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Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA OETT, KIEn.
JOHN IL KSAU. Pobllslu-r
If we didn't tidTo to v.-tiri: tlirre wouu
be no fun in losflng.
In endeavoring to live tip to its nne
Eephyr, Texas, seems to have sadly
overdone it.
Some of these days the American
f'eoplo will wake up and take hold of
he Black Hand without gloves.
"Free lumber," avers the Omnha
Bee, "seems to have gone by the
board." Yea, Its hark was wrecked.
The famous hunter shot the gnu,
then drew his snickersnee, and with
one swift and lusty stroke cut off tho
creature's g.
But with the silent gun, the man
Who "didn't know it was loaded" will
be more surprised than ever when his
victim falls.
Birmingham. Ala., is to have a fifteen-story
Jail. Evidently the people
Of Birmingham do not approve of un
derground dungeons.
If JImmte Hyde cannot live in that
near Paris he will be more emphat
ically a man without a country than Is
the wandering Castro.
Seaweed is to be converted into en
article of food; considering what soma
people con do with dandelion leaves,
we can believe anything.
The man who kills another through
reckless auto-driving has committed
as serious a crime as though his
weapon were a knife or gun.
Emma Boldman refers to Anthony
Comstock as "an old mummy." An
thony might get a horrible revenge by
calling Emma "an old woman."
Perhaps if Elinor Glyn will try a
beauty specialist before she conies over
again the men of thU country may be
willing to do a little Judicious flirting
with her.
A Chicago Ice dealer loses a ring,
advertise for It, and the finder sends
it back by mall, without claiming a re
ward. And truth scores heavily on
Action again.
A Detroit wnmun mmvm -v.-
ervloa appointment by praying for It.
SnnnxHt- - M a ...
uyiAuoua vi reiorm will now come
forward with a protest against the
religioua test
Wireless telephony was tested with
Mccesa at Paris, the other day, whea
Conversation from the Eiffel tower was
carried on over a distance of thirty
miles. Looks as if it was coming.
Former President Bllot, of Harvard,
is enmplling a set of "best books" for
Collier'a. The New York publishers
are evidently determined that we shall
not be seriously bothered by the prob
lem of disposing of our K-Prealdents.
Secretary Dickinson aays ha has re
ceived instructions from President
Taft to save $20,000,000 In the War
Department during the fiscal year
1911. How would you like to have
the Job of saving 120,000,000 in a
year?
Each succeeding generation Is bet
ter than the last That is why we
do not burn witches nor own slaves.
And we do many things which our
children's children will think crimi
nal and silly. Our youngsters have
every indication of living in a better
Unie than we hava seen.
At the suggestion of the Peruvian
minister at Panama, the President has
ordered that the Pacific mouth of the
canal shall be named for Balboa, the
discoverer of the Pacific. The Atlan
tic entrance Is already named for Co
lumbus. The suggestion was made on
the ground that Peru profited more
than any other country by Balboa's
discovery.
The "prairie-schooner" has long
been only a memory in this country,
Where it played ao prominent a part
In the days of the Western pioneers
but now we hear of it across the wa
fer as a vacation vehicle in which
families go about the country in com
fort and leisure. The Caravan Club,
Whose three hundred members all
own such canvas-covered wagons, re
cently met in London to plan summer
irips. In these days of express trains,
automobiles and airships, , there is
something alluringly restful in the
idea of spending a week or two of
the summer in a pralrle-echooner voy
age among green hills and beside
thaded brooks.
There are signs that a moat useful
djunct of the home and school life
Of the past in America is In danger
Of disappearing. Not so long ago but
that men and women of middle age
Will' remember It, every public school
fcouse had a yard, and so, too, had
every village and suburban home. In
the schoolyard, before the sessions
opened and at recess, a howling mob
played tag and "prisoner's base" and
"Pompey" and baseball and "I spy."
Jn the home yard Tom and Billy and
Ed and Joe gathered frequently in the
afternoons to play "stick knife" on
the grass and under the apple trees,
or make a freezerful of Ice cream, to
which each one contributed something.
No oho denies, of course, that there
are still "yards" of this old fashioned
sort, especially in the smaller villages
and the coup'ry; but the Increase In
population and the consequent ad
vance in the price of land has created
Heir all the large cities suburbs in
which there Is no space for yards.
The same Is true of the school
bouses. The space round them has
frown smaller and smaller, and decor
ative sbruYcery nnd restrictive rules
liave combined to render almost im
possible the hearty, wholesome, hols-
fernilK ritnv In wh1.H 1l nu rt l1na tA
There has, of course, been a great and
wholly admirable Increas in the
number of public playgrounds, but it
is difficult to make them quite take
the place of tho old fashioned yard,
where play could be Indulged In with
out leaving home, and In the case cf
the schoolyard, was enjoyed by UiOpO
who had neither ability nor Inclina
tion to "make tho school team." The
homes and the achoolhouses which
si U posness good yards have some
thing not lightly to be given up or
decorated too finely with plants and
flowers.
The passion of Americans for edu
cntlon Is Illustrated to tho amaze
ment of many foreign observers
among other things by the extraordin
ary activity of tho so-called Chautau
nuns. There is. of course, only one
Chautauqua, hut scores of summer
schools and assemblies havt come to be
known by that name, and all are en
gaged, broadly speaking. In educatlona'
work. Teachers, professional men and
women, clerks and other employes go
to these summer assemblies. Many go
ror recreation and rent primarily, but
Instruction, though soeo'idary, Is In
creasingly growing In Importance even
to these. It li not too much to say
that several "seasons" at these assern
biles result in a liberal education. The
program for Chautauqua, for example,
announce eighty-two lecturers, twelve
renders and sixteen musicians. The
lectures cover religious topics, social
service, health, efficiency, political sci
ence, history and literature and art.
Recitals, concerts, athletics, games are
provided In addition to the didactic
courses. It Is well known that some
of the most famous and popular states
men In the country appear at these
assemblies as speakers or lecturers.
Tho reactionary politicians, who prefer
silence and Ignorance to wide discus
sion, sneer at these things, but while
considerable summer "talk" Is neces
sarily superficial and half-baked, as it
were, on the whole the assemblies
mnko for Intelligence and culture.
They reach tens of thousands of men
nnd women and give them either ideas
or tho Htlmulatlon and intellectual
curiosity which lead to quiet study at
home. To teachers the summer school
are a great boon; to busy men they
afford delightful vacations, with a va
riety of entertainment and agreeable
means of "enlarging the mind" and
keepln In touch with tho world's
thought.
LIFE IN AN ENGLISH BANK.
Nome Iruilur Ilulea Impoavd I'poa
C'lftrka nnd Oilier fcmploye.
Notwithstanding that all valuables
are safely locked away at the end of
the day in Are and burglar proof safes,
to which are attached automatic
alarms which act when locked and un
locked, every bank Is specialty guarded
by at least one watchman; but still
further precaution la taken by the es
tablishment of resident clerka with
whom the guard has instant communi
cation In case of surprise. Should the
watchman fall asleep a tell-tale clock
will show in the morning the length
of his slumber, for it Is his duty to
mark off the pegs on it everr Quarter
of an hour during the night.
Until these night watchmen arrive at
7 o'clock or thereabouts the Juniors,
saya a wrltor In the Pall Mall Maga
Elne, housekeep or keep guard in turn
that is to say, after the bank'a busi
ness la finished for the day they stay
until relieved of ' their watch. The
duty of "housekeeping" la not alto
gether unpopular, for the ambitious
youngster has now the run of the
building, and full of the novelty of the
situation he can see for himself how
things look from "the seats of the
mighty" by occupying tho chairs of his
chiefs for a few brief momenta.
Constantly dealtng with the public, a
bank cashier or "teller" has transac
tions of all kinds the dishonest class
being socially guarded against One
day an Individual daBhed Into a bank
and laid hands (or rather a stick) on
a money bag which was within reach
and disappeared into the fog. His raid
was not entirely successful, for the bag
contained not gold but a pair of chick
ens that the cashier had laid In for his
private consumption.
Many are the rules and regulations
of the various banks, and It is as well
for the youngster to make himself
thoroughly conversant with them from
the beginning. There Is one Institu
tion that allows Its clerks a certain
sura yearly for wearing a whit tie!
another requires the donning of a frock
coat and top hat; still anothor prohib
its their appearing with any hair oa
tho face. Then there Is a house which
has a rule that under no pretext must
a clork take any notice of Its partners
In the street.
One old house has what la called a
"black book" for the recording of mis
takes, and a man's name appearing it
this means that the offender has the
doubtful honor of looking for his col
league's errors. Others again prevent
their employes from marrying until
they reach a certain specified salary.
Rome of the more modern Institution
require a man to be of a certain size.
For this last rale it Is difficult to And
any other reason than tlmt big, well
fed clerks give an air of prosperity to
the concern.
THE FLIBT.
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Another victim
If ll .! tfaa Amu.
Madge 12(Jlth Is surely not going to
marry that living skeleton of a man.
He's nothing but skin and bones.
Tess Why not! He'll make her a
rattling husband. Boitou Transcript
if ill
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IS GOVERNMENT KECESSAEY
liy
The governmental order of things Is a tern
iiornrv ami certalnlv not n ticrnptnnl f,.m.
tt IK An1 If, .tt oa iha
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Is not stationary but continually changes,
move on and perfects It t elf, io tbe life of
all manklld Is unceasingly changing, mov
ing on Oiid perfecting iUelf. As each Indi
vidual once played with toy, learned the
lemons, worked, rot married, brought uu
i.nt.u.tu, b"'i n uu ne, nu iiiq jjio ui na
tions also changes and perfects itself, only not like an
Individual, In a few years, but lu the course of cen
turies and. ages. And as for man the chief changes oc
cur in tie Invisible, spiritual sphere of his religious
consciousness.
People who, owing to the existence of government
organizations, have advantageous petitions, picture to
thcinselves the life of people deprived of governmental
authority as a wild disorder, a struggle of all against
all, just as If we were speaking, not of the life of ani
mals, for animals live peacefully, without governmental
violence, but of some terrible creatures prompted In
their activity solely by hatred and madness. But the?
Imagine men to ba such merely becMise they attribute
to them qualities contrary to human nature, but which
have been perverted by that same government organiza
tion under which tbey themselves bare grown up, and
which In spite of the fact that It is evidently unneces
sary and merely harmful they continue to uphold.
And, therefore, to the question, What would life be
without government? there would bo but one answer
namely: that there would certainly no be all the evil
which is created by government. There would not be
property in land, there would be no taxes spent on
things unnecessary for the people; there would not be
the separation of the nations, the enslavement of some
by others; there would not be the waste of the people's
best powers in preparations for wars; there would not
be the fear of bombs on tb one side and of gallows on
the other; there would not be the insane luxury of
some and the still mora insane destitution of others.
WHAT IS THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS?
Dy Sidney Dark.
The wise man discovers exactly what he
needs to be happy nnd endeavors persistently
to acquire the essentials.
The unhappy man Is a dull man, and the
dull man Is the man without a soul. That
is the truth, and the whole truth. The dull
man eats and drinks and works and sleeps
and grumbles and sniggers and Is Just a rate
payer. Most of us have to do all these things.
We have to be ratepayers. The horror comes when we
ire Just ratepayersand nothing more.
The dull man nevor laughs at himself, never plays
the fool, never Iobss his head never dreams. A street
Is a street to hiro, not tho scene of daily and Innumer
able dramas. A child is a child, not a bewildering
conundrum. !!) believes tho evidence of his eyes (he
actually boaata of it), and fancies that things really
are as he seea them. There is no conceivable error so
utterly false, no heresy so mischievous.
Dullness means a lack of Imagination, and without
Imagination life and happiness are both Impossible.
Religion and art, from one point of view, share the
aame mission. They bring to man the sense of amaze
ment They teach us that tho world is a wonderful
BONO.
Olve me back my hrt, fair chtld;
To you as yet 'twero worth but lit
tle; Hal beguller, half beguiled.
He you warned, your own is brittle.
I know it by your redd'nlng cheeks,
I know tt by those two Muck streaks
Arching up your pearly brows
In a momontory luughtnr.
Stretched in long find dark repose
. With a sigh the moment arte.
"Hid it! dropt it on 1h moors!
Lost It and you m not find
My own heurt I wunt not yours;
You have bound and must unbind It
Set it free, thn. from your net
.We will love, aMreet but not yet!
Fling It from you; we are ntroog;
Love Is trouble, love la folly;
Love, that niake an old heart young,
Makes a young heart melancholy.
Aubrey De Vera.
OTHER PEOPLE'S IDEAS
On the morning after her niece's
wedding Miss Kltteredge put on her
rubbers and walked over to odd a few
finishing touches to the daintily fur
nished apartment in Indiana avenue,
which was awaiting the return of the
happy pair from their bridal trip.
She was surprised, on entering, to
find the groom's Uncle Horace survey
ing the place with evident satisfaction.
There was, however, nothing strange
about this, for it wa well understood,
In both famlllos, that it was due to
Uncle Horace's liberality that Robert
Rnd Dorothy were beginning life with
two sets of draperies at every window
and real Circassian walnut furniture
in the reception room.
"Pretty complete outfit, etiT he
observed.
"Oh, it'a perfoctJy beautiful." re
plied Miss Kltteredge. "Nono of the
others have had anything bo fine. You
see," she explained. "Dorothy, Is the
fourth one of my iireoee to be marriod
and I've helped each one of 'em to fix
up her home."
"I've noticed that you were doing
your full share toward fixing up this
one," said Robert's Uncle Horace. "Did
they turn all the hard Jolts over to
you?"
"Old-maid aunts come in handy at
weddings," said Miss Kltteredge. "But
I've lnjoyed it, even though I did get
tired."
"Better sit down and rest a while,"
suggested Robert's Uncle Horace.
"These things," Indicating by a ges
ture the furniture of the reception
room, "don't look as though they were
mude to sit ou. I suppose, though, that
they're the proper caper."
"Yes," she replied. "Dorothy says
they're excellent examples of the Btyle
of Louis something I can't pro
nounce it and that the lines are ex
tremely good. If you know what that
nseuns!"
"I don't," he said. "But I think I'd
prefer the lines of these big luuther
chairs In the den."
He settled his portly frame In one
of them and Miss Kltteredge perched
TO KAN!
Count Leo Tolstoi.
Ufa .f nn I ti 4 1 ,1 n
educated IndlaDS, accelerating the process.
The day has arrived in the history of Hlndoostan
when the aspirations of the most intelligent of its na
tives have reached a point where they are utterly Intol
erant of foreign dependence and guidance. To use a
phrase of the times, the Indian wants to be "the whole
show." This attitude Is fast becoming volcanic In tend
ency, and this bodes no good to the Englishman in
India.
T'uo example and the Inspiration of America has been
of the greatest help to the Hindoo. On account of its
old-time isolation India, notwithstanding Its size and
undoubted strength, was practically helpless. But to
the klowledge of Occidental literature has been added
the knowledge of Occidental literature has been added
the Occident. There are many Hindoos In the United
Btates at present, and they have learned something of
Western resourcefulness, not only in education but in
politics. They have taken or sent some of this knowl
edge home. When the awakening Is complete England's
grasp will be loosened.
Two hundred thousand Englishmen domineer over
321,000,000 natives, and the day will not dawn tomor
row when England letB the Indiana have complete
charge of their foreign and military affairs. Recently
Lord RIpon, a former Viceroy of India, said: "It is
impossible to place the military affairs of India under
the control of the people of India. We, and we alono,
must decide how many troops It Is neoessary to main
tain there and w hat money is needed to keep that force
in efficiency."
F.ngland's interests in India clash with those of the
natives of the land.- When the teeming millions of
In 11a awake to realize what Is best for them the Eng
lishman will become absolutely incapable of holding
India.
herself flutterlngly on the edge of the
couch.
"I mustn't sit but a minute," she
said.. "I promised Dorothy thnt I'd
arrange the things in her kitchen cup
boards. It's funny," she continued,
reminiscently, "what different Ideas
people have about fixing up houses.
Now, when Emma, ray oldest niece,
was married, she was crazy to have
everything oriental. There was a big
Japanese umbrella hung from the cell
ing and things embroidered with
scratchy gold thread and big vases
with dragons on 'em and little bamboo
tables scattered around till you
couldn't walk through the rooms.
"Margery was tlie next one and she
was wild over mission furniture and
fuzzy Navajo rugs and Indian pottery
with queer black figures on It
"But Clarice, her Bister, always de
clared that mission furniture was "pos
itively brutal and when she set up
housekeeping she went in for the co
lonial style mahogany bedsteads with
pineapple poBts and an old spinning
wheel in the parlor, you know.
"And now Dorothy's trying to make
her parlor look like the palace of some
wicked old French king!"
Robert's Uncle Horace laughed a
big, noisy, hearty laugh. "You've had
considerable experience fixing up
" 1 :tU-
"what woi:ld bk yoch iuf.a?"
houses according to other people's
ideas," he said.
Miss Kltteredge sighed gently. "Of
course," Bhe said. "I don't have any
time for housekeeping. I make dress
esgowns, 1 mean when I'm at home
and I Just board; but sometimes. JUBt
to pass the time, I picture to myself
the kind of a house I'd fix up If I was
doing it."
"What would be your idea?" he ask
ed, regarding her with Interest.
"Well, In the first place," she de
clared, "I wouldn't bother ao nuch
about having things match and har
monize, because I think It makes a
better variety If they don't. And the
things In this place," elie continued,
"are kind of dull and fady, don't you
think I'd have brighter colora and
more varnish. I'd huve a carpet with
big red roses in It and a fancy mantel
1 villi -v
I at n lip m .
If
fairy palace, the palace of hourly miracles. Then we
discover that we ourselves are most amazing creatures.
The dull man is not interested in himself, has no self
love. I am certain that no man can love hi nelghlor
unless he has learned to love himself. From ourpolvea
we discover humanity.
I know a nun who Is happy dreaming of the rrlorle
of a wonderful gray wonder-world. I know a Salva
tionist who Is happy because he Is a son of (Jod. I
know a cheeerful, roysterlng, often penniless, writer
who Is happy because to him all men are good fellows
and all women adorable. The happy Socialist dreams
of the brotherhood of men; the eantankuroua Socially
yearns to interfere with his fellows.
It often happens that the men who stimulate Imag
ination and encourage our dreams themselves fail to
attain happiness. They stand on the mountain and
point out tbe way, but they themselves never reach
the land of delight They are, however, the grcit men,
and you and f are the common wayfarers. Their wn;- is
not ouf way, and it may be that their sorrow is more
precMus than our Joy.
ENGLAND DESTINED TO LOSS OF INDIA.
By Saint Nlhal Singh.
It Is not hard to understand the reason
why the Britisher la destined to lose India,
no matter what concessions he may make to
the Indian. The minute the Englishman in
troduced the Indian to the literature of the
Occident a grave began to be automatically
dug for him. This grave digging has been go
ing on for at least fifty years. Each suc
ceeding year has given a new Impetus to the
with lots of little places to Bet knlck
Knacks on and a cuckoo clock. I'm
afraid," she admitted, "that It wouldn't
oe a bit artistic, but I'm sure It would
i ..
ue cozy.
"That sounds good to me." remark
ed Uncle Horace, as she paused for
breath. "I've boarded a good deal, too.
u s rourteen years oince my wife died.
Alias Kltteredgn Jumped up. Even
In her youth she had never been the
kind or woman who rogaiUs every sin
gle man she maU as a possible hus
band; and for many years she hud felt
only a second-hand interest in matri
mony. Sho had qu'e forgotten that
uoromy s new uncle was a widower'
What must he think of her, chattering
to mm like thUT Positively conflden
tial with a man she had never seen
until threo weoks ago!
"I must get at those kitchen cup
boards." tiho dorfared.
'Don't be la a hurry," said Uncie
Horace. "Let Bob and Dorothy fix
their own cupboards! I want to tnllr
to you. That houae you were describ
ing is exactly what rve been wanting
an tuese years, only I didn't know It!
And you are exactly the kind of a
woman I want "
But Miss Kltteredge had fled to hide
her old-maidenly blushes in the kitch
en Sho wasn't ready to listen to any
more not Just yot! Chicago News.
nilmt lrf Trlkat to Ilorers.
There Is no more touching or sin
cere personal trttmte than that paid
by Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb and
blind younsj woman, on the memory of
Henry H. Rogwa, who had taken a
great Interest In and largely paid for
her education. Mlse Keller writes In
part:
In the death of H. H. Rogers I have
loRt a dear friend. The protest of my
heart against the thought of losing
him makes me renllxe how much I
loved him. I shall not try now to ex
press my gratitude, for I think that
Mr. Rogers shrank from expreosions of
gratitude. Mr. Rogers was always re
sponsive, always sympathetic. He was
always doing little kindnesses quietly
and unnoticed. If I neaded books, he
ordered them. If I admired n flower
or a plant, he sent rt to me. Ho had
the Imagination, the vision and the
heart of a great man, and I count it
one of the most precious privileges of
my life to have had him for my friend.
The memory of his friendship will
grow sweeter and brighter each year
until he takes my hand again and we
gather roses together In the gardens
of paradise.
Should Take 1IU M-dWlne.
"A feller shouldn't stand In the mid
dle of the street to talk pessimism,"
declared the Plunkvllle philosopher.
"Why not?"
"Fust he Bays life alu't worth liv
ing, and then Jumps when he' hears au
automobile honk." Washington
Times.
Kaaenllala of Oratory.
"I have my simech nearly com
pleted." "I suppose you have marshaled your
arguments In serried rucks?"
"No; I haven't taken up that part
of it. But I have selected mjr anec
dotes." Washington Star.
HE primitive town with
place where men could
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of defense or offense ond where Ihcy could exchange the prod
ucts of their labor for such things as their neighbor could
offer them, was os lacking in design as are the heterogeneous
mixtures, the gigantic conglomerate prowths, the great cities
which modern architects are now planning to reduce to order
and beauty. In a certain sense, the general meeting place was the civic
center, and the early roads would r.nturally lend to it. When the people
fixed their homes near this meeting place nnd stayed there for any length
of time, the fenr of wandering and hostile tribes led to the digging of a
ditch or the raising of a wail, which In later centuries made way for en
circling boulevards, as did the walls of Paris. In this primitive town is
found the germ, the nucleus of the modern city.
As people Increased both in numbers and in knowledge, tho oenters of
population also increased both In number and in size, writes II. B. Chamber
lain. Whatever charm and plcturesqueness they possessed were accidtnts of
growth and not the result of artistic plan or design. The picturesque charm
of many of the older cities was nnd is in many Instances In direct contra
diction of the modem spirit of city development which rests its being on
the principle that beauty In a city is dependent on sfrur.ture, not adorn
ment. The underlying principle of structural beauty in cities Is utility,
though the utilitarianism is of the highest order, comprehending cleanliness,
order, sanitation, comfort, convenience, health, mmllght, air, spaciousness
and various other things sadly needed In the oldr and, it must be admitted,
in some of the newer cities.
The desire for better design In cities 5s in the air, and has been for
at least the last dozen years. Perhaps the Columbian exposition, showing
what harmony and beauty resulted from plan nud design, awakened the
thought that If a temporary, ephemeral group of buildings could be made
so beautiful, why could not art be applied to the designing of more perma
nent groups? At any rate, many American cities li.ne at least discussed
tho possibility of Improvement.
The aroused Interest In designs for cities expresses Itself In varloua
ways in the different cities. In Chicago the necessity for a connection be
tween the North nnd South slues led to consideration of the method in
which it shall be accomplished. Various organizations have expressed their
opinions as.to what should and what may be done for the Ideal plan, as
has been demonstrated elsewhere, is not always vWthin the realms of the
tmmedlately possible. Chief and best aniens the plans as yet advanced la
that worked out by the Commc-rial Club, which is contributing generously
both In money and the time of its Individual members to a plan for a more
beautiful Chicago. '
In St. Paul the building of a new capltol which needed adequate and
pleasing avenues of approach led to the appointment by the City Council of
a committee to consider what should be done to provide Rucj, approaches.
This committee Issued a report adorned with drawing, maps, photographs
and views of other city buildings. Its text was devoted to the specific prob
lem nnd recommended three approaches, to cost about $2,000,000.
In Boston a committee on municipal Improvements of the Boston So
ciety of Architects, financially supported by seven organisations and acting
Independently of the city government, brought in a report suggesting how
certain gaps In the city plan could be filled.
In St. Louis public-spirited citizens appointed a committee to consider
a city plan. This committee outlined points to be considered. The final
plan covered improvements Involving the expenditure of millions of dollars.
These three reports of Boston, St. Louis and St. Paul oddly enough appeared
on the same day. In New York the present Mayor, under instructions from
the Board of Aldermen, appointed a city lroroveunt commission. So far
as actual achievement goes, little has been done. Even San Francisco,
though it had the Burnham plan in Its possession at the time of the earth
quake, has yielded to the exigencies of the present and done little toward
realizing that architect's dream of beauty.
The park movement, too, seemed slow In embodiment. Yet almost every
city is the better for it So with city plans and designs now being brought
forth. Even Rome, with Nero to command, was not rebuilt in a day.
SOME MARRIED MEDITATIONS.
By Clarence L. Cullen.
You'll never get more than one view
of the face of the woman who has but
one cheek dimple.
Ever notice the constrained smile
of the woman whose upper front mo
lars are all pivot teeth.
Some women's idea of facing adver
sity Is to pay 19 cents for the hair
nets that they formerly paid two bits
for.
When she sees a woman friend bear
band's going to law Is that it affords
plucks you by the sleeve and says:
"our attorney."
A woman considers it sacrilegious
to visit a cemetery without crying a
little, even If nobody she ever knew
is burled there.
What she chiefly likes about the
forgiving business Is that usually
you're moved to buy her something
for forgiving you.
What some women like most about
settlement work Is that it gives them
a chance to look sad and sweet when
they talk about It.
When a woman wanta to deprecate
another woman's attire she puts it
something like this: "Your little
dress Is quite nice. This year's?"
It isn't meant at all, but Is pure
bamboozling bunk, when she exclaims,
"My, how grand and strong you are!"
after you've helped her from fhe sad
dle or some other elevated perch.
Have you noticed how her eyea be
came suffused with a dreamy wlstful
ness when she's reading about the di
vorce figuraute who says she never
wears the same $300 gown twice?
Ever notice the patronizing hauteur
of the woman with the corsage bou
quet of orchids when she espies an
other woman with the corsage bou
quet of mere carnations or Jacquieml
not roses?
It's queer why a woman with a
14x20 back yard, containing a tired
looking rose bush and a few holly
hocks, should Imagine that she needa
garden shears, gardening gloves aad
a sunhonnet.
When a woman wants to Intimate
that the Just-taken photogruph of a
sister-woman Is a flattering one, she
puts It something like this: "Um
ye-es, it Is quite pleasing but rather
unduly idealized, don't you think, my
dear?"
The woman who declares tie folks
that her husband, during all of the
twenty years of their married life,
"never has said one cross word to
her," may be set down without further
Investigation, as a charter member of
the Sapphlra club.
Men can build bridges, fight battles,
tame bucking broncos, and all that
sort of fluff, but they can't gulp four
glasses of chocolate Ice cream soda
and then sit down, hungry, to dinner.
Votes for Women!
When he sees a woman friend bear
ing down In a big touring car she
plucks you by the sleeve and says:
"Don't let the conceited thing see that
you've noticed her. She'i swelled up
enough as It Is." ,
its tree or hill as a central meeting,
gather to discuss their common needa
HOW A CAT ALIGHTS.
Important l'nrt Iln-ed In Falling
b- tbe Animal's Tall.
An ingenious model has been con
structed to show why a cat, In falling,
always alights on Its feet. The Imita
tion cat consists of a cardboard cylin
der, with four rods stuck In It for legs,
and a tall devised on similar princi
ples; and the object Is to show that a
cat's faculty of falling on its feet de
pends 'on the rotation of Its tall.
Some interesting informationon this
problem is given by the superintend
ent of a zoological garden, who has
made several experiments, says T. P.'s
Weekly, London. The faculty of al
ways falling on the feet Is one which
Is especially developed, he claims, by
climbing and leaping animals, in
which category are Included all the cat
tribe, monkeys, squirrels, rats and
most lemurs. The instinct Is born In
them and the act of twisting is per
formed wlthont any conscious effort on
the part of tlie animal.
The opinion is that the tail plays an
important part in the turning process.
"All tree-inhabiting monkeys have long
tails," said this authority, "and there
is not the slightest doubt that .the tall
is of the greatest possible advantage to
all climbers in helping them to turn.
It also acts as a good balancer. You
may see a squirrel walk along a tight
ly stretched wire or string swinging
Its tall from side to side, Just as a
tight-rope walker balances his pole.
"Some years ago I had some rats
whose tails had been cut off, and they
were not such good cllmber3 as ordi
nary rats. And it is Just the same
with monkeys; thone which have not
long tails are not so good at climbing
and cannot leap to the same extent, it
is noticeable that monkeys which have
given up climbing trees have lost their
tails."
nich Without Money.
If one is too large to be measured
by the dollar mark, or to be Inclosed
In bis estate; if the wealth of his per
sonality hRS overflowed until all his
neighbors feel richer for his life and
example; if every foot of land In his
community is worth more because he
lives there; then the loss of his prop
erty cannot materially shrink his In
ventory. If you have learned to be rich with
out money; If you have, by tho culti
vation of your mental powers, gather
ed to yourself a treasure of indestruc
tible wealth; if. like the bee, you have
learned the secret of extracting honey
from tho thistle as well as from the
rose, you will look upon your losses a
a mere incident, not so very Import
ant to tho larger and fuller life.
It gives a seiue of immense satis
faction to think that there Is some
thing within us greater than the
wealth we acquire or our material
pursuits; that there is something
aoout us better than our career, bet
ter than living-getting, money-getting,
fame-getting; that there Is something
which will survive the fire, the flood.
or tbe tornado which sweeps away our
property, which will survive detrac
tion, persecution, calumny; something
that will outlast even the dissolutinn
of the body iutlf. That Is, nobility of
rnaracter. the sweetness and light
which have helped people, which have
made the world a little better place
to live In. Success Magazine,