New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1924, Page 6

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ANOTHER BUS LI The bus line soon tween Bristol and Forestville, Plainville, 1 Avon and Weat link in the bus services girdling the s or steam roads do not run. But the public servi kindly comir and ex- his natural the ideal she Berlin fell into its usual faulty reasoning | when it refused a franchise to a bus owner to operate hetween Bristol and Hartford, the reason for the report- | at steam and trol- ley services already link the \\\O‘ cities. As it was not the intention of the ! bus line to parallel any trolley or| steam road, and as busses upon local traffic rather than upon through traffic, it ifficult to see where the trolley or steam roads would have been darhage ¢ ations of the Ku Klux Klan, Lacking the desire to start a po- litical barrage minus reserves to v irc, he seut out a peti- order to plunid the depths of senti- ment for an independent assault e citadels of par regularity. aded with petition was quickly od his mind | Signatures. The editor deems him- called from his sanctum and # his loins with the belt of public e through the polls. que battle, Editor Republican and rizations in the Sun- are dominated by the that the sery It will, be a White says b mocratic or; ower state o latter forms a inst Bill's principles to let So he will lend a of additional a minority rule excitement to Kansas political himself as a sacrifice. Being a long way from Kansas | don’t know of Bill's chances to into the governor's chair. ral principles we are In- clined to think Bill will cut crusade on ger quite a swath in is elected the state will never regret having acted thus wiscly, COX ASKS TOO MUCH Gov. Cox of Massachusetts, ac- cording to a headline in the Herald, | wints the people to “forget party and vote Republican Then he at- tempted a verba ide into the ird party, evi inking too ny pefsons in his state will forget a ublican party in New Engls found out, i the h being fanfare of alarums d from G. O. P. chleftains is any criterion. A person need not be deaf. dumb and blind to reallze the third is securing votes in the indu trial cities—of this section. The ques- tion to be decided is: Which older party will suffer most? Gov. Cox gives the impression all | isn ot 1 that “spirit of opti- stantly ) ts of childhood. have a method, through to emphasize their of jorceful manner. But that they decm not sufficient. They believe—and apparently are | justified in this belief—that men are not altogether to be trusted in the legisla and congress to reflect the wishes of enfranchiscd and em- | battled womanhood. A reflex of this condit crops out in Newington, y C. Welles, & child labor, in the Repul ture, which w. to Pape, W legislativ child labor stitution if ele Miss Welles shares of most woien regar labor amend state plat dum on rm favors proposcd amen constitution its fram thin o an ame it left The revers . about chief an of all ¢ be barr refer Jeave to what er should 1 foolish t labor would 18, NEWS OF Is newe of the I nce trivial? nould the and alone his visit to A It happens likable fellow masses, and arr ot wherever he may be. No nti g s are do can negle him—while ¢ fail to lose who wa est to know a periences while in this Of course, bored to have everywhers porters course an un one followed nearly to ¥ imer em of »ou a story bat ountry ling h ion than TAE PRINCE storics a the prince is terribly m which was so conspicuous a owers of Davis v have no sor- NOT CONVINCIN Navy Wi 1bur gt with the r a confer: sc#een also state the Paci Ul corners of the state in firmament by | he Kansas election. And | an- she was | gton because of 1s “misquoted” in one There is no evifience that any re-|can defy the demands of nature for porters prevented him from enjoy- | sleep better than others—for a time, ing himself nor that they have con- | But an insufficlency of sleep wears tributed to making his visit to our | down health and efficlency, making shores @ nightmare of terror, Com- | It comparatively easy for sickness to ing down to brass tacks we rather ! et & foothold think he likes the publicity he has Returning to Prof, Laird, his been getdng. which has certainly | gentleman suys he conducted ex-| ved the 0 purposq of creating | periments at Yale university, under good will between Americans and the | the auspices of the Natlonal Re- royal house af England | search Couneil. Yale Is & good place The Bx-crown prince never got any | to conduct such éxperiment, it seems, | | such good will munufactured ror | as some of the students are willing | im. When his famly get into| to forego sufficlent sleep for other the good will was with the | enterprises. amily's enemies and he didn't even| “The way to relax is to sleep partly | yimpathy | on the side' and partly on'the stom- A« an intenational ameliorative | ach,” Prof. Laird reports. “Take & <0 columng of news about the | noonday nap. You will find yourself Dritish princ very much worth | able to cut three or four hours oft g | your night's sleep it you do,'s he L St | adds, “and your mental efficiency A KANSAS CRUSADER will be higher than if you had taken Willham Allen White, editor of the | a steady stretch of eight or ten Fuporia, Kansas, Gazette, is & man | hours' sieep. 2 t parts, He likes his “pleasant ways We do not know as much about but hates bigotry and fana- | the subject as the professor, but off m. There appear to be sufficient | hand we would say that the. fellow th 1 in Kansas to stiv him | Who knocks off three or four hours into runnin r governor on an in- | from his justly necessary night's lependent with the view of | sleep feels that he needs a noonday ccted and ridd he state | nap. W not disclosed—of tiv l“«l»l On general principles we are in tavor of this noonday nap idea. It's | & great idea that ought to be culti< vated throughout the entire coufi(ry. | A nonday nap of two or three hours would be the proper thing. The only trouble is—well, you know the trouble, We haven't got the time and the boss wouldn't stand for it. COCKROACHES Housewives in New Britain who are interested in the war against cockroaches will be interested to learn that a-bug-killer has just com- pleted a campaign in the White House and found sn army of wafer | bugs, or cockroaches. When he was through campaigning with Napole- onic vigor there were five pounds of dead ones ohtained from behind one old ice box In the cellar. Citizenesses who constantly are confronted with the evils of cock- roach propagation will take much comfort from the fact that not even the White House, where the com- | bined forceddot the army, navy and other mighty governmental’ depart- | ments are at the service of the first | 1ady of the land, has been free from the inroads of bugdom. There is one thing about & cock- roach that is nothing to worry about —it is an entirely harmless animal. Unltke the mosquito, it does not bite | into the human flesh; and unlike the fly, it doesn't cover as much ground | and does not insist on promenading | over the food at supper time. In- | deed, the cockroach is rather shy and bashful, preferring to stay hid- den and make forays when nobody is on guard. | Be these things as they may, there is something about the appearance | of a cockroach that is against it. | Next to the presence of a mouse in | a kitchen, nothing can so excite a | well-bred housewife as to d}scover | & big black denizen of the insect un- | derworld making a tour of inspection | across an immaculate fioor. The war | against them, therefore, must go bn, | just like was done in the White | House. But the species is hardy and | seem able to survive the best of our | attacks and probably Wwill be able | to signify their presence even upon blows his | the day when Gabriel trumpet. .| Facts and Fancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN just Perhaps Mar: drew near to observe the T of what he did | in 1914, ! Even a he-man must strain to 100k the part while matching aplece of silk. Anonymity in the author usually | means backyard gossip in the book. » preparcd specch he gave in b San Fra ppeared in th What Fpain needs in Morocco is York T cader who knows a dignified way s that 8 Jot | to turn loose. 1 s on account of I 1 s 1t is much more difficult to get & 8 he should have | ,io,nq the world than to get around -a ybably was. {ts 1aws. icians r admit they are o ] \os it's lucky Wil-| TFew of the aliens smuggled in are specch GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP e may S It is always that way. The finer thair home, the more they stay away from it. ¥ nex LN more It {8 estimated that only 103,000~ 00 American pulled for Walter six Turn backward, © Time, in your, one” g flight; give us fighters who won't kind 1g, but fight. Edison goes him tw | 3 About 98 per cent of those who e ing that four hOUrs | ypink “Ma" Ferguson will be bossed gh. Tom do even | by Pa are bachelors. v eeds to be the ri - § h ta Mr. Dawes keeps on dreading .+ | chaos, but it isn't so bad now that person sleey nly four hours will are accustotned to it. yundly regardless. ority of individual ver, that eig ris n or a esSATY Some r | bust indivicaees This is particularly true of s boys out of the Ruhr by seems to be a mean effort Henry's stuff, ¢ | Christmas" to stea t For that mate why shouldn't Amcrican lecturers have a tariff to keep out forelgn competition? The thing people like in the Prince | of Wales is the evidence that he is every inch a commoner, Labor with a small {'lI'" makes the Individual sweat; with a capitat “I' it makes politicians sweat. love hith no man than Greater this: that he listen respectfully.to his friend's &libi, Russia's heart is soft. She is will- ing to be forgiven by anybody who will lend her money. When you se & man with that drowsy look, he is trying to get ex- cited about the world court. Correct this sentence: “He is un- usually bright for his age,” s#ld the mother. 25 Years Ago Today From Paper of That Date Clan Douglas will meet tomorrow evening to decide upon a way to furnish money for local men plan- ning to attend the Glasgow exhibi- tion in Scotland next year. The local socialist-branch sent out circulars today to the 24 voters-to- be-made whom they clalm to be of their complexion. At the mecting last night of New Britain council, O. U, A. M., Lieut, Colonel Thompson reported on the national convention at Rose, N. Y, which he attended. The New Britain employes of the Connecticut Co. had a spread in Lang's restaurant at White Oak last night from 10 o'clock to 2:30 o'clock this morning. Charles Bradley was toastmaster and ecalled upon all_of the 43 présent for speeches.” The grinders at Landers, Frary & Clark's, who stopped work yester- day pending the settlement of their demand for increased wages, re- turned to wark thie morning after a satisfactory settlement. James Manning of this city is one of the men eygaged in the May Day fight at Manila and is entitled to one of the bronze medals now being distributed by the nevy department, The ,obverse of the medal shows a fine portrait of Admiral Dewey. A successful dance was given in Vega hall last night by the Entre Nous club. WEALTH WEDS WEALTH Richest Woman in Spain and Wealthiest Man in Europe Are Married in France Today. Pontoise, France, Sept. Duchess de Marchena, the woman in Epain, and Eir Basil Zaharoff, the international banker, reputed te be the wealthiest man in Europe, were married today in the private chapeb of the bride's cha- teau, Baljncourt, near Paris. They had been friends for many years, The bride was the widow of the Duke De Marchena, one of the Span- ish Bourbons, a cousin of King Al- phonso. He died fifteen months ago in a sanitarium where he had been a patient because of long-standing mental trouble. Sir. Basil Zaharoff, frequently al- luded to as “Europe’s Man of Mys- is a national of France, al- though born in Constantinople of a Russian father and a Greek mother. He is reported to have great posses- sions through investments in all parts of the world, and is one of the principal owners of the concession for the famous casino ~at Monte Carlo. Among his other holdings are Jarge interests in the Vickers-Maxim company of England and the Creusot gun works in France, a large share of his fortune coming from these munition works. His name figures seldom in the public prints, and then chiefly in connegtion with some large charitable contribution, rarely less than 1,000,000 francs. 22 —The richest COOK STOVE, BALKS. Twenty scouts from Troop 4, Boy Scouts, spent the week-end at Job's pond, Portland, on an overnight hike. They left this city early Sat- urday afternoon and returned night. The principal occupation in the intesvening time was getting hungry, as the camp stove refused to work and the boys were always just about one meal behind. This re- quired trips to the nearby caady stand, and several boys saved barely enough for the homeward trip. Basebal!, fpotball, swimming and an evening campfire took the scouts’ minds - off thelr culinary troubles, while most of Saturday night was spent in pulling off each other's blankets. Scoutmaster Leon Bradley was in charge. A trip to Deputy Commissioner Charles Morgan's cot- tage at Momauguin is planned for week after next. Observations On The Weather Washington, Sept. 22.—(Forecast | tor Southern New England))— | Showers and warmer tonight: Tues- | day fair and cooler, ‘fresh to strong | southwest shifting to west winds. | Forecast for eastern New York: Fair and cooler tonight and Tues- | day; fresh possibly strong southwest last | and the wedding day hus been named, ~Nathan M, Levy. The Editor's Gossip Shop Summer is gone—fall is here. The coolgr, sippler weather of this welcome season should: be produce tive of much good humor, Schools are in full seasion. Foot- ball teams are having their first games, Business is better—always is after a hot summer, Therefore everybody ought to be In good humor, And it's up.to you to get some of it by being on the alert. She Wanted to Open Them Darlene, age three, gazeéd solemn« ly at her baby sister, who was sleep- ing. Turning ubruptly, suddenly left the room. A few minutes- later she returned with the can-opener, Darlene,” said her mother, “what nrg ’you dolng with that can-open- er?" NOSES (By Margaret McBride Hoas) A few noses are made for ornamental purposes, But most of 'em are just Necessary evils. For instance there's the nose that's always poking Into other folks' business, And the nose that just insists On being blown, I haven't much enthusiasm for noses In general But I've gotta sneaky weakness for sassy, tip-tilted ones Splattered with wee golden Freckles, \ “Mother—baby slceps too long— 80 I'm going to open baby's eyes." —Lilllan G, Lange, His Dish . Lafy tramp (looking for a free meal '‘Gee, lady, I'd chop all dat wood fer yer, only me clothes is all Felt Hury Mildred:—"“Why did ),';u break off your engagement to Jack, dear?” W Bett; 'Well, any man that m‘:::e“‘hou wite: thinks more of a few ‘tigars In his [ v t0 MOPERIVIETT vest pocket than he does of me, ian worth bothering with. ~Herman White. 't ore I call the ~"| dog. He's very fond of scraps.” —A. Van Buren: v Pretty Tough ew Alibi “Before we were married,” re- Crnb’!"}:“ —"How 18 it dinner 18| marked the pretty young woman 80 late? ; who had married the aged million- Mrs, Crabshaw:—"I had to walt| aire, “my husband sald he would dle 80 long in the barber sghop.” for me, and now he won't."” —Mrs. P. B. Rogers. (Copyright 1924, Reproduction forbidden), SHANGHAT TROOFS RESIST ATTAGHS Delense of Gity Is Holding Ont Strongly The Female of the Species Most women have more clothes on their minds than on their bodles. ... ‘When a woman lies about her age, she's kittenish. ‘When she lies about another woman's, she's catty. P Local color is what most vomen get at a beauty parlor. e The difference between a chorus girl and a soclety girl is that the one has talent. . .. ‘Women are Ilike mushrooms. " Either they're a delicacy or they're poison, Shanghal, Sept 22.—After batter- ing at the Chekiang defensive lines since daybreak, the Kiangsu artillery was unable to push the Shanghai troops back in fighting which was in progress today between Hwangtu and Kiating, fifteen miles west of Shanghal, The firing started by the Kiangsu forces at 6 a. m., proved ineffectual, It was followed by another charge which started® at 8 o'clock. There was & lull then until noon. At 2 o'clockt here was a resumption of intense firing by the Kiangsus, but A society woman's “first ald kit” is her vanity case. —Violet M. Leroy Never Batisfied What a clever woman your wife i, Mr, Neers. I understand she makes all her own gowns, and such beautiful gowns, too." “That's just ft. She makes 'em 80 darned beautiful that it keeps me broke buying hats to match ‘em.’ —Mrs. J. €, Gllmartin. :\"flhout any marked change in posi- —_— ons. ' Chekiang headquarters at Lung- Madge: "?‘I’::e“?}l:se B wha today confirmed a report of the e BEINE | degertion of the cruisgr Haichow to the Peking government, The H Marjorie:—"So does Charlle. He's | (o went over to the enemy with & fegular bear at them.” H several smaller units, Chekiang —Henry Wollberg. | poadquarters said. The smaller craft are valueless, the announcement A Question eald, because they lack munitions A “Jelly” of the present time and are only able to carry troops. Rushed into a cafe'. B The deserting craft were known He turned unto the waitress, And this to her did say: “Oh, just one real soft scrambled egg.” The waitress (wicked elf!) Said “Is that an order, pleass sir, Or to announce yourself?" —D. B. H. as the Chinese fleet. The boats were reported to have left the mouth of the Yangtze river yesterday for Nan- king to join Peking naval forces. 1t was pointed out today by per- sons in authority that by abandoning Hangchow, in Chekiang province, Where a revolt among his troops were reported, Lu Yung-Hslang not only shortens his defense line from about seventy to 100 miles, but he has forced foreign powers into the position of allies. Wherever the Chekiang forces are driven back in the neighborhood of foreign settle- ments, it was pointed out, the enemy would not dare to continue firing, since shells falling on the settlement would mean instant intervention. Guarding of the foreign settlements was relaxed somewhat today. Two hundred Peking troops: were killed and 400 wounded in a clash with General Chang Tso-Lin's sec- ond Mukden army at Chaoyang, ncar the Manchurian border, according to The battle occurred Friday and. a Mukden communique said theattack- ing Peking forces were repulsed with only fifty Killed or wounded on the Manchurian side. Reports from Peking and Mukden show that General Wu Pel-Fu and General Chang Tso-Lin, leaders of the rival armies now assembled for a finish fight for possession of the It Popular Songs Were llustrated “No, No, Nora.” Business and Pleasure “Mabel is a lucky girl. Every win- ter her husband takes her south for a month or six weeks.” “Did she marry a miilionaire?* No, a professional baseball pla: er.” —Tss Chinese central government are feanciAtderson: directing major operations person- ally. Her Fate Kien you buy mid-winter cal and deliveries are ‘uneer- tain, ou buy that is delivered in frozen chunk When When you buy mid-winter coal mid-winter coal that contains ice and dirt. "DON'T KICK Winter prog s conditions are, “and the coal cannot’be’ thor- oughly screened. You can have dry, clean’ sum- mer coal right now, and we'll of it. fard and Maln Office Tel KLANSMAN BEATS UP MINISTER IN CHURCH Assaults Michigan Clergyman in Richmond ‘After Latter Attacks Klan R%hmond‘ Va,, Sept. 22,—Loud- voiced criticism of the rector’s ser- mon at St. Paul's Episcopal church yesterday by the Rev. James Fulch- er, here from Michigan to address Ku Klux Klan gatherings, brought down the wrath of a member of the congregation who followed him down the center aisle to the vesti- bule and knocked him prore n a lvely fist fight. The Rev. Beverely D. Tucker, Jr., rector, mid-way in his sermon, had criticized men *who go about hood- ed ‘and masked, secking the detri ment of non Protestant person: when Mr. Fulcher, also.a member of the Episcopal clergy, jumped up from a front seat with the remark that “you don't know what you are ta'king about.”” As he stormed out down the alsle, Andrew D. Chris- tian, & prominent lawyer member of the congregation, pursued him and the fistic encounter followed. After he had been arrested and released ‘on bail, Mr. Fulcher was zald to have stated he would tender his apologies to the rector. WHITE ARMY TO MEET A meeting of the White Army of Everyman’s Bible Class will be‘held at the Y. M. C. A., next Friday eve- ning at 7:30 o'clock With President announcement made at Chang's| Waiter R. Fletcher presiding. The headquarters and relayed heré| mempers of the executive committee through a Japanese news Aagency.| wjjl be present and an effort will be made to settle the question as to whether the army shall continue or be absorbed by the other armies. It is likely that Charles Cooper, who heads the White Army gospui team which stirred up enough en- thusiasm among the men in East Hartford one time, to save their church, just 4s the church was about to close its doors will mended as general of the army. .The Red Army will have a banquet for October 6. be recom- | | nich shows the cour: stand right back of every pound The Citizens Coal Co. Berlln Yard 24 Dwight Court. opp, Berlin_statlon 2708, Tel. 2615-5, PAY MILLIONS T0 DANCE Manbattan Dancing 'Public Pays Over Three and a Halt Million Dollars a Year, New Yark, Sept. 22.—Patrons of dance hall in Manhattan pay $8,524,- 638 a year in return for their terpsi- chorean pleasures, according to a re- port which has been made public by the advisory dance hall commfttee of the womén's city club and the & city recreation committee, Additiopa charges for coat checking, refresh- ments and specfal dances would bring the total to $5,000,000, the committee reported. The annual attendance at the 238 licensed dance halls in Manhattan was placed at 6,113,604, While the report does not contain a sweeping condemnation of conditions in the dance halls, it includes numerous criticisms. Much immorality and drinking were reported. A few places were said to be frequented by deug peddlers, crooks and others of immoral character. “Much objection has been raised to certain features of the dance hall,” says the report, “such as the sensual dancing, drinking and the ease with which promiscuous ac- quaintances can be made. But in Justice to the dange hall, it must be noted that these are characteristic commbn to all society. They can be more easily observed in a large dance hall than in upper class homes and hotels, but they are present ‘in both places.” Templeton Now to Make His Debut as Pitcher Waterbury, Sept. 32.—Governor Charles A. Templeton today accept- ed an invitatfon to throw outs the first ball at the start of the opening game here tomorrow of the three game series between Baltimore, In- ternational league champions, and Waterbury, Eastern leagus cham- pions, for the ‘minor league cham- pionship of the east. - An instrument fnvented in. Mu- of the stars. Friend:—"“What happened to that peach of a stenographer you had?” Business man (dryly):—"Oh, we had to ‘can’ her for not getting down here on time." —Oscar Brockhausen. Brace Up All collars with summer timidity, Have now resumed Autumn rigidity, They no longer shrink, Or disgracefully sink As they did through the heat and humidity. —H. P. turally De Style:—"What is a hymn of fate?" Gunbusta:—"The fellow who calls on the girl you love.” —E. P. Pitzer. Saved He did everything he thought would aid him.in gaining her favor— denouncing anyone she denounced, praising whomiever she praised, read- ing what she read, dfSapproving of the plays she condemned, selecting the sports she selected, admiring the Wilson’s Body Is Not Likely to Be Moved | Washington, Sept. 22.—Indications {hat the national Episcopal cathe- dral here will remain the permanent resting place for Woodrow Wilson's body are seen in plans of the cathe- dral' foundation which call for a more mafnificent shrine than the crypt under Bethlehem ch@prl where the bedy now lies. Although the‘cathedral is not ex- pected to Jbe completed for about five years, it is understood \that plans have been drawn to place the proposed ghrine in the main part of the building. Mrs. Wiison recently had meas- urements taken in the chapel for a more appropriate memorial tablet than the plain stons block which eimply bears the name of Woodrow Wilson and the dates ot birth and dehth. White Sox Safe Is Looted, Nothing Found Chicago, Sept. — When the 23 | winds tonight; diminishing Tuesday. | fashions she adopted, embracing the | White Sox baseball park office was A disturbance central over On- tario is causing unsecttied rainy weather in the lake region and New England. Rain ha# occurred during fhe last 24 hours from the Gulf northward to the Great Lakes. An | area of high pressure central ovef | Kansas is producing pleasant weath- | er from the RoéRy Mts. castward to the Mississippi river. Conditions favor for #his vicinity | cloudy end rainy weather followed by fair and &lightly cooler, | fads she embraced, studying what she studied, and even sticking to the dishes that she relished most. It all grew most monotonous and it rather militated against his win. | ning his way into her heart. your own.” “Oh, I have” and the dearsst girl in the world.' “The trouble with you,” she sald, “is that you have no views or opinions of he an- swered, “T. think you are the love. liest, most charming, most adorable, opened today and it was discovered | that burglars had blown open the safe, Harry Grabiner, secretary of the club, issued a public statement intended f@r all burglars. It read: “Burglars: in the White Sox ball park means only waste of time and disappoint- ment. We never keep our receipts in it” This statement may save the man- gement buying several new safes That was original enough for her each year, Mr. Grabiner bélieves, to blow. open the gafe, DR. FRANK CRANE'S DAILY- EDITORIAL | The Familiar Spirit E By DR. FRANK CR The idea of the Familiar Spirit has long been used among Romanc- ers. It is a spirit whose principal business it seems to be to annoy us, although 1t sometimes has comforting qualifications. The idea arises ou: of the fact that those who enjoy things keenly are, by the same token, qualified to suffer keenly. N The covntry parson speaks of those who suffer extremely by going fnto an untidy room and says that there are those who experience a: much pain in having a tooth filled as others do in losing a limb, A Frenchman, sometime ago, committed suicide for #he reason tha' lie was unable to endure being bitten by fieas. Some persons are so scnsitiye that they suffer the mosi exgruciating torture from thinge that would lcave others untouched. Often a man i praised for heroism who is simply imperturbable. It is often the custon: for those who suffer intensely to look with envy upon the quiescence ol those who su nothing but they fail to realize that their ability 1 suffer is also their ability to enjoy. ¥ A French writer says that we often think of idlencss as one of th: Dbeatitudgs of heaven while we ought to think of it as one of the miserie of hell, Most of us would rather do anything than to sit still and thinl of nothing. We are, at su€h times, annoyed by our Familiar Spirit whe kecps at us as industriously as the vulthre kept at the liver of Prometheus It te-our Familiar Spirit that will not let us chew our cud, or ru minate. If we do not have our faculties employed, they turn upon u and torment us. . One escape from the Familiar Spirit is sleep, as most of us know the pains of wakefulness. It s a fortunzte man who is able to sleep when he will. The Duke.of Wellington had this capacity. At one time he was told that the guns would not be ready for two hours, “Then,” sald he, “we had better have a little sleep,” He sat down in a trench, leaned his head against its side and was fast asleep in a minute. But it is not every one of us who can so escape the Famiiiar Spirit. We must keep hard at work or play or it will be at us and stick pins in us. Copyright, 1924, by The McClure's Newspaper Syndicate, S s