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DOING ALL THE GIVING.
“I think I'll have to change my po- |
sition,” declared the little stenograph-
er, belligerently, as she closed the
drawers of the filing cabinet with a
force that would have smashed any
but a steel contrivance. !
“Be calm, be calm!” remonstrated
the bookkeeper as he turned for fur-
ther particulars. “Count one hundred !
slowly and then tell me about it.” i
+ ‘Well, I've nearly made up my
mind to change!” she exclaimed, drop-
ping into a chair. “I'm going to look |
for a private office, a private secre- |
taryship!”
“Oh, ambition ails you, does it?” |
The bookkeeper smiled knowingly. |
“Salary ran low at Christmas?” :
“No, it isn't that,” objected the lit.'
tle stenographer, “but, of course, rd
just as soon have an increase of sal- |
ary. I think I could use it.” Shel
paused, meditatively. “No, I think
I'd be willing to stay here, if only to
remain in your company”—he smiled
and bowed—"even with the meager |
stipend I now receive, if I could use |
it for my own needs, and in my own |
way!”
“Ah! Aged mother—crippled broth-
er—educating little sister,” suggested |
the bookkeeper, helpfully.
“No,” returned the little stenograph- |
er, with surprisingly little heat. “Not {
that you mean it, and yet that’s the |
very reason! But it's some one else's
mother and brother and sister!” The |
little stenographer laoked at him out |
of sad, wide eyes. |
“Say,” exclaimed the bookkeeper, |
You've |
got to talk, not look sad. Why, in a |
minyte I'll be handing you my pay |
envelope!”
“Well, to prevent such a dire catas- |
trophe I'll explain,” she agreed. “It |
begins in the morning about two min-
utes after I get my hat off and my |
pocket book by my side where all may |
see it. The door opens, and as it's |
my duty to greet all callers I have to |
get up and talk. Now, all the men |
have said not to call them except on |
real business, and I can’t tell every |
beggar, or agent, or little boy or girl, |
to go see Mr. Brown or Mr. Daniels!
My position wouldn't be worth two
cents if I did! And I can’t call Mr.
Brown or Mr. Daniels out to see!
them, can 1? No! But I have ears,
and they at once proceed to work on
= sympathies. They think if they
cin't get the big men perhaps I can
I look kind—oh, I
know I do, for they all tell me so—
and won't I please help them out?
“I can’t tell them that I have no
money, for they see my giant bag, and
they know there must be something
in it. You may ask why I don't buy
a small bag, just big enough for car
fare and lunches, but it's the honest
truth that I don’t have enough money
left from my many charities to buy
one!
“It might be all right and do my
soul good, if only I felt charitable—
but I don't, not a bit! I fairly despise
every youngster who pleads. ‘I'm try-
ing to earn money by selling this
chewing gum or “these beautiful
| side of the dress from the neck to
: A Voice From China.
DAINTY HOUSE FROCK | Dar Folte at. mee
{ Last night while walking along the |
| main street of Chefoo I saw what seemed |
ATTRACTIVE, ALTHOUGH BUILT |to me astrange performance. There was |
ON SIMPLE LINES. a man with a small lantern in his hand |
| walking very slowly and followed by a |
| woman dragging a broom on the ground. |
Materials May Safely Be Left to the | [he Woman was saying something in a |
Choice of the Wearer, as Any Num. | OW tone. When I got an opportunity I
ber Will Make Up to Excel | asked the Chinese for an explanation |
mnt Advantage. | which was as follows:
pe. | “They said that the man and woman
The illustration, to thinking, | Were husband and wife and that their |
gives the daintiest ey of all, and | cnild was ill, or in other words, had lost |
very smart women often order a num- |one of its souls. Their idea being that
ber of country frocks built on just | each person is possessed with three souls.
such simple lines. Materials may vary | The parents were out searching for the
according to the use which will be |jost soul. The idea of the lantern was to
made of the gown, but the side but- | give it light, the broom was used to col-
toning on this one-piece style, the con- |), 4 po sou), while the mother called out
trasting collar and cuffs, and the easy i tan > + .
neck and sleeve cuts never vary, | the child’s name with the idea of Sitract
Linen and duck dresses made in this | i8 the attention of the soul. :
way are used for boating and golf, | child would not be over three years of
and they are admirable for city mar- | age, the idea being that after that age
keting and other shopping, while for | there is no danger of the child losing its
working use the dress would very | souls.”
likely be in good gingham in a more | What a pathetic scene it was and yet
practical color. . | what a truth is illustrated by it. There
But why always have one’s Working |, . 101s of souls in the world, and Jesus
clothes in a practincal color, thinks n a. : :
somebody, and why, indeed, if one Christ through His servants is going
loves gay ones and looks well in | about holding out to them the light of |
them? So I want to tell you that such | life and calling them to repentance and |
plain little gowns would be charm. | forgiveness of sins.
ing if made of ginghams in the dain- “The dark places of the earth are full
tier colors—pale blue, violet, pink, yel- | of the habitations of cruelty.”—Psalms
low, etc, the plain trimming match- | 74:20, A few days ago my attention was |
ing the patterning of the g00ds OF !ga4acted by the crying of a small child.
else of white. One might not be able |; 0 14,00 help stepping aside to see the
to scrub the floor in such a dress, but | |
dinner could be cooked while wearing | Cause of the trouble. In the doorway of
it, for it is understood that a dainty 2 small Chinese house were sitting two
dress must be protected with a large | Women. In the lap of one was the child
apron. While fresh, the frock in a | in question, screaming as though in great |
delicate color, made up in this man- | agony. The woman who held him was!
ner, would be good enough for re- | evidently his mother. The other woman |
ceiving company morning or after- | was pricking the little fellow in the re- |
noon, as nobody dresses as much
summer as in other seasons,
When making up house gowns the
tricks of the trade should certainly be
observed if one wants the genuine
house effect and lasting usefulness.
For example, the shop dresses, beth
bodice and skirt, are put together |
with pudding-bag seams—sewed first
on the right side, then on the wrong—
this arrangement permitting much
better possibilities with laundering.
Then as pearl buttons of good sort
are always dearer than fancy bone
ones, a number of the frocks show the
smartest knob fasteners in bright col-
ors. One black and white percale
frock seen recently was decked off
with knob bone buttons in a rich wa-
termelon pink, these running down the
in | gion of the stomach with a needle and
| then squeezed the pricked portion until
| the blood could be seen. Although I
| remonstrated with them and tried to save
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the child from any further pain my efforts
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were of no avail. While I stood there
they turned the child over and pricked
him several times in the back near the
bottom of the spine. Just what disease
the little fellow had I do not know, but
from their method of treating may have
been most anything. Surely the dark
places of the earth are full of the habita-
tions of cruelty.
Two days of each week I spend in the |
near by villages preaching, selling books
| and distributing literature to those who
can read. About two weeks ago while
passing through a village I noticed a man
lying by the roadside. On making in-
quiry I found he had been there for three
days. I offered to pay some Chinese if
they would carry him to an inn about
three hundred yards distant, but I could
not get any one to touch him. I raised
the man to his feet but found him too
weak to stand. I then went to the inn
but found them unwilling to take him in.
I returned to Chefoo, hired a litter, that
isa covered bed carried between two
horses, and brought the man to the hos-
pital. It was midnight when I got to
where I had left him but it was moon-
light and I had no difficulty in finding
him. Ihad difficulty, however, in get-
ting the drivers of the litter to under-
stand that I wanted to take him back
with me. I shall never forget the smile
the sick man gave me that Sunday night
as the driver told him that a foreigner |
had come to take him to the city. About
three o'clock Monday morning I had the
sick man in the hospital. He lingered |
until Thursday in a semi-conscious con-
dition, when he passed away. A week
later on stopping at the inn I asked them
' what had become of the sick man; they i
said he lay by the roadside for five days,
got all right and went on his way. Of
course if the inii keeper had taken him
in and he would have died the man’s rel-
atives might have charged him with mur-
der and demanded a large sum of mon-
ey. However, I was glad of the opportu-
nity of doing what I could to save the
man’s life. When one realizes that for
rested Sasolines are all refined, distilled
no tural”
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CLOTAING.
nearly four days this man lay by the |
roadside and thousands of people passed
by him without lending a helping hand,
What the Civil War Cost.
In the current issue of Farm and Fire-
snd : side appears the following:
it is not hard to come to the conclusion | *“" ro :
hat the Chi 1 th i of the] In the Civil war, on the Union side,
Lord Jesus Christ.
SamueL H. McCLURE,
| Chefoo,
{ August 12, 1912, China
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ere were 844,588 boys enlisted 17 years
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enlistments, and only 118,000 were over
21 years old. Men make the wars and
then push the boys up in front of the en-
emy's guns. The greatest mortality is
not there, but in sickness, disease and
death on the cots.”
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cards!” And when a woman explains
that she must have $10 to pay her
rent or else be compelled to go out
on the street with a three-month-old
“pure shame!
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tioned Documents,’ and an authority
1011 is fully $15,000,000,” writes Frank
of the forger; but nearly,
* 4 —Don’t read an out-of-date paper. Get
all the news in the WATCHMAN,
baby, I'm fairly nauseated!
“No, it isn’t charity, not a bit of it.
“Now, I like to give something some.
times when I feel that I can spare it,
but I don’t like to do the charity work
for this whole big establishment. Why,
I give to everybody! And why? For
That's all it is—I'm
ashamed not to! Somehow or other,
everybody makes me feel that I'm a
selfish pig if I don't help, and I'm
sorry all the time they are talking
and ever afterward that I'm so soft—
but I can't help it!
“So you see, the only remedy I
know of is a private secretaryship,
where I can give commands to the
outer office force not to call me for
anything at all! Do you happen to
know of anybody who is in need of
my services in that capacity?”
$15,000,000 Forged in 1911,
“Albert S. Osborn, author of ‘Ques-
on the subject, declares that the forg-
ery loss in this country for the year
Marshall White in the Munsey. In an
article, “The Day of the Forger,” the
writer quotes Osborn as saying:
“Clever penmen are leaving a trail of
bad checks reaching from Portland,
Me., 10 Portland, Ore. Banks and ho-
tels are naturally the shining marks
if not
quite, as much money is paid out an
forgeries by individuals, small store-
keepers, and business houses as by all
the banks and hotels combined. A
large proportion, especialiy of the
unreported forgeries, is in amounts
of less than $100. If the forger of a
small check has vanished, and only
a doubtful clue remains, the natural
impulse is not to “send good money
after bad.” In most cases, nothing is
done, and the criminal goes on his
way unhampered and unafraid. Banks
naturally do not care to have it
known that they pay out customers’
money ov forg~d paper, and if the
forger is gone they are not inclined
to take much trouble to find him.” "
washed much, too, or the wearer 1s
willing to spend a litle time adding
the touch after laundering, a band of
black lawn or calico put under the
hem gives the skirt more cachet and
with this addition a bias of the same
is added to the neck and sleeves.
: MARY DEAN.
To Make a Tea Tray.
The daintiest tea tray may be fash-
ioned from the lid of a cheese box in
this manner;
First sandpaper the wool until it is
perfectly smooth and stain it a ma-
hogany color. The stain may be pur-
chased already prepared.
Polish the wood with turpentine
and linseed oil. .
Attach brass handles, which may be
obtained at the upholster's shop for
# very small sum,
A round, embroidered doily placed
in the bottom adds to the appearance
of the tray.
These trays are especially nice for
the piazza or for serving breakfast to
the 1nvalid.
blue, violet, yellow, green or any other
color, can be had for 12 and 25 cents
a card. If the dress is not to be
They Scratch Their Heads
Those Custom Tailors
Wondering how we do it.
Suits at $18
and $20
That they can’t duplicate the
material for $30, and the style
they simply can’t reach at any
price.
LET US SHOW YOU
what Good Clothes, really Good Clothes
look like. We Have ’Em.
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