' AND DAD
♦
By C. B. BROOKS.
John Morley threw down his paper.
He sat looking moodily through the
half-closed door, just catching a
glimpse of the knitters within —■one
making a sweater, another a pair of
socks, the third a helmet, all fer the
boys.
He took up his paper and reread the
paragraph that told what dad's bit in
the war consisted of —the one who
stayed at home caring for the younger
children, while mother goes to the Red
Cross rooms to work, and the money
he gave the girls to aid the sufferers
of the stricken countries, and after all
not ooe show of appreciation or praise
does a father get. He was not sup
posml to cherish tender memories of
his boy as a child and man.
"Hm !" grunted Mr. Morley, "doesn't
a dad sacrifice his son and feel the
loss of companionship? Doesn't he
share in the proud possession of a
soldier boy?"
Now, John Morley was quite a fre
quent visitor at the tire station, where
his friend, Tim Bourne, chief, was al
ways glad to welcome him. This eve
ning found Morley at his old retreat.
Even there he could not escape an
array of sweaters and socks.
"How did you learn?" he asked.
"My daughter Grace showed us,"
proudly admitted Bourne.
"Looks queer to see men knitting.
I've never noticed it so much before —
fascinating by the looks," yielded Mor
ley.
"'Tis," laconically agreed the chief,
struggling with a stitch half escaping
his clumsy fingers. "She —comes —
nearly every—evening," he added,
hesitatingly, so engrossed was he in
his struggle with the truant stitch.
"Coming tonight?" asked Morley, his
voice half tremulous from the most as
tounding idea working in his brain.
"Ye-es," answered Bourne, triune,
phantly catching the stitch back on th c i
needle.
It was with hands trembling wftli
pride and fear that Morley took h;s
first lesson from pretty, good-natured
Grace Bourne. How the man worked
and perspired over the arduous task !
"I'm coming again. I won't give it
up. I want to make, a sweater for my
boy Bill, 'over there,'" Morley cofflifid
ed to his young teacher.
"Why, I'm making one for Will; so
we'll bo/.h be making a William sweat
er; how funny!" laughed the girl.
"Your brother?" asked Morley, .mis
chievously.
"N —no —a friend," blushed Grace.
"I see," answered her pupil, staring
audaciously at the ring sparkling on
the young teacher's finger.
Late that night his opinion of the
young teacher was set forth in glowing
terms in a letter to his son., Bill. The
letter ended with these words:
" and Bill, don't get entan
gled in any love affairs over there, for
I have found a perfect sample ©f a
wife. Nc, you can't have this one, for
a sparkling ring tells roe she is mort
gaged to another fellow. Remember,
I said sample, so she's not for sale.
Remember my advice.
"YOUR OLD DAD."
There came an evening when Dad
entered the room a conqueror, witii
head held high. He opened a square
bundle, majestically, and held aloft a
sweater an<J a pair of socks.
"Hm!" triumphed Dad; "perhaps
dads are some use in this war;" &nc
he pointed to the articles.
"What —do-—you—mean, John," be
gan Mrs. Morley.
"Why, Dad Morley, you—you never
—" Blanche gasped, then paused tc
amazement.
"Yes I did. you think fathers
are mere puppe&s; that they have no
patriotism? These are for Bill. Grace
Bourne showed me at the fire station."
Dad began rubbing his hands together.
"As if you ha/1 to go outside to
learn," pouted Eth«L "Why didn't yoe
ask usr?"
Dad shook his he*id and then said,
jokingly : "A prophei io his own coun
try, you know."
"It is iiiot true hene, you dear old
dad," and Ethel, notwithstanding her
yarn-ensu&rled feet, sprang to her fa
ther and hugged him tight.
Mrs. Moriey quietly put a paper into
her husband's hand.
"Telegram ! Bill's coming home!"
Dad's face fall a little.
"Sorry, Dadexclaimed Blanche.
"N—no; sort of disappointed about
sending the sweater and soefcs. Thafs
all. Bless the boy! I can't wait."
"Perhaps he may need a sweater in
America," saucily suggested Ethel.
"I hopft he won't rave about aay girl
over there, for I want to recommend
one like my ideal —Grace Bourne.
What are you laughing at?"
He turned to Ethel* who was un
snarling her ball of yarn. She sat
there giggling.
"Now Bill is coming I can tell the
secret. Bill is engaged to as nice a girl
as your ideal, Dad."
"Don't believe it. He couldn't find
one like her over there," persisted Mor
ley.
Ethel giggled again.
"He didn't have to try, for he got
her over here. • It's —it's —" tantalized
the girl.
' Who is it, you tease?" queried her
father.
"It's —it's Grace Bourne herself. If
you'd only had eyes and —why, where's
Dad gone?"
"To the fire station to find his future
daughter, no doubt," laughed Blanche.
And that's what Dad was doing.
(Copyright, 1919, by the MeClure Newspa
per Syndicate,)
NEW YORK MADE RAT TIGHT
Phrase Means That Enemy Agents and
Spies Were Driven From Great
United States Port.
"The port of New York Is rat
tight." This Is the phrase in,'the ver
nacular of the sea which, is going
around the world to quarter of
the globe since the t customs- intelli
gence bureau was organized in New
York g year ago. Paraphrased in
the speech of the -average American
it means that it fcas been impossible
for ari alien enemy or spy, any arti
cle of contraband, or any secret me»
saj?b or forbidden information that
might (jhe cause of the enemy,
to come or go out of this port without
feeing detected by the vigilant eyes
•>f Uncle Sam's guardians, a New York
Pittsburgh -dispatch states.
.More th? n 75 per cent of the im
mense volume of munition shipments
sent from the United States to Europe;
passed through the port of New York,
which has been the most important
war port in the world. Moreover, it
has been the main gateway through
which travelers have passed either <n
going to allied or neutral countries or
coming from such countries to the
Unitr i States. Because of this vol
ume of travel and traffic New York
ha<- been the spot from which enemy
acr~ its have worked most assiduously
To send in'onation and supplies to
• '7: Mv countries. At <l it ir. because
of these conditions that it has required
:r ire force, more determination and
1 mstunt scrutiny to afford the protec
tion which the vast interest.-; centering
here have received.
The best evidence that these con
ditions have been adequately met i«
found in 'he rafltto of seamen quotel
above; 4 Xe~v Yorh is rac tight." 11
sums succinctly the fill*, measure ot
value which has been rendered to
allied nations by an agency of the gov
ernment which iias worked so quietly
here that many citizens even hnve n >t
known of its existence. This agencj
is the customs intelligence bureau, or
ganized at the 'beginning of last year
by the collector of the port. Up to
the time that America entered the
great world war persons desiring t<]
travel abroad found no trouble in leav
ing the United States. But with the
opening of the war the customs
branch of the government became an
agency ot grave importance. And th*
work they have accomplished without
any question has saved many lives an<]
millions -©f dollars.
Glacier Climbing in U. S.
Thanks to the "See-America-flr«t'
movement and 'the difficulties of Euro
pean travel due to the war, man;
Ameri-caaas are 'finding out that the}
can have *ll the thrills of seeing am
climbing glaciers without paying th*
Swiss iriTitteepePS and guides a stif
toll. Right here in the' United State*
easily accessible i)ut little known gla
ciers show the awe-inspiring crevasse!
and wonderful Changing colors tha
one who has ever had first-hand ex
perience with these slow moving river;
of ice can never forget.
Among the national parks easily ac
cessible by railroad, that furnish th<
sport of glacier Climbing, -are Glaciei
park and Ttainier national park. I
is Alaska, however, that offers the d<
luxe glacier sightseeing. r xhis llttU
known land not oniy has the largesi
glaciers—big enough to make Switzer
land's pride look insignificant—bu
also the most easiiy accessible. Ii
fact, during ihe summer season th<
excursion steamers -run right up t<
the face of the glaciers that descenc
to salt -water, and thread their way ir
among the bergs that 4iave broken off
One of the sights along the seacoast
is that of the iceman hitching his
gasoline launch to a -baby berg anc
towing it to a convenient place to cut
out his supply.—Fred Telford, in iPopu
'Gar Mechanics Magazine,
N*me K.
Shall the man or the woman wh<y.op
erates a tractor be icnown -as a traefcor
ater, a tractorist or a tractioneer*
That is a question -ati answer to which
Is desired by large numbers of sfru
dentv at the tractor -schools now beins
established in varietis parts of the
United States. Tr&etor operation?
Jave been carried OR in a -somewhat
hit-or-miss fashion th-as far, but now
the Industry is being stabilized and
permanent terms of expression are
needed. Farming, in £ts relation to
tractors, has apparently been set for
ward a £OT>d ten years by the war.
Tractor production fras outstripped tht?
training of operators. Every farm bov
was brought up to manage a horse, bu*
this big steel beast must be handled
in quite a different way. State tractor
schools provide a short cut for turning
out tnctor operators, whatever tl*oy
are to be caEed. —Christian Science
Monitor.
Superior Knowledge.
A young man was walking through
a wood with a gun over his shoulder
and his bag full c.f game which he
had shot. He was not satisfied with
what he had, and was looking for
mere, when an excitfrd man with a
large tin badge on which was in
scribed the one word "Sheriff" came
running up to him and demanded:
"Haven't you seen the signs which
I put up on the trees in this woods?"
"Oh, yes, I saw them," answered
the young man: "they said 'No
Hunting.' but I found some."
A New Viewpoint.
"Your boy appears to enjoy work
'.ng around the place."
"Yep," replied Farmer Corntosse!;
"the fact that he was willin' to get our
an' fight for it lias sort o' woke Josh
up + o hov uiueb . - really appreciated
| ;us home."
| THE TRAMP
«
By FRANCES BRIDGES.
Marjorie Goldwyn, busily baking it -
lasses cookies and singing in a lusty
voice, did not hear a step on the porch.
Her work and solo were interrupted
by a slight rap on the door, and on
reaching it she was dumfounded to be
hold a. tramp.
Now, if there was anything or any
body Marjorie disliked, It was a tramp,
because she was afraid of them. Yet
tkis one seemed different; certainly
•fee had a two weeks' growth ef beard
and his hair needed to be cut, his
clothes were in a dreadful condition,
and there were almost no shoes. But
he had a wonderful smile and dark
brown eyes which sparkled with laugh
ter. After the first shock she did not
know whether to shut and bolt the door
or ask him his business.
"How do you do?" began the tramp.
"Will you give me a piece of bread
and a glass of water, please? I haven't
had a mouthful since last night, and it
is now twelve o'clock. 1 '
Marjorie hesitated a moment and
then said: "Ye —s, ; es; but you stay
on the porch."
"Certainly," he replied, throwing
his —tp upon the poi*ch floor and seat
ing himself on the op step.
£&e carefully lecked the door, not
noticing a smile which flitted over her
visitor's face, and proceeded to pre
pare a rather substantial meal in place
of bread and water.
While he ate she remained inside the
door an J watched.
"That tasted mighty good," he said
as he finished eating; "and now T will
begin to saw the ever-ready woodpile."
"There isn't any woodpile, but yoa
are perfectly welcome to the lunch."
"But I want to pay you in som«
way," he persisted. "Can't I feed the
chickens or wash dishes or anything?"
"No, no," aeswered Marjorie rather
sharply and growing perceptibly
nervous.
"I wish I could," he answered -smil
ingly picking up his cap, "but pei'haps
1 will be able to later."
• , As soon at he had gone, Marjorie
locked all the doors, lowered all the
shades and sat huddled up in a corner.
About a month after the tramp inci
dent, Marjorie went down to the pas
ture to get oome violets. She had
picked a big branch and started toward
home when she saw wriggling through
the grass, a huge black rattlesnake.
She tried to scream but could stake nc
sound; her feet seemed glued to th*
ground:; her head began to whirl as th*
reptile crawled nearer, and tfoen she
fainted.
When Marjofcie opened her eyes, hei
i father was bending over her. She was
! at home, with a strange young man
leaning on the mantel at the other «klc
| of the room.
'*Oh father," she cried, "I was sc
afraid."
MOf course you were, dear, but this
young man, Mr. Tom Pierce, short thai
rattler just in time."
"Shot him," queried Marjorie.
"Yes," said the young man, "I had
: been gunning and was taking a
cut through the fields to reach the
main road ; and I,noticed you appeared
frightened. When I came near enough
! I saw the -snake and shot him as you
fainted."
Marjorie thanked him, wondering at
the same time where she had seen him
before.
This started a friendship which be'
fore fall took on a deeper meaning.
began .Tom one night, *1
have two confessions-to make."
"Yes," urged Marjorie.
"First, 1 love vjou witii all my heart,
and have the first day we met;
and Marjorie, do--do yoc love me just
a Ufctie? <Gh, do say 'yes,'" pleaded
Tom.
"Ye*," whispered Marjorie, after
hesitatSag & anoment.
"But you iiiave made only one confes
sion; w&at te the other?" —fearing if
might be aboiat another girl.
"Oh, yes, Xi&early forgot-fciat. Well,
you see, Marjorie, I waa the tramp that
day last Jmae; Ssad made a bei with the
fellows I oould jough it for a month."
"I thougfet 1 had seec you before the
day you resetted sae," cried Marjorie.
"And you were frightened when I
rapped on the does, weren't you,.dear?"
"Yes." answered Marjorie. "but how
did I know you were to fee my future
husband?"
Aski the moon most courteously with
drew behind a cloud for a few mo
menta
(Copyright, 1919, by MeClure Newspaj-er
Syndicate.)
Effects of Fasting.
Experiments have shown that in a
twenty-six day fast the muscles lose
42 per cent of their weight, the skin
2S per cent, the brain and spinal cord
22 per cent. tJhe blood 48 per cent, the
liver 50 per cent, the kidneys 55 per
cent, the stomach and intestines 30
per cent, the lungs 29 per cent, the
kidneys 55 per cent and heart 16 per
cent.
The human body in starvation pro
cures its supply of energy by the de
struction of its stored fat and "pro
tein" —the stuff that, when eaten in
food, makes muscle and blood. If the
deprivation be kept up long enough, it
succumbs. Death ensues.
Congressional Humor.
"Here's another -tory I heard the
other day in Washington."
4i Sx>fi •"*
"Wh.'t's *he matter?"
"Don't y know that the best an
ci 5 'tes don't r< .ich Washington until
" y have traveled all over the coun
try ?" —Birmingham Age-Herald.
HAS BROKEN ALL TRADITIONS
Present King of Slam Only One of Hi»
Royal Line to Refuse to Estab
lish Harem.
It is a curious fact that while wom
en of the lower classes in Siam have
always enjoyed the greatest freedom,
participating and competing with men
in the business and pleasures of life,
the ladies of the royal household have
been kept in the background, appearing
at only the most private social gather
ings and never at public or official
functions. As all former sovereigns
had in their harems the cream of the
aristocracy of the country, and, as they
inevitably felt a hesitant chivalry
about exhibiting their "wives" in pub
lic, they barred all women of rank
from sight. The sovereign is expected
to have in his harem a member of
every influential family in the country,
for it is considered that in no other
way could he be ia such close touch
with the people of his kingdom. Po
lygamy has, therefore, been considered
an obligation of royalty. But, curi
ously enough, the present reigning
monarch is a bachelor, the first and
only bachelor who has sat upon the
throne of h;'s fathers in twenty-five
hundred years. And thereby hangs a
tale, for marriage by a Siamese sov
ereign has meant rot the simple taking
of one wife, or a dozen, or even a mere
hundred, but the wholesale adoption
of a th< usand or more. The young
king's father and his father's father,
and each of the long line of kings pre
ceding them, lad many wives. His fa
ther tad between seven and eight
thousand. And, when the young crown
prince returned from his long stay ic
Europe—he had passed a third of his
life there—he was told by his royal
; fatker the t there had been selected
for him £. number of court beauties
from wlii-eh he could take his choice
of a hundred or two for his harem. Bui
j the prince would have nothing to dc
with this wholesale acquisition of s
husband's holdings. "When i marry,'
| he declared to his astonished father
! "it will be to one wife and to no mere
and sie shall be the one qaeen of mj
! "heart md the one queen of my rea'rn.'
I —Fro n "The Land of the White Ele
| phant," by Frederick Dean, in As it
! Magazine.
Couldn't Be Discouraged.
, There are croakers in every country
1 always boding its ruin. Such a on<
I then lived in Philadelphia; a .person o
: not?, an elderly uwin, with a wise 100 I
| and a very grave manner of speaking,
his name was Samuel Mickle.
The gentleman, a stranger to me
stepped one day at door and aske(
me if I was the young man who ha<
lately opened a new .printing house. Be
ing answered In the affirmative, he sai<
ftoc was sorry for me, because it wai
an expensive undertaking, and the ex
pense would be lost.; for Philadelphis
was a sinking place, ,f&e people already
ialf bankrupt, or near being so; all ap
pearances to the contrary, such as nev
' buildings and the rise of rente, being t<
i his certain knowledge fallacious; foi
they were, in fact, among the thingi
that would soon ruin <us. And he gave
me such a detail of -misfortunes no\A
existing, or that were soon to exist
that he left me half melancholy.
Had I known hiaa before .1 engaged
in this business, probably 1 never
-should have done it. This man con
tinued to live in this decaying place,
and to declaim in the same strain, re
fusing for many years to buy & house
there, because all was going to de
struction ; and at last I had the pleas
ure of seeing him gire five times as
much for one as he might have bought
it for when he first began his croaking.
—Autobiography of Benjamin Frank
ilin.
Strategic Advantage.
A major, attired in his raincoat, was
■crossing the parade ground one rainy
morning when a young medical officer,
hastening toward shelter, came past
and saluted without slowing down.
"Walt there a minute, lieutenant,"
called the major. "Never salute when
at the double time. Strlctry against
regulations."
With that the major launched orrt
upon a long lecture on the significance
and value of the salute, while the lieu
tenant, now standing stiffly at atten
tioo, was drenched to the skin.
A few days later the major was af
flicted with toothache and sought the
services of a dental surgeon. As he
reclined in the chair, he thought he
detected a .peculiar expression of sat
isfaction on the young dentist's face.
"Look here," he said suddenly.
"Haven't I seen you before?"
"Yes, sir," was the answer, "you were
speaking to me the other morning
about saluting—"
"Great Scott!" yelled the major,
leaping from the chair and starting
for the door, "I've had some close calls
in my time, but never anything to com
pare with this one." —Judge.
Envious Cat.
Mrs. Portleight (loftiiy)—Oh, yaw*s,
I'm having a town ear manufactured to
order.
Mrs. Skalpel!—You have my sincer
est sympathy, my dear. But honestly,
you don't look ten pounds heavier than
you did last fall! —Buffalo Express.
Fortunately Placed.
"Robin Hood was lucky."
"In what way?"
"He lived early enough to be known
by a comparatively respectable title
instead of being called a bolshevlkl."
The Way.
She —Do you think you could man
age the rental of a houseboat this
summer?
He—l don't know how, unless by
means of a household sale.
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O'Jdtime News Service.
In Jnmes Vatson Webb, of th<>
New ork Courier and Enquirer, es
tablished Jul express-rider service be
tween Xeu York and Washington
wiiii-Ji gave his paf»*r valuable pres
tia*. In the following year the Jour
nal Comnwce starred a rival serv
ice, wjiieh enaJded it ro print Wash
ington news in New York within 48
hours tiff its occurrence. The most
norabie express-mail service of all
was the "pony express." which carried
messages by relays of riders across
mountains and deserts and through
hostile Indian territory from Sr. Loui
to S:;n Francisco, covering UxXJ rnile<
in 10 days.
Tea Testing.
To ascertain wherl r color
lncr matter has been added to *en. plaee
a quantity • n 1 !r.'e paper and rub vith
knife to a fine powder. Now brush the
paper with a brush, and if any Prussian
blue has been u.ld th« n will be littie
streaks on the paper.
Ot'.'y
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Hired Man's Life Saved.
James was howl egged and felt ft
his duty to whip every hoy that re
minded him of the fact. When he vis
ited in the country the hired mso
laughed and told him he wouldn't stop
a pig if he tried. James told his moth
er what the man had said, then add
ed : "He's pretty hig, and I'm mighty
glad he didn't say I was bowlegged.*"
Thinking of Strenuous Day*.
P.nrher (earried away hv his rent
niseenees)—"And when he'd looped th«
loop h<* did a nose dive that fairly
took your hreath away."—Boston Ev*»
ninjr Transcript.
Good Rule for Life.
We are ruined, not by what w tr
really want, hut by what we think wa
: therefore, never go abroad In
search of your want*; for if they be
real want- ihey u;il < ouie in .-»-nrch of
you. ll<* that buys what he does not
want, will «nr>! want what he cannot
buy.—Col ton.
Daily Thr»u"<r.?.
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