Is x .. fBffly Dick's 1 Thanksgiving "Thanksgiving coming nun In, Flop By," Bnld Billy Dick. "Hut I forgot, you don't know Thanksgiving, do you? You were only the ragman's dog theu. You ought to have been here. Why, do you know whnt I did last yenr? An nuto and I run nwny together! And I remembered, of course. Mint n toy whose nnme Is Milton Montgomery Morton enn't disobey. Hut now, Flopsy, n telegram linn Just come to eny that L'ucle Jack nnd Aunt Dot will get here on Thnnksglvlng Day. It's lovely to have, them hut but oh, Flopsy, It spoils our trip to the navy yard to see Dad. Mother and ltosy rosy nnd I were going, wlib n big, big basket of Tliuuksglving goodies nnd now now we can't go. Oil, Jerlnilny Ann there's something the mutter with uiy two eyes, and I've got kind of a pain somewhere lu my stomach, I guess, nnd M The door opened and Mrs. Morton came briskly out. "I have It, RUly Dick. I have an other plan. We mustn't dlsnppolnt your father entirely. You and the goodies shall go to Norfolk, while ltosy rosy nnd I stay nt home nnd receive Uucle Jack nnd Aunt , Dot. Could you go alone?" Billy Dick began .to grow tall.' He felt on a level with his pretty mother's Bboulder ns he answered: "Why. of course. That would be iolly, except for you nnd Rosy rosy." So Billy Dick started that afternoon, with a dollar in bis trousers pocket, nd his ticket carefully stowed nway In an Inside pocket. It was a three hours' Journey, and he had to change cars twice. It was so nice to travel alone one felt so grown up, nnd so many Inter esting things whizzed by the windows that the trip was very exciting. The first change of cars was easy enough, . and the friendly conductor wns not a bit nasty about being afraid that you did not know how to take care of your self. The next change of cars was at BiiiLT dick's motheb and tho tilb. GRAM. Richmond, but the other car for Nor folk was late they told Billy Dick it would be an hour late. x As be stepped off the train a little old man with white hair and a Jolly Bmue came up to mm. . -Well, well, well!" he said, "how . you bare grown! This Is Billy, Isn't , It? Yes. Well, I declare come right . along with me. The train Is lute and we d belter get some supper here." Billy Dick wasn't quite sure who the . old gentleman was, but as he teemed familiar with him, why, of course. It ' was all right. It would not bet polite ) to ask him who he was, and a Morton ' la always polite, you know. Probably It was Great' tncle .Howell, whom be . bad seen years ago. Yes, It .must be, thought Billy Dick, though be did not know that In lived Jn Bichmond. Bo taa two went off together across "Thanksgiving Time," BY ELIZABETH DUNHAM. TtianhsqlVIng Day ! bully fun., o' course. I'm, glud tt' near, Cause alt my cousins, uncles, aUrds.tliey com? to dinner here. An.', say! We have llo finest timet nty" when the turk.ey'8 curved We an' tl)' other Kldn, Ma says, acts like vjo rqost Vdil BtarveJ. But, say 1 We ain't starved, really, but the trtblo looHs "o good, Us little rlidps each viaits to eat tlemost, an' If v could We'd plc-K out nil thn wldtc meat ai' the dresnln.', an' We m.tqh,t" But, shuck. I Coumo ve don't Bay r.o for tlMt Wouldn't bo polite. Ttirn after dinnrr B ovpr, we all try to roo Kon rut awful lot of tlln S we nlpuld feel fill cf lln)v3 about We're full of turKey ; that's one Iblnii "l"1 we tjivo tliaiiK:! for firnt, nn' Fa Bays lie'll be thai'Kful If we youny oien doesn't burnt. 1 parted tny zamh'attons. My I I'm full cf tltanKs for tliat i nn' Bister Wat Ib th.iin.Kful 'cause slip's got a fur triinme i nut. fln' there's tny BKutes an' shinny micHi ny real ulrtjun, what Bh.00ls- my new eiiiit bia.ied jacKKn'f0 an' my InJy rubber boots. There's all tqene tilings an' otljers, too, but mcBt c f any I'm most full cf tlianKs of all, I guess, 'cau:ie it's TiianHsg'ving time. T I By Katharine Newbold BirdsaU. the street and around the corner to a hotel. Billy Dlek had neve, been In a hotel before, and before he was half through supper he made up his mind Mint as noon ns he wns big enough he would persuade the family to come there it wns bo ulee to have hundreds of things to eat an written out so you might choose ns many ns you wished. The two silt there, the very old mnn and the little hoy, having the best of times. Hilly Dick told Mm new-found great uncle nil nhout home nnd ltosy I'osy nnd I'lopsy and Miss Elsie, who wns his Hiiiiduy-sclmol teacher and his very nest girl, nnd tho fun he and i'lopsy nail last year earning their Christmas from Mr. Minders. And tne out gentiemnn laughed and enjoyed the Jokes, and In turn told Hillr iiti.tr what he did years and years ago when ue was a uoy. So the time passed away nnicklr. flit word wns brought to them that there mm ueen n wreca on the rond, nnd that no train could run through to Norfolk tunt nigni. "But I must go." snld Billy Dlek mj miner is waiting for me. I'll give them a dollur If they cau let me lurougu. A dollar was a large sura to Billy Dick, nnd as It wns nil be bad It was a valuable offer. Tho colored waiter showed his tepth pleasantly. "Sho'. dey nln' gwlno lef etieii tie rresuent troo," be "Sorry, sah." said iiiuy jjick tooKea frightened. "Rn -but." be said, "my father was to meet me and telegraph to mother that I got thero nil right, and mother'll be so worrieu. Ana rather says It is cow nruiy to worry a lady." "Well, well, it Is too bad." snld the tuu Ki'Nui'iuiiu. - a our intiicr won worry ueeause ho knows I am here and we'll telegraph to your mother if you line." So Billy Dick ate the rest of the sup per. convluced that a small bov couldn't do much to clear the railroad If they would not even do it for tlie President himself. After the Ice-cream was finished they went to tho telegraph office nnd sent the telegram. Can you give mother my love?1 asked Billy Dick. The old gentleman chuckled nnd nodded. Then there was nothing else to do but spend the night lu Itlchmoud with tho new-found uncle, and such fun it wns to stay at a hotel. Early In the morning Billy Dick and his grent-uncle took the train for Nor folk, and soon the engine was pulling into the station. And Oh, Joy! there was Dnd anxloimly peering through the window for his boy. He bud Jumped on the train before It stopped and bnd Billy Dick In his arms. In fact, Billy Dick forgot nil about his new-found uncle, for bis father was so glad to see him safe and sound. "I must telegraph your mother at once, Billy Dick," said his father, "She has been almost worried to death about you when I could not telegraph ner tuat you bad arrived." "But Great Uncie Howell tele graphed, didn't you?" asked Billy Dick, turning to the old gentleman, who was greeting some rriends. "Who?" asked Captain Morton. "Why." began Billy Dlek. and as he noticed that bla father didn't shake bands with the old gentleman, and that the old gentleman apparently didn't know bla father, be Introduced uum. . "Till In my fnilier. Drnt't you n- member lilm?" lie snld. "Your father!" rxclnlmcd tlie oin gentleman. "Your father is my nephew, William Waters.'1 There surely wns some mistime some- where, or wns lie dreaming? "Aren't Ton Hilly witter, William Walton Waters?" nskod the old gentle Hint). "I mil Milton Montgomery Morton, sir." Biihl Hilly IHck. "Yon mid your iinnie win limy," Bnld the old imiii "Hilly Hick," explnlncd Cnptnln Mor- tun "lien always Keen enueu Hint, lieeniiKo his nnitie Ib bo long." Then Mm old gentleman began to laugh? nnd Hilly IHek laughed, ton, n did Cnptnln Morton mid the other friends Mint mine tip. And the whole thing wns explained when one Indy Bnld: "Why, Hilly Waters' mother telegraphed Mint lie wiih sick mid nnldn't enitie," A ml - nuil the telegram?" gasped Hilly Hick. "Went to Hilly Waters' mother Hh your love In It," hiUKhed the old gentleman. "She tn ii luive been sur prised to get It, Willi her own Hilly Ight nt home. Hilly lHck's own mother wiih tiotllled nt onre, mid his t:renl rnclc Howell" helped It 1 1 ii nnd hi fill her to ent the poodle hIic lniil pinked In the Iiiik. THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING. mm 5Ud pc6 Olivft turry, brcd afulfii (trter(), ftAra of crtxu'la Pbhsoi jelttf Oyittr erewt Swt potiloti cn cotjuillt j M&jhtd lurttpj Crtnrri jrariU Nuryt tlry taUd ti civkbaac K" Ch&( straws runphir) puddlrci Quirc borrbc C&U rolr AViraiii paussc cat TlmnksiilvlnK P lain PuiMlns. Six buttered crackers rolled tine nnd soaked in three pints of milk. Cream one-quarter of a cup of butter with one eup of sugar; add half n teaspoon fill of salt, ono teaspoouful of mixed splee nnd six well-beaten eggs. Stir It all Into the milk and ndd one pound of tho best rulslns. Bake in a deep pudding dish, well grenscd with cold butter. Itnko very slowly in a mod ernte oven three hours. Stir several times during tho first hour, to keep the raisins from settling. (w. vAtTt the trackless lorest llufyo, . LenJy bouahs BQiiyir i)c Mu. Arc) the liwux ,tKituvir sailed Jr ris Iraojle birch, canoe. There ore aroups pi gilded opir5, otbtelu ships oo dowrjL to OCBu rvJ tor iiyn our tiwyv Lord, foTTyte' I W B'V, LM 6. cloud Mono li aiyes; And" our fathers (ouphi cuyt fell , i 'i rtir ire noon, oi uneriu. There ia peace. atd tlvanu we give, Lord, to Thee. 1 For Ih pltdor on the. Mis, Am the cnrton ol lh: Itaves, for lh mirstiia brn id bins. . le ftoiu oi o,nrn'ru yaves. t orapr upon, the virt, e Inula upon le Iree, itj l)oiiiltj. Ihkrka ve qi ve, Inr lh All lltl l)0lllltj. I Lord, lo Ihce- Or he arurdiialie1 ki k s O SOltl era Jauoh TVtt he rilu'rim. ir lrS WW H Xrtl Vr? nulls' Ih.eirautlrrino.s boiigt, lor lle nap, iiw oer us tioato Arid (lc power to keep it Irec. Ml Ire or!0'!,y! prW3 Thankus-lvlng. Governor Chester 11. Jordan, of New Hampshire, in his proclamation ap pointing Thursday. November IIS, ns a ilny of thanksgiving In his State, says: "Kver since the golden autumn of 1021 dawned upon our forefathers nt l'ly mouth for various reasons and at sun dry times thanksgiving days have been observed. Fast and tlinnksgivlng days from time to time were appointed as waTes of sorrow or streams of Joy broke over our ancestors. Tho annual harvest festival, so beautifully inau gurnted nnd long kept, first by the Colonies nnd afterward by the State, was most appropriately nationalized by the Immortal Lincoln In November, lSC.I. This day, more than any other. takes strong hold upon our hearts, our affections, our souls. Around It fluster tenderest memories of father, mother, brother, sister nnd friend, ns all were nneo together about the home llreslde nnd set up their household pe nates. In our visions, dreams and recollec tions theso borne tics, home scenes, some of them too sacred to tell to the world, come thronging in upon us to make both us nud the day better. A day dedicated to so much that is denr, so enshrined lu heart and home, should bo worthily, tenderly and putrloticully kept." it-..'r.eyr'r. Har Koonomy. , Mrs. Fnltte "Slie isu't a very good uianuger, la she?" Mrs. Finde "No, Indeed! Why, sbe bud to buy four extra turkeys so as not to waste the dressing sbe barf 'iiuude (or one." Harper Vncar. fat. ,-7T ' hf TV tXIINCHUN OF WILD FLOWdhS. la lllmrln Ittula Ilia Stina SlinuM 11a I nt anl Mot nrnkn on. It seems tlmt It Is hlglt time persons of Inlliiem n exerted th unselves to save the wild Dower, even ns It has been necessary to cheek the HlniiRhtrr of birds, for eating, or to seeuro their plumage, for hat trimmings. Bomi-how there seems to reulde In careless minds a conviction that betauso a flower Is wild U Is bound to grow whether ono wnnts It to do so or not; while In very careless nilndH the.ie Is present a ilcplornl lo uenliment to tho effect that It Ik not a mailer to be given a sec ond thought If (lowers do stop Blow ing nllogetlier in wood (i nnd flelili!. So, alter KiiminliiK up all the plutms of the bIIiiiiIIiiii, numerous public nplr lled people got together ami formed of Society for the Protection of Na tive I'laiits. Ah a mentis of currying on Its work the society propones to piihlUh brief nitidis or letitlels for (IhttrlUutl.Hi to tcneherH In our schnolr., lo vllhiee improvement societies, nuil to all peiMonii willliu; lo mnho, efi'ee llvo use. nf U.omi. Dwellers In elllea chip their hands nnd rejolco when street KlitiuU laden with arbutus nti nouiiie the el'Miil comluc of spilur. and feel qll'i ns stroim emotions of Joy when at Chiliilmas time the mreeii smell like the heart of me Mnlii'- pine wooilw. Hut these Joys have meant. It now lurnn out. a tuHile.:-. rnbhlii:; nf the coiintiy tti 1 ltttfi ndd to the eiiy'a a trnctiomi. Ko.v. thoiif.h It In not to he nlti:ip"il It Is to he reinitiated, or at least an attempt In to ho made to do this. In Connecticut l:iv.-n have b.'-en pti-wcd loot ing to the prr. i vntlon and protection of the Hartford Itallliig fern and the .Mayflower, two plunt:i which are much nought and which wholen.iln cotleHlmr thrMttemi to exterminate, ut least locally. Alt tixt--li thoHo who rrt!'"r l!'wers for mnrliet ilo the most dnaiae, it mav not do a hit. of harm II a few hints on the suIi'm t fi:il imil-r the ryra if "iiuinmer hoarders" and so Journers In all country plnces. To this ir.il there follow extractn from t!:e society's leaflet mimlier one: Tho f.rst principle that, should he urged Ih, that In collecting, tho turn er or branch should ho cut. not torn off. which so often needlensly pulls up thn mot or mutilates the r.hruh or tree, thus completely or partially pre venting further growth. "Do not pick all that may he found, for flowers must be left to develop seeds for futiiro generations of plants, and always cut them, never puil up thn plants, for tho roots are of no use In a bunch of flowers, and their de struction means the total extinction of so many Individuals. "Whllo soma plants need every pro tection that thoughtful people can give them, others from ther abundance or other qualities may ho picked freely, and are practically stife from the great est Inroads of even the collector of cut flowers for Kale. Wild Irises, miters, goldenrod are so abundant, propagate so readily, and are bo wldr:1y distribut ed that their relative reduction by col lecting need hardly be considered. Moreover, in these cases thn joots aro not pulled up, even if the flowers are carelessly picked, so that the plants seem ablo to resist any conceivable amount of picking for sals or other wise. "Violets (excepting the crowfoot vio let), marsh marigolds or cowslips and Iloiistonals are so abundant that no harm, it seems, can eomo from their Indiscriminate picking. Field dairies, or whltewfioa and buttercups, while not iiative flowers, occur In aimnJance about cultivated areas. 'They are charming, and their collection in the most wholesale way Is a virtue as well as a pleasure, as tending to check the spread of these Introduced plants. Boston Transcript. Tlta I'olnt nf Iha Hiory. Tho major looked up from his din ner to remark: "That reminds me of the time my friends Merger and Sut ton wore riding uptown In a crowded 'bus. A woman got in, thnuen sno could seo every seat was filled, and begnn to look scorn at tho men who were seated. Finally Miigor nudged Sutton. 'Why don't you give tho lad your seat?' he said. And of course It caused a great laugh In the 'bus." The major returned to his dinner amid an expectant alienee which gradually resolved Itself in uncertain laughter. He was worried, but evi dently could not imagine why hto Joke had fallen flat. In a moment, however, ho looked up and remarked drily: "Perhaps I forgot to niontion that Sutton was seated in Mergers lap." Kittta for Oarmnn Solillara. According to a German paper officers of the second grade receiving pay of $1250 per annum are not allowed to marry unless they can snow mat tuey have a Drivato annual Income or J7j. Lieutenants must have an income of $625. The officer has also to make a declaration that he Is not in debt, and that the lady he proposes to marry Is solvent. Private soldiers must nave, In addition to their pay, an Income of at loaBt $37.50 a year. Should they marry a foreigner they are supposed to have twice that amount, as no foreign young woman could possibly equal a German "hausfrau," In the opinion of the military authorities, In thrlftlness and domestic economy. A PrcJ tolled Opinion. "Is It true that men of genius do not know the value of money! "I'm afraid it Is," answered Mr. Stormington Barnes. "Most men ol o-enlus see so little of it that they nev er have a chance to form any definite Ideas on tho subject." Washington 8tar. ' . Two pounds of potatoes art equal as food to 14 pounds' weight of turnips, I Ml f R 1 fi 1 1 11 'HEW YORK FSIlMte New York City.- Pimple shirt waists made Willi the fiiNliloiiulite princess cIihIii;; are much In vogue unit suit young glrs lo a nicely. The very mm V3 t? VAf'A VImhkh Kin ft r vr.Msr f) iii.ofun, pn Ity one shown Is niiole of novelty ill; In similes of blue ullli cidlur. culls it 1 1 it hoitl'ler snaps of plain blue. Ilo coiiililunlloli tiein.; Fiu.'trt us well lis novel. The May .Mnnlon mlgliial Ih worn with an odd skirl but Hie tlcdu Mills the t- It 1 1 1 Mill t gown II m well lis the nepurnle waist and Is inl ipleil to tunny iu.'teil;:l:i. The foil ii( I m 1 1' m liulm; Is smootlily lilted mid iI'..-"m nt the front. Iul si-parnlely from Hie wnlsl llei which eonslfts of a plain hack, drawn down In gut hers at the waWt line, and fronts that are gathered at the neck and at the waist. The front edges nre tucked and brought together over the Items through which the closing Is made Invisible to give the princess effect. The sleeves nre in bishop style with novel cuffs that, match the stock. Over the shoulder seams af" arranged straps, cut In points, that fall over the sleeves but these may lie omitted. The (tinntlty of material required for the medium size (fourteen years) JV FAS!IIO.Ai:l.K Is three and a half yards twenty-one Inches wide, three and three-elghlli yards twenty - seven Inches wide uini two and a quarter yards thirty-two Inches wide, or one ami seven -eighth yard forty-four in- lies wide. Wntnnn'a lllnuiin Jacket. Short doulile-hreasttd lilonsi- cents with fitted basques make a uorniue feature of the se.iton and are more generally worn for walking and the affairs of life than any other sort. The stylish Muy Mniiton model, shown in the large drawing. Includes the fashionable slot seiiinu nt the fmnls and the plain sleeve Willi roil-over cufTs that Is so much liked. As shown It Is black zllicllne. stitched with cortlcelll silk and Is worn with a skirt of .different material, but the design Bulls tho costume of cloth, cheviot, xlbellne, velvet nnd vtlveteen and the odtl coat of all the season's fabrics equally will. When preferred tho basque portions can lie omitted nnu the blouse finished with the belt. Tho blouse consists of a smooth buck, under - nrm gores with slightly full fronts nnd side fronts, which ex tend to the shoulders nud are stitched to an under strap to form tho slot seams. The rignt rronr nips over inc left in double breasted style nnd the neck Is finished with tlie fashionable cont collar that meets tlie fronts nnd rolls back to form lapels. The basque portions nre Joined to the lower etlge, the sen in being concealed by the left. The coat sleeves are two-seauied and finished with roll-over cuffs. The quantity of mnterlnl required for the medium size is four and a quarter yards twenty-one Inches wide, two yards forty-four Inches wide or one and three-quarter yards fifty-two Inches wide. Knlok-Kaarka. Very pretty buttons mailt) in chlnn. oval, round and square, are to be bought following the designs of dif ferent kinds of china, Dresden, Sevres and Staffordshire. Crystal and paste ball buttons are effective, and then often form the tassel to narrow loops of ribbon which have been run through tiny paste buckles, and replace the small flower tassels, which have been a good deal worn one way or another. 4if& LATEST Knots tied lu ribbons and In slocks require nn education. A series of three or live chains festooned between burs In a fushlonnlile form of necktie, not lo wear light round Hie throat, but to rest on the neck. Krouches nre worn very small, and some nre beau tifully (minted. Some of the pearl brooches have very pretty pear shnpnd pearl ilmps. I'Mieocks, with dimiiond IiiIIh. are new. and a small fenther In iliiiuionils miilfes an ndtnlrnhlu brunch. A t'acfiil roaltiMii1. . young Indy who serf out on her IrnvclM hud a coinliiiuillon cifiiimo that pally seemed immensely compvelieti she; nIic Hcenr d to have everything III one garment. She hud gotten herself a lullor ininle of one of Hie liner serges, ami lo it bad a long cape, Mini nil Hi 'se were worked lu with one mini her In Hie iiuinI ci nlllte way. The Inmx skirt nnd the enpe bud in eonitiK n a decorn th'ii of giiiiluuKd inillt.irv hr.ilds with a mile of white chilli lightly etiilirold I'l' il In vreeii and mauve where the coal 1 1 1 ti: - ! back. Thin coat was of the npi n or closed formal ion, so that when i-los'd, Ihe eiiiliroidery being concealed, Ihe coat Pcihial (pilte sev iely simple, which iirruugemeiit had to lu wit It the fuel Hial the short skirt was also se ven ly vlieplc an fur, as an adoiiilug eh ii. ent was concerned (having Just tin";, two Iik h tucks ut lis IiUmo. It will be evident on Hiinkiiig over the inntier that this Inventive girl had quile a repertory of frocks In this os tensibly single tailor costume. Iilou.f nr sl.lrt VVnlat. Slot seam efTects are seen upon the latest waists and gowns and are ex ceedingly effective. The very stylish Mav Mniiton blouse Illustrated shows I I J llieiii used to advantage and In con duction with tucks nt the shoulders and I lie piim-css ctosing lu trout. Ihe I1I.OCSK JACKKT. original Is made of reseda peau de cynge. piped with black, and stitched with black cortlcelll silk," but all waist cloths mid silks and many gown ma terials are appropriate 'as the design sails both the old waist and the cos t u iii". The lining I snugly fitted nnd closes ut the centre front quite separately from the outside, but can be omitted whenever an iinlinetl waist is desired. The waist proper consists of fronts and back, which are laid In inverted tucks that are stitched to give the "lot seam effect from the shoulder to the waist line, the fronts also includ ing additional tucks ut the shoulders, that are stitched to yoke depth, and the front edges being laid In wide tucks that meet over the hems through which the closing Is miule. The back Is finished with a novel stock and nt the waist Is n belt with postillion straps lu centre back. The quantity of mnterlnl required for tlie medium size Is four nnd three, eighth yards twenty-one wide, four BLOUSS Oil SHIUT WAIST. nnd one-eighth yards twenty-seven Inches wide, three nud seven-eighth yards thirty-two Inches wide, or two and three-eighth yards forty-four Inches wide. In France fl.474,000 la spent every year In the Improvement of horse breeding. a A' K iW n v ) J-
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