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Peek - a - Booh
HAZEL M. PEER, Blue River, Wisconsin
PRIZE STORY No. 15
"Ted's calliu' on Billy again
exclaimed Fred, bursting into the room
where his fat, good-natured tather sat
reading the daily news to the small
but determined looking mother. "Yep,
he is," he continued, "he's just come,
and he give nie a nickle to stay away
half an hour while he talks to sis."
"He did, indeed!" tartly demanded
the little lady. "I suppose he's go-
ing to propose, and I won't have that
for I believe Billy really likes him—
and I won't have one of those proud
CurtiB' in the family. He isn t good
enough for our daughter anyway Vou
go at once, Tom, out there, accident-
ally, of course—between you, Bob, and
1 (Fred is hired to stay away) we'll
prevent them from talking on that sub-
ject."
Tom Blythe lazily arose and saun-
tered out to the porch, where sat his
twenty-year-old daughter, Wilhelmina,
and Ted Curtis in earnost conversation
"You lee, Billy, I just wanted a few
minutes to tell you—" Ted was say-
ing as he caught sight of Mr. Blythe
and stopped short.
"Howdy, Tedl Fine evening!
How's your pa? Got your corn all
plowed over yet! Fine weather for
crops, ehf" chatted the father for a
few minutes, until his wife appeared,
when he made his excuses and escaped.
"Good evening, Ted!" she greeted
him, "Your mother well! Tell her 1
have that new pattern she wanted and
that she may get it as soon as I have
gotten through with it. How is your
ma's gardenf Is she going to the
Aid tomorrow!" and on and on she
talked until Ted in despair said good
night, and departed; while Mrs.
Blythe, after escorting her daughter
into the house, hurried off to let her
son, Bob, into the scheme.
Ted was angry as he walked the
short distance to his home, and was
still angry as he unthinkingly banged
the door after him as he entered the
house. "That you, Teddy!" came a
gentle voice down the stairs, with a
bass accompaniment of '' Less noise,
boy! Less noise!" "It's I, mother,"
answered the boy and repaired at once
to his own room.
"I suppose Teddy's been calling 011
Billy Blythe again,'' sighed the little
lady upstairs. "He's too good for a
Blythe," she sniffed, becoming wider
awake. "I won't have it! So there!
Do you hear, Jim Curtist I won't
have itl" "Well, well, mother, we'll
do our best," soothed her husband and
returned to the land of slumber, while
the little lady thought, "I just bet
Teddy will invite her here for Sunday
with the other company. Well, I can't
tell him not to, but I can do my best
to keep her entertained without the
boy's help, and so I shall," she de-
cided ere she, too, returned to sleep.
The next morning Ted arose with
the determination to see Billy that day
and ask her to marry him. However,
when he arrived at her home he was
tnet by Bob who was about with the
faithfulness of a loving dog, but there
was a merry twinkle in the Ijoy'B eyes
and a determined set to his chin. At
last Ted was compelled to leave.
In the afternoon, however, he return
ed, setting his teeth firmly as Bob
dashed out of the door. "Is your sis
ter, Billy, in, and if so may 1 see
her!" he asked frigidly polite. "Ah,"
said Bob thoughtfully. "Now let's
gee where—is—Billyf" "Bob Blythe,
I'm right here and you know it, in-
dignantly exclaimed th«' girl, bouncing
on to the porch. "Well, well, sis, so
you are." "Bob, I think I heard
mother inquiring for you," suggested
the sister, but Bob. not to be baffled,
yelled, "Hey, ma! was you lookin'
for me!" "No. dear," came in a gen-
tle reminding tone from within. "Just
stay there where it's cool and I'll call
if I need you." Two pairs of eyes
glared at the culprit.
"Billy," said Ted, "won't you
come for a walkf I've something to
say to you in private." Billy arose,
nodding assent, and they sauntered off,
but just as they reached the gate Mrs.
Blythe called in a honeyed tone,
"Billy, dear, come quickly and help
me with this cake. I'm sorry to inter-
rupt your walk, but I must have your
help for a few minutes. Rebellion
flushed from indignant eyes ere Billy
turned reluctant steps toward the
house, bidding Ted goodbye as she
went. She was about to enter the
house as Ted called, "There's a bunch
of Rids coming to the house Sunday
If I come for you will you go, tool"
"I will," firmly replied the girl, ignor-
ing her brother and mother in the door.
Sunday dawned cloudless and Billy
in her room donning her prettiest
dress, thought, "Oh, dear! I do hope
Ted get's* a chance today to tell mc
what he has tried to say for so long
He'll never get the chance here, that'*
plain. It won't be my fault if the op
portunity doesn't come today." Te«i
arrived about nine o'clock with his
car, and as he and Billy were walking
lown the lawn, Bob appeared aroun.
the corner of the house fish pole an
bait can in hand. "What luck!" h
cried. "A ride clear to the river
Horray;" and into the back seat 0
the car he climbed, where ho sat 0
the extreme edge of the seat pourin
a continuous stream of talk into th
unwilling ears of his companions. A
rived within a quarter of a mile of tb
Curtis place, he decided to go on to g<
Ted's brother Ralph to go with him t
the river. "How I'd like to thro
him into the river," thought the e:
asperated Ted. "But when we g<
home I'll talk to her." Arrived p
their destination, however, Mrs. Curt
dashed out of the door inutterin
"Now for the battle to keep the'
apart. Pa, you've got to help me u>
til the rest come," and, appropriate
the young lady, she kept her at h<
side until most of the guests arrive
when she turned her burden over to
niece, "putting" her wise, as Bo
would have said. The niece in tur
informed the other guests.
Bright morning became noontid<
afternoon waned into evening; still n
chance for the young people to e:
change a word in private. Ted cast
despairing glance at Billy, as she s;
surrounded by the ten other guest
and met her tearful look. "I can't 1«
this day pass—ah!" as a new thougl
entered his head. His face sudden)
brightened! His form straightenei
mischievous yet determined ligl
flashed in his eyes, and a half smi
played around the corners of his us
ally merry mouth. He gravely ascem
ed the steps, dropped on his knees b
fore Billy, and said, "Billy, I've lor
wanted a few words alone with yo
and as you can recall, have repeated
attempted to gain a private intervie
with you, but have always in son
way, either intentionally or uninte
tionally, been thwarted in my plan
now I'm through playing peek
booh," and, casting a merry glan«
upon his amazed audience, continue
"I will wait no longer. I've be*
wanting to tell you, dear, that I lo>
you, and waut you to marry mc. W
youf" "Yes," whispered the gi
with eyes as merry as his as si
glanced at the retreating crowd. "Mi
as well come back and congratula
us," laughingly called Ted after the
as he arose from his knees and
down by Billy.
FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW
Crime increases at the rate of 300
per cent every twenty years.
Observations among the lower ani-
mals show that only 5 per cent are de-
fective at birth—much less than the
human average.
Those slain on the battle field by no
means represent the total victims of
war, but only about half of them.
Two million miles of dirt roads have
been built in the United States. The
total length of public roads of all kinds
in this country is estimated at 2,250,-
000 miles.
There are more insane in the Unit-
ed States than students in colleges
and universities.
One of the largest walnut packing
and cleaning establishments in the
world is in operation in California,
where over 20,000,000 i>ounds of wal-
nuts are produced each year.
The weight of the statue of liberty
in the New York Harbor is 440,000
pounds.
The area in square miles of the
United States of America (continen-
tal), is 1,025,000; all Europe, 3,700-
000.
BREATHE HARD IN PERU
Travelers Have to Take Mouthful of
Air at a Time.
Prof. Alsworth Ross of the Univer-
lty of Wisconsin, in an article enti-
ced "Peru, the roof of the Continent/'
tells of the difficulty of merely bus
aining life in the higher altitudes of
cmong the Andes. He says:
Life at Cerro de Pasco, nearly h
league up, is as trying as life under
4 diving bell at the bottom of the
eean. The newcomer gasps for air
like a stranded fish, and wakes up at
night gulping mouthfuls of the thin
Mtmosphere. Three quick steps put
you out of breath, and after climbing
flight of stairs you must sit down
for a rest. 'I know,' panted a tender-
foot, 'how I'll feel when I'm 80.'
No employe is sent up by the com-
pany unless he has passed a physi-
cian's examination, but occasionally
< ne gets blue in the face and has to
>e sent down forthwith. Thus the
Inca Chronicle often h,is such items
as, 'Jake L. who returned here last
April, has been sent home witL his
heart machinery in bad shape.'
The young fellows play tennis and
ball and even indulge in track ath-
letics, but the pace must be very
low. Singing is not popular, for you
t annot get the breath to hold a note.
sufferer from pneumonia must bo
rushed down to the sea level In a spe
Hal train that costs the company $b00
I he typhoid patient, too, must flee,
ind the northern wonioi must aescend
o Lima to bear their babies.
"The mining company's Americans
ire usually big, athletic, deep chested
n en, strong of jaw, sinewy of grip
and masterful of manner. They are
well paid and looked after, but too
many of them squander money and
vitality fighting off the demon of lone-
liness."
WATCH IS SYMPATHETIC
Timepiece Varies According to Mood
of Wearer
J. J. Shaw has communicated a p««
per on the variation of watches to tha
Royal Astronomical sooiety. Stating
the fact that a watch worn all day
May not miss or Jump a second, but
heng by the bedside It will be a Quar-
ter of a minute out of the way tn the
morning, Mr. Shaw suggests that Ir-
regularities are due to a change of an-
gle.
Another scientific man suggests that
the whole matter may be reduced to
rhythmic motion. "To put It roughly,
the watch likes, or does not like, your
particular skip, Jump, stump or descent
walk.'' We know a man apparently as
•ane as the great majority of his fel-
lows, who believes that his watch
•hows the state of his health. The
watch Is an excellent one, but as Boon
as the owner beglnB to run down, the
watch begins to lose. As soon as he
picks up the watch Is again trustwor-
thy.
Has the watch any sympathy with
the person who carries it T Does a fine
one rejoice when the owner boasts
that he has "the correct time to a
second" and thus bores other's? Is an
expensive watch ashamed of Its owner
when, rich and vulgar, he flourishes
ItT
ON WRAPPING BREAD
Much Time is Spent on Investigation
of Subject
A considerable amount of recent 111
erature has been devoted to the sub-
ject of wrapping bread. An elabor-
ate chemical and baoteriological In-
vestigation of the subject was report
ed some time ago by Jacobs, Leclerc
and Mason. These investigators sought
to determine the kind of paper most
suitable for wrapping, the length of
time after baking that bread should be
wrapped and the bacteriological con-
dition and weight of both wrapped
ard unwrapped bread.
For breads whose crusts are to be
kept dry and firm, such as Vienna
and French breads porous paper Is
better than waxed paper. Bread reach-
es the temperature of the room about
three hours after, baking and this is
the best time to wrap it. Further delay
entails danger of contamination with
bacteria and molds.
MOTOR ON WINDOW 8ILL
Problem of Ventilation Met By Me-
chanical Means
Everybody wants ventilation with'
out a draft, and this Is often difficult
to attain because the wind is liable
to change on short notice and will
then be whistling through the open
window where a few minutes befora
there was no suspicion of a draft.
The problem has been met by the
use of the current by which It is pos-
sible to Introduce air Into the room In
Just exactly the quantity desired and
tJ discharge Inside, so that its move-
ment will trouble nt> one. The motor
and a small suction fan are mounted
on a board which Is fitted over the
open space made by the raised win-
dow.
There is an opening through this
supplied with a slide so that the
amount of air passing through the
fan may be under constant regula-
tion. The air Introduced Into the
room passes through an upturned
funnel, so that the current strikes the
ceiling and is then scattered in all
dlreotlons.
Hcal.h Guyedj
To secure a smooth complexion, use
sandpaper.
For Indigestion, drink anything that
will divert the mind.
Eliminate bolls as soon as they ap
pear, using scissors or file.
For a sore toe, first cut off the toe.
When germs are present, kill them;
saving yourself if possible.
For chills, hot air; for fever, ice.
for sweats, a mangle.
All bad eyes should be replaced with
glass. It is sanitary.
If the throat is sore, remove ton-
sils; if still sore, remove the larnyx;
if that is not sufficient, examine thor-
oughly And operate on the nose, cars
or stomach as preferred.
Before an attack of appendicitis,
examine bank account.
Gray hair is a boon. It may be dyed
any color.
For a child prone to convulsions,
try the movies.
If you are deaf you are unfortunate
In not being able to enjoy the unnec
cssary.
Nothing will break up a stiff Joint
like machinery. If, however, that
should fail, employ either boiling or
freezing.
For sore feet select only <he best
carpets.
An attack of neuralgia may be short-
ened by removing so much of the ef-
fected nerve. Repeat as often as de-
sired.
The rest cure demands beds and
couches instead of chairs, this being
the most recent discovery essential
(hereto.
In sudden illness be sure to be fra-
grant of whiskey. This will facilitate
police diagnosis.
Don't Insist on keeping your health
all the time. It's stingy.—From Judge.
Altho nearly a million were minted,
the United States cent of 1799 is an
extremely rarei coin and brings prices
of from M0 to $76, according to the
specimen's condition.
George Bronson Rea, who was once
a Brooklyn newsboy, has been award-
ed the grand prize offered by the Chi
nese government for the best program
for a national system of railways in
that country.
A Sermon on Carelessness
I am more powerful than the com
bined armies of the world.
I have destroyed more men than all
the wars of the nations.
I am more deadly than bullets, and
I have wrecked more homes than the
mightiest of selge guns.
I steal In the United States alone,
over $300,000,000 each year.
I spare no one and I find my vic-
tims among the rich and the poor alike
the young and old, the strong and the
weak. Widows and orphans know mc.
I loom up to such proportions that I
cast my shadow over every field of
labor, from the turning of the grind-
stone to the moving of every railroad
train.
I massacre thousands upon thou-
sands of wage earners a year.
I lurk in unseen places, and do most
of my work silently. You are warned
against me, but you heed not.
I am relentless.
I am everywhere—in the house, on
the street, at railroad crossings, and
on the seas.
I bring sickness, degradation and
death, and yet few seek to avoid me.
I destroy, crush and maim; I give
nothing, but take all.
I am your worst enemy.
I am carelessness.
No. 27
Publisher's Co-operative Co. ^
Profit Sharing Printed Service ;
501 So. Dearborn St.
Chicago \
Chinese fathers cannot leave more
property to one son than to another.
All must have an equal share.
The emerald improves in color by
exposure to light. Pearls kept in dark-
ness lose their lustre, but regain it
on exposure to the sun.
It is believed that all lions are "left
handed". A famous explorer says that
when a lion desires to strike a forci-
ble blow it nearly always uses the left
paw.
In Jewish marriages the bride al-
ways stands at the right hand of the
groom; with every other nation of the
world her place in the ceremony is at
the left.
Freight cars for shipping bananas
In winter are heated by half a dozen
or so large oil stoves ranged down
the center of the car. The tempera-
ture is kept at an average of 35 do-
grees.
A most remarkable engineering ac-
complishment is a well in westerr.
China, bored to a depth of 3,600 feet
with a rattan cable. The world's
deepest well, sunk 7,350 feet, is iu one
of the German coal fields.
Two bird sanctuaries are soon to be
established in every Utah county ex-
cept three, and in each of these there
will be one more, the main object be-
ing protection of migratory birds, of
which the state has a large population
during the proper seasons.
Even if you have nothing to give
the poor but a crust of bread, make
it palatable by softening it with a little
of the milk of human kindness.
Curiosities of Numbers
If Shakespeare had asked "What's
in a number?" as well as "What's in
a name?" and pursued that inquiry he
would have found an endless field for
investigation. There is somethng un-
canny and mysterious in the charactcr
of figures.
The numbers 3, 7 and 9 furnish the
most Interesting study. Numbers 3 and
7 have their good points, but in polen
e.y and versatality they have to take a
back seat when 9 has the stage. No. 7
was the favorite in the Bible. To it
we are indebted for seven days in the
week, the seven golden candlesticks,
the seven lean ears that devoured the
jcven fat ones and the seven lean cat
'.le that made a meal of the seven
fat ^1.
TVa Rule of Three Is a nightmare in
every Child's education. As his educa-
tion progresses, he becomes acquaint-
ed with the "Three Graces," "Three
Men in a Boat," "The Three Musket
eers.'' It's on the ball field though that
No. 3 shines. Here are the seven base
men, the three outfielders, three
strikes, three outs And pursuing this
line of reckoning, shouldn't a man get
his base on three balls Instead of four';
But you can't begin to manipulate
3 and 7 as you can 9. Take the mull I
plication table for exninple. Every
v here the product of 9 results iu a 9
it doesn't make any difference what
vou multiply with or how many timer
vou repeat or change the figures. Just
try it. Multiply 9 by 2 and you get 18
Add 1 and 8 and there you have 9
Multiply 3 by 9 and you have 27. Agalii
2 plus 7 equals 9. There Is no varia
lion until you multiply 9 by 11. Thl
cives you 99 and apparently nil incon
sistency. But add the two digits 9 and
3 and you get 18, and again 1 plus 8
equals 9. This process may be carried
out to an interminable length and the
results are always the same Pick out
my number at random. For example
4563. Multiply it by 9 and you get
11067. Add the digits and you have IS
add these digits again and 9 reappear,
Now try another. Take any row ol
figures at random, reverse their ordet
and subtract the less from the great
a- Always the total will be either
or a multiple of 9. For example, tak<
3459, which reversed reads 9543. Sul
tract 3459 from 9543 and you have
6084. Add the digits and the result if
18 a multiple of 9. The same result fol
lows, no matter whether the number,
are raised by squares or by cubes.
Here is another way by which the
number 9 exerts its strange powers
Write down at random any number,
■idd its digits and then subtract the
<um of these digits from the original
•lumber. The sum of the digits thuf
obtained will always be either 9 or a
multiple of 9. Thus take 7325. Adding
•he digits gives 17. Subtracting 17 fron,
7325 leaves 7308. Add the digits and
you get 18, adding 1 and 8 gives O.-
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
MAKE CREAM NEW WAY
Methods Involve Desiccated Milk, Wa-
ter and Butter
Reconstructed cream is a product of
desiccated milk, water and butter from
whioh all salt has been carefully re-
moved. This .mixture is stated by Sci-
ence Conspectus to be passed through
machine called a nomogenizer, and
the effect is a putting back of the but-
ter fat into the milk.
It is claimed that the new cream
cannot be distinguished in taste from
the natural, while it makes Ice cream
that is smoother because the ice crys-
tals are smaller. This method of mak-
ing cream is said to be practiced con-
siderably in parts of the south having
no dairy farms, and in places where
cream is abundant it serves as a source
of emergency supply to users having
a variable demand.
MAETERLINCK'S FAILURES
Fame Came With Review of Play Year
After Publication
M. Maurice Maeterlinck began his
literary career with three apparent
failures. The first was the founding |
of a literary review, which quickly
went under; the second; the publica-
tion of a volume of poems, which
failed to attract attention, and the
third, the issue of a play, "La Princess
Maleine," of which he printed Just
twenty-five copies with his own hands
and gave them away. A year later,
stys the London Chronicle, chance I
brought a copy of the play into the
hands of M. Octave Mirbeau who
wrote a glowing eulogy of it in the
Figaro, and Maeterlinck awoke one
morning to find himself famous.
DEVISES KEY MAKING MACHINE
■A ■ ■
Wisconsin Man Secures Patent of a
"Foolproof" Apparatus
A hardware man of Racine, Wis., I
has secured patent on a key duplicat-
ing machine which promises to revo- ]
lutlonize the system of making dupli-
cates of keys. The machines now on I
the market have to be fed and adjust-
ed as the different teeth of the key to
te made are formed. The machine is
automatic and the pattern key is set
ia its place and a crank turned. The
duplicate comes out true as a die and
any one can operate It and turn out
perfect duplicates. The machine Is |
"fool proof" in every way.
Prepared Eipccially for
this Paper
Our Fashion
Department
Send All Orden Direct t
this Paper
1721—Girls' Dress.
Cut in 4 sizes: 4, 6, 8 and 10 years,
requires 3 yards of 44-inch material
•r an 8-year size. Price, 10 cents.
1706.—Dress for Misses and Small
omen.
Cut in 3 sizes: 16, 18 and 20 years.
> make as illustrated will require 4^
irds of 44-inch material for full por-
•ns of skirt, vest, collar, sleeve ex-
nsion and skirt yoke, and 3^ yards
>r panels, sleeves, waist portions and
"apery for an 18-year size. The skirt
easures 3 1/3 yards at the foot,
rice, 10 cents.
Coin In Slot, Get Drink
An unusual ice water vending foun
tain Is Installed on one of the business
thoroughfares at Los Angeies. It Is
provided with two separate slots, one
f,- r the Insertion r nickels and tho
other for pennies, he reason for this
is that the cent piece has not the clr
culation in California that it has in
niddle western an Atlantic Coast
spates and is more >r less rare. Thus
1f a would be patron of the fountain
Id without a penny he is still able to
purchase a glass r water by deposit-
ing a nickel. The drinking glass Is
washed by hydrant water before used.
—Popular Mechanics.
1716—Ladies' Kimono.
Cut in 3 sizes: Small. Medium and
arge. It requires 5% yards of 36-
ich material for a Medium size,
'rice, 10 cents.
1710—Girls' Apron.
Cut in 5 sizes: 2. 4. 6,
years. It requires 2*4 yards of 36-
inch material for a 6-year size. Price,
10 cents.
1720—Ladies' Dress.
Cut in 6 sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42
and 44 inches bust measure. Size 36
will require 6 yards of 44 inch material
for a 36-inch size. The skirt measures
about 3 1/3 yards at the foot. Price,
10 cents.
1702—Girls' Dress.
Cut in 4 sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12 years.
It requires lf£ yards of 27-inch ma-
terial for the guimpe, and 3% yards
for the dress, for an 8-year size.
Price, 10 cents.
1717—Ladies' Dress.
Cut in 6 sizes: 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and
42 inches bust measure. It requires 6
yards of 44-inch material for a 36-inch
size. The skirt measures about 3 1/3
vards at the foot. Price, 10 cents.
A minister has harder work getting
his halary than earning it.
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