TRYING TO MAKE "A HIT." The boy who Is dancing a Jig. And the girl In the chorus who sings. And the man who exhibits a pis That was taught to do wonderful thtrv. May die dh'.ipnolntcd. but itlll. In thilr hi arts, they sre hoping away To r..ako thu great thing Which thev call "A hlf Boms day. The BOOt who scrlhhlcs and sighs And iiquander his paper and Ink. Who eudgels hli brain und who trios To think and cause others to thlr.k. IHa' ''" disappointed, but still. In his heart, he la hoping away To sing out a song that will raako "A hlf Some day. The man who Is daubing his paint On the canvas no other shall buy The man who with hunger is faint, Hut Is never too hungry to try Hay die disappointed, but sliil, In his heart, he Is hoping away To lay on the lines that will make "A Bit" Borne day. Th man who Is waving his arms I.Ike a windmill churning the uir Has Kw of thu orator's charms. Ami thunders at seats that are bare' Hu may die disappointed, but still. In his heart, he Is hotting away To deliver the words that will make "A hlf Some day. 0 lot each go on with his part! 'Tis better a thousand should fall Than that one should be taken from nrt Through n critic's discouraging wall' They may die disappointed, but where Is the judge who has power to say Which one of thoso trying shall ne'er Make " hit" Home day? t. 12. Klser, lu Chicago Times-Herald. oooooooKHoaoiooaKooooo a o 8 o o MOTHER'S WELL DAY By Fanny K. Johnson. gOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC 5 9 i'ruiu til. VuulL't Companion, l) l'.riijlH.iKii ) SUB I'SKI) to say that she had no: known a well day since the Christ mas Eve our old house burned dow n, 1 was u Utile thingi hut I remember ijtii tf well tlif suddenness of the Bre bursting out against the snowy night. Jimmy was itwo weeks old that day. i rati see mother now as she lay raised ' ii one elbow, telling father how to ar range our stockings. She insisted that one of Jimmy's tiny socks be bung up. too. Father had just fastened it, when ti sheet of llatne swept up in front of the window. -Mother had to be taken three miles through the snowstorm, in an open spring wagon, to my grand mother's home, which was also the nearest place of refuge. There she lay ill many weeks, and when she beenme better was so near an invalid that with ono exception she had never a w ell day. My childish eyes had seen her tall ami ii ti 1 1 beautiful; but that image iually faded from my mind as Ibe- iniCJieeiislomed to a pale nod innuuul othelT'perforining what seemed to sr the most essential duties with visi le Mart. fihe never rode on horseback, or went nrying or nutting with us again, she wns always glad to lie on the as Ion" as uossible. anil as we I farts grew older, gladly allowed us (o Ktend to the housekeeping and sew- At last shu did not get up until ry late, and then only to lie on the iitich by the window, where she would end a lit t le. or read, or knit. We were lly too happy to find her so willing to ".' nursed and petted. I tempted her npetite with dainties, nnd Elizabeth liade lier t,,e softest and loveliest of reaslng-gowna. I We refused to see that her brown B, tr became grayer, and her eyes more ,.nken. We agreed that all she had '.eded was to be taken care of. and .re no worry. As for father, when- r he came In from the farnHwork HI found mother dressed in a certain I'M. pinkish, ribbon-tied wranncr vnn Id see from his face that he thought i Was getting well. And one April years ago, she did get well. wai in the kitchen that morning f nrinrr her breakfast. I had broken ou lew-laid egg over the pretty, gold- ounI of toast, and had the other od above, -when the door opened. egg slipped from my fingers. ot'ier stood smiling at me. She had it on one of the print dresses of her er days, and a big linen apron. She r e til) and kissed me. out of mv Hc- U' t'.rmen.t F- feel well. Narcissa!" she rr- w, ed. "Think ot itl Well! Iam Hg to help get breakfast. Don't 111 want some of mother's bls- ?" ' a moment T was no more than an v k little girl of 17. Mother was i'e. I put the toast and egg out of t and waited on her. She was as ...I mm m -V- :U .a Ja a V . . . In ao e;uim unit, out presently I :u down to serene enjoyment of "f" way. i Kept nugging her. It Tied too wonderful to be true. We In a great glee together ovst the ;se we would giro the rest of the irried fcraskfast tn. and mother la the head of tbo table for the first I" In year. A look of awset satis- I'oa stole orer her faoa aa she Fad down the snowy board. The biscuit wars flaky balla, ti r brown. Tfb on erer noxle bis- N like mother. With a smile, she Bed the baU. Jtumy was the first ft In. "ManamsiJ- he almost aed, and (ban neh hng3ng and agl next muuieui ejO the rwrt wave in. Faf henr was too happy to Ie took my place and sat by holding her hand ns if hn ax- 1 her to mala away. r breakfast Elizabeth and I her to 11a down and rest, bnt only langhad at us. Inatsad. aho 1 o open all en afluttcrs and let In btantlfnl. fresh sprihr atmshms dr. Then aft want from room to ; helping na pnt things to rights, and gently rBggeatiBg improve-ncnt's here and there. Wc scnt some time in ; Franks: room, planning new enrtaini and toilet covers, :;nd mother lingered ! iu the .rarret, sorting Dot herbs u in! ex ploring for garden seed. Winn ail was in ordir we went out Into the sunshine itself, and mother laokad over her lower-beds, ai d said ! what Bowers she was going to hare tLut summer. She showed us Wher ' Bin meant to plant the mooaflower seeds, and how the rose-vines should be trained. The Easter lilies were in full . bloom, and, with the yellow Jonquils, bordered the path to the front gat;'. A little creek runs through one comer of our large yard, and the violets grew there like weeds that April, so blue, so I nig. so tall. We sat down on a wide seat father bad made under a group of weeping willows. Jimmy was on the ground, lying againal mother's knee, ami Eliza-. beth and I had our arms about her. I She drew a deep breath of the heavenly still -It. athi d a i lie inl.Ncd : v !'. '.! eager . J her und . lie was one 11 ia !l vc with we urgl d. "i; 'ii haven't Jimmy was air. There was n pretty color in her he heard. When we went Into the sit ting-room he was looking over some lit tle faded photographs of mother thai he carries always in his breast pocket In a small leather case. WehnthkUei I to be different and better.girls , him; but he clung to Elisabeth's band, and kept her by him. -Yon'h's. tloni panion. "OLD TIMBER WOOD." cheek, and her eye were clear. You only noticed the soft wnves of her hair, not the gray in them. Elizabeth had thrown a blue knit thing around her shoulders, nnd Jimmy had filled her lap w th the violet. Her eyes wandered over the green, flower-wreathed yard., Thay p issed the tall row of maples lift- ing their flame-like buds in front of the ' porcl . and rested on the window of the room that bad held her prisoner for so I long. The thin u bite curtains lint tered out like Immense moth-wings striving to beat closer to the sun. She seemed ( to fall into a pleasant reverie, from which the roused presently smd turned to look far across the hind to the tre mendous incurve of t he mountain, then Veiled in tremulous young foliage. ' Lower came the cleared lands and! arabh fields. Around one of these fa-1 ther and b'rank were building a fence that day. We Could see them as they ' worked, "Papa ought to be hi re," said E'lza beth. "but he is always working." "Ah. we are such poor people," said mother, smiling, "ami I have l n such a drag such a good-for-nothing! " "You re a good 'for everything!" cried Jimmy, Indignantly, patting her hau l as it rested against him. Elizabeth and 1 said nothing, W just held her closer. I had never noticed before how ex actly Elizabeth looked like mother. Only younger, of course. "Darling," I -aid. "why don't I look like you, too? It doesn't seem fair." "Why. i had to have a father's girl," said mother, so sweetly thai 1 was for ever reconciled to my gray eyes and fair hair. We sat there awhile longer, making plana for the summer nnd drinking in the fragrant air and flower perfume. "I fee! like a girl again," said mother, "so strong, so full of life! Everything us got little boy. Mother has come back to you." V '""'". "lint mother mustn't overdo herself on In first well day." said Elizabeth, as we went back to the house. After our lunch-dinner had been eat en, father had to go to town on some business that could not be neglected, else 1 am sure he would have stayed by mother all the afternoon. "No, you must go," she said to him. "I will' not be a hind ranee to you any more." "Hut don't tiro yourself! " pleaded fa ther. "I don't feel as If I COUld," laughed mother. Such happiness leaped into father's eyes! "It is a miracle!" he cried. After watching father ride away, mother kept Frank by her for a Utile talk, She let him go back lo his fence building reluctantly. "I want all of them rlghi here," she s'aid, "lu re, w ith in reach of my arms." She leaned her head on her hand. We feared lest she become sad while refli citing how we were not rich enough to let love keen us awav from work. Bat our mother was never morbid, She soon turned to US brightly, "Let us while away the lonesome time," she said. "1 know my bureau drawers need arranging." These, bureau drawers had always been one of her absorbing pastimes, and wo had always accounted it a privilege to hi' allowed to delve In them with her. Each drawer had its own charming hoard. Mother's tongue raced as she turned over the long-un- handled treasures. We chatted togeth er like three schoolgirls. We knew alwut everything, from the tiny silver bound prayer-'book that hud been greatTgraudmother's to the ruby ear rings which were to be mine some day. Hut we liked so much to heart) all over again! We could not pile up high enough the proof that the mother of our cluklish days had comeback to us. It seemed to us as if a rose long with ered had been uplifted to dewiness and youth. Wt had read of such magic. Wo only remembered that the rose, ha1 been renewed- We forgot the end of the story. "Now for the dress!" 1 cried, as we maeJied th bottom drawer. This dress had been mother's on magnificent wedding (rift. A college mato of father's who was In business in China had ssnt U to her the year aft er her marriage. It was a very henry, very soft, pnrw silk a crepe. Merely to touch 1 sent royally rich image flyluff through one's brum. Just to look at it was eoough to turn on impressionable per son Into a poet. One moment It was ailvor, with violet shadows and glim mering jewel green lights. Th next, the most marvelous rosy glow spread like a sunrise fltieh until the whole dress was bsthed 4n it exquisitely. Mother hod made it with great dalnti nftss and plainness, scorning to snip up the wonderful fabric into foollah pufTs and ruffles. A little filmy fichu of real Uoe weat with it. A beautiful woman would look as a queen should look In ueh a gown, and mother had been a beaut ful woman. ' u beautiful. Wo can dress fro:u the ,1. . . silver paper, uud vi . deep "(1:1" "it's like sunrise and vp," aatd Elii th, JIi ly on mother's neck, k begging her to put it i : of those ehil I 'eu who :'; lovely things. "Please do, mother," v will delight fathi r so! had the dress on born." "Hut I am old now," Her dear cheeks blushed. "You are just as dear look at as ever." 1 said. Mother fell to n:iis!n:- n r the lus trous folds. We felt ilmt ': v meant nil of her young married to hcr nll of its beauty and rlchi p nn I free dom from care. She smoothed the tilh delicately. "Your father loves l; then added, hesltat'i ' will wear it i nee That la Ii iw ;.a ilx I wearing the dress w I from his long ride, i; glow over her face, and i fragile, lust delis-ate an THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. ssun In I he In tern ii I lonnl Serle fol November it, moo ii,,. Rich Ha and Lit seres. Pn tweet i sau l. n til e'leve 1 She . "I h or him." ir- in d to be : came in tlir v a Dink not look i . as sill did turned to greet him. lie stood a mo ment in the do r before ho compre hended, and then I thl! !. tl r both for got Us. The tendcrvst Io 1. I ever .iv shone iii mother's eyes, She opened her arms, and father wenl eugerlj forward, straight into that dear embrace, "It is so benutlful to be well!" she said lo him. pit;: lug her load mi I breast, and drawn - his down in ' their lips touched. They stood -o oi . motionless that a vague misgiving awakened in my heart. "Father!" 1 cried, nervously. Thi at last he lifted his head SO that Wi could s. e lUOtlll r's face. Wc had nevi i seen death before. We did not under stand. Wc carried her to the lounge, crying out that she had fainted. Hut father knew. "She diid as I kissed her," he" i uld. It happened Ion - npo, I am n (frown woman now. with husband and chil dren of m;. on n. r'V ibi i h i.- married. th hi par, d by ii C. U nlnatoa.1 THE LESSi IN TEXT, d.uki i. i.i .;: i IS. There was h certain rich num. whtctl as clothed in purple and fine in n. si ! '.ared sumptuously every day, And then was a certain beggar named Laaarus, Which was laid at his gate, lull el bores. 21. Ami drslrlrs to he fed with th. crumbl which tell fn tn the rich man's table; more over the dogs earn, and licked his sot,.-. And It eame to pas. lint the beggai di. d, ami was carried by the angels into Abraham's bo om: tbi rich man slso died, and wni burled. a. And In hell he lift up his eyes, being in torment, and ..ili Abraham afar off and Laaarus in his bosom. Jl. Anil he cried and said: Father Abra ham, have mercy on me. and send Laaarus, that he may dip the tip of his ftiiKrr In water, and cool my tongue; for I am tor Bented in i hi- flame. K, Hut Abraham said: 8cm. remembel that thmi in thy lifetime recelvedst ih good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now be Is comforted, and thou art term. nt d. lo. And beside nil this, between us nnd you there Is .i w at sulf nxtd; so that they which would imss imm hence to you Cannot; neither can Ihey pass us, that would eome fr.un ihir.ee. 17 Tie n he said. 1 pray thee therefore, fiitlnr. that you wouldest knd him to m fatberi house: 28. For I h ive five brethren; that he mny ti stlfy unto them. Ust th. y also come lute this place of torment. 29. Abraham salth unto him: They hsvt .Moses uud the prophets, let them Ileal them. 30. And he said: Nay, father Abraham, but If one Went unto I htm from the dead, tin y would repent, ill. Ami he said unto him: If Ihey heal not Muses and the prophets, neither win thi he persuaded, though one rose from the dead. UOLDBN TEXT. La) np for .mr. selves treasures in lleiivvu. Uatt UiiM). NOTES AND COMMENTS, The teaching of Jesua regarding the mammon (or money) worshipers touch the ph uisees In a tender spot, for, as Lllke 10: 1 I t. lis us, they "were lovers of raonev " They scoffed at .I'sus and His teaching, and Ibis brought out the charge of Jesus that "ye are they which justify yourselves Le1 L-T..-. 4 li 7 woJb sfai r. tj et: t AlL III for Infants and Children. not fa m me . father and the hot i, rind 1 lh away. The la ,t lmc 1 I layi d there all night, we sat in mother's r and talked of her. "Ye," aatd Eliial eth,"ltwal rrllds and sudden; but, f) Nnrei i.lt was so sweet todtethntwny! It does not hurl me to remember that dav. 1 ivouldlove with i in the sight of "God knoweth reenforce Ii iu raiding money therein that I . t he rich man an may be outlini i 01 li," but He ur hearts." It i . ii i.u teochin Ids: is ttl re- il tin perils I hat lie g.ves us the story of . l.a.aruM, The lesson as follows: for my husband and have such a memory a Father was out lu th low. bill t lie door a- my children to fhnll. We spoke ajar, and I think An Old Attorney Whose Love of satire Often Qol Btm in Troable with the Coast, to the days antedating railroad In northern Iowa, the days of saloons nnd circuit courts, a certain ponder oils judge was for many years ac- epmpanlcd on hla round, by District I Attorney Wood, popularly known aa Old Timber Wood. He had I n chrla , tened Timothy, the lianie was cur tailed ti Tim nnd by easy evolution j developed into Timber, s:;ys flarpcr'i Magazine, Old Timber Wood was a unique .it I Interesting character; rough but dig- i nifletl, of sound nti I glfi d with a keen Reuse of humor and far surpin I ing in mental ncumen his professional superior, whom, however, he usually treated before the world with an al most ostentatious deference. Tin y wero the warmest friends, the feeling between them was romantically ten der, notwithstanding thai ihey hnd frequent unJ violent public fallings out. The Judge, who WO entirely look I inef In personal dignity, really needed the support, of his friend's deferential attitude to keep him in countenance, I and when it was temporarily removed. Old Timber Wood's love of salire O0- , caalonally betraying him Into gaeri I lege, known ns "contempt, of court," he was stunjr to fury and promptly punished the olT. nae. .Many B tine had tho attorney been subjeotetl to for bis Incautious witticlms. Being In a Constant slate of Impecunloslty, ho In variably applied to tho judjrn himsolf , for money to pay these assessments, : a favor which was never refused, the I fact that he must humble himself to ask it, auffiioently restoring his hon or's complacency, The Judge wo of ia thirsty habit, nnd frequently Joft I tho bench, substituting Wood In his plai'o ax an ohl-tlmo schoolmaster gnb i atituted one of the larare bojrg when ho wished to absent himself from the room, and stepped out to refresh him self at. i neighboring saloon. On one occasion, very shortly after a skirmish with the attorney, In which ho had finally avong-od his In sulted dignity in tho usual way, he abrnptly called Wood to tho beuoh and started down tho aislo. Wood hastily slipped Into his place and be fore bo had reached the door nipped sharply on the desk aud called out: "Gentlemen, before proceeding further with tho oaM the court wishes to In struct tho clerk to remit the lino late ly Imposed upon Attorney Wood." Tho Judge halted, wheeled about with n very red face nnd opened his lips to protest, but. the bar nnd jury drowned hluz out. with a chorus of laughter. The Rich Man and Lasarus vs. 19-11, , Th.- Fate of Each vs. i-;'i. Borne of the lessons: (a) Awards Hero and Hereafter.... vs 26. (b) The Impassable Quit vs. 26, (c) Truth Apparent In This Life. .vs. 27-31. The Uich Man and LflZarus, A sharp contrast 1 presented. We have . the worldly man at his earthly beat, i and thu Qodly man at his earthly i worst. The one is u self seeking, self gratifying, sordid man, whose whole thought, is for the coarser llnnurs of i life. lie is the man who has made I mammon his god, und money the whole end of existence. The other is j a Qodly man with a clean, (dear con science, but who has met with mis fortune such as seldom falls lo I lu- lot of nonet t men. The Kate of Bach, Iii the course of time both died, as tn the course of ! time all most, r.ut existence does not end with what we call death. There is that within us that continues to live, nnd it continues on the same course in which it has started hero on earth. In the spiritual world the man who had been rich here found there was nothing thai could satisfv the wanta and wishes of ins nature, Ho bad pandered to (he body, and dwarfed ihc finer qualities which could have lieen brought to perfec lion In tho life beyond the grave. The ill sites of earth had not left him, but oi ly growu the more intense, so that he would have even the despised LllS arus bring him but a drop of water oij I he p of t he linger. Some of the Lessons (a) Jesui has before laid down the rule illus trated in verse IS. In the sermon on the mount, He had said of the hypo lories: "Verily I uy unto you, llu.v huvo received their reward " (b), The impassible Oulf. There is never a greater or more impassible j gulf than tlint between a character j rightly builded and one built upon I weak foundations and tlimsily cou I structed, After a lifetime of training j ami habit of thought and action, a good man enn commit no great wrong, nor can a bad man do a righteous net. We have reason to believe that these tr.iite are only confirmed in the fu ture life. The gulf then becomes truly Impassable. This would bo a harsh teaching, were it not for thai which follows. (e). That other teaching is that thu truth, suHicieut truth is apparent ill this life. Ood has given us an inward i monitor to guide us in the right way. if thut, were always followed, If we only would do that which we abso- lutely know we ought to do, thero is j reason to believe that we could I emerge eventually into the light. 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