A Few Smiles.
Getting M&nctor.ou*.
"I **-*- we are feting a new crisis
tbi* dktruing.” said Use bast restaurant
Kqumtof bis newspaper.
“Te*T* replied Use restaurant
patron. mildly, a* he continued to dig
Into hi* caataimipe.
"Too don't «**s excited."
Wlij tb>«M 1 le’ By Jw sir!
Daring U»e past 12 tMifji we've fgeed
*o many crises that when the next one
bob* up 1 stobll be tempted to turn my
bb<b on »r
P rt pa redrew.
“W*r 1* • terri
ble thing."
“So doubt about
that,"
“I see where
* © w e debutante*
have called tut ur
mum meet
ing."
but’* t be
r*
"They are going
to send sofa pil
to t b e i I
friend* at the
front."
True.
“A man who own* an automobile if
not always envied by pedestrian*."
**sor
“A great deal depend* on whether
be'* in It or under it.”
A Real Hardship.
"I certainly will be triad when thf
■war 1b Europe is over,” said Aspbo
delJa TmMIe
“Of course, you will, my dear. And
so will everybody else. It's s cruel
tragedy."
“Ob. I wasn't thinking about that
It's SO much fan to go to the pier and
see ones friends off for Europe. 1
haven't been able to do that for ages."
Bearing Up Well.
“Ton are never satisfied."
“Oh, yes. I am," answered the lazy
individual.
“You'll have a hard time convincing
toe of that"
"Well, you never bear me complain
ing because I live more than twe
mile* frow. the nearest golf links.''
PRETTY GIRLS AND OTHERS
Altar Ail, tho On# Who la “Nice" la
Apt to B« the Most Popular
With Everybody.
We aU know the aid Joke of the
pretty girt who la presented as saying
to the hornety girt, "Tt'a too bad not to
ha gboddookhag, int It?"
glrt's roapotae: “Yes.,
did you every try it T"
Of course we enjoy the reply, ttpe
dally u we know tow Bach greater
the impression that i* made by being
nice, the Milwaukee Journal ofc*»rr«
The pretty fir! who doesn't think this
necessary i* ***r behind the homely
fir! who kt> really learned to be what
w* describe so satisfactorily and in
definitely by the word "'nice.”
But do we ever think of tbit as one
of the definite accomplishments of life
that can be acquired, not to easily per
tape at a knowledge of algebra or his
tory, but Jurt as surely? Every day
we meet someone, often several per
sons, whose iives exemplify the beauty
of being nice Very soon we leant
to know them and we are ready almost
without thinking to go a little out of
the way to see that w* do meet them
They are not all homely girls; some
of them are pretty, and many of tbem
aren t girls at all Most of them al
ways seem to be “nice" by nature
But anyone with as atom of Justice in
his reasoning knows that at some time
and probably often there has come
to these persons who make life bright
er the question. "Does it pay?" Maybe
they never really proved that It did
That doesn't matter so much, for
they have kept on with the cheery
look, the pleasant greeting, the friend
liness and graalousness that are the
world's greatest Joy bringers And
that ts enough to mske them far better
remembered and tar more beloved
than if they had been named the reign
ing beauties of their day
LAZIEST OF ALL THE BIRDS
Feathered "Weary Willie" S'eepe All
Day and Absolutely Refuses to
Go After Food.
Laziest of birds Is the frogmouth.
He sleeps all day, and instead of f yin
about in search of food be sits still on
a limb and literally waits for the in
sects to come and feed him He's
such a sound sleeper that you can
knock bim off bis perch with a club
and bell not wake up He inhabits
the islands of the Indian ocean anc
Australia.
He’s about the size of the w-iippoor
will and gets his name from his wide
mouth, which also serves as his insect
trap. Too lazy to fiy few his food, -ike
other birds, be crawls along the limb
of a tree, opening his wide mouth and
snapping it shut, catching whs.t t-es
and gnats come within his range
At night he's found perched with
his mate on the roofs of houses os
fences or stumps. Only after the sub
goea down does be show any inclina
tion tc move about. All day be tits,
feet glued to the limb of a gum tree,
indifferent to rain, tropical sen or the
call of the woods
p-‘Jr ,*» specie* of frogmouth has tufts
rising from the top of his head
LET GOOD RESOLUTIONS FADE
But Fugitive IrrpuSae to Lead Better
Lives Cant Help But Have an
Eerobiirg E*ecL
la one of hi* published semms
Henry Ward Bedier picture* a com
pany of some twoseore pensoea. him
self among Nhr ttnabtr, traveling by
steamer down the Ohio river. Sabbath
morning dawns, and tbe fiajssenger*
ask the clergyman to eoadoct a relig
ious service awl give them an infor
mal talk. He pnarbes on Paul's
word*. “In honor preferring one an
other.” As the preacher unfold* the
nobility and tie*utJ of the unselfish
life. not a few of bi« Uiutxn are
deep ly moved. Here a bead is bowed
in serious *bought. there a teardrop
glisten* in the eye and frequently a
nearer nodus emphatic agreement with
the preacher's words.
Hut as the notes of the closing hymn
die. The gong sound# for dinner, and
tbe congregation rushes away in hot
baste to get the best places at table
and the first serving of food. At tbe
first opportunity to put into practice
tbe truth of tbe morn. Tig's sermon, tbe
hearers forget the generous emotions
it bad excited, and let tbe selfish, sdf
seeking habits of life resume their
sway.
And yet, Mr. Beecher adds, these
people were not hypocrites- The emo
tion was .genuine.. While the impulse
lingered they really meant te live more
for others and less for theinaeoes
Bet the impulse was fugitive. Tl»ey
never seined bold of it and molded 31
into a firm purpose.
What splendid biograplues almost
any of ns m m: iietjuerth to the- world
; if we could honestly express them in
I tbe terms Of fleeting aspirations and
impulses toward good and noble
things: And wiit: t mekancboly mu; -
ter in even the best life is made up
of its defeated ambitions,, its m>
wrought deeds of kindness its mat y
resolves that nsw«r came to anything
its heaven-sen: visions the# faded on:
m tlie light itf the coiuntot day I The
fugitive impulse as toe weak to fee
trusted, bu: rt lias i .: th» mat • z of
’lit: which eurt»e uum'y pass '*n* sofe
:ues deep-seated hi sets, and shape#
the whole life on the broad w* of
* 'liner's perfect manhood—Youth'#
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tily trimmed and they save petticoat*.
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American exjtertK have [H-rfected the
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1 •###»»««#<<«»######»»»»#<
ft MISTAKEN GOAL
By MEL LA M'CALLUM.
...i
M try Moon w»« Nttwljr <fi**f*j:ic«*(t
■d. A* «b<- hl<i down bet daughter'*
the oiie boj*e of b»r lift- seemed
'rvstrated. And all tw'jujse jtretrj Cc®
tarn*- Moon tad vritfia borne from
college that she *n engaged t© a
'*niia jouijg rtetone Instmcter. If
sounded edough. wirgty, but
© Mury it (EjK-iifd tragedy.
F« Mary herself had married young
and ncUy. Fn© year* tfbe bad lies®
•nth Jobs Mooa The®. after a mark
edly {ifftnetiRd Kjeee he had merci
‘uily died. Tfeen and ti**r©. *be had
<i> «l a maiiie** Misflenoe thenceforth.
She bad three dollar* is mrmcs and t
tufrjatr-oW tifthy girl. 1>ci she bad
something a!K a* •*'*•11—a here© tie
•friii iaation.
At fim *!►© worked at anything she
i could get to keoji tbc® »!ir» Rot she
bad a fair education, and aft**r a
while., a.ut man aged To ©©cow -a dte
' trie! school, She made an ©*r«U«irt
teacher Slit sa Tcd mone-i lewf'?.
For * t that time she ntrl inn dr vp
b«r mind to climb Lpt t® the tonrti
«r*
A fter three year* Miry bad wira-d
enough to jiay for ow ytwr at * rx>*
Tnal school. and thither they *r«*4.. At
the end off the year nrtbougi her
money niif nesjty gone Ma*y had
made ui her mind to may.
Three year* more and Mary bad fin
ished l»er rmiroe- So* get her 15 fe
tiertili'aite md » good j*' >Kitjeaa
T-ttars ;n;«ned—ii*yf*r *m*m, M*rj>
foment w «>r» *13 ».;oo tf***! dwwn r-o»r.
Sh* ii»d nd^j•»•'*'!*-J/'-*. *o*1*l {***51 r-n.
Mid t '••onuriftri. KWjnT-nt-lured quirk
r tided dt«{U*r. CwuUixv.MtiM
t***'Mi »•*«!?, t>»4 *r«* at )a*t w*ot
to een«c*.
Mi rjr *- «** red >1.< (firl'n glov, jr»sr let
ter* teJHnar of her engagement. In a
- .‘fthV-h ►?.>»• fau' inl ttnroughly
B jf when (VHl«Upr«
eame home. e«en Mar* gawped
a? the AI way* lovHy, the girl
tir now glorified with a rnlat of
imiitu. Hut that did not *l»*t*?r Mary,
ffbe made up her rnlnd to break off
the natch. and nave <‘on at Alice from
what -he firmly Mli'ved wtjuld prove
SlMWtfT.
But for the firat time In her life
Mery ran tigfilmd nil ImpusMiihln
tr.ug. Cofiatanrr whm well-nigh tin
pregnable. enveloped in the armor of
1rr,£sina.
At liint Mnry'a million* campaign
'•ollfijifcfd, mid nho loMt control of her
self.
“For twenty year* I have fought to
put you whofe you urc. You have edu
cnlIon, culture, and good took*. You
ir.\ tu ttor etjulpped to <*ru money Uuiu
I Your fomre i* .us-iiiei. Aiiu
' • hi* 1* tbe thank* I fc;r
"1 want a*or* The & mcme? mother.
I want t torn*- «f ity own. iuad—Ssap
II »&*»**. The {mre^ SM setae with it
1 <a *131 tug Wi neoeftL’'
A »<1 That w»f- *31. Mi rr pi ended i»
ii-«i:a tjrmaM Hi*- *njl of iwto the
jcir! inaili i roortd berM®. Vc-ostkir
! -mwed MMidwtWly. ^MManoe vent
: t» ooU«c* lor her fine] yenr. The
i i «ir dre-pped 11 n mi|ti wetrlTy toward
Inw kcA the tatetad wedding.
OeenaoTF «-t< to pri.-oTinie or. The
Sfteeuth and t«e marriod or the fwvwty
fiftfc. Mftry made tip her txilnd to go
;m for the estate* if it k ied tier.
Ret Mary Mon* wii* pstn* She had
■Kimt By prerry fijrtwse* made
'it»«3 paid a* t'rmrn ctv' jirwr f<ir *
•fHit utiri het. For she had fieei in
cited Wi sts.y nt The ItffiDf trf the gnoom
nt*fl .she -*>«ri3v«id to sue 1b£ a eredlhaWe
in spiftr r>f the cr*rf ■* tier
iioilTI. Sire tr>o* lilt! le-nnrd Atne*
fn-ther wue old TVioKir Airir* of “Lana
! NTKl boot fftTOe tbtlt MT*. AlDt-ft
I r.atB tiront TKTrt sortr.fly in tbs college
| own, They K>i-'*ni<) tirti be itshei&ed of
t ifttisTi ri'-o ft mother.
Ti>*n wwre not DKhsiiwd Mart mads
I* ».n lent lmfiro*>-rf)'«tJu with her at
j rrn-cti»-e toilets and her rivadous iutd
£-t'1T',e_
Tb<-D t)>» wedding jneKt.s began to
Hrir* >ew people to meet—to jHay
i trp» tw'
'.on
daito-* iafrirH guardedly. “How do
v<jib 11ke Ies>«»r<l ri*of/ier;“
'V«j nuj'h" rep*;**J Mary alneerely,
J »i to have you know and
« known hy wh jieople, d**ar.”
“WM^h do you like of iha worn
Vn, tiiirttut- thf married ones or the
■Id BiiW*r <’onatauce iinjuiri'l mia
r Mevouwljr.
“Why, I think the the married
ono»," said M;‘ry, uncomfortably
l**rf that Cotmtaiice waa Taking ad
vantage of fn-r Irnthlllly to qulhhle,
“Vou don’t dial life l,e<*nard, ilo yon,
1 rontti orT'
“S no." It waa more a choke than
a spoken word.
f.'onatunce mw Mary's agonized face
in ttii* jflawH. Mhe whirl ad around with
a Mtlli* t il 11 in | it in nt laugh. "Better own
it j t yoti'ra I km 11 ‘ii, mothar, darling," alio
an id.
Mary begun to ary, ultliongh aha win
not a crying woman. <'ouatani‘i*'» anna
want ntioiit her anfily. "Mothar, pre
atotm," aha whlapered, "don't you aee
that without your training I navar
aiiuld liava won l.aotmrd and Ida nice
family? ilia training win all rltftit.
mothar, only you mlMtook the goal, I
think."
It takes more hruvery to accept and
to adjust oneself to defeat, than It
does to tight It In the tirst place. Mary
Mi Min was nothin*! If not hrnve, how
ever. "1 whs mistaken, dear," she said
situplv. “I—I think It's just lovely,"
she whispered with a tremulous smile.
I tt^*r>%tit tSM. tiy Itif McOlure Nrsrspa
per Syndicate, t
&ULB04D TINE Httt.
£7 Low*. ,mem Mmwtssm A Sasrr*fc*»
LITTL* fcOCfc * »o*so* s*
Sooth Ncrith
&:ii> h. xr. £ tr p m
7 40 a. ir, S4or.ro* 32 £2 p ns
local. *
L**ve* Ai»t**»
3 3;*0 * m . HotXig 3f. 15 p rr:.
St Lows :*fO> Mocwmas a Sos.TKt.fcii
rjjjti.*.-* wonw st.
North South
5:01 a. m. Hsattj® 2:55 p. ra
4:3 £ a. it.. Famoer* t 4: i 6 p. m
LOCJLL. t
3 0:3 0 a in Hutfc* 2.2Sp~.
tArri*** Monday. Wednesday ar.a Fri
day fro—. Monro* and £jm tc Farmer*
r..* *
*Aaravt* T..*5.aa>-, Tr.jrsday anc Satur
day frsrc Far Tie?-, t and goes ic y.
ro*.
LODGE DIRECTORY
FO iWLAND LODGE No. £94 F Ji A.
y meet* every second and fourth Sat ar
ia) ever, r.gt at 7 30 © clock. Yis.t.ng
'Aatw.t a.ways we.oome,
L M. Desp* S, W. M.
C. A. Berry. Sec y.
HOWARD CHAPTER, No. i 22 R. A.
M meet* every first and tn.ra Thurs
day evemr.g at Mawr.,c tali. Visiting
companions welcome.
L G. G. won, H. P.
C. A Berry Secy.
ZEDEIwAH. COUNCIL U. D R St
S M Meets every fourth Wednesday
night of each month Vieittng compan
ions welcome. T B Weaver T I M.
R N, Benson, Recorder
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 520, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7 30 o'clock.
Visiting brother* and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J, A Brignac, W. M.
Mrs L. G. Gibson, Sec’y,
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. 0 0 F.
meets every Tuesday evening Visitirg
brethern cordially invited to attend.
L. Phillips, N. G,
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No 66,
meet* every Monday night at 7:30 o’clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Lou Milstead, N. □.
Miss Murray Pilkmton, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No 4 1 1 W O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. A McCormick, C. C.
J C. Bridges. Clerk.
»
Sweet Bay Circle No. 146, W. C..
meet§ every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:30 o’clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. W. R Dickerson, Guardain.
Mrs. C. A. McCormick, Clerk.
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