HE’S TYPICAL LEGION WORKER
METAL BAG IS LIGHT AS SILK
M r . B a r n e s , U. S. W h e a t D i r e c t o r S a y s :
“Eat More
bread
Connecticut Man Is Chosen Depart
ment Adjutant for Pariod of
Three Years.
By M AR Y W H IT N E Y .
Thomas J. Bunnlgan has received
the an. .... .! ^linction of being elect«-#
adjutant of the Connecticut department <£. 1(11. by X icC lu r* N i » i k » p « r «> n J I c x t t )
o f the American I.eglon for a period
It Is now eight yeur* that 1 have
of thr«-e years, lie Is also In charge been on my chicken farm and 1 shall
of the service division ut department never leave It. The thought of scientif
headquarters.
ic research fills me with the same
i
Mr. Rannlgan was born in Ctlca. ' horror that 1 felt wheu 1 saw Marie
A n d re d u c e the high cost o f liv in g .”
N. Y. H e re«.elved his education In lying dead in the garden, a faint blue
schools « o f that city and In George shadow on her forehead.
town Academy.
H e came to N ew
1 was Just out o f college wh«m I
Britain, Conn., 'J5 years ago and In went to work for Dr. Gaspard. From
lt lll moved to H artford where he la the first he Impressed me uncannily,
engaged in the wholesale and retail as a person o f too strong Imagination.
cigar business.
Then, too, 1 thought thnt he was not
IS T H E C H E A P E S T A S W E L L A S T H E M O S T
During the w ar Mr. Haunlgan served over careful In the handling of ex
W H O LESO M E FOOD ON TH E M ARKET.
us a captain.
Returning to H urtford plosives.
But no one dared remon
ut the end of the war. he gave hla ef- strate except Marie, and »he was too
light-hearted and happy.
At leust she was happy until Lord
I
ilackett threw her over for rich Sum
Orcutt's widow. 1 shall never forget
i that morning.
1 saw her run down
I the hill, his letter In her hand, and
fling open the door of the laboratory
Y o u r G r o c e r h a s it
without knocking, an act that was
strictly forbidden to us both.
In a
second I heard a spit, then a roar and
I rould see the flash of purple flam«.
The doctor waa scarcely hurt at all,
hut M arie was burned and the poison
ous fumes had quenched forever the
light In her eyes.
It seemed as If every part of feeling
he
reaches
tlie
JoOTiit-y's
end.
You
KEEP TO THE STRAIGHT PATH
In the doctor turned to something grim
may escape the chiding, but nature
and terrible.
The next morning he
and time will churge you with delin
Aimless Exploration« on L lfo ’o Jour-
called me to the library and asked me
quency. To be abreast of your abil
'« / Mean the Squanderlrq} of
what I knew about the pineal gland.
ity you must keep on going. Cut your
Time and Energy.
He pointed to the open dictionary and
head to work and your feet will carry
i hade me read aloud. In a voice that
you
In
the
right
direction,
and
reg-
The
fine
golds
of
the
ancients
have
I
k
cn
surpassed
l>y
the
craftsmen!
N o matter what the way la In life
. trembled a little I obeyed: “In man a
of today, and the modern wom an *npw to lcs'a n arm or mesh bag, which
ulute your conduct when you reach the
you muat keep on going to get aome-
1 small, conical, reddish gray body at
is finer and lighter than silk. It fs the newest idea in small hand bag,'
goal.
There Is too much at stuke
where.
The greater the dellghta of
and a fashion avhicha i m l y t o .atav|r.awhilc...tluc.*.to.thc art .in its^yvorky
tached to the third ventricle of the
to squander time and energy on aim
tlia way, the alower will
be the
maashipi _ _ _
brain. It bus the structure of an eye
less
explorations.
I.cnrn
what
your
(
progress.
The bee that alpa from
with a more or less distinct retina or
every flower may be a long Uma col goal In life Is to be and then see to
lens. It Is evidently a remnant of an
It
that
you
make
every
ounce
of
en
lecting hla load of honey. The wise
Important sense organ.
Its present
ergy
contribute
towards
Its
realiza
urlile« <>n
Too ;tr«> bound ;<j suc
Nee goes straight te the honey flowers
Most— 1 can assure you, this meat
; function Is unknown.”
tion. Chart your life and the course | ceed If you learn how to pass the
and te the place o f their greatest
Is bully.
"B e a r this In mind,” said the doctor
It should follow and then muke every
dlvidlug of the ways.— Grit.
abundance. The child that loiters by
Ex Soldier (sh u d d e rin g)— Don't tell
when I had finished, "there la no death,
day
bring
you
nearer
to
the
desired
the road side la usually chided when
me It's bully beef.
only change. Countless factor» have
T H O M A S J. B A N N IG A N .
atrophied that gland.
N ow I shall
forts to revitalizing his business. In
play upon it by every stimulus to
Februury, 191U, when the city o f H art
awaken It.”
ford needed a capable man to direct
“T o what endT’ I asked weakly.
Its Soldiers. Sailors and Murines' club,
"T o give her an eye, to her and all
Mr. lluunigan wits asked to take the
the world."
Job. Despite the cull of his business,
"B ut there Is no pin«*, no socket.”
he abandoned It ugutn, through pa
"One will form. 1 can only mark the
triotic motives, to supervise the Hub. 1
ends, not tbe processes of nature. All
A record-maker In the formation
I ask of you. Miss Robinson, Is to at
and organization of Ruu-Locke post
tend to my supplies, file my notes and
No. 8. Mr. Rnnntgun soon became one '
to keep your mouth shut. I know that
of the most prominent Legionnaires ¡
you are capable of all three.”
in the state and was elected as the
In about two months the prooeaa be
first state adjutant. Department head
Famous Arctic explorer and discoverer of "the blonde Eskimo” . He comes to Chautauqua with
gan.
Every morning I led M arie to
quarters ha«l l»een without a perma
the laboratory, the doctor locked the
a remarkable illustrated lecture on his many years of exploration work in the frozen North. This
nent location, using a room in the
door and I walked outside. Soinetlmes
story has been attracting greater crowds throughout the great cities o f the country than any lec
Service club ns quarters.
Br. Bun-
I could hear strange gurgllnga and
nlgun
prevailed
upon
the
city
author
ture event in recent years.
moans, but Marie declared that she did
ities to turn the building over to the
not suffer much. A fte r the treatment
Legion.
she would sleep. And she would al
Mr. Bannlgun Is also a member of ¡
ways dream. At first it was of tall
the national committee on wnr risk
trees and lush grasses, then the thick
Insurance and compensation and Is
ets would be peopled with grest mon
chairman
o
f
the
H
artford
Elks’
na
Note«! American writer and correspondent who makes his initial Chautauqua appearance this
sters and flying reptiles.
She would
tional solillers' fund committee.
awaken hungry and ask fo r chops, al
summer before Ellison-White audiences.
Macfarlane is o-.e c f’the leading contributors to the Sat
w ays complaining that they were
urday Evening Post, Colliers’ , and many of the leading national magazines.
He is rated as one
TO TURN HOSPITAL TO STATE overdone.
of the best public speakers in the country.
I watched these changes with dis
Texas Department of American Legion may, hut the doctor frowned grimly.
to Relinquish Control of Kerr,
“It's awakening," he said, “and with
villa Institution.
Its stirring It brings to her subcon
scious mind the evolution of the ra«**.”
The T exas department o f the Amerl- |
One day Marie did not sleep as
can Legion Is completing arrangement*
An orchestra from Central Europe that is entirely unique upon the American concert platform,
usual.
She kept murmuring thickly
10 turn the Legion Memorial hospital
about the wind In the tree tops. The
h irst Western Chautau )ua tour follows many seasons of European successes and notable Eastern
at Kerrvtlle over to the stute, in order : doctor called to me to help a moment
engagements. They play various sizes of the tamburica, their household instrument for generations.
that the provisions o f the bill a p p ro ' with some apparatus, and when I re
printing $1,500,000 to expand the In turned she had disappeared. I called
stitution to a capacity of 000 tubercu to the doctor and we ran out Into the
lar patients, passed by the state legls- j garden. She had climbed to the lower
S e v e n D a y s filled w ith S p le n d id A ttra c tio n s
lature, may be carrlevl out.
limb of an old pear-tree and sat with
'l he Legion will mulntaln Its hospital
face uplifted as If drinking In the
organization, which will co-operate
l>enuty o f the 1ear«M against the sky.
with the state health cifllor, the super
A Big P la y P ro d u c t io n
When M arie heard our steps she
intendent o f the state tuberculosis snn-
grn*|ied the trunk with both tiandi and
Itarium and the chairman of the state
began to climb. It was a l .ouls Bond
board of control, the officers designat tree, very straight and tall.
ed to supervise the expenditure of the
“Come down, dearie," cried the doc
! appropriation.
tor, “come down to your daddy here.”
Charles \V. Scruggs, state adjutant
Marie
leaned
toward
us.
The
Official quartet of th«*JOrpheus Club of Los Angeles, winners o f the first prize for male choruses
of the Legion, has expressed the ap- |
branches had unloosened her long hair
preclatlon of the ex-service men as fol
at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The Orpheus Four is acclaimed by musical critics to he on“ o f
and It was swaying gently.
lows :
"Fath«*r," she said, “I wonder If I
the best, if not the best, male quartet in the United States. Two «*oncerts on the third day.
"T h e governor of the great State ol
see the trees? It almost seems as If
Texas has met our expectations and I
I d
am firmly convinced has only cousum- j
"Perhaps so, dearest.
Come down
mated the sentiment of the people ot
and tell me about It. You're not afraid
Texas by signing the Legion Memorial
o f your old daddy, are you?"
An organisation created and coached by Thurlow Lieurance, noted American composer and au
hospital bill. The Legion is proud tc
“ I'm not afraid of anything but
share
with
the
governor
and
with
the
thority on Indian rflusic. One o f the finest stringed orchestra« in the Chautauqua world. Jane
snakes."
It -.lature our inordinate pride In the
Peterson, Chicago contralto, soloist. Two concerts on the last day.
Just then the first breath of the eve
consummation of this splendid en
ning breeze rustled the leaves of tbe
0 ...o r ..nd fulfillment of our funds
pear trees. It caught a lock of Marie's
n
till duty to T exas' disahle«l ex
hair and whipped It across her face.
i service men.”
"O h ! " she screamed, “a snake; I felt
him !" She brushed frantically at her
Kansas Passes L aw s for Legion.
Adults $ 2 .7 2 , Students. $1 50, Child'. $1. N o W a r Tax
face, lost her bold and fell at our
That the voice of the ex-service met
feet
o f Kaosns, us reprenented by the Am
Holsum Bread
B U Y THAT
EXTRA LOAF
Cherry City Baking Co.
VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON
PETER CLARK MACFARLANE
THE JUGO SLAV ORCHESTRA
Twelve Concerts! Ten Lectures
THE ORPHEUS FOUR
LITTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Season Tickets Now on Sale
DALLAS
C h au tau q u a
E LU SON-WHITE
JULY 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25
a
ericau Legion, has been heard It
manifested by the generous enactm eni1
of legislation beneficial to veterans ot j
the W orld w ar. The legislature of tha'
state has passed the following (villa I
affecting ex service luvn: An adjuste« ,
compensation bill. In the form of at
enabling act; an act gtanting to al
ex-servli-e men of the W orld w ar tb<
same rights, privileges and Imniuni
ties granted to veterans o f other wars
an appropriation of J 1 .'■ *» a year for
general expenses o f state headquarter»
of the Legio n ; an art protecting th,
I. * n and Auxiliary emblems fron
unauthorized
exemption fron
taxation of all property held In th<
name o f the L egio n ; an act p lacing
under the care of ¡.egioa posts erring
young boys pended from in-lustrls
1 schools; and a boxing bill.
Eight Bars on
George Leander.
gonne I'« 't of the
at I v - M u - - la .
Lit V ii’.ory medal.
Victory Medal.
a member of Ar
American I.eglor
has eight bars oc
Tenderly we carried her Into the li
brary and laid her on the couch. I
pushed hack her hair and. for the first
time, we saw a fa in t bine, oval shadow
on her forehead.
And that la all the story of Marie
Gaspard. The doctor wenf to France
and I In a few months bought my
chicken farm.
Sometimes, on moon
light night*. I see my pear tree*
rustling In the hreeoe. Sometime« a
white misty figure bends toward oh
the tranche* and I catch ^
pee of M a d e » s *e e t face, a fa lit
blue shadow on her forehead.
C
In Peaceful Grave.
In an open field not v * j j far fron
London. England, there Is a solitary
grave o f one who was an ardent love»
of the surrounding country. This was
a «-»m an who did not wlab to I m
burled In the crowded cemeteries ol
the city. And one cannot help feellni
that she was a little wrlae. for « her«
she rest* the countryside Is full of
peace