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Something to Think About By F. A. TDALKER u

c o 3 1 3 1 1 ; n i a 1 1 i. i : i i : s i k i : A MTTLE Irl sees a doll, and Instnntly then? comes a yearning In her heart to clasp the doll to her breast and call It her own. She rnlses her delighted face to her mother and stretches out her chubby hands in pleadings that cannot be denied. A hoy craves a Knife, and he holds to his wish until he gets It gratified. Then he proceeds boy-fashion to nick things, which he has been forbidden to cut and linally gashes his finger. As the girl and the boy grow older their desires undergo a radical change. With accumulated experience and knowledge, they Feel; more substantial possessions, good opinions, or a particular place in the world where they may become conspicuous and power-" ful. And thus all through life their desires grow, assume new forms, urge them forward or backward, mold their character , for good or evtl and shape their destiny. The desire to do good Is the most ennobling thought man or woman can possibly have. It Is the only desire that does not warp the soul with selfishness or destroy faith. To build up Images and to yearn for things which can be of no permanent use to us or to our fellow beings, Is but a waste of energy which ought to be put to better use. President Harding longs to bring peace to the world. Doctors and nurses desire to heal THE ROMANCE OF WORDS "MISSISSIPPI" np HOUGH every school child knows that Mississippi means "The Father of Waters," the fact that the word was originally spelled "Meche Sepe" Is apparent only from a study of the Indian source. And even this Is only an approximation of the vuy the pnrase should J be written, for the Algonquins nau no wrmen langnage wiucu could be transplanted literally into English letters. The first form In which we find the name of the river Is "MIche Sepe," suggested by Tonti and slightly closer to the present spelling. Father Laval still further modernized it Into Michispi, which another priest, Father 'Lahatt, softened into MIslsIpl. Since then, the only changes have" been to overload the word with consonants. Marquette added the first "s" and some other explorer the second, making it "Mississipi" the form In which It Is used In France to this day, with only one "p." The man who added the other has never been discovered, but he must have been an American for, at the time of Louisiana Purchase, the name was generally spelled In the colony with a single "p." (Copyright.) '4 mot

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BzmazsnniniirininiiKiiiainniinrariniiKina To friendships of the yester year. That time has proven choicely true Thou wouMst not have me hold less dear While 1 invite thy rrlemlships, new. Caroline Sumner. WHAT TO EAT T 1TTLK cakes that are nice for children's parties are: Come-Agains. Sift two cupfuls of Hour with onehalf teaspoonful of salt and two teaspoonfuls of haking powder. Add one eupful of chopped raisins and pecans, equal pnrt of eruh, and one cupful (f hrown sugar. Heat 'iie egg. add onehalf cupful of milk nnd stir Int this the dry ingredients. Lastly, stir in two tahIepnnfuK of hutter. Drop hy spoonfuls on a grease! haking sheet, sift over them a mixture of ciniiair.cn and sugar nnd hake In a quick oven. Baked Oyster Plant. Select several larue roots of salsify, scrape nnd w:ish as uual. dropping Into cold water with a little vinegar to keep them from discoloring. Place well h rushed with olive oil on the rack In the oven ami hake ix.it il done, turning occasionally. Put into a hot dish and pour over them a white sauce made hy cooking two tahlespoonfuls each of hutter and t'.our together with one cupful of milk. Cover with hutterod crumhs and hake In the oven until the crumhs are well browned. (Crated cheese may he sprinkled over the dish If desired. Sweet Pepper Souffles. Cut out the seeds and memhraoes from four sweet peppers and parhoil. Put throu. !i the meat chopper, mix with two tahlespoonfuls of sharp hard

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the sick and alleviate the pains of the suffering. Then? is n growing wish everywhere nrnotig the enlightened to eliminate the parasite, by urging everybody to useful effort, especially the young and those inclined by reason of their '.veal tli to waste their time in Idleness. What is your chief desire? Is it something of a selfish nature, agreeable or pleasure bringing, or something which will some day prove a lasting benefit and blessing to all mankind? There is one intense, compelling expectation in the heart of every human being which controls his or her life. What is yours? If It Is. good, buckle on the armor of faith, put jealousy, selfishness and fear behind you and make yourself distinguished. (Copyright.) THE CHEERFUL CHERUB 5o mny unexpected Bring .dded joy to life. omeKow - fly toss just got some jquekv skoes 3o 1 cj hear him coming " now. (ITC!

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cheese finely grate', two tahlespoonfuls of fine sifted crumbs, three tablespoonfuls of Hour, blended smooth with an equal quantity of cream and stirred into the slightly beaten yolks of two eggs. Season with one-half teaspoonful of salt, a little pPrer; and a few pinches of poultry dressing. IWend the whole well togther and add the stihiy beaten whites of the eggs. Tlie batter should U rather stiff. Place at once In greased Individual molds, or paper cases, tilling them two-thirds full and bake in a hot oven until well puffed up. This amount should make eight soullles. Copyright. 19: Western Nt-v?parr Union. o Uncommon Sense By JOHN BLAKE V. THi: SQUAKE DEAL. "COil a good many thousand years Ic.idcrs if thought and morals have been trying to establish the square dea.l on tl:e face of tliis earth. The Cohhn Ilule is liier than the Siripturcs. KiTorts t make men do as they wtmld be done by date back to Confucius. t'p t th.e last reports, none or these efforts had altogether succeeded. There is still cheating and lying and stealing and Injustice in the world.

1 1"IDDIES SIX I r E I LJ Will M. Maupin i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ii i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i iTt DAY DREAMS

T LONG for the days of the barlow x knife, And the sore toe tied with yam; For the "mumblepeg" and the "IJoston taw" In the shade of the moss-grown barn. I even yearn for a stone-bruised heel. Or a back burned red by the sun; For the old-time zest for :ny couch of rest I had when the day was done. I long for the days of the "sight unseen," And the peg tops spun with twine; For my old-time place down at second base As one of the village "Nine." I even yearn for the finger bunged Or the thumb with a ragged split; Or the old-time lump on my bulging brow . That showed where the baseball hit. I long for the days of the swimmin' hole, And the "swish" of the old fish-line ; For the "crock rics," "aggies," "glassies" and The "nealles" that once were mine. I even yearn for the blistered hands That came from tlse old grub hoe; For the appetite that came with night In the days of long ago. I long for the days that are long, long dead. When my heart was free from care; For the sunny hours when my boyish soul Was as light as the summer air. Hut, thank the Lord, I am living yet, ' And I thank Him, too, taat I Can sit at ease when the day Is done And dream of the days gone by. (Copyright.) The little boy growing up in a good home believes everybody is honest and kind, and only after he gets out In the world is he bitterly disillusioned. And even after his years In school or in college, he finds himself expecting to be fairly dealt with In business, and is disappointed when he finds that this is not always to be It would, w e believe, be a mistake to destroy the ideals of childhood. We ought to have ideals at some stage of our existence, and childhood is about the only time when they are not likely to be shattered. Hut when you start out to fight the world for your living, the sooner you realize that you must at times meet with injustice and unfair dealing, the less likely you will be to cry out that you failed because every man's hand was against you. The world lias still a long way to go in its journey toward civilization. It will have many setbacks before the end of the journey Is readied. Today, if you lind other men dealing unjustly with you. even though you deal justly with them, do not he shocked or surprised. There are such men In the world many of them. Treat them fairly, but ! e prepared for a different kind of treatment from them, and don't whine if you receive it. P.e alert to read character. Pick out honest and straightforward men to deal with particularly as employers. P..? on yur guard against cheats, i.nd men who would exploit you. They art always inferior in intelligence to men who do business honestly, and therefore less likely to he able to be of service it: advancing you. Ion't complain when you are unfairly dealt with. Grit your teeth and endure it. Find the right kind of people, who are still abundant, ar.d make them your friends, and your company, and voiir business associates. It will he a long hunt, hut tlie results will repay you the time you spend oi, it. Copyright.)

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i ' -; vi immm Madeira Girls (Prepared by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.) Madeira, the island to which tlie former emperor of Austria-Hungary and his wife have been banished, might be said to lie In the Atlantic Ocean and the Middle Ages. And most interesting to Americans, "perhaps, It was once the home of Christopher Columbus. Once one has penetrated into the country back of Funchal, the only town of the island that may be called a city, the simplest and most primitive of civilized conditions are found. Plows are merely the wooden beams tipped with a point of Iron that Roman peasants used; draft animals are oxen; grain Is threshed by being trodden out on old-fashioned threshing floors ; and even in Funchal the most common means of conveyance Is the sledge dragged over cobbled streets by slowmoving oxen. But with all Its primltlveness Madeira is a land of great beauty and charm. It Is considered by many, indeed, the modern version of the "Islands of the Blessed." It is situated in the latitude of Charleston, S. C, and the Bermudas, and is about as far southwest of the Strait of Gibraltar as the Bermudas are southeast of New York. Madeira, though, Is not a lowlying islet, but was once a huge volcanic peak, and has rugged mountain scenery comparable to that of the volcanic islands of the Pacific. In Its rich volcanicsoil on the slopes of its peaks, and In the hot-house-like air of some of Its deep valleys, almost every known type of plant can be grown. Tlie Island has become a great botanical garden. It is only necessary to climb Its slopes to pass from the growth of the semitropics to that of the temperate zone. Bananas and apples; tree-ferns and oaks, oranges and pears flourish within a stone's throw of one another. Above three thousand feet where nmst of the cultivation stops the crests of the hills and mountains are covered with laurel and pine. Once Madeira supported dense forests of large trees, a fact which won It. its name, meaning "wood." But the early settlers fired the forests to clear the land and the later growth was for the most part of smaller trees and shrubs. Scenery Is Maanificent. The scenery of Madeira is on a magnificent scale out of proportion to the thirty-mile Island. One ridge rises to more than G,OX feet, and one valley especially, Curral das Frelras, has the luxuriance and charm more to be expected of the tropical islands of the I'nst. Steep rugged cliffs mark the greater part of the coast; and on the low ground about the occasional hays and widened canyons thät open to the sea huddle tiny towns. Possibly Maderia and the few small islands which make up the group were known to the Phoenicians and later to the Moors and the Genoese; but all records of their existence unless vague legends be considered had been lost by the beginning of the Fifteenth century In 141 S or 1410 storms drove Portuguese mariners to the islands and they were therefore the first of the numerous small Atlantic inlands to be discovered or rediscovered. Strangely enough It was little Porto Santo, not the relatively largo Madeira, that was found. A colony was founded on the islet and remained many months before Madeira, only 23 miles away, is discovered. Unlike the nearby Canary Islands allere the native flusnches had attained a considerable civilization, the Madeiras apparently had never ben inhabited I -e fore their discovery in 1410. The inlands were, in fact, given over almost solely to vegetation. No mammals or quadrupeds were found except a few bats nnd a species of rat. The onlv other living creatures that

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A in Gala Dress. existed in this island paradise were a few birds. Through colonization Madeira and Porto Santo were soon peopled and today the former has a density of population nearly three times that of the mother country, Portugal. Then bejran the pourlnj? into Madeira of the floral good things of the earth, a procedure which has made It a wonderland for botanists. Of primary economic importance was the introduction of sugar-cane from Sicily. Soon a very Important sugar industry had been built up. Grapes were brought in from Crete, and hy the time of the American Revolution the famous Madeira wine had shouldered sugar from Its place of Importance. Not a Prosperous People. In spite of the wonderful climate and soil of Madeira;, its Inhabitants are not very prosperous. This fact Is probably chiefly due to the marked density of the population, to the lack of an adequate educational system, and to the brake applied to initiative by some of the governmental and fiscal regulations. Because of the pressure of population many of the young people have emigrated during the past few decades. Illiteracy Is widespread. The people of Madeira have many strains In their blood. Italians, Jews, Moors, negro slaves, and English have all contributed elements, but the Portuguese have always been incomparably the most Important factor, and the resulting men and women are undeniably dark, swarthy sons and daughters of Portugal. Members of the upper classes are courtesy Itself. After wine production, Madeira's most important "industry" is its tourist traflic. For more than half a century the island has been the sun-parlor of the English, tlie white officials from the African colonies, and numerous Europeans. But to most of the tourists Madeira is Funchal, the little city of 2f,(XN) population which nestles, gleaming white, in a big amphitheater on the south side of the island and which has many of the modern facilities which the outside world expects. Funchal's harbor is only a roadstead, but it is never deserted, for the city lies at an ocean cross-roads of the routes that lead between the Strait of Gibraltar and the West Indies and South America, and between South Africa and England. And It had In pre-war days lines that plied directly to England, the Canane., the Azores and Portugal. The precipitous streets of Funchal compelled the use of pledges Instead of wheeled vehicles In the early days, and these quaint and primitive vehicles are still In use. The motive power Is usmlly supplied by oxen and some of the sledges are luxuriously fitted out with elaborate canopies. A thrill can be gotten from Funchal's primitive vehicles not surpaed by that from the racing automobile, for It Is customary In descending frm the hills to coast doivn over the rtblestor.es on small sleds with greased runners. One of the regular excursions for tourists In Funchal. even thoutrh they stay in the island but a few hours, Is a trip to an elevation of 20 feet above the harbor by a cog railroad and an exciting slide down. Walkers climbing the hills about the city regularly arrange to have 'livery sleds" meet them at certain pob.ts on the heights thnt they may coast back to the lower levels. Funchal's cog railroad gives access to several level roads which wind about the faces of the hills back of the city affording excellent views of the city and roadstead below. Opening upon these and farther up near the terminus of the railroad are the show places of the city. In some of these villa estates are to be found gardens of flowers and shrubs and tre whose beauty Is probably unsurpassed anywhere In' the world.

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