The Columbia register., September 02, 1904, Image 2

the Times
Summer girls believe In making hay
while the moon shines.
Chickens that come home to roost
fcaTt more sense than some people.
One touch of nature interests til
Ben In a get rich-quick propositi on.
A girl would rather to hungry than
miss an opportunity to hare her for
tune told.
Englishmen object to the telephone.
Maybe they haveu't the right sort of
, hello girls.
The currency would hare o diffi
culty In rerauadlng advertiser of Its
circulation.
An absent-minded woman Is one who
forgets herself and buys things when
she goes shopping.
It may be a sign of greatness to be
crank, but to be able to turn a crank
Is proof of power.
Every time an old bachelor hears a
baby cry he takes a fresh grip on his
resolution to remain single.
The reported drawing of the color
line at Yale is no part of its regularly
prescribed art course, however.
An enthusiastic Washington aero
naut declares the "air ship will not
down." We were under the lmpreaslou
that was all It would do.
Some people's ancestors were very
fortunate In being In a position to come
ver In the Mayflower. There were no
restrictive Immigration laws then.
Lord Kitchener has made np his
mind never to marry. In other words,
he wishes American girls to under
stand that he doesn't need the money.
-..Edward Atkinson wants to know
.what we are to do to get cheaper f ueL
One way la to save tip the campaign
literature and the kindling wood from
the party platform.
. An astronomer at the Lick Observa
tory has found 100 double stars. But
there are many other gentlemen, not
astronomers, who are prepared to
prove that this isn't the record, by sev
eral When we read that the wife of a
bishop was robbed of $50,000 worth of
jewels we are forcibly reminded that
the simple Mfe of the early Christians
has been placed on the shelf with
some of the older orthodox doctrines.
The minister who felt it was his
bounden Christian dnty to speak to
the ladles of his congregation in a
most confidential, heart-to-heart man
ner concerning their petty faults and
foibles, has now had it made clear to
him that he had better be listening
for a call to some other pulpit "Never
be critical upon the ladies" was the
maxim of an Irish peer, remarkable
for his homage to the Bex. 'The only
way that a gentleman should look at
the faults of a pretty woman Is with
his. eyes shut"
Three thrones In Europe want boys.
And If the wants aren't supplied there
will be three downcast queen mothers
and as many irate king fathers. It
It a bit curious, the persistency girls
have shown in forcing their society on
the royal households of Russia and
Italy, though It does accord with the
general misunderstanding of the con
trariness that is In human nature. Not
that little girls aren't the nicest things
In the world everyone knows they are
but for dynastic purposes Italy, Rus
sia and Holland would like boys,
please.
In his recently published reminis
cences of the Duke of Wellington the
late Rev. G. It Glelg recalls that that
famous commander was at all times
strenuously opposed to new inventions.
He scorned, for example, such novel
ties as the Mlnle rifle, and good old
"Brown Bess," the clumsy musket of
Waterloo, was his ideal. It was with
the greatest reluctance that he allowed
flint and steel to give place to the per
cussion cap. This only an extreme
Instance of a feeling not uncommon
among military men, nor is it unnat
ural. Most of the Inventions that
have revolutionized warfare have been
due to civilians, nave they benefited
the world? It is at least hard to show
that they have tended to make war
Impossible, as was so generally held
a few years ago.
The day of hoarding gold pieces in
old stockings has passed. Even the re
motest regions of the modern world
have learned that money must pass
from hand to hand if It is to do good
even if It Is to Increase its own value.
But It Is not yet so clear to women that
other possessions must be passed on
not treasured In garret and storeroom.
Somewhere in the world there Is a
"best place" for everything from a
worn-out shoe to a discarded maga
zine, from last winter's cloak to grand
mother's feather bed- . Little Indeed
of this debris of ordinary life ought to
find Its dismal resting place under
the eaves of the old house. The slum,
the hospital, the lonely farmhouse,
(with Its flock of children, the South
ern mountains, with their new zeal for
learning, the Salvation Army, the city
mission these are the claimants for
the "cast-offs" which, left to them-
elves, would but harbor moth and
breed disorder In the home. The girl
who hat had from a wise mother a
cours In "glvtng away" la the better
housekeeper for her Instruction, aud
more than that, ahe la the mora sym
pathetic and generous neighbor and
th mora nobis soul
Only mother! She won't care It we
leave her alone; she doesn't mind. Only
mother! You wanted a tennis racket
and she gave you the money that she
was saving for a calico gown. But
she didn't need the gown; she said to.
Only mother. She hasn't had anything
new this summer. But It Is different
with her; she la old and you are young.
Of course tt Is natural that you should
want frills and ruffles; she doesn't care
tor them. Only mother! She wouldn't
enjoy the picnic. Besides, she hasn't
time to go; there Is work to be done.
She told you so. Why, bless her, she
had "lots' rather stay at home and
finish that weeding In the garden.
Dldu't she say so? Only mother! Her
hat Is out of style, but that l&nt the
reason why she didn't go to church
Suuday. She laughs at style and does
not care if her clothes are dingy and
faded. Didn't she tell you so, Just
Saturday. Only mother! It Isn't nec
essary to go down again. Mother won't
mind the forgotten goodnight. You
would feel hurt If you were forgotten,
but mothers are different somehow.
They don't care about little things.
And so mother sits alone. Mother goes
without the calico gown. Mother does
not care for ruffles. Mother enjoys
weeding more than picnics. Mother
loves faded gowns and old-fashioned
bonnets. Mother Isn't sensitive; she
does not care If she Is forgotten. So,
too often, mother has a corner In the
family, a corner all her own, and one
from which she seldom moves, but
from which she scatters the blessings
that are hers to give. Too often,
mother Is "different somehow," and
husband and children believe It, accept
It until she Is gone. In too many
homes mother Is a part of, and still
not of, the family circle. Strange as it
msy seem, sons sjkI daughters think
that mother does not feel as they do,
does not care as they care, la not hurt
sa they are hurt But some day when
their own hairs are gray and they have
sons and daughters of their own and
the memory of the sweet patient face
of mother comes to them across the
years, then will they know that moth
er was not different Then will they
know that though her lips smiled, her
heart bled. That though her tongue
spoke lightly her soul was filled with
dread. That though the thoughtless
ones believed that she did hot care her
heart was seamed with scars and her
pillow was wet with secret weeping.
Oh, remember, that mother does care.
That In her love she wishes others to
forget her needs, she wishes others to
go, to dress, to be gay. But she cares.
Mother is not different she feels, she
suffers, she can weep, she can be gay.
Peanuts and Beans aa Food.
The Department of Agriculture re
ports most Interesting experiments
made by Prof. Poffa of the University
of California upon men engaged in
hard manual labor most of the time
and students working to support them
selves while pursuing their studios.
The professor says: "Nuts are the
cheapest source of energy, peanuts
ranging far ahead." The price, 3.0
cents per 1,000 calories of energy, is
at less cost than any animal food or
IK)tatoes at 00 cents a bushel. Peanuts
deserve special mention because the
cheapest domestic nut containing the
highest percentage of protein, with
maximum fuel valuo and minimum
refuse. Ten cents, for Instance, will
purchase more protein and energy
when spent for flour or meal, but these
are raw materials, requiring consider
able preparation before they are
eaten. This is not necessary with
fruits and nuts. Ten cents' worth of
peanuts will contain about four ounces
of protein and 2,767 calories of energy.
Although peanuts supply protein and
energy for a smaller sum than bread,
they are outranked by dried beans,
which, at 5 cents a pound, will supply
for 10 cents over 200 grams of protein
and 3,040 calories of energy. If more
peanuts and dried beans were used by
the fruitarians the diet would be en
riched and the cost decreased. Fifteen
cents a day was the average cost, with
fruit nuts, beans and a limited quan
tity of cottage cheese and eggs. -Outlook.
Acnte Vision of Birds.
Birds have a very acute vision, per
haps the most acute of any creature,
and the sense is also more widely dif
fused over the retina than is the case
with man. Consequently a bird can
see sideways as well as objects In
front of it A bird sees, showing great
uneasiness in consequence, a hawk
long before it is visible to man. So,
too, fowls and pigeons find minute
scraps of food, distinguishing them
from what appear to us similar pieces
of earth or gravel. Young chickens
are also able to find their own food,
knowing its position and how distant
It Is as soon as they are hatched,
whereas a child only very gradually
learns either to see or to understand
the distance of objects. Several birds,
apparently the young of all those that
nest on the ground, can see quite well
directly they come out of the shell,
but the young birds that nest in trees
or on rocks are born blind and have
to be fed.
Taking a Safe Method.
"He writes that I am a cad."
"Tell him you will pull his nose."
"I will where's your telephone 7"
Glasgow Times.,
Old saying: Those who can, do;
those who can't, teach,
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Carning Money,
returned Alaskan miner went to aleep In
Pullman car In Pennsylvania the other night
with $12,000 In gold on his person. He may not
have been wiser when he awoke next morning,
but he was $12,000 poorer. If be had put hi
uoney In a bank and carried only a letter of
credit and a small sura of cash on the Pullman
A
he would have had hla fortune yet
The mistake of carrying too much money Is a common
one. even good business men sometimes make It There Is
no sense In any man's carrying more than a very small
amount of cash. Whether he lives In the country and Is
going to town, or lives In the city ami la going down
town, a few dollars will be sufficient to meet any emer
gency which cannot be met by chequing on the bank. A
little money to pay for lunch, far possible telephone and
telegraph messages, for street car fare, for a carriage In
case of accidenteverybody ought to carry enough for
these purposes, and there usually Is no good reasou .why
anyone should carry more.
Even those who are traveling need less cash than many
habitually carry. So perfect and so extensive has the mod
ern banking system become that a man can go all over his
own country and around the world on a few slips of paper
that would be worthless to anybody else but a bold and
skilful knave and would be very dangerous for him. The
best and safest place for one's roll Is In the bank. Ranks
fail once In s while; but the chances of losing money de
posited In them are Infinitely few compared with the
chances of losing It from the person. Kansas City Journal.
Women and Work.
TIE census returns of the
B I very clearly that women are
I nnM mnA mnn lnt niwf.lnn and no-dtlona
formerly held by men, and
s an excellent sign, although in some branches
of labor there Is an outcry against this usurpa
tion of what la termed man's prerogative. What
women more particularly require Is a training from an
early age which will enable them to take their own part (u
the battle of life when through the death of those on whom
they were dependent or through misfortune, It becomes
Incumbent on them to provide for themselves. This early
training la a matter which does not sppear to receive the
attention and consideration that It ought for how many
women are there who can, for example, compute Interest
Intelligently and accurately; how many are there who are
even capable of managing their own affairs, or their own
property. If they have any, with anything like business
capacity? The education of woman Is not complete unless
she has as part of her equipment a knowledge of at least
the rudiments of business. Women who are blessed with
a fair share of worldly goods need this
less than those who have to make their
world, and who have not the protection
of husband and father, for such women
that they may not at any moment be called np to earn their
own livelihood. How to Live.
The Church and the People.
HE pastor who asks why It la that the
rnnntrer ppnprnMnn Is lrtftlnff
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I the church, need not go far
Ian AnaAw T fr f m 1Ata iiba
churches do not meet the demands of people
now on earth for an outlet to their physical
and mental activities. The congregation to
which the preacher propounded his query appears to real
ize this fact. It Is erecting a house of worship which,
when completed, will be furnished with
room and gymnasium for the boys. It
craving for social and physical enjoyments while minis
tering to the spiritual needs of Its members.
But the church which hopes to bold
even further than this. It must compete
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Mr. and Mrs. Fuddleston try not to
spoil Harold, but they are willing to
sacrifice their own pleasure at any
time to give him a treat that he will
"remember when he grows up." They
planned a treat lately, but, as the
story is told in the Brooklyn Eagle, the
outing will never figure In Hurold's
reminiscences of his happy childhood.
The circus was In town, and Mrs.
Fuddleston said they ought to take
Harold; a child thought so much of
such things, and he was old enough
now to appreciate it
Mr. Fuddleston agreed. "I will try
to take him to-night," he said, resign
edly. "I shouldn't think of letting you no
alone with him!" exclaimed Mrs. Fud
dleston. "That Is nsklng too much of
you, dearest I will go along to. re
lieve you of some of the care. I
shouldn't ask you to go at all, but It
is hardly the thing for me to go with
out you."
"Certainly not," said Mr. Fuddle
ston, chivalrously. "But the little chap
mustn't be deprived of the pleasure,
even If it is rather of a bore to us."
In the afternoon Mrs. Fuddleston's
two sisters dropped in, and Mrs. Fud
dlestone told them, with a sigh, that
they were going to the circus that
evening on Harold's account.
"Oh, my dear!" said Sister Jane.
"Of course be will enjoy it, but he
will be a dreadful care to you and
Jack. I know you will have a head
ache to-morrow to pay for It I think
I shall Just go along to relieve you.
Now don't say a word, dear! I'd much
rather do it than stay at home think
ing of you wearing yourself out watch
ing that boy alone."
"So should I," put In Sister Mar
garet, "and I am going, too. He will
be so excited that It will be all the
three of us can do to hold him down."
Mrs. Fuddleston looked at her with
gratitude. "Well, then," she said,
"come here for dinner and we'll get
an early start I should hate to hare
Harold miss a single thing."
At his office that day Mr. Fuddle
ston happened to speak to his two
partners about the treat he was going
to give to his little boy.
EMTdDIMlALS
the club, the social fuuctlon, the outdoor diversion tnd the
many other attractions which go to swell the sum total of
the Joy of tlvtug. It slio must compete with every organ
isation having fur Its purpose the amelioration of human
Ills and human wretchedness. And It must compete suc
cessfully or fall la Its mission.
The church which Uvea and moves and does Its work
close to the world and Its tolling, struggling, aspiring, In
quiring, practical millions will be successful In retaining Its
bold upon the people. Mankind demands something more
satisfying than sounding theories; something more nutri
tious than doctrinal husks. To retain Its Influence the
church must be of the people, for the people and by the
people. Summing up, the church must come down out of
the clouds aud abide with the people living here below.
Chicago Journal.
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cover.
When
sition to make an appropriation of f.'.ooo a
year for five years for missionary work In phonetic spelling
before the directors of the National Educational AsmocIu
Uon at St Louis, the distressing fact was revealed that
none of the educators could remember the dozen words
which the association had decided In 1808 must be "re
formed.' What progress can be made In spelling reform If the
great educators themselves cannot remember the words to
be reformed? At the meeting In 181S the national associa
tion recommended twelve orthographical reforms as fol
lows: Program, tho, thru, thoro, thoroly, altho, thorofare,
decalog, pedagog, prolog, catalog and demagog. It now
transpires that notwithstanding the vigorous missionary
work that has been done In behalf of these twelve "re
form" for six years past the educators at St Louis wbo
were celled upon to consider the question of extending the
fight for spelling reform were forced to make the humilia
ting confession that they had not used the words and hence
could not recall them.
Could anything be more thoroly exasperating? Tho
these pedagogs have continued the agitation of spelling re
form thru six years they confess they have made no at
tempt to use the adopted words In private correspondence
or In any other way. And so the great cause of phonetic
spelling languishes Chicago Record-Herald.
United Statea show
pressing forward
this In our opinion
knowledge hardly
own way In the
and guardianship
can never be sure
fore she Is 28.
The world has changed a good deal In the last forty
years. We have "girls" of 30 now, whereas In the old days
a woman became an old maid at 25. Seventeen years was
then deemed an eminently marriageable age, and this prov
erb prevailed: "At 20 a woman gets a man better than
herself for a husband; at four and tweuty, one as good; at
eight and twenty, one much worse." Nowadays the public
experiences a certain shock when a girl of 18 marries.
The finest years of womanhood lie between the ages of
25 and 35. It Is the prlvlegle of every woman to decide
whether she shall spend them In single blessedness or In
duplicated bliss. Considering marriage merely as a refuge,
or even as a business venture, It may be that she who dn
llberates up to the age of 28 Is lost. Regarding It from the
point of view of the Individual woman's own preferences,
she may quite properly wait longer If she pleases. It Is
with her a question of marriage with the man ahe wanta
or no marriage at alL New York Mail.
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a kitchen, dining
will supply the
the young must go
with the school,
"My stars!" one of them exclaimed.
"I'd like to go along Just to see the
little chap enjoy It."
"So should I," said the other. "I'd
rather be horsewhipped than go to the
circus with grown folks, but it's a cir
cus In Itself to watch a boy at such
a show."
So It came about that three men and
three women sat down at Fuddleston's
table that evening for an early dinner.
When It was nearly time to go Mr.
Fuddleston asked bis wife if she had
told Harold.
"No; I thought It would be best to
give him a surprise," she answered.
Just then one of the partners look
ed out of the window. "Why, it's
raining!" he said.
This was serlous. Aunt Jane at
once grew concerned over the risk of
taking Harold out In the night air
when It was raining.
"What do you think, my dear?" tha
fond father aftked of his wife.
"Why, of course, If It is going to
be a rainy evening It would never do
to take him."
Then the other partner peered
through the window aud said It looked
pretty bad; not a mere shower, ho
thought but the beginning of a storm.
"I shouldn't take any risk, Julia,"
said the other sister.
"It's lucky you didn't tell narold!"
said the Junior partner.
"Where is he?" asked Mr. Fuddle
ston. "Upstairs with the nurse," answered
Mrs. Fuddleston.
"Well," said Fuddleston, decidedly,
"we won't take any chances. Besides,
my ticket is for a box, which only
seats six people.
So little Harold was left at home,
and six adults, Instead of two, sacri
ficed their entire evening that be might
not run the risk of getting wet and
catching a cold.
CITY MAN OUT.OF-DOOR8.
Vacation Habit Means Improvement
In Public Health and Happiness.
A general and killing absorption in
the business of life was once the ac
cepted theory of American activity, it
Is true that there la still tremendous
stress shown by Americans In the pur
suit not only of their business voca
tions but of their social avocations.
Yet the business man's summer vaca
Blow for Phonetic Spoiling.
I1K causo of "miclllnir reform" ha received a
1 Ificrious setback. The valorous aud pcrslslcut
I I champions of "phonetic' orthography have re-
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It came tj i discussion of the propo
The Girl of Twenty-eight
- sjoVKKNOll WARFIELD, of Maryland, la evl-
Gdently not an advocate of large families. In an
address to the graduating class of the high
mm m school at Wilmington, Del., be aald:
taa4jrV Don't do the foolish thing of getting married
early In life. I have three daughters, and will
not give my consent to any one to marry be
tion Is getting to be more and moro
an accepted Institution, ne manners
to get longer periods of complete rest
and recreation, and he contrives, more
over, to seize upon any number of half
holidays and over-Sunday outings, es
pecially In the warmer months. When
he can control his time he gives great
er portions of It than ever before to
horseback exerclso and to golf and
kindred sports. The business man's
family, Instead of bring satisfied, ns
of old, with a few weeks In a crowded
hotel by the sea or In tho mountains,
spend the whole summer In the conn
try, as boarders In hotel or farm
bouse, or as dwellers In a country
place of their own, modest or sumptti
ous In accordance with their means
and taste.
The city man's modern discovery of
the country and his increasing use of
It In the summer months has been a
subject of comment now these many
years. There has been discussions of
Its effect npon the city people them
selves, and upon the country people
Into whose communities they enter;
of Its effect upon manners and morals;
of Its economic bearings and Its rela
tion to the abandoned farm problem,
and of the Influence upon the nation
of the great mingling of people from
various parts of the country.
With all this search for recreation
and health, what with Westerners
going East and Easterners go
ing West, with Northerners go
log south ana Koutnerners go
ing North, summer and winter;
with all this search for the opportunity
to fish and shoot, or to enjoy soci.il
pleasures; with all this Interchange of
national advantages (for any and every
climate can be found In the United
States), one may look for an improve
ment In the public health and happi
ness, as well as for a dissemination of
a knowledge of our own people and of
our own country which ought to be
decidedly conducive to an Intelligent
patriotism. Century.
It Is surprising bow young a man
Is when his folks decide that he Is
too old to be allowed to spend his
monev. and how old another man is
when his family think he is still young
enough to be earning it.
Red hair Is not a bar to good looks.
But no hair at all Is.
FAULT-FINDER A PEST.
Writer Tfclaka lie Hhould Bead the
"Speaking of pests, I wt to put the
perpetual fault-finder at the top ef tha
list" said the cbsurvant man la the
New Orleans Times Democrat "Have
)ou known bliu? Have you known the
man who delighted In exposing what
he coucelved to be the Ignorance of
the other fellow, and who perpetually
ought to embarrass htm because of
some weakness he Imagined the ether
fellow possessed? Fault finding Is an
easy task to this world of Imperfec
tions. Humanity la not perfect, t Is
tt perfoctable, so long men and
women cling to the passions of clay.
So the fault-flndrr has a broad ami
almost limitless field to play la. He
may find fault at every bawl.
"Now and then the faults may be the
mere figments of his fancy, because 1
la so prone to look for the bad thing
In human nature. But he will And
enough to humor hla whim without
drawing on hla fancy for material. I
have often thought of this peculiar
trait sud have tried to find enough
charity to keep from thinking unkind
ly of such men. Charity la a large
thing. It covers a multitude of shin.
Hut I have never U'eii a bio to spread
the mantle out far enough to cover tho
offenses of the fault -Under, and In con-
Requeue have been forced U forgive
hliu without ample reason.
"Whether we forgive him er wot
doesn't make much difference. He Is it
pest Just the same. It would be mis
take, too, to assume that lie la the
wearer of a dunce cap In every case.
He la often quite a resourceful man.
a man of more than ordinary mental
attainment and of some force. Proba
bly he finds fault with his fellows be
cause he Is a bit suspicious of his owa
powers. Some men do this Tbey are
apparently afraid of being outclassed
In some way. So they fall back on the
old habit of fault-finding. Tbey begin
to pick out the little things of a vul
nerable character In tho other man's
conduct and so Imagine they bolster
up their own standing. Often, ss
strange aa It may seem, they succeed
In doing this very thing. Fault-finding
Is often a good way of advancing one's
own Interest though It caunot 1m com
mended. In speaking of fault finding
I do not mean to Include legitimate
criticism of men and events. I am
talking about fault-finding. Just plalu
old everyday fault-finding."
COMPLAINS OF CHEERINQ.
Applanss Considered a Peat at the Av
erage Hall Game.
Harvard has complained , of tho
cheering Indulged In by Princeton, and
Yale has seconded ber. There is no
question but that at all college games
there Is entirely too much rooting.
singing and cheering on both sides.
The one Idea seems to be to ridicule
the oposltlou's pitcher or any other
player wbo la momentarily doing tho
Important work. But Just why Prince
ton should bo singled out aa the object
of attack by Harvard, herself a no
torlous offender, Is hard to understand.
It Is very much the same as If two
men had agreed to rob a bank, and
one man having gotten the lion's share
of the spoils, the less fortunnto culprit
becomes suddenly virtuous and turns
State's evidence on liU pal. in say
ing this we do not Intend, of course, to
rellect In any way on the character of
cither Harvard, Princeton or Yale.
Their students are representative of all
that Is best In America youth, but tho
manner in which tho former has start
ed out to bring about a reform la not
only silly, but wholly Illogical. Cheer
ing, as It to-day at the averago rollego
baseball game, Is a pest and undoubt
edly needs modification. The best
statement of the caso that has yet ap
peared, In our opinion, was In a recent
Issue of the Yale News. It was as fol
lows: "Ilaselwll Is largely a matter
of nerves, and the continuous uproar
of the present-day game Is often sulll
clent to prevent the players', especially
tho pitcher, from doing themselves Jus
tice. It makes llttlle difference In con
sidering this matter, whether or not
the supporters of our college makes
more noise than those of another tho
fact remains that ltarvurd, Yale or
Princeton have all been guilty of this
sort of cheering to a greater or Ickm
degree. In spite of this, It Is acknowl
edged at all three universities that It Is
an unpleasant feature of the modern
college game, it has now reached a
stage where, In the Interest of clean
sport, definite, steps should bo token to
suppress It" Sporting News.
The 8woot Olrl Graduate.
Father What Is Estelle going to
wear when she graduates?
Mother Oh, Just a simple white
gown.
"That's sensible. Women dress al
together too extravagantly, to my
mind. I'd like to see a member of my
fumlly In something simple for once!
How much will Estelle's gown cost?"
"Oh, the dressmaker says she thinks
she can get up something appropriate
for about $75.". Detroit Free Press. '
New Kind of Hand.
Pruntytown's newly organized brass
band was about to perpetrate Its first
open-air concert ami the various mem
bers of the aggregation were comport
ing themselves after the fashion of vil
lage musicians.
"Here! here!" impatiently ejaculated
their director, who was a one-time
brass-bu'ster with the Greatest Show
on Earth. "Quit gftppln' at them girls,
wlliyeh? Wad da youse guys t'lnk dls
is, anyhow a rubber-batitt?"
Far Comes High.
The most expensive fur Is that of
the black fox of Kamchatka, the skin
of which, when dressed, becomes a
very attractive blue, A single skin Is
worth as much as $1,000.