Gen. B ram w ell Booth, new com­
m an d er of th e S alv atio n A rm y, w as
deluged w ith ex p ressio n s of good will
a t his elev atio n to th e post le ft va­
ca n t by th e d eath of his fath er.
T he g eneral acknow ledged a few of
them personally, b u t th e v ast m ajo r­
ity w ill h av e to be an sw ered by a cir­
cu lar le tte r as th e ir n u m b er Is so
g re a t th a t in dividual resp o n ses a re
im possible. S ev eral of his ad v isers
are u rg in g upon th e new com m ander
to m ake a to u r of in sp ectio n of th e
m ore im p o rta n t arm y posts, as one of
th e first n ecesities of his ad m in istra ­
tion.
T he new co m m ander of th e S alv a­
tion A rm y, Gen. B ram w ell Booth, is a
big m an —physically and m entally.
H e sta n d s o ver six feet high and is
of m ilita ry carriag e. A B ritish cabi­
n e t m in iste r once said of him th a t
he w ould be w orth $50.000 a y e a r to
any of th e g rea t E n g lish ad m in istra ­
tiv e d ep a rtm en ts, an d th a t h e could
have m ade m illions in the busin ess world.
H e now follow s his illu strio u s fa th e r In su prem e com m and of th e In­
te rn a tio n a l S alvation Army, w ith m ore th a n 75,000 officers p reach in g and
teaching, and rescuing tb e fallen in fifty-five countries.
O scar Solom on S tra u s, who has
been nom inated for governor of New
Y ork by th e P ro g ressiv es of th a t
s ta te , h as th e distin ctio n of being th e
first Jew who ev er becam e a m em ber
of th e U nited S ta te s cabinet. In 1900
he w as appointed se c re ta ry of com ­
m erce and la b o r by P re sid e n t T h eo ­
dore R oosevelt.
Mr. S tra u s w as born on D ecem ber
23, 1850, and sp e n t m ost of bis boy­
hood in G eorgia. At th e age of te n he
w as placed u n d e r the ca re of a p ri­
v a te tu to r, and la te r w as se n t to Col­
lin g sw o rth in stitu te . In 1865 L az aru s
S tra u s, th e fa th e r, suffered busin ess
re v e rse s and w as com pelled to m ove
to New York, ta k in g th e son w ith
him .
Soon a fte r th e fam ily had moved
to New York O scar S tra u s en tered Co­
lum bia g ram m ar school, w here he re ­
m ained for tw o years, going from
th e re to C olum bia college, from w hich
in stitu tio n he w as grad u ated in 1871.
Tw o y ea rs la te r he g rad u ated from Colum bia Law school. L a te r he began
th e p rac tice of law w ith Ja m e s H. H udson u n d er th e firm nam e of H udson
& S traus. A fterw ard th e firm becam e S tern , S tra u s & Thom pson.
Mr. S tra u s w as appointed m in iste r to T u rk ey in 1887 by P re sid e n t
C leveland. H is m ission to th a t co u n try w as rem ark ab ly successful. In 1889
he re tu rn e d to A m erica. In 1897 he w as reap p o in ted to th e office of m inis­
te r to T u rkey by P re sid e n t M cKinley, w hich office h e re ta in e d fo r th re e
years. In 1902 P re sid e n t R oosevelt appointed him to fill th e vacan cy in
th e p erm a n en t co u rt of a rb itra tio n a t T he H ague caused by th e d e a th of
ex-P resident H arrison.
M rs. P o tte r P a lm e r h a s re tu rn e d
from P a ris to B erlin, w here sh e took
a thoro u g h course of study in th e pic­
tu re g alleries and m useum s. T h is she
did by w ay of p re p a ra tio n for society
fu n ctio n s n ex t w in te r, w hen she will
v isit Chicago.
M rs. P alm er b elieves th a t m ore a r­
tis tic ap p reciatio n should be devel­
oped In th e social life of Chicago, and
w ith th is o bject in view sh e p u t h e r­
self u n d er d irectio n of th e learn ed
Dr. Bode of Berlin. Dr. Bode, who Is
d ire c to r of th e Royal m useum s. Is rec­
ognized as th e b e st living a u th o rity
on th e old m asters. H is books and
catalo g u es are of th e h ig h e st valu e in
th e a r t world, an d he is freq u en tly
co nsu lted by such collectors as J.
,
■“ . ‘» tS iia » :
P ierp o n t M organ, b u t th is Is th e first
tim e Dr. Bode h as had a society lead­
e r fo r a pupil. H e is loud In his
p ra ise s of th e a rtis tic a p tn e ss and
in tellig en ce show n by his Chicago d is­
ciple.
Bode followed th e p e rip a te tic sy stem — th a t is, h e took h is pupil
to the galleries and m useum s and in th em gave o b je ct lessons on th e
of a r t w hich he Is expounding.
T he course req u ired sev eral weeks.
MENAGERIE A COSTLY’ THING
MERELY MATTER OF “ NERVES”
Captured Animals Cost Circus Man No
Small Penny, Though Their
Value Is Fluctuating.
The Nagger, Male or Female, Usually
Is the Victim of Business or
Domestic Worry.
“I w an t to ta k e little ‘G eòrgie’ to
see th e anim als," is w h at every fa th e r
say s w hen he s ta rts aw ay from hom e
on his an n u al v isit to th e circu s, and
th e sam e bluff goes for little G w endo­
len on C om m onw ealth av en u e an d lit­
tle "M ike" a t th e n o rth end.
Fond
re la tiv e s alw ays a re glad of th e ex­
cuse to te ac h th e y o u n g ste rs all about
th e a n im a ls- an d see th e circu s th e m ­
se lv es—b u t th e ch an ces a re th a t they
do n ot ap p re cia te th e tru e significance
of a m e n ^ e r ie .
To th e circu s vis­
ito r it m eans stra n g e an im als and
th rills, popcorn an d p eanuts. To th e
circ u s com pany it m eans som ething
lik e $750,000, say s th e B oston T ra n ­
sc rip t.
T h is figure, how ever, is by
no m ean s a rb itra ry , for th e valu e of
wild b e a sts flu ctu ates rem ark ab ly . To­
day th e value of a rh in o cero s m ay be
$10,000, b ut let a few m ore rh in o s be
hau led from th e ir A frican la irs and
be p u t on th e E u ro p ean m ark et, and
th e value p er an im al may drop 50
p e r cent.
A n o th er th in g th a t affects th e v alu ­
atio n of wild an im als is th e q u estion
as to w h eth er th ey a re acclim ated or
g reen .” T he m o rtality ra te am ong th e
la tte r —anim als fre sh from th e Jungle
—is exceedingly high. T he wild an i­
m al th a t h as d em o n strate d th e fact
th a t it can live in a cage, p a rtic u la rly
a cage th a t hops, skips and Jum ps
o v er th e co u n try w ith a circu s, h as
m ore th a n trip led his value.
A fre sh chim panzee from A frica is
w o rth from $300 to $1,000. L et th is
sam e chim panzee prove by h is con­
tin u e d ex istence th a t cage life is
n o t m ortally ted io u s to him an d im-
| m ed iately his value leap s to $2,500.
A n o th er in stan c e is th e giraffe. In
sp ite of th e fac t th a t it is a ra re
b east, its m a rk e t value is only ab o u t
$7,000.
T h e sim ple reaso n fo r th is
is th a t th e giraffe in ca p tiv ity h as
such a sm all ch an ce of continued ex­
isten c e th a t th e av erag e show m an
does n o t ca re to gam ble $7,000 on it.
T h e elep h an t m a rk e t flu ctu ates a
g re a t deal. T he p rice of a “g ree n " ele­
p h a n t ru n s from $1,000 to $5,000. Get
th a t elep h a n t used to cap tiv ity an d his
value ju m p s; b u t tra in him to sta n d
| on his head, ring a bell, b ea t a drum
or b alan ce h im self on a ro llin g ball,
an d im m ediately his value soars. T h a t
| Is w hy th e herd of 40 elep h a n ts in one
: big show is valued a t m ore th a n $250,-
! 000. T he an im als born each w in te r in
th e m enagerie of a larg e c irc u s a re
w o rth ab o u t $40,000.
Foiling a Briber.
T h e ju stice of th e peace w as In th e
so u th and a m arked s ta te of ignorance,
j H e w as ap proached by a m an d esirin g
a divorce, and he did n o t know w hat
to do. Calling a frien d to h is sid e, he
w hispered;
“W h a t’s th e law on th is p’in t? ”
“You ca n ’t do it,” w as th e reply.
“I t ’s o u t of your ju risd ictio n .”
T h e husband, o b serv in g th e consul­
ta tio n and feeling keenly h is d esire to
escape from th e m atrim o n ial woe, ex­
claim ed;
“I’m w illin’ to pay w ell; g o t th e
m oney rig h t h ere in my sock.”
A t th is th e ju stic e assum ed his g rav ­
e s t ju d icial air. O bviously he w as
deeply pained. N ev er before in all
his life had h e been so bowed down
by grief.
“You knew befo re you cam e h ere,"
h e said sadly, “th a t it w asn ’t fo r me
to se p a ra te h u sband an d wife, an d yet j
you n o t c»ily ta k e up th e valuable tim e
of th is co u rt by talk in g , b u t you a c tu ­
ally propose to b rib e m e w ith money.
Now, how m uch h av e you got in th a t
so ck ?”
“A bout $6.50, y o u r h o ro r.”
“Is th a t so? T h en ’ fine you $5
fo r b rib ery and $1.50 foi ta k in g up my
tim e w ith a case o ut of my ju risd ic­
tio n ; and may th e Lord h av e m ercy
on y o u r so u l!”— P o p u lar M agazine.
Japanese Wedding.
“ F rom beginning to end, curiously
enough, religion docs n ot play even a
sm all p a rt in a Ja p a n e se wedding. No
p rie s t ap p e ars a t an y stage. On th e
even in g of th e g re a t day, th e bride,
w ith a w h ite silk covering on h e r head
and face, and en tirely dressed In pure
w hite— n o t th e color of Joy, b u t of
deep m ourning, fo r th e girl is now
p a rtin g fo rev er from h e r p aren ts,
m ore so, indeed, th a n if it w as d eath
th a t h ad tak en h e r aw ay, for a fte r
d ea th h e r sp irit would continue to be
p re se n t in th e hom e of h e r childhood,
w h erea s now both body and sp irit are
gone—is ca rrie d to h e r new home.
T h e re sh e changes h e r m ourning for
a fe sta l garb. A fe a st is celeb rated
• • * th e young couple w ithdraw
and * * • in th e presen ce of only
th e m iddlem an an d his wife an d of
tw o young girls who a c t as serv an ts,
th e y pledge each o th e r in very solem n
form , th ree tim es from each of th re e
cups. T h is cerem ony * * * is th e
essen tial p a rt of th e m a rriag e celeb ra­
tio n .”—Jape./» of th e Jap an ese, by Jo ­
seph H. Longford.
T he closing of th e Sixty-second con­
g ress w as also th e closing, for th e
p resen t, a t least, of th e political ca­
re e rs of m any n otable m en—m en who
have con trib u ted much to th e pages of
h isto ry of th e nation and who have
achieved fam e by th e conspicuous
p a rts th ey have played in th e e n a c t­
m en t of legislation, and th e ir c o n tri­
bu tio n s to political oratory.
P robably th e m ost notable, w ith o u t
d isp arag em en t to th e fam e of o th ers,
Is Jo sep h W. Bailey of Texas. S en a­
to r Bailey h as been in co ngress for
ov er tw enty years, being first elected
to th e Fifty-second congress and at
th e age of tw enty-six. He Im m ediate­
Swift Turtle.
ly a ttra c te d a tte n tio n ; first by th e elo­
Ju ly is th e m o n th w hen th e tu rtle s
quence of his speeches and second by
com e o u t of th e se a and lay th e ir
h is te n ac ity of purpose and h is keen
I eggs in th e h o t san d of th e F lorida
in sig h t to affairs of public in te re s t
l keys.
and h is ability to ta k e care of him ­
A tu rtle will accom plish th is ta sk in
self In th e fierce debates th a t c h a ra c ­
| h alf an hour. S he will em erge from
te rized the house of rep rese n tativ e«
: th e blue w ater, craw l up th e beach,
tw e n ty y ears ago.
I well o ut of reach of tide, dig a tren c h
In w hat w as probably his first speech In th e house S en ato r B ailey p ro ­
four feet long and a foot deep w ith
ceeded to m ake an a tta c k upon th e ru le s o f th a t body. H e succeeded In
h e r flippers, m ak e in th e m iddle of
d raw in g atte n tio n to him self, and w hile not so d esig n ated , he w as as a m at­
th e tren c h a deep cylindrical hole, and,
te r of fact th e first In su rg e n t H e received no su p p o rt In his co n ten tio n
‘ laying in th is hole ab o u t one hundred
e ith e r from h is own p arty o r th e R epublicans, b u t w hat. In th o se days, w ere
eggs, she will fill up both hole and
co n sid ered th e Idle vaporings of an exceedingly eloquent schoolboy w ho had
bro k en Into congress, have sin ce tu rn ed o u t to be th e opinion of em in en t tre n c h ag ain and craw l back to th e
sta te sm en p rom inent In the affairs of th e natio n , and B ailey’s view s on th e w ate r.
ru le s expressed tw enty y ea rs ago have p ractically been adopted by th e I If th e hen could equal th is celerity
th e re would be m ore m oney In chick­
h o u se of rep rese n tativ es.
ens th an Is S tan d ard Oil.
OFFICIAL UNIFORM OF BEAUTY
Potentate
of
Microscopic
South
American State Wished to Make
Impression on People.
For th e se v en teen th tim e in th re e
years th e m icroscopic South A m eri­
can sta te had undergone a change or
adm inistration, and the new p o ten tate.
P resid en t C asper th e th ree hundred
and second, had sum m oned an a rtist,
and w as ordering new designs for all
the official uniform s.
"I w ant som ething strik in g ,” h e de-
lared —“som ething showy, even. My
people a re im p ressed by such things.
I have h ere som e sk e tch es I m ade my­
self. Look th em over, and be guid­
ed by th ese ideas as far as possible.”
The a rtis t exam ined them carefully.
They w ere gorgeous affairs. G reen
coats vied w ith crim son vests in b ril­
liancy, orange-colored tro u sers w ith
scarves of C am bridge blue. All the
colors of th e rainbow w ere there.
"A h!" he said, tu rn in g th e pages.
“T his is evidently for th e navy, th is
for th e arm y, th is for th e—th is —w hat
is th is for, w ith th e long plum e on th e
three-cornered h at, th e b rig h t yellow
dress, trim m ed w ith purple, an d —”
“T h at,” explained th e p resid en t
bravely, "is for th e se c re t p o lic e!”—
London A nsw ers.
Corrected.
T he frien d took th e v isitin g B oston­
ian to th e ball gam e. T he B ostonian
didn’t ca re for th e gam e, b u t th e local
m an had n o th in g else to show him.
“T h ere, see,” said th e n ativ e; “th e
p itch er h as ju s t th ro w n a curved ball.
Did you notice it? ”
“I noticed it," replied th e B ostonian.
“B ut I w ouldn’t call it curved. 1
would call it sinusoidal.”
W hereupon th e n ativ e ceased to of­
fer fu rth e r in fo rm atio n and th ey left
th e grounds a t th e end of th e six th
inning, th e hom e team being hope­
lessly in th e m inority.—C leveland
P lain Dealer.
A Real Philanthropist.
A N o rth side lum ber d ealer con­
tra c te d to supply a lot of lum ber to a
stra n g e r. On looking it over he found
it full of k notholes and told his cus­
to m e r ab o u t it frankly.
“You may n o t w an t th is lum ber,”
he said.
“W hy n o t?”
“I w an t to be h o n est w’ith you. I t’s
full of k n otholes.”
Thp stra n g e r only laughed.
“I’ll ta k e it,” he declared. “T his
lu m b er is to go around some baseball
grounds. K notholes won’t h u rt m at­
te rs any. I w as a kid m yself once.”
— P ittsb u rg Post.
He Had an Explanation.
A co m m ittee had th e sta te sen ato r
on th e carpet.
“D idn’t you prom ise if we elected
you to get o u r co u n try good ro ad s?”
“W hy, certain ly , g entlem en.”
“Did you do it? ”
“No. You see airsh ip s are g ettin g
very com mon now, I th ought we'd b et­
te r w ait a few years. Maybe we w on't
need an y ro ad s a t all then.
Fine
w e a th e r for co rn ; isn ’t it? ”
NOW T H E Y DON’T SPEAK.
Wk
M rs U ptow n— W e’re living In a
m uch b e tte r neighborhood now.
M rs D ow ntow n— So are we.
Mrs. U ptow n— H ave you moved,
too?
,
Mrs. D ow ntow n—No; w e’re still liv­
ing on th e s tr e e t you moved away
from.
A Glorious Time.
“How do you like your new Job?"
“G reat! I'm w orking in an an tiq u e
fu rn itu re facto ry .”
“ W h at do you do?"
“J u s t w h at I’ve w anted to do all my
life. I kick th e new tables, p u t my
fe e t on them , spill hot coffee and burn
th em w ith cig ars and m atches. 1 p u t
each tab le th ro u g h 100 y ears of w ear
In eig h t hours."
+ THE *
SCRAP
BOOK
T h e n ew est G erm an m edical th e ­
ories. as propounded by th e iam ous
Dr. S ad o lin ,' th e nerv e specialist, is
th a t an occasional fam ily sc ra p is th e
finest tonic in th e world for m arried
couples, b ut th a t continuous p etty
strlf«* will, in th e end. w ear o ut th e
m ost vigorous co n stitu tio n .
T he n ag g er is ab o u t th e m ost un­
happy cre a tu re in existence, how ever
high th e bid h e r husband, b ut pu ttin g
up w ith her, may m ake for a C arnegie
prize for heroism . She do esn ’t g et a n y ;
rea l relief from h er own sufferings
and th e m ore she m akes unhappy j
th o se ab o u t her, th e m ore m iserable '
she is herself. If h e r husband will BIRD FRIENDS OF HUMANITY
only sta y scared h alf to d eath for the
n ex t couple of w eeks, they sta n d a Three Feathered Bipeds That Seem
Devoted by Nature to Be Destroy­
fa ir ch ance of g ettin g along to g eth er,
ers of Reptiles.
is th e philosophical G erm an view of
a m a rita l p red icam en t w hich is pecu­
T h e tru m p e ter bird is th e rag p ic k er
lia r to so m any household«
T h ere are, how ever, o th e r au th o ri­ of th e woods and sw am ps of Guiana,
tie s who a re less inclined to advocate w here he is alw ays a t w ork a t his
th e ex trem e m easu re of a rebellious trad e, w ith his stom ach for a pack
and in su b o rd in ate husband. Indeed, and his bill for a hook. H e perform s
on th is side of th e A tlantic, th e re a re a useful b ut m ost ex trao rd in ary serv­
p ro m in en t physicians who do not hesi­ ice, devouring a perfect m ultitude of
ta te to say th a t we h av e m en n aggers snakes, frogs, scorpions, spiders, liz­
who a re as bad as th e w o rst w om an ard s and like creatu res. B ut th is te r­
who ev er sw ore to love, honor and rib le bird can be m ade perfectly tam e.
On th e G uiana p lan tatio n s he m ay
nag th e m eek est of m ales. T h ese ex­
p e rts p u t m ost of th e trouble, w hich­ be seen fratern izin g w ith th e chick­
ev er th e n ag g er's sex, on plain every­ ens, ducks and turkeys, accom panying
day “n erv es." T h at is th e way such th e n in th e ir w alks, defending them
cases a re regarded by Dr. C harles S. from th e ir enem ies, se p aratin g quarrel­
P o tts, professor of neurology a t th e ers w ith stro k es of his bill, sustaining
M edico-Chirurgical college of P hiladel­ th e young and th e feeble and w aking
th e echoes w ith his tru m p e t w hile he
phia.
“It is h ard to say w hich sex be­ brings borne his flock at night.
T he tru m p e ter is as handsom e as he
com es th e m ore irrita b le u n d er pro­
longed nervous stra in ,” d eclares Prof. is useful. Noble and haughty in his
P o tts. “ Men can be m ighty cranky, asp ect, he raises him self up on his
especially to th e ir su b o rd in ates in th e long, yellow g aitered legs and seem s
b u sin ess world, w hen they a re wor­ to say, "I nm the tru m p eter, th e
ried an d ru n down. T h e e are prob­ scourge of th e rep tiles and th e protec--
ably th o u san d s of em ployes in th e to r of th e flocks.”
In southern A frica th e re is an o th e r
U nited S ta te s who can nam e m en
bosses who are confirm ed nag g ers— g re a t ex term in ato r of rep tiles, th e
w orrying, w earying, overnice, p erse­ sn ak e e a te r or se creta ry bird, a m ag­
cu tin g an d annoying ta sk m a ste rs who nificent c re atu re th a t a tta c k s th e la rg ­
ap p e ar to ta k e d elig h t in continual e st serp en ts, m aking a shield of his
faultfinding. W ell, som e of them are w ings and a sword of his beak. T he
born th a t way, as som e w omen are nam e of “secretary b ird ” is derived
n ag g e rs by in h e re n t disposition. But from th e plum es p rojecting backw ard
th e m ajo rity of them , like th e m ajority from its head, w hich look like quill
of w om en naggers, a re Just u n fo rtu ­ pens carried behind o ne’s cars.
In South A m erica, in the very pelgh-,
n a te s whose own w orries and in n er
disco m fo rts are reflected in th e ir a tti­ borhood of th e tru m p e te r’s hom e,4
tu d e tow ard those ab o u t them . A part th e re lives th e kam ichi o r kam lki,
from th o se who happen to *be born w hich w ears a sh arp horn projecting
w ith bad dispositions, it is th e n erv­ from its forehead and a m urderous
ous exhaustion of life th a t predisposes sp u r upon each of its wings. W ith
women, as well as men, to nagging.” th e se th re e w eapons the se rp e n ts th a t
h e a tta c k s a re pow erless ag a in st him
and are easily put to death.
Uncle Joe's Divination.
T he secretary bird, th e kam ichi and
O ne sum m er, in th e back woods ol
M issouri, w here I had accom panied th e tru m p e te r form a v alian t and use­
U ncle Jo e C annon on a to u r of the ful trio. T he tru m p e ter h as tw o m e rits
s ta te stum ping, a funny in cid en t oc­ above th e o th e rs—th e ease w ith w hich
c u rred a t th e close of a speech which he can be dom esticated and h is m usi­
th e fo rm e r sp e ak e r had delivered to cal talent.
T he n ativ es have a saying, th a t he
a crow d of ru stics, one of whom ap ­
W h e th e r
proach ed w ith exten d ed hand, saying, h as sw allow ed a cornet.
prom enading or w ar m aking, he fills
w ith w arm th :
“Hulloo, Mr. C annyun! R eckon ye th e air w ith his tru m p e t calls, and a t
th e sound of his voice of b rass th e re p ­
don’t ’m em ber m e.”
"O f course I rem em b er y o u !” said tiles ta k e to flight.
th e o th e r, accep tin g th e proffered hand
of th e farm er. “ I rem em b er you very
“ Don'ts" for College Girls.
well, indeed. H ow 's th e good wife?
F irs t of all, th e girl who goes to
And th e old w hito m ule—how 's he college m u st rem em b er th a t th e in i­
pulling along?"
tial im pression w hich she m akes de­
“ By c ra c k e y !” laughed th e farm er. term in es very largely h er h ap piness o r
“To th in k you’d ’m em ber old P ete! u n h ap p in ess for th e first few w eeks.
Oh, h e 's still e a tin ’ his head off, Above nil things, she should not a r ­
th a n k e e .”
rive in ar. elab o rately trim m ed suit, a
L a te r in th e evening I spoke to Can­ beplum ed h a t and pum ps. Such th in g s
non an d asked him how he chanced m ay be su itab le for ra re occasions a t
upon th e m ule e p iso d e .'
home, but they find p ractically no
“To confess th e tru th ,” sm iled the place in th e outdoor w ard robe of th e
old m an, “such a th in g n ev er en tered w ell-bred college wom an.
T he plain
my m ind. I d id n 't know th e m an from tailo red su it cu t on good Hues, a ta il­
A dam ; b u t w hen I Haw a long w hite ored h at to m atch, and n ea t shoes cre­
h a ir on his co al I took a ch an ce.”— a te an im pression of quiet, good ta ste
Judge.
an d ap p ro p riaten ess. T h is keynote of
sim plicity should
be
recognized
Meaning of “ At Half-Mast.”
th ro u g h o u t h e r w ardrobe.
E lab o rate
P e rh a p s you have noticed th a t chiffon o r n et w aists and fussy neck­
w h en ev er a pro m in en t person dies, es­ w ear are of little use, for a college
pecially If he is connected w ith th e g irl's room w as n ev er designed for
gov ern m en t, th e flags on public build­ clo th es w hich req u ire carefu l tr e a t­
ings a re hoisted only p a rt of th e w ay m en t and p ro tectio n from dust.—Les­
up. T h is is called “half-m ast.” Did lie ’s.
you e v e r stop to th in k w hat connec­
tion th e re could be betw een a flag
Severe Caste In China.
th a t w as not p roperly hoisted and th e
T he Ideals of th e C hinese have a l­
d eath of a g re a t m an?
w ays been for sch o larsh ip ra th e r th an
E v e r since flags w ere used In w ar for w ar, for m ental ra th e r th an for
it h as been th e custom to have th e physical accom plishm ents, and th e
flag of th e su p erio r o r conquering n a­ h ero ta les told to children show
tion above th a t of th e in ferio r o r y outh arriv in g a t prodigious learning,
vanquished. W hen an arm y found it­ and consequently high office in th e
self hopelessly b eaten it hauled Its sta te , a fte r y ears of labor. Society
flag down fa r enough for th e flag of is still divided into th e four an cien t
th e v icto rs to be placed above it on c lasse s: Scholars, from whom all of­
th e sam e pole. T his w as a token n ot ficials a re chosen; farm ers, a rtisa n s
only of subm ission, b ut of respect.
and laborers, m erchants. Yet It Is
In th o se days, w hen a fam ous sol­ possible for a clever boy of any class
d ier died, flags w ere low ered o ut of re ­ to become a scholar and e n te r th e gov­
sp ect to his m em ory. T he custom long ern m e n t service, and th e re a re m any
ago passed from purely m ilitary usage in stan c es of poor p aren ts scrim ping
to public life of all kinds, th e flag fly­ and starv in g to keep a gifted son a t
ing a t half-m ast being a sign th a t th e his long and severe stu d ies u n til he
dead m an was w orthy of u n iv ersal re­ can pasB the final exam inations, be­
spect. T h e sp ace le ft above it Is for com e a m andarin or office holder, and
th e flag of th e g re a t conqueror of all begin to rew ard his fam ily.—C h ristian
—th e A ngel of D eath.
Science Monitor.
Art and Architecture.
Jo h n Sloan, th e well-known a rtis t
of N ew York, ta k e s th e sam e Intelli­
g e n t In te re s t In a rc h ite c tu re as In
p ain tin g .
A N ew Y ork a rc h ite c t, aw are of Mr.
S lo an ’s ex cellen t ta ste , took him In
h is m o to r c a r to nee a huge and costly
c o u n try house th a t he had erected for
a m illio n aire on a bluff overlooking
th e H udson.
As th e a rc h ite c t stood w ith Mr.
Sloan on th e te rra c e of th e new prop­
e rty , h e looked up a t th e m ansion’s
show y facade and said thoughtfully:
"S tu p en d o u s! B u t I h av e n ’t decid­
ed y e t w hat kind of c re ep er to have
In f r o n t ”
"T h e V irginia creep er,” said Mr.
Sloan, “would cover it tip q u ic k e s t”
Youthful Mendicants.
T he m an who stops a p ed e stria n and
says: “Say, I'm on my uppers, and
need a drink," often lands his q u arry ,
th e honest confession being in the beg­
g ar s favor. Two barefooted, fa r from
clean boys, who In th e ir day may fol­
low th e sam e tactics, stopped a wom­
an In upper Broadway, and one of
them mumbled a plea for a "penny.”
“ W hat for?” asked th e wom an. “ W e 'rs
m akln’ up for a soda," said the boy,
w ith a wink. T he w om an sm iled, and
th e boys got th e ir "soda."—New Y ork
T ribune.
Crowds at Horticultural Show.
L ondon't la te s t h o rtic u ltu ra l show
a ttra c te d 18U.OOO p erso n s In e ig h t
days