A NOSE
for the
KING
? -X
Story l'ut>. Co.)
. , jjj; t;.:;-' calm of Korea,
. ( .. and tranquillity
-j ?r> ancient r.ume,
? ( mii. lived a politician
. ^ I I le w as a uiau
? v'?all say ? ? per
. , : , v? >. Mian politicians
1; t. unlike lus breth
s \i < ' 1 1 . n lli? was in
:.v : ; of cash he
. iiii. and lie lay in
: ?? . :rn< ?? ?'i death. There
? to the situation ?
? , ; ; in which to
v . ? ?' 1 1 well. Then
i,.| \ t'r '<? him.
\; .? ..n, ,\cii see before
l . t !:??<!. " he began.
(>r . . u . .? ?.*.!. with me if you
I i. <? - r re?* for one short
t- ? - \ < i all will? he well
I i - . mv to your ad
l, - } ears, and you
? cu.i:; i he director
: .??. ? "i ( 'ho-seu."
:? ..;:i led the jailer.
** - this*; one short
waiting for your
? : <? < 'it v to the end
' ? sis there is no
i.:de." Vi c'liin Ho
t man of wisdom,
w i - . I ? > 1 1 1 here in
1 Jive, nt^ii I know 1
?ill ! obtain the money
: . \ tl.c government. I
t will save me from
: fried the jailer.
siid Vi ("hill Ho. "A re
r.ose. if 1 may. say so.''
. ,r threw* up his hands
"Ah. what a wag you
?;.:it .t w;u\" he laughed.
he turned and went
in the end. being a man
ail and h?-art. when the night
ur.i he permitted Yi Chin
?a..-!.* !.e went to the governor.
i: alone and arousing him
:.s ?.
tlin Ih ? or I'm no governor!"
the governor. "What do you
uh'i should he in prison waiting
iecLhp|'inj block?"
I ray ymsr excellency to listen to
Chin Ho. squatting on his
t>v the bedside and lighting his
from the fire-box. "A tfead man
tlu-ut value. Hut if. so to say,
lexv'l r.cy were to give me my
;<ofcs;Me!" cried the governor.
i?s. j. : are condemned to death."
ur excellency well knows that
j^n relay the ten thousand strings
t!if government will pardon
|V1 < liin Ho went on.
ve Vi?u a plan whereby you hope
.tin this money?" asked the gcgf
i\e." said Vi Chin llo.
a conn* with it to roe tomorrow
sa:?i tin* governor.
W following night. having afaln
Hi leave of absence from the
Yi ? "hin 1 1< > presented himself
p'vern"r's bedside.
i: ti?u. Yi Chin Ho?" asked the
or. "Arnl have you the plan?"
> I. y<>ur excellency." answered
e IK "and th?j plan is here."
iak." commanded the governor.
> i-ian is here." repeated Yi Chin
in uty band."
|F-tern??r sat up and opened his
Yi Chin llo proffered In his
I sheet <>f paper. The governor
[to the light.
hins hut a nose," said he.
it {tlnoheil, so. and so, your ex
f sail! Yi Chin Ho.
unusual nose," admitted the
ir.
" is a wart upon it," said YI
t'.
"St u:. usual nose," said the
' "Never have I seen the like,
i" do yi -u with this nose, Yi
Itk it whereby to repay the
?to the government," said Yi
?>< "1 seek it to be of service
1 excellency, and I seek It to
I own worthless head. Further,
wit excellency's seal upon this
?t'f the n..se,"
P* P'xernor laughed and af
P" Seal of state, and YI Chin
?nwi i ,,r a month and a day
King's road which
? the shore of the Eastern sea;
"i,e night, at the gate of
js: mansion of a wealthy city
!"U'ily for admittance.
than the master of the
P: 1 said he fiercely to
?'"hi-i v.-rvants. "I travel upon
? ? hMsiheSS."
B"tw:iy was lie led to an inner
master of the house
from his sleep and brought
^ffore him.
f^r M?-t h? Miist minister tells
a p><>d woman In
?*jihi>ned the minister's
Is ?t-l .? pi! i<in of milk which
if .(,? 04iiild make use
I, Imy of the family
d all'! v.-rt* on the errand.
???in- money. What
P" if slif should charge me
F?W:" i?- :ts;ke<l. "I don't
|iii?an! for u* tn pay for It,"
s!,i'i. hut what if
Ui'l persisted. "Well,
Them Out" ,
* lK'!< '"inpany playing
' 4n a suit of eve
, ' ' ! ' tailor with in
line n " ' U1 H*? left the
te; hut- ^?'ng it In
" hi,nself- "How
said ' USked- "Most
"l'v,. ^ilor, rubbing
tilnJ,flUnilged t0 let tb6m
"u"!? ? a dollar .each
??You are I*ak Chung Chang, head
man of this city," said Yl Chin Ho In .
tones that were all-accusing. "I am
uport the king's business.**
Pak Chung Chang trembled. Well
he knew the king's business was ever
a terrible business. His knees smote
together and he near fell to the floor.
-The hour is late," he quavered.
"Were it not well to ? "
"The king's business never waits!"
thundered Yi Chin Ho. "Come apart
with me, and swiftly. I have an af
fair. of moment to discuss with you."
"It is the king's affair," he added
with even greater fierceness; so that
I?ak Chung Chang's silver pipe dropped
from his nerveless fingers and clat
tered on the floor.
"Know then," said Yi Chin Ho, when
they had gone apart, "that the king is
troubled with an affliction, a very ter
rible affliction. In that he failed to
cure, the court physician has had noth
ing else than his head chopped off.
From all the Eight Provinces have the
physicians come to wait upon the
king. Wise consultation have they
held, and they have decided that for
the king's affliction nothing else Is re
quired than a nose, a certain kind of
nose, a very peculiar kind of nose.
"Then by none other was I sum
moned than his excellency the prime
minister himself. He put a paper
into my hand. Upon this paper was
the very peculiar kind of nose drawn
by the physicians of the Eight Prov-,
inces, with the seal of state upon it.
" 't_io,' said his excellency the prime
minister. "Seek out this nose, for the
king's atiliction is sore. And whereso
ever you find this nose upon the face
of a man, strike it off forthright. Go,
and come not back until your search is
rewarded."
"And so 1 departed upon my quest,"
said Yl Chin Ho. VI have sought out
the remotest corners of the kingdom; I
I have traveled the Eight Highways,
searched the Eight Provinces, and
sailed the seas of the Eight Coasts.
With a great flourish he drew a pa- '
per from his girdle, unrolled it with
many snappings and cracklings, and
thrust It before the face of Pak Chung
Chang. Upon the paper was the pic
ture of the nose.
"Never have I beheld such a nose,"
he began.
"There Is a wart upon It," said Yl
Chin Ho.
"Never have I beheld?" Pak Chung
Chang begain again.
"Bring your father before me," Yl
Chin Ho interrupted sternly.
"My ancient and very-much-to-be
respected ancestor sleeps," said Pak
Chung Chafig.
"Why dissemble?" demanded Yl
Chin Ho. "You know It is your fa
ther's nose. Bring him before me that
I may strike it off and be gone. Hurry,
lest I make bad report of you." '
"Mercy!" cried Pak Chung Chang,
falling on his knees. "It is impossi
ble! It Is luftwssible ! You cannot
strike ofT my father's nose. He cannot
go down without his nose to the grave
He will become a laughter and a by- |
word, and all my days and nights will
be filled with woe. Oh, reflect! He
port that you have seen no such nose.
You, too, have a father."
Pak Chung Chang clasped Yl Chin
Ho's knees and fell to weeping <ra his
sandals.
I "Mv heart softens strangely at your
tears," said Yi Chin Ho. "I, too, know
filial piety and regard. But?" He
hesitated, then added, as though think
ing aloud, "It Is as much as my head
is worth."
"How much is your head worth?"
asked Pak Chung Chang in a thin,
small voice.
"A not remarkable head." said Yl
Chin Ho. "An absurdly unremarkable
head; but. such is my great foolish
ness, I value It at nothing less than
one hundred thousand strings of cash."
"So be It," said Pak Chung Chang,
rising to his feet.
"I shall need horses to carry the
treasure," said Yi Chin Ho, "and men
to guard' it welL as I Journey through
the mountains. There are robbers
abroad in the land. '*
"There are robbers abroad In the
land," said Pak Chung Chang sadly.
"But it shall be as you wish, so long
as my ancient and very-much-to-be-re
spected ancestor's nose abide In Its
appointed place."
"Say nothing to any man of this oc
currence," said Yl Chin Ho, "else will
other and more loyal servants than I
be sent to strike off your father's
nose."
And so Yl (join tio departed on his
way through the mountains, blltbe of
heart and gay of song as he listened
to the Jingling bells of his treasure
laden ponies.
There is little more to tell. Yl Chin
Ho prospered through the years. By
his efforts the jailer attained at length
to the directorship of all the prisons of
Cbo-sen; the governor ultimately be
took himself to the Sacred City to be
prime minister to the king, while Yl
Chin Ho became the king's boon com
panion and sat at table with him to
the end of a round, fat life. But Pak
Chung Chang fell Into a melancholy,
and ever after he shook his head sad
ly, with tears In his eyes, whenever
he regarded the expensive nose of his
ancient and very-much-to-be- respected
ancestor.
Still Awaiting Payment for That Milk
just tell her your daddy will be around
and settle for It," he was told. When
his pall had been filled and he was
starting for home he asked the d6nor
of the milk, "What do you want for
It?" "Just a kiss, my little man," the
good woman replied. "Well, my
daddy will be dbwn in a few days to
settle for it," the youngster promised.
According to the story, the woman
has never been paid.
Eclipse Stopped Battle
We find frequent references in his
tory to eclipses of the stm and the
moon. So we recall tt* story of
Jcfthua, who ordered the sun to stand
still when dusk was approaching and
his battle was not yet won. Our ex
planation of this "dusk" id a total
eclipse of the sun. On May 28, 585
B. C., a fight between the Persians
and the Medes
to an end
*-?g?
Flower Market of Oslo.
(Prepared by the National Geographic So
ciety, Washington, D. C.)
Among the Important capital cities
| of Europe and tire world a new name
j took Its plaee on January 1. This does
I not mean that a new country has
| sprung into existence, like Czechoslo
j vakia after the World war, but that
! Norway, after calling its great south
i em city "Chrl^tlania" for 300 years,
has changed it to "Oslo," resurrecting
a name which It bore for more than
500 years prior to 1624.
One might search the world over
and find few sites more admirably fit
ted to harbor a great and thriving and
beautiful capital than that of this city
with the new-old name. Where the
Skagerak and the Kattegat ? the chan
nels that lead from the North sea tb
the Baltic north of Denmark ? from a
sharp peak like the top of a letter
"A," a great fjord opens far Into south
ern Norway. It Is not a deep, somber
gash Into towering mountains like
many of the fjords on the Atlantic
coast of Norway. It has a more hos
pitable' aspect with relatively low
clIfTs, sloping walls covered with ever
greens, Inviting bays and arms. At
the innermost tip of this delightful, ,
winding. Island-studded waterway,
some sixty miles from Its mouth, lies
Oslo. Innumerable little bays, blessed
with deep water. Indent the shore near
the city, all filled with shipping. No
wonder Harald Hardraade selected
this fjord-head In 1050 as the place fo
plant what he hoped would be the
great city of a seafaring people. The
heavy commerce bandied In past years
In Christian! a ? and today In Oslo ?
proves the value of his foresight.
But good as it Is, the harbor is not
Oslo's only scenic asset. From the
scalloped shore the lalid rises on all
sides, gently at first, then sweeps ma
jestically Into noble, forest-clad moun
tains. The city has that rare combi
nation, the beauty of the sea linked
with the beauty of bold hills and
peaks.
When one notes on a map that
Chrlstianla Is in the latitude of Hud
son bay and Kamchatka he is apt to
jump to a wrong notion of the city's
climate. In summer balmy weather
holds sway In this amphitheater of
green hills dotted with beautiful sub
urbs and country estates. The deep
blues df hills and islands, the warm
colors of the houses, and the fruits
and flowers of the market places con
spire to create an illusion that one is
In the Sunny South. In the winter the
surrounding hills afford Infinite oppor
tunity for skiing and tobogganing,,
sports which are dear to the Norwe
gian heart
Really a Modern GJty.
The ancient city of Oslo stood on
one bank of the Akers river, which
now flows through new Oslo. There
James VI of Scotland married Anne
of Denmark. There the famous first
giant monopoly, the Hansa league, had
a factory. A fire swept the old city
In 1624, nearly four centuries after It
had been founded, and jrben it was re
built on the opposite bank of the river
by King Christian it acquired the
name Chrlstianla. For years a subuife
has borne the name Oslo ; thus the re
cent change is comparable to New
York's taking the name of Yonkers.
In spite of its old associations, and
now the restoration of Its ancient
name, Oslo Is modern. Most of its
growth has taken place sincere early
part of the Nineteenth century. About
the middle of that century the popula
tion of Chrlstianla was some 40,000,
and the city la* chiefly near the head
of Chrlstianla fjord. By 1914 more
than 240,000 people resided In the city,
and now Oslo is estimated to have
about 260,000 inhabitants. The city
has grown up the slopes. ?
The complex political relations that
Norway has had with Its Scandinavian
neighbors and other countries is re
flected in the name by which Its
chief city has been known i and in the
names of its features. Christian JTV
for whom the city was named in 1624
was king of Denmark of which Nois
way was then a part. The chief street
of the city, Karl Johans Gade, was
named for Beroadotte, Napoleon s
marshal, who was primarily king of
Investigating Fogs
The Londoner inhales on a day of
heavy smoke fog about 500,000,000,000
particles of dirt, which placed end to
and would form a line about 250 miles
long, according to experiments con
ducted by the British meteorological
bureau. From 20,000 to 50,000 particles
are present In each cubic centimeter of
London air. Only when considered in
the mass are these particles o t foreign
matter In the atmosphere likely to ex
cite alarm. They are very minute. It
mnon at them a cuMcl
Sweden, with - which Norway was
united from 1814 to 1905.
Karl Johnirs Gnde is a broad street
extending from the chief railway sta
tion near the waterfront to the royal
palace situated In a commanding po
sition on an eminence. The palace is
set in spacious gardens and around
these extends the better residential
section of Oslo. About half of Karl
Johan's Gade is embellished with trees
and shrubs, but in the remainder brick
and cement buildings rise up sheerly
from the pavements. Just oft this
main thoroughfare in parked places
are the university, the National thea
ter and the palace of the Storthing.
The little Eidsvalds place near , the
Storthing building is the center of the
afternoon and evening of Oslo, its
cafes and sldewalfcs being continually
crowded. In the park are interesting
Sinding statues.
Art and Clothing.
The Norwegian respect for art, mu
sic and literature Is akin to that of our
own New England; and in winter the
National theater's opera season is ?
community, rather than a 'social, en
terprise. An event which appeals es
pecially to the travelers who arrive in
late summer is the August season of
Ibsen and Bjornson plays.
The man who said that the sewing
machine has done more to break down
national distinctiveness than any other
invention would find proof of his as
sertion on Oslo's streets. The cut of
clothes Is that of other cosmopolitan
European capitals. A vehicle survives,
however, which is Norway's own. That
is the carriole, a single-passengter af
fair, mounted on two wheels with ex
tremely long and flexible shafts.
The portion of Oslo devoted to busi
ness- might be described as simple,
austere and clean. There is little of
architectural value. The business
biflldlngs are In the main somewhat
like those of American cities before
the advent of the skyscraper, and the
general appearance might Indeed be
set down as a sort of a cross between
that of, an American and a German
town of similar size. There are nu
merous little open spaces scattered
about the city which remind one of
Washington.
? The social life of Oslo centers large
ly about the Storthing, or parliament.
Another Important factor in the city's 1
social life is the faculty of the uni
versity, the only university in Norway.
That institution is well worth the
careful attention of the student of
Norway because of its work in the
field of letters and science. To thi
casual visitor to Oslo, however, prob
ably the most Interesting things about
the university are its exhibits of two
old Viking ships? not copies, but the
very galleys that these hardy oM
Norsemen drove through the sea when
they were the scouffce of the coast
lands of more southerly Europe.
Once a Viking Lair.
It Is fitting that such relics should
be preserved In Oslo, for XThristlania
fjord was probably the most famous of
Viking lajrs. The boats are housed in
sheds Jn the university grounds. For
the preservation* of these striking links
with the past moderns must thank
the custom of the old VlklngB who,
like the 'Egyptians, Interred a man's
property with his bones.
If the visitor would see Oslo at its
best he shpuld not fail to make the
journey by flectric tram to Holrnen
kollern in the mountains that hang
over the city. He is lifted more than
1,000 feet above the fcarbor, ^a8t at_
tractive villas and through deep woods
and finally arrives at one of the prin
cipal Scandinavian pleasure resorts
with excellent hotels. Norway's capi
tal, with Its isfiwd-studded waterway
winding off seaward. Is spread before
him In a panorama of a great city,
sloping greenswards, forts t, water,
islands and mountains that for beanty
and scenic variety is hardly to be ex
ceeded anywhere In the world. ?
In the winter Holmenkollern draw*
lovers of winter sports from all over
northern Europe. It Is the great cen
ter of Norwegian skiing and toboggan
ing. There are held contests in ski
leaping to which the royal court and
the Storthing repair en masse.
? trnmrnm 11 1 ? ?*" 1
centimeter to make a milligram of dirt
In a cubic meter. The dust particles
are counted by a device known as the
Jet dust counter, which has been put
In use at the meteorological offices of
the principal world capitals. By this
device 50 cubic centimeters of air is
pushed rapidly through a slit- and the
dust Is desposlted on a cover glass of
small cross section to be examined
microscopically. *
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?^NaiyGraha
Bonner S?
*C*Y*/GMT 0Y MMMWt i
MAGGIE'S POEMS
Now there was a great stir In Fairy
land. All of the little Fairies were
busy writing verses. They had heard
thnt a little friend of theirs was going
to have a birthday nnd they wanted to
have some verses for her.
"She must have verses," said the
Fairies. And though none of them
were really poets they all tried their
best to write some verses. .
The Breeze Brothers had promised
to take their verses and to let Maggie
hear. them, and so the Fairies chewed
at the ends of the'r pussy-willow pen
The Little Fairies.
cils ai\d thought and thought and final
ly each one had a little verse ready.
The Fairy Que^n sent this verse:
From one who Is Queen of Fairyland
I send you this verse today,
May you live forever, you deajr little
thing
So we will be happy alway!
This was the verse sent by Princegi
Joy :
You're a friend of mine, you Jolly wee
dear,
May you always, always,, always be,1
here.
Unless by Fairyland you are near
We can't be so Joyous, you know, Ii
i ? fear- ' , , ?
This was the verse sent by Fairy
Princess Twilight-Hell :
When the cool of evening comes
And the sun sinks o'er the West,
And the twilight shadow? dance.
We'd like you to be _our- guest,
This was the verse sent by little
Effle Elf:
Helgh-ho, Maggie,
Heigh-ho, Magale,
Helgh-ho, Maggie,
That's all I know how to say!
This was nillie Brownie's verse:1
Old Mother Nature asked me to say
Tha.* as she moved about your way.
She always sent you the sweet scent of
the day.
For she loves you, she asked me to say
in my lay. .. .
This was Bennle Brownie's verse:
Three cheers for Magpie,
Three cheers for Maggie,
Three cheers for Maggie,
She is such a dear.
And she, too. Is full of cheer.
This was Witty Witch's verse:
Oh. Maggie loves her eatinff, - * '
She really Jovee. her feed! . _
But ti>e most amsttnffvthiBff
' Ie that she really hasn't greed.
,. v ? '? ?
This was Old Mr. Giant's verse :
I am big and Magglt is small,
But that doesn't mu.ke any difference
at all.
For I can look down and at Maggie
smile
Hoping she'll look up Just once 1ft
v awhile.
This was OUle Onfs verle: t
Maggie, Maggie is full of fun.
How on her little feet she can run!
But it hasn't kept her from getting fat,
Mercy me, it hasn't done that!
This was the Fairy Wondrous Se
crets' verse: , .
'I know a secret,
But yoti must know It too.
It's that all who know Maggie
Just love her through and through,
i -
Wanted to Kill Germ*
Johnny, aged four, had been very 111
with typhoid fever and had been per
mitted to have nothing but broth. One
day he coaxed his mother to give him
ait apple, but she refused him, saying:
"No, my dear. If you were to eat an
apple now It might kill you."
?"Well, then," answered the young
diplomat, -"give me just a little piece,
enough to kill the germs."
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Sunday School Hymn
"Did you sing a hymn at Sunday
school?" asked the polite visitor.
"Oh, yes. we sanfc {he one about doc
toring," sa id little Elizabeth. , t
"About doctoring?" puzzled the vis
itor. %i.
"Yes. you know that nice marchy
one about one In hdpe attd doctoring
one In chairs and tea," -Bald the little
maid. ~ ,
Riddtm
WTiy did the white-wash?
Because It saw the enamel batlv
Tfhat flower jo^mao untruth with a
'girl's hair? Lie-locks ? lilacs.
. ? e e
Why are cheap gloves like mice?
Because they quickly run into boles.
? ? ?
What is that which was tomorrow
and will be yesterday?
Today
e. - e e
"What is the least valuable thing i
boy can have In his pocket?
A hole.
e e e
If your uncle's sister. Is not your
aunt what > relation Is she to you?
' Your mother. -
When History Doesn't Repeat
"tanny it never repeats itself to
me," said the puzzled student over his
history examination. .
Lo> ok Ahead
No prudent man lays his designs
only for a day, without any consider
ation of the remaining part of his lift.
THE SAME THING
Sybil ? It's no use denying it, Maud.
It was too. dark for me to see who It
was, but I saw some youngj man kiss
you in the garden. I'm aphamed of
you.
Maud ? I don't see why jtou should
be. I've often seen George kiss you.
Sybil (engaged to- George) ? Yes,
but I allow nobody but Geofge to kiss
me.
Maud ? Well, nobody biit George
ever kissed me.
Many a True W^rd
"Pnpa, what is a low-broW?"
"A low-brow, my son, Isj a person
who likes the funny papers, snappy
stories, girl shows and thp like and
doesn't mind saying so."
"And what is a high-brow, pap?"
"A high-brow, my son. is 9 low brow
who won't admit it." ? Ncirth Shore
'Bulletin.
DO YOU GET THE POINT ?
LL
Fair Voter? I wouldn't <jare to oc
cupy the President's chair ? It's too
uneasy a seat for me. ?
lie ? Tes; It's scarcely possible to
sit in It without being annojyed by the
tax.
Clashes of Authority
The Cat looks at a Queen,
The Queen attempts to datch 'er;
The Cat, with nerve seren^.
Reserves the rl#ht to scratch '?r.
His Dream
Two brothers were exchanging com
pliments, as brothers will, regarding
their respective girl friends]
? "I hope you're not suffering from
any hallucination that youk1 girl Is a
raving beauty," sneered the elder.
"I sure am," replle^' the younger
Pettersby, "and I'm going to continue
to hug my illusion.'*.
Vicarious Benevolence
Little James (wbo has an inquiring
mind) ? Father, what < do dhey meah
when they call a mjitt public-spirited?
Professor Broa^JeJ^Why It usually
means that he Is very liberal In en
deavoring to. persuade other people to
spend their money bountifully for 'the
public good. ? Stray Stories. v
Too Good to Change
Alice ? Dick is so nice to ' ?
Virginia? Why don't y<}u marry
him?
Alice? Oh, but I want hlin to keep
on being -nice.
Differentiation
."Is your husband an optl:
"Well," replied the tlije<
woman, "he's an optimist
for the bear, but a good deaf
slmlst In working It out.'
inistr
d-looWng
In hoping
of a pes
DAY OF
"Why does he sit so far
shadows In church on Sunda
' "To rest his eyes from sltj:
front In the stage lights In
all week." ' w
That Woman
He gently opened the locket.
And scanned the pretty
ck In the
y r
Ing so far
theater
the
fac?;
Aim OWCkUMVU VMV y V.w
"It suits my mind," said he| "to find
This woman In the case."
Wouldn't . .
"Are you In favor of a tax on
bachelors?" asked a heckler, knowing
that the candidate was unmarried.
"I thought, sir," was the reply, "that
I bad already said I did not favor a
tax on raw material I" . - ?
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Much Occupied
"Flubdub seems to be flustered all
the time. Evidently a very busy man.'
"He Is. . In addition to jooklng after
his own business, be mixes In all the
squabbles his wife has with her vari
ous friends."
' 1 Two Looks
"Did you notice that Insolent con
ductor looking at you as If you hadn't
paid yoar farer
"Yes, and did you notice me looking
at him as If I had V? Paris Le Rlre.
Early Bird and Owl
"We had a fine sunrise this morn
ing," said one Detroiter to another.
"Did you see lt?*V, .
"Sunrise?" said the second man.
"Why, I'm always In bed before sun
rise."
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MAKING GOOD IN
A SMALL TOWN
Real Storiea About Real Girlt
By MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN
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THE BUTTON-LADY
?\A7 HT, there are plenty of waya
a girl*- cai?' make money ?
yes, even In as small a town as this r
exclaimed the enthusiastic girl who
was my next-door neighbor in a little
village of only seven hundred people.
"Take me, for Instance ? I am 'button
lady' for the whole town.
She has what most people would
call a woman-sized Job, without her
"buttoning" ? this girl of twenty-three.
She keeps house for an invalid mother,
and a brother and sister of high
school age. She spends most of her
time "mothering" her mother and
"the children"; yet she manages to
make the button business a paying
one.
"Of course, mother gives me money
enough to run the house," she ex
plained eagerly, "but 1 like to do little
extra things, for myself, for the chil
dren, and fOr her ? not with money
that she gltfes me. That's why I got
a button mncblhe."
She bought it with a small sum of
money given her for a birthday pres
ent, she said. It was a foot power
machine. But the small-town glr! who
wants to try "buttoning," and has even
less than she had to Invest, can get
a band power machine which will be
satisfactory. Either kind will quickly
become n money getter. The girl can
get the kind of machine that will
make all sizes avd shapes of buttons
? acorn buttons, half acorn buttons,'
flat buttons in various sizes, globe
buttons and bone-rimmed buttons. All
these buttons are to be made from
materials which her customers bring
her. She can also use her button
machine for attaching snaps, glove
and fastener buttons, as well as eye
lets and grommets. She could also
crochet buttons .In different colors,
vising wooden molds as centers.
The buttoner-to-be may be^tn by
putting an ad in the local paper; she
may also tell her friends about her
project, and' may show them samples
of her work. It Js ^also a good idea
to display samples of the buttons In
a front window, with the sign "All
kinds of buttons made to order." The
village dressmaker may be a ready
customer, since fche often wants but
tons made specially to match gar
ments.
The button lady may fend that her
busiest season is In the summer, when
college girls are home to have new
clothes made and old ones remodeled,
perhaps with fr^sh buttons; when vis
itors from the city come to her town
to rest? and sew a little.
Buttons never go out of style ! They
are indispensable both for utility and
for decoration. And the "finicky"
dresser knows that a button-to-match
fulfils the two unalterable requisites
of good dress ? simplicity and distor
tion.
THE SUCCESSFUL SQUAB
RAISER
"Y
OU don't go into squab raid
ing; you have lo grow into It,
someone has said ? and It's true," de
clared the successful girl ^quab rais
er. "Raising of squabs, or young
pigeons, Is a good way for a small- I
town girl to make money; but she
must start with only a few -pair, which
she can easily keep track -of, and in
crease her business slowly."
This girl started with only one pair
of pigeons, which she bought from a
reliable breeder who was willing to
guarantee them.
The secret of successful pigeon
raising, she says, is to keep non work
ers out of the flock. She kept a rec
ord of each pair, by means of num
bered nests and colored leg-bands. The
leg-band v had a number that corre
sponded to one 1? her record book,
and she could easily look up the bird's
age and parentage, determine which
pair were doing the best work and
decide what young ones to save for
breeding. I
The novice should remember that
pigeons are most valuable as squab
producers when they are from two to
six years old. The Homer, so called
becatise It usually returns home, even
though taken hundred of miles away,
Is probably the best variety. The
Homer Is not only the most prolific
type, but Is the most attentive mother.
The Runt Is one of the largest va
rieties, but It is not so prolihc as the
Homer, nor so dutiful a nurse.
The squab raiser will not have to
worry about providing food for the
young pigeons. The parents tend to
that by disgorging "pigeon milk" from
their own crops.
The pigeons should get their water,
of which they require large quan
titles, before they are fed, since, short
ly after getting their own food, they
feed the squabs, and should not be
disturbed as they do so. ?
Lock has nothing to do with squnb
raising. Practically all losses are
caused by poor breeding stock, birds
not being mated, rats or mice, im
proper feeding (Including overfeed
ing), careless inbreeding or unsani
tary condition of the lofts.
The sqoab raiser should' sell ber
birds, wheb they are from three to
Are weeks old, direct to hotels, res
taurants* clubs and housewives. The
profits are so good that she will never
want to go out of the business? once
ihe has thoroughly "grown" Into it.
*' (9, 1IS(, WmUtb N?wiptp?r UttJoa.)
Supreme Value of Book*
God be thanked for books.' They
are the voices of the distant and dead
and make as heirs of the spiritual Ufa
of past ages. Books are the true ler
elers. They give to all who will faith
fully use them the society, the spiritual
preftestffe of the best an? greatest of
oar race. ? Planning.
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