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The Broken Dream
By DUFORD mun
ESTER SHEPARD shoved the
' last papers on his desk into
a drawer and leaned back in
the silence of his private office to
dream a bit——a dream in which
Margery Stanton'e girlish presence
lingered like the aroma of a. rose.
Her father's office was in the same
corridor. and whenever she came
to see him, Shepard knew she
dropped into his office for a brief
visit that put sunshine into the
grind of his business day.
“it hardly seems possible she
can care for me." he warned him-
self. “A ma: of forty with the
gray sprind g at his temples
should not appeal to her." Yet he
recalled the pleasant hours with
her at. her father's suburban home.
V'That might mean nothing, for
Stanton and I are old friends, and
it's her way to be nice to his
friends. and yet—~yet there's
something about her attitude——
well. I must speak to her.. If my
dream was smashed. however, it
would- ~~~~~~ " He shook his head.
He heard his young partner
close his office and depart. but still
Shepard lingered.
The first hint of something
wfong came when he called her
next day by telephone, asking if
he might run out to see her in the
evening. He caught the note' of
hesitation in her clear, sweet
voice; then he heard it grow
slightly cold as she phrased. a
courteous refusal.
Even after the farewell. he
stared at the telephone with pet'-
’ ploxcd eyes. The gay comrade-
» ship in her voice had vanished.
What could it mean? Had she
guessed the love for her that had
been growing in his heart?
Then Mr. Stanton came in. his
lined. aristocratic face troubled.
“Lester, after you spoke to me
about Margery. I was in hopes you
two might learn to care for each
other. i know she always dropped
in to see you. and she seemed to
cnioy having you at the house.
But, I guess, after all. it was—«it
was Baker she was interested in."
The words struck Shepard like
a physical blow. He knew at the
time she came into the office. she
‘alwnys stopped for a chat with his
young partner, but he had thought
. she did it just to make her prefer:
once not too conspicuous. Instead
she came to see him to cover up
her interest in Baker.
Shepard braced himself. Then
he said quietly: "It's all right, old
friend. I do love her. and I had
been dreaming of, a home with her.
But I see i was n fool. It's been
such a fight to build up my busi-
ness. I have seen little of women;
and I misconstrued her coming
and her kindness. I am glad for
Niles. I must go in and congratu—
late him." Shepard said quietly.
When Shepard' stepped quietly
into his young partner's office.
Baker started and listened with
-. averted eyes to the older man’s
earnest words of congratulation.
"Thanks. Shep~it hasn’t been
definitely settled. but it‘s about
right. Margery is going South for
n. visit. and then-”then we'll be
married. And. by the way. I think
I’ll start out for myself. if You
don‘t. mind ?" Baker said haltingly.
"It's all right. I'll miss you.
but I’d do the some. I'll give you
all the help I can," Shepard said
heartily.
The week that passed was dis.
mal for him. but he won in the
end some kind of peace that is
the gift of resignation. Then. one
day, he ran through his mail, and
came to a letter‘that seemed to
lift the roof of the building. He
read it again and again. Then.
master of himself. he stepped into
Baker's office. The young man
turned. paling.
"Baker, what do you mean tell-
ling Margery that I am dishonor-
able in my business dealings? She
is the soul of honor. and you
know how she would take it!"
Baker wilted. “How didwyou
find out?”
“You wrote a letter to her on
the office stationery. You made
a mistake in her address, and‘the
letter naturally was returned to
the office. I opened the envelope
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without noting the particular
name on it! Niles—whei—"
Shepard's voice broke.
Baker sprang to his feet. “Les-
ter. I did it-and it was a irty
thing ‘to do. I- am crasy out
her-—and I—-—I——-iuei lost my
head. I know how. mighty good
you have been to me. I wrote
that letter—and I wrote another
—-to her right address: and I told
her‘whata cad I had been. I
tried to make it right. She really
loves you and did until I hinted
before she left that you weren't
just square. I told her I would
send the evidence-«so I wrote
that letter." .
Shepard put his hand on the
other's shaking shoulder. “Tint
squares it with me."
"Some one to see you. sir!" the
voice of the ethos boy broke in.
Shepard pressed his partner's
eager hand. and went to his office.
As he opened the door. he started.
Margery stood there. her dark
eyes starry with light. She came
to him swiftly.
"0h. Lester. I~—-I came back as
soon as I-I heard the truth about
you—and I'm sorry. I've always
liked you—v" ‘
He put his arm about her
shoulder and drew her gently to
him. “I know the whole story.
and it will be forgotten and for-
given. The point is. Margery. do
you more than just ‘lilre' me?"
She gave him a hug and whis-
pered, “If you'll close that door.
I'll tell you!"
What’s In '
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a’Name'L
Facts about your name; its history:
its meaning; whence it was
derived; its significance:
your lucky day and
lucky Jewel.
CONSTANCE
)fiSTANCE. meaning firm. has
Cunmletakable origin: [it is de-
rived from the Latin word con-
stans. signifying constant,‘ firm. or
steadfast. As a complimentary term.
it. formed the Roman proper name
Constantine. and numerous other
male names. especially among roy-
alty. The Scottish king has many a
derivative of Constantine among
them and its root has been employed
with various termination- in the
Russian imperial family since the
days of Catherine II.
The daughters of the, Russian
family received the name about the
time that Constantia sprang to popu-
larity amon‘g Provencal ladies. It
was brought to the throne of France
by the tompestuous Constance of\
Provence. wife of the mild sovereign
Robert the Pious. Constance has
bncn a royal nnme in France ever
since. The Breton duchcsshmother
of Arthur. bore it. but. according to
some etymologiets. her name was
merely a feminine interpretation of
that of her father. Conan. ’
In Italy. the name sprang up as
Goatanza and the Sicilian mother of
Frederick W brought it to Germany.
where it straightway became Con-
stem. or merelyStanz. Her greet
grand-daughter took it to Spain as
Constenza. Custance is another
Spanish form. introduced in England
by Chaucer as the name of the
daughter of Pedro the cruel, wife of
John of Gaunt. Constance do" Bev~
erly. of Sir Walter Scott‘s “Marmlon."
gave it vogue throughout England
nod Scotland. In the reign of Henry
VIII, a. real Constance do Beverly
is recorded in disgrace for attending
the Marchioneee of Exeter in a stolen
visit to the Nun of Kent.
After the Reformation. ‘ Constance
vanished in England for a time and
long after came to life as Con-
stantia. It is now as favorite and
as widely used as Alice and Eliza-
beth and Margaret.
The moonstone is the 'taliemsnio '
gem assigned to Constance. It prom-
ises her true and steadfast love and
is said to give her the power to read
future happiness in its depths. which
faithfully record the waxing and
waning of the moon. so dear to
lovers. Tuesday is her lucky day
and 5 her lucky number. /
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of Life
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HOUSE FOE RENT
House ferment, with trees to shade it.
And a dewy lawn before.
.Lovingly our hands have made it.
4 Fashioned roof and wall and floor.
House for rent—~we want some
neighbors.
Busy neighbors, and content.
Folks to .cheer us at our labors
All the summer. House for rent!
House for rent. with grass around it,
Momlng sun. and such a viewl
~ How we hope that folks have found it.
Happy folks. and friendly. too.
We have heard some men-y chatter,
And we know it won't be long;
Illch or poor, it doesn’t matter,
For the rent is but a song.
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House for rent. The air is humming.
Blue the sky. and green the'fern.‘
House for rent—old friends are
, coming, ‘ .
. Spring ishere. the birds return. ‘
They are coming. slnsina'. motion.
vfieaven son'ring. heaven-sent: ‘
All the winte'r we‘ve become. :
Woicm 'W
'THE sONG or SPRING “1
{Around the Maypoie in the Spring
The happy children dance and sing.
'And all the old folks passing by
First smile a little, then they sigh. ,
And some of them will evade“.
"If I were young. and it were May.
How I would sing. how I would dance.
If I just had the children's chancel“ '
My father'o rather funny. be
This very morning said to me,
"I don't see why the old folks. too.
Don't do the way the young folks do.
or coum. I'm rather stiff and lame.
But 1.30 dancing inst the same—-
Not really._truly dancing, no.
Just dancing in my mind, you know.”
My father says (he's rather queer).
"May doesn't make us dance. my
dear:
It in 0dr dancing every day
The road of life that makes, team. "I
Ahd so each any I invite start
wan-mm: w ’2." out
It
you. lady across the way any.
the women out door is a terrible adabout
and site ly lets the children an Milan»! all.
doesn't Kellen the poor little things have had
a particle of pro-natal influence elite. they
were born.
How Do You
Say It? §
Common Errors In English and How
_ to Avoid Thain
By c. N. LURlE
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'AN EDUCATED PERSON"
HAT is "am educated person?“
w Is it one who has much
learning. derived from books.
or‘o‘ne Who has seen much...observecl
much. thought much? Alfred Ayrce.
in ”The Verbalist." says:
"Education is ' one of the most
misuSed of words. A man may be.
well acquainted with the contents of
. text-books. and yet be a person of
llittle .education; on. the other hand,
a man may be a person of good edu-
cation. and yet know little of the
contents of text-books. Abraham
Lincoln and Edwin Forrest knew
comparatively little of what is gen—
erally learned in schools; still they
were men of culture. men of educa-
tion. A man may have ever so
much book knowledge and Eli" be a.
beer; but a man cannot be n’person
of good education and not: be—so far
as innnner‘ie concerncha gentle-
man. Education. then. is a. whole of
which instruction and breeding are
the parts."
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WILL YOU WEAR cosALr
SOME fashions eeers predict the
return to favor of red coral. and ‘ .
, more than one would like to see.
this supplant artificial pearls in pop-‘
ulnr favor. Truly we are all getting
a trifle tired of those cheap pearl
beads. .
the queen of Italy‘for some reason
or other has been wearing red coral
strings and ornaments lately almost
to the exclusion of any other form
of ornament. Already this fashion
has been felt in. Paris and from
thence it may trend to England and
the Unitnd Stats. I
It may be that you. have some bits
of old-fashioned red orspink coral.
If you‘ have held opvto it tight.’ It
may be that it will Liverin fashion
very soon. At any rate.- it~~~will‘
The important thing is that -
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THE ‘
HOT OFF
A RADIO COLUMN
in rooms news!
GRID
next great war has been at—
tractiug much nttcntion during
the past few wr-clw. 'l‘be discus-
sion began. apparently. with an ad-
drcss by General lierschauer of the
French Army. in which that‘General
recounted reccut cxperimentn in
France 'wlth radio-controlled air-
plant's.
'I‘llese.'plhncs can be manoeuvered.
it 990nm. entirely by radio signals
from the ground. ()r a single radio
'plono. flying for too high,to be
reachable by any kind ofgun-iire.
can keep the controlled 'planes in
sight and can direct them here and
there at will. ..
Tune of poison gas or of high
exploelycs can be launched thus at
enemy cities or at hostile tree”.
without the necessity of risking tlhe
precious livcs of aviators in the air-
planes that venture within the dau-
ger zone.
THE probable role of radio in the
But this picture of radio con-
trolled machines on so vicious an
element of war paraphernalia is not
entirely agreed to by General C. hick.
Saltsmnn. (thief Signal Officer of the
United States Army. In a magazine
article published in America, the
General predicts that such radio-
controllcd 'pluncs will be too easily
captured or diverted by radio signals
sent out by the attacked party. '
The 'plmies might respond. he
suggests, to the wrong set of radio
signals. and deliver their loads of
death back against. the men who
sent them out instead of against the
enemy.
The main role of radio in warfare
_will be. General Saltzman predicts.
the maintaining of communication
between. different parts of a combat
force in the field. \Vlth radio. he
says. there will be no more "lost
battalions."
The General has another phrase
that is a. good one. “An army." he.
says. "moves on its enrsx' Radio
provides the ears.
How important this may be in
spying out thetlocations of enemy
troops or any other feature of the .
land in front of you was proved by
an experiment in New York. An
aviator flying over ‘the city was
linked by radio to a small portable
station set up in Central Park. From
here the voice of the aviator was
carried to on of the New York
broadcasting stations. so that listen-
ers heard the voice of a man
who was really two or three thou-
sand feet up in the air.
Many a troop commander in the
last war would have given his right
build for a few minutes converse-
-tion in this way with a friendly
twister flying up above him. _
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‘THE RADIO PRIMER
One Dally Fast for Listeners
The Speed of Radio is supposed to
be [the same as the speed of light.
In actual figtires this works out to
between 186,390 and 186,400 miles it
~ second.
At this speed a radio message
would go from New York to Aus-
tralia and back in about one-seventh
of a ‘second. Whileyou are reading
this sentence radio will go more
than thirty- times around the earth.
So far as concerns the speed of
light. this value of approximately
. 186.350 miles a second‘is quite defl-
. nlteiyiknown. Many measurements
have been made of it. ‘But, with
actual radio wayes we are not quite
.so sure. vNo very accuratp actual
“measurements of jibe speedof radio
ha a, been made. ‘_
we have funds a very accurate
measurement of the speed of radio
we will find it to be exactly the
speed of light. .
This speed of 186,350 miles a. sec-
ond applies. of course. to the pros-
ress of light in a vacuum. as, for
example, in till! empty space be-
tween us and the stars. Inside
transparent matttr. like glass or
water. the speed of light is a little
slower nnd we believe that radio.
also. moves mllttle slower in certain
substances than in a perfect vacuum.
The elowingis so slight. however.
that it has no practical effect at all. _
It might decrease the speed by one
per cent or less: not enough to be
measurable in any way that we now
know,
Who Wrote This?
A Series of Popular Quotations from
Famous Authors. Selected by
J. WILSON ROY.
1—"$ut oh! what mighty magician .
can-assuage a woman‘s envy?"
~7"Remember what Simonldes said
—-that he never repented that he
had held his tongue. but often
that be had spoken."
8—-"0ur acts. our angels are. or good
or ‘ill.
Our fatal shadows that walk by
us still." .
41—"The glass of fashion and the
mould of form.
The observed of all observers."
5—"F'emc. as wounderstand. il no
sure test of merit. but only a
probability of such: it is an accl-
dent, not a. property of man."
6~"We always love those who ad- ‘
mire us. and we do not always
love whom we admire."
7L"On their own merits,
modest
men are dumb." ' -
8—»"When to mischief mortals bend .
their will, ‘
How soon they find tit instruments
of ill."
. Answers; .
l——Geo. Granville ,E—Thos. Carlyle
2——Plutarch 6~La Rochefou-
. cauld
Hobo Fletcher TwGeo. Colman
4—Shakell‘leal‘e 84—Aicx. Pope
To:Dt;y.’s . ,.
(Luck-V '9 iiiiier
ey MILDRED mew.
Jewel
TU RQUOISE
turquoise is today’s talis-
manic gent. In the Far East it
was looked upon as at lucky
stone for those who dealt in any
business in which horses were con-
cerned, and so it‘has come down to
us as a talisman for those engaged
in horse-racing or trading. The tur-
ouoise was also credited with power
to protect its wearer from accident.
Today's natal stone is the load-
stone. which attracts all good things
to its war. It was_belleved by
the ancients to- be particularly
potent in attracting love.
Green is today's lucky color, par- .,
ticularly for those‘ be are discour-
optimism._ , ..
egedor sad. since i: is-syrnbolio of
’ long tlmc
Sweeter frocks are chosen forgon-
ersl sports wear.
VEN the sweater now-e-days
ceases to be a separate acces-
. sory of dress and is regarded as
a part of some definite costume or
ensemble. Once women were al-
most any sweater with ulmost any
port of frock or skirt. Now the
sweater has a skirt that belongs to
it and is worn as part of a. definite
little sport costume. To be sure
there are separate sweaters. as well
sweater costumes. but when s. we-
man buys one of those she is prob-
ably harassed by the thought that it
really must be part of some definite
get up and that there must be a
skirt chosen to go with it and with
it alone. . ..
So—cnlled cricket sweaters rival
turtle- necks at the present time.
The high neck of the) turtle neck is
undoubtedly stnnrt but with the first
suggestion of real summer warmth
in the air most American women
rebel against any sort of high collar
no matter how much it may be in .
fashion. For golf and other out-
door sports the turtle neck ensemble
is frcqucntly chosen. When the
cricket sweater is the ti'pe then
there is sometimes a printed silk
handkerchief knotted about the neck
with code under one car. This is a
fashion sinrtcd at Deauville several 1
years ago. which ceriuinl;.- scams :1
n-dying. Not only do
you sec these knotted hundkt-rchiei's
on the golf course, but you see them
worn by eruurtly dressed women
with good looking tailored suits as
well. "'
There are all sorts of decided col-
ors in sweaters this spring. but a
safe rule is this-when in doubt
choose beige. Among the most in-
teresting sport ensembles seen in
France are some consisting of tail-
ored skirt and top coat of some one
of the beige tones. with knitted
woolen sweater of the same tone.
The lower figure in the sketch
shows one of the new natural color-
ed balbriggan sweaters. with match-
ing skirt made with the smart new
inverted front ‘box pleat. This is
trimmed with red. 1
Felt and Sir-w Are Combined Et-
fectiveiy for Sport Hats.
HE question of choosing be-
T iwocn felt or straw for the
' little tailored or sport hat is
easily answered by selecting one of
the new little bonnets that come.
bine straw ’and felt—usually in the
same shade. The difference in the
surface and texture of these too
materials gives sufficient contrast
even when in exactly matching
shades.
Felt hats are so exactly suitable
for the present mode that women
persist in wearing them despite the
warning that they cause loss of hair
and together with the modern bob
will bring on baldness. ‘
The combination felt and straw
but usually ’ (islets of a felt shape
trimmed wi straw. But some-
times the order is reversed and a
fine straw shops will have applica-
tions of felt. or sometimes of velvet.
The sketch shows a straw shape of
one of the new red shades with
matching trimming cut from felt.
So for nothing has come to chal‘
loose the position of the felt hat.
Now word comes from London that
a tweed hat has gained instant ap-
proval among certain smartly dress-
ed women there, as an accessory to
the tweed sport suit. These hats
are described as being "cut.like
‘ men's wide - vlzored caps mwith a.
narrow fold of the material at the
back reminiscent of Jackie Coogan'e
cap of ‘Kld"'.
Whether you like it or not there
is no gainsaying the fact that the
viola’shades are fashion's favorites
for the season. To be sure certain
fuchsia shades have been produced
so commonly that we all grew
weary of the hats of this shade.
.But by offering slightly different
shades of the violatones the smart
milliners have persuaded their cus~
tomers ,not to abandon this range.
Knitted sweater [rock a] yellow
wool. Knitted sweater frock. of not-
ural-colored bolbriaaan and red trlme
Ming.
"wise AND
crosswise
STHE NEW EVENING oases
T has occurred to women bore and
there that they are at a. dlSadvnn-
tags when it comes to evening
dress. A women must either went.-
bare arms and de‘colettege or elee be
considered not appropriately dressed
for evening. Yet there lire women
of importance who find this type of
dress impracticable and unbecoming.
Recently a popular young English
actress appeared at a favorite danc-
ing club at night wearing a boyish
little tailored suit of light weight
and light color. with a soft mannish
silk blouse and tie. ' She found it
mo . convenient than the conven-
tional evening frock; and there have
been other advanced young women
who have appeared at such night
dance clubs in somewhat similar
attire.
Now a prominent Paris tailor has
come forth with a tuxedo for
womenLa suit cut very much like
the conventional men's tuxedo. It
is made of light cheviot with black
silk facings. a white low-cut waist<
coat and a silk shirt with a black.
tie. ~The skirt is short and scant and
smart. 0f coursd few women will
want to adopt this _sult while it is
still rather freakish. but it really
does seem as if there were a definite
demand for some sort of conven-
tional evening attire for the woman
who finds the now conventional deco-
lette evening frock either inconvem
tent or absurdly unbecoming.
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FULL SKIRTS on scam-7
HETHER 'women wear full
. 2:". or scant ones. there
- . sure to be some observer
whd offer adverse criticism. Not:
the prudish observer blushes to think
how little the smartly dressed young
woman wears beneath her frock and
once she—or lie—found disquietude
in the exactly opposite thought.
A commenter on women's fosh '
writing just seventy-five years 1:3:
describes a fashionable woman walk-
ing down New York's then fashion-
able Bowery—"with a prodigious
circumference of skirt—the bonnete
a mere bow knot of lace and rib-
bons." And then he allows his
thoughts to wander. reflecting “how
many skirts must probably go to‘
such circumference."
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WHAT PERCALE MEANS
The word parcels in Italian is
Percallo. inSpanish, Parcel. It is
derived probably from a Persian
word. The word parqalah in modern
Persian means rag. ’
i
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Calico. This word comes clearly
from Calicut. India. from whence
it was shipped to England some
three hundred years ago. From
callcut the word was changed to
calico at an early date.
I
I
Batiste, a sort of French cambric.
is said to have been derived from
. the. name of the first manufacturer-
who‘ll‘ved in France seven hundred
years ago; . ‘
The term memorized, applied to
cotton with ll .11 is'
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