’ “Good gracious, Mr. Ricks,
for hours Cappy Ricks sat alone
in his private office. The old gentle-
man's feet rested- on top of his desk:
he had sunk low in his old swivel
hhalr and rested on his‘spine; his
bhin sagged on his breast and his
eyes. were closed. Ever and anon he
sighed guetily and shook his head.
Once he said very audibiy “Damna-
tion! They're spoiling the boy."
"Whose boy, how are they spoil-
In. his: and who are the guilty par-
:, use?" A voice demanded.
Cappy sat up like an old Jack-in
tho-boa and beheld at the entrance
mu his allies. his son-ln-law. Captain
Ila". Penney. president and general
manager of Csppy's shipping cor-
notation. the Blue Star Navigation
company.
"Your boy—my grandson. Alden
Ricks Peasiey. aged ten. He is
Ipoiled by being made a moliyco.l~
die of. and y. and my daughter are
the responsible parties."
Matt Peasley entered and sat
down. "I Teuppose you never did any
spoiling yourself." he suggested
witheringly. ‘
“You're right. I never did. " Cap-
py affirmed stoutly.
"I'm here to tell you that you dal-
ly with the truth about as gracefully
as a. bear cub juggles hazel- nuts "
., his son-inulaw retorted. “When l
.‘a blended your daughter. Cappy Ricks
3 " she was so badly spoiled that I have
‘ been busy. practically ever since, un-
spoiiing her."
“That is an ungenerous charge.
Raft. Women are born spoiled. But
”a male baby is born free from that
. blemish and acquires it as he grows
"older. Matt. why don't you take a
firm stand and urge your son—end
my grandson—to demonstrate to the
world that he is one hundred per
bent masculine. All of his male an-
bestors. on both sides of the family
tree. were able seamen with hair on
their breasts."
“What’s your bill of particulars,"
Matt demanded interestedly. "I'm
so- busy with business matters I've
been letting Florry look after the
kid's upbringing."
"that was all right until my
grandson grew big enough to begin
“be yearn for long pants and fee, the
urge for masculine society. He'- ten
m old and still Flori-y dresses
Ills like a. sissy. She cried and re-
M to speak to me for a week
m. on little Alden' s ei"hth birth-
W. I sneaked up to the nursery and
off his curls. Why don't
you assert yourself. in your own
“home. you big boob. and .raise your
see: man fashion. Can that nurse
N that governess. Send him to a
m where he'll learn man talk.
some of it will not be good for him.
WWI bound to learn it sooner or
later so let's o.”
.‘1 believe you're half right. Flor-
' sent him up to a summer camp
about fifty. other boys from the
e school he attends. and the
“tins me be had a good time. " .
lot in wands.” Cappy chal-
. “What‘dy‘e suppose I have
_ wholesome. malorgrandchild»
1 .do not keep an arena him.
-on and Florry go up to; that
1- ,to tire it the once over while
In operation? Did you visit
key In! see to it that all was
we didn’t. we thought it
do him good to be free or his
for three months. Besides.
I up to see him frequently.”
bet 1 did. And I discovered
M of those drattsd boys .were
H_‘ . ping him and picking on
‘ ‘ sac basing the heart out of him.
wouldn't let him sloop nights.
movie and apprehensive
musicals. and full. of
. He wouldn't eat and he had
won . .
Guppy. this is news to me."
v.
” he said,
him good. "
"It will do him good if he can put
over the roughstut‘f himself. But if-
other boys put the rough stuff over-
on him and buffalo him to the ex-
tent that he takes it lying down—
well.1 don t hails to do any crystal-
gazlng to see the Ricks enterprises
without Ricks blood at the head of
them twenty-five years hence."
Cappy leaned forward and laid his
hand gently on his big son-in-Iaw's
knee. ,' "I’m in {rightfully Dutch
with your wife," he confessed. "She’s
given her own father strict orders to
ieav her son alone. Between our-
- Matt. I just can't do that.
pr." .
“I’ve lectured the boy. I've heart-
ened him up. I've tried to tell him
the idea that he can lick any boy in
that gang that picks on him. for
they live in our neighborhood and
they have continued to pick on him
ever since the camp closed. But A!-
den Ricks Pcasley doesn't believe
me. Those other kids have him
bluffcd.
Matt Beasley was concerned.
"Won't Florry let you do your stuff.
Cappy 7"
“No'” Cappy walled. "She tell: my
grandson that it is undignified to
fight: that only rufflans and muckers
brawl. She quotes him that old Sun-
day school bunk that if thy neighbor
smites thee on the right cheek turn
unto him the left. Was there ever
“what do you do with those things?”
over a more terrible philosophy Matt
It's breaking my heart. so I told lit-
tle Alden that his mother was all
right in her way but she didn’t un-
derstand the ways of men. and! of-
fered him twenty-five dollare too if
he'd lick the whey out of one of his
tormentors for me. He declined and
I'm up to,a thousand now." Caopy
almost wept.
thousand to see him put up I. batik.
even if the other fellow licked him."
“He'll fight.’ ’said Matt Peasley.
"I’m going to warm his tail every
night until he learns to stand up for
himself. Don't/give him money.
Cappy. You'll ruin him!" .
“if you want to let me die happy.
back up my play." Cappy pleaded
as Matt Peasiey took downthe tale
phone and called up his wife.
“Send my son down to me. F’lorry.
dear." he ordered, "I have a notion
I ought to associate with him more
than I do."
Half an hour lat. young Alden
Ricks Peasley appeared in the cities
in charge of his governess. Briefly
his ex-seafaring father explained the
situation to him and ordered him to
fight one of his enemies. Young Al-
den Ricks Peasley promptly burst iri-
to tears and said he dared not. so
Captain Matt took his son over his
knee and treated him to the great-
in the world "Now. then. " he an-
nounced to the weeping boy. "You
cannot come into the house or have
any dinner until you've had a fight.
7
Go home—and if you tell your
derstanding. old heart. f
L osopher soothed him. “And it wasn't
while engaged in the gentle Chris-
“I'd give a hundred.
“I knew you would. " the old phllc
so hard. was it? Tomorrow you be a
brave boy and .lick another of the
gang and the others will leave you
alone."
And the following day the bent.
gercnt Ricks blood. no longer dor-
mant in Cappy's grandson; achieved
a bloody draw with“. another of his
enemies. Cappy came down to‘th'c'
office as happy“ i. pet fox. mom“.
bled the entire omce force and gave
them the sickening details. “
“Boys and girls.“ he announced
“listen to me. some or you boys are
already equipped with. sons and 1
hope that the others it have them
in due course. Girls. hope none or
you expect to pound a typewriter or
add ledger columns all of your days.
It is conceivable that some day you
will be the mothers of men. Make
'ern fight their own battles. and start
'em on the job bright and early. ,1
was reading just the other day an
article by an eminent psychologist
and criminologist and he declared
that banks formed after the age of
seven are seldom broken. I don’t
advocate teaching a boy to go
around blackjacking people, ‘but
tian art of teaching him to love and
respect justice and kindness. I would
also teach him to demand it and see
that he gets it. Otherwise he's liable
to go shy. if a boy learns to stick
up for,himself in his boyhood he
will have a‘far better chance of ee-
caping the odium of Wearing some
other man' s collar in his mature
years. Teach him to resent instant-
ly. any unkind aggression. and if he
has to fight to make good on his
bluff.
may get licked. but the psychological
effect of the initiative. of the assault
will demoralize afld disarm his op—
ponent. not only then. but for the
future. He will be sure. of himself.
he will know his own power—and so
he will the the men who are always
casting an andoua eye around the
market for men who can fill blgiobs.
where are those with courage and a
lot of boys with natural courage
don't know they possess it until
something occurs to scare it out of
them.
“Reminds me of a. nice. lady-like.
mild and extremely likable young
man Mr. Skinner once hired as a
lumber salesman You could travel
a long way without meeting a more
likable fellow. His personality was
charming. he knew the lumber busi-
ness backward. practically as well as
theirecticaily. and Skinner had high
hopes of him. Bub—ho couldn't
seem to land any orders. Skinner
to find out what ailed him. but in
was wonderfully patient with him.
talked to him urged with him tried
the long run he had to admit his
prize baby was a total failure as a
salesman. He was about to fire
him. but I interfered and begged an
opportunity to “try my hand at malt-
ing a salesman out of this apparently
waste material. It was getting along
toward" the holidays anyhow and i
hated to let such a nice young use
adrift to look for a new job's
Christmas. Bot! sent for him the
day before Christmaixand when he
came to my oilice he was horrified
to find. standing beside the chair 1
indicated he should sit in, a little tin
bucket containing the, things our
cook removed that . very morning
from the interior of a couple of fur-
keys we were having prepared for
C stmas dinner at our house.
ood gracious. Mr. Ricks." he
said, "What do you do with those
things?"
"I looked him in the eye very
coldly and I said. 'Jim. my son. we
make salesmen out of stuff likeahat.
You've got to the first of February
to make good. Shoot, Luke. or give
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.period filed by the carriers with the
Teach :him to attack first. He '
The only people who ever get any- ‘
and looked around
~ oyees. ees.“And if you want
to know who that boy is. I’ll tell
you. He's a twenty-fi've thousand
dollar a year sales-manager for a
competitor of ours—and they stole
him from me because' I was wise
enough to unearth some latent gnu
inanice boy." ..-
Cappy smiled suitably. "Yes. I
know I’m a wick old man." be de-
clared. “but if yo atoll-rs really want
.to know whose boss around this
shop wait until my grandson gets on
the job.“
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Record R. R. Reports. .
Freight traffic during the first
eight mo’nths this year was the
heaviest in the history of the United
States according to reports for that
Bureau of Railway Econonmics.
Measured in net ton miles. it
amounted to 304 .._267 000. 000 no ten
miles. This was an increase of 3- 6
per cent over the corresponding peri-
months last ;yer when freight tuning
was: reduced‘ somewhat not only by
the strike of coal miners. but also
by that of the
I this year was an increase of 38 1-2
per cent.
In the Eastern district. freight
traffic amounted to 160.464.000.00!
not ton miles. an increase of £2 per
cent over the same period last year.
while in the Southern district it was
41. 287. 700. 000, not ten miles. or an
increase 01 20‘ per cent. The Waste
ern district showed an increase of
23. 8 per cent. over the correspond-
ing period last year traffic amount-
ing to 102 .694. 993. 000 not ton miles
For the month of August alone.
the United States totaled 40. 354; eta.
000 an increase of 32 per cent over
the same month last year. The East-
crn district showed an increase of
approximately 50 per cent the
Southern district 15 per cent and the
Western district 14 per cent. .,
The average load per car in Au-
gust was 28 1-: tone, the same as
in July. This is the highest average
for any August since the compilation
of these records were started‘in 1917
with the first tight
railway shopmen.i_
freight business mm Jan. 1. to Saint.
‘ American Bosch Maneto (20.. has
3a.: closed two important new con:
tracts. First is with the Ricken-
backer 00.. and cells for 18. 000 sets.
anutacturing schedule of the De-
troll: concern is 2.000 cars a month.
From January 1. it ahtmld be an im-
portant new outlet for American
American Bosch magneto equip-
silent will also be supplied to the
Yellow Cab Go. .. 10: its entire taxicab
and truck production to August 1.
1924. This contract represents bust-
ages. of from- 6. 000 to 9.000 magneto-i.
Business to date is well ahad- of
a year ago. For the first eight
months production of magnetos was
87. 000 against 81.000 in all o: 19.2:
and. $2.00!) 1111921. For the full
year 1923's. total of 140.000 magne-
tos should be reached. making this
the company's biggest year with en’-
c_eption of 1919 and 1920.
‘For the first eight months output
of ignition systems was 187. 000
against 94.000 in all of 1922 and 11. -
000 in 1921.
There has just been put into pro-
duction a. new electric windshield
wiper and ‘a shock absorber which
ad in 1920 whic hmarked the ore-'-
except in 1918, when the average
I . Scarfs
flattering finish for
fluifiness.
Here you will find
fui , scarfs—full and
-- fox,
scarfs.
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Fox Neck
The most fashionable and
costume is a fur neck scarf.
Severity of line in plain Jenny
neck linee require this bit of
color and texture. Lustrous
black foxes, Hudson bay blue
beige and pearl grey
, foxes all make gorgeous neck‘
329. 50 to $85
second floor.
Will shortly be marketed.
For sale by Stilison-Powenl
(“:ch (657
Storedosesshilyatfio’clodi.
.She is seen on the street and even at after-
noon afiairs in a beautiful gown of Poirot Twill,
Charmeen, Wool Crepe or Repp. Since frocks of
this kind have become so very fashionable. men?
tailors have cut and tailored them instead of the
suits which they tailored exclusively heretofore.
The result' is that these woolen gowns are cut and-
finished in a superb manner.
shape and fit as perfectly as tailor made suits.
They keep their
The Fashionably Gowned Woman
Our array of there frocksis
ried with navy predominating.
browns are in demand too.
have wisps of real-lace at the
sleeves.
with silk braiding.
in the less expensive models.
329.50 to 365
’ Society at the
new smart. mannish blouses,
tailored but nevertheless feminine.
~ English Broadcloth will ever be popu-
lar with its silky finish and splendid
laundering qualities.
3 street
These blouses
wonder-
rich in
shirt cufis finish
bias pique. -
“£5
ate collar (3 pointed Peter Pan collar
with lots of style) and tiny tucks down
the front make the new shirt bosom ef-
fect for golf coat sweaters. Double
' Striped Dimity in a plain model is
very good- looking.
collar and double shirt cuffs bound with
Negligees 2.: soft clinging satin
iii-receded in white, Japanese
"blocked silk finance—4:119 slip-
ever kind or those that open
down the front are all sugges-
can: for new and fashionable
vboudoirs.
In dark colors are delightful
soft pussy willow negligees for
"travel as weli‘fas black and pur-
, 3 pie two-toned satin puliman
Forsythe Sport Blouses
Club is now wearing
plainly
have the new Collegi-
the sleeves. $7.50
It has the collegiate
32-50
Second soot.
Intimate Charm 111 Boudoir Robes
Boudoir charm has been de-
veloped in furniture and colors
so a great extent. A woman’s
Costume is important to carry out
.h‘o’udoir loveliness.
R0bes for
Cold Weather
Erderdowa‘RobesaI-einrose,”
Copenhagen and grey—several
styles of collars and some are
beautifully bound with heavy
satin ribbon.
belt are finishingtouches. _
$7 .95
MWMwme,
,insmartgreyandwhite checks
as well as all'the lighter col-
xorsiniioraidesigns. Thereis
siarge‘range' 0100101111101: I
delicate boudoir shades to
dark rich Indian colon.
$7.95 $8.95
There are embroid-
eries, in black or contrasting colors, while some
Other coat models are severely tailored
Many are exclusive reproduc-
tions of French models and will not be dupli-
cated. In fact, there are very few duplicates even
Large patch
pockets; and heavy silk pcord‘
exceedingly va-
Rose wood and
neck and on the
Second floon
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