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EVERY DAY HELPS .
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/\n.v was almost 18-she was with- ,NN
in  week or so of 21 now. " That
night _she had defied her father,
hated him for forbidding her to
dance. Nuw slle smiled at him _Let
rzlueily and threatened to do the Ditrtlll'
next fox trot with him. HOUSE
Mrs. Talbot \\'atcll'ed her three etc.
l-llildren, and the three' who were 'brown
:lllllust as beloved as they. Jane pencil
still citing to her mannlsh tweed paste
suits and tailored waists. She wlls make
not pretty, never would be. But thi
she was fine looking and her ,lg inte
eyes were more tllnll merely and m
beautiful. She fairly surrounded them
Donald with her love and her care, “msn
her constant attention-of which cmyo
he ivan; always pleasantly half~con-
sclous. and which he would be Wm
llliscrable without.
And Luther had found himself. To
%4Q§*§+OQ ¢*+H#44%+v% f+rO-Gr# v
To Amuse the Children crossed to still keep the draft and
Vlnil-e was right-she had taught make 1, pad of wire w00l_that is
him now to relax, to waste time, to iuged
be frivololls, to be happy. Claire puny
nlight never be anything _but sweet mm '
and shallow, yet something more gent]
than tllat had colne with the baby. ,seem
“l'm going back on the stage putt
next season, she said. F"I‘he' baby ug'
will be nearly n year then, and I 3' H
can get a competent nurse. I'll ,rip 1°
have really lots of time to give it."~ wit;
She showed magazine pictures of d
herself and the child-"Claire e ' A]
Ttllhot, well known theatrical star huns
. m nd
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uho scored such a success us the I e
Snowball Girl, \vho has temporarily asf'
retired"-this was part of an ii’
article on the home life of great V°l"‘§5
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attresses. Luther lallghed at his “P Yl but the Simple felmil' ties'
soll`s early publlctty nnt|¢eg_ cribed will prevent this serious in-
"i'lll not an ideal mother, l’m too 0011*'
inlpatient," Claire said. “I can hire
nlechnllical attention in tt nurse,
hut i'll never neglect my child.”
As for Amy-slle was dissatisfied Of
\\-itll her progress, yet she was the
lllilkillg great headway. She had nin
iiiullly secured an engagement to the
then piled the hard wood sticks on
new sweater, VVith what is left
edge.
for cleaning ‘purposes-and .pronure ,pmm your grocer B
'Mix tile Ill1ttY V-'Gil Witil tile round cheese box. Scrub thorough-
‘V001 and iiib' °V9l'_liiB i\0i€.ily 'and dry. 'Iiake a bright colored
Y Dllsiiiilg lil in iilllli it SSSIDS wall-pniper and tack it on the ollt-
`e» Mix "UWB Wife ‘V001 and side of the box. For the inside use
this time wetting the nutty wliitn nr light colored paper. ll' , _
1*’ “‘°"‘*- and ia? 0”’ the iasf- you 'have no wooden cover, take a Oiga \ 0S|p0\/itch. a pretty Serbian girl, was brought 1° Ama]
“"°“- D0 "his thi`@‘B ti1"°S< heavy cloth, cut it larger than the with the understanding that sl'le'stud d th t h eq
est time wipe the Joint or Dine top of the box, hem and insert an rake u welfme k N h y an en re “m °m° ‘q
twain nutty tllnroughly iknead- elastic. This will nlnke an excel. I; ~ dwmh' °w S ° ""a“,t° °“° °f h" P'°f°"°" W
low it to dry 'before water lent bnnabox for winter nate in marry er '" “Y °' ' “t “he may i““’° ““ e"-C"-° f°“ 5'°°i‘i“8 5°(
ti1'F0\1§i1 tile Pipe- Ti1iS Will-slinllller and vice ver-sa. They are
il 193k ill 9» ieilfi Dipe and neat, attractive and not _hard to
ver a Yeti-T; 1011881' if 08i‘¢flli' n~ake. It has been tried and has ~
done. A small leak often in-proved sat|sfac0u.y_ 9,-sy,
shutting off the entire water perle
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A Sprlng Suggestion , lf we will exercise the neeilflllre-
straillt, if we will curb ollr conceit
the children find and cut out top. Ji' a coal fire is desired, puti
es lronl old magazines. some coal on nop of one .burning
e.‘tt‘ees, children, ~alllma1s, wood. I was, illdeed, glad to find I
'H1911 tttiiv H large piece of couldfbliild a tire in the fumace
wrapping paper. With afevell li' there was water ill the ash
line out the streets and b0x, ‘because one needs a fire dur-
the pictures on, so as miinig the cold, damp welltller ol` early
a village. Any number or spring.
ngs can-be added so as to makci
rsstinlg. It kegps Jitltsle hands: N¢w Sweaters From Old
‘IB i “Sy all t ll o keeps _
amused. After the village lsi .Make over 1lubiby'S sweater -for
ed, it can .Le colored witpitllc l-ittle ones, cut ollt and sew as
ns or paint, ' ‘usual and the children will have a
le Awaiting the Plumber over make mittens and crochet the,
repair any leak tcnlporarll_v,' An Ama Hag Box i
if
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contract
saint
daily
enience. Self_ReStraint ‘faith
temimes in me spring wheninnd watch oul' tongues, and kccpi lt
we may still have some ex- and this is usually interpreted, that
nce ol’ that fellowship with the every one, by his wise or unwise
s which is necessary for our conduct prepares good or evil for
sustenance in the life of himself; but we may also under-
.-'l`. H. Green. stand it, that wha-.ever it be that
V he receives from the hand of Pro-
° vidence, he nlay so accommodate
anlty .l'-illlself to it, tllat he will find his
is n m_0vel__`bml saying mat lot good for him, however much
- may seem to others to be wanting_r
earth is very full of water mn ‘aloof from telnptatiolls to colltrov-ievery one makes his own destiny, _\vm_ Von Hnmb°1qt_
g on its way to lower ground' _ >
cellars become filled with wat
fill!! Sliillii Dflrts With an opera er to such ri. depth that it is an im
l-oinpilny in Boston. 'For a girl of possibility to have a furnace fir;
120 with only a moderately good on
vrlicv. this was amazing. But Claire ash
wil., urging Amy to try musical gm
account of the water filling tht
box and even wetting thi
te. '
vollleily, where she would have less N0“-_ how (1095 gms idea nt yon,
l-onlpetition with really great C55
e? lt served me in a similar eil
wives-1', and where she might be- “anon
vollle a star. ,I
took a number lof tin cans, dif
"Dick lloesll't cure,” Amy S8id~ ferent sizes and piled tllem on thi
lil-s trying to be transferred to grate' leaving “_ space betweer
llosloll ,und when he is, we’ll be I
lnllrried. No one is coming to the tw
\\‘i’fiilil1M. l'\'e changed my nlind 3;”
in for the air to pass amonw
,
nl and thus give the needec
it. 'l‘lleil l built my wood Bro af
l:i- i z ' ' H
mu 8 mem sphshy affair' We re usual, using paper and pine woot’
suing tu slip oft as quietly as Julie
i ll ,' »
-‘ilily was less spoiled-no one °
inn work as hard and as sincerely
ETIQUETTE
_“S she had dime for three y°m`5» At tht- collelllsloli nf a l°i\rlllnl
'UM nm" honcnt' And Dick wore his diner. lilo wolllcn gllests. ln\'l\rinhl_\~
old broad gri his slee reen
"1 PY B rrti
<‘.ves following Anly wherever she Ln.,
wollt. it was Mrs. Talbot who had In
wired Jane that Amy had broken `.(_,,
sllllluler, coffee is sonlctilut-.-'
ved on the porch ol- lawn. Thr
Fgrheygftgelgent to Ad&m' and ask' incn l'cnlnin ll\ the dllling-i‘oull1
,O 1;; ,10_knd Dick and ten him wlli~l'c they smoke, chat, ond hllvf
` I lm ld en Jane Six months to their coffee, 'l`lle host gives tllr
dl in -
do this. for Dick was "knocking
about" tile South American sea "rs
' l'<)0
t sign of leaving the ti rr
m. and wlli-ll llo rises the intesti-
crlit 1
;l(n(tl` c'i)?l`:dllii|gp Lliiiiigellgpfggd 12?; should do llkcwlsc. lrrcril|\_c§tlvz; i'll'
pm-,rt v b _ _ wlletllur they halve llnisle tw i'
L 3 y his measure in learn ` *urs 'or nut. ll` Lllcy have not
-Ill: the language. ""4
They were all lllippy-surely they "“
ulillld 8° 0" bein!! happy! Mrs. the
l`illhot stood in the doorway
watching them dance, listening
iiilfieliiiy to Mrs. Rowland’s gossip, D°
conscious of her own\ pretty rest- W3
ful honle, and her own pretty gown. _
`}HerAlife too was s success! Once C'
fi” Uitliltlht that her life would be
it success if her children’s lives im’
]‘(‘r§‘(;€- tI:0W she knew better-she :bl
mow at snr was an individual °
- “ith her own life, her own th
islled till-iii, they should pllt
lll down and leuve them.
nald put his nrm around her
ist.
At my age!" she cried, thinkiln:
iantly Jordan would be unspeak-
y shocked. Bllt her feet some-
w found themselves in time to
e rhythm though .she danced
rnhlenls- stiffiy and awkwardly.
Slle was interrupted by having "
Mother's a good sport, she‘ll try
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anything” Luther said. Mrs. Talbot
would haveijumped over cliffs to
hear that, to deserve the praise, the
l admiration, best of all, thercomrado-
strip, that the words implied. .
After all, by throwing aside her
old prejudices, by opening ller heart
‘ and her mind, she had first‘esrned
the confidence of her children, she
had entered into their problems,
she had developed a sane and
sweet point of view of combat their
impulsivensssj their lmmaturity.
She had, not opposed, but led them.
She was happy. Even Jordan-
Houre later she sat on the top
step of the porch, elbows on her
knees, hands clasped loosely in
front of her? Every room was filled,
hor children were home, lights
shown in the bedrooms. Jordan, in
the shadows, was smoking a last
pipe before going to bed. The
smoke blew across her face.
' Wu it hubitmade her-say--
“‘J|_»,rdeln’,&1wlsh you'd get a. nalw
U W ing her poll ls e
.iiiltsi-'lirrlfllirilblt lm.    w
Jordon did not answer--`h& never
had through all the years e hal
been making that remark.
But 'this time Jordon movddf I0
thoxdor no longer reached her
And in his one, inertial triumph
was the greatest llleoell of nil.
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ro to tilt- tll'a\vIul-T-l‘onm \\'itl> ,
hosivsoi. wilerc coffee is l‘cl'\'c<` i
“Mother must dance too!" he 
led, pulling her ollt on- tue porcll.
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t “Health Is After_All
= Your Biggest Asset’
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, XCESS_IVE mental strain~worries and
E anxieties consequent on the ups and
downs of business-
The difficulties in estimating what the
future holds in store-
These are some of the causes which have
hastened the end for many prominent men
during recent years: _
Employer and employee _alike have been
subjecte to greater strain of brain and
nerves than ever before.
Too often the valué ofguarding the health
has been overlooked an the results are a
waming to the survivors to remember that
health after all is our biggest asset.
~ it ' comparatively easy to restore the
exhaubised nerves by the use of Dr. Chase’s
Nerve Food provided treatment is begun in
reasonable time.
When digestion breaks down*-when yo
" eannotrrestor sleep-when you ilnd youmeii
nervous and irrlta le u me be sun it is
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The brain and nerve cells are not getting
proper nutrition. Nor will they so long as
oo muc_h nervous energy is wasted in worry
and anxiety and_ too lltt e left to control the
organs of lgestlon.
There is no magical way in which the
depleted nerve cells can be restored.
he;I`ltl§);g1;:;ltiently nourished back to
This restorative process is best brought
about by the useof r. Cliase’s Nerve Food.
This has been proven in so many thousands
of cases that evidence is to be found in
glgiloa every;'ercort;munlty'l.eali%lskbyour_frie%is
mas o your usln r.
Chase’s Nerve Food., '  g
Y will _ci uni in at ri
Dr. iiilmm ifieriii Fwd iii; imneirirrgrg
to 60c. the box now contains 60 pills instead
of 60 as fonnerly. , 5 ~_
Likewi Dr. Clase’ Kidn i-thi 'i ‘
§'leh85c. igr 85 pi f iiisteed gf
Edmomon, Bates & Co., Ltd.,.'!‘onnto.-- A
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