WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 1933 Don’t Let the Grass Grow By OXLEY STENGEL @®. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate WNU Rervice ETTER and better!" Ralph Wil- | cox exclaimed delightedly. “Why, I 1 didn’t believe you had it in you, | Max!” Max Crawford groaned aloud. *1 say! Have a heart, can't you? Just | because 1 tell you | tea—like the clumsy spoiling a dress unc a prerry fool of joke." spilled a cup of | aes that 1 was— an afternoon for girl and generally making a think it a myself—yon huge “Drop a eup of it,” His Ralph corrected brawn solemnly eves twinkled, “Nevertheless wild horses couldn't have kept him ay he exclaimed in an aside, “Yon s She, the One and-Only-Girl-in-all-the- World asked him to go. There is the answer.” “Wh of it? Max demanded fierce- Iy “She's asked others, too!" “What of it! That's what I'm ask ing vou, enrly head,” Ralph returned. “Why, man, I didn’t think you were 80 clever!” “Clever in getting myself in messes, yes, Ralph, ean't you let me alone? “Certainly, I ean. But is it fair, 1 ask von. to hegin a good love story and not finish it? I want to know how it is going te. end.” Max did not follow his friend up- stairs until the clock struck one. Had Mary really forgiven his clumsiness of the afternoon before? She had said! so. of course On the 8:10 bound for ihe city the next morning Ralph made no mention of the tea and Max's part in it. For which Mix was duly grateful Jut | as they were parting at the Grand Central station Ralph reminded him that he could tinisk “that story™ on | Sunday “Don’t let the grass grow under your feet,” he warned. “Dinner at two as usnal. There may be com- | pany.” Acting on Ralph's cided to call Mary up. He waited un- | til evening, however. Miss Davis was | ont for dinner, he was Informed to his | dismay. That was Thursday. | On Friday morning Max was called | out of town on business. He reached | home late Saturday night. Toe late | to call Mary Davis! He tried at ten en Sunday morning. “Miss Davis is | out of town for the week end.” i Max started out and walked miles hefare catching the 12:32 for Tower Hill Max arrived at The Rookery just in time for dinner. Mrs. Wilcox greeted kim cordially and ignored his silences. “Ralph is late, I'm sorry,” she told him. “He drove down to the city early He only said he would bring a girl home to dinner. 1 don’t understand it at all. Max. [I thought—" “1 thought so. teo, Mrs, Wilcox!” Max volunteered. Then in answer to her questioning look: “I thought Ralph was in love with Elizabeth Dar- row—and she with him,” he simply added Just then they both saw Ralph’s ear coming up the drive. It stopped in front of the piazza and Ralph jumped out. He was followed by a girl. Mary bavis! For a moment Max saw red. Then he realized another girl was be- advice, Max de- ing assisted ont of the car also. Eliz- abeth Darrow Dinner was a wonderful feast. Max was seated next to Mary. After dinner what was more natural than to wander over the hills of the Rookery with Mary? Ralph and Eliz- abeth had just disappeared. It was nearing sunset. Max and Mary had been watching a sailboat on the Sound. Mary looked down at the carpet of green at their feet. “Why, you can almost see the grass grow !” she laughed, tossing her dear brown curls out of her face. “Oh, it mustn't!” Max exclaimed. “Stand on that rock, please, Mary!” “What do you mean?” the girl was puzzled. “1 mean—I} don't want to let the grass grow under our feet—I don’t want to lose yew, Mary” Ther he held out his arms and Mary's dear head was on his shoulC r. He drew her close. It was their hour. A golden hour on a golden afternoon. “Now, will you finish that story?’ Ralph demanded when the two girls had gone upstairs with Mrs. Wilcex. “Yes. And they lived happily ever after—thanks only to you! But how in the world, Ralph, did—" “How did 1 found out about Mary? Easy. She and Elizabeth are friends, you remember. But even with your zood start you surely needed help, old man!” “1 surely “Thanks, pal due you. too. world!” “Well, 1 the girls now.” did!” Max grinned. jut congratulations are All the happiness in the after mine! Here are Carlsbad Caves Carlshand (aves, New Mexico, were | made natio park in May, 1930. I'hey of a series of lofty, spa- | cious chambers connecting cor | ridors, with ves extending to the | sides. that are of remarkable beauty. ‘The park é area of only one | mile, ¢ gh the caverns es- iend for miles erground. The most impressive porti of the caves is the Big Room. an enormous chamber 4,000 a consist bors. apd has nm eet long. with a maximum width of | 25 feet. At one place the ceiling rises | to a height of 300 feet. A i Mulch the | Leaves, well - decomposed stable; manure, or salt hay can be used as a mulch for shrubbery. The mulch should be 4 to 6 inches deep. Tree branches, boards, evergreen sprays, | or wire will keep the mulch in its] place. ————- 0 eee You can get ak the mews of this| locality for less than three cents week thru the Bulletin | may have been destroyed or lost but { the Lights of New York by L. L. STEVENSON articles leave hotel check rooms in ittan, For instance, at Yorker, Curious, the behind them in this mad Man! the Hotel New hottle been standing on for the and a half Around its neck is a small card which bears a number. That number is the only identification of the owner the hotel has. The other half of the check guests a champagne shelt years, has a last two ———————— the bottle will be there ten years from claimed, the bot- tle of champagne, is a box of orchids, which by a young man. now unless Beside was checked The orchids are just a bit faded. | They were a year ago. | - » | The check room boy is city-bred. But he is an expert on chickens and | knows a lot about ferrets, In both in- stances, his education was forced on | him, A crate of chickens was left in | his care for five days. Each day, he | fed and watered them and when the | holder of the check showed up, all the chickens were alive and well, A pair of ferrets was left for three days. But that was enough, Ferrets do not make the best company. Last fall, the head of a suburban | household brought in a window screen presumably to match it Put the | screen is still there. So are two shot guns, checked six months ago. Then | | there's a radio set somewhat out of ! date now because it was checked three years ago, A straw helmet, worn by some explorer in Sonth Amer- ican jungles, has been lving on a shelf a vear and a half, while a basket of china from the Orient has been there two and a half years, Fr. Incinded in the inventory of course are all kinds and sizes of arips and | suitcases, some of which have been { there three years. In addition is a tent, which has heen on hand a year A pair of riding boots was checked three years A golfer left his clubs behind some time ago and a | pair of faded satin slippers testifies | to the absent-mindedness of some | young woman. Then there are also an antique chair and a& motorcycle windshield, * Ld * One hotel patron parks his winter hat in a check room every spring and hat in the fall. - - * his straw A shoe salesman, who recently lost his job in an expensive shop through an economy move, is about to go into business on his own without expend- ing a cent for stock. It seems that the rule in that partieular store, at least, is that when a customer returns a’ pair of because of an im- proper fit, the store takes back the pinching pair and gives her a new one. The shoes tlius returned must be paid for hy the salesman and become his property. So the former salesman in- tends to dispose of his accumulation at retail, with replacements from stocks acquired hy his fellow workers. * *> * shoes lovers are writing letters to the Times ahout dogs. Several who walk through parks morn- ings used to feed ten or more of the bushy-tailed animals. Now they find only few. They are inelined to blame dog owners who, when they take their pets out for a stroll, allow them to run about unmuzzied, * - * Squirrel the a Bus top bit: “She's had three hus- bands already and is after a fourth. it's a wonder she wouldn't give some one else a chance” @. 1923, 1 3ell Syndicate.— WNL Sarvica Narrow Head, Not Healthy The head that is narrow from ear to ear usually has the accompaniment of a body that is not up to health par, says a writer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat. Such subjects will often tend to be narrow in mental scope and consequently egotistical. They will make contacts with people poorly and tend toward seif-centration. They will be loyal, conscientious and partic ular in detail. They will incline to be mental rather than physical in their desires. Killing Trees hy Cutting The proper time to kill a tree by cutting is just when the tree is in full leaf. Wait until sprouts start and then cnt. Trees store up nutritive elements in their roots and when cut draw on these elements to re-establish them- selves. This stored-up vitality is most impoverished just before the tree is in full leaf. If the cutting or belting is done right, the root supply will be steadily drained until the tree dies, roots and all.—Pathfinder Magazine. Counterfeit Money The person who accepts counterfeit money with it unless he ille gally passes it on to some one else. A bank will not knowingly accept counterfeit money, but if it is present. ed for change or deposit and detect ed, the will confi e it and make a I to a representative of | Treasury department. K unde tected at the time of presentation, the bank or the teller who accepted it must stand the loss, is stuck bank Foods in Use for Ages All of the cultivated food plands and iome man e civilizat a director of the New York Botauical gardens, asserted. “Modern man has vastly improved the plants and ani- mals inherited from his very remote ancestors,” he said, “but within the | historic period has not domesticated ! a single plant er animal important from the standpoint of basic food supply.” en A ited animais used by modern usage since the 12,00) years ago, in been ion of i | Put Bulbs in Pots i i Tulips, hyacinths, and other bulbs | a for winter forcing should be potted | namely, now amd placed in a cool cellar. | { were selected in the first | with the consent | Democrats | same men on their party tickets for fuel, ATLANTIC WHITE FLASH PLUS now brings you still greater plus vaiues . . . Wit anti-knock flui (tetraethyl)...the one used in more than 90% of all extra-priced gaso- line sold in the United States. And as before... no extra cost! Get a tankful, today. THE SITUATION EXPLAINED The voters of Lancaster County no | doubt doubt find it hard to understand | why three lawyers come before them : at the Election, asking endorsement as candidates for Judge of the Court of | Common Pleas. I shall attempt in this article to ex- plain the situation. For our judges have both political parties, because they place, by and of the Lancaster County Bar. Judges Atlee and Appel are examples of this method of selec- tion. As a result, no attempts were made to nominate others, and so both and Republicans had the this office, and they were elected. In the recent vacancy however oc- curring through the resignation of Judge Groff, politicians sought ! dominate and control the new appoint- | tirely ment for some reason or other, and |time. entirely ignored the recommendations \ of the Bar, for one of the outstanding { with 67 counties, cannot know person- lawyers of Lancaster, who at the time appointment, | the position as Judge. He must, there- was willing to accept 3 +1 been endorsed by | F. Lyman Windolph Esq. In addition two citizens petitions were in | circulation and signed, one for Willis | G. Kendig Esq.. and the other for Mr. | Windolph. Each of these petitions | contained the names of approximately one hundred business and professional men of Lancaster, worthy of serious | consideration, addressed to the Gov- | ernor, urging the appointment of sup- ported candidates. At that time 1 | was not a candidate, but was support- ling one of these men. | I want to quote to you an editorial | appearing in the New Era on Septem- | ber 29, 1932, as follows: “The selection | by Governor Pinchot of a Judge to fill | the vacancy on the Common Pleas | Bench appears to be held up as far as | we can see, for no good reason. May- | be the approach of the November elec- | tion has something to do with the de- {lay, which, if true, is regrettable. If there ever was a time when a to | Judge should be selected who is en- free from politics, today is the It is obvious that the Governor | in a state the size of Pennsylvania, | ally the individual best qualified for | fore, rely upon the recommendations of the members of the Bar from the \lways a superior motor XQ the most effective d ever known, lead &®- Bou oer 2s “MEDITATION IN A MEADOW” T™Un, other quarters eams and I S sound advice. The reputation County ceri present. The Judges Landis long experienc resigl on ienced men na nhan of Judge Groff did nothing to e the reputation of the local cou sequently, there must be no m the man to be selected at this He must have a legal ability secon to none at the Bar, a reputation of the | highest, an integrity and honesty free| from amy outside influence of fear or partisan favor. In short, this | voters of the c time when the man qualified solely opportunity to by ability and character for the posi- | want now to approve what politici | ub-1 ce the vv ihis and ¢g whether desire tion must be selected. irrespective of | have done, or to stand by men of | cota 3 any suspicion of politics. { lic spirit. { Still the meadow keeps her charm, 7. Susps | Still her beauty extends her arm, Republican| A critical hour has arrived in with Spring's returning strife play in Te- | political history of Lancaster county.| yj] bring the meadow back to life to play “no| Either the complacency of our voters! {fii i must be aroused to their FOR SALE CHEAP—A 6-room | in Flerin, all conveniences, lo- and Pa The best politics the County organization can commending a Judge is polities.” I submit that this was an ideal posi- | danger, or i. emery 2 bound more tightly ever aroun ted. them. WALTER S. MELLINGER | cored Wo ake 0.008 ns Sehrell, thinki rsons. But what happen- ng = Advertisement | sale. See -- ® Mt. Joy, ed? All these suggestions were ig- tion to take, concurred in by all “a i
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