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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND. AUGUST 6, 1011 PARIS. July . (Special. Corres pondence.) How to produce such a ideal trln of royalty In Eu rope as to prevent the monarchical system becoming discredited that la the teak French aaranta have set them selves to. The recent engagement ' P1 Meet royal princess In Europe. Prlnceaa Elizabeth, daughter of the Crown Prince of Rouraanla, with Prince Georg. ton of the Crown Prince Con tantine of Greece, and the rumor aa to the matrimonial Intention of the Prince of Wales and Prince Victoria Lioulae of Prussia, have riveted publlo attention once more on the matin; of royaltle. Like all royal matlngs. thla Crwc Roumanian one ta a political affair. But while In France marriages are dis tinguished Into union of love and unlona of convenience, theee wise men have act themselves the task of .balancing- royal temperaments ao nicely aa to find a scientific basis for Imperial matchmaking-. They claim to be able to prove that certain royal typea ahould wed certain other types, regardless of all other considerations. If an Ideal succession I to be produced. In these lucubratlona there la no ne cessity to dwell upon the royal wid ows. For though they are numerous, and some of them are beautiful, like Ex-Queen Natalia of Sen-la. and some of them are youthful, like Ex-Queen Marle-Ameile of Portugal, who Is only J. not one of them Is likely to follow the example of Queen Christina of Spain, who found her affinity In a gamekeeper, ennobled him and married him. A mixture of astronoriy and of as trology, which, by the way. certain Frenchmen are trying to rehabilitate. Is brought to bear upon this question of mating; royalties. Royal princes and princesses are types of certain plan ets: some are of the Luna type, some of Mercury, some of Mara, some of Venus. Other are of more complicated tyres, ruch aa that of Earth-Mercury. L-.a-Mcrcury. Saturn-Luna, and so forth. Ar-ln we may find a combina tion of the typea of Earth. Mercury and Luna, of Saturn. Mara and Venus. Like disease, each case haa to be diagnosed Similar typea must not marry. The Saturn type should not Cupicfe BY IRV1NO WILLIAMS. BEING on a visit to Vanity Fair not long ago. I chanced to turn from Folly avenue Into Fancy street, and cad passed only a few doors south when my attention was attracted by this sign In a dingy show window: CTTFJDS RCMMAGB SALE. Impelled by curiosity to Investigate this novelty. I pushed open the door and entered. A Jangling bell was set Into a crazy frenzy by the opening of the" door, and a I became accustomed to the half light of the room. I saw coming towards me a little sprite, and no Introduction was necessary to apprise me that I was facing the face of the God of Love. But what a dirty face a very earthly little goo 10 t i face were grimy, unprosalcally dirty; . hi bare feet I migni say ni tuo ot feet, for they presented no exception to the rest of his body in Its relation ship to clothing looked much any little chap's might who had brought the cows home and had alternately kicked up the dust of the highway and acuffled his feet through the refreshing, dew laden grass at the roadside; while there were, undeniably, some soot-covered wrecks of cobwebs floating from his wings, which otherwise needed plum ing an extremely rummagy-looking Ood of Love. -Gone Into the rummare-sale busi ness?" I queried, by way of opening ne gotiations. -Yep. Want to buy something? isked the expectant proprietor. "I can tell better when I see what on have to sell. I suggested. "All right; come on and Til show rou." he said, as he led me to the near ist counter. - It was piled high with goods of all ttlnda In the promiscuous Jumble effect that la common to rummage-sale em poriums. There was a'.so the air or at mosphere of general dilapidation which prevails In such places. Faded colors, frayed edges and a repelling odor of nustmess were the chief factors of the reneral Impression conveyed to me by nr surroundings. Tickets bearing prices printed In a ramped, stubby hand, evidently con :orted with a bad pen and dust-thlck-ined Ink. were attached to each article. :ommendlng the store at once to the levotee of "shopping made simple"' or -one price for everybody." Lifting a flimsy-looking piece of ma :erlal. marked "10 cents." having a jomewhat attractive luster where It was not worn thrsadbare. I Inquired, -What this?" -That? Why. that a glamour, said the salesman. The thing waa full of holes, and as I held It up between us It showed the ef. feet of rough and disastrous usage. "A glamour!" I was frankly puzzled. -Pray, what's a glamour, and what' ;t used for?" U (Uffloar't fiiamour. It used wed that of Saturn, nor the Mara that of the God of War. Venue should seek another type than that of the Star of the Evening. liut a mere negative rule, a difference of type, la not enourh: the actual affinity between the different typea must be found. According to the advocate of the new theory the engagement of Princess Elizabeth of Roumanla and Prince George of Greece must lead to matri monial disaster. For there can be no affinity between them. The Prince it too much of an Apollo Belvedere. There Is something of the Apollo In both. The nose and forehead of the Roumanian Princes are those of Apollo, al though her eyes recall Plana. Her affinity would be found In Prince Adal bert of Prussia, third son of the Ger man Emperor. Affinity of Princes. The senior of the marriagable royal Princesses Is her Royal Highness Prin cess Victoria of Great Britain and Ire land, the only unmarried daughter of the late King Edward. She Is 43 yeara old. Arid It often puxxled the friends of the good King; Edward, who was a matchmaker aa welj. aa a peacemaker, why he did not find a suitable bue band for his dignified daughter. According- to the new system, her affinity la an Austrian Archduke, but the ob stacles are' so great that a marriage Is not likely. Speaking of the Austrian Archduke remind! me that there le an Interest ing Royal Princess there who should marry Prince Oecar of Prussia. She la the Archduchess Mechtllde Marie, daughter of his Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Charles, and of tho Archduchess Marle-Therese of Tuscany. She will be 10 years old next October. Prince Oscar is three years her senior. He Is described aa being- of the purely Germanic type: brave, dutiful.' but lacking decision of character. The Archduches haa the long; nose and short tipper lip of Saturn and the small shell-like ears and round ed chin of Venus. She la described aa being of the Juno type, with the etrength of Jupiter In her forehead. It will doubtless be very difficult to find a suitable mate for Princess Vic toria Louise, of Prussia, daughter of Kaiser William. She waa born on Sep tember IS. 1891 at Marmor Palace, one of the 60 dwelling- placea of His Ma jesty. The news will 'not please her royal parents, but her affinity Is Prince Rummfl to cover up thing that might ha ob jectionable. That glamour you'ra hold ing there la one I used last FaH on a couple that I wasn't sure would suit each other very well. I worked U pretty strong, too; and. say" the little salesman came nearer and stood on tip-toe as he whispered. Impressively: "I was afraid It would all be worn off before the wedding day; and it wasn't more than a week after, either, before It was full of holes. Just like It is now. and thrown Into the ragbag. I saw they were through with It. and. as it was mine, anyway. I brought It here.' "It ain't the only one. either." he con tinued, as he pulled out another disrep utable looking, shawl-like article and held It up so that I could see It was even more dilapidated than the one I held in my hand. 1 noticed that it was tagged "8 eenf and the one In my hand "10 'cents, which recalled to me-he fact that these were supposed to have a marketable value. "But of what use Is a second-hand, ragged glamour?" I inquired. "Oh. lots." declared Cupl Tou have freckles, I notice. Just hold piece of that glamour over your face and look In the glass." When I did so the freckle were gone, and I beheld my countenance, with an , apple-blossom complexion, beaming upon me. The glamour Itself seemed the be transparent, and I thought. "What a veil thie woulA make for some ugly duckling who knew she was ugly and cared." I bought the dilapidated glamour, or course not because I had any designs upon the freckles, but Just to encour age a little shopkeeper who needed a bath and a bath-robe.' While he was tying up my purchase In a page from a back number of some matrimonial ad vertisement sheet. I laid hands on a garment that resembled nothing so much as a last year's overcoat, one which had not been carefully put away, but showed sign of having been ap preciated by a colony of moths. "Rather an ordinary looking overcoat to charge ts for." 1 commented, as I noted the price. "Put It on and look In the-glass, suggested Cupid. I have a pair of warped legs. I stoop somewhat, and age has traced some lines on my face and bleached streaks In the hair over my temples; so. when I observed a dapper-looking, straight, well-formed chap.vwlth a face 10 years younger than I knew mine to be. and with hair as black as coal. I did not recognize the apparition as myself un til I noted that Its movements corres ponded with my own and It looked as astonished as I felt. "I'll take It," I said. In unabashed admission of my susceptibility to flat tery. Cupid laughed a happy; little sigrla French Occultists Sort Out European Princes and Princesses and Mate Them According to Tempera ments Queer Results of Astrological Selection Political Considerations Entirely Abandoned. Disastrous Results Promised Latest Royal Match Affinity for Kaiser's Daughter Found in Disgraced Son of Peter ctSTOarci Marry an American couruunri George Kara-Georgevltch. eldest son of King- reier oi orvi. " the Crown Prince and heir to the throne. While he did not sell his birth right for a mess of pottage, his war like spirit got him Into trouble at Bel grade. He renounced hi right to the throne In favor of hla younger brother. Prince Alexander, and la now living obscurely with his regiment In a moun tain village far' away from the capital. He has the dark eyes of his mother. Princes Zorka of Montenegro, who died when the child wa only two year old Prince George 1 now twenty four. As he Is not heir to the throne It Is very unlikely, in spite of affinity, that any ruler will ever give his con sent to the marriage of hl daughter with such an unpromising subject. No, Princess Victoria Louise is more '""'J to Ignore astrologers and mate, with the Prince of Wales or aome other notable prise In the marriage mart. For hla yeara, more efforta have been made to find -the affinity of ex-King Manuel, of Portugal, than for any other royalty. HI romance with Gaby Ds ly may be passed over as a boyish adventure. The late King Edward and Manuel the Seconds mother. Queen Marle-Amelle, made extraordinary ef forta to find this young man suitable wife. But though Manuel haa ome ex cellent .qualities, no available royal princess could be found to sit with him on a throne made vacant by the assas sination of his father and of hi elder brother. Prlnoes Patricia, of Con naught, for Instance, rejected him with an emphasis there was no mistaking. Age Does Not Matter. Judged by the new science, hi real affinity la Princess Thyra. of Denmark. The fact that King Frederick's daugh ter la very much Manuel'e senior makes no difference where mating by com bined astronomy and astrology are concerned. The Princess 1 In her thirty-first year; the ex-klng Is not yet twenty-four. Tot they should marry, say the savants. For Princess Thyra Is of the Earth-Mercury type. Her forehead and mouth are of the former, her chin and facial expression are of the latter. And King Manuel 1 of the type Luna-Mercury. But even ehe would not give much for Manuel's financial prospects nowaday. For several reason the Crown Prince of Bulgaria 1 one of the moat Inter esting royal prince In Europe. His paternal grandmother, the Princess Clementine de Bourbon-Orleans, who died In 1907, at the age of 0, was the keenest woman-politician In Europe. Hla father, taking advantage of the political situation la the Danublan and neighboring states, had himself pro claimed Txar under the title of Ferdi nand the First three yeara ago. The Crown Prince, who Is named after the $e ode.- aa he took my money and offered to wrap up the garment. "Guess I'll wear It," I said off-hand-edly. "If a pretty warm day to wear an overcoat,"-said the salesman, as he looked out of the window where a 90. degree Summer sun warranted his opinion. "Besides," he added, "that coat doesn't look aa goad to all as it does to some." "What do you mean?" I demanded. "Nothing that is. only " Cupid stammered, in evident embarrassment. "You see, Ifs only meant to fool one person at a time andi, as you're Just the one at present, it will only look like a eedy overcoat to other people." Why dldn'nt you tell me that before you sold It to me?" -You didn't ask me to," he an swered. and. as he saw I waa getting angry, he trembled with fear. 1 melted, for who does not before frightened Love, and. as the ludl crousnesa of my own vanity struck me, I laughed and Love laughed with me. "Tell me about It." I demanded, as I - pulled off the coat and saw by the glass that the parentheses of my legs were restored and the sundry marks of time were on duty again. That coat." said Cupid, "was one I had made for a' rich old bachelor who wa trying to win a handsome young widow. Although he waa very rich, she could not overcome her repug nance to hi age and appearance. When I gave him thl coat she saw only a man of middle age and he soon won her. After the wedding. I found that he had discarded the coat, and It lay in a closet all last Winter and the moths got Into It. If your now though, and of course you will cherish It and keep the naughty moths out of It." The thought of my five dollars aroused my wrath again, and I ex claimed: "Tou little scamp, you're not going to hold me to such a fraudulent ale a that?" -Why not? You will have the att raction of knowing that your money wtll go to a good cause. All rummage salea are conducted for charitable pur- My curiosity a to what charitable object wa to be profited by Cupids rummage sale quenched my anger, and I asked him what he expected to do with hi funde. "Buy dog buttona for puppy lovers, he declared solemnly. 'Surer I demanded. -Aa sure as I am that you bit Ilk; a fish after Lent on that overcoat." and the rogue grinned at me. -Then keep the five, but be carerul how you try to work me again. Whan that coffee-grinder for over there V "There's no coffee-grinder. It a sonnet machine. Makes love sonnets. Binet to a fellow that almost W0l . Bulgarian Tzar and hero Boris, first attracted the attention of Europe tjy an unseemly quarrel about his baptism. Prince Ferdinand insisted that the heir to the throne should b'e of the religion of the Bulgarian nation. He carried his political point, but Boris mother, who was a princess of Bourbon-Parma, died of a broken heart. He is in his 18th year and his gentle nature gives him the rare distinction of being the white-haired boy of a step-mother,, the "Princes Eleonore, whom Tzar Ferdinand married In 190S. Prince Boris is of the Saturn-Luna type. He has the long face and the straight nose which point to Saturn. His small eyes, full lips and round chin are evidently of Luna. But who Is hi affinity? He should marry Princess Dag mar of Denmark, say our occult ists. She is the seventh child of King Frederick VIII. and Is il years old. Princess Dagmar, granddaughter of the father-in-law of Europe, as King Chris tian IX was called, is or the Saturn type. Length of fa , Hps and -chin show this. Princess Wants an American. - The most pathetic princess of any land I Helene Karageorgevitch. of Servla, Born In exile, she Is compelled to live outside her own country be cause 4he memory of the murders of King Alexander and Queen Draga has made Belgrade an unfit place for her to dwell. Her life Is passed mostly In Italy, where she is a great favorite with her aunt. Queen Helena. Princess Helena has the big, black, lustrous eye of her aunt and of her mother, both of whom belonged to the bevy of pretty daughters brought up by King Nicholas of Montenegro. he has the dash which characterized King Peter 41 yeara ago when he was an officer fighting on the side of the French against the Prussians. The Princess makea no secret of the fact that she has no Illusions about Klnga and court and that she would like to marry a democratic American. In this she is likely to be helped. For her closest friend Is the Duchess di Torlonla, daughter of Charles A- Moore, of New Tork. She Is of the Pluto Dlana type. The brilliant yet sad ex pression comes from the one, the beau tiful nose and oval face from the other. Science says she should not wed an American, be he ever so broad-minded and generous. It specifies that her affinity Is Prince Leopold of Batten burg, who belongs to the Mercury Luna type. Of the Mercury type be cause he is energetic, straight-nosed and stubborn-chinned; of the Luna type because of the wide nostrils and the high cheek-bones. Princess Helena haa an unmarried aunt who Is not much older than herself. Helene of Servla Is 27; DO it out before he got married. Never touched the thing after his honey mooa had passed the first quarter. I found it on the top shelf In their pan try the other day." While delivering this running explanation of the thing, he was peering Into it, tightening a screw or two and trying without suc cess to turn the handle. "Ifa awful rusty. Look as if it might have been thrown at a cat or something. Handle's bent. 'Twon't turn. Here, you see if you can't straighten it," and the love sonnet machine was thrust into my bands. ' It was dirty and dusty and rusty. I looked at the handle and saw which way It should extend when normal, and then, with a Judicious pull. I re established the proper attitude. "There, that's right," exclaimed Cupid: "now turn" the handle," and he danced about like a boy who is anxioua to see how a new top "goes." - I grasped the handle and began to turn. Immediately a cracked, wheezy Mil I " her aunt, XenlaT of Montenegro, Is 80. The latter is the sixth daugh ter of King Nicholas of Montenegro. She Is the only unmarried daughter of six princesses, all of whom were dis tinguished for their rude health, strik ing beauty and singular accomplish ments. Two of them married Into the imperial family of Russia, one married King Peter of Servla, the fourth mar ried King Victor Emmanuel the Second of Italy, and the fifth an Austrian Archduke. When some one said to the ruler of Montenegro that there were no exports from his country he replied: "You mistake, there are my daughters." Princess Xenia Is beauti ful but complicated. Her straight nose Is of Saturn, her black eyes are of Venus, while her agreeable, low fore head is of the Earth. She should, say our magi, marry an Impulsive man like the Archduke Francis Cbarles of Aus tria, son of the late Archduke Otho Francis Joseph. ,He Is only 24 years old. . Prince Arthur of Connaught. only son of the Duke of Connaught and cousin of King George the Fifth, sug gests to our wiseacres two unexpected typea Though he la only 24 years old and of a Joyous race, the lower part of his face is diagnosed as that of a man who Is coid and self-willed. Similarly surprising Is the diagnosis of cV voice began to sputter something which sounded like this: "O sweetest st st st t t t t ever My 11 11 (iqueak) ch spt! "Say, the thing needs oil," said Cupid, with an. air of discovery, as if our ears had not been assailed with the obvious fact. He hurried to the back of the room and quickly returned with a can which bore the Inscription: "Oil for troubled waters. Guaranteed to reduce breakers on the stormy sea of love." He tipped it up until the oil Blopped generously from the spout of the can. deluging tne love-sonnet ma chine, which I had wisely set in an open space on . the floor. "There, that ought to help her. said he. as he straightened up and looked at me, expectantly. Taking my cue and the handle. I began to grind again. The oil for troubled waters proved ef ficacious for ruety love-sonnet ma chines as well; for. with only- a little occasional complaining, tt produced the following: 0 sweetest maid that lover Mv life in willing service will be spent n" my ..rvln I may ry. but you; iH ii will rlsdly sit in sweet content t, 'mfclv at thy footstool, dearest one. n. VoTld would be. with the. and m. Com. k.wrentnart. won't you put to the T.-t'tms vou need never fear Teret. Just 7r me: come. Just try me. little pet. As it finished, Cupid became thought ful "It's odd," he said, "how they change after they get 'em. Do you Know. I never saw a fellow so daffy about a girl as this one. was. and he pretty nearly wore the machine out Ending sonnets: all having that same sentiment, too never leave her; de voted slave, and all that. Fact was they hadn't been married a month be fore he stayed out all night, and to day he's the most Inveterate clubman I know, while she's worn to a glamour sitting up nights waiting for him. Take the. machine along if you want it. 1 11 throw It in on the overcoat. Just as they sometimes do with gold watches.' Returning to my investigations. 1 next picked up a pill box. or what looked like one. "Blandishments It contained, according to the label on the cover. I opened it and found It half full of little brown pellets. "Well." I asked, as I saw that Cupid was watching me with quizzical inter est, "what are these?" ' "Take one," he suggested. "Not for me," I declared. "How do 1 know that these are not dog buttons, for which you seem to have a partial ity?" He took my banter seriously, and the upper part. It is that of a mystic. Yet his only happiness will be found In marrying Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia, daughter of Prince Fred erick Leopold. . She is of the type of Earth. Mars and Venus. Her broad forehead is of Earth, her nose of Mars. Many Archdukes in Market. The' daughters of pretenders to thrones increase the supply in the matrimonial market. For instance. Prince Michel de Branganza, father of the young man who married Miss'Anlta Stewart, has eight, a couple of whom are already marriageable. If affinities were sought for them among rich Am ericans, as in their brother's case, it would ease the royal matrimonial market of Europe considerably. Pre tenders to thrones have more difficulty in marrying off their daughters than have recognized heirs. The late Dom Carlos experienced this, all the more so because the Queen Regent of Spain opposed their unions with Austrian Archdukes lest the Carllsts might thus gain strength against her son. There are many Austrian archdukes to be married. Taking into account the smaller Bourbons, such as the Bourbons of Parma and of the two Sicilies, there are very many princesses in the matrimonial market. For in stance, of the former house there are Idle oov there was reproach in his Tolce as he protested. "Now, honest, you don't sup pose I'd let you hurt yourself, do you?" "Seems to me, -I recall a little trans action In which the welfare of my pocketbook suffered at your hands." "But I'm not asking you to buy these. They won't hurt you a bit. G'wan, try one!" "What are they for? I don't want to take something without knowing what it's meant for." "Oh, you're afraid! Let me have them. I'll take the whole box," and he stretched out his hand. "You'll guarantee they are harmless," I said, as I picked up one of the pel lets. "Yes, honor bright," and he watched me as I examined the pill. It was such a little thing, so harmless-looking; my curiosity was so aroused, and besides I have a weakness for not liking to take a dare, so I plumped it into my mouth and gulped It down. Immediately Cupid began to dance with delight, and he watched me as If he expected to see me blow up or turn into a green lizard. As I watched his antics I began to feel an Irresistible desire to caress him and to shower him with loving praises. My old self revolted at this new desire to pet the grimy little god; and as these counter Impulses contended, I felt that I would choke because of the rush of words to my tongue. As Cupid saw me opposing my will to the Influence of the pill, he became alarmed and cried, "Let it out! Let it out or you'll bust!" I opened my lips and something like the following ras the result: "Oh. isn't he a little darling? Such a bright boy. I do so love children! He is cer tainly a child to be proud of. Such rosy cheeks! Such sweet curls." etc. Cupid squealed with joy and danced back out of my reach to escape me as I moved towards him to caress accord ing to the impulse which possessed me. As I pressed him closely he sprang lightly to the counter, and from therft quickly scrambled to the highest shelf along the wall, from which he made grimaces at me as I stood below and vowed eloquently that I had never be fore encountered such infantile perfec tion. We kept this up until he got tired and wanted to come down, and then he eald: "When you get through with your Romeolng I'll be glad to descend from the balcony. If you've had enough, you can go back there to the water cooler and drink nine swallows without breathing. Just as you would to cure the hiccoughs." I'd had enough from the start, and had only played Romeo to his Juliet because I could not help It, so I made uss of. the water cure at once and found it effective. ' Princess Louise, born 1S72; Princess Marie Immaeulata, born 1874; Princess Marie Therese. born 1877; Princess Marie de Neiges. born 1885; Princess Francolse Josephine, born 1890; Prin cess Zita, born 1892, and Princess Maria Antonla, born 1895. One must not be surprised at this long list of prin cesses, fr their father. Duke Robert. Princo de Bourbon de Parma, had 20 children. Accepting the theory that certain types should mate invariably with cer tain types, the scientists will of course push their Investigations out side of royalty. And should they find affinities among the red-blooded democ racy for the many royal princess who cannot be mate's within their own ranks, no families will furnish more wives than the ancient house of Bour bon and the similarly ancient house of Lorraine, to which Austro-Hungary and; Tuscany belong. Science has worked j more wonderful things than the wed- : ding of American millionaires with! Austrian archduchesses and Bourbon princesses. And, folly as it may seem, there is the solid purpose of buttress ing the monarchy in Europe, several of whom are by no means strongly en trenched today. Portugal has led the way; there are others ripe for the change, unless the Infusion of new blood brings out stronger types to de fend their royal power. ' o? Cupid bound me by solemn promise not to do him harm and dropped down from his "balcony." "What in the name of distraction are thqse pills for, anyway?" I asked, as I poked the box aside gingerly. "Blandishments? I use them mostly in cases' where one of the parties Isr a widow or widower and there are chil dren to be considered. That i-i what Is left of a box I used on a fellow I was trying' to tie up to a widow with seven children. He didn t seem to understand children much. Got tongue-tied when they were around. When I fed him one of these, though, you should have heard him limber up. You were nothing but a whisper compared to him. He won out in less than two weeks. After the wedding, however, he quit using the pills, and now he takes a broomstick instead. There were this many left In the box, so I added them to my sale." A further review of the stock dis closed a pair of spectacles that made crooked eyes appear straight; an old wheezy bellows that had once produced "hot air" with sufficient effectiveness to win a rich bachelor; a plaster that would make of the freakiest nose a model of Grecian perfection; a box of powder that would cause the unfortu nate upon whom it fell to forget about business, friends, money, and all else but the one object whom Cupid had se lected for his affection. The counters and shelves were over flowing with dilapidated and discarded! devices of deception, the snares and' pitfalls that had served the purpose of the God of Love In his nefarious busi ness. "But what does all this mean?" I asked, as we looked about the room after my inspection. "Is It possible that you cannot rule your subjects and) bring about unions" without resorting! to all these coarse horse traders' and. gamblers' tricks?" i Cupid shrugged his ohouldora In ad mission of the charge. ! "But if they are led into the trap pyf these baits why not at least let then; continue to enjoy the bliss of undls pelled delusion? Why should they be permitted to discard these cloaks of hypocrisy and these spells of enchant, ment?" I demanded. "It can't be helped." Cupid eighed aa sympathetically as such a heartless lit. tie beggar could sigh. -Things will wear out you know and, as soon aa they have accomplished their purposa and the holes appear, they are thrown aside. Then the poor things must get along as best they can. That's not! for me to worry about Where are youy going? Say! you've forgotten yuR glamour and your overcoat and youV sonnet " But the door had slammed behind? me and I was again in the honest aun shine, breathing pure air as pure a air can be in Vanity Fair. , (Copyright by Shortstory, Fub.-Co4! .
