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THE. OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. 'JUNE 8. 1C04. THE POLITICIAN AS rHir.1 WITH THE ARTIST SEES BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - .,',,.'V . . .. - . r ' . - ' ,vi l.i-h :s'.-. conduct his branch of the county gov eminent In an economic! and . lntelll Cent manner. The publlo have nothing' to bl taken for granted, because one term of the present coroner la drawing to a dose, and the record are open to publlo Inspection.' - ,. "The large Increase in the population during the last two years compelled Mr. Flnley to ask' theJaat legislature: for authority to appoint a deputy without a salary, which has been a source of great accommodation to the public" I KX WOKS. Tom Word . la a Mlaaourlan by birth. his place of nativity being Gallatin, Mo, where ha waa born la 1(67. His boyhood daya - were passed la Richmond. Mo, and be cam to tha Pacific coast SO years and retain In service a valuable man. ' - Hl number la SI on tha ballots : Mr. Manning ta a lawyer well-known to the local bar, and also to the public by reason of his position' as - publlo prosecutor.! He waa appointed chief deputy wnen ueorge s cnamDcnaiu waa aieted to the office and upon the - ee- leotton of Mr. Chamberlain aa governor of the atata of Oregon Mr. Manning waa appointed to fill tha vacancy In compe tition with ' many of : Portland's beat legal talent. s During his ' Incumbency Mr. Manning haa been rtmarkably eu cessful In dealing with tha large amount of difficult cases which came to hie of ficial attention, and a long list of lm portant prosecutions In which he was J ago. For the past IT years Tom Word triumphant for the state ta an Indloa-1 baa traveled. In this territory, and his won ana proot or his ntnese ana a testi-1 acquaintance la remarkably extensive. moniei to tne errect tnat-n u tne rignti -Tom Word la no squatter or new man for district attorney. That Mr. I comer.' Ha. moved hla family to Port ,. Manning wUl be elected by a large ma-1 land IS , yeara . ago,' and this . city haa ' lorlfr next'. Monday 'la conceded nrlhun hi, hama nr alnn. whr ha haa many. :. In hla case . thera la a notice-1 been actively identified with Portland's erne tendency to jrorgec. parry pontics interests. . - i Democracy runa In the blood of -the I Word family, for Tom Word's father was a followeryf Jackson before him. Tha candidacy of Mr. word appeals to all classes of voters. He la a commer cial traveler. - and haa the unanimous and enthusiastic support of that body of business-makers and hustlers. The travelers have asked that Mr. Word be elected to the office of sheriff of Mult nomlLh.-county. Thia la the first time that the travelera have ever asked for la political favor, although they are rec lognised aa a powerful influence in ev ery community.- v .- i Thera la probably no organisation, re ligious or fraternal, which would etand to a man. for ana or their numoer aa tne travelers are doing for Tom word. There are at leaat 190 voting travelers i having a residence In ' Portland . and i Multnomah county, rand . there are be tween SOO and 1,000 who make Portland i their headauartera, and all of theaa men I are championing tba cause of Tom Word. although fully to per cant or tna travel ers are Republicans, . This army of warm persona - friends Is leaving- no ston unturned to elect Word, and every man. almost without a single exception. haa arranged hla trips ao that ha will i be In town Sunday and aaonaay to Help i the cause of the Democratic nominee for sheriff. 'i jr.!. muf.' a w. jtotttw a kajc Mr. J. P. -Flnley,' coroner of ' Mult nomah county, and tha regular Republi can nominee for that office, la very aura of his re-election for another term. That Mr. Flnley haa conducted the af , fairs of hla office In a aatiafactory and economical- manner la evidenced by. the admiration in which he is held by the tax payer and citlxene generally, After Mr. Flnley had been nominated, . a prominent ctusen aaia: .' , "Flnley haa . reduced tha expenses of tha eoroner'a office from 14,800 a year to about 11.000, a great showing, when uch offices all over tha country are noted for piling up extra fees upon tax payers, whenever thera ,1 .a, loop-hole In tha statutes that will allow it It Is aa wonder that -Mr. .Flnley haa scarcely ' any opposition for re-election. All tax payers, regardless ox parry, anouia in- Mr.- Nottingham. Roosevelt Republi can, candidate for senator; sketched at dorse hla administration. -, ana every i oaiem wnen e wau honorable voter .ahould' aateem It a mtrtoductlon of his. bill to prevent the privilege to vote for a 'man ('who mill I deaecraUon of tha American nag. ' , . WATHAW SC. BIXO. " - " , 1 ' ' . 7 4w:t- Mr. Nathan IT: Bird, Independent can didate for sheriff of Multnomah. county, haa lived In the state for 40 yeara. His father waa a pioneer of 1141. Ha la a working- man who respects bis calling arithmetic Tha highest .school ,atodd 94 per cent la general average. , The lowest stood 11 per cent, ,u110w did I make tba testT. Well, here la one of the problems I gave. If coffee aold at IX cents a pound make a profit of 10. per cent, at what price most It be sold to make a profit of 20 per "I rave that to children etudylng per centage. Nomtbe children of one achool gave an average . of 11 per cent on that problem. Another school, with children of the same age and tha same general en vironment, bad an average of 14 per cent What explanation can there be of the difference except poor teacningT "If one-third of the schools reach a certain standard on that problem, why should not the other two-thirds be re quired to reach It alaoT Tha trouble is that neither the publlo nor tha achool authorltlea know what standard they have a right to demand.. Thera are no standards. 'We don't know what we can reason ablv demand from children, of any given age. And there Is no way to And It out excent from the children wemaeivea. Give a sufficient .number or tnem, se lected from all kinds of environment, ui same testa, average tha reaulta, and you will find what can reasonably ba de manded of teachers and principals, Tha cinch cornea in on tha character of tha test Many very earnest educators have revolted, and Justly, against tne old-fashioned examination, uui wis ex amination la a test not of what cnuaren have been over . and ' commutes w memorv. but of power gained. ' ' in mv Ene-llab. tests X never gave a eruestion on a rule of grammar. Z never gave a sentence to parse. 1 read a little story, and asked the children to repro duce it then ana were, w aeir Unnun. :''''. :"'. "I tested SS schools, containing I.S00 children, in different citlea. on the same story. Now look gt that city, ninth on I the list In that class -only per cent of tha children were of American parent age. Hera are two schools almost auas. numbers It and it. Tna wineeuvu ow If per cent of American parentage, and tha fourteenth St per cent . 7 "What does thla prove T il proven SUR PRIEST ORDERS DEVOTEE TO FAST 42"DAYS TO FOOL LA I ? ... Mtpeeli! Dttpaleh te The Jeemal) 4 Chicago, June 4. In an at- tempt to prove that Misa Elolse a Reuase'a feat of fasting 41 days 4 can ba duplicated without mental or bodily Injury, . Ottoman Zar a Adusht Hanish, haa commanded e Mra. Davenport Vlckera, ana Of hla faithful followers, to make a' fast of 4S days. It la said. e Ambition to attain what' la known as the master's degrea la tha Sun Worshippers' society la ' e ascribed aa a. reason-for Mra. Vlckera' determination to fast a 41 daya a e ' It was to attain thla - degrea e ' In tha society that Miss Reuaaa a) e made her fatal fast . . . e) e - Mlsa Elolsa Reurna of St Paul e became insane while undergoing a tha ordeal of the so-called "Sun Worship Feast" She died at the atata hospital for tfla Insane 'at a Elgin, Dr. Frank 8. Whitman, e superintendent of tha hospital. aaya death waa due to acuta mania Induced by starvation, . ' During the fast, which la said ' to have lasted 41 days, tha wo- man. according to tba hospital '. e authorities, waa. subjected to tor e ture by. means of need lee and tha e application of lotua olL ' '. . e and la held In high esteem, not only by that borne environment haa no Influence his fcompanlona in toll, but by a hoat of on written English. It lnfluencea tha best people In PortUnd. ; Hla life English but aa for written Engiiah. I been clean, and thera Is nothing In hla peat to apologize for. If elected be will give tha people an I Ideal administration. The bualness will HOW TO MEASURE RESULTS IN TEACHING CHILDREN nhalna4 luat aa gOOd reaulta ZTOm nmnrtTiricken foreign quartera. from rood American ones. It seems Im possible, but it is. true. These lnveatlaatlons demonstrate the be conducted efficiently, courteously and I publlo schools to ba of even greater with- strict ; honesty. , Ha will appoint importance than wa have believed them. only, competent and suitable men aa They ahow that an even greater measure - - I . m ii . . AA.lHKBMAa 4 aa aJtiaa fA T nattTk. deputies.. Tha publlo ; money wui be oi juvenuo-aev-wtu.-.. - -7 bandied as tha people want it in their "Often of two achoola in a foreign interest and not for tha benefit of the Quarter me pupue . -- ... . m tt 1 fnrmiv writ much better English than . I ihnu In another. What doeB that BhOWT. flea, for Mr.-Bird .la not to , Da "in- It ahowa that someprlnclrw under- fluericed. ' . - V I atana now to B" bw " ui. .m .-vi. vi Wnt, tii k. Au. 1 iiah nut tit their teachers.. and it wiU not be necessary to have a "Look at thesa two achoola. The "pail" In order to sea Sheriff Bird. There fourth grado pupils of one are marked Is no "Tint" to dusq the camptiirn roriuie Mtm w for this Ideal candidate. , we as woe. u e T '" -""1. , Th. . i "Tha spelling tesi oiu(wu awmv ii - " X. Bl SzaxJEX. eurlous reaulta. oulta unexpected by mr.wna on her class average, and no one anwiina lv : . - - - . , ainAlenuld erv favoritism. Tha aama mtl1 self. 1 tesiea cubc. mkhuuh ,.v ----- -. ---- ; - chUdren,. 1 different dtlea. Tha average true of prlnclpala. gained in all mixed achoola varied only "Again. aU thla discussion aa to the from 80.S per cent to SS per cent relative merita of men and women, aa tn rrui that when hu- principals or In tha achool room, could sanity la massed it averagea up about be settled. Flgurea would ahow tha ra the same everywhere In apeillng. But auljttained. here la a atiU further element .of queor- "What the publlo wanta la .teaching " " power, whether In man or woman, mar V "While the reaulta with SI different rl or single, Whathe children In the .i... than i ner cent of United States bava a right to is eaual variation.. tha time given to apelling educational advantages. They are not varied from nva xo mmu - - ' - -a ..a' ta ha nn connection at I ting very different advanUgea simply all between the time given and the re by olng to school on Avenue A instead aulta obtained. . ' Avenue RV By this system the eom- "In tha class getUng tha highest aver- paratlva merits of public and private . k Mr Mnt the time riven TO anovH uu iruuiiv uui imiwiiuu kuwii only six minutes a oay; ana id xam nw -t" - at it waTflve: and in between It ranged would meet tha complaint made by Miss aU tha way from thla to JO, SO. 40 and Margaret Haley, president pr the Na ts mtnuta a day. the last in a achool In tlonal Federation of Teachers, that whlah the principal waa bound to have I teachers are no longer treated aa edu- aood aoeUera or die in tha attempt caiora, dui aa luwmiwna w carry out "Tha curious fact demonatratea that I orders. v v .k,. tk. ..ma amount of Inherent "in an tnis it must na unoeraiooa mat ability to spell resides in any group of tha rural achoola. north and aouth, have . .... a . a I owia) KaaH eno Vi awl ah ' Thai 'at , aaAtkap children, selected at nuwom. u ... v. , if yon can't develop that abUlty with proMem. Neither haa the spirit of tha It minutea a 'day. yott. " WOn t AO ll wwi Dn n mm OTHiiuor.u.u, iTit!: I "Thia aplrlt cf the achool la an In vT t nretend to explain these I definable but vary real thing. If you go thinaa- I leave that to tha peyebolo- into noma achoola you will Dnd a de Sift.! am merely aUtlng facta. - ilghtful . mental atmosphere. Thera la "Ona other lntereatlng reault of tha sympathy and good will between the .n. ... ... mat tha loweat arlrla puplhKand teaohera. The discipline la school tested ranked above tha highest apparently maintained without effort, bova? or mixed MbooL Olrlr' schools the children are intareated In their work siwava average-above boya' achoola la and fond of tha teacher. Infnr .There la no axcepUon. "Such achoola ara alwaya the onea 4Lat oSna tp o"e"ntere.Ung- po which Impress tha lay Visitor aa bautl slbllltlea of research along thU Una. By fuL ,Tet they do not necessarily da a aUnpla expedient of subjectln large velop mental power in the children, masee? of "hUdren. reprw.ntiM every Soma of them tron ad some of ...... f ..mrrmmL to the same test I mom are vcu m uw -" j ..iilta ara can definitely I tal SOWer. . . mini tsuuiAkuja .www.fcw m .. ... ... . . H ,h. , i, contest aa to tha re- - " went into ona acnooi ta wnica me The regular Republican nominee fori aetUe the iage long f" -,0 ud ,very tMtcher under him the office of assessor of Multnomah v"" Iw. n. nin i i. waa an enthusiast Tha achool waa county la a, D. Slgler.' at preaent coun- f"""' . onlni0 only. Wa can beautiful. And yet flgurea showed, by . . . . i i t i .v I , v.1 . nnu. ciiratn irom toe nno vara, vnica wu k. u flnrei. i iutuiuo viui iv,. aih nni vnr tha no.f I iv,. innni nniv I achoola. that their results were weak. ..auuu. " - I X BIT! WW"'V. - - I , . . . . - .,. SO yeara Mr, Slgler haa been a realdent to spelling., I am confident that me ney aa Bu r?Z,' 1, of Portland and a bualnea. . man.' HeLlrl- al-o surpaJa the boys in BngllabJThey changed V..na feed In arithmetic I win., oner n P I ' h7. .r,,rit alVTT) BUMIO aaaaaaT sra a- ana the enar&cter u a- ehn5rexL la Juat aa lm 4ka jl1aaaaMff VaMlllltal A tstaitfh ..aaa aa . . M la jaaaaak aal JVV ak WaVBn nUrUuIl aXBi LUtl U aa 3a, a C0 a w A vh sesslng property. It is practically con- r -M1 WaVtimiariv lna. I am not dlsputlcg that That'B iother auestlon. o - wo- a,hih tiamand I "I am slmnlv going upon tne oasis "VT", .tiid- at all get lust aa good .that the primary object of popular eau wsunrSa U wWch 'denCdag cation la tha development of power In "Tha bureau wfll have a permanent expresa and and to do. Iubtlese a Mh,J of tabulated resultsT A teacher beautiful spirit In the choolw"! can come hi from Kalamaaoo and -ay. to develop tnia power, : "I"- . ii i iMMurUr Insure It i nava a Riaaa huiiuu ,M , ' . ontin7nr SO Americana arfd 15 : "At present tha Pbnc acnooia ox me . . i. . iTT.fi Ht.iM -ara - muic foreigners, wnat average uuSav a w IZ JL . ,v,.i r ?. . w . ..i. Th. I nower on the nart of their table- wlE '.w her per cenl purely at haphaaard. The Society of tables WUl snow ner, say, v . I i i tU..v. n,ni to demon. " , ' , . '. '' """"" "mmmm mmmmmm ' ' ' haa been in the lumber, box and . . . . . , AAt-.aM i.i. I until i nava nturea out uw a.vnaw -1 DUBineas, ana n (una ihwuuvu hhu i - - , . . -aI.. if th aphooL the., department, oftr.de give him an buraxhausOng maUer of roln orth. -choot AAA .ll.lnn Tna tha -wnrk- of aa. WrOUB a, WW u,.t.- ,-r . I question in doubt being the amount. Mr. Slgler promises the voters or Mult nomah county a thorough administra tion of tha office. " ' 'aaaaa nrsn . will la ' fnnnded next autumn in new x k vh m Institution unique in the history of education. Ita prpjectora oe- lleva it ta deatined to revoliftlonlae the ' publlo achool system of tha United Statea It will be called tha Bureau of Educational Results, and will be maln- . ' Ulned by the Society of Educational Re- Bearch for tha purpose of aaUblishing a . definite standard of what can reasonably ' be expected of tha public achoola ,?r.v The Society of Educational Research i waa org&nlxed a year ago In this city, f and haa now a membership ;of S00, com posed mainly of New York achool prla- ctpala and superintendents, with' . 40 or (0 Columbia nrofessora. , Ita president la William McAndrew, principal of the Girl's high school at S 4 54 West Twelfth street New York.' It waa , founded to further and profit by "the . Invastlgatlona of J. M. Rica, editor of the Forum. The bureau of re aulta will have aa a permanent exhibit the tabulated results of these Investiga tions. Mr. Rice haa in his office a aerlea of tabulated reaulta in spelltngv English and arithmetic,: which show some very curloua things. ' , . , - , . "The queerest thing about theaa In vestigations," said he. 'is tha way they upaet preconceived theories; hoary tradl-j tlona. dear to ine-American neart. . v "For Instance, they prove that politics has nothing- to do with th efficiency or lnefflciency of schools.- I have got some of my. beat results In cities which ad mittedly reeked wlth corruption, and I have found some of the weakest schools in cities in which the school', board was absolutely Irreproachable, t. "The reason ist that we bare no itaod- ard today of educational reaulta. When wa get teaching- power, we get it entirely By chance. The man who gets hla' Job by a pull may, have It and tha man who la - employed by r atricuy legitimate methods may not have It : V , Si';TWo Judge i- teachers and prlnclpala not by resulta, but by preparation, be cause we don't know what resulta .to de mand, or how to find out If those, reaulta nave neeo attain ea. , . - , . "These flgurea prove again that home environment haa nothing; to do with the child's ' mental power. . I have . found soma of tha strongest schools in foreign sections where the parents could not speak; Engiiah and were the poorest- of tha poor; and some of the weakest ones In Quarters -where tha children were of tha best American parentage. "Again, results differ very widely In achoola In the same section, only a few blocks apart with children of the same age and environment.- The - equipment haa nothing to do with It Good reaulta coma from poorly equipped schools, and vice versa. - "What then, producea good reaulta In schools. Dbvioualy, teaching- power - in the teacher. 1 i.- "Thia seems to bring- It down to tha individual teacher. But - here again" I met one of the surprises of my life. '. "Teachera in the same schools, when I marked - according to , resulta obtained in their' classea, may run from SO to CO, and from 00 to SO.'- But her la tha' re mar kiibie thlnjr.- In a school in whljch th lowest teacher . waa marked 30 I have never found a teacher running as high aavO. And In a achool In which tha moat efficient k teacher was marked SO X have never known a teacher, to ha marked aa tow aa S0 - - "Now. look at'u-1. printed table. You Then aha can turn, to th fTrTi-w d wSr. will see that the achoola .fall practically I papers and find out wnai iei I v' " ,7, tnat average w ".. I .Zii. v. hiidran. o. a In tba urmer division, which f call wrote In answer. It Wiu ma ",r - nt tlma into two dlvislona the-etron;, achoola, .the teachera , arejaUndarda to go Dy, marked from about 60 to 90. . In thai i:na chUdren what degree of mental power can rea sonably be demanded oi onuonu, w given, age In a given amount . of time. 'b'uraauT 1? mean'. of apecial Th achoolutho tn-aV -i.r,Thh r ait tha committees. wiU carry tna investigation! wu 7L4T. : ..iTr;k into, every branch, from the. kinder- mana ot.xeacuer. f.--. about SO to about 00. In ahort tha best garten to tha fUt nr aaa dannita teacher In a weak school is usually about stanoaroa can iJTmZ .,..1 .. H.M.ai-iuw n a an.. I Bciancea and languages as nave neon a (HMZOTOaUrS AM XSTtXaTTOBS. equal.to me pooreofteacner in a atrong " r." Z1'" Tn. 1MT . earnanter of . Sandwich. matT tW ti,- irhoniV I ri.iff "Should t the . theories coma, to ba particular atsa ana snaps, concexveo inm wSch :Tt 3&Ei-;. .cc-pti wouid "2jtt'S?i claea. Only thre of tho 89 teacher, change .wtoto "iU of ?P f LJSSmL average in the Btrong schools; and In I would fall Into disuse. teachera I as lead might be. wrltea William. R. Stewart In the Cosmopolitan, up w rwui " . ... I---" - h.a haan' Won those thre cases, aa you can aee. Ifwaa "When you want powa.i - "TZ "7.,a V-i -Z . . . . .a.ft. iMnn. a-haral It lahaarniMl Filal I aliriJIF Drr.riiiTin far a IX b-iuuuh -a. v. amlaln tha theory of I alderabla . skill waa required I u v. . -.-mn.- . ..a. .v. ;-.. .- m. ? No- Tim look at tn pnoio-1 process waa bjow. i.u m """'"av;- MndrS fcriSL". - - T mrts he to. taken; s turer. laughed at the carpenter, but he penda on the principal. ..r , -.--,. Wm ntu-A t .v..' .a hunt a nreaa. and now "He la th only person, wno influence I -unaer r . z " ,rrv 7 ; ,h. ' ..i.i tha efficiency of the achool a a whole, the teacher would 'mP1T.rrl" I "' V; .hr Vm '""vary 1- !s,"aTnovicVm toYpU att'&tlTS ftUd or th.-uperintendent duBanry JTjckne - .b fao- '. the ever manu f actu ra ..m i T . I r . Ik. l.,l,.n. I ...MM.VM t . I TUI nnnKMn.a. ' . I H VUUil. . V.. V W w ..UUWMWW. M w.w.w n-w e to Sat cVae woidnd nolrch plica to. manufacturer for employment In thrhour. tl. rule aa to th variaOona between, teach I aaiesmaB, n v. I . r..T V7I any ' examination- r,- ne can : rub t. irunn wiw wbether he can sell goods or notf The yeara tha importations of foreign crown only way to know whether man can and plat ghua Into tha' United SUtes aeli goods la by the orders ha sends in. fell in. value from U.OOO.eOO to 1200,000. - "So with a youra; teacher:" r Thera hi About th same year Philip Argobast no wav .under heaven to find out If aha of Pittsburg, also a novice In jtIhk- cart teaeh, except by letting her teach, (making, invented a process by whi-h Thla system would furnian a mean, i notuea ana jars may oo maue emirtuy ot righting an Injustice by which atjby machinerx, the costly. blowov r soma poorly equipped schools snow net- iwouio nave wuj w - - r-1- -r-r-" 1,"..' illvl vvi -X i. It,., .nn.iitv I been acouired In a wlndow-alass .""'. Z??ZZZ,rXkrZZrZ a teacher applylnc tatlun. utd n wmttn -lrS rI7r:v would Imo-t important alngrle movement era as I hava showtw'''';'--- '; Tt la tha ability of tha4 principal to gait out the teaching power in hla,teacb era that tella He may not teach any thing himself., but he should know how to get the right kind of teaching out of those teachers. " , , " . , s "I hav -- tabulated results from , 1 schools contalnlnf 1,000 children, In Mr. Martyr Denounces Neighborhood Gossip s O THAT atrocious .Mrs. Skandall haa been over here all the morn ing, haa she, Mrs. Martyr? I'm astonished that yon would listen to her. All aba doea la gossip, gossip gossfp about the neighbors affairs. What have yon or aha to da with tna mis fortunes or Irregularities of yonr neigh bors T If a singular that women must be all tha time prying Into other people'a business, while men never car in tha least about what la going on In the neighborhood. , .,'v V What waa she talking about thla timeT About SmitbersN and hla WifeT What happened to themt Can't pay their rent? You don't say l I suspected sometning of that kind. Going down on tha car this morning Jones told ma Emitters waa in a bad way financially, and hinted that hla employers were about to examine his books. So they are going to be dispos sessed, are theyT Well, It'a none at Mra. Skandall'a business. I . don't see why ah can't attend to her own affairs. Who elae waa ahe talking about T Oh, th Hawkinses. I suppose ah' a found out that Hawkins got arrested In a pool, room ' raid last night Smith told me about it thia morning. Hla wife thought he waa at, the meeting of the Reform league. So Mra. Skandall haa been prying into Hawkins affairs, too, haa she? i don't pea why women cant let gossip alone. ": - -rL; --.;' Did aha aay anything- else? ' Goggina cam horn drunk again? You don't tell mat When? - Did he beat hla' children? I thought ao, He'a getting- to be a regu lar dipsomaniac Martin and X were talk- t ,WISlf TOU ': WOULD ASK HER ABOUT THE HANBTJRY3. X SXTPFOSB BHH TALKED ABOUT 'A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE. : rng him over on the way home last xdght. Martin says Mr. Gegglna la thtnktna; of. suing him for dlvorca. . Til tell Jud Dubb about thla last performance of hla right away, and he can apprise Mra. Go- gins' relatives, who ought to knew about It, i 1. I - suppos thia odious Mra. Skandall talked about a lot of other people, too. didn't she? She did? What did ah aajr about Mrs. Blinks? Made her husband discharge hla stenographer because ha took her cut to lunch? That a It 3rmt aa I told you. v Women caus mora divorce suits by their endless Jabber about what doesn't concern them than aU th In compatibility of temperament fat th world, ! What's the atenographera naraet Hum. I must tell Blossom about that He Intimated to me last night that Blink waa illrtingv with that young lady, but X thought It waa some ene else. Robinson said it waa a girl In a book store, ril talk it over with thera. h - '; Did ahe aay anything- about H anbury and his wife? She didn't? She must b very dull If she hasn't beard anything about them. I wanted particularly to know that: because Brown and I war discussing it last week, and I told bint rd let him know what I heard. Well, it'a Just a I said.- The womun as her nos in; other people's buslneas air tha tlm, and she's not fit company for a lady. I think you bad better send word you are out the next time she calls. for if there' anything I loathe it's M.e, mischief -making goaslp. Oh, by the way. If you ahould happen to see her. on the street tomorrow I winfi you'd ask her about the Hanburys. I hear they fight Hk eata and dogs and ara talking of separating-. ; process being' avoided and the expense of bottle-making reduced one-half. The result haa been that more bottles and Jars ara used . In a month now than In IS month. 10 years ago. , tfl. J i: "1 C! 7. woman, bot 6 r,"t kow t:at :'. bores her frfeni!, 1 y v.