THB FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA. If252222 "Acting Up" By LINCOLN ROTHBLUM (Copyright, 1U1S, by McClure Mewiipuper Syndicate.) Mirandy Jenkins folded her checked Ingham npron triangle fiiKlilon, and, tucking the corner In nt the belt, rent ed her arms on the fence nillliiR. It was summer time In the outlying farm districts' of the town of Carroll ton nnd the nlr wns redolent with the green odor of ulfnlfa. Mlrnndy din tended her nostrils to get the diffusing fragrance. On the crest of the hill, topping the rond which led pnst the house, uppenred a nono too strong horse. It dragged with lugging feet a rig of doubtful origin. It would have been dllllcult to tell the occupation of the driver who sat beneath the ragged nnd sagging top If not for the sack which lay nt his feet labeled In letters of warning size, "U. S. Mull." As the outfit started down grade the man raised his crushed hat and mndo an effort to brush the upstanding hairs into place. A "ribbon" tie was next Adjusted and to Its already numerous stains were added a few more from the dusty hands. When these oflices hurt been performed, he shifted the reins from his right to left baud and waved In recognition of Mirnndy's fluttering handkerchief. "Mornln Mandy," was his greeting, ns lie drew up before the gnte. "Mornln', Seth. Any mall for me?" "Nothln, 'cept the county newspa per. How's y'r grnndpuw?" "Poorly, poorly, Seth. The doc says be won't last much longer." "Then we'll get married. Mandy, and no puttln' It off ngaln. Kh?" Mlrnndy blushed as If this were the first time the subject bnd been broached to her. "Ln, Seth, how you do talk," was the lllrtutlous response; "but It Just seems like we'll never get there. First It wns grandnmw who kept us from getting married, what with being so sick and cantankerous, and then you lost y'r Job nnd of course we couldn't get married 'MI you was appointed this route, nnd now It be my grandpnw sick and ailln' nnd eatln' up the revenue." Seth spat out n generous quid of to- bacco and after replacing It with a fresh supply, shook his head resigned ly. "Well. I'll be 'round tomorrow. Mundy so long." "So long Seth. I'll be expectln' you." And Mirnndy's workworn figure drooped ns her eyes followed the de parting buggy. Sentenced to the hard, manual drudgery of a badly managed farm before securing even such ele mental education as the village of fered; saddled with aged grandpar ents who fought oti every innovation which might have lightened her ln bors, nnd forced by eternally present financial straits to forego any pleasure which Involved the expenditure of money, Mirnndy's youth had slipped awny almost without her knowledge, until she found herself well on the rond to forty with a vapid complexion and toll-hardened hands ns her only asset 9. 4 But In this sacrificing and'unher- nlded martyrdom, to which she had given herself with neither complaint nor hope for reward, there were two pinnacles of Joy. One wns Seth, to whose everlasting credit must be said that nono of the obstacles which hnd delayed bis wedding to Mirandy had lessened his fidelity. Mirandy crept Into bed, where des pite the straw tick she soon fell asleep. She nrose unrested. The morning sun, scarcely awake, suggested another round of toilsome tasks. Perhaps every morning It was the thought of Seth which hastened the always rapid dressing and the chores were well completed ns she retreated to her bed room to "fuss up" before waiting nt the fence. But this morning Seth wns destined to wait himself Into impatience, for no nproned figure leaned ngalnst the gate ns he drew up. So he walked to meet her. . "Mornln', Mandy." "Mornln', Seth. Any mull for me?" "Nothln' 'cept the county newspa per. But I got n letter, nn' secln' ns you might as well get used to openln' my mall now, I brought It to you." Mlrnndy smiled at the subtle com pliment In a style Seth dubbed "prlt- ty." "Why, It's from the government," Mlrnndy exclaimed as she took the envelope with Its frnnklng privilege stamp. Anything official frightened her, but perhaps It was woman's In tuitive premonition which foretold the bad news her face so patently reflect ed. "It snys, Seth," she muttered, "It says you got to got you got to get nn auto If you want to keep y'r Job." And so to meet the government's changes for efficiency went Seth's en tire savings. And though the new sys tem augmented his salary, he soon Floyd Gibbons' Story. Floyd Gibbons, the famous corre spondent of the Chicago Tribune, who lost nn eye nt the front, tells a good story of an American: "I met a Kansas boy," said Mr. Gib bons, "nmong troops fighting In the Vlllers Cotteret forest, July 19. He was Interviewing German prisoners. To one who nppenred to be a rather Buperlor type he addressed the ques tion In German: "What outfit do you belong to?" The answer came proudly-ond In good English: "I am of the storm troops." The Kansan In khaki laughed and Bald: "Storm troops, hell. We come from Kansas. We're cyclones." Oldest Chinese Holiday. What Is probably the oldest "living" anniversary still Is celebrated in China. It Is that of the birth of Con fucius, and fulls on the dny known to occidentals as October 1. The Can ton Times of that date says: "Canton streets are In their holiday attire today In honor of the annlver- found that the price of gasoline ran higher than thut of oats. It was again summer In Cnrrolton. Mirandy wns very hnppy this morning, for bad not the wedding date been set Just six months off? Six months Is a very short time when one has been waiting nigh on twenty years. "Mornln', Mandy." "Mornln', Seth. Any mnll for me?" "Nothln 'cept the county newspa per," nnd then with a mock air of sur prise, "I declare, why here's a letter for you," Just as If he had not nearly yielded to the temptation to open It ever since It had been placed In his mall sack nt six o'clock that morning. "A letter for me!" echoed Mirandy. But Mirnndy's astonishment at get ting a letter did not equal her amaze ment as she read Its contents. On the letterhead of an attorney, It ran: "Tour uncle, Ezvklel Barrett, has died Intestate. As sol surviving heir, you are entitled to the $500 he has left. Our solicitor will visit you shortly to secure the ijecessury signa ture." Them Mirandy did a thing unheard of. She kissed Seth. "We can get married right off now," sho gurgled, "get married, Seth, don't you hear?" For Seth wns already chiigchugglng down the road. Mirandy stared nt the letter. The next morning the customary ex change of greetings was omitted im Mirandy abruptly asked, "Now we got the money, won't you want to be get tin' married?" Seth looked up as ho rolled a stone with the toe of his boot. His answer came hesitatingly. "Can't you see, Mandy, If I was to marry you now, without n cent of my own, folks'll bo sayln' I wns marryln' you for y'r money." "Huve you got a mind?" Mirandy asked sarcastically. Seth stood aghast. This wus their final quarrel. Then one morning Seth did not find Mirandy nt the gale. She wns sick. The doctor had ordered nn alarming array of pills and medicines and al though Seth faithfully sat at her bed side every evening, Mirandy refused to get well. Seth went about like a shadow of bis former self. Never be fore had be realized Just how very much Mlrnndy meant In his life. And then came the relapse! Mirandy was dying. The doctor confessed he could do nothing. Seth sat by the bed nnd held the worn hnnds In his own wurty, calloused ones. What could he do? Oh, if he could snve her! "Mandy," he called suddenly, "let's get married." Mirandy stirred. "I heard the doc tellln' you," came In a wenk, faraway voice, "that I be dyln'." Tears unchecked traced grimy routes down Seth's tnnned cheeks, Mlrnndy went on. "Folks'll think If you married me now you'll be wnntln' to Inherit my money." "Oh, Mandy," Seth choked, "what do we care 'bout folks 'round here? I want to 'tend you like a husband while y're here." Mirandy turned over at the unusual sentimentality of Seth's speech. "All right, Seth, then we'll get mnrrled," she answered with a smile. And Mirandy seemed to Improve nt once. Perhaps It wns Seth's husband ly care, or perhnps It wns Just some thing else, but Mlrnndy got well with surprising rapidity. It wns after the wedding. Miran dy, seated on the arm of Seth' chair, nervously straightened the edge of the lace dolly pinned on the coarse, horse hnlr upholstering. "I got a confession to make," she snld. Seth looked up nnd took the clay pipe from his mouth. He thought In twenty years he had learned every thing In Mirnndy's life. "I wnsn't dyln' thnt time, Seth," she smiled, "the doc helped to make y' see you needed me. I wns Just nctln' up, Seth." And then Seth did a thing unheard of. He kissed Mirandy. Bagpipes Are English. It wns actually n Scotsman, nnd no less a man than the lord advocate of the time, who publicly declared 50 years ngo thnt "the bagpipe Is an Eng lish Instrument, essentially English; tho English were the original bag pipers." He pointed out that, while Shakespeare often speaks of bagpipes, he never does so in "Macbeth," nnd thnt It Is In Lincolnshire nnd York- jshlre that he localizes the pipes. To Chaucer nnd Spenser also they are English. James IV and other Scottish kings paid for "Inglls pypnr Is" nt their court, while Edward I, Ed ward III, Henry IV nnd Henry VIII seem to hnve had native pipers. The Highlanders never used the pipes In war before the fifteenth century; the harp was Scotland's Instrument. Eye to Business. "There nre two sides to every case, you know." "Some of our expert alienists seem to be well aware of that fact." "How so?" "They hesitate n long tlmo before taking sides when the bidding for their services Is lively." Birmingham Age- nernld. snry of the birth of Confucius. Shops of Dnhtung street, Chnm Mook lane nnd Sup Sam Hong present the best nppenrunces. The Chinese schools1 will hnve a holiday, holding the cere mony of worship In the morning nnd feasts In the evening. Wnng Ylng col lege In Honnm, under Principal Chnu Chung Knl, will have a whole day of celebration, beginning enrly In the morning, when they will mnrch to the Confuclnn temple together." Rhine Long a Boundary. The first people who took possession of the bunks of the Bhlno, wc nre told, were the hnlf-snvnge Celts, who after ward received the name Gauls. In the height of his glory Cnesnr crossed the Bhlno and shortly afterward took the entire river under his Jurisdiction. The river was, In Boman times, a boun dary between the province of Gaul nnd the German tribes, nnd nt a Inter date and until 1871 was the frontier be tween Germany and France. Men Differ. What Is ono mnn's automobile Is an other man's Juggernaut. WHAT CWl gL. iSifa 00 r The following news Items, sent nut by the Bed Cross publicity depart ment, will gratify every member of the greatest of organizations In America : All ninlo employees nt the Loudon receiving nnd distributing hendquar tcrs of the American Red Cross are ex-soldlers discharged for disability. In one month they pneked 137,000 separnto articles and shipped 300 bnlcs of supplies to the front. At the request of officials of the air service the American Bed Cross Is providing special comforts for Amer ican flying men overseas. Uncle Sam wants his sky sailors to have every attention. The fact that Uncle Sam Is about to take Kaiser BUI to the woodshed has not caused any letup In Bed Cross activities. Bed Cross workers won't take a day off until the last American soldier has been landed on his own doorstep. Spcnklng about scraps' of paper, the American Bed Cross has Just handed the British Bed Cross a check for $2, 385.000. Mourning brassards as a substitute for regular mourning for relatives of men lost In the service hnvo met with the approval of the bereaved families. Bed Cross divisions have asked head quarters for a total of 20,000 of the brassards. Barents nnd widows of the men get them free of chnrge and other relatives at cost. More thnn one thousand aged and Infirm Belgians from the front-line nrens, mnny of whom were under shellflro for m'onths, nre being cared for by the American Bed Cross In a massive old stone building near Mon treal, France. The place wns for merly the house of the Cnrthuslan monks. Three hundred Belgian children nre now comfortably situated In a ten barrack colony established near Char treuso by the American Bed Cross. Scores of the children were brought from districts thnt hnve been leveled by the enemy's guns. Santa Clans, acting as the ngent of the American Bed Cross, Is going to Among the New blouses thnt nsplre to estab lishing themselves In tho fashions for spring, nre now passing In review be fore the buyers of Southern tourists' apparel. This Is greatly to the ad vantage of women who are clever enough with the needle to mnke their own blouses, since labor Is about the most expensive Item that enters Into their cost. Well-made blouses, Includ ing nil those that Involve hnnd-sew-lug, are high-priced nn extravagance for the woman of moderate Income but euslly within reach If the sewing Is dono nt I me. Tho new, fine bntlste nnd voile blouses will prove nn Inspiration to the lover of dainty needlework. There nre some hlgli-ncckcd models among them In blouses thnt nre airy Interpretations of the original shirt waist. Wash sntlns In flesh and white nppenr nmong blouses of this type, embellished with rich hnnd made laces and fine sprays of em broidery. They nre as elegant ns the sheerest fabrics. Crepe do . chine takes Its place among these new mod els of heavier materials and proves as practical as any of the cotton weaves. The blouse shown In the pic- No More Hems. One of the newest forms of conser vation Is the use of fringe In plnce of hems. A chnrmlng model from Pnrls shows long panels hanging from the shoulders, fringed on all edges nnd caught In nt will with a fringed gir dle. The fabric used Is Bcrge, nnd the effect Is pnrtlculnrly good. Japan Tassels. Tassels and fringe both became bo popular last summer that there was some doubt about their remaining In : , ( 1 . n S.i make a special trip overseas to de liver Christmas parcels to. those sol diers who have no one here to re member them. An nudlcnco of French soldiers who havo lost arms or legs was re cently entertained at a movie show given by the American Bed Cross nt Nantes, France. A film showing the wny In which disabled soldiers have become self-supporting was the fea ture of the program. A one-armed soldier pianist, for whom a successful future Is predicted by the American Bed Cross Burgeons, Is shortly to bo discharged from nn America n Bed Cross hospltnl In Lon don, and will appear on tho concert stage in England. He Is Gwllym Jones, a Welsh private, who lost his arm nt Ypres. A Belgian soldier, who evidently believes that two can starve ns cheap ly as one, wroto recently to the Amer ican Bed Cross commissioner for Bel glum, Invoking matrimonial aid from tho American Bed Cross, as follows: "I am on the point of getting mar ried next month. I have no relatives to coiiio to my assistance; they nre nil In Invaded Belgium. You would render me a great service In granting me a little 'secour,' for tho only money I have Is my pay which Is 05 cents a week. With that amount it l. very dllllcult to save money. My 11a nceo is ns poor ns I am. She Is a refugee at St. Brleuc." , The Mantle Coat The mantle coat Is the coat that has n separate piece fastened on tho bnck In cape effect. These capes nro some times buttoned on nnd sometimes nre fastened about halfway down the sleeve. These coats always have sleeves. The wrap cont may havo a dolmun sleeve or n deep kimono sleeve. The sleeves of this type nro nlwnys cut In one with the main part of the garment. Theue coats usually have a belt across the front. Still another new cont Is Hint one which has no belt nt nil, has sleeves cut In one with the garment and Is much wider across the hip section than. at the feet. New Blouses. ture Is of tliis materlnl nnd Is typlcnl of the styles recently presented. It Is very plain, turned back nt the throat In wide revers, nnd decidedly bloused about the waist. Parallel embroidered hnnds nt the neck and cuffs nre repented nt ench side, where they nre extended below the waist line nnd nre finished with silk fringe. Batiste and organdie blouses make opportunities for pretty frills, nnrrow hand-run tucks nnd embroidery. There nre n few samples with nar row borders of the same materials, In color, hemstitched to the edgeo of frills. New neck lines nnd bell sleeves nre noticeable changes In style, and the slip-over blouse Is destined to continue Its popularity In several clever new developments. High Collars Appear. When the dress does not resemble a cont It Is quite likely to resemble a suit. High collars appear on a num ber of the models. . favor with women who dress well. But they have both been retained, In spite of their populnrlty, nnd somehow by using them In new nnd unusunl ways the designers of smart clothes still give them distinction. One new way of using long Jet tassels Is to fasten one pendnnt on ench side of the brim of a wide hat. Cruel Advice. "Whnt do you want me to do? Bit on a stool and look pretty?" "You might alt on a stool" 1 1 aJ 11 TV FY TO $$$$$ So ; REMEMBERED : and 5 ! FORGOTTEN S t t t By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY 5 "The heart ! hard In nature and unfit For human fellowship, na being- void Of sympathy and then-fore dead alike To love and friendship both, that la not pleased With slslit of others enjoying life Nor feels their happiness augment his own." At the beginning of the New Year one should brush the dust off his list of friends, looking up those who hnve dropped quietly out of one's everyday life without a very good reason for tt. Making new acquaintances Is usu ally nn ensy mutter. But to nurturo those acquaintances until they blos som Into friends, cemented by loyalty and constancy, Is a different problem. A man or woman may count ac quaintances by tho score people who Invito them to their homes to dine, to theater party, or merrymaking yet they nre still acquaintances only. Friendship means much more than this, while few actually understand It. Mnny a one has counted up a hundred so cnlled friends today. But If adver sity assails one tomorrow there may not bo one henrt nmong the many one could turn to for solace and cheer. ' Not ono pair of hands would be ex tended to draw ono In from the cold, the storm and darkness, If ono Is sud denly bereft of shelter, rust benefits nre not remembered. Acquaintances find it ensy to forget. Only friends re member the pust nnd Its hallowed memories. - A woman will remember every detail of her courtshlp-r-where she first met her lover, their Introduction, tho Im pression she formed of him nt first sight. She even remembers whnt her reveries were nnd her wonderment ns to whether or not ho thought of her. She remembers ench call he made ; nil that was said or done; how she had delected his growing love for her even before he guessed It himself. She re members the hour of their bethrothnl and the conversation that brought It quite unexpectedly about. As for the man she married, not one man In a hundred can remember what HzWo People! NAME is Nineteen Nineteen AVA You see I'nyjust .brand-new; With a big joyous&out, Daddy Time let me out To bringjew hope to you. MOtKaToirve got my number, A PerJiarjss(OU rather doubt That I kvecJMe here to scatter good cheer, And all thW glooms to flout. says tneowona s gone crazy .Andthinffs are all dead wrong: ' But aejjttleboy brings a promise of joy, greet me with a song! emotion swept across his heart at his first meeting with her whom he was to love evermore till death did them part. Nliiety-nlno men out of a hun dred will confess to their wives. "I'm blest If I Just know just how I hap pened to propose to you." When a mnn can forget thnt most thrilling of all moments in his life ho can forget anything. Such men flud It very easy to forget their wife's or children' birthdays, realizing thnt remembrance would call for presents. Many wives nro glnd to havo the chil dren not forgotten. But they nre Just nn well satisfied thnt he has forgotten how swiftly time Is running away with their good looks and aging them. Last, and by no means least, no man or woman, no matter how hnpplly mnr rled, should allow the old folks at home to Imagine themselves forgotten by them. It doesn't tnko much tlmo to write n few lines onco In a fortnight We should nlwnys remember not to for get those who have been dear to us. GOOD NEW YEAR ADVICE. "The old familiar wish rings true, A Hnppy New Year, friends, to you." A man who keeps up tho custom of sending New Tear cards to his friends Included this yenr a second card bear ing these words: "Instead of returning evil for evil, try to return evil with good j to sny nothing 111 of others; to act kindly even with dumb nnlmnls. "Live thus one day, two days, or more, nnd compare the state of your mind with Its state In former days. "Make the attempt und you will see how tho dnrk, evil mood's have passed away and how the soul's happiness has Increased. "Make the attempt, and you will see that the gospel of love brtags the greatest and most desirable of all things." On these curds Is written, "This Is Tolstoy's advice. It Is good to pin on a calendar where It will be seen every day." Only Keep Green Ones. Don't carry over any old bills Into tho New Year barring, of course, green bills. A Good Resolve. Resolve to be better natured during tho coming year. iv-ilillV:!-!"? NEW YEAR'S DAY I nood on t tower In the wet And New Year and Old Year met, And windi were roaring and blowing And I laid, "O years that meet in tears. Have ye aught thai ii worth the knowing I Science enough and exploring, Wanderen coming and going, Matter en) igh for deploring. But aught that ii worth the knowing?" Seal at my feel were flowing, Wavei on the ihingle pouring. Old Year roaring and blowing, And New Year blowing and roaring, -Alfred Lord Tennynn. NEW YEAR'S DAY. We step Into a New Yenr. It Is great opportunity. The sun will rise and set In the same way, nnd life's duties 'will come and go much as they do today, nnd nothing will be very different or distinctive and yet, w sny, the dawning of a New Yenr Is a gerat opportunity. It Is our Imagina tion surely a God-given faculty that helps to make It so.- Nature and the bnre fncts of life do not show nny dif ference between today and tomorrow, but something, nevertheless, does come to us today with a unique nnd a spe cially hopeful message. It Is the won derful helpful and alluring Inspiration thnt comes from tho thought of a new start. We cannot absolutely begin all over agnln; the stern experiences of the dnys to come will soon show us that we cannot. Yet In a sense w can. nnd the sense In which we can does menn a great opportunity. Wa enn use thnt opportunity so that It will not too cruelly disappoint us In, tho end. We can renlly begin to b tho better thing thnt our Imagination pictures to us today. We ought not to miss the opportulty. Ready for It "I haven't ordered anything eently." "No. I hnve missed you," snl tailor. . "What would a suit me?" "Well, clothes arej "I know thnt Iln try to break It td Louisville Courier-. I i r f if r I
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