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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, RALEM, 0BE005, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER L SCORES B!G SUCCESS Play Mow Running at Cohan Theater Taken from Short Stories by Montague Glass. "WELL ADVERTISED IN HIS CLEVEB TALES OP JEWISH People Anxious to See Character on Stage After They Have Bead of . Him for Many Months. By BEAU BIALTO. (Written for the United Press.) New York, Sept. 1. That clever atoriee, even if they are devoid of thrillers and plots to grip the attention of readers, may be made into clever plays, has been demonstrated by the instantaneous and phenomenal success of "Potash and Perlmuttor," now run ning at the Cohan theater. The play is taken from the short stories by Mon tague Glass, built around the trials and tribulations of Abe Potash and Mawruss Perlmutter, manufacturers of cloaks and suits by wholesale, which for several years have been running in various magazines of America. Abe ami Mawruss have become familiar characters to readers all over tho Unit ed States, which may account for the fact that while tho play opened a week irlier than Broadway usually begins the season, and the night was one of the hottest on record, the theater was jammed to capacity at the premier. Seats were quickly sold for as far in advance as ten weeks and the play promises to be the season 's biggest suc cess. Plays like "Potash and Perlmutter" are popular, not because of the drama they contain, not especially because of the ability of the men and women in the cast, but because the public knows Abe and Mawruss and recognizes them as old friends when they see the ad vertisements of the play. Few people there are who can read who have not at some time or other laughed at the antics of tho two Hebrew partners and their cronies, and thoy want to see them in "real life." Also there is an other human quality that perhaps the jrnKinagers take into consideration, and that is tho curiosity nf tho reader to know how a story can be made over into a play. Those things which characterize the immediate success of "Potash and Perlmuttor" wore noticeable two sea sons ago when "Gct-Hich-Quick Wall ingford" was dramatized. Goorge Randolph Chestor's humorous Btorios of the fat and jovial business bucca neer, Wallingford, had appeared in weekly and monthly magazines for sev eral years, and whon people beard of the piny they went out of curiosity and their admiration of the hero of tho Chester stories. When people read, woek after week, and month after month, the doings of a character cre ated by a clever writer, thoy come to feel they know the character, and when they have an opportunity to see him on the boards thoy feel almost like he had "come to life." Almost every night nowftdays sees the premier of some new play. The Broadway season . has opened, and though' it is early, a lot of the new plays are being tried out. Some have been "tried on the dog" in Boston, Atlantic City, Chicago, St. Louis and Knnsas City, but many of them first - see the light on Broadway. Joseph Hautloy, comedian and dancer, mado his first metropolitan attempt as a star the othor night in "When Dreams Come True" at the Lyric. It wins a musical comedy that was tried out in Kansas City and the hnd a successful run in Chicago. Tho west liked it, but its rocoption in New York wns a bit lukewarm. Raiitloy, who is very clover, Hud has done some great work in sup porting others, somehow suggested (Jeorgo Cohan In his singing ami danc ing, and much of tho music nud action of the piece reminded old playgoers of "other muaicnl comedies tliey have met." However, "When Dreams Como True" has good qualities as well as hod and it may hold on until tho fall rush of importations from Europe tarts. "Believe Me, Xantippe," a farce, opened tho next night and proved very amusing. This is tho Harvard prize play that was produced at tho uuivcr sity hint season, and the roviows in Now York newspapers cost every thea trical manager in New York eight dollars that is the fare to Boston and return. They all went to see it and the Shuberts got it. It is now being produced by the Nhuberts in connection with William A. BrndV. been turned into a regular Indian camp, with tepees, pots, kettles and all the accoutrements of an Indian habita tion on the plains. . Fifty Indians, under the leadership of Chief Joe White Eagle, were im ported from one of the western reser vations to take part in the Hippodrome show, "America," with which the amusement place opened its season. When the aborigines arrived in New York it was very hot and they de clared they could never stand the con finement of a hotel, no matter what the cost of the rooms or suites given them. They demanded that they be al lowed to sleep out of doors, and the management arranged the camp on the roof. WHILE EATING LUNCH Though the went her continues reason ably warm, the roof garden season Is considered at an end, and Lew Fields has moved his "All Aboard" from the Forty fourth street roof of tho Weber l'iebls Music hull on Forty-fourth street. The piny, one of the frothiest of summer productions, kept going mainly by Low Fields and George Mon roe, had a remarkable ruu all summer and will remain on Broadway until It goes on tour Inter in the fall. The roof of the Hippodrome has Talk at Some Length to Toilers and Some of Women Stand on Top of Motor Bus to Orate. By CARLTON TEN EYCK (Written for the United Press.) New York, Sept. 1. City hall park at noon time these days is one of the busiest spotB in Greater New York. It is in reality "the people 'b forum." During the luncheon hour no less than a dozen groups mny be seen in the place listening to the harrangues of politicians, reformers of all kinds, So cialists, Industrial Workers of the World, suffragists and religious work ers. With old Benjamin Franklin, Horace Greeley and Nathan Hale looking down from their pedestals clearly puzzled to know what it is all about, the street erators expound thoir sure cures for all the industrial and political ills of the times and luncheon time in the park is filled to overflowing. A few minutes before noon the other day a motor Tjus, like the ones that ply up and down Fifth avenue and Broadway from Washington square to Grant's tomb, dashed into Park Bow alongside the Franklin monument, covered with yel low and white bannerB. From the roof a bugle sounded and quickly the ve hicle was surrounded by a crowd, for it is the easiest thing in the world to got a crowd in City Hall park at noon. Tho motor bus is a now wrinkle and they do not know what to make of it until a woman, standing up on top of the buss begins to demand votes for women. Then the vehicle was quickly deserted by about half of tho crowd. It is tho latest scheme adopted by the Now York suffragists to spread thoir propaganda and every noon and some times in tho late evening, whon the woathcr is favorable, tho suffragists mount a motor buss and go down to join the other oratora in City Hall park. About the same time a hand organ can be heard at the curb near Brook lyn bridgo, and a glance there shows several' women with brilliant red badges across thoir waists. They are Btriking knitters, who want more pay and shorter hours, and thoy are appeal. ing to tho public to contribute to their support while thoy are idle in their fight against the emptors. While the liond organ plays the strikers go about among the crowds, collecting nickles, dimes and pennies. Pleads for Oaynor. nut the womon are not the only people taking advantage of the hugh noon oay crowds that pour into the park from tho Woolworth building and other skyBcmpers in the downtown dis. ii in. itn vne municipal campaign wen underway, the advocatos of the various mayorlty candidates are niak ing nay whilo the sun shines. In one ot A bowhiskorod man with eye glasses on tho oud of his bulbous nose pleads in strident tones for tho re election of Mayor Oaynor, whilo some of his hearers laugh audibly and ask what about "the lid" on the Great Uhito Wayf A few yards away, try ing to out-shout the loudness of his rival, another mnn extolls the virtues of John Purroy Mitchell, the Fusion can didate, and still another self-constituted campaigner brags about tho prowess of District Attorney Whitman, even though the prosecutor lvna turned down tho Republican nomination. The most animated groups among tho dozen or more in tho noon crowds, how ever, aro those discussing industrial problems. The Socialists harrangue and argue with any and all who will listen, whilo tho I. W. W. spielers are always In evidence and a few older men en gngo in heated controversies about "the initiative, referendum and rocall" al ways linked together. "mi an ineso orators going at once, once can hardly make his wav through the crowded pln.a at luncheon time, " orators aro not all, Tho hawk, ers crowd tho sidewalks at every Btep, mo or tnree men want to sell books thafwill make you an American citi Ki.ll tir ......... i I i . '"'" una a dozen or more will sell yon a street guide of ew iork and Brooklyn for a nicklo. Others aro selling shoes, poefcet knives, suspenders, collar buttons, chocolate, ihoe strings, pencil and almost evorv nni.nivnl.lA ..-.II V!. . a ... uujocx irom the travs that ire suspended from their shoul ders. New Brand of Newsboys. At the Brooklyn bridge exits of tho subway may be found a new brand of newsboys, There are always from half a dozen St. Paul Man Who Started on Shoe string and Has Made Fortune la Is Ousted by Secretary Lane. DISAGREEMENT AND SUIT OP OLD PARTNER IS FATAL Charges Filed by Disgruntled Man and Result is Undoing of Famous Photographer. CHITSD MUSS LEASED WIHI. Pocatello, Idaho, Sept. 1. Secre tary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane announced at Pocatello while in that city enroute out of Idaho, after an inspection of projects in the southern part of this state for Salt Lake, that he had cancelled the contract of the Monida & Yellowstone Stage Company which operates in the national park from the west, or Idaho entrance, known as the Yellowstone. The an nouncement is of interest to Idaho trav elers, ' including many Boise people, who have gone through the park over the Monida route. The revocation of the contrast is to take effect September 16. The ruling marks the passing of F. J. Haynes, a St. Paul promoted, who from a shoe string started in the stage coach busi nens in the park, built his system up in six years until his company was hauling as many tourists as the old established Yellowstone Park Trans portation company, which is operated by II. C. Childs, of 'Helena. The Mon ida company was charged with and convicted of violating its contract with tho government by giving a rebate of so many dollars on each tourist to the Oregon Short Line railway in the trans portation of visitors throughv the Yel lowstone park. Secretary Lane, who investigated tho charges on his recent visit to Montana aud the park, is casting aboct for a new contractor to handle the stage business of the Mon ida company. Is Well Known Figure F. J. Hyanes, who was convicted of the chargo of making the contract for the rebato with the railroad, is per haps the best-known figure in Yellow stone park. He owns the official pho- togrnph rights of the park and made a neat fortune on the sale of post cards. Ho has stands for the disposal of cards and souvenirs at every hotel. The .charges against him were filed by W. W. Humphrey, with whom Haynes was associated when the Monida com pany was struggling for a foothold. Thoy disagreed and Humphrey lost In the courts whe he sued for an old debt he alleged Haynes owed him Then ho filed the charges. Haynes displayed nerve in entering the transportation business. The transportation company which owned the hotelB in the park had practically all the park travel, which, by reason of the long drive of the new company, went to tho park by the northern or Gardiner entrance When Haynes formed the Monida company to com pote with the hotel company's lino, tourists left the train at Monida, Mont. Haynes had relays of horses every 15 miles. By a hard effort he was able to get tourists to the Foun tain hotel after a 10 hour ride. The Oregon Short Line was looking for a direct entrance to the park, and Haynes proposed that the railroad be exten ded on the Idaho Falls branch to Yellowstone. This was done, the Short Line building a fine station at Yel lowstone. This made an easy drive Into the park and new arrangement brought wealth to Haynes. His coach es began to bo crowded, and in 1011 he took his place as an equal rival of the old-established company. Tho present order of Secretary Lono means that ho will lose tho system after he has brought it into its paying state. Closoly Allied With Park Ilnynes' life has been closely allied with Yellowstone park. Ho wns one of the exploring party that made the only circuit of tho park in midwinter. As leader of that party he suffered niHiiy hardships and nearly lost his rife. Haynes' photograpns and re ports were regarded as of real value by scientific men. Representatives of tho Oregon Short line say the ousting of Hiivnes would have no effect on tho travel to the Yellowstone entrance, as the contract is not cancelled until Sept. HI, which is the day following the closing of the park for the season. Tho new transportation contractor will have all winter to prepare for next year's travel. "CONFECTIONERY". Centurlss Ago It W a Part of the Art of the Apothecary. Curiously enough, the making of con fectionery originated In a way with the apothecaries about COO years ago. It was then that augur was first imported Into England, and It was then that "confections" flret became known. For a time tbey appeared only In medical form, the apothecaries using the newly imported sugar as a means of mitigat ing the bitterness of their doses, la other words, they mixed their drugs with it, and therein lay the origin of many of the sirups and medicated can dles, tbe ancestors of our cough drops and lozenges. Tbe cost of sugar was far too high, and most people were far too poor to permit of its being eaten for its own sake alone and as a mere luxury. It wns only a couple of centures ago that there began to appear a new phase of tbe apothecary's art Con fections began to be made more or less apart from any medicinal purpose and because people liked them, and eventu ally tbe confectioner's business became quite separate and distinct from that of the apothecary. Although tbe confectioner's trade may be said to be about 200 years old. It was only within recent times that it became a real and extensive Industry. At first sugar was beavily taxed, and the confectioner's trude was pursued upon very elementary principles. For a long time everything was done by band. Implements were of tbe very simplest candy kettles heated on small brick furnaces, pestles and mortars, rolling pins and scissors, etc. Tbe out put wns very smull, and, comparative ly speaking, sweetmeats of all sorts were expensive and frequently unat tractive. All this has been changed, and now adays tbe most improved machinery and Implements combine to produce tbe most delicate and attractive sweets. Muscles have beeu superseded by en gines, pestles and mortars and rolling plus, and scissors have given place to revolving pans and steam pans, and mechanism for beating and kneading and mixing, for cutting and slicing and grinding, for rolling and grating and tumping, for crushing ice and freezing cream and other processes. While muuy of the best and most expensive candles are still very largely made by hand processes, by far the greater mass of sweetmeats is produc ed by machinery. Harper's Weekly, Hopkins, the Witch Finder. Thougb sum people still believe In witches, there Is no longer any use for tbe witch tinder. Englishmen of ear Iter generations gave this person abun dant employment, sometimes fetching the renl expert enormous distances to cleanse an jitlllcted town. In 1(140, foi Instance, the mnglstrntes of Newcastle sent luto Scotland for one who could Hnd wltcbes, agreeing to pay '-'0 shil lings ($4.8()i s head for all Unit he con victed. Ills purtkular method consist ed In pricking the suspect with pins, nud fifteen old women were duly exe cuted as the result of bis visit The most notorious of witch finders, one Hopkins, was finally executed as a wizard after trial by oue of tbe more painful of bis own many cleverly de vised tests. Elizabeth's "Excellent Wash." Good Queen Bess liked ber ale and bad to have It Wherever she went there ale bad to go also strong ale. Great were Jhe trials of ber host, the Earl of Leicester, as expressed in a letter from Hatfield to Lord Burleigh: "There was not one drop of good drink for bor here. We were fnin to send to London and Keuilwortb and divers other places where ale was. Her own beer, was so strong as there was nc man able to drink It" And one quart of thla "excellent wnsb" of good strong ale for breakfast, we are told, put the queen in good spirits for the start of tbe day's work. London Chronicle. to a score of the little fellows, all boys under ten years of ne, who cry, "Morning paper" at every man and woman who eomcB from the subway, but tjjose boys have nothing to sell. In stead of offering newspapers for sale, they are begging them. Tho various newspapers of New York pay for "returns." That i, they will redeem for half a cent all newspapers unsold. The boys who beg the newspa pers from the subway passenger take them to an agency who buys them, irons them out smooth and collects the half cent offered for each one. Many of the dontown offices have rules that employes msst not bring newspapers into them. Kmployes in such places always discard thoir news, papers when leaving the subway and the little beggars reap a rich harvest. Hugo's Long 8snttnoe. For tbe longest sentence on record we must go to tbe French. In "Les Mtserables" Victor Hugo bos one sen tence that runs through a hundred lines, and earlier In the book. In one of the chapters deseriptlse of Water loo, there are over fifty lines without a full stop. England's record rests under pfllclnl pntronage, for It wonld appear to be the seventh section of the foreign enlistment act, wblcb does not stop until It has very nenrly reach ed Its six hundredth word. London Graphic Long Llvsd Ornaments. Ornaments Inst loneer than anything else that man runkea There are brooches and necklaces In museums more than forty centuries old. Mon uments, perhaps, stand second, and houses third. The life of furniture Is shorter still There Is very little fur niture In England whlcb dotes be yond the yeor i.MK) Pictures last long er than furniture, and there are paint ings still In fair condition which bsvs weathered six centuries of life. AHCIEHT8ECRETS. Priceless Recipes That Are Now Lost to the World. COLORS OF THE OLD MASTERS. TTwy Are the Envy, and the Despair of Modern Artists, to Whom Thsir Composition Is a Mystsry Orsek Fire and Roman Mortsr. Numerous are the trade secrets hand ed down generation by generation from father to son, and vast Is the capital made out of some of them In the commercial world of today. Particularly, perhaps, Is this the case among the numerous manufacturers of piquant sauces and the countless vend ers of patent medicines. But there Is also. It must be remem bered, another side to the case. Many, alas, are tbe priceless trade secrets buried far down below the moldering dust of the misty past and lost to the world, perchance never again to be re covered. To cite the first example that occurs to tbe mind of tbe writer, for instance; what would a Royal academician of the present day give to be possessed of the secret held by tbe old masters Ra phael. Rubens, Corregglo, Van Dyck and their compeers for mixing their colors so as to render them Imperish able and impervious to tbe rnvuge of time? The red colors especially of these artists of a bygone epoch are every whit ns bright now as tbey were three long centuries ago. On tbe contrary, the colors of pictures paint ed only 100 years ago have lost their luster and are faded and decayed to a deplorable extent Again,' In the world of music, the manufacturers of violins old masters, as one may Justifiably term tbem. In another branch of art treasured a recipe for a varnish that sank Into the wood of their incomparable Instru ments and mellowed it as well as pre served It With such extreme, relentless Jeal ousy, however, did they guard their great secret that It too, Is lost to all appeasnnces, Irretrievably. Rather more than 100 years ago there lived In a quaint, old world vil lage In Wales a working blacksmith who bad managed by some means or other to bring the welding of steel to such a pitch of perfection that the Joint was absolutely invisible and the temper of the steel ns fine as on the dny It left the tester's bands. By his process he wns nble to Join the very finest of sword blades, and after be had finished with them they were ab solutely as good and as sound as wben they hnd left the factory. The blacksmith's fume spread far and wide. and. naturally enough, he at tained a great reputation, but he made a point of invariably working in soli tude. He was offered large and tempt ing sums to divulge his secret but kept it obstinutely to himself, and when his span of life had run its course be took It with him to another world. Tbe ancient Greeks bad a substance which we call Greek fire and which they used In naval warfare. Their method of employing It was simply this to throw the substance upon the surface of the water, where it flamed up and set fire to the ships of the enemy. What was it? The only known substance of the present day that would do this is the metal potassium, but to set Ore to a ship In the manner described would necessitate tbe use of at least half a ton of the metal. Where did the Greeks obtain tbe substance tbey used with such effect? Or how did they make It? If Greek fire was potassium the secret of the process Is another that must be numbered with the lost The mnn who could disinter the burled recipe for Roman mortar would be bowed down to and worshiped by the builders of the present day. How they mado It is a profound secret and bids fair to remain so. The mortar Is as firm now as It was 2,000 years ago. It has calmly scoffed at the ravages of time and weather. The above are but a few-a very few of the lost and burled secrets of antiquity which modern scientists and mechanicians would give much to learn. London Answers. 10c Then 8h Got Mad. "I've never seen the mnn yet" she declared, "who couldn't be made a fool of by a pretty woman." "Urn!" he replied "Of course yon, I tnke It have studied the matter from the standpoint of the Innocent bv stamler "-Philadelphia Ledger. The Party Llns. nnhb.f-Wby didn't you come to the door and let me In? Wlfe-I couldn't (lenrtre Our neighbor wns talking to somebody, nnd I wns at the phone. Clerelniirt I'lnln Dealer. Few thltiir. are Impossible to 3111 gence ami skill. -Hsmnel Johnson Probably many policemen have at heart, little sympathy with the snti-X-Hay dress order. When a bachelor makes up his mind to get married all he has to do is to top dodging. Globe Theatr THE HOUSE OF REFINEMENT Big Labor Day Program The Greater Call 3-Reel Eclair Feature ? The Chinese Laundry Comedy Hy Moyer Cartoon. Mr. Warren R. Jackson Robust Tenor Miss Mable Mansfield Lyric Soprano All This Big Show for 10c Always the Pipe Organ Globe Theatre is.: 10c Etiquette of Today That Held Him. One of the young men In tho board ing house had the double fnult of slow ness In paying his bill nnd fusslness about the tnble service. One imirulng he suld peevishly to the landlady. "Mra Jones, will yon tell me why my napkin Is so damp' "Yes. Mr. Wicks." replied tbe land lady promptly. "It's because there is so much due on your board." Brook lyn Times. Close, "You say he Is stingy?" "Stingy! I should sny be was stingy. Re never tipped a waiter but once In his life, it wns on bis weddltut tour. nd the tightwad gave the waiter 10 cents and asked for a revelpt"-Chl-cngo Tribune. Authorltatlvs. "So you are going to leave your stn dlo?" "Leave? No. Who told you so?" Tour lamllord."-Phllnde1phla Inquirer. Tbe most Important attribute of mnn as a moral being is tbe faculty of self control. Tost yourself before yon start a dis rtission when you're thoroughlv In formed you 11 know it's best to iisten. "A man's wife usually thinks he is perfect." The poor fool who wrote that must have bcea a bachelor. Denies That President Intended It to Be Order for Americans to Leave Mexico at Once. UNITED rSIBS LEABED W1BI. Washington, Sept. 1. The Mexican situation was jpracjticb.lfy iinchrnged ' today. Senator Bacon, chairman, of the Benate foreign relations committee, conferred with Secrotary of State Bry an. Later Senator Bacon issued the following statement: "The president did not intend that his statement on the Mexican situation should bo construed as as an order for Americnn citizens to leave Mexico. Neither should it be construed as a preliminary wnrnig of armed inven tion. It simply meant that fighting between the two factions is likely to become more serious than ever, and he suggested that it would be better for them to leave the country "The president did not menn that this country will not continue to pro tect American citizens in Mexico, or should befall them." UNITED IHESS LEASED WIBE-l Hanover, Sept. 1. President Wilson motored here today from Cornish and played golf at the Dartmouth College links. His opponent was Dr. Grayson. It was learned that the latest dis patches from Mexico are reassuring and that the president is undecided whether to return to Washington tomorrow. TO BEING THEM CLOSES. I UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRS.l Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 1. Speaking at a Labor day picnic at Long Branch, ncrvr here, today, Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson declared that his de partment of the government would be used to bring the worker and tho em ployer into closer relations. He char acterized his department as a "bureau of industrial diplomacy." A WOED ON DEE3S. j By Mrs, Frank Leum The essentials which cnantlmj well-dressed woman are that iheto in proportion to her means, U i J ance with her position and l!t j,: wears what is appropriate to tlx : sion, docs not dress conspicuwlr u, does not adopt exaggerated noteltis, fashion. The well-bred woman avoidi itor ! ness, overtrimniing and refuiestm! anything that is Buggestire of I of modesty. Personal appearand:. I dress are very sure imlicatiotiofth ' acter. The woman or girl who tow merely to gratify vanity, pride, to-;: display, shows what are berehmr istics and aims. A woman who may be nlilt loil:V costly materials ami jewel! im t wear them in the 'morniog or i traveling. There is a happy medium ton. foolish . extravagance and, ami': economy in dress. Economiiiig '& not menn saving in netessirju neat clothes. Exquisite npitin'ii daintiness is every one'i doly.ip bred woman is as careful to h V undergarments as fresh and ant si' gowns or hat For business hours a quiet, lii; dress of good, durable material b sirable. A bnsinesi girl who soi neat, plain dress, bat liri trimmed, well fitting, neat fit and shoes, commands reaped it girl's dress is "loud," her hat nr laden with cheap trimmings, tit p claims herself as inexperienced h t- ways of ths world and not . mental qualities of a high order, t aggorated and conspieuoui iflio tions in hairdrcssing had belt V avoided. Tho best-dressed girls do not n jewelry Cheap imitation jeieM" in poor taste. An important thing is to aniU' use of Bcents. It ia ineicunkk -have any redolence upon the " from sachet, essences or strotg r fumery. 'The faintest whiff of Wirtf tume is all that may be allow A clean, pure skin, kept !' ' daily bathing and the constant soap and water, la an evident ; woman of refinement anil don tho addition of a cent. QUESTION CHARLTON. UNITED MESS LEASED WH1S.1 Lake Como, Italy, Sept. 1. Attorney Mellini, representing the dofenso, and Magistrate Hognon, accompanied by an interpreter, this afternoon began an in termination of Porter Charlton, recent ly returned here from the United States for trial on tho charge of having mur dered his wife, formorly Mary Scott astle of San Francisco. Charlton's trial probably will start in November. TEA VERS PLAYING TODAY. trmiTiD rnsss leased wirs.J Garden City, L. I., Sept 1. With W. J. Travers tho favorite, 145 golfers stnrted hero today in the qualifying round lor th,i national golf championship. TAFT EXPECTS PEACE. UNITED TRESS LKASBU WIKB." Montreal, Sept. 1. Interviewed here today, former President Taft said he aw no reason why tho canal tolls dis pute with England should not be Bet tied amicably. In rural schools in Misouri girls are organized into "piek-and-shovej clubB" under the direction of tho National Congress of Mothers, to aid in the good roans movement. Systematic study in citizenBhip 1b given in the elementary schools of Trance, Denmark and rinland. THE DANCING BOO. By Minna Irrinj. "On with the dRnee, Irt jF h B"-j fined," : A famous pod thnj eirm mind; i And though the earth has longheo' his breast J; The world at last ohoyi ais P7 j hc8t' m His spirit Bpeaki at cabaret ww - In every place where g,hfr w With or without the strains s , sweet, f ' He pairs them off wi ,urt' j eager feet. "On with the dance, let j"? k""' j r . II nne i, , : Is now the slojrsn heard ' dined. , , ' The tango, Texas Tommy, t' f ; One-step and grizzly i't, ' i thev not? y. t The lean, tho fat, the ibiT " j pate. , . :ii i v The short, the tall, ths "" I ... Eyrft,e' whs.! We stand united m 'UD . , For everybody's gottlsj I The daughter of J' ' - roda has been mr " ' patches don't describe there must have been ,