MR. RAT'S ONE LIFE R. RAT. was cornered and he knew if he tried to force with big Mr. Tom Cat he would come to grief, so he used his wits, thinking to gain time and by so doing he might save his life, “Before you take me,” said Mr. Rat, “I should like to know, Mr. Tom, If it is true that you have nine lives, “I have often heard this, but I have never believed it, and I should like to know before I die from your own lips the truth of this matter.” “It is quite true,” replied Tom. “I have six lives left. Once I was thrown into a pond and came home. Another use wAN7 79 JEL fIE LOTT HE ASKED. and fell into a hogshead of water and was rescued, and once some bad boys stoned me and left me for dead, but I came back and here I am.” “Well, well. 1 shall have to belleve you, Mr. Tom,” said Mr. Rat, “but how 1 should love to really you die and come to life! most Interesting. “Suppose now you should jump into that meal box with the and it should clese and smother you, do you think yeu would come to life?” “Of course I would” Tom, knowing that would not and thinking how surprised Mr. Rat would him alive after thought him “Want to see me do ha asked. -y delighted.” Mr, Rat, “but I must say I do not believe you can. So do not take any on my account, You might able to do it this time.” S00 cover said he be to see come out dead. ite” he should be sald not be have you would not he Mr. Tom. “It must he very fortable to have only one here 1 Now watch.” When Tom jumped in, quick as a streak, ran tipped the cover, and with a bang. “Are you dead yet?" asked Mr. Rat. Mr. Tom, to make him think he did not reply, jump out of the box, the cover was so move It. Mr. Rat was safe, and he decided he afraid,” uncom Ife, Well, £0, Mr. up the Rat, as box and down {it wis, but when he tried to to his surprise, heavy he could not . \ fg \ WO, tree mont wot's a da tion gotta increase for da family. Hees wife hava greata beega fat bino boy een da hospeetal., Dat cop geeva da ceegar alla hees friens and tella every body he gotta besta baby een Uniteda State. My frien ees sure stronga for dat keed alla right. And I tink before dat keed getta beega man papa plenta training cap. You know all da keepa everybody out of trouble. He stoppn and stoppa da fight and maka everybody feela good. ago one my frien cop een for be da noise ceety and one shift for da keed! He tella me on da keepa da peace and sfoppa da nolse *weeth no moocha trouble, tween you and me and no for spreada softa one, hees goat. He say da leetle son-of-a- finda on da street een seexa week, say when he feenish walka da beat for da ceety he gotta walka da heat for dat keed, too. He say da leetle shaver yvella go louda he can all night jusa for maka da noise. And my frien no can putta dat keed een da Jali for firenkn da peace weethout hava da <crap weeth hees wife, Eef somebody ees raisenell on hees hest he getta preety sore and trow sen da jail. Bot when dat leetle bam- bino breaka loose he maka nore trou- bile as five, seexn men, And da cop he Tink was greata staff. He tella me he no trade dat keed for meelion bucks, Weeth da man my frien ees tough guy 2ad gooda cop. Put weeth da keed he ses gooda man and a bum cop, But eof 1 gotta leetle bambino mebbe I am dn saa ting, 1 dunno, Wot you tink? would not run just yet, so he asked: Are vou there, Mr, Tom?" “Yew, 1 came to life again; open the cover and I will show you,” was the reply. “Oh, I'll take your word for it,” sald Mr, Rat. “You have five lives left and I have only one, and if I let you out my one life would not be worth a grain ofl. corn. “1 will take your word for it, Mr. Tom, that you are slive, and as you have five of your lives still left I will take care you do not see me again, Good-by. +1 hope you get out before your other five lives are used up.” Poor Mr. Tom meowed so loudly that some one heard him and let him out. but he staved in the meal box so long that he almost smothered, and he was not at all sure after whether he had five lives left or only (Copyright.) std Jae HOW DO YOU SAY IT? By C. N. Lurie — Common Errors in English and How to Avoid Them SAIS AAG AAP OLGA GABAA AA BAA EAL EG SEEE “BALANCE” AND LTHOUGH grammarians in recent years say that the use of “balance” In the sense of “rest” or ree ng So other between “balance” and mainder.” In this in many cases, everyone must co-operate as preserved. A “balance” is the amount that gide of an account to make the two sides agree: the word should not be employed indicate the or the number left after a taken away. When It the latter “roast. one to amount part is is neces EATY express meaning say For iv. “I ate half of the this morning balance or eXam- np ple the and to et expect this afternoon.” Use “remainder” or “rest” (Copyright.) taal Joram Versatile, William Lyon Phelps professor of literature Yale, declares he ut of the actually at 20 per dinner speeches he gels ( redit for after makes, “Every time 1 accept only er nit ation 1 sil #323 } peas I rea iy 1a he pddress og” SYR speech 1 in advance, Thi is Second is way home, which prepare pretty good. the speech make. ird is the speech 1 make the is the bes and fourth Is tt p 3 the speech 14 pers next tears no re NORMA TALMADGE This young woman, who in private away with the honors in a recent con- test conducted by a Chicago newspa. per wo ascertain the most popular ac. tress in moviedom, wae born at Niagara Falls, N. Y,, in and educated in the Brooklyn schools, entered motion pictures, heads her own company. She pow She is 5 feet has dark hair and brown eyes. —— O- i Hin THE BEST EXERCISE F ONE has a few moments a day to devote to exercises for increas one's beauty, the very best that be selected the trunk raising movement. Of course, every woman ghould take at least 16 minutes every morning for general exercise, and the daily bath, but most women are re- | ing is groins and that if EXP reise tracted be stomach, Authorities say did this day, pro- childbirth in contracted. every a8 ar JOung woman dozen times a painful with d away the organs glve the exercise to the feet, agree that thi= way fire very slight, With done where excem Cases are without best authori the results feet sup supe port the the “Stretch Like a Cat to Be Healthy,” Is the Advice of a Famous Woman Physician, tuctant to spend even so little a pe- riod on self development, performed In a kimono or nightrobe, before the clothing and corsets are put on, Lie, flat on the moor, with the feet supported under some heavy | object, and, placing the hands on the | hips, raise the body to a sitting pos- | ture. with the trunk bent well for | ward. Lie down again slowly, and | rise once more, and repeat this sev. eral times, Inhale as you go down, exhale as you rise. This exercise gives the denired slender classic lines to the shins, reducing all The body must be raised steadily 3 —— ——————————— SA Improvement on Ultra-Decollete Dresses Is Manifest. They Are Full Over the Hips. fashion correspondent, to note Worth is doing with dresses this season. regard to tollettes It ig not dinner gowns and effect, Several of his best models seem to cling at the hem while they are full over the hips. In some cases is un distinet train, cut in with the dress itself. This Is welcome and a innovation, For a long time past nearly all the dress—arranged in scarf and often in twin-form-—onet at elther side. Or we have had court chiefly for wedding these dresses to revive genuine trains, Trains of this order specially ure figure. The is also much picturesque train in evidence, but It will no longer be considered the only One model represents some « ex. quisite materials skillfully mapipulat- Worth Robe de Ba! in Blue and Silver Lame. Bordered With Black Fox, ed; a OH ROTE The corsage of this model is hie improvement worthy cloge attention: and it a great the ultra-decollete is is In tost i 1 thing upon is Copyright.) asimtiioll Pimms A LINE 0’ CHEER wo“ FA By John Kendrick Bangs. YOUR VALENTINE. Whoe'er are, line, if you shall need a Valentine, I'l serve if it shall chance to be That you've the soul of sympathy, A heart that beats responsive to The sufferer In need of you, And always do the beat you can To serve and cheer your fellows man. you whate'er your Copyright.) 4 —tl tral Sree THE “PLUS” SIGN, HE “plug,” or sign of addition, is A derived from the Latin word “et,” weaning “and.” Originally the word “ot” way written as a capital EB with a flourigh across the lower extremity. This In time, as haste dictated to con: venience, degenerated into a simple £ > a. vn Rosettes of Malines. Little choux or roseites of i of the bouquets newer evening dresses of flowers feathers are used in the same way, or small SOME OF THE LIKED COLORS Chow and Blonde Are Shades Now Meeting With Favor in Latest Wearing Apparel, Chow is n color you cannot help but Cross. (Copyriaht » wraps made of chow colored camel's hair cloth, Blonde is a color that is meoting if you thihk that it is the color of blonde halr you are guite off the track. It ix. on the contrary, a sort of drab dull shade of tan. In net or chiffon it suggests a spider web or cobweb as much ag anything--gray, in a way, but browner than the usual gray. NEW CHECKED SILK TAFFETAS Garment 1s Made Up in Quaint Style | With Snugly Draped Bodice and Full Tunic. The new checked silk taffetas are | made up in a variety of ways among | which is a quaint frock with snugly | draped bodice and a full tunie edged | with frayed ruffles of the material and puffed at the hips. Another. pretty dress in brown check taffeta | Is made with a finely plaited skirt. | The full skirt and tunle on some of the dresses are (rimmed with cording. For instance, a navy blue taffeta | dress has many rows of cording at the hips and around the lower edge of the wide tunic, i Pin tucks, fincly grouped, pro- STEAMER OR MOTOR WRAP & F ER ok BL = 5 A A RR A NNN ~ SEE A PEIN AMARA an AREER a A steamer or motor wrap of black | and white plaid is trimmed with black | HAT SHOULD SUIT THE FACE Woman Who Has Passed Prime Knowe There ls Certain Type She Should Wear, a teacher ring 3 AaQImar- i nat 10 her good in renovated {Ine merit ¢ f i 4 ts Lecomes for women =t youth to fo them. A he same hat while it nev- , it is not inn who has hint thers (i Wome! fare becoming Decorative and Useful. Unasuall aftractive hous cundlest of blue is LE iris and be Vases a rose Iris 1 ndies car stained thes Bud to hold a single flower ¢an also be pur. nd would ake iMexpensive dressing tabl An Attractive Veil, iraclive new nrranged over with a plain hat derorative touch taffeta. with and full appear vide a for a dress of straight hanging rRirt, He belt, sides navy bodice in which the tucks There is tied fer of vertical sri but the fullness The three-gquar- finished with a puff over an undersieeve is no the sleeves are the material of cream Ince. A made ft hrow n with a circular tunic checked taffeta has a circular cuff lar. trim some of the style belted with a wide girdle chamwots skin, on which narrow of red ——— a Ostrich Toque. The lovely ostrich toques are quite bewitching when worn over a young face. They are covered with ostrich, the floes almost uncurled. quite soft and fluffy in appearance. They nre Pretty Pincushion, A pretty pincushion is barrel. shaped. The cover is made of a large piece of satin ribbon and is filled with wadding, It is trimmed with stained fruit and ribbon at each end. A nar. row ribbon is used to suspend it, i Fashionable Lines, Long lines, tight sleeves, high cor lure, three-quarter length beltless coats, skirts with narrow hems and of a length sulted to the individual are gome of the new features of the winter | i i i | nT Apricot Jelly EBealtiful Refreshing Boak 1 envelope CHALMERS Crms- fated Galating in 3 cup cold water, add 1 cup boiling water, 3 cup sugar, juice 1 lemon and 2 cups Apricot syrup (1qt. can). Place halves of Apricots in rinsed mould, sprinkle with W cop oocoanet, pour in fhe guid sed set in ould plese to Latden. Serves Eigin hea"PURITY" HOW DOCTORS TREAT COLDS AND THE FLU First Step in Treatment Is a Brisk Purgative With Calotabs, the Purified and Refined Calomel Tablets that are Nausea. less, Bafe and Bure. Doctors have found by experience that no medicine for colds sad inflo- snza can be depended upon for full ef. fectiveness until the liver is made thor sughly active. That is why the first step in the treatment is the new, nausea. less colomel lets called Calotabs, which sre free from the sickening and 4% Tal Doctors also point out the fack that an active liver may go a long way towards preventing influenza and is one factors in em- + apd ans i stand am attack snd ward off pneu mona. One Qalotab.on the tongue at bed time with a swallow of water—that's II. No galts, no nausea nor the slight interference with your eating, pleas Next morning your celd r liver is active, your sd, and you are feeling e, with a hearty appetite for break- fast Drogpists sell Calotabs only in original scaled packages, price thirty five cents. Your money will be cheer ly refunded if you do mot find them ghtful—(Adv.) system is puri With Gas Eafonic Brings Relief won aw? awful sick 5 WW. HH ras * t} iia £5 the rarried out ind other stomach by strength bodily disa stomach Don’t let sourness, belching indigestion and other Take Eatonit ~&ee how much box only a iggist'e guarantee, many Rr when the bloating, ills you eat you feel B with your dr stow tablets better trifle ach go on. r fier CORLL Over fifty years ago a young phys icilan practiced widely in Pennsylva- nia and became famous for his uni form success in the curing of disease This was Dr. R. V. Pierce who after wards establicshed himself in Buffalo, N. Y., and placed his “Golden Med- leal Discovery,” in the drug stores of the United States. When you feel run-down, out of sorts, blue and de spondent try the energizing influence of Golden Medical Discovery in tablet or liquid form. Nearly a million bottles were sold last year. IF YOU: GET YOUR don't have a cold afterwards—take HALE’S HONEY of Horehound and Tar Nothing better than this safe, depends. ble home remedy {or healing and sooth. ing throat troubles end clearing up colds. 30¢ ot all druggists Use Pike's Toothaehe Droge qT re STHMA REMEDY
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