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ïïTfTÏÏITïïTTÏÏiï Pay Tribute to English Martyr Nurse LUCY M. FOX 11 ■■■■■ — 8 fT , ; J ” ), a v> I iv i rê y > V'/> '■ * ' f ... B L A C K FOX OBEYS LACK F O X ,ra n all the w ay to the B farm on th e o th er side of th e for est, th e re to hide until It w as light and th en change him self into a turkey, fo r once in th is form tie could run along w ith all the tu rk ey s and fowl un til he could entice them fa r enough from th e farm , and then he would change Into his own form and catch som e of them for his breakfa.-rt. Black Fox could not w ait fo r the day to break to try his enchanted spell, so he w ished th ree tim es to be a tu rk ey , th in k in g it would he ju s t as well to be read y when th e turkey awoke. An old w itch h ad kept h e r prom ise Just as Black Fox had kept his. She T h is Is M iss Lu cy M. Fox, a charm gave him th e pow er to change his ing “m o vie" star, who recently arrived form, b ut not Into th a t of a turkey. in New Y o rk on the S. S. France. She has ju st completed her part in a startling screen serial w hich had its g s a t setting in m any of Eu ro p e ’s forem ost resorts, including Nice and Monte Carlo. I'lintograph show s F rench nuns placing u w reuth on t he stu tu e erected In i'a r ts us u trib u te to th e E nglish m a rty r nurse, E dith Cavell, on ttic occasion of Its unveiling recently. --------- O--------- >########»#####»»###»####♦*######» [ Showing Work of Los Angeles Earthquake Beauty Chats C '/> 4 # 0 t/S r6 r/Y By EDNA KENT FORBES T IIE HOM E SHAM PO O of th e effectiveness of a M UCH sham poo depends upon w here and View of section of Los Angeles w htçh w as dam aged b y th e enrthquuke. A ngeles und tow ns close by. Birthplace of Senator Harding how th e h a ir Is dried. If It Is pos sible to d ry th e h air in th e sun and air outdoors, it w ill do th e head three or fo u r tim es a s much good as though th e w hole operntlon w ere com pleted Inside th e room. F or th is reason, th e hom e sham poo should be b e tte r thnn th e pro fessional so rt w hich costs anyw here from a h a lf d o llar to tw o dollars. P ro fessionals dry th e head w ith a h o t air m achine th a t blow s th e h a ir Into sn arls an d d ries o ut m uch o f th e new oils th a t th e m assage and the hot w a te r have alre ad y sent Into the tiny h air-sh a fts. T h e chief tro u b le with th e hom e shnm poo is th a t wom en do n ot renlize th a t It ta k e s an C onsiderable dam age w as done In Los aw ful lot of soap to m ake th e head thoroughly clean. T a r soap or liquid en stile Is best, the h a ir should be w et nil over w ith IN HONOR OF MOSBY hot w ate r and th e soap rubbed in. T he la th e r should be rubbed h ard w ith th e fingers till every b it of the h a ir h as been gone o ver again and ag ain w ith th e cleansing suds. T hen It should be rinsed off in w a te r even trifle h o tte r th a n th e first w ater. And th en com es th e Im p o rtan t p a r t of th e sham poo. T he w hole head should be gone o ver n second tim e w ith soap and hot w ater, th e new Instead, w hen he had w ished th ree tim es h e found him self a big green frog. B lack Fox began to hop about, tr y ing to find a p lace to hide w hile he thought w hnt he should do. U nder a low bush he hopped, b u t he found he w as longing fo r w ate r as he never had before. N ot a drop w as th e re to be seen. T h e only th in g to do w as to hop along un til he found some. It w as not so easy to g et over the ground as It w as w hen he w as a fox, and w hile he w as stopping to rest Black F ox rem em bered he had asked for pow er to change Into his own sh ap e again, so he w ished th re e tim es to becom e a fox. T h e old w itch had not k ep t th is p a rt H ouse at Itloom lng (¡rove, Ohio, In which S en ato r H arding, Republican presidential nominee, w as born. Launch Concrete Steamer Sideways A m onum ent In honor of Col. John Singleton Mosby of th e C onfederate arm y, erected w ith funds contributed by th e people of th e en tire South, was unveiled a t W arrenton, Virginia. T h e g ran ite sh a ft Is 25 feet high. N ear th e b ase Is a bronze m edallion In h as relief depleting th e fam ous lead er of th e “Mosby H angers." T he HEADS WOMEN’S CLUBS ¡¡£s^ & J T he concrete steam er C u y aiu ars sliding sidew ays Into the w ate r from h e r lierth at th e Haclfir M arine and Constrtieilon com pany p lan t, l>el Monte, C al., recently. T he Idg ship struck evenly broadside w ithout a stra in In any p a rt Rnd quickly righted h erself In San I »lego bay. T h e vessel Is fo r the U nited S ta te s shipping board. M illiners an d d ressm ak e rs a rt' not i entirely responsible for church atten d P eople o f th e m iddle age i believed »»ee, but they help some, Mrs. T hom as O. W inter of Minne C ourtesy Is th e eye w hich overlooks apolis, who w as chosen presid en t of (bo best rem edy fo r an »« bit g tooth to tit’s skit) your frie n d ’s broken gatew ay but sees th e C enem i F ed eratio n c f Women's t>o an a p p lic a tio n of | the rose th a t blossom s lu hla gardeu. clubs. ste e p e d I k j l n r p r . of th e prom ise, for, w ish a s h ard and as often as he liked, he still rem ained a frog. It w as a long tim e before he cam e to w ater, and w hen he did, in he hopped, and, being refresh ed , he be gun to think ab o u t th e witch. “She m ust have m ade a m istak e and have given me the w rong d rin k ,” thought Black Fox. “I suppose th e only th in g to do Is to get to h er cave and ask h e r to change me hack again.” All day and all nig h t he hopped over stones and through brush until, when he finally did reach th e cave of th e old witch, he w as so tired th a t he fell over on his back In fro n t of th e cave door. T he B lack C ht found him and began to poke him w ith h er sh a rp claw s and meow so loudly th a t out cam e the witch. W hen she saw th e frog on the ground she begun to laugh in a shrill, cackling tone and dance ab o u t th e poor frog, w hile th e c a t joined w ith h e r m istress, and every once In a w hile would poke froggie w ith her claw s. By and by th e wild dance stopped and th e w itch gave him a ta p w ith her m agic stick, w hich m ade th e frog sit up and listen to w h at she said. “You thought you could deceive a w itch, did you, B lack F ox?” she said. “You see now th a t you couldn’t. I knew th e stone you brou g h t as I told you to bring to me w as not from th e bottom of th e pool and I k ep t my p a r t of th e barg ain ju s t as you k ep t yours.” “Give me back my own form again and I prom ise to bring th e sto n e ) ou w ish,” said th e frog. “T h e re is only one w ay In w hich you can regain your own shap e,” said th e »'Itch, leaning on h er stick and looking a t poor froggie, “an d th a t Is to hop to the fo re st pool each day and bring me a stone from th e bottom ’of it. W hen I have all I w an t you w in have your own shnpe again, an d not before. Will you go o r w ill you re m ain a fro g ?” “I'll go to the pool an d re tu rn w ith a sto n e,” m ournfully replied th e frog as he hopped aw ay. v (C o p y rig h t.) • n 1ANP W.OILLI (C o p y rig h t.) GOTTA p len ta tro u b le o th er day I v ertise fo r buy d a new suit. I see da ad een da p ap e r so I go oue sto re BITS OF INFORMATION ur liiiui for geeva look. M an p u tta streen g w eeth num bers on roum la my w aist an d say “bout 42, h u h ?” I dunno eef lie guessa my b irth d a y ees 42 or eef da su it Is 42 bucks. Both ees too mooch, so I tin k m ebbe I buy da leetle su it an d w uit fo r grow up so weel fita me. D nt mnn w ot sella da ■suit aska me, “You w an ta E ngleesh cu t su it?” I say I r.o cr >e ee f ees Engleesh, Irish, U nited S tate s or w ot kln d a n atio n al ity, b u t I w an ta w hole su it and not one w ot's cut up alia ready. I no care wot eeetzen ees da su it so longa ees no G erm an. »But he say I g o tta w rong Idee. lie tella m e E ngleesh ees tlg lita fit and C onservative no toucha so close alia round. I dunno wot C onservative ees —m ebbe som e relash to B ullsheveek, I dunno—so I feeg u re E ngleesh ees b esta one. “You w an ta peench back?” he ask a me. Now w ot n devil I w an ta su it wot peencha da back for. I never g o tta peench once befo re only d rlv a da fleever too tnoocha h u rry , so I no like to g e tta peench w hen buy da new suit. B u t he tella m e everybody g o tta peench back clothes. W ell, I Ilka be leetle sw ell guy, too, so I decida m ebbe T he H a ir M u st Be K ept A n tistpticakly sp lltta deefrence— g e tta one d at Jusa C lean — Use So ap T w ice at scratch n d a back and no peench. B u t Eve ry Shampoo. when I aska has he g o tta scratch hack su it he w an ta know ee f I g o tta cootie. la th e r rubbed Into th e scalp, and H e ask a eef I w an ta tw o or tree rinsed ag ain In hot w ate r. See th e piece suit. Mebbe he tin k s I ain da am ount of d irt th a t com es off In th is pence cnninilsh, I dunno. I no uner- second rin se and see how much glos sta n d a w ot su it g o tta do w eeth da sie r your h a ir Is a fte rw a rd , and peace, b u t I say I am fav o r da league you will rea lize th a t oue soaping is for n atio n s and eef g o tta hnve m ore not enough. as one pence I w antn fo u rteen point F o r th e h ead m ust n ot be Jn st peace Ilka I'resd e n t W eelson. clean. It m ust be an tise p tlca lly W ot you tln k ? clean, to avoid d an d ru ff an d falling --------- 0 --------- hair. And th e re Is a difference be tw een them . O f course, every w om an knowa What tha Sphinx Says. how carefu lly th e h air m ust l>e rinsed and dried, an d th a t a tonic B y New ton New kirk. rubbed on Im m ediately a f te r Is al “T he man w ays advisable. w ho gets (Copyright.) stu n g In a --------- O --------- h o rse - sw ap C atching th e Sun at Home. generally re Jim m y w as ju s t recovering from a g ard s him spell o f sick n ess and au n ty w as to se lf as con ta k e him out o f d o o r s on th e first sid erab le of b rig h t day. It hapj>ened to he cloudy a ja c k a ss.” lay a f te r day fo r over a week. One m orning upon looking anxiously out of —O» the window he w as overjoyed to see L in e s to Remember. • he sun shining. "O b, au n ty ," he Some folks give according to th e ir ngerly shouted, "com e a r t take roe ut, quick. Tore th e sun gets ready tc m eans, an d some according to th e ir meauues«.—George Eliot. leave tow n a g a in !" T he Little W hite Restaurant. W e h a v e v isite d p la c e s o f w o n d ro u s re p u te for feeding you v ia n d s d elicio u s a n d r a re ; W e’ve been bow ed to by flunkies, h av e h a d th e m rem o v e o u r to p c o a t a n d h a t a s we e n te re d th e ir la ir; W e’ve been fu rn ish e d w ith flngerbow ls, sty lish delay, w ith silv e r su p e rflu ous, solid a n d good. B u t m o stly we sn e a k to a d iffere n t place —th e little w h ite room w h e re you p a y fo r m ere food! F o r m o stly a t m eal tim e w hen w e w ould in h a le som e y e a rn e d -a fte r su b ste - n a n ce , w holesom ely cooked. T h e feed in g Itse lf Is th e th in g we re q u ire —w e o ften fo rg e t how th e e a tin g - p lace looked. A nd how to se c u re w h a t th e sto m ac h re q u ire s w ith o u t bein g ro b b e d (to be a fte rw a rd s rued) Is a lw a y s o u r problem ; a n d so w e seek o u t th e little w h ite p lac e w h e re th e y c h a rg e fo r m ere food. A s c lean a s th e soul of a new ly -b o rn b abe we a lw a y s h a v e fo u n d th e a c c o u te rm e n ts th e re ; T he "o v e rh e a d c h a rg e s " —th e re w a s n ’t a sign of th a t bugaboo th a t one m ee ts e v ery w h e re ! You p a y h a :f th e p rice o f th e sty lish "cafT ays” fo r food Ju s t a s fine, a n d no flunkies in tru d e — T h e re ’s peace fo r th e soul in th e ' p lain little ro o m —th e little ' w h ite place w h e re th e y c h a rg e fo r m ere food. * • * Exceptions to A ll Rules. “ F ath e r, a re people alw ays know n by th e com pany they keep?” “Not alw ays, son. If some peo ple w ere to become know n by th e com pany th a t’s been w ith them , th e com pany would m ake a quick getaway.” • * • FINN IGIN F IL O SO F Y . T h e shmart aleck is th’ finest ca-ase o f arrested d e v elop m en t that a n n y b o d y kin im agine. --------- O--------- ; CROSBY’S KIDS U»|f HCRE.ÔOY! 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