroefiU; and
no organization whether trades union or
corporation, whether laduetri&l or non-Industrial,
can endure or permanently
amount to a social fores if It does not
harmonise with wise and enlightened
public opinion. Hitherto m Americans
have been over-oooupleVI with material
things, and have nfflctftd to watch the
play of the social forces abbot u. But
now we are awakening from that Indif
ference; and every form of organisation
t eprec-entlng an Important economic, polit
ical, or social force must undergo a closer
scrutiny than ever before.
I think that the next quarter of a
century will be important politically in
many ways; and In none more so than In
tho labor movemont. Not only are the
benefits of labor organizations more clear
ly understood than ever before, but any
shortcoming or vice displayed i connec
tion therewith is also more clearly under
stood and more quickly resented. The
publla is growing more and more to un
derstand that. In a contest between em
ployer and employee a crcporatlon and
a trades union not only the Interests of
the contestants, but the interests of the
third party the public must be consid
ered. Anything like levtty in provoking
a strike, on the one hand or on the other,
is certain more and mere to be resented
by the public. Strikes aro sometimes nee
eesary and proper; sometimes they rep
resent the only way in which, after all
othef methods have been exhausted, It is
possible for the laboring man to stand for
his rights; but it must be clearly under
stood that a strike Is a matter of last re
sort. Our social organlantion la teo com
plex for us to fail quickly to condemn
those who, with levity or In a spirit of
wanton brutality, bring about far-reaching
and disastrous interference with Its
normal processes. Tho public sympathises
cordially with any movement for a good
standard of living and for moderate hours
of employment. (I personally, for In
stance, cordially believe hi an eight-hour
day, and in one day la seres, for com
plete rest.) Where men and women are
worked under harsh and intolerable con
ditions, and can secure no rHef without
a strike, or, t indeed, where the strike Is
clearly undertaken for things which are
vitally neeessarr-and then enly as a last
resort the public sympathy will favor the
wage-workers; but H will not favor them
unless sueh conditions as these are ful
filled. Therefore It is booming more
than ever important that the labor move
ment should oomblne steady, far-seeing
leadership with dlsoipllne and- control In
its ranks. Dishonest leadership is a eurse
anywhere in American life, and nowhere
is it a greater curse than in the labor
movement. If there is one lesson which I
would rather teach to my fellow-Americans
than any other; It is to hound down
the dishonest man no matter what his
condition and to brush aside with Im
patient contempt the creature who only
denounces dishonesty when it is found in
some special social stratum. There are
dishonest capitalists, dishonest labor lead
ers, dishonest lawyers,' and dishonest
business men; dishonest men of great
wealth and dishonest poor men; and the
man who is a genuine reformer will de
cline to single out any 'one type for ex
clusive denunciation, but will fearlessly
attack the dishonest man as such, when
ever and wherever he is to be found.
Worthy Leaders Available.
For many years I have been more r
less closely associated with representative
leaders of labor unions. Some of these
men are among my olose friends, whom I
respect and admire as heartily as I do
any men tn America. There are some of
them to whom I go as freely for assist
ance and guidance, for aid and help, In
making up my mind how to deal with our
social problems, as I go to the leaders of
any business or profession. I cannot pay
too high a tribute to the worth and integ
rity of these men to their sincerity and
good Judgment as leaders. But no move
mentno leadership however earnest and
honest, can endure unless the rank and
file live up to thetr duties, and search
for such leadership, and support H when
they find It. If the best men In a labor
union leave its management and control
to men of a poorer type, the efect will be
Just as disastrous as when good citizens
in a city follow the. same cours as re
gards citygovemment. The stay-at-home
man in a union is Just as much responsi
ble for the sins of omission and commis
sion of his organization as the stay-at-home
man in a city is for the civic con
ditions under which he suffers and about
which he complains.
All that can prop.rrly bo done should
be done by all of us to help upward the
standard cf living and to Improve the
ability of the average man to reach that
standard. There are still In the United
States great masses of skilled and unor
ganized labor, whose conditions of work
and living are harsh and pitiable. It Is a
shocking indictment of our industrial con
dition to be told In a matter-of-course
way in a government report that thous
ands ef workers in this country are com
pelled to toll everyday in tho week, with
out one day rest, for a wage rf f 45 a
month. Such a condition is bad for them,
and, in the end, bad for all of us. Our
commercial development should be hear
tily encouraged; but it must not be al
lowed to commercialize our morals.
It is not merely the duty of the wage
earner, but it is also the duty of the gen
eral public, to see that he has safe and
healthy conditions limier which to carry
on hia work. No worker should be com
pelled, as a condition of earning his daily
bread, to rls"; his life and limb, or be
deprived of his health, or have to work
under dangerous and bad surroundings.
Society owes the worker this because It
owes as much to Itself. He should not
be compelled to make this a matter of
contract; he ought not to be left to flrht
alone for decent conditions in this respect.
His protection in tho place where he
worVs should be guaranteed by the law of
the land. In other words, he should be
protected during bis working hours
against greed and carelessness on the part
of unscrupulous and thoughtlees employ
ers, Just as outsMc of those working
hours both he and his employer are pro
tected in their lives and property against
the murderer and thief.
Far Behind Other Nations.
This opens a vitallv Important field of
lerlslatlon to the National government
and to the state alike. It Is humiliating
to think how far we of this -country are
behind mot of the other countries in
such matters. Practically all civilized
countries have, for more than a decade,
prohibited by the strictest regulations the
poisonous match industry: yet we had
not done anything at all until very re
centW to nrntect th laborers against this
horrible danger. The National govern
ment made an Investigation a year asro
Into this industry, which showed a condi
tion of things unspeakably shocking and
revolting. Legislation to prevent these
abuses was introduced In congress, wh'ch
was not passed. Since then the com
panies In fault have ostentatiously an
nounced that they hav done away with
the objectionable conditions. I hope so;
but whether they have or not, a law
should be passed in s-trineent form to pre
vent any possible bni kslidlr.g.
So it is in the matter of Injuries to em
ployees. In what is called "employer's
liability" legislation other industrial 'coun
tries have accepted the principle that the
Industry must bear the monetary burden
of Its human sacrifices, and that the em
ployee who Is lnjurd shall have a fixed
and definite sum. Tho United States st!l!
proceeds on an outworn an! curiously lm
tiroDer orinclnle. In accordance with v.-iilch
it has too oftec been held by the courts '
that the frightful burden of the accident
shall be borne la its entirety by the very
person least able to bear it, Fortunately,
In a number of states in Wisconsin and
in New Tork, lor instance these defects
in our industrial life are either bolng
remedied or else are being made a eubjoct
of intolllg-ent study with a view to their
remedy. Ia New York, a Wll embodying
moderate compensation for aocldonts has
already been pasae4. Other states will
undoubtedly follow In the same path. The
Federal gorernniant has, so far as its
own employees are eencorned. been the
first to recognise and put into shape this
principle. However, thia pienaer law was
not made comprehensive enough; It does
not cover all the employees of the Fed
eral government that ought to come wlth
tn its provisions, and the amount paid for
permanent disability or death Is entirely
Inadequate. Nevertheless," it was. a great
step in advanoe to have this principle of
workingmen's compensation accepted and
embodied In the Federal statutes, and the
recent aetton of eongresa in providing for
a commission to study and report upon
the stubject gives promise that the same
principle will seen be applied to private
firms that come wtthln the Jurisdiction of
tho Federal government.
Federation Planks Approved.
Women and ehlMren should, beyond
all question, be protected; and ' in their
eases there can be no question that the
states should act. They should be par
ticular objects of ew soKcttude; and they
shov;ld be guarded in. an effective fashion
against the demands of a too greedy com
mereiallam. On my recent trip In' the
neighborhood of Soranton and Wllkes
barre every one I spoke to agreed as to
the immense Improvement that had been
wrought by the effective enforcement of
the laws prohibiting children under the
a-e of fourteen years from working, and
prohibiting women from working more
than ten hours a day. Personally, I think
ten hours teo long; but, be this as it may,
ten hours a day was a great advance.
Among the planks in the platform of
the American Federation of Labor there
are ime to which I very strongly sub
scribe. They are:
lm Free schools: free text-books; and
compulsory education.
2. A work-day of not more than eight
hours.
. 8. Release from employment one day in
seven.
4. The abolition of the sweat-shop sys
tem. 8. Sanitary inspection of factory, work
shop, mine, and home.
6. Liability of employers for injury to
body or loss of life.
(I regard the demand In this form as in
adequate. What we need Is an automati
cally flved compensation for all injuries
received by tho employee In tho course of
his duty, this being Infinitely better for
the employee and more just to the em
ployer. The only sufferers will be law
yers of that undesirable class which exists
chiefly by carrying on lawsuits of this
nature.)
7. The pnf age and enforcement of rigid
anti-ehild labor laws which will cover
every portion of this country.
5. Suitable and plentiful playgrounds
for children In all the cities.
Inasmuch as preevntlon is always best,
especial attention should be paid to tho
prevention of industrial accidents by pass
ing laws requiring the use of safety de
vices. At present the loss of life and
limb among the Industrial workers of the
United States hi simply aonalllng, and
every year eouahi tn magnitude the klTled
and wounded in a fair-sized war. , Most
of these casualties are preventable; and
our legislative policy should be shaped
accordingly. It would be a good Idea
to establish In every cKy a museum of
safety devices, from which the workers
could get drawings of them and informa
tion as to how they could be obtained and
used.
The matter of compensation for In
juries to employees is, perhaps, more Im
mediately vital than any other. The re
port of the commission which has be
gun to look, into this matter on behalf of
the New Tork legislature Is well worth
reading. The bill presented by the Fed
eration of Labor in Wisconsin on this
subject seems excellent. In all dangerous
trades the employer should be forced to
share the burden of the aecidont, so that
the shock may be borne by the commu
nity as a whole. This would be a meas
ure of justice in itself, and would do
away with a fruitful source of antagon
ism between employer and emploved.
Our Ideal should De a rate of wages
miffkrtently high to enable workmen to
lire in a manner conformablft to American
lder.ls and standards, to educate their
children, and to provide for sickness and
old age: 'the aboilt'.m of child labor;
safety device legislation to prevent In
dustrial accidents; and automatic com
pensation .for losses caused by these In
dustrial accidents.
Have Faith In Yourself.
There is a tremendous power in the
habit of expectancy, the conviction
that we shall realize eur ambition, that
oar dreams shall come true. There Is
no uplifting habit like that attitude of
expecting that our heart yearnings
will be matched with realities; that
thing3 are goiag to turn out well and
not ill; that we are going to succeed;
that no matter what may or may not
happen, we are going to be happy, says
Success.
There is nothing else so helpful as
the carrying of this optimistic, expect
ant attitude the attitude which al
ways looks for and expeots the best,
the highest, tho happiest and never
allowing oneself to get into the pessi
mistic, discouraged mood.
Beueve with all your heart that you
will do what you were made to d.
Never for an instant harbor a doubt c-f
this. Drive it out of your mind if It
seeks entrance. Entertain only thft
friendly thoughts or ideals of the thin
you are bound to achieve. Reject a'
thought enemies, all discouraglnj
moods everything which would eve
suggest failure or unhappiness.
Wasted Effort.
It Is said that a California poet was
badly handled by his wife because
he neglected to support the family.
When they asked for bread he gave
them a sonnet, and when they clam
ored for pie he came across with a
madrigal.
Nevertheless, it doesn't seem quite
right for his wife to reach over and
snatch tufts from his cranium cover
and bitter his shins with bench
made shoes and crack his slats with
a broom handle. That sort of treat
ment doesn't bring results. A poet
rrith a black eye and a twisted neck
and a dentc-i kneepan Is no more use
ful tta.n a poet in perfect order.
What the lady should do would be
to have her poet hubby pick up some
side trade that would promise finan
cial results they did in Indiana,
where you will find the baker writes
poetry and so do the hairdresser and
the motortnan and the bartender.
But there is no use attempting to
club money out of a poet.
3 A W& TTJiyTT
MMmmiJ
HE law of the table is boauty
a reBpoct for tho common
oul of all tha guests." Emerson.
"How green you are and fresh."
King John.
Idea for Porch, Garden, Excursion
and Picnic Parties.
This is the heyday of the picnic
season, when we flee to the woods if
we can; if not we satisfy ourselves
with a day In the park, a supper on
the beach, or a quiet porch party at
home.
The really enjoyable affairs are
those arranged without much prepa
ration. Wooden plates, aluminum forks,
spoons and cups are not expensive
and lighten the weight of the picnic
basket Paper napkins will be
found to answer every purpose and
are a great saving when laundry
work bust be considered. As these
outings are for special rest and
health, care should be taken to pro
vide only easily digested food3, es
pecially where there are children.
Older people may Indulge In fancy
dishe3 and highly, seasoned "salads,
but the children should be spared. A
cheap chafing dish is a convenience
in which one may prepare a chipped
beef, creamod; creamed eggs or
rarebit These, with bread and but
ter sandwiches, a simple salad and
coffee, make a pleasant first course.
Fruit alone may follow as dessert.
Sandwiches are In endless variety
these days. Chopped meat or fish
rubbed to a paste with cream, butter
or mayonnaise dressing and spread
on thin slices of either brown or
white bread, make a nourishing,
wholesome sandwich.
Sandfiches should be wrapped fn
waxed paper. Salad sandwiches are
nice only when fresh, as standing
only an hour will spoil their crisp
ness and make them unpalatable.
Fruits are always acceptable both as
food and drink. They quench the
thirst and satisfy the hunger without
adding burden to the body. The salts
and acids they contain cool and thin
the blood.
Tomatoes are easily carried and
served on lettuce make a pleasant
addition to a meat sandwich.
Water Is the be3t, most wholesome
and cheapest drink. Lemonade is a
great favorite, but should be used
sparingly If serving other fruit in
quantity. The lemon Juice may be
extracted and carried In a bottle.
Garden and porch parties differ
from picnics In both arrangements
and serving. The kitchen being with
in easy reach, dainty entrees, salads
and ice3 are possible to serve. One
large table may be arranged on the
porch or under the trees or small
tables may be scattered about.
If hot dishes are to be served the
preparations may be made early in
the day. Croquettes and cutlets may
be fried, placed, on a paper in the
oven and reheated in a few minutes
in a hot oven..
Cold dishes like pressed chicken,
deviled tongue, or salads are to be
chosen by those who wish to enter
tain on small means and with lim
ited help. Where wise forethought
and planning are done forty persons
may be nicely served by a single
maid.
NLESS some sweetness at the
bottom He ,
Who cares for all the crinkling of the
pie."
T am glad that my Adonis hath a sweet
tooth in his head."
Waldorf Salad.
Take a cupful of celery shredded,
two cupfuls of apple cut in dice, a
half cup nut meats. Mix all together
and serve on lettuce with a mayon
naise or a boiled dressing.
WThen making apple pie put the
apple without any sugar or season
ing into the crust and bake as usual.
Slip a knife around the edge and re
move the top crust; now add sugar,
butter and nutmeg, seasoning to taste;
put back the crust r.nd serve. This
method saves the loss of sugar and
juice by boiling out in cooking.
Another nice way to serve fried
apples is to core them, cut across,
making circular slices, put in a pan
with a very little fat; sprinkle with
sugar and cook slowly.
A nice apple dumpling which is such
a favorite with the children . Is made
by preparing a biscuit dough; roll and
cut in pieces large enough to cover
a cored and peeled apple. Bake in
a moderate oven and serve with sujar
and cream.
Frozen Pudding.
Scald one cup of milk, add one and
one-half cupfuls of sugar, stir until
dissolved. Mix a tablespoonful of
cornstarch with a little cold milk,
cook all together ten minutes, add a
beaten yolk of an egg, stir until well
cooked, then add a pinch of salt, a
teaspoonful of vanilla, a cupful of
steamer raisins and a half cupful of
chopped nuts. When cold add a pint
of cream and freeze.
Beach parties and basket picnics
will be the chief attraction for the
next two months. A few suggestions
nay prove helpful.
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Ksswpenimfl hwmbswwm pirMw.v)fnn
Their Little House
By TEMPLE BAILEY
r.z&'ssxa Egnwngisra Kiiiwasga
Copyright, igio, by Associated Literary Press
Luclle came slowly down the long
walk. Her heart was full of bitter
ness. Wily did soma people have all
the good fortune? Behind her was
the great mansion whore Marguerita
lived with her rich husband. Mar
guerita and Lucile had gone to school
together, and after their school days
they had danced their way through
life until the time when Marguerita
met the man who had built the big
house.
Marguerita'B husband was the one
rich man in the village.. It had been
a real love match, however, for the
big man' adored his little wife, and
Marguerita thought there was no one
in the world as perfect as her suc
cessful husband.
Lucile had not envied her friend,
for she had a lover of hor own, a bet
tar man, perhaps, if not as rich as
the one who had chosen Marguerita.
Today, however, Lucile had come
away from Mrgueritaa home with a
feeling, of discontent The great
house, with its exquisite furnishing,
its servants, its air of luxury, had
made her feel the contrast of her
own future. Lucile was to Irve In a
little house. Her lover was poor, but
he had planned the cottage residence
with much eageraeea
"Well make up for all the little
ness and lack cf luxury," he said,
"by the amount of lore that we will
have for each other.''
Lucile reflected that In Marguerita's
home there was also Jove, and she
longed Intensely for the pretty
clothes, the ease, the eoftness of her
friond's existence.
At this moment of her. greatest re
bellion she met the man sh9 was to
marry. "Philip," she said, as he
joined her, "I have been np to Mar
guerita's. She has the loveliest home
her husband gives her everything."
He laughed. "No home could be
lovelier than our little house," he
said.
Her head went up. "I am not so
sure," she told him, "that love in a
cottage will be all we think it will
be, Philip."
He turned and stared at her. "Has
your visit to Marguerita," he asked,
"made you tJtfnk that?"
She shook her head. "I dont know,
only it does not seem quite fair that
Marguerita should have so much,
does it, Philip?"
"She hasn't any more than you
have," he said Btoutly. "Both of you
have love, and beauty and a home;
that your home Is to be smaller and
less luxurious ought not to weigh
greatly, Lucile."
His tone was so confident that it
grated on her. Did he value her so
little that he could see her beauty
buried in his small house, while Mar
guerita's was to shine like a jewel in
its gorgeous setting?
She turned to her lover, her eyes
flashing. "I don't think I want to
live in the little house, Philip," she
said.
She did not really mean It; it was
only a mood of the mind, but his
confident bearing, hi3 masculine dense
ness irritated her.
He stared at her unbelievingly.
"Surely you don't mean that, Lucile,"
he said. "Surely you don't mean that
you have let me build and dream,
only to have that dream unfulfilled?"
They had come to the gate that
opened the way to the little house.
It was always their custom to go
there on afternoons together to see
what had been dona. Every stone
that had been laid, every room that
had been finished, every bit of furni
ture that had been bought, had been
the result of their careful planning.
Today they entered It in silence. Lu
cile's glance seemed to take it in
critically. She wondered how she
could have been so enthusiastic. The
simple prints cn the walls, the Inex
pensive furniture in the living room,
the muslin hangings., all looked so
cheap after the magniCcence of Mar
guerita's homo.
She turned to him and flung out
her hands. "I jut can't live here,
Philip," i?he said despairingly.
At first he would not believe her.
She was so knit into his life that he
refused to think of a future without
her. Cut, with a wild feeling that
she was tied to poverty if she mar
ried him, sho demanded her freedom
and, after he had used every argu
ment in the long walk home, at last
he gave it, with a look of pain that
hurt her, and kept her awake in the
watches of the night
Indeed she got no sleep. She won
dered what evil spirit possessed her
that she should thu3 sell her birth
right of love.
She rose and paced the floor, and
at last she sank down by the win
dow, looking out in the 6tarlit night.
But there was something more than
the stars that lighted the night. ,On
the hill that stood between her own
home and that of Maiguerita's there
was a dull g'.ow.
Lucile watched it in fascinated
wonder. Something was burning a
barn, perhaps. She vondertd whose
barn it could be. In the distance she
heard the belis that wculd bring out
the only fire engine In the town.
Philip was a member of the fire
brigr.de. Sho knew just how strong
and active be would be in trying to
save the property of . their neighbors.
People bcg.ia to hurry by the house,
pgnsi nwtf n '1
izzz
and scraps of their talk floated up to-
her through the open window.
"It's Philip Arnold's cottage," some
one eald, and Lucile's hand went to
her heart It was their cottage
hers and Philip's that was burnings
the home that was to have been hers,
that 6he had planned from the begin-1
ning. She flung on her clothes, sob
bing a little under her breath. It1
seemed to her that if that cottage
burned, all of her happiness would
burn with it. She ran out Into the
street and followed the crowd. The
people who eaw her whispered among
themselves. ""She was to marry him.
and live In the cottage." At last she
came to the gate through which she
had passed that day with Philip.;
There was a dense crowd In the yard,
tramping the tender grass, crushing
the life out of the crocuses end tulips
that she and Philip had planted in
the garden beds. For a moment she
shut her eyes, afraid to look. When
Ehe opened them she saw that the
little house was intact. Behind it
the flames shot up, making that
dreadful glow against the sky that
she had seen from her window. The
one fire engine was busy, with its
hose playing on the burning heap.
Lucile turned to the man nearest;
her. "Then it was not our cottage?",
she gasped.
"No," he answered, "it was Just the
little stable and the left-over building,
material back of it But the cottage
would have gone If Philip had not
worked bo hard to save it."
Then out of the crowd Lucile saw,
some one coming toward her. It was!
Marguerita fur wrap thrown over!
the whiteness of her evening gown.
"Oh, Lucile," she said, "what ai
dreadful thing it would have been
if your cottage had burned. If you!
only knew how I have envied you!'
Our house is so big that Donald and
I are always saying that it comes
between us and our love. I wish
sometimes that there were no serv
ants, no one to do anything for him;
but me. Money separates people so,
Lucile."
Lucile felt that she must get to;
Philip at once and tell him that there
was no place in the wholo world like,
the little house.
It seemed to her that there had;
never been anything as beautiful as
the cheap rugs and the muslin hang-,
ings and the prints on the wall. Butj
It was not until the crowd had gone
that he had a chance to tell him.!
He came to her blackened with
smoke.
"I saved it," he said, "but I sup
pose I might as well have let It burn
for all the good it will do me."
She clung to him, crying a nttle.
"It's the most beautiful cottage in
tho world," she said.
She told him then how precious it
had seemed to her when she thought
she was to lose it; and presently they
went in together. The smoke had
blackened the snowy hangings, but
otherwise nothing was hurt. Mar
guerita had left them, and gradually
the crowd had turned away. They
stood together at the window, the.
sky rosy in the east.
"It's a new world, and a new day,
and a new kind of love," Lucile whis
pered, and her lover smiled at her
as together they faced the dawn. -
NOW CUT THE WATERMELON
Times Change and the Rule of One
to a Family Is No Longer
Regarded.
In old times no dealer dreamed of
cutting a watermelon; perhaps It
would have been considered a sort of
sacrilege. If a family wanted a
watermelon they wanted a water
melon, net a part of it, the New York
Sun says.
The watermelon was usually bought
by the father of the family and he
was often a qualified watermelon ex
pert. He knew what sort of melon ho
wanted and then he could tell by tap
ping gently on the melon with hi3
knuckles just what condition it was
in. He didn't need to have a melon
plugged for him and the inside of thi3
melon was never seen until he cut it
himself on the family table, where, as
the ends fell apart, following his first
grand cut down through the melon's
middle, there ran around the table,
coming from all the children, himself
included, a delighted "Ah!" at the
revelation of the melon's rich,, rosy
red interior.
Thus when the gross population was
smaller, families largtr, melons cheap
er, everybody bought a whole melon.
If they had cut a melon in the old.
days nobody would have wanted the
other half; now many people never
think o! buying more than half a
n;elon. The melons cost more now
than they used to. for one thing, andr
then it may be really that all a small
family wants is half a melon.
To be sure, if you buy only half a
melon you don't hear the delightful
crackling tbat follows settling the
knife down through a whole melon,
but it isn't so bad. In many places
nowadays they keep watermelons on,
ice, keep them nice and cool, and you
may see it cut and see how handsome
ly it opens up, and the dealer will
wrap up your half trimly to keep out
the dust and you can carry it home,
plumb fresh, if you want to. Not so
bad! 1