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BANQUET AND DIE Society Functions Shorten Lives 31|;Piplomats. Sir Auckland Geddes, British Amba? fador, Latest Victim of Overat. tcntive HoiUiim. } I . ' When Uncle Joe Cannon remarked inure men dig their Braves with their teeth Washington than else where, ho had In Wind the fact thut dinners it hd lunches are the dominant, almost the only, social currency of the capital. That's because It lacks the manifold social resources of a com uu'iTlnl * metropolis, remarks a New York Sua writer. in Washington you eat and talk, talk and eat. There's nothing else to do? that Is, not much. You meet the same people over and over. And your eating becomes a nonstop grave-dlg gliiK marathon, ? > Friends of Sir Auckland Geddes. the British ambassador, are quoted Ry a Washington correspondent as relating that his reported approaching return home Is Influenced not only' by the condition of his eyesight but also by ah argent neod of rest from the gab lant consumption of dinners Hnd lunches. The British ambassador Is always a deal ruble Hon for the table 'of every plana hostess, and precedence gener ally plants him In the sent on her right. The fierce light that beat's upon a guest of honor, when It happens to he Sir Auckland CJeddes, at a Wash ington dinner table, prevents him from, cultivating the gentle art of dining without eating. Sir Auckland, according to Ills friends. became aware some time iQ?o that the round of lunches and dinners, dinners iihd lunches, was undermining hi* constitution. Somei of them urged hint !?> resort to the polite camouflage of the fork. They pointed to the ex ample of notled Washington diners out, whose habit of dallying negatively with tlu* food set before them Is well known to every hostess. Hut the British ambassador felt that his position would not permit him even to .seem to make' light of the hos pitality accorded him, and like a verit able martyr he continued courteously to eat his way through the endless chain of Washington society. His friends are confident that a rest under English skies will speedily chase away whatever penalty he Is suffering from, due to his over politeness. ? Many a wary American "diner out," happily free from International consid erations. practices the fine art of 'din-, lng without eating. 'Tis an* art of which the past master emeritus Is that valiant banqueter, Chauncy M. De pew. whose artful practice It Is to eat his usual frugal dinner at home and l?t naught but wit pass hla Hps at the festive board. i Wit, or at least an unfailing stream of gay loquacity, is an Indispensable asset for those who aspire to ' dine without eating. Sueh are the wise hJrds who are the life of every dinner tahio fortunate eneugh to earn the benediction of their presence. Indeed, an experience^ hostess would groan In ilesjifclr at the prospect of a dinner j>arty attended only by persons Intent on clearing their trenchers. Nevertheless, 'twould be an unnatur ally philosophical hostess that wouldn't feel a twinge of anxiety If she de tected the guest of honor surrepti tiously passing up her chef's ofr cater er's choicest dishes, and a plea of poor health from him would mate matters worse. Hence the ? spectacle of a chivalrous diplomat Impiolatlngi himself on the altar of Washington hospitality. . On the right h^nd Of your hostes* it's no easy thing to let on* culinary untasted. If you try to bluff through j with a brilliant line of talk, fussing your food about with a fork, her eagle eye will detect tbe subterfuge and ^>"'ll?thUik you don't like the supreme rolaUle or the grouse from Scot tend isn't ripe enough for ydu. Further down the table the camou flage would work, especially if youj wlpe<! your -lips with your serviette one* In a while, shaking your shoul ders with a laugh at some sally of a neighbor's, or took an pager swig at your glass as if the crevlsses had mn U> you thirsty. Tt takes tact, butj If can be done. . ' . ? "? t 1 ? ? , Back to 8hakespsare. were wireless enthusiasts, and afU'r the manner of those who fish Hid those who grow vegetable mar row*. they toW each other that each l>< messed The finest ^apparatus In the world. "Do you know," said the first, "I dis tinctly heard the sfene shifters talk*] ;ng t|x^other night?" jy* companion took a deep tfreath. ""by, listening In to the perform nr.ee of "The Merchant of Venice' the other nlg'ht, I not only heard the applause, but could dlstlqctly hear the! cries of 'Author V " . Fish Culture In Kansas. In all southeastern Kansas there li no body of water so suitable for prop agation of fish as the Fort Scott Im pounding lake, which covers more than! a hundred acres and has a depth ol 4^ f?*et or more. But all the fish thst ?could be grown In such a lake in ten years would b4 caught OQt In p. slngU season If no restrictions were placed fpon the fishers. If people gnerallj i ?ere mrh fiends for As&lng as thow , ? sround Fort Dcull Ibeis wuuKT Mpj [j fl*b ia the tnmm Foil Sfott Tr% MANY HAVE BLOOD OF BURR Ntfhiert u? Descendants of Man WhoM Cha actor Has Boon ? Subject of Wide Controversy. A newspaper paragraph says that Senator Carroll M. Page of Vermont has a grandson who in a cousin <>f Aaron ? l*un\ The context makes It appear the thought Is thai cousins (if Anron Burr are few and far between, Tlie reverse is the truth. There are hundreds and perhaps thousand* of Ainevlea ns who are. hlond relatives of this stormy petrel of American life. To use the customary hut hromldlc manner of speaking, you can't throw a stone Anywhere In America without hitting one of Anron Burr'e cousin*. They are or are not proud of the re lationship, according to their Inherited viewpoint, hut. most. of them are proud that they can trace their relationship to Hurr through the family of Jona than Edwards. who was Aaron Burr's grandfather. Jonathan Edwards In hurled In a churchyard at Princeton, N. J., anil his' grandson, Aaron Burr, lies along side of him. Edwards had a brother or two and ten sisters, every one of whom married" and became father or mother to a large family of children. In the case of the Edwards sisters personally the word large can be used entirely properly. In a physical sense. The average height of these ten Edwards girls was six feet. They, were known collectively as "Jonathan's sixty feet of sisters." ' 1 At! one thue *ln this country there were seven presidents of American colleges who were, of t.he Edwards blood, and coush)9 of Aaron Burr. Th.er'e are In Chicago several families whose members are direct descend ants, of the Edwardses and therefore who, If - they so wish, can claim cousinshlp to Burr* It Is believed that there are more Americans of the Kd wards blood than of the blood of any other one American family. Cousin imlp to Aaron Burr therefore neces-* sarily is a common holding. ? Chicago Evening Post. * Son of Princess Mary Not a Prince. ? _ The baby son of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles, and the first grand child of King George, Is not a prince: Under letters patent Issued in 1017, de fining the style and title to be borne In future by members of the royal family, It is declared : ' "The children of any sovereign of the United Kingdom and the children of the wons of any such, sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest of the Prince of Wales shall h^ve and at all times hold and enjoy thVystvle. title, or attribute of royal highness, wiih their titular dignity of prince or princess prefixed to their respective Christian names, or with their other titles of honor; that sive as aforesaid the titles of ro^al highness, .highness, or serene highness and the titular dig nity of prince or princess shall cease, except those titles already granted and remaining unrevoked." Noieeleee Trolley Cars May Be Built. The rattle and (lln of moving trolley cars. In St. Paul and Minneapolis will be eliminated if plans of the Twin "City Rapid Transit company mature. The two cities will hare the first noiseless street cars in the world. Roller hearings will solve the problem acid trucks equipped with the bear ings are pow being made at the shops. 'The .company, however, hopes to de crease something besides noltfe. It Is expected that the new bearings will remove friction in the truck shafts, will sate 15 per cent of the power and will enable motormfcn to stop and start cars more quickly. The com pany hopes to save a large Item In power by the use of the new cars. ? Brooklyn Eagle. Fuel From Waste Paper. This fuel is not utilised by putting a match to the paper, but by the ac tion of a microbe which will turn one ton of waste paper Into fifty gallons of alcohol suitable for motor fuel. Two English chemists are said to -have discovered this microbe, which, say Its captors, is a rod-?Kaped bacillus which can develop so much heat In Its growth that other germs, which might interfere with# the alcoholic fermenta tion, are automatically killed. Apart from yielding the motor alcohol, the chemists say, this germ fs capable of developing some 15,000 cubic feet of gas, suitable for internal combustion englnes.ofrom -one ton of waste paper. It is to be hoped (hat these chemists, will let the rest of the world know how to breed and* use tills useful little creature. . 1 ' * Heard on the Highway. The Fredonia Herald says It took a long1 time to locate "the lu/.lest man In the country." but ? '"You gueased right, gentle reader; {hat man la none other than Delbert HuHsell. Liiiten t? tlfla: Whenever Mrs. Russell accompanies him In the r ea^ and he has tire trouble Rus hidea In the weeds some\^iere, leaving hit wife aloue In the ear. The flj?t man who romes along ano--**?sr~the lady alone in the ear Jurtt naturally stop* and fixes* the tire, f As soon as the , friend In need departs our hero atept ? out and starts on hi* way." But a contemporary says it wouldn't call that brother "laxy." ? he's a genius. ? Atlanta Constitution. ? Her Opportunity. Betty, aged four, wis not allowed to go visiting alone. Seeing her on$ morning going fron>' house to house spending but a few minutes at each, spank, so I ladle*." * - - ? j ? -L ?? , n ?,. ? , HOW ABOUT THIS? Are Female Feet Proper Subject of Disoussion? According to tho Wise. Six* and Shape Are Natter* of Importance When Choosinu a Mate. ^ Whtju George l?u Maurler wrote "Trilby" l?i? <UU not. U seems. dl*po*e for all time of l*?e question of immUe fool, lu the Latin quarter ??f 1 lu the Victorian nut there was much ado about tlnnu, as UUI# WUee NlM* well know. In New York they j it probably not as much dl>? u?*? > ^ much ih >re ^mnnm li.iUy^lnu>??rti?n 1?: iu first pta<v, It 1? douMt>?> the Pari* Qf " time *V*T Inmstfil aueh a tbtpg >?s a Times bave changed a little but not much. One Is not more likely to mention on*'* "great toe In th year of*ll)28 than oMf grandmother was on the day of- her wedding anni versary In 18123. VV J. Hryan. who denies absolutely that intimate relations exist between us and the monkeys never-and Ms can he said without studied in the l.atln quarter of lftrlH, where It Is said upon the authority of many groat artists thftt tt?& St ?L~_ of the average woman's foot Is only exceeded by the ugliness of the rear view of the average woman's knees. Some .one who has Jived long in th? upperreaches of Manhattan Island has discovered that there are more old 01 ' odlsts In that region than any place else;- lte has wondered \>hy. The an swer, which Has been supplied, cor rect or not, Is that the Jews are an Oriental people and that tl?e ?rU'n[a people are notoriously troubled with ailments of tlfe foot. j The story t>f thp American Wpw * tlonary forces In France can, '^rd lng to a groaj many of our Krvnt generals, be written In terms of feet. These feet were at times Incased In socks; at times were covered with blisters; at times were naked. It Is said to have been Napoleon who announced the proclamation that "sin army travels on Its stomach, u modern warfare has shown that an army travels on Its feet, French ra way cars to the contrary notwith standing. As a noted chiropodist was* recent y quoted. "There Is nothmg to show where the brains have been used, but on the foot there grows a callous." No one shivers when a woman re moves her hat, buC It Is customary to turn one's head when she takes off her shoes. He/ head Is apt to be sleek, well rounded? rather debonair, In fact but her feet? well, one does not look directly nt them. A - beautiful woman cherishes her hand as a part of her beauty. It can be seen In Its graceful lines even within the confines of her glove? Its long, tapering fingers. 'Its oval nails, Its supple strength and all the rest of Its beauty. . v You can't see that ln^tlje foot. You can't RCe thrdugh the shoe the arched instep, the pink toes, -the velvety skin, the well-chlropodlzed nails you cun t see any of that. In fact, liw a shoe you can't see anything at all ex cept the size of a woman's foot, and that doesn't tell anything about It. Size of a woman's shoe does not mean anything, phrenologists l?ay, but those amateur matchmaker* who pick out wlvfe* for husbands and husbands for prospective wives look a whole lot at the feet of boys, snd girls. "Look," say the wise ones, "look well at the feet of your future mate. You don't want to, marry k chronic case of corns und bunions, do you? Then see If be (or she) has t well shaped, healthy feet. * Naturally It Is not a subject of polite conversation, but there. are ways of finding out." Our Nation's Capital. Washington has become the head quarters of more national organiza tions and associations than any other city In the country. A recent com pilation, admittedly Incomplete, lists I almost 300. A few of these organiza tions hove erected fine buildings that contribute materially to the 'beauty of the city. Among these are the American Red Cross, the Daughters of the Revolution, the National Academy of Science and Uie American Federa tion of Ivabor. One of these feature buildings will be the new home of "the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The Scottish Rite temple on Sixteenth street, and the proposed new edifice on Jhe old Dean estate, on which the Masons will spend mil lions, illustrative of what fraternal orders, also are doing to enhunce the attractions of Washington. of the Seasons. It 'was, a picture Illustrating, the geaso-n*. Firs ? . there was spring. Beautiful nymphs played by a brook. Into Its limpid waters they dipped their rosy toes. They were lightly clad as befits spring. N e*t came sutomer. By the sen were more girls. A down the sands they leaped and gamboled. They wore fewer clothe* and the wind toyed with these scanty garments Such was summer. Maw got up nt this point. "Come on, paw," she ordered. won't wait fur winter." ? Louisville Courier- Journal. .Dutch Farmers 1%* Dismal Swamp. Tfcose fifty Dutch farmers who hav? come to America to escape high ta*ei :-wM order to get away' fro* tha low, wet ground. ? Nashville South ern LumherniML 1 GUIDE'S STORY HARD TO BEAT ? n 8choolboy Parlance, Vouthful Sport*, man Would Havo to "Go Soma" in Way of Romancing. I have Just read in the Youth'g Com panloh, wrlteii ??? correspondent, the story oi the dog that tracked the tur* key back to t |u? i iost whore It lutd beeu hutchetL The yarn recalls to iny mind a hunting. story that uu old man of the Oxarks f?Mtl mo a iVw years ago, say a a writer in that niagastne. Seventeen utiles out front the little village of X- ? , in Missouri. II votl an old bachelor named Hill (Iroen. In those tlays the hills abounded In wild turko.xs ami deer and ho often served as gviltle to hunting parties and to llsh* ermen. The reason had opened and a party of xporuimm from Kansas City had secured old HHPs services, in the par* ty was a young fellow who evidently had had some experience In shooting d.'iT, hill whosi' Stories of his aclde\o inonts wore exaggerated and long; the other m. -labors of the party were tired of his boasting. They were astonished therefore when old Bill, who by nature wtjs taciturn, said to the youug fellow: "Say now, that reminds m*( of the other uiorntn'. 1 got up Just 'fore day and went down to the deer lick as I slips do. and there In the bright moon* light 'stood a great big buck. I raised my gun and was ready to ttre when I noticed on the limb Jlst above nine tur* keys roost In' In a row. At fust I was pusxlfel which to shoot at. the turkeys or the deer. Then all at once I thought of a plan. 1 crept a little nearer* and aimed at tJie limb where the turkeys sat. I tired away, and at t.lie same in stant T threw my gun and , kpocfted down the buck ; in a second 1 run up and knifed hint. Then 1 looked above where 1 had shot and split the limb, -which held every one of the turkeys by the tWs. Well, sir, I took*dowh the turkeys, tied them together and hung' theni. around my neck ; then I threw the buck over my shoulder and started for home. well satisfied even If I|d got i no more game that morning. 9lUit, sir, as 1 was wadln' the creek -the llsh studied the blocs! on my clothes and Jest run up m.f breeches legs ; and those breeches, belli' full big, got so heavy I could hardly walk. And when I tried to step out on the bank the top button busted off and killed a rabbit; ten steps away!" Needless to remark, the young sportsman was silent for the reit of the day.. 4 To Koep Ahead. Dudley Field Mslone, the New York lawyer and wit, said at a dinner party: "The Jewelry shops of the Rue de la Palx In Paris are. all displaying pipes for women ? marvelous affairs ? gold and meerschaum and amber and gems ? ;and you see the prettiest women smoking these pipes at ^'all lard's and the Rltz and under the trees In Arrtienonvlltfc. "At the club the other afternoon a friend of mine took a big plug of to bacco out of his pocket, bit off an Inch or two, and then held .out the i plug to me. "'Have a chew?' he said,. "'No,' said I; 'I won't. And to t*dl the truth. Bill,' I went on, 'I'm a good deal shocked to see a man of your 'cul ture with a quid In his cheek. How did y<?U come to take mi^this uncouth habit?' " 'Well, you see." said Bill, 'since my wife has gone in for pipe smoking I feel that I must do something to assert my masculinity.' " Lift of ft Government Policeman. There Is romance and atmoaphere : Of adventure associated with the lift [?of a government hunter which Ms i found In but a few of the recognized I professions and wufks of life nowa? I days. For the man who Is adept with ? firearihs, fearless, hardy, robust and| perseverant, the business of prairie , and mountain polV'einan Is _a. made-to : order Job. . . For the most part, the national sharpshooters ? modern minute-men who are ready at a minute's notice to take up the chase after dangerous k grizzly bears, ferocious mountain lions or sly and cunning timber wolves? > , are recruited from the ranks of for. | mer cowboys, frontiersmen, Indian i fighters, guides, trappers, hunters, prospectors, foresters, miners, forrnor soldiers and other adventurers who enjoy the fascinating life of matching well sharpened wits with grave dan ger. ? Montreal Family IJerald. Mechanical Page-Turner. A device has gently been patented by which page* of muglc may he turned leaving the hands of fho jwr former free at all times. # It ronslsti j of an arrangement of lever* operated ; by the foot, and may be fitted to any j music stand. Its Inventor snys it will > turn the music leaves in either dlrec j tlon with but a slight pressure with ' the foot on ft pedal, all the control he* Ing done with the performer's foot, requiring no manipulation with the) performer's hands; and that it will pick up a single leaf and transfer to desired posllldn. The turning opera tion, he says? Is performed in a small fraction of a second. "Kissing Bugs." About twenty-five years ago ? dur ing tho summers of 1&98 and 1WW, the newspapers featured stories ahout kissing hugs. These were species of the family KeduvlidHe, with the com mon name of cone-nose. In the south em United Stales they ar? called "glanV bedbugs. " They reeemble bed bugs In being fierce biters slid blood suckers, and have the advantage ot wlmc a. To be. said fu their fav o*T however. Is the fart at the? prey upon bedbug* and sfpa^he*. l>r. Kdtfar Younu MulUns, presi dent of the Southern Baptist Theo logical seminary at Louisville, Ky., was unanimously elected president of the Haptist W6rld Alliance in session at Stockholm, Sweden. * ? The indictment against (ieorgo Maxwell, charged with writing "poi son pen" letters to several promi nent Now York society women, wan dismissed in general sessions court in Now York Wednesday. Summer Vacationist ! The season for Summer vacations is here. Where are you going to spend yours? Do you prefer the mountains with their scenic grandeur, babbling brooks and shady nooks, and affording all out-door amusements such as Hiking, Horseback Riding, Golf, Tennis, Etc., with cool nights for rest and refreshment, or would you rather go to the seashore with its Cool Breezes? 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