THE CHANGING
WORLD
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
LAXITY AND THINKING
You msy sometimes look forward
to the accomplishment of a long
cherished piece of work with expec-
taticas of inordinate pleasure, but at
the final moment, when your task Is
finished, your heart turns sick in dis-
may.
Everywhere you see glaring defects,
lack of harmony, imperfect values, be-
ing as a whole a erazy bit of patch-
work that humiliates you beyond en-
durance and rouses within your throb-
bing breast spirit of resentment.
Yet you, yourself, are to blame.
Where hard thought was required you
gave e light heed, and here before you
| DHO SAID
“Pride and weakness
are Siamese twins.”
AMES RUSSELL LOWELL, author
] ore public and to a
tion of the British public
He Is less known as an
and yet his work In abolishing
glave trade in this country brought
him more prominence during his
time than did his poetical work,
Lowell was born In Cambridge,
Mass... February 22, 1819. Nineteen
years later he was graduated
Harvard college. He early joined the
ranks of the abolitionists and
“Biglow Papers" did a great
to take the subject of slavery ont of
the academic class and wnake it a pop-
ular matter.
In 1855 he was offered post of
professor of belles-lettres at Harvard
a post filled by Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow. Lowell the of
fice on tion that
two years to study abroad
granted and
he returned
sumed the dt 8
The North American
numbered many famous
among its editors, secured the
fees of Lowell In 1883. He held that
position until 1872 when he resigned
from the staff. During the Civil
he resumed his attacks on slavery
published a second series of
low Papers” In the Atl Monthly.
Following his resignation from
staff of the North American Rev
Lowell again visited Europe where he
was well On return
was appointed minister Spain
Great Britain His denth
occurred in 1801 McMur
ray.
great sec
as a
abolitionist,
his
deal
the
gecepted
might have
This
3
ine
condi
this country
pre
Review,
to
of fessor,
which
literary names
serv
war
and
Angie
jew,
received. his
to and
succegsively
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cAmong the
OTABLES
WILLIAM L
ILLIAM FIRST
Like them,
of
over
undoing.
His influence was peculiar
a wonderful of iy to
Dutch the Belgian
two
demoer
the worl
wportuni
and
and a
but he had not
Had he
into one
gether the
tions, after
of separation,
that was needed
the Netherlands
tion, the story
through Delg
very differently.
He was horn August 24, 1772,
Hague, compelled
French
England
th
years of exile wi he allo
na
the tact
combined
sir na
ance
read
ong
man ads
have
of the Ger
might
at The
of
olution, to live first in
Berl
rose In
bheennae the
rey
then in and not un
revolt, after 18
wed to re
loliand
lies the material evidence damp with
tears of disappointment.
Now that you have the unworthy
product in hand you realize how
flimsy it is, not all comparable with
the substantial thing of which you
have been so long dreaming.
Not being a philosopher you cannot
accept defeat with complacency.
Oh, critics, why have I falled?
The answer Is simple, It applies
almost to every fallure set off against
inconstant human endeavor where
thought was brushed aside to make
room for feverish haste,
When at last you regain your nor
mal mental composure and your eyes
are no more blurred with tears, you
see that you stubbornly refused to
use your own brain.
Impulsive emotions controlled your
act rather than calm productive
which became Irksome,
love or in war, the fight cannot
intel-
In
maneuvering.
You cannot rush half blind into bat-
i
Every idle hand in this world com-
pels some other hand te do its work
The need of the hour Is not more leg-
islation It is more relig. Rodger
Babson
SOMETHING. TO EAT
$s
NIONS should be served at least
once a week In every family, and
oftener will be better,
Onions With Nuts.
Cook the desired amount of onions
ws usunl, drain and cut up with a
knife, ndd well-buttered crumbs, salt,
pepper, and a cupful of rich milk
Sprinkle the top of the dish with but
tered crumnbs, add a baif cupful of
chopped walnuts and bake until the
buttered crumbs are brown,
Turkish Selight,
Soad five tablespionfuls of gelatin
in one-half cupful of cold water for
ten minutes. Mix one-third of a cup
ful of orange julce with three table
poonfuls of lemon nice and a ten
Bul of grated orange rind, Bring
ipfuls of sugar and one-half cup
hot water te a boll, add the
ed gelatin and allow to boll
i
i
i
and
If you
proper thinking obviate,
will look Truth squarely
you will discover that many
of distressing fallures trace
able to the common laxity of thinking.
Every bungling act if hunted down
its hidden lair will found
affiliated with beggarly thought.
The man or woman who neglects
“think things over” will never get
from the starting point.
It is the industrious, clear, persist.
ent thinker who Is changing the face
of the making it better
blazing: the way to a more
future
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in
our are
he
world
by MeClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
GUESS the world Is movin’ on,
But, oh, the things a man ‘ll miss!
A lot of good, old things are gone;
You don't see that, you can't have
this,
Famillar things have passed away;
The world keeps changin’ every day;
Each day they tell you at the store,
“No, they don't make 'em any more.”
A lot of Joys have taken wings
That now you'll loek in vain
find:
They're lost to sight, a lot of things,
And very nearly lost to mind
Now, when you ask the clerk for one,
He sort of smiles, your neighbor's
son,
says,
date ;
Here's something else that's simply
great.”
to
And *Oh, them are out of
The livery barn down by the erick
Is gone, they've built a brick garage
Take even words: a fek’s a trick
But now they eall it “camouflage.”
The cracker barr’l, the oyster can
Why, I could name a hundred, man
A hundred things you used to see
That now memory.
are just a
But you whose whiskers
gray,
(The younger generation shave),
Don't sit around and scold and say
That all that's old they onght
save,
I guess the
now
are
io
world Is movin' on:
A lot of good
But why
A lot of
come !
(63 by Mel
old things
sad and why
new
Are gone
be be glum?
good, things have
ure Newspaper Syndicate
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waged
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pot
Sent CAE! es)
The UNFORTUNATE
He
troops at
hoth
the
Holland and
battle of Wa
to his polit
king But the
ifair to the Belgians
great
directed
ian
:
then settled down
ical duties
terioo
ns inws
we made
and
tunity
were
he 1 his
he
to take
his
here igeed]
Had
inge
of
oppor
gent his son,
of
Or the In-
care
terests sqguthern
the young
the
there
Flemish and Walloon. But
declared for absolute rule
a revolt,
ium
against him,
he abdicated
to
ling and, at last
He
whom
after four
died in 1884,
fiecrge Matthew Adams )
despair,
lelgian he
much atta
COYntess was
ched and quiet,
voprs he
(® by
twenty minutes, Remove from the
heat, add fruit juice and rind. Strain
in a shallow pan which has been wet
with cold water. Then cool, turn out
on a board, dredge with powdered
sugar and cut into cubes, Roll In
powdered sugar,
Graham Breakfast Muffins,
Take one well-beaten egg, add one
cupful of sour milk, one-half teaspoon-
ful of soda, the same of salt, two
tablekpoonfuls of sugar and one
cupful of graham flour. Beat well,
then add three tablespoonfuls of melt
ed fat and pour into hot, well-greased
gem pans. This wakes six large muf-
fins.
Lemon Wafers.
Cream one cupful of fat and add one
cupful of sugar. Add three well
eaten eggs and three tablespoonfuls
of lemon juice. Add flour enough to
mnke a dough to handle. Roll very
thin and cut Into rounds or fancy
<hapes, Bake until delicately browned.
Sponge Cakes,
Beat three egg yolks until fight, and
add one cupful of sugar. Add three
——————
HE YOUNG LADY
ACROSS THE WAY
Hild
il Ay
go |
A A
The young lady across the way
says the coal that costs the least [sn't
always the cheapest and one should
always Inquire for the kind that has
the most vitamins in It.
(® by MeClure Newspaper Syndicats.)
tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice, one
balf teaspoonful of grated lemon rind
one tablespoonful of cold water. Sif:
one cupful of flour with one teaspoon
ful of baking powder and one-eightt
teaspoonful of salt, fold in lightly Inte
the mixture. Add three stiffly beater
egg whites and pour into buttered anc
floured gem pans, Bake in a modérate
oven for thirty minutes,
Nertie May wer
(©. 1928, Western ere Newsonpue Union.)
If you have Two + two trunks to move
you might as well have six.
—————— —
Popular Types Tend Toward
Coat and Two-Piece
Jumper Effects.
Every
romment
fashion showing
of fashion authorities em-
phasizes In a decisive manner the
growing importance of the cloth frock.
In its lntest version it has lost none of
Its utilitarian qualities, but has added
to them the attributes of chile and dis
tinction, lacking which a model can
never achieve success,
Of a particular interest
nnd every
among the
in lightwelght tweeds,
clally for dress purposes
designed espe-
geometrical designs subtly In
tend toward coat und two-piece
effects are
jumper
These varied
to obviate
any suggestion of
For the business or
odes are ideal,
grew them worn by
professional
and already one
feminine execut!
girl
ves
the professional
At
prom
er
looking
and business world
New York style
in who
exceedingly
a recent
ent
hut un
Worms is not
charming
jittle
eed topped by
person, wore a
of belge tw
hat of the
which |
smart
per frock
ose, felt tone and
d fer
BR. game
a fox necknlece Aarmon
ie
Dress of Tweed in One of the New
Tones of Gray Green.
tis
AEN
Longer Skirt N May Be
There are rumors that several of the
best-known French designers are plan.
to launch models with skirts
jonger than those worn at
These, however, are merely
says a correspapdent in
City Star, and one quite
saying that while fiaring
in
in the
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Hats Of —Girls Follow
how short halr
it the desire to
It is most notice.
noticed
with
Have yon
bring
every opportunity. In
often take them off
up just like men and on
occasions when women usually
do,
whisks its hat off, It is very
for, It Is so much more com-
to be without a hat than
with one, especially If the hat is a
close-fitting one and rather hot. With
long hair one cannot pull a hat on
and off without dire results, but a
close-cut crop Is a different matter,
and off comes the hat,
Costume of Black Is
Favorite for Winter
Although this season Is marked by
a more general use of color than has
occurred in other years, there seems
to be a growing Inclination on the part
of fashion creators to give a more
prominent position to the costume of
black, or of black touched with white
or silver,
Recently this tendency toward black
lias become more pronounced. It is
featured by the most exclusive de.
signers and at the smart restaurants
one seex any number of the best
dressed women wearing a black suit
or frock.
Binck and gray, acodnrding to a re
port from Paris, Is coffsidered an ex-
tremely chile eolor comBination and is
exceptionally attactive fehen it appears
tn the form of a Wbiack costume
brigade”
—
| Thistledown Pompon
Decorates Little Hat
ed iik;,e. bod Be o8 § FoF wnt]
The pompon doesn’t make the hat,
but it adds to its attractiveness. The
thistledown puff in golden tan adds
8 saucy air to the brim of a velours
eports hat, one of the leading mid.
winter designs. It's color is delicate
Cuan
wearing
aver
tremes and
ure
generally
extent
the colle
oront
great
afternoon
ne ofte
ghiwel iy
KE Or satins,
Colored Silk and Satin
for Collars. and Cuffs
cuffs are
the
A bor.
Be ntache
Swagger
collar
prim
colored
Velvets for Daytime Wear
No lor
reserved
ger are velvet and metal bro
for evening wear
were proper for day-
but said it
vid
cades
| Paris said they
time costumes
| until smart New York women took up
the wmode N ow two piece
on Pa
other
Coats are
nues In
and coat
seen rk and Fifth ave
models
are of velvet,
evening are featured by
i metal lace or velvet,
wraps gun
| trimmed with gray fur, worn with gray
stockings and black shoes a
gray felt hat
repeat the note of gray.
gray are strikingly effective coats of
{ black cloth trimmed with gray krim
| mer which forms wide collar and cuffs
| and appears In the deep border around
Worn with a coat of this type is a
frork fashioned of black satin; it has
the extremely wide circular skirt that
proclaims {ts very recent origin, and
touches of silver embroidery to carry
out the color scheme of the outer wrap.
To complete the costume are a little
soft felt hat of the English type, gray
stockings and black patent-leather
walking shoes, and a large bag of gray
leather in the new shape that Paris
favors,
Latest Hat From Paris
The Intest hat from Paris which has
been seen on smart women returning
from abroad resembles nothing sc
much ag an aviator's helmet. It Is
very close fitting and extends down
over the ears. One version is made of
grosgrain ribbon while another is fash
toned of velvet ribbon. The colors
are the soft beige, blue and red tones
featured In autumn fashions.
Not Inconspicuous
Nature colored the fur-bearing ani
mals to be inconspicuous in thelr sar.
roundings. Dut the dye pot has
changed all that. The majority of the
new costumes are 80 heavily trimmed
with for that it is a question whether
they should come under the heading
of cloth, trimmed with fur, or fur
trimmed with cloth
ALONG
LIFE’S TRAIL
BEEAARA AEE EER RRS REE EEE.
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of [llinods.
v
(En 1928, Western Newspaper Union. y
THE SENSE OF HUMOR
'VE known Merrill for a good mans
years, 1 knew him as a boy, and }
know him now when is fifty. 1}
have seen in most trying situa
tions, and [ have been with him when
the unexpected and the very embarrass
ing bappened, and yet 1 cannot now
remember any irritating situation is
which he was not able Bee BOMe
He laughed when
other men weuld have cursed or burst
of ill-temper
has had a pretty hard life
and yet he has a rather
qmrance still, of his
nore, re
fot ser:
he
him
in
Merrill
lives zo,
in spite
or Cares
have worn him
» to get
nil
ana
i 80
old sweat
use in confusion:
the, bot
sense of humor
TENDERNESS FOR THE
WEAK
OH igh
Atporest ©
“She not care for helpless peo
ple. Never in her life | done
She admired nothing so much as
independence and courage, and that
life
was perhaps the one lesson that
bad teach her—tenderness for the
N HIS Ladies”
says of Mrs
“ya Walpole
did
ad she
80
fo
I knew Jackson when he was a little
he had his life
He
school
all
was
high
His father had ample
Robert was to have the
best training that the schools afforded
He was given a good scientific train
most celebrated college of medicine In
the country.
1 visited him a few years after he
had begun his practice. He was strong
and healthy and interested apparently
in his work ; he was familiar with the
latest methods and discoveries in
medicine and surgery, but it was plain
to see that he was not getting on. He
sald little to me, but the little he &8d
say showed me that he was disappoint.
ed: he could not understand the cause
of his own failure, nor could I at firs,
but, as I sat in his office and watched
his reception of the few patients whe
came in to consult him, I realized that,
strong and healthy and free from pain
and disease as he wag he had ne per.
gonal appreciation of suffering.
Old Mrs. Bayley could hardly drag
her withered bent body up the stairs
to his office.
“Nobody can do anything for her’
he announced. “She cant Nve long
and the sooner she goes the better.”
It was true that she was pretty far
gone, There was no hope of curing
her, but she had asked for bread and
he had given her a stone. She needed
tenderness, sympathy, understanding,
and If he had given her these. he
wonld have sent her away happler:
meet the inevitable change which was
rapidly approaching her. As it was
she bored him, irritated him. He conld
diagnose the physical condition of his
patients, but he had ne Understanding
of thelr emotions,
He was falling. ns many
vecnuse {fe had not taogh p
vathy avd tenderness for the weak.
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