." UCH a good time as I've had this winter,” said King Snow to Old Man Winter. “Yes, I've had a splendid time! “In the first place the children have made a finer snow men than | have ever seen. And that is saying a good denl. For in my day you will admit T've seen a good many handsome snow men.” “1 should say you had,” sald Old Man Winter. “Yes, if you think they have been particularly tine this year they have been. “You know what you're gbout and no mistake!” “Well, 1 think 1 do,” suld King Snow, “and | do not think it is con- ceited of m. to say so.” “Certainly not, certainly Old Mun Winter, “]1 saw some wonderful men in village yards, in parks, in the coun- try, and even in the cities, “Perhaps you'd think that In the cities they wouldn't be able to make nice snow men, but 1 saw some beau- tiful ones, “You know that last time Old Bliz- gard Boy and 1 had such fun?’ talking not,” said snow “1 was on hand, too.” course you were" said Winter. “Of Snow, “Well,” continued King Snow, “there were enormous snow banks In the King of things done with these snow banks, “There were fine houses built—and one was so large that it had a real chair right in one of its rooms! “It was a magnificent house. and snowballs on snow counters, “That was a magnificent sight! A simply magnificent sight. “But, as 1 say, the snow men were best of all. Some of the children had poured water over thelr suow men at THE ARGUS-EYED CHAP ALWAYS ON THE WATCH By JEAN NEWTON HE person who is always on the watch, whom nothing escapes, Is said to be “Argus-eyed” The lmpli cation is usually that one Is of a sus- picious nature, and this element Is quite In keeping with the of the expression. The term comes to us from the par- lance of mythology. Argus being the creature of a hundred eyes who never went to sleep with more than two at a time. He is familiar chiefly as the tool of the goddess Juno, who was nl- ways suspicious of her husband, Jupl- ter, and who used Argus watch him. It was his zealousness in watching To, Jupiter's mistress, whom the god surpriged by his wife, had turned into a heifer, that at last Argus to grief. Jupiter, troubled at the dis- tress of Jo, who in the guise of a heifer, had been given by Juno into the custody of Juno, enlisted Mercury to put Argus out of the way. Leaping fro- the heavenly towers to earth, Mercury, disguised as a shepherd driving his floek, charmed Argus with the music of his Pandean pipes. In vain, however, did he try to lull the watchful eyes to sleep, un- til finally, with a supreme effort, he related to Argus the story of how the pipe upon which he played was in- vented. The fantastic story, accom. panied by a plaintive melody from the instrument, at last caused the hun- dred eyes to close at and as Argus nodded forward for a moment, Mercury cut off his head! {Copyrizht.) origin fo hrought once, By MARTHA MARTIN hind frozen and substantial looking snow night-time and they were strong, gentlemen, “Yes, it has been a sald Old Man Winter, think the more wintery iis “Well, I'm your friend.” sald King Snow, au) now.” he must be thinking about and leaving soon, “1 hear that Mistress Spring Is planning to come three weeks sooner this year than usual, nice winter,” “Of course | it is the nicer wl up suppose went on, packing “She” does that once In awhile, you know, and all her family and friends come with her, “But of course it may not be so, | nai rmng Snow Men” He Said. haven't heard exactly about it it was just a rumor. yet “But if she comes | must get out of the way. Al her children will be tag. ging right after ber, “First will come dren, They don't as some of the don’t love me. “Then the Jonquil girls and the Daffodil boys will come slong. Some of them will wear simple frocks and some of them will wear fancy ones with many petticonts! “The Blue Myrtle fumily will low and the Johony Jump-Ups come—and they'll stay, too, Mistress Spring goes away, the mind others, Crocus chil me so much though they fol- will after Tag rT “Then the Misses Tulip will come In all their glory and the Lily of the Val. ley family and the Striped Grass cousing will follow. “As they come along some people will say, 'I almost forgot about those coming out and now, here they are! “Yes, soon 1 must make ready for Mistress Springtime and her parade, but 1 do not mind for I've had a glori- ous winter.” have 1" sald Old Man with a hearty laugh. (Copyright) lf Jn 0-0-5000 OC 4 CO OO aD Oa ld THE GOOD OLD WORLD By DOUGLAS MALLOCH § 900000 Oe» O00 00OeCel) TE good, old world will roll along, don't worry over that: And you can follow with a song, or stay where you are at, “he good, old world is on Its way, Is rolling to the dawn, And you can come or you cnn stay— the world Is rolling on! HE Winter Sit down with trouble, If you like, and your trouble last: The good. old world Is on the and hiking pretty fast: if you think to weep and moan will help your heart and mind, world will leave you quite alone —but leave you ‘way behind. wrt be ase hike, And The But, If you're done with things of old und looking straight ahead, looking where the sun Is gold, not where the stars are dead. merry world will and fill you full of sng, For right ahead the skies are blue— Come on and come along! (by McClure Newspaper Syndicated Are The welcome you § Prmsrsnn Sure Thing Hal-—Poor Bill is down aud out, Cal—Yes? Hal—Sure, He everything lie buys. pays cash il J soni Nor Dulls With Use The sharp tongue Is the weapon of envy and malice. It hides onder the mantle of truth the dagger of vindie tiveness.— American Magazine, bo go oo Ts in Ess Vernon March, sculptor, group statue “Victory and National memorial, putting Liberty.” finishing touches colossal will surmoun Canadiun By HAT there is prophecy In the way one's shoes wear out is an ancient which still holds its own In the realm of superstition. There are sev- eral variations of the well-known rhyme on which the oracle Is couche but the variation is so light that the meaning Is practically the same In all A good specimen Is as follows: idea Woar at the Wear at the Wear at the Wear at the The only gide, a rich man's bride; toe, spend as you go! heel, spend as you feel: ball, live to spend all serious difference in the fumous the fa series government Florentine choir, of concerts. The has ever allowed it to choral in the leave the country. oldest BISHOP bas lately declared that women are today dressed more wisely and more healthfully than they ever have been, Instead of invelghing, as do some of bis clergymen, at the “immorality” of the present styles, he commends them, His opinion will probably make no difference, one way or another, Women dress in the style, whatever it may be, If the style should next year de mand dresses reaching to the ankles, and heavy hunks of hair, these would be worn. No woman wants to be considered odd or queer, and she will be if she does not conform to the mode, But the fact that so puch ense and comfort, not to mention better health, has come with the change in hair and petticoats vill be sure to make women resist long and effectively any effort of the Paris dressmakers to go back to the old raiment. The reformers who continually clamor that abbreviated dress means abbreviated morals do not knew what they are talking about. There 18 no more immorality today than there was In mid-Victorian times, not nearly so moch ag in the day: when the women In the French courts concealed thelr persons in flow: ing gowns, and piled their hale high on thelr heads, rhymes is with re the mean that yon and good deal.” gard heel which is sm 1 will “love to do well’ that i another you will “Save na is mystic begun 1 superiition the man first heen only one ex ication of qualities It gince elothe iis feet lins considered ax per Leda) covering. While with te be with the man's physical and spirftaal appears in the conceived gieal quali the di significance of having nnd the other not, the putting of magical herbs into shoes and the emblem in o her man's clothing, ved, COMmmon ar imbued “oro” the shoe primi mind to have been ne As witness shoes, tiie foot by ane shod throwing of the shoes of subjection and of as well as the ient shoe prohibition of of Mis. Arcadia shod or of Alectrons, Rhode, as an luck, ete, ; Bhd “taboos” such as the entering the Sanctuary the {ress the the Sun, at at Lycosura in Qhrd ine daughter of And in some cults the shoes of the priestesses were not to be made of the skin of which had died 8» natural The there was an idea~Sir James Frazer frankly lost in the mists of antiquity, Of the superstition under consideratioa It may said that the the manner In which a man’s shoes wear Is indica tive of his fut fro that sympathetic magic through which a man’s partook of indi viduality so that what happened to it happened to him-—one phase of _hoe ic ag has been stated. Just why the omen should financial in aspect is so far undiscovered by investigators (2 by MeClure Nowspaper Eyndicate y aia, Yomi About 90 per cent of the fires orig. inate inside structures, any animal death, behind these den tahons—for gays has been he ides that ure cCOmes PPE ciotiing his significance of its By JOHN BLAKE One of the greatest advances ever made was the abolitio. of corsets and stays, and next to that was the free- ing of the legs, so that women could get real exercise when walking, and not mince along the street in constant fear of tripping. It should be the duly of older wom. ¢. to appinud and encourage Modern crest for women, for there never were styles so sensible as now, and there never wus a time when women had so good an opportunity to develop their lungs and muscles, and return to the fashion which reigned in the days when the Venus de Mile was earved from the marble block, In a time when women can play golf and tennis, when they con swim channels and ride horseback, when they can walk forty miles in ten hours, fashions which free the form are nee essary. A} we said In the beginning we are not sure how long these styles will last, Paris hairdressers, who think they ean look into the future, predict that in ten years from now there will be no more bobbed hair, We hope they are wrong. We hope also that the clergymen are wrong when they predict that wommnit's moral sense will soon lead her to enclose her knees and neck in garments which will conceal them, =. Mothers, Do This— When the children cough, rub Mus- terole on their throats and chests. No telling how soon the symptoms may de- velop into croup, or worse, And then's when you're glad you have a jar of Musterole at hand to give prompt relief, As first aid, Musterole is excellent, Keep a jar ready for instant use. _ It is the remedy for adults, too. Re- Heves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsillitis, group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheu- matism, lumbago, pains and aches of back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains, frosted feet and colds of the chest (it may prevent pneumonia) To Mothers: Musterole is slso made in milder form fou bebies and small children. 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Jets The Safe and Proven Remedy. i i i : women have done it. exist in healthy bodies, and there have never been styles which go well devel present. (Copyrieht) 0 $ GOOSE AND GANDER ADVICE Tee P22 P00 PPE L PPO By VIOLA BROTHERS SHORE 2422 PPE PPOP PPS FOR THE GOOSE- HERE'S no flaws In a thing you want bad enough, The woman that's ambitious is al ways a prisoner. The one that's cov etous Is an everlastin® pauper. FOR THE GANDER-- The fear of shame is the one thing you can rely on to keep people goin’ straight. By the street of Buy and Buy yon come to the house of Never-Have-A: Cent. : Copyright.) % the box. Jve-—Ady, Nothing succeeds like success. SER SSAA SRSA sey 24 Hours Ends COLDS or flu. At the very first sign, goto a drug store and a box of HILL'S. Take romptly. HILL'S breaks up a cold in 54 hours because it does the four vital things at once-—stops the cold, checks the fever, opens the bowels and tones the system. Red box, 30 cents. 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