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OfTStti to Sf York. Cfcteacs. Detroit. Sts
frtnelico. Lot Ancrlu. Seattla. PortUnd.
Ye Smudge Pot
Bj Arthur Perry.
The season of the year has oome,
when it la the mode among tbe
niftier males to don an overcoat and
wear no hat.
" Miss Meets Naguski, 5, cranked a
oat Bat and has red stuff on both
lunch grabbers.
Space prohibits the publishing of
the list of Democrats, state and
county, willing to make a eersonsl
sacrifice and run for something In
the spring.
Johnnie Dodson ssys there is boy
coming over to see his girl, but since
his dog will not keep him out of
the yard be Is afraid to try It. (Cal
houn Btar.) Parenthood shirked
gain.
After approximately 18 months of
oratorical bawling about tax reduc
tion, results are beginning to show.
In Multnomah county, a hotbed of
tax rioting,' the cut amount to a
raise of a full set of clamp nuts on
both hind tires.
An upstate girl fell out of a
rumble -seat. There's an artist for
you.
One of the Dock Hayes kids has a
pair of shoes that will Isst him thru
tne depression and well Into the next
century. It Is doubtful If the wesrer
ever gets sufficient strength to kick
anything with them.
Garrett showed various signs of
feeble-minded nesa. He ate with
startling voracity after declaring that
he bad bad nothing for several daya.
(La Grande Observer. It's wonder
ful what the human mind can figure
put when put to It.
An agrarian has returned from the
state fair at Balem, and reports "the
Willamette valley Is on the verge of
a social revolution." An accurate
dlsgnosla will show only a severe case
of Populism.
IF YOU KNOW THE LORD at have
' $3000, oome to my rescue. Coed
security. V, box" 184, Times. (Los
Angeles Times.) With 3000, one
don't have to know anybody.
"At 3900 feet, the aviators started
to lose ground" (Press account.)
They'll regain their wind when they
get back to earth.
SURRENDER
(reen Valley Notes)
Raymond Post hss returned
from a visit to a Sacramento
doctor. He sold be has no Idea
what alls him, and does not care.
Local conditions continue fslr to
meddling.
Thomas Hetlln, the eminent Ala
bama windbag snd bigot, and former
senator, snnounoes thst Inasmuch as
he hss been barred from making In
tolerant speeches, "I will stay In
California until I make a speech In
every schoolhouae." This la tough on
California, but a blessing tor sister
states with no adequate quarantine
regulations.
PASS A LAW
(Chicago Tribune)
I am Just wondering whether some
ministers belong to'a Isbor union.
Testerdsy my wife and I entered a
oburcb with the hope of getting the
usual order of service. The tempera
sure waa 73. This Is what we got:
One hymn, one prayer, one solo, one
sermon (tt was good but very short),
and one collection. After the sermon
the minister said: "This la the end
of the service: you may go home."
I wss astounded. Not even a bene
diction, no closing hymn, no post
Mae. What the big lgder Am I
old-fashioned-
Ministers are always complaining
thst too many pews are empty. I
believe a full service, without any
cutouts, win do the trick.
When I go to church I want every,
thing from prelude to postlude. They
get my money, dont they Frederick
H, Jaenlcken.
Would Bloat Sea Menace.
BUENOS AIRES (AP) Local ma
riners, pointing out that M ships
have met mishaps on ths rocks of
ponta do BoL Brail I. where ths
Western World was wrecked in Au
gust, suggest It would pay marine
Insurance companies to finance the
blowing up of the rocK.
Booms Week-End Trips.
BOOOTA, Colombia (AP) Train
tiding for recreation, one of the dis
tinguishing features of Latin Amen
can life, bos been given a new stim
ulus In Colombia by President
Slave's order tor weak -end half
fare All Colombian railroads are
(overnmsM operated.
What Price
rCEREU only one night train from Medford to Portland.
There is only one Pullman on the night train, which simpli
fies; the matter of finding where you are going to sleep. There
is no diner but a cafe car, which is one-half day coach.
At this point of course Mr. A. S. Rosenbaum is all set for
another brickbat directed at the head of his revered alter ego,
the S. P. If so, then Eosey is due for a pleasant surprise.
For this is no attack upon the Southern Pacific. TVe admit
the night train to Portland is all that local patronage justifies
at the present time. One Pullman is enough, and food and ser
vice on the cafe car are fully up to the Shasta standard.
OUT this IS a protest against the refusal of the Pullman com
- pahy to put any equipment on this train that doesn't date
back to the Civil war. As we understand it, the Pullman com
pany decides where their sleeping cars are to go. The charge
for a berth on this night train is the same as the charge for a
berth on the best train in the country.
This seems to us wrong. Either Pullman charges on this
night train should be reduced or the equipment should be
brought up to well say the McKinley administration.
CHARGING first class prices for third class accommodations
doesn't seem to us cricket. The Pullman company prides it
self on running the largest hotel in the worlda hotel on wheels.
Well, then, why not follow the established hotel practice of mak
ing charges conform to the quality of the accommodations f
Either standardize the equipment, when a fixed charge for
Pullman accommodations would be justified or have one price
for de hue accommodations, another price for average accom
modations, still another for auto camp accommodations and so
on down the line. '
As it is, it seems to us the Pullman company,, thanks to its
monopoly, is getting away with murder, charging Biltmore
prices for lodging house accommodations.
HPHE railroads, we believe, should also be interested, for the
A high cost of Pullman accommodations undoubtedly drive
many people from rail to motor travel.
Now is an excellent time for the Pullman company to reduce
its charges all down the line, put on a few bargain days for
themselves and assist the railroads in increasing the volume of
passenger travel.
Good for the Grange
f C. HOOVER and the Applegate Grange came in for some
valuable advertising in yesterday's Seattle Times.
On the front page with a two-column cut of Mr. Hoover hold
ing a bunch of Poa Bulbosa, is a lead story on the planting of
50,000 aores of burned-over land in the Applegate Valley, and
with the run-over there is a four-column cut of the planting
party of grangers on horseback starting out for the hills from
the old Applegate store.
Some publicity I And the sort of publicity we particularly
like to see hooked up with one of onr important local Granges.
Constructive conservation, the making of two blades of grass
grow where none grew before that is a sort of service the
granges are particularly well qualified to perform, even more
worth while and important, we believe, than engaging in vari
ous and sundry politioal activities.
The Greatest Advertiser
fXE important point regarding Sir Thomas Lipton, who
passed away last Friday, haa been overlooked in the news
paper comments we have seen.
True, Sir Thomas was a good sport, and was principally
known to Americans as a yachtsman, who was always beaten
but never complained. ,
But equally, if not more interesting, was Mr. Upton's out
standing success as an advertiser. Born an Irishman, Sir Thomas
was by temperament American. His career was typically Amer
ican, up from obscurity and abject poverty, to a position of
wealth, distinction and power.
He was in every partionlar a self-made man, and his sensa
tional success was entirely due to shrewd and persistent adver
tising. Even his yacht racing was utilized as good will publicity.
f IKE all good business men, he realized advertising was not
- an end in itself, but merely a means to an end. So first
and foremost he saw to the quality of his product. But that
established, then he concentrated in fair weather and foul in
TELLING THE WORLD ABOUT IT.
Without his genius for advertising Sir Thomas Lipton would
probably have ended as he started an obscure and struggling
green goods grocer, unknown beyond the borders of Edinburg,
Scotland.
. But thanks to his advertising, the fine quality of his pro
duct and his character, his passing was front page copy for
every paper in the English speaking world, and his death was
mourned by thousands.
Sundown
Stories
TREE'S WET FEET
By Mary Graham Bonner
"I'm going to turn the time for
ward Just a Utile bit," began the
Little Black Clock, "and you're going
to see a very tine
tree In It best
autumn yellow
costume."
John and Peg
gy had been on
time to meet the
Little B 1 a 0 k
Clock, and he
was never lste.
Xven tbo he
could turn the
time backward
and forward as
he wished be
e a u of the
magic thst hsd
ren given to him by the old a rand
father Clock, sua he was always on
.v'&ye f
MEDFORD CIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,
Pullman?
At exactly the soma hour be got
down from his place on the desk In
tAo back hall where he lived, and
went down the garden path which
led Into the maglo path.
That was their meeting place, and
then he took them to places for away
and places near by.
Hts msglc msds It possible for him
to give the children extra hours tor
sleep, so thst tier were never the
lesst bit tired because of all these
trip and adventures.
And tbey could understand the
language of all kinds of creatures
because of the Clock's msilc.
"You must start along now, and'
1 11 show you the way. I'm going to
let you go by yourselves.
They hurried along until they
reached the swamp the Clock had
told them to visit. It was a very
ewampy looking swamp with wet
leaves resting on the squashy, wet
ground, and everything was settled
down In the wet, swsmpy swamp as
though nothing had ths wish or the
energy to get up.
And there. In the center, was a
beautiful tree with golden yellow
leaves.
"I've wet feet," the tree announced
with pleasure. .
Tomorrow "Swamp White Oak."
ROeiBURQ New Alton reetsu
rant, sit West Lane street, sold to
Alton eota) owoera.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Shades of William Jen
nings Bryan,
Borah Wants 14 to 1.
Is Money Too Scarce.
Another Silver Campaign?
Copyright King Feature Synd, Inc.
Senator Borah wants Presi
dent Hoover to call a monetary
conference to place silver on a
definite ratio with gold and
suggests, tentatively, a ratio of
fourteen to one. That would
be going back to Bryan with a
vengeance, and beyond Bryan,
asked only sixteen to one.
In such conditions as these,
high finance, which founders in
complete failure, is in no posi
tion to sneer at "amateur fin
anciers." They could not do
worse than the professional
financiers hava done.
This country today stands
supreme among the nations, in
credit, and our dollar, as sound
as gold can make it, is the
standard of value the world
over. The franc is worth a fifth
of its pre-war value, Italy's lira
a little more, and the noble
pound sterling is wobbling. The
American dollar is worth one
hundred cents in gold and 100
per cent, or better, in any
money on earth.
THAT CONDITION MUST
NOT BE CHANGED by exper
iments with currency, by un
loading Europe's war debts on
America, or by any other in
genious device.
Teat understood, discussion of sil
ver, and all other kinds of money, Is
useful. The questions ore these: IS
THERE IN EXISTENCE ENOUGH
MONEY TO CARRY ON THE
WORLD'S BUSINESS?
Is there available enough GOLD to
standardize enough dollars, or other
money, to conduct the world's busi
ness? This nation has no reason to fear
silver, or anything that may be done
to increase the value of sliver FOR
WE HAVE THE SILVER.
Add. 80 cents an ounce to silver's
value, or more, as Senator Borah aug-J
gests, and you will add untold bil
lions of wealth to this country, to
the value of Its mines and Its power
to produce metallic currency.
This North American continent la
the land of silver. Put silver side
by side with gold, on a fourteen to
one basis as Borah suggests, or a
twenty to one basis, and you Instant
ly make North America the world's
treasure house,' you bring Mexico's
money and bonds to par, you solve
Canada's money worries.
And through our copper mining,
of which silver Is a by-product, you
add an Incalculable amount to our
annual wealth increase.
But can It be done, successfully,
or safely? Is there any real differ
ence between making "real money"
of Oliver, which la plentiful compared
with gold, and making "real money"
of paper?
That Is not on attack on Senator
Borah's silver proposition. It Is a
question asked In good faith.
In good times, the payrolls of work
ers In the United States, amount to
sixty thousand million dollars a year.
And all the gold In the world does
not amount to one-quarter of that
sum. '
The nstion's total annual Income
In normal .post-war times la one hun
dred billions. Cos you swing such
figures on a "gold standard" when
alt the world's gold Is lees than 15
per cent of Amerlca'a Income for one
year?
It Is certain that the output of gold,
hss not kept pace with the world's
busluess and currency requirements,
whereaa silver, as It were, providen
tially, has Increased through copper
production demanded by the electri
cal and other industries, almost aa
fast as ths world's business, and Its
need for currency have increased.
Ths alchemists devoted centuries
of effort to "transmutation of met
Us," vain attempts to manufacture
gold. Can high finance, or silver
radicalism, by law and argument,
make silver as good sa gold, or one
fourteenth as good?
It la an important question. If
our depression and worries ore due to
lack of gold, and not to the murder
ing and squandering of the big wot,
and It bl-metaUlam, Bryan's remedy,
at some ratio would cur our Ills.
HOW ADMIRABLY SIMPLE. Give us
silver, at the ratio, by all means. But
beware of Inflation OF MANUFAC
TURED MONEY THAT IS NOT REAL
money.
Germany, among many
tried' manufactured currency and
Ramsay Mac Donald recently held up
befora his audience an envelope, sent
tu iatii, rojn. BoiUn, to London, with.
OREGON, MOXDXT,'
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Slffswo tetter pertaining to ptrMnal health D6 bTpiene, not to dlMtue.
dtacuoiru or lireatmnt wrD be ansnered by Dr. Brady it m tmp4
.Wdreaord en lope ta enclosed Letter should be brief and tnitten to ak
Owing to the large rtumbri at letter recdred only a few can be antwered
here. So reply tan be mad to queries not coorormlng to lxutroctlona
Addreea Dr WUJlam Brad? in care the Mail Tribune.
GUARDING CHILDREN AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS
FoltomyeUtt Infantile paraJyala) ,
to the beat of our present knowledge,
ta an lofeetloua disease, oca of the
resptra.tory lnfec-
tlona, and it
apreada from per
son to person ex
actly aa d, 1 p h
therla does. The'
Ylrua or germ of
this disease, given
off In the nose
and throat dis
charges of the
patient may be
carried by a third
person who Is not
11 but who haa been recently tn close
contact with one 11 of the disease,
just aa a third person, such aa a
nurse or a relative staying with the
patient, may become a "earner" of
diphtheria and Infect other children
without coming down with the dis
ease himself or herself
If or when there Is reason to sus
pect that poliomyelitis (Infantile par
alysis) la developing or epidemic In
the community, parents should be a
little more conscientious than they
are ordinarily about alleged "colds."
for God only knows whether the ap
parently mild Indisposition which
selfish or Indifferent folk like to call
a, "slight cold" Is actually the onset
of poliomyelitis; a good doctor can't
be sure about the diagnosis until the
early symptoms of paralysis develop
I hate to frighten anybody at any
time. But this necessity of Including
poliomyelitis ' among the common
respiratory infections which comprise
the group of tils fairly called "CRT
In the early stage must be recog
nized by all good parents not to
mention doctors or health authori
ties if we hope to make any prog
ress In the prevention of this group
of dlseasea.
So far as our present knowledge of
poliomyelitis goes, these recommend
ations are warranted:
1. Isolate or at any rate keep be
yond spray range of any person who
purports to have a "cold" or who
avowedly haa the cri.
2. Avoid crowds, gatherings, meet
ings, parties, riding tn closed con
veyances, and all other Intimate con
tact with at rangers aa well as pos
sible.
8. Keep children out of school and
away from other children when at
play.
4. All kissing' must be forbidden.
5. Plies in the house or about the
premises may carry the infection
Plies spell bad housekeeping or un
sanitary surroundings.
A. It is infinitely more Important
to teach children to wash their hands
ALWAYS before taking any food or
drink than it la to make them brush
their teeth.
All of these recommendations apply
not only to guarding children against
poliomyelitis (Infantile paralysis) but
also to the protection of cnuarn
against many of the other respiratory
infections, such as diphtheria, scarlet
fever, meningitis, measles.
There la no specific remedy which
will prevent poliomyelitis, no vaccine
or serum as yet found enecuve.
Serum (the colorless fluid part of
postage stamps, the necessary amount
totaling thirty billion marks.' If that
had been real money, tt would have
been seven thousand, five hundred
million dollars. In stamps on one let
ter. We do not want that.
Actually with silver, selling around
80 cent an ounce-, whereas Its value
In America was formerly 91-80 an
ounce, the existing ratio between
gold and silver is around sixty
to one. You can buy sixty ounces of
silver, and more, for one ounce of
gold. The ratio of value exceeds the
ratio of production, which Is abjut
forty to one. But if silver's value
were stabilised on almost any ratio
below forty to one, silver production j
would Increase enormously and gold
production could not be Increased !
correspondingly. i
The money question Is as mysteri
ous as squaring the circle, or per
petual motion. Something always
crops up to spoil your plan. It is a
problem that cannot be solved by
guessing or wishing.
But one thing is certain. WS HAVE
GOOD MONEY. BUT NOT ENOUGH
OF XT, and some of our best friends,
like Dickens' characters, seem bent
on "making your flesh creep."
Former Governor Smith, who has
worked and lived with the crowd,
predicts disorder and. rioting tf the
unemployed are not relieved.
T. W. Lamont, of Morgan & Com
pany, says the dole must come, as tn
England, if the rich fall In their
duty.
And Elbert Stewart, commissioner
of labor statistics, say unemploy
ment has sent American payrolls
ment doTJZ FORTY TER CENT, which j
would mean the workers' annual 1
spending power diminished by twen
ty thousand million dollars a year.
Shall we make stiver as money, on
a basis of fourteen to one, or forty
to one? Certainty, it It would not
Jeopardize this country 'a supremacy
in the world's finance. But would
the new money be REAL money?
could It bring back prosperity, buy
goods, restore and keep up wages,
and WOULD IT BE AS GOOD AS
OUR MONEY XS NOW? To give
workec fifty-cent pieces and call
them dollars would accomplish noth
ing. A difficult question. But aome
thlng must be done. Merely sitting
and groaning will not solve our prob
Ana Senator, "tarai'a .ugges -
OCTOBER 3, 1931.
the blood) obtained from persons who
have recovered from poliomyelitis ts
a valuable remedy in the treatment
of the disease. Fortunately tt robs
the donor of nothing more than
would be the excretion of so much
sweat. Probably such blood serum
would serve aa a preventive if ad-
ministered before infection, but the
remedy is too precious and scarce
for such use.
Never mind the symptoms of polio
myelitis. If a child seems feverish,
drowsy. Irritable, have the doctor's
advice at once.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Prepared Chalk for Acidity.
Followed your advice and began
taking calcium carbonate Instead of
soda, for acid Indigestion and heart
burn. It has apparently corrected
long-standing trouble, for I eeldura
require even a dose of the calcium
carbonate now Mrs. A. V. D.
Ans wer As explained In "Guide to
Right Eating" (send 10 cents in coin
and stamped envelops bearing your
address and ask for the booklet) pre
pared chalk (calcium carbonate) neu
tralises acidity In the stomach with
out affecting the acid-base balance
In the blood. It is therefore prefer-
able ' soda and other alkalis for oc
casional or regular use.
The Price of Cure.
What do you think of a doctor who
sets a price of $200 for treatments
which will remove piles? . . A. s.
Answer No matter what fee a doc
tor charges. If be guarantees a cure
he Is a faker. No reputable or re
liable doctor or specialist ever pre
tends to guarantee to cure anything
For the treatment of hemmorhoids
by any effective surgical method, 200
berries is a modest fee compared
with the fees exacted by dentists, for
instance, for their services. Trouble
with the laity Is that It has been
getting medical service for nothing or
for a song so long that it hates to
pay a doctor a fair fee today.
How Doth the Fighting Cock Feel?
For several years 1 had aches and
pains in muscles which I called rheu
matism," and so did several doctors.
But I never found an lasting relief
till three months ago, when I began
taking your lodln ration. For two
months now I have left like a fight
ing cock, no sign of the old pains,
and I am no longer tired. Full cf
pep and as fresh at the end of the
day as In the morning. I am 65
years old- If It lent the lodln
dont know what it can 'be. All my
friends comment about the change
In my appearance. I feel it la time
to give Dr. Brady i hand. C. O. D,
Answer I prefer one with a straight
stem or half bent, a longish stem, and
a bowl of moderate capacity, some
thing different from any of my pres
ent flock if possible. Oh, excuse me.
you said a hand I thought It was a
pipe. If any other older boys and
girls are feeling a bit stale, gray,
weary and In the dumps, I'll be glad
to send 'em particulars about get
ting a suitable lodin ration for re
juvenation on receipt of written re
quest, no clipping, and a stamped ad
dressed envelope.
(Copyright John F. Dllle Co.)
Flight 'o Time
(Medford and Jackson County
History From the Files of The
Moll Tribune of 20 and 10 Vea.-
Ago.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
Octoner 8, 1921
(The Day Was Wednesday)
Giants gcose-egged by Yankees, 3
to 0. In first world series game.
Baraum apartments fire demon
strated need of better water facilities
and more fire equipment. Council
hear, that about "SO volunteer fire
men helped at the blaze, and all
thought they were the boss. Instead
of Fire Chief Lawton." Some diffi
culty was experienced "In moving
two Fords from In faont of a fire
hydrant." The building will be re
built. Trial of Dr. R. M. Brumtleld starts
at Roaeburg. the defendsnt being shy
a beard he threatened to wear In
court.
Any member of the chamber of
commerce who secures two new
members, will be made s member
of on honorary organisation to be
called "Two Toots."
Frank P. Farrell, attorney, reveals
that the first dollar he earned, was
selling papers.
Ashland launches campaign to get
road to Dead Indian country.
TWENTY VEARS AGO TODAY
October e, I9u
(It Waa Thursday)
Commercial club to hear plans for
the building of an tnterurban line
in the valley.
B. C. Blaka of'seattle plans to
build cement plant near Gold Hill.
Chris Gottlieb cstches a 34-pound
salmon on a six-Inch rod. The Jsck
sslmon. so the article ststes, "tested
the rare skill of the angler to the
uttermost."
Bute W. C. T. O. convention opens
sessions here with 80 delegates at
tending. '
Medford Day at county fair brings
out record crowd, "who are thrilled
by a daring balloon ascension by
Prof. Brodwlck."
Hatrteld, Wis, Imperilled by burst
ing dams.
Two holdups In a night, attributed
to "the fair followers.
tlon would surely find wide accept
ance in a national campaign with
Borah running on a "You need more
money ana 111 g'.re it to you plat-
form.
P&?Z BY FREEMAN LINCOLN
I Oww
BYSOPBlt: W o f"'rT'i,
tovelv Hcvtavghttrr of 'J?
but artilocrolio A"?
r to marry frediy "won
se IsoDSS ser to a rafe, sojws
but needs motisy too lo ""
ry linT Peak Abbott, tctalthl)
younm owner ot the Extrreu. tor
ihich Bam and Pretty ifori, aUo
proposes to Bam. A s coKtid
iriss sis enuosstioa that a busi
neuHke man-ions sro14 "'"'H
them both. The moet preset? ot
her financial tcorries If settles
when Aldertea provides the money
for - mortgage Interest, which he
has borrowed tram Mrs. Frve, his
beet customer in his bookselling
ventures. AUsrsea passhmatelii
cares tor social poaHto-- Sam
keeps from him the knowledge
that her halt-brother, y elf on. Is
going out Kith their maid. Uartha
Oivene. While Bam wonders
whether Preddv ts in Chicago, she
sees a taxi in tront oT the stable
where ths familv now lives, near
ths termer mansion.
Chapter T
MARRY ME TODAY"
PEDDY was waiting In the liv
ing room, a tall flgnre in front
of the fireplace. He threw away a
elgarett, when he saw her. and
ipoke her name. "Sam!"
"Freddy!" Sam's eyes were
bright, bnt she pushed him away
Itrongly with both hands when be
tried to take ber In his arms.
"No!" the whispered warningly.
"Not here. Martha"
Martha Oivene thrust her bead
through the butler's pantry door.
"Try to forgive m
"Mlss Sherrlll,
eyes Inquisitive,
she began, her
"there's a gentle-
man "
"It's all right," said Sam calm
r, waving her away.
Freddy turned to the door. "Let's
go somewhere we can talk."
Sam followed him, without ques
tion. The OTergrown driveway
twisted away up the hill, and they
followed It silently until they came
to the deserted, brooding bouse at
the top.
In a far corner ot a broad
wooden veranda Freddy baited and
turned to her. "Well," be said
grimly, ."how about this? She
won't come up here, will she?"
"No, Freddy." Sam smiled and
shook ber bead.
After s time he gently tipped
back her chin and looked Into ber
syes. "Well?" be inquired softly.
Sam did not want to talk, being
nappy once more, and at peace. She
iigbed and murmured: "You
uouldnt have come, Freddy."
He laughed. "Why not?"
"It's Just that It can't do any
ood. It will make ns both more
nhappy than we were before.
"I don't agree," he said. "I think
i will do ' all the good In the
.arid."
"Whyr
"Because," said Freddy slowly,
.Utinctly, "before 1 leave here you
re going to tell me that you'll
iarry me; and that you'll do It
day. You may not know it, but
ju and 1 are ttklog the six
'clock train for New York. We'll
e married as soon aa we get there,
ad alter that" He grinned.
Alter that, who cares what hap
ns?" Sam sighed. "What would I
ve." she said, "If I only could!"
Freddy talked. He talked swlft-
urgently, and with passion-to
rnestness. He was particularly
-avincing concerning the obllga
ns ot love.
Sam did not listen. She merely
t her bead on the rough tweed of
shoulder and wondered why she
a so unreasonably happy.
Finally be seemed to sense her
ittention. He stopped talking,
"upty, and once more tipped back
chin. "Tell me something," be
..a
PLAVSINO W1N1ER P1.AY
By Alice Judion Peale.
The problem of keeping children
healthy snd happy during the winter
month la in good part a matter of
providing them with plenty of fresh
sir. sunshine, snd exercise.
The runabout ev.s wo no longer
can be psrked out of doors in bis
carriage must have something to keep
him occupied H he is to be willing
to play out ra doors as much as he
should. For this he needs the tight
aoit of play equipment
Any .'oirJly lucky enough to have
a back yard can provide this ade
quately at small cost.
Smooth wooden planks of a itzc
that the child can handle easily vet
b enough. Ifl bs used in Mrroyi.
commanded gently, looking straight
into ber eyes. "Tell m that you'll
marry me today.
c.m rariirnlne his ease, waa con.
gelous of a swltt ebbing of her po
era of resistance, "i can u ireuay,-
she said hopelessly.
"Tell me." Freddy repeated bk
command calmly, never taking bit
eyes from hers. "Tell me that you'll
marry me, Sam dear, today.
"No!" Her eyes filled with tean
and her denial was almost piteous,
"I I can't."
They looked at each other for f
long nfoment. Then, wearily. San
surrendered. "What I meant ti
say, Freddy," she corrected herse)
in a small, tired voice, "waB yei
Yes, I will."
It was almost five o'clock whs
Sam returned to the stable for tbj
last time. She had been furiousl
busy ever since Freddy bad left fa
the city, and there still remained i
great many things to be done In tin
thirty minutes before She mm
leave for the train. -
There were two notes to be wrii
ten ; one to Fourth and one to Peal
Abbott She must speak to Marthi
about the men's dinner.
In the midst of ber swift dresi
ing Sam bad a moment of reallzi
tion that she would not be In be
own room again for a long tlm
She must not allow herself toi
think of' Fourth, she decided, norl
ot Peak Abbott In thirty shortl
minutes she would be free. No more'
responsibilities.
She gave her close-fitting blue
felt hat a final decisive pat and'
ran down the stairs to interview
Martha.
Uartha was not In the kitchen,
nor did she answer when Sam
called ber name. Sam bad called:
again, when sbe noticed an envelops;
bearing ber name on ths white
kitchen table.
The note inside was not from
Martha, but from Nelson Alderses.
"Dear Sam," Nelson had written1
In scrawling pencil. "I'm afraid
this Is going to be a shock to you,
no matter how I put It, so I'll try
to get It over as soon as possible.
The tact is that Martha and I love
each other, and that we can't stand
going on this way any longer.
Consequently, by the time you read
this letter, she and I will be mar
ried, and that will be that
"Now please don't take It too hard,
and for heaven's sake try to square
me with Fourth. I know he'll bit
the ceiling, but he'll have to get
over it the best way he can.
"Being absolutely broke I've bad
to borrow from what you had in
your bureau drawer. I promise I'll
send It back to you, every cent
"Be good and try to forgive me.
TO writs soon."
Sam read the letter three times,
and then turner and went slowly
up to her own room. She went to
her drawer, where she found that
only one of the fifty-dollar bills re
mained In the handkerchief case.
She seated herself in a little chair
beslds the window.
For twenty minutes there was Ab
soluts silence In the stable. Sam
did not move. At the end of that
time she got to her feet, took oft
her traveling clothes, put on a ging
ham house dress and went down to
the kitchen.
Shs noticed that It was exactly
six o'clock. The train f r New York
would Just now be pulling out ot the
Broar) Street Station.
Wopvrlght Freeman Lincoln)
How does Freddy take gam's
failure to appear at ths tralnf
In the next Inatallment, Fourth
faces the news about NeKon.
Ing teeter-totter across a sswhorse
or a nail keg, two sturdy wooden
pocking boxes, smaller wooden boxes,
a home-made swing and horizontal
bar, and (If father is clever with his
tools), a sandbox on low legs, with a
sloping waterproof ltd to keep the
ssnd ciesn snd usable these will
form a -ucleus for a great vsrlety of
physical and dramatic play.
Undoubtedly too, tuey will attract
into the home bsck yard other chil
dren, and so encourage sociability.
In sddltion to tucsx vnin'gs.
child needs, especially during the cold
weather, such toys as an express wag
on, a scooter, a sled. If winters are
snowy: skates. If there Is Ice nesr bv.
and a good ball.
For Inclement weather, when it 's
really Imposlble for the child to ptsy
out of doors. It Is desirable to nave
a playroom which can be kept cooler
than the rest of the house and which
Is easily ventilsted.
An unused attic or sun porch or
even an unusually light, dry cellar
Is suitable far this purpose.
e," the note read, I