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I< FAIRY TALES.
When dusk falls cool as a rained on rose,
And a tawny tower the twilight shows.
[With the crescent moon, the silver moon
the curved new moon in a space that
glows.
A turret window that grows a-light;
There is a path that my Fancy knows.
A glimmering, shimmering path of night,
That far as the Laud of Faery goes.
'And I follow the path, as Fancy leads.
Over the mountains, into the meads.
Where the firefiy cities, the glow-worm
cities, the fairy cities are strung like
beads.
Each city a twinkling star;
And I live a life of valorous deeds.
And march with the Fairy King to war,
And ride with the knights on milk-white
steeds.
Or it's there in the whirl of their lite T sit,
Or dance in their houses with starlight lit,
Their blossom houses, their flower houses,
; _ their elfin houses of fern-leaves knit,
With fronded spires and domes;
And there it is that my lost dreams flit.
And the ghost of my childhood, smiling,
roams
With the fairy children so dear to it.
And ;'s there I hear that they all come
! true.
The fairy-stories, whatever they do?
Elf and goblin, dear elf and goblin, loved
elf and goblin and all the crew
Of witch and wizard and gnome and fay.
And prince and princess, that wander
through
The story-books we have put away ,
The fairy-tales that we loved and knew. *
The face of Adventure lures you there,
And the eyes of Danger bid you dare,
\ [While ver the bugles, the silver bugles,
the far-off bugles of Elfiand blaro,
The fairy trumpets to battle blow;
And you feel their thrill in your heart and
hair.
And you fain would follow and mount
and go
And march with the Fairies anywhere.
And she?she rides at your side again.
Your little sweetheart whose age is ten:
She is the princess, the fairy princess, the
princess fair that you worshiped
when
You were a prince in a fairy-tale:
And you do great deeds as you did them
then,
,v> ua your magic spear ana encnantea
mail.
Braving the dragon in his den.
And you ask again. "Oh. where shall we
ride.
Now that the monster is slain, my bride?*'
"Back to the cities, the tirefly cities, the
glow-worm cities where we can hide.
The beautiful cities of Faeryland.
t And the light of my eyes shall be your
guide,
,, The light of my eyes and my fsnow-white
hand?
And there forever we two will abide."
?Madison Cawem, in Woman's- Homo!
I - Companion.
P" X?X?X?X?X?X?X?X?X?X
'' : THE PREACHER'S "TREAT,"
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By REY. EDWARD P. OWEN.
\ / The little town of M has a history
that runs back to the days when
* the southern pdarfi of Kansas looked
i>ut upon a vast unsettled tract of Indian
land. For years this border
J iountry had been the rendezvous of
v? ;he cattlemen, who used the range
oelow, and of the various outlaws and
5rirainals who had made the Indian
lands their hiding place.
A little branch ran down to C?.
? little town on the Kansas side of
the liDe, and at the time of the "run,"
some of the best citizens of C ,
anticipating the extension of the railroad
into the new territory, laid out
i new town site on the Oklahoma
jide of the line, on a piece of ground
:hat was a far more convenient site
than the old Kansas town of C .
From the birth of M there
was a keen and bitter strife between
the two towns. No less than three
nen were shot down in the streets in
broad daylight in the course of the
flrst few years. and several cases of
j arson were supposed to have originated
in the rival town. The two saloons
in M were kept busy from
ihe start, and C kept pace with
a joint and gambling den. The reputation
of the two towns was known
lar and near.
About six years after the opening
of "th? strip," while on a visit to a
member oi' our Salem church, we were
discussing the question of missionary
work, when it was suggested that if
I were looking for a really typical
missionary field I should find it at
M . My informant had owned a
"claim" near M in the early days,
and his statements were so strong
that I was tempted to investigate at
once.
I found a busy little "burg" that
drew trade for more than thirty
miles, but there was no church in
sight, and I was informed that Sunday
was a "wide-open" day. Horse
paces, foot races, drinking, gambling
were the rules, Sunday-school the exception,
and all attempts at preaching
"had thus far ended in failure:
Rut T fnnnr? ai in r?ffe>n tho n.mo fhat
it is darkest just before dawn. Even
the supposedly irreligious were dissatisfied
with conditions, and one individual.
reputed to be an atheist, offered
to donate $23 towards the
building of a church.
I could only discover three professing
Christians in the town, but decided
to commence permanent work,
and took up a regular appointment at
the school-house twice a month.
On my third visit I was sitting in
the hotel about seven o'clock on Saturday
evening, when I heard two
shots firpd on the street anr? a
deal of confusion and noise. In a
few minutes the hotel door opened
and I saw someone beckoning to me
to come oat. Instinctively guessing
what was on foot, I asked my visitor
what he wanted. His answer was
that he wanted me to come over and
have a drink with him! I thanked
him politely, but told him that drinkin?
was not one of my usual habits.
He then suggested a cigar, but again
thanking him. I told hiru I did not
smoke. Not to be outdone, he then
offered to compromise by treating me
to some lemonade at fhe restaurant.
As I happened to know that the
restaurant keeper was one of the
three professing Christians of the
town, I readily acquiesced, thinking
that, once inside the restaurant, I
should find some way to take care ol
my generous /riend. for it was evident
that he would need a guardian before
long. When we arrived at the restaurant
it was locked. The proprietor
was justice o.f the peace, and had
gone in search of special constables to
While crossing th* street I had discovered
my friend's name, and at
once knew from what I heard in the
hotel that it was the man who had
J fired the shots a few moments before.
On finding the door of the restaurant
locked, he suggested that we go "up
street"?towards the upper saloon
where the crowd had gathered to
watch events.
Just then the special constables
l put in their appearance and seized
; my genial companion by each arm.
As he was six feet two inches and
weighed about 200 pounds, and had
a bad l'eputatfon. I was somewhat
alarmGd. A man half drunk, with
four shots still in his revolver, might
make serious trouble, fighting with
two men half his size, so I suggested
that, as he had made no trouble for
me thus far, they should let him go
and let me try my success in handling
him.
As soon as I had learned his name.
I knew where he lived, and now I
turned to him and proposed that we
go to the house. He seemed to take
kindly to the suggestion, and, placing
his arm around my neck, he allowed
me to convoy him homewards.
The whole population of the littlo
town had by this time gathered, and
there was much amusement to see
big J. C. taken home by the green little
visiting preacher. As he crossed
the threshold he took out his sixshooter.
and. throwing it on the bureau,
he stumbled &nd fell headlong
to the floor. In a few moments he
was in a profound sleep, and after
taking off his boots and aiding his
wife in making him comfortable, I
took the discarded six-shooter and retired
to the hotel.
The crowd in the school-house next
night was a forerunner of crowds that
later overflowed our first little church
building, and caused us to build a
sightly addition within the first two
years of our work in the town. The
M church not only grew into a
strong organization of sixty members,
but it became a centre for work in
the outlying neighborhoods, as well
a* sending out its deacon and pastor
to undertake work in the newer regions
further west.
In course of time the wife and father
and mother and two sisters of
our friend J. C. joined our church in
, M . and our hero himself settled
rfnwn into steady ways, and finally
became marshal of the little town of
which he had once been the bully.
The parson got neither his whisky,
nor his cigar, nor his lemonade, but
"he saw of the travail of his soul and
was satisfied." Such is the life of
the home missionary. ? American
Missionary.
MARSHALL FIELD'S WEALTH.
Fortune For Two Young Boys?Must
Wait Long For it.
Marshall Field, third, and Henry
Field, grandsons of the Chicago merchant
prince, who died in 1906, are
for the first time in position to figure
how much they will be worth if they
live to be fifty, at which age they
? ill nn.inaeeiAn nf fho r/lciH
will tU lilt? 1UIU jiUoocooivu WA.
uary estate of their grandfather. According
to an estimate made public
by Judge Rinaker in the County
Court the boys' share of the estate
has a present market value of more
than $54,000,000.
The elder boy is sixteen and the
younger fourteeu. At twenty-five,
thirty, thirty-five and forty the elder
will receive on each birthday $450,000,
and the younger on each of those
birthdays $300,000. Except for adequate
maintenance and these payments
they must wait until they reach
the age of fifty to come into their
legacies. It is estimated that the estate
by that time will have multiplied
its market value at least four times
and be worth for division $200,000,000,
because it includes not only the
profitable Marshall Field business.
but the real estate and other investments
of constantly increasing value.
Mr. Field worked out the trust features
of his will in most elaborate detail.
He set forth exactly what was
to be done with eaoh particular trust
in case of the death of a beneficiary
before or after his or her legal heirs,
and lis covered the residuary estate
with provisions for management and
disposition down to the prospective
grandchildren to the two boys. The
boys take the place in the will of their
father, Marshall Field. Jr., an only
son, who died in November, 1905.
According to the court declaration,
the estate at Marshall Field's death
was worth $83,459,032. Payment of
$1,000,000 to Mrs. Delia S. Field,
the widow, under an ante-nuptial
contract, and other payments for
debts, claims and business and legal
fees, totalled $4,196,373, leaving the
present net value at $79,2G2,658.
This will be reduced by about $25,000,000
by the payment of seventyfive
specific legacies, leaving $54,000,000
to go into trust for the two
boys. Their sister, now seven years
old, and the other child of Marshall
Field, Jr., will receive as her share of
the estate the income on $1,000,000.
?Chicago News.
A Written Reference.
The bearer. Hayashi Kishi, has
been in my service for the last four
weeks.
During that period he was trusted
with the keys of the wine cellar, with
the task of providing for the table,
and with the general regulation of
the whole household, and these duties
be discharged with much satis
taction i.o?mmseii.
For a teetotal family, to who at
cleanliness and punctuality are no objects,
who use no stoneware or other
breakable dishes, and who can view
with Christian charity the loose ideas
upon the subject, of property of an
untaught heathen brother. I can conscientiously
say that he is admirably
. adapted.
It is purely out of personal regard
for him that I am compelled to dispense
with his service?, for my substance
has so diminished since he
rame into the household that I grieve
to see his great acquisitive talents
wasted upon such a barren field.
I shall be glad to hear that the
earth contains another fool so confiding
as to take him into service and
relieve a white man of his burden.
I have endeavored in this to com>
ply both with his request and the
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Teach School Children to Swim.
Ella F^lagg Young, superintendent
of schools, assisted by officers of the
Y. M. C. A., started a movement to
teach every school child in Chicago
I to swim. Instruction began at bath'
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! ing beacnes along tae saures ui j_,an.c
| Michigan.
Character.
Character gives weight to one's
words and permanence to one's acts.
Character secures the confidence of
those who employ us, the respect of
j those above us, the love of those on
j our level, the loj'alty of those beI
neath. Character is the guinea
| stamp on the gold, the signature at
i the edge of the portrait, the ring of
j the genuine coin, the accent of the
! speech of the New Jerusalem, which
' is found only on the lips of the true
j citizen.?Woman's Life.
Making and Using Stencils.
The use of the stencil for wall decj
oration, or for ornamenting curtains,
i scarfs and even dresses, is effective
I and not difficult. Whether the effect
j is cheap and tawdry or beautiful and
I dignified will depend upon the design
j and colors selected.
i To make the stencil, procure some
j fairly heavy Manila wrapping paper,
j Give it a coat of raw linseed ail. With
! a cloth wipe off the superfluous oil
| and hang the paper to dry. It should
be used when fresh.
I To cut, lay the paper upon a sheet
j of glass and use a very sharp knife.
! This keeps the under side of the cut
I clean and free from ragged edges.
1 c _:_u ~ j 11? 1 l ,i i, ?
vv ueu iiui&ucu tut; aieutii suuurn uc
I given a coat of shellac.
It will be easily seen that since the
design shows only where the openings
I occur, the openings alone make the
I design, and the paper must be so
made that the paper completely sur!
rounds each opening; that is, unless
j care is used in planning the design,
| it may fall apart when it is finished.
This can readily be seen by studying
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rio. \ 'no. '
vfio-a. 'wo?.
j Fig. 1. When this figure is cut, the
pieces A and B will fall out. In Fig.
2 this fault is corrected. In other
words, the parts/that make the design
must in each case be separated
from each other by the background
of paper.
If, when the design is drawn, and
j before it ia cut, the spaces are filled in
| with pencil or ink, it will be easy to
: determine if the figure is made so it
I will zot fall apart.
Those stencils are best which avoid
long, loose connecting parts (Fig. 3),
as they are likely to be pushed aside
; uy iue urusu anu me uesign Diurrea.
j Fig. 4 shows the proper arrangement.
The space to be decorated must
: first be marked off into rectangles the
j size of unic in the stencil. Four holes
cut in corners of the stencil will enable
one to see where to place the dej
sign (Fig. 5).
I If more than one color is desired,
; the parts intended for each color must
be cut on a different piece of paper,
and if three colors are wanted a third
stencil must be made. These are
used one after the other, allowing
each to dry thoroughly before using
the next.
If, however, the different colors are
I quite removed from each other in the
I design, or if one color is a small por|
tiou of the design, sometimes it is
j possible to cut them on the same
' sheet, and then with a separate small
j brush the extra color may be worked
I in at the time the first color is apI
plied. The stencils must be wiped
J with a clean cloth from time to time,
and care must be taken not to let
the color get on the front of the
paper. The brush should be stiff and
with short hairs. If a regular stencil
brush cannot be procured, bind an
ordinary brush with twine for an
inch or more, and then cut off the
uaii uui ee-quariers 01 an inch Delow
this binding. (See cut.)
The color should be the consistency
of cream, and applied by stippling,
that is, dabbing, not by moving brush
backward and forward.
For stenciling on cloth it is necessary
to have the color free of oil deposit.
Squeeze tube paint on to blotting
paper. Then if thinning is necessary
use benzine, which dries very
quickly.
Although it is impossible to give
any absolute rules about the combinations
of color, yet to help those
unfamiliar with colors to produce
pleasing effects, we hazard a few combinations
which have proved satisfactory.
These colors are given in the order
of the proportion, that is, the first
named should be used in the largest
areas and the others in the order of
their precedence:
1 (iray-'-jreon gray orane<?
2 Yellow-given gray lemon-yellow
5 Gray-green dull orange or red
4 Gray-violet yellow-green cream-white
5 Gray-blue dull orange
'j Liglitgray-greon salmon-pink
Two shades of any of the colors
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REALM <f
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may be used in place of one in case
the design calls for more colors.
Cream or ivory-white is always better
than pure white. If the colors in a J
combination are kept in or near the ;
same value they will be more likely j
to be agreeable. By "the same value"
is meant neither darker nor lighter.
?Youth's Companion.
' Hints on Letter Writing.
When writing letters u woman |
should keep in mind the following
rules:
Business letters should be concise
and clear, because business people are
supposed to be busy.
No letter is complete without the
date.
In writing to solicit employment of
any kind, on no account should personal
perplexities or needs be mentioned.
The world is full of unfortu- |
nate persons, and to a stranger the J
troubles of oie are no more than |
those of a host of others.
Letters of introduction are left ,
open when written.
Elaborately ornamented note paper ,
and highly perfumed notes are vulgar. |
When answering letters remember: j
That written words stand as everlasting
witnesses.
That an ambigi ous sentence is like- |
ly to be misinterpreted.
That a friendly word never harms.
That a written word of sympathy
can sometimes do much good.
That a letter written in a kindly j
spirit should be answered in the same j
way. even though the message is dis* j
liked.
That business letters and invita- j
tidns must be answered at once.
That a lady acknowledges an? I
friendly offe^ of hospitality, even
though it be not by acceptance.? ,
Washington Herald.
Rights of Fiancees.
The law courts of Gotiingen have !
just delivered a weighty decision af- I
fecting the rights and liberties of j
fiancees.
Some weeks ago a young Berlin ar- ;
chitect had a visit from his be- j
trothed, a Gottin?en lady. She stayed |
in the capital over the week end, and !
the architect escorted hisi sweetheart j
back to the station, where, he fondly j
thought, he saw her in the train safe- i
ly bound for Gottingen.
Tfr nnnonrc hfiwevpp tjiat thp lad^
was reluctant to tear herself away j
from the joys of the metropolis. Si- !
renlike, Berlin beckoned her back, i
and at the second station she left the !
train and returned to the city, where
she stayed till the next morning.
Some kind friend imparted intelligence
of this to the architect, and
added that his ilancee had been seen [
unescorted in the Friedrichstrasse. !
The architect at once wrote to his |
sweetheart, demanding explanations.
Receiving no reply, he broke off the j
engagement and instituted proceed- j
ings for a return of his presents and j
the money he had spent during his i
betrothal, including cab fares, rail- !
way tickets from Gottingen to Berlin, j
and the lady's board* while she was
here.
Her explanation of her conduct was
that she was tired to the point of ennui
of the intellectual life of G6ttin- |
gen, and sighed for the renowned
< midnight revels of Berlin. The courts 1
decided that she had done nothing to j
justify her lover breaking off the en- j
gagement, and dismissed the action, i
adding that tbere was no proof that I
the lady's escapade reflected in the 1
least upon her character.
Breach of promise cises are unknown
to German law, so the Gottingen
lady cannot mend her broken
heart with coin of the realm.?Berlin I
Correspondence London Mail.
Changeable taffetas are in high favor
for afternoon frocks.
Tucked long gloves are in again,
and will stay for the season.
Thin brown cloth ?auntlet.s aro
good for the horsewoman.
Parasols and stockings match the
gown, whether the shoes do or not.
The stitching itself is varied: a
broad chain effect is new and pretty.
Pink silk gloves are reversible to
yellow, and just match the tc-arose
gowns.
Yellow lisle gloves are cool and !
washable, and look like the fashionable
but heavy chamois.
Flowered net shirred over a white
Neapolitan straw hat makes a novel
and pretty effect for a dressy hat.
White kid gloves are stitched in
colors to match the frock. Lavenders
and pinks are especially favored.
Cbantecler gloves have come to
match the chantecler handkerchiefs.
A tiny rooster or a golden pheasant
is embroidered at the elbow.
With the barnyard trimmings
which are so much sought for, the
straw braids?so coarse that one won-1
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u*TIS l.llclt til CJ UU115 iu;,guit? ?* w iuv. |
first choice.
Silk flowers, made so exactly that
it is difficult to tell them from the
original models, arc used for fasteners
at the necic with the collarlsss afternoon
gown.
Very pretty afternoon gowns are
made of the sheer batiste, which
comes in the most fascinating shades
this year. This material, too. le
used for pric.cesa slips, worn under
lithe white lingerie gown.
An Obstacle to Good Roads.
Missouri has a special road district
law under which by a majority acreage
vote?one vote for each acre of
land?good roads may be constructed.
The law provides for payment in one,
Ave or twenty years. In the latter j
event the road can be paid for in
yearly installments of interest and v
principal, amounting to a cost each ^
year of from twelve to twenty-five
cents for each acre. T
With a law so favorable for the im- q,
provement of roads it might reason- j
ably be supposed that there had been j L
a large amount of highway work done | ?
under its provisions. Such, it ap- I
pears, ha3 not been the case although j y
the law has been in effect for many j
years. A correspondent of the Kan- I
sas City Star, who signs himself "A i
Country Missourian," expresses the
belief that absentee landlordism is the
principal obstacle that has prevented 113
the building of a large number of I
roads under the provisions of this w
statute.
He gives an example as follows:
"A short time ago farmers in a !
county not far from Kansas City, a fii
county noted for best agricultural
lands and poorest roads, took initial ^
steps to organize a road district and j
build a rock road under the law. The (
matter attracted widespread notice :
and favorable comment for a time, j ss
and this ceased because it soon be
came known that the whole thing a
died at its very beginning. A farmer
from that district, who lives upon and |
farms his land and who favored the |
rock road, told the writer of the fail- j >
ure. Said he: 'There were too many j
acres along our road, as we had to | '
plan it, owned by men gone to town j
*- - ? * - -! 1amJ 4-r>. I
CO live auQ reuieu men iauu cu tcu- i
ants on shares. Their votes and their j
talk killed the good road. They are j
all these eight and ten per cent, fellows
that live off the farms and begrudge
a solitary cent off their rentals
no matter if you show a dollar sure i
to come along right after and keep
coming every year. No use talking j
rock roads any more until these eight i
and ten per cent, fellows die off and a j
new set comes on that's better than
their daddies.' "
This is a short-sighted policy on
the part of the absentee landlords, I
but the correspondent says many projects
for road improvement have been
frustrated by their opposition. That
being the case it would seem to be in
order for the Missouri Legislature to
make some amendments to the special y
road district law which would curtail
the voting power of the absentees,
Every landowner ought to be interested
in good roads, whether he lives
in city or in the country. Good roads
greatly increase land values, and the
absentee landlord who is so selfish in ^
his views as to block improvements ol Y
such material importance is an incubus
and a stumbling block.?Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
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The First Difficulty.
Like starting a heavily loaded dl
wagon the hard thing to do in the N
campaigif for good roads is to secure
construction of the first highway of
the kind desired, which would be an ;
object lesson from which the public oi
would learn to appreciate the advantage
of possessing an extensive 3ys- ni
tem of such highways over which tra- tl
vel would be easy and the cost of,
transportation comparatively light.?
Denver Republican.
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Kansas is Awakening.
Kansas, having the livest people on ! ai
earth, should have alao the best pub- ! is
lie roads. But she has not?at least j
not in all cases. There is room for I
improvement and this improvement '
should be made, especially when it
can be done cheaper here than in al- ;
most any other State you might men- ^
tion.?Atchison News. . . '
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Advice Not Necessary.
The strong woman and the seedy
lolcing gentleman came on board at !
Fishguard. The seedy loking gentle- j
man retired to his cabin, and the j .
strong woman tucked him up with i 1
shawls. I gj
Then the strong woman strode on i t
declc and hailed the captain.
"Well, mum?" queried the skipper. J
"My husband is particularly liable !
to seasickness, captain," said the j
strong woman. I "
The captain nodded. J
"I've heard o[ the complaint afore, j
mum," he said. I p<
"Could you tell him what to do in j 1)1
ease of an attack?" asked the strong j
woman.
" 'Tain't necessary, mum," replied j
the skipper. "He'll do it!"?London j Ci
Telegraph. , | di
The Dancing Mania. , hi
The "dancing mania" of the Middle
Ages came on the heels of the great j]'
plague known as the "Black Death."
It was some sort of nervous disease,
and is now supposed to have been
r>,hnf ia i/nnwn as "St. Vitus' dance."'
It began in the year 1374, at Aix-la- I w
Chapelle. and spread all over Germany,
the Netherlands and Italy. The | P<
dancers formed circles, hand in hand, j bi
and, appearing to have lost all reason, j
continued dancing, regardless of the T
bystanders, for hours together, until,
in their wild delirium, they fell to the
ground in sheer exhaustion. Panting
and foaming at the mouth, they would p
suddenly spring up and begin the | to
dance again, to lie again exhausted, I aj
and so 011 uutil they died. j
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A Reasonable Theory. j
-As much fun as a basket of chips, j
i'li? That's .1 hum saying. N'o-.v, what ;
fun < ouId possibly attach to a basket
of chips''"' j(1
"Rlajiic the saying had reference ;i|
in an assortment of poker chips."?
Louisville Courier-Journal. pi
di
The first Mayor of New York, p,
Thomas Willett, sleeps in the Little w
Neck (R I.) cemetery, and his grave ti
is neglected. tc
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Eloping Up to Date. ^ *
he coatless man puts a careless arm
'Round the waist of the hatless girl,
i^hile over the dustless, mudless roadfl
In a horseless wagon they whirl.
ike a leadless bullet from hammerless gun,
By smokeless powder driven,
hey fly to taste the spechless joys
By endless union given.
he only luncheon nis coinless purse ,
Affords to them the means ,
i a tasteless meal of boneless cod,
With a dish of stringless beans. '
'e smokes his old tobaccoless pipe.
And laughs a mirthless laugh
Tben papa tries to coax her back
By wireless telegraph.
?Motor Record.
Ouch!
Polly?"A girl shouldn't marry a <
ian till she knows all about him." ]
Dolly ? "And then she wouldn't ?
ant to."?New York Times. j
Just the Reverse.
Gunner ? "Was young Biltwood ]
red with ambition?"
uuyer?" ino; ne was urea uecause i ;
2 didn't have any."?Boston Post.
. i 1
His Fix.
Tommy?"Pa says I must and ma j
tys I mustn't." | '
Johnny?"Gee, you must feel like ]
railroad."?New York Sun. i
]
^ Safe. ^ ^ ^ <
Madame de Sight?"Do you think
lere is any danger of my being run '
tvay with?" I
Jenkins?"Not by me!"?New J
ork Telegram.
i-J
Hedging.
Clergyman?"Will you take this 1
oman until death?"
Prospective Bridegroom ? "Isn't j i
lere any minimum sentence?"?New j
ork Press.
The Ruling Passion.
First Office Boy?"De boss's grand- ! I
iudder died las' night." j 1
Second Office Boy?"Gee! I won- <
er if he's goin' to de ball game."? i
ew York Times. j 1
Not a Good Liar. , j
Judge?"Prisoner, are you guilty '
r not guilty?"
Prisoner?"Let my lawyer plead I
Dt guilty for me, judge. I ain't got | {
le nerve!"?St. Paul Dispatch. j '
i
Tlie Battle.
First Sweet Young Thing ? "We \ (
re starting the battle of life." j 1
Second Sweet Young Thing?"Yes, ;
ad we don't know whether a divorce ; ,
a victory or a defeat."?Judge. | ,
I .
An Enthusiast.
"Yes, he went crazy over golf." !
"Sad, sad." i
"Oh, no great harm done. They j
ave links at the asylum. He's play- I ig
a better game than ever now."? j
ansas City Journal. I ]
I 1
Reason.
"What single trait in common gives j
?en his nerve the right to think of j
er as his affinity?"
"I don't know, unless it be because
ie is dove eyed and he is pigeon (
>ed."?Baltimore American.
The Reason.
"You mark all your compositions >
irte." said the friend.
"Yes," replied the composer. !
They wouldn'thaveany vogue among
gople who live in flats if I had them
layed softly."?Washington Star.
' i
Secrecy Assured.
"T found that our stenographer
in't read his notes after they are a
ly old!"
"What did you do? Discharge
im?"
"No. Raised his salary and put'*
im under contract." ? Washington j
tar.
i
Discretion the Better Part.
Old Gent?"What are you doing j
1th those snowballs?"
Small Boy?' Selling 'em three a I
anny. and thoso who can't afford to '
uy gets em t'or nuffin!" j
Old Gent? i u uikc ue hji. ? i
own and Country. j
A Courteous Omitom Stopped.
' I will !)e magnanimous," said the j
rem-it duelist. "Rather than risk |
ikiut; human life : will fire iu the I
"Don't do that." responded his see- |
nd; "youM be almost .sure to hit an i
iriator."?Washington Star.
Local I'l'itlo,
' Why do you insist on saying notliig.
i'Vcii when you are among friends |
nl neighbors?" I
"It's a matter of local pride," re- J
lied the distinguished traveler. "I |
?sire to show that the tomb of Na- |
ileon i.s not the only place in tho
orld where a man may attract altcnon
by standing silent."?Washingin
Star.
I V
Practice Campaigns.
"1 don't know whether I ought to
ake you seriously or not," says the
air young thing to the gallant officer
vho has just proposed. "I've heard
hat you were engaged to ten girls
ast summer."
"My dear, thosewern't real engagenents.
They were just?er?sham
kirmishes."?Judge.
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Harry Lehr, at the wedding ol
Marjorie Gould and A. J. Drexel, Jr.,
praised the young bride's beauty and
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most of all," said Mr. Lehr, "is that
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The Din Did It.
The first performance of "Elektra" i
in New York, with the fainting It at
the end, of Mme. Mazarin, was being
liscussed at the Lambs.
"I suppose you know what happened
once at an 'Elektra' perform- \
ance?" said Victor Herbert. B
"Well, a doctor had a deaf patieijt,
and advised him to go to hear 'Elefc- M
tra' and sit near the trombones.
" 'The noise,' the doctor said, 'has
cured several incurable cases of deafness,
and there is no reason "why it B
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"The patient accepted this advice. 19
He even bought two front row tickets,
and took the doctor with him to 9
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"As the two men sat side by side 9
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" 'Doctor, oh, doctor, I can hear!' 8
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" 'Doctor, you have saved meJ'^the 9
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"Bat the doctor sat cold and im- 9
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self."?New York Tribune. 9
A Great Event. H
Frost?"Did you have a hard tim? H
getting theatre seats?" 0
Snow?"Yes, Indeed. When 1 H
Snally secured two I had it announced I
In all the society columns."?New M
York Times. .^9
A "Corner" > H
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