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.
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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
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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
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