The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 04, 1908, Image 3
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SERVANT PROBLEM.
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KX(JI.SH <ilKliS TO DK USED TO
SOLVE IT. j
Tin? Stale Immigration lltircuti En-1
ti ring Upon nn E.xporiiiu nt of'
11mat Interest to tin? Stall1.
A letter from Columbia to The'
News ami Co trier says til tun ?>\
peiiment which Commissioner Wat-j
son has started t?f substituting aj
high type of English-..peaking household
servant girl for the negio sor-j
j.vaat girl In- is convinced both from]
employers and tin? girls theniselves i
that he lias finally laid the foundation
for a successful, practical soiu-l
tlon of the vexed negro servant problem
in this State, and if the oxpori- j
ment. proves a success here it will be >
"a go" throughout the South. After;
repeated fail area during four years'
hard work the commission is now satisfied
that success is at hand.
The first experiments along this
line were with foreign-speaking people,
and in every case this proved a
failure. These are the kind of foreign
servants that are being placed to
w,i large extent in the North. Com'missioncr
Watson then concluded
that this section would have "o have
a higher type than is used in the
North in order to supplant the negro,
who is daily growing more useless
exacting and that the new servants
must speak English. He was further
persuaded that the newcomers in order
to be satisfied tncinselves and
render satisfactory service would have
to be in touch with the other members
of their families, so as to give
the home touch and alleviate the social
alienation which had made other
experiments with English-speaking
girls failures. Accordingly persistent.
energetic work was carried 011
in the desirable farm section of England
with literature, lectures and
personally conducted tours with big
vans.
Tho t lii rl v.t li rou Mtii'lluli tiPnnlo
brought More less than a month ago
and located in and around Columbia,
Edgefield, Abbeville, Greenville and
elsewhere in the State, have all written
letters to the department expressing
satisfaction, and every girl so
located has written letters through
the department to friends and relatives
abroad, urging them to come
on to SouJJi Carolina and live.
T LAG MAN KILLED.
ell in Front of Engine on Rlue
Itidge Road.
While flagging his train at Anderson
Monday morning Mr. (loo. Koed
Keith fell in front of the engine. *| he
trucks passed over his legs, completely
severing both of them below the
knees. He was quickly picked up
and hurried to the Anderson hospital.
At 10.30 o'clock he had sufficiently
recovered from the severe shock accompanying
the accident to undergo
a surgical operation. Both of his
logs were amputated above the knees,
lie was, however, unable to recover
from the wounds, and he died at
12.15 o'clock Monday afternoon.
FOUND IN RIVER.
Tito Rody of a Man Thought to Re
iMordered.
At. Jacksonville, Fla., the body of
an unknown white man, supposed to
bo a mate of some schooner in port,
was found floating in the river Tuesday
and upon investigation it was
found that the man had been shot
in the head. The author'ties believe
the man was murdered and his body
thro-^ji *tnto the river to hide the
crime. A thorough investigation is
being made. Nothing was found 011
the body to lead to an identification.
CKDR1NO INSTANTLY KILLED
Noted Italian Auto Driver Meets
Death 011 Hare Track.
M BaltimoreFmanuel Cedrino, the
oteo iiaiian automobile driver, was
instantly killed on Pimlico race
track Friday afternoon. Spectators
saw his car skid and turn over, three
of its wheels being smashed. Cedrinri
^tod his brother, who in his
mechanic, and was with him in the
car, were thrown out violently against
a fence, and while the brother was
m+i o Vvn*?f Pn/lrltm V* o /I n ivnnrnntltr I
iiui i f wui in*/ lKiii vutij
died instantly of a broken neck. *
A Home-Made Hefrigerator.
Take two large boxes, the second
somewhat smaller on all sides, and
bore two one-inch holes in each cor/
respondingly, to give drainage and
ventilation. Fill up the bottom of
the larger box with powdered charcoal
(or sawdust, if charcoal cannot
be procured) until the smaller box
will stand 011 a level w..~ the top of
the larger box. Put the inner box in
place, and fill up all the space around
the sides with the charcoal. Fasten
lids on both boxes to fit tightly. On
each side/af the inner box, by means
of cleats, put several shelves, leaving
a space in the center for the ice.
A rack mado of lathing may be laid
at the >al?om, for the ice to rest
upon. Tiegs may be added, also, and
the drainage and ventilation in this
way bo improved. This is a rough
v, refrigerator, but it will save your ice.
1 When a man is forced to eat crow
i | he is apt to consider a bird in the
NAPOLEON'S OLI> COAT.
Uariuenf for Which He Had a Sort of
Superstitious Reverence.
A* the 13 Vendomlaro Napoleon
was In such a stat?? of poverty that
Ms < lothes were all torn ant? he did
' ?-v,i a sworl. lie had to horrow
nd tlie day following nia suc ss
lie ha?l to get a quantity of cloth
< om the State to have a suitable unlrn.
made. From this moment.
?wever. he jiald great uttetitlon to
iih toilet, aiivl took a certain pride In
uchiy ciecorated clothes.
At *T ir: - lie wore y uniform rov.
" od wl'b gold embroidery? a ?:nirin
to which be attr^hed a qu ?er
ort of Mipeiv.tit'ous recoioiuv. Wben
e 'o N.'ilun, f< r Instance, to tie
row ?ed King of It! !y, lie attended u
view on the field of buttle In the
il ashiori' -1 and much tsrnisbo I
51 It be ha 1 worn on the niemora )le
S f)-, of J UTi j. l S00.
H? never parted with his old coat
. le ought it with him t > flt. Hole..
and when he was dead, his com
nun 'is put It over him. When N'alolcon
became Consul ho took great
are of his toilet, hut lie affected sim
|ilict\ all the more, as he wished hi"
MfiuM ais una sum1 to no gorgeous 11'
gold ir,.!f(inns nud plumed helme's.
It was then he took to wenrlug the
array redigote and the hat which as
well hi, the uniform has been leereed
to the Empress lOugcnic At r.'t
the ' :.t was low crowned with a wide
border, hut little by little it got higu r
and higher until it been toe the hat
every one knows. The hat was ot
loi hairy felt what hatters on'I
'castor franeaise," and it had a :tn
in* of grayish green silk. Napoleon
wore tils hats for a long time and
.out 'hem to be repaired again and
again.
I ' ??' Mother Ihrrliul Before His Birth
The one hundred and first anniversary
of the both of General Robert.
10 Lee, recalls the little known
fact >hat lie was born more than a
yea. after his mother hnd been buried.
furnishing to the world one 'if
the most astonishing oases of reviviscenre
on record.
General Lee's mother was by no
means tin entirely healthy woman
v-ne sintered from catelpsy, rr.l during
h prolonged franco, she was pronoii'
cod dead. The ho.lv was procured
for interment and the morning
of the third day after lir-r supposed
death the remains were laid to rest
in the fanitlv vault in the graveyard
of Stratford, Va.
While the sexton was cleaning up
an.i arranging some fresh flowers to
he placed on the casket, ho heard a
faint voice as though of some one
ceding for ass'stance. He listened
closely and the voice was distinctly
hoard aga'n.
.ie<T>. ling satisfied that the voice
cr.Me from within the casket he at
once opened it. discovering that Mrs.
Lee was alive. Within a short 'in.c
s.h war safe in bed tit her own home.
Mrs. Lee's recovery was slow, hut
she did regain good health and a little
more than a year after Fhe was
hurled alive her youngest son. Robert
K., was born, and thus came into the
world one of her bravest men and
greatest generals.
Shortage of Horses.
Dealers and breeders who tire predicting
a shortage of horses almost
amounting to a famine in the next
ew years will find much to confirm
their opinion in the records of the
trade at the Unl.m Stock Yards, Chicago
in 1907
There was a falling off of
24,224 head It. the arrivals of the
vear; and all clav~.es of horses averaged
higher than in 1906, nothwith
smiiiuwik me nnaiifini (lisiu man cos
an.l the faet. that users of horses all
over the Country were economizing
in their purchases.
There seems to he no doubt tn the
minds of market experts that the
sh-lnkage in arrivals during the year
was due to the fact that the mir*,,r,r
of marketable, or. rather, serviceable
horses had declined. Farmers and
breeders seem to have discovered too
fully the expected results of the use
of the automobile and to have ore.l
fewer horses of late years. Certainly
If they had been In the country the
Ugh prices of the year must have
brought tnem out!
Records of the Union Stock Yards
show that 2.000,000 horses have ar
r'ved there In the last twenty venra
This Is an average of 100.000 horses
a year. The banner year was 190.r?,
when 127,2f>9 head arrived. The
largest receipts for one month were
11.44k. In Mareu, 190r>. and for one
flav, 2,17 7 head, on March 6, 190T?.
The total value of the horses arriving
In 1 907 was $ 1 6.797.000, and then
was an advance ot from $20 to $30
n head In the prices for all classes, as
compared with the figures for 1 902.
fancy draughters ar.d matched carriage
pairs, making the greatest
gains. One consignment, of twentyone
head, all blc Porclvrons.
th record average of $4 22.1 f> each
at auction.
Rojie Machines.
II. Ij. Shaw of fllen Roclc, York
County. Pa., has some rope machines
over one hundred years old. He got
them quite recently from Joel an.l Elf
Craumar. Ell said ho used to help
his father, John Craumer, to twist
bedoords and w&shlines with those
quaint old wooden macnlncs.
Negro Gets a Medal,
John B. Hill of Atlanta Is the first
negro In the country to receive a Carnegie
hero medal. A check of $.000
was sent as a reward for risking hi*
life in savin* several people In danger
from a runaway team in Atlanta."
I
AIRSHIP* IX WAKFAKK
Wrlgh* Hrolhers Toll l!o\v The}
Constructed Their Aeroplane.
For the drst time since they first
attracted Attention the Wrights ?Or.
vide and Wilhtir? have just t'?id
o" o of tli" secrets of t teir tnucluiu*
ilid how they perfected It.
They l?e ;.u? th? ir experiments aftei
I.Mentha Fs death In lRfHJ Their
opinion as to what was needed was
an air-ship that would not capsize
when the wind was blowing.
i iiii chicl* trouble U the turmoil
of i a'.r The common Itnpre*- on
is that the atmosphere rjuns in otitic
natively regular currents which wa
."all winds. The air along the stira*
ol the earth, as a matter of fan;,
's continually churning It is thrown
U ward from every irregularity, like
; -a breakers on a coast-line; over.v
111', and tree anw building sends up
a wave of slanting current.
"\nd it moves not directly ha< 1<
an ! forth upon its coast line. Ilk" the
. a. bit* in whirling rotary masses.
me of these rise up hundreds of
yards In a fairly strong wind the
\ir ?mnr the earth is more disturbed
hat the whirlpool of Niagara.
i noy tell how thoy adopted th<
wo-plane machine, "now they gave up
i h?> tail, used a rudder in front, heir
idea being to get a machine that
"j'ild he balanced and steered by re'
i \ 'I'Mion, as a bicycle Is. In re
ark.title experiments they found
i t;?; certain birds. like the buzzard,
re merely animated aeroplanes.
The buz/ards and haw Us tlnd tho
. urrents blowing upwafd off tho
e nd the gulls that follow the steam
i :*s from New York to Florida are
merely sliding down hill a thousand
antes oh rising currents in the wake
ul the steamer in tho atmosphere
ti. t op the hot air arising front her
onok ..tacks."
\<;? ing on this knowledge, t!te\
p.r.idually developed a sliding tun
s It'ne until December. 1903, when
the\ sailei will a machine equipped
v ' h an engine. Then they found
the great problem to be equilibrium
it. turning corners.
My tho most careful experiments
they found the way to control the
m..chine around corners.
'The machine was now under practical
control. Six flights averaged
ever Iutiles each: we obtained a
1 ght of twenty-four miles in thirtyol.ht
niuutes ?that Is, at the rate
! ih??Mv-e!ght miles an hour.
"We know tha* we have nt last
seen re J a practical working aeroI
Ir.ne."
The Double Ka^lo.
Rankers say the new S20 gold
gold i>l? cos will bother paying ami
<*i ving tollers. The principal
t a iscs ot tiiis arc the absence of mill
ug and the high relief of the do
si:,us on botli sides. As the coins an
to-day (lie relief is inconsiderabh t<
iucoc from what it was in the origins!
design. if the Government de
i11 s t< contlruo the coinage of the
now piece the relief will be further
r? .1 need.
"The now 520 gold piece lacks artistic
finish, said Mr. Henry Chapman,
the coin export. On the obverse
v' !e the at temp, at foreshortening o*
in* left, leg of the figure Is largely
re-oonsible for Ibis defot. Foreshnrtis
one of the most difficult
things to do in tills kind of work, and
when If is done incorrectly, it make.!
a *>itifiiI showing.
"On the who.e, the coin Is highly
impracticable. Furthermore, it ha<*
the appearance of gold plate. Thii
and tlie higii relief of the designs,
will make it easy to counterfeit.
"The attempting to reproduce a
tiny picture of the Capitol building
on a space as big as a pin head, down
to tile left of the figure on the Olivers
side of the coin, is. I think, belittling
the structure. It gives no
adequate idea of the size and grandeur
of the building.
"It does not look like ft coin, and
it Is not good metal work. ft lackft
dignity, and, an the whole, is highly
Ini practicable.
"That creature on the reverse sMh
of the coin is a bird. but
I'm at sec to decide what
kln.1 " said Whltmer Stone,
curator of birds at tho Academy of
Natural Science. "If I were to ho
real lenient I might concede that it's
a bird .if prey, which might show It
at leas* to be a distant relative of
the But an eagle, never!"
Philadelphia Press.
Unique Institution.
Tuere la perhaps no Institution In
th * I'nited States which enjoys such
a unique reputation for debating
work as the University of Notro
Dane Indiana. Seventeen times
Notre Dame has debated with Statu
Universities and the other great
schools of the country, and never
onto has victory failed to perch on
her banners. Tills curious record
i.as caused considerable speculation
among professors of debating in othn
itiul it 11 I (/ <??< V* ? ? 4 * ' Wl.. - ?
iiiDvuuiiuiio, Mm Hie {)i <1 imhim explanation
that advanced l>y president
James of the Tnlversity of 111.
Tills. in what he calls the
"Wild Irish oratory of Notes Dam*,
co"pled with a stubborn course In
Logic" that grivos tboae astonishing
results Fully eighty per ceut of ths
students of Notre Dame belong to
the celtlc race, and qukknsa* and
Imagination are theirs by right of
Inheritance. Notre Dame has (Macussed
both sides of the subject In
the uarno year with important nolle
ges and won on both aides.
A letter addressed to "Ths man
who wears the tallest hat In Bristol"
has been correctly dstivssod in tto*t
English city.
I
* ' \ / ' ,_v
S A Grain I
a w
i of fSops 1
i By II cro n- M ax well I.
i'-i r
iiisssasa^fcjc dPiarewacttK^
It l>? mum at an afternoon party,
where.. as usual, people were fee n
mere or less hove l, and were getting
on one another's nerves.
Tne rooms were too warm, to he
Kin with and everyone would congregate
in the oo ier hv the ices sc
hat the music-room was almost deserted
and tile ariists were dis'in. tiv
annoyed at finding themselves
warbling to a tew stragglers.
"I am so sorrv tor Lady Dunstan,"
said Alary hercsfi rd to the man who
had .l ist been introduced to her. "!
am afraid we are not treating hei
well. Don't you think we had better
go ami listen T > t. song?
"I would rather not." he answer
ed, "but I am at your command
Only, will you 10 tne a favor afterward?"
She looked surprised.
"Certainly, if it is in mv power,"
she assented rivllv. "What is it?"
|
She was looking very comely and
I cool in a green and white dress ot
' some diaphanous fabric; and there
l was an atmosphere of pleasant feI
pose about Miss lloroslord that peoI
lit.. !l I > it'i >r?l a> I u-lllw.nl '
I ' "" " " "
It lt:i<1 never occurred to nor to
tnnrrv anyone. She was well off.
.she had no near relations, and she
the eharn?
"^swfy . w)a\" wh,(-h w "h
/I hers at twentw,
*Jf V~ ty-six.
t'&s >?h "1 atn t!n?
wl victim, nr.
0 &vv\' ssu i' l>oso 1
W\m^PM hhou,tl
WAX \V , s-ay the hero,
/ ' i ?r a ? ????VL.fc.iV.
?'i+Jn i ,i ^ <i n co," coie
"And so you are. tinno<l t ii e
" omantic^' asked Mary. nan. "and I
iui\e an intense yearning to toll
someone about it. Will yon lot mo
I'ontidn in you?"
"You must ,et mo know your
name, site said. 11 you are going
to iol| me i he story of your life. I
didn't oa t oh what Lady Dunstan
said."
"I.awrotioe Homo." ho replied,
"and I hve just met my fate."
"koalJy?" Mary's amused glance
swent t v -i tin* rrovi-rl iiiviiih i ?n..>..
ami rest en on u girl with straight.
"'pHr-rnt profile and dark hair, t?i
w in in he trjin ietitly remembered
Mr. Home had hoen Liking when
their ho>te.ss divided thoni.
' I see you are trying io guess who
is the dea ex mat hina." he said, "but
i want t,? begin troin the beginning.
Won t you let me oil the sons;. Miss
.?v ret,; and come to t lit; ha Ic ony
ove t here?"
"!t is very unprincipled," said
Mary, wavering. "Lady Dunstan
asked its to go to the drawing room."
"Principles can be carried too
Jar," lie argued. "Let as he selfish
tor once and choose the balcony."
"And si. you are romantic?" askd
Mary, when they were ensconced
in a slia.lv corner.
"Not at all by temperament." lie
.assured her; "but I have become so
lately. I saw a lady at a concert,
and felt so attracted by her that I
?ujd no attention lo the mush . Since
then Chance has willed that we
-hotild often be wit lin speaking distance
of each ot. er-- in the street,
in a room, at an ente rtainment?and
the attraction has grown with every
meeting; so that when I have re
reived an Invitation lately, I have
said to myself, 'i wonuer if She will
he there?' She with a capital letter!
"And you feel that your fate is
sealed'?'
"For better or for worse?yes."
ne .aid. "I am sure slie is the one
J woman In the world for me; 1 ut she
j may noi hove the same feeling. In
fact. I know for certain that she banno
feeling of any sort about me, and
no consciousness of ever having met
mc before.
"So my only /ope is to see her
constantly, and that is not so easy as
it sounds. For, with the exception
of o.tr hostess, we have no mutual
friends that I am aware of, at whose
nniitmc ii'. ??!? !, m >
- V, IIIIQIIV lll'-'Ul,
"Oh, yen.' said Mary hastily; "I
know Mk? Matthews quito well. She
in coming to lunoh with me next
week."
"1? she?' h? asked eagerly "And
you wll' ask me, too? But that is
too Rood of yoa."4
"Not at all. I shall be very
pleaded Romance deserves eBoeuragoment
in those proeaic days. Shf
Is a charming girl ? ICthol Matthews
I have known hoi quite a long time
"(}ood-bT?." she said. "1 hnve an I
early ulnner engagement and I
mti3t go now. Don't forget?Innct
at two o'clock."
"Tou haven't given me your ad- i
drees.
She took out a <*ard frem a little
Joweiled c^ne and gave it to bim.
"2. Ms air Mansions." he aald.
'Thculka, ! sooa't forgot, and I an
Bloat grateful."
T%? lin'e "aqaare'- luaobooa party
at May -air Manrtous wae uecliiedly
a oooccsa. Sir James Mart was a
].: ,i
rising diplomat '.mood, one might
hv that he w;t. a rich one and hn
'aiked oven better than usual, bo*
n idi he was anxious to please Miss
ieroslord.
K'lcl Matthews who was necuso
icd to demand and receive udmlrMi
?1 coolccss thut is characer'.ote
<>f the latter-day young worn
n accepted Mr Homes attempts to
c agrctallo graciously, and tbov
re | :ne ri? ndly by ike time that
r y nr've at the (draftoti Galleries
Mrrv re.-dmd. watching the
ror.a.s of t . little romance with
Hit ill ; her heart that was halt
ant. . i d yet Into a touch of odd
o?dne<s t?, it. decided, to see the
tiling through. and later, site tutted
both lOthd and Mr. Home to
Ine w;111 her the following week
oid do a play.
It v\as very nice and civil of Mr.
'loine ?he thought. to manage a call
o> r r in t>et ween the two festivities, [
lid slie veeeived hint with gracious
or-', ia lily.
I'hev drifted into ta'k about them
elves, and -he learned many Inter st'ng
things concerting him. so
hit thev seemed like old and Intli
sue friends when they parted.
The theatre part)' promised well
at die commencement; for tnc
'nil th man vvns a steady-going, middle-aged
Memoer of Parliament, a
.vidov.er, with pronounced views,
in.I Marv monopolized him in order
o give tl;e romance freedom to develop
itself.
Vet presently it seemed as if
somcthin'g had eon? wrong. lOthel
Matthews was distinctly initiating
lu? widower in the early stages of
rhc art of nictation; while Lawrence
piqued no doubt betrayed a deire
to take refuge from her neglect
with Mary.
he was surprised to find that site
was full of indignant sympathy for
Lawrence for, after all, love disappointments
are very usual occurran
ps, and that she was aetnnliy
ailing a dislik" to Kthol hecauso
'hat tickle \oung persoh had deserted
Mr. Home for the w'dower.
"It is eh.Mining of you to take it
so weh," she murmured to Lnwep.ee.
when he hegged tile privilege
of driving homo with her; "hut, of
nurse, yon must not let it become
i real quarrel. You must insist on
iecing Miss .Matthews to Hat on Torare."
"Mat she lias already arranged."
ne said, "that our honorable and
worthy I'rb nil should he her escort.
. should not like to Intervene."
And a moment later Miss Mui'tiews
settled the point herself by
departing with t he widower, and
aUiug a vor> brief and ciiilly farewell
o! M r. I lome.
As Mary drove with him toward
Mavfait Mansions, she was trying t<
h'tik oi appr printe words wherevi111
to < ( tisole litis blighted lover;
hut she found it so diflicult that
hen the1, ad readied tlie flat she
l ad sad nothing, and could only enlea
or to e >n >e, her Kympatiiy liy a
um;, i in;; hand-clasp.
"Maj i not Co mo in for a moment."
he said. "I have something
important to nay to you."
She n:i\e a gracious assent.
"I have been looking lorward to
'.his evening more than 1 can say,"
Lawrence began. "Will It bore you
;l I refer to my romance?"
She turned to him with tears of
arne.sines.: shining in her eyes.
"Of course it will not bore me,"
she assured him. "I cannot express
o you how sorry I feel, how slncerev
i sympathise with you. Ltut I
hiiilc that .Miss .Matthews" ?
He interrupted hy taking her
hand.
"Need we talk about MHs Matthews?"
he said, while the smile
....... i- ? ? a n d the
twinkle in
his eye trans?'i
^or,,iefJ
I face. "It is
j lB Utl1 ?l,s?i
\ jluto waste of
J Jf / ) jtlme. I would
i / IKO 111 11 ' 11
iW. ,i ft v rather talk
VS.ll/ A 'about von.
' JMi'' j'\ Mary."
L \ \ 1 w a H
/? M \ HO R^tonish/rf'
' * \ ' ed for a mof
V ' V ^ i m e n t she
V ?, , \ . diioJu X(. () ? jfj not
'He reuci something that speak, and
encouraged him in ho drew her
her eyes." a little nearer
to him by the passive hand he
held.
"1 cannot wait any longer," he
iatd. "I very nearly told
you that I loved you on
that first day on f>ady I)uu.dan's
balcony, but I did not venture
to for rear of belviir ? ? *
? n ?.? ?i niiu
losing my chance. It hay s? ied an
eicintty since then, and. l< *11 the
trull., I wan getting m? :.>red with
Mirs Matthews that * m afraid I
showed it. Man :.uve loved you
from the lirst .1 nt that I saw
yon. don't sr . away."
"Hut ? ? Lered, "It. can't bo
true 11 t be a mistake You
tolri r!
"I you the truth," ho said,
m ' mod the other hand. "And
with your doliKhtful lack of
t.sui. decided that my Ideal must
Mlr.s Matthews. Mary Mary?
j
n't you care a little bit for me?"
the did not answer for she was still
?o much amazed both at him and at
erseli to be able to speak; but he
ad something that encou.aged him
.a her eye* for .ve lifted her hands
up to his shoulders, and bending
said noftly:
"If there Is a grain of fcefe far
toe, Mary, give me one litaa."
And Mary did.
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DI8TR1YH . ?N OF TIIK TOVS.
In Excitement CJave Them to th?
\\ roiifj lioy.
Mrs Htyles Van Brocklln. whose
time wax divided among her twelve
women's clubs and away from her
children, took an ?r* clay, at Christnwis.
to visit a tov-s > ? In the Interest
of her six offsprings. Loaded
down v ith her gundy purchases she
had reached her front yard, where
the children wore making n snowman.
when .in elegant equipage jingled
up to the curb and stopped.
"oh, Mrs. Van Brocklln!" cried a
lady from the coach, "come with ma
to the Social Probl^n meeting."
Kxxclalmlng that she had forgotten
all about this meeting, the mother
qulcklj approached the olde.vt ol
the children about the snow-man and
pressed the toy packages In his arm.
Take these Inside and distribute
thoin among your brothers nn sinters,"
she said; and the next i mmont
sin* was whisked away In the friend's
coach.
That night when she returned
home she was struck by the surly
and tear-stained faces of her chlld
ten.
"1'ut the dears right to bed ' ?he
ordered the nurse, taking In tt. itnation
with the quickness and .. u
rimy of the average club woman 'I
ran pom they're tired out and s' ?r?y
after so much excitement with 'heir
new toyu."
"It ain't that, ma'am," returned
the nurse "You ' ?
"I didn't bring them lust what each
wanted, perhaps? Well. It'a hard to
p ase so many"
"It ain't that, either, mum; hut
you gave all the toys to the boy next
door!"
RUDK RUFFIAN.
Choillie. Lnwst night a wud?
fellah av\ thweatened to heat my
bwulns out for aw meahly twanip
ing on iiis toes, out i talked wight
hack and timid 'B' Jove, you
caw n't.' "
Fwoddle? "Fauncy!"
Chollle " Yeth! I must have given
the fellah a fwight, for'ho tried to
h>ok angwy, and?aw?weplied:
'Youah wight nor no one either,
h jove!" ,
The Wrong Prescription. ?
A well known physician was tolUnfC
a friend of the humorous phases of
the practice ^ i medicine when ho was
reminded of the sad case of a patient
who cunie to htm suffering from hay;
fever.
"*'ow, It Ih fact, said the physician,
"that In hay fever there Is no
absolutely Infallible treatment. Sending
one person to a certain climate
may result In a cure which would not
materlallze in the case of another.
As a rule 1 advise the one afflicted to
take a sea trip. In this connection I
once encountered a great surprise. A
large, fine looking fellow came to we
one day suffering from hay fever In
its most aggravated form. I made
the usual suggestion that he take a
trip at sea.
"He gave me a look of disgust and
prepared to depart. 'Doggode Id!'
he exclaimed, "I'd dee capdld of ad
ocead liner. I lib ad sea!"
tier Method of Distinction.
"They look exactly alike, and you
flress them exactly alike Mrs. HlghBnoggle."
said the caller. "How can
von loll them apart?"
"That Isn't hard to do," answered
the mother of the twins. "If I slap
Johnny and he swears a blue streak
1 know s it's Dick"?Chicago Trlt>une.
A Parting Shot.
"You are not going to send me
home this way, are you?" asked the
young man, hh lie hesitated at^the
open door.
"Well, if you want to wait, father
may lie down and Bend you out
through the window," replied the
girl, as she prepared to shut the
door.?Yonkers Statesman.
Sane Momenta.
"This bill for $1,200 is altogether
too high," said the client.
"Hut didn't I prove you were erar.r
a nil set you acquitted,' replied the
law/ r"Yea,
you did; but you haven't
proved that 1'tn crazy enough to pay
this bill, yet!"
One Exception.
"Yea," said the Rev. Mr. GooJley.
"I oppose the contemplated prl7,e
for our building fund. I can't connive
at any form of lottery.'
"Except a marriage In the church,"
suggested the crusty bachelor.?PhlU
adelpnia Presa. |
A Contented Mind.
"That follow Dlckaon has bee*
bothering you quite a while about
that bill you owe him."
"Yee. I can't understand why he
worries about It. I don't."?St.
Louie Times. t
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