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o <d Natural History Lessons No. 3—The Hog RY DOROTHY DIX HE most nnm*roo* animal In ths world 1* the Hof, which may be dally observed In twrpr" number* roehing hither and yon, and vice rrma, fltllng the timid spectator with dread ap- prehenelon, for It le the oostom of this relentleee beast to trample all under foot who are #o anfortunaie a# te are* *n ite wary Whether the Hog la larger than the Slap hunt he* newer been accu rately determined. Certainly It taker ep twtoe aa roooh epwre aa the Jamb©. and ttrte he* led to the belief that It ie the butirlea* and heftleet of ail known an tonal a. Ale© the opinion 1* held by thooe who hare studied thl a unpleaaant oraature that It ha* at many feet ae a oeotlpeda. and that each foot It the alao of a wardrobe trunk, for it would obwloaaty be 1m- peaefMe for anything with only two fort of ordinary *l»e to etep all orer y«u and do the dama-ye that the Hog dnoa Two ether mrlour peculiarities of the Ho* are that It hae double action aibow joints that ae flail* and beat down all be fore It at the Ho* tmret Ite way throu*h a crowd, and that It bee the faculty of elon- *atln* Its le*s to any extent that Is necessary to trip people up. It can with ecpial facility spread them across a car slele or half way orer a draw ing-room floor, whichever ts handiest to catch an unvrary victim. Concerning the habits of the Ho* very little Is known, as no one has ever been sufficiently brave to volun tarily *et Close enough to one to study Its ways. It* most obvious characteristics appear to be a vora cious apprtlta which It satisfies by means of shovelling food down it* throat with a holfe. and Its ability to *et both forefeet lp the doa*h trosrh and keep them there. The male Ho* Invariably ha* a cir cular protuberance resembling a barf, on Its head, which It never takes off In the presence of ladles, and It car- rise a balf-ll*hted cigar. preferably of the smelleritls brand. In Ite paw ^7 £J Daysey May me and Her Folks By FRANCES L CARBIDE. HE Children's Congress had been I called in Session Extraordinary by Vice President Wilberforce Hard op. aged six. "We meet to consider the plight of our beloved president. Caunoey De vore Appleton," the call read, and the delegates dropped balls and dolls and toddled with bowed heads to the meeting. What could be the plight of that great soul none but the vice president knew, apd the delegates oonferted in anxious whispers over what dire secret he carried in his breast. Pertr«)p. suggested the Honorable Horaoe Whimpers, aged three, "our president overtaxed his brain compil ing statistics on the number of times every mother says Don't in the course of a day." But Che Idea that that mammoth br&lA could be overtaxed was re- * reived with such scorn that the Honorable Horace Whimpers crawled under a chair in deep humiliation and fell fast asleep. Vice President Hardop called the meeting to order with a baby's rattle for a gavel, pointing to it and saying dramatically: "It was His. but where ie He?" A pause, during which he looked as If accusing the delegates of hiding their president under their blouses and aprons Then he continued. "He is chained to the bedpost at home!" A Bachelor’s Diary By MAX. when entering public place. It alto ■its on the hack ®f Its neck, thus savin* the price of shoe *h1n*t by wlpin* its muddy feet on the dresses of the women who pass by. Another notable characteristic of a male Ho* Is Its loud and strident voice, which It uses with *reat effect In theatres and restaurant*, thereby calling attention te itself and ■polling the pleasure of every one within earshot. There are a great many varieties of Hogi the most common and blood thirsty being what Is oommonly called the garden. or subway. Ho*. This voracious beast may be seen at it* beet during the rush hours of the day and night, trampling down the weak and feeble, and crippling and bruiting old women and children, as. with a ■nort of joy, it ploughs its way through the crowd and seizes upon the one vacant seat in the car, where it calmly reads a newspaper, while tottering oid ladle* swing perilously on straps. Other choice varieties of swine are known a* the Drummer Hog, the Hotel Hog, the Public library Hog and the Lunch Room Ho* These all have merits pe culiar to their breed, and are worthy rivals of the Rubwav Hog. There are also many J/ady Hogs, who are even more to be feared than the Men Hogs. In deed, it was con cerning the Lady Hog that Kipling penned his famous line, "The female of the species 1* more deadhy than the male." This i* because the Iadv Hog Is equipped with long hatpins that stick out like daggers about her head and carries knobby bundles that she places be side her on the eeat of the cars and trains she Infests. The Tittdy Hog In her most savage state is fotrod at the boarding house table and the bargain counter, though another favorite haunt of hers is the theatre ahtle. which she blocks up by stopping to hold a long conversation with a chance met friend, while the commuters behind her howl with baf fled rage as they miss thetr last train home. There are a great many successful breeders of Hogs in this country, the largest of them being the Interbor- enrgh. The Hog serves a most nee "toil pur pose. teaching us patience and hu mility. Thus we see that nothing was created in vain. M AT 2.—The widow sard when she left here that ahe would not go alone. •lust what did she mean by that? I piisaled over the question till I grew dazed, and then decided to turn the problem over to Rally Spencer If a woman Is planning to run off with another womans husband, surely th* wife baa a right to know it. A wife hasn't many rights, I will grant, but I he most zealous opponent of equal suf frage would grant her this one The opportunity came this morning when Manette awoke with a slight fever and Richards ran across the lawn to ask Mrs Rpencer to come over It proved only a trifling aliment, but the death of Elizabeth has reduced us all to a state of pitiable cowardice, and Mrs. Spencer, after ministering to the child’s want*, felt such apprehenston that she decided to remain all day. I had my little girl in my arms and she had fallen asleep with her hands Hasped around my neck. It is a favorite attitude of Manette’* when she doesn't feel qnlte herself. Sometimes I have thought that my fesr of losing her un consciously instills in her heart a fear of losing me. and the almost convulsive grai/p with which she holds me at such times is the outward evidence Richards had taken Sarah Rae Hart man for a walk, and Sally and I were alone She looked thin and worn, and showed a fatigue deeper than the merely physical Bhe looked tired in her heart and soul. '■Rally, my dear girl," I whispered, "brace upl" The day before when I had begged her to end her torture by sending her guest home she had given a laugh which al most convinced me she was having a very comfortable time of It. and didn't mind It a bit If her husband was in love with another woman. But this morning, when she tried to smile her lip quivered and the next moment she was down on her knees beside my chair with her face burled in Manette.'* dress, sobbing as if her heart would break. A Good Cry. If— Maxwell House Blend Coffee pleases so many use rs—as it is doing right along—doesn't it stand to reason that the same oof- fee would suit you. Scaled carta at gramar*. Cbeek-Neal Coffee Co. NssbwMe. Bo«alo« JackoesriBc Such degradation! Such ignominy! A gasp of horror swept the room. The vine president mopped his brow "I will teli you all," he said. "The mother (groans and his»es) of our illustrious president (applause) hasn't the clear brain and vision of her son (cheers). She worries! ■ (A light was beginning to break.) "She read of a boy who broke his leg while roller skating and burned our president’s skates. "The next % day she read of a boy whose shoes gave him fatal blood poi soning. and she compelled our presi dent to go barefoot Then she heard of a boy who was killed while play ing In the streets, so she chained our president to ihe bedpost. "Yesterday she read of a boy who met death by swallowing a trousers button, so she removed" Here the speaker looked apprehensively at the ladies present and completed hi* sen tence with a cough. He Found Him. "When T called this morning to con sult him about mothers who play cards for prize* I found him chained to a bedpost with nothing on but a wool shirt, and as Mrsn Appleton had Just read that wool shirts cause skin disease she was getting ready to rob him of that." A picture of their president reduced to such a state of degradation caused the delegates to weep. All had moth ers who worried! All realized to Its fullest extremity what that meant. All save one, I/eonora Larson, aged four "My mother never worries." she said, sobbing more violently than the others “She never cares If I get hurt and kisses and loves me She just laugh* and tells me to hold a Well Thought! ” "Ah." said the vice president with a groan, “your plight is worse than his or ours!’ Then the delegates, bowed with the weight of mothers who worry and mothe.rs who don’t, left the nail In silence. The situation was beyond them! Sally,” I begged, "don't, please don't!" I do not recall what 1 said to her in the next half hour, but my words of comfort were poured into deaf ears, and | she continued to sob until physically ex hausted "What shall I do, Max?" she cried a* last. "What shall I do? I thought I was strong enough to play the game to the end, but I am not. When I see the way i he looks at her. Max, I feel as If I would ' go mad. And I have been his wife for twenty years! And. oh. Max, no one knows how hard I have tried to be the sort of a wife a man like him wants.” ‘‘And you have succeeded." I Argued. "Jack knows that. Why. he doesn't love this woman!” To -which she replied with sobs that If I had seen the wav he looked at her last night I would think he loved her. I had seen it. If Jack Rpencer had left uncovered any proof that he Is an ass I can’t Imagine what It can be, and I longed to tell him so. 1 thought best to be frank with her, and told her, after repeated assertions that Jack didn't love Mrs. Brown, but was playing the fool, what the widow had said to me about not going home alone. "If she is planning to take your bus- band with her," I satd, "you ought to know It." It has been argued that women should not have suffrage because they can not go to war. I would like to know why they can't go to war. The moment I told this to Rally Spenoer and she got the whiff of an approaching conflict she stopped weeping, dried her eyes and braced up. She was ready for battle It was the long suspense of weary waiting that had tried her soul. "She Is right." she al most laughed when she said It; "she will not go alone." "Would It make It easier for you, dear. If l went with her?" Ready to Fight. Lesser of Two Evils. "Guilty, or not guilty?’ asked the judge sternly. The prisoner —a small, perky man— gazed dubiously round the court. The character of his lawyer he doubted, the jury looked a thick-headed lot; the judge as bad-tempered as a bear, and the opposing counsel an eel." "Yer honor," said the prisoner, "may 1 ask some questions before I answer you?" You may." tersely answered the judge. "If 1 plead. ‘Not guilty,’ will I have to sit here and listen while they ask me all manner o’ questions?" "You will." "Do I have to hear all them hand- writin’ experts for and against ? > You do. Must I listen to the insanity doc- I tors doing all their talkin'?" "Certainly!" | "Guilty, ^hen, yer honor." "She would drag you to the altar." Rally answered; "she can't drag Jack there.'* "But ahe can drag him into the mire." "She will not drag him into the mire, and," a trifle bitterly, "what if she did? Isn't it even' wife’s duty when her hus band is dragged into the mire by some other woman to spend the rest of her days in helping to rid hifci of the stains?" We laughed, and because T knew that such talk took her mind off the main worry. I encouraged it. "You don’t realize, Max, what a catch you are A millionaire, a beautiful home, a generous disposition, good booking, cul tured and kind Why, any woman who knows of your love for that child would ask no greater happiness than to be your wife. I’d go after you myself if I were not married to Jack Spencer " The laughing look in her eves suddenly died away. A quick blush mantled her cheeks, and she looked at me in an oddly speculative way I had never dreamed of. I felt strangely and unaccountably em barrassed. and why I should feel em barrassment when with a woman I had always regarded as 1 would a favorite sister I could neither define nor set aside. She walked to the window and stood there looking out, not more than a mo ment, Diary, but it seemed an hour Turning quickly, she said, avoiding my eyes. "Manette is so much better, I wfll go home." Rally " I began She had reached the door. I could not turn my head without disturbing the child, but I knew she was standing there. "Dear girl," I went on, but 1 got no further. She turned quickly and ran across the room to me The next moment she was bending over the back of my chair. I bent back my head to get a good look at her. Her hands clasped over my eyes; she leaned a little nearer, and then. Diary, she kissed me! For Her Who Walks or Rides A Fashionable Suit and a Stylish Motoring Coat -J Her Mother's Daughter. You must not talk all the time. Ethel," said the mother who had been i interrupted "When will I be old enough to, lmamma?" asked the little girl. -;Y.: v ' \ ?/ \ § ■ i m ' ■ i : V r ' : - -Jn ■ V'? . -■ l fee 3 A ■ " * JUl - 4 \ ‘ ii’f « ; ‘ { ' *•" r ! . ; Mi -*:■ -XJ r* i m - . J' i-H 4 ■ : ill? L ' v <■ ■ '' ggL '♦ l' jgjP^A . fe M rjW&jL vV ■. A'v. 1. Music Hath Charms By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. W HEN you can’t think of any other way of complimenting the playing of a girl at the piano, say that she plays "with ex pression." This will please her and means anything. If she murders the piece, there is the expression of mur der in every bang of her fingers. An other pleasing compliment is to say she haj« a "good touch." This Js also a pill she will swallow and believe till her dying day that it was sugar all through. When a girl stops in playing be cause she has lost her way, her moth er thinks the pause is to give "ex pression.” Ask any girl who was the greatest musical composer, and she will think of the wedding march and sav "Men delssohn." * There are some women who never play the piano in any other way than as if trying a piece for the first time. Every girl has ao much faith in her friends standing by her that when she is on the program at a concert she takes a second piece with her for the encore. Thjere is no denying that when Daughter marries and takes the piano with her the rest of the family miss It. It was such a convenient place on which tp drop hats and gloves. Some girls think that to sing with expression means to keep the tremolo stop in theiT lungs pulled open. Every girl who plays the piano at a concert demands that the plane he turned to the right or left, or the lid be raised or lowered or the stool turned She makes more fuss than a general getting ready for battle. When an amateur singer announces that she will sing a certain song "by request." she should give the name of the one who made the request so that the audience may know on whom to place the blame, ^ By OLIVETTE. A SIMPLE tailor-made suit for morning wear 1« shown on the left. It is of champagne and brown-checked chestnut granite. The coat is semi-fitted and three-quarter length. The collar, square at the back and making small rovers In front. Is faced with dull chestnut satin. The long sleeves are finished In the same way. The coat Is belted in at the waist line by a belt of the satin under two little straps. A stitched fold under the waist line slants from front to back seam, and under this is a simu lated pocket. The skirt Is round ami straight, with a broad panel front and a loose box plait at the back. An original and effective coat for the motor girl is shown on the right. The model was of pastel blue tissue boucle. with buttons, pipings and col lar of white. But the summer girl can develop this model in tan pongee with touches of king’s blue or in any dust-shedding material her fancy dic tates. and in any combination of col orings her good taste suggests. But wherever she goes—to restaurnnt or tea house—she may retain this smart coat and feel effectively costumed, as fche never could In the ordinary loose- fitting motor coat. The upper part of the coat is cut to simulate the up-to-date short cut away suit coat, and Is fastened in a diagonal line by three flat buttons. Pocket flaps mark the waist line un der the chest, and at the back two of the large buttons mark the waist. A small square collar finishes the coat at the throat, and beeves, broad at the armhole, taper down to the wrist, where they are held by three buttons The lower part of the coat continues the diagonal line of the top. and is fastened by three buttons, from which it slopes in another diagonal line in the opposite direction. Snap Shots By LILLIAN LAUFERTY. fl’ST a smile for the people’ who pee* you. WITHIN THE LAW A Powerful Story of Adventure, Intrigue and Love Copyright, 1913, by the H K. Fly Com pany. The play "Within the Law" is copyrighted by Mr VelUer and this novellzatlon of it is published by his permission. The American Play Com pany is the sole proprietor of the ex clusive right* or the representation and performance of "Within the Law” in all languages. By MARVIN DANA from the Play by BAYARD VEILLER. TO-DAY’S INSTALLMENT. Mary Turner waa just ready for bed after her evening at the theater, # when she was rudely startled out of this belief. A note came by messen ger who waited for no answer, a* he told the yawning maid. Ae Mairyread the roughly scrawled message, ahe was caught In the grip of terror. Some instinct warned her that this danger waa even worse than it seemed. The man who had saved her from death had yielded to temptation. Lven now, he was engaged In com mitting that crime w'hlch she had for bidden him. As he had saved her. so she must save him. She hurried into the gown she had Just put off. Then she went to the telephone book and searched for the number of Gilder’s house. It was just a few moments before Mary Turner received the note from the hands of the sleepy maid that one of the leaves of that octagonal win dow in the library of Richard Gilder’s town house swung open, under the persuasive Influence of a thin rod of steel, cunningly used, and Joe Gar- son stepped confidently into the dark room. A faint radiance of moonlight from without Showed him for a second Ae he passed between the heavy drape ries. Then these fell into place, and he was Invisible, and soundless as well. Fot a space, he rested motion less, listening intently. Reassured, he drew out an electric torch and set It glowing. A little disc of light touched here and there about the room, traveling very swiftly, and in methodical ctrcles. Satisfied by the survey, Garson crossed to the hall door. He moved with alert assurance, Ilthely balanced on the balls of his feet, noiselessly. At the hall door h© listened for any sound of life with out, and found none. The door into the passage fhat led to the stoTe room where the detectives waited next en gaged his businesslike attention. And here, agatn, there was naught to pro voke his suspicion. Garson Turned on the Light. The«e preliminaries taken as mea sures of precaution, Garson went boldly to the small table that stood behind the couch, turned the button, and the soft glow' of an electric lamp illuminated the apartment. The ex tinguished torch was thrust back into his pocket. Afterward he carried one of the heavy chairs to the door of the passage and propped it agninet the panel In such wise that its fall must give w r arntng as to the opening of the door. His every action was performed with the maximum of speed, with no least trace of flurry or of nervous haste. It was evident that he followed a definite program, the fruit of precise thought guided by experience. It seemed to him that now every thing w as In readiness for the coming of his associates in the commission of the crime. There remained only to give them the signal in the room around the corner inhere they watted at a telephone. He seated himself In Gilder’s chair at the desk, and drew the telephone to him. "Give me 999 Bryant," he said. His voice was hardly louder than a whis per. but spoken with great distinct ness. There was a little w r ait. Then an answer in a voice he knew came over the wire. But Garson said nothing more. In stead, he picked up a penholder from the tray on the desk and begaji tap- pimj lightly on the rim of the trans-, mifter. It w r as a code message ln % More. In the room around the cor ner, the tapping sounded clearly, ticking out the message that the way was free for the thieves’ coming. When Garson had made an end of the telegraphing, there came a brief answer In like Morse, to which he re turned a short direction. For a final safeguard. Gar* on searched for and found the telephone bell box on the surbaae below' the octagonal window. It waa the work of only a few seconds to unscrew the bells, w’hich he placed on the desk. So simply he made provision agutnst any alarm from this source. He then took his pistol from his hip pocket, p examined it to make sure that the si lencer was properly adjusted and then thrust It into the right side pooket of his coat, ready for instant use in desperate emergency. Once again, now', he produced the electric torch, and lighted It as he extinguished th6 lamp on the table. Left the Door Ajar. Forthwith, Garson went to the door , Into the hall, opened it, and, leaving it ajar, made his way In silence to the outer doorway. Presently, the doors there w’ere freed of their bolts under his skilled fingers, and one of them swung wide. He had put out the toroh now, lest Its gheam might catch the gaze of some casual passer by. So nicely had the affair been timed that hardly w’as the door open before the three men slipped in, and stood mute and motionless In the hall, while Garson Te fastened the doors. Then, a pencil of light traced the length of the hallway and Oaraon walked quickly back to the library. Behind him with steps as nolsefless as his own came the three men to whom he had Just given the message. When all were gathered in the li brary Garson shut the hall door, touched the button In the wall be side It and the chandelier threw^ 4t« radiant light on the group. Griggs was Jn evening cloths®, seemingly a very elegant young gen tleman indeed, but his two companions were of grosser type, as far as ap pearances w’ent; one. Danoev^ thin and wiry, with a ferret face; the other, Chicago Red, a brawny ruffian, whose stolid features nevertheless exhibited something of half-sullen good nature. “Everything all right so far," Gar son said rapidly. He turned to Origg3 and pointed toward the heavy hang ings that shrouded the octagonal win dow. “Are those the things we Want?" he demanded, “Yes,” was the answer of English Eddie. “Well, then, we’ve got to get busy,” Gareon went on. His alert, strong > face was set in lines of eagerness that had in it something of fierceness now. But, before he could add a direction, he was halted’by a soft buzzing from the telephone, which, though bell less, still gave this faint warning of a call. For an instant he hesitated w'hile the others regarded him doubt fully. The situation offered perplexi ties 1 . To give no attention to the strm- , mons might be perilous, and failure to respond might provoke investigation in some urgent matter; to ansfwer it might easily provide a larger danger. "We’ve got to take a chance.” Gar- son spoke his decision curtly. He went to the desk and put the receiver to his ear. There came again the faint tapping of someone at the other end of the line, signaling a message in the Morse code. An expression of blank amaze ment. which grew 1n a flash to deep concern, showed on GarsonVface as he listened tensely. To Be Continued To-morrow. A Holiday Adventure. "Have you ever heard Jlmkins re late about the time he got halfway up Mont Blano with one of his little nephews and no guide?” asked one man of another. " How long ago did he tell you about it?” was the evasive reply. Last M%roh, when he’d just come home,” said the first man. 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