BRINGING UP FATHER
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By Georqc McT.lanus
MT WINK ft would b a fine scheae
X If they'd only do it." Ma observed
earnestly as she smoothed. the omni
present sock carefully -across bo knee
to compare It with Its completed mate.
They aint enough people go to church
now days, goodness knows." .
TWhat'4 oe a fine scheme?" T. Paer
inquired over the ' top of. his evening
paper. They got so many chnrehes, he
added In answer to ner last statement,
"it 'takes a whale of a lot of people, to
make a sbowln'ln 'em." "- ' ".. ;. .?
They's a-whale of a tot that' don't
try to make a .showing?, " Ma responded.
"You ain't been to church for so Ions
70a would'nt know one if yoa saw It,"
"I'd go oftener if you wouldn't always
ran me about goia' . to sleep," T. Paer
answered, "A fellah can't ret no com
fort out of church sittin' with you.
v- -You ain't supposed to sleep in church."
Ma said scornfully. " "Every time ' yon
go yoa act like you'd been up all night
nd hadnt cot borne yet"- ' -'
'mturday' night's a hard nUrht," T.
Paer said defensively, " 'nd besides Sun
day morning's made to sleep in." -'
"Sunday mornlnc's . made for divine
worship," Ma retorted. " 'Nd yoi dant
show much Inclination that way from,
the 'way- yon act." . -.
"It says in the bible.". T. JPaer argued,
. "that you're : supposed to worship . ac
cording to your own lights, or somethln'
like' that"
"Maybe it does." Ma said sarcastically,
"hut your, light goes out about five nxtnita
after the first bymn." !
. "It's jny way of doia'.lt," T- Paer In
sisted, "I feel a lot more religious after
a good nap'n I do after tmferin through
a., long , sermon. Anyway," be added,
"sermons always affect me like a dose
of paragorio does a kid." .
- "Just the same." Ma said, reverting
-to her first observation. "I think this
, go to church' day stunt's a good one'nd
ought to be kept up." " i i
"If they'd make it on Easter Sunday
they'd , get 'enough wom,en at so's they
would'nt need, the men to fill in," T.
Paer suggested hopefully,. "Somebody
ought to tip that off to the preachers."
"It'd-. be. awful If yon bad to go to
church more'n once a year," Ma said,
scorfully, "I don't suppose you'd ever
live through It .?, '- -
.. r-"If you'd had' as-much , trouble beln'
a Presbyterian instead, of a Campbellite
as I did," T. Paer contended earnestly,
"you'd feel like takin' a layoff, once in
a while, too." . :
- "Humph," M. sniffed, "It'd take an
. X-ray 'nd a blood test both to tell what
yon are so far as religion's concerned."
"That's aB right." X. Paer insisted, "I
worked hard for my religion 'nd you Just
Inherited yourn."
tf yoo'd worked a little harder you
would'nt a bad any," Ma smiled. "Toa
was pull in' back most of the time, wasn't
you?" 4 , ...
"I was pull In' to the left." T. Paer
grinned remintscently, "Old Pet always
wanted (0 go over to Bethel instead of
down. to. Zens."
. "Old Petr Ma said. In sarprtseWho
was she nd what did she have to do with
itr - . ... - , -
"She- was Maw's hog-backed mare," T.
Paer explained, "that been raised by
a Cdfopbellite deacon oyer to Bethel nd
didn't like to go to the Presbyterian
church over to Zena.
"What'd she know about denomina
tions," Ma scoffed. "Horsea ain't got no
religion." - -
"Pet did." T. Paer Insisted. ' "She be
lieved In the Golden Rule all right all
right",..-"- -- . - .- ,-
"How do you know thatT" Ma asked
ironically. ' "Did she tell you so?" '
"She sure did,"" T. Paer "answered.
"Every time I'd tickle her she'd 'try to
kick me."
"How'd that prove UT' Ma queried
doubtfully,
"She was try In to do unto others as
they done to her," T. Paer told her. "It
always struck me," he added, "that -Pet
tried to- go to church at Bethel because
she didn't like the Presbyterian style of
baptism."
"What?" -Ma said'- in astonishment
"The Idea of a horse thinking about
baptism."
"I .think it. Just the same," T. Paer
persisted doggedly. "When she went to
Bethel she got - Med up in a httchin'
shed. 'nd when she went to Zena she
stood out In the open nd got sprinkled
nearly ; every Sunday." , .
"Bosh!" Ma snapped. "It alnt decent
to be frivolous about snob things." -
"I ain't frivolous." T. Paer answered,
"from my way of thlnkln' old Pet bad
more religion'n most peopleve got She
done what she ought to when she knew
she couldn't get all th reward that
was com In' to her because her teeth was
gone nd she couldn't chew her oats."
"You've shunted us off from 'going to
church day," Ma complained. Tro in fa
vor of that idea." ';
"It'd be all -right," T. Paer conceded,
"If they'd have church la the afternoon
that day." ..."
"Why in the afternoon V Ma asked
suspiciously. .
"So I'd have time to black my shoes
after I got up in the morning, T. Paer"
told her. "A fellah, can't get sleep enough
'nd spruce up for a week alt in the
forenoon."
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Patience and Impatience
By Tsoraton W. Bsrgess A
Patiene wmita: impatieBm trt
.f And wraUif and ill-tempered eta .
: Peter Babbit
rP WAS a perfect October morning.
Along the edges of the Green Forest
the maple trees were beautiful in deep
red and golden yellows. The oak leaves
had turned a rich russet and the hickory
leaves were a yellow brown. Only the
Pine and the hemlock and the fir and the
spruce trees were still green. And it was
all very, very beautiful aa Jolly, round,
bright Mr. Sun smiled . down from the
blue, blue sky.
But over where the beech trees grew
were, many of the Green Forest people
"with no thought of all the loveliness
around them. The truth Is their thoughts
were all of their stomachs. Tea, sir; it
was of their stomachs. JThey had gath
ered there for a feast one of the great
est feasts of the year the feast of
beechnuts. So they could think of noth
ing else. .
But for most ef them the feast was
being delayed. True. Jack Frost bad
opened the little hunks with his bard
ringers the night before, but only a. few,
a very few, of the little, sweet brown
ijota had fallen to the ground. They
must be shaken out and not a single
Merry Little Breese bad appeared to do-
the shaking. To all but Happy Jack the
Gray Squirrel, and Rusty the Fox Squlr-J
rel, and Chatterer the Red Squirrel, this
was moBt disappointing and provoking.
But the Squirrel cousins were glad of
it That is because-they. were selfish.
They could climb the trees and take the
little, sweet, brown nuts 4ut. of . their
husks, - and they were working with
might and main and hoping the Merry
lattle Breeses would forget to come at
Careless Shampooing - -Spoils
Jthe Hair
. Soap should be used very carefully.
If you want to keep your hair look
Iryr its best Most soaps and prepared
'shampoos contain too-, much alkali.
This dries -the scalp, makes the hair
brittle, and ruin it. ,
' The best thing for steady use Is
Alulsifled cocoanut oil shampoo
(which is pure and greaseless). and
is better than anything, else you can
1 One or two teaspoonsful of Mulsi
fied will cleanse the hair and scalp
k thoroughly. Simply moisten the hair
with water ana run it in. , it makes
an abundance of rich, creamy lather,
which rinses out easily, removing
every particle Of dust dirt dandruff
and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and it leaves the
scalp soft and the hair fine and
silky, bright lustrous, fluffy and
easy to manage. "
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Ton can get' Mulsif led cocoanut oil
shampoo at any pharmacy, it's very
cheap, and a few ounces wll supply
every member 01 v me iamny - tor
months. Be sure your druggist gives
you Muisined.
RESIUOt
5oohino and Healmsj
Household
i Ointment
Keen atiar on
hand for common
skin hurts- .
rashes, chafins
cuts.sl tns,burns
Theointmenl
for Ihe family
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Back and forth and round and round
ah of fled Buster Bear and Mother
Bear.
all, so that they might have all those
tittle, sweet brown nuts, although there
were maiy times more than they, could
possibly use or even carry Sway. But
that is the way with selfish people. Down
below waited Lightfoot the Deer and
Mrs. Llghtfoot and the. twin fawns. They
stood at a little distance waiting patient
ly for the coming of the Merry Little
Breeses. After a while Mother Deer arid
the fawns lay down, while Llghtf oot kept
watch for possible danger. They felt
sure the Merry Little Breeses would come
and then their patience would be re
warded. Directly under the beech trees was an
other family -the Bear family. Mother
Bear and the twins, Baxer and Woof
woof,' were together, and a Uttle to one
aide was Buster Bear, who, as you know,
was father of the twins. All were impa
tient. Buster and .Mother bear already
bad shaken all the branches they could
reach by standing un. - they and the
cubs had picked up and eaten all the
little, sweet brown nuts that bad fallen.
But these bad been only a taste.;
Back and forth and 'round and 'round
shuffled Buster Bear and Mother Bear.
They were net still aa Instant The
twins, were Just like them. The longer
they waited the more impatient they
grew and the more Impatient, they be
came the worse became their tempers.
Buster and Mother Bear growled at each
other when they passed. The twins sot
into a fight over a little nut they both
spied at the same Instant, and Mother
Bear spanked both and ate the nut Occa
sionally a little nut would rattle down.
shaken out of its husk by Happy Jack or
Rusty or Chatterer jumping from branch
to branch high overhead. The cubs would
race for it and.tJje one which failed to
set It would b cross and sulky.
Perhaps yea wonder that one of those
Bears did not climb a tree and shake It
It was because fbey knew that by the
time they could get down to the gruond
again ; all those nuts would have been
picked up by the others watting below.
So Jolly, round bright Mr. Sun climbed
higher and higher In the blue, blue sky,
and the Deer family waited patiently and
the Bear family waited impatiently and
grew 'more and mora ill-tempered and
the. Squirrel cousins worked harder than
ever, and over on the Green Meadows
the Merry Little Breeses of Old Mother
West Wind danced and played and tor
got they had been seat to shake the nut
trgea. ;-: - i . :'; .
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The next story:- Tho Merry Little
Breeses Arrive at Last".
Ford May Start
V ? Tire Manufacture
.- Detroit Mich, OcU Jo.There is a firm
belief in business circles here that the
manufacture of automobile tires shortly
will be inaugurated by Henry Ford. This
belief baa been materially strengthened
by the arrival hero of several chemists
and tire makers with their families.
These have just come from Akron. Feel
ers of the Detroit manufacturing pulae
put oat ay the various steel companies
In the last tew days are believed to tore-
shadow new developments of great im
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