THE
“BRIGHT
LIGHTS”
By A. G. SHERWIN
3
by W.
Copyright, G. Chapman.)
|
£C HE Is too good for me, but 1
am going to make myself
worthy of her, dedlared
Roy Wilder.
“As how, now 7” questioned his blunt
and practical uncle, who conducted a
business at Lipton and had made
friends, a little money and felt that
life was worth living every hour of
the working day.
“Why, I'll tell you, uncle,
Roy. “lI love Lesbia Thorne,
know, 1 belleve she knows that,
and perhaps llkes me a little In re-
turn. I was at the commencement
when she graduated and the beautiful
sentiments she spoke attracted me.
She is a poor girl, but she has high
ideals. I cannot help but bel it
would dwarf all her ambitions to
spend her life in a humdrum country
village. She to try the
am L"
Old James Ridgely
slowly and sadly.
dulgence were manifest
face and volce as he
“Nephew, I won't
when you have seen the
and tire of the lure of the
and find out as {I
that is fair to the sight but at the
hold but bitter dust and blight,
turn back to the old man and remem-
ber 1 am always your friend.”
Like some knight errant gaily and
hopefully entering the lists to battle
for some great Roy lder re-
paired to the distant metropolis, He
had only a little m and started
out on bud
sense econ
"
explained
you
too,
as
ove
is going city
wn)
shook his
Fondness and in-
in his
said:
blame you, but
bright ligt
magnet city
did once, that all
its
Core
cause,
oney
real
rt u-
career with
He
ing
and my.
nate In finding =a
without much
This was a
than himself, one Rol
was a cynle, he had
most everybody. A “has-been,”
ure he designated himself,
to up a8 few crumbs
overloaded table of literary
his
too
his
true one
influence,
older
Lismond., He
gruffness for al-
a fail-
man considerably
fe
from the
lords who
they
incompetent to
meant hard work
pick
hack services when
were indolent
tackle subjects -it
to traverse.
He showed Roy the paths,
thorny ones they were, He
him into the mysteries of cheap
rooms and Inexpensive lunches,
delight was fill his pipe
nings and sit dreaming while Roy
of far-away Lipton and its rural
lights, At the end of six
had managed to work in
occasional writer of
society fad paper.
Roy felt the meanness and
alty to his true soul principles
time he slurred _Tustie life,
because illarity
try character he
His publish
cule. He
simplleity
“8i
fence,”
rousing nm party
In with
compelled to glld the
of the white ways
f the bright
re ©
the first.
at
used
or
and
educ
to old
de-
Roy
sketches for
disloy-
for
of his fam with
that
ers req
coun-
was
ridi-
the
satire,
ged to deride
announcement
painting his
“Our
iired
was obil
of the
was
that
tle
that
(ireen
or
don
pastor
week.”
this, he
last
contradiction
glamour “he
tificial gla
dazzled him
sickened his
Now
spirit. Distinction,
fluence might be gained, but to
the price of their acquisition was to
part with the last vestige of truth and
integrity.
“1 give it up!”
one day. “I will
the sweet simple
to or go mad In
of fraud, deceit and hypocrisy.”
And Lesbia?
Several times Roy heard of her, but
did not seek to her. In
way some college friends had secured
for her an entree as a singer into the
higher circles of soclety., Lesbia had
a beautiful volee. Her ambition was
to an opera singer: Then,
when the social season was over, Roy
heard nothing of her. He had about
given up his city dream. He * had
written wearily, longingly te good
old Uncle James. A very little en-
couragement and was ready to
go back to Lipton and begin life all
over again,
Lismond went away
sion to write
sald to himself
not longer travesty
he
this wild
mest
become
toy
on a commis
up a trip around the
world with some state Improvemént
committee and Roy was lonely and
discouraged. Then came dark days—
no work and no prospects. He was
compelled to give up the room he
rented and cut down meals to two a
day. Finally even this system he
could not afford to keep up. He took
the cheapest lodgings by the night
and made do with a pound of broken
crackers or yesterday's stale rolls for
a time,
There were no bright lights now.
All was obscurity, the gloss gone
from metropolitan life, nothing sweet
in the city but the patient lives of the
poor,
“I'l make one last break, try to
get placed and If I fall—" he solllo-
quized, and halted there his speech
with a shudder, turning from the
darkly rolling river which he passed at
the moment,
His watch was his last valued prop-
erty possession. To this he had clung,
but necessity seemed to demand the
sacrifice of the last shred of respect:
ability and he pawned it. His plan
was to Invest In a new hat and shoes,
tidy up as far as his means would
allow and seek work outside of the
Hterary field. :
With his Uttle store of weaith Roy
.
wl loft the pawn shop, calculating closely |
how he could most effectively Invest
his little capital.
It was raining and the alr was chilly
and disagreeable, He wag proceeding
past a row of wholesale stores closed
up for the night, when a commotion
proceeded from an intersecting court,
Crash—bang! Then yells, the shrill
tootings of a watchman's whistle
Three men dashed Into the street and
past Roy. One of them dropped a
bundle In his flight. They were evi-
dently thieves pursued. A policeman
emerged from the mouth of the court,
He began firing after them. To evade
a stray bullet Roy sprang into a
building entrance.
It was dark in the little space where
the building elevator started. There
was a bench at one side.
towards this as a bullet shattered a
pane of glass near by. As he did so he
pressed closer to a figure huddled back
at the end of the bench, seemingly dis
turbing her from sleep.
“Oh! do not harm
only resting—"
“Great heavens!" gasped
stood aghast, for the
of Lesbla Thorne!
As she tottered nearer to the light
of the saw how pale aud thin
was, There were traces of care
suffering in her once bonny face,
me-—lL-—1 was
Roy
volce was that
street he
she
and
He spoke his name and she was re
fell to the
wwii beside her. They forgot
ent, their
She almost sent,
everything,
exchanged,
Lesbia had found the road to oper
atic favor a dismal treadmill, Poverty
had come, she was Homeless,
Roy insisted that she
him to the home of an old lady with
whom he had boarded during his first
palmy days in the city. There she
was given in kindly charge. There,
too, Roy found a belated letter from
his uncle. in answer to his own-—loy-
ing, ardent, home-welcoming.
“Can I bring Lesbla with me?" was
wired hour later and the prompt
reply “She shall be as my own
as
an
cane
So these wedded the
from the bright
devouring-—back to
fife that was full
and tenderness, and love,
two, next day,
went away
delusive,
sweet simple
the
of
80
smiles,
be better off in
d occasionally
Peaple would
ways If they woul
that they do things merely for the fun
many
admit
them, contends an editorial
“We Americans have a
inherited from out
* the editorial main
“We stubbornly refuse to ad
do anything for the
We persist In re
garding pleasure as a by-product, and
that doing anything pleasurabls
for its own sake is akin to sin. The
doing
| in Liberty.
tains.
to insure a whipping
ther, ‘Aw, I did it for fun.’
“The ancestors of most of us, when
the edi
down in the
lonely and broke
fact that the aris
shility in the old
for pleasure. In
ing the aristocracy did
Therefore pleasure for
was wicked
admission
explains, “were
homesick,
resented the
and
did
anyth
world,
They
the n«
things
their eves
wrong
0
and
OXCURes
“A frank that we
omission “of hypocritical
the editorial
help us to correct some
that oppress us.”
contends, “might
of the
Clam by Herselt
Arthur Bernstein,
manager for Jackie Coogan
manager of a group of West coast
theaters, was busy
the many prologues that are
ged under his direction.
“Have you had any experience? he
asked the
one of
sty
“No sir,”
“1 suppose you were the talk of your
home town?
“Oh. no.”
“But, of course,
star some day?
“Oh, no, of course not™
“Can you sing?”
“Just a little.”
“All right,” sald Arthur,
to hire you. TI'lL use you as a curl
osity™ »
Telephone' Statistics
It is estimated that approximately
75.000,000 telephone conversations
take place every day within the bon.
daries of the United States, the to-
tal for the year being in excess of 22.-
000,000,000, or at the rate of 191 for
each inhabitant. The nearest ap-
proach to this among the other coun-
tries of the world Is that of Den-
mark, which Is credited with more
than 1371 talks, Norway and Sweden
rank next, with 113 and 108, respec-
tively; while France and Italy, which
are presumed to be raeclally conversa-
tional, are near the bottom of the list
with 20 and 9 talks, respectively,
Puritans of Many Sects
Puritanism was never a denomina-
tion In the true sense of the word,
The Puritans were originally members
of the established church who believed
in purifying and reforming the church
Jn respect to rituals and certain mat.
ters of doctrine. Those who came to
America became Congregationalists,
Presbyterians, Baptists and members
of various other seets. For instance,
aftér Roger Willlams was expelled
from Massachusetts he organized the
first Baptist congregation in America.
~-Pathfinder Magazine
on Spring Straws
New Models Cling to High
Crown, but Hard Lines
Are Eliminated.
The spring straw hats reached Lon-
don before the winter snows,
The new mode] straws maintain the
vogue of the high crown, but hard
lines are eliminated by the clever use
of fancy effects In straws and the ad-
dition of taffeta and ribbon. Brims
are more pronounced whether they
droop prettily over the face or turn
up turban fashion. A npovelty In
straws is the beehive shape with
black satin ribs,
The milliners in popularizing straws
are also introducing qu#re colors, Some
swathed In taffeta,
i
A black milan hat achleves a smart
in the combination of an un-
high erown and the narrow
drooping brim. Ostrich wisps con-
tinue the line of the applied section
of the crown of a satin shape, soften-
Ing the severity of the simple model
Shapedtpleces of giraw are fitted over
the crown of a pastel-toned straw hat,
which also testifies of
the high crown and brim. A black
felt turban by Reboux is distinctive
with deep ear tabs and a front peak
to conform with the neaked back. Two
bands,
side, are crossed In front and held
with a Jeweled pin to form a diadem,
Feather-trimmed are winning
the fancy of well-dressed Parisiennes.
to the vogue
hats
Midseason Showing of Hats Reflects
Diversity of Mode.
A fancy algrette cocked at just
right angle subd
the severe black felt. - Ostrich plumes,
however, find little favor.
Another tendency observed is
Inverted Plaits Going
All Way Down the Back
Some of the more habille coats in
satin, velvet, silk rep, moire are
back.
“plis Wattean”
all the way
quent in the Louis XV period,
widening toward the bottom). The
may be different
the Inside of the plait and the lining
in black velvet.
‘A big godet, split in the middle,
A
going all the way
or half way down the back.
Plaits of this kind or slits are also
very frequent on day frocks The
front of the frock is quite plain,
Countless Numbers of
Attractive Necklaces
For those who never feel that a
costume is complete without a pin,
necklace or boutonnlere of some kind,
there are really countless numbers of
them to be had. Here the matter of
choice is fairly easy, for the design-
ers and importers apparently have
considered all ages and varieties of
women when sending out their wares,
Simple gold necklaces with bracelets
to match come In filigree motifs
strung together. Others made entire.
fy of links show colors that will blend
in well with the coming spring fab-
ries. Colomed crystal and wide use
of imitation onyx form the basis of
an interesting collection of jewelry
for Palm Beach wear,
Ribbon Trimming
. An effective trimming on dark serge
and silk frocks is the use of bandings
of different but harmonious colors in
grosgrain ribbon,
Gay Hand-Embroidery
According to the foreword of the
mode, this is to be a season of color.
ful hand.embroidery——a fact
pertains to the styling of little girls
summer,
lazy
in the picture
out threads and substituting fancy
hemstitching done with colored
thread, for the cross.stitch,
Sports Silks Attractive
Dainty georgettes, nd sports
aRractive
self
a touch of
them
is where the daint
ny
either the ri
crepes n
made
many
up in many
instances are
ned, thereby requiring
nt t give
This
ie
are soft and
when of the
The favored
shades of pink,
beige and
moccasin style
Cors
maize
r, rose, ivory.
1 slippers In
green suede
edroon
bright soles are rut
Ni
brocade
Th ee
fabric
and
band of
idea of
is
the “Arabian
of gold
gold
top is a soft warn
white fur To the
luxury, peach-colored
for lining
in ght.”
is
small bends,
complete
satin used
Southern Resort Trip
One ys overiod 4
faking =
In fact
144 r
giong
artitie ke
Southern trip is a parasol
several ou | be carried
This season the models are
in fancy
about by
fown The
either in
Of spe
stubby like those
carried
in
and raffia,
fTects.
that are p
borders
nata
gllks now being
smartly
abrics
dressed women
linen
woven ¢
are
or fancy
are those lain
hand-embroidered
floral designs that bring out the
ral colorings of the flowers
There the wi range of han
dies. made of various compositions
wood, and leather
and compeofition handles are equipped
with silk cord loops and tassels, while
ones have
is dest
loth the wood
straps.
Elizabethan then Frills in
The Elizabethan influence mod
on
the vogue for neck ornamentation. I
strings around the neck The tulle
bow has come in again on a gigantic
scale, With light dresses a black vel
immense bow of tulle. The black band
must fit closely around the neck ir
order to give the bow its full value
and fairly stiff tulle is used so that if
may stick out as much as Queer
Elizabeth's duff. With gray hair, gray
tulle is used.
Large Envelope Bags
of Embroidered Silk
Envelope bags of good proportion
and made of rich siiks embroidered in
ecclesiastical themes serve to accen
tuate the feeling of ease and luxury
that accompanies a very elaborate
wardrobe, These bags follow the gen
eral color tones and styling of the very
modern bags. In many of them the
single color scheme is developed, es
pecially in those of silver and gold
In this way such a bag may be carried
with impunity with most any color
scheme,
Jersey Jumpers
For the Southera sports costumes
Jersey 1s becoming more and more
popular, A straight navy blue coat is
frequently worn over white jersey
frock, Unborn ecalfsking are used oc
caslonally to trim these knitt
tumes,
THE
KITCHEN §
CABINET I
(9. 1927, Wentern Newspaper Union.)
-
Going without the good things of
life Is considered a hardship. Too
little thought is given to the bless-
ings. Everybody struggles to des
quire materfal advantages, think
ing that they spell happiness, but
happiness not infrequently lies in
practicing the fine art of doing
without.—American Cookery.
SOME GOOD CHOWDERS
Everybody
ders w he n well made and seasoned,
cook who has not
in her repertoire
a list of chowders
is missing one of
the best of dishes
to serve her fam-
ily.
When it Is pos
sible to get fish
is better
there not
but other veget
substitute,
hing
ables will
or shell fish,
for chowders,
make a falr
Corn Chowder~Fry until
fourth pound of diced salt
one large sliced
brown. When
cob enough
quart measure or
put the
pork
brown
one pork,
add onior
until
from
fill a
«orn
with
if
corn is
the EWeol
corn ins
and onion, t i
diced ed potatoes, two cup-
fuls of tomatoes, sprink
with flour, pepper and salt.
corn used, cover the
the wo cupful
uncook
When
corn
boll-
is
add as much wa-
the veg
two cupfuls of milk, butter
crackers when serving.
Maryland Fish Chowder. —¥Fry
slices of pork and one
four pounds
point ; if canned,
needed etables,
and
ter to cook
ans
two
al
gait
been sonked in hot milk, season
and
have
to
re
worcestershis
taste minced parsiey
«A
Soft Clam Chowder. —Tle in a small
plece siz clo six {oe
and six peppercorns. Fry br
quarter of a pound of diced pork
nee
of muslin ves, allspl
wn a
Yin
i then
1 and un-
e0 potatoes, 1
fry
add
tii
can of tomatoes, th mag of
four cupful
of ¢
quart
and
soaked in
and
Codfish
pound of sait
anti] brown,
and for
me-half dozen
with bolllog
yellow
E spices,
and a dash
hours Add a
ied clams parboiled
five milk crackers
ilk, a quart of mi
1108
Chowder.~ Fi ry
pork cut into fine
Add three sll
five
gliced
avenne, cook
of softshel
chopped,
bu ing m
one rir
eed onions
then add
cover
until the
cook minutes,
potatoes,
water and cook
anwhila
$41.
vegetables are tend
gonk one-half poun
parboil and shred;
art of 1
Pour he
hot in up piates,
Crecle Chowder, «is
{ pork
Pel
of fre aly
to cover,
pions
tomatoes ur sweet
and
corn
son with
cook until
rooked.
upfuls
Add boll]
pepper, sa
the vegetables
or i
ng water Sea-
it and sugar and
are well
The Plebeian Peanut.
nut which Is so com-
iz a valuable food, rich
in fat and of such
good flavor that
it is universally
iiked.
Peanut butter is
commonly used
that it is hardly
The ordi
among us
nary
mon
rO
tion how whole
The sntall boy knows how
stomach, as a
it is
it appeals to a hungry
Lettuce With Peanuts.-—Roll fresh
after shelling and removing
husks; when like coarse
sprinkle over crisp, tender
fettuce that has been washed and
French dressing.
Peanut Loaf —Take one cupful of
chopped peanuts, two cupfuls
crumbs,
peanut butter, one egg,
milk. Mix,
needed to make a moist loaf,
to a buttered pan and bake one hour,
Baste once or twice with melted fat.
sprinkled with ghopped nuts,
dashes of pepper, and a few slices of
galt pork or bacon. Mix all the in-
gredients, roll in bread crumbs and
place in a greased pan with small
pleces of salt pork or bacon over the
top. Bake in a hot oven until brown.
Salted Peanuts. Take unroasted
peanuts, shell and remove the brown
skins. Into a frying pan put one-third |
of a cupful of olive or wegetable oll,
when hot stir In the pbanuts and cook
until well browned. Remove from the
fat and sprinkle with salt.
Peanut, Peas, Pickle Salad.-—Take
one cupful of coarsely chopped pea
nuts, one cupfal of peas cooked and
drained, and one-half ecupful of
chopped sour pickle. Mix well with
mayonnaise and serve on lettuce,
Nese Mawero
Fever
Colds &
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Stop them PI: their dangers and
End thefeverand headache. Force
the polsonsout, Hills break colds in 24 hours.
They tone the whole system. The pra, io.
Liable results have led milicaytoenyio
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Price 30¢
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Have you
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Lumbago or Gout?
Texe RHEUMACIDE 10 remove thecause
and drive the poison fromm Lhe system
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FUTS RUHEUSATIAE OF THE OUTSIDE’
At All Druggists
Jas. Baily & Son, Wholesale Distributors
Baltimore, Md.
Deafness—Head Noises
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At All
Foider about
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elieve that itching, burning tor
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request,
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It Szeresses the irritation ed Us
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BALVE, a simple, de \
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3%c at all dreggiets, \
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ALE'S
cold positiy ely.
¥ cents st all druggists,
OREHOUND & TAR
COAL BUSINESS
3 pumps 200.009
with Power.
annually swner
real eatate and
24 tugs,
$350,000,
{Fi talis write
THE APPL E- COL E COMPANY
Transportation Bide. - Detroit,
At the first sneeze,
banish every symp-
tom of cold, chills,
etc. with HALE'S.
Ral jef ot once ~ Breaks
Ew
tons
Heat
retis
1% yre.;
per
ive city
year;
th
terms
Mich.
?
Age Emg
1
itisfactory
other af-
tie story.
clean pairs of
d morn
got in
sine
both
one
hey've holes
ife examined the socks. Then
ut
are in
both
pairs, dear. The
liferent places
“DANDELION BUTTER COLOR”
A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for 50 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
of “Dandel Hion™ for 3% cents. —Adyv,
melt he
thing
on
nless above hi
himself, how poor a
8. Daniel.
can erect
is man!
Good Health Requires Good
Elimination.
NE can’t feel well when there
is a retention of poisonous
waste in the blood. This is called
a toxic condition, and is apt to
make one tired, dull and languid.
Other symptoms are sometimes
toxic backaches and headaches.
That the kidneys are not fanc-
tioning properly is often shown
by scanty or burning passage of
secretions. Many people have
learned the value of Dogn's
Pills, a stimulant diuretic, when
the sem functionally
inactive, Everywhere one finds
enthusiastic Doan’s users. Ask
your neighbor!
Stimulant Diaretic to the Kidneys
ester Milburn Co. Mig. Chemists, Buffalo, N.¥.