Life — June 3, 1909 — page 50: what you’re looking at

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COMPANY 42 Broad Street, Grinnell, lowa reat source of A Library Experience (Continued from page 797) how cheated him out of his right—a common education. His voice was uncultured and his English quite impossible. “I'm lookin’ for a po-em, Miss, about a feller named Hora-sheeus. From what I hear, he must a’ been the right sort. He stuck to a bridge when the inimy was tryin’ to git over. One of the fellers at the engine-house told me about him. His kid's goin’ to school, Do you happen to know about it?” I tried to nod an interested affirmative before turning to hide the quick tears that came. How cruel life is, sometimes! I brought him the book, and read a few of the stirring lines to him before giving it to him to take home. He was so grateful that I was ashamed. Next, a soft, low sob caught my attention. At one of the tables in the children’s room there sat_a little girl of perhaps four years, quietly, pitifully sobbing. I put my arm around her. “What's the matter, dear?” “ Gracie—has—gone—and— left — me — all — alone,” she sobbed. “Oh, but she’s coming back in a moment,"* I SUMMER DUST TROUBLES OVERCOME he season of open windows and doors is the season of the housekeeper’s greatest trouble with dust. very vehicle that passes stirs up the dust, and every fitful breeze that blows carries it into the home, there to be ground into carpets, rugs, upholstery, and wall decorations, and to fill every nook and eranny, . With broom, brush, or carpe tinuous round of hard, laborious, toi With the IDEAL’ VACUUM CLEA upholstery or curt weeper, the work of getting out this dust is an endless task—a How different it is with the IDEAL R, you just take the nozzle and gently agitate carpet, rug, in, and—whisk!—all dust and dirt, all germs, moths and eggs of vermin, are VACUUM CL sucked out of it and gobbled down into the machine's capacious maw, never to trouble you again. Sent to You Direct for $25 The IDEAL VACUUM CLEANER is in the great majority of cases operated by hand. It requires no strength or skill of any kind—com- pared with sw it Weighs only 20 pounds, and is casi Completely equipped for hand operation, the IDEAL VACUUM CL R costs only $25, So tremendous is the The electric motor attachment of the IDEAL VACUUM CLEANER is not a necessity, luxury, The motor is of the best standard ie It is readily attached to your electric light ture, and uses only about two cents’ worth of electricity an hour. wipped with motor for direct current, the IDEAL VACUUM CLEANER costs $60; wi motor for alternating current, $65. When dering, give voltage as well as kind of curre Any physician will tell you that sum- ff mer’s dust is laden with the germs of disease. Both at city residence and ‘y home, the IDEAL VACUUM f N will serve you well .and in keeping everything clean, f anitary and sweet. This neat, strong, compact, portable machine brings within your easy reach the only thoroughly efficient and strict- f ly sanitary system of cleaning that the world has ev known, afford to be without it? How can you Get ready for the summer by ordering one at once. Send to-day for our Free Illustrated Booke tet. It gives complete information about every phase of the cleaning problem. THE _AMERI IM CLEANER COMPANY, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York Cit A Genuine Panama pred $4.00 Fit fora King: Light, coot. dressy, closely woven, adapt- able to ali shapes, blocked and trimmed all sizes, with neat silk band and leather sweat band. $10.00 value, sent for $4.00. Save two profits, Galveston from South America. Order to-day, Satisfaction guaranteed—Address HOUSTON HAT COMPANY * Panama Hat Kinet 3 repaid We import direct through State size— said, and wildly whispered to one of the as- sistants to find Gracie, by foul means or fair. Then I seized a book which lay on the table and opened it before her tearful eyes. Fortunately it was a fairy story, and a beautiful princess shone in glory on the first page. “Just look at this lovely fairy,” I said. “What do you think she has in her hand— something to wave and make all kinds of beau- tiful things come true?” “T fink it’s a wand," she ventured. “That's exactly what it is,” T went on, and after a little more nonsense on my part Gracie returned. If you could have seen Gracie, you would have wondered, as I did, how anybody in the world could cry for her. She was of the Tilly Slow- HOUSTON, TEXAS boy type, very uncouth, and not at all clean. 798 But the little lady’s heart was comforted by the sight of her. Then the child, evidently thinking (Continued on page 799) EUROPE *333.5 All ‘Traveling Expenses Included. A series of 70 TOURS, comprising Tours de Luxe and Vacatiot Tours." Send for Booklet. Summer Tour to Orient and Bible Lands, - July! 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