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SOME months ago the University , of Missouri started a course la baly-teutllug. the object of whfrb was to teach the fair co-ed of that Institution the proper way to rare for the table they might Mm day bring Into the world. The Idea worked out ao successfully that other Institutions have followed suit, and college girls throughout the country are enthusi"How do yo.i g et tht boy of youra up o early In the morning? -I U), hla "book away from him and make Mm go to bed Just at the point where Nick farter is slinking ateathlly Into the haunt of tha Black Hand." lawyerIn thla will you really insist upon being burled at seat "Yes. You see, my wife says that when I'm dead ah a a going to dauca on lay grave." e e "Lend a hand. Hiram, and help ketcb the selectman's pig." "Let the selectman ketch hla own pig. I'm out of poll ilea for good." Applicant Did I understand you to aa that you accommodate Sou persons at this hotelT Motel Proprietor No. I aald thla botel bad capacity for 200. e Bunker I waa fool enough yesterday to tell that duotor of youra that you sent me. Hill What difference did that taker Bunker He made me pay cash. e e "You have Bone of the things left which you enjoyed as youth, have you. Uncle John?" "No." aald Uncle John, who la a sueeeaaful man. "I swapped them oft as I went along."

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IT was' during on of those native risings In German South Africa that a force of regular troops. Just landed at Walfl ah May. was dispatched . up-country to Windhoek, and then onward to suppress or to try to suppress a tribe and Its chief, who were eut In open rebellion, murdering, burning, destroying all that they came across. A detachment from this main force, tinder Helmuth von Zlckermann. with a nigger guide, had been aent to push still further Into that waste of desert. Which, stretching toward the Kalmakarl country, grows more desolate and more barren with each atep. A native waa the cause of this seeend expedition. The savage represented that he belonged to a tribe at enmity with that In rebellion, that he had been caught by his foes and ao Ill-treated (and ha showed wounds but half-healed In corroboration of his atory that the wish for revenge had brought him to the while man's camp, prepared to lead the Germans straight to the kraal of the revolted chief. The Information If It were true, and the General In command. .an authority en tactics, but new to the sllmhesa of South Africa, decided that' It must be true was exceedingly valuable. Nothing so effectually brings the na. live to heel as to surround his lair and to drive off hla cattle. The loss of hla alvea he regarda with equanimity, experience baa taught him that the European will feed hla miscellaneous women-folk better than he would him. elf and then return them, exactly, when, peace Iselng enforced, he haa leisure to require their attention on hla mealle patch. The detachment under Major von Elckermann obeyed the aummona for special duty cheerfully enough, but when they had been tolling through a waste without a single dlstlngutahlng feature as far aa their unaccustomed f yes could see tor days. In the blackness ef a peculiarly dark night, the nigger guide disappeared. ' It was about an hour before dawn when Von Zlckermann was aroused to hear thla news. He stood, when he was sure that there waa no mistake. Ma great frame stiff, upright, his head thrown back, his eyes, the steel-blue eyes of the Trusslan. turned to where he looked for the ttrt streaks of ple light on the horlion. And, as he watched, he waa bliaed to own to himself that It would have been wiser to have taken the advice of the settler. Frank Itrtdgea. who had marched with them as a volunteer, and tleJ the nigger up each night. He had also te admit that he. a German officer, the product of the finest military training In the world, had been duped by an Ignorant savage without so much as (he proverbial string of bead for a loverlng. But these humiliating contlJeratlons Were soon thrust aside by another. It was certain that the detachment could Sot locate the rebels kraal without a guide It waa equally certain that It teulJ not stay where it waa True, if

auric about the new course. It la so much better to be getting "credits" for fondling a baby than to be "boning" at dry psychology. Ia England, however, the work baa been carried even further, and not only the girls' colleges, but even the girls' schools have organized "mind the baby" classes. It Is all very well to teach young college women these things, the English educators are saying, but It Is far better to teach It to young highschool girls, who. It may be sup-

pveu. may nave more chance of supplementing the Instruction received at school with the practical experience they may acquire at borne In the care of their little brothers and sisters. At the High C lff School for Girls at Scarborough. England, a first class In "mind the baby" was recently organized, and has proved very popular rmong England's future mothers. A special bouse was devoted to the purpose, for. besides learning how to mind the baby, the young ladies are also Initiated into the art of cooking, bed-making and other household duties, and these various courses require plenty of room. The girls at this school In the the are from twelve to fifteen years old, and that, it is believed. Is the right age et which the duties of a mother should be imparted to them. As In the case of the University of. Missouri course, real, live babies are used for the purpose of Instruction, the mothers of the neighborhood cheerfully loaning their youngsters to the school, in the knowledge that they will le properly taken care of by the director of the class. Among the things that the girls Von Zlckermann aid not return, a reinforcement would be sent to look for him; but no one knew In which direction to search. It would only bo by luck if the two forces met. There was but one way one way only. The detachment under Von Zlckermann must turn round and endeavor to march back. When the dawn broke. Von Zlckermann addressed his men and made the decision known to them. From that minute the aplrit went out of the band; they marched wearily, they did a shorter distance each day, they began to cast away articles of accoutrement, at first surreptitiously, then all but openly. It was In vain that their Major, that Von Itavelsburg, the young captain with the laugh in his eyes, first threatened, then punlsheJ, and finally appealed to the men under them. Frank Bridges had come to have more Influence with the detachment than had the commanding officers. The weary, footsore, sun-blistered, half-blinded men had discovered that If any one could lead them back to safety, it would be this settler, who saw signs that escaped their eyes, who heard sounds which left their ears deaf, who showed them when there was game about, and how to prevent the quarry escaping them. They might have tramped on to the end still German soldiers, under German discipline, at least so Van Zlckermann thought, but suddenly fever appeared among them. One man went down, then another, Von Ravelsburg was laid in one of the two wagons more dead than alive, a great sergeant from the sandy plains about Pantile followed, then a town-bred lad from Berlin, another, and another. Von Zlckermann realized that with the fever raging among them his detachment could not march. "We must entrench." he decided. "Wltn rest, all will soon be able to set out again." Frank Bridges, with his spare frame, his shoulder hunched as if from hard work, his face almost covered with a thick growth of hair, set the example. He was the first man to turn the sandy earth ever Into a soft wail. The Major recognized, with a setting of his lips and a thrust out of his square Jaw, that, had the settler not taken up the spade, his command might have hesitated to obey. It was at Frank Bridges'a suggestion, too, that every blade of grass, every bush, every scrub was cleared for a ring of about ten feet wide round the entrenchment, that the two wagons were drawn up side by side, as II for a last atand, within the defense. Then the sun-blistered. blue-Mpped. shaking men sat down to the terrible monotony of waiting. Hunger was cloae on them, thirst waa already with them, the fodder waa so nearly done that the horses were but skin and bone. The sun came out every morning and biased with so unvarying a brilliancy that the men within the laager cried aloud for one hour of Prussian mists, of the searching wind from the Baltic. The night fell so fast, and was alwaya as cold as the day had been hot, until the

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First Class in "Mind-the-Baby" Essentials of Baby's Meal Are Thoroughly Gone Into. are taught are the proper way to prepare baby's bottle, bow to bathe him, how to holu him. bow to put him to sleep, how to make his clwthes and dress him, and how to distinguish b'.-tween liia various cries the cry of pain, the cry of hunger and the cry of Just pure cussednpss. In the nature of things it will be many years before these youos girls will have a chance to put this valuable Instruction tj a test with their UT very variations of temperature became a torture in themselves. "Ulmmel!" muttered the lad from Berlin as he awoke, unref reshed. to recollect what was before him. "Are- we not like rats in a trap caugrht?" It was the first open expression of despair. But what ono youth only had ventured to whisper in the morning others and the seasoned soldiers amongthem would be saying, and saying aloud, before the sun went down. Frank Bridges heard, and he strolled over to the other side of the laager and stood with his face turned to the east? his eyes staring before him as if they saw some great, some momentous thing which was hidden from the others. Whatever might have been his meditations, they were suddenly cut short. In the hot. breathless stillness there came a sharp, cracking sound. Bridges turned about. He was in between the wagons in a moment; the Major's heavy frame. came lumbering behind him. Bridges knew. Von Zlckermann knew, what they would find there. The two were right. They bent over what had been but a moment before Ludwig KorteThe soldier, on active service, had died by his own hand. The settler looked at the officer. The two pairs of eyes met. Both men knew what this meant. Both men knew that they were face to face with a new horror. Demoralization had set In, and not even disease itself is more contagious. What Ludwig, with his stripes, with his flaxenhaired "Braut" awaiting him had done In this early morning, another would do to-morrow, then another. "We must bury him ourselves." muttered Von Zlckermann. drawn at last to partnership with the volunteer he had treated disdainfully, whose very presence he had resented, because, in this extremity, he knew instinctively that if it came to a last stand, he would find this bearded Colonial shoulder to shoulder with him. "But how can we account for a man missing?" Frank answered la return to the Major's suggestion. The big man groaned. "Summon two men for fatigue duty," he commanded, shortly. Ludwig Korte all. that is. which remained of him was covered over in the soft soil; but the consequences of his surrender remained, and they were exactly what Von Zlckermann had looked for. In the quick, brief twilight of that same day. another fever-stricken soul went out with a bullet through his brain. The major gave the word for every man who could stand to parade before him almost before that little wreath of blue smoke had drifted out Into the etlll air. Then, with the baggage wagons behind him, with h'.s detachment, unshaven, unwashed, for the most part In their shirt sleeves, with eyes unnaturally large, with their frames lean from hunger, with the sun one blazing ball of orange about to dip below the horizon en the west, he addressed them.

own babies, but In the meantime many of them find plenty of opportunity for practise right in their own homes, where they may handle their little brothers and 6lsters according to "p-to-date methods when mother's away. If not when she's around. In the course of this instruction the girls are taught the first principles of hygiene and physiology, particularly concerning the process of nutrition sind the essentials of food. Why baby requires so much milk per day, and why the milk must be up to a certain standard is Impressed upon their minds, and this part of the course alone must be productive of a lot of good, for it Is tolerably sure that the young ladies will carry home n lot of this valuable Information and Insist upon applying It. "We can't get to the mothers as we would like to," declared the director of this school, '"and that is why we think it of the greatest im

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"Kamaraderi," appealed this great man. and lie spoke not as the commanding officer, but as a friend to a friend, with a note of urgency in his voice and with a driven look overmastering the fierceness in his eyes. ''lvunnraderi. you are men, not cowards. The soldier who takes his own lit'e wrongs not only himself, but those he leaves behind. V.'e require all our strength, ami already two have failed us. Kamaradtn. I beseech you, for the love of yourselves, for the sake of the Fatherland, because you" Ho stopped short, pulled up by the very thing he had been pleading to prevent. Another shot cracked into the stillness, another man fell forward, went down on to the ground with a dull thud. Instinctively Von Zlckerrnann's glance flew to Bridges. He was confronted with that before which he was powerless, lie had before him an emergency of which there was no mention in the drill book. "Gott in Hlmmel!" he whispc;--!. confessing all his helplessness. Then Frank Bridges stepped up, facing the Major; between them was the dead man, lying face downward, one arm outstretched, the revolver that had s'.jped away as the grasp o the lingers relaxed lying a few inches further on. "My time has come," began tha Colonial slowly, distinctly; and even the apathetic men who were so broken that they could see a comrade die with indifference raised their heads, for the settler was speaking German, and such German as they were accustomed to hear in their officers' messroorn. 'It is my turn now," this bearded man In the nondescript garments went on. "1 propose to leave the camp to-night, to trek back to the base and to bring help to you." The announcement effectually aroused those who heard it. The majority, who accepted the words as they were spoken, felt a new life spring up in them, but Von Zlckermann stood silent, and Von Ravelsburg. shaking with fever, let fly an oath. "Are you mad?" he demanded. "Are you mad?" The spttler shook his head. "You know better than any of us what is before you," the high, feverish tones expostulated. "You know "what it would mean If the niggers were to catch you; and who has been so sure as you that the blacks were about; and who has Insisted on the need for sentries as you have? Men," and now their captain appealed straight to the knot of listening soldiers, "men. when the niggers have a white pr'soner to dispose of it sometimes takes that poor wretch twelve hours to die." The words and all the horror they Implied struck home. A sergeant dropped on the sand with a groan, a greAt fellow began to curse stolidly, the lad from Berlin twisted himself between the knees of those In front and reached out for the revolver lying on the ground. Bridges anticipated him. pickej up the weapon, discharged the remaining barrels one by one into the air. and then threw it back. He turned and looked significantly to the major. Von Zickermann saw the glance, started, bent forward, peered insistently with a new wonder and a new bewilderment into the bearded face. The two stood thus measuring each other wtth their eyes. Next Bridges faced about and looked from man to man of the weary group. "Leave us." he said, as If It were his to command. "Major von Zickermann and I must settle this matter together." For sheer astonishment thre was a moment's pause, Xext Von Ravelsburg. but Just able to put one foot before the other, raised his hand to the salute, and dragged himself out of earshot- The others followed, until on!y rse '(-

Teaching Twelve-Year-Old Schoolgirls How to Wash the Babies They May Some Day Bring Into the World.

portance to reach the future mothers. Although the girls ore very young, the lessons tbey receive will stick to them for life. After they have been taught how to hold the habv in the correct manner, for In stance. It Isn't likely they will get It. "Again, when they are told why they must be particularly careful of the baby's fontanel, the soft spot, as It is usually called, they are old enough to appreciate the wisdom of the advice, end they may be expected to heed It ever afterward. "Then we feach them how baby should be put to sleep, why his back should always be supported In early life, why It Is wrong to jump him up and down, especially after he has had bis meal, why only toys of rubber or Ivory should be given to him and what the youngster should be given to eat. "When it is considered what, little Instruction of value the average mother of to-day received along' this line the wonder Is not that the morand the German officer were left, with the lifeless figure lying face downwards between them, and the first shadows of night stealing out of the waste toward them. It was Bridges who spoke first. "If this is not stopped every man but you and the Herr Hauptmann and I will shoot himself." he began. Von Zickermann nodded sullenly. "You are responsible for the men under you. Herr Major?" the settler went on. The officer nodded again. "You know that I. and I alone, know enough of the country to have a chance of getting back to the base." "Yes," and the one word wedged Itself with a hiss from between Von Zickermann's ck-nched teeth. "You know that if I summoned the men and sai. that you would not let me go, they wot 'd defy you and your authority." "What are you coming to?" flashed out the German officer. "To this," retorted Frank Bridges, taking no notice of the contempt in the other's voice, on the other's face. "To this: That I am in command now, not you; that the force will obey me. not you; that it is for me to speak, and for you to acquiesce or be silent." The big man leaned forward. "You want to make terms?" he cried scornfully "You want to make conditions?" "Yes," returned the settler. "I do want to make conditions, and you cannot refuse them." "State your terms," answered Helmuth von Zlckermann, as he drew himself up. as he folded his arms across his broad chest. "They are the.se," answered Bridges: "That you set out to-night with me as soon as it is dark; that when you have ridden side by side with me for one hour, you pull up. I will ride on. I leave you to make your way to the base or to return to this laager if you can. But I leave you, alone, unarmed, without even so much as a compass." The German heard. A greyness suddenly showed between the red sun-blisters on his cheeks. "It would mean certain death a lingering death of thirst, of starvation unless " he choked, he could not prevent it "unless," he resumed, "the niggers came across me." Bridges acquiesced with a movement of his head. The great man took out his revolver, held it out. "Shoot me down; will that not satisfy you?" he asked. The settler pushed the weapon away. "Do you want to join him?" he aked. and he referred to the dead man at their feet. The two waited facing each other. Already the greyness was over the sky. over the waste. "Man." gasped Von Zickermann. "have you no mercy?" Bridges shook his head. "Why." ne flashed out, a torrent of pent up passion finding expression in hese words, "shouid I have mercy on you, Helmuth von Zlckermann?" The cry. che voice, the use of the first name, arrested the soldier. "What do you mean?" he demanded, and then as he looked again he suddenly changed the form of bis question. Who are yon?" he cried out. The bearded Colonial smiled very slowly. "Is it so Jong ago." he demanded, "that you have forgotten Bonn, the garrison there, your friend Frans Zweibrucken ?' The Major started. In this God-forsaken spot, with the ocean rolling between him and the lovely town by the Raise, where two years of his young mar. hood had been spent, retribution had come up with him. He heard again he had heard it so often for years Franz saying to him that he loved Hauline; that Pauline loved him. They were brother subalterns, he and Franz. Both of them knew that there was no chance

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tallty list among Infanta Is so great, but that It Is not greater." At the baby-tending class In the Domestic Science Department of the Unlver6itv of Missouri cleanliness U the first thing preached to the co-eds. The nursery must always be clean, or if there is no nursery, the baby's Immediate quarters must be Immaculate, vvervthlng about It should ho washable A feather duster should never be allowed In the same room, or anything hat can catch and hold dust. There should be no article that cannot be cleaned with a damp cloth This to avoid unhealthful dust and the germs dust carries. Fresh air Is of as much importance to the baby as food. There Is too much fear about It catching cold. A baby who Is kept In a room with hot air la far more likely to catch cold It Is taken out of doors than one accustomed to being In a room with fresh, cool air. The nursery should be thoroughly ventilated at least twice a day. This easily be done wnue me cuna is being taken out in tne sireei or Into another room. Night air Is fresh air and should be admitted to the nursery. Children deprived of fresh air at night are more sensitive to "sniffles" than others. A window In an adjoining room. If the night is not too cold, the window furthest from the baby's bed. may "So your old aweetheart is going to t married?" "Yes." Who is the happy manf "There's lots of 'em." Why. she can marry but onsr "That's what I mean." T want to ask you for a bit of advice." said the insinuating man. "What is It?" t want vnn to out yourself in my place and me in yours, and tell me how you would go about It If you wanted to

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of Franz obtaining his Cotonefs permission to make Pauline his wife, for she was very poor, and every officer's wife must bring him a certain "dot." Moreover, she was not his equal in position. Both men knew that If Franz married her it would entail expulsion for him from his regi ment from his family. "Nevertheless," Von Zlckermann had questioned, for he heard the determination in the voice speaking to him. "Nevertheless." echoed his comrade, his friend. "1 mean to marry Pauline, You will keep my secret, meln Jungllng?" Von Zickermann had promised, and even as he promised he knew that ha meant to break his word. He loved Pauline himself! The very next morning the Colonel called up Zwei-brucken, informed him that the regiment could not be disgraced by a mesalliance, that he must give up Pauline or resign his commission. The lad resigned on the spot, his family disowned him, he disappeared; but the treachery did nothing to profit the man who had betrayed him. Pauline disappeared also, and though Von Zickermann sought her. he never learned what had become of her. As ttiis came back to Helmuth von Zlckermann, he turned suddenly to the man beside him. "Who are you?" he cried out. "I was Franz Zwel-brucken." came the quick answer. The big man heard, understood. Vengeance had sought him out, had come up with him. He acknowledged the Justice of it. He stood silent, while the darkness grew closer and closer. He was no coward when It came to it; he had done wrong, and now that he bad to pay he would not whine and he would not squirm. "I accept your decision." he said quietly, firmly, "but on one condition." "And that Is?" thrust in the settler. "That you tell me. if you know, what has become of Pauline." "She Is my wife." "And," went on the major, "has she been happy? Swear to tell me the truth; has she been happy, man? I have never forgotten her; I have never loved another woman as I loved her. Tell me, has been happy." "Yes," answered the man, who was once Franz Zwel-brucken. "Yes, Pauline has been very happy." "Then," flashed out Von Zlckermann, "I will not leave you an hour after we set out to-night; I will ride by you until we are within sight of safety, or die fighting by you. I wronged Pauline once; I wronged you, Franz Zwel-brucken. I do not ask your pardon. No words could make atonement for such an offense as mine. But I offer you and Pauline deeds. I will ride by you; I will see you safe or die over you, and then" "And then?" hoarsely whispered the man who was listening. "I will turn back Into the waste. I will ride out to die alone. But I shall die aa 1 never thought to, for I shall have done something for Pauline at last." He ceased; he turned about. He had said all there was to be said. In five minutes more the full blackness of the night would have come and they would set out. As he, Helmuth von Zlckermann. stood, as he waited, he knew that the settler had come up to him. was standing close to him. Meln Alte." choked the man who had been so grievously wronged, "Mela Alte. we will go together It Is true, we will go together; but we will not part There shall be no riding back Into the waste for you." At first Von Zickermann did not understand. "Pauline would not have ta part." the other went on. "Do you understand? Pauline would not have us part. I joined your expedition because you commanded. I waited, because I knew you would have need of me. I tried you Just now to prove to Pauline, had become: and now I say. come back

be left open and a screen placed to avoid draughts. Gas stoves should never be uee4 In the nursery. The co-eds are taught that the first essential Is to make the baby breathe correctly through his nose. If a child sleeps with his mouth open, this fault can be corrected by gently tipping his head downwardIt will soon learn, unless there are nasal obstructions, and then these should be attendee to at once by a good physician. Do not believe the doctor who says that there will be time in the future to correct bad habits. He may not be thinking of the fees he will collect from the 111 caused by false breathing, but he certainly does not know what he Is talking about The proper way for a baby to He Is on 'ts stomach That Is the way all young animals He, and the kin. ship of the child's body to the rest of nature's creations must be recognized. It Is time enough to think of the soul when that baa been given a chance. A baby has two forms of exercising, primitive, of course, like all the rest of It crying and kicking. The first exercise the lungs: the second the body. Loosen its clothes and let It kick and roll all It wants to. Let It cry, too, when the crying Is healthy. The hungry cry and the pain cry are easily distinguishable from the normal cry. Never force a baby to walk. He will walk when he gets ready, which Is when his bones and muscles are strong enough to bear him. When carrying a baby change blm from one arm to the other, so that he may learn to use and exercise both arms equally.

"Tha supposed younv millionaire bought an airship declared bankrupt.' Just before he waa "That was a perfectly natural pro ceeding." "How go?" "Most peopla do buy airships before tbey go up." "Aw, your mina Is nothing but a hole In the ground." "A hole In the ground may be valuable, my friend. Suppose vou owned the Mew York subway?" to myself, what manner of man you with me If you will, ahare the danger If you will, but when we reach safety come on still farther with me. come on to where Pauline Is watching for me." The silence fell again. The darkness was down now on the two men who stood side by side, who felt about and grasped hands. Will Fljrtng MaKe U Happier? By J. P. Bare, M. D. SPECULATION as regards the effect that aviation may have upon man In the coming centuries is of great Interest Where the question of the effect that life la the rarer atmosphere will hare upon the physical man has been sufficiently dwelt upon, the change which this bodily transformation may produce upon the mind seems to have been overlooked. Is It not possible that human happiness may be discovered In aviation f The question seems a trifle obscure at this juncture, BUT physical and mental conditions coordinate. We have been told by scientists that life In the air may change our physical makeup. Thla would mean therefore a corresponding change in the mental man. This metamorphosis in the physical man may mean that we develope a double process of breathing, like birds. Tha enlargement of the heart, another effect presupposed by scientist, may result. The eye, It Is .aid. will tolncrease its perspicacity and obtain astonishing brightness, and the body may become covered with a aoft down to protect it from the colder atmosphere, while the legs will probably diminish in size. But it Is upon the enlargement of the lungs and the possible development of the double breathing ayetern that one may be led to deduct that humanity may be thus gradually led from their cold, dolL earthly unhapplnes. to the Joyous, warm, pulsing Impetuosity which Is so admired In birds. May not transformists here find their limit to human perfection? Then, of course, the question resolves itself into another, "What then?" The lungs of birds communicate" with cavities placed throughout the body, even to the bones, according to Milne-Edwards. This system ia to make lighter the body while giving vigor and activity for flight. Bat, saying that a superabundance of energy is not needed, the enlargement and extension of the breathing apparatus to a certain extent will be a more than probable result from centuries of flight. Oxygen will thus come into more Immediate eontact with the blood and the result will be a warm. Joyous feeling, which will resolve out of the race the happy humans that Nature evidently intended them to be.