Booth
Tarkington
Copyright, 10m
by the Bell Syndicate, Ine.
THE POEM.
Synopsis. —Proud possessor of a
press, | equipment, the
le Joseph to his nephew,
Atwater, Jr,
outh,
Rooter
18 the
ntine
ning
of Une
pr
gift
He
ged
th
news-
Ori-
Flor
1c *'1
not at all
However,
8 i"
Oriole,
basis
she
|—Continued,
4
——
PART
he
hea
home?”
“Aunt
town,”
different
rd
ra
Ju
said Florenc “She'
she
people used
she was
away
more
goin’ to ask
jnestion for
like
you
ine to
do yon poetry 7’
have
kind
but
turned
of a
do
ont
funny
quest you like
poetry 7’
Nob! exnression on a cold
word brought to his
n thought of Newland Saunders,
of Noble who
Julla~~that too-lovely
aunt of Florence's. “Do 1 like
sald Noble. “No, 1 don't.”
Florence was momentarily discour-
aged but at her age people usually
possess an Invaluable faculty which
they lose later in life; and It Is a pity
they do lose it. At thirteen-—especials
iy the earlier months of thirteen
they are still able to set aside and
dismiss from their minds almost any
facts, no matter how audibly those
facts have asked for recognition. Chil.
dren superbly allow themselves to be
come deaf, so to speak, to undesirable
sircumstances ; most frequently, of
saurse, to undesirable circumstances
fn the way of parental direction; so
100k
IONS | the
ming
Thi
Wrote ¥
wag a poet VS ae,
¢rses to
nheent
poetry 7
that fathers,
ernesses,
mothers, nurses, or gov-
not ‘comprehending that this
mental deafness is for the time being
entirely genuine, are liable to hoarse-
ness both of throat and temper, Thir-
this
or talent--one of the most beau-
of childhood—hbeginus impalr
helpfulness, under the mistaken |
of discipline; but Florence re-
something of it. In a moment
tiful to
SIIress
tained
or two Noble Dil
poetry was altogether as if It did not
he
her
callers, and, |
r head a |
mother's
Ine lined
in
eness to
deprecatory
She coughed,
to one
ner
Hite
of polit
her
“Well
fon
questi
re
of
of |
laugh,
it's kind
to
iting
funny ask,
is, Florence Noble inquire | !
what 1
nis
queer
ur mothe
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eXpression Gen
condition slightly di
pid, “it's eoin’
the North End Daily
Locked Puzzled,
Me?" He Said Vaguely.
Ling pretty much ; but
Really, 1 d
#411 Fie
still confuse
is or
id Noble,
[Hf
not
I'm half way through another
elf'll be a good deal better
ns fast with as |
and I expect it’
my
not goin’ it
the other one,
a ways ahead of this
in employed the deprecatory
sigh “I don't know how |
nyseif. The family all think
funny: I don't know how [ do it
myself : but that’s the way it is. They
all say if they could do it they're sure
they'd know how they did it; but 1
they're wrong. 1 presume If
vou ean do it, why it just to
you? Don't you presume the
way it 1s. Mr. DII?”
“l—guens 50." They had reached
his gate. and he stopped. "You're sure
of your farhily have heard any-
thing today?” he asked anxiously,
“From Aunt Julia? 1 don't
they have"
He sighed, and opened
“Well, good evening, Florence,
‘Good evening.” - Her eves followed
him wistfully as he passed within the
inelosure ; then she turned and walked
quickly toward her own home; but at
the corner of the next fence she called
ever her shoulder, "I'll leave it with
your mother for you, If you're not
home when | bring it."
“What?' he shouted,
einity of his front door,
“I'll leave it with your mother.”
“Leave what?
“The poem I"
I he
te ane.”
little
do
it's sort
of
gress
comes
that's
none
think
the gate,
"
from the vi-
“Oh!” sald Noble,
imp
—
His mother handed him a copy of |
the first issue of the North End Dally |
Oriole, the next day when
to lunch, He read
edification; there was
Julia in It.
he
it w
nothing
caine |
ithout |
about
THE NoRth End dally Oriole
Atwater & Rooter Awners & Propreitors |
for mayor at
N. {
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in weary
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to be an organstep seatad
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like a
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Building 2 cent
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Florence was 1
of
Such, as Is sometimes
issue, complete, of the
Oriole
al some dist
the of her poem
partly to Atwater & Rooter's nat
| nral lack of experience in a new and
| exacting trade; partly to their enviable
| unconsciousness of any necessity for
| proofreading; and somewhat to their
haste in getting through the final, and
lenst Interesting stage of thelr under
taking, Florence's poem heing, in facet,
#0 far as the printers were concerned,
mere hack work and anti-climax.
Amd as they later declared,
fire, anybody that could make
more than three words in five
ole handwriting was welcome
it. BDesides, what did it matter if a
little bit was left out at the
one or two of the lines? They couldn't
be expected to run the lines out over
their margin, could they? And they
never knew anything crazier than
makin® all this fuss because: What
if some of it wasn't printed just ex.
actly right, who in the world was goin’
to notice it, and what was the dif.
ference of just a few words different
ft. her ole poem, anyhow?
critic
i
meaning ir
mediately
#
5f
body
i (nue
out
to
“We knew you wouldn't be
satishied anyway, Florence.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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what i redingote?
grandma, she knows, It was a
ured garment in the wardrobe
youthful days.
Fhe dictionary define
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very satisfactory
confirmation,
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show such a one with clever trimming
variations In the way of Van Dyke
points outlined with beads. This son
of blouse is Invariably worn over »
plain self-colored camisole,
are nothing less than sensational in
their remarkable lines and superiative
embellishment,
Madame Fashion takes the liberty
i
of almost ignoring the rest of the |
dress, ns far ag trimming ls concerned, |
while she lavighes all her gifis of |
wondrous embroidery and gorgeous |
| goloring on the sleeve, |
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COPTOMT BY WESTIEN NEVIRMAE UNION,
The Kitchen
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tion and attractiveness,
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time and
tion of food?
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in the
For example if
for cream toast,
well saterial
prepara
making s
gave ont a cupfal or make a Vrtle ox-
tra for the next dav's
ront or escalloped potatoes
enough pastry for three
the in the ice
hotter if well ehilled
In homes the bread ie mixed
at night when a strong arm of son
or hushand may the hard mixing,
and in the morning it takes nt » few
moments to make It
got to rise,
Kome cooker who are clever at save
ing me have the salt and
mixed In a shaker and one tum of the
wrizst dove the seasonine. This eame
methent he need with suave and
cinnamon when one uses it often for
coffee and cinnamon rolls Pat
the mixture inte an small flour sifter
for ofnvenience In using.
Nereie Map west,
nw ng mn
sane
dish of maeca-
Prepare
pies and put
chest, It is
mixture
nny
do
into loaves: and
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pound