JfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUlCTi:, MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 193J.
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bl c moiiensen a compant
ofrleai la Ni Tori. Chicago. Detroit, 8u
attameo. Lot Anreltt- setttlt. Portland.
Ye Smudge Pot
Bj Arth r Perry.
Manw want ta church veaterday
and thus escaped being (hot for a
furred or feathered creature of the
wllda.
John J. Indigent announces that
ha will make the race for the legis
lature, on a plank providing free
gasoline for property owners going
to a tax cutting meeting. The Hon.
Indigent also stands flatfooted for
the abolishment of everything but
himself, and favors government by
resolution.
It Is predicted that before Al Ca
pons of Chicago, of the yellow neck
ties and the murderous disposition,
baa served many months of bis 11
year sentenoa for tax evasion, ha will
how signs of becoming religious If,
and when, ha lands In the "big
house." Ha Is equipped with a pair
of smart lawyers, who will locate a
miopia oed comma in the commit
ment papers, which will mean a re
hearing of the hearing of the re
bearing. ,
Borne of our leading Worries About
aTterythtng have finished the Hard
Winter, and are feeling the first
Qualms of alarm over Next Spring.
D. to. Moore, manager of the J. O.
tenney store In Walla Walla, return
ed to hla home Thursday after being
a . hunting guess of J. D. Caahv
(Morrow County News) auess he
didst have to guess he was a deer.
The magician who drove oar
round town blindfolded, oan now
put on his specks and try his skill
faa a vehicle with the aide ourtalns
ma and a ifat feminine arm around
kit neck;
Of all the tad, heart-rending talea,
bora of the depreaalon, the one from
Coot county takes the cake. A pair
of California transients man and
wife have been reduced to the place
where they are too poor to buy
eigarettes, and encompassed the eco
nomic situation by buying a pipe
apiece, and smoke tame as they wan
der willy-nilly. Between your sniffles
of sympathy, you may wonder why
they did not purchase but one pipe,
and puff same between them, but
their distress wss not that dire as
yet. They can ttlll buy gasoline, and
all four tlret of their auto are in A-l
condition. It sure It a panlo when
lady geddera are reduced to pipe
moklng, but our heroes should have
tayed at home, among cigarette
smoking friends.
PROSPERITY VlPg
(Hinsdale, 111., Doings)
An encouraging note from the
ninsdals sanitarium oonveya the
Information that the patronage
reached a higher mark laat week
than at any time since a year
ago laat January. Thla ataff of
phyelclane and nurses Is kept
buey looking after the needs of
the Increasing number of tlok
people.
A Mighty Hunter desires to nail a
deer and horns to the parlor wall,
but his Older Otrl insists It will be
nothing but an ornamental all-year-round
resort for fleas.
A cow and a lady driver, were both
on the wrong side of the road near
Trail late yesterday, resulting in the
caressing of nine fenders.
H. O. Welle wants the world re
constructed under the rule of com
mon eenee. We all give three cheere,
assuming, of course, that It It our
own private common sense that will
be put In chtrge-iKansas city
Star.) Exaotly the way it would work
out.
The Rouse will be organised by the
Democrats, and la a strategic move
en the part of the Republicans. It
will afford the Intelligent Voters an
opportunity to behold with their own
yes. Just how efficiently the Demo
crats can meat things up, before
casting their votes.
The mystery of the looting of the
Mills and Angel! a tores here the
night of March S hat been pretty
well solved. Certain facta led to cer
tain conclusions, which proved to be
about correct, and there is a chance
that the owners may be reimbursed.
(Lyons, Kan., Republican.) That's
plain enough.
General Chairman Melvln Wood
pecker, of the Relief Board, reports
many Indigent Bluejayt and British
Bparrowa have made appeals for nuts
and other necessities. "I told these
birds laat summer," aald Chairman
Woodpecker, "when the graaahoppert
were plentiful, and every auto was a
cafeteria, there would be another
day, and they cawed at me. I really
think the British Sparrowt are from
Armenia, the way tbey Log."
The League on the Spot
JAPAN defies the League of Nations' demand that she with
draw her troops from Manchuria by November 16, on the
ground that the demand was not unanimous, and therefore is
not binding.
It is generally true that decisions of the 'Council must be
unanimous, but there is one important exception, namely, that
it must be unanimous :
"OTHER than one or more of the representatives of the parties to
the dispute."
Japan and China are representatives to this dispute. Japan
is the only objector. As she is one of the parties to the dispute,
obviously her objection has no force. The decision of the
Council therefore 18 unanimous.
In other words, from the standpoint of the League, Japan
has no case. If she persists in her refusal to obey this demand,
then the issue is clearly drawn, between Japan and the League.
too
IT IS a critical situation, particularly for the League of Na
tions. The League is faced by this dilemma: either with
draw its demand, or force Japan to accede to it.
The first action would be a confession of failure and im
potence. The second would mean war.
But, as previously pointed out in this column, how can the
League wage war on Japan or any othfjr nation I It has no
army, no navy, nor has it the machinery even to render an
economic boycott effective. ,
All it can do PRACTICALLY, is to advise its members to
wage war. But are there any nations in the world today that
will declare war on Japan because the League invites them tot
We doubt it. .
The situation merely brings into sharp relief once more that
until the League has force behind it, it is powerless to prevent
war, when any nation desires it, or when the conditions that
produce war exiBt.
Here s Hoping It
X THAT a rain, and look at
Ashland and 'Wagner!
A year ago, there was no snow to be seen in October, and
little even two months later. The elements had an off year,
deolared a moratorium, and what a costly one.
But this year is different at least it is starting out that way.
Unless all signs fail there will be no water shortaee In the sum
mer of 1932.
A Friend Indeed!
A SUBSCRIBER has sent us a clipping from the Boston
Transcript, in which for two long columns one "Bob"
Washburn praises President Hoover and urges his re-election.
We have read the interesting document and filed it among
the 1931 journalistic euriosities. It is the first kind word we
have seen for "Herbert" since the moratorium.
The gist of this 200-word treatise is eontained in the fol
lowing final paragraph, the injection of the prohibition issue
due to the fact that the Transcript is Weti
Because of which considerations hereinbefore set out. and by way
of recapitulation, the cause of country demanda the re-election of
the Prealdent, firat, because he la a bualness man; second, because of
the business crisis; and third, because of his record and Independent
of the Issue of prohibition. And yet strange Is the apectacle when
because some think that the ship leaks, when aU know it oan best be
oaulked by the business talents of Herbert Hoover, that anyone should
Jump overboard onto the rsftt of Demoorscy, What a spectacle, that
they do not ollng to the safety of the ship rather than to surrender
to the waters of speolout popular appeal, ror, when the storm la
stiff and the seaa surge, v;tv not stand by the skipper?
Why not indeed I Simply beoause the human mind is made
as it is. We wonder if Bob Washburn has never talked with
passengers, just off an oooan liner aftor a terrible passage.
How many have vowod they would walk back home rather than
take passage on that "blnnkety blank" boat again.
Obviously the boat had nothing to with the storms. But
logio fails bofore the primitive association of ideas.
It's he same with President Hoover and the Republican
party. Had the Amerioan people taken passage in another boat
their experience might have been worse perhaps fatal.
But it will take a more logical and trenchant pen than Mr.
Washburn wields to convince them of the fact, at the present
writing.
Sundown
Stories
Young-Old Jack
(By Mary Oraham Bonner)
The Little Black Clock had turn
ed the time back once more and
the children recognised Jack Frost
at once as he
came toward
them.
"Do you want
to go along with
me?" he asked,
and Peggy and
John thought it
would be great
fun to take a
trip with euch
an I m p o r tant
person aa Jack
Frost.
The air was
very still and
very quiet, and
hardly any wind was blowing.
Jack Front was carrying long
brushes and buckets filled with
beautiful white paint that looked
as though It were mixed with crys
tal Jewels. He also had buckets
filled with red paint and orange
paint and bis helpers came hur
rying along now to Join him.
Off they all started, and John
and Peggy helped paint the trees
After they had finished with
their work for the evening Jack
Frost asked them It they thought
he looked young.
"Oh, yes." aald John, "you look
very young. You dont look much
older than I do."
Jack Front laughed and answer
ed: "Well, your friend the Little
Black Clock turned the time back
to I am quite young. ,
. . .
. ,
s a Hard Winter
the snow covered shoulders of
"I'm going to turn the time tor
ward, so that It la almost the
asms time of year as It waa when
he started out for this adventure."
the Clock answered.
"You see," explained Jack Frost,
"ha turned It back to an autumn
cf a good many yearsr ago when
you first met me this time. But
now It Is the autumn of 1931 once
more. Do you think I look an;
older?"
"Not a bit," said John, an he
looked at Jack Frost.
.MM IUI tMaif
9u rrv
"A busy week's ahead for me, tlnce
I must be prepared
To see that all my Barnyard friends
are welt and truly scared
Upon that night of nlghta that't
known aa Hallowe'en, you
know."
What? Hat our hero turned Into
the vuialn of the enow?
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By Arthur Brisbane
Out of China? No,
Out of League? Yes.
Watch Silver.
Our Tottering World, .
Copyright King Feature Synd. Ino
The League of Nations, vot
ing thirteen to one, tells Japan
to get out of China taking
troops and airplanes with her,
not later than November 16,
and tells China to guarantee the
safety of Japanese citizens and
property on her soil.
Japan in diplomatic language
says: "No can do."
China might make the same
reply. Intense hatred has been
aroused. Japanese will not be
safe on Chinese soil, unless pro
tected by Japanese , fighting
men.
Instead of getting out of
China, Japan may get out of
the League of Nations. Being
outvoted there, thirteen to one,
might be considered a hint.
That is the sort of vote this
nation would enoounter, if it
were foolish enough to join the
league.
Some high spirited American
speculators, said to have been
heavy short sellers of silver on
the New Tork metals exchange,
would "cover" that dangerous
short selling, if they were to in
vestigate and understand con
ditions in the East.
In war, soldiers, merchante, aU
with whom Asiatic nations deal, de
mand what they call "real money."
They know nothing ot gold, will not
recognize value a piece ot printed
paper,
England, foolishly, tried to put In
dia on a gold basis, and had to
abandon the gold basis, herself. To
day when a Hindu received a five
rupee note from his employer, he
runs to the nearest bank, to get five
silver rupees, and have real money.
The Speclel Bank of Toklo has
been buying sUver recently.
Germany hat been buying It, and
big American silver producors are not
selling at the moment.
Increased value 'for sUver would
mean profit for the United States.
SUver it an American metal. This
North American continent has al
most a monopoly of Its production.
Gold It the British metal, produced
in greatest abundance in South Af
rica, with rapidly increasing produc
tion In Canada,
Senator Borah wants silver put on a
fourteen to one parity with gold.
That will not happen, but silver will
go up 30 cents an ounce before it
goet down 5 cents. When India gains
power, through Gandhi, or other
wise, ehe will reach out and get back
her sliver that the British have sold.
Beware of selling silver short,
Bertrsnd Russell Is here, to tell
you that the world Is "tottering."
England, he says. Is "Just running
down." Mo one Is managing that
fair country, which, if fortunate, will
become a sort ot Insular Holland
from being a world ruler.
If Russia finds a better kind of
government, there wlU be tremend
ous propaganda, with all the nations
ot the world at war, perhaps.
Russell Is a "belted earl," able to
sit in the House ot Lords It he
chooses, title genuine and guaran
teed, but he calls himself "Mister"
and writes books. His "The Scien
tific Outlook," Just published by W.
W. Norton and Company, New York,
will lntereat you. Read it. Russell
says Eddlngton believes In religion
because atoms do not obey the laws
of mathematics. Thla provee that
they obey a higher law.
8tr Jamea Jeans believes in a tort
of religion because atoms DO obey
the laws ot mathematics.
"Both these arguments have been
accepted with equal enthusiasm by
the theologians."
H. O. Wells la here also, and, as
Frederick the Great asked. "Who IS
In It?" whan told Voltaire wst not
In the academy, you feel inclined to
ask who it left In England, with those
two out.
Wells, like Russell, hat reaohedt he
early pesslmlstlo stage. In which men
mistake the shadow ot their own de
clining tun, for a ahedow over the
whole world.
Dont fall to read Wells' new book.
"What Are We to Do With Our Lives?"
published by Doubled ay and Do ran.
Wells, one ot the moat brilliant
thinkers and powerful writer of hla
day, sees many things the matter
with us and Is not too hopeful.
However, a civilisation Viet has
survived the black death, the super
atltlons, ignorance, cruelty and tor
tures ot the dark ages, the aslnlnltlea
at Puritanism and the cold aeltlaa-l
Personal Health Service
By William
Slgou letters pertaining to personal healtb sod bygtene. out to disese,
dlagiMiols or trreatai-nt wiju be antnered by Dr. Brady If s stamped aelf
addreoard envelope la enclosed Letters ehuuld be brief and wr-ltu-ii Id ink
Owing o the large pumbri of tetter received only a few can be answered
here. No reply can be mad to queries not conforming to Instructions
address Or William Brad) in can- the Mall Tribune.
EARLY RECOOMTIO
Fifteen yesra ago I received quite
a few letters from foolish parents
who had a child, usually a daughter,
who was "not strong" and wished to
know what I thought about giving
the frail child
Father Shyster's
Food Tonic, or
Dr. Fossil's Old
Reliable Remedy
or the remedy
that cured some
far off testimon
ial writer or even
tubercle - bun
combe. Times
change. Such in
quiries rarely fil
ter In these days.
But In the past
five years I have received too many
Inquiries about the lost health and
weight of young women who have
reduced too weU If not wisely. When
ever I touch on the subject of tuber
culosis or its treatment I receive sev
eral letters from readers who are pa
tients In a hospital and who want to
tell the history of their own mis
steps and of the tuberculosis, Inef
ficiency or neglect thown by the doc
tor or doctors they first consulted.
In a tabulation of the histories of
3,300 tuberculosis cases EhrenrelcJ:
found that in a majority of cases the
patients did not consult a doctor
until they had been In poor health
from three montha to a year! In that
period most of them were content
to experiment with something rec
ommended by a kind druggist or
something suggested in an advertise
ment. Now even If aU these patients
bad gone promptly to their regular
physicians for examination and ad
vice in the first three to twelve
months of Impaired health, It is en
tirely likely that a gaad many' of
them would have come away from
the Interview with the doctor a few
dollars poorer but not much wiser,
for when all la said and done the
diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
in the incipient stage demands a
good deal of courage on the part of
the physician, aa well as tkUl. The
diagnosis Is a matter of the doctor's
opinion, not a question of fact. Be
fore the doctor can risk It he must
have some assurance thao the pa
tient puts confidence in him; he
must weigh the patient's mentality
and decide whether the patient Is In
telligent enough to accept the opin
ion. A great many patients in that
etage ot the disease lack the con
fidence In the physician and the in
telligence to accept the doctor's opin
ion after they have asked for it and
paid tor it. It he says the trouble
is tuberculosis in hla Judgment, the
patient is quite likely to listen to
various friends, neighbors and eoap
box specialists who assure him it is
no such thing.
If the Diagnosis of incipient or first
stage tuberculosis Is difficult, how
much greater is the doctor's problem
in dealing with the pre-tuberculosis
state, the stage when there are no
definite signs, not even significant
symptoma, but Just malaise, fatigue,
"run down condition," tired feeling,
peevishness, capricious appetite, usu
ally dlttaste for fats, anemia,
"catarrh," tendency to "catch cold"
easily but no cough, perhaps Just a
ness ot Industrialism, will probably
get over today's little troubles.
M
If anybody should call our civiliza
tion '"stupid" Instead of "tottering,"
you could not contradict him.
Here, with everything in the world
that we need, we are In deep trouble,
because we do not know how to bal
ance demand and production.
M
Brazil has ordered hundreds of tons
of coffee, ot the leaser grades, made
into bricks, for fuel in locomotives,
to reduce the surplus, and we have
bread and coffee Unet, with copper
and cotton at 7 cents.
Great Industrialists have concen
trated on hopelessly stupid competi
tion with each other. They call it
"rounding out." One steel company
observes that another has a wire fence
factory, which it lacks, so It builds
one, must use It, the more OVER
PRODUCTION. In Milwaukee, L. R. Smith, extra
ordinary manufacturing genius, finds
a new, better way, to make pipe, of
all sizes, for oil, gas, etc
The big steel companies all steal
his Ideas and copy them, throwing
on the scrap pile their obsolete plants
that cost scores of millions. That
was to be expected.
But they OVER PRODUCE and In
fierce competition, ruin their busi
ness, which waa not expected.
And the government, with Its
Sherman act, more stupid even than
big industry, forbids agreements that
could end disastrous competing over
production. Let us demonstrate a new electric
Singer Sewing Machine before buying
as we wlU meet any demonstration or
price ot any other make and give
more value for the dollar. Singer Sew
ing Machine Co. Is not connected with
any other company telling sewing
machlnea In the United States. C. J.
Logan. 339 E. eth St.
Christmas and New Year greeting
carda. Big line of aamplea to select
from, reasonable prices. Call at Mall
Tribune Job Department or Phone
78.
When buying photographs, look lot
tbe International Emblem. You axe
assured of fair, honest dealing
Shangle Studio.
Dry Pine Slabs M 75 per load. 'UU
blx tiM. Med Fuel Co. Tel 631.
Bhangl Studio Your order com
pleted la one day.
Brady, M. D.
N OF TUBERCULOSIS
desire to clear the throat mornings,
some loss of weight or failure to gain
weight, At least a careful and com
plete health examination la In order
for any young person answering the
description. Parents of a daughter In
the pre-tuberculoals state would do
weU to place her under a regime like
that which most certainly aids recov
ery from active tuberculosis. Such a
regime may be foUowed in many san
itariums, health resorts or at home.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS '
Chronic Rhinitis.
I am 17 and in school. I find trou
ble In enunciating correctly due to
my nose becoming clogged . , . (O. A.
G.)
I wsnt to thank you for the form
ula for chronlo rhinitis. It has given
me more relief than my family doc
tor and two nose throat specialists
did. We are fortunate to have a man
with courage to denounce . . . (O. B.)
Answer C. A. O. should send his
name and address on a stamped en
velope and ask for instructions tor
the treatment of .chronlo rhinitis or
"catarrh" it that means anything.
No Authority.
I feel It my duty to call to the at
tention of the health autho-ltles the
unsanitary conditions in school.
My son, aged 7, complains that the
toilet room there has no soap, no
meant of washing, no towels and yet
the health authorities teach that
children should wash their hands . . .
(C. P. L.)
Answer You should Indeed bring
the Improper conditions to the at
tention of your local health authori
ties. I have no such authority. Is
there no parent-teacher organization
in your community to correct such
dangerous conditions?
We Put a Man on Hit Feet.
I wish to thank you for your pre
scription of calcium lactate for head
aches. My mother no longer suffers
with them, to now I don't have to
walk on my tip ties. (B. K.)
Answer Oh, I'm willing to take it
for granted readero are grateful for
any helpful advice we happen to give
em. What I wish la that when they
write In to tell about it they'd give
a brief synopsis of the case, so that
I may make some practical deduc
tions which may be helpful to other
people.
Castor Oil for Warts.
Mark up another tally for castor
oU at a killer of warts. Had several
on both hands. Applied castor oil each
night for about a week. Now they're
aU gone. Our plant physician says
Brady has some good dope but he is
all wet about absorption thru the
akin. He said If it weren't for giving
the nlant a bad name he'd take up
your ohallenge and apply some aniline
to your skin but you'd probably die
and get the plant In for much no-
trietv. (J. H.I
Answer Well, If the doctor it not
Just bluffing he might ewlpe a can
of aniline and take It away off some
where, wherever he prefers to perform
the experiment, and I'll Join him
there, with seconds and everything
all complete. Then If he kills me I'll
never say another word about the
Impermeability of the human hide,
hide.
(Copyright John F. Dllle Co.)
F light 'o Time
(Medfvrd and Jackson County
History From the Ftlea of The
Mall Tribune of 80 and 10 Yeart
Ago.)
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
October 26, 1931
(It Was Wednesday)
BalUngs from the Trlgonla oil weU
displayed in C. of C. window.
A flock of geese fly over city and
are bewildered by the night lights
and keep people awake with their
honking.
Ford sedan of Jamee O. Murray,
linotyper, runt amuck and wrecks
drinking fountain.
Snow falls at Crater Lake, and
rain on the floor of the valley.
General railroad strike Is called off.
Marshal Foch of France lands in
New York, amid tumultuous scenes.
Evelyn Thaw triet to commit sui
cide when sheriff comet to evict her
from apartment. Harry Thaw tends
money.
TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
" October 28, 1011
(It Was Thursday)
New York Giants win fifth game
of series by desperate rally In ninth,
4 to S.
Congressman Hawley, says an edi
torial, "tacee the fight of bit life In
the tprlng primaries, aa hla standpat
attitude is very offensive to insur
gent Oregon."
Local Chinese aid rebels at home
with t40 collection.
Greater Medford club petitions
Prealdent Taft to give independence
to Filipinos.
Oregonlan editorial on "Angling In
Rogue," irks sportsmen and anglers.
Aviation made almple. declaration
ot Wright brothers.
Moving picture man known here,
abot in Los Angeles.
Talks Tfc
, parents
THE I.ITTI.K MISER
Ry Allre Judtnn frale
A five-year-old boy la unwilling to
share his toys. He would rather play
BY FREE MA N LINCOLN
BYNOP8ts? bovm ey not! mnt,
Sam Sherrill ruoea Prtddy afun
ton, whom A fovea, and aaeeotM
Peak Abbott, popular vounp mil
lionaire, because ot her tamilp'e
need ot money. Her stepfather.
Fourth Aldersea, suddenly be
ctmce wealthy through the myste
riov sale of It worthless inven
tion", and Sam turns from work to
play.
Chapter 25
TREACHERY
DEAK could not answer Sam's
question of how poverty bad
affected her.
"Well," said Sam, "the result has
been that I've always been a char
Ity patient I've been forced to ac
cept Invitation after invitation that
I've never had a hope of being able
to return. People have even tried
to give me clothes! Is It any wonder
that I've fallen Into a very deflnlts
classification T"
"And what," Peak Inquired
lowly, "do you consider your clas
sification?" "I'm a sponge," said Sam con
temptuously "a large, squashy,
high-absorbent sponge."
"Rot!" eaid Peak. "Nothing but
Ully pride."
She nodded. "It also explains why
'Oon't you want to love
rver need ao happy since Foustth
made that money."
"Yes." He nodded, and then
frowned. "I sea that, but If money
waa your only worry, why weren't
you happy as soon as you and I
got ourselves engaged?"
She stamped her foot, "Ob,
can't you see that money from you
would Just be more of the same?
More charity? Can't you understand
that this money of Fourth's Is hon
estly earned, la honestly mine?"
"Yea," said Peak calmly. He bad
himself under complete control
once more. The madness had gone.
"I'll admit, though, that I had hoped
the change In you was due to
something else."
' Sam's eyes wandered from his.
"You mean that you hqped I'd come
to care more about you. Well, I
have come to care more about you
a lot more." v
He did not move. "But you can't
ay that you love me? Is that It?"
She was silent
"You kissed me, Sam," he re
minded her gently. "It watn't Just
in ordinary kits. It meant tome
thing. What did It mean?"
"I I don't know."
"Don't you want to love me,
3am?"
"Yes, I want to love you. I want
lo love you terribly! But "
"But what?"
"But I don't tee ho I can." Her
syes were wide. "It's Impossible,
Peak," she said In a small tire J
rolce.
He Instantly knew what she
meant She meant that It was im
possible for ner to love him because
of Freddy Munson. Freddy Mun
ton stood In the wi - Freddy's
presence suddenly filled the entire
summer house, and Peak resented
It He resented It au deeply, that
he aald tomethlng ho was bitterly
to regret
"Impossible?" The words were
cold. "Why Is It Impossible, unless
there It somebody else. There ten't
anybody else, It there, Sam?"
Sam said nothing. Hei wide eyes
merely became wider and wider and
then suddenly filled with tears.
After an Interval of,sllcnce Peak
thuddered and shook hit head at
though emeraina from a bad dream.
alone than take turns. He hoards his
possessions and will let no one but
mother touch them.
It there is a treat of loe cream or
candy he lingers over hit while the
older children gobble thelre. Then he
takes delight In eating when they
have no more.
Bit mother it distressed at such
miserliness, such delight In poetess
lng when others an without
She has resorted sometimes to forc
ing him to share or to depriving him
of some pleasure In punishment for
paet selfishness. This, the sys. does
not help.
No child was ever taught to be less
miserly throush beina Mniirrf fo-
it. But often he Is helped In other
ways.
The stlnav child frMuantl l nnm
who has suffered through a lack of
love or because he has felt that he la
lest loved than a brother or lister, j
If he la alren added eecurltv in hta
parents' affection, his stinginess may
gradually disappear without tht use
of more direct measures.
Sometimes, too, the stingy child It
Then be aaia rougnry: "xrom Pl
any attention to me. I must be
crazy. Come on, let's get oat ol
here. It's cold."
They went out Into the wind. Tbi
moon had disappeared, and with 11
the pleasant little valley. As Peal
had said. It was cold.
On the way home, and Sam ha
Insisted that they go borne lmme
dlately, there was alienee. Botl
were busy with thoughts that wen
anything but pleasant.
Peak, puffing savagely at a clgt
rette, surveyed the ruin of hla cart
fully laid plans. In one unaccount
able moment he had destroyed as
the framework of confidence he ba4
built so carefully.
No more would Sam regard bin
as an undemanding friend ant
companion. No longer would ah
be at ease and off guard In hit
presence.
He had slammed the little sld(
door by which he had hoped to end
his way to her heart. He won
dered whether there were any othei
such doors or whether Freddy Mun
son had locked them all. He won
dered what Sam was thinking ol
him at the moment.
As a matter ot fact, Sam was not
thinking of him at all, although s
phrase he ha spoken war drum. "
me, Sam?" Peak asked.
mlng In her brain. "It there soma
body else?" Peak had asked. "Ther
Isn't anybody else, is there, Sam?"
Was there anybody efee? Sam
could have cried aloud In very real
pain, for she was realizing al! al
once that In the woeLs thai, bad
just passed the thought of Freddy
Munson had slipped further and
further and further into tbe back)
ground of her consciousness. Sh
had thrust It there deliberately al
first in. what she had bee,. sure,wai
a hopeless effort to forget
The thing seSmed impossible, an(
yet to a certain degree It had hap
pened. In the excitement o
Fourth's sudden windfall, of hei
newly discovered Interest in peoplt
and things, she had allowed hersell
to drift There had been periods of
days, she told herself remorselessly
when she had not thought ot Freddj
at all. Even now It wao difficult U
bring to mind a clear cut vision of
hit face.
The more she thought of the mat
ter the more clear became the taa
of her shallowness and treachery.
She had halt forgotten when tht
should have remembered. She had
been happy when she should havt
been miserable. As a sort of crown
In? touch she had 1'Issed Peak Ab
bott that very night She had not
kissed him, at Peak himself had
suggested, through any sense o(
duty, but simply because she had
responded to a very definite urga
What did that kiss mean? What
did anything mean?
When they reached the stabH
she said good night to Peak hup
rledly, absently, and ran acrost
the gravel to the front door.
There wae a tingle light burn
lng on a little table In the llvlni
room and beside it lay a telegram
She ripped the yellow form from
its envelope, and glanced casuallj
at the typewritten words. Then
si.ddenly, she stiffened.
The telegram had been sent fron
Chicago, and the two words at thf
bottom of the message read: "Fred
dy Munson."
(Copyright. Freeman Lincoln)
What doei Freddy want? Tomor
row Sajn findl ha la making a de
mand, wiring "You owe ma at
Itatt that mo-h
one who has had too little pleasure,
too few toys, In his life there have
been too few of the red letter dnvt
with which 'hlldhood should be well
sprinkled.
If he is an only child his mlserU
ness may be the result of hit iso
lation. In thla event he needs only dally
contact with other children to teacs
him the pleasures of sharing. He wlU
quickly discover that 11 Is much more
fun to ahare and play together than
to hoard and play alone.
Nor la the example of his elders
without Influence. If they are gen
erous. If he observes that they take
pleasure In making others Including
himself happr, he will try to be like
them.
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