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SHORT
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.A MATTER or BUSINESS
By H. IRVING KING
‘( NLY the unusual succeeds
in business” was a maxim
of John Potter's. His arm.
Bradford & Starbuck. longed to do
business with the “'estern firm 0!
{if-raid .9. Robbins. But Gerald &
ilcbhins'e buyer. when she came to
New York, persistently patronized
Walton! a Bremen.
One beautiful day. in that season
vf the year when buyers most do
.‘cngregate in Manhattan. a. young
:zan of thirty, or thereabouts. wear-
;:g the latest thing in riding toga
might have been seen ambllng along
one of these Westebestar roads.
which lure both equestriens and au-
lomobiilsla to the enjoyment ‘of
fresh whine of gasoline and a con-
iemplation of Nature. The horse-
man was evidently not much of a
rzder for suddenly. from no apparent
cause. he slid from the saddle and.
grasping the bridle-reins end lean-
:ng on the pomrnei with one hand.
took his right ankle in the other
hand. holding it almost up to his
:eit knee. and, while his face as-
sumed an expression of pain. looked
«EnXiOUBIY down the road. up which
was approaching an expensive tour-
ing car driven by a llvuried chauf-
feur.
Seated on the back seat of the
car was e young lady of about the
same age as the dismounted eques-
_tr:an.r She had bright eyes. clear.
fresh "complexion. glowing with in-
tellzgenco and animation. Seeing
the young man standing by “'1
horse the young lady spoke to the
chaui'leur. the car came to a stand-
still and a sweet 'voice said: "Dear
me‘! are you injured?”
"Only a slight sprain.” replied the
young man: “but I don't seem to be
able to get into the saddle min.
i «hall be all right presently. Thank
you so much for asking.”
"But I can’t leave you here in
‘his condition; you ought to get to
1 doctor right away." said the
young lady. "I! you could only do
Hnmethlng with your horse--—-"
Just then a boy appeared miracu-
Ec-usly from over a neighboring wall
and said: “I can ride him for you.
mister."
Having directed the boy to the
stable where the horse belonged. the
young man turned to tho young
lady saying: "If I could ”119088
Upon you for a lift as far as my
doctor’s—and the chendenr would
assist me into the car.” .
lie introduced himself” Mr. 3°"
meld Fairfax. The young lady I".
sponded by giving her name—Miss
Claudia. Chatterle. Arrived at the
doctor's omce the chauffeur
the young man up the steps after
profuse thanks from the rescued to
the rescuer. and the auto rolled
away. The young lady bent over
and picked up a card-am which
had. somehow. dropped from the
young man's pocket during hb
transportation. “Hum!" said the
mung lady to herself lookingiet
one of the earth—“311'. John 0. Pet-
ter. representing Mon! & Stare
buck. Played his fist malty well.
But I think he needs may.”
The next day 3dr. lack Potter was
in the adios of Bradford e Burbank
when a card was brought to him.
”Lady waiting in the reception-
room." said the boy.
"Heavens!" he cried. “could Ihave
made a mistake? How can I ex-
plain?" be grouped. A very per»
turbed young man and a very self-
poueesed young lady met in the
men. one cup sensations
reception-room.
"I came.” said the lady. “to re-
ter. but do you think deception was
a gentiemanly return tor a ”Meal”
And then with sarcasm: “I trust
Your ankle is better.“
Jack broke down and confessed
all. He had been delegated by his
firm to get in touch with Miss
Martha Curtis. buyer for Gerald &
Robbins. He had bribed an emo
ployee in the garage where w-
Curtis hired an automobile now and
then and got enough information.
together with a description of the
lady herself. to enable him to stage
his little comedy. W’hen he had
seen Mien Chutteris'e our approach-
ing he had been quite sure that it
was Miss Curtis's. He had regal-do
ed the name the young lady bed
given as one assumed for the occa-
sion. He had dropped the card-cam
intentionally. sure that when Miss
Curtis saw it and found out who
he was she would not be able to
resist the temptatioa to let him
know that she had become aware
of hie identity. This would break
the ice. and for the rest he must
depend upon his personal charm and
the really superior line of goods
carried by Bradford & Starboclt.
“So." said Miss Cbatterie haught-
ilY. “you mistook me for a. buyer
(or a drygoods house. did you?"
John Potter "bound and bowed.”
blushed and looked silly. There
came a rippling laugh.
“Well. I am.” said be young lady.
“I are Marthe Curtis all right. And
lknewyouasaoenaalaeteyes
on you. You have often been point-
ed out to me. Miss Chatter-is is an
old school friend of mine. I bor-
rowed her name yesterday and one
of her visiting cards today. Now
as to business—what have you 1.
the shirtwaist line?"
Bradford a Starka got Gerald a
Robbins’r trade. and a year In”
John Potter gOt Marthe Curtis—
bound hard and fast before the
altar.
' m hm or LAMB
Prepare a. dressing by moisten-
ins two cups f bread crumbs
(from inside of t e loaf) with one-
heif on of. melted butter. Bee.
son wi h salt. pepper. thyme.
meriorem. a little onion. if de-
sired. Add a very little water
and “piece in the meat. We
the ends into shape. Have oven
very hot and place meet in pan.
adding no seasoning until the sur-
face is seared over. Then reduce
the gas dame. dredge meet lightly
with door and the ssasoulns sud
bestotha meatmtenordfleen
minutes {unless .a covered reest-
tag on is used). and most about
an hour and a halt," weighing
dve poun Serve with a brown
sauce road from four tablespoons
of flour and the surplus- lu the
pen. with a pint of stock made by
cooking the bones ill water very
slowly until‘it is well devoted.
ro cum nous men use:
A muons-sons
~ summwmuqmu.
.1, pounds or 'susbtly, buttered
one ounce of butter. mm and
salt. ‘Put tomatoes in a saucepan
thebueter ands goodspriu-
store to thiseatd—epewbkh
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AHITHYGT
DAYS tall-memo gem.
amethyst. is likely to make its
wearers headstroe
them to make rash promise-
tendency is somewhat discounted by
its power to endow them with keen
intelligence and unusual ability in
gendmove
ms
ground. Don't upect‘to get dis-
tance. Thatistoomuchtoespect
with an that-lumen thrown ho-
gsthar in a flaw minutes. But local
mwlllcotneinwen.
one Permsylvsnie fan whose Sun-
a; outings take him into woods
where the wild creatures still exist
tau. me that rabbits and birds and
chipmunks are as much interested
in the radio concerts as humans
are. He sets up his receiver and a
smell loudspeaker somewhere in
the woods.‘ tunes in and adjusts the
loudspeaker for compagtively low
volume. Then he sits down nearby
and keeps very quiet. ,
Inafewminutaheeeyaepalr
of bright eyes will show up in the
grass near at hand. Some little
furry forest dweller has come to see
what all this noise is about. There
have been as many as six listeners
at one moment. this fan says.
The forest birds are equally in-
terested. Sometimu the notes of
the loudspeaker seem to encourage
the feathered eongsters ho try their
own throats. But when the mode
is too loud it frightens them. And
any movement at all on the part of
the human observer disperses the
forest audience instantly.
One of the most curious Owen‘s-
tlons that this fan has made is of
a mysterious eifect of the radio
music on insects. Ordinarily the
insects do not seem tonotlce the
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ONE DAILY FACT '0;
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Vibrations and ave W
closely
a
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other. Tbewevelengthdaia'ao
wavemeanayouremsmber.thapb-
mmmmebeginningofene
wave tolhetofthenartastb
long train of waves dies along
throughtheether.
But these waves. what they
strikeagalnstthewlresofyonran-
terms. move the electrons in the
wires back and forth. Theysst
these little mrtlcles of
into vibration. as we diacumsd
the Pfimer several days ago.
Neweseech wavegoesbyltue-
duces one complete back-ant!”
movement of the electrons in tho
wire. It produces. that is. one colu-
plate vibration. You see that the
vibrations in the set correspond to
the. wave lengths of the waves.
Long waves have their two ends far
apart. Thus they cause slower vi-
brations. Short waves. Oil the other
hand. have their ends close together.
thus the vibrations that they no
dues are faster.
HQ
weveethetraiseanddropitare
long. the board will move up and
down slowly: it will be in slow up-
end-down vibration. But if the
ocean waves are short ones. like
little ripples. the board will bob up
and down very" rapidly.
an this may eeetn far Den: the
operation of a radio est. but it b
necessary. The set works. as we
have seen already. by virtue of elec-
tric vibrations in its wires and la-
struments. It is the radio waves
in space that eat up these vibradaue.
end the thing to remernber today
in that the wave length of these
waves determines the speed of the
vibrations.
.. Lyrics o’f'Life
MY LANDSMAN
I sent my ships across the one
To ilnd some fortune inst for me.
Yes. silks and sstlns I might wear.
And jade and Jewels for my. hair:
I mnt my ships in search of gold.
And ivory. and things of old;
And then. when lite was nearly
past.
My ships came selling home at
list.
With empty hold.
All. new you think that long I wept.
When not a ship with which I amt
The less of hope came sailing
hm
Fran islands far across the team
With silks and cation I might wear
All! Jade and lewels for my hair?
And yet. although for gold I
yearned.
Whenemptyallmyshipere-
turned.
Idldnotcere.
For. while my ships were sailing far.
I met a man—for men there are
Upon the land as well as see;
And not a sultry sailor be
But Just a landowner: here at home
Who never sailed across the foam.
Who never any islands sought.
Nor jade nor jewels ever brought.
Nor cared to roam.
AndyetmylandsmenJu-engetomy,
Although he never sailed away.
“When You Sew
mmmwps
mekeearuer .
mmmmmm
Yes. just a lendsman at a dad.
Unsung. perhaps unpictureaoua-
Has brought my heart a center
store
Than any eh:p from any shore-
Couid ever bring—hes brought me
this:
His arms around me. and his
Forevermore. .
on. maidens. you who maybe use ‘
For golden ships as well as I.
A ship's a moat uncertain thin: ‘
Perhaps the fellow who will blind
You love and laughter and delight
And some and Jade fmvar bright
Is just a fellow full of fun.
Is just some fellow like the one
Who can! tonight.
TAKE OFF YOUR MISTER
! call him "Blister” when we mad
“The never met before.
About the third time on the street.
Or second in the m
If he's the sort of man I like.
1 drop the “Work-now it's “m.-
Or “Bill” or “Bob” or “Jack“ a
“I‘m“
0r anything they christened him.
There’s some folks who are w
when .
You meet and when you M
And “Mister” when you meet again-
You never seem to start
To get acquainted. or to kid.
Or act familiar—(face did
You very soon would likely and
That they're the-wen. the "W
kind.
cause We know full well that it
, wouldn’t make a bit of dlil‘orence if
we did. but bemuee we have learned
M recent experience that girls who
wear short skirts become neither
criminal nor perverted.
We read with perfect composure
thatlnPerissomeoftheekItsu-e
as much as fifteen or sixteen inches
oi! the floor, interestingly enough it
aaalneto be the skirt with a dare
that calls for this much abreviation.
while the straight scant skirt can
be worn a trifle longer.
In the sketch is shown 3 Jenny
model with the new very short skirt.
As lanes good style in this coun-
try goes. ten inches from the ground
will doubJass be short enough for
none Weeks to come. There are and
always will be doubtless women who
cling faithfully to the longer skirt.
and you may tee: tho; ll“ k: a w‘se
idea (or the'womnn v. “we ankles
are not well shamed. Ar '
of fact. the woman w 11*:
little thicker than she my.
hve them is apt to he o" large.
hwy proportions an: the ski-l". that
ll longer than other women s is very»
apt to give her the very heaviness
that she had hoped to avoid. When
you eee a women who is not really
old wearing a decidedly long skirt. it
is the most natural thinggin the
world to assume that she follows
this mode to hide clumsy ankles.
leach Pajamas Are Smart Even
When Worn Only in the Boudoir.
a position of only commercial
.mportance as the port of Venice
to a place more or less familiar to
almost everyone who thinks or talks
about current fashions for women.
For it was at Lido last summer
that women started the fashion of
wearing pajamas on the beach. and
nowadays whenever anyone speaks
of this new fashion. which is arous-
ing much interest in this country in
connection with apparel worn at
Southern resorts. one likewise thinks
of Lido.
The interesting thing about these
new beach peiemes is that if you
rather lack the nerve to wear them
at ocean or lake side. you may wear
them in your own rooms—they are
IIDOhessuddenlyi-lsenfrom
oensideredverysmertnowasneg-.
”sees.
The sketch shows a decidedly
wmnblebeechpaluneeetmadeof
blank crepe de clans trimmed with
blechsetln. Therearethreepieees
~u-ousers.waistcoatandoost.
Blackmtobeefevorioeoolor
forthasepaiamas. and very fre-
quently the trousers are endrely of
black satin smile the coat consists
of a richly embroidered manual-m
coat (I. similarly cut coat of silk
Note dent-m model from Jessy.
Misaneryshortsldrt. Tho
mic is attached to the skirt by
Jade buttons. The skirt is of Iowa
bubosedthetue‘cisoleukoa-
W6 is diverse: colors. with
green Matti-sting.
printed in colon as rich and varied
as those found on an old embroidered
mandarin ooet. Sometimes the trou-
unoftheeepajamassuitsareia
knitted silk Jersey trimmed with lit—
tle turn-back cui‘fs of the figured silk
used to make the coat.
From a point of view ”MM
by custom. the pajama beach one.
turns is certainly far more modest
than the type of beach costume that
many American girls have worn re-
cently to while away idle hours on
the beach. But the important thing
is that being a decided novelty on
this side of the Atlantic the beach
pajama at present attracts much
attention. and authorities m as
to its success.
WISE AND
OTHERWISE
ARE YOU A TRIBAL WOUAN?
0M2: women seem to be above
all things tribal. They belong
to their own particular tribe
more than they belong to any coun-
try. or any race. or any social
group. or any church or other or-
gnnizatlon. The 'only way to be
sure of getting their interest in any
matter is somehow to link it up
with the intemts of their own
family.
TheCivilWarasefectofhls-
tor-y may have no interest whatever
for such a woman. save for the fact
that it was in that war that her
Uncle Charles in Virginia lost all
his fortune. or that Grandfather
Jones was ,kllled at Gettysburgh.
You may give the tribal women
most interesting accounts of some
paintim you have seen and it is
not till you mention the name of s
certain painter. whom she recog-
nises as the one who painted Cousin
Jane's portrait. that she sits up and
takes any sort of notice.
After all the tribal woman have
some points to their credit. They
keep up valuable family tradition
and often give valuable encourage-
ment to struggling members of their
own tribe thronghthalr rather blind
devotion to them and “Varying ln~
west in their doings.
Fruits veer: roe swears
Everymenehildeeemsbopes-
eesaanatnral taste for sweets. It
neverbestobeeoouired. Though
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