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CanMenReformWoman'sDress?
ic-'..i By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
JSSHSaSc'iBSc'SHSc'Jni'S
Be'flihnes. wai everywhere, look adorable In th o. .
they care for.
The married man has a better grasp
on the situation. He need not be so
careful In choosing hti language; his
arrowa can strike home with surpris
ing accuracy. He can adroitly shame
the wife who cares for his opinion
into not countenancing outlandish
modes, especially In the case where
FAVORITE OF FILMDOM
Greed had carried lovt away: -
Every face was marred by ear
- Ah I but that was yesterday.
If there Is one thing above all oth
erf that a stylish woman will not con
fess It is that she
Is dressing to
please .the men,
The truth Is she
craves to look her
best In the eyes
of admirer, lover
and husband.
No one bemoans
the advent of an
absurd fashion
more than the
women who are
dismayed by them,
but forced Into
wearing them.
When It comes
down to the truth
of the matter, men
are to blnme for
fashion's freaklsh-
ness by not rising up en masse tn pro
testation against them, not openly, but
by clever ruses. " What sweetheart
will feel quits' satisfied with her new
hooped gown If her lover remarks
with n well-simulated sigh, "Of course
I don't know anything about women's
styles, but In my eyes you look a
thousand times sweeter) more girlish,
in the dress you have just laid aside
than In this new one. If you want to
make me happy wear the other dress
or a new one made on those pretty
simple Hues." Nine girls out of ten
will brave fashion's eccentricity to
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j Poultry Pointers j
Fowls kept in a clean henhouse are
" more likely to be free from disease.
A little practice will enable one to
dry-pick chickens and fowls and those
so picked will usually bring better
prices.
As the chicks grow older and larger,
be sure that they do not overcrowd
their coops, for If they crowd at night
they will not make the best use of their,
food and will not grow as they should.
Grit and oyster shell should be In
cluded In the ration for both young and
old. To neglect this would be poor
economy.
To finish fattening turkeys give them
all the whole or cracked corn they will
eat two or three times a day.
Now that the poultry cannot obtain
t2yVH( worms In the fields, the need
" ffr'i J aPttf? must be supplied by
beef scraps, flsfi"mal..pr cut, fresh
bone. .. """" V
Make it a point to clean VP, every
month and whitewash or spray' the
benhouse with a good disinfectant And
you will never be troubled with mites
or lice. - '.
Spoiled grain and shrunken grain, al
though It can be bought cheaper than,
good grain. Is usually more expensive
"to feed, because it has so little food
value In It
There Is no advantage in keeping
males in the flock of layers until the
hens are mated for the breeding sea
son next spring. In fact, they are usu
ally a disturbing factor. '
It is always better.to pen pullets sep
arately from hens and feed them sep
arately because the pullets usually
need more food to complete their de
velopment and start them laying.
Feed a variety of grain, Including
corn, a little wheat and some oats, It
possible, and the feed will cost less In
proportion to the eggs produced, for
fowls cannot do well on one kind of
food alone.
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A Directolre Fur Set
Sets of fur and velvet are
quite the thing. One very charm
ing directolre set consists of n
bonnet, waist-length cape, and a
round barrel liiiuff of medium
size. The velvet cape Is circu
lar, dropping lower ut the fmut
and back, and edged with n live
inch hnnd of kolinsky fur. It is
shirred to shoulder depth In
ninny encircling rows and hast a
little fur bund coliiir. The poke
bonnet has several encircling
bunds of narrow fur and shoul
der depth net veil, banded twice
around the bottom with narrow
fur bauds. The imtfT Is a'fnt lit
tle aftuir covered entirely Willi
shirred velvet The fur band Is
placed about the center of the
muff. ; - ,'..';. . - ..'
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Lois Meredith.
Young star who has many followers
among patrons of the movie theaters.
Spending Money Relative
Matter Whether It's Buying
. Peanuts or a Private Car
The spending 'of thousands without
thought is probably not so different
from spending dimes and coppers
when you get used to it The man
who makes half a million over night
in war babies probably feels much the
same when he blowB $10,000 at a lick
as you do after you get your envelope
and take home a bag of peanuts to the
kids. There .Is a kind of glow of sat
isfaction In being able to spend a
dime. As for the loss of the money
neither you no the millionaire will
know the difference by Monday morn
ing. It is all a relative matter, says
a writer.
Just the same, It must be a sensa
tion the first time you do as the man
did who breezed Into the Pennsylvania
railroad office In New York one day
last summer and ordered a private
car to take him to San Francisco. Of
course, the Pennsy gets similar orders
every once and so often and they are
not In the habit of becoming excited
about them.
But this was a little out of the
ordinary, because no private cars were
to be had, and when the prospective
traveler was so advised he seemed to
feel somewhat as commuters do when
the incoming fall time table drops the
fast summer train. In other words, he
appeared to be annoyed and he showed
it by ordering the railroad folk to buy
him a car. -.
They did that little thing to oblige
and" it cost him some $20,000 but It
was worth it. lie didn't have to
worry once between New York and
the const about getting up and giving
a perfectly, good, comfortable seat to
a lady.
Wise and Otherwise.
No, Alonzo, spot cash Isn't always
spotless cash. -
A tlxht man nnd a loose dog are
equally dangerous. '
Experience teaches us how to make
other kinds of mistakes.
Man wants but little here below, but
he never gets quite enough.
Sometimes a woman's face overdoes
It In the matter of telling her age.
It Isn't always the people who Jolly
you most who are your, best friends.
A girl always tests her first engage
ment ring by trying to write her name
I on n pane of glass,
j No, Philander, you can't always
tell how much a girl wants to be
, kissed by the strenuous objections she
I puts up.
Crown Prince Likes Slang
A neutral diplomat gives an ac
count In the Cornhill Magazine of Ml
conversations with the crown prince
of Prussia, apparently during his voy
age to India. The prince's way of ask-
' lng for frank, informal answers to bis
questions was : "None of the bull cow,
; as the Yankees say; give me the
straight goods."
Both expressions, as he confessed
- with a grin, he had picked up from "
neat little filly from Kentucky" he
had seen at Ostend. London Globe.
Photographing on Skin
Recent experiments In photography
have developed a means by which pho
tographs may be printed on the human
skin. A photographic film of special
composition Is fixed to the skin and ex
posed to the sun for printing. Some
strong prints have been made this way.
Si'mt Dlms raHy b Prfo'ed upon tne
green sklB of an apple. . The. prints
made upon human skin can serve
somewhat the same purpose as tattoo
marks, since they are practically Indelible,
An Educated Girl
(From Good Citizenship.)
A trlrl's education Is Incomplete an-
less she has learned
To sew.
To cook.
To mend. ..
To be gentle. ,
To dress neatly.
To keep a secret.
To avoid Idleness.
To be self-reliant. -To
darn stockings.
To respect old age.'
To make good bread.
To keep a home tidy.
To make home happy.
To control her temper.
To be above gossiping.
To take care of the sick. .
To take rare of the baby.
To sweep down the cobwebs.
To take'plenly of active exercise.
To be a womanly woman under all
circumstances.
And some men make It their busi
ness to Interfere with the business of
others.
she has gilded past the fair and forty
period and has accumulated more
than her share of avoirdupois. It is
effective if the husband of such a wife
throws op his' hands in apparent hor
ror when she shows him her new be
ruffled, hoop-skirted gown In triumph,
exclaiming:
"Now, Lucy, what could have pos
sessed a fat woman yes, I say a fat
woman like you to stand for a cari
cature 'Of that kind I cannot under
stand You will appear to weigh 200
in It 'Couldn't you have realised It will
make you seem to be years older than
yon really are? When we are seen
walking together, people will suppose
at casual glance that I am taking
my mother out for an airing. If yon
want to please me wear something
built upon simple lines."
Of course the wife Is thrown Into a
spasm of grief and tears, but the
dress has become so obnoxious to her
she hies straightway to her fashion
able modiste, ordering the hoops and
the bustle removed. .
If all the women, young and old,
who constitute society, refuse to ac
cept this freakish fashion, or that
one, the makers of styles would leash
their Imaginations, giving a little seri
ous thought to the fitness of the modes
they launch upon a world of suffering
women. Men, nnd men only, could
Work a reformation that would be an
eye-opener to fashion creators.
Men should set their feet cautiously
down on the fnt lady wearing skirts
so tight that she has to be hoisted by
main force Into a street carpind wear
ing a behooped -affair means ex
tra cars for the company, If a dozen
or more hoop-skirted women of ample
girth are to be accommodated within
a car's ljmlts, or separate cars for
mere men. Pretty young things can
look like charming old pictures , no
matter what they choose to don. Yet
men must begin to frown down absurd
fashions on girls. If girls look pretty
In them older women will wear them
or die In the attempt.
(Copyright, 1916.1 ' -
MOTHER'S
COOKBOOK
On every hand are seen young man and
woman failures, a disappointment to
themselves and their friends, who bitterly
complain because of undernutrition dur
ing the formative period of life; they are
hampered tn their ambitions by chronic
ill health; anemia, incipient stages . of
tuberculosis and other wasting diseases.
No patent medicines nor abundance of
food later in life will make up for the
deficiency of building material during the
time of cellular or tissue formation.
Janet MIL
Soups of Various Kinds.
Soup Is a food that Is equally good
for old and young, nnd a nourishing
soup Is especially good . for growing
children and should be often found In
the ration prepared for them.
Cream soups and purees are more
nourishing than the clear broths. The
latter serve a valuable purpose when
followed by a hearty meat dish, but
the heavier soups are a meal of them
selves If served with plenty of good
bread and butter. Children should
have ' much simpler meals than the
parents and, when possible, have their
meal earlier, so that they may have
plenty of sleep.
Soup meat should never be put Into
water to be washed, but carefully wiped
with a damp cloth, as washing deprives
it of Its juices.
Rich Brown Stock.
Almost any kind of meat and bone
may be put into the stock pot and the
careful housewife will not waste one
clean scrap- of meat or bone. Take
three and a half pounds of bnef, some
poultry or game bones, four cloves, two
bay leaves, one teaspoonful of whole
peppers, two quarts of cold water, two
carrots, two browned onions, two
stalks of celery, some sweet herbs, like
marjoram or thyme, and simmer slowly
for four hours; strain and when cold
remove the fat The bones may be
again covered with water and sim
mered to extract all flavor, and this
thinner soup used to add flavor to
other soups.
'. . White 8tock.
Take three and a half pounds of
veal, a chicken or a rabbit, two stalks
of celery, any poultry bones, two
blades of mace, one onion, two quarts
of cold water ; cut the meat Into small
pieces, put them Into the pot with the
water nnd just simmer for four hours;
strain, and when cold remove the fat
The bones may again be covered with
water and cooked for a thinner soup.
A most delicious, dumpling to serve
wtth a soup or stew Is prepared as fol
lows: Take a cupful of buttermilk If
sweet no soda will be needed, if sour
add only a pinch of soda a beaten
egg, flour to make a drop batter and
two tcaspoonfuls of baking powder,
with a half-teaspoonful of salt. Drop
by teaspoonfuls Into the boiling soup
and cook, tightly covered, eight to ten
minutes.
"KtJLUe TVWtr&el
' This Trunk Is Bathtub
A frugal couple In Montana have
evolved a combination bathtub and
trunk which combines novelty and
utility. The trunk Is made of sheet
metal enameled Inside and out so that
It can be used either as a laundry or
bathtub. An outlet Is provided In the
bottom by means of which the water
may be drawn off through rn adjust
able hose. It is provided with a Ud
and locks and fasteners strong enough
to defy the ordinary baggage smasher.
The article represents a cost of less
than $15. which is less than the price
of an ordinary trunk of that size, to
say nothing of the cost of the usual
portable bathtub. '
Census of Jersey Insects.
In the state of New Jersey 10,530
specie of Insects have been found,
according to Hurry B. Weiss of the
New Jersey agricultural experiment
flutlon. These -Mr. Weiss has classi
fied In their relations to man, and ha
finds that only 1.7(1 per cent Is really
destructive to unltnnls or plant tbsl
an of value to mankind,
Three Thousand
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STOPPING M AN ISLAND
ON BOaIiD tne steamer Dounu
south out of New York, one
. meets with the usual rolling
stone who has learned every
thing but to mind his own business.
He will Inform, the traveler of the
dreadful climates to be endured, the
shameful treatment extended to all
foreigners, most especially Americans,
that will have to be suffered In passing
through custom houses ; and other sim
ilar tales, writes F. E. Duerr in the
Bulletin of the Pan-American Union.
After a voyage of 14 days the city
of Para, better known as Belem, Is
reached, and among the many pleas
ant surprises that greet the traveler Is
the excellent and prompt manner In
which his baggage is cleared through
the customs by Intelligent officials, who
act with a degree of promptness that
one would hardly expect In such close
proximity to the equator. ;
From the pier or dock, which com
pares favorably with the best of our
country, there are electric cars or auto
mobiles that will take one to a first
class hotel, of which there are several
In Para, where the Inland traveler can
put up until he makes his connection
with a river steamer.
There are several ways of making
the trip up the Amazon, the quickest
being by means of nn ocean steamer
of either the Brazilian or British
lines, which operate as far as Manaos.
There are occasional British boats
that go as far as Iqultos, Peru. In
this way the trip to Manaos can be
made in from three to four days. To
properly see the Amazon, however, It
Is better to go by one of the river
boats, which ply lazily up against the
fast current. On account of the high
cost of taking coal to the Amazon, the
river boats are run by wood fuel, and
the larger steamers consume about
12,000 sticks of wood, 4 feet long by 4
by 4 Inches, per day. On an average
of every other day this fuel Is loaded
frofn the river banks, stick by stick, all
the work being done by hand and,
needless to say, this operation, after
being witnessed more than once, may
become somewhat tiresome.
Boats Are Comfortable.
The cabins on the boat are large
and roomy, and have electric lights and
fans; the dining room Is aft on the
open deck, and In the mornings, as
during the greater part of the day, It
is quite comfortable on board. After
sundown, however, the number of in
sects of all types, sizes, etc., makes It
unpleasant and the traveler finds' It
necessary to escape Into his screened
stateroom, or into his hammock or cot,
carefully Inclosed by mosquito netting
of very fine mesh. There are four
first-class shower baths on board, also
running water In the cabins, and every
thing considered, one can make one's
self fairly comfortable. The enptain,
or "comandonte," as he Is called,
rules supreme, and, on the overage, Is
a highly educated navigator, and be
and his "cabinet" of officers are very
agreeable to the passengers. When
ono becomes accustomed to the food, It
is very nourishing, and the service on
the whole Is satisfactory.
Besides the frequent stops for fuel,
the steamer calls at a half-dozen points
between Para and Manaos, the prin
cipal ones being Suntnrem, noted for
its fine batelnos (large rowboats and
lighters) ; Obldos, the narrowest part
of the river, and Itncoatlara, near the
mouth of the Madeira river.
A further surprise to the traveler,
who has just spent ten days In the
mud-yellow river, Is the sudden change
in the color of the water to a deep
black, which Is the first sign of ap
proaching the city of Manaos, a thou
sand miles from the mouth of a trop
ical river.
This city has nn excellent electric
car service, numerous public and prl-
Soap as an Antiseptic.
Some medical authorities, explaining
the abatement of epidemic diseases In
modern years, are sufficiently free
from professional ties to attribute this
betterment of conditions, not to medi
cal science but to Increased use of
soap and water. The Homeopathic
Envoy Is of the opinion that with a
clean house and a clean person no one
need have much fear of infection. A
writer In the New York Medlcnl Rec
ord says: "Soap Is now recognized tn
be antiseptic and to be efficacious roust
produce a lather. Bacteria rubbed
into soap or dropped on Its surface are
Incapable of multiplication. The ty
phoid bacillus Is very sensitive to soap,
being killed by a S per cent solution
In a short time. More than half the
total number will die in one minute.
The thorough use of a pure potash
soap la not only a mechanical method
of cleansing, but Is an active fuctor in
cutting down germ life."
Cleaning Furniture.
If a wood surface with a "glossy
finish" looks dull It Is generally be
cause it If dirty. An almost Imper-
vate nutomouiies, first-class hotels
and several movlng-plcture houses.
There is a spirit of bustle and traffic
in the streets that reminds one of our
own Boston.
Up the Madeira. .
The steamer, having remained three
days In Manaos, Is now ready to con
tinue her Journey. The trip up the
Amazon above Manaos takes one to
Iqultos, the wonderful Inland town of
Peruj with nn outlet through the Ama
zon to the Atlantic ocean, while It is
but 500 miles from the Pacific coast.
However, as our destination Is in an
other direction, we will resume the
Journey on pur river boat,
We return down the Amazon as far
1 Itacoatlura, entering the Madeira
river, the principal tributary of the
Amazon. Only three towns on the en
tire trip of 700 miles, consuming a
week, are encountered Manlcore,
Calama and Hulmalta. Numerous
stops are mude tit rubber estates, there
being several hundred along both
banks of the Madeira, to deliver the
mall.
The steamer trip ends nt San Anto
nio, but as Portovelho Is the starting
point of the Madeira Mamore railway,
the voyage practically terminates ut
the latter place.
Arriving at Portovelho one finds a
mushroom town, such places as are lo
cated the world over where a sudden
undertaking such as the building of a
canal or railroad or the development
of a mine on a large scale, calls for
the Installation of headquarters. Be
fore the railroad was contemplated,
Portovelho was little known, even to
the people of the Amazon regions. To
day, besides the large and modem
railroad shops, there is found a tele
phone system, a wireless station, elec
tric lighting of the streets, residences,
offices and other buildings of the road.
running water, and an ice plant that
furnishes the Ice for all the points
along the line and even for some of
the towns across the border In Bolivia.
One mile distant, at Cnndelarla, there
Is a fine hospital with first-class equip
ment In every respect. Practically
every train that leaves Portovelho car
ries a hospital car, and serious cases
are rapidly conducted to the hospital.
Alphabetical Atrocity.
"An American airplane," asserted
Adam arrogantly, "always ascends."
Admiring Adam, as an amateur ul
ways admires an authority among
aeronauts, Anna acquiesced, and ac
quired an American airplane, as Adam
advised.
Arabella abandoned nn antagonistic
attitude,' although angry at Anna's
act
Adam, annoyed nt Arabella's antago
iIriii, advocated an afternoon ascension.
Anna agreed.
Afternoon arrived, as also artists,
amateurs, Anna and Arabella.
Assuming un animated attitude, An
na and Arabella attracted admiring at
tention as Anna's American airplane
airily arose.
Adam arrived as Arabella and Anna
alighted.
"Adam," acknowledged Arabella af
terward, "although arrogant, always
advises aright. American airplanes
admire an uir-annlhilutlng airplane."
louth s Companion.
Was Well Trained.
Many a man who permits himself to
be led fotih to musical entertainments
ho docs not enre for will appreciate
the following: "What made you start
clappiug your hands when that Vonum
Btepped on your foot In tho tnimenr?"
"I was dozing," answered Mr. C11111
rox. "I thought mother nnd the girls
were having a musicals nt home, and
one of them was signaling that It wu
time to applaud."
ccptlble film of grease has gathered
upon It and holds the dust. Wasl
the entire surface very quickly with
a cloth wrung out of n suds made from
a fine soap, and dry Immediately with
a soft cloth or chamois. After the sur
face Is absolutely dry, If It Is a var
nished surface, It can be rubbed with
u soft cloth dipped In oil. Boiled lin
seed oil is good. Silk and chamois
are especially good for rubbing finely
finished wood. Mrs. D., N. S.
How It Would Tempt Him.
"See yon fat fowl," whispered the
tall trump at the water tank ; "wouldst
thou enjoy him ?" "Yeas," yawned the
litzlest tramp In all the states and ter
ritories, "if de engine killed hlin, a cy
clone whirled all his feathers off and
de lightning struck de dry grass and
baked him nice and brown, I wouldst
enjoy him, pnrd, yes, verily." Selected.
Dally Thought
The mistakes committed by woman
are almost always the result of her
faith In the good and her confidence
in the truth. Balzac.
DDDY'S EVENING
y FAIRYTALES
W MART GRAHAM BONNER
FROGS' BED-TIME.
"Well," said Grandpa Frog, "lt'i
Cold Day."
"How Bright of you to say so," said
Mr. Pond Frog with a Grin.
"It's very Rude of you to Talk, to
me in such a manner," retorted Grand
pa Frog. "It la a Cold Day. Perhaps
you know It but then I know It, too,
and there Is never any Harm In Say
ing somthlng one knows."
"It all depends," said Mr. Pond Frog.
"Depends on what?" snapped Grand
pa Frog.
"You might know," answered Mr.
Pond Frog slowly, "that Snakes like
to Eat us up. "But I hope you wouldn't
go up to a Snake and bow politely and
aay: - 'I beg your pardon, Mr. Snake,
but It must be almost your Eating
time, and I know that you like Frogs.
I also know that there are a great
many living down yonder.'
"Would you say that?" asked Mr.
Pond Frog witlj a Wicked Grin. "You
know that you see, and you any there
la no Harm In saying something you
know."
"You're absurd, that's what you are,"
said Grandpa Frog. "Of course, I
wouldn't Tell everything I knew.
Some things would be very Silly to
tell. You should see that I know the
difference. There Is no Harm In Talk
ing about the Weather."
' "Yes, there Is!" snapped Mr. Pond
Frog..
"What Harm?" disked Grandpa Frog
In surprise. .
' "Because the" Weather Is Talked
about altogether too much. It just
BONNER
TURKEY AND PIO TALK,
'The Turkeys In the Barnyard," said,
paddy, "had been talking one day of
now lucicy uey.
were. ,
. " We do geti
such good tilings
to eat' said Mr,
Turkey.
" 'Yes,' agreed!
Mrs. Turkey.;
'That's becausei
they know what
fine Animals we
are. Everyone of
them can't help
seeing that Tur
keys are about
the finest things
that ever hap
pened.' "T don't agree
with you,' said lit
tle Pink Pig, who
liked to argue and
irt
There Is Nothing
Quite Like a
PIU.
to disagree with everyone.
'And why not, pray tell?' aeked
Mrs. Turkey.
'Because I think that after all la
said and done, there Is nothing quite
like a Pig.'
'Gobble, gobble, gobble,' said Mrs.
Turkey, and all the other Turkeys said
Just the same.
Grunt, grunt grunt,' said little
Pink Pig. 'Don't you all agree with
me?'
'Well,' said Mrs. Turkey, when
you say that there Is nothing quite
like a Pig I am sure you are right and
that everyone and everything would
agree with you. There Is certainly
nothing like a Pig but many Folks
and Animals are glad of that And
they re very, very glad that they're
not Pigs.'
" 'I'm not so sure about that' said
little Pink Pig. 'They've never been
Pigs and so they don't know how nice
It Is. Just Imagine how blissful It
would be for Grown-Ups If they didn't
have to wear those silly long Dresses
and Hats, but could Just stay In a
good old Pen all day.'
'They'd be pretty insulted If they
heard you say that,' said Mrs. Turkey.
" 'Do you for one moment suppose,'
and Pink Pig's squeal was very shrill,
'that little Girls like those silly Rib
bons and Sashes they wear aa much
as they would taking off their Shoes
and Stockings and Wading in the
Mud?'
."'They like to Wade in clean Wa
ter on hot days, or in the cool Grass
but not In the Mud, Pink Pig. Your
Ideas are all wrong I'
"1 can't understand it' said Pink
Pig. 'I don't think there's anything
In the world like a Tig I'
"'It's lucky for you, you think and
feel that way about It,' said Mrs. Tur
key. 'What a pity It would be if you
longed all the time to be a Blue Bird,
a little Girl or a Turkey for Instance.'
"'I certainly wouldn't want to be a
Turkey,' said little Pink Pig.
" 'And what's the matter with being
a Turkey?' gobbled Mr. Turkey, wno
had been listening to this conversa
tion.
" 'I wouldn't Want to be Fed up and
Fattened Just to be Eaten for a Holi
day Dinner party. No, I wouldn't'
And little Pink Pig grunted crossly.
'They Feed you so well because they're
going to Eat you, nnd they want you
to taste so finer
Well,' said Mr. Turkey. 'And
what do you suppose they Feed you
for? Beauty?' And Mr. Turkey
Laughed and walked around gobble
gobbling for all ho was worth.
" 'Did anyone ever hear of a beauti
ful Pig? Oh, ha, ha, Unit Is a good
Joke.
" 'No one sees the Joke but yourself,'
said little Pink Pig. 'And as far ns
that goes no one
sees any Beauty
In a Turkey.
That's a good
Joke, too,' and lit
tle Pink Pig be
gun grunting and
laughing also.
"Pretty soon
along came Mr.
Peacock.
" 'What are you
two' Animals
Laughing about?'
he asked.
-Well, said Mr. An(J Mp Turk
Turkey, 'little Laughed.
Pink Pig thinks u
be Is Fed to make him Beautiful and
that's such a Joke I had to laugh.'
" 'And,' said little Pink Pig, 'Mr. Tur
key thinks the same of his Family,
and as I couldn't see anything Funny
about his Joke, I had one all of my
own. Don't you think It's a good Joke
to think of Mr. Turkey being Fattened
for Beauty? Everyone knows what
he Is -being Fattened for!'
"'Now,' said Mr. Peacock, ' 'You are
He Was Too Tired to Argue.
has things all Its own way because we
have Talked about It so often. It's
thoroughly, absolutely spoilt I"
"Well, I'm going to Talk about the
Weather, just the same," said Grandpa
Frog.
"Yes," said Mr. Pond Frog In
Hoarse, Weary,- Mournful Voice. "I
suppose everyone will. I can't Teach
such Wisdom as this. Animals, Crea
tures and Grown-ups won't Listen."
"I'm glad you see It's hardly worth
While," said Grandpa Frog. "And now
I will tell you what I had to Say at
the very start of our Conversation, be
fore you were so Rude as to Interrupt
me."
"I'm never Rude," retorted Mr. Pond
Frog.
"Oh, very well," said Grandpa Frog
as he sighed heavily, "but let me finish
What I have to Say. It Is Cold. You
Can't Deny It And I'm ready for Bed,
Winter will soon be coming on and
anyway tho Cold Weather la here.
That's enough for me. I'm Tired and
ready for a good Winter's nap."
'Are you ready to go to Bed for the
whole winter?" asked Mr, Pond Frog.
"Yes, I am," said Grandpa Frog.
"Well, now come to think of It," said
Mr. Pond Frog, "I do believe I am."
You see, It wasn't so Silly of me to
Talk about the Weather, after all,"
said Grandpa Frog, giving a big
Chuckle.
"I would have soon found out I
wanted to Sleep," said Mr. Pond Frog,
In a very Sleepy Voice. For now he
was too Tired and Sleepy to Argue or
Quarrel.
"But," said Grandpa Frog, "you can't
go to Sleep yet. You must tell all the
other Frogs that It's Bed-Time. And
I will help you."
Poor Mr. Pond Frog could hardly
Hop about, so Tired was he after the
long Summer. But he went to the dif
ferent places In the Pond Grandpa
Frog told him to, and Croaked every
where: "Bed-Time, Winter Bed
Time." Grandpa Frog went about, too,
and said: "Get your Bed of Mud.
Roll yourself up in It The Ice will
come soon, and If we're not Warm,
we'll Freeze."
Mr. Pond Frog heard him say that
and Laughed, even though he was
so Sleepy. "Of course," he said, "If
we don't keep Warm we'll Freeze.
There you are again saying something
everyone knows!"
But Grandpa Frog didn't Hear, for
he was showing some of the Younger
Frogs how to roll up In mud where
they could Sleep all Winter.
And after that the Froea stonned
Croaking and probably Snored In-lboth FooIIhIi I I am really Beautiful'
stead but they covered up so w$nai Mr- Peacock spread his Tall so
their Rfidn nf Mud that w omilo - ' " "J reamers snoweu.
Hear If we tried. ' W " T13. true, he Is Beautiful,' agreed
luue riua lis uiiu Dir. xuritey.
" 'But, anyway,' said the Turkey
Children, It's nice to be Fed well and
to be Happy before we are Eaten 1'
"'You dear, wise Children,' said
their Mother proudly.
"And little Pink Pig as he walked
off said: 'Well, I agree with the Tur
key Children. It's Huppiness enough
to be Fed well before we are Eaten I' "
n
Discord or Muslo.
The finest piano ever manufactured
will produce sounds painfully discord
ant if the keys are pounded by some
child who knows nothing of music.
Out of the most favorable circum
stances In life, you will produce dis
cord rather than music, unless you
submit yourself to the training of the
great teacher, Love. Girls' Companion.
Too Stale Then.
"Willie," protested his mother,
"don't throw away that bread. You
may need it."
"But If I keep It 'till then It won't
be fit to eat" replied the little fellow.
Orewsomt Whiskers.
"Construct a sentence nsing the
word 'grewsome,' " said the teacher.
"When the man stopped shaving his
whiskers grewsome more," answered
Willie.
Things That Never Happen.
"You're a tuttle-tule," said small
Harry to his little sister. "You run
and tell mamma everything that hap
pens.!' "Well, you are worse than I lira."
rejoined the small miss. "You tell her
a lot of things that never huppen at
alt"
All Changeable.
Little Margie I have a new change
able silk dress to wear next Sunday.
; Little Lola Huh, Hint's nothing. Alt
my clothes ore changeable
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