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SCHOOL DAYS EVA NOVAK sletlg 72 A ^LKER luuli UNCLE BEN’S STORY YOUR SUPERSTITION • 2074 AM 2,. FRANK KiR < CNC Macit 1701 Ullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll1' the meat has browned ; onions may The meat, if I THE GIRL ON THE JOB | be added. If desired. cooked slowly, will be very tender How to Succeed—How to Get Ahead—How to Make Good = E s and have a good gravy to serve with It = Sour Roast Take four or five pounds of the ñiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin rump of beef, one medium sized onion, six whole cloves (stick these In the BOOKSELLING meat), one-half cupful of cider vine gar, one cupful of canned tomatoes, NE of the best known and most one cupful of boiling water. Put all successful retail sellers of books Into a kettle and cook tightly covered ; In this country went on record recent when nearly done, salt to taste. Strain ly, In a speech made before the Wom the gravy and thicken with flour ; cook en's National Bookselling association, until smooth. Serve around the meat. as believing that an era of great ex pansion for the small bookshop Is at Spaghetti With Hamburg. hand, and he added that he thought A cupful of chopped fresh meat add women were particularly suited to ed to a dish of cooked sphagetti or take a large part in this expansion. macaroni will make a good main dish. "I think that many women who have Put the meat In layers with chopped worked as librarians would make first- onion or a bit of garlic. Into a baking class booksellers, and I think that a dish, add salt and pepper and bake good business woman could not do for an hour or more until the spa better than put her money into a ghetti is well seasoned. small book shop In any of the thou sands of towns throughout America where there Is no such shop at pres ent.” He added that there was al (©. 1921, Western Newspaper Union.) ways a better chance of succeeding ----------- O----------- with a bookstore in a town that had a public library, than in one where there was no such Institution. Yet It is possible for a clever woman to so arrange things that her little By DOUGLAS MALLOCH store will become an attraction even In a neighborhood that has not yet hand------------------------------------------ and acquired a taste for reading. Special BACK ON THE JOB. programs and lectures could be ar ranged for In the shop; there should HIS Is the time of the bust-up, be a carefully thought out plan by This Is the end of the trail; which to attract the children ; there might be poster displays that would Though your Icin’ you do, strike the popular fancy. The thing Still the ground will come through An’ your Icin’ an' cussin’ will fall. to do Is to get people to come to the store In the first place, by any means The eaves are a-drlppln' at midnight An' out of the south comes a sob; that will seem effective. The actual buying of books would come later, but You kin talk about loss All you like. Mister Boss, It would come. But Spring has got back on the job. "Let the women get In now,” said I By JESSIE ROBERTS | O Yo MLlwul THE WOODS T the speaker, “for we are at the begin You kin rave all you like of the timber ning of an Important and Interesting Thet lays In the woods at the stump, expansion of retail bookselling. The You kin swear you will haul more bookstores there are, the better Kv’ry stick of It all ench will do, for book buying Is a To the road an' the bank 'an the progressive disease. Once you catch dump. It, you cnn never shake It off. The But she's got all creation ag'ln you. field Is tremendous, and there Isn’t a The sun sn' the wind an' all that. more Interesting profession In the An' she'll bust ev’ry road world." An’ she'll stand ev’ry load The line forms at the right—don't An’ your timber will stay where crowd, please. It's at (Copyright.) ---------- O---------- Mot Book Plain food is quite enough for me; Three courses are as good as tan; If nature can subsist on three. Thank heaven for three. Ameni I always thought cold victuals nice; My choice would be vanilla ice. —O. W. Holmes. EVERYDAY FOODS. NICE way to cook pork chops for a busy day Is to place them over a pan of thinly sliced potatoes, seasoning well with salt and pepper, bake until the chops are well done, and serve from the baking dish. The moisture In the potatoes and the fat in the pork will be sufficient to make the diali of the right consistency. Even a small family may enjoy a dish of sauerkraut by covering a quart of kraut with a slice of nice pork steak; usually there Is very lit tle salt needed ; bake until the steak and kreut are well cooked. Long, slow cooking of at least three hours makes a fine well seasoned dish. Another way of cooking kreut la to roll a nice spare rib around It and bake long and sowly, adding salt if needed, and pepper to taste. Swits Steak. Have two pounds of round steak cut one Inch thick, lay it on a meat board, and with the edge of a saucer pound Into it a cupful of flour or more, turning and pounding it well. Have a tablespoonful of suet fat In a hot frying pan. lay In the steak and brown, watching closely not to let even a bit scorch ; then cover with boiling water and simmer over low beat for two or three hours, add the seasoning after You ought to know somethin' of woman—• You’ve seen her both single an’ wed; You know you can't stir Any notion In her When once It gits into her head. But, of all of the contrary women, Miss Spring is the worst of the lot; When you want her to freeze She will thaw, if you please. An' she’ll freeze wheu you're wantin' it hot No use to dispute with a heifer Er argue a case with a skirt; If Spring wants to thaw. Neither reason ner law • Will keep her from doin' you dirt. It's will er It's won't with a woman— She says when she won’t er she will. You kin talk till you're black In the face, but the shack Will be bossed by the petticoats still. We think we’re her lord an' her master. She swears she will love an’ obey, Wo think we're the head Of the house, as she said Wo would be when we boro her away. But a month or so after the weddin’. When honeymoon season la flown. She quits sayin’ “dear” An' she gits on her ear An’ she kicks us plumb off of the throne. It's likewise up here In the timber; We think we are runnin’ the thing; We're falling the trees An' we're makin* It freeze— But all of a sudden It's Spring. Then it's mix up a walk for the swampers An* can the whole mackinaw mob; No use for the boss Er the crew er the hoes— Miss Spring has got back on the job. (Copyright) F YOU read the cable news you saw a few days ago an item from Bom- oay which said that the stock and ex change markets of that city had been closed and that a general religious strike was In prospect because two European boys had killed two pigeons In the streets of the city.' The natives considered the pigeons sacred and the strike resulted because the police did not take the action which the natives thought should have followed the destruction of the birds. • • • From the beginning of history there Is a record of animal worship by hu man beings. The carvings and crude paintings of the earliest Egyptian periods, which are the first picture record that we have, show the esteem in which the lower forms of life were held. The cat was especially venerated by the ancients and In the tombs of Egyptian rulers and nobility are found wonderful carvings of cat heads, some times pictured as being on human bodies. The tops of funeral jars which were placed In the tomb to contain either food or toilet preparations for the use of the dead had covers of cat heads wonderfully true to nature. The Metropolitan Museum In New York has numerous examples of these jars. • • • The bull was a sacred animal for centuries and some modern savage populations still worship it and lead it, gorgeously decorated, in all their state ceremonials. Greek and Itoman mythology and history are filled with references to the sacredness of the bull and It figures largely In both painting and sculpture. In India, no matter bow near to starvation a man may be he will not take food from a dog nor kill it to eat, although dogs are recognized as a staple article of food in the Philip pines and other parts of the world. To kill a dog In India would be al most sacrilegious. • • • We cannot hold ourselves as wholly immune from animal worship. To the owl we ascribe a wisdom wholly ab sent from that dull and witless bird. His brain power is not to be compared with that of the crow, one of the most intelligent of the feathered tribes. We ascribe great wisdom to the fox whose achievements are not nearly equal to those of the beaver, the most interesting of all the animal kingdom. The reason for the ancient venera tion of the animals and the modern regard In Bombay for the welfare of pigeons is that the people believe that they have some peculiar power of pro tection from disaster or “bad luck.” • • • The human mind, when it does not have any proven thing to believe, Is always willing to substitute supersti tion. The sufferer from rheumatism after he has found other remedies Inef fective, will resort to carrying a horse chestnut In his pocket. The gambler puts his lucky coin on the table as soon as fortune begins to run against him. Half the baseball teams In the country pay a salary to a mascot and transport him about the country for his presumable effect on the winning of games. If you spill the salt, you throw a pinch of It over your shoulder to allay the unhappy results which you half believe may follow. You will not walk under a ladder and if you go out of the house and have to return for some thing you think you must sit down before you go out again. • • • UST before bedtime each night, after playing and romping with Juno, a nice old collie dog, Nancy and Jack would climb up on Uncle Ben’s knees and beg for a story. Uncle Ben had been a lighthouse keeper for nearly 30 years and always had an in teresting story to tell about his ad ventures. “Tell us the most exciting thing that ever happened on the lighthouse,” demanded Jack, sitting up very straight. “I am not at all sleepy to night.” So Uncle Ben, after peeping into Nancy's bright eyes, began his tale. “It was In the winter of 1883 that it happened—one of the worst winters that I ever spent on Stony Ledge lighthouse. The ice had piled up and piled up and pushed the big blocks of Ice around the lighthouse just like pebbles. This night, I remember, it was sleeting very hard and I had to M 2. - Very few people know that Eva Novak, now starring In the “movies" and Jane Novak’s younger sister, is a pianist of no ordinary talent. She for merly spent hours in practice at the piano and could play whole sections of grand operae from memory. She declaree she likes classical music best of all. ---------- O--------- OR lasa tree, four week I no feela ver good every day. Seema like I iosa somating eetle bit every morn ing. I durino where ees go or how I losa, but any way I no gotta so mooch lika lasa mont. I aska my boss wot’s matter I no feela good and he say I jusa losa da pep. I telia heem I never hava dat stuff, but he say I am meestake. "Ev erybody gotta pep somatime,” he say. I aska where can iluda oof losa dat stuff and mebbe jusa for joke be aska me go telia da cop. But dat cop laugha rights my face and aska too moocha informash. He aska me wot my pep looka like lasa time I see. I say I dunno wot ees looka like eef I meeta on da street somatime. Weeth dat cop and my boss I gotta deesgust, so I aska doctor wot’s mat ter I no feela good. He say. "Oh, you no pay attensh weeth dat, Pietro, you jusa gotta touch weeth spreenga fe- ver.” I getta touch one time before and losa my purse and mebbe spreenga fever toucha me for da pep, too, I dunno. But dat doctor say I gotta wrong idee wot ees da spreenga fever. But I am smarts guy ilka heem, too. I say for getta married ees one fee, getta dee- vorce nother fee, usa da phone ees other fee—een fact everyting gotta fee too mooch. Betta your life I know pientä good wot ees da fee alia right. But so longa I leeve I never feegure out wot’s da fee for. Wot you tinki ---------- O---------- You very likely thought. If you read the Bombay Item, “What fools those people are to make so much of a row over the killing of a couple of pig- eons." The gentleman In Bombay would be equally amused If he knew that you attached great power to the breaking of a mirror to bring you bad luck. One superstition Is about as silly as another and so long as we harbor be liefs which have neither reason nor logic to support them, we are not In a position to criticize the people who do not want their pet opinions inter fered with by foreign unbelievers. The best way to avoid tills kind of trouble is to have no superstitions ourselves but to respect the weak nesses of those who persist in foolish beliefs. (Copyright) --------- O--------- THE CHEEKFUL CHERUB • =================-==============• Ily Friends hang on to the railing of the balcony to keep from slipping off on the rocks below as I made things shipshape for the night It was good to shut the door against the gale and see Aunt Mary cooking the dinner in our cozy little kitchen. I had to shout to make her hear, the wind was howling so loudly and with every gust the light house would sway like a boat. The harbor was so ice-blocked that not a ship had passed for over a week, and being so far from shore made me a bit anxious. We ate supper rather By MILDRED MARSHALL Facts about your name; Its history; mean- ing; whence it was derived; significance; your lucky day and lucky jewel. ARIE is perhaps the most preva lent feminine name known to etymologists. Its synonym, Mary, has almost equal vogue, and Maria, its other equivalent. Is enormously popu lar. But though Marie Is originally the French version of the name of the Blessed Virgin, all countries have adopted her and called her their own. Originally, of course, the Hebrew word marah, meaning bitter, is the root from which all derivatives of Mary are evolved. Quite early in history. It became customary to give the name of Marie to girls, adding a middle name to qualify the attributes of the first Mary, the Blessed Virgin herself. In thia way, several daughters of a family could be called by the name of Marie or Marla and yet they could be dis tinguished by their second appellation. The earliest of these names was that of Maria Annunziata, very popular In Spain, and later changed to Maria An- nonciada. In France, one of the most popular feminine names was Marie Annonciade; another was Marie As sunta. France also had Marie des Anges (Marie of the angels) and in Spain, the votaress of the merciful interceding patroness (the Blesed Vir gin) Is Maria de Mercedes. Marie de Dolores (Marie of Sor rows) and Marie del Incarnacion are other examples of the popular trend which helped to spread the name of Marie. Many young ladies in Spain are still christened Maria de la Con cepcion, but in Italy, this is contracted to the one word Concetta. England and America use Marie alone and also favor Molly, the diminutive and en dearment. Indeed, In England, Molly is frequently given In baptism as a proper name with no reference to Its more dignified parent. Marie's talismanic stone is jasper, the deep green gem which is proof against evil spirits and bites of ven omous creatures. If placed upon a snake bite, it is said to draw the poison from the wound. It will also bring rain if prayers are made while wearing the stone. Friday is Marie's lucky day and one her lucky number. M o IN GOOD SHAPE Mrs. 8 had: Doctor, will I over swim again, this awful Cod: Oh! be up and in a day or I only find nine hun bones bro Nothing se- rious at all—at alli “RISE UP," “FALL DOWN," “END UP." MARIE Te 30: after fall? Dr. You’ll about two! about dred ken! (Copyright) “What’s in a Name?” (Copyright) ------- O------- monopolize silently, listening to the crashes of the ice floes outside, and after another look from the tower I told your Aunt Mary to wrap up well, for now the lighthouse was creaking and groaning dangerously. She lost no time about It, and It was well we were prepared, for about an hour later the whole lighthouse lurched over on Its side, completely torn from its rocky founda tions.” “Oh! Did yon get hurt?" asked Nancy, breathlessly. “Not the least bit," Uncle Ben re assured her. “Only shaken up a lit tle, for we fell on top of some coats and sweaters which hung on the wall. Things were sliding around every where, but my lantern was still lit and I crawled on my hands and knees to the door and opened It. It nearly blew me across the room, but I could see that the lighthouse was jammed between two piles of ie and would be safe enough until morning, when we could see to get ashore. I heard no sound of an explosion from the light tower, so guessed that it had been put out In the fall, and we tried to make ourselves as comfortable as pos- sible for the rest of the night. We did not sleep very much and we were glad to see morning dawn. The wind had gone down, so we decided to go ashore. Just as I opened the door I heard a ‘Hello, there,’ and on the Ice below were two of our good neighbors from ashore who had come out as quickly as they could to our rescue. We were delighted to see them and soon were climbing over the Ice blocks toward shore, safe and sound. “And now, sir, that Is quite enough for one night, so scamper off to bed, both of you!” "Please, Uncle Ben, tell us what happened to the light tower?” pleaded Jack, as he slid down from Uncle Ben's knees. "Why, the whole tower was knocked right off and was found later quite a long ways from the house.” “I’m so glad It didn’t explode," said Nancy, gravely, “and I think you and Aunt Mary are the bravest ones I know.” HER PRIVILEGE “If we get married will yoa prom- toe never to get a divorce?" “Sure, TU let you do that." MOMENT’S reflection will show the reader the absurdity of the first two phrases printed above. Of course, when a person rises there is only one direction In which he can go, and that direction is up or upward. Therefore, do not “rise up” in the morning or In the world—simply rise. Likewise, when you fall do not “fall down”—simply fall. There can be no such thing as “falling up”; it would be contrary to the law of gravitation, which has not been repealed, Dr. Ein stein’s theory of relatively to the con trary notwithstanding. A somewhat similar error is the use of the preposition "up” after the verb "end," as In “This ends up the af fair.” Omit the “up”; the sense is expressed by saying, “This ends the affair.” (Copyright.) A ---------- O---------- How Itptarter MOTORCYCLES HORTLY after the introduction of the bicycle an attempt was made to propel two-wheeled vehicles by power other than man. W. W. Austin of Winthrop, Mass., In 1868, made the first motorcycle—a crude machine, propelled by steam. Others followed, but it was not until 1895 that the first gasoline cycle, constructed by E. J. Pennington of Cleveland, was pro duced. S « (Copyright) --------- o--------- ------------ ■ = ==% A LINE 0’ CHEER By John Kendrick Bangs. BLAMELESS. SHALL not chide the Winter blast. Nor chilling clouds that overcast The heavens high, nor icy drip That holds me in Its arctic grip. For these forsooth are Winter’s ways. And Winter must have wintry days. And none hold any call to chide The wintertide That It hath not the smiling grace We find on Spring or Summer’s face. No more than we should blame the clod That ho to no Olympian god. And Spring and Summer to my mind. Are sweeter for the Winter's wind So here’s to Winter and her snow. And for her winds, why. let 'em blow. And thank our stars that Winter’s true Unto the took It has to de. (Copyright.)
