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THE : OREGON ' DAILY JOURNALS 'PORTLAND, " SATURDAY 1 EVENING. NOVEMBER 17. 1SC3; .-. . - - - . . - V' . . ' " f - - . - - i ii .- -. " v-v'ii r - ! t ---' ew-- 'ajn. r - 1 1 i ui i ttt n n Mr ami m utrcih a . ex j .m r r we . . . jr .bsbbt r r - .sw- -. - i a , ' sw r e. v r e w - - r , -. . - i j i i a, l w w j a aim w i it i i t , - ' i 1 iii , it-,- I . i 1 1 . . ' . . . . ' '"-.11 Wheh4Ve-lS r Where the Wrinldes Originate X . r - VKRT -girl--cam- remeroUf when her flret real ,"benu" -came 'to rail and what a momentoua 't occasion It t. Indeed. It waa -.. the real launching Into the delightful i realm of young-lady hood. Many of ""your boy friends had coma to spend tha . : wenlng before, but there waa a dif ' f rrence iomiiy. and you --were nut slhw to maka tha moat of t. . f it you bad younger brothara or ala. s ers you were In mortal tarror lest they shovld carry out acme of the '. mischievous plana which they had bean " V eoncoetlng, Juat within, your hearlim, all . v day."-. - - .- -- . ' . 1od befbra thara waa any Ilkall liood of hla eomlnf you dreasod In your very beat, and lonited but hardly, dared 7 to put a roie earelesaly behind one ear ooordlna' to tha atyle. made popular by very novel you aver read. r J Ferhapa you did dare -to aerva re freahmenta I did It waa chocolate on i the 1 o'clock and It waa a dismal fail ure, althouah we both drank It brave-1 ty-i-chocolalo made with milk that had tiot reached tha acaldlnjr point by any tneana, and without auar. - Thla- waa iny debut aa hoateea, and ovary other woman could tell a similar tale per- -ducolaiawa- all that it ahould have been, but you were.strucE " -Bamb- tuet when nUJKUhal tg.hjn aa a brUllant- converaatlmial " ever your eperlence, u waa your Initial ' bow. tte in entertainer, and if one . wiahea to be popular and who doesn't , - one must be a successful hostess. One must understand tha art of maklnt -people feel truly welcome when they : enter' your door, and to leave with the refret that they cannot stay lonrer. There la a riirht and a wrong way of making people "feel at borne"; If - you really treat them aa ' members of the family It la not probable that they will regard you with much lova for we are pot in the habit of treating members of the family with any special consideration -and that la what gueata Ilka delicate consideration for their comfort and happiness. It la eaay to are that tha "one of the, family" idea .would not be a great auoceaa, but the .consideration for your guest must not be too apparent, or you will make htm or her very uncomfortable and ao de , feat your purpoee. . ' One of tha moat chasm ln people I aver visited waa little French woman; ' aha waa considerate of my comfort, and . yet never let It appear that I waa , really causing extra work, but by tha way aha did everything gave me to nn- - deratand that aha waa especially . fa vored by my presence. . i .t The girl who puts on her beat "bib . - and tucker" when young man cornea , to call la paying him a delicate com- '.. . jillment, and I think that many of her girl frlenda would appreciate ma same attention. - - -. '" . When we drop. In unannounced we. do not expect to find trar frlenda "dressed up." nor do we , look for an elaborate meal, but when: we have received nn . Invitation to come on a certain, day It la a trifle disheartening to find tha hostess In a frayed kimono and to have : to alt down to a "pick up" dinner, al- though, thla la Juat what we Xlnd with many women,' who, thinking that by . so doing they are establishing a repu tation for homelike entertaining they . are but we don't go away from home on purpose to be confronted with tha dlsagpsaahla parts. Pf.thejlfe. ' It Is not difficult to aerva dainty r- - freshmanta after you have paased the ugarleas chocolate period and it Jidda immeasurably to the pleasure of your gueata- If tney are treated to a cup of ..- tea, perfectly brewed, and wafera. 1 do not think that formal dinners " are at all hospitable; they aavor top much of doing things by wholeaale, and are not nearly so enjoyable as a small dinner perfectly served, and where only congenial people are present. It la- a difficult matter to find II or 20 people- .congenial, but if . you divide M, R. - HERMAN MILLER of Syracuae. who recently risked ".her Ufa In a fire In order to save a cat from death, la , Bote4 for her love for animals. A young girl showed Mra. Miller the ;.- rther day a new fall hat. Tha hat was Sdomed with a large -white bird. Mrs. : Miller, looking at It, Mid: L-I Ilka it, all but that beautiful whit ird. I never wear birds on my own hats. , I'U tell you why. a- "I caught my little boy one ' spring morning blrdnestlng. Ha came sneak fng Into the houae with three lovely, pal blue eggs in his hand: I took him to task. I pointed out to him the cruelty-of the thing he had done. He - wept, and promised earnestly, that he .' would never rob another nest. In tha fall I got a new hat. The first 8unday I put It on to go to church .' I noticed Jackie regarding ma strangely. ' ""Why do you look at my new .hat - like that - Jackie? I asked. 'Isn't It on atralghtr . ". - "Mother, said he, I know now why yoa didn't want .me to rob no birds' . aeats In the spring.' . , r -.'Well, whyr 1 asked. ' ' " 'Because,' he ansaerrd, reproachful ly, 'you wanted the birds to grow up, , so as you could wear 'em.' " - A novel experiment has heen under- taken by Lady Ernestine Hunt, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Alteebu.ry. She has started a horse ranch at Cal gary Alberta, on a stretch . of land pearly 40,000 acrea In extent, and has - personally supervised Uift conveyance of -17 of the horses to England. Lady ' Ernestine says she is the first woman . w. 4... ,v ti..fa. .4.. I eeiii by-Heraeirv earms iag a lilbuie to the cattlemen, who are. In her opin ion, a much maligned class. She Is of a roving disposition, snd by the" ago of H has been around the Horn, and wss a nlht staff nurse at Krusersdorp at th time of -the Js meson raid. - A few months later she went to Australia and hack In a sailing boat, and when ap plying for a master's certificate , at Liverpool wss refused permission to ait - for eiamlnatlon because of her sex. ; Little Stories Told of Women X The most wsgnlflcent and costly J pearl necklace In thei world Is now the . ' property of the Countess Henckel.' It , I made of three historical necklaces. ' etch of which enjoyed conslderabU ,' relebrtty In former times. One of them, ,, -alued at 1(0.000, was sold to the countess by a grsndee of Spain, end It .' 1s known aa tha "necklace of. the Vlr ' gin of Atokha"; the second belonged to Ilie ex-ouee of NsnJes, and the thlrH "Whs the famous necklsce belonging tj tin Lmpress tugcnle, ant) by, her Uta- - - . . . V v - ' ..-r;.,::-. r.,... that -number and Invite the people at different times your dinners are bound to b a success, and your gueata leave pleased with you and themselves, .-. -,' 4. : -. e . 'e . .,..1 .... -.. , , , ... Games for the November Hostess. Give each guest 10 letter from a box of anagrams, but leave out the' let ters X. V. Z. Kach player turna hla 10 letters face downward a the table. The hostess will then ask a questlcn of one of the players, who should turn up a letter and try to use It aa the first : letter of the reply; if the ques tion, cannot be-answers d by the .time the keeper counts ten. the letter is for felted. Another -question Is asked of -same player and another lotter turned up: If the question la answered In the given time the player kjreps-the letter, and the next question is asked of ' some one else.. The object of the game Is to lose ss few. letters as pos sible. Aa soon as' the 10 letters give out the player must withdraw from the game. - A prise may be given to the one who-haa-the-moot letters at the end f the game. : - . ;. e ' , -. j i::.V'OBDPKriNITION. This game Is played with theakr"f able If any of the company are apt at tptKratnroattgideftattton. One UiyexJie.i lects a wora from ine aictionary, wnicn he gives to each person in turn to de fine; the one who best' definea the word'ia given a counter, which may be taken from him If he falls to define anme other word to the satisfaction of the three,' rhoaen aa Judgea, who are to pasa sentence on each definition. Tha one who geta the most counters wins the game. , .. , , ILLUSTRATED PROVERBS. By Mra. B. Klngeland. This game must be prepared before hand by cutting f mm advertisements in the papers and magaaines pictures and pasting them upon cards to Illus trate old aaws. which have been de fined as "the wisdom of many in thai wit or one. Heven doga in a row. with tue name of a day of the week un der each, may stand for "Every dog has bis day." A shapely pair of new shoes. -"All's well that ends welt" A man's and a woman's head approaching to kins esch other will surely suggest "Two heads are better than one." ,. , INITIALS. ' Carda with pencils attached are pro pared, one for each member of tha com pany, with as many numbers on as tha hostess . has ' questions ready. These questions, must be answered only by words .beginning "with the Initials of the writer in the order In which they stand In his or her name. Tha hostess reads the questions distinctly, snd a time limit Is given Jn which- to snswer each question. A specimen set of ques tions and answers Is appended, the an swers oeing inose PI , a-.gmuiBn whose Initials were B, " 'tt W. . What is your favorite drink? Rare good whiskey. ; Whst Is your favorite diversion? Rs tiling good waits. What la your pet vice? ., Robbing gro cery wagons. What la your greateet" virtue?" , Re forming grave wrongs. What do you most dresd ' In tho fu-. ture? Raising gray whiskers. What do you moat hope for In .the future? Real gold wings. AT7TOOTtATrt9r Provide esch guest with a large card with pencil attached and announce that a prise will be given to tha one who succeeds In obtaining tha. most auto graphs of those present In s given -time. Should there be 60 guests, the time al lowed might be 20 minutes- marked by the touch of a bell, .Kach one wUl be so eager to secure his neighbor's au tograph who In turn will be seeking An other's, that It will be difficult to ob tain as msny as one might suppose. This Is a very Jolly game. .., ly sold $100,000. te a London Jeweler :- for - The wit of Madame Duse Is well Il lustrated by the following anecdote: The famous tragedienne waa one. of a aupper party, and tha talk ran on woman suffrage. A gentleman slyly suggested that, of course, women could not expect equal lights with men. "Man - waa. made .. first.". he . said, '"and woman sprang from man.". "Quite so," replied the greet actress, quietly. "It Is natural for 4he flower to come after the stem, but srely you do- not -call that an Indication of inferiority?" Thirty-one years ago, so a newspaper In Scotland affirms, a woman In Glas gow bought a ticket for Canada. Only a few weeks ago she crossed the ocean with It. ... , . .. - , Forthe Bride's Cook Book. . ' Peanut ' Butter. Shell fresh-roasted peanuta and grind In the meat chopper, then mix with tnayonnalae. "One quart of peanuts in the shell will make a pint of butter. Sweet Potato Croquettes. Take ' elx good-sized Hweet -potatoes. When -dene scoop out tha centers; press through a sieve, sdd two level tablespoonfuls of bolter, a teaapoonf ul -.of aalt and a dash of black pepper. Form Into small cyl inders, dip In beaten egg. roll In' bread crumbs and fry In hot fat,. Sslted Almonds. Blanch the al monds, dry them In a clean cloth, have some perfectly boiling oil or- butter In a pan,-throw-ln the-almonxla. let- them fry a few minutes, take them out. sprinxie wun -line sail, turn arain on J?W. when Just done. . . Oyster Soup. Drain SO oysters, pour over them a pitcher . of cold weter, throw Into a hot saucepan snd shake and boll until the gills rnrL Add a quart end a pint of milk. .11 whole all PJ. -AeltaPOonXul of pepper, a dash of rod pepper and two tablespoonfuls of butter rubbed with two of flmir. Stir carefully until It Just reaches the. boil ing point t add - salt, and - serve wltb dainty crackers. , Clear Tomato Soup. Put one can of tomatoes, with a slice of onion, a bay leaf, half a cupful of chopped celery, a teaapoonf ul 'of salt, a aaltspoonful of pepper, a pint of stock, or wster, over the fire. Boll for 10 minutes, and add two tablespoonfuls -? of - butter rubbed with three of flour.' Stir and boil for five minutes longer, strain Into ia tureen and serve at once with crouton. Glblet Sauce. Put the giblets Into a quart of cold water, and bell them wblls . i - I ' ' . x T -.'vi " :-4 Afternoon Costume by Bernard. - Satin broadcloth of a biscuit shade is braided in a lighter tone, and depends. . ' upon a deft touch of sable combined with lace for that note of contrast which the later modes demand." ; The coat U of the short pony, order, the back hangTiTOTseryr but the side seams so cleverly cut that they serve to hint somewhat at the curve of the waistline. . Skirt is of the extreme straight-front ' order, '. fash- tonftd t,p , reach almost to the where the fashionable short waist ' tiny band of flat braid, and above the tilrkey Is xoastlng. Whentendr, chop thtun very fine. When the turkey ia done, dish It. add four level table spoonfuls of flour to the fat In tha pan, mix thoroughly, add the water In which the aibleta were boiled and which now should measure one-pint, and the gib lets; stir until bolllngi add a teaspoon ful .of browning, a teaspoonful -of salt, a traapoonfut of onion juice and salt- spoonfUatOf pepper. . This sauce ahould not have fat on the surface. If you have- more fat In the pan than will unite, with flour pour a rortlirti of. It off.-' using only four lablespoonf uls of the sauca.-u- Deviled Oysters. Drain, wash and boll 60 oysters, directed In the pre ceding recipe. Have the liquor after they boll. Chop the oysters, sdd them to the liquor. Add hslf a pint of milk and four tablespoonfuls of butter and four of flour rubbed together. Bring to a boiling point. Add the beaten yolks of two egrs. a level teaspoonful of salt and a good reasoning of cayenne. Pour -into a baking dish or small shells; dust with bread rumbs : snd brown quickly In the oven. ' Too much cooking will curdle the mixture. ., , A New Tomato Filling Wash and cut the-pulp from the tomatoes, chill, fill with whipped cream "and werveun lettuce. , The cream . should first "be sslted and seasoned with paprika, then mixed with drained . horse radish and nflnced celery. Instesd "of the celery, olives, capers or even beets, may be used, or the. vegetable may be omitted altogether. . . . -Colonial Cuke. Take -two- cupfuls of: bread dough,' when It Is ready for' shap ing Into loaves,-' add one. half cupful of butter.' two cupfuls sugar,, two gg, one fourth teaspoonful of cloves, one half - teaspoonful each of cinnamon, i mace and nutmeg. One cupful of seeded raisins. one TflOtThcnpftjl- of sliced citron snd one hslf tessnoonful of sod a. neat these in. thoroughly wltb the tips of the fingers and directly to ward the body. Turn into cake pans, and when light, not quite double Its bulk, bake In oven the temperature a little lower than for bread. When cold pour a maple Icing over .aa Ornament Or the Icing may be made from one egg S'oIK and eniiuah rowfentlone ry sugar added to make a soft Icing. - Fruit . Maynnrinlse. Bhred two "large pineapples, sdd thre pounds of Malaga grapes, halved snd seeded, one pound of jEnxlish walnut of pecan, meats,, two pounds of candled chtrle7--eafullli pulled i spsrt. snd the csrpels of sis oranges, or-three ornnges and two grape fruit may. be-used. Mix with a little mayonnaise snd place on lettuce leaves. Make -the dressing, with lemon Instesd of vinegar and Just before serving It should be , mixed with half the, amount of whipped cream. Serve with . this salad the delicious Swedish milk wafers browned In the oven and brushed with melted butter., They come II In a box, each about ss large ae a small saucer, -d are a delicious accompaniment to any salad. Served with coffee, olives, salted nuts and bonhons, it will make a dainty and sufficient repast for-an afternoon -sffslr.r r : drape Cream. One quart of grape Juice, grated rind, of one and Juice of two lemens. sugsr to sweeten; - the mount depends upon 1he sweetness of the grapes. . Wbly Ipto thla one plat ot ! ;:.-?:-' .V , i V ' - -' - , I : ' . - Is'' ' - - 1 tu M I ' -' ' ' ' V ' x x - r -1 ' ' 4 t .. f.rl ' V . v... , arm size at the side, front and back sloping down prettily almost to the line is pitched. Two deep bias foT3"Bn this a fanciful design In piped cyds is J 4'; v Hat in Felt, Vith cream, after It has heen-scalded, and the 'grape Juice has been frosen to a iqushf turn the crank until the mixture Is smooth and firm. Let stand three hours packed in salt and Ice. . Serve In glass cups with a bunoh of crystallised grgBes at one gldv ... n - JAW V 4 ' the sill 1 etlje -are-headed -with-ju posed. "... .': - 1 F- -A Velvet and Plumes. SO Telt Basler. from the Toledo Blade, ' Kervont Pssnengw (tisring thunder storm) "Ain't It lnc'Mii te be oa s streetcar wbea It's llsktnlng soy ' . Cilm psssengee ."Wot at ell. ' Tea se,, tfca mtarmas Is S poaeeadeetor." - - - - - - tAad.Ua. tts. aerTous. tee felt tssler, ' '.-. ,! I ' ' 1 A well-known beauty- specialist hss started a "misfit museum," the - eppiente of - which she claime are : her i best frlenda The specimens. In this rather unusual mu seum t are a pair -. of shoes, glove's, a hat, a belt -and a blouae, and each one tells . Its story - so plainly that ' one doesn't .have to put two and two to gether to decide why the beauty spe cialist put such stress on their worth as frlenda ' . - . ' . The shoes are run over at the heel, and have sides that bulge ever the eole, the- gloves are strained and gape at every seam, the blouaa haa a collar and cuffs that are out of ahapa, and the hat, , while a very . nice looking article of headgear. Is unbearably heavy. ' ' The misfit mania, according to the enterprising beauty specialist, has the greatest - faaclnatlon for numbers v of women, therefore she has stsrted her museum In order to show them how and where their wrinkles originate. "It must be. because so msny, women are always' In - a . hurry." she said, "otherwise they-would take more time and buy things that realty fit them In stead of Just picking up the first thing they - come across because It can be made-to -Mo It '1s - not alwayetni fault of the milliners or tho dealer In glQYespr shoes or waists. ,-These peo- Ele.a.reanxtoup.,,pIeaserjheTr Shoppers and the Holiday Season. If you wish to know a man's disposi tion and character try the old-faah-loned teat of asking him to put up a stove, and If he accomplishes this temper-racking feat with dignity you may safely trust him for life. To test a woman's disposition, ac company her, on a shopping axpedltion, and when you return she will have rieen or fallen perceptibly In your estimation. Many women are continually com plaining of the discourtesy of sales people and the "don't cars whether-you buy or not", attitude of moat of them. If you aak such a woman what time of the . day she usually chooses for shopping she will Invariably reply; "Oh, any time in . the tnte . afternoon; 'you know , I f never ' go down town in the morning." No wonder a woman whe chooses the busiest " hour of the- day for shopping should not be lbked by tired clerks, rushed with the additional duties of cloalng. i .' It might be well for many of us If e were te put In our pocketbooke a list, of the "Suggestions for 8hoppers," which- harve beea prepared by the Con sumers' league. -s-The suggestions are ae follows: -..-.'", '"'', , DO ' . ' Tour shopping early In the day. If pos sible. -, ' -.-" . - DO NOT ' Shoo after - o'clock, or on Saturday afternoons of "evenings. --T-", .. -:--4.. i .. . ;.. ... ; LHJ . Tour Christmas shopping early In the season. - ' , - : DO NOT Receive packages, delivered after o'clock. ..- '' DO NOT :;- . 61 ve your, Address carelessly to sales people. '; - ; f v " : -' DO NOT Accuse the-' salespeople of Inattention without sufficient cause; they are In the noise and confusion all day. "This it tK "'"-'ft time ftf Arte T' for aaleapeople, and It. Is the duty o: shoppers to Hghten their burden ' as much as -possible. - - Te- conscientiously follow .the suggestions made by the Consumers" league will make their po sition much - easier, and msny addi tional courtesies may be shown to wom en who nee working In stores. There are two vital reaeons why one should 'do Christmas shopping early In the season. In -the first - placs. One Is not so likely to make .unsatisfactory purchaaesjf there lsjplenty of time to decide on what is wanted and the price one desires to pay. And In the second Peculiar .Employments Continued from . Preceding Paga bine -danger with peculiarity may be mentioned that of the ' worker In ex ploelvea, whether he be the legitimate employe : of a powder " fsctory or ' the agent of some-Russian secret terrorist society. Frequently bombmskere are the vlctlma of their own Infernal ma chines, and the story le told of a would be burglsr who gained access to a vault In a. large London bank. He had wttn him a time bomb, whloh he set for a night hour, his scheme being, of course. i be la the' vicinity and profit cj tne explosion In robbery.- After he. had the bomb properly placed he found te hie horror that the door of the vault had closed end locked after him. the eteel riveted room belnf 'so constructed that it made a prleoner of any person who did not know-which of the plates en tha floor to avoid. . There waa nothing for the. prisoner to do but wait for the bomb to . explode. The agony of his suspenss must have been awful, and when the door was opened no pleee of the-man bigger than a It-cent piece was found. . . Every occu pat tort has - Its- pectii lart- ties. - To mention them ell would bo to publish a list of the dolnge of every class of men and women In the United States an undertaking that would prove as monotonous to the reader ae It would be. Impossible for the writer. It has been the aim in these eolumns to present some of tha most striking jsecullsrltles of the digger trades. mingled with the more unique inaivia usl emDlovments that resourceful peo ple have sought out. One of the latter of these-i-j -that- of -e-limlted number ;f men wio make a regular business of tracing lost heirs. They'mske a epe elalty of loeetlng the beneficiaries of people who leave -unclaimed balances In banks,' and many a fat fes do they earn. Their calling la eomewhat sim- llaf to that of a man In a large city who makes a regular business of trac ing lost ..persons. The Urge number of people who disappear weekly sug gested the Idea - te tho professions! txaeer. end he haa made a good thing out of a very unpromising field. He does not always locate the prodigal, hut In msny esses the application of a little common eanse and snrewonsss, combined with a good knowledge of human nature, haa resulted In astonish ing success. The fees for this service are big. - , " SomV Great Moving Feats. . Iy. Investigation ot the flueer labor mere, - who' are too often in such hurry that they prefer not to wait, hue to take something that does not fit. ' "Then having aaved some time, and " possibly a little money, these same cus- '-, tomersr spend more time and money than they would- care to acknowledge In coming to me to remove the effects of -' their misfit clothing. This hat," and she turned to her oddly asaorted mu seum." "was too Urge In the crown and too heavy. The wearer suffered from . violent neuralgia for weeks.4 and all Iv can do now is to dye the silver halra - on her temples. :. "The blouse was too tight In the neckband and wrinkled ' the wearer - ' neck, while the light bands of the short ' sleeves have ruined the appearance of " tha lady's handa. "Tight gloves are almost aa bad aa '. tight boots, and yet only one woman In a hundred will patiently . wait .: while ... glove after glove is tried on to deter mine the perfect fit. - . "The terrible results of wearing tlW fitting coraets have beea discussed too often' to be repeated, ' but few people , are aware that too large as well as too small corsets are injurious. , "This applies to , all articles of eloth- Ing. snd the woman who wears her gartMentga -aixe-ioo -"big Te- aoinr'no- more to preserve her youthful appear- ' ance than Is tho one who wears every . .thinar:lae-toj-.-imii..,-, place, perhaps you sra helping te save more than one girl from nervous pros--, tratlon-i-f or many girls are utterly worn out by - the nerve-wearing strata -of the holiday rush work. To be on one's feet from t o'clock In the -morning until o'clock at night le hard, but when it comes to working from In the morning until' at night ' one wonders how they can manage te be aa patient with customers aa they are. And yet It Is not the long hour that girls object .to so much as the thoughtlessness of customers. r- Fault finding and dlfflcultite-please customers make life-a burden to the shopgirl. Some woman do not pretend, to know what they want when they en ter the store, and yet criticise the girl If she eannot divine Just what Is need ed. with the light price tag attached. The gtrla are also often blamed by thoughtless women for offenses which are faults of the firm." For Instance, they are blamed If the price la toa high, If there Is a flaw In the goods, and for msny other things with which they have absolutely nothing to do, One of tha reasons why sg many de- v liveries are made after o'clock ie be cause so msny women make their pur, phases late In the dsy, and then insist ' on their, delivery the same evening: constantly the men must work, overtime to deliver the goods or the woman will maka complaint to the firm and per-, bapa threaten to withdraw their trade. "Much of -the reformation In regard to tha shopgirl and her work - rests with the women who do the shopping. - ----- ' i j str- i - - Valrtreatae Msada, -I' X' ' The . lata Thomas Coldwell. the In ventor of the lawn mower, waa neted la Newburgh for hie charity. . A eltisen of Newburgh once - stela some money. He waa bitterly attacked In consequence. "3ut Mr. Coldwell stood by him, and te a certain man who waa maligning him he eald one dsy;- "You, I see. are a fair weather friend, Oeorge. Well. - you are not singular there. Most friend are like you. .. - vlot: 4 ,. I.... , , " 'Always do right ana your friends will stand by you.' .- , ' ' " 'Yes,' the convict answered bitterly, "but tha time a manr needs friends to , stand by him la when he does wrong.' :olev'- .- Maud Tou like Dick better thae yoit" do Jack. Kthel -How do you knowf Maud Vou let Jack .; teachjrou tol swim In two lessons, while you didn't learn from Dick In leea than ten. field "led m to the- freight -depots. Tea." said one ef a grimy, dusty, busy, group of men, as he pauaed for breath,' ' "We are pretty rushed. Tou see, we have Just put a large brick house on thst wagon that drove away a few moments ago. Now we've got to go . back and get the old man's sawmill and his daughter's villa" - ..-.'-' "Pretty big things to move, X sug gested. ' 1 "Naw," be replied. ' with 111-eoneealed contempt. "Last week me and my pard carried the St. Louis world's fair pike four blocks to tha depot Just after . . loading the Rocky mountains and the flatlron building - on a tbree-horse . truck." ' ' - -- -- 1 The' "weather - man. too, occupies a, field all hie own. - Besides predicting1 the -weather (mors r less eocuratsly). be- fs frequently called upon to pla moat'. Important roles In murder easel . and other trials. During the past 10 years ' a weather man ha figured in court no less than 4,000 times. - In many a legal battle the stste of the -weather le an important factor In the rendering of the verdict. In a murder , ease recently decided, for instance, the ' conviction hinged on the Identification, . of the prisoner by eeveral people who were admittedly about 10 feet "away. The record a of the weather office were put Into the evidence and Showed thst the , night was very foggy and rainy.' and that the witnesses could not have -seen 10 feet.. On , this evidence the man was acquitted. In another ; eaae the defense tried to prove that as the body, of the victim wee In good state of preservation the prisoner who left- . town' a. month before lhmurder wa ' discovered could not have - done the v ' deed. : The prosecuting -attorney, -however, proved by the weather man that the weather had been at aero nearly all the time between the commission of the deed and the discovery ef the body. The attorney, therefore, held that It waa ' possible for the body .to have remained In a good state of preservation for 10 days,, and the Jury agreed with htm. On another occasion a man accused of a serloue crime proved by the weather man -that he could not -have bee at a- certain exposed place the night of the crime. The witnesses, who claimed to have en him there, ewore that he wore the eame clothee he had. on when he waa arrested, and the policeman, who -arrested him en hour after the crime had been committed, admitted that hla clothee war absolutely dry when ar rested. The weather men swore that-. It had rained pitch forka on the night In question, eud go he waa let - (. v Is- 6 V
