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PATTERN 2174
A pleated sleeve and contra-posed
pockets give the front of this frock
a vital, new appearance--but presto
change! I.ook at the back! Back
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side. For indulging in, or watching,
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checked or candy-striped material of
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Pattern 2174 is avallable In sizes
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40. Size 16 takes 3% yards 36-inch
fabric. [Illustrated step-by-step sew-
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EYE ON ECONOMY
An old farmer's rich cousin from
the city paid him a visit. When he
left he offered to send the farmer a
new hat,
The old farmer thought quickly.
“What kind would you like, SI
a8?" he said, “felt or straw?”
“Straw,” be said at last. *'Cos
when I've finished with It it will do
nicely for a mouthful for the cows."
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Shades of Confusion
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“SLUGGER”
SMITH
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By R. H. WILKINSON
©. Bell Syndicate-—~WNU Service.
} 66 O MAN,” sald Elmer Stone,
“was ever more proud of
| his sobriquet than David
‘Slugger’ Smith."
Slugger was a small man, puny, al-
most emaciated In appearance—a
toward whom you instantly warm with-
out knowing why: a man, great of spir-
it and generous of heart.
“Sam Cook just called David, 'Slug-
ger! It was toward the end of the an-
nual baseball game between volunteer
| Hook and Ladder No. 1 of Dexter and
Hose 3 of Bartlett. David, an ardent
Dexterites were
proud, stepped up to bat in the last half
of the ninth, with the score 2 to 2, and
slugged out a home run.
“Sam, who was seated beside me in
the bleachers, exclaimed: ‘What a
slugger that guy turned out to be!" The
name seemed to suit David fine. It
was sort of catchy and somehow sug-
gestive of the reason for its origin.
“There was, as usual, a celebration
that night in the firehouse, and David
was the hero of the hour. Sam pro-
posed a toast to ‘Slugger’ Smith, and
everybody cheered and applauded and
thought the moniker well bestowed.
“David was ordinarily a modest and
reticent type of man, but that name
tickled his vanity. He grinned from ear
to ear, and you could tell by the look
in his eyes that he was mighty proud
to be called ‘Slugger.’
“That night after the celebration Da-
vid went home and, emboldened by the
flattery of his teammates (a boldness
augmented by several generous mugs
of Peter Sayles’ very best home brew)
woke his Dora, from a sound
slumber, and apprised her of the great
honor that had been bestowed upon
himself,
“It was, the home brew
that freed David's tongue, for Dora
Smith approved not at all of her hus
band's enthusiasm and interest in the
national sport
association with such ordinary people
as myself and Sam Cook. And since
the day of their wedding, years
before, she had never ceased trying to
convince him that baseball was a
grading and vulgar pastime.
“For Dora had social ambitions. She
wanted be somebody, to travel in
smart company, to be distinctive and
aloof, At that time Dexter had no
roup of people that could be classed
as aristocrats, but Dora had dreams of
such a group, with herself in the role
of social lion.
“And so when David, with boyish en
thusiasm and righteous pride, told how
he had earned his sobriquet, his ardor
was almost instantly squeiched by cold
and condemning stares, by harsh and
cruel scol unsympathetic and
unfair upbraiding. Fortunately, David
had fortified himself with enough home
brew to dispel any oppressiveness
which might have been his reaction to
such a rebuff, and, more fortunately
still, Dora had that evening received a
letter, the contents of which had ex
cited her to a high fever and left little
room in her mind for other matters
Hence the tirade was cut unusually
short, and David crawled Into bed to
dream blissful dreams of slugging home
runs for Hook and Ladder No. 1.
“Dora woke him early the next morn.
ing. Fully clothed she sat on the bed's
edge, and held the letter in her hand.
Even to David's sleepdrugged brain
wife,
I suspect,
five
de-
to
11 9
HIE,
by
thing important was about to happen.
He rubbed his eyes, sat up and pre
pared to listen. Dora beamed.
“David, it's happened! We're rich.’
“David blinked. ‘Rich?
“'‘Richer than I'd ever dreamed
David, just listen to this: Uncle Thom-
Boston, died two weeks ago, and be
queathed us his entire fortune. Near-
ly a million dollars!
“David looked concerned. ‘Say, that's
a shame. Tom was a good egg. What
galled Bim?
“Dora's glance hardened for. an In
stant, and then she was beaming again.
“Think of it, David, a million dollars!
Think of what It means! Travel!
Mingling with
the highest of society! Oh, David
we'll be the envy of everyone in Dex.
“David wasn't exactly agog over the
idea, and protested at giving up his
But he was a mild man-
| ful look on his face, a look that bright.
ened only when some one addressed
| him by his newly acquired sobriquet.
| If some one on the opposite side of
ger!’ you'd see a grin appear that
would warm the cockles of your heart.
“We hated to see David go, He was
a regular fellow, liked by us all, a good
| mixer, an unselfish friend. He told us
they were to be devoted to acquiring
culture and a snooty attitude,
“And despite the ‘act that none of us
could ever conceive of David as an ar
istocrat or anything more superior than
the hero of Hook and Ladder No. 1's
baseball team, we felt sad the day of
his departure. Somehow It he
was stepping out of the role fa which
we had always known him and into an-
other and stranger character,
“This fear was substantiated when,
from one source ap another, we began
elimb,
nation and Initiative they had advanced
far and succeeded In making an impres-
slon on some of Europe's high society.
“This news wus further supported
when it became known that Dora had
Invested several thousands of dollars
with a genealogy expert and acquired
among other things, a coat of arms,
and a large book containing detalls
of the Smith family as far back as
Capt. John Smith. A little later we
were advised that mall addressed to
Mr, or Mrs, David Smith would be ig-
nored; If we wanted to communieate
with Slugger we must address the en-
velope to D, Richard Smythe, which
was, Dora discovered, the correct way
of spelling and pronouncing the good
old name.
“This latter Information was disturb.
ing. It forced us to admit that our
conjectures regarding ‘Slugger’ Bmith
were wrong. He had succumbed at
last, gone high hat, become an aristo-
crat, would undoubtedly look down
with scorn and contempt upon his one
time cronles, .
“Our last remalning hope was dashed
asunder when one day the traln from
Boston deposited Slugger and Dora at
Dexter's depot. Those of us who, as
usual, were gathered on the platform
to check up op the train's arrival, were
saddened by what we saw. There was
Slugger In a cut-away coat and striped
trousers, carrying a little snow-white
Pomeranian dog under his arm. He
followed Dora across the station plat-
form and looked right through us as
if we had been so much thin alr.
“It was sad. None of us addressed
him, We would have felt uneasy do-
ing so. He seemed strange and un-
real; he wasn't the man upon whom
we had bestowed the sobriquet of ‘Slug-
ger’ and who had been proud of the
honor,
“Several times we met this strange
being about town during the next few
days. And always he looked through us
or failed to turn his face in our diree-
tion at all. We did not attempt to re
new old friendship: we were too fear
ful of being humiliated and scorned.
“The thing might have gone on in-
definitely had not Bob Terrill, who had
secured a in Boston shortly
after the Smiths departed from Europe,
returned to town one day and confront
ed David in the post office that evening.
Bob of course had no news of David,
was not aware of the great transfor
mation that had taken place in the one
time crony to us all, and at sight of
him let a whoop and came
across the floor, ‘Slugger! I'm a son of
an ox! By all that's holy, what is this,
a masquerade!” he ejaculated again,
and reached out and whacked David
between the shoulder blades.
“And then something very surprising
happened. Instead of spurning Bob's
greeting with a look of scorn and con-
tempt, an expression of serene happl-
ness appeared on his face, He grinned
from ear ear and thrust out his
hand.
“ “Thanks, Bob'
husky, "thanks,
position
he out
to
he sald, his tone
I-1 was afraid every
one had forgotten about that name of
mine. I was afraid to speak to any.
one ; afraid they wouldn't call me "Slug
ger."
Frozen Grasshoppers in
Glacier for Many Years
Probably one of the most curious
sights of the world Is 5 glacier full of
frozen grasshoppers. This is known as
Grasshopper glacier, and Is to be seen
in Montana, observes a writer in the
Montreal Herald. The huge mass of ice,
under the crush of which the grass.
hoppers are buried, is under the shad.
ow of Granite peak, a 13.000-foot moun-
tain. Millions of grasshoppers are em-
bedded in the ice of the glacier, and
no one knows how many thousands of
years they have been there. Those near
the surface are plainly seen through
the clear ice.
Just how the grasshoppers came to
be in the ice is a matter which has
long perplexed scientists, One idea Is
that the Insects were suddenly killed
by a cold blast of alr when crossing
the mountains on one of thelr periodic
flights southward. Falling, they became
buried in lce and snow,
Electric-Magnet Finds Tools
Among the most successful ways of
fishing for tools lost at the bottom of
an oil well a mife and a half deep 1s
a powerful electric magnet which Is
lowered into the hole. When contact
can be made, the magnet lifts them
quickly to the surface. Broken bits,
tubing catchers, spearheads, slips, bail |
er bottoms, and various other metal
parts are lost in drilling or later opera. |
tions and must be recovered or the hole |
deviated around them. The bigger the i
hole the .arger the magnet that can be
used with a consequent greater Mfting |
power. Magnets are constructed from |
3% to 24 inches in diameter. A Oinch |
magnet has a lifting power of 1.500 |
pounds plate stock. The apparatus is
installed in a truck on which Is mount- |
ed the cable drum.
Buried in Mortar
Probably the principal point of In-
terest In Algiers Is the tomb of St
Geronimo, a Christian martyr of the
Sixteenth century, who was killed by
being smothered In a block of mortar.
The cast may be seen In the museum
of Mustapha Superieur, in the suburbs,
Meaning of Word “Hooverize”
The word “Hooverize” was coined
from the name of Herbert Hoover
when He was United States food ad-
ministrator during the World war, It
means to economize in the use of food;
to use certain foods sparingly or not
at all and substi others,
First Step in Child's
School Life Important
“To all educators who have come
in contact with young children,
kindergarten is a vital unit of school
organization, It bridges the gap be-
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changing the child from a self-cen-
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are many other boys and girls whose
rights must be respected and priv-
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“The kindergarten child is trained
to use his hands properly, given
what Is called a reading readiness,
taught to speak distinctly, and to
make the best use of his power of
concentration, More fmportant, per
haps, than any other value, hé ad-
justs himself to school life with Its
novelty and formality."-—Arthur J.
Breen, Dean, Columbia College,
Dubuque, Iowa.
The National Kindergarten asso
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York, will provide literature and lend
colored charts to organizations de-
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kindergartens,
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