BOLD BROWN to look after himself he was so Pown that he would come to grief in early age. He spun webs in the most danger- ss places, and matter what ened to the Brown Spider was sure to esca another place. “You will be warmed all the ‘or there were many spiders living In the attic where Spider ut he only laughed at and kept on with his reckless doings, One day came the attic annting for mice, and mder a chair where no Ww eh nnd dangerous utiharmed in a pe home more killed day,’ neighbarhiocod spiders, some Brown {io when Brown Puss t the web and Brown Spider, too, an her Everyone thought that was the end of him, hut aing across the attic floor ew web under a window. “] Hime,” rome high in a “1 guess I Brown Spider. “I ride; that was all, Jownstairs on her and then humped off. It was great sport. Why don’t you try it It was no use; te was beaten or scared; but one day back. and began a low shelf by the that safe scared her guess you were said one spider {rom corner, wasn't scared,” boasted wanted a I went part way just back some day? THEN SHE LIFTED HER A PAW AKY Q WJ y N, » ~~ 'w something hag ned that the ers he did not plan a ened Puss came honting under the had a web. touched th fore went old spid- to own have nd was really fright. felt sure would into the attie and around she fell asleep right shelf Brown He let $ i tin of ner wWiiere be he and up Nose could her to his she open eyes weh, fter a while he jut ao How Itotarted NUMBERS, grew ed with the Hindus, passed from the Arabs, and were intro Europe by leonardo of 1200 A. DD. The use of very old, nearly 3,600 the till the century. iiivance them duced Pisa about fractions gears: Lut Jot come teenth greatest to into is decimal system Sixteenth Logarithms, the in mathematical or i614. (Copyright) { Napier in CY CUM TAY | TB (IAS TNA CWEKEM - el] Pressman Warning to Wireless Fiends, Radio amateurs should never fall to close the ground switeh when leaving thelr apparatus. For an aerial at- tracts lightning and a thugderstorm may come up when the operator is ab- sent, [If it does, and the lightning Is led into the house, the amateur will find all his apparatus out of business, wrecked beyond repair, to say nothing ing set op fire. | He touched her nose, and then instead of running home he swung back and { forth in front of her face hanging to his thread. Fuss is very quick She seldom i wishes to strike. and looked and then and struck, The next membered i high He | they he knew every at him. her paw, she opened her Spider a her with anything She Brown lifted misses eves ant second she Spider re of a Brown thing i the top he old bureau. tried all of were suale ar was on his i then found for and he said, legs { ler in “That Spit the you are in a ret up here and f of Puss to looking is way to travel, thurry. I wanted so 1 just dangled in get her to give me a if” No one sald a word. when to ront They the of the buresu made his web this me floor by the frightened, climbed over edge | and the had let He “But } those old fellows know it,” he sal (Copy window, heen won't rigne.) 152525252525257 be HAIR DRESSER'S TIPS OMETIMES my lair dresser grown i » mie iN useful S all sorts then she tel and things ba and interesting i things the halr, { on her wide and personal experience, to be lost In the she wields a brush talkative, of about sed { things too valuable | tiny and i tall bottles of sweet “The { with her hair” | day. | ously, room where a vibrator and where she juggles smelling oils too harsh the brushes it average woman is she sald other “Either she or she doesn’t brush it either she slicks over when ing or she washes the life from it" “Not | though rsh, I use scalps can stand tag all n is a d soap. $ coconut oll, is mild and cleansing dandrufl the for all colors there Is then 1 cause it is a will not I use it where irishing ; It pre most ni | ventive, and It hurt sensitive scalp. {t of hair, too much excent natural CHSes oil, and | Take Care of the Hair in Youth and | It Will Stay Good All Your Life. in its makeup. run short oll or castile soap. If fer any reason I Use a very lather, 1 can tell from the light HOW DO YOU SAY IT? By C. N. Lurie Common Errors in English and How to Avoid Them “OFF OF" HE use of the phrase which heads geen to be ludicrous, For example, one wiil hear the question: “Where did you buy that steuk?’ The answer comes: “I got it off of the corner,” butcher might suit a cannibal very well, but the very idea would shock any. one else. In proper usage, omit the “off ;" say: "I got it of (or from) the butcher around the corner.” There are cases of the inisuse of the phrase “off of” that are not lo dicrous, as in the Instance already cited, but in which the “of” is not needed and instead of saying, “He Jumped off of the car,” say, “He Jumped off the ear.” A man who ex- pects to open a store says: “Wil you buy something off of me?" He should say: “WII you buy something from me?" that are analyzed, (Copyright) A AAR A aN ny The face and form of irene Mar. one of the “movie” beauties, are said tc be known to more than 50,000,000 people in the United States, as she has been reproduced on the 200 magazines by some of the most noted artists. She is herself a talented sculptress. 26 5ese na SeSese c Daddys Evening * Vas ex) 2) 116 Al 3 MARY GRAHAM BONNER COrynonT IY wESTLEN NEVI APIA MRS, GNOME'S SUPPER. “lI haven't yet told you about the supper that the girl and the boy who were looking for adventures had they visited Gnome, when Mrg whey were AR very quecr couple and un lation to the er Enomes Gnome wa beenuse he wo lazy aj Gnome tall and “Pm blam Gnome lold rl, ‘and boy and gi s0 is she swarted right whenever and Caught the Fish. ah we now think we may try to get back to the nd too idle to i care to go on where the traveling Is one use enough, I would mas if 1 could give the time to it, cannot, 1 use a sage but wring from warm air : aiways massage the scalp towel to superfluous d then use moisture the poo and use the electrie his brings the f the E wy frien he pret: t. Hee everytime ia rig! tuevil he sone t ) : i i He lika he vife he lika da dreenk somatime, da from da home, and But dreenk shot he LOO olda lady she no lika de taka leetle gotta trouble een da f When he treata hees she keesa heem amily wife alla right day. 1 think after tomorrow he been every Pas day hit, Lasa week when he come home hees run up weel be tree geence leetle she wanta keesa You know my frien he feela bad for He tink tough when He wana ees preety wot's matter she She say, “1 never keesa you taka da tella her keesa heem? no My frién say he no can do dot any- He say he no ean taka Ada and keesa hees wife sama time. So he her ees alla right eef he usa da kees for da chaser. Dat maka hoes wife preety mad. 51 feelin she no Kkeesa heem for one He wanta da kees and he wanta «da dreenk, so he feegure out way for get- me da year, 1 say how many week een feefaty-two and he stuff. But he goo! when he gotta He putta hees clothes cen trow heemself on da chair, hees wife show up he aska her for da kees, She say every dreenk he taka ees no kees for one week. But he ony Rure home no dat night hed he taka da first dreenk, wanta da kees so he take feefatytwo dreenk for every week een da yeer and dat putta heem righta back where he start. 1 tink he preety Wot you tink? smal Psion SE A LINE 0’ CHEER By John Kendrick Bangs. TO FEBRUARY. a Folks don't like you, February For your ways extraordinary, Pendulous "twixt Joy and Borrow, Le today and thaw tomorrow, 3 ut despite Your manners wiy war Bince your days all lead us May. wa s 1 shall still your praises sing As the Highway unto Spring. Copyright.) vii 13 Mrs hey And I began by le ahsolutely “von Gnome spoiling me, myself BOO, become started fairly But it has ave should hi: helping the other, one-sided instead. “50 I've smaller er and she has grow She 1 grown Erown n taller fasn't beautiful, as think, no, because of her unselfish she she sllowed to on the That grow Ness ° contrary, is quite a sight, is because to small allowed me me “She, from the nearby first, caught the fish and captured and gathered the the hrook, chickens, from the the vege tables farm she Then she he from the edge of the woods fried the fish hotled “ ay and ronstedd chickens and shonld ifter the farm Then she “Just norms her 1 After nen that put the of leaves potnred of A spring | shell. like “Pray ent she sald “But won't girl ‘And “ “Talk to ‘T haven't can vou eat to won't vou talk te aid Mr It is Mr. Gr alk. It's you,' s tine he gays the © When ft anket of eateh myself! with a bil warm his head T hold an have made of toadstools “He my fault, him, But over never has to do as 1 spoilt him what ean 1 It Is too late’ moment Mrs cry and didn’t because spollt grow now ; “And at again do about pink! that began Gnome smiled in the least Gnome's tears. “You want it explained suppose,’ he sald, ‘why 1 do sad over the sight of Mrs tears. It Is all becanse I'm so small In every way. I have little or no syn alas snoge Mr to be Mrs to yet seem of and upset to you, 1 not fol have little or no mind left for think became too easily spoilt, shrunk and shrunk in my body, mind—everything! And it all from being too lazy and too fond of i Journey you must take. 1 can tell you this much about it. You must leave me, of course, leave me here on my soft bed of moss where T am watched hard work I cannot really appreciate, “1 will stay here and slowly shrink until there is nothing left of me at all folks would say, “Co 1 bid yon Start off, be ready to take a long, long journey. At the end of it you will at the fi house with many Foomes, There you will find the answer to every question yon ask.’ “But how will we know the way? asked the boy. When It Rains, “Al along the ‘ way there will be creatures who will direct you,' sald the Gnome. ‘Some of them will try to mislead you, but if you do not fear adventures you will always find the right road again. That f= all 1 can tell you. Good-hye. “So they left the little creature whe never grew any larger because he als ways had to live in comfort and le on fn mossy bed. Nor did they see his wife who spoiit him and kept him from amounting to something. And they opm HO RA { Timm do pr dba ¥ ED A AA 1 ' RNR ANA AR NORA TR pln A Bp AA af of time, kitchen is are strug- t all placed one One strength, and biggest savers labor in the the sink. Yet many women giong with none a or, at poor and badly The 1 following uggestions 1isehold sig of of Amn ‘nited Btates Depart- The and more cony Two dishes nes £11 other for fire very convenlent, No Cracks pr Square Corners, ihe material should be the | BYRiiahie no ¢ well as of Crea se A WO Your an ane moistur: BOCLS, with 0 u Of ¢ the di av advan- nor Unless 4 ser o1ipd wing dir liness hy a8 stirir ¥ a rp aprons of the pro an of wood, the dresses and worker are likely to wit} A soapstone or a ahle, with stained become slate sink is dur but sometimes becomes uneven wear, and if this happens much and scrubbing are the brushing to required remove sand and grease that | { First Importance, depressions when vege washed, show the cleaned, dishes iron, not not, they do re clean or d-froa smooth, may Are are with careful use, and m i but they § iron Porcelain to the enameled an be ker Sans ¢ Location of Drain Boards. Farat ere shou places where It neatly f{ he down so as ce for lonse, rovide lodging place for If there is no place breeding the } ing dish It the or wiping or iR cons mop, towel the righ enlent ni move {1 right to le herefore to have dist ft as they and and tray and pro the the 18 to rinsing pan to drainer This should be kept in mind, vizglon made for soiled dishes for a the sink. at drain board at SUPERIOR QUALITIES OF HOME-MADE BREAD One Is Hungry. Loaf Should Be Light in Weight Con. sidering Itg Size, of Symmetrical Form, With an Unbroken, Gold. en.Brown Crust Good home-anade bread is about the most appetizing of foods avhen one is home-made bread is bad, and some indifferent. s Which If you don't know, of the which are of about the same size It is better for some rea hardened or fixed in shape by means This calls attention not only A loaf of bread should be light in have a symmetrical form and an un The crust to which the term “bloom” bas been given. The loaf as an whole, the crust and the crumb, should be elastic. The loaf, If pressed out of shape, as it often is when slices are cut from it should regain its form when the pres. sure is removed, Bits of the crust, If bent a little between the fingers, bound, as should also the cut surface of the loaf If pressed, The crumb should be creamy white in color and should have a “sheen.” which may be compared with the bloom of the crust. This sheen can hest he seen by looking across a slice eather thaw directly down into it. The v distribution of the holes, on the other hand, and the thickness of the walls be examined by cutting a very thin slice and holding it up te best The flavor of the bread should be, as developed or brought out by the use of salt. This flavor is not easy to de scribe, but is familiar to those who - = KITCHEN IS WORKSHOP The kitchen is the workshop in most farm homes. In it the housekeeper and her helpers prepare the food for the fam. ily, and from it as a center car ry on most of the other honse. work. More and better work can be done In a well-lighted shop ar ranged for the comfort and con- venience of the workers and equipped with good tools than In a dark shop where much time must be spent in unnecessary steps and energy wasted with scattered equipment. Business wen have found this a sound principle, and it should be ap plied to the farm kitchen so that the housekeeper can do her work more quickly and with the least fatigue. SE ———————y ro § & HOUS a rubber stopper for its escape pipe may be used as » dislipan. -«- * » With roast pork serve apple sauce. mashed potatoes and green vegetable ~