jw"jr.::.-.i; c:.ri-A::D, cunday r -crjnno, iiahc:! c, G". 4 , '? r-T? - 7777 7 ir,3 MAKrs kiluons of monsy, put .LMA;llAiL-''Li':-' vlyil Vi J VAKE3 -up .wco2:ly J. --I Qir: tiiat AMHLArrv ZOUZ TllATARE NOT MARRIAGES fXF rtwera W. tmmt) "I T U a faat dat Interests much. says Whiskers, "dat de hotel which charges II etnti for a full dinner and. 1 eeota (or a. bedroom', is' paying de owner f per cent net on Me Investment" "Surarr." nri Mr. Paul, "it Is Intsr siting "to "loin dat dsra le ur kind of vae lor money which per I per oent Wit dat happy assurance all dat a man needs to make as income la de money to invest for . to get It, and, wit Income, .-any man may be happy If he only .know how. ' But de example you J-ev alf W on Six. Paul, "ceils to jn mind de fact dat de hotel which. charges - 1 for Its cheapest bedroom, and meals are not solved dat cost less daa $S each, la not paying ground taxes for ae owner. "Bow do you make out datt". asks .. '.Whiskers. "It la a question which X will shortly write a piece for da papers about, says Mr. FauL "I has give de study much taught, and am . prepared to disclose me findings to a delighted wolld, only I has not been able to find a pen In de house dat a willing to 'Shed Ink except "' at wholesale. Do manner of do matter 1 dls: De builder and promoter of de It a meal .hotel was . wise onto de ' proposition" dat wasn't lust Mr. Paul's ' wolds, but dey. la what be meant 'Mat .' der la many good . citlsena of deae United, States dat has more money dan dey has notions how to separate delr , selves from It. While - we has many - good folk In New York who get along on tree or four hundred dollars per year, we also baa' a number who are t trytaavtorapend a quarter of a million a year In de manner which will -call de most attention to deir excellent ef forts to keep money circulating. But do dose' good folk , want to' circulate deir good long green in de dark? No, . sir I Dere Is notting dey. Is ashamed of In de business. Dey do 'not believe In " hiding de good dat dere Is In de wolld. Do example of proper contract Is worth " much, and de folks who are parting wit one-forth million a year want de wolld ' to sea and copy."' .-..' "Burelyt den," say Whiskers, "de hundred dollars a day hotel was . de . very place dey was looking for." . "But do Stage settings waa all wrong from de start, says , Mr. Paul. "De ' dining rooms of dls notable hotel are a string of small rooms almost cut off from each odder. Dere la no ohanoe for a crowd In any one of 'em. and do good ; man who Is going- tot spend a hundred . for a alight repast might as well be pending 19 cents for Frank orters and bauer kraut down a dark alley for all ' de good ho gets -out of do hotel. ' Be doesn't go to dat hotel to play blind man's toff. Dat waa de mistake of de be Oder. I hare a plan to Ox de ting all rigbt for him, It la a hard lob. Do builder's plans was on do blink to begin - wit. Da- dining rooms are J Strang : around tree aides of a hollow square, ao - I shall recommend dat a curious and nicely, adjusted series of mirrors be placed at angles of do corners so dat d -diner at de aouteast corner get a full view of de grub and rum -solved to de gent at do nortwest table,, around trea or four tolnlngs. Den, air. you will see do folkat flock to ' do hotel In such '--' numbers dat de resolves will have to be called, wit nightsticks drawn, for to keep da hungry -guests in line for deir toln at da tabtea, Btr, it la strange dat ' whan a cent is passing out a little mat- ter of eight millions of good gold for a hotel ha wlB not consult a philosopher . as well aa an arkyteck. If I had been . called in to give a few wolds of advloe X could told how to make a' hundred - dollar a day. hotel pay, as well aa a . fifteen cents d. day one." - Bay. Mr. Paul isn't da only wise gay ; on dat pro positions. - If I 'wasn't a , little short of fun at dia season of da ' year, rd build a hundred dollars a day hotel for aevea or eight millions, and . show do mala basoonua who built de 1 - odder on how de game la wo iked. - la do foist place, he bad a dippy block for a press agent. All be told do papers about waa bow much It would cost to , live .a minute In dat hotel. Dat waa t running away good space. Da lay for him to folley was to tell bow much . Mr. Dls and Mr. Dat waa spending at , de hotel. Dat would fetched de crowd. Folks don't go . and .- blow In deir roll for da sake of seeing It blow; dey does It so dat odder folk can see It blow. A man wit a roll aa big around aa a .lamp la willing for to light da lamp If deir la anybody around who needs' a , light .- . .. . . . ; Why nott No man can spend more dan a dollar a day for what he needs for what ha needs on de dead level - but if rrarrnnn knocked off trying to dope out waya to make mora dan a dollar a -day, where would de wolld . be? on da bum! Folks don't go and . wo Ik for more dan a dollar a day for de polpose of doing do wolld good, but BE .V?'.J. ' . ' From the London MaU, --W-BH08E who for one reason or n I bther phophesy the speedy ter . . . ' I ruination of the war In tbe far east omit to take one Important . matter In t4 consideration. They forget the magnlte of th problem Involved " In the repatriation of nearly half a . million disillusioned. . and discontented i ..soldiers. ; r.-- .. . .. ' .'.. A large proportion of the troops has ' been drawn from Finland and from Po- - land, the lahabltanta of which couu- - tries have, naturally, not looked .upon . the prospect of being shot for the sake : . of holy Russia with any particular de- gree of enthusiasm: while, ad regards the Russslans proper, regulars and re ' aervists. It can hardly be supposed that the slaughter of their relatives in the streets of Bt Petersburg or elsewhere, 4 or the ruin of their homesteads, the re sult of their enforced absence from the I plough-tall, will make their homecom- Ing-a particularly cheerful one.. ; ? ' What a chance for a Boulanger to ex ploit the forces of discontent which are rapidly developing In the army of Man churia, were its commissioned ranks capable of producing an efficient mili tary pretender! The discontent Is there, but the man Is apparently wanting. Let ters from the front which have ap peared tit extra-Russian periodicals, and aonasaaently havs escaped the attaa ejsssi of the censor, give us some In sight Into the conduct and capacity of th leaders and Into the feelings . en gendered In the minds of ths rank and jiie. -----. Veseetchagln. the well-known artist who was drowned with Makarolt In the petmpavlovak. gives us a picture of Ku ropatkln aa he waa when serving - ss chief Of the staff to Bkobeleff, to whom .. he was ths very antttheala. We are told ' how Kuropatkln opposed tooth and sail 'the proposed winter march across the Balkans, which, had such Immense in fluencei on th result of the campaign. . "It's all vsry fine," said he. "to talk of v a glorious death., It'a assy enough to . die; but the point Is. Is It worth while T" A it would, appear that the iptr.lt of1 t .. Y ' -VV ; 1 r v-TWJL."'?- ,XsrJ -1 .J Ii If ' I ' -i I . .V t " . . KLe la. I . 1 i v i.--vi ,, 13-1 -w.:V. wv.-. . . lurry - J X 'r M V VI : l'ilU,;.;'. . I rr I! ' I . , T" I ; ? W. W . Y l r 1 i vx, , -; "w -v t - , r . i .'.v. fi C 'v v;.,:v. 'V. '' 3- ' -;..''l'' : t l - I . I ? ' '..-, J 4 I 4 I ' . , i- 'V '. ::'.-' Z- V I l-'.jfl il't, ::: :.:,afc-r-:-- ............ f . .. t- ' -"" v i f , ear a wiam ;w ussv VVVU ku VT aa.sjs . It to do odder peopl good, and the wolld gets the .benefit on da side. Whafs de good of a million to a man except to spend It In a way dat shows dat ha baa It to spend? Sure. ... When I- get time to-pat vp ma eight million dollar hotel, rit solve a table for da very rich dat wlU tickle 'em to deat; notting but milk and. toast But ril charge do limit for dose feeds on a guarantee) to have da price) dey la spend Ing printed in da papers. Seat ' A mug dat baa notting bat money not oven aa appetite pay ma a hundred a day for milk and toast .1 uses - part of me profits tn running a papa tailing his name, and how much b spends, and be gets ' d - benefit of hla money ', wltout having to get sick eating tings dat he don't want, and drinking boose h cant taae ear ox. - . -When I gets dat proposition running nicely I'm going to start aa opray house where de prices will be twiea what dey are at de opray house now, and der I'll have a dinkey llttl Cberman band play Annie Kooaey, tit. da Bowery," and odder mualo dat da qumrter-a-mUllon-ev- year genu .like and can understand and me papa will print da name of every mug dat bays a ticket-' Dere I'll give 'em something dey likea and wants. and dey will be known to loosen up for It more dan If dey was hearing d Nee belunga Ringer. Bee? It'a great! Wit - me hotel giving 'enf toast and milk, and me opray giving 'em rag time and barber shop chords, I'll have de whole mob. In good healt and happy, and at de same time deywfttlw getting ae wort of deir money la prese notices end I get a. rakt-off on da papa, too. What?. i BEHIND THE SCENES OF WAR caution which animated him tn 117 has slnoe then been considerably dev Oped.-.- '. .; '.--.I The opinion entertained of him by th army, la that "he la absolutely devoid, of ability from . the administrative point of view, and la guilty of personal cow ardice into the bargain." ; And on of the jokes current among' tbe soldiers Is that he ha sworn en hla grandfather sword that he will not retire before the Japanese aa Inch further than Irkutsk! "Aa long as Kuropatkln Is In command," says another, "there can be nothing but disgrace tn store for Russia. Tbe army resembles a dlsordsrly rabbis In a pot house rather than an organised force." and looks upon Its leader with "pitying contempt" rather than that feeling of love and admiration which the Ruaslan correspondents would hav us-believe Is entertained toward him. '- . .The legend to the effect that Btakel berg's disastrous fiasco was the result Of orders received from Bt Petersburg is disposed of by a correspondent who states that he saw with hla own eyes Kuropstkln's signature at, th foot of the plan which led to the disaster, and that he alone was responsible . for its conception and execution. . There appsara to be. only one general whom th army love snd reveres "Papa Ltnlevltoh," as th. soldiers call him. "Whatever corps I . visited," saya ths author of r one of the letters, "I everywhere heard the same chorus. If only they would send Papa here.' Sol diers and officers alike believe In him, snd under him would capture any posi tion you please. ' But he Is not a self advertiser like . Kuropatkln." "Tou yourselves In Bt - Petersburg are to blsme," he add. "His send-off was like the receptions accorded- to a victorious general on hla return, and now he's afraid to risk his skin or besmirch hla unearned reputation." Aa to the officers, we are told that "the great rate of mortality among them la not due to ths good shooting of the Japanese, hut to that of our own men." who take th opportunity presented by . Welt wit m hotel and 'opray bouse running on sinetlflo principles what do I do nextf " I automobiles ma patrons. Does any man who la old enough to have mad a doaen million want td rid a mile a minute on a gasoline tank . Nay, nay Folks automobile In six hundred dollar machines for fun. dey automobiles In twenty touaand dollar machine to gat deir name In de papca. ' Well. I baa a machine fixed up dat smells of oil. electricity , and street dust, and will break down If you speak to It unkindly. But It costs seventeen dollar. Da mo tOT power la a dollar-ev-day Dago Inside de turnover wit hi feet on de ground. A ride from me hotel In- dat safe and sane machine will be eighty-seven dol lars, and every time me guest ride m tt do fact will be printed In ma papa at do usual rate. Do you ae where Pra going to land ' Me. to d" millionaires' clubl No indigestion at me hotel, but de rate a hundred a day; notting to bore at me opray house, but seats fifty a trun: no danger In ma automobtlea, but eighty seven dollars a whirl. Bay, if you want all da money der Is la de wolld, syndicate me. Tou won't have to borrow a - million, a day from de town bank to wash me as a stock proposition. I'm ready money. Bur. S Polks want to be known; to be spend ing deir money, and are ready to- take chances at poison and sudden deat at de dining table to prove dat dey baa de price: la. willing. to stand six hours of Dooblelungensela by' a Byetaliaa artist ie smvs (let dry hr- d price: is will ing to court de cbrbneryJr1o'ruaf",n real automobile to prove dat dey has de price. How foollah! .- v.- .". J , : ' the confusion of a battle to pay off old acorea. '' '..'..'.., ,.,;?. Th same writer adds that It I a no torious fact' that 'the. majority of the officers hide, themselves whsn lighting Is going on, and that. It la a common remark of Japanese prisoners to their captors, "Ah, if you Only had our offi cers, Thla tendency of skulk Is con firmed by an army doctor, wbo write that his hands' are full of malingerers from the commissioned ranks, wbo as soon as they have received .the merest scratch rueh Into hospital and move heaven and earth In order' to be sent back to Russsis.' "There Is an enormous number." he goes 'on, "of carpet knlgbta from Bt Petersburg. All these gentle men came out In tbe expectation of get ting 'orders m.nd promotion - without sny trouble to themselves ' In Justice tn Kuropatkln, I must add that ha Is pretty rough with them, and sends them where the danger ta greatest, but this oppor tunity of distinguishing themselves .Is by no means to the taste of the major ity, and they make an awful hash of the business." But there Is an excuse for them, according to ' the . doctor - just quoted, "In other conditions thess same officers, who are now thsnkful to' get a scratch In order to be able, to skedaddle home, might do wonders; but ss things are,-in the Stat of general confusion and demoralisation which everywhere reigns, why on earth should they aim lessly sacrifice their lives In a senseless and utterly useless wsr." '. i - On the bcavery of the common soldier no aspersions are thrown: but the edge of his enthusiasm wss very soon taken off by the . brutality and Incompetence of hla officers, by ths Insufficiency of food snd clothing, and by, the discovery that the Japaneae are a very different kind of foe from what they were led to believe them .to be. "The opinion of the soldiers changed - pretty quickly when they saw the Japanese la the flesh Instead of in pictures," and ths time has passed when the , burly - Russian Tommy - was . heard to remark by the correspondent ,of ' the Novoe Vremya. "These yellow monkeys are a small, X -Com to my shop. All de proof dat you 'ha de' price, wit press notices of de fact will be supplied; and tings to eat dat can be eat tings to listen to dat an be listened to wltout swearing; tings to rids In, dat don't blow up say, la It a cinchi Wall! well! ' ' . , , , I wonder nobody ha discovered ma When Tm found out. eure de banks will let roe have sixty touaand a day Sot an Interest In ma profits: somebody will buy me for toity-nln millions and let de peopl have ma for a hundred and tolty millions; I'll be Incorporated and Issued ss canal stock, de only guarantee being dat I'm not a canal and dat I m a revo lution; a sugar company will buy me and send m to da senate to veto on de tariff tinkering. - I wonder nobody has mad me a stock company and floated ma at a hundred to get tn on de ground floor and . get eat In d cellar d best way you can, . .. ( . 1 I waa all lit up ttnking what a good tmg I was, and trying to dope ant ways of spending all de plunks I waa wort when Duchess cornea to me wit trouble tn her eye. "Master : Cheema," . she say, '"what did Mr, Paul tell yon to buy for him when yon was down town yesterday r . "A new collar for de ban pup," I says. "But I forgot It" "Tou'U forget your .errands onoe too many," ah saya. nd get fired from your lob. What will you de for a living denr. she saya "Get a Job wit de white wings, sweep ing de streets," I says. ."I don t know Wlit Ha V Bay. wasn't dat a woosy way to wake apt Whst t'eu! - 1 - A t am told, that yon can spit Ave of them on one bayonet Th state. of our men,"' writes a . soldier from Mukden, "surpasses all belief. TOthr. tattered. barefooted In many case, or In Chinese slippers tied on with string, they have lost all semblance of an Organised force, and have been converted Into a miser able rabble," It will not be surprising should the Russian government be In no particu lar hurry to bring these warriors home To swell tbe existing volumeuof discon tent, and ahould prefer to continue a disastrous war rather than to face the problem that their return la bound to present . A Japaneae caricature Is, we are told, very popular la the Russian army1. It represent Kuropatkln rushing Into tat tle hung round with Irons, surrounded by headless generals and office ra with asses' head a. Who can say that th sar casm Is unmerited T - . ; rw o aa portrzuut "' From th Philadelphia Inquirer. Be natural. Peopl are quick to dis cover affectation of any kind, and have a contempt for It so give up affecta tion. . '..', ,--.---..-.. Be neat . Thar la great charm. In neatness. - - Be affectionate and sympathetic and don't be- self -conscious and ashamed to shew either quality. Be home-loving and kind to all eld people (poor people and children. These are womanly qualities, .and alt love and admire the womanly girL - Don't have "mood a" . Avoid the blues. People like to know how to find a girt, not to have to renew her acquaintance every time they meet, v r Be athletic, aa that means health, and healthfulness means wholeaomeness. . ' XJke Moat 'oksrs. - -' "He's a great practical Joker.", . ' "I suspected ss much." . . ,' '' "Ah! be has been playing soma prank on you, eht"- "No, but I played a little joke on him yesterday and U made him furious." "Milestones on Love's Pathway." ' RS ' THBODORB BUTRO Of New York has contributed to ute world of literature a beautuul 'and uniaua volume of prose I and varaa in the form of love-letters and poems written to her by her husbandJ during a long and unciouaea ' marnw life. At the outset the single purpose Mrs. Butro had Id1 view was to offer to har hnaband an evidence of her apprecia tion of his devotion and of the love be tween them. Later there came anoiaar ftunmsa. which aha now explains. . f it la my wian. saia - jars, ooire, "that this lltUe volume may teach hus bands and wives that wedding anniver saries are good things to remember, for they recall a tenderness and atzecuon that never should be forgotten." , '. On Washington's birthday Mr. and Mrs. fiutr received all of the) members I of their family and their intimate friends and entertained them with mualo and luncheon. Bach guest received a copy ofthebook. . The Butroa were married -October 1, 1SS4, and the title of the book. -"Milestones on Love's Pathway." la to eom- memorat the passing-of the twentieth milestone, i The letters and . poen breathe the tend rest and purest tor "Mr husband did not know I naa saved hla letters and poems," said Mrs. Sutra. "At least, he never toM ma that he knew, but I suppose he really did. And. so I kept the secret of the book from him until I bad im vol tune reany to place la his hands." . ' . : Here are axtracta rrom in oooas (Copyright. 108.-by Courtesy of Mrs. Tneoaor duito. . The book opens with this dedication i ' Mr Own Dear Theodore: -Accept this compilation of soma of the very many beautiful letters you have written to me. I have called them "Milestones on 'Love's Pathway." May they recall to you me happy occasions, and may the thought that I have preserved them Inspire you to - continue these lovely , milestones which mark the-way on the road of hap- nlnesa. strewn with your kind deeds and I loving affection. Fondly, FLORENCE. Tbe tint letter in tne volume, wnren follows an artlstio reproduction of the photographs and the marriage certifi cate, U dated October 1, llti, , .'', A noem that was presented td Mra Butro-by her husband, with her portrait framed In silver, for the celebration of their crystal wedding In lit, is. as fol- llowar i..;- kTe n Far too costly la this setting .- - For the picture you behold! . But tie vain to be regretting . Workmen ne'er do as-tboyre wiai I Tet this one' Whom 1 am chiding ( Bullded better than be knew; " For a happy thought abiding From his costly irameworx Crystal with th wood uniting . - Wakes fond memories of tne past, . . While the striker la Inviting. Hooes of happiness to last! Crystal fete and wooden ended! ' - . - Sliver wedding atui to dsi But the three together blended Hera. In wonderment rou see: These are symbols full of glory. Milestones scattered on tne 'way, Tailing of our live th story- - ; On perennial wedding oayi . . .. .' rn 1 hit. Mr. Butro wrote from thalr nrasont boms address. No. lit West One Hundred and Second, street New York, the following letter in memory of bar birthday: - ' :.' '. Dearest Sweetest Little Wife: Again the lovely day has come round which should Indeed be celebrated always as- the anniversary of tbs fortunate event which aava to ths world a neauurui. good, earnest little worker, with noble and high aspirations ana untiring in praiseworthy deeda! To her compan ions a true friend! To her family a de voted daughter, sister and niece, and to bee husband a better "nair in truini Accept 'for this day the foregoing thouerhta and these little gems wnicn i have gathered and saved for you. and for the setting of which in sucn form as you mar prefer I thought best to trust nor own radrment and excellent, taste. The slant may be the beginning of our llttl conservatory, and th flowers are, of course, only intended aa xeeoi rivals of yourself. The bonbons are not halt as sweet aa youl Tour husband. ' .? ':. --. THJSOUOlttt. On January 21. Ill, while Mrs. Butro waa in Chicago organising the National Federation of Musical Clubs, Mr. Butro telegraphed to ber this poem: Flaah this greeting. O East to the West! To ths loveliest the brightest, the best; Whether president or not she be. Three ctrsers for by dear little wife. Who will ever preside over me: g queen or my Heart and my Ufa, For Mrs. Sutra's birthday, tn May. lift, aha was presented with a painting by Paul ds Longpre. The painting was accompanied by another of Mr. Sutra's poems, entitled ; - Kr Owm May Boag. My own May song, my beautiful song. Cofjpoaed oa-the first of May; Backraorraw yon shorten, each Joy you , prolong, i ' Wherever your musts holds sway. My own, my living Msy song Indeed! Each word a Kind thought eeca note a arood deed: It Imprint ber beauty, Ita mosio her lire: -. .. - ,t Like a flower of May la thla song, is - my wife. . . On their snnlversary tn 101 they were at their lodge on weaver laiaaa. Maine. She received aa ber gift IT stlvsr spoons that had been collected by him on a trip through Canada and Maine. For the marriage anniversary of II the memento was a beautifully wrought ovlng-cup with a four-line verse, ea r-graved on it Wtih the cup was another of Mr. Sutras poems, entitled .: Oar Crystal Weddlag. Do you remember, love, whoa first we i spoke T - i,.-' Ta when, with dimpled hands, in childlike why. ' - - Such mualo from the keys you did evoke That I stood spellbound 'neath Ita magto swsy. "'. t And I loved- you, and you In turn loved me. . ' ... And we were wed: and now tls fifteen . years. Though but an hour age It seems to be Bo clear the vista of the past appears. And you and I have differed, too, anon. As men and women nave, and always will: . But love, at lest the battle always won. And held .us In Its bonds triumphant ; still. ',:. Bo let us then Ffvn until the end; So let us lovs for all eternity! i And may those fifteen ears jour fate portena: : Then bright as crystal will our fu- lure be. . - .-' : Mrs. Sntre'e Bxplaaatloa. ' : On every wedding anniversary, Christ- mss and birthday for the past 20 years (although he haa never been absent from me) I have received from ray incom- parable husband poems and letters which t nave treasured. Octpber 1, l, being the twenUeth an Biveraary of our wedding day. I greatly surprised him with tbe foregoing collec tion of some of these letters and poems. di copy was moat artistically print ed on Parchment and aunarblv illuml. nated by Mr. Thomas Sidney Moran after tn manner or Bibles antedating the in vention of printing. '. l take great pleasure in presenting this one to you. 1 ' " . - Accept 4t with kindest remembrances irom, yours stnosrely, - - .... 'f- '. FLORBMC3S. CLINTON SOTRO. .; .,?':;;; t H J, . r, Why Marrurs I a Fgflore. '; " : ''' Oaaollnal . T": TtTMPINO In and out of matrimony , la about aa easy as jumping in and . I ,' out oz th ocean for a few min utes' swlm. . , v. ;-.;,",', .f . And If s done la much the same way. -Sort of shutting of ayes and ears, then one, two, three and a plunge. Th pec ta tors standing on the shore are-urging on the backward onea, while the bathers are too busy trying to learn to swim or la trying to "find the easiest way out to even notioe the newcomers. But after all it Isn't a swimming party. This la Itfe, and these men and women have sworn In tbe presence of witnesses to cleave to one another until death snail part them, '- .', -" . Instsad of waiting for death they grow Impatient and fly to the nearest divorce court . " Nobody seems to know who is to blame.. . : ii. ;-' , . ' " ' And It really isn't the fault of either the. man-or the . woman, but, rather of their training. ' - . : .. .They , are brought un wrong, with wrong ideas. - .. (. . A woman's life la so hedged In. so dull, that she will do anything to vary its mo notony. , Anything to break through, the hedge.. .; , . , , ...... She la taught that marriage la a alm- ple way out of all her difficulties that the mere act of marrying, will make her happy. , , :.;. t , - .. . , ;.. ' And man's Idea of a woman la. wrong. It Is when she plays, dances and sings her parts that be loves her best He doesn't like finding that aha la a think ing being. - i- ' - "-- - She must be willing to marge nar per sonality la hie. --'.:.:. -'. --.-' - In fact In what is known s-th con ventional, happy, marriage, he.- usually becomes ber will and conscience. . It la .when- ah, begin t- waken, to think for herself.-to realise that tnia Isn't a god, but a man, that she baa married, that th trouble begins. .', And every person who lives 1 bound to wake up. The point ta, l yew would be happy, wake before you take the plunge,, not afterward. ' v ''' ' Tour chance zor nappmssg . are - so much greater. .. For the haopiest marriages must be those where both parties In th contract have their eye wide open and neither ta acting a part,' - '':,.';'- :. c , Why Married Lifa la DuD. . Cay OTothy bx.) ' - M' ARRIED. life Is dull '- because neither busbanda or wives dan vote sufficient intelligent ef fort toward making it "inter na tin a: "' '. ... v. ' 1 . rt, areateet enemy that humanity has ever known la the Individual who first advanced the luck theory la regard to matrimony. '' . Everybody believe In It because it Is more soothing to our vanity to feel that we are unlucky than to admit that we are foola. or shirks, but In reality there Is no luck about it . '-. ' , -'- 'M Luck has nothing to do with tho kind of -husband or wife a woman and man pick out That ta the result of their own Judgment - Neither has luck anything to do with matrimonial felicity. That la the result of wlU power and determination. Barring the few crlmlnala of both sexes and the people who complain of the dullness of married life are more disgruntled than wicked there la no man or woman with whom you cannot get along If you try. and none with whom you can get along If yon don't If -aba wanta to keep married life from being dull lor her husband a woman must praise hla virtues and Ignore his faults, " -.r.i vt if worn en would devote a much time to atudying their husbands aa they do to studying Browning., there would be ao us for th divorce oouna. - - If a man wanta to make married life Interesting to hi wlf he must make her hi nartner.. and give ner a lair divide in th pleasures and perqulaltce of life. . . - . Being a woman doesn't maae a nign sptiited individual enjoy begging. Soul do not wear petticoat. - . If a man wants to mam mamea lire thrilling for hla wife, he will spend his From the London Mall,. ;w Blnjor Dt' starigu. , Malamikojn pelu :' ;. .'.'.," Kaj fallgu! ' - ' " '. Pistu polltlkon. .,.. ; Venku friponaJon, , .V Al cl nl konfidu; , 1 . -' Dio nln savul. THESE verses are not a peculiar . form of Rumanian, to which ' they bear a dim facial re ' semblsnce, but tbe second staasa of "Ood Bar tbKlng." aa ren dered In the last and perhaps the moat rational of the universal languages, which . are to turn the Tower of Babel upaida down, and we must say . that Blnjor Dio" and "frlponajon- tanavisn tricks) greatly arrlde us. They were performed st tbs - ."Dua Csperantlsta Jarkunveno," otherwise the second an nual meeting of the London Esperanto club, at Essex halt Th proceedings opened with a speech In. Esperanto from the president Felix Moschelbs who de tailed certain schisms which teem to have taken place -In the brotherhood, under the similitude of ths history of two babies, , with a due. number of al lusions ' to . the judgment of Solomon. This tickled . the meeting ("tlklls la kunveno," aa they ssy In Esperanto!. It seems that these Siamese twins now have a separats existence, one as the London Esperanto club, snd the other the British Esperanto association. and each infant haa a Journal of Its own to advertise itself, one the Espe- rantlst and the- other the British Espe rantlat Miss Lawrence the secretary. then read the. report and balance sheet In her nativ tongue.- ine ciuo nss over 160 in the nana, ana ia going to contribute two of them to the inter- national meeting of Eaaerantlata to be held at Boulogne from August I lo Auruftt H, th whols of which you ran attend for two franca C"du frankoj"). Mr. Mundle also apnxa. mwi compre hensively, Tbe reet of the enter ln ment conslatrl - T " i Tke London Esperanto Glut j evenings with her and try to take sc . Interest in the subjects -that amuse . , Women don't really marry to get dummy dressed up la men's clothing, at with a newspaper glued tn Ita bands. If men wish to make their wivea happy they will never forget that women care more for words than they do for deeds, and that they wtll forgive anything to the. husband who pays them compli ments and little attentions. Th hus band ta the audience to which the wife play, and If she doesn't get the glad hand from blm she. feels that life la cinders, ashes and dust' ' If husbands and wives want married Ufa to be. interesting they must respect each other's prejudices, and give to each other the aame liberty they demand for themselves. .These are simple rulea,' for settling a great problem, but they will work, for happiness In marriage la not luck. It la volition, , - ( -. v., ;,.,.; V' ;.,;'.- The ' Steaocrmpher on Marriage : " ' ' ay ao aitta.) - - . .'. ; 8EK." remarked the bookkeeper. "that Fathea Cox haa been handing out some straight talk , to girls tn which he tells them that Ice cream . la no test of love, and . that they must not judge of young man's affection . by the amount of trapped stuff that be blows them to," "The to cream route la a mighty short cut to a, girl's heart' observed th ) stenographer. "It'a a fool Idea to think that yon can measure a man's devotion by the way he feeds your face," said th bookkeeper,, severely. -..' ?'.' . "Oh. I don't know," replied th stenog rapher. "It's aa good a, test of a man's love as anything else. It a man bais a dog or' a cat or a canary bird that he la really fond of ha. feed it and it's th aame' way with a woman. "The minute that , a begins to Tee! tenderly . toward her he C. commences bringing ber chocolate cream and stay ing her on soda water and so on when they are out From- that, as he likes her bet tar and better, he works up to the lobster period .of oourtship. and then If he ta real serious he begins to set her up to rare roast beef and potatoes. "Every woman knows that whsn a map begins ordering beefsteak for her for. suppsr Instead of a combination of welsh-rabbit and .lose that It la juat aa good as a proposal. It show that he la looking forward to having to stand for th wear and tsar on her digestion, and he wants to hedge." .' "A woman's Ideal -of perfect devotion la a man who will always be trotting after her . with a box of caramela In one hand and a bunch of violets in the other," sneered the bookkeeper. ' "It would bo a lot more proof of hi love If he waa saving up his money to get married on, Instead of spending. .It around on fool presents." "When you are. married you are married a, mlghtly long time, -and there are preciou tew treata In It" said th stenographer. "That's tbs reason women try to get all they can before" they are married. It Isn't because they are greedy. They just want the romance while they can have tt and nobody can deny that there la a flavor to the candy that la given you that, the bonbons that you pony up for yourself never have." "Well, le cream Is no test of love, Insisted the bookkeeper. ' . -r "WettT responded the stenographer, "there have been plenty of times when I could nane -paid, out good money to know whether I had given a man's heart a solar plexus blow or merely tickled his vanity, so tear off a' few of your reliable recipes by which a woman can ascertain whether a man's In love -for keeps or is Just Jollying her along." --"Naturally,"' replied the bookkeeper, with dignity 'ths first sign a man gives of being in love with a woman Is the constancy with - which he seeks her society. If h visits her regularly, she may Infer' "Rata!" exclaimed the stenographer. Tve known men who visited girls until they wore out three seta of parlor chairs and bankrupted the families paying gas and coal bills, but who never got within a million miles of a proposal." ' . "Than, went on the bookkeeper, "h tries in every way to please her." "Nltaki." cried tbe stenographer: "the leaa a man cares for a woman ths more he compliment her." And he Introduces her to his family,''' continued the bookkeeper. , "Who hammer her out flat", com mented the stenographer. . "And he is deferential to her," pursued th bookkeeper, "and" tender and con siderate, and" "Oo to," ejaculated the stenographer. -prher'g nO "wny a woman can tell whether a man la In love with her or not until she marries him, and then it's too late. The talkee-talk test Is no better than the ice cream test and neither on of them la a sura guide." ... . : In Esperanto, Including three Items from a recent translation of The Tem pest by Mr. Motteau, the most sealoua contributor being Miss Schafer, - who appeared successively ss reciter, quar tetttst soloist and actress. , "Ton Lum pinko" waa a prominent "performer in one of the selections slong with Sin Jo ro Hardkastello. Then there was a bit from Henry IV., tbe address' to sleep "Ho dormo,' and there was to have been a coon song "Amerika Coon.' Lulu ho kara Lulllu." the translation of Which we leave to the Intelligence, of our readers, but to our (ntene . grief it was omitted. The whole' fin ished by tbe national, or rather Inter national, ditty of the cause, the concep tion of which Is superior to the execu tion... . .. '- J. - .V. 1 . ' - In some ways it Is a, most annoying . language. For onelhlng, it haa no ex ceptions. Now a language without ex ceptions lo like- a human being with out faults, a sort ef prig among lan guages. ' Again, all the terminations are standardised, and all the accents srs on the penultimate. The result is mo notony, as Waa '. evidenced by the speeches and songs. Thirdly, It 1 1 rather agonising at times to the philol ogist Taks a word like "erf o," for In stance, for orphan. . The Inventor could not say "orfano," because it would seem, on his princlpless s member ef the' sect of the Orfa. or Something T!". that. Bo he throws philology ove board. I(e - makes his' word for c "boato" (pronounced "boahto J and I. word for boot "boto" facts whlrh e doubts on his thorough knowledge . English, though he baa paid this coun try the compliment of utilising a v large number of Ha roote, er f fragments of Its roots. ' Put f ; doubt about the en"Ho'-i i ef tie body of r"erail' i -bio de la entui- i r . I I -ttatoj"). end v t It vp ("t I i ! i 7. :