Bn a Be IEEE MEN I SR SERRE ALONG LIFE’S TRAIL Ey THOMAS A. CLARK Denn of Men, University of llhinois, HS Qh 1824, Western Newspaper Union.) THE SNAP 6] 'M LOOKING for a three-hour course to fill up my program for ext semester,” Gregg sald to me yes terday. “Do you kpow any snap course? Before I answered him my miad went back to commencement time. We were sitting on the porch talking It over, Frank and I, after the fellows bad left. We had been celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of our gradu- ation from college, aad we had had three happy days together with the fel. lows, some of whom we had not seen since the day we parted after our rommencement exercises. We bad all been struck by the changes which had come to each of us, and naturally each one had swelled with satisfaction whenever some one intimated that he had chaaged little, Mac had been in Arizona most of the time, working cruelly hard In the mines; he was bald and seamed and crippled with rheumatism. Pete's halr, which had been a riotous bunch of black curls, was entirely white. Fred, who had been slender and smooth- cheeked, showed a face that was the result of hard struggle and a physique that pulled the scales at twice the amouat he could manage when he wag a fresnman. Ed seemed most like him- self; brown-haired, smooth-faced, slen- der as a boy, he had changed the least of all. Life had been a rather easy routine for him; he had not needed money ; he had struggled little; he had developed little ambition; he entered only slightly into the reminiscences aad the controversies which sprang up; he had no plans for the future, little thought of the past After they were all gone, some way most of all. trained, harem-scarem fellow, tors, gincering plant; he had great ambi terly way: best of all, he had under his control. His character and conquest and You could rell by looking were showed self-control, able, he had made good at It, while Ed was just as he used to be. He had got Q0- where. He had not sacrificed; he had not suffered, and fer him there had been no deve.opment. And so, as we thought it all over, that the man who had most had done best. It that we decided chanzed the is struggle so are venerable and beautiful, The man who Is tioa. “No,” 1 said to Gregg, "I can’t think of any snap courses.” ~ COURAGE Barrie says, “The singleness of purpose.” a chance to go to college, courage him. for he was forced to go to work be- fore he was fourteen—hard work, too, ting a college degree. way within the academic circle. “Give me a chance,” he begged; and finally, after he was twenty-one and had saved a few dollars, he was dent to take up college work. No one ever knew how he got on. He came and went every day across the campus; he earned his living as other eager students did, washing dishes or waiting tables, or In the per- formance of simple tasks about the town. He was cheerful and happy In the thought that he was having a chance to accomplish the impossible. And all the time he was getting on. fle was making up his entrance cred- its, he was passing studies with credit to himself, he was getting nearer and nearer to a degree. He reached his ideal, he got his diploma, and now he is out in the world an honored and a successful engineer. It was single. ness of purpose that brought him sue cess in spite of his lll-training and incompetence. It was courage that helped him to accomplish the impos. sible. Today Strong was in my office. Heo has plenty of money, he has a good body, he has a normal brain, and he has as excellent a high school training as a hoy can get. Yet he has not passed five hours. He doesn't like his work, he says. If he could just get into something Interesting he Is sure he would get on. "Pur the things courage cap del” i) { ! i Na “THANK YOU AND SMILE", ————— i NCE there was a little girl named | Neva, 80 very poor that she had to sell matches for a living, und even | that could not be called a living, be- | cause many times she went hungry 10 her bed In a poor room in an attic whieh the hard-hearted landlady could not rent to any one else, One night Neva came back to her | attic room and found everything | changed. Oa the floor was a soft | rug, warm blankets on the bed, soft | slippers and a bathrobe lay before a | bright fire burning In the grate, At first she thought she was In the | wrong room, but that could not he, be cause this was the attle room under | the eaves, While Neva slipped into the soft robe and slippers she was still more surprised to see at one side of the fire nr UI “Oh, | Am So Unhappy!” Cried the Little Creature. dace a table with a nice hot supper | wm it! i Neva rubbed her eyes. the fairies,” she thought. hele when I came in, inndlady will know.” But the hard-hearted landlady only told her If she didn’t pay ber rent she would have to and knew about hot suppers or soft dankets and could not furnish gars with such things. «Neva run back to her attic and ate her supper. Then wrapped her. self In the blanket and went to sleep. | It was so nice and warm she did not until the in through the her room. That night when she returned again the hot supper was waiting, and now Neva was sure It was the fairies. But even fairies must be thanked, and as did not them Neva went to window before she went to bed “Dear fairies, I thank she whispe rid, “It must be | “It wasn't Perhaps the leave she beg she awake was little sun one streaming window” In she soe and opened It. ou.” Every night for a long time she did this, but alter a while so wany things came to her that Neva became care less about the thanks and many nights went by and she did not open the window to whisper her thanks for all the good things the fairies gave her. One night she opened the door of her attic room, but no hot supper or warm fire was walting for her. The room was cheerless and still and on It was a fairy; she was sure of that. But why should a fairy be crying? Neva was wondering as she walked toward the window, “Oh, I am so unhappy!” cried the creature. “1 was so sure she cause | picked out this poor girl to “Please don't cry,” sald Neva, knowing at once she was the cause of the little creature's grief. “I am | sorry I forgot to thank you for all | the nice things every night. things.” The little fairy Jumped up “Whats in thut i ihe reason,” she suiu. “The Queen told me 1 wus giving you too much, but 1 was so sure you would never forget to he grateful that 1 per- sunded hereto let me keep on giving und now she hos made me tuke every- thing away.” “Don’t cry.” said Neva. “I am glad the Queen has tought me a lesson. I will never again forget to give matter how much 1 have or how little. I wish I could become a falry und see your Queen.” “That wish I eannot grant,” sald the fulry, “but I cun help you by tell us—that a ‘thank a smile will bring happiness, The fulry you' and bad disappeared, but She had left something behind for Neva to think about, and the next ns her matches she who bought and she sold © ery one “Thank you” It was not long after this was so won by Neva's cheery her to live her, where she had all the com- remembers the atte Neva wonders if not a dream in when she fairy after which some of a smile and a “thank you™ (DQ. 1924. McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) CUGPPPPP PUPP PUNVYVYrred Lewis Stone i patrons of motion pictures, are respon. sible for the popularity of this actor. Stone is a veteran of two wars, In 1898 he served as a boy with the Twelft: New York volunteer infan. try in Cuba; in 1917 he got his com. mission as an infantry eaptain at the first Plattsburg camp. LOUD AND LOUDER dush of color athwart the dull cap and milltury cape and French-blue took his first-row seat. The cur tain rose and still Polly, eyes and curling hind snared all hearts in her town, watched Plerre, With lips half-parted, she leaned over the edge: he looked; thelr glances met : something sharp cut Un- them no cont, whose bright locks home through the medals on his breast, til they peace, no rest, The curtain fell amid applause, and Polly, who knew all there was to know about The Guwe, with one and a hint or two had sent a swain by hook or crook to bring Plerrs to her box. But when the swaln reached the first row there was go Pierre to he seen: French wit moved faster than dramatic action, Meanwhile met there wus for sweet look Polly, baffled in: her plans, grew more and distrait. The second act was almost through, and still Plerre’s seat remained empty, Again the curtain fell. A footstep sounded behind her. She turned and saw Plerre just entering her box door, behind him a friend to pronounce the introduction. he benediction, “Chere mademoiselle,” murmured he, “Mister Pierre,” sald she. The horrid fact lay there more grinning had no English, fugiting in a most snd tempus was terrifying manner. she tried to make herself understood. “Qu' est-ce que c'est?’ cried Plerre, anxious lest he lose any precious pearls, and bending imploring at ber She raised her voice more. “If you -" she sald “Comment? he asked. The minutes fled. “If malden. To poor Pierre Polly's unduly loud tones seemed anger. He turned. He And he never knew that bawling you lke—I" screamed the a Name?” ® vaoreD MARSHALL MELISSA Missa is literally cne of the sweetest of feminine names. It comes from the Greek word meaning to soothe or sweeten, and hence, honey of the honey-bee. Melissa wus sometimes sald to have been the name BRE RERAERRL RNR PH A LINE O’ CHEER By John Kendrick Bangs. FRR RRRRR RRR RR CRRA THE ROD AND THE STAFF hsm B TOOK the rod that beat him And turned his wheat to chaff, And-lest its smart defeat him He made of It a Staff, And on his way he wended Out of the depths of Fear, And with Its ald ascended Up to the Helghts of Cheer. (©. MeClure Newspaper Syndieats.) EERE AAR RRR R RRR RRRNY of the nymph who first tuught the use of honey, and the pretty fancy arising from this belief made bees the symbol of nymphs. Strangely enough, Melis $4 came to be the title of a priestess, as well as a feminine name, In classic times, The Italian poets called Melissa the beneficent fairy who protected Brada- munte and directed Ruggero to escape from Atlante and afterward fron. Al cina, upon the hippogriff. It is they who are responsible for Melissa's heritage of romance and for her wide spread popularity In romance-loving lands, France has a Melisse in great vogue, and Melite, another form, Is also popu- lar. The sweet significance of Melis brought her into favor with the Puri tans In this country, where she still exists as a proper name for demure maldenhood, In France, on the other hand, Melisse implies a tinge of mis chief und coquetry which has made her a popular heroine in literature, The pearl is Melissa's gem. It will etthance her sweetness and affability und bring ber sincere friends. The we t Polly meaning wis only trying to make her tender meaning ing that unholy din, Do you attempt to" hurst your lungs to people speaking a foreign language, trying to make what they have heard not more shouting and gesticulating at them? HAVE YOU THIS HABIT? ($ by Metrope but understood clear iitan Newspaper Service.) i) CThe Why Superstitions By H IRDING KING HAT a ringing in the ears is a prognostic of death Is a very gen eral superstition in this country and in many parts of Europe. It is not sup posed to foretell the death of the one who hears the ringing but that he—or she-—will, within death of a relative, friend or scquaint ance, The superstition is merely result of association, sitiveness of a { customary to ring from the parish church when a parishioner was dying this ringing in the edrs will say: “Ii have heard the death-bell” In some | localities the direction of the appar lent ringing Indicates the direction from which the news of death will i come. It Is an undoubted fact that all | superstitions connected with death { have a deep root in popular belief, are | very widespread and vary but iittle in | different localities. In this connec {tion William Wells Newell In sn In | troduction to Mrs. Bergen's collection | of current superstitions, says: “It Is { always found that an especial con. | servatism attaches to customs and | ideas associated with death; the disin. | elination to exercise Independent | thought on a subject so serious leaves the field open to the continuance of ancestral notions and practices™ (©. MeClure Newspaper Syndicate.) pearl’s augury for tears will be Im potent in the case of Melissa, since the gem will prove a talisman against unhappiness and dangers of every gort. Wednesday is her lucky day and 8 her lucky number, The daisy is ber flower. (® by Whasier gy adieats, ine.) HOW TO KEEP WELL mei ' Dr. Frederick R. Green, Editor of “Health.” (Q. 1834, Western Newspaper Union.) ~ VITAMINES HEN Nebuchadnezzar carried the Jews away captive to Babylon, he told his court chamberlain to select four young Hebrew captives, “comely and without blemish,” to serve in his court, Dantel, Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego were selected and put in a schiool for courtiers, along with a lot of young Babylonians, That they might have the best of food the king commanded that they be fed from his own table, But Daniel and his companions re fused the rich foods and demanded that they be.fed “pulse and water.” When their training was completed the chamberlain found that the young captives were “more comely and of better appearance” than thelr Baby- lopnlan companions. Why? It has taken us three thousand years Daniel and his three friends ate plain, fresh food. The Babylonians ate heavily spiced and richly seasoned dishes, We know now that the human body must have a certain amount of fresh, living food. Primitive people learned this long ago. The Arabs est dates; the Moors ent figs; the South Sea Islanders eat breadfruit and coconuts: the satives of central Africa eat bananas; the In dlans ate fruits and berries, Even the Eskimos, without fresh fruits or vegetables, eat raw seal meat When salling vessels made long voy- scurvy. Ax soon ax the sallors got Recent experiments show that food are larger, stronger and feed, matter how abundant diet, The no raw, fresh and growth substances in for health vita, of these substances cause rickets, eye direnses, scurvy, decay of the teeth, 80 the age-old experience of the hu man race and the Iatest scientific re search agree that the human body must have fresh fruits and raw vege tables If it Ig to be strong and healthy. Cabbage, lettuce, celery, radishes, and regular part of our daily diet, PINK EYE i ——— uncomfortable condition, It known as “sore eyes.” yery is ordinarily severe attack at some time, is caused by a small The infection is generally contracted through towels which have been used by an Infected person or by bathing in swimming tanks which have been used by others having the disease. The germ may be carried through the alr. The condition is often found in epi demics In schools, For the first two days after infec tion about the only thing noticed is a slight itching or irritation of the eye, as If 8 cinder or a grain of sand had gotten in. On the third morning the eyelids are »ften found stuck together so that the eye cannot be opened, The lids are swollen and bloodshot. The flow of tears is increased and burning of the lids Is constantly present. The discharge increases and becomes yel- lowish In color and the lids become intensely congested and inflamed, The attack lasts from three to seven days, after which the Inflammation gradually disappenrs. In severe cases it may last for months, To avoid this painful condition don’t use towels that anyone else has used Be sure that you bathe only in clean water. If your eyes begin to itch and smart, be sure that it isn't due io a cinder or a foreign body. If the irrita. tion lasts more than two days, have a competent physician examine your eyes or, If this isn't possible, put on clothe wrung out of cold water, wash the eyes frequently with boric acid se- lution, keep out of the dust and strong light and put one drop of a 20 per cent solution of argyrol (which can be bought, with a dropper, at your drug store) In each eye four or five times a day. Don drops. Don't put on bandages tices or anything else except wrung out of cold water. 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DQ kills the live ones and thelr eggs and stops future generations, Not an inseCt pow. der but a chemical unlike any- thing you have ever used. cent package makes one quart and each package containg a patent spout, to get the Pesky Devils in the cracks and crevices, Your drusgist ean get it for you, Mafled pre- paid upon receipt of price by the Owl Chemical Wks, Terre Haute, Ind Devils of the actunily has it or he Banish Pimples By Using ¥ Cuticura : Cl OAB fo Cleabie | Try our new Shaving Stick. a —————— If you are suffering and have found no medicine that will help you, do pot despair! There is a anyon R that will restore you to rite for *Munyon’s Guide Munyon Pill For Every III” Decter’s Advice FREE “Thare fs Hops" Munver's, Soramten, Po ws An Arizona Wonder The Palo Verdes, those wonders of Arizona, are like nothing we have in the East, unless one could imagine sn asparagus plant twenty feet or more in height, writes Anna Botsford Com- stock In Nature Magazine. The trunk usually divides rather low into two or three large, spreading branches which in turn divide into several irregular, ruther crooked limbs that bear masses of intricate branchlets and twigs, sad which in aculeata carry the bare rachises—midribs of the fallen leaflets ~that give the tree a resemblance to the long-leafed pine. There it stands, an object of beauty because of its vivid greenness and fringiness which softens iis outline so that the eastern. er classes it mentally as to loveliness with the ferns and larches. After he has been neglected lon, enough, a man will blow his own born.
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