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SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1916.
~ WKA'iUEU FORECAST
Generally fair Sunday and Monday.
A man is known by his creditors.
-a
Tho melon-cholie days oro gliding
rapidly by.
Don't forgot, after this ral'n?tho
pilt log drug.
Add things we cannot understand:
Why lu Jim Woodward?
Tho fellow that hum: up that snake
ought to go and take It down.
Much more of this weather and the
Palm licach suit will seo the hand
writing on the wall.
By the way, what has become of
that dear old aunt of former Presi
dent Toft's who made such delightful
pies?
Wonder If any of Andy Carnegie's
steel mills are engaged in the manu
facture of ammunition for the war
ring nations?
You can count on Georgia getting
on the front page, and rhe doesn't
seem to be very particular about the
way: che gets there.
If it's true that diplomacy induced
Turkey to ontor the war, Turkey's
Idea of diplomacy Is probably the
game as Sborman's Idea of war.
Emperor Francis Joseph has Just
atod his 85th anniversary. The
orrospondentr. h*ve fallen down
nn'.rtorobly on the Job of making him
dead.
i> Sum J. Nichols; cancHdafte for cou
in the Fourth district, is buying
v,.ioio pages in tne nwespapers for ad
vertising purposes. Wouid there we*
a race on In this district.
Dispatches H'nfce. Dr. D. B. Johnson
of Winthrop College, was chosen pr?s
ident of the National Educational As
Hooia'ion by a "handsome*' vote. Yep
we understood ? tood many of them
arc women.
Some one has asked way th? Pull
man company docs not name its sleep
Ing cars after oomo of those Rus
elan Sowna. Welt we aoeese enougl
when traveling without having to at
tempt a pronunciation of our Pullmar
ear.
UAL VENTON.
Gnlvefiton is one of tin cities thut
are great and unconquerable boxausc '
their citlzena are. Gnlveston has
risen superior to Gulf s.orms Just as
San Francisco has . (Ken superior to
fires und ? urtho.uakes und just as
Chicago rose greater thuti ever from
its ashes.
it. took courage in the beginning to
build Gulveston in the sea. It took
business courage and enterprise of a
high order to make it a world port
Then, fifteen years ago came .the
;;i :, hurricane thai demolished the
struggling young seaport and drown
ed one-fourth of its people.
Tho civic spirit wasn't drowned.
Oulveaton jerked itself up by Us boot
straps spiritually ami physically, it
raised "the city Wol and built a great
sea wall as a barrier against inunda
tion from tropic hurricanes. And j
when the great storm came the other
day, though there was much damage
und some loss of life, most of the wall
held and the eity stood.
If .it had been destroyed, the peo
ple of Galvcaton would have built it
again, higher and stronger. A com- !
munity of 40,000 that has created an
export business second only to New
York's, and greater than that of
Iloston, Philadelphia and Bnltimore
combined, cant bo subdued by any
thing short of annihilation.
Fewer accidental electrocutions and
more of tho other kind, observes the
Ncwberry Observer, would bo well.
COPPER AS HARD AS STEEL.
One of clvlllza-ttua's lost secrets Is
the tempering of copper, or of bronze,
which Is copper alloyed with tin. Tho
old Greeks and Romans bad swords,
knives nnd otlter cutting tools mude
of bronze, W ;h as sharp nnd durablo
n cutting edge as our finest stool.
Somehow tho process was forgotten.
Kor centuries modern metallurgists
have sought in vain to rediscover it.
All our pure copper 'Is so soft as to bo
worthless for making tools, and all
our bronze is olthcr too soft or too
brittle to be serviceable. Now an old
village blacksmith In Mllbridge, Me.,
claims to have solved the problem.
According to news dispatches, he has
copper knives thr.t will whittle shav
ings iroin kiln-dried hickory, a cop
pur chisel that cuts mortises In the
toughest oak plank and a copper
razor thai: the village barber prefers
to steel onoB.
Walter Fobs, tho discoverer, says
he forged the tools from such odd bits
of metal ns copper wire, an old cop
per kettle and discarded soldering
copper from a sardlde cannery. It'a
al In the tempering process, he says;
and ho boasts '.hat ho can make a cop
per file or hand saw or anything else
o? any degree of hardness.
Tho peculiar merit of copper or
bronzo is that U doesn't rust. If it
can really be tempered as.Foss says.
It Is therefore more valuable than
fine steel, and the old blacksmith
ought to realize his ambition of "get
ting enough out of his discovery to
spend his last days without work."
The thing >thc?'s worrying us is how
aro Oroonvlllo folks, after tho con
gressional olootion Tuesday next, go
ing to manogo to wait until next sum
mer before they have another chance
to vote on something.
SENTIMENTAL DIPLOMACY.
The Pan-American appeal to the
Mexican factions has aroused surprise
in this country, and even some con
demnation, ltecauso of Us mildness.
Certainly there is nothing In it to of
fend tho Mexican people, or even Car
ransa blmatflf, although that emi
tablo old gentleman will doubtless
pere'ut In annoyance over the pre
sumpf.on of the rest of Ute world In
venturing to address him at all on
the Mexican situation.
There is not a threat or a bint of
coercion on tho part of the United
States or the other countries partici
pating In the Joint note. There are
no reproaches for the nation or any
of Its 1 endors. There 4s merely z
friendly expression of sympathy, and
of a desire to be of service In ending
the conflict. Tho gist of tho note ts
the suggestion that any one of the
signatory nations will be glsd to serve
as an intermediary in 'bringing about
a peace conference of tho rival lead
ers and helping to arrange for an
orderly election and a return to con
tltutlonal government.
If there Is any way to pacify Mexi
co ?h?rt of armed invasion, .that 1b
probably the way. At least. It la the
best method that our Latin-American
friedds and advisers have been able
to suggest
The manner and phrasing of the
note are typically Latin-American. It
Is likely that Secretary Lansing had
little to do with KS exposition. It
bears all the earmarks of having been
composed by one of the South Amer
icuu dipiomut?, probably written orig
inally in Spanish?in which langaugo
It wan transmitted to Mexico?und
I hen translated into English for
American readers.
It ia belter calculated to produce a
favorable impression on the Mexicans
than was (the blunt note of warning
sent to the Mexican chieftains by
President Wilson three months ago
The I^a.tiu nature rebels at direct logic
and curt truth, lie must have senti
ment and rhetoric in hia state papers.
Since everything elae has failed,
there's at leant no bann in trying that
line of approach. If it fulls, there
must be the sterner language of ac
tion.
IM POUTS AMI ( ATSPAWS,
Ever since the war began, American
Industries have suffered from depriva
tion of certain materials obtainable
only from Germany, particularly dyc
stuffs and chemicals. In the last few
months the lack of them his grown
very serious, and manufacturers have
been driven to all sorts of expedients
to Keep their plants running.
Our importers bud bought und paid
f.)r the goods thoy needed, but they
couldn't get them. The fault seemed
to Ho wholly with England. The Ger
man producers insisted tnat they were
ready to deliver the goods, but the
British embargo would not let them
through.
Nothing baa contributed more than
this sl'iuatlon to arouse criticism of
Great Brltuln. For mnay weeks
American business men. irritated by
the conllnuut interference with a
harmless nnd necessary Import trade,
have been urging the government to
Iftko drastic action against Great Brit
u'n.
And now, the publication of a let
ter In the New York World brings nn
astonishing revelation. Germany her
self seems to have boen deliberately
holding back those goods aiming to
dose our factories nnd throw tens of
tl nunnnds of employees out of work,
for the sake of turning American
sentiment againpt England.
Tue letter, if authentic, was writ
tttl In Now York on June 30 by Herr
Wnetzoldt. German trade representa
tive as a report to Chancellor von
rothmann-Hollweg, w'th a copy to
Ambassador von Bernatorff.
"From a Cerman standpoint," he
wrote, "tho pressure on the American
government can be strengthened by
tho interruption of deliveries from
Germany oven If 'the BrltlBh govern
ment should permit exceptions. Those
shipments especially should be inter
rupted which the American industries
to badly require; especially chemi
cals and dye-stuffs, as also gond.-,
which are uBod in tho realm of the
flno arts. Tho withholding of goods
Is the Rurest means of occasioning the
placing before the administration at
Washington of American "interests.
Thoso protests have the most weight
which come from American Industries
which employ many workmen."
IIa spoko especially of (the excel
lent effect produced by the complaint
of an American Arm at Washington,
that the withholding of dyestuffs
would make it necessary to discharge
4.000 workmen.
England, of course, shares tin
blame. But In spite of Jher unjust
and unlawful interference with out
legitimate trade, England bR3 been
honest. She hasn't, while professing
solicitude for our workmen, plotted tc
turn them out of theh-.Jobs and make
them pull her war chestnuts Out ol
tho fire.
* COMMUNICATIONS *
*
Editor of Intelligencer:
All or us, have at times, regrets for
things .e have done In the past.
There are "vain regrets.' It sometimes
does one good to fiavo regrets, for It
causes one to see his mistaks and he
then resolves to do better and make
less mistakes.
Take for instance the man who
drinks and has wrecked bis lifo and
homo too. No one can have thoughts
equal to his. Some of his regrets are
as follows: "Oh! that I had novet
formed the habit of drink, ?.nd why
was I so foolish as to treat my family
so unkindly and thus cause them tc
live a wretched life." The children
of a drunkard lead a miserable life,
and are to be pitied. They cannol
help but think of the past which is
full of vain regrets. They have never
been accustomed to nothing else.
Thoro is nothing pleasant for them tc
remember.
You who profess to be Christian. ar?
you doing your duty toward yoni
neighbor. Do yon, when they become
ill. visit them and carry flowera to
I cheer-them?" If you do, why then, you
J have no cause to sich and say when
Ione of the neighbors dies: "if t had
spoken mora kindly to them while 1
had an opportunity, would not be re
proached with guilty conscience.
So if you wish to live a clean and
pare life, always be considerate oi
others. \t you have anything to say
good about your friends, say It now.
Do not delay one moment, for time U
swiftly passing, and we will not In
here forever. Live that your life
might be a bleating to others, ant
I when tus Um? arrives for you to en*
j tcr that Great iieyoud you will have
no vain regrets to worry over. Such
I la life and it takes us a life time to
learn how to begin to live.
"Brown Kyes.,"
Townvllle, Aug. 18.
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A8 TO A MUH EM UN TS.
Edltor Intelligencer:
A last weeks pan -r Jmsl picked up
showed me a neat little cont.-oversy
between a well known divine of An
derson and tbo Intcilig nor editor; ;
this letter therefore to the county-city
I paper Is rather embarassei' iubioun
j as to what it wishes to say, disinclin
ed in the way in which it wishes to
go; but with the blindness of the bat
who sees an well in night, and the
I upper light of the eagle whose Bight
is likened to blidncss, this letter wll
liklm around the shadow of the hills
and in the ether for mortals to
! breathe glean truths lawful for man j
to utter.
The controversy or inquisition was
amusement for the young and for the
I welcome atranger w/. bin our gates;
tili; minister of th? gospel maintaining
I that amusementB of the type couecrn
I cd were wrong, the editor contending
I they were right, and betwe n ttie two
in the future, the truth floating he
I tween heaven and earth is everywhere
I available to those who do not put
I their headu into the empyrean above
nor their feet into the clay beneath.
God has mude man dual and for
both natureB tho requirements of the
I instance lias been preserved and per
petuated; and the final day of the '
wolf and the lamb dwelling together
shall not be until "the earth shall be
full ot the knowledge of the Lord as
j the wuters cover the soa." Hut until
I then both, singly, shall dwell lawfully
I and alone upon this earth and be con
sidered perfect In its species. More- '
over, the human cranium according to
1 Gall, Spurzhcim, Lavator, Combe hns
I space within its 42 organs for a men
tal place where man enjoys?not alone
I physically or spiritually but interme
I diary; this space in the Tantum is
I not among the moral gaus nor
I among the animal, hut nmong what
I are called the self-perfectlves, these
I are as sugar to acids of man's duo
I organization; the permanlng of the
groups are: ConBtructiveness, ideali
ty. Sublimity, Imitation; up to the
I present day and among persons of
J advanced research, and proclaimed in
j Intellectually popular literature this
I revelation of the cranium as a scien
tific physchology is considered and
con.ni I ted. Ti.e true word for this
J space in the self-perfectlves of the
brain is "Mirthfulness." Does the
j Creator find fault with the supreme
J creation after nroh ?unclng it' very
I good?" Wore musical instruments and
I poetic motion, and the Joy that rises
I up in tho whole being from dinphrnm
I to eyes permitted to exist and exult
Just to be broken and dethroned?
I When a land is* to be destroyed or
I punished scripture tells in various
I ways and words that its mirth and
I gladness is to be removed.
But not mirthfulness is the word
|or dissension, but amusements whlch
! ever way they be; dancing, theatre
I going, moving pictures," etc. Where
can mlrthfulnesa, laughter, diversion.
J happy henrtedne'v find an undisturbed
home so well as in public amusement
centers, not the centers' of resorts
I that are under a bushel or under a
Ibiish? Where ftotners; fathers and
I children cau behold and mingle with
I oach other. These are the anti-toxins
I of woeful worlds of sorrow, where
I men are sane and women safe. The
I mad King Richard cry might better
I be: my kingdom for a laugh than my
I kingdom fov a horse. When the land
J ?that is city or country Is deprived
I amusing diversions uuch as tho little
bom,, dance, tho country or club
I dance, the homo theatricals, tho city
, I play and opera house, the moving
: pictures, thon the mirthfulness lu. the
I brain will suffer and starvation of this
I preservative In the human composlt
I ion will result in business and do
i mcBlic loss.
.1 Theatricals, moving plcturos, dances
, are the work of the organ construc
I tlvenesa in the brain. This organ In
'I the self-perfectIve group, and with the
: entire group situates side by side with
, Itho "intellectual" aud the "spiritual"
I assemblage of faculties in the brain.
I Again, these are named: Construc
' I ttveness, ideality, sublimity, imitation,
mirthful/ess, and these are 'be agen
cies that build up the perft :t moral
I body so cl >sely associated with tho
, temple that Is to bo dedicated to the
? highest. Everything is created for
, something. If the mind constructs
, for religion alone?this word, religion,
which originally does not mean God
liness, but an obligation, holding,
' binding to something?If this excru
ciatingly zealous adhesion which Is
I Joined to one idol, th?n to another,
: and in latter days to the ceremonies
I prescribed by denominational sec*, and
i creed this, which, too often. Is the
form of Godliness; it apart from "true
* religion" it begins to construct for
its bondage ones, it will burn, thurab
i screw, blue law. ostracise?and the
I end is only on the other side ot the
grave; so that the self-perfectly^ness
' must not begin to construct for man
' made religion but for the masse, who
I too ofton arj unmade In religion, by
I hick ot money or casto or style und
, seek all out-doors or indoors for con
: solatlon of the head and heart where,
t the soul Is hungry or where It la on
' the other hand sin proof b? a true
Godliness ot Ii.? own, interpreting un
> like Peter that what God hath cleansed
must not be called unclean. Sorae
j body of course will turn this around
. but that Is the business of thumb
i screws.
. Somebody will say: can you have
i a minister, or Godly person go to a
, theatre, moving picture, or dance? I
1 would suggest th?zc &re the very per
sons who shoula go because these
things will not hurt them. But a
minister who has used up seven or
! nine years of his Jlfe la preparation
r for the Gospel should not frequent
.. them, unnecessary pastimes as he has
need of all the work he can do In the
I pulpit?yet, should he deem it his part
, to be in a- place of amusement some
, time, he should, like a man who la
I j sometimes in water bo ?Ma to oomo
Like other good things, this
sale cannot last forever; we
are now entering the last lap.
But those of you who are
keen for saving money will
get here before it's over,
we're sure of that.
For $ 7.45, Choice now of all $10.00 Suits
For $ 9.45, Choice now of all $12.50 Suits
For $10.95, Choice now of all $15.00 Suits
For $12.95, Choice now of all $18.00 Suits
For $14.95, Choice now of all $20.00 Suits
For $16.95, Choice now of all $22.50 Suits
Now that gives you an idea, too, of how much you
can save on boys' suits, boys' knee pants, men's
odd trousers, oxfords, Manhattan Shirts and men's
and boys' underwear.
" T4? StaM toUh a Graduer
out unhurt and should It be In his part
as partner lu a dance to hold a lady's
hand, place his Angers on her
shoulder or waist line without sin
ning he should not be in the pulpit.
In addition to construction on relig
ion alone, should he construct on in
tellect alone? This will make his acep
tlcle. Should ho construct on morality,
alone? Tills will make him hereti
cal, rejecting the atonement. Should
he construct on the animal propensi
ties alone? ThiB will make him beast
ly; so that nothing is left for the fine
organs of self-perfoctivenoss but t?
construct for themselves, a mlrthful
ness, a species Of happiness that is
not religious,. moral, Intellectual or
animal but partaking of all and of all
combined, with the needs of bodily
chungo or diversion included.
All of these condemnations which
might be quoted from scripture
against the functions of mirthfulnesB
arc pitched against conditions arising
from abuses of the blessings of God
inhering in laughter, and moral joy,
and as truly is the misuse of religion
at the expense of pleasure a short
coming, as the misuse of pleasure at
the expense of religion. Either the
deflections embraces the Law of Di
minishing Returns, or as, too far east
is we3t. The straight and narrow
way between u?d two is the road build
ing up both body and sou!, not as ene
mies to each other but as one in the
meaning of the Creator, and in this
light as the wheat and tares growing
together, eacu In some omnlccnt
way dependant upon the other op
posite, a communion of saints would
be' formed, neither of which would
elect to cast a Btone at the head of the
other.
Rebecca R. Lee.
CARD OF THANKS.
Editor of The Intelligencer:
I wish to speak through your paper
to thank the goo dpeople of Anderson
county and most especially a* Wil
llmnston and Flat Rock people who
so generously and kindly came to my
relief and comfort all during tho sick
ness and death of my wife.
I could not have asked more of
them than t\vy did, never havo I mot
a people thav were more attentive and
helpful both day and night, both with
their contributions and presence.
I thank them all most heartily and
pray that God may prepare minister
ing hands for them in their deepest
hours of need.
Yours rcstpectfully,
W. D. Hammett.
Wllllamston. Aug. 19, 1915.
A LINE
o' D OP E
Mr. C. E. Monts, ticket agent of the
Southern -ailway at Alken, bas been
In Andrrs.ni eomi.'.y for the past two
weeks visiting his sister, Mrs. 8. M.
Johnson at Sandy Springs. Mr. Monts
was a visitor in the oUy yesterday
and stated that Alken was making
preparations for one of the biggest
tourist seasons in its history. . Last
year Alken again forged ahead as a
stopping place for the Idle rich and
did honor to its name "Queen of Win
tor Resorts," Mr. Monts says that the
season ne=t winter *~Ut be better than
ever.
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Manager Trowbridge now has a
telephone in his office at The Ander
son and st ites that he will be glad to
answer any questions in regard to
the pictures that will be shown. Mr.
Trowbridge also stated last night
that he had received the contract for
the "Red Rose," a musical Comedy, for
October 27.
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Work was resumed on South Mc
Dufile street yesterday of laying the
asphalt binder, Urn weather having
prohibited this for the past few dsjrs.
The concreting forces and the grad
ing forces will resume work again
tomorrow morning. Bupi. Carney
stated yesterday that the grading on
South Main street would begin by tbo
middle of'the week.
Many peoplo in this city and in the
county will bo interested in the an
nouncement in another column that
tho dispensary election petition wa;;
dismissed by the supreme /court in
Columbia yesterday. Dr. C. E. Burts
of Columbia was due to arrive In the
city last night and about 2 o'clock
yesterday Mr. J. W. Quattlebaum re
colved tho following telegram from
Columbia:
Tell Dr. Burts upon arrival this
evening unanimous decision dismis
sing election petition."
Mr. Quattlebaum Btated to- a repre
sentative of The Intelligencer yester
day afternoon that he had shown the
message 'to a great many people froji
over the county and that the general
expression was that they were glad.
Mr. Quattlebaum stated that it was an
easy matter to see which way the
people would cast their votes on the
liquor question.
Mr. J. Charles Burton, who recent
ly sold Iiis Interest In the People's
Grocery company to his partner, Mr.
Mil ford, stated yesterday that ho
would go to Pendleton Monday to be
come manager of the Pendleton Hard
ware and Mercantile company, which
Is owned by Dr. D. ?, Brown of this
city. This is a rather large concern
nnd enjoys a flourishing business.
"I hate to leave Anderson," said Mr.
Burton to the Line O' Dope man yes
terday, "and If Pendleton was not so
close I would never do It I have
been living here for tho past 15 years
and have many friends that I regret
to leave. As it is, though, I can take
my automobile and run to Anderson
'most any night or Sunday."
Mr. Milford stated yesterday that he
would continue in business, but did
not know whether he would remain
in the same old stand or move.
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Prof. C. W. Riser, principal of the
West Market street school and who
Is to be married in September, has
purchased' lf> acres of the Seybt prop
erty Just east of the city. Prof.
Riser will have erected a modern
home on the new road that has been
cut through that property within the
next to;/ months.
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V.r. T. S. Williams of the Anderson
Milte returned yesterday morning
from iSylacauga, a town near Birming
ham, Ala., where he had been to at
tend the funeral of his brother, Mr.
Newt WTllama formerly employed at
the Gluck Mills. Me Is also a broth
er of Mr. V. O. Williams who was
i superintendent of the Oluck Mills and
bri'j brothers moved to Alabama at
the ssme time.
Mr. Williams was chief engineer at
the Central Milk* and was scalded to
death, having been caught In a pamp
room where a sftteam p'^e exploded.
He was rushed to a hospital >a (Bir
mingham where he was given n ?ilcal
attention but it was known from .the
first tbrvt he could not live very long.
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Mr. Glenn Lassiter of this city is
in receipt of a telegram from Mr. Roy
A. Campbell, a former resident of An
derson hat who is now living In Texas
City, Texas, the town that was swept
by tho recent storm, saying that he
was alive all right but that he had
suffered greatly from he storm.
A letter received from Mr. S. O.
beon transferred to the 27th Infantry
which has been stationed at Texas
City. Texas, states that Mr. El rod has'
been transferred to the 17 Infantry
and will sail on the Zftth for the]
Phllllplnea. Mr. Elrod la an Ander-1
son county boy who hau been in lite
array for the past several years.
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The following from the Greenwood
Journal will be of interest to Ander
pcitiana:
"Mr. C. C. Feathcrstone with Bon
ham, VYatkins & Allen will represent
Mr. Frank Iludgens, of Honea Path,
charged with the murder of a negro,
when lie Is tried at general sessions
court for Anderson county which
convenes for a three-weeks term on
?Tiptembor G. The Id Hing occurred at
Honea Path several weeks ago when
tho negro 1b said to have become In
solent in <the presence of Mr. Hud
gens' family.
Men Bursting Into Bloom.
(From The Chicago Tribune.)
Strange and gorgeous flowors are
suddenly blooming in the stony gar
dens of the city streets.
Tired business men are coming
down to work in pale lavender linen
suits. Elderly gentlemen aro taking
vast pains to match their hat bands
and their neckties with their whisk
ers. When the spinach happens to
be rosy the result Is vivid Mascu
line visions In purple, picked out with
yellow polka dots are too common on
Michigan avenue to be noticed.
, The rising generation of the heroic
.sex has taken to exposing its usually
angular and projecting Adam's apple
between tho wide rolls of a Bvronic
collar. Every other teamster irwear
ing a corsage bouquet.
Around the corner comes a huge
touring car of splendid, glowing scar
lot. Out of it steps two athletic youths
In raiment white and Bpotless, Bave
for red socks, red belts, and red
bands on their wide-brlmmed picture
hats.
One sees women wh:? have done
their best to be colorf'tf standing in
palsied envy before the displays in
the show windows of the fashionable
haberdashers. Nowhere elBe can they
lind such gay riots of rainbow hueB.
We glory in it all. Too long have
men been condemned to the wearing
of black and gray. Each of us. has
suppressed for years the desire to
wear the gorgeous colors which are
needed to set off figures fine or fat.
Now that opportunity has come let
man prove worthy of it.
Silk.suits are already here. A fall
of lace at the wrist Is easily within
our reach his panama with a cluster
of artificial rosen?
We hope no reformer will point out
that the new fashions in masculine?
wear are demoralizing it Is only mas
culine vanity, too long suppressed,
which is seeking expression.
After all, is It not the tail feathers
of the male bird which give the pea
cock its n ^station? And what is
man that he'should hide his nature?
Reading it tn the Stars.
(From The Indianapolis Mows.)
ABtrolosy is not altogether a neg
lected nrt in London. The war has
given opportunity to a number of
starseers to attract public attention
and somo poands, shillings and pence.
Ono of these thus looses the secrets
ot the future.
"Not until the February of 1916
does the triumph of the Allies be
come assured. < There will be a-con
Junction of Saturn and Mars in the
sign Cancer in September, 1916. so
that the whole people of th?b Nether
lands will become involved, and the
water whT.be loosed over the land.
The stars Indicate exile for the Raiser,
whose madness will become gradually
apparent, and a huge naval disaster
will come to him early in 131 L Lon
don will be In special danger next
July, and In October. 1917. the con
junction of Satnrn and Mara In the
-ign ot Leo will bring peace to the
world."
Ancestral.
Mrs. Farthingale waa going ont and
was wearing?it -was not quite alto
gether Spring time yet?the wonder
ful red fox furs that her mother had
given her as a birthday present, says
Tho New York Evening Post. Lit
tie Walter, Mrs. Furthlngale'a eldest
hope, was amusing himself by play
ing somewhat roughly with the tall
that had belonged to the fox.
"Be careful, child." said his moth- '
er, "that came from yonr dear
grandmamma."
. "Did grandma use to have a tali
then, motaerr