U ncom m on
Sense *\ .
Misunderstanding
T
3 y“
Uncommon
Sense
By G RACE E. H A L L
JOHN BIAKT
J O H N
BLAKE
E fur aw ay
\ r OU’R
dearie, dearie.
tonight,
my
Mousle, “ so I will tell you what w*
T EL LI NG VO L K BOSS
THE CIIU11CH MOUSE
The sunshine has been mocking me
will do. You will live In the cupboard
wmwww
all d a y;
■"P HE man who hires you thinks he T IT T L E MISS MOUSIE lived nil at the back of the church where the
a hpnk president than you cun go to I've strained my eyes ’til they are
knows how to run bis business. He A-r a]one In one corner o f the big books are kept for a week and then I
$ft LEA ItX TO A O !
weary, weary.
me
Chicago without knowing how to get
may be wrong, but thut Is what he church, that Is, she did until one day will give you my answer."
Longing to see you passing by this
)HK the soldier I* |>em)ltted there.
Mr. Mouse did not mind in tbe least
she spied Mr. Tim Mouse wandering
Emerson's advice to hitch your
ihoot Ills rifle he Is taught te
doing this. What be wunted wus to
wlty •
.
.
.
Also k* believes he knows what he about the church.
aim it. Over uni] over again he must wagon to a star Is excellent advice, Within my heart a pain Is growing, wants you to do. Again he may be In
“ How did you get In here?" asked make his home in the church, so he
practice ho'dlng Ids weapon, ond hut It would have been of more prae-
growing,
„ .
error, but such, notwithstanding, la his Miss Mousle. “ This Is my church and run Into the cupboard and that wus
The truth Insists that I shall heed
| tlcat value If he had added a few de-
sighting it.
the lust he suw o f Miss Mousle for a
no other mouse has ever lived here.’’
and know
it is dlse<>uraging work. With the ! tails as to how It U to he accom-
week.
It may be easy for you to tell the
Then
Mr.
Mouse
told
a
flb.
“
I
came
That further still you're ever going, j boss where he is mistaken In many
|target before him the recruit natural- • pllshed.
But Miss Mousle saw him every day
In to call on you. Miss Mousle," he
going.
ly wants to try to hit It.
I>o not begrudge the months or the
and at the end of the week she had de
I things, but don't do It.
replied.
And oh, I love you dearie, love you
Hut to permit hill! to Are too soon j weeks nr the years that you spend
It may hurt hla feelings In the first
Mr. Mouse had come In through a cided that he would not do at all for
so I
would lie fatal to his efficiency. He 1 In learning how to aim. You’ll get far
piece, and it may hurt hla opinion of hole he found under the church steps the husband o f so retlued a creature
will never shoot well unless lie first j more hits If you put In hard work at
,
you in the second place.
and after . wandering about In the as a church mouse.
,
learns to shoot correctly.
training than you will If you fire be- The world u very cold, my dearie, j Kor m08t men who have ri8en
"Such manners and such taste," said
church had decided that It wus a very
And the long drill In holding the | fore you have learned to hold your
, ,
.
position which enables them to hire
nice place to live, no traps, no pussies Miss Mousle to herself as she ran
rifle.
Outside the magic circle of your othtr men hav# a very strong h<,Uef
¡rifle properly, and aiming it properly
about eutlng the crumbs and making
and plenty o f space to run about.
arms
Genius can sometimes Are at sight,
I Is never wasted.
the place tidy every day when Mr.
arms;
themselves. And they naturally will
"How
trim
and
sranrt
you
look
In
wlth
These rules are as necessary in life | hut even genius often misses unless My heart Is pleading to be cheery. ,Jllak mor. of meil who ^
your gray clothes," said the clever Mr. Mouse ran out for a while. "No, ha
cheery.
It learns how to Are. And genius suc-
[ns they are on the rifle range.
them than of men who differ.
Mouse. "Your eyes look brighter than won't do at all and I will wait und tell
Safe locked against your breast from
... _
___ .
_ ,
It is easy enough to aim high, but | coeds more often than does ordi
n i
.
'* o sometimes hear young men In those of the pantry mice and your fig him so this very day."
nary ability because it Is great enough
¡It Is not easy to reach your target.
a l a arms;
fits of anger “ telling the boss where he ure Is much more graceful.
I’ retty soon Mr. Mouse returned
o ff.. ulthoui!h not „ often aa w.
Itefore you actually set out to ac to recognise the vnlue of hard work. The tears persist tonight In falling, fall- ^
carrying a piece o f cheese which he
"Now
what
do
you
say,
Mtss
Mousle,
No
one
worked
harder
than
did
Mi
complish your ambition you must
lng.
hear them say thut this Is what they If we get married and I come here to dropped when he saw Miss Mousle
The breezes whimper o f an unknown
learn how to accomplish It.
This chael Angelo or Keats or any o f the
do.
live with you, for I know of no other primly seated by the cupboard door.
woe, *
means long and often uninteresting geniuses whose names will endure
The smell o f the cheese d I most
But we never saw one who gained | place that would make so nice a
And 'cross the silence I am calling,
toll, hut without It all your aiming at forever.
any advantage by It.
caused Miss Mousle to change her
home."
Aim
as
high
ns
you
can,
always.
But
calling—
the target will he useless.
If you are right about a thing, and j Miss Mousle was very much pleased mind, but she remembered that she
Come back to me, I love you, love
There can he no success without always learn how to aim liefore you
know you are right, It Is very well to j by all these compliments, so she hung was an aristocratic church mouse and
fire.
training, severe and continuous.
prove It—provided It will do the busi her head and pawed with one tiny foot above being tempted by such things as
by J o h n Risks.)
< © b y D o d d , M e a d A C o m p a n y .)
You can no more become n hank
ness any good.
mere food.
president without learning how to be
But unless you can save your em- I
"W ell, when shall wc get married?”
ployer a lot of money by showing him
asked Mr. Mouse, never dreaming that
that he Is wrong, you'd better refrain j
Miss Mousle could refuse to marry
from doing so.
him, he was so plump and handsome.
Men don't like to be put In the |
" I deeply appreciate the honor, Mr.
wrong, and they like still less to be
Mouse, but I cannot marry you,” said
proved In the wrong. And bosses, like
Miss Mousie. “ I find you are not fitted
the rest o f us, are only men, after all,
to become a church mouse.
with men's weaknesses and fallings.
“ In the first place, you do not seem
I f you're hired as a consultant, you |
to care for nibbling books and old
By F. A. WALKER -
are selling your opinion, and can give
paste, hut run to the pantry every day
[ It with Immunity. But If jou are hired
and bring back all sorts of queer
as an assistant, charged with carrying
things, making the place most untidy.
MENTAL EXPLOSIONS
out orders, it will do you no harm to
" I f It had not been for me, the sex
T K BY any chance you should fall Into
carry out orders exactly as given—no
ton would have had you In a trap long
A the lamentable habit of becoming
harm at all.
ago, for you were easy to track by the
truculent, peevish, ill-humored and
Carry them out as well as you can,
crumbs you dropped about. No, Mr.
'sharp-tongued in moments of trial, take [
asking only such questions us are nec
Mouse, we must part and at once."
a new tack and head straight for the
essary, and believing that to carry
Mr. Mouse wus so surprised that he
‘What
Do
You
Say,
Miss
Mousie,
if
delectable port of good-will.
them out Is Just at that time the most
forgot to pick up his piece o f cheese,
We
Get
Married?"
1 Nothing Is more detrimental to the
Important thing In the world.
or perhaps the sexton, who saw him
Individual happiness and success than
I f you w ill do that repeatedly the at the soft carpet, but If she was silly ond threw his broom, made him leave
mental hysterics, whether they he o f a
boss will have to promote you, enough to be flattered she also had a It. Anyway, he ran Into the hole and
¡mild or severe form. Often, in spite of
whether he wants to or not, because If wise little head and In a second she out of the church and never returned.
¡himself, the victim of passionate out
he doesn't somebody else will find out realized It and looked at Mr. Mouse.
Miss Mousle, when all was still
bursts Is plunged Into a sea of trouble
"You have never lived In a church, again, crept out from under a pew and
about you and hire you.
from which he cannot extricate hitn-
With hundreds of people hunting for have you?" she asked.
nibbled at tbe cheese. “ I must say,"
¡self without loss of friends and self-
Mr. Mouse had to confess he never she murmured, "the food of those com
exceptionally competent men nobody
resjiect.
can hide you. But If you begin by had and Miss Mousle told him there mon pantry mice Is rather nice; but
Men and women have fallen from
showing the boss how much better you were many things that had to he lived I am sure I should soon lose my trim
high estates by allowing a hurst of
ran run the business than he can, you up to In a church thut did not matter figure If I ate It all the time. A church
¡anger to sweep them off their mental
will never have a chance to prove your at all In a pantry.
mouse has much to live up to and
balance and been taught a very tren
“ You may not do at all for the hus many sacrifices to make."
confidence, for you never will be given
chant principle for future Judgment
band o f a church mouse," said Miss (1?. 192 ). b y M c C lu re N e w s p a p e r S y n d ic a t e )
anything Important to do.
and action. In most cases, however,
((g) b y Jo h n B la k e )
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too late to he of any use to them.
If you will look about you, you will
How to Road Y our
see them among the sad faced and
F r « . Toom x?pe({_
forlorn, eking out a bare existence In
C h a ra c te ris tic s
M oves in *>
a lowly station from which they are
l i r t l l L f and T andancia. - the
SUrorve*. Won£__,
SfofBL R.
PBYSBft
unable to rise because of their ungov
By M ILD RED M A R S H A L L
Capabilities or Weak-
ernable spirit.
Bastas That Make fo r Sacceas or
You are ashamed to ride In a
When an automobile has been
M r M m e; l i t h i » t o t y {
Fallara at Showa ia’ Your Palm
cheap car?
To the man or woman who can <-on-
"wrecked by a careless driver It serves
e i e « « I we* J r r t o m J ;
This
laughter
may
or
may
not
[as a warning to others, hut It falls to trol his or her action In the vital mo
i; gear Irretir Joy
be well deserved. I f you are
.restore the car.
ment the world Is wtiling to yield Its
THE FINGER NAILS
mod JocG/ewW
ashamed o f the car you should
Just so do foolish persons who have riches.
ETHEL
t
.
get
the
laugh.
I
f
you
are
¡ruined their life prospects through
The eyes of employers ever watch
■RING ER nails that are unusually
P B YSBB
ashamed that you cannot earn
HmiM-tuous Impulse serve as warnings ing such men and women, taking note
^ broad and long, show a disposition
FREDERICA
money enough to have a better
to the observing and thoughtful.
of their worthiness.
You are fussy about the way
that Is uncertain and Inconsistent, and
car,
you
are
not
quite
ao
culpa
And yet the world goes on. a large
folk handle booke!
Such persons do not have to beg for
subject to bodily ailments. It Is also
"CMIEDERICA la the feminine coun-
ble. I f you are ashamed that
ll>nrt of It unmindful of what Is taking opportunity or advancement.
"Don't be an old fuss!" This
held by some authorities that the pos
K terpart o f the popular masculine
jjilsee under Its very eyes.
you
cannot
make
your
mother
Is what the unbookish and some
sessors of such nails are In danger of
In matters of art, Intellect and self-
name Frederick. It signifies "peace
The true conclusion Is obvious: If
more comfortable than having
times the bookish hurl at you.
being Influenced too greatly by the
I restraint they are always at home,
ruler" and comes originally from the
[you will apply the experience- of | sure of themselves In every field of
her weak back ache In too long
Never mind I You really love a
opposite sex.
old Freyr of Teutonic mythology.
(other* to yourself, profit by their fol
automobile
parties,
then
you
are
book and you can't atand being
; human endeavor, confident that they
I f the nails are long, but not too
Freyr meant “ free", which la loosely
lies and hold your spirit In check I can "mg ke good," even when opposing
a bit less blameworthy. How
a witness to Its mutilations.
long, and properly proportioned, they
(when It Is about to hurst forth Into
translated to “ love o f peace". The
ever, some folk have no cars at
Books mean something to you—
| winds beat hardest against them In
are an Indication o f a well-balanced
M violent quake, you will have notnlug ' their darkest night
Idea was personified Into a god o f very
all.
You
should
he
glad
that
you
probably the laughers couldn’t
nature.
O f course, this Indication
(to fear.
high rank, who later was disintegrated
can have any car—after all, they
(<£. I l l l , by M c C lu r * N e w s p a p e r S y n d i c s ! * .)
stand seeing you hurt their field
must be read In conjunction with other
Into a brother and sister, called Freyr
til carry you about and make
glasses, or their tennis rackets,
signs In the hand. But, speaking gen
and Freya.
you
Independent
of
trolleya
and
etc, A book Is a marvelously-
erally, the possession of such nails
Freyr named the sixth day of the
Jitneys I
contrived thing, going through
means a nature that Is affable, agree
week and presided over love and mar
80
hundreds of processes between
able, trustful, but not too confiding.
riage and drove over battlefields In a
Your get-away here Is:
the brain of the writer and store
"These people will from youth under
chariot drawn by panthers to conduct
T o get away with It the beet
counter. You, owning It, appre
stand deceitful purposes," says one
the slain to their appointed places In
way you can, If you can’t get
ciate It, and appreciation Is
authority.
Valhalla. While Freyr was progressing
away
with
another
kind.
Small,
crooked
nails,
or
nails
that
are
Jealous always of depreciation.
*by direct route Into Frederick, the
(<£) by M c C l u r « N e w s p a p e r S y n d i c a t e . )
Books are one of the greatest of
bent at the point or apex, show ambi
I
feminine form was slower In becoming
tion, courage and high spirit. Natural a -
nish's possessions and as such
JC v«ry task w r o u g h t out tn p a tie n c e
Frederica. There are records of such
For
canapes
olives
arc
Indispens
ly,
such
natures
are
apt
to
be
self-
deserve
*
little
more
than
casual
It rin g a n blonainif to th e d o e r ;
queer deviations as Frlthswlth, Fridl-
able. Cut eight rounds of bread and
J ot cornea to the w n i t t n * w o r k e r .
Marriage Register of the Abbey.
willed and Impatient of contradiction
care, especially by book lovers
But eludes the a w l f t pursuer.
| spread with softened butter.
The
The marriage register of the abbey wld and FYethesanta In the Eighth
or opposition.
and collectors!
rounds should he about two Inches In
( ® by W h e e l e r Syndicate. I n o )
I
—
the Collegiate church of St. Peter at century.
GOOD THINGS FOR OCCASIONS
80
--------o --------
The saintly daughter of the lord of
I diameter. Tosst them lightly before
Westminster— wulch the duke of York
Your get-away here Is:
Prepare n
and his bride signed on their wedding Oxford bore the name of Frlthswlth
* p ? I K olive ♦» la auch an appetiser and ! spreading with buffer.
At the worst—you are over-
day Is a record of curious and unex and lived In a little cell at Tliornbury,
adds to in neh resi and flavor to 1 i»B*te, using six shrimps chopped fine
MEN YOU MAY MARRY
“ fueay" ovsr something worth
tunny dmhm that It should slwa ys he and then mashed with three table-
pected contrasts.
It contains, of and had curious adventures which are
being
"fussy"
about.
! spoonfuls of mayonnaise. Have ready
found un th«* shelf.
course,
many
names
of
the famous and portrayed In a window of the cathedral
<© by M cC lu r* N rw *psp«-r Synd icate.)
By F R PEYSER
the great, but has almost equally nu- at Oxford. She was also patroness of
For garnishing dl she* on«* ma;y cut one-fourth of a cupful of atnffed olives.
The
Into n queen olive with a *harp knife I chopped with eight capers, liver the I *-~
i merous signatures of those of humbler the university nnd cathedral.
Has any one like this pro
cumbersome name of Frethesantha
nnd kiorplng close to th»* Jttone. pure toasted rounds spread the shrimp tab spoonfuls of ------------------------- ;
sort
This
is
due
largely
to
the
fact
cream and one of j; posed to you?
that not only members of the body was borne by the wife of Geoffrey I.ut-
In a »iplra fa shinn. This will leave paste, then the chopped otlvt mlx-
» fi ned butter.
Symptom«: The sweetest lit
Seaaon well wlt(i ;
the ollive stlIII siUIppljT WlItliout: the 1 lure. Garnish with n slice of stuffed I *' nali.
j
collegiate
but their servants can claim terell In the Fourteenth century.
tle mustache you ever saw.
cayenne, and add right large
olive and serve at once.
Frederica Is purely an English Inven
»tone.
the
right
to
an abbey wedding. As the
I oll» - s, pltted and chopped, one pl-
Seems to be the most obvious
tion, though Portugal and Italy had
privilege
of
an
abbey
ceremony
Is
not
men » rubbed to n amooth paste and
thing about his little figure (ex
Zwieback.
one that Is too readily accorded. It adapted It Intact. The French call U
cept maybe his condensed trous
Zwieback Is often not obtainable one üblespooaful of parsley chopped.
may easily arise that a peer falls to Frederigue and the Oerman Frldrike.
j
Add
a pln. h of thyme nnd mix all j
ers turned up a little above two
nnd a recl|>e for It will be cherished
Onyx Is Frederica's talismanic stone.
secure
i t while the hsndmalden of one
togr her. l’ resa lnto a wet mold and
feet). Every one wonders, who
h.v many.
It will guard her from lovers' quarrels
of
the
collegiate
clergy
and
her
bride
has any Imagination at all, how
Take a yeast cake softened In one- Chill thoroughly. Serve unmolded on
groom may have no difficulty in ar and assures her o f a sweet. lovable na
he can twirl the wee, downy
half cupful o f warm wafer, two r*ti>l<' I a bei) o f letMice or sliced as an Indi
ranging their nuptials in the central ture. Thursday Is her lucky day and 1
thing, nnttl you look at his su-
f sugar, and mix well. Add vidual serving.
church
of the empire.— London Times. her lucky number.
pcrsensltlve hands, lovely hands
flour to make a thin hatter, about half
•
t>T W b w l i r Syndic*!«. Inc )
—
wasted
on
a
mere
Man
(?).
-------- O--------
i cupful. Sot aside to rise In a warm
He adores golf, knows all the
place, covering well with s cloth. An ' ' H l L L i . l
polo players—by name. Would
when bubbles form on top.
1 « I t s * . W * * t » m N * w * t > » p * r C n ton )
A LINE 0* CHEER
love to Join the cavalry troop,
>re taMvxjxronfuls of sugar,
but, really, dancing and his Job
Canada's National Flag.
oonfuls of melted lard, two
By John Kendrick Bangs.
take all hla time. Go to war?
eggs, cinnamon and salt
The national flag <A the Dominion
"Tou bet— If the United States
id
t cupfuls of flour or of Canada, of Great Britain and of the
A JULY THOUGHT
goes to war again; yon bet he'd
Br t well, cover and let British empire, ia the Union Jack, In
kill a man In a minute without
warm place. When which are combined the crosses o f St
T 8 k .:M 9 b ut y e s te rd a y th «
moving an eyelash P
two small loaves nnd George for England. St. Andrew for
brand new y a a r cam * by.
i hot wen fifteen minutes Scotland an.l Si. Patrick for Ireland.
IN FACT
I wonder not.
) the X ion. cool, cut In half The l nlon Jack Is the only flng that
And
now. a la s , tha y e a r h a lf
He Is Most Killing.
,
gone, w e 're reached Ju ty .
* and bake until brown on tnay properly be flown from Canadian
Prescription to future bride:
It Is so hot.
i, In a hot oven. Keep air finv; !• - It * the only flag that gegu
n
of sons*
B ut ra th e r tla not h otter than It
ve for babies and convales- larly files from flagstaff* on the parlia
la
* x of humor dally.
ment buildings. Ottawa; the legislative
W ith o ver-ap eed ln g Tim a upon
Absorb Thin:
th a t slaa-
bulbi ng» in provincial capitals; the
MUSTACHES DO NOT PRO
Lan g w h e e l e f hts
Cheese Salad.
custom l ouses ami postoflWs of Can
CLAIM THE MAN.
A
- v h ln '
Break a rake of cream rh
Into ada and all Canadian citadels, armories
(0 hr McClvre Newspaper Syad irate )
t hr McClere Newspaper Syadteete >
ra ard mash to a paste with two t and public building*
lO W C fV . *T
bt :
Something to
Think s i bout
YOURf:
Has Anyone Laughed
j A t Y ou
! Because —
‘What’s in a Name?’
Has Anyone Laughed
A t You
Because —
moth er’s CooL Book
0 N (t IS milCH
'y y i^ v r U Q .
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