TsSs£f fx. r K£[ raSff Y® l" * GEORGE FXTCHO / Author of "At Siwasfo" v * STENOGRAPHERS. A etenograpner is a young lady »who takes down the hard thunk thoughts of her employer in a note book and afterwards edits and im proves them on a typewriter, as soon as she has done up her cuffs, re vised her hair, manicured her nails and modified her complexion. There was a time when there were no stenographers, and business offi ces were gloomy places, in which men swore and wore hats, smoked cigars and kept their feet on the tables and their coats on hooks in the closets. Then the cheery sten ographer was invented and through her coming, most ot the gloom ha. r been dispelled. Stenographers are manufactured by business colleges out of shop girl:;, farmers' daughters and assistant housekeepers, with now and then high school graduate as a prize pack age. They have good educations and can spell almost any small word by ear. However, the memory of the average stenographer is somewhat defective, which makes it almost im possible for her to understand her notes after they have stood for & few minutes. ® Stenographers are great linguists and are forever inventing new words and phrases. A stenographer will write "Supreme Cuff," "snuborgin ation," "Witnesses be noses and ■ays" and other remarkable improve ments on the language, without giv ing ft a thought. Indeed most of them are very modest over these < sdUevemente and will take bait an Make Most of What You Have. Shakespeare says, "You can't turn the wheel with the water that is past," The modern age says, "You can't excel in fitness when you spend the hours in idleness." Dreams of the glory that if> to be are largely dreams still long after the Gays are past that should have witnessed the crowning. But life Is more than dreams. Most folks have learned to their sorrow that it is a rather stern reality. It promises much, but it's always conditional. It teaches men that in the using of what they have they become tlie heroes of the days that are to be. It's the tilling of present hours that brings the full hours of the future. It's folly to mourn the past. It's all made in the present and today passes so swiftly into tomorrow that we scarcely realize how swiftly go the speeding hours. Fortunate Is Our Country. It is stated that the United States has 5 per cent of the world's popula tion and 33 per cent of its wealth. ID other words, one-twentieth of the peo ple and one-third of the money of the whole world. THE DOINGS OK DOROTHY ! 0H ' HSRES SOWE FLOUR.] C J^iXES^/^louR nr ViaO S \ f MY,HOW TH/S VV/9 T£R 'VRPofifiTES lIL BAKE f) CAKE FOP. j J. w,csy™ S . /J Cffr/W /F U L \MY VOLLY r J /k/H'l I JO, J GET ,N?O TR OUBLE. \2)RY JLL HUE TO CET MRS M T £(?. f I WHS BBK/MC /)CHKEFOR MY A/OT TO JUMP. I | CRRC/OUS' I C/)/VT CET I Tl I &01-LY f)ND THIS HOUGH COT -v l\ - I FWOOHmVmnJovA a s- [*> »"«»* CMTLBT CO.""""Jfafc. A f) :; ™ /S <X/CH^-— — it "jir\ hP.". Ml™ /v <*» («tern:»bon*l C*stoon Co.. N Y hour of their employer's vaiuab'.a time to convince him he is entitled to all the credit of the improvement. Stenographers get from $3 a waek to $lO,OOO a year and earn less and more than this. A poor stenographer is dear at $3 a week, while there is a waiting list of eager em ployers for the $l5O a month stenog- , £T , « 2 ' „ ■ I Uvi l ) of* \{ Il ' X. ' ■ (Ju, iip^j .y iT/iey sometimes spare a moment to typewrite d letter or two. rapher who sharpens her pencils In her spare time, and writes letters which can be "signed but not read." Stenographers should always dress modestly and refrain from anything /but business conversation during of fice hours. Unless they do this, they ire very likely to become million aire's wives, or to meet some other equally terrible fate. M Appropriate Look. Robert had lost his little pet dog and felt bad about It. His father told him poor little Fldo must be dead or he would return home. His mother sent him on an errand, when he met a wom an frtend of his mother's who asked him if he was 111, as he had little to say. "Oh, no," he said, "but my little dog Is dead and I am wearing a black look." Da::., ".'nought. Wisdom is <» it;nearer when we stoop tliau w!. '... soar.—Words worth. Sleep and the Brain. It used to be thought that sleep hap pened because the circulation of blood through the brain grew so feeble that this, the seat of consciousness, could work no longer and sleep took place. Many years ago a surgeon study ing the subject watched the failing cir culation of the brnin through a hole In the skull of a sleeping animal. Yet this Is only effect, not cause. The brain has less blood because It sleeps; It does not sleep because It has less blood. His Ru!inq Thought. One hears a L r reat deal about the absent-minded professor, but it would be hard to find one more absent-mind ed than the dentist who said soothing ly, as he applied a tool to his automo bile, under which he lay: "Now, this is going to hurt just a little." The Lee Family. The Lee family of which Gen. Robert E. commander of the Confederate army during the Civil war, was n mem ber. was ofsEngilsh origin. One of his ancestors emigrated to Virginia in the reign of Charles I, and the family was prominent then, during and after the Revolutionary war. —Columbus Dis patch. Time Is Mcney. In Korea, both among- prosperous Christians and among those to whom money is a hasty and infrequent vis itor, a favorite subscription blank I? lone which says: "I promise to give : days to church work this year." The days thus given are devoted to i evangelistic services or to the building of churches and schools. —World Out look. / Ordering One's Life. Take time to scrutinize your life. Try to define just why you are "run" and decide for yourself that if you are going to be ruled, as most of us are, It must be by something or somebody well worth the arduous sprinting we are all indulging in. If the goal to ward which we are being steered is worth while, only then can we look back and feel that the race has been well run. How Could He! "I'm terribly worried I wrote Jack In my last letter to forger that I had I told him I didn't mean to reconsider I my decision not to change my mind, and he seems to have misunderstood me." —Life. The First Gas Respirator. The first apparatus to enable per sons to enter a noxious inflammable atmosphere was called an "aerophore" and was the invention of M. Denayr rouse, a French Inventor and scientist It was first tested at Chatham, Eng land, 44 years ago, and was reported successful. Vast improvements an this .device, which comprised an air pump, lamp and flexible tubing, have since been made and these have saved the lives of hundreds in mine accidents and other disasters where rescue work would be Impossible without their use. The Candle in History. The cult of the candle plays a large role in Roman, Jewish and Eastern ecclesiastical history; and many are the customs that have tiieir birth In some magical or ritualistic use to which the candle has been put. In some parts of Ireland, for instance, It was usual on Christmas eve to burn a large candle which no one was per mitted to snuff except those who bore the name of Mary. The World Is Chee " 'I.- Doctor Johnson's old shooliuate said that he C'»uM n>t be a philosopher he cause "cheerfulness was always hrenk ing in." Our world of mankind cannot be that kind of a philosopher, either for the same reason. It may have its mood- and depressions, or prove to the utmost the reasonableness of despair; but there is an inexhaustible well spring of visor within It. and vigor Is another n-ord for joy.—From the Un popular Review. Rusty Steel. To clean rusty steel, well oil the rusty parts and set aside in this state for two or three days. Then wipe dry with clean rags and polish wlih emery or pumice stone. When very rusty and a high polish is desired rub the article with a little slack lime. Test of Woolens. One test is to cut off a bit of the selvedge and touch a match to It. If It shrivels up, but does not burn, it is wool, but if the fabric burns with a flame It is cotton. Another way is to put a bit of the cloth in a test tube or other glass receptacle with a solu tion of caustic soda. The soda will eat up the wool, leaving that which Is not wool. Fateful Days. Certain days have been marked ones In some persons' lives. Nearly all the chief events of Thomas a Beckers career, including his murder and the translation of his body—occurred on a Tuesday. Henry VITI and his three children —Edward, Mary and Eliza beth—expired upon the same day of the week —Thursday. Burning Truth. Said the facetious feller: "These golf fanatics get a lot of satisfaction out of reducln' their strokes from last season, but the real joy of life cornea from bein' able to reduce the number of tons of coal from the winter bfr fore." Invisible Airplane Wings. Wings of cellulose acetate, being transparent, make an airplane Invisi ble at the height of a few thousand feet, also increasing the operator's field of vision. Sheets one one-hun dredth-inch thick are about as strong as the ordinary wing cover, and the weight of nine ounces to the square yard Is but slightly greater. The rap id spread of a tear when started Is a disadvantage that may be overcome with a re-enforcing of loosely woven silk. Failure. When a man lacks principal he nat urally falls from lack of Interest- Preferred "Motor-house." In England during the early days of motor vehicles, there was a decided preference for the name "motorhouse" rather than "garage." *" I YOU t STOP traveling arouhd with a man > — \ understand HES quits - KQNQMEHTAL bjjt this i$ how he did it , 11 DOE || if yv 9-== === LQ|V /A.X f Ai4 HE USED: _____ J. : -TO beat OP! ; k\\S WIFEL ! j HE&S LIES VH?Y PAV? ) ! /TO 5 KJMPiSI YT-v |TT~~ :, Jl l Tsmß / x" ; l ijljl\j svsst yvsp. L, * ll Viuse Important Rivers. .Tust as Egypt has been made by the Nile, so Mesopotamia has been made by the Tigris and the Euphrates. The view put forward with some au thority that the rivers should be kept exclusively for Irrigation and not be depended upon for transport is chal lenged on many grounds, one of which Is that irrigation and navigation can be effectively combined, and Indeed made mutually advantageous for many years to come. Dark Ages. The term Is applied to a portion of the Middle Ages, Including the period of about 1,000 years from the fall of Rome to revival of letters in the fif teenth century. It is generally re garded as beginning with invasion of France by Clovis. 486 A. D., and clos ing with Invasion of Naples by Charles VIII In 1495. Learning was at a low ebb during this period. Size of the Foot. The foot should be as long as the ulna, or chief bone of the forearm— that Is, from the small head of the bone to be seen at the wrist to the point of the elbow should be the length of the foot. Disapproves Old Adage. In spite of the old adage to the con trary, some things done by halves ara done most satisfactorily, as for exam ple the much-used Qulnsigamond bridge at Worcester. Mass. Here traf fic suffered a minimum of interruption by completing and nutting Into usa one !oneitud!nal half of the new strno* tare before the other half was built. Mineral Lake. A lake near Blggar, Saskatchewan, has been found to be saturated with sodium sulphate, and the deposits un der the lake and alongside the edge to be nearly 97 per cent pure sulphate. The mineral Is used extensively In the manufacture of sulphuric add. In pho tography and other Industrial pur poses. Use Reason. You've got to leaven your work with aome planning and thought. A fire less cooker doesn't do the business u»> til heat is applied. Psychologically Tested. Psychological tests are being used by the United States employment serv ice In New York to aid In determining the work for which applicants are beat fitted.
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