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THE GEO MAGAZINE PAGE Little Bobbie’s Pa WILLIAM F KIRK. PA rw awful good last nite He showed sum ladles & gentelmen the evils of gambling I guess thare wont be any moan card galms in our house The way it was was this way-: Pa was jest putting on his slippers * his bathrobe after dinner wen Ma sod Hus band, we are going to have company aggenn tonite. Ageen tonite? sed Pa. Yes, sed Ma, aggenn tonite. Oh. well, sed Pa, oh well. Pa sighed & looked kind of sad What are you sighing about? sed Ma. These is perfeckly luvly peepul. Mister <£■ Missus Lind A- two of Missus Lind's gairl frends. They are Cumming up to play poker To play what? Sed Pa. to play poker, eed Ma Have you anyy objeckshuns - ’ It Is only going to be a llttel gaim that Missus Lind has invented, she calls it the mill gaim. Eeech of us is to taik one hundred cents worth of chips, but we only pax one-tenth for the chips, ten cents. One-tenth of a cent is a mill, sed Ma doant you understand? Then Pa Oglied sum moar Yes. I understand, he sed Wen does the or gy beegin? Jest wen Pa was talking thare calm a knock at the door A in cairn Mister A- Missus Lind <t- her two gurl frends Missus Lind A- the gurls was pritty, but Mister Lind was awful alongsidt "f Pa, he looked kind of scared All of them started asking rite away «»n the gaim was going to begin * Pa sed to me Bobbie. I want you to sit norr mv chair this eevning & watch this gaim they call the "mill gaim " Watch my hands, sed Pa. & notis the nay I play them You are growing up Pa sed. A- -um day you will be a man 1 doant want tn ewer think that my son will beecum a poor pokt r player. All th' mupny I maik, Pa sed. I ,m going to put in yure llttel pig bank. A- then the gaim beegan. There was only one good player in the gaim. that aa- Pa. He worked harder than the rest, boekatts he had to work harder He bad one pack of cards on the label to talk care of a other park beehind his coat tails on the chair. <?- a other pack on his knee. ] saw it al] the time. Onst in a while Pa wud not stay In the pot. thay called it the pot. & every time he wasent in the pot he was all the time fixing up the deck on his knee or the deck beehind his coat tails 1 knew It was kind "f coarse work, eeven if I am only a llttel hoy, but thay all cuddent see it. * after th gaim was neerly oaver Pa had most of I the chips. The ladies was all gitting kind of mad at Pa A at each other, & Ma got the maddest of all. beekau every tirm Pa di-iled the • irri- she wu< have a good hand A Pa wud have a bet ter one Wen th" gaim was oaver nobody sed a word "xeep Pa He took his nine piles of ( hips, a dollar a pile, & sed to the banker H"tr. Miss Polly. cash these in. It is just nine hundred mills Bn the lady gaiv Pa ninety cents A- I put it In my pig bank, but If Pa evver needs any part of it he can have it. beekaus he is n good fellow . CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Hdvs Always Bought Bears the XTj / / SMpie'nre of <n&y* (LOWEST PRICES—BEST WORK GUARANTEED A MMSBM ~ SETOFTEf.TH F”\UO $5 ' ojher 10 PRICES JUST fL Jy AS REASON ABLE ALL MY WORK IS GU AR ANTEED— KE E P THAT IN MIND DR. E. G. GRIFFIN'S de £?l e l & t o v ms 24 , WHITEHALL ST.—OVER BROWN AND ALLEN'S FLATWARE Superior in Quality and Design During the last few years a number of patterns have been produced which w. re inspired by different, yet characteristic phases of the Old < olonial style. Each pattern has, to a degree, successfully embodied the more elaborate aspects. It is the Paul Revere, ho we ter. prices on which are given below, which fully exemplify the elegant simplicity distin guishing the taste of our forefathers. Twelve Table Spoons. ZtX -A ~ Twelve Table Knives. f»• < I ■ Twelve Dessert Knives. S ■ r Twelve Dessert Forks. 8| ® f Twelve Table Forks, «| JSa * ■ f gl Twelve Tea Spoons. 31 31 ® Twelve Soup Spoons. With Mahogany Chest complete sl7.T2'> Haynes * ■, The Proposal ..xt ..g -.k o«n>» Ry \ell Brinkley j " $3%; Kjl ■ wlta 5 ■' >■ 1\ illllllr at-a v vSO - j ' 1 ~-fI - -Wo jrz sF/S ■•• fe?f IF one could drag that dream of first love out of the mind of youth you would find it a fan tastic thing, there'd be a moon In Hunting a Husband By Virginia F. Van De Water WOMAN'S Intuition Is proverbial, and Helen Robbins and her share of It. It mav have been this occult power that made her sus pect that her uncle had been to see Beatrice Minor. <>r perhaps the elderly man looked a bit conscious when Beatrice's name was next mentioned to him by his niece. At all events, Helen took alarm swiftly, and, after some moments of rapid thinking, determined that her own interests and those of her chllren should not be sacrificed to her w-althy relative's fancy for a pretty widow. She could not prevent his going to Beatrice's home, but she could arrange to have another man flit her field of vision so completely that the older and loss attractive admirer would be rele gated to the background. With this aim, in view, she called up Beatrleft and asked Iter io accompany As They Dream It. It, and twilit grass starred with vague white flowers, dim trees, music somewhere, great frosty stars, a nightingale singing (even If there aren't any in the country , her and Mr. Robbins to the theater r the following Saturday night, and. re t reiving her assent, she telephoned to Robert Maynard and asked him to , make a fourth in their little party. He accepted promptly, but asked ‘Who is to be the fourth? Your niece?" ''Oh. no!" exclaimed Mrs Robbins. ' "You were very kind to devote your self to th> child at my dinner, but I ’ would not think of imposing her upon f you a second time within a fortnight. Mrs. Minor is to accompany us. 1 1 wish you knew her better. She is really a most unusual woman, with a beau tiful mind, and, by the way, she tikes ' you very much." The man laughed pleasedly, his Van ' ity gratified. 1 "1 am glad to hear that, for I found her charming." So the matter was arranged, and ‘ when Beatrice stepped from the eleva tor in her apartment house on Satur ■ day night, having been informed by the hall’boy that Mr. and Mrs. Robbins I were waiting for her. she wa= jiston- I ished and pleased to see that i May nard was with them. "Why. how delightful!" she ex claimed cordially. "We are a nice i quartette. aren't we?" A Merry Time, It was natural that Robert should act as her Ascort. and be was so pleas ant. and Helen and her husband were ’ jolly, that Beatri'e assured herself that she was going to have a good ’ time. She was not disappointed. The play ■ wet! acted and interesting and ■ tween the acts—those difficult and ■wring periods Robert Maynard prov ’d himself a good comrade, and the conversation was brilliant and spirited X the curtain tel! upon the la«t act h< turned to his friends and insisted that they should accompany him to I the Plaza for supper. Helen looked at her husband for his consent, and he ‘ nodded, his approval of the suggestion Beatrice beamed with anticipatory pleasure. This is such fun!" she sighed to het escort as they followed the older couple through the brilliantly-lighted streets. "It is a long time since I have had such a spree as this, for of late 1 have gone out very little In fact. I Nadine Face Powder ( In Green boxtj Only. ) Makes the Complexion Beautiful » Soft and Velvety It is Pure, Harmless Money Bad if Nat Entirely Pleased. , The soft, velvety appearance re mains until pow-! der is washed off. ' Purified by a new process. Prevents sunburn and return of discolorations.' The increasing popularity is wonderful. White, Flesh, Pink, Brunette By , toilet counters or mail. Price 50 cents. NATIONAL TOILET COME ANY. AwO. 7ww» i ■ a W aS J l-M-r—.-T|cl'.o/ Are i Ik • rw H i • Fid%rs KBlkm h f - tJI W ? i n. ~ 2 . ’round New York), the girl would have only a dim glory for a face, there would be»kisstng of hands, and over all the dream a dusting of gold with the dim word LOVE have had nobody to take me any where." "And I," said the man. poking down into her face, "have not had any one to take anywhere, even”—with a sigh "if Thad had the heart to go.” Beatrice wished that he wrnuld forget for a while his dead wife and think only of her; then she remembered that he had but said in substance just what she had remarked a moment before. Probably’ he thought she was regret ting her husband just as he seemed to regret his wife. After all. had bls mar. riage been any happier than hers’ They bad reached the Plaza, and he. noticing her grave face and preoccu pied demeanor. checked her for a mo ment as she started to enter the re volving doors. "Let's make a bargain." he’suggested quickly and smilingly. "For this even ing let's promise each other to think only happy thoughts. Will you agree to it?” "Indeed. I will!" laughed his com panion. I shall be glad of the chance to forget all the disagreeable things that have ever happened." "Such a pleasant thing is happening to me tonight in being with you that I shall have no trouble In forgetting Do You Know That From his cell in a French prison an arrested banker contrived secretly- to carry on financial transactions, making I about s3bO a day. Fifty pounds of honey are annually produced by a hive of 5.000 bees. In five years the bees will have increased to 50.000. A Frenchman may secure a divorce if his wife goes on the stage without his consent. A school of aviation, for women only, has been established in Berlin. Records for skipping have been made at Carlisle by Mr. A Ramsey, who skipped 10,617 times in an hour, and Mr. Miles. 3,655 times in twenty min utes. Travelers in France will soon have to accustom themselves to being told that their train will start at "half-past thir teen." as the 24-hour system of reck oning time is to be introduced on the ; aiiways on July 1. X photographer in Paris lias wax fig ures in his studio of all the great ce lebrities. so that a client can be taken arm in arm with any European sov reign or other person with whom he I wishes to appear to be on intimate terms. 1 ■ " Amused at the photograph of himself in a newspaper, a German postal em | ployee who had absconded with a large sum of money laughed so loudly in a I Swiss restaurant that he attracted the I ittention of two detectives, one of l whom politely requested the loan of the ; paper. His request was granted, and .- detectives found that the man was tughing at his own photograph, and promptly arrested him. As It Often Is. traced over it. But ah-h-h! as it sometimes is when it comes true —that dream —told over French bread and silverware, with the towers of Gotham and drifting sac- everything else." he said softly, step ping aside to allow her to enter before him. His words and tone brought a new light to her eyes and a brighter color to her cheeks, and more than one per son turned to look at the pretty woman as she crossed the broad corridor and entered the dining room Life seemed transformed for her tonight. The strains of the orchestra filled her with delicious emotion, and her past, with its bitter disappointments, and her present every-day existence, with its struggles to economize and its sordid commonplaceness, fell from her, and she felt as if she were stand ing on the threshold of a new and beautiful world. Helen, seeing the result of her mach inations. rejoiced, and her satisfaction made her more agreeable than ever, while her husband, noting her mood, titled his to it. They were a merry’ party, and it was, on the whole, a sat isfactory evening tor all concerned. The viands were delicious, and Robert May nard ordered them and the champagne with an abandon that made Beatrice wonder if he had not more money than had the average man of her acquaint ance. As she thought this, she breathed a sigh of content, then caught herself up sharply as she appreciated that she w as once again contemplating the pos sibility of this man's asking her to marry him. She would not tallow her fancies to stray in this direction, for, perhaps, after all, this devoted manner of his was only his way with all wom en w hom he chanced to know. The thought brought with it a pang, and a sober look came to her face. May i nard observed It, and. leaning toward her, asked suddenly: "Are you forgetting your bargain?" Beatrice started guiltily, then she laughed. "What bargain"" she queried. "We promised to ignore this evening the unhappy past, you know," chided the man. , ~ "I was not thinking of It." declared Beatrice. "What were you thinking of?" asked Maynard. But she laughed and shook her head. "I can’t tell you! "‘she exclaimed. A Promise. "Will you tell me some time?" he urged. "Perhaps.” "When ?” The woman looked at him. moved by a sudden impulse. "When I know you well enough to find that I was mistaken in what I was thinking?" she promised. "What are you two conspiring about?" demanded Helen suddenly. She and her husband had been deciding In low tones that it was time for sober, sensible people to turn their faces homeward. “Whatever it. is. it has ab sorbed you so deeply that you have not noticed the hour. It is so late we must go home!" And. rising from her seat, she and her husband started toward the door, while the other couple reluc tantly followed them. Grandmother's Herbs Almost every American man or wo man can recall the collection of roots, herbs and barks made every fall for the home medicine chest. It is interesting to note that the most successful remedy for female ills the world has ever known had its origin nearly forty years ago in z>ne of these home medicine chests and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is made today In Immense quantities from these same roots and herbs with extreme ac curacy. care and cleanliness Merit alone could have stood the test of time., tory smoke outside the ecru restaurant curtains. . But who dares to say that the last picture is no as well beloved by ROMANCE as the first? \\ ' "FT □ kJ /drudge Ba® 1 Wu la „ ) \\ saaJ B \\ Rast us Goes Fishing. Mr. Henry— “ Going fishing on washday, Rastus? I thought Melissa needed you to gather wood and make a fire to boil the clothes.’’ flastMS—VYes, sah, Marse Henry. But Anty Drudge here, she done sho’d M’Lissy how to wash de clo’s without no fiah an’ M’lissy she say hit’s as easy as rollin’ off a log.’’ Anty Drudge— “ That’s right. Mr. Henry. Rastus had better be working than fishing, but Melissa doesn’t need him. Fels-Naptha makes the biggest washing easy for one person in less time than the old way.” Do your washing without a fire next time. Save the bother, the discomfort and the cost of fuel. Wash your clothes with Fels-Naptha in cool or lukewarm water, in summet or winter. It’s much easier—no hard rubbing is needed. It saves the clothes because there’s no boiling to weaken them and no hard rubbing to wear them out. It takes less than half the time of the old way. And this Fels-Naptha way of wash ing in cool or lukewarm water makes your clothes cleaner, sweeter, and fresher than if you boiled and hard-rubbed ’em till Doomsday. ™ Don’t take a substitute fcr Fels-Naptha because it will *not do the work. Look for the red and green wrapper and follow the directions printed on the back. T . Advice to the Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. LET THE MATTER DROP. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young boy, sixteen years old. Last summer I met a girl the same age. We were very friendly. When I came to the city she gave me her watch, and we kept corresponding for a month. Then she wrote and asked me for her watch, and I sent it to her. New Year’s I sent her a card and received no answer. Then I wrote and asked her if she was angry, and did not get any answer. E. V. You are too young to begin the girl troubles every susceptible man accumu lates at some time in his life. The watch incident yvas a foolish one. Now that you have returned it. let your • acquaintance with the girl end. Re member that no man ever laid a good foundation for future advancement by devoting his best years to “calf love. GIVE HIM UP. Dear Miss Fairfax: I have known a young man for about three months, and he was very atten tive for the first two, sending me a beautiful Christmas present. One even ing I teased him about some other young men calling, and since then he has never been the same, though at the-i time I didn't think he minded. I have; met him several times since at dancesi and parties, but he never asked me to call any more. X. Y. Z. If he took offense when none was In—t tended, and chooses to sulk about put him out of your mind. The girl' with the sulky lover is unhappy; mar riage to such a man is a tragedy. IT CERTAINLY WOULD. Dear Miss Fairfax: There is a young man who Is em ployed by the firm I used to work for. I love him dearly, and, although I have reason to believe he cares for me a little, I am almost positive he does not love me as I love him. I went out with him once last summer. Once or twice 1 have asked him to come to the house. He never promised, and always had a very plausible excuse. I would like to know whether it would be very wrong for me to tell him I love him. M. A. K. The young man has given no evidence he cares for you, and such an avowal from you would only humiliate you. If you can not forget him, at least do not commit the folly of letting him know you have given your love unsought. I am sure your only hope of winning him lies in showing him your absolute in difference.