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eyee
gleamed In a manner tbat
boded III lor the aenemlc youth
with the grown hoae and clam
orous tie who pulled Induatrl-
oualy at a cigarette.
T o llle waa peeved. Her profeealon-
at aiandlng bad been questioned, and
abe reaented tbe Imputation.
"Take It from me," abe anapped, with
a dleplay of Indignation calculated to
wither tbe offender, "I had an offer
from Mr llammereteln himself. He's
Just dying to have me go on at bla
roof garden In New York.
Offered
me 1300 per for two turns a day, and
40 weeks straight on tbe road when
I got tired of New York.
I've got
llam m ersteln’s letter to prove It," she
¿termed. stamping one foot by way
of emphasis; "I'll show you It ain't hot
air I'm retailing *
Open came the underslsed suitcase
that did duly as a handbag
Into Its
depths went bejeweled lingers. There
waa a powder puff, chamois skin, a
tube of rouge, handkerchiefs, manicure
set. a puree, sadly In need of Inflation,
a dosen programs of vaudeville thea
ters on tbe kerosene circuit—every
thing but the letter.
"I musts left It at my hotel," admit
ted Totlle after rummaging through
tbe arcumulstlon fur the fourth time.
"On the piano, eh?" suggested he of
the clamorous tie, sidestepping neatly.
"Say. you can't hand me nothing like
that and get away with It," came the
eharp re to rt
"If you're going to try
and be funny you ought to get some
nutty person to write you a few Jokes
that don't go around on crutches."
"W hat'll you charge to write me
somef” shot back the tormentor. “ But,
say, you ain't got nothing on me. I
Just turned down an offer of >350 a
week for me and Bob to do our turn
In 'Barnyard Romeo,’ In New York. I
told him to make a noise like >600 per
and mebbe I'd listen, but nothing less
would go, and mebbe I wouldn't take
that— "
"Gwon," broke In Tottle, "you don't
mean to tell me you threw down an
offer like that."
"Sure.
When you going to New
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New York
The Hhakers are a
body of sereders from the Society of
Friends formed by Ann 1-ee (Mother
Ann) of Manchester, England, about
1767. and so called from tbe wild and
violent contortions Introduced
by
them Into their form of worship.
Their official title Is "The United So
ciety of Believers In Christ's Second
Appearing" The sect emigrated to
America In 1772 and settled near Al
bany In 1774. Their chief seats have
been at Mount Lebanon and Water-
vllet, N. Y. They number 16 aocletles
In the United States and have a mem
bership of about 1.72S.
The Shakers believe In spiritualism,
practice celibacy, and community of
goods, oppose war, refrain from oaths
and denounce baptism and the Lord's
Supper.
They are noted for their
frugality, Integrity and thrift.
In
Mount I-ebanon, tbelr largest com
munity. there are several families
made up of 160 persons. Including 36
boys and girls. The other societies
are made up In about tbe same ratio
as the one at Mount Lebanon.
The announcement that they are
winding up their financial affairs In
Ohio and New York calls attention to
the final failure of one of the longest
existing of the many communistic ex
periments that have been tried In this
country.
In the years following the American
Revolution, more than a score of com
munlstlc sects and colonies were es
tablished In tbe United States. Some
of them appealed to the sensualities
and some of them were plain swin
dles. The Shakers held out no sensu
al or financial allurements and It Is
surprising tbat they have endured so
long, except on the theory that their
simplicity In living attracted recruits
and made them the sole survivors of
all these social experiments.
With
(heir passing will close one of the
moat Interesting chapters of social
experiments In the history of any
country.
those who gain their livelihood In this
manner.
Blsarre apparel Is Ihe order of things
with the performers much In evidence
about the booking agencies. The bur
lesque queen, with an eye to the
value of advertising her physical at
tractions, has uothlng on some of
those actorettes, who boast coiffures
that would put a Clrcaaalan belle to
shame, and who parade the streets
In gowns so scant as to give rise to
apprehension regarding the cooee-
quencee should the wearer Indulge In
a hearty meal.
Big hats and high-
heeled slippers, and all the accessories
that, to beg a couplet, go to "make a
woman what she ain't," render It un
necessary for their possessor to do any
thing more to attract attention than
to parade up and down tbe streets
or strike an attitude at he curb and
talk shop with one of her associates
As for the "actors," the Cohaneeque
kids with fried egg hats and hlghtlde
trousers who tw irl canes and jig on
the sidewalk and in loud tones and
with many gestures tel) of the hits thev
have made, at the same time begging
"the makings" from a more fortunate
member of Ihe "profeah,* most of
them would In the matter of attire
make old Solomon In his gala ap
parel look like a ragamuffin.
So much for the more prosperous
side, at least so far as outward ap-
pearances are concerned. There Is an
other and a leas alluring picture. There
are those no longer young, who have
either outlived their usefulness as en ANOTHER SACRED CALF BORN
tertainers or who have never reached
a state where thetr services were In This Makes the Fourteenth Which
demand.
They are far more pictur
Has Come Into the Chicago
esque than those with whom fate has
Zoo Zebu Family.
dealt kindly.
It may be an ancient tbesplan who
Chicago.— Another sacred calf, the
has been pushed out by a younger gen- fourteenth born to Romeo and Juliet,
In the 14 years of their residence at
the Lincoln Park soo, has made Its
appearance.
Hundreds of persons
thronged to the zebu's pen to look
at the new arrival.
"Tbe Lincoln park soo Is getting a
Y o rkr
"I'm not going. I could make good,
of course."
Tottle paused for an Instant, taking
an Inventory of herself, and sighing
contentedly.
"I've got a figure that'd make n lot
of those showgirls bunt a hobble gown
sooner,” she continued, "and I played
Hapbo once like the manager said he'd
never seen It done before— but say,
where do you feed? I'm so hungry I
could eat anything good.”
And the actorettes—she of the auto
bonnet, Grecian coiffure and scant
skirt, and he of the clamorous tie,
green hose and loud hatband— wander
ed off down the street, the ob
served of all observers, the trou
bles attendant upon dodging Insist
ent managers determined to force
them to accept high salaries for
gotten for the time In their quest of a
place where a bite to eat could be se
cured without exceeding their com
bined resources.
Tim e works changes In all lines, and
the theatrical profession Is no excep
tion.
Your legitimate actor of a
decade ago viewed vaudeville any
thing but favorable; but It grew and
prospered. Likewise, when the pic
ture shows with vaudeville trimmings
put In an appearance they were scoffed
at by tbe "polite” vaudevllllans, who
professed to see nothing commendable
In the "advanced” variety. Neverthe
less It stuck. And In Its wake, a part
and parcel of It, In fact, has come
an army of men and women—boys and
girls, to be more accurate— who fig
ure as a new generation In an old and
respected profession.
The picture houses have drawn their
"talent" largely from the ranks of
the beginners, who are for the most
part youthful.
And whenever possi
ble this youthfulness Is accentuated
and capitalised to Its fullest extent by
sayings
Shakers Oat Their Name From the Some Gems of Thought From Mary
Violent Contortions Introduced
Cary and Others In "Miss
In Their Worship.
Clbble Gault."
A Typical Shaker.
"H M n a tJ T rtn c rrc j& o ere
a :: d pithy
A number of the pithy and some
limes humorous sayings of tbe char
geters In Kate I Angler Bosber's new
novel, "Miss Glbble Gault,” have al
ready been published. Here are soms
more bits from Mary Cary's tips and
those of her new friends In "Miss Glb
ble Gault":
Ancestor worship Isn’t all Chinese
An Ill-bred gentleman born Is still
welcomed where an Ill-born well-bred
man Is not Invited.
I couldn't see a dog hit his tall on
a fence and not tell him It was barbed
if I knew It and he didn't.
Major Allen didn't really believe
the Almighty made common people
He thought they came up like weeds
and underbrush and, though you
couldn't cut them down exactly, you
must keep them down somehow.
Young people have very different
Ideas from tbelr parents. They plank
themselves right straight alongside
of men and say they are Just as smart
as men are. Of course they are.
Women have always known It, but
they used to have too much sense to
tell It.
I often think of what my old mam
my told me tbe day I was married;
"Don't never forget, honey, tbat what
you’s marryln’ Is a man," she said,
“and don't be expectin' of all the
heavenly virtues In him. They ain't
thsr.”
There Is nothing a man can stand
so much of as praise.
W ith only occasional exceptions s
woman has Just about the kind of
husband she makes the man who mar
ries her become.
Through the ages man has been
too sensible to wear petticoats and
pink ribbons himself, but liking to
see them worn, he put them on wom
an and told her she was pretty In
them.
An Irishman can talk a cabbage
Into a rose any day. And when he’s
got a rose to talk about his own
tongue couldn't tell what It might say
after It starts.
New Use for Sugar Beets.
An entirely new use. and one that
may In time become very Important,
has been discovered for sugar beets.
This Is tbe making of them Into flour.
This flour Is now being manufactured
In considerable quantities at Suresnes.
France, where an Immense dryer has
been built for the purpose.
The first part of tbe process consists
In chopping up tbe beets and drying
the water out of them. They contain
to start with 72 per cent, of water,
nearly all of which Is removed by
evaporation By this means 100 pounds
of dry material Is obtained from 367
pounds of beets.
This dry material contains more
than 70 per rent, of sugar and there
fore on being ground to a line meal Is
exceedingly sweet and adapted to the
making of cakes and puddings. The
sugar beet flour Is estimated to con
tain something like 82 |>er cent, of
pure nutriment.— Baker’s Weekly.
Justice Harlan's Scarab.
" I was riding down Pennsylvania
avenue In a car with Justice Harlan
of the United States Supreme court,”
remarked Charles Francis Bedloe of
Missouri, "and after admiring the fine
old man whose portraits we see In
the capitol I could not help noticing
the line scarab that he wears as a
scarfpln.
"I have looked over the senators
and other members of the Supreme
court and have not noticed that any
other one of them wears a scarab pin.
They may have them at home, but
Justice Harlan wears one that would
attract an expert The genuine ones
are becoming rare, and that Is why
the Harlan scarfpln would be noticed.
"To tell the truth, the genuine ones
sre scarce enough, so great has been
the demand for them, but the mu
seums have great collections that will
never be broken up for the sake of
scarfplns.”— Washington Post.
A Garden Party.
Tbe Invitations were made In shape
of vegetables, patterns being taken
from seed catalogues, drawing paper
was used, then they were tinted with
water colors. When all arrived, cards
numbered from one to twenty-five
were passed with small pencils; the
following questions were w ritten on
the cards, one opposite each number,
all to be answered by the names of
well known flowers:
1. A s o u th ern baby. 1 W h a t th e Scotch
g irl said w hen asked to w a lk th e tig h t
rope. I. W h y th e youn g la d y c ried w h en
her fa th e r rem oved the la d d er fro m be
n e a th her w in d o w . 4. W h a t th e w o m an
aald to th e tra m p . I. T h e sunset. 4 A
c olo r. 7. A d m ire d by a ll lovers. 4 T w o
girls.
». L o n g in g .
» A c ure fo r pain.
11. W h a t single g entlem en need. IX. W h a t
M rs . T a f t used to c a ll h e r s w e e th e a rt.
11 T h e nuree's d e lig h t. 14 A liv e ly color.
IS. A bunch o f so m eth in g c h ild ren like.
IS W h a t th e te a c h e r did w hen he s a t on
th e ta ck In his c h a ir 17. A d ignified p la n t.
IS. P a r t o f th e w e a lth o f Jacob. IS W h a t
s till rem a in ed to Job In bis p o v e rty . 10.
T h e w o rld.
H . W h a t th e toad w ill do
w h en he sees th e snake
22 W e a rin g a p
p a re l fo r an a n im a l. 11 Queen V ic to ria 's
d e lig h t. 14. A cause fo r te ars . M. Som e
th in g v e ry s m a ll.
ANSWERS.
L V ir g in ia creeper. 1. C a n n a . 1. C a n ta
loupe. 4. B egonia. I. T h e m o rn in g g lo ry.
4. P in k . 7 M o o n flo w e r
4 R o e em a ry. ».
P in e. 10. B a lsa m . 11. B a c h e lo r's buttons.
11. Sw eet W illia m 11. C yc la m e n . 14 S c a r
let ru n n e r
IS. C a n d y tu f t . 14. Rosa. 17.
P rim ro s e
U . P h lo x . 1*. Job's te ars . 10.
Cosmos. 11 H o p
22. F o x g lo v e , 23. Peas.
14 O nion. 26, M ig n o n ette .
A “ Five and Tan Cant” Shower.
Encountering a bevy of girls the
other day with “ Polly” at their bead,
all giggling and fairly bubbling over
with suppressed excitement, I beaded
off the procession to be literally run
Into by tbe same number of boys. It
seems that "one of the girls" who la
to be a June bride objected seriously
to "showers" as she feared to tax the
pocketbooks of ber friends, ao aha
firmly declined to accept any. But
"Polly.” always In for a lark, had gath
ered tbe clan and they were all going
to the "Five and Ten Cent" each se
lecting one article and then all were
to go to the home of the bride-to-be
and proceed to "abower" In tbe good
old-fashioned way. An obliging friend
waa calling upon the unsuspecting vic
tim and bad promised to stay until
"they” came. They bad ordered re
freshments sent from a nearby ca
terer and were Just having tbe tim e of
tbelr llvee, aa one of tbe lada ex
pressed IL I next saw the bunch
loaded down with all aorta of parcels.
Including a sprinkling can. carpet
beater, clothes Una. clothes pint, tack
hammer, soap dish. etc. As tbe young
couple were going to housekeeping at
once I am sure thia shower waa really
moat acceptable.
naaUy outlined In red. all kinds of
starch, a hamper for soiled linen,
laundry and bath soap, bath towels, a
dosen wash cloths, bath brush, an Iron
ing board, white felt to cover It. sev
eral laundry bags for handkerchiefs
and collars and cuffs; these were
made of white pique, tbe monograms
being worked In colors. An electric
Iron would be a fine addition If the
expense la not too much, also a good
sized clothes basket, and an apron of
waterproof material. Oh. yes. I for
got, both ball and bottle bluing, iron
ing holders. Irons, reat and wax.
Novel Souvenirs
fo r
a
Progressive
Party.
At a recent bridge party, the hoe-
teas gave each guest a very pretty
basket
For games won the players
received articles for a work basket;
there were bodkins, dainty thimbles,
small embroidery scissors, wee pin
cushions. tape needles, tape measures,
needle books, emeries, papers of
needles, cards of hooka and eyas, rib
bon runners, etc. There were no oth
er prizes given. The Idea Is a good
one. All the things were of fine qual
ity; the thimbles had been picked op
In Italy for a mere trifle, being of sil
ver gilt set with various semi precious
stones. A t another party this same
hostess gave small one-play hooka of
Shakespeare bound In soft red leather.
Once she had a beautiful bag tor each
player, regardless of who won or losL
Jelly and Pickle Shower.
A bride of thia month had a most
practical and accetpable shower given
her. The guests each brought either
a glass of Jelly or a Jar of some kind
of pickles or relish; recipes for each
accompanied tbs gift and the hostess
presented an aluminum preserving ket
tle with a spoon of the same material.
Hot buttered toast, orange marmalade
and tea was served, with candled gin
ger and peppermints. Thy room waa
decorated with nasturtiums.
MADAME
MERRL
IN p q U E
Boleros, sleeveless, and otherwise
promise a popuarity for the coming
season.
King’s blue Is possibly the shads
that heads tha colors for spring and
summer.
Dim. blurred-looking eastern em
broideries are effective on work and
handbags.
Sashes and belts of gray satin are
strongly effective with gowns of b ril
liant color.
Some sailor hats are seen with the
Bath and Laundry Shower.
A much feted bride bad had seem- edge lace frilled. They are known aa
Ingly every kind of a shower, finally a Georgettes.
Ona of tbe naw Ideas Is tha velvet
clever young matron proposed a "bath
and laundry" affair and It was a great parasol, with a dainty silk lining of
becoming hue.
success.
Drop fringes of the crochet-bntton
The twenty guests consulted before
hand. ao there were no duplicates. or ornament type are becoming popu
Hara la a partial Hat of the gifts; lar and are shown In both cotton and
Clothes line, 7 doten clothes pins, a silk ao that even a wash gown may
bag ter same made of denim, tbe name ba fringed If desired.
The Midsummer Hat ;
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How a Mule Killed a Bear.
To the Booking Agency.
eratlon, but who, In spite of repeated
rebuffs, still clings to the fond belief
that "the other one was Booth." W ith
silk tile, much the worse for wear,
shiny frock coat, tlght-flttlng trousers
and discolored spats, be Is typical of
a class rapidly disappearing from view.
There Is something almost patronizing
In his tones as he applies to the mana
ger of the booking office. And the
hope that knows no despair makes It
self manifest In his manner as he
stalks proudly out Into the street
There are doting mothers with
youthful prodigies, gotten up In the
most fantastic style, and who. If given
half a chance would make the stellar
lights of tbe profession pay homage
to their marvelous talents.
Others there are, plenty of them,
the successful and the unsuccessful,
tbe youthful and those no longer
young, a never-ending procession of
humanity seeking to break Into the
theatrical profession as It Is exempli
fied In this newest form of entertain
ment, and those who, having broken
In, are endeavoring to hold on. They
gather In the little booking offices
that cater to the moving picture and
popular priced vaudeville houses.
The stories they tell of the bits they
made are after all no less plausible
than some of those retailed by mem
bers of the “legit."
Zebu "Juliet” and Calf.
most every zoo In the country with
our rare specimens," said Superin
tendent Cy De Vry. "Only the other
day we shipped a two-year-old zebu
to the Washington Park Zoological so
ciety at Milwaukee.
“Although (he zebus bave the rec
ord, the lioness and lion are slowly
gaining upon them In raising a family.
The lioness, as a rule, gives birth to
three at a time, while the sacred cow
has only one offspring."
The zebu Is a native of India, where
It Is revered by the Inhabitants.
It
Is pampered and caressed, and to feed
It Is deemed a meritorious act. The
animal Is used as a beast of burden
and can travel from 30 to 40 miles a
day.
Horseshoe In Plhe Tree.
Milton, Ind.— In the heart of a pine
tree 18 Inches In diameter a horseshoe
was found by M. K. Hubbell when he
cut the tree down. The position of the
horseshoe Indicates that It was placed
around the tree many years ago when
It was a sapling and In time had been
covered by the growth of the wood.
A mule dealt death to a bear that
had been terrorizing the residents of
Diamond Valley. Daniel C. Shawley.
lumberman and farmer, Is the owner
of the prize beast.
Aroused by a commotion In h lj barn
he found the bear In deadly combat
with the mule. Contrary to the estab
lished custom the mule was using his
front feet In the battle and peppering
bruin a regular tattoo over the head.
One savage slap by the mule broke
one of the bear’s front legs and the
bulky animal fell prostrate. Then the
mule reversed himself and let loose
the death dealing assault from is bind
quarters.
The bear died shortly after Shawley
reached the scene. I t weighed 262
pounds and showed the marks of eight
bullet punctures.—Chambersburg cor
respondence Philadelphia North Amer
ican.
H E big picture hat la at Its beat
when midsummer weather calls
for Its development In lace, or
lacy fabrics, and for flower garnitures,
gay and dainty. Every one concedes
the beauty and elegance of transpar
ent nets, chiffons and m illinery braids
and thay seem to Inspire the trim m er
with airy fancies which she works out
Into the poetry of headwear. A cer
tain hat, of fine black chiffon, shirred
on a large wire frame (of fine silk-cov
ered w ire), was finished with a llttla
touch of silver braid and trimmed
with two black plumes. Thia seems
simple enough, but the design waa ao
Flesh-Eating Plants.
There are known to be at least 100 excellent and beautiful that this par
ticular hat waa christened "A Midsum
varieties ef flesh-eating plants.
Saving Eyas of Explorers.
Prof. J. von Kowalski, In a letter to
Nature (London), describes hla obser
vations of the spectra of sunlight re
flected by snowflelds In Switserland.
He finds that the ultra-violet rays are
reflected by snow almost In tbelr en
tirety. Thia fact helps to explain tha
trying effects of such light upon the
eyes and suggests the advisability of
wearing, during a period of snow and
sunshine, glasses that are opaque to
the ultra-violet rays.
T
mer N ight’s Dream" In tha establish
ment where It waa mads and many
copies found their way over aa appro»
d ative country.
A lovely hat of white net la shown
here, having a wide border of black
velvet about tha edge of the brim,
and at the top crown. A scarf of
rennalaaance lace Is draped over tha
upper brim and a wreath of ribbon
foliage and small rosea encircles tha
crown. A t tha left back, a snowy
looking willow pluma la mounted
against tha crown, with Its full head
falling to the brim. Thia design mer
its aa good a name aa can be found
for IL