Romance of War
Kansas City, Ma Sixty-five year
ago young Confederate courier from
Missouri and a Confederate "petticoat
runner" from Mississippi met near
Memphis. Tliey never parted, and re
cently celebrated the sixty-fourth an
niversary of their marriage here at
their home.
Mr. and Mr. J. YV. Victor both are
more than ninety. Their romance be
gan after the Confederate evacuation
of Corinth. Miss. Young HIM Victor,
whose home was at Shelbyvllle, MoM
was detailed to scouting duty with a
detachment having headquarters In
Memphis.
One afternoon he was scouting on a
Union movement near the Tennessee
Mississippi line, lie met a southern
party. In which was Mies Mary Mitch
ell. The party had been to Memphis
and was returning to the Mitchell
plantation across the line In Missis
sippi Young Victor saw Mary and
ottered to escort the party to the
plantation.
"I'd never paid any attention to
soldiers until t met Bill," Mrs. Victor
said. "I'd been busy fighting Yankees.
Hut 1 did pay so much attention to
him that we were married within
year at Memphis."
Both Mr. and Mrs. Victor are In ex
cellent health. They are Interested In
politic and the scientific developments
of the day.
"Why, bedtime csed to be about
Happy Memories
FOR EARLY SPRING
Tli fancy weuve Jersey ensemble
I very chic outfit for early spring.
This costume I composed of tun and
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brown lilmine with a brown plaited
skirt and Jaunty top nmi of the same
color. Suede gloves, lizard Mlioe and
bag complete the outfit.
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GOOD FELLOW HAJ U fSM
hi s day yrOc v-iw rJ'ilr
SUCH IS LIFE Sounds Plausible By Charles Sughroe
8 :80 o'clock when I was a boy," he
said. "But since the radio came In I
never go to bed until the Inst one
signs off."
Mr, Victor has not been In Shelby,
vllle since he left home at the age of
seventeen to join the Army of the
South. Ho was under Gen. Sterling
Trice when the Confederate besieged
Lexington, Mo., nnd forced the Cnlon
leader. Colonel Mulligan, to surrender.
Ills regiment' first engagement,
however, was In the bed of the Pes
Molne river, "somewhere aloug the
town-Missouri line."
"We were slipping up on n Federal
force, and. as It turned out, the Feder
als were slipping up on us," be ex
plains. "We met In the dead of the
night In the middle of the river nnd
both sides went back to their own side
of the river."
Mrs. Victor's services to'the Confed
erate cause consisted chiefly of watch
ing Federal troop movements along the
Ivi An 0hlu dentl"
I ViXj recently became In-
I ACCf nM Dd ,rle, ,o
--fffi4 HI the teeth of
oner's Jury declared the experiment
success.
of Great Day
DIPPING INTO
SCIENCE
4
Sun Nearest Earth in
January
Although we exierienct the
warmest weather In lute sum
mer, the earth Is actually near
est the sun In early January.
From that time on the earth
recedes aliout 17,iJ miles
day. Hut during summer the
sun Is more nearly overhead so !
that It rays are more concen
trated and It Is tills concent ru
'ton that produces heat,
l(ii, lily Weatcra Xtwitapr t'nlon,)
t4-- t--t--fr-t-t -
I.uke Siierior Is the largest fresh
wuter lake In the world.
Served Good "Eats"
Shanghai. Shanghut'a midnight sons
and daughters, devotees of the cu buret
and dance halls, are mourning the
phsxlng of the city's most famous
night life Institution, "Jimmy's Kitch
en." There was no pomp or leretnony. no
orchestral Uln or garish display about
"Jimmy's." It was Jut roughly
equipped restaurant In the heart of a
district where Magdalene of many
nationalities nre quartered.
"Jimmy's" wns owned by one Joseph
.lames, a young American who served
In the American army nnd was stii
tloned at Tientsin. Fame came to
"Jimmy's" almost overnight.
Three years ago the place wus virtu
Tennessee-Mississippi border and glv
Ing Confederate tuttlclent warning to
flee to safety.
"We petticoat runners," she said,
"were the best spies because the
Yankee were not afraid of us."
THE THING IN
HAND
Br THOMAS ARKLE CLARK J
Deaa of Moa, University ot
Illinois.
The things which I have to do today,
for It Is early morning a I aiu writing
these sentences.
are very common
place things, and
tor the most part
verj uninterest
ing one. I must,
a soon as break
fast Is over, see a
half dozen people
on a rather dis
agreeable subject,
and then must
drive fifty mile
to make a speech.
It Is raining, and
I know that the drive will be rather a
dull one, and even when condition
are favorable 1 hnr never had any
enthusiasm for speech making. I nev
er feel slighted If it any gathering 1
am not called upon to speak.
I am balanced enough, however,
and I have had enough experience to
realize that It 1 the task In band
which for me Is the really Important
thing In IJTe, as It Is for yon. I must
meet very disagreeable people ahj
settle their difficulties as well as Is
In my power. 1 must make my speech
with as much force and magnetism
and directness of application as I can.
If the rain comes down on the way,
still I am dry and comfortable within
and the fields between which 1 pass
as I drive along are greener - and
fresher because of the rain. It Is a
lesson which we might all well learn
that the task In hand, stupid and
uninteresting os It may often seem.
Is for each of ns the most Important
tiling to be done well, and helps al
ways In the satisfactory accomplish
ment of whatever comes later. I
shall enjoy my vacation better and
with a lighter heart from having
done well what Is before me today.
It Is examination time, and Barton
who Is most practical man. I eager
to have the unpleasant tusk com
pleted. He doe not see why lenlor
are ever made to take examinations
anyway. Ho wants to leave as soon
as bis last examination Is over. II
dislike staying for the formnl com
mencement exercises. He has a Job
waiting for him as soon as be can
get to It. nnd he Is Itching to be nway
and to get at It The task In hand
Irritates, and annoys him. It Is th
Job he I going to whb-h look big
and Important to him, and which
seems one to which h can give bis
best energies.
I have known Ferrl for forty year
or more. He ha never got on well;
he ha never been sutlsfied with what
tie was engaged In. He tins changed
Jobs a dozen times during those years.
The Job In hand has never been to
his liking, has never seemed to him
quite the work to which he could give
bis best effort. It ha always been
the thing In th distance which in
trigued him and out of which he felt
he could make something, lie has
never learned the Importance of the
thing In hand.
T. 1911. Wi-aUra Nwiir tnlon )
ully unknown, save to a few soldiers
and sailors. One night a prominent
American, attracted by a sign reading
"Atnerlcun ham nnd eggs," dined at
"Jimmy's." He was astounded at the
excellence of food and coffee.
Proudly young James Informed him
that practically all of his food was Im
ported from America. The word spread
quickly. Americans nnd Unions In
huge numbers flocked to the place.
Within a abort time It became the
fashionable gathering place of Shang
hai in the small hours of the morning
The cutoiners made many suggestions
to James, but the latter would not
change bis equipment. Ilo stuck to
the rough board tables, the thick mugs
Cave Woman Rules
New York. The env man myth
has been exploded.
Ho has only a secondary position
In his own home, a visitor to the home
of the Pueblo Indian cava men In
Bantu Clara, N. M found. And tbo
WILL LEAD MAROONS
12L
The L'nlverslty ot Chicago football
team will be captained by a lineman
for the third successive season In
llttx John Merrick Kelly, an end.
who Is 1'at to his teammate, was
elected to lend the Munmns next year.
Padric Will Be New White House Pet
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Old CsIn la Africa
There are some 3(1 medieval castle
along th coast ot West Africa, that
of 8L George at the town ot F.lnilna
being conslVred the oldest and great
est. The 1'nrtugues are said to have
begun It ten year before the dlscnvery
of America, the alone for the founds
tlon being brought from Portugal. It
double fosse was hewn out of solid
rock.
and the thicker glasses. He steadfast
ly refused lo supply other than pupvr
napkin.
"Jimmy'" cold no liquor nnd none
wa permitted on the premises. A
husky "bouncer" was constantly on
duty to stop fights between seafaring
men who pntroiilzed the place.
And night after night It was a com
mon sight ti see sailors In and out
of uniforms, soldiers, marines, mer
chant marine sailors, beachcombers,
dancing girls, clerks, Chinese, and men
and women In evening clothes seated
at the tables In "Jimmy's."
The once familiar sign "Jimmy's
Kitchen." Is gone now. The owner has
gone Into thn cabaret business.
spuuso rules th home a well as hi
worldly goods.
Seeking out the home of the orig
inal cave men of tha United States,
fur nway from the cities where now
and then a so-called "cave man"
make his appearance much to the
nwo of a lurga following, Andrew 8.
Wing visited one of the twenty I'uehlo
village remaining In Arizona and New
Mexico, delved Into their family cus
toms and their history. Ilo found (hem
still loyal lo (ho Catholic faith, main
taining a family life, exceptionally free
from friction and rearing children
who are obedient and of the best be
havior. "The I'uehlo woman Is the absolute
master of her home," Wing asserts.
"There Is no Individual land owner
ship, hut each man Is alloted a piece
of land which he can cultivate as long
as lio works at It Industriously. When
the crops are harvested and stored In
the house Ibey become the property of
the wife. Most Pueblo murrlages nro
successful and their family life Is Con
genial. All observers comment on the
obedience and good behavior of th
I'uehlo children."
In one great comniunnl cliff house
explored by the writer 1,000 room
wcr discovered.
Impress! Carving
On Butkland beucun, a lofty hill
near Asliburton, Kiiglnnd. a funnor
ha had th Ten Cotnmandiueott
carved In granite.
Mrs. Norwood H. Smith with nor
fine Irish wolfhound, Cralgwood
I'adrtc, which Is destined to be
come th king of dog In tli
United Stale, for he ha been ac
cepted a a gift by Sirs. Hoover,
who wns a former schoolmate of
Mrs. Smith.
WOULD BE LAWMAKER
Mrs. Pesrl 01. field, widow ol the
lute Itepresentatlv W. A. Oldfleld of
Arkansas, temocrntlc whip In the
house, tins been nominated by th
Iemocriitlf state central committee
to lie candidate In a special elec-
Jv;1f i '
tlon to succeed her husband for both
tbo. short term expiring next March
nnd the twoyenr lenn beginning at
that time. If elected Mr. Oldlleld
will he th first congrosswoman froto
Arkansas.
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Ji Tevo
Little
ues,
, ALL RUN FOR OFFICE
Mr. Oasaway The Judge' wlf l
th most fortuiint woman In Ui
world.
Mr. Ussen What' the reason for
II lb envyt
Mrs, Oasaway Her husbund en
tence all th tramps that com un
der hi nolle to heat her carpets anit
help with th spring cleaning.
A MYSTERY
Itlrd I wonder what kind of a bird
laid those funny eggst
Dsagerovs Fewer
An orstor will (! In sishl
And sing his lltttt sun,
And msks you think that bt Is rlsht.
No mstur If hs'a wrong.
An Unknown Quantity
"'nntl" yelled th hotel clerk.
The bellhop did not stir.
"Ileyl" prompted the hotel clerk.
"don't you know what 'front'
means f"
"No," said the bellhop languidly,
"when I was In France they had nie
on the a O. 8."
Not Much
"Would you consider their ninrrtago
a success J"
"Absolutely I The roinpaify wa
televlsloned, radiocast, photographed
for the movies, and recorded for a
talking machine company I What mora
could you iiKkr
Summer School
"Klolse," said the professor, "I want
you to write an essay on Ice caps st
the Pole."
"Hut I am not Interested In lce
caps."
"'(let Interested. Just Imagine, the
are the latest style."
Scientific Work
The Judge I hi I understand you to
say that you once held public employ
ment under the slate as s geologlstT
Prisoner Yes, I made a study of
rocks for 1X1 days.
A ONE-HORSE TOWN
"There the only man In this place)
who has a horse. If It weren't for
Ihnl this burg would have a better
reputation."
"How ran that a (Ted It reputa
tion r
"It make It a one horse town."
la My LaaVt Household
"Don't dnllv and shim,
lion't lullsr snd shrink.
But think out rnur work,
And thsn work out your think."
Sardine
"I say," said the new etirato, look
ing up from the evening mimt, "havf
you heard about the dean who ws
found In box?"
"No." cried the reelot excitedly.
"Which dean wns thntr
"The sardine."
An Example
Mrs Slinria Vou have bought thin
parrot and It does not talk
Klmrpo Quite right, I bought It
a an example ,'ni voti
Some Sprinter
"It nys here a Massachusetts worn.
on threw rolling pin ft7 feel and
inches." renin rked Mrs. (Iroiich.
"Hush." exclaimed Mr llroiich. "her
husband must have boon quick on the
getaway to gel that much ol a (tun
on her."
Argument
"My mother ha alwuy objected)
to kissing." explained Klolse.
"How did she capture your fulherl
asked Alfred.
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