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The Key to
Hupulnnsl and sue“ a In cl,’
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A lllllloll and 21 Quarter liolnes.
SUNS HIMF.I:E'll’;l?8-lill.li:i'lll"ll(llil:Aill;ll..ll HIITIDHAL
EARHEI & EDIE IAMZIHL
-'.Ma1-cl’: '
JFV .n.-I$ND
x".he Bad Boy Who Mad‘-3
' I By Alloortj, Klinck “
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Art. liternlun, Science, uni the Home Grcle.
mm
lll Mott. la “Onward and Upward.”
‘ nuucnlrrlnto. ‘
ualtes Inn! and can. . , us use ll saunas
C-nqllnn sehaarIsu.a.. . . ua. poo ya-r.
hunky: Ills :-
puu ma. Ln ul slam and In tnrvlln .
Ia . ..a
. ..a. Iunply hncl Izuuhar
‘lo cosramu-roaa. aIIIn-my r.au.a..II.a. an
I ma a.Ie.....a '
his is nu!!!‘
hers. .I Aupaln, nalav.
I... man ...u.r.
Pnlzlillncd nonnaly by
W. ll. (lA!lNlZ'l"l'- Int-nrpora
Annuals. a no.
' lea Yul on... flail:-In ales. nu... one. Iarsmu llll.
Jllrzrcll. l9lI
C ONTENTJ
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CRUMBS OF COMFORT - .
JERRYAND THE THIEF. ntTHE BAD BOY
GOOD Short Story Allan! J.
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A DRAMATIC DROP Short Story Arthur
lV.PeIzch - - - - - - - zhtzd
tooomghl, nu, by 11. IL Gdaaott, Puollnnr. Isa. rry'a new lite pleased 1111:‘? ed up
avenues or interest. chlaf or w- ar-
IIEN Jerry came torlornly on one dent doslre to tan ully Eervp -x I, ,, In-
PS,’ and a L-rutch into the omce ot nulneraola lnnldents attested (hi: to M. ter
Truxton and w ddlo that me lppredhlecl .Ier 's endeavmn. . the
spring morning no war Iccom- head at tho litm. trenuen cerbuy
lhtnlod hy a youngster clothed In a hearty lmnhitlhnla and s words.
tattered rarmrnts, shooters. and nut wlthln a short tlmo, an ason
wlth a amply hedauhrd with grlnza unltnawn to Jerry. more was a change’ Innu-
.lerry held hlm Ilrmly hy the hand. and on the arers, and Instead ot the geninl person ,t‘hn
a n
w y p the atslrs had told hlm s.-veral time: omoohoy nad gmwn to llau. a grllif. sour. 'r In
not to forget ‘I10 "blunt" (It'll time he oak [hr seat It the d "I
am H '
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s was an elderly man. nlwnys arreld ot [ma
lug I mldlnkti. Intl having tdllll lPSH fnltll in
those nnder hlm. Jen t-I o
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tor K ew It
. what can I do tor oul" the desk and roundly roprlmanllsd.
Iy spoke up lhe manaaer, sltllng hack n his hoy swallowed th to
r and eylng ltesnly tha strungs tun: befon us wamd away, Iulh-n, .
- Eiel almost nttuwlnu tears of fury.
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It mother’: dead And me father-w" I are was not much of kindly feeling [between
Jt’l‘l'! . us had squeezed TIm's them. Jerry retain-d hls Independence, knowing
hand a ard that the latter give out an nnrry that so long as the head -Truxton-
Cline raised his fact was on his side. hill pasltinn was ufe. ll: Enf-
ered many Lndignlrlea owing to his llklng tor
the “Yi'llIK‘l‘." as he had grown to cu! Truxton.
But he Iuiunll managed to reason but that he
I WI! working for “Ale Prince" for “hla
knobs," the new manager. ,
Time wore an. and Jerry continued to bobble
about the 0 re on his crutch. The manager re-
tained hla grim reserve. .Tl1En came that -
e manager had (11
e was resumed. he desk. Jerry nod gone, tremhung.
‘bieht" at Jerry's rnre hla da had come. .
“BaY"-w e munauor always addressed hlm like
lie was
o
to
remote upon h an . ow helnn ahsorhed In
[ha Ilorle of the tslophone hell an e strange thls when somethlog impurlant was upon the
man tRl"ng into ane scam I d holdv In I .
In auotht-r Io hls eat; no he wondertul "Ye sir.” Jerry respandcd.
oh vet Irhlch stood upon a table and was pa ed --can I trust you?” were the words now put
Ith e dngt-rs hut failed to give out so at to hlm.
you mllzhl: call music save now and then the "fed. air," a aln came trom Jerry's llps.
t ad n w who the ma “I, can. n I" sorutln hlm closely.
cm a
alr." and Jerry never dlntnud
lrt glass case that seemed to work mnvul- " s, , .
e an It out an endless strl or narrow "Everybody has Istt the ollice out you and
pa or Into a hasket whore it co o and collod. me" the manager went on. -- ‘ ere moneyh
tw sted, rl (ht-n wrlthed In apparent Igony out a rye amount-looked In thls drawer. I am
upon the door. All tats was too much tor the ohllged to leave the olhoe tor a short tlme.
youthtul ey s It stupolied llttlo Tlm. enthralled Gunrd that drawer as you would your lltel
hi . so the Ilior port or the “bl:-Itinlz" de- Do on nnderstandl" A
valved upon lorry uho, gazing pathuiully Into 4- en, sir." agsln tame drmly trom Jerry's
the mnnuzers rate, rattled out hls pa 2 1:
. tho and d The manager sold no more: he merely looked.
once more tried the prt-twllre not u on runs But that look-was tar greater than words.
h Poor Jerry! It was all a ruse-a test. thought
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A FEW worms BY THE EDITOR - -
GOOD PRACTICAL ARTICLE To'.lsIZ'
ABOUT THE Hour. - - - - ‘
INEXPENSIVE HAND-MADE I-'URNlTU'Rl:.
TIIAITE Apps (XE%AFORT AND CON-
COMFORTS S1sTl<‘J15' CORINS
.7.9. I3.Id.5s.4ost43
DAVID HARUM A swyol AI-Iuicnn lale
(grounded) Edumvd yoyu Waszcozt - sh I2
RUBYS REWARD (continued) um. Giorgia
Sluidon - - - - - - . e.Ist I5
HANDY EASY-TO-MAKE ARTICLES FOR
I.ITcIriEN HOUSEHOLD HELPS - .
COMFORTS LEAGUE ol-‘ CDUSINS coa-
dncled hp Unclc vlnouia - - Il.l6. 13.17:. 33
HOMEIJFE AT THE WHITE HOUSE - laatzl
THE SWEET PEA LADY (Churluaed) A-Mia
A Roormoa . . - V - - - 15
USEFUL HiN'TS SHOWING WHERE TLVIE
AND MATERIAL ARE ECONDMJZED IN .
E Y? TOFTHEHOME - - I7k40
POULTRY FARMING FOR W M.
Kala V. 5:. Jlaur . . . . . 194.20
A FEW IDEAS FRO“ TH BARN Short
Anicle pom Richard! - - - -
THE PRETW GIRLS‘ CLUB Comilu.-led by
Iramemrs Boulll - . . A . zzhzo
HO“!-Z DREEMAKING HINTS ameon
Gladrling - . . . - ulkzs
TALKS WlTH CIRIJ - . - I Z6&42
A CORNER FOR BOYS Condutcd by
L'ncIs John - - . . .
her out by the surly man who had taken the mac
In‘: vlslon or the lam r mlinaxel-' ares
o
‘auras: the door. hrtnrln to T e
ram llar opt-ration he ad set-n slncs up that h a strange oolnoidencs. hls test was rated
an-ants Inte or. result In almost a tnlgetjlv. "'lIe drawer held no
-ver now took to ouestloulng Jerry. money, but In It then v- "Timed wlth
answered. though the truth was metal pieces whw In-ed.
trampled upon hut crushed A tor Jerr ho took
. . In hla replies Jer em- hls sear hla
bet. r, feeling thnt to till a the -- ' e also
['5 n In rv--" 1 htastic into-
work ul. n o lenp trom the cor-
ha at pain, The nwfni stillness ‘
He wished some noise would
as an amt-G-Iloy: no u. . to he or A. ll
honest In rare no w s n he -- ..at position; vnnring rapidly toward hlm. Th
he hoard him rosolad the declaratlon that hla hla e.
mother was dead and hls lather worthless. Then we
Tim. Elldtinnly resolvlnlz to lake rt n In t.
In W’ Inrot-cedlmts so as i help Jerry “one. let hand. while. at the same time.
out hls Volfe in B rlt of wet-pln that due
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. over. hla hoay ressed firmly-agnintspthe drawer.
e manager-to tha ha grasped wlt his left hand the narrow rall-
r Lug which ran across the trout or the desk.
9 e manager the crutch. But hy a den movement the olhcerboy
t onlnrrhed gdllnnlly out into the nu when den Ins a severe hlo n the and. h
2 let nt I hurt
u hear? LI-t Ito your .
Bn Jerr! El’li7PF.( e lirmer nd his deter-
hanrp mined attitude of detsnse convinced the met that
the pressure the content: at the desk must lll.‘ very Valuable.
t h ' Pr
,Crumbs of Comfoi-t
only the dead make no mistakes.
A light wile makes a heavy hnslnnd. .
The creation oi I: thoudmd latest: in in one
learn. I
“feeith is not his that has it, but his thllt en.
19 It It.
Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys
little ones.
The soul‘: dark cottage. battered lntl devnyed,
Let: in now llzht lhrouxh thinks that time has
Inn 9:
Slrongr-r hy wrsknoss, wlser moa In-come.
A5 (buy draw nearer to their eternal lIc;lJ.lez.
ll
Injury donu to charucter is grealtt than can
be estimated.
The envious mm grows lean at the latnesa of
his neighbor. ’
God gives sleep to the bad that the good may
be undisturbed.
To persevere in one’n duty and to be silent in
the beat nuswer to s d X’.
What is resignation? His putting God be-
twecn one’s self and one’: loss.
Oh, some S('t'l( bread-no more-lite‘! mere sub-
onte. -
And some svvk wealth nnd ease. the common
use ;
Anrl some sock fame that hovers In the dlstance,
But all are seeking I-es . -Lanybrldpe.
ro eonrtes oi the heart springs the
courtesy in the cutwnrd behavior.
W man is not made to be the admiration of
everybody, hot the happiness of one.
A heuithy body in good, but I soul in right
health in the thing beyond Ill others to be
prayed for.
The nddeat failures in iii: In those lint
come ii-om not putting lot-th the power nnd
< Z3 wnt h tr 9 I I c h It s inihm daliulctue Tthia ma tgimundl but all ‘I '1 W"
. p c urn nnnynaorn emaseercrnt an wstedtouo sin.’ e
V"5’J5-ll‘-‘ill’-RYF'(‘;‘F0R-"‘I‘T10N - 29501 not too select, .lorry found me “dead" mother was an attempt to cry (or help. hut inatantixrz
PSIMl‘VR.,EYD R cyu Y C.lRl. tlourlshlnrt In rolllmz-pln memI<‘lnL: y nn I-nrnhllnrt innze hand was clapped over Jerry‘! month. nd
ht 071! W 0-7 I ' I ' ' 3] out ltlveclivos l)I‘(‘llI!l! he hid taken uuy Tin] he felt Eamethlmz tighten About his throat.
my; on Maggy Sp... 5..., g,.,.;,,.,. -It out her It edge lint Ihls trousle was-dls. “I u choke you to dtmlh it you don‘: let go 1"
R. carptnlzr . . . . . . 3; :1-frsmmlhets‘ tthe all dips!-[gas let qutb lilatetnd the! man Vial: elred hohlaxei in W M t G
uIlLI>l1EN"s OLLY HOUR W‘-fl: U I D 0 ‘"0" M W "I'M M v 9 err: tr-slw or brv-t - 2: non s ’a e .
mu - ’ - - - ' - "1 :4 .'.‘?.‘.i"'x"I’.'L“‘r>‘.‘.";.".il.”,“ “:.',“'.I"l:': i‘.":‘.a‘3"l‘.l"‘i‘I'e’2‘i‘l 2;: ii‘: .:::t":I...t‘..;“‘.:‘.: 5l:I'.':: ::=:P:%.'. ..
slx WHEEL CHAIRS IN FEBRUARY - 36 Hum’: Ilnwontetl prows r W en e“waI'th- Irased hls hold. or no words came tilnr. ‘hlm.
luANNER5AN1) LOOKS . . . “kg; lNf! fhthor retur etl hltemnl: and worn tram Jerry ucutchnd. on me at the hand that
FAMILY DOCTOR p . p 38 ;t;LlgntrlI:’diIal1’[‘lg pr7(lll‘>fIIe to Jerry’: me was again :FaI3 Iolllzhft to onrlrrlo his neck. He saw
, w as . . -
JNFORMANON BUREAU p . p 39 y , oo start rom one or the dams. and In: the
HOME LAWYER . . . . 4l .
l'l.l$SiIlR?0.Vl CULTURE ShnrIAnir.lc Mn. 0 . l .
. 1. ‘Mill - - - - .
THE DREAM THAT NEVER CAME TRUE S um
Ballad s....,........ . - - 11 ll 1 0 11;
some people must ll.-ave’ who sencl us twenty-Eve cent: to nu-Iew their subscriptions for
hiteen months when they might just as well have ,
9 ‘Months .More of T COMFORT
For Only 5 Cents ,
more money. if they would send 30 cents (tllxee dimes) instead of 25 cents with their
renewal orders. A ' p ’
course, most of those who are entitled tile ptivilcgeilalte advantage of the
special law lalc of 30 cents for two yean, w ' is good for renewals only by old
5lllJlCX'ibc’i'S. but there axe some few w 0 Sean not to understand the baxgain that
they miss by It-i’lCWlI'lg only I5 months lo: 25 cenis instead oi Z4Inontl1s for 30 cents.
you in an
Envelope Folder Renewnal Blank
wrapped irrtllis paper Ill": month it is sent an as n notice that your subscription is
about to expire. and you should 511 it out an return it to us with thirty cents, at
once, bclore you lose the right to the extra nine Inohllls as already explained: and
thus you will talte no chance of missing, . "
, Easter COMFORT" in‘ April
with its beautiful Easter story and other seasonable special features including an inter-
‘esting description 0 I
Easter Styles and Spring Fashions .
which the ladies just can't do without
Be sure and send 30 cent: at once for n tworyeax tencwal. T
next moment his throat was grasped in 3 mim-
t savage. The once snddonly took on the
gluon! of night. A. hundred different noises
sounded in his ears.
o a o u o o . o o e s
when.t.he manager reml-noll he saw B man
f :11 one Of the rear windows.
quickly sought the desk. Jerry wns stlll where
he IIEE left lihll. but his heal] lily bowed upon
mu us.
“Jerry 1'‘ lbs mauagvr called. “Jerry I"
lie lifted Illa 11235: ll. fell back nunln.
“Jerry! Jerry ’ he vpclled, loosening: the
little limb (nun ll: lmill upon the leg of the
deal Ind Imgrlpplng the hand which Gull iirmly
held the rail above. .
The manager took Jerry up In hls arms and
curried him to an adjoining mum and placed
o
'3 . Thtn:
I'll: re 9 couch. opened his collar, and
u I.v
" ITru'='Edd'4I)lCk the damp curls (nun the whlte
ea .
torch -
After the dortor came they worked over lIIm
tor half an hour, at the end ct which lorry
suddenly revh'ed.- Ha looked apout him varantly.
Ills eyes Ilnally pon t-no sot face of the
er. ,
-t couldn't hold it.” he helzan.
ha and he wnnlv-d to git de tloulth.
Lvuld tn use if,’ Ill" then he most chaired the
to Ill-nth." r
Jerty put hls hand to hls neck, where drop,-
red marks showed the Imprlnt ot the cowards
mun come
i don? all i
mlgers.
“Did be It In" Jerry asked.
The manager shook nls hood.
Jerry smiled at hrs: and the next moment
gn-at tears weiied r m es It was Ihe
ona ho wiped them away: a d was the
anlilzer who took him hom late I the attor-
knowwsebniciil-VI?‘Jerryrmme back to work. He
was surprised and pamod to nod a new ones-
. He did not venture EVER
the managers desk, hnt turned and
at a hasty re res . -
“Me job‘: toalt !" he muttered torlornl
At the door h nan
was too heartbroken to notice who w s.
““hWhat‘s u . JeI;ry?7" he heard a with ask.
" ' are are you go ng " -
“ilome.“ Jerry returned, choklngiy. “Thoy
IIIOIEI” '
ere
. d his eyes. "
p .‘ he cried out “You-ymlj
He could get no tux-liner. A weight as of tuna
was upon his chest. I
The ‘;rPrlnce" took him by the hand and led
c .
l1im‘ba '
“Du yan see that desk Ind chair, aTeH'yf” he
asked, polntlng toward the artlsles.
Jerry looked long hetore he replied.
-- -es, r, now see In." he ssl . r
“Well, go there Ind sit awn; it's your new
lace. And with it there will be I raise in
so ry.” . < ,
Roll: the “I'rince" and the manager smiled
when they heard the familiar thud of the (‘rutch
upon the hour. . I an (oak his seat he looked
up. Tears stIIl stood n his eyes, hut he was
Smlllngvthrongh jllem. .
A Dramatic Drpp
By Arthur ll). Peach I ' '
copmyht, 1911, by W. H. Gdmlelt, Pubifdler, lac.
OR B year she had been endeslvol-lug to
null the courage to writ him of what
c
r in the open light. . r
e letter she had received that dlly had
stlrred her very soul, tor In It he announced that
alter the lapse ot the are years that he had ht-en
so e was coming It to old In er.
orcllard in the rich Vailuy of Oregon had, proved
successful, and all that he needed tor hls hsppl-
ness was s e. , ‘ . V
As she rend it. full of hnyish enthusiasm and
joy. the knowledge Df.uhnt she lmll done went
over her, the enormity of lie!’ olfense; leellm: thul:
Elle could not tell him, she had ' ‘ ,
that she was still free. and he was coming back
to End herrthe wife of Another man.
remux hered night. In the old ardun where he
3 A.ll(Etl of his plans tmd Elle llmi listened
Ind liven her heart to him. ll would coma
and 5ml.‘n0I: Alice Rnmstlcl, not his swcethrarr.
but a woman an ‘to set tm-ever Minn
I-ear .
She had lovoll him in those OM ll1I)'S, and. in
the fresh cornrrs of her heart Elle knew there
the memories of him that had never
' h thl gs.
muvl. never know.
From the chaos or her thought gradually 1!.
plan shaped Itselr; she would arrange to spend
I iew days at her father's home and there meet
him. There she could tell him. -
T a altsrnoo she mado ht-r arrahromonta.
The afternoon ot the day he said he would ntr
. n
W dim! ‘him to believe that she
stlu loved mm and was waiting tor hlm; the
me she would pay for so doing was to he a
1): one.
she waited at the wlndow. nervous and rank-
lsss tor a slnht ot the t.-nos that would hrlnr
hlm. She saw It a llttla later. and a shock
went ihrollgh her like a cold wave. The crisis
W n near. The team rollr-Ii . nrl Iillc law a
tall hruIr;zed mun p down 2 to up the
s n
walk. ‘ 2 Cam nlctly. not as she expvrted
when she recu
we knew hlm. h e
wiwn he knorkrd at the door, and It was with
dimmllty that one reached the door, and swung
S 4: looked up Into his smiling face. He l‘Hlll.‘U‘d
awkwardly: then he held out his II III. She
shook it t!H1v>l'ly, for this l!lVEd hvr the nvcvuliy
or staying nlm ad he attempted to draw her
into his arms.
she asked him In. and they sat down opposlto
each OHIPI’. The blood seemed to gather in her
tllrnllt. but she HP0lKe:
-‘ I've got romsthlnr-sornrthIug..to
and I don't know Just what to lay,
will to succeed.
.
b t:
hills (Ace changed strhnlgcly, and the agony in
tcoarravan or net 24.)
y. ' .
Into somebody. but he
