THE RICE
NMMMN
By MYRA c. LANE.
c .3 caretaker of the Rice mansion
draw, and the man who we. in-
. . rmg as to the posoibilities of‘
4.. at it listened with unchanging
. -, ~t.
IT «as a perfect picture that the
._ if you like it l've no doubt
~ \lr, Lumlcy, the agent, would
lingo tor n lease as long as you
‘ sh-P said. "Of course. it's a
. mil r-f repair. having been un-
» .nul for so long. remember
. rm- when it was th show place
v .i strict.
w: was in old Rice's day. But
4.: all his money on the‘ stock
mare. and then his only son.
. I, 3““! to the bad. and—but l
.. you don't know about‘it.
3 we the trouble started with
hurls. The Richardson were
, ' x $001] deal of in our vil-
. wound a. good bit of property
- here. and stood well a'mong
'. (will: And Miss Dorothy
:1 wir «laughter.
.w. Jill ltichards came to live
:iwri: She was the old man's
-, xii I guess they took her in
'_ Nanny. though I heard she
- pr for here board. Mrs.
.4 ouldn’t stand for her. Jill .
r-nrmnutc to town, where'
jtvh as n stenographer. ;
. \ws always something}
t. ;'- ~..:-. likes—about Jill. ller-
‘.-. .: l- ron‘h. they say. which
:.~ ‘nuut for it. Folks here-
. .an‘t stand for immorality."
- .1::-n‘ luv} questionvd the man.
4'4 uhat I said." snapped th
“‘l'lllll, "and if painting an
gag, isn't immorality. what is?
, Wands used to powder her
~ ...nt and morning. and every-
..r.-w that high color on her
a aid ilph‘ couldn‘t his natural.
;:'<v~, (hwy talked about it.
9 there Was a bit of a
, 1'11. iourg; Mr. Rice was home
~ mitt-«:9 and doing little else but
.lZ-mlil. the country and make
~ lb.“ girls. And there's no
- ti: .‘ll“9 Dorothy was set on
‘ mi
i=1nt little body she was, but
. and she didn't go in for
- ‘.~r y-un‘s sin-i vanities like Miss
‘Af‘lvnl everybody disliked. Not
wasn't kind. Sat up all
- “Ah Mrs. Sawyer's baby mul
Ur through diphtheria. But
‘ ni.«~
‘ neopl
-~ “‘lrfiliy distrusted hes.
"And naturally it made Miss Doro-
thy and her aunt very hitter when
Young Mr. Rho began to talk to Jill
Richarda Everyone said the girl
was leading him astray. Pretw?
Yé’s, in her way. Little and dark
and thin. with a lot of hair. and
that powdered face of hers with the
high color in it.
"Youvsee. Min Doro d on
Mr. Rico wet} cortmzfuenztszz
Their fathers fixed it up. But Old
Man Rice was clever, and he didn‘t
let on. that he‘d lost everything till
he had to sell his house and all he'd
got. Then there was a. ant-run.
and young Mr. Rice went. 08 to
town to get n Job and didn't show
up here no more. .
"After that—well. you know how
talk. Miss Jill held her head
high or all that. but it was plain
that it was telling on her. I used
to see her walking along the street
on her way to the station. with her
red lips and checks and her face
powdered. Some of the church folks
complained about it to Mr. Richards.
You see. they had sons. and they
wasn't going to have them fall into
the hands of that Jezebel.”
“\tht did they say about tho
girl 1’" asked the man.
“Say? There's mighty little they
didn't say. and in the end she had
to leave our village. It was Old
Man Richards put her out of his
house,after she came back from the
hospital, where she'd been with diph-
theria. Caught it from Mrs. Smw
)‘cr‘s little girl I was telling you
about. Oh, yes, plain folks like us
were pretty glad to see the last of
her. She marched down to the sta-
tion. head high and unrepentant.
and the paint sticking out all over
her face. The Reverend Spooner
said it made him sick to look at her.
"She never came back. and every-
one said she went to join young Mr.
Rico in sin in tho great city. No,
we never heard of him. nor don't
want to. But now about the house.
(if course it's a rich man's place,
but I can see you don't mind what
you spend.
"Vtht's that? Don't think your
wife would like it after all? Well.
I'm sure folks must please them-
solves. “'hnt did you say 'the name
was. in case Mr. Lumley inquires?
Rico? Rice!"
By INEZ
THE FILM
FLAPPER
SAYS—
KDUMPH
CONCERNING THE “THE MASTER OF MAN"
“ \lliHNTlA' Victor Seastrom
E is making a wonderful pic-
ture from Hall CaJno‘s ‘The
"Hm.- uf Man.” remarked the
Writ-r. as she joined me for tea.
hear what he said about
' .5 Fi'eronvc bctwccn making pic-
iorc and in chdcu’.‘
he said that over there a.
.. 't x‘ has a year in which to make
I:- maybe two pictures. He
IN the winter reading. getting a.
mic he likes. \thn he has
-l: it l\-- wants, he adapts the
"5 mr “1“ screen himself, con-
. rn‘ui all.
“.l-~ :a La own business manager.
, 'w'na for locations for the ex-
'r'. :"~ illnl-‘f‘lf.
- v luv- any assistant director.
-- n-zav mt the lights himself. turn
mum-w, and pcrhups not a part
‘ "‘ l'iii'f'll‘e.
hunk of that, and then consider
" halo :4. director over here has.
' works faster. of course. but why
' ll:~ has people to look after
’iii'lif, rind the“ there are other
in sac that they do it. I
- r! one director who does al-
vw'thrn'; himself. His assistant
-- rifles absolutely everything.
' ins: p cturcs are considered some
.. lrtwl that are made. and he
:2.» -~r-'-dlt for them. i know of
' lirvctnr who is famous for
. ‘ Iv li'ls of humor and the de-
"ill human touches thnt he puts
" ! am;
into his pictures. One of his asst
tants puts them in.
sistant isn’t on a picture with him.
those touches are missing! ,
~"But to return to ‘The Master of
Man.’ Mae Busch is doing wonder-
! work in it. Everyone who has
watched her working predicts that
this-role will do a great deal for her.
“She has a house now: she used
to Jive in a charming apartment. you
know. Her house is near ZaSu
Pitts'. and also near Colleen Moore
McCot-rnlck's new one. so the three
girls will be neighbors. Mac Busch
has a wonderful cook who has been
with her for three years. and Colleen
Moore has a. delightful husband. and
It's quite likely that‘ ZnSu Pitts has a darling house and
a delightful husband and a lovely
baby. who is never sick and always
weighs just what a child its age
should weigh. and all that. And she
has a dog, too-quite a {unilyl
"And speaking, of wonderful cooks.
somebody told me the other day,
when I was complaining because
Priscilla Dean is -fat again and I
don't like to see her pictures when
have her friends over for dinner and
or course. she can't help eating it.
So there you are!
reason for not being domestic!”
The
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CHOOSLVG
[THEE your .rug must be the
E Fri: t‘mng you buy for a. room
or the last. I! you have a mi
‘ ' wry pronounced pattern or color
' . t is well to begin with it. That
at vcry often happens to the
x2 bride who finds herself was
~~r~mi or an oriental rug of strik-
.: vi-wizn for a wedding present
‘7 must then solve the problem of
"it: drapery and hangings the!
harmonize with it. Interior
-,- .mrs nowadays laugh at Ori-
‘ 2! rug enthusiasts who hold that
“A zrwi Oriental rug looks well any—
.,... .
you have not got your n18. then
, until you have planned the rest
» 'ize Mom. Very often a room
f-Pmshed with attractive 11111811188»
val tuth careful attention to Dic-
' f". hooks and SO-CQUN 0m.’
H “his looks best when thfi rug
'- xiv-n is not expensive at all. may
' f the dqcorators In choosing
'i‘zi‘wmuus oval rag rugs for inter-
‘re wlwn they certainly do not have
to make that selection for the sake
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Household
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YOUR BUGS
a rug sometimes look best with the“
strict colonial furnishing. ‘
provsl from th interior decoratorn.
They are deci
cially in the rather small or the
space and quiet, nnd are for better
than the figured rug for such rooms.
For the sun porch the grass rugs
rare good. Some of them are made
in big blocks of blue and cream or
of black and whit. These are
sometimes used emcee-fully the
simply furnished dining-I on
well as in the sun parlor,
If you have a vacuum amazon
those rugs made of old out
up and rewoven. are a good choice.
They are good looking. anyway. but
without a vacuum they are rather
hard to clean. for they are-quits
adds decidedly to their ood looks;
and with a. vacuum th y are ideal
rugs to have around ‘ _
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“When that no '
she's fat. that she's stout becauser
she‘s a wonderful cook. and loves to .,
make some special dishes herself. "
They say her spaghetti is nothing »
you’ll ever eat anywhere cine. And. (7
One more good ;"
of economy. The idea is that such .
Then there are the two-toned rugs .
Phat have com in for so much ap- -
ly good, good espe- .
overcrowded room. They mum '
heavy? Their weight Ind softness.
"cure figure: ' eelf¢ve me,Madamtth¢y don't make H
Hoaxes any stronger. than ain‘t-2"
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Jewel
.r IIL‘DRED MARSHALL
EMERALD.
HE emerald or agate forms to-
T day's lucky Jewel combination.
The emerald is a talisman for
success if it is worn on the left hand
today. Ancient legend has it that
success will come through some far-
reaching ”vision, some fore-conscious
knowledge of coming events. '
The agate, which is the natal stone
for those whose bir'h anniversary,
this is. has the power to attract
riches. according to the great Car-
dano. since it makes those who wear
it “temperate, continent and can-
tious."
Oriental legend assigns brown as
the significant color for this day.
Those who wear it are. believ’ed’éo
accomplish much through good Judg-
ment and the exeréise of hard com-
mon sense.
The purple lilac is the special
flower :belonging to this day. it is
a symbol of happiness and well-
helps.
if
~are the worst of humans. but they
Something to
> B, F. A.
HOSE ne'er do well. inattentive.
I supine people who habitually
complain of illoluck. who look
with envy upon their vigilant and
prosperous neighbors. compou, it is
sad to write, a formidable army of
men and women clad in rags and
dishonor. ,
A dozen times in their career they
have promised themselves they
would in the future be heedful, cir-
cumspect, and a dozen times they
have broken their moth. blinked and
winked sleepiiy. and turned over to
indulge in mother nap while the
gods of fortune were urging them
to wake up and help themselves to
their stores of wealth.
ln dress and neatness those neg-
ligents are invariably careless; in
manners they are slipeshod. coring
nothing for courtesy. electing by
choice to be rough. boorish and un-
cultured. holding themselvcs aloof
from the accepted form of conduct.
indicative of good breeding. and
which paves the way to polite so-
ciety and frequently opens the door
to rare opportunities.
It cannot be §aid that negligents
have within them the seed from
which the worst often grows.
The Army 01 Negligenls
Their disregard of self-pride and
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their hapless intimates is possibly
their most grevious sin. yet the!
continue to sin with punctllious in-
dustry while they lack the energy
to preserve an always attractive
personal appearance, or to mete the
best of a. favorable wind or tide.
A frank interest in things for their
OWn sake is quite out of the ques-
tion. for the reason thnt any phase
of concern which calls for continued
thought and close attention involves
too much solicitude end effort. of
which negligent:- even in their most
aggressive and stirring moods have
but scant stock.
To make it plainer. they prefer to
neglect, and keep on neglecting.
rather than to shoulder care. Re-
sponsibilities no heavier than the
wing of a. butterfly. are so burden-
some to their minds and bodies they
cannot bear them without complaint.
Lacking patience, which may I.
one of the causes of the negligence
of the vital problems of life, they
are ever at war with their friends.
down at the heel. indilferenf .to
progress and antagonistic to nil
forms of government.
From the first to last they have
no hope, are vigoroisly irrational,
deficient of vision. and proverbially‘
irresolute. dreamy and lazy.
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MOTHER \
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When In Doubt Choose Metal"
deem. to Be the fleets of "any
in Chosen, '1»; Evening Gem
'Pm'boftmehlflewedto
human form” it is at the present
‘ time. There is certainly nothing
ltifl. or what we would usually re-
gard on “metallic.” about the softer
metal ~hrocades. cloths of gold or .
silver or lamei or the present time;
Metal is there. but metal robbed of
it. stiflness and hardness. No
longer are the metallic fabrics re-
g'u'detfas suitable only for evening.
Witness the afternoon frock shown
in the sketch. There is a. brown
velvet. sleeveless. fur-collared coat
which is removed to reveal a metal-
llo hmcaded frock with wide hem
of velvet. Cleverly managed, this
costume shows .not a line of metal
save when the coat is removed.
A, reaction may come against so
much glitter of gold and alive-MWe
my before long regard it as vulgar
ind ostentatious to carry pounds of
metal dn our frocks and wraps. but
In yet we only look with pleasurable
admiration at the woman who wears
In evening gown entirely and un-
relievedly or cloth of gold with a
wrap of rose and gold or blue and
gold lame. At smart gathering
plnces in Europe it is the English
ndy Bo and 80, Princess Thus and
Thus of the old French aristocracy
no less than the influential French
dressmeker who was once a little
seamstress. and the new-rich Amer-
ican millionaire's wife who are re-
ported as wearing gold tissue and
vivid lame. And apparently these
rich and heavy metal fabrics have
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nations-uterine" no man!
people‘s daughters who do
and glisten in them!
and crystal embroidery. Often
enough. too. evening gown innocent
of metal are worn'wlth gold and
silver tissue_headdrensss. some of
them heavy with rhinestones or
other glittering stones.
For some of- the new suits of the
three-piece variety overblouses of
metallic brocade or other fnbrics
showing a. thread of metal hive
been made. Even a rather severely
tailored suit might be approprintely
accompanied by such a blouse.
. 2 THE =
HOUSEHOLD
calm Iv Am muons;
IN THE WALL
NCE W‘s were merely struc-
O tures of brick, lathe, board
or other building material
for the side of a house or to: di-
vide space off into difl'erent rooms
within the house. Now the wall
of a house is much more—cit is the
place where we stow everything
from n small safe to a complete
electric mangle, a place where
ironing boards and broom closets
may be cleverly tucked away to
make our houses more compact
and easier to keep in order.
There are soap dishes and other
bathroom receptacles fashioned in
the tiling from which the bath-
room wall is made. Entire break-
fast equipment—chairs and long
table—ere made to fold back
against the kitchen wall when not
in use and the ironing board that
may be brought out from or left
in a little wall cupboard has been
installed in so many houses and
apartments as to be no longer a
novelty.
Make of house fixtures supply
you wit these various devices to
be put in the wall when you build.
But it is quite possible by co-
operating with your builder to
have other simpler ’wall devices.
For instance, in the side of a bed-
room wall a shelf may be made
that will fold back against the
wall or be let down to form a writ—
ing desk, which is made more use-
ful if it has a small shelf for
books above it.
In_a small dressing room or one
end of a bedroom a shelf with a
mirror set above may do splendid
service for a dressing table. "
In the wall between the dining
Venom and kitchen there should he
an opening with a slide so that
dishes may be passed through. In
one cleverly built dining room
there is a built-in china cupboard
in‘ the dining room. with shelves
with'glass doors on the dining
room side and a wooden slide on
the kitchen side. This may be
pushed back from the kitchen and
the clean dishes set along the
shelves, thus appearing in the
proper places in the china cup-
board. The slide from an outside
wall, making it possible for the
ice men to put tin ice in the re-
frigerator without having to come
into the house. is s. convenience
worth incorporating in your house.
A laundry chute should and place
Brews velvet sleeveless cost can between two walls of year house.
over straight
is trimmed wit the velvet.
frock. which
and is not very expensive if in-
stalled when the house is built.
In
A PUZZL ED PRAYER.
Our Father. thank you for today.
For all our happy hours of play.
For mother's love and daddy's care,
And all the kindnm ev'rywhere.
And. Further,
live.
For our own house in which to live,
and all the
For food and clothes
things
That mother makes or daddy brings.
It ponies children just a bit
To know just whom to thank for it:
We ought to thank‘ the Lbrd. no
doubt, -
not hate to leave our psrente out.
If it’s all right for children small.
We'd sort of like to’thank you all:
And so we give our thanks to you
For things you help our panntsdo.
can own mm,
There‘s no one like your own folks
In all the world nround, ‘ .
And no one nowhere, any‘irns,
' No folks has even found
Exactly like his own folks—
The more that mortals roam
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The more they miss their own fonts '
And like the folks at home;
And so a little song. folks.
I want to sing today. .
m inst about our own folks
,Not very far away. .
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Let: smarter folks than our folks
It's easy to retail:
There's richer folks than our folks.
Batumoney isn’t all.
I've seen 3 lot of rich folks.
I've seen’ a lot of smart,
But never anycrich fdks -
Were richer in the heart.
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Theresnn'tsnyothsrfolks
Thatevenneansamuch.
I‘velivednmongmownfolb
Formraixtyyenr:
Sopooflyevenhsre.
Invent-sentient!!!“
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