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SHE CANT PLEASE ALL
Th«
Kansas Farmer Uses One While
. Dragging a Public Highway.
BETTER THAN A HORSE TEAM
■«chine Fer Felling the Dreg Makes
Faster Time— Reform the Motor Car
Has Brought About In Improvement
ef Roads.
When the motor car first found its
way to the Kansas farm it appeared
a luxury.
Soon it became a not un­
common pleasure and then a necessity.
And a necessity it is today, es|MS'lally
In the Kansas wheat belt, where more
cars are to be found on the farms than
in any other part of the west.
Many farmers have them, and a ma­
jority of those who are not so fortu­
nate have the motor car fever In a
moat virulent form. The farmers con-
fee« that this fever can I m * checked
only by a failure of the wheat and
corn crop or by the desire of every
farmer being gratified—by having a
car at his disposal.
The machines are now so thick on
the Kansas prairies In some sections
that one traveling over the rural roads
MUTOB OAR PULLING A KOAl> DRAG.
will count at least two motor cars in
every five vehicles passed in a day’s
drive.
There la probably not another ma­
«
chine found on the farm today that
can be put to so many practical uses
as the motor car. There are very few
things to do on the farm except the
tilling of the soil, in which the car can­
not be brought Into practical use. It
la valued by the farmer for its S(x*ed
probably more than any other quality,
as the farmer is learning more and
more to value his time, just as the
man In the otHce or the factory.
To the qortb of Salina a dozen miles
or so there is a public road which
shows that it has been well taken cure
of. The effect of the King drag is to
be seen for more than a mile along one
farm, and it is not an uncommon sight
on that road to see a farmer with his
touring car spinning along at the rate
of aix to eight miles an hour with a I
large King drag following, attached to
the machine with a chain. This farm­
er has used the drag for some time,
but more frequently in the last few
rnoptbs than ever before. 11c prefers
a car for the drag to a team of horses
because he makes better time.
Sometimes it takes two men, one to
run the car and the other to weight
the drag. A heavy weight will answer
the same purpose ns the second man.
but it Is a custom for the farmers to
work the roads together, and it comes
naturally since the advent of the mo-
tor.
It Is seldom that the farmer’s car
Is seen at the garage. The farmer Is
so accustomed to making his own re­
pairs that he naturally fulls into the
job with the car. He finds it Just as
easy as repairing his harvester, his
cultlvutor or bls bicycle. Perhaps lie
may have a slight difficulty with some
of the electrical parts of the engine,
but when he has seen It repaired once
he never haH the same dilficulty again,
at least not to such an extent that an
Many
Trials of ths
Is Advised.
Girl
Humor and
Philosophy
Who
There are some women who never
give their friends much anxiety.
Whether or uot they ure any stronger
physically than some of their sisters,
people seem content to take them and
their welfure pretty much for grant­
ed. “Oh. to be in that favored class!”
says the girl whose friends Just love
[ to worry about her.
She is oue of many. You know the
type They are, as a matter of fact,
rather reckless tn matters pertaining
to their health. They are too bnsy
doing other things, but they have the
unfortunate failing of ’’looking frail.”
They are thin instead of stout, pale In­
stead of rosy, and when tired their
eyes have the strange pro|M.*nsity of
looking like the proverbial burnt boles
In a blanket.
By common consent it seems to have
been agreed upon that they need tend­
ing and constant watching.
If a chance friend mets one of them
on the street she would blush to ifllss
the chance of recommending lier pet
cure-all.
“1 tell you what you ought to do,”
says the robust person. “You Just get
into the habit of taking egg and milk
three times a day and you’ll look like
another person.”
The next time it is cod liver oil that
is Just wiiat she needs, and again it's
horseback riding three times a week
or massage that would do wonders for
her.
The solicitous interest of a batch of
friends would be trying enough to put
up with if they didn’t all Insist upon
proffering advice profusely.
,
One can't be taking eggnogs and
eating Juicy steaks and lying down and
taking walks in the fresh air all the
time. Ono hasn't time to attend to
so many matters, and. besides, some­
times they conflict.
“The waist you sent looks very well
on me,’’ writes one girl, “especially
when I ‘stand up straight,’ as Lucile
Is always thumping me on the back
and commanding me to do.
“I strut about looking very smart in
my new blouse and very well pleased
with myself and my straight, upstand­
ing position until Jam* comes along
and admonishes me to relax. ‘Child,
relax. You must relax,’ she chants
solemnly.
“It’s really quite a problem to know
what to do. for I’m strong on making
them ail happy, but I can’t be stand­
ing up straight and relaxing and
throwing back my shoulders hud lying
down for a little rest all at th«* same
time—these dear 500 friends, if only
one could please them all, but how
can it be done?”
1/ »VACAJV M. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Harry Leon Wilson
Saint and sinner each taluks the oth­
er must envy him..
When a num marries for tnouey he
deserves all he gets.
o<l I»
Any kind of a
(tort in a storm Is
desirable except
Newport when
you are dead
broke.
Being sensible
a fraction of the
time is consider­
ed a hardship by
the foolish.
all the tradì
A woman must
have lots of faith
In her other
points who does
her hair up in a
tight knot on the
back of her head
tions of European
influ
society can
Some women aren’t so very prettj
simply because they know how very
pretty they are.
enee this man from
To I m * a successful liar oue needs to
have a duplicate conscience.
Indiana. His triumph
Nobody likes to be disagreeable to
his own Interests.
over the aristocracy
Her Ideal.
Mary’s looking for a man,
Not a common duffer.
Not for one who hasn’t shown
He can bear and suffer.
She has tier ideas fixed
As to form and feature,
Character and bank account
Of this perfect creature.
fi
•Ær*- >
of the old world is
From the pages of romance.
From the stage’s bright setting.
She has pictured her a man
Clearly worth the getting.
Who has In one suit of clothes
Marked and labeled duly
All the virtues man can have
And a surplus truly.
clever.
humorous
a
and patriotic enough
That’s the kind she’s looking for
At the age of Cventy.
And she'll find, to tier dismay,
They are not so plenty.
Some there are of good Intent.
But when you have said It
That is all that you can find
Usted to their credit.
to thrill every
of
Do not in a ruthless mood
Her ideals trainpie.
She will notice her mistake
When she meets a sample
That will not discourage her.
If she makes a hooking.
She will swear it was for him
She was busy looking^
HOME HINTS.
When Ivory bundles have turned yel­
low rub them with turpentine and it
will restore tlielr color.
To prevent wooden palls or tubs from
shrinking when not in use paint them
over with glycerine.
Coarse salt sprinkled on the floor oc­
casionally before sweeping is said to
be a good preventive of moths.
If the juice of a fruit pie runs out,
try putting a small funnel of white
paper in the center of the upper crust.
Try washing the bands with a little
sugar added to the soap. This great­
ly increases the cleansing power and
will remove dirt and chemical stains
in a wonderful manner.
If when salt and flour bags are emp-
tied you will put them in the clothes
hamper to be washed and boiled out,
you will always tiave a supply of Jelly
strainers. The salt bag is jUHt the
thing for the odd glasses of jelly made
all during the season.
It is a great mistake to use fine
glass tumblers for lemon squash or
other beverages which are required to
be very highly Iced. If they are em­
expert has to see It.
ployed. however, the precaution should
The public roads in central Kansas be observed of placing them to steep
are such that a touring car can be tak­ for some little time in cold water be­
en out almost any time. Mud cuts no fore tilling them with the Iced drink.
figure with the farmer, and this is one
feature that mqjtes his car of such
Gives Studio Teas For Pet Cats.
value to him. The town man will not
Desire to attract attention probably
run his machine in the mud, but the is Just ns strong among American wo­
farmer doesn’t care much. However, men writers as It is among their sis­
the farmers are talking good roads ters in France, but In this republic
now more than they ever did before, they do not dare go to the length of
and this is one reform the motor car wearing men’s clothes, which have
has brought about. Already In many been adopted recently by ambitious
of the public roads the little gulli«*s penwotnen In France. The law there
have been filled up and the little knots being lenient, these literary lionesses
have been cut down. More than a are permitted to stride down the bou-
year ago the Salina motor club tM*gan levards gartx«d In fur trousers. But
the advocacy of good roads. The farm- In America this Is not possible, and
era were not In general sympathy with women of letters must have recourse
the motorists, and they were slow to to other methods. An eccentric writer
take hold of the scheme, arguiug thnt who bears a .high sounding title de­
the roads in central Kansns were not lights, when receiving guests, to wear
so bad. They knew the object was to diaphanous drapery and repose on a
make it easier riding for motorists lounge. Sometimes she shuts her eyes,
and especially for the tourists from and tli«» guests may have ttie pleasure
eastern cities, who desired to spend of gazing ou sleeping beauty. Society
the summer In Colorado, making the seems to have discarded freak per­
formances only that “Intellectual
trip overland.
The farmer, as a rule, laughed at queens” may take them up. A pretty
the idea then, but now he is right in young writer in Washington, whose
line. If he doesn’t own n car now he father has an official (M'sltlon, gives
expects to some day. and ho Is In studio teas for th«* pet cats of her
hopes the roads will be made better friends, and the company spend hours
before bis machine arrives on his solemnly selecting the proper shade of
ribbon to wake a neck rurf for a par­
farm.
More roads were dragged last year ticular pussy.
than ever before In the history of Sa­
Fatal Vacillation.
lina county, and It is safe to say that
Cultivate firmness of purpose. With-
the present year will be a record
out it, though your talents are high
breaker in this line of work.
The motor car of the farmers is in­ and your opportunities wide, your life
fluencing good roads In another way record will I m * "nothing done.”
Who Is the one among your friends
The dealers are the moat active good
roads advocates In the state One of who has arrived? Is it the show girl
the principal motor dealers, for in of school days, the girl who could do
etance. makes it a business to deliver many things well, but rarely knew
a good ruads lecture with etery car. what she wanted to do? The success-
The dealers have been fanners, and fill one is th«* girl of whom you can re­
they know the subject from the stand­ member nothing save her pertinacity.
No girl succeeds who does not set
point of both sides Farmers get the
Mea at the very beginning, and they her mind along a certain line and stick
■ever go behind the new doctriM.— to it. though difficulties mount and
temptations to turn »aide are stroag. I
By Booth Tarkington
The lazy man never wastes any mon­
ey advertising for n Job anyway.
Many Such.
“Why are you kicking about hard
times? I thought you had a steady
job."
“I have.”
“Then why do you kick?”
“Because the salary isn’t steady, like
the job.”
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Might Help.
“She talks an awful lot.”
“Well, she says she always speaks)
her mind.”
“Then she ought to have her mind
amputated.”
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BY TWO
FOR ALL AMERICANS!
“How much do you know?”
“More than you.”
"How is that?”
“I kuow we both know nothing.'
Without a Light.
“Got your lines perfect?”
“You lM*t.”
“Know them without prompting?”
“I could say them in the dark.”
All are delighted with
story running in
A Hint.
“Yes, I^kave sold my business."
“What are you doing now?"
“Looking for an opening.”
“The well Is over yonder”
Moderate,
We live and learn
A little bit.
But not enough
To make a hit.
Y
Sure.
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“You say you are perfectly happy?"
“Yes.”
“Then why do you wish to marry?”
"For variety.”
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Getting Prepared.
“She has such an artistic tempera-
ment.’’
“Must be getting ready tc apply tor
a divorce.”
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you should begin now
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“Gracious! Has the cook stove fell
down on all the dishes?”
"I guess not.”
■’Then whaf Is that racket In the
kitchen?”
“Father went out to discharge the
cook.”
Desperate.
Let the war drum
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s rumble cecee.
Time It la the ferree to quit.
We wfll have our day of peaae
41 we hwve to fight for It.
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