The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 09, 1908, Magazine Section, Page 10, Image 52

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    THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 0, 1908.
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Rv MARGARET B. DOWXI
OF the four women whom the action
of the National conventions has
placed in such conspicuous guise
before the American people only Mrs.
John Worth Kern, of Indianapolis. Is a
comparative stranger to the social official
world of Washington, and to the country
at large. But Mrs. Kern possesses quali
ties which argue against her remaining
unknown even if the second place
among the woman kind of the land does
not fall to her lot. She is younger than
the majority of matrons to whom such
potential honors are possible. Her friends
give her every qualification which would
argue a successful social career even
among experienced leaders at the ' Na
tional capital.
"I am rather dismayed at the formid
able list of requisites for living in Wash
ington." said Mrs. Kern not long after
her husband s selection as Bryan's run
ning mate, "and some or my optlm:stlc
friends suggest that I get in a social
secretary at onre and begin to look up
the duties of my position. But I shall
wait. 1 find that life In a state capital
Is just a miniature of life at the National
Capital, so having mastered the details
nf the one. I hope not to find the other
too involved to solve, should I have oc
casion lo solve it. But I am not inclined
to place too high a rating on mere social
Intercourse. I should look forward to
other things with keener pleasure, should
I live in Washington. The opportunity
for seeking wisdom at the fountain head
Is one which appeals very strongly.
"Shortly after Mr. Kern was nominated
I expressed some views about canteens,
liquor laws and civic reform which
seemed to horrify the country, and it was
gently suggested to me from high po
litical sources that I was not running
for the office of Vice-President of the
United States and as I was very close
to one who was perhaps 1 should refrain
from discussing such questions too
frankly. Now, I have always been ac
customed to take an interest in such
things and to express my opinion quite
freely. That 1 should now refrain from
giving my views seems one of the penal
ties of a possible honor. I have always
workd earnestly for the temperance
question and I am myself a total ab
stainer, as is every member of my house
hold. But this has not prevented my
taking a strong Interest In the canteen
and from doing my small but whole
hearted best to have the canteen re
stored. Many eminent temperance work
ers are of my way of thinking.
"However, I do not see why my. pri
vate views on any subject should com
promise the Democratic Vice-Presidential
candidate, nor be taken as an echo
of Mr. Kern"s convictions. Many of the
happiest husbands and wives think dif
ferently on grayer subjects. For instance,
I do not take just the same view of this
Vice-Presidential selection as Mr. Kern
does. I feel solicitude for my husband's
health and I saw him overworked during
his campaigns for governor, and no honor
which could seriously affect his health Is
welcome to me. and no party loyalty nor
the considerations of the higher policy
could appeal to me above the personal
welfare of those whom I love and cher
ish. But of course with Mr. Kern the
focus point is different."
Mrs." Kern is a handsome woman of the
blonde type, many years the senior of her
husband. She was married In 1895 and
has lived In Indianapolis only since that
date. But she is deepty attached to her
home, there and to the constantly in
creasing circle of friends formed during
her 13 years' residence.
"A peculiarity of the Western cities,"
she said, "is that the home is paramount
UNCLE SAM'S newest time-saver
the vacuum tube for mall transmis
sionis ready for final demonstra
tion in Chicago. Tiie Government's ex
pert commission on postal pneumatics,
of which Postmaster Daniel A. Campbell,
of Chicago, Is chairman. Is to make an
exhaustive series of tests of the new
device, and as the tube has successfully
stood every unofficial trial. It Is pre
dicted that the mail of millions In a
dozen leading American cities will, with
in two years, be handled underground
by the power of vacuum.
News of the discovery of a method for
using vacuum in the postal service cre
ated a sensation all over the country
six months ago. Great interest was
aroused in New York, where general
us of pneumatic tubes has been impos
sible up to this time. In Baltimore.
Pittsburg. Cincinnati. Kansas City.
Omaha and San " Francisco, where the
business interests have demanded quicker
mail service, there was increased hope
of relief. Now it is announced that from
success of the new Invention In Chi
cago all the cities named, and a number
of others, will probably see their hopes
real iced.
As soon as th principle of vacuum
service was determined a tube two feet
In diameter, then the largest and only
one In the world, was constructed. Pack
ages were sent through It at the rate
of two miles1 a minute. A carrier with
a load of 14"0 pounds was several times
shot through the concrete bore at great
velocity.
At this point the Postal Department
"got busy." James M. Masten. General
' Superintendent of the Railway Mall Serv
ice, arrived from Washington in Chicago
and Inspected the tube. He marveled
at the possibilities of bettering municipal
mail conditions, and Postmaster Camp
bell and half a score of Department sup
erlntndents in Chicago were sum
moned. Mr. Stoetzel, the inventor, was asked If
It were possible to construct a tube larger
than two feet in diameter.
"Of course," replied Stoetiel. "I am
going to build a tube six feet in diameter
right amy, and just to make it more
Interesting I will construct It so passen
gers "ill be able to travel through .It
In comfort. It stands to reason that
where passengers may ride, large quan
tities of mail can be carried."
Mr. Masten responded with a skepti
cal nod. but ilr. Stoetzel persisted, and
that was how the biggest vacuum tube
ever constructed happened to be built.
Stoetzel. who is superintendent of con
struction for the I'niversal Pneumatic
Transmission Comiany. went out to For
est Park, on the western edge of Chicago.
Engineers' with whom he consulted
laughed. His idea, to them, was a
dream. The park was surveyed and a
course of half a mile was laid out for
the tube, which the engineers referred
to as the "wind railway in a bottle."
In four months Stoetzel's force had
burrowed into the ground, channelled
under and around a little lake and built
a concrete tube with plate glass roof
wherever the winding, twisting bore
reached up to the surface of the ground.
When the tube was completed a few
days ago. Sioetxel had ready a dozen
cars with steel frames such as Uncle
Sam's mail wagons affect.
"I had a few scats put in "em so
hey'd look the part and make It easy
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with the social leaders. In Indianapolis
when one says of a woman that she is
a good housekeeper it means that she
exercises personal sup?rvision over her
home and that every detail is arranged.
We are all very fond of having this
designation good housekeeper conferred
on us and we feel more pleased than if
our social qualifications and accomplish
ments are recounted. Good housekeepers
with us mean those who prepare or have
prepared under cooks of their own train
ing the bread and cakes and pastry and
the salads for the most formal enter
tainment. No bakery pies or bought
cakes enter into our scheme of life, and
even the ices and most difficult varieties
of meats are prepared in the home
kitchen. Home-mada preserves and
pickles and relishes are the delight and
the pride at every kneneon or dinner.
We still like to hemstitch our sheets
and to embroider initials on the napery
and bed linen, and some of the Indian
apolis women are even so old-fashioned
as to have their husband's shirts made
at home Instead of In factory. That
is what we call keeping house properly,
and we cling to traditions most tena
ciously In the Hoosier state. ' .
As in the case of the Taft and Sher
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while we're traveling." Stoetzel ex
plained when the cars were delivered.
Mayor Fred Busse, who was Chicago's
postmaster before he became the city's
chief executive, squeezed his big bulk
into one of the narrow seats beside his
friend. Postmaster Campbell, in one of
the first cars to shoot through the con
crete bore. Behind them In the same car
were ten other city officials.
"Are you all ready?" queried Stoetzel
or the party.
"Ready is right." answered the Mayor
In his characteristic fashion. "I'm game
to go the whole route, and don't care
what "
The Mayor's departing words were lost
as an exhaust fan drew the air from the
tube In front of him, and the car darted
forward. Its whirring wheels filling the
tunnel with a roar. Sixty seconds later
the car rumbled around the final curve
of the tube, a heavy Iron door closing
the exit, opened automatically, and the
car rolled down to a platform adjoining
the entrance.
"Say," shouted Mayor Busse. in de
light, "that'a fine business; that going
man families, ties of long-standing
friendship united the Bryans and the
Kerns. Last Winter Mrs. Bryan and
her daughter, Mrs. Leavltt, spent a few
days with the Kerns and were most
hospitably entertained. Mr. Bryan came
later in the season, and remained some
time consulting the Indiana politicians.
Of this vl3lt a characteristic story is
told of Mrs. Kern and her small boys.
She prepared a feast and invited all
the trusty lieutenants to meet the great
chief, but she wished the feast to be
a family affair, so the small boys,
John Worth, Jr., and William Cooper
were installed In state at the banquet
board. But previously their mother
had given instructions. "Now," she ad
monished, "I do not wish to hear you
boys have a word to say about any
thing which comes on the table. I am
going to have strawberries for dessert
and I do not want you to say a word
not a word even if it is February. Just
act like you have strawberries every
day during the Winter. It is, you know,
very bad manners to talk about what
Is on the table." The little fellows,
true to orders, never even lifted an
eyebrow when an exquisite crystal dish
in which the berries nestled In their
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some; makes you feel like a love letter,
special delivery, eh, Dan?',"
"It's a good game," replied the post
master. "Let's try It again." This they
did, several times, in fact, staying to
see a car bearing 2500 pounds of cement
bags sent over the half-mile route In half
a minute.
A multitude of sensations crowd upon
one another as a passenger rides through
the tube. The quick change from light
to darkness as the car plunges into the
black bore startles one. The air is
filled with the hum of the whirring
fan. The car Beems to float as It speeds
ahead. The slightly rarified atmos
phere brings an exalted feeling. Tho
nerves become tense and the muscles
rigid. Passengers In the front seats peer
searchlngly out through the thick plate
glass, seeking to discern In the dimly
lighted bore the sharp curves they know
to be there.
The passengers who expect a plunge
Into vacuum to be accompanied by dis
tress such as characterizes mountain
tris. are disappointed.
The Idea of vacuum carries to them a
foliage was placed before the mother.
But Mr. Bryan, being a farmer, was
much excited. "Such strawberries In
February!" he exclaimed, "beautiful
and the flavor is delicious," and he
complimented Mrs. Kern again and
again. Whether Mr. Kern had also re
ceived private Instructions is not di
vulged, but while he looked Immense
ly amused over his guest's enthusi
asm, he offered no observation. The
little boys kept a watchful eye on
the performance and looked at their
father inquiringly. As soon as the
gentlemen had disappeared, Master
William Cooper Kern, aged 5 years,
leaned over to his mother and said
confidentially, "Mother, Mr. Bryan
hasn't as good manners as papa,
has he?"
The Kern fortune is a moderate one,
and If they should be called to higher
things, pretentious entertainments will
be as much out of their line as It will
be for the Shermans should they get
the coveted position. But no one can
imagine Mrs. Kern as encroaching on
the Bryans in the White House, accord
ing to the pact made at this selfsame
dinner, in which the strawberries fig
ured. The White House Is large and
thought of bleeding noses and throbbing
ears. They anticipate a startling change
In the atmosphere, whereas, nothing of
the sort happens. The sensation felt Is
that of softly floating through the air,
and those who have had experience say
It resembles closely balloon traveling.
The difference in atmospheric pressure
amounts to less than one ounce to a
square Inch.
Chicago expects to be the first city In
the world to be given the benefits of
vacuum tube service. The City Council
Is considering passage of an ordinance
authorizing the construction of SO miles
of tubes four feet In diameter, to be
used for carrying the mails and for the
distribution throughout the city of ex
press, freight matter, packages and store
deliveries. Application for the ordi
nance has been made by the Universal
Pneumatic Transmission Company, act
ing in the Interest of Stoetzel. The pro
ject has been Indorsed by the Chicago
Association of Commerce, whose mem
bers see in It a solution of street con
gestion In Chicago.
When it is considered that the big
stores of Chicago pay more than $150,-
000 a week for this Item alone, and that
euch a tube system would take 60 per
cent of the traffic from the streets In
the congested district, it will be under
stood why the commercial interests are
so enthusiastic In their Indorsement of
the new method of transportation.
So important are the changes In pros
pect from use of vacuum that the Gen
eral Government found it Imperative to
make Immediate study of the entire sub
ject of pneumatic mail service. The re
sult was the commission headed by Chi
cago's postmaster, and including besides
Mr. Masten, of Washington; George H.
Roberts, P. M., Brooklyn; E. C. Mans
field. P. M., Boston; Frank H. Wyman,
P. M., St. Louis; Joseph Stewart, Sup
erintendent of Railroad Adjustments; V.
J. Bradley, Superintendent of Railway
Mail Service; E. M. Norris. Superinten
dent of Salaries and Allowances. The
commission will report to Congress on
the adaptability and cost of the vacuum
tubes, with advice as to what cities may
be given them, whether the Government
should own the system or have them
operated by private interests.
New York, . Philadelphia. Boston and
Chicago now have limited pneumatic tube
roomy, thanks to the forethought of
the Roosevelts, but it is not large
enough for two queens to hold court.
Then Mrs. Kern possesses that trend
of character that she would prefer
apartments In a modest flat to such
an arrangement as Mr. Bryan sug
gested. But in spit'e of all things said
to the contrary, one may live very
comfortably on $12,000 a year in Wash
ington with a little managing, and
this latter quality is the one In which
Mrs. Kern excels. Those who remember
of the regime of the Stevensons recall
that they lived' in a modest set of
rooms in the Normandie, which is not
one of th'e large nor fashionable hotels
of Washington. Yet they maintained
the dignified state incumbent on the
heir apparent of the Presidency and
kept up the traditions most scrup
ulously. In Indianapolis. Mrs. Kern has the rep
utation of giving recherche and perfectly-appointed
entertainments. She is fond
of society and has always been frank
about her belief that it constitutes a lever
to uplift the family fortunes. She be
longs to many clubs and is constantly
entertaining the members of it and of her
church and philanthropic societies. All
servlces for postal purposes. These sys
tems, however, all operate by compress
air. and it is impossible to use tubes
of more than eight Inches diameter. The
result Is considerable delay in all cities' at
postoffices and railway stations, it being
necessary to open the letter sacks and fill
the tube carriers with small bundles of
letters. Only part of the letter mail may
be handled In existing systems, while with
vacuum tubes newfpapers, packages and
letters all may go forward at a speed of
two miles or more a minute, four or
five times the present speed In tubes.
It is considered likely that the Govern
ment commission will, In its preliminary
report, to be made next Winter, recom
mend that tubes In all cities be of .uni
form size, prob'ably four feet in diameter,
that they may eventually become units
In countrywide system of mail and ex
press tubes, with interchangeable carriers.
Genius and Its Imitations.
London Saturday Review.
Lord Rosebery's character sketch of
Lord Kelvin was fine and pointed. "What
most struck me was his tenacity, his la
boriousness, his indefatigable humility. In
him was visible none of the supercilious
ness and scorn which sometimes embar
rass the strongest Intellects. Without
condescension he placed himself at once
on a level with his companion. That has
seemed to me characteristic of such great
men of science as I have met."
We have often wondertd how it is that
while the great men of science the Dar
wlns, Kelvins are like this, the smaller
men. the men who have never originated
anything, but have merely tried to suck in
the ideas of the masters, so often are im
patient, spiteful, Jealous, assertive, im
pressed as profoundly by their own supe
riority as by the stupidity of nine-tenths
of humanity. That this is the attitude of
the lesser fry of science, its sticklebacks
and tadpoles, no one will deny. The little
scientist Is almost Invariably too- clever
by half. He hangs up pictures of Darwin
in his study. His talk is of Darwin. Yet
he has as little of the heart as he has of
the brain of that great master.
A seed store in Cortlandt street, N'er
York, ban grass plots shipped daily from
Jersey 'itv. The plots consist of shallow
boxes filled with earth in which the grass
is grown. The plots axe sold by the foot- .
the Kerns are Presbyterians and hold
membership in the Tabernacle Presbyte
rian Church. Mrs. Kern is president of
the board of managers which controls
the Eleanor Hospital and she has accom
plished wonders in financing its recent
Improvements. She is a consistent mem
ber of several clubs which have munlcl
pal reform at heart, as the curtailing of
the liquor traffic and the sanitation 01
schools and the habitations of the poor.
She belongs to clubs which promote equal
suffrage. In fact she seems that rare
combination of a club woman who takes
the time to make her home happy and
comfortable.
Mrs. Kern was married in 1S05 at her
parents' home In Kokomo. She is. how
ever, a native of Muncie, Ind., and spent
nearly all her girlhood in that town. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Cooper and received her education In
Muncie and part in New York. She is the
second wife of Mr. Kern and to her
credit that she Is devoted to the daughter
of the first marriage. Miss Julia Kern.
It is vastly amusing that many people
who do not know that Miss Julia Is the
step-daughter of the present Mrs. Kern re
mark the resemblance between the two
and compliment Mrs. Kern on looking so
MID-SUMMER HUMOR
Eve's Epigrams.
New York Telegram.
One doesn't necessarily have to live
on the ocean to be a lighthouse-keeper
in the most onerous sense of the
term.
Living in the same house with an in
ordinately clever person is worse than
a steady diet of cayenne pepper.
Wisdom sits in the market place and
weeps because she's such an everlast
ing bore nobody wants her even to
chaperone a Sunday-school picnic.
When philosophers can give us some
thing more comforting to think about
in the dark it will be time enough to
quit believing in Heaven's angels.
A rose by any other name might
cmell as sweet, but tho "phychologlcal
moment" called anything else wouldn't
sound nearly so convincingly intel
lectual. Cupid usually shies off from the
woman who wears the common-sense
shoes because he has a deep-rooted
suspicion that she'll make him shine
them.
Glviiifr "The Old Man" a Chance.
Philadelphia Ttecord.
In these days of rampant feminism,
a man Is not much besides the son of
his mother, the husband of his wife
and the father of his daughter. All his
virtues, if he have any. he inherited
from his mother; the "old man" never
cuts any figure In heredity except to
explain any mean traits he may pos
sess. If he has ever attained anything
it was his wife, who was the making
of him. The principal purpose of his
existence is to give his daughter a
good time. Under these circumstances
It Is not singular that some highly im
aginative correspondent undoubtedly
a woman put in circulation the story
that Mrs. Kern writes her husband's
speeches for him. It is a relief to learn
on her authority that the Democratic
candidate for Vice-President writes his
own speeches. Mrs. Kern, who has
two boys, confines her energies to tho
domestic side of the Kern establish
ment. Why, of Course!
The editor of an agricultural paper
was grumbling about a puzzling ques
tion he had received from a city man
who had recently removed to the coun
try. The inquiry was this: "Will you
kindly tell me how long cows should be
milked?"
The office boy, passing near, heard
hia superior repeating tho question
aloud.
"'Scuse me, boss," he said, "but why
don't yer tell him jes' de same's short
cows ?" Judge.
Rights Respected.
Washington Evening Star.
"You will admit that even a man who
disagrees with you is entitled to his opin
ions." "Of course he's entitled to them," an
swered Mr. Sirius Barker; "that's why I
insist on his keeping his opinions to him
self Instead of carelessly scattering them
around."
Are You Kirstakostoepsomaniac?
New York World.
If you have no mustache, whiskers or
beard upon. your face you most certainly
are not a kirstakostoepsomaniac. The
word is applied by scientists to describe
those nervous men who are addicted to
young. She and Miss Julia are so chum
my as to reverse the old adage about
stepmothers. Mrs. Kern is always care
ful to show all the deference due her
young daughter and to make her first In
every possible way. "We four constitute
the Kern family." she said in speaking
of Miss Julia, "and we never do anything
except together. Thus we got the tele
gram from Mr. Kern on the night of his
nomination It was addressed 'To the Kern
family,' and said simply. 'They have
nominated me. God bless you all.' We
cogitated a long time how to reply for
such an opportunity for epigram does
not occur often in one's life time. Julia
said to say, "God bless you. We will nil
support you.' But after all we sent some
thing much more prosaic. 'With love, con
gratulations and hearty .support' and
signed "The. Kern family.' "
Mrs. Kern and Miss Julia are locally
famous for their good taste in dress.
Neither is ever extreme, yet both are
named simultaneously when an Indian
apolis woman is talking of those who
are well gowned. Mies Julia, like Mis.
Kern, Is very fond of society. As a
leader of the young' set. she is well
versed In all the necessary accom
plishments. She is a superb pianist,
and has several times discussed going
abroad to perfect her studies. But she
is averse to even temporary expatria
tion, but has consoled herself by taking
lessons from the best available Ameri
can teachers. She graduated with high
honors at the Girls' Classical School in
Indianapolis, and then took a finishing
course at Miss Gardener's Institute in
New York City. She is a member of all
the select athletic organizations and
the Country Club, and is a good tennis
player and can hold her own In golf and
at the hunt. From her mother, who was
Miss Julia Hazard, she Inherited a com
fortable Income.
The small boys are 9 and 5. but quite,
Important members or the family. The
elder, William, Jr., or Bill, goes to the
public school, but his brother stilt
learns his lessons at home, with an oc.
casional dip into kindergarten methods
in a private school nearby. Mrs. Kern
is an enthusiast over kindergartens and
has labored unceasingly until they have
been established In almost every section
of Indiana. She has mastered all the
details of the science, and could get a
diploma at any time she put In her ap
plication. She believes In the softening
Influence on the character and the ten
dency to Instill thrifty and methodical
habits.
Mr. and Mrs. Kern reside In Pennsyl
vania street, a broad, shaded avenue,
lined with comfortable and elegant
homes. Theirs Is one of the least pre
tentious homes In the vicinity, a cot
tage of about 12 rooms, with wide, hos
pitable porches, and the most exquisite
flowers and shruLs on the veranda and
lawn. The same dainty ornaments,
namely, flowering plants, give the home
in the Winter the indescribable air of
elegance that marks It during the
balmy weather. They gathered many
curios and interesting souvenirs for the?
home and all the furnishings are the
result of Mrs. Kern's personal super
vision. Her rooms are all after soma
well-defined model, such as a French
sitting-room, a colonial dining-room
and a Flemish hall. Mrs. Kern has paid
only passing visits to the National cap
ital, but it is her intention to become
better acquainted with the capital of
her country, even if she does not reach
the pinnacle to which her husband as
pires. (Copyright, 1908, by Margaret B.
Downing:.)
the habit of twirling their mustaches in a
kind of frenzy of meditation, or when
much upset. In the, first syllable you see
the root "kirkos," which means a circle.
Perhaps, however, you may be an un
convicted otodactyloinaniac. In all prob
ability you are. Did you ever see a man
with his first finger in his ear and ills
arm forming an angle of 67V- degrees,
ringing away - at his auricular pendant
with an energy that knows no surcease.
That man is suffering from oloduotylo
mania. Science shirks at nothing and Its
records must be given to the world.
Could you guess, for Instance, what is
the meaning of the highly criminal social
offense known as rhinodactylomanlac?
No? Well, then, you have often sat in a
trolley car opposite a lady accompanied
by a chl',d who, when It has nothing more
interesting to do, puts its fingers to Its
nose and. In a fit of deep abstraction,
proceeds to "play" upon that minute pro
boscis till its mother calls the naughty
fingers off. This little criminal is a
rhinodactylomanlac of the deepest dye.
Only the Truth.
Llpplncott's
Two tramps approached a railroad
telegraph office not far from New York
the other day and looked hungrily
through the wndow, but there was not
even a dinner pail in sight to induce
them to ask for food. One of them,
finally tapped on the window, and the
operator left his key long enough to
inquire:
"Well, what can I do for you?"
"Just report two empties going
east," replied the tramp, with a grin,
and started down the track toward
New York.
How He Knew Them.
Mr. O'Flannagan's great pride wai
to parade the neighborhood with one of
his 10-months" twins on each arm. So
exactly alike did these treasures look
that one of the neighbors finally in
quired: "Mr. O'Flannagan. I've been
wonderin how on the grane airth d'ye
tell them twins o' yours apart?" "Oh,
lt' aisy. I jist put me finger In Pat's
mouth, and if he boltes me, it's Pete."
Fooling Away Your Sloney.
Atchison Globe.
It is surprising how many people die
at poor farms. And every one of then
fooled his money away as, you do. and
Imagined he would be rich some day.
First Aisle to the Left.
Judge.
Teacher Johnny, where is the Isle
of Man?
Johnny In the gents' furnishln' de
partment. A Paying Treatment.
Yonkers Statesman.
"What's to ba done when a child swal
lows a cent, doctor?"
"Make the parents cough up two dol
lars"' Girl Marries Her Yalot.
Atchison Globe.
At 16 a girl starts out to look for a
fairy prince, and at 20 she marries her
valet, and thinks she has found him.
Suggestion.
Knicker Would you muzzle all dogs?
Bocker Yes, and their owners, too.
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