'John Hawkina, Elizabeth'* admiral, 1 I b l M d t I I I » SAVED FROM “Uncle Al!” cried Molly, suddenly a MEN YOU MAY MARRY appearing. “If the spook of that old ■ y E. R. PEYSER ruffian thinks I’ll ever mnrry that Hawkina boy—why. he’d bettef think H** * man lik* thl* propoiad «gain, that’s all 1“ to you? "I tn sorry you overheard me; I Symptom*: Short, stocky, full didn’t want to trouble you. my dear." of aphorisms, loves himself, replied the old man. “Still, our ances­ keeps the photographer busy. tor Is said to have his own methods of PETER AND THE FAIRIES tie creature with hair of gold color B, WOLCOTT L. BEARD He has photos of himself in regulating our family affairs. If he and dressed all In white. She wore every mood and dress; lie In­ desires this match, as I fear he DETER loved the beautiful green u ruffled cup, too, just like the little does—” sists upon you taking the "large fields nnd all the wild flowers, but lady who had brought I’eter to the size” always and your ma has "Dong! Dong! Dong-dong! Dong!” best of all he loved the pretty golden- palace. ! AN excuse for staying where to take a larger fiat to house It was the pirate’s bell! "You are the daisies' friend." said eyed daisy with her rutiled bonnet, and Molly could find him, Jimmy your gallery. Uncle Alpheus tarned»pale. With a never would he disturb a daisy though Ilie little creature on the throne, "and X llliers had whipped the brook IN FACT for your klmlnea* we Invite you to It grew In bl* very garden. for hours with rod and line. It scream, Molly rushed back upstairs, He I* a gallery player. upsetting the caudle, which went out. All around the poor cottnge where the grand ball and feast we ahull have was dusk and he had taken down his Prescription to his bride; tackle when he saw her approaching Though startled. Jimmy picked up ihe he lived alone grew the daisies in tonight. Kneel, that I may touch you D Remember hi* profile. Liv* candle and. while fumbling for a with Blackbeard, her sooty Persian profusion, and one night I’eter awoke with my wand.” near a photo developer. cat. trotting at her heels. His habit match, heard the old man stumbling and saw all the daisies dancing In the A touch llghtn« a feather on Peter's Absorb This: of following, dog-fashion, was one of after the girl. He had vanished up­ moonlight. He Jumped out of his bed shoulder, and when he Mood up he THE FILM IS MIGHTIER Blackboard's distinguishing peculiari­ stairs when the match flared up, but and ran to the window, thinking he was dressed in a black velvet suit THAN THE SWORD. in his stead Jimmy saw another mem­ ties. must be dreaming. trimmed with gold Ince, silk stock- “Has Unde Alpheus relented?” asked ber of the family coming—not to say It was true. The daisies were all Ings ami black shoes, shiny ones with slinking 1 — down. Jimmy, eagerly, as the girl drew near. dancing, and among them, taller than bright buckles. This was Blackbeard — Molly’* "No," she answered. "At last, the others, was a little lady wearing "Now lei the dance begin," «aid the though, he's consented to explain why blackbeard; and In hl* mouth was that a rutiled cap. but Instead of one gold­ Queen with a wave of her wund; and h* won't relent. So come quickly be­ solitary little trout, with a severed en eye she had a pretty face nnd two up from the floor sprang hundred* of fore he—why. Blackbeard Teach, what portion of Jimmy’* pet. tapered-silk eye* though they were not golden. dulsy falrlea and began to dunce. Ashing Une tied to its tail, in Jimmy’s ar* you doing?” Peter slipped on his clothes and ran They caught ut I’eter and pulled Hastily withdrawing the paw that mind there dawned an idea which Into the yard, nnd the little lady him with them, and nway they nil be had Inserted under the closed lid of caused him hurriedly to'relight the smiled nnd ran. but she beckoned to whirled, until n »livery tinkle wu« Jimmy's fishing creel Blackbeard gazed candle and follow the other two back Peter to follow her. * beard and the panel» at one »Ide of Fy Jan* Doe into space with an air of injured inno- into the I.antern. Eagerly he looked Peter was so Intent upon watching the room *lid open and there wa* a ceoce. Picking up the creel, Jimmy at the bell. Yes, there it was, just ns i This popular "movi* the running figure that he did not no- table loaded with goodie* »uoh a* dropped his reeled Une into It und he expected—another bit of bis trout­ In County Meath, Ireland. The family I’eter never expected to tee, much les* started, with Molly at his side, back line. tied to the clapper. Uncle Al­ eventually moved to America and set­ THE THINGS WE LOVE taste. along the path by which she had pheus descried It at the same moment. tled In Toledo, Ohio. He began his A big gold chair wa* nt one end of theatrical career In Chicago ¿nd, after This bit of string—” he began, come. They went In silence. Black­ 07!! LOVE TO HEAR— the table nnd another one at the other eeveral years In stock and road work, beard, his plume-like tall raised grace­ doubtfully. ’’ Our baby singing to her ele­ end, but thin wns tiny, such ne a fairy turned to motion pictures. He Ilves In "That!” Interrupted Molly. "That’* fully. following as before. Jimmy was phants und cotton spools; and gurgling (wraon would use, and In thl» «at the i California. Tom Ie a brother of Owen nothing. I tied It there myself." thinking hard. Queen, but »he told I’eter lie w** to Moore, also prominent In the buelnesa. Jimmy just managed to suppress a in her bath, and whinnying iu her Alpheus Teach, a childless widower, sleep like a little colt. «It In the other, for tonight he wa* snort of seml-hysterlcal laughter. Tied --------- O--------- was Molly’s grand-uncie and the only king of the feast. parent she had ever known. Adored it there h< rself—that w as true enough. WE LOVE TO TAKE— I’eter’» plate wns plied with good by Molly, she never would marry with­ But she diijn’t go on to say that she The two youngsters from next door thing«, nnd nil the time »oft munlc had tied the dead trout to the other out his consent, as Jimmy knew only Have You This Habit? to a theatre and give them a scrutup- sounded, though where It came from too welt But why Uncle Alpheus end of that string, which she hurried tlous tea afterwards. I’eter did not know. should refuse hla consent, without back in order to cut as the cat was When I’eter hnd eaten nil he could even having seen the young man to tugging at It. This omission, how­ Dy Margaret Morison WE LOVE TO MEET— nnd wn« wondering If lie would be' whom he objected, had been an utter ever. was unknown to Unde Alpheus, Our hubby when we are all dolled so the bit of string passed from his able to get up from the gold chair, a mystery even to Molly. up for a downtown lunch, and we love »livery tinkle »ounded agnin nnd I’eter “He’s waiting for us up in the mind as a thing of no consequence. ROBBER OF INITIATIVE “Our ancestor is right now as al­ to laugh when we shake hands like rubbed hla eye«. I-antern,” said Molly, 'as they neared any correct and proper engaged couple. the house, nodding toward a huge, ways." said he solemnly. "He has Hr wasn't In the palace of the daisy Th* Little Lady Smiled an d Ran, but square cupola that sunnounted It. “I saved me from ■ terrible mistake. fnIries at all. He was in bed In his Beckoned Peter to Follow. WE LOVE TO LISTEN— And, ” he added, with that smile of his, don't know why he loves that place,” own 'poor cottage and the sun was * all young married |>eopte for th* When he assures us (In parentheses) first five years. Of the little setll*- she added wistfully. "He has some “I cannot tell you how happy I am In tice he was in a strange palace right shining In the window. that our cooking beats all the cafe ment, Mr«. Strong alone had children queer little ways, but I know you’ll be the assurance that this is so." in the midst of a daisy field. But the bell he still heard, nnd. Then h^ placed their hands together dishes ever prepared. patient. Jim.” The little lady ran up the marble when he looked out of the window, 1 In their teens. Certain frivolous citi­ Jimmy promised. Together they and, turning, left them alone in the steps and held out her hand to Peter. In the midst of the daUle« stood a zen* Intimated that Mrs. Strong had WE LOVE TO SAY— climbed upstairs and into the Lantern, candle-lighted Lantern. “Come,” she said. “You are the friend beautiful white cow with a silver bell i >o long been Haying that Turtle Lak* Good-by to him at the street corner wa* n garden spot In a tone of vole* with its view of the gray Atlantic. of the daisy fairies and they sent me ■round her neck. and see hltn grin when we tell hlm that defied guln«nylng, Unit she could There Jimmy discovered, with sur­ Jades Strange Appeal to bring you here for tonight. We are The cow proved to belong to a rleh ' just what will happen If he is five prise, that Uncle Alpheus was a mere to have a grand feast nnd dunce and man who prized her very much, and ; not openly go away. to the Feminine Heart seconds late home for dinner. During the June of Althea Gay’* at* wisp of a man, with a dreamer’s eyes the fairies said it would not be com­ when Peter returned the cow the rich and a smile of winning sweetness. Many women long for diamonds; plete without you. because you never man gave him a big reward, and, t>e*t ' rival at Turtle Lake, Mra. Strong gav* a garden party In her honor. When “I fear that you had poor 'sport if nearly all covet Jade. I myself have WE LOVE TO WALK— harm the daisies.” of all, he asked Peter to come nnd : Away and glow when we think what you fished Teach’s brook,” said he, gazed into the heart of a giant dia­ Then Into the mnrble palace she led work for him and live In a comfort­ Althea was about to tnke her leave, Mrs. Strong asked: “Have you seen taking Jimmy’s band. “I doubt If it mond worth four figures—I have a nice man our husband is and how Peter, and for the first time he able house on hl* big farm. my onions?” Althea said "No." "You can boast anything larger than a min­ drowned In Its white depths, says an much nicer than anyone else's hus­ thought of his ragged clothes. "Don't And nil of thia I’eter snys he owes can’t go home without seeing my band, and how nice he looks in that worry about your clothes." said the now." English writer who signs herself “A to the daisy fairies, for though It mny onions," was the reply. “Oh, your hu*- “The one trout that I caught wasn’t Lucky Woman." Yet it scarcely even blue-and-white striped suit (which we little lady who seemed to know his all have lieen a dream—the night he bnnd will understand—you must se* chose). much larger." replied Jimmy, setting stirred my admiration. thoughts. “I shall take you to our It was ex­ feasted nnd danced with the fairies— my onion*. No. tomorrow I* uncertain; rod and creel in a corner. "But—par­ quisite—yes, but I did not want to Queen nnd she will make everything he still believe* that because of hl* you can’t miss my onion*.” And a* don my abruptness, Mr. Teach—I’m take it home, to touch IL I left it WE LOVE TO BUY— right for you.” fondness for the pretty daisy the Althea followed her vociferous hostess, Our baby a little toy on our way awfully anxious to—” Peter next was fnken to a big room without a pang, to glitter In Its velvet fairies brought all of hl* good luck by her enr* seemed to ring with "Onion* I home. hung with white nnd gold, nnd on n "I understand,” Interrupted the case and wink at its neighbor, the sending the white cow to hla door. Onions! Onions!” sapphire tiara. throne made of daisies sat a tiny lit- other. “You want to know why I ob­ <©. UH. McClur» N»w»p»p»r Syndicate ) WE LOVE TO HAVE But that string of jade . . . that The next day at the local grocer* ject to your marrying Molly. Be seat­ A birthday, to find If we have she caught the accent* of an enally ed. please. It isn’t easy to convey my was differenL It was almost pain. I “guessed right” and see our husband's exact point of view. Perhaps I would longed so much to finger It, to feel Its recognized voice. "You won’t forget smile of pleasure when we haven't. to *end my order? You’ll remem­ best begin with the statement that I green Ice on my neck. Half the women In England ar* am an absolute believer In the doctrine ber that I want my order before WE LOVE TO KISS— of heredity. Then—do you see that jade mad. Why should this strange lunch? I mu«t have my order without Him twenty times a day and watch bell?” quartz hold such a unique position in full—you’ll nee to It yourwelf. won’t By MILDRED MARSHALL him pretend to be horribly bored when you?" Then Mr«. Strong turned away Jimmy saw it. It hnng by a chain the feminine heart? Is it because Its we ask him If he loves us as much as and Althea heard one clerk tell an­ from the ceiling and seemed to be very wonderful color reminds us of nothing on our honeymoon. else on earth? Maybe it is because old. other, “Oh, sile always goes on Ilk* that." “That bell was taken from a Span­ we are superstitious, and we think it WE LOVE TO TELL— One rnlny morning that summer Al- ish ship by an ancestor of ours, Ed­ brings us luck. By H IRVINq K1NQ Him that though be may love us no For thousands of years jade has ward Teach, who wa* killed in 1710. the* was nt the Strong house when longer, we love him better every day. %¡íftíí He was better known as Blackbeard, been looked upon by the Chinese as a Mm. Strong wan getting her family off symbol of eternity and long life. To the pirate. You’ve heard of him?” to their severnl destinations. Her hus­ LETTY WE LOVE TO LET— THE MOUNTAIN ASH ■ “Rather 1" nodded Jimmy. “But d’ give a friend a piece of Jade was to band was on hl* way to a town meet­ Him help us choose our hats even you suppose I’d let that make any dif­ wish him "the happiness and life you if we make the finni choice ourselves. QNE of the “glad” name* I* Letitia. ing, and Althea knew that if the vil­ A NYBODY who knows anything at desire.” ference?” It come* from the Latin adjective lage missed having a community In­ all about witches knows that a Lucky jade . . . the very thought taetua meaning glad, from which the cinerator that year It would not b* “You misapprehend; the point is WE LOVE TO BE— branch of the rowan tree—or, ns It I* stirs the imagination. It brings hazy this,” returned the older man. "You— Jealous of any pretty young thing more generally called, mountain ahh— ■ubttantiv*. "laetltla,” was formed. Mr*. Strong's fault. The children wer* dreams In Its train—dreams of yellow­ I knuw, for I have Investigated—are Whether ancient Rome underwent a warned ten times to put on their rub­ skinned men with slanting eyes, who who looks at our good-looking husband will keep those objectionable persons descended from the Villiers, who were "glad” period, etymologists do not bers nnd tnke their umbrellas. There oftener than she should, and we love at a distance and act as a counter ­ buy and sell, carve and polish the dukes of Buckingham. That is, from to see him glare when anyone stares charm to their sorcery. In some parts record, but the fact remains that Lae­ was simply no chnnce for Independent All the finest jade a family pampered in royal courts—” stone we love. at his good-looking wife. of the country the rowny is accounted titia as n proper name was adopted incompetency on their part. comes down from the roof of the Three year* Inter Mm. Strong's joy “That was three centuries ago 1” ob­ equally efficacious against thieves. In by the fashionable maids and matron* and pride, her only son, wns sent my jected Jimmy; but the other, now world, from the quarries of Khotan In WE LOVE TO LOVE— Maine housewives stir their lye, in of that bygone empire. Chinese Turkestan, along the caravan fairly in the saddle of his hobby, gal­ With all the love that's In us the making soap, with n stick of rowan, in Laetitia first made her appearance to school. Of nil the human being* route that has been used for 3,000 loped unheedlngly on. baby In our arms and the otlfter baby order that the soap may be hard nnd of ns Letizia, a name favored by the Ital­ upon whom she had expended her fore* years, and through that narrow break “Blackbeard.” he continued, “was In the Great Wall of China that Is who occasionally holds us In his arms, good quality. And everywhere they ians during the fashion for extreme of diameter, this wns the one whom and we love to speculate which of us will tell you that to beat a child with novelty that prevailed In the Cinque she had most closely followed up, far more than a mere cutthroat. He known as the Jade gate. whom she Imd most talked to nnd at loves the others most. possessed a personality so strong, so a rod of mountain ash stops Its growth. cento. Spain adopted Letizia. Chinamen are adepts at carving incredibly dynamic, that—as it Is said, this stone, which Is hard as diamond. <® by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) In Ireland Letties was extremely and over. Alt hen Gny was present The supe*stltfon with regard to the and as I am strongly inclined to be­ Few western lapidaries know how to mystic qualities of mountain ash has popular. One famous bearer of the when he went off amid a perfect lieve—it did not cease with bis death, treat it as they do; they can get the northern Europe ns its country of name wns Lettlce Knolly*. the wife broadside of adjuration. And several but persists to the present day. Al- last grain of beauty from the smallest origin nnd flourished there In the early of the Earl of Essex. Letitia was months later Althea Gay was calling nftost certainly, In my opinion. It is and least valuable chunk of the days. In northern Europe it still lin­ evolved In Ireland, nnd Is still a favor­ on Mrs. Strong when the trnglc blow with us at this present moment.” gers and from northern Europe we in­ ite with Irish lassie*, though Letty, the to her pride fell. Her son had been quartz. So wonderfully do they carve “Good heavens!” cried Jimmy, as it that to the uninitiated, the herit It. Formerly in some parts of diminutive, I* by far the most popular dropped. He hnd no vices, no evil com- w«ys—If so, his masters wrote, there uncontrollable little shudders chased puratively Inexpensive white Ireland the villagers used to appear on form. jade each other down his backbone. “How streaked with smoky apple May day bearing a hoop covered with I^tltln nnd Letty are both In vogu* would have been more hope for him; green is this ghost supposed to manifest It­ ofttn appears more beautiful than the marigolds and sprigs of mountain ash, In thia country. The touch of pro- he wn* simply weak, he had no force, self?” within which hung two balls, one cov­ priety which has become associated no character, there was no place for almost priceless vivid green. “By jingling that silly old bell I” ered with gold paper and one with sil­ with Letitia has somewhat lessened him In the school. HI* mother'* habit answered Molly with a scornful sniff. ver, to represent the sun and moon. her vogue, but I^tty nourishes after of overemphasis had pounded all th* Lake Storm» Dangerous “More like a scissors-grinder'« spook The marigolds were, of course, to sup­ the manner of all contractions fn spring from hl* makeup and left him flabby. It is bard for salt water sailors to than a pirate’s!” plement the yellow ball, the sun. America. HAVE YOU THIS HABIT? “Molly 1” rasped Uncle Alpheus, in bel eve that storms of the great in­ Which would Indicate that anciently The turquoise Is Letitia’* tallsmnnic (• by Metropolitan N.w.pap.r ■»»)**,) horrified reproof; but Molly only land seas are often more disastrous in Celtic mythology, at least, some con­ stone, if set In gold, it will protect sniffed again, so, after a little, he went than those of the open ocean, because nection was conceived to exist between her from all danger, especially when there is less space for drifting and on, once more addressing Jimmy: the other decoration, the rowan, and traveling. According to an old legend, “As a matter of fact. Blackbeard because' of powerful lake currents the moon-goddess. the stone will, break at the approach during gales which take the ship out never has directly manifested liiinself Be that as it may, It Is reasonable to of evil. The best possible good luck to me, though I often have hoped that of control. Also, the fresh lake water suppose that the rowan got Its mystic Is promised I^>tty If she can se* the he would, In times of dire family Is lighter than the salt water of the reputation In Norse mythology—as It new moon reflected In her turquoise emergency, in order to prevent some ocean and is, therefore, more easily got its common English name—from Saturday Is her lucky day. great error about to be committed, it heaped up Into great waves by a the resemblance of its foliage to that by Wh»e1»r Syndicate.) strong wind. When the December Is true that he is said to have sounded of the true ash, the sacred tree of our this bell. It never has happened since gales arrive and the snowstorms, •H I I H I I I I I J I I I I I I I i i j ;..| Scandinavian forefathers—Igdrnsll, the my birth, but I can cite Instances, re­ which continue till spring, shipping tree of life. One old name for the remains safe in port, for ice closes A UNE O’ CHEER corded by my forefathers—” rowan was the "quicken tree”— “Cite ’em downstairs, where there's the lake to navigation. quicken In the sense of to make alive— more light; it’s nearly pitch dark 3y John Kendrick Bangs. which would seem still further to con­ here, ” Molly broke In. “You two go Pump Fights Diphtheria nect the mountain ash with the sacred •*-