YELLOW
MASK
By CHARLES N. HOOD
(® by Short Story Pub. Co.)
HE cleverness of Lemuel OC.
Loomis was ingenuity raised to
a very high power, and If he had
any local rival it was certainly
his Ingenious helpmeet, Lucinda L.
Loomis, born Laurence. When they
were married the groom had reached
his ffty-second year and the bride had
bidden farewell to the frivolous thir
ties,
As nothing will develop a latent tal-
ent for labor-saving devices more thor-
oughly or impart a more intimate
knowledge of one’s own peculiar traits
than living alone, the couple entered
upon thelr new experience unusually
well equipped in both these respects,
and their house-hunting was rendered
both easier and more difficult. They
examined a great number of houses in
thelr little village, and made the real
estate agents a great deal of trouble,
but they knew so well what would and
what would not answer their purposes,
that they were able to give prompt and
decided decisions after one inspection.
Finally the choice narrowed down to
two houses, at about the same price.
Sach was three squares from the
chureh which they attended and four
from the post office, and the interior
arrangements ‘of both were, In the
main, satisfactory. Each, however,
had one great defect. The house on
Locust street had no hall, the front
door opening directly into the sitting
room, while the Elm street dwelling,
with an ample hallway, had neither a
bathroom nor any space that could be
converted into one,
“Which shall it be, Lucinda?"
“What do you think, Lemuel?”
would much rather that you would
my dear.”
decides, darling.”
“Well, then, without either of us de-
ciding it,” said Mr. Loomis, diplomat.
ically, “let us each write our opinion
oun a piece of paper, and exchange
them.”
“All right,” agreed Mrs, Loomis.
Mr. Loomis unfolded his wife's opin-
fon with much curiosity and read:
“1 have always said 1 would never
live in a house which did pot bave a
front hall”
Mrs. Loomis read on her husband's
slip:
1
I were
has always seemed to me that if
I'd build a
first-class bathroom, with what
mwoney 1 had left build the best house
I could around it."
Both laughed heartily and rose with
building a house,
and
inspection.
“It would be pretty hard to build a
hull on that Locust street house,”
Loomis,
sald
Mr.
“But by building an addition on the
west side of the Elm street house,” re
plied Mrs. Loomis, “we could have a
nice bathroom, withotit much cost, and
build it when we can best afford to.”
Loomis complimented his
fo
aal.
wife
on this happy solution of the difficulty,
and before night had secured a deed
to the Elm street property. Then
figured a little and said:
perform ablutions In a washtub
or—-""
“Oh, 1 have thought that all out”
replied Mrs. Loomis, smiling, “and 1}
huve such a nice idea. We will buy a
Landsome tub—just such we will
wunt for our new bathroom—and set
it up back of the kitchen range. There
needn't be any plumbing, except the
exhaust pipe, for It will be so close to
the range that one can dip the hot
water from that, and by turning the
top of the raln-water pump In the
sink around, cold water can be pumped
directly into the tub. We can have a
nice broad shelf on hinges to let down
over the tub, and that will make a
splendid kitchen table, and nobody
need ever know that there is a tub
there.”
Wille this Ingenious arrangement
would hare heen very Inconvenient for
some families, it was perfectly sult-
able for the Loomis menage, free from
even a kitchenmaid., Down behind the
range proved an exceedingly cozy,
warm spot in which to take a leisurely
bath. The new tub was a beauty, and
when the broad shelf, practically
amounting to a folding table, was
dropped down over It, supported by
two swinging legs at the right height
for a work bench, Mrs. Loomis sald it
was the most convenient for washing
dishes on that she had ever seen, and
it was not at all uncommon for Mr.
Loomis to assist her In that employ-
ment, that their Sunday forenoons and
all thelr evenings might be longer,
Mr. Loomis was a member of the vil
lage board of trustees, which held its
sessions on Saturday evenings, and [it
was his custom, on returning from
these meetings, to enjoy a thorough,
leisurely bath before retiring. Then
he had the kitchen all to himself and
could take his time,
One particular Saturday night the
village council had held such ‘a _pro-
tracted sitting that It was actually
Sunday morning when Mr. Loomis
stole Into the kitchen, swung up the
portable table, and as silently and rap.
idly as possible filled the tub. A flood
of moonlight came In through the win.
ws, and he did not trouble to light
le gs, but was soon soaking placidly
the warm and comfortable bath,
/ A heated discussion over the pur
my
as
chase of a road roller had wearled Mr,
Loomis considerably, and while re
viewing the arguments as he lay in the
tub, he fell asleep. This he himself
denles, asserting that he heard the
first touch of the burglar's hands on
the window fastening. This latter
statement there is no means of con-
troverting, but It Is positively known
that Mr. Loomis did not enter the
kitchen later than a quarter past
twelve o'clock, that the {ntruder’s pres
ence was not observed much before
two, and that It had never before
taken Mr, Loomis an hour and three-
quarters to bathe,
However, when he did hear the fum-
bling at the fastening, his first inpulse
was to leap from the tub and repulse
the Invader. His second thought was
merely to flee. What he did, In the
excitement of the moment, was to
reach upward, grasp the swing shelf
and pull it down just as he heard the
kitchen window gently raised.
Either the water had cooled a great
many degrees since he entered It, or
else Mr. Loomis was very much fright-
ened (he leaned toward the former
theory), or the two reasons combined
to cause such a shiver that it was
with difficulty that he prevented an
alarming swashing in the bath, Peer
ing cautiously over the rim of the tub,
he shivered more violently than before.
A man was crawling through the win-
dow. The moon had now nearly gone
down, but the solid black silhouette
indicated a rogue of monstrous size.
The suspense was horrible,
Before the intruder dropped quietly
to the floor he shot a tiny searching
ray of light Into every corner, and the
head of Mr. Loomis slid out of sight
as a startled turtle slips off a log. In
an agony of apprehension the house-
holder heard the burglar tiptoe across
to the pastry and back. Waiting as
long as he could restrain his curiosity
and alarm, he again peered cautiously
between the table-shelf and the tub
rim,
The burglar was sitting in the mid-
Mr. Loomis,
wriggled a little
his feet
man was doing, and
higher up. As he
there was a slight
water, and Mr. Loomis realized only
too well what it
moved
disturbance
meant.
had, with his accustomed
utilized a large cork as an
this, loosened by
and
had bobbed to the surface.
exhaust
his foot,
The water
plug,
was running out rapidly.
nearly all
a hideous, gurgling wall, startling the
burglar, Mr. Loomis would be discov-
ered. and in his helplessness probably
murdered.
He fumbled wildly for the cork,
it eluded every clutch,
not make a He tried to check
the flow of the water by Inserting his
rd
ang
noise,
toes in the orifice, but this only slight-
ly delayed the end Nothing could
stop the water—his moments were
ntuimbered.
Discovery being it
better to be prepared for defense,
inevitable, wus
he
As quietly as pos
shelf upward on
Fortunately, It
He rose siowly on his
upright In
the tub. The water was getting lower
and lower and he had but a moment to
decide upon a pian of action
He could now see the burglar, who
was engaged In devouring a lembn
a sort which Mrs,
especially well, and of which Mr
Loomis was particularly fond,
which had intended for
Sunday dinner
gold, and topped with
thick, frothy meringue.
haust pipe came,
gible he pushed the
its
made no noise,
y
p
well-olled hinges
benumbed limbs and stood
ple,
been
a beautiful,
masterpiece of pastry, and
with a knife at that.
Loomis felt around for a weapon, but
could find none. He was In despair.
The last wave of the retiring water
ankles,
it.
As he straightened up with It poised
in his hand, he was dismayed to hear
a light step on the back stairs—Mrs.
He reached down and grasped
had not come to bed. It was a fearful
crisis, At that very moment the bath-
tub exhaust emitted a ghastly,
gling groan, followed by a sucking,
swirling shriek.
The very worst had come, and Mr.
Loomis, steadied by a realization of
the critical situation, raised the satu
rated sponge with careful aim, and let
it fly. With a soggy swash It struck
the burglar squarely in the back of the
neck, forcing the villainous face 'vio-
lently Into the center of the lemon ple,
to the very bottom of the dish.
When the burglar’s countenance was
withdrawn it wore a mask of yellow
fringed with frothy white, from which
twq beady eyes protruded with a hor-
rible stare. They fell upon the open
doorway of the back stairs, where a
plump matron In snowy white just
then sat forcibly down upon the bhot-
tom step, still clinging to a smoking
lamp, whose shattered chimney fell
upon the floor,
Then, as they turned In the direction
from which the cold, paralyzing mis
slle had come, and beheld the stark
form of Mr. Loomis, their owner gave
utterance t6 a cry very like that just
emitted by the bethtub, and disap.
peared throvgh the open window, The
clock strucl, two,
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THE MAGIC EAR MUFFS
Ld ON'T' go any farther, Ranny,”
screamed Polly Parrot, “or
you'll step on it! Goodness, Mr.
Cheerups, I was so frightened! Please
excuse me for not saying good morn-
Ing, but my friend Ranny Rhino’ near-
ly kicked over your house a minute
ago, He really couldn't help it, though.
You see, his eyesight Is very bad"
“I'm glad to see you both” cried
Cheerups, looking out of his door and
waving his hand In greeting. “It's a
fine morning, Ranny!”
“Yes, it Is, slr, thank you, sir”
stammered Ranny, who was a little
confused by Polly's screams. “It really
a
“hlrans
Ranny Rhino Began to Dance
Frisk About With Joy.
wasn't my fault that I almost crushed
your house, That's just what I came
about.”
see YOu
Cheerups, smiling, "but 1 am sure you
didn’t do it on purpose, Ranny.™
“Oh,
Ranny. “I am not
Something to be
ought
such =a boy,
sald Cheerups,
merrily. “Now
good it seems to
nodding
me."
about your eyesight, would It? Quick
Quickear! Where Is that
scamp, I wonder? Oh, you are;
that's good! Hurry with
E Moffs!™ and Quixie
ar
there
ve
Mr. Rhino.” sald Cheerups
Quickear looked at Softfoot, who had
along to see who the
and Softfoot looked
How to do It.--that
were,
ear, Wns
the Magic Ear Mufls right
down on Ranny Rhino's gars
startled, but he wanted to be polite,
ing to help him.
until It was so
ting in two,
little nearer to the shelter of his
house,
“Now, shake them off, Mr. Rhino!"
called Quickear and Softfoot from the
tree top. And Ranny, with a mighty |
toss of his head, sent the Magic Ear |
Muffs flying Into the bushes, i
“After this" sald Cheerups glee |
fully, “you will have no trouble with |
your hearing and it won't make so |
much difference about your eyes” |
Ranny Riiino began to dance and |
frisk about with joy. He looked so |
lke a brown barrel trying to be live |
ly that the Quixies giggled. But his |
heart was light If his footsteps |
weren't, !
“1 want to try my ears right away,”
he cried. “I belleve I could hear the
rustle of a butterfly’s wing. Oh, thank
you, thank you, Mr, Cheerups; I'm so |
grateful! I'll take you to the finest
sugar-cane plantation in Africa any |
time you want to go. It's just de | 3
liclous! Or maybe you would ke | Theodore Kosloff, popular actor in
bamboo better.” | the “movies,” was born in
i ‘ i
“Not today, thank you, danny.” Russia, He was Sduated in the hy
iaughed Cheerups, “But come and see perial ballet school, Moscow and Pe-
us again soon!” | trograd, (now Leningrad). He was
L agai ¥ . i
“All right, sir, I will. Goodby, | trained
i .
everybody I" and Ranny Rhino | '"9
| trudged away into the jungle, prick-
| Ing up his ears and listening as he
and brown eyes. Previous to entering
the pictures he spent 15 years on the
by Little, Brown & Co.) stage as a dancer.
HATS IN A NAME
nee By MILDRED MARSHALL
Facts sbout your name; its history; meaning; whence it
was derived; significance; your lucky day and lucky jewel
®
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next sie]
evolution i named the wife
Lorenzo Medicl
mported to England by ea
by them Clarisse,
CLARISSA
of
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though It
With
“rendering
es back Latin
meaning "bright or
the first bishop of
Brittany In A. D, 280; an
Clarus was a
en ji
interesting sig-
it
adjective
in origin, WE every ’ i
But when
heroine of
the erent
! day usage the Tw lin Lag
3 alled the
nificance
all other
i Clarissa
igning favorite of the hour
famous.”
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to the old
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dat
2 ‘1d ndoned
clear.” |
re
claru
St. Clarus was
in
imported France Clarisse,
of . Richardson-—the
fey .
: 8%0 nw
other famous hermit
near Rouen
The first
in Italy where Chiara appeared
title of a disciple of St. Fran-
fees
imitation
1
{ origin being naively overlooked,
feminine of the name was | : ; :
| while Clarissa flourished In
her vogue occurring
| the reign of “precise”
England,
greatest during
as the :
iternture
here has never been
but she Is regarded as a
i popularity
{| puted, whole
i ancestry has slmost been forgotten.
A LINE O’ CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs
.
gem. It will bring her
era and a
{ cording to an
many admire
marriage,
old superstition
successful
Boolean cli
LL J Je a de ae
CHILDREN
a number
(5 by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc)
’ K Dominions
HILE there are
round about,
With singing romp,
playful rout
Their cheeks agiow with all the
wenith
endless
health, .
laughter sounding
air
As though the world were free
frm Care,
matter In
gErope
find
hope
And go ahead and do my bit
Rejolcing that I live In it
{(® by McClure Newspaper Eyndieate.)
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and
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STORY
Of stores of joyous
And on the
No what clouds 1
4 3 the earth a sphere of
' THE BEAMING
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V dull
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| pessimist,
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the good
| flected cynically.
| shucks for anybody else in this world.
Not a soul takes the slightest Inter
est In me. Who cares whether I do
or whether I don’t? Nobody. 1 could
go and drown myself from the nearest
By H. IRVING
KING
lamp-post and nobody would even
TWIN FRUIT
O FIND a twin fruit-—that Is, ap-
ples, pears, etc, grown together
ro as to form one mass—or to run
fruit which has two stones
superstitious both in this country and
in Europe. This superstition would
Apollo and his twin sister, Artemis
stop to ask who made the splash!
What's the use of everything? What's
the good of anything?”
At that moment a beaming stranger
approached him with outstretched
hand, exclaiming.
“Well, well, well! Isn't this Celly-
lold MacCollar of the class of "09?
Well, well, well! This is a pleasure
and a privilege and an undiluted joy!
Well, well, more wells! I'm sure you
don't remember me. Perhaps you
never even saw me, but 1 was in the
class below you and I used to see you
often going to and from about the
campus. And 'lI assure you this
chance meeting fills me with jublia-
tion, ecstasy and boundless rapture!”
Celluloid MacCollar shook the prof.
fered hand fervently, '
“How do you do!” he exclaimed.
“You restored my faith In human na-
ture, sir! How are you?! 1 was never
so glad to see anyone, I assure you
Folks all well?
“Yea, thanks” replied the other
heartily. “As for myself, I've gone
into life insurance, and I trust I can
interest you in"
“Squolxbb I" howled MacCollar, and
leaped unavallingly in front of seven
sutomoblles,
(® by George Matthew Adams)
sims Pussesmunitrs
Measure of the Great
Great men are the ambassadors of
Providence sent to reveal to thelr fel-
low men their unknown selves. There
is something about them better than
The twin fruit, or the twin stones, are
representative of the twin god and
goddess. Apollo represented the be-
neficent and life-giving powers of the
sun--that which ripens fruit-—and his
twin was also a deity of light, but
cocnected with the moon, the source
of nll moisture, which caused fruit to
flourish and mature. Apollo was a
might protector of mortals from all
evil and Artemis profected from dan-
ger and pestilence. In one of her
many forms Artemis is the patroness
of fruits and grain and pastoral pur
suits while Apollo protected from in-
sects and animals which destroyed the
products of the fields and orchards.
Therefore it is easy to see why a freak
of nature ilke a twin fruit or a
double-seeded fruit should have been
regarded by the ancients as a mani
festation of the heavenly twins and
an omen of good luck to the finder.
(8 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
hd hh
She Knew
One of the biggest attractions to
the middle westerner who comes out
here is the visit to the battleships,
some of which are always to be seen
at San Diego, says the Los Angeles
Times. Many of these visitors have
never before seen the ocean, let alone
a battleship, but for some reason they
do not like to let this fact be known.
Thus It was with the fair young
thing who was being shown about by
a saflor. He had explained about
yeomen, able seamen, engineers and | they do or say. If measured at all,
one thing and another, and now the are to he measured In the re
pretty girl pointed out another man ve action of what others do or
whose insignia was different. . They come and go, In part a mys.
“That's the coxs'n" explained her | tery, in part the simplest of all ex.
gulde patiently, “His duty is" the compelling influence of
“Oh, 1 know,” interrupted the girl They leave no successor. The
The cox'n crows the revellle, doesn't ge of greatness descends to the
he!” dCimlvip Conlidge
. , :
Elderly Wives Preferred
Judge T. G. Allen, who has been
prob ite judge of Chase county for the
| last seven years, during which time he
| has issued licenses for and married
hundreds of couples, has observed a
| peculiar fact reference to Mexi-
{ ean couples who come to his court for
| matrimonial purposes, says the Topeka
pital. He has found that in
of Mexican
arriage
with
the ma-
CARES bridegrooms
¥ ¥
to the n r brides who
{ are older In years
That
That
in any other nationality,
1 grooms
hemselves tra is not notice-
shle the judge
finds, nus In the big majority of cases
are
vy the Mexicans should
¥
bh
bridegroon
Just wi
wif
wife
18 older than the
| the
i brides.
prefer a
older Is not quite clear,
at least to this matrimonial court.
Topping Him Off
He—Won’t you sit in thi
Khe - After ye
i ar's Paw
chair?
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