Part 18 (2/2)

Nine young men recently rowed to the middle of the Hudson River with a wooden box to which wires were attached, lying in the bottom of the boat They sank the box in deep water very cautiously, and then rowed slowly back to land, holding one end of the wire Presently a coluh shot into the air, followed by a deafening detonation, which tore dead branches fro one roup on the explosion when an irate far that everyin his farmhouse, nearly aathered about the one as being congratulated and recongratulated him

The farmer did not know until later that the force which broke his s and sent the huge column of water into the air was the War Department's newest, safest, andineer Corps of the New York National Guard; and that thewas Lieut Harold Chase Woodward, the inventor of the explosive

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(_System_)

WHY THE EMPLOYEES RUN OUR BUSINESS

A BUSINESS OF THE WORKERS, BY THE WORKERS, AND FOR THE WORKERS--HOW IT SUCCEEDS

BY EDWARD A FILENE

”I know I aht Leave it to any fair-h,” I replied; ”you name one, I will nareed; we selected the uainst the store!

It had come about in this way The store rule had been that cashi+ers paid for shortages in their accounts as--in our view--a penalty for carelessness; we did not care about the irl had been short in an account; the a afraid to speak out, she complained:

”If I am over in my accounts, it is a mistake; but if I am short, am I a thief? Why should I pay back the money? Why can't a mistake be h it had caused a decision against us--see disputes that we continued the practice in an inforrew the present arbitration board, which is the corner-stone of the relation between our store and the e what employees are above all else interested in--a square deal

DESCRIPTIVE BEGINNINGS Just as description of characters or of scene and setting is oneshort stories and novels, so also it constitutes a form of introduction for an article In both cases the aim is to create immediate interest by vivid portrayal of definite persons and places The concrete word picture, like the concrete instance in a narrative beginning,appeal An element of suspense or mystery may be introduced into the description, if a person, a place, or an object is described without being identified by name until the end of the portrayal

The possibilities of description are not lihts alone; sounds, odors and other sense impressions, as well as emotions, may be described Frequently several different is by a strong e

A descriptive beginning, to be clear to the rapid reader, should be suggestive rather than detailed The average person can easily visualize a picture that is sketched in a few suggestive words, whereas he is likely to be confused by awords and those iures of speech, s For the description of feelings, words with a rich emotional connotation are important

DESCRIPTIVE BEGINNINGS

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(_Munsey's Magazine_)

OUR HIGHEST COURT

BY HORACE TOWNER

”The Honorable the Supreme Court of the United States!”

Nearly every week-day during the winterwords, intoned in a resonant and solemn voice, may be heard by the visitor who chances to pass the doors of the Supreme Court Chamber in the Capitol of the United States The visitor sees that others are entering those august portals, and so he, too, makes bold to step softly inside