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al ONE GIRL'S ~ LOVE TEST. @y Frank 3, Sweet. ——_—___ 1908, wy Daily Story Publishing Oo.) t Pays of the sun @oftened the red hair into a golden halo as * she sat upon the log, her bare feet showing beneath the hem of her cheap it. On the log beside her was a eun- Donnet, and pressing against the sun- bonnet was the helve of an axe, such am only a\ very strong man was accus- tomed to wield. ‘A handsome, powerfully built man had me down the mountain path, Barefoot, \ and, as he seemed to think, unnoticed, for he stopped a few yards away and ded the girl for some time with an of admiring ownership. “Don't stan’ thar gawkin’ all day, Hoke,” at last called the git! pettishly, fut without turning or raising her head. “Ye ain't no skeered rabbit to patter Qver the leaves an’ stop with one paw up; en’ I ain't no great to look at. ‘How's all? “"Toler'bie,"" answered the man,.¢s he e forward sheepishly. “But I wa’n't red; an’ ye needn't say ye ain't no Great to look at, Tirzy, for 'tain't 90. T've come clear from B’ar Lick to ast ye ‘what T abt ye last week. When ye goin’ ‘® marry me?” “Dunno's ever,” shortly. jut yo’ paw's done dead,” earnestly; ‘an’ yo’ cabin's plum two mile from ary Ye can't live hyer all by yo'se'f, "Tain't proper.” why not?” lifting her head de- fantly. “Ain't I got a bigger truck patch than any man on the mountain, an’ @jn't I kept hit worked better? An’ G@dn't I tie’p paw build the caivin, out- tin’ an’ totin’ the logs an’ mixin’ the tud myse'f? An’ did ary man on the hountain ever cut mo! fireplace wood in ‘ome day than that?" rising suddenly to er feet and filnging out one hand toward the day's work. ‘Hoke surveye@ the wood critically, tatively. “N—no,:I don't reckon I ever did seo @o much cut in one day, Tirzy,” he ecknowledged; ‘‘though I ain't sayin’ ‘but lot’e o' men’ could if they set out.” “Yes, that’s jest hit,” scornfully, ‘if fen would be glad to have ye. An*| be,” gontemptously, ‘he's Jest an out- side ongtepper, comin’ hyer an’ fenoin’ fm Jand an’ diggin’ in the dirt the whole @paurin’ day; an’ he totes his truck down into the valley on his own back ' peddies hit roun’. Huh! He @ouldn’t hit @ b’ar ten foot off with a hotgun, an’ he don’t chaw an’ don't the taste o' whiskey—why, I ‘low jone spoonful would set him plumb But he does w'ar a-h-o-e- ta Lam,” quietly. “He knogs how ° rk, an’ ain't skeered of hit, An’ p whar he comes from wimmen folks on't milk an’ cut fireplace, wood—up)| the men folks looks* out for the immen, If Ground Hog—I mean Mr, ‘ los me, hit won't be Jest ‘cause he alms to be mo’ évmf'table.,| But h'sh, here A man had \ddenly emerged from the woods and was approaching thent rapidly. an iden @eemed to strike the girl, for she ra! her hand. warningly. “Don't come any closer, either of " xe led; “I was down to Back yer they have the smallpox, an’ they say Bits tur'ble this season—everybody ~ ketohes hit that goes near,” “Yes, I've heered #0,” calmly. “Oh, Tirsy, how could ye?’ and Hoke Milde @ few more involuntary backe ward ateps. “I was ‘bleged to Hoke. I heered a @el I ust to know wes down thar, an’ I ‘Wanted to find out for shore,"" ‘had noticed with an oda lo In hher eyes that he had not shown the least et her startling announce “Well, I'll se ye ag‘in, ‘Tirzy,"* 4 trom a still greater Pr Rope ye won't ketch hit; but Im Mit don't reckce lon't reckon thar's much danger, Hoke," the girl retorted; “tor 1 diav; Aorost the creok. f jest hollered, an’ WOMAN answered that ‘twa'n't the A know as al panei abruptly and was tural) back bome' A mado him grind out tow a) i ante MS lan especially arranges bile g The MEN OF TO-DAY WHO MAKE THE WORLD LAUGH.|Spring Shirt Waist Suit For Home and Morn Shirt waists of washable materials Interviews with Famous Humorists—Written by Roy L, McCardell ana Illustrated] worn with oxtrts of wool are always by the Caricaturist, Gene Carr, 4.-—FINLEY PETER DUNNE. YAR SCHLOO SAYS THE IDEA THAT HE WILL RESIGN 15 PRE! Mr, Dooley’s’” ‘Sponsor: Lives In Mysterious Secrecy, but Is ‘at Last Tracked to His. Lair, INLDBY PETER DUNNE te one of the most democratic of men. In fact, F he never voted the Republican ticket in his life. But since fame found him as “Mr. Dooley” he has become secretive and retiring. He has an address, but he son't tell it. He has @ telephone, but the num- ‘ber ian't in the book. And al} this right here in Mttle old New York. Bor, while it may or may not be true that all good Americans go to Paris when they dic, it 1s a fect that cannot be successfully contradicted thet they all come to New York when they have the price, Finley Peter Dunne had the price Finley Peter Dunne has come from Chicago to New York. ‘The more monBy the ultlandere have, the nearer they get to Broadway. ee as Peter Dunne must have almost a million, His very private private 91 {a only @ hop, ekip and @ jump from Broadway, at No, —- West — street. ° Before we cajled on fim we rang him up on the telephone. ‘Is this No, —?’ we asked. ‘Yes,’ was the reply. “Ie Mr. —— int’ “Yes, Who wants him?’ “Mr. —." “All right." We were taken blindfolded in a carriage at midnight to the hiding place of Finley Peter Dunne. The carriage drove by a circuitous route, ‘This was to baffle vs and keep us from guessing where we were being taken to, and also that the cabman could charge us more without spraining his conscience. We were admitted through the postern gate by a deaf mute, wrapped in « long, black mantle. We counted one hundred and thirty-one etone steps, the tlevetor belng oft of order; and, finally, after our guide gave the password and countetSign, we were admitted into @ low, vaulted chamber, with a high oelling and a skylight. ’ When & man becomes so secretive he must elther own or owe a large amount of money. ‘Finley Peter Dunne gete in under the ret of these epecifica- tions. THE MOTOR DOG. 6s ORN tn the year 1908" is @ ing more elg to the obituaries of the future than a @ phrase eevr before meant to hu- manity, For the babe born # this year of grace has three times the chance that @ baby ever before had for reaching its first year, and it has five times the chance for passing its fifth year of life. Why? In the first place, in spite of all thax grandma may indicate to the con- trary, the mother of to-day knows more about children than mothers ever knew before; in the second pi know more than they ev: t child saving than ever before Jstory of the world, hun- ago in the workhouses there Wenty-three deaths of children under one year old to every twenty- four births in those asylums, and nota dng unurval was thought of the rate of mortality, Metsener announced fifty Years ago that from one-third to one- half of the children born in Hurdpe died before they reached the age of one year, Twenty-Mve years ago statistion in the United States and Great Britain showed that one-fourth of the total number of deathe were of children in thelr first year, while 2roas showy that in the plies of Burope in 1890 Sphere. which ee soni ree) wan tor ut ‘of. the Vacated wi might be expected of oO, Advance Im pathology and onal As | . ame, Coane iasats wes The public has seen the dog-facea boy nd the motor-faced boy, bet the motor- faced dog ls @ novelty, The dog in this picture belongs to Mrs. Du Cros, @ rich Bnglishwoman. She takes him with her on long automobile trips. Knowing that the dust and the rush of chilly air ar bad for pet dogs, she has him dressed in @ complete suit of dog blankets and palr of automo- THE BABIES OF 1908 ARE jase) made of the comparative mortality of * ye ARE: DOING ALOT. OF INTERVIEWING” Bae TH vane OF PinenVANIA® "09: Mfr. Dunne t# smooth faced, tall and slender, and wears eyeglasses and the emile that won't come off. “I gee by the papers, Hinnissey, that ye are doing a lot of interviewing,” aid Mr, Dooley as soon as we were seated. Our namewas not Hennessey, but we dig not interrupt him; Hennessey never does, in the start off. “Did you éver notice that no matther who does the interviewing, the inter- viewee is always one particular set av the Wail elrest crowd. If it ain't Jawn W. Gates ‘tis Mongan, and if # isn't Morgan it's Keone, and if it isn't Keene it's Chartie Sohlob. . “Ab, there's the laddybuck for the interviews! “Charley Schlob wing tin millions at Monte Carlo and ts looking the pic- ture of healtt.' In a long interview wid your correspondent he saif ‘I have noth- ing ‘to say.’ “An' spakin'’of havin’ nothing to say: If there's wan thing thet's more plenti- ful on Wall strate than money it's rumors; an’ if ft wan't for th’ Boob Treshry th’ rumore 'd win out. Fr instance, eome of th’ onverashus oppyrathors that put thé comether on th’ Gawddess av Chawnce eprings th’ follyin’ tales: “Charles Schlob, the steel fagnet, is violently eccenthric, all to wanet. He spint all day ylsterday outting paper dolls out of tin-thousand-dolar bilis, and it la rumored that he got up In the middle of the night and whitewashed the dining- room of his palis with vanilialoe crame. He declined to be interviewed, which is anither eymptom of voylent eccenthricity, as Hogan says. “Now whin lasht I oes me frind Charles he's ingineerin' a ten-milMon-dollar deal wid wan hand an’ howldin' up th’ strate wid th’ other. Do that look itke he's voylently eoocenthric or givin’ any of his intellects a day tn th’ coonthry? Nay, not #0, as th’ angel says to me owld college chum Mr. Benj'min Adhem. Gut th’ cumors continues; ‘Charles Schlob has bought the Gtate of Pinnsilvania and Intinde to build @ fince around jt. A full account of his plane will be found in the following int few with our enterprising reporther.’ ‘ ‘Mr. C, W. Schiob says he niver felt betther in his life.’ ‘Mr. Schlob says he will resign.’ ‘Mr, @chlob sayw the idea that he will resign ie preposterous.’ '' jut," ventured Mr. Hennessey, “I didn't come here to hear about Schtobs,"’ “No, for you can't come here to make one of me," said Mr, Dooley. ROY L. M’CARDBPLL. BORN bUCKY.” Antitoxin as applied in cases of dph- theria has been one of the erent anents in the preservation of infant life in Chi- » Vaccinalion has mn another; 9 dangers of measies 4nd whooping cough tas been another; 4 certain marke: {tsponition of some iseoses to decronse In virulence hae been considered, and, above most other things having bearing upon the preser- yation of Infant life, the precautions feeding children in the hot months and in the eterilization of feeding bottles J on marked. dering chiidren under five years old since the «milk inspection of the Health Department became a fact, only the year 1 falle to show a continue? and marked decrease in the death rate. From 45.6 deaths under five years in the 10 deaths of all ages the rease in 1900 was to 33.1 in the 100, emall-pox and aiphth {n 1894 being responaiole for crease of near! er cent, in th deaths of the children,” ie te, the MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POMDERS for children, Mother Gray, for years & nurse in the Children's Home, in New York, treated children succeas- fully with a remedy, now prepared chiidven in half a dozen cities in the United States, the comparison ceing made with the total number of deaths from disease. ‘This average of deaths under one year and under five showed in comparison with the total deaths proportion of 38.8 per cent. The cities and the percentages wider ore year and five years respectively of Infants fand young children averaged half under the ugo of two years, due wholly to the group of communicable diseases— searlet fever, diphthert. and measles, Of this group of three diseases in one year New York had » death showing of 20,00 children. In 1898 the Health Department had be- fore it samples’ of milk below grade eraying 43.4 per cent. of the total milk supply; In 1900 this enormous amount of Delow grade milk was reduced to only. 7.7 per cont. In this seven-year period the death rate of child under one year old was reduced from 29.6 per cent and placed in the drug stores, called Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, They are harmless as milk, Pleasant to ta d never fall, A certain cure for feyerishness, consti- in vogue and make exceedingly satis- factory garments for general home wear, The stylish model shown com- ‘Dines @ plain waist of white Madras figured with blue, with a skirt of black canvas, but the waist material may be any one of the cottons and Mnens shown, and skirts are made of veiling, cheviot, cashmere and all the lighter-welght goods. The waist is made with front, back and under-arm gores, and so is spo cially adapted to full figures. Tho sleeves are the new ones, with full puffs at the wrist, When made from washable materials it is unlined, but the fitted foundation can be used to advantage with silk or wool, Tho skirt ts clroular and fs lengthened by acircular flounce, which is cut in two sections, The lower edge of the skirt and both portions of the flounce are tucked, and beneath these tucks the Joinings are made. The back is plain in habit style. The quantity of ma- terial required for the medium size is; For waist, 4 yards 21, 3 8-4 yards 27, 8 yards 82 or 21-4 yards 44 inches wide; for skirt, 108-4 yards 27, 7 yards 44 or 5 1-4 yards/52 inches wide, The waist pattern, No. 4,264, cut in sizes for @ 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inch ‘bust measure, will be mailed for 10 vents; and the skirt pattern, No. 4,858, out in sizes for a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inch measure, will be mailed for 10 cents. 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