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Revelations of a Wis
A New Story of Married Life.
You Can Start It at Any Time.
By Adele Garrison. ;
WHY DICKY SAID, “I HAVE A
CONFESSION TO MAKE, MADGE.”
‘6 HAT did your mother say
W to all this?™
I asked the question
timorously. Dicky and 1 were
seated in the comparative seclu
slon of a rear seat of a sparsely
filled elevated train. I had wished
to put the query before, but had
hesitated, fearing to rouse any un
pleasant diseussion,
Dicky laughed shortly, “Well! of
ocourse she didn't go Into raptures
over the affair,” he said, “but I
think she learned a lesson. At least
I endeavored to help her learn one.
I read the riot act to her after you
" *
“Oh! Dicky!™ 1 protested, “that
was hardly fair.”
“T know It,” he admitted shame
facedly. “I am afraid I 4id rather
take it ont ont the mater when I
found you had gone, But she de
served a good deal of ft. Yon have
done everything in your power to
make things pleasant for her since
#he came, and she has treated yon
@hout as shabbily as was possible.”
“Oh! not that bad, Dicky,” 1 pro
tested again, but I knew In my
heart that what he sald was true.
His mother had treated me most
unfairly. I eould not help a little
malicious thrill of pleasure that
he had finally resented it for me.
“Just that bad, little Miss For
giveness,” Dicky returned, smiling
at me tenderty.
'My heart leaped at the words,
When Dicky is In good humor he
coins all sorts of tender names for
me. 1 knew that to Dicky our
quarrel was as If it had never been.
“IN give you a pointer about
mother, Madge," Dicky went on.
“When you see her act as if noth
ing hnd happened at all, it's the
only way to manage her. She ean
be most charming when she wants
to be, but every once in a while
she takes one of those silent tant
rums, and there is no living with
her until she gets over it.”
T didn’t make any comment on
this speech, fearing to say the
wrong thing. Instead I asked a
question,
“Did she get any sieep at all ™
“Oh, yes,” Dicky replied, “she was
sound asleep when your ocousin
ef:llod. for which I was truly thank-
L
I felt as if my pulse had stopped
for & moment before going on again,
It was the first time Dicky had made
the slightest reference to Jack since
our reconciliation in Mrs, Stewart's
little gitting room,
When I had covered his lips with
my hand, In protest against any
rash promises for the future, he
evidently had thought the prohibi
ion extended to any discussion of
zho events of the evening.
He had .smothered me with oa
resses and assured me over and
over aguin of his love. Then he
had hurried me away after the
briefest of farewells to Mrs. Stew
art, whose attitude toward him was
tinged with the aversion she could
not hel g * -t ¢
'fi“pm look after that
girl of yours ; little better z
said grimly as she stood
after us from the doorway.
“Thank you, I'l do that.™ Dicky
bad laughed back, gayly lifting his
hat. Then as the door closed be
hind her he had remarked banter
ingly: “Your old friend doesn’'t love
me any better than she used to” ;
I made no answer; there was
none to make, without telling a
fiat untruth, for I knew Mrs. Stew
art's opinion of my husband, ‘
But the casual reference to Jack
from Dicky’s lips made my heart
very glad. He had never spoken
of my brother-cousin before with
out a sneer. I knew better than
to refer to his words, however, If
What toWear toWork
By Eleanor Gilbert.
ANY of the business woman's
M ills and most of her discom
forts are directly attributa
ble to her clothes, is a statement
1 have heard many times from phy
siclans and physical directors. The
colds that come in the fall are not
due to an excess of oxygen caused
by the fresh air fiend's habit of
throwing windows wide :rcn in all
weathers, dre due simply and
directly to inadequate or improper
Slothing. (BL Sitele & & ¥
The % m husiness girl
ean’'t bear v herself from
the exq u!flwhm Alouses—and ac-
Cossorios—w were indeed com
fortable and lovely in warm weath
er. They are treacherous in the
fall, however, and from being a
thing of beauty become a beckon
g ringer to cold weather maladies,
And, of course, it requires al
most & vandal's hand to encase a
neat ankle in swaddling high
boots and sensible hoslery instead
of pumps and cobweb weaves,
But the deed must be done if the
robustness acquired during the
summer vacation is to be preserved
against the onslaughts of the win
ter work eampaign, s
The matter of shoes affects hot
only health, but work, immediately
u:dlr«'(ly. Indeed, in some voon
tions mental attitude {8 governed
hy feet. Department stores that
«ve taken the trouble to investi
gate have found time and again
that the inefficiency of saleswomen
was due in many cases to wrong
footwear,
You can't reasonably expect a
girl to stand in high-heeled pumps
most of the day and look comfort
able and alert on the job. Barly
n the morning she gets personal
satisfaction out of the fact that
the shoe s smart and sets off her
dainty foot to good advantage, That
neutralizes the discomfort of stand-
Why Science Believes We Are Returning to Pygmies Is Interestingly Told in Next Sunday’s American,
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- Dicky wished to speak of Jack he
must do so without any encourage
ment of mine.
“ITB DUE YOoUu.”
Evidently he did dish to speak
of Jack and did not know just how
to go about it, for his next words
were accompanied by an embar
rassed flush,
“I have a confession to make about
your cousin, Madge,” he began,
carefully avolding my eyes, “and I
might as well get it over with be
fore we reach home., Mother's prob
ably asleep, but she might wake
up, and then there would be no
chance for any talk by ourselves.”
“Don’t tell me anything unless
you wish to do so, Dicky,” I re
plied gently., “I am content to
leave things just as they are with
out question.”
“No,” Dicky said stubbornly, “it's
due you and it's due your cousin
that I tell you this, 1 don't often
make a bally ass of myself, but
when 1 do I am about as willing a
person to eat dirt about it as you
can find.”
I never shall get used to Dicky's
expressions, The language in which
bhe couched his repentance seemed
#0 uncouth to me that I mentally
gshivered. Outwardly I made no
sign, however.
“When he came to the apart
ment,” Dicky went on, “I was just
about as nearly insane as a man
could be. I had no idea where you
had gone and T had just had the
devil's own time with my mother
and Katle over your sudden depar
ture.
“With Katie!™ 1 ejaculated, start
led into speech.
“With Katie,” Dicky returned,
with a reminiscent grin. “With
Katie very much inded, Kvidently
she had been listening at the key
hole, for when you had closed the
door she first rushed after you and
failing to eateh you came back and
gave me a plece of her mind.”
“l knew she was hot tempered”
he went on, “but I never dreamed
she had quite so much tabasco and
cayenne in her composition,
‘Bcound-r-r-el’' and ‘B-.r-ute’ were
the mildest names she bestowed
upon me. You can imagine the ef
fect upon mother, who stood list
ening.”
“1 LOVE YOU."
“What did your mother do? 1
breathed.
“Discharged her on the spot,” re
turned Dicky grinning, “but before
she had her things packed T had
ealmed down enough to go into the
kitochen and tell her to forget it.
When 1 told her I was coming after
you she almost fell on my neck with
joy. 1 suppose she's getting the
fatted calf ready for your return
about now.
“But [ didn't start to tell you
about Katie.” Dicky switched the
subject determinedly, "I might as
well get it off my chest. When your
cousin eame in and introduced him
gelf the first thing T did was to at
tempt to strike him.” . ie
“Oh, Dicky, Dieky. _moaned,
horrified, “what e do?" .
“Just put out 1d t
my arm, saying ealm and
quiet voloe of hig: v DfAaie " TR A%
“ ghall not return any blow you
may give me, Mr, Graham, so please
do not do anything you will regret
when you recover yourself!’
“I realized his strength of body .
and the grip he hdad on my arm, and
even my half-crazed hrain recog
nized the power of hz xflt. d
oam eto, apologized, an had a
long talk that made me realize what
a thundering good fellow he
must be.
“1 don't see why you never fell
in love with him " Dicky eontinued.
“He's a better man than I am.™ he
paraphrased half wistfully.
In the shelter of the seat I slipped
my hand into Dicky's and pressed
it timidly.
“But 1 love YOU,” T whispered,
Across Dicky’'s face even as he
returned the pressure of my hand
there fell a shadow. I realized that
it was not the answer he expected,
that thoughtlessly, I had wounded
him. «
(Continued in Tomorrow's American.)
ing such shoes for the first hour
or two, But the irritation grows
and at 8 o'clock in the afternoon
renders her positively unfit for
work,
Influencing the girls to change
their footwear while on duty to flat,
comfortable fitting shoes has re
sulted In marked increase in the
achlevements of the competent
saleswomen, and has also given
them a more cheerful mental attl
tude.
A recent invention in women's
wear s calculated to bring great
joy to the business woman who
wears good clothes and has a nat«
ural desire to k"‘f them Immacu
late and fresh looking. It has often
bean a problem to the office woman
to appear neat in an office that the
nature of the business made dusty
and grimy.
“It's positively sinful to wear a
fresh white blouse in our office. By
lunch time it will look as though
it had been worn a week!” is a bro.
midic complaint, And when you ask,
“Well, what does your chief do? He
must look immaculate, especially as
he probably has to meet people™
there comes the wearlied and en
vious retort:
“Yes, it's always easy for a man,
He wears an office coat, or a linen
duster over his clothes, and when
he goes out to meet people he's as
immaculate as though he'd arrived
from the tallor's that minute, But
1 ean't wear overalls or a mannish
office coat!™
But the office cont for women has
finally arrived, though (t's not a bit
mannish. It's made in black silk or
pongee: s a standard loose coat
that's becoming to everybody. You
elip It over your frock or your
blouse and skirt as soon as you
enter the office, Tt envelopes you
from throat to ankle and protects
your clothes bheautifully. And it
has the recommendation of being
becoming (o every one,
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Photos by Underwood & Uunderwood
Little Bobbies’ Pa
WAS to a lawn party last nite.
lPa took Ma & me. Pa has got
a friend wich got rich during the
war, & he has a butiful hoam neer
New Roshell. !
Yure frend was vary forwnate‘t,p
git so welthy, sed Ma wen we w
”Rm thare. Is he stuck up?
o'{fiyblt, sed Pa. he is as
natu a old pair of shoes. Walt
till you see him, sed Pa. Nobody
evver called old Jack Black stuck
up, sed Pa.
Is that his natm, Jack Black?
®sed Ma. It sounds kind of eclubby.
He ig as clubby as that cum,
Sed Pa, » 4 !
I hoAp he is reefined, sed Ma.
Bobbie knows too much slang now.
He 18 reefined, all rite, sed Pa.
He has went with surn of the best
peepul in his naborhood all his
life, & then we caim to Jack
Black's hoam. It was awful swell.
Well, well, sed Mister Black, so
you got here all rite. You find the
way places much better than you
;ued to in the old days, he sed to
A
Yes, sed Pa, we thot we wud like
to look oaver yure butiful hoam.
Then Pa interduced us & Mister
Black sed That is sum husky,
that kid of yures.
I was like him wen I was a boy,
sed Pa, full of pep & vigger. Pa
sed. You used to go sum, too, he
sed to Mister Black.
1 will say I did, sed Mister Black.
Cum rite in the house, he sed to Pa
& Ma, & wile the ladies are con
serving, he sed, you & 1 will knock
oaver a lemon pop & dreem of
faded glories, he sed to Pa.
While Pa & Mister Black & me
Household Hints
To make a scented mixture for
filling sachets mix equal quantities
of orris root and ground cloves with
a little musk and attar of roses,
Moisten with a few drops of pure
aleohol, and make into a stiff paste,
When dry and powdered, fill the
sachets,
9 99
To elean leather furniture add a
little vinegar to tepid water and
wash the leather with a clean
cloth, Wipe dry: then to polish
apply the following preparation:
Whites of two eggs, beaten siightly
but not stiff, and mixed with two
teaspoonfuls of turpentine. Rub
with a eclean dry cloth, and the
leather should ‘loo:( -?unam.
Aluminum ware, while convenient
to handle and highly sanitary to
use, is hard to Keep as spotless as
it should be, and the vessels can
not be mended as common metal
ones. Never use soda to clean
alumnium, Soda blackens the metal
and if used frequently will spoil the
utensil. Soda forms a most efficient
means of cleaning other kitchen
ware where lo:p .wfli not do. "
Skim milk is excellent for wash
ing floor tiles, and gives them a
much better appearance than soapy
water does
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Hot starch made with soapy
water gives a gloss to the linen
and prevents the iron sticking to
the surface of :hc.nr:lch.
When beating eggs, if a whisk is
not handy, use three forks instead
of one. They are just as easy to
. was drinking our pop Ma went
with Missus Black & left us men
together.
This is the life, sed Pa. I beleeve
T will go back to it lam weery
ing of cities, he sed to Mister
Black,
. I weeried of cities long ago, sed
‘Mister Black, after we put oaver
“ithat last big politickel deel. I nevver
“felt safe in a city after that, he said
ta Pa. Every time I saw a man
that weighed 200 pounds looking at
me, he sed, T beegan to think of
that thare blind old gal they call
Justis, he sed to Pa. I guess lam
safe now, tho, he sed to Pa.
,"-‘lk;m:&:‘o.udh Politicks is a
Thare is a lot of boobs on this
here¢ planet, isent thare, sed Mister
Black. Weh I think how I got all
this without working a lick, he sed,
I feel kind of gilty to see a man
lifting a 300 pound barrel onto a
dray, he sed to Pa.
Then Ma & Mmsus Black eaim in
& Ma sed Well, what are you gen
tlemen dis-cussing? & I sed Thay
was talking about gitting the
munny eesy without working for it,
1 sed, & then Mister Black looked
at me like our cat looks at Joanses
dog,
Wen I grow up T am going to
look for sum eesy Doe.
THE TERRIBLE SHORTAGE . ..
A Scotsman fell ill, and was or
dered by his doctor to follow a
treatment which included pre
scribed quantities of pills and
whisky. When the doctor inquired
how he was getting on with the
treatment he replied: “Well, doe
tor, I'm maybe a bit forward wi'
the pills, but I'm woefu' behind
wi' the whuskey.”
hold as one, and the eges can be
beaten in a mt:oh.lhgrm time.
After polishing brass in the nsual
way, coat with clear varnish, which
can be boufm for a copper or two
at any paint shop. When treated in
this way the brass need only be
cleaned occasionally.
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To prevent rust, dissolve India
rubber in naphtha to the consist
ency of cream, and brush this over
the metal to be protected from rust,
When necessary this coating can
easily be rubbed off,
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Bottles containing ketchup, fruit
Juice, ete., will keep much better
if laid on their side or inverted
when put away. While the liquid
covers the cork it will be kept ex
panded and no alr can enter.
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Fish should never be In the least
undercooked. When bolling it allow
sufficient hot water to cover, and a
dessertspoonful of vinegar to each
quart of water. After the water has
been brought to the boil, skim it
well, and allow the fish to cook
slowly until it leaves the bones
quite easily.
A Real Renovator.
Customer: “What do you mean by sell
mg me that stuff you called halr re
storer and telling me it would restore
my head to its original condition?
Chemist: “Didn't you like it?" Cus
tomer: “No, 1 didn't! If 1 had ""f‘ on
lm‘ich longer 1 should have been (:‘ irely
bald. Original condition indeed!" Cham
ist: ““Most people are horn bald, or nearly
#O, sir. That is the original condition!”
""‘"The man L =
behind the man who tried to
wreck the world and failed---
[.eader of the German Armies
HOW MANY OF THE FIGHT
ING METHODS OF THE AL
LIES WERE ADOPTED BY
GERMAN COMMANDERS---
And reveals the plans, hopes, schemes
and failures of every battle of the war.
BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 7
wos Continuing Daily and Sunday for 100 Days~=====
: <IN
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
and SUNDAY AMERICAN
Good Night Stories
HOW SPOTTY SPARROW FORGOTH
TO BE AFRAID.
AMA and Daddy Sparrow
M were certainly proud of the
three little baby birds that
picked their way out of the tiny
eggs. They did everything in their
power to make them happy.
Every few minutes Daddy Spar
row would fly away from the nest
to search for worms and bugs,
bringing them back in his bill.
When the baby birds would hear the
flutter of his wings three tiny
mouths would open wide and the
one lucky enough to get the dainty
would sink back in the nest con
tented, while the other two would
cry and beg until they had received
their bit,
So it was, day after day, Daddy
and Mama Sparrow hunted food and
cared for their wee ones until at
last their tiny feathers began to
grow quite long and a tiny little
tail adorned each little fellow’s back.
Then Mama Sparrow began to raik
to them of the day when they could
leaye the nest and hunt their own
food.
Dumpsy, the oldest and strongest,
heard the message with a glad chirp .
He had been peeking over the edge
of the nest for several days, beg
ging to hop out among the green
leaves, Speckles, the second bird~
- ling, was just as anxious as his
~ brother, But Spotty, the youngest,
‘ was afraid, and shivered so all his
‘ feathers shook when the plan was
mentioned. He was dreadfully
~ afraid, and as the day for the new
‘ adventure drew nearer Spotty be
| came more and more uneasy.
“It’s only right,” chirped Mama
Sparrow cheerfully, “that you learn
to fly. For the time will soon be
here when we'll all have to hunt
warmer homes, and you must have
strong wing or you'll tire too easily.’
Then hopping out of the nest on to
the limb she chirped to her children
to follow.
Out jumped Dumpsy and Speckles
beside their mam. And when Dad
dy Sparrow, who was perched on a
fente rail, called to them they lifted
their tiny ,wings and floated down
to his side.
“Fine! Fine!” exclaimed Daddy
Sparrow, but he was disappointed
at not seeing Spotty, and felt xrv
badly when Mama Sparrow ew
down to the fence to tell him that
Spotty was afraid to fly.
“He'll get over that—give him
time!” chatted Daddy Sparrow, and
he flew to the ground, bidding his
two brave little birdlings to follow.
They soon taught them how to hunt
for themselves, stooping every once
in a while to call Spotty.
Spotty, peeking over the side of
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“Come—Come—Come and Get It™
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the nest and seeing the lovely food
disappearing down his brothers
throats, grew so hungry he ocould
hardly stand it. Without thinking
what he was doing he hopped out .of
the nest to the limb.
Mama Sparrow saw him, and with
a merry, encouraging chirp she
picked up a worm and flew % a
branch just below Spotty.
“Come-—come-—come and get #*™
she chirped merirly.
And Spotty, too hungry to wait,
hopped down to the limb just as his
mama settled on the fence rail un
der the tree. She held up the worm
and called him.
For a long time Spotty sat very
still, his little heart bumping
against his spotted coat, but when
he saw his brothers picking up bugs
for themselves, Speotty forgot his
fear entirely, Without thinking, he
fluttered to the ground just as
Mama Sparorw did.
“If it's worth having it's worth
working for!” laughed Daddy Spar
row, and he poked a mnice juicy
worm down Spotty's open throat,
and before he knew it Spotty was
beside his brothers hunting food for
himself.
After that Spotty was the bravest
sparrow in the family, and my,
weren’t Mama and Daddy Sparrow
proud of him!
e —————)
A Recovery.
Brown: “Is your brother, who was so
deaf, any better?” Bridget: “Sure, he'll
be all right in the morning.' Brewn:
“You don't say so?’ Bridget: “Yes, he
was arrested” yesterday, and gets his
hearin’ in the morning!"”
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