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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
(Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.)
“1 guess you’ll turn down the job
like the rest of them,” sighed the tat
man in the tent. “I’ve interviewed
eleven this morning and they ain’t tak-
ing any. It’s to go into the lions’ den.”
“That’ll suit me tirst rate,” said
Harry Lee.
Six weeks in the city, and at last
.penniless, he had become desperate.
His landlady was threatening to turn
him out of the single room he occupied
unless he paid her the fou^ dollars,
representing two weeks’ rental, by eve-
ning. And Harry, who had been accus-
tomed to good food, was singularly
empty.
What aggravated the situation was
that he had secured a position at twen-
ty-four dollars, to start in on Monday.
But this was only Friday, and he saw
no
imagiinea that she was more humili-
ated than alarmed. There was half an
hour to wait before the real perform-
ance. Seated* side by side before the
cage, which had been wheeled just out-
side the arena, they'exchanged confi-
dences.
Her name was Lucy Vernon, and she
had come to the city three months be-
fore. When her money was gone she
j got a position in a department store.
Her country manners and unsophisti-
cated ways were not what that par-
ticular store wanted. She was laid off
at the end of the busy season. And
then had come the awful struggle with
temptation. She had been at her last
gasp when she. saw the advertisement
in the women’s coluipns. And she, too,
was to receive twenty-live dollars for
the night’s work.
“You’ll go home with it,” pleaded
Harry.
She shook her head. The little
country place would scorn her as a
failure. No, she would renew the
light. It would give her a month’s
leeway. Harry could not shake her
in that determination.
He almost wished that the marriage
was to be a real one when the time
came for the performance. This time
the girl entered the cage without a
tremor, and as for Marry, he was look-
ing at her so hard that he hardly
thought about the lions at all.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” announced
Brick and Shingle House That
Meets Conditions Frequently
Existing in All Towns.
ATTRACTIVE IN EVERY WAY
, „ .. . ,, , the fat man, “allow me to present to
pay envelope and surviving. At twen- ; ... , , ,
tv-six one feels thAt wav j couple, having long loved one another,
* LI -.f I i-thncrmniior have decided to plight their troth at
Harry was a competent lithographei. i 1 s
TT , .. A ... t . the hands of the Rev. Eliphet, wit Inn
He knew tnat within a year he would
be making his thirty steadily. And the
firm that had interviewed him was of
the best in town. The problem was,
how to convince his landlady, or, in de-
the den of famous man-eating lions.
Signor Giovanni comes of an ancient
Italian family. The Madame Libertina
is of the best .continental stock. La-
dies and gentlemen, keep your eyes on
fault raise a few dollars for the neces- l uies> cUm ^cameuieu, ^eep yum
fault, raise a tew doliais tor uie neces lions> The ceremony will now be
sanes of life. < gjn „
Desperately he had jumped at the R geeme(1 [Ike sacr5iegei oniy it was
advertisement offering twenty-live dol-j.so Jike a h p dream, when Harry
lars to a strong young man who was j place(] the gold ri up0Q the tinger
r»f nnimolc fnr nnp niP’llt S * „ ... , , , . . . ,,
of the girl beside him. And presently
not afraid of animals, for one night’s
work at the circus.
He had been prepared to scrub the
kangaroo -or feed the performing tieas,
but he was a bit startled at being told
that it was to go into the lions’ den.
“Sim and Pete and Lady are as tame
as cats,” said the fat man. “They
Guess You Don't Know You're
Really Married, Do You?"
.wouldn’t hurt a fly. Leastwise, not a
big fly. But our regular man can’t
;sliow up. You seo, this is a two-night
stand, and he can’t marry the same
lady twice over in this burg. So it's
up to us to get the gent and . get the
lady. We got the lady, and she’s a
peach. Are you on?”
“You mean I’ve got to get married in
the lions’ cage?” stammered Harry.
“Not really married,” said the fat
.man insinuatingly. “Just a fake mar-
riage. Rev. Eliphet—he cleans the
cages—isn’t authorized to perforin mar-
riages. Why, Judge Perks and Mmfam
Jorabella’s got married every evening
for a year now, and each got homes
and families of their own. Come on,
;and I’ll introduce you to Mamzelle Lib-
ertina. Your name’s Giovanni. And
don’t forget it.”
The scared and shrinking girl whom
Harry met looked about as much a
'novice as himself. But it seeinea the
.policy of the fat man to keep them
■apart until just before the circus
opened that night to admit the public.
iTlien came the rehearsal.
Fearfully, the girl looked at the
.three lions, seated upon their haunches
!and regarding them, in turn, with mel-
ancholy interest. Then Harry stepped
boldly in, and, as the lions took very
■little notice of him, the girl followed.
Up came Rev. Eliphet, book in hand,
.and took his station just inside the
door. Harry watched the lions out «jf
the corner of his eye while Eliphet
was mumbling. Not a hair of any beast
.stirred.
“Fine! Fine!” exclaimed the fat
man. “Now We shan’t be long. The
real thing will go off just as well.”
They stepped out of the cage, the
girt smiling pitifully dt Harry. He
he was escorting her from the cage
and bowing to the* applauding audi-
ence.
Only one thing jarred the ceremony
—the Rev. Eliphet had very plainly
taken a drop or two of something
stronger than water.
“Fine! Fine!” shouted the fat man,
running up to them and handing them
their money. “Beat it now, before any
of them guys gets wise to you.”
Harry /elt happy enough to shake
hands with the l'at man. He also
shook hands with the Rev. Eliphet,
who came up to the pair in a rather
zigzag fashion to say farewell.
“1 guess you don’t know you’re
really married, do you?” he leered.
“What’s that?” cried Harry.
“Fact. I used to be a real minis-
ter. That was years ago, but I got
the right to perform marriages still,
under state law. You’re tied up all
right. But I won’t give you away.'
He leered and, with a profound bow,
took his ifhsteady departure. Harry
and the girl looked at each other. She
was white and trembling.
“Do you think it’s true?” she stam-
mered.
“I don’t know,” answered Harry.
“What shall we do if it’s true?” cried
the girl. “It’s terrible. If we’re really
married, we’ll have to get divorced, I
suppose—”
Harry’ took her hand in his. “I
don’t know about that,” he answered.
“Suppose we—suppose we make sure
by getting married again!”
He led her out into the street. “I
guess two can make as good a fight
as one,” he continued. “We’ve both
taken chances with the lions tonight;
let’s take them with life now. Will
you?”
“But I don’t know you, and—”
“And we’re going to be learning to
know each other all our lives, dear,”
he said, kissing her.
Placing the Building With Its Wide
Side to the Street Is an Advantage,
Both in the Matter of Looks
and Conservation of Space
—Porch Made Feature.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Radford will answer-
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie
avenue. Chicago, 111., and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
There is often found a condition, in
laying out the streets of a town or
city, which necessitates the formation
of several lots which are not of stand-
ard depth. Such a condition might ex-
ist where two streets intersect at an
angle other than 90 degrees. In such
a case lots are laid out on two^ sides
of the triangle as near to the apex as
they may be carried without cutting
down the depth to a value which will
hamper the sale of the lots. If the
angle of intersection of the streets is
small, there will be a rather large piece
of land which is usually not suitable
for residences. the size of this
strip can be cut Sown by making the
lots wider near the apex may be real-
ized by properly designing the houses
built on the shallow lots is a certainty.
The shallow lots would be preferred
property if assurance could be given
that the houses would look well in
their peculiar positions.
There are a few conditions which
may be observed in order to produce
dentally the owner of this lot has the
improvement of two streets and two
street sidewalks to'contend with in
case these developments are brought
into effect.
The remaining small triangle which
cannot be used for residence purposes
is an excellent spot for the city or town
to take up and improve with shrubbery,
flower gardens and ornamental con-
crete or stone work. The brightening
effect which these little beauty spots
have in towns and cities is attested to
by any number of examples of this
treatment throughout the country.
Because most city lots are deep and
narrow, it is unusual to see a house
designed as a city home which has its
longer dimension across the fixmt.
Aside from the few cases already men-
tioned in which it is necessary to cut
lots of peculiar shape on account of
streets intersecting at sharp angles, the
only place where a house with wide
front is likely to be used is on a corner
lot which offers frontage on two
streets. Even if plenty of room is
available, the usual custom is to build
a house with its narrow side to the
Second-Floor Plan.
front, even though such a practice robs
the owner of space which might be
used as a large front or back lawn and
presents the narrow side of the house
as the only part that is ever noticed
by passers-by.
The design shown here presents an
unusually attractive appearance from
the street. Since the gable roof is
placed with its ridge, parallel to the
street, the tile-covered surface, broken
by the dormer with its six square win-
dows, is a prominent feature. The up-
per floor is finished with shingles,
while the first floor walls are of .brick,
trimmed with white stone or stock ter-
ra cotta. Details are carefullv worked
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FEEDING-BOTTLES LONG AGO
Specimens Preserved Show They Con
stituted, Besides Their Proper Pur-
pose, a Rattle and Picture Book.
Possibly a hollow gourd constituted
the first baby’s feeding bottle. Torn
from its parent tree, its edible interior
would have found its way to the stom-
ach of its adult plucker, after which
the hollow shell would be filled with
milk, or other liquid refreshment, for
the satisfaction of the infant.
In tropical countries, again, the coco-
nut would constitute a natural feed-
ing bottle, already filled with the nec-
essary nourishment.
Without, however, indulging in spec-
ulation of this kind, it may be noted
that the archaic vase room at the Brit-
ish museum contains specimens of
feeding bottles—tetinoe, archaeologists
call them—dating back to between six
and seven hundred years before
Christ.
These very early babies’ bottles are
usually gobular in shape, are elabor-
ately decorated, and are covered with
small knobs which, it is conjectured,
were used to hang tiny bells upon.
In short, the feeding bottle of those
days was also a rattle and a picture
book combiuedL
the best possible effect in the appear-
ance of the houses built on the narrow
lots. Of course, it will be necessary
to design these houses with the larger
dimension across the front. This often
helps the room arrangement rather
than causing difficulty in grouping ,of
rooms. As far as the exterior appear-
ance is concerned, there is an ad-
vantage in the wider side of the houses
being placed near the street, in that
many pleasing q$fects are possible in
the window and porch design, and the
wall finish is more effective than in the
case of a smaller wall surface. An-
other advantage of this type of house
is found in th? possibility of artistic
and distinctive roof treatment.
The building line should, of course,
be maintained in accordance with that
which is established by the majority of
First-Floor Plan.
houses in the block. If the division of
the property into lots is carried to the
apex of the triangle with a lot on each
street as the final division, each of the
houses on these lots should be designed
' in the manner of a house which is to
face on two streets. This division of
lots is often preferred to the division
which places a single lot at the apex,
on account of the fact that the last
house, in the latter case, is exposed on
three sides to public view, and inci-
oui to produce a nicely balanced up-,
pearance. A special feature of the
front porch construction is the manner
in which the brick columns are carried
up through the roof and capped with
a white, stone or terra cotta slab. Or-
namental vases may be placed on these
columns and flowers planted in them
in the summer time. The canopy over
the windows on either side of the chim-
ney is covered with tile similar to that
used on the roof.
The front door opens into a recep-
tion hall from which cased openings
lead to the living room, dining room
and back through a hall to the toilet.
The hall has space provided for coats.
The living room occupies the entire
end of the house on one side of the
reception hall. The fireplace is built
into the center of the wall opposite
the hall. This room has two casement
Windows at each end and two windows
on the side. The dining room is on
the other side of the hall. A buffet is
built under the window in the front
wall of the house. Arrangements for
serving meals are especially well han-
dled, since the dining room may be en-
tered from both the kitchen and the
pantry. The latter room is a model of
convenience. A wide shelf is built un-
der the window with a case on either
side. The refrigerator, which is iced
from the rear porch, is handy to this
shelf.
Four bedrooms, a sewing room and
a bath open from the hall on the sec*
ond floor.
Startling Preference.
Forrest had just started to school
and was shy toward his teacher, so she
selected a lesson about a dog and en-
deavored to get some expression from
him. She talked about the dog in the
picture, told him that she liked a big,
curly, black dog best, and then asked
what kind of dog he liked best. She
was considerably surprised when he
answered, “Green ones.”
Christian Finds Happiness in the
.Words, “I Will Be as the
Dew Unto Israel.”
The dew is one of the most impres-
sive symbols of spiritual things we
have in the whole realm of nature. In
this respect it is like the starry firma-
ment. What man can look up into the
heavens at night without some sense
of the divine? He must be a man of
coarse sensibility who can meditate
upon the mystery of the dew without
some quickening of the spiritual sense.
Consequently this symbolism is com-
mon not only among the Hebrew peo-
ple but also among the pagans and
among us who live in the Christian _
envii’onment; in all lands and in all
ages. Men’s interpretations have not
always been correct; but in them all
we see the ever-present idea of the di-
vine. Underneath many and varied su-
perstitions there lies an essential and
permanent truth. Turning from these
imaginations, let us gather the divine
significance of the symbolism from the
Word of God.
The first and principal meaning of
the symbol is: God’s personal pres-
ence. Though invisible, he himself is
actually and ever near us, the supply
of our life. “I will be as the dew unto
Israel.” The elements that make the
dew are in the atmosphere that en-
folds the parched vegetation. The
plants breathe it and live in it even be-
fore it takes its visible form. I can
imagine a thirsty flower whose petals
are about to wither crying out, “Oh,
came down from the mountain and the
cloud, thou sweet dew, and save my
beauty.” But the dew does not fall
from heaven, nor from the clouds. It
is simply the moisture suspended in
the air and, under certain conditions,
condensing in the refreshing water
drops. Even so our richest blessings
lie not far away from us in point of
space and time, but are with us here
and now.
Man Slow to Learn.
This fact we are slow to learn. We
are stirred with big desires and strive
with mighty effort to secure from afar
what is right in our presence, ours
even now if we would only believe it.
In nature we know it is the outward
circumstance that determines the
quality of the plant. The palm will
not lift its fronds in the Arctic cold.
The..chestnut tree will not grow in the
Adirondack mountains. Wheat will not
ripen in the Scottish highlands or on
the tundras of Siberia. But man is not
so dependent. If he only will, he can
be happy, great and good anywhere. It
is altogether a matter of inward quali-
fication, choice, desire, energy, faith.
If he will only look not afar off, but
just here, he will discover that he is
encompassed with blessing, “like the
dew.”
We see the principle illustrated all
about us in varied ways. What tri-
umphs an unfaltering will - has made
over the most unfavorable conditions!
Even in matters intellectual it is true.
“This is the victory that overcometli
the world, even our faith.” Wifness the
triumph of stuttering Demosthenes
with pebbles in his mouth talking to
the sea; and blind Huber investigating
the mysteries of the beehive; and v
deaf Beethoven composing the inimi-
table Sonatas; and Helen Keller,
blind, deaf and dumb, charming the
world with her original thought and
amazing us with her speech. Never
say “Fate is against me.” The infinite
God who has placed you where you are
is as the dew unto you.
Spiritual Blessings Everywhere.
What I have said of the dew of his
presence in our outer life is specially
true of our inner life. Spiritual bless-
ings enfold us as the moisture in the
atmosphere, even before they become
evident in the dewdrops. They are al-
ready provided for us in Christ; par-
don, the gift of the Holy Ghost, all
those virtues .that arise out of the in-
dwelling of the Spirit, the fullness of
promise, the life eternal, are already
ours by Christ’s act. If we do not rea-
lize them it is because we do not be-
lieve that we have them. Hence the
force of that peculiar condition which
Jesus states in order that we may rea-
lize them in experience: “When ye
pray, believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them !” The spiritual
Canaan is already yours by God’s free
gift; now make it yours by conquest.
The point we are trying to make clear
in this feature of the symbolism is that
the heavenly treasure does not lie off
j in some distant Mecca which we can
reach only by a long and painful pil-
grimage, or at the tomb of the Savior
which we rescue from the Turk in
bloody battle. It is here at your door.
Remember Lowell’s song of the Holy
Grail. The knight sought the holy cup
afar and long, and by dire suffering,
but found it not till he returned home
in despair and paused at the gate to
draw a cup of water for a poor beggar.
The beggar was the glorified Christ;
the common cup was the Grail.—Rev.
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The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 251, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 26, 1916, newspaper, December 26, 1916; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth905788/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.