s The Marriage Vow WHY SOME WOMEN AVOID CUPID BY MISS DORA Many women will not imm-y be cause they prefer to keep tlu-ir indi viduality ns they cannot If they wed. They do not care to change their en tire scheme of living to suit some man. They are selllhh? Perhaps, but at least they make no one else the victim of their fault. The law in uiauy states so discrim inates against woman that it Is an argument against marrying to those w ho know anything about it. The man, generous fellow, says at his wedding, "with all my worldly goods 1 thee endow," and the wife who believes it finds to her surprise that so far from being the recipient of all his worldly goods he owns even the garments she wears. The woman who sees her, as sistant's sulary drawn by the worth less husband with whom she will not live, but who can live cm her earn ings, is not likely to think well of a condition which permits the injustice; she who reads of a child w illed away from its mother for no better reason than the malice of an angry husband Is likely to deliberate a little, for if nature teaches anything or proves anything, it is that tho child is the mother's. When the law gives chil dren to their mothers It w ill do much to make women wish to marry and to become mothers. It may seem doubt ful If these points In tho law would keep any woman from marrying, but they have. It Is true that woman loves her freedom, perhaps the more that it is so new to her. She realizes ai no man can the blessings which have been his for ages to work as he will and climb where daring leads, and she long3 to work, too, and to climb, to make herself something to the big world. Sho loveB the possibility of this power so well that she will not resign it for an unworthy claimant. The man who turns an earnest woman from the delights of congenial work and independence must be a man whom she loves moro than she does herself. No Imitation man attracts her, for she counts the cost before she owns hlra "lord and master," and ln! spite of all the talk about the In dependent woman and how sho has changed from tho "clinging vino" va riety she is like her of all bygono days in that she never does love until her heart tells her hero is he who Is lord over her. Women have so long been forgiving MATRIMONIAL BY MRS. VIRGINIA All the sentiment In the world does not mask the fact that marriage is a contract Nor does the marriage state lose one lota of its solemnity and beauty by be ing a business contract instead of a mere gilden thread of very fragile and fraglble love vows. For only by following out the con tract Idea and the partnership clause therein implied can marital happiness be made certain and permanent. Sentiment In married life Is very beautiful. Without it such life Is like song-words without music. Hut when sentiment Ignores businesslike man agement of domestic life it lapses from sentiment (which, is the essence of love) Into sentimentality (whose first letter Is Its only connecting bond with "sanity")! True marriage should be a Joint partnership in which "the party of the first part" and "the party of the sec ond part" should (as In regular busi ness firms) bo permitted to do as he or she pleases, allowing to the other member of the firm the same priv ilege; so long as neither does any- (, thing to endanger that firm's strength " " and integrity. Two men who enter business part nership do not quarrel daily as to which shall rule. There is no quoa ' tion of superiority or mnstery. There . Is equality, and the harmony that nothing but equality can bring. Nag ging, too, is a conspicuously absent quantity in the equation. Were two men to plunge into endless disputes as to which was really the ruler, and were they to seek to win each point by. nagging, such a firm might, with rare good luck, endure for "one con secutive day." Yet husband and wife who resort to the same unpleasant tactics are ex pected to remain ns one until "death them do part." If two people truly love each other mera difference of opinion on a few er on many subjects is no bar to hap piness. The little differences of opin ion amount to no real difference, and sjrtln a tactful band at the helm It Is aajr to ateer around the rocks. These are, after all, usually nothing or formidable than pebble. ' It It bard to understand w hy the y fathers did not enlarge the list tereo deadly sins to eight, In order Include nagging. Perhaps because esample of Samson's fall through iacb Barring was then so much Ether In people's minds as to render leparate warning on the subject a necessary than now. It Is a sin tjlat brings Its own punishment. Note Kipling's warning to his conn; ry men, tockJ X I MAY MORRELL to man's infidelities that It may be surprising to be told that they have kept women from marrying, yet the statement is true. There are women who have what is called instinctive virtue and who have no comprehen sion and can have none of the average man's point of view. To such a one it is monstrous that a man can be un true to her before marriage ns after. She knows no nason why he more than he should seek illicit pleasures. There are always in womanly women two motives in marriage) strong within them, and it Is often an actual pain to act counter to them. First of all Is. the dt'Hirc for children. After a woman has reached 30, unless she is a shallow creature she regrets that she does not know motherhood. A French woman once snld to the writer: "Of course, marriage is a necessary evil. Women don't expect to be happy with their husbands, but then there are the children, and one lives again in them, and has joy even with the sorrow of years;" and the woman who Is childless loses all this, her birthright. Then nnother inducement to the self supporting woman toward matri mony is the desire to belong to some body. It Is not. that she wants a home of her own she has It as the fruit of her labors and tho Independence for .w hich she pays the price; It Is not even for the sake of man's society. These two Influences within woman kind light for man, and either or both is often stronger than her pleasure in her work, her love of Independence, and all the reasons combined which keep her single. Then weigh the bal ance yet more with a man whom she admires, honors and loves, and there is but one. reason why woman does notmarry she can not. Therefore, If man wishes the data concerning matrimony and educated women to change he has simply to make him self, the man whom a woman or mind, heart and character will desire, and surely jtjs i better to be chosen as a fine type 6r higher' manhood than as the payer of'tlUs'. The man, not his money, is the compliment such a woman pays him when she ceases to be the woman who does not wish to marry. Let there be more men of that stamp and the woman will be un known who does not wish to marry. (CVpyritflit, liy Joseph II. Uiwl'S.) PARTNERSHIP VAN DE WATER who are prone to nag and worry the Hindu: For tlm Christian riles And tlie Aryan smiles, Ami It wearetri tha Christ Inn dnwn. Far more doth It wear down both nagger" and naggee in the married 'firm." Another rock whereon many a good ly marital nartnershin has come to grief Is the subject of money. 1 truly believe that tho greatest drawback to married happiness between nersona who love and trust each other is lack of money. There is still another phase of mar ried life wherein wife and husband might profitably take a lesson from business men: When two men have formed a partnership neither inquires into such details of the other's past as the latter would fain lenve buried. Nor does either seek to regulate the personal actions of the other. It is in like manner a great mistake, I think, for a woman to insist on knowing just where her husband hns been, w hy he did not reach homo at a certain hour and what acquaintance ships he has formed. I think a hus band should allow his wife In all things (so far aft her sex will permit) the same liberty of action he expects her to allow him. If he spends money foolishly, has clubs and other recrea tions, he should allow her to have her clubs, friends, teas, etc., and should permit her to sjiend money for any feminine equivalent of the liquor or tobacco on which his own surplus pocket money is wasted. I do not believe that If the average woman saw her husband was willing for her to have the same liberty ns he himself demands, she would, ns a rule, complain or scold as often as she does under other conditions. If a woman Insists on being unreasonable and on complaining when the husband who gives her her own way takes his way In return she must expect that ho will do as he pleases and not tell her. That Is the Invariable result of fault finding and criticism. (Copyright, by Jowph B. Bowles.) Hat 22 Children in 27 Yeara. fikowhegan, Me. Announcement has been made that a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickey of Canaan, which Is the twenty-second child born to them In 2" years. Mrs. Dickey wan married when she was H years of age, and Mr. Dickey was only a few years her senior. V Main Things in a City. Among the main things In a city are those connected with the waterworks NEW AMD INTERESTING GAME Pennsylvania Man Invent Paatime That It Highly Entertaining Bounce Ballt. A rennsTlvHiiln man has recently Invented a new and interesting game Which will doubtless afford much en tertainment to botli old and young. The game consists of a table with an inclined bed and compartments at the upper cud. Above this is a back piece to which a series of pockets are hung, each pocket having a different number. Screens project from tho aid ee and over the top. The object of Highest Score Wint. the fame Is to. bounce halls on the bed of the table and into the pockets, the..fiim, of course, being to get Into the pockets w ith the highest numbers, as the highest score wins. Hslls that miss the pockets and roll back to the foot of (lie table may be replayed, but those that go into the center compart ments cost the player a forfeit. When proficiency in the game is acquired It may be varied by making a certain odd score the winning score, lo reach which it will he necessary to ilirre. the balls with accuracy into the exac! pockets required. WONDERMENT GAME AMUSING If Players Are Skillful There It No ' Need for Trick to Be Discovered. It Is necessary that only two of the party should have a knowledge of this game, and then real "wonderment" Is sure to be the result. The two players agree that a certain word shall be regurded as a signal word. As nn illustration, imagine this word to be "and." One of the players asserts his be lief that he Is gifted with second sight, and states that he is able, through a closed door, lo name any article touched by any person in sym pathy with him, notwithstanding thnt the same person may attempt to mystify him by mentioning a lot of other articles. He then chooses his confederate as being one with whom he may be In sympathy, and goes out side. The plsyer In tho room then pro ceeds to call out, perhaps as follows: Table, hearthrug, piano, footstool and chair, lamp, Inkstand. He then places his hand on the back of a chair and asks: "What am I touching now?" The answer will, of course be "chair," because the signal word "and" came immediately before that article. If the players are skillful there is no need for the trick to be discov ered. Truth is the root, hut human svra pathy Is the flower of practical life. Piatt. Plenty of Blrdt. If. we allow six Inches, the measure of the English sparrow of our streets, to be the average length of a migra tory bird, then, this mighty host. If we could arrange Its restless, flitting members in a quiet, orderly manner, like soldiers on parade, would make a line t,ti!)0,!iO: miles long. This earth is much too small for such a line. We might arrange our birds in 326 lines ntid each one would extend from the north pole to the south pole along the whole length of North and South . America. If we arranged the birds at, Hie Equator they would circle theVohe lt;:i times. ' Net Ball. This is a sort, of tennis, but the jackets are replaced hy net pockets stretched on two sticks with elastic and fastened to two slicks across the ends. Two players stand at a good distance away from each other, and, drawing the sticks suddenly apart, the ball, which Is In the pocket. Is tossed forward over the net. Points are counted as In tennis, but the ball must never tmich the ground. It must al ways W caught on the fly. (Holland's Famous Bird. The stork is treated with great and lingular respect in the Netherlands. These strange birds may be seen here and there, almost everywhere In the south, but I do not remember see ing any in the north. The house se eded by the stork for a nesting place considered fortunate, and very ape :1a! facilities are provided by the louseholders to enable It to build a lest comfortably. At The Hague nat y of thine birds are maintained tt i iiMlc txpecse. ibe first that I RIDING SONG. 1 f!nllii-ii-Trnt ! tinllop-n-Trot! Here wr go rlrtlliK iiwhv. Gxl lni-H-Trut ! ( Inllop-u-Trnt ! 1M ' Wlmt n nice, mime to iihiy! Wee Willie Winkle. In rompers of Mile, Cn I'M Pantile Cray takes a rlile: I'll l'ie tn huve stirh n tine Imr.xe wouldn't .vim'.' Ar.l siw h . itn-ttv Miip rompers beside. Giilli.i a-'I'rot! I inllop-n-Trot ! Oft tn n country so Krand! CSul lop-a -Trnl! (inllop-H-Trot! A i Mini; to sttn l lliiliy Intnl. - MnrK'irrt J. Mays. AMUSING GAME "LA FUNDA" New Pastime Taket Parit by Storm, and Will Undoubtedly Spread to Other Countries The resurrection of the ancient game of dlabolo occurred In Tai ls and spread Hll over the world, being ex ceedingly popular for a couple of sea- New Ball-Tossing Game. sons. A new game known as La Funda has now taken Paris by storm, acd In all probability It will spread tu other countries as did dlabolo, says Popular Mechanics. It consists ot throwing a ball with the net shown In the illustration and catching it as it comes down. The ball can he thrown to a considerable height and to catch it as it falls the player must be very expert. A Lost Opportunity. Small boys are not always as sym pathetic as their relatives wish, says tho Youth's Companion, but, on the other hand, they tire seldom as heart less as they sometimes appear, ' Why are you crying so. Tommy?" Inquired one of the boy's aunts, who found her small nephew seated on the doorstep lifting up his voice !n loud wails. "The b-baby fell ddownstalrs!" blubbered Tommy. Oh, that's too bad." said the aunt, stepping over him and opening the door. "I do hope the little dear wasn't much hurt!" S she's only hurt a little!" wailed Tommy. "H-but Dorothy s-saw her fall, while I'd gone to the g-grocery! I never s-see anything!" He Was Yiddish. Mosie was n typnoid convalescent. He had been in the hospital seven weeks, but in all that time no one had succeeded in winning even tho faintest smile from tho little fellow, says Everybody's Magazine. Perhaps the sorrows of Russia were still too viid a memory. And then one day the nurse tickled hint playfully under the chin, lie looked up wll.li a pitiful little smile. -Oh, so you're ticklish," said the mum', laughing. ' No, tna'aiti." Iip replied, the smile In.-tantly vanishing, "I'm Yiddish." The Minister's Cat. This game is very similar to that of "I love my love." Kaeh of the play ers must describe the minister' cat, going right through the alphabet to dn so. "The minister's cat Is an angry cat," says one: "an anxious cat," bmvs another, und so 5Ti until everyone has used an adjective beginning with "a." Then they take the "hs." "The min 1st it's cat is a big cat," and so on. The leader of the game must see thai no one hctitates for a word. It anyone should take longer than a hall minute he must pay a forfeit. saw wa from a window of the railway train as we were crossing the "Hoi landsdiep," when a chimney-toy came into view on which were two of the long-legged creatures, preening them sehes, their nest, an unsightly bun die of sticks and straws, littering the housetop. The Chautauquan. But Every One Makes Them. Cheerful Ass (Inspecting photo graphs In room of casual acquaintance)- That's a good looking girl. Not your tlsttr, is she? Yale Record. urn "'. i ,'.iWJ"li PAINT FAULTS. It U a common occurrence nowa days to hear a man remark with dis gust: lt is impossible to have good painting dotio these days; either the paint Is not good or there are no good pnintcis." Tills, however, Is not true. There Is good paint, and there are good painters, lint tho question is, bringing them together. One cannot expect a satisfactory painting Job without pure white lead. There Is a way to make sure you are getting pure whlto lead without test ing It. Soo that the keg bears Na tional Lead Company's famous Dutch Boy Painter trademark, which Is a positive guarantee of purity. However, anyone can test white lead. National Lead Company, 1902 Trinity llldg., New York City, will send you a lend tester and painter's outfit, consisting of book of color schemes, specifica tions, etc., upon request. Puzzle for the Girls. Every Instructor at Chautauqua Is required to till out -a paper answer ing ft number of necessary and un necessary questions. One year there was a remarkably handsome mule member of the faculty In whom all the girl students wero much Interest ed. "Is he married or uniiiun ltl?" became an all-absorbing question. Flnnlly Borne of them had the courage to approach tho college secretary and ask if the files might be looked over. And there the handsome professor, an ttclpatlug some such investigation had recorded his matrimonial pretensions ns follows: "Married or sltitlo? Yes." Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory If tho right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stlffnsss, it is usually neces sary to use so much starch that tho beauty and fineness of tho fabric Is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects tho wear ing quality of tho goods. This trou ble can bo entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, ns it can be applied much more thinly because of Its great er strength than other makes. Snake Story, "Ilcfore ho went fishing," said the town storyteller, he swallowed 'bout a pint an' half of snakebite rem edy, an' of course you know what that 1st Well, after the snake bit him. the reptile cut all sorts o' capers, kaze the remedy went straight to its head. Last thing It tried to do wua to swal ler its tail, an' It got itself in tho form of a hoop, on' I'm a liar ef the chil dren didn't roll It around all day!" Atlanta Constitution. Stats o? Onto Citt or Torino, 1 I.IC4.H Coi.mt. f Fravi J. Ciirrr mnkif OMh thnt h to wnlnf ! rwrlncr of tlm Ilrm ot K J. cm M r A Co., ilnl m i buiinc.ia In tlm Oty of Inlnlu. I omily ivnd Hiulii ainriwuiii, ami thnt kihI firm Mill pay tlm mim nl oNt; llt'NIHtl l) iHil.t.AIM t' r cueh iiml rry ciimi of catahhii that CAiiuut bu curvii by tlm um u( UALL'lt L'ATAUKII Ct ill. FRANK 3. rilUNTY. Nwnm to before me unil iilwrntiril In uiy urtwnoe, Uiia tUi day uf 1-it-iuiilxr, A. U.. isdu. I "" l A. W. (il.F.ASON. 1 I Notary Pi bi ic. Hull's Catarrh Ciirt li tftfern tntrrnallr anil aru dlri-clly uNin Die IiIimhI ami oiurnuj eurtacea uf U. lyeUtn. bvnd fur trittmnnliiifl. fn K.J. CHUNK A CO., Toledo. O Mil by nil PniKulsM. 7!c. Take liall't i aiuliy I'Ula tor coiuilpetkia. Two Kinds of Service. 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