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V " ....?...?? p" : T SOCIAL ETIQUETTE. f Promptness and Politeness In Answerir3 Dinner Invitations. There was once a great man, whose ?ame I have forgotten, but it is .not important to this narrative,/* ho gave his son this bit of ".sociaradvice: "Answer a dinner in-j r-' vitation within twenty-four hours: after you receive it. If you accept, let nothing short of your death prevent your going, and if you die ar range for a substitute in your will.: Whatever you do, for heaven's sake be prompt in the doing.*' Along the same lines was a note received by a certain Washington! hostess from the valet of an attache of one of the legations, "M. ; regrets that he cannot come to Mrs. D.'s dinner, but be died last night." Now, a funeral in the family is usually accepted as a very good reason for n'ot doing anything, but lit-! tie short of one can excuse a lack of punctuality ih matters social. Whatever you are, he prompt. A few yoar-s hack it was consider- i ed rather a nice t..ir:g to come *in j just a !:t!' !at \ flirls going to ; b^Jls k with nride of being anion? 1'" last arrivals.. Novelists who would chronicle the doings of the smart set got into the fashion of opening their choicest chapters with a vision of the hostess and rrnnefc trim 1171 IUU>C VI lit* f;uvcu^ "liw vv derbred or unfortunate enough to have arrived on time sitting in dejected state awaiting the honored guest of the evening, who always made it a point to appear just fifteen minutes after the hour set in the card of invitation, but "we have changed all that." Punctuality, the politeness of > kings, is once more to the fore. If you want to be popular with those who entertain, answer your invitations as soon as you receive them. Personally I think a telephone invi- ( tation a twentieth century species , of inquisition. How can you think of fitting excuses for not going or properly enthusiastic reasons for going when you are confronted with , a gaping bit of metal in the shape j of a transmitter? But the telephone has had its use as well as its j abuse in that it has obliged the oth- , erwise tardy to come up to time. ? The more informal and personal j the invitation the prompter should , the answer be. If you are going to be merely an atom in a vast assem- , blage, then you may be pardoned J for letting your reply to your bidding dally, but if you are to be one ; of a chosen few such hesitancy is , f\na nf hhinders that are worse than crimes. Decline if you will, accept if you see fit, but, whatever you do, for heaven's sake be prompt in the doing.?Philadelphia North American. Australia's Caves. The Narracoote caves, in south ( Australia, are situated in the southeastern portion of the state, the principal xharober, known as the , "big cpv^ with its magnificent , profusion of beautiful stalactites and stalagmites, forming a dazzling j spectacle when illuminated by the , magnesium light. In a second cham- ] .ber, or cave, nature has been prod"/ igal of the mystical ornament with , which the whole place abounds. There are pillars so finely formed and covered with such dainty trellis work, curious drippings of lime \ creating such wonderful masses of 1 1 ovo ic 1U> CIJ StlUll tivia, iuuv uiu vjv w | bewildered with the extent and rari- i ' ty of the adornment. It is like a! palace of ice, with a rich profusion ] of frozen silvery cascades and foun- i tains all around. Western Australia possesses also a couple of extensive cave systems which fairly rival those of New South Wales, 1 Queensland and south Australia. i Something of a Psychologist. I < When Jenkins received an auto- 1 graph copy of his friend Clement's!< latest book on the "Genetic Theory i( of Knowledge," he immediately sat; down and acknowledged the gift, ' saying that he "anticipated great! pleasure in its perusal." "Why didn't you read it first asked his wife. "Then you could have said something much nicer than that." "Ethel," said Jenkins as he gave Clement's book a conspicuous place | on the library table, "I have a feel- j ing that this is one of the times when my forethought would be better than my hind thought." Tar and Feathers. Tar and feathers are not a peculiarly American punishment. Rich-1 ard the Lion Hearted lirst proclaimed this punishment. It was when * he was setting out for the third c-ru-! sade that he gave warning that "a robber who shall be convicted of theft shall have his head cropped after the fashion of a champion, and boiling pitch shall be poured thereon, and the feathers of a cush- j ion shall be shaken out on him, so i that he shall be known."?St. Louis j Republic. f. CALLED TOO LATE. An Incident That Is Full of Human Interest. "Shall we call r" That is a question so frequently asked and so constantly discussed that the following extract from a letter recently written from a small town may he of interest. It tells its own story and teaches its own lesson, says the New York Tribune: It was a short romance, a passing summer episode, but my eyes till with tears whenever 1 remember it. They looked like children, he and she, when they moved into the forlorn little house on the roadside in our village. "Just married, of course," said the gossips. "Shall we call? Better wait perhaps till we know who they* arc and what his business is," etc. So no one disturbed them. The young husband went to town early every morning, and the little wife sat alone on the porch and awaited his return. They planted morning glories and nasturtiums and hung a bird cage among the vines, so the place blossomed into new life and looked as it had never done before. The young people seldom left home. Only on Sundays they walked to the Presbyterian church and sat in a far back pew hand in hand through the service. One day I saw the doctor's carriage in front of the little porch. "Dear me!" I thought. "I wonder what is the matter there. I must surely look in tomorrow." And I did. But, alas, a grim visitor, who will not be denied, had been before me. As no one responded to my knock, I opened the front door and found my way to the sitting room. In an instant I knew what had happened. There sat the poor bov alone, his face buried in his hands, wniie Ms wnoie irame snooK wun dry, tearless sobs. *' I put my hand upon his shoulder?he was younger than ray own son?and I whispered: "Oh, let me help you if I can." "Oh," he groaned, "if you had only come before! She was so lonely. She longed so for a woman's hand and a woman's voice. Yes," he added, "you can help me. .Tear down the flowers when I am gone. They were hers. And give away her bird. I shall never see this place again after today." The sorrowful departure took place that very afternoon, and I did as he requested. I never pass the bare porch of that house without remembering that I had practically denied the kindness and the sympathy so sorely needed and craved by one of my sisters. Those Haunting Notes. There was a peculiar sound from the direction of the woods as the member of the Bird Lovers' soci(*y sat in the window of her friend's country home one summer afternoon. She quickly took her small "Bird Guide" from her ever present bag and rapidly turned the leaves. At last she paused with a smile of satisfaction and listened, with her finger between two leaves of the little book, till the sound came again.' .When it was repeated an expressjpn of doubt flitted across her features, but still she was hopeful. "You probably know many of the bird notes, living so near the woods and in such a quiet spot," she said to her friend. "Can you tell me what bird that is?" '"That," said her friend briefly, "is our goat. We shall have to move him farther off." ? Youth's Companion. 1? A Well Dressed Ham. Lord Russell when practicing at the bar one day examined a witness whose evidence promised to be damaging unless he could be previously confused. The only vulnerable part af the man was said to be his self esteem. The witness, a portly, overiressed individual, went into the box, and the great lawyer took him in hand. "Mr. John Tomkins, I believe?" "Yes." "You are a stockbroker?" "I ham." Lord Russell regarded him atten? * * J "I xi tiveiy lor a lew moments ana tnen said, "And a very well dressed ham you are, sir." The shout of laughter which followed completely disconcerted Mr. Tomkins, and the lawyer's point was gained.?Scottish Nights. An American, Most Likely. The "seeing London" automobile rolled out Piccadilly in the direction of Hyde park. "That, ladies and gents," shouted the guide as they passed an ancient edifice surrounded by a high brick wall?"that is the town house of the Duke of Dea, one of our largest landed proprietors." The eyes of the beautiful American on the back seat were illumined with sudden interest, "Who landed him?" she cried.? London Mail. f I-L FATED AUTHORS. V.'r; 1- ; VVhccc Works Proved Thi:i Ov.ii Death Warrants. in times gone by monarchs gav *hon#: urilt to 1. c authors of boot that oll'cndcd them. The Bourbort tor instance, d.d not scruple alio a paying assassins to "remove"' tlios writers, such as the gifted Pau Courier, whose works displeaso< i them. Xor did the great Xapoleo: lies late at all in shooting or hang ing the unhappy author who erossei bis path. On one#oceasion lie executed th publisher?one named Palm o .Nuremberg?of a book attackin him because that individual refuse to disclose the name of its author. A terrible fate befell a nineteen year-old authoress of a poem whin! was read by no other person thai its writer, a lady of the Emprcs Elizabeth of Russia's court, and th empress herself. This was Yer Paskin, who wrote about 200 line of verse satirizing the empres: vices. In youthful pride and imprudene the girl showed the manuscript t one of the court ladies. To curr favor with the empress this woma: showed it to Elizabeth, who there upon ordered Vera Paskin to b cruelly knouted and banished fo life to Siberia. A poem has even brought abou the death of its writer, and in En? land too. James I. was the offend ed monarch. John Williams th poet. Williams, for safety, inclose the verses in an iron box and sen them to the king, who, always feai ing assassination, jumped to th conclusion that the box was non other than an infernal machine. When the news of the real natur of the box's contents leaked o i1 however, James grew so angry a the jeers that were leveled at hir from all parts of the kingdom tha he had the unfortunate John Wil liams hanged, drawn and quartered ?Pearson's Weekly. Cheapest Place For Sulphur. In a little out of the way stret in Boston is a small drug store, th proprietor of which is a peppei little old Irishman, and most of h customers are fellow countnmei Not long ago one appeared and i< sired to purchase 10 cents' wort of sulphur. The druggist weighe out the proper amount and wt about to wrap it up when the woul be nurehaser interruntcd. f A "Sure, an' is thot all I get for ti chits?" "Faith, is it a barrel ye'U be ei pecticg?" the druggist retorted. "It is uot, but I know a plac where I can got more than thot fc foive cints," the other asserted. "Ye do?" the little old fellow ei claimed, dashing the chemical bac into the box. "An' I know a plac where ye'll get a lot more than the for notlvn' at all!" TO MC Experience has proven the and there is no way in which su ing Artists of the world, can be irt?? pvpi'v home ms throuerh a Yi To make "liome" the dear and girls, is every Mother's fore The VICTOR will lend mo complishing this, than any othei Victor dr. Gramophone, Victor Z Victor I Victor II Victor III Victor IV . Victor V Victor VI Victor Victrola Victor records 35c and up. We THE CABLI EVERYTHING K J. W. WALLACE, manager. i j BUZZARD HARDWAI kinds, N/ C. 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