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SIGNIFICANT liEtiAKDlXG TEM
l'EKANCE
Entirely; outsido the jurisdiction
of local option, auti-salcon, tem
perance or prohibition organizations,
three important bodies in the l*nit
ed States-—one religious, one fra
ternal : nd one commercial—have
in measure, allied themselves with
the general movement toward the
extirpation of the liquor traffic
wuluu the last few weeks, says the j
Chr.'st'.au Science Monitor. The first
or these to take a stand was the '
Grand CommanUery of Knight Tem
plar iu oue of the states, the sec
ond was the Presbyterian general as
semtiy at Rochester, X. Y.; the
third w:is the convention of the ad
vertising clubs of the world at
Chicago. Only the second has act
ed officially. In both of the other
e -ses sentiment only was voiced, lu
several of the grand commanderies
of the United States, ;uid in the
graud encampment itself, opposi-!
tion to contact of any kind with "11-|
Quor, or with the iiquor interests,
has lorg existed; the grand com-j
mandery referred to here simply
went farther, and took more posi
tive steps than perhaps any of the
others. The advertising men han
dled the question informllv. We
have it from a report of the pro
ceedings that at the final gather-'
l'.i< of all the delegates before th'j
sessional conference "an improptu
discussion of temperance" calle-l
cut .1 favorable expression. and
we havc this statement from Dele
gate Houston of New York: "The
applause given tho idea of temper- j
ance is significant. These men are
ij closvr touch with public feeling
und desires than any other class
txcept newspaper men. Thoy re
flect the general state of thought
on a gravo problem, and conclu
sions may be drawn from their at
titude." It is hardly less signifi
cant that the delegate' who was so
outspoken in his remarks should
have been elected president of
this world organization.
In tlie Presbyterian general as
sembly at .Rochester action was
tajcou which forbids auy minister or
elder to give open or secret sup
port to the liquor traffic. There
is much more to this than, may ap
pear on the surface to the ordinary
readei. ' lu the assembly of 1914
there was raised the question of
forbidding members of the Presby
terian church from belonging to
clubs wherein liquor was sold. This
was not nut to a vote, but the
later action is regarded as a step
towajd it from a different angle.
If such -action is taken it will op
ei to liuallv. it may be presumed,
in ous o* two ways: either it will
drhe Presbyterians from the clays
:u non-prohibition districts or states
or it will compel the clubs, in or
dtr to hold a valued section of their
mi-UiLitrsuip, to close their bars.
Liquor advertising, cousideret
with regard to the amount ot'
space :»sed and tho amount of mon
ey i>3id for that space, lias until
latel" ireen sought by the large ad
vtrtislug agencies and the great
newspapers and magazines ot the
United States. There are some
agencies, some newspapers and
some magazines otherwise of good
rbpute t tat will "still take such ad
vertising mutter, but tho number
i.i each instance is rapidly diminish
ing. Tho campaign against liquor
in tti— United States has ceased to
be theoretical, sei.timantal, emotion
al or perfunctory; it has become
moral, economic, patriotic and
practical. As a business, liquor
makiiu- a>'d liquca- selling, in the
popubr view, is becoming daily
more -eprirhensible, and no institu
tion, no trade and no profession
that 1 oks, and must look, to popu
lar ctpprovai for success can long
afford to givo open or secret sup
port to the traffic. '
Blue Blood
Versus Oil
By DONALD CHAM BERLIN
Hilly Perkins bail the usual Ameri
can assurance, but It never sot Into
the limelight till he we tit to Spain as
a clerk In the American embassy.
Hilly had means and no taste for busi
ness. Indeed, since bis living was
ground out for blm by coupons which
fell like sold leaves from sundry bonds
he had Inherited, what he wanted was
an apology for occupation. A friend
having been appointed secretary of le
gation at Madrid, he secured Billy a po
sition as brevet clerk, which gave him
the right to say that he was attached to
the embassy, but he was seldom If
ever called upon to d<> any work.
As an attache of the legation he re
ceived Invitations, and, since Ameri
cans are considered an unconventional
jieople. he was accorded social liber
ties that other men were not granted.
For instance, there were families
■which he was permitted to visit as
young men visit in America—that Is,
he was not forced to converse with
young women from the sidewalk, they
standing on a balcony high above his
bead. lie was permitted to see cer
tain young ladles in their homes, but
not alone. Some member of the fam
ily other than the lady on whom he
called was always present.
One young lady In whose home he
was accorded an entrance was a daugh
ter of Don Scbastlano llerrera, a Span
ish grandee whose family tree was
planted in the time of Ferdinand and
Isabella. Dona Inez, the daughter,
was destined for some nobleman who
would be considered worthy to enter
the Herrera family. As for Hilly Per
kins, had he ten times the fortune he
possessed he was not for a moment to
be thought of as a husband for her.
Nevertheless the Herreras had trav
eled abroad n good deal and liad
thrown off some of the most ultra of
'their Spanish conventional forms.
Their daughter met men at balls, ami
occasionally one wns invited jo_her.
home—of conrse~ouly by her father "or :
mother. Billy Perkins met her at n
function given by Ills chief, the am
bassador, aud fell desperately in love
with her.
Dona Inez evinced u desire to learn
English, and when Riliy offered to
teach her her mother was much pleased
with the offer. The good lady had a
high admiration for the English nobil
ity and had formed a design of taking
her daughter to England, hoping that
her rare beauty would catch an Eng
lish nobleman. However this may be,
Billy was permitted to come to the
house two evenings In the week to give
Dona Inez lessons in the English lan
guage. Of course her mother or some
member of the family who could be re
lied upon was present to watch that
no lovemaking passed between the two
young persons. Moreover, whoever
was on watch understood enough Eng
lish to know if Hilly were trying to
work that language for the purpose of
making love, though, since Dona Inez
did not understand a word of English,
this was hardly necessary.
Nothing is so delightful to two young
persons of opposite sex as to outwit
those who are placed on guard over
them. Billy's method of teaching Eng
lish was to have his pupil read some
thing printed In tiiat language or con
vert something printed from Spanish
Into ttie English tongue. This required
the use of a Spanish and English dic
tionary. '
One evening when the two were at
work using the dictionary every few
minutes, Billy, turning the leaves, stop
ped and put his finger ou the word
"your." Then he turned to the words
"eyes" and put his finger on that word.
In this way he spelled out "your eyes
are like beautiful twin lakes, and your
lashes are like the rushes growing on
the borders." Then Inez took the dic
tionary and by the same means said,
"You Americans are great flatterers.*'
Tl'i* V:"'* followed by a sentence from
You Can Enjoy Life
Eat what you want and not be troubled
with indigestion if you will take a
00. Dyspepsia
jKii • Tablet
before and after each meal. Sold only
by us—25c a box.
Wm. Britv.
ltliiy—"There Is 110 "sUcta~ tfeauty lii
America as yours."
These few communications occupied
half an hour, but what time was lost
In looking up "words was gained In the
fervor of the sentiences. In two or
three evenings Billy had made as much
love as some men with every facility
would make In a year. And Doua Inez,
if she was not an apt scholar at learn
ing English, certainly understood with
marvelous facility what was said to
her by this method of communication.
Before Dona Inez had lear* d enough
English to catch a British nobleman
she had been caught by nn American
scamp who should have been put In the
stocks for during to make love to the
daughter of a Spanish grandee. How
ever, he came out frankly at last and
oue morning, marching boldly Into the
preseuce of Don Sebastlano, asked him
for his daughter's hand. The old gen
tleman looked nt the American brevet
clerk aghast and asked him what he
meant Billy replied that he meant
txactly what he said.
"Are you aware," asked Don Sebas
tlano, "that our family were nobles at
a time when the land in which you
were born was inhabited by savages?"
"I am," said Billy, "and are you
aware that my ancestors drove your
ancestors out of Texas? My ancestors
bought an oil tract of your ancestors,
and now I a in in receipt of $20,000 a
mouth from the property?"
Billy intended by this statement to
strike the nail on the head, and he did,
for Don Sebastiano, with all his blue
blood, was as poor as a church mouse.
Hilly married Dona Inez, and the pair
now live in winter in Spain, In sum
mer in America.
Homemade Rat Poison.
Farm and Fireside gives tbe follow
ing recipe for homemade rat poison:
Harluiu carbonate is a poison which
in small quantities is harmless to the
larger domestic animals, but will kill
rats and mice. Mix four parts of meal
or flour and one part of barium carbo
nate aad place where the rats will find
It. or mis ordinary oatmeal to a stiff
dough in water, with about one-eighth
its bulk of barium carbonate.
Tracing a Thief.
A burglar who broke into an anti
quary's shop in i'aris was identified by
means of a small strip of skin torn
from his ear by the broken glass of a
showcase. The piece of skin was pre
served in a bottle of spirits, and it fit
ted on to a fresh scar on the man's left
ear.
Conversational.
Money may talk, as tht? aphorlsts nl
lege, but hush money is the other
kind.—Philadelphia ledger.
WALKING FOR SPEED.
Arm Action, Body Balance and th«
Proper Leg and Foot Motion.
In starting ou the trnck the novleo
should hold himself ns erect as possi
ble, without, however, leaning at nil
backward, the arms at the sides, with
the forearms la u horizontal position,
at right angles to the part of the arms
above the elbows. He should have a
feeling of being "well balanced on his
pins."
The weight must be kept on the heels
—therein lies the chief secret of walk
ing fairly. Speed depends on two fac
tors, the length and the frequency of
the stride. Experiments prove that the
length of the stride becomes greater as
the frequency Increases.
Arm action should be carefully cul
tivated. Troperly used, the arms seem
to net as levers to lift forward the body,
besides helping to balance It In each
stride one foot should be always on the
ground and at same moment of the
stride some part of both feet should bo
on the ground simultaneously—that is,
the first necessity. Second In Impor
tance Is to have the walk "heel nnd
toe"—that Is, the heel of each foot
should strike the ground unmistakably
first and the toe of each foot should
be the last part to leave It One should
not walk flat footed, with the ball of
the foot or any part except the heel
striking the ground before the heel
j does. Lastly, the knee should be
I 'locked" at the end of each stride—the
j grounded leg should be stiff nnd taut
| ns the loose leg swings out for the next
I stride—Outing.
Story of a Dream.
Of course the medical sharps know it
all, but let me tell what happened to
me. I had a strikingly vivid dream in
which I saw and spoke to a dead
friend, and she emphasized what she
said by laying her hand on my hair, a
trick the dead girl had when living.
The subject of her speech has no value.
But when I woke I could almost feel
her touch still. In a day or two I nor
tlced my hair looked queer where she
touched me, and it faded until I had
four bars, almost white, across my red
mop, Just such as would be made by
four Angers.—fetter In New York
Times.
It Wasn't the Tooth.
She went to a dentist's olliee to have
n tooth filled. While the dentist was
at work she squealed.
"Does it hurt?" he asked.
"I should say so," she replied. "Guess
I'll have to take it off."
And then, much to the dentist's sur
prise, she proceeded to remove a new
shoe.—St Louis Post-Dispatch.
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