SHORT
STORY
’ An Investment
In Hearts
I! H. IRVING KING
3' there was a silver lining to the
I cloud of impecuniousnesa which
hung over William Jephson it
was invisible to the naked eye. His
friend, John Thorndylte, on the con-
trary, was so very wealthy that he
could afford to wear old clothes and
drive a cheap tar.
“William." said John one day
when the latter was bemoaning his
lack of funds. "the thing for you to
do is to marry a rich girl. With
cial and, moral obligations to John
Thorndyke to go through with the
job. But he couldn‘t—he simply
couldn't! He loved Mary and he
was quite sure that Mary loved him.
Get out of the situation he must and
would. But how? And while he
was worrying about it who should
appear on the scene but John~come
to look after his investment. At
first William thought of blurting out
the whole matter to John-but he
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and manners you ought to h“. no introduced his pluiocratlo friend to
trouble at all
heiress."
"All very well." replied William.
"but how in thunder am I going to
make the campaign? To catch an
heiress you must circulate around
where helrcsses are—hand I can't
afford it. I have practically cut
society because I can't begin to keep
up my end."
John was thoughtful for a minute
and then said: “I'll tell you what
I‘li‘do—I'll stake you."
William was desperate and ready
to seiu upon any straw. Wherefore
he replied: “I‘ll go you. But I
warn you I must do the thing in
attyle—none .of your cheese-paring.
half~price affairs. such as you men
of millions are given to when you
set out to blow yourselves."
“Oh, it isn't necessary to throw
money away," protested the finan-
cier. “You always were too reckless
with money. Do the thing well. of
course—but don‘t be extravagant.
And you can pay me back of course
after you are married.
"All right." replied William. And
then they settled down to business‘—
planned the campaign and John.
shaking his head dolefully at the
sum William demanded for a starter.
finally drew his check and handed
it over.
The preliminaries being settled
behold William Jsphson at one of the
most expensive and "select" hotels
on the Florida beach. “doing the
society act." and making love to the
prettiest and richest girl in his "set."
Her name Was Arabella Sanderson:
her parents were not at all objec-
tionable and she had lots of money
in her own right. Not only was
Bella good to look upon but she was
bright and lively. possessed of much
common sense and seemed to take
a. great lilting to William. Perhaps
the thing might have gone through
according to program had it not
been that Williamh roving eye
in capturing an
chanced to fall upon Mary Coddingg
toil. ‘
Mary was a. sweet. Winsome little
thing: fairly good-looking and ex-
tremely well educated. But she
hadn't any money. In fact she was
down there as governess for the
twelve-ysar-oid daughter of a “mag-
nate" in oil. or steel. or railroads. or
some other wealth-producing trifle.
William felt himself in a fix. His.
attentions to Belle had been marked
——he had almost come to the "pop-
ping point." and he was tinder finan-
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the lovely Bella.
"Mighty fine girl." said John that
night. “You have chosen well. Bill
——excellently well. I think."
“Consider your investment a good
.one. then—do you?" asked William.
"Oh. yes." replied John. “But I
want to see a little more of the girl
and inquire a little Into her financial
standing. My Judgment. you .know.
is apt to be better than yours in
these matters. old man. Give me a
little time before you propose."
"Sure." replied William.
And he temporlned some more.
with the result that. John and Bella.
were together nearly all the time
and he. William. Just to pass the
time and not to interfere with John's
study of Miss Sanderson, spent most
of his time with Mary (loddington.
At the end of a week of this sort
of thing John took William by the
arm one night and walked him down
a palm—lined avenue to u. secluded
spot where, with n preface of some
unintelligible and disjointed remarks,
he came out with: “See hens. old
chap. what do you say if We call that
little bargain of ours off?"
\Vlllium Imd a suspicion of what.
was coming but. he didn't even
lsnicker: he only said sternly: “Off!
What do you mean?"
"Why." stammered John, "the fact
is that Imtbnt Bella—that we have
found out We were Just suited for
each other and—well, we are en-
gaged."
“Indeed!" cried William. “and
what becomes of me? The whole
thing was your own proposition and
here you go and crab it Just when
it promised to be successful."
“Oh, yes, I know," said John. "but
I'll tell you—»thc money you have
spent—I won't charge that against
lyou: and my word! your hotel bills
have been awful."
"Hang your money." replied “Vill-
iam with a show of exasperation.
"There is just one way We can settle
this. You gct me n job in one of
your companies with a salary at~
taohed sumcient to support myself
and a frugal wife in a frugal man.
ner and—if I don't make good at the
job you can fire me. If your mer-
cenary soul is wrung at the few
hundred dollars you have spent on
me think what you nre going to get
with Bella."
“All right. all right." said John.
“I'll fix you in a job within a week.
Hey! where are you hurrying?"
“To propose to Mary Foddinqton,"
replied William over his shoulder.
WHAT’S IN A NAME? ’
Facts about your name; Its history
rlvsdt Its significance; your
3 Its meaning; whence it was de-
lucky day and lucky jewel.
MABEL
ABEL is translated to mean
M beloved. and certainly the
name has a right to its signifi-
cance. since it comes from the old
Kcltic word meadhail. meaning
"joy." The fashionable Mist: of
today who spells her good old-fash—
ioncd name “Maybelle." does not
realize that she is trying to paint
the lily; no name more redolent of
poetry exists today than Mabel.
Mabel appears first as Meadhbhi
The daughter of Eochaid Fraidh-
leach, king of Erin. was so called.
and was such a beloved heroine of
Irish romance that Congal C'iaen.
according to the old story. bid thci
men of Connaught. her husband‘s
kingdom. to “Remember Meave in
vliaitlc."
lleave. the diminutive of Meadhbb,
became popular in Ireland. and In
honor of its first possessor. was be-
slowed We Queen of the Fairies.
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.Irlsh settlers brought her fame to
{England where she was made im-
imortal by Shakespeare and Ben
Jonson. "Queen Mob" is still a
.character of great beauty. and
.ndorns the fairy tales of Britain.
Mabel means "beloved," ll signifi-
Icance probably given by the Irish.
‘ who are naively fond of fairy stories.
1 In France she is called Mabelie. The
‘name is too Keltic. to appeal to the
‘Latin countries. so she has no
{equivalents In Spain and Italy. Ma-
3belle is merely a n ai'i'octatlon, and
.lzua no mison d'ctre except in the
realms of fashion.
Coral is Mabel‘s tallsmanic stone.
.It. gives its wearer wisdom and
bodily strength. possessing the power
110 fade in color as auwarnlng of
fatigue or disease. If it is broken.
ior even chipped, this power vanishes.
‘Monrlay is Mabel's lucky day and 2
her lucky number.
‘wa Do You Say it?
Common Errors In English and
How to Avoid Them
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"THE saws ans"
plural in meaning because they
are plural m form. ending in "a.”
But they are really singular in
meaning. and therefore they should
take the singular verb. not the
plural, although the proper use may
seem incorrect. Among such words
are "news." “politics." "economics."
One should not say. for example.
"The news concerning the war are
good": "politics. when properly con-
ducted areagood pursuit for a citi-
aen"; "economics have been called
the dismal science." In all of these
cases. use the singular verb.
There are. however. certain words
ending in “s" concerning which
there is doubt. Grammarinns differ
frequently concerning the proper
such
nouns as “headquarters" and "aims."
"The general's headquarters were
(or was) at Richmond." we may
say. "the aims given to the poor
family are (or is) not sufficient for
its maintenance." 3mm" may be
either sinsulsr or plural,
as the means is or are
oral.
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TURQUOISE
HE turquoise. today’s talismutie
gem. was believed by .the Rio-
mans to bring great good for-
tune on this date to all who were in
love. It was also believed to bring
happiness to all young people who
wens it.
The natal stone for today is
the lapis lazuli. which protects its
wearer from melancholy and morbid
thoughts. and brings courage and
determination.
Light blue is today's color: espe-
cially should it be used in decora-
tions for weddings and social func-
tions given for young people.
Pink roses are today's finders.
. and are especially dedioaud to those
who seek the good favor of Venus.
the goddess of love.
SARDINE EGGS
Four hard-boiled eggs. one ounce
of butter. five or six of sardines.
cayenne pepper. rounds of bread
and butter. Boil the eggs hard.
cut them in halves across. remove
the yolks and cut a small piece of:
the white so that they will stand
firmly. Remove the skin and bone
from the sardines. and put them
into a bowl together with the
yolks of the eggs and the batter.
Womble“ together with a wooden
moon. add a little cayenne sad
than rublthe mixture through I
sieve. nil infill. egg easssvflth
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MAD. Y" MARSHALL
ICBOFXght, loss. by F“: M‘Clete Newspaperm
The Smri Is Silbnlpod \vuu llnj-‘ul
Approval—Mhy It Long Remain
in Vogue.
“THE qumu has at last sur-
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nu lluylmh nchpnpcr. nuzi‘
than. "to the popular fashion of
wearing a gully colored silk scarf
loosely knotted about the ueck."
Yes. on her Mediterranean cruiP-r
with her royal husband. she nz‘i':
ally wore one of the popular scnri‘s.
with one end flung over the loft
shoulder and hanging loosely down
[the back. .
Queen Mary. though immacu-i
lately neat and carefully drcseed.‘
has "succumbed" to very few of
the new fashions. She seems to‘
be singularly immune to any 111-,
tacks of wearing short skirts andi
has now clutcrcd and aummercd
many a eonson of closely fitting;
hats with her own royal headgearE
still perched aloft. far above her:
well-pompadoured hair. 80 you"
see it Is quite a boost to thei
fashion for scat-is if so contact-ya?i
tive a queen as Mary has actuallyl
taken to. them. ;
Itria interesting to observe that?
scarfs have been in fashion several
seasons. It almost seemed as ifl
we must be through with theml
But still they continue in the model
and probably will do so for some
time to come. Shawls remainedl
in fashion for over fifty years Inl
the last century and scaris may
have as long a record in this. The
thing that makes them continue in
favor is that there are always new
sorts of scarfs and new ways of
wearing them.
For instance. Just at present
some one has devised taffeta
scarfa. One of the niilliners of
note has made a set consisting of
bat and scarf made of black tai-
feta. The trimming eonslsmd of
little leather flowers applied with
gold stitchel‘y. Almost every
French milllner or dressmaker of
importance has set his or her seal
of approval on some special sort
of scarf. Reboux. for instance.
makes sosrfs consisting of several
parallel strips of silks of different
colors.
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THE old-fashioned idea of decor-
ating a kitchen was to put lace
curtains at the‘window. hang
a. few pictures on the wall and.lny
carpet rugs on the floor. Of course
this sort. of thing was laughed at by
sensible housewives. But now there
seems to be a tendency to make
kitchens cheerful and attractive
without adding unsanitary decora.
tions and comforts. It is no longer
necessary to have a. kitchen as
severe and aubtsre as a chemistry
laboratory in order to have it per-
fectly sanitary- '
Take the floor. for instance. If
you have it painted you can select a
color that will give tone to the room
—e,'deeprloh blue. green. buff or a
autumn... Oilcloth or linoleum
‘ ‘ huh sorts of interesting“.
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Three interaction sear-Is. one with
a red and block and white checked
border, a long hand-pointed scarf
wont lrifh an evening gown, and a
pink. and white chiflon scarf tied at
the side with a pink flower.
tiles set together with dark cement
has recently been chosen for the
breakfast-rooms and sun parlors of
some of the new houses. This is
attractive in the kitchen too. Gray
and blue tile effect is also well
chosen
An attractive kitchen recently loan
bad bright red table oil cloth out
with scalloped edg'e used on the
shelves over the sink. Checked
gingham curtains are seen in many
kitchens. At either side of a sunny
window you may have a bracket
containing some sort of potted plant.
This takes very little time and it-
tention. yet gives the room an air of
chesri’ulness.
Kitchen chairs may be decanted
in gay colors if you like. One
wcmm has three wooden‘chairs in
her kitchen—one painted green. one
blue and one orange. The effect is
interesting. especially as she has,
washable chinta valsnees over the
windowspwhlch combine just these.
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A RADIO
By THOMAS EILWAY
was long your doctor may
em you medical treatment by
redid. A recent prophecy by
Senator Marconi that the day is not
far distant when a physician Mil be
able to study his patient and diag-
nose his complaint by wireless over
hundreds of miles. may seem some-
what visionary. Yet consider that
even now the sounds of heart beats
have been sent through the ether
clearly. Even now physicians are
demonstrating the usefulness of
radio in the operating room to de-
tect and record the slightest changes
in the heart of a patient.
Through its marvelous sensitivity
in registering the resistant vibrations
radio is rapidly becoming an impor-
tant instrument in in the hands of
scithc'e.‘ .
That a. doctor should be able to
diagnose your ills and prescribe
remedies by wireless really is not
much more astonishing than that
radio should direct the course of an
airplane through bewildering fog:
or that radio signals should surpiant
the lighthouse in guiding mariners
at sea; or that radio should set
clocks automatically. Yet these are
only a few of the most recent
achievements. And they are only
beginnings. .
u—d-i—s
America's daily radio audience
now numbers at least 10,000.00!) per-
sons, of whom 2.500.000 are owners
of receiving sets. according to the
most recent estimates. Last year
the public spent “50.000.000 on
radio. An official of a large radio
company predicts that this figure
will be increased to [500.000.000
within the next few years. At pres-
ent about 600 broadcasting stations
are operating in the United States.
What about loop aerial reception?
Many a! prospective owner of a
radio outfit asks this question. And
there are two answers—yes. and no.
The loop aerial Is very effective in
reducing interference. for it is direc-
tional. It receives only from the
stations in the direction in which it
is turned. Further. the loop makes
possible very selective tuning: it
does not radiate. and it requires no
COLUMN
outdoor aerial or grbund connec-
lions.
0n the other hand. loop aerial re-
ception is comparatively costly. It.
requires several stages of amplifica-
tibn and the use of a large storage
bathry for the vacuum tubes. And
dually. as estimated with an out-
door aerial. it is reasonably sure to
reduce the distance over which sig-
nals can be beard. .
THE RADIO PRIMER
One Daily Fact for Listeners
The Skin Effect is curious effect
that happens whenever a. rapidly
alternating electric current, such as
the currents used in radio. is flow-
ing in a' wire or in a conductor of
any kind. it is found that nearly
all or the electricity flows in a layer
of the Mrs Just underneath the
surface.
An electric can-eat consists. you
remember. of a vast number of the
tiny particles of electricity called
electrons. These move along through
the wire like a crowd of people run-
ning through a. forest: the “forest"
in the case of the wire being repre-
sented by the atoms of copper or of
whatever metal the wire is made of.
In the case of a direct current. the
electrons flcw more Or lens equally
in all parts of the wire; there are
about as many of them in the cen-
tral part of the wire as near the
outside of it. But with a radio cur-
rent most of the electrons flow
through the part of the metal near
the surface. .
A thin “skin” of the metal near
the outside of the wire carries most
of the electrons. and consequently
most of the current. That is why
the phenomenon is ciailed the skin
effect.
The reason for this curious be-
havior goes bank to the fact that
other waves are dent out from an
alternating current that flows in a
wire. The waves not only go out
from the wire: they dlso react on
the current that produces them.
Scientists have proved, by a careful
mathematical analysis of these "ef-
fects. that the reaction of these
ether waves on the current flowing
in the wire is what produces the
1...... not...
skin effect.
TESTIMONY
The government is full of graft.
The merchants make too much.
And Roosevelt once said to Taft
Of Wilson such and such—-
Wherever I may ride or walk.
I hear men saying so.
But when I hear these talkers talk
I Wonder how they know?
They must have seen some money
outed.
Have scanned the merchant's
books. '
And in the White House steed
aghast
At Teddy‘s words and looks,
They must have all been present
when
Things happened long ago:
For. if they weren't present. then
I Wonder how they know?
For who would smirch mother's
name
Unless he really know?
He must have seen the act of shame.
Must know the tale is true.
So. when they say what Coolidge
said.
I ask how long ago
The president they visited!—
I wander how they know.
When someone starts to raise a row,
To speak an evil word.
Just ask them when and where and
how
The circumstance occurred?
They must. have been right on the
IF“
To speak of matters so;
It they by any chance were not,
I wonder how they know?
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“HAT THEY'RE DOING NOW
I don't like daylight-saving time
For Just one reason—foolish. too.
You see. I lead the life of crime
That all the other peddlers do;
I trays! here and there and yon,
But it's a comfort, when I'm gone
Away from home. to know
somehow
Exactly what they're doing now.
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When I arise in Middletown.
Or I retire in Roanoke.
Orin Duluth I lay me down.
Or in Grand Rapids sit and smoke,
It's sort or nice to take a peak
At this old turnip. so to speak.
and know at eight or nine or ten
Exactly what they're doing then.
But with this daylight saving stuff
I'm all mixed up. I‘m all at sea.
The difference was bad enough
"l‘wixt east and west. it seems to
me.
But with this daylight-saving mess
I cannot tell, I cannot guess.
If they are sitting down to sup,
Or all in bed. or getting up.
I wish they'd make it all the same,
Fall River, Asheville and the rest.
One law. one dag. I always claim.
Is always wisest. always best,
And to a. single flag and climo
I'd add a universal time,
80 men could always tell somehow
Just what the folks are doing now.
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wuo WR_0__T_E up?
A Sal-Isa of Popular Quotations from
Famous Authors. Selected
nan—‘1
i—‘Whoever fights. whoever fails.
Justice conque evermore."
2—“God grants Ii ‘ to those who
live it. and arstalways ready to
guard and defendX it."
d—‘They serve Godrtwell, We serve
His creatures." g
l—"A sorrow'e oro ‘ of sorrow is
remembering nap er things."
ii-"l-Iere'a a health . the less with
the merry b it eyes. '
Here's a health the led with
the blue ones:
6—"The soul never _. we old.”
7—"To know. to . - . to love. and
than to part. "
Makes up life's
feeling heart.” f
3.211.. web of our life is '02 a
mingled yarn.
Good and ill toget
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