THE LITTLE CHINA BOY
HERE in the
boy.
he always stood
kKitchen—that little china
Perhaps it would be more correct
to say that he hung in the kitchen.
For a nail kept him safely upon the
wall, looking down over the kitchen
stove,
He wore a big yellow hat—a hat
such as fine old gentlemen wore many
years ago
It was of a nice yellow shade.
His suit was of blue, and areund his
was a ruffied collar,
wore and little
sat upon a
white
white
And
basket,
deck
He
oright-red shoes.
pale-yvellow
He sat in and
side were placed matches,
On
had been
socks
he
the center on either
matches which
and on the other side
side
used,
one were
He Sat in the Center and on Either
Side Were Placed Matches.
which would be taken
for lighting the stove.
And of
shoes his
were matches
all him was His
and ruffled collar and his
suit and his hat and
the basket upon were
ali made of china.
He had hes
many
little
Of
he
and
which
n in the family for ms
But
invy
ny.
years, he still was only a
boy. :
course he was only china
never grew up. :
There
She had
now, and
who called
This little
as Dolly had
ways heen a
{ And why wouldn't he he a
He was ju
had been the little girl, Dolly.
grown up and was a
there was another little g
Dolly “mother.”
girl ed
loved him
lady
ir}
the cl
He
loy ina boy
had nal-
favorite
favorite?
st as pleasant and friend-
v
CTHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
By H. IRVING KING
ACCIDENTAL RHYMES
I" IN talking you
a rhyme, wish
before
accidentally make
you say an-
other word and you wiil get your wis
This is a common superstition,
erally half laughingly
Frequently some one standing by.
ticing the involuntary rhyme, wil
“That's a rhyme; take it
In one section they
of this
stead
gen.
in.
no
say:
indulged
in time.”
have a variation
superstition which that in-
of wishing you kiss your hand
before speaking and you will see your
sweetheart before night,
The superstition originates from the
fact that old-time word charms were
generally in verse, hlank or rhymed.
Fragments of metrical charms and in-
cantations have come down to us from
remote and from many races.
The word “charm” itself we get from
the latin word “carmen,” meaning both
a song and a charm. Clodd says “As
gods eof healing both Apollo and
Aesculapius were surnamed Praean
after the physician to the Olympian
deities, and the songs which celehrat-
ed the healing power of Apollo were
also called by that name.”
In Greece and Scandinavia magle
Read
Scott's” “Pirate” for a disquisition on
the persistence of rhymed Impromptu
incantations among the descendants of
the Norsemen down into recent times,
From this northern source we prob-
ably Inherit our idea that an lm
promptu, accidental rhyme Is a
“charm” and, therefore, of potency in
the fulfiliment of wishes.
(® by McClure Neuspapar Syndicate.)
is
nges
(@®vy MeClure Nowspaper Syndicate.)
comcimesnsiion
You'll Be Tickled at This
He was so low he could crawl un-
der an earthworm without removing
‘his hat.—Pathfinder Magazine.
amon
ly a little china boy as ever
to see,
He had a most delightful expression
which was something between a smile
and a look of friendliness,
Perhaps it was a mixture of both,
Then he had seen other little boys
and girls grow up. The boys had big,
deep voices And they talked of
he could pot understand
you'd hope
now,
things which
at all
They
store”
and “the
whether
“business
and. office,” and
“business or “not good”
Splendid things about which to talk
the little thought, only
could not them very
Still, it made difference,
one expected him to understand,
did not to think any the
of him use could not under-
stand.
And when the children talked about
arithmetic and they did not
seem to think be was stupid because
he couldn't spell and bec: he
couldn't sums,
All bh
about
and
could he ut
He |
tented in
the wall,
He that when the match was
struck and the fire lighted good things
were made upon the stove,
talked of
“the
was good”
china boy he
understand well,
No
They
less
no
Seen
bec: he
spelling
use
do
ad heard
lessons
that
is little china life he h
ling and
business, but none of
and spel
i
sums
all
wlerstand,
that
little
he
basket seat
(new was very con
his upon
knew
odors
up
Pleasant d things to
nos-
of ro
t
t
to his li
¢
ent came le china
trils.
But
-the
The
not be
ent,
t
that was what
odors, He did
little red cheel
ome pale
about
food.
he cared
not ne
had
he
ocd
would
not
‘8 he
because did
ndeed,
nee
wd a. be
ind the do
and
never
worn the
irs,
es
same
but
nany yes
were no upon it.
looked as fresh and nice
nembers of the
hos looked at
eased china fashion.
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ight)
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How It Started
By JEAN NEWTON
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THE “MIDSHIPMAN"
TE “midshi
he Is somet
in the
vies, is
low a commissioned
he 18 not a common
not an officer. It
from this “middle”
of his rank or grade
that he takes his name,
cumstance in the
of hig class more
ago!
The title “midshipmagn’
ish navy
pan" or
imes called
United States and British na-
the next in rank be.
officer. That
and yet
“midds f, AS
for short”
seaman
is,
seaman.
not,
ion,
is however
posit as it were,
in the
but from a cir
quartering
two
service
of men
than centuries
* in the Brit.
had its origin in the British
navy over two hundred years ago. It
derived from the fact that the
“young gentlemen” as contemporary
records refer to them, who were un-
der instruction on British men-of-war
for the purpose of becoming officers,
were given guarters “amidships”
abreast on the lower deck!
was
With the organization of the navy
of the American colonies, the practice
of the British navy was followed with
regard to this as well as other ranks.
A few years after the Civil war the
title of “midshipman” at the Naval
academy and on probation at sea for
two years afterward, was changed to
“cadet midshipman.” In 1882 it was
changed to “Naval Cadet,” but in 1002
the title of “midshipman” was re
stored. Today midshipmen no longer
serve two years al sea after grada-
ation, but are commissioned as en-
signs as soon as they leave the
academy.
(Copyright)
A Po
SIX CYLINDER......,
SENTENCES
By DR. JCHN W. HOLLAND
000
A man of beauty is a boy for
ever,
The devil puts a dirty lle in
maligning.
The ability to tell the truth is a
telling ability,
Train your mind. Big trees are
not felled with a dull ax.
He who would be right must
keep the pronoun 1 in an
upright position,
Make of your brain an engine
strong enough to pull a long
train of thought.
(@®. 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)
Besncunennnsnsssnsnnannndt
Arielle feeb
Harry Richman
effetti
Harry Richman, who sings in sound
pictures, was born in Newark, N., J.
He has had a long stage experience.
He has introduced many songs that
gained popularity. His first film in
which he rendered a number of vocal
selections was “Broadway Vagabond,”
an all-talking, ali-singing, all-dancing
picture.
ene)
SOOO GOR OOOOOO USO OOOO TON
For Meditation
By LEONARD A. BARRETT
SOOOOOON0RGO00
LIFE'S LEVELS
N ARTIST
work of
who
ather
sees the
uncon-
never
artists is
10UsS
iL. A. Barrett.
The rocl
no power wit!
contacts,
it ren
experience, In whic
a very
Seience
but heart
level. On this
tion,
sion.
important influence.
may create a living
eR
level,
valu create the aspiring
ami
ieals rush for ex
pepiring level no prob
to and.
too dar meet,
character, ii
purj
On the
WISER, press
difficult
lem Is too
no situation
The spirit of
conquer, succeed
encounter
serous to
the aspiring
level Is to
and achieve. Yon
trick, but the trick
He cannot teach
Upon the 4 live
an that can
but the urge
levels
it to other dog ne
more th
lished,
aspiring
ing levels not
ibly be accomp
upon the is
queath to other generations
of the best
rience of our own day.
The spirit of the aspiring
pelled Commander Byrd to
his 1.600 miles of aerial travel
the first man ever to have flown
both the North and South
poles, It is the spirit of discovery
and adventure; the spirit which cre-
ates, Investigates and takes great risks
in pursuit of permanent life values
The dead level is indifference; the live
ing level is selfishness; the aspiring
level is service,
(©. 1930, Western Newspaper Union.)
poss
fo be.
the
and
re.
sults thought expe
level im-
attempt
and to
be
ACTOSS
GABBY GERTIE
HHI HII HAAR K NHN)
a he Kitchen
Cabinet
1930
(4G » Western Newspaper Union.)
Crabbed age and
Cannot live
Youth is
Age is
Youth
Age like winter
Youth like
Age like
youth
together:
full of pleas
full of care
Hike summer morn
weather:
summer brave
winter bare,
CHOICE THINGS TO EAT
A quick hot bouillon may
teaspoonful of
pared
paste,
in a
hot
made
pre-
he
the
Yer
dissolved
cupful
water. Any
or flavor mi
added If
sglired
using a
r¢table
of
iy
de
of
bit of
extract,
ot slice
lemon or a
onion
Canape.—Cut bread
inch thick and make In
with a cutter
butter and the t nay
Tomato
fourth
One-
to
‘ounds
with
nase;
cooky Spread
i -
this
the
mayonnaise, e
on put
iio Kame
der
Use
Honne «1 Chis
a
ppe d egg
parsley,
Oyster Cocktail in Grapefruit Shells.
Put two tablespoonfuls of
tablespoonful of chill
catsup, a
a dash of
a small gh
sauce,
MPTrika and tabasco into i NN
3 bal
th half
with one
Set
dozen oysters for eact
into the shell of and
surround with on the
plate and serve, is well
liked and may be gubstituted for the
hill sauce,
Cider Punch.
froth
and
*ocktail,
a grapefruit,
100
Horseradish
App le Jel =
people
Lemon
Pie. {rea
Sponge
m two
tablespoantuls of
with two
f
and
Mix well
ful of milk, th
lemon, stir in
fourths of a cupful
of sugar, and fold in the beaten
whites. Pour into an uncooked pastry
and bake until firm,
Sweetmeat Wishes Put
cupful of candied orange
ful each of igs, walnut m
and candied cherries through the meat
‘ hopper, ul of lem-
on juice and knead until well mixed.
Toss on a board dusted well with pow-
dered sugar, roll out to one-fourth
inch In thickness and cut into small
rounds with a cutter.
frost with a plain orange icing and
decorate with bits of cherry and
citron,
10a
one cup
ree
shell
one-half
peel, one cup-
dates, ats
add one tablespoon
Orange Squares.—Soak two table
spoonfuls of gelatin In one.fourth cup-
ful of cold water. Add one-fourth
cupful of chopped nuts to the gelatin,
add one-fourth cupful of orange juice,
of an
cupful
the grated rind
together one
orange, Boll
of sugar and
the soft ball stage, remove from the
heat and add the gelatin, stir and
minutes. Pour into a
pan and sprinkle with four tablespoon.
fuls of chopped nutmeats,
Orange Fruit Cake.~Cream one
fourth cupful of butter, add one-half
of a third cupful of sugar, one egg
beaten light, the remaining sugar and
two-thirds of a cupful of orange mar
malade. Sift two cupfuls of flour with
one teaspoonful of baking powder,
one-eighth teaspoonful of soda and
cinnamon, the same of cloves, add one-
third cupful each of chopped orange
peel and nutmeats., Bake In one loaf
about one hour.
Orange Cream Pile.Slice two or
anges or more, cut very thin and all
ithe white pulp removed, place in a
baked pastry shell. Secald one cupful
of milk, add one-fourth of a cupful
of sugar mixed with one tablespoon-
ful of cornstarch and a half-teaspoon-
ful of salt, cook in the milk, stirring
well, Beat two egg yolks and add
with a little of the mixture to the
hot milk. Cool, add a flavoring of
vanilla and cover the oranges. Pre
pare a meringue using the egg whites
beaten stiff with a tablespoonful or
two of sugar. Brown and serve cold
Neweie Mag wa
New York Church Goes
Far Back Into History
The Collegiate church of New
Its meet in the Colony In
Amsterdam 1020, the congre
gation gathering the loft
mill the site of the
South Willi street, fi
Its giiceossion of
unbroken
York
ings
in
in over the
present
rmery
horse
No, 20
Mill
hns
first
stood
37 and 39 Pearl.
in 10642, was the
olas., After the passing
from the flag of Holl
Great Britain, nn eh
the church jn 1606,
William and Mary,
the province of
the signature of
When purchased,
on
am
glireet,
heen
church
the
ministers
1628, This
erected In 1GA3,
the present Nos,
second, built
of 8t. Nich.
of the colony
that
since
edifice,
of
The
Church
on site
and to
arter wis
under the geal
New York
Governor
i the present
| the Marble church was op
| skirts of the city.
| structed of Hastings
| ealled the Fifth Avenue
Twenty-ninth
find over
Fletche
the
Street
dintory
Marble Colle
offi
the
Map of Old Empire
Plans for mal
ap of the Ron
finnounced
ore
| features
id Yen
from
in
ment of
i
He time
i the
{ the I
any
ern em
names
types
as well as |
1
cial conditions
the city of Rome
tion,
preparati
stressed
u need
rative, |
are
Prodding Commissioner
Lathers of New
DeCeSEnry
red bulb wi
a Bre 1
, and writes to Gre
Commissioner,
neuver and to sug
vole a single
fT street
Natural Gas Consumption
In 1922 72 feet of
natural gas in the
this nat
LR nat.
5.000.000 000 cuble
were produced
The tal of
In 1925 the |
United States,
ue
WI O00 feet, ha
In 19027
increased to
was an
feet
cuble ing a value of
the production
1.445.428 000 000 i
increase of 132.400.000. -
1926.
md
¥¥) cuble aver
— |
The Green-Eyed Monster
he jealous man’s disease is of so
malignant a nature that it converts
all it takes into its own nourishment,
—Addisoh,
Mrs. Glass Advises Women
Emmitsburg, Md.
~"1 have used Dr,
i Favorite
and
Pel-
» best
‘hile
rd
nearly
unable
a dull
my tu
Was
head all the time,
bottle of the ‘Pr
appeared and I
work includi
a gi
I cannot praise
and making
medical advice, Send
a trial pkg. of Prescriptic
Superficial Flesh Wounds
Try Hanford’s
Balsam of Myrrh
Ati dealers are authorized to refund your money
for the first bottle if not suited,
LEATHER
sive state
K BOLE
Have you
RHEUMATISM
Lumbago or Gout?
Take RAEUMACIDE w remove thocause
and drive the pulson from the system
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PUTS REEUNLATIER OF THE OUTSIUR’
At All Druggists
Jas. Baily & Son, Wholesale Distributors
Baltimore, Md.
colo
MATURE 5 Be EDY ~8
ud, sale, pure’ Lada: ~ uf droppiste, only 25¢
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WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?
the safe easy way before
worse troubles follow, Take
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OF HOREHOUND AND TAR
The tried home remedy for breaking
up colds, relieving throat roubles
healing and soothing—quick
for coughing and hoarseness.
J0¢ ot oll dragginte
Use Pike's Toothaete Drope.
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Listen to Your Own Voice
ng 4 record of one's
of a slot
posdble and the
pes that
er nent
the medium
his de.
Slot
streets
id if they
le they will
record is
made upos disk of metal alloy
composition and when it has
impressed the record may
taken fix the machine and im-
iy 1 a phonograph.
Don
Pn
be sent
us
Needs’ t r Worry
“If Jack were to propose to me I
know whether to say ‘yes’
“Well, don’t worry, dear,
night."—Stray
1 accepted
last Stories,
If
one can save money for three
the habit becomes fixed,
« « « before it
MMON head calle afeen 14 “settle”
in throat and chest where they
may dangerous—rub Masterole
on these parts at the first sniffle—it will
lieve som congestion by stimulating blood
But don't be satished with the notice
from
able relief should experience
bing gd! om
stops you!
blend of oil of mustard,
thal 3 and wthot <a ingredients dE
relief natural res and ol vei
lates blood By eae
draw out infection and pain. bt vy
millions for 20 years. Recommended by
many doctors and nurses,
Keep Musterole handy — Ji
tubes, All