- l n“. ‘h A 3 :0 EN ERA. '. SHORT STORY 0 or other side-shows at the was a deplorable lack p "Oh, please hide me! dollars)" be sure to search that." "Oh. do something." young lady. me." here," said she. The ingly short time, the 1'00"]. veiled propheteas. "Sit there and } crystal," remanded minute coaxing in here. ADAME ZIlNOBIA. the Veiled Prophetess. was having a dull and unprofitable day. seemed to he doing well; but there with regard to "The Secrets of the Past. l’resent and Future"—-Madame Zenobinis stock in trade. into her deserted tent rushed agirl of about eighteen, who cried out: The veiled prophetess clutched the bill with a firm grip. mania," was her mental diagnosis. "There's no place," saId she. “but my dressing-room. and they would “I‘ll give you ten dol- lars more if you don‘t let them find Zenobia was a woman of resource and a woman of action. been a lightning change artist on the stage in her day and. in a surpris- cmcrgcd from the little dressing- chobia clad in clothes and the girl arrayed as the gaze at later and a middle-aged. prosperous—looking man entered the mt. "Ah, here you are," cried he: ”‘ ‘Iey told me you had been seen Now, come right straight home. A Profiteering Bropbetess By H. IRVING KING The County Fuir of curiosity Suddenly Here's ten "Klepto- pleaded the "Come aeeress had two women the girl's that Zenobia. A Ellen. you Robert is half-distracted, and if I catch that rascal. Murchison, I'll wring his mack. Elope would on?" And he placed his hand on t e shoulder of the woman who sat with her back tower him. The woman turned and he gazed into the hard-lined face anti the sharp. crafty eyes of Zenobia. “Great cats!" he cried. "I beg pardon; but I thOught you were somebody else." "I am not," responded Zenobis abdrply. Across the table the girl bdtlnd the Veil of silver trembled; brdittcred no sound. “Now." said the prdphetess attire—man departed, ”what does all ~this mean? What‘s your name besides Ellen '.’" "Bancroft." faltercd the girl. "I— I was going to run away withGeorge Murchison. but I'm afraid." “In love with George?” Zcuobia. “I thought I was," mbbed Ellen; "but now I don’t know. We were going to how York. I am awfully sorry Robert takes it so hard." “Here." commanded Zambia, “give me your hand; let me read your palm. Ah! Here it is. I see a young man named George Murchi- son—good looking—wears Jewelry— iiashy sort of fellow—~blew into town queried , from the city—talks big and tells everybody what a devil of a fellow he is. There’s another fellow named Robert something—" “Johnson." murmured Ellen. copyright, 1925. by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate. "Yes, that's it; Robert Johnson.” went on the seerels. "Everyday sort of chapwdead in love with you —eober. steady. well-to-do. Known each other ever since you were kids. That was your pa who came in here. Your pa's got money. That's what George is after. Robert is after you. See that line there? .That means that you are not going to marry George. You are going to marry Robert and be happy ever after.‘ “Oh. how did you know? How do you know? Do you see all that in my palm?" cried the amused girl. "Every word of it." replied Zeno- Us. "That’s my business. Didn't you read my sign outside—'Put, Present and Future told—satisfac- be fifty cents extra. 'please." "Certainly." said Ellen. "And I am so—so glad. But I don't dare go home. Father will Just skin me alive, and Robert will never forgive me.” "Let me look at your palm again.” said Zenobia. "Yes—here it is. Your father will hardly scold you at all: and as for Robert—let me see—yes, Robert will be so glad to have you safe back again that he’ll be "Just as good as pie. Fifty cents more. please." "0h, certainly." said Ellen. "I wish l'wss more. but that‘s the last 'ilfty cents I‘ve got.” "Just so." replied Zenobia. "Now look sharp and let us get back into our own clothes". The shift being made, the prophetess commanded: "Now you stay right here until I come back—don‘t move." Silver-veiled and mystically at- tired. distributing her business cards as she went, Zenobia wan- dered forth into the fair grounds until she located Ellen's father. still searching for tidings of his lost one. To him she made a proposition as follows: He was to give her fifty dollars in hand. and his word not to scold the truant daughter un- duly. on condition that Ellen be re- stored to him safe and repentant. The proposition being accepted. she led him to the waiting girl in the mystic tent. "Oh father." cried Ellen tearfully. "I suppose you found the letter?" "Yes, Ellen." he replied. “sooner than you expected, I fancy. The neighbors saw you going this way. I was afraid you'd get lost and came to find you. Rcckon Murchison saw me before he could find you and decarnped." "and got scared. and came here. And, oh father! this lady has told my fortune so wonderfully—won‘t you give her five dollars?" "Hum," said Bancroft—but the ever-ready palm of the prophetess was crossed with another bill. "For a dull day that's not so had," said Zenobia as father and daughter departed in earnest conversation. "And every word said was gospel truth. too. When it comes to proflteering your little Zenny is a prophetess from Profitville." "AVHE‘J the new rigid airship built for the United States in Germany started on her maiden trip to this country last September she was equipped with the most comprehensive and reliable radio devices ever used in the air. It is doubtful, indeed, whether it \v‘Iuld be safe to attempt the trip at al without adequate radio equip- men-t. This is not because of any probable disaster to the airship 'or any expected need for summoning help. It is much more largely be- cause radio will permit the com- mander of the airship to be In con- tinual touch with weather condi- tions ah-n-g his course. _ If there is a. storm to be faced the commander will know this in advance. e will know the course of the at rm, its probable intensity and duration. how high it probably extends up into the air. Given this data. he may be able to dodge it altogether. Radio is working some remarkable modifications on English speech. The liule girl of one of my radio- fan acquaintances possesses a much- beloved kitty. The kitty possesses, at this moment, some intcrior dis- turbance which, were it human, we would doubtless describe as a cold on the chest. The other day the littllc girl brought kitty to be ex. attuned. “Listen, papa," she said. "hear all the static inside kitty." The longest antennas in the world are probably the Beverage Wave Antennas used by the Radio Cor- poration of Amerim for the recon. tion of transmrcmizc telegraph;v at the great receiving station on Long Island. One of thcse is thirty miles long and another one twenty miles long. . The advantages are a strong direc- tional effect and a relatively great pick-up of signal energy as com- parfll with the amount of static and other disturbance that is picked up. Tiuny rndlo fans do not know that a vernicr mljuctment of a condenser dip! (or, indeed. of any dial) can be inmrm'isr‘il in a moment out of the Tllirl-(‘l‘ ernwr run the end of an 0rdi~ holding the point toward you. Press the end of the rubber eraser agams‘. the panel Just as close to the edge of the dial as you can without actually touching the dial. Then press down on the pencil or tip it over slightly toward the dial. This will bring the edge of the rubbu eraser gently against the edge of the dial. Now rotate the pencil slowly. You will turn the dial very slowly. Just as a vernier does. A few moments practice will'give you the trick and you can then move your dials a frac- tion of a scale division with almost perfect accuracy. THE RADIO PRIMER One Daily Fact For Listeners The Sodion Tube is a special kind of vacuum tube invented by Mr. H. P. Donia and manufactured only by the company with which he is asso- ciated. It is not an- ordinary vac- uum tube in construction and it operates on a dii'ferent principle. The sodion tube is a. detector only. It will not amplify nor oscillate. Its use in radio is therefore somewhat limited but its unusual value as a detector has brought it the imme- diate recognition of the radio ex- pertmentou. In the usual types of vacuum tube. you remember, there are three electrodes; the filamentJthe grid and the plate. The sodion tube also has three electrodes but one of them is quite different from the ordinary tube. The sodion tube has no grid. Instead. it has a metal plate in the form of half a cylinder. This is called the "collector" and is placed on the opposite. side of the filament from the plate. The sodion tube is not operated by electrons as the ordinary tube is. Instead it is operated by atoms of the vapor of metallic sodium, which are introduced into the tube after it has been evacuated. Under the con- ditions in the tube these atoms of sodium vapor become electrified, They produce what are called sodium "ions." It is these Had-Open“ tho tube. Hence the name: "sod-ion." These ions are formed more easily when the vapor in the tube is hot. Therefore the sodion tubes contain a heating coil to keep this vapor hot nary leall pencil. _. Take the pencil in your hand. during the mation of the tube. tion given or no charge"! That will ' "I saw you both." confessed Ellen. . f“. L' e MAGAZI SCHOOL DAYS ' 3 Iii a.) V/ . ._‘ . W-‘y' r: . M‘ 605“, EVCR‘leHG you Muff V00 RE 0 To Fool. 70“" YOU svtoULD A\ 1‘“: You! 05! YO to on! men It‘- ' DoNT . eeuevs WNW at aeueva so! THRT WHERE SlGH MW“! JUST 6! A JOKE 3991’ we Tm EVER‘iTilmG: TRERE. event W on one. MW' . THE liliiiiii on loans: THE IIII vr'l'be across the an that??? Was. sm'gldi": ‘gvest mistake lea out Abraham Lb- call when he wrote lit . live . IIIIIo WROTE THIS? A Series of Popular Quotations from Famous Authors. Selected .—_——. By J. WILSON ROY I—"But hushed be every thought that springs From out the things." f—"Reading maketh a full man.“ 8—“1 would rather be right than be President.” i——"What shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue." B——'"In a false quarrel there is no true valor." C—“The one thing in the .world of value is an active soul." 7—“There is a society in the deepest solitude." 8—"As a vessel is known by the sound. whether it be cracked or ‘ not. so men are proved. by their speeches. whether they be wise ' or foolish." ANSWERS I—Wordsworth 6-Shakespeere f—Francis Bacon G—Ralph Waldo f—Henry Clay Emerson d—Edmund Burke 7—Isaac Disraeli 8—Demosthenes bitterness of By MILDRED MARSHALL TURQUOISE ODAY'S talismanic gem and T natal stone are the same—the turquoise. In ancient times few women were it, but we are as- sured by the legends that it may be worn if it keeps its blue color; if it turns green. one should not wear it. According tothe ancients. it drives away evil and brings good fortune to those who can wear it and keep it blue. It is said that the greatest good luck comes to those who see s new moon reflected in its surface. Dark blue is today‘s color. but if worn by a woman on this d '. it is believed to bring Jealousy in love affairs. . The violet is today's flower; worn by young girls it is, symbolic of modesty. WHEN DADDY'S HOME When Daddy‘s home We play so near That Mother often says, "My dear. Do they annoy you?" "Goodness. no," My Daddy says, "I like it so. I can’t stand folks who can’t. stand noise That comes from happy girls and boys, The folks who think their noise is bad: For, as for me. I'm glad they're sled ' When Daddy’s home.” When Daddy's gone we're here and there And out and in and everywhere. When Daddy's home we like to play ‘ Where we can hear the things they say. Our mother and our daddy—show The way we catch, the way we throw, And all the‘other things we do. And Mother, she seems happier. too. When Daddy's home. When Daddy‘s gone of courie werun And hop a skip and have our fun; And ye when Daddy has to roam It somehow doesn't quite seem home. Of course, our mother's awful sweet. The nicest mother you could meet. But even she will sigh. you know; And then some night we hear "Hello!" And Daddy's home! THOSE ODD J OBS HEN the knob comes off a w bureau drawer or a bit of moulding drops from your desk. When the cord of a window sags or a castor comes off one of the tables. the chances are that after the first few days of irrita- tion that it causes you get gradual- ly used to the situation. You so- Quire the muscular habit of draw- ing the drawer out by the good handle, you unconsciously give the window a little bang to overcome the difficulty with the sagging cord. So if you don't have the repairs made fairly soon. the chances are that you will forget all about them, and gradually there wllhbe more and more things to repair in your house. It is harder to get such repairs done now than it used to be. an for the women who have taken the bull by the horns and have taught themselves how to wield a ham- mer and make small repairs them- selves. You are indeed lucky to be able to call on a handy man who can attend to all sorts of mis- cellaneous repairs. luckier still to have one ri ht in the family. Ideally. f course. every house has somewhere in the cellar or in a little shed or as part of the garage, a workbench where tools needed to make all simple repairs m be found conveniently. where there is the right equipment for gluing furniture and doing a little soldering if necessary. In England there are man known as “Jobbing carpenters" who can apparently be got to at- tend to all sorts of small house- hold repairs. Here the chances are that if you send for a carpen- ter you will have a house carpen- ter; to deal withiwho. will have v little talent and less taste for FAIR AND SQUARE Whether you won or whether M lost. Or whether you neither lost nor won, The thing that counted. the thing that cost. Was really the way the race was run. For who wouldcareforswrestbof fame If its leaves were touched with the frost of shame? And who would care how the matter ends. Ifhelost thermifbekepthis friends? Whether you lose or whether you win, ' 0r whether you neither win nor lose. There's a prise. whatever the race you‘re in. You can always have. if you only choose. It's for folks to say, when the race is run, "Well. he fainy lost”or“he squarelly wtm.” The thing that counts when the race is through , Is. after all. what they think of you. , Whether you lose. or win. or what. The race is short. but the years are long: . And. whether you won the race or not. It's whether you ran it right or wrong .. That matters the most. What fate we meet. There is always a thought that is always sweet When the race is over. or life is done: "Well. I fairly lost” or “I squarely won.’ How Do You '. Salli? . 'cemmen Errors in English and How to Avold Them _——. I! O. N. LURII THE W AS THE ID!!- a; CAT!!!) MAN'S “BIBLE" says in. writer of I. letter “A to a. newspaper. “is the bible of every American professing to be educated. - “Grammar is not an inimitable subject. such as many other studiu that engage people in leisure mo. meats. And it is the foundation of our education. Only by thoroughly mastering it—by no means a fearful task—can anyone hope to under- stand any other subJect clearly or to transmit his thoughts clearly and universally. Adults should fre- quently refresh their remembrance of the unchanging rules of gram- mar.” But the letter writer criticises son. of the terms unployed by grammar-lens. He asks: "Why not clearly and plainly call the imperative the command mood. the indicative. the simple or normal mood, the subjunctive. the contrary- todact mood. the acetic-tire, the ob- jective one. the dativs. the receiver cheated!- Rigbfalutin terminology makes aa w punts of edu- BOOK of English grammar.‘ d' odd tasks about the house. “Miami; . .thw 5 White Crepe de Chine Frock is Worn With Bed Jersey Blasor by Smart Tennis Player. HAT do you consider the w ideal tennis dressf There has been considerable disc sussion recently regarding the right sort of clothes for golf, ten- nis and other sports. From the point of view 0 the game the question is best a sacred by each player individually. The best dross then is the one in which the individual can play the best game. But there is another angle to ‘the question that assumes much importance of late. and that is the matter of style. The tennis player must possess chic as well as a good serve. And thevgolf player must be able to dress well. as well as to drive well A few weeks ago Redfern of Paris showed some in- teresting warm weather clothes in a little parade of mannequins rep- resenting the day of a Parisienne. After the negligee "pyJama" suit came a riding haibt and a tennis frock, for the up-to-date French woman is engaged in athletics be- times in the morning. The tennis frock shown con- sisted of a one-piece white linen affair. sleeveless and round- necked. The skirt is cut with a ‘pligbtly circular movement to give room enough and a note of color appears in a scarf around the neck with ends hanging at one side. Quite evidently the Parisian prefers fresh white linen to any- thing else for her tennis frock. It is in a white linen frock that Suzanne Lenghlen often makes her appearances on the tennis court. The tennis frock is persistently sleeveless or nearly so. despite the fact that the sleeveless frock for day time is decidedly going out of style. The fact is that women have found that they can play better and easier tennis without any arm covering at all. This goes rather hard with the woman who ,, cherishes a pair of llly~white arms. Save in very warm weather some sort- of wrap is needed when the player leaves the tennis court. to prevent chilling after such active exercise. Sometimes a sweater suffices. but with some of the smartest tennis costumes there is a special little coat or jacket for this purpose. In the sketch is seen a tennis frock of white crepe do chine, consisting of Jumper and skirt pleated in front. Chosen to wear with it is a red Jersey tennis blazer with crossed tennis rackets embroidered in white on the sleeves. wise sun _..oruanw15s run mar HALF noun KEEN student of human us- A turo says- tbat he can get a better idea of the character of afamily by the way it. behaves during the first half hour of the day than by any other period of the day. What happens in your house during the first thirty min- utes after the alarm clock goes 0!? Do you work according to some definite system or is there confusion with the problem of get- ting started needing to be solved afresh every morning? It is most certainly a good plan to have these first minutes of the day thoroughly systematise . In some families there seems to be no system. The early- morning tasks really call for no originality. so it is folly to spend any original thought on them. If there is one bathroom for sev- eral members of the family then there should be a very definite time schedule for the bathroom. with no more than ten minutes al- lowed to each one for the morning bath! Tasks should be quite defl- nitely apportioned beforehand if there are children. so that there need be no before-breakfast argu- ments as to the work that each must do. In many households there is an .‘Q r” “in. White crepe do chine Jumper and skirt. pleated at front. make ideal tennis costume. There is a red Jersey tennis Maser with white ten- nis mcquets ombroidered on the sleeves. admirable system for the first half hour or so. and everything seems to speed along like clockwork. but there is an intense nervous tension none the less—so great a tension that the father breathes a sigh of deep relief when he takes his seat in the commuting train and the mother of the family sinks ex- hausted in a chair in the living room, really worn out. There are suburban dwellers liv- ing a mile from the station who boast that they do not rise till a half hour before train time. Bob- by dresses himself. baby ls stuck back in his crib, father shaves and bathes the night before and takes nothing but coffee for break- fast. Thst shows careful ‘plan- sing. but is it quite worth while? ONE AT A TIME N a set of Ten Commandments for Marriage that appeared re- cently, the fourth command- ment ruas thus: Be angry one at a time. ’ As the author of these com- mandments explains, this is not difficult. since almost always, in case of a dispute, one party is really angry or out of patience or on the verge of tears. while the other is merely "acting." And it ought to be easy for the actor to play another role and thus avoid the real scene that might other- wise result. When ou come to think of this. isn't it a most always true in case of any family argument. that one is really angry or excited If your husband appears to have some sort of grievance or other. it may oc- cur to you that if you have a grievance too he won't be. able to get very far with his, or if he feels all worn out and irritable as a re- sult of late hours. midnight sup. pars and too much social activity. doesn't it occur to you sometimes that you ought to appear to be Just as much tagged out as he. so as to avoid being imposed upon? Now the wise thing. apparently, is to stifle such impulses. If you really are "fighting mad." or on the ragged edge of emotion. it is hard sometimes to hide the feet. But if you really aren’t in such a state, please don't‘pretend to be Just for the sake of the effect you will make. k WHAT’S IN A NAME? Facts about your name; its history 3 Its meaning: whence it was de- rived; its significance; your lucky day and lucky jml. LEIIA been a “vamp." It is distinctly ' a. Moorish name—in fact, it is translated to mean ”Moorish"—-and it was usually bestowed upon the loveliest of the always-beautiful Moorish maidens. In reality. it is generally supposed to be one of the feminine names de- rived from the lily. As the lily is the fairest of flowers, perhaps Leila. as the most beautiful of her tribe. came thus to be‘used as a proper‘ name. Etymologists are frankly punled by her origin. since it seems that only the Hebrew and Slavonic tongues give names really taken from flowers. But however that may be, and though the lily is as difficult to trace as the role. it must still be con- tended that Leila had her origin in the pure white chalice of theymost fragrant of all flowers. Liliola Gon- nga of Italy was perhaps one. of the lily names which preceded Leila. There was a Miss Ruthven in Sect- land in 1657. The Queen of Naples about whom the Scottish ballad of "Roswal and when" was woven. was named after the lily. and curi- ously enough, was calledOecelis by the Italians. THE original Leila. must have Occasionally historians have thought that Leila. Lelia and Lillian ., and Lilias were only contractions of Elizabeth, but there seems little to bear out this contention, so the lily must remain the “raison d'etre” of all such names. Certainly its her- itage of beauty is well borne out by the lovely women who have claimed the name, among them, Lillian Rus- sell, the most beautiful woman of the American stage, and Lily Lang- try. famous Jersey lily, and long the center of romance and gossip of two continents. Leila's tailsmanic gem is the r’uby. the "elixir of life," which gives cour- age, 'and. freedom from harm. and strength of purpose to its wearer. Friday ii her lucky day and 5 her lucky nuumber. The lily signifying purity .i her flower. Lord yron said of Leila in “The piaour":“ “Her eye's dark charm 'twere vain to tell, But gene on that of the gazelle, It qu mist the fancy well: As large. as languishingly dark, But soul beamed fortbin every spark That darted from beneath the lid, Bright at» why of Gumschid.“ 'V’Dnio'ssawet‘fllw .. .hs Lucy. IERW'Ima lfibivlt)3-llau1wasvknuac‘rcrv yrs-hat: . ..<-.- vxsws‘ie’ra. fern-sorr- -: . m»~ exp . .v.:‘ z. a-.‘sG‘-aQ‘.\.TA‘l x. .._ .n.~.c--- — w.~.~.~....._. _ .... . ...« b‘ea‘va‘. y .. i' u‘
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