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So they tavt -nrgantd a poets' union,"
exclaimed Ft ! Wife,' "I auppnM they
III only port .eight hour a day."
' Anything to restrict porting will be wel
come, " Raid ,tm Tired' Business Man.
"Porta are korci. not nd. There are too
many of them" mm-ilng aronnd offering to
burst Into lino, beginning with capital let
ter! and ending In rhrmes, and a rc-
ult' they can'i expect (o ret good wage.
If tfvey cair -perfect-tht anion and gft a
cloned Bhop, port .will b able to suppoit
their muses an there won't be ao much
Inferior work done. .' .
"A - manufacturer' of ataple poetry
couldn't take a"rhnea with oppressing a
poet If tic be'longVc" fo a union. Just thin
of the awful predicament a poetry foundry
owner would be'tn tf a Walking delegate
truck the. Job Just as the poet had got
about aa far aa this:
JgW. " "O fen and ruagtnne,' darkled o'er!
J laTnomise inn mnwrn snore:
I look up W thy roof of silver,
And think '.,.
"Why, the whole thing would come to a
atop. The' mannfaotnrer ' couldn't get a
strike breaker to go In and finish up that
poem. : It would, take a first clans poet to
fix vp- a standard vfiawlesa rhyme for
'sllvar.' I doubt' whether a Journeyman
poet could u. It, cyen. Its a cinch that If
strike breakers were put on the Job It
wouldn't ba awty time- before they would
be splitting Jolnlttvr all over.
"Many people think that being a poet la
Ilka being a hotfsi. tnan or an editor or a
preacher, not requiring any training what
ever, but not ao. not ao. Of course, any
one without any, .previous course In team
fitting or premeditation can reel off any
thing like this:
.- "" H) "green" "eTieele'" moon,
You big balloon,
I love to spoon
And croon a tune.
In June so soon
I'll be a loon,
I Ho grant this boon,
U green cheese moon.'
"Or words to that effect. But to sit
down and turn out theae neat little Jig
saw scrolls that fit In the odd apaces of
magaslne where the atoriea don't come
Reverse Bar
A veteran engineer, who at the age of
M haa been aervlng on express trains fori
twenty years, recently met an old friend.
To the queatlon, "How doea It feel to run
mlle-a-mlnute train?" he answered.
"Feel? Man that a the only time I live.
"When I climb up on the high aeat, Jam my
rap over my eyea, and reach for the re
verse bar, I'm not the man you aee now.
I've fed o nthe excitement ao long that I'm
a fiend for It now a 'apeed-dope.'
"Many a night I've driven my train and
made time too when It was snowing ao
hard I'd have to run ahead while we were
taking water to aee If the headlight 'was
aim burning. My 'amoke' and I couldn't
tell It from the cab nothing ahead but a
wall of black. Sometimes we wouldn't
know we were movlng,-xit- for 'Iha'
tossing of the engine -&,t"t. track.'.'
"Did you know that -.an engine baa a
heart?" he j-ambled oti.-; "Youlva seen ,a
doctor feel a patient's pule when he
wants to find out what's th matter with
his works? Well, that's the way we do It
When we rush through the night, maybe
with death around the next .curve, we don't
f( ait with our hands on the'throttle. aa the
engineers do In the Btory. .hooka:. Reverse
"X. bar. that it. ' '?': '
"The reverse bar'a U engine heart.
,f e never let our hasd rale&ae Its clutch on
J the reverse. Ik-V'.a"wlth the engine's
Pretty. WelCut Up
Not long ago there was held In a New
Enaland.'. .town an exhibition under . the
auaplcea f an "ancestral loan aoclety."!
and among the proud ex,hlbltora . waa a
ptnster who showed seve'ral fine portraits
of her great-grandfather, an officer In the
revolutionary war.
A frleaig waa remarking to the spinster
that she Jieemed proud Indeed of her vali
ant ancestor. "A brave ma!'.' exclaimed
the friend, .
"Brave!" repeated the descendant of the
great maa". "I should aay he waa brave!
Why. he ;took part In over lifteen engage
ment a, and there waa hardly one In which
he didn't! lose an arm or a leg or some-thlng!"--KVery
body's. .
(lm rdeDimcaltiee.
A well-known Boston physician waa on his
way to Mb office one morning recently when
the sldewalka were a glare of Ice. While
going drwn the atreet he met a lady com
ing In thv opposite direction,,' The lady was
a stranger to him, although he waa not
Unknown to her.
In trying to avoid each other on the Icy
pavement they both allpped and came to
the aldewalk facing each other, with their
4al extremities conalderably entangled.
t'hlle the polite doctor waa debating In
hi mind, what was the proper thing to do
tinder the frying circumstances the problem
waa solved by the quick-witted lady, who
uietly remarked:
"Docto:., if you will be good enough to
rlae and. pick our your legs, I will take
what rematna." Human Ufa..
AFTER BREAKDOWNS
waa it she came to fall ta
tove -with her chauffeur?''.
"Quito naturally. They were go
Often (breed to take lone walks
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STRIKE
down to the bottom of the pagea Is dif
ferent attain. Especially aa the ltnea have
to mean absolutely nothing and yet sound
Just grand. For Instance, what would you
say to something like this:
" 'Vague chaos, muffled In the filmy sheen
Of dank Inanity's cold truth.
Peers sightlessly at hidden worlds
And comprehend, forsooth.'
"On second thought, never mind what
you think. So do 1 or. rather, neither.
You can't hire a man at a detective
agency to put a patch on anything like
that and turn It out aa a snappy, hand
tailored piece of work. And even tf there
waa a atrlke and out of town poets were
Imported to take the nectar and ambrosia
out of the honest tollers' dinner palls, the
worka would stop because the union poets
would carry the wheela away with them.
And they could keep buay In their adver
sity." "What would they do In adversity?"
asked Friend Wife.
"Write 'ad' verses." said the Tired
Business Man.
(Copyright, 1911, by the N. Y. Herald Co)
the Real Thing
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life, and when anything' wrong It beats
fat or alow or It Jumpa a beat, like an old
guy'a heart. Then we know, we shut off
steam and climb down to see."
"Is It true that englnea vary and men get
attached to different ones?"
''True? Course It's true. Engines are Just
like women some are contrary all the time
and some ere agreeable all the time. Some
smile and then put poison In your coffee.
Some you acold and aome you klaa. My old
39 why, I'm married to her and I wouldn't
give her ifp for half my pay. I've had her
three' years now. When ahe goea I'll go."
"Don't you feel the responsibility when
your're pulling a train-load of passengers?"
"That's what the 'old man' asked me
once. 'I never stopped to think of It I
answered him. ' . :4' ..
',' 'Whatr he" yelled, jumping Up and
banging down his fist. 'You didn't? Why
didn't you?' ,
' 'Cause If I did I'd go oracy.' I told
him. There's only me and my 'amoke'' In
sight, and when we're running through fog
or storm or snow, I look across at where
he's shoveling coal, calm like, and say to
myself: 'There's only you and Denny here,
and Danny's going ahead with hi work.
Now you're going to do the same, and you
ain't going to think about anything else.
You're going to bring yourself and Danny
through, and If you two come through, the
rest will follow.' "Mew Tor World.
Smart Sayings
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Manipulating speculators have succeeded
at various timea In cornering all the mar
keta of foodstuffa except the grain of
truth.
A book entitled "The Milk of Human
Kindness," haa been aent u to review.
We have unfortunately had only time to
aklm through It.
A tombatone I not uch a bad thln
after all; It generally haa a good word for
a man when he la down.
Sometimes a woman understands enough
not to understand.
If ignorance la bllaa. why ahould we wish
to aee ouraelvea aa others aee ua?
Truth la stranger than fiction but not
ao popular.
Brevity la th aoul of wit but a brevity
In your bank account finda you at your
wits' end.
The only secret that aeems to be well
kept In this world Is that of aucoess. '
Debts are like autoniobllea: we rush Into
thm and crawl out the best way we can
A real friend will aland by you to the
lam dollar. But It haa to be your dollar.
The man who healtatea la Boon married
while the woman who doea ao lan't.
Uisfortunee are aent to annoy and amuse
our friends Smart Set.
View ( Maa.
n henever an author puta old truth
in the moutha of a homely character given
to apostrophising he skate on thin lc
with banality algna stuck up all around
him. Clara E. Laughlln. In her new noel,
"Just Folks," Biatters wis aaw in vari
ous dialects liberally through her text
Mere are a few reflections on the unlovely
character of man:
"Men la a terrible lot ' trouble f break
In."
"I belav 'tis In the nature of Ivery
woman t want a man t" try her hand
on."
'Men wa nt made to dream about; they
waa made t' develop woman's Chriatlao
character. 'New fork Sun.
Rieuisraw,
That hunted, frightened, 'flattered man
The Jnkeamith type pedestrian,
Hhouid be among the first to go
To see an automolble ahow;
"Da likelv he might fine point see
Not noted In the hoet which ha
lias met. which humped him over moons
or niasneo uun flat la bright rartoona.
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Wisdom from Babes
"Mother." '. said a little girl, returning
from ..the park, "I gave an old woman a
drink of water from my silver cup, and
she said "Thank you' so beautifully that
It mad me feel good."
Here, then. Is the medicine for ary one
who feela discontented or unhappy. Let
him do a "thank you" work of kindness
every hour, and he wjll feel good.
The ground was covered with snow, and
hlttle Charlie wa trying to dig a path
from hi door to the sidewalk. All he had
to work With waa a small ehovel, but he
worked with a will, tor his mother smiled
at him from the window where ah sat
watching.
A man-massed and, stopping to watch the
boy, he feelingly remarked:'.
"How do Vou expect' to get through that
drift with such a shovel T"
"By keeping at It." said the boy, cheer
fully smiling back at him; "that's bow."
Mother waa very buay duating and
straightening up the house. Little Lucy
wa helping. ,
"I declare'" said mother; "I never saw
ao much dust. I wonder where It come
fromf
"If I knew I'd tell you," answered Lucy.
"Tou don't even know what dust Is."
"Oh, yes, I do. motherl It I mud with
the Juice squeexed out."
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Old Folks
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We have heard a great deal lately about
long-lived, people, but It I probable that
the oldest two people In the world today
are Frau DutMevlU and another odl lady
named Babavaatlka. The former lives at
Poeen, In Prussian Poland, and was iorn
on February 21. 1T8&, She la, therefore, 126
years old. The latter, however, I nine
month her senior, having been born In
May. 1784. 8h I atlll a fairly hale old
woman, and for nearly 100 yeara worked
In the fields. Her descendants number
close on 100, and theae now make her a
joint allowance. She live at the village
of Baveleko, whoae neighborhood ahe haa
Stover quitted during the whole of her long
life. She remember event which hap
pened at the beginning of last century
much more clearly than those of the last
forty yeara.
CaaldB't lleelat.
Teacher If any little girl knowa the an
swer, let her hold up her hand. Well
Nettle, what It Is?
Nettle (aged () I don't know.
Teacher Then why did you hold up our
hand?
Nettle I couldn't help It. I just had to
show the new ring I got for Christmas
Human Life.
AN ENTHU61AST
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WGJ you come around to-mor-
and Play bridge
"I wa fofof to get married to.
morrow, but perhaps I can post
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A Maa of Self-Denial.
He had great achemea within his head,
he patented a folding bed, but though
he praised It loud and long he never
tried to Bleep In it; .
An airship wonderful he "planned, of nice
propoi tlons, graceful grand, but he
was rather timorods when he wa
naked therein to flit.
With much ado he brought to view a
fuel thac was wholly new; bug In the
furnace of hi hom-'-h went on
burning chunks of coal; .'' -
H bad a novel - Inatrt'mijit for luring
fish, but when Intent on. gathering In
the finny tribe he Uck. to the old
bait and Dole. . ' . ,
He had a preparation rare that he de
clared would quick grow- hair, but
never tried it on himself although his
head could boast no thateh;
He had device to Illume the blackness
of the darkeat room, . -but when he
wanted light himself he. .used an or.
dtnary match.
At lant he atudied out tne ways by
which one could prolong one's day's,
but whether he should follow them
h was not ready to decide:
He wavered, I regret to state, until It
waa by far too late, and he, alaa. I
grieve to aay, waa only thirty when
he died!
Nathan M. Ivy- In New York Sun.
Reawtlfnl Maidens.
Beautiful fsr. with the mark of the
suffering,
Beautiful eyea with the look of the tears.
I saw you once In your bloasomy beauty
tre you were bruised with the blase of
the year.
Beautiful Hps. you are often quivering.
Beautiful bosom, you often sob;
Unc I know you were always singing
in tune with your own heart throb.
Ah. sorrow came to your too great loving.
Your light song faltered and waa a algh.
Tour eye grew dull with the tear of
your weeping,
Tou learned that heart's Joy can die.
And so it Is with beautt'ul maidens.
i2rrw". come surely as years,
And the fare and the eyes that were lovely
smiling
Grow saintly aad-wlth tears.
SHAEML'3 O'SHEEU
,. A Selphlde.
i ?5Iu,.hOULd 1 we,r UDOn mX h'ad
A thing bizarre and queer,
W Ith a stiff hlKh brim and a rat-tll plume
Like an Old Guard Grenadier?
."0!J!d 1 hook-and-eye myaelf
I p In odd culraseed frocks,
while every female curve ta lost
And sense of comfort mocks?
Why should I practise martyrdom
And have to atand all day?
IMralghtlacketa are not In It when
Onee stays are built au fait!)
VVhy should I ape the mop coiffure
The love-locks, and the awlrls.
Or pile my aching brow with bralda
And bargain-counter curls?
Why be a Bromide? Why. in fact.
Do all these stunts? I don't.
For I'm a bold, brave Sulphide, and
Have learned to say. I won't!"
-Maxie V. Caruthers In Kverj body's.
War Is Itt
we ready to criticise errors abroad.
V hen errors at home ahould be righted
r an" 'n" r ,na" or not notlcel at
Faultfinding la always farsighted.
-T. E. M.
DOINQ FINS
"Ott. bow did Maud f-et aioo
with her shopping. I1
'All right, I rueaa. Whea I saw
her sbe bad hiat eighty centa left."
Just Poetry
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Wedding Etiquette
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The only expensea the bridegroom haa
for a wedding are the fee for the clergy,
man, the gifts for ushers and that for the
beat man and flowers for the bride.
The bride or her parenta pay ' for her
carriage and for those for the bridesmaids.
The families of both bride and bridegroom
may sit at the supper table, or only the
bridal party. If the parent of one of the
couples sit there, then both must do so.
The bridegroom engagea the clergyman.
If the bride has worn a' satin or other
dressy frock. It Is expected that ah will
change thl for a cjoth gown before going
away. Otherwise ahe may leave directly
after the supper.
The bride Is taken up the aisle, preced
ing the ceremony, by her father, her
mother having already arrived, and being
seated ntar the spot where the ceremony
is to take place. The brldeamalda precede
the bride, two by two, to the marriage
place, and stand at her left during the
ceremon,. Thiy reallv hav -.iti..
The bride furnishes their flower. After
the ceremony they stand in line with the
bride and bridegroom to receive the guests.
The bride Is at the head of the line, with
her husband at her aide, then the maid of
honor end the best man, and then the
bridesmaids.
Guest are I rought up to the bride by the
ushers and they walk the length of the
receiving line, congratulating the newly
married couple and greeting the brides-
maids.
Democratic Diplomacy
On the morning of election a farmer
came into Hiram Morse blacksmith shop
to have hi horse shod.
"Purty busy this morning', Bill?" In
quired Morse, he raked the ember to
gether on the forge.
"Yep," answered Bill. "Hain't got hardly
time ter go ter th' village an' vote."
"Wall. I'm purty busy myeelf." aald
Morae, caaually. "I ll tell yer what we ll
do," he added, after a moment' thought.
" 'Long' yer a republercan an' I'm a
democrat, we'll pair off. Jeet a they do in
congress, an' neither on us vote. What do
yer aay?"
BUI agreed to the proposition, but after
election It waa found that the blacksmith
had paired off with tverv r. publican cue
tomtr who had come Into the shop.
Metropolitan.
Learning; Art Quickly.
The new girl had been but thre week
In the employ of an artist lo family, but
her time had evidently not been spent ex
clusively In studying the domestic art.
A her mistress was giving her Instruction
about the dinner, ahe aald:
"And, Marie, don't forget the potatoes."
"No, madam." waa the rply. "Will you
have them In their Jacket or in the nood."
Everybody'.
COWARDICE I
"Shine your shoes, boss J ihtnt
em so aa yer can see yer face is)
eral"
"No, 1 tell youi"
'Cowual'
We Celebrate
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MONDAY,
January 30, 1911.
Name anrl Address.
Erldle Burdlsh, 4803 North Twenty-fourth St
May Doyle, 122 8 8outh Eleventh St
Ifarry Bell. 602 South Eighteenth St
Cecil Caswell. 2906 North Fourteenth St
Lillian B. Clark, 2315 North Forty-fifth
George W. Cox. 1460 South Seventeenth
Vllone Chleborad. 1407 William St
Ague DnfTy, 1018 South Twenty-nTth St
Edward M. Erlckaon, 8619 North Fourteenth St.
Edith C. Elbert, 4606 Blondo St
Bertha Glrton. 3924 North Twenty-third St
Mary Griffith. 2 417 Caw St
Esther Gelger. 1711 Hickory 8t
Lor an M. Green, 1916 Ames Ave
Ira Haskell, 1624 Corby St
Charleg Hogarth, 2901 8outh Twenty-gixth St...
Henry C. Henrikeon. 2409 South Forty-flrat St. . ,
Haxel Ingraham, 2S04 Ellison Ave
Hertba Jorgensen, 3919 Arbor St
Esther Johnson, 4941 Pierce St
Alfred A. Knapp, 3337 Evans St
Myra Kenyon, 3239 Ohio St
Fred Koenig, 136 North Thirty-first Ave
Martha Langc, 5124 North Seventeenth St
Earl R, Lane, 4932 North Thirty-fifth St
Edna Lundell, 2923 Douglas St
Frlda Lund, 1709 Hickory St
John F. Leeden, 3176 South Thirteenth 8t ,
Donald Moore, B2fr South Twenty-first St Mason 1R99
Charles Moravec, 1413 William St Comenius 1R99
Josephine Marple, The Sanford Farnam .... 1903
Bertha Motz, 1519 North Thirty-third St.... Franklin . .' 1900
Douglas Meyers. 613 North Nineteenth St Cass ; .... ..1900
Haiel M. McWllUams. 4134 Hamilton 8t Walnut Hill . . 1902
Josephine Nelson, 1808 North Nineteenth St High 1893
Louise C. PfelfTer. 1131 Park Ave '...Park 1899
Joseph Pesek, 1416 South Fifteenth 8t Comenius 1901
Cbarlea D. Ramsey, 4124 Izard St Saunders 1905
Adallne K, Ryley, 3414 Decatur St Franklin 1897
Paul Robinson, 6118 North Thirty-seventh St Central Park ..... 1 904
Gustave -Solomon. 1121 North Nineteenth St Cass 1897
Charles Swoboda, 1907 South Eighth St Train ...........1902
Izetta R. Smith, 2930 Poppleton Ae Park ;.. 1903
Ethel Solomon, 2619 Decatur St : . .Long 1895
Mary Steijskal, 1204 Atlas St Forest 1902
Carl 8mlth, 2923 Seward St...
Elolse Sears, 2516 North Eighteenth St
Ida Wright'. 3638 8outh Twentieth St
Elsie Wolfson, 4105 North Twenty-seventh St Saratoga 1903
Charles White, 1470 South Sixteenth St ..Comenius 1896
Karl Warstat, 2517 South Thirty-fifth
f Schatchens Raise
The high cost of living has almost put
Cipld put of business on the East Side
of Nei York, according to tne inoune.
He alts with drooping wlnga and an empty
quiver, in an attitude of abject despair, be
cause so few of his arrows aimed at the
hearts of men and maida aeem to have hit
the mark lately. . Yet It is jnot th fault
of the Jewlh maiden. Thea watch and
wait a before' for a tover. but in vain.
With the Increased oet of living along all
line, husbands have advanced In value in
Ylddlah quarter, until they are now rated
a luxurie. and are almot beyond the
reach of th poor Rachel and Rebeocae.
The moat discouraging phaae of the matter
I that th young men.ar aware of the
fact the demand for huahand exceeda the
aupply, and they hold themselve high,
corning offer of marriage and dowrle
that they would gladly have accepted a
short time ago.
"Why," exclaimed an Indignant mother,
"a man without a shirt to hi back these
days demands that hi wife bring him a
big bank account." , '
"That ia true," complained another ma
tron. "It broke me all up to buy hus
bands for my two daughter. If I had
any more they would be compelled to re
main lngl."
Some of the ona of Israel who ar In
duced to marry drive aharp bargains.
Not long ago, at an East side wedding
which had been arranged by a chatchn,
lb Hebrew marriage broker, th ceremony
waa delayed by- the refusal of th pros
pective bridegroom to go on with It unless
more money waa forthcoming than had at
Not to be outdone by the bill just In
troduced prohibiting tight or short skirt
In public. Senator Robinson of th Kansas
legislature, haa prepared a bill providing
a fine of two for any adult who tells a
child there I no Santa Claua. The senator
say that It tenda to scatter Illusions, and
although Kansaa I a big state with plenty
of room for catterlng. he doesn't propose
to hav an Illusions scattered free and far.
Several legislators ar preparing amend
ment tacking on a tew other Illusion
e-irh aa Old Mother Hubbard, Jack Frost,
Utile Red Riding Hood, the North pole,
the Costofllvlng, th Downward Revision,
Mr. Harris, Jo Miller. Old King Cole,
lloyl Colonel Bogey, Vox Popult and Pro
Bono Publico. The other leglalatora think
these Illusions should be cherished by
young and old a well.
Senator Roblson Is "there" with legisla
tion for all needs. He ha a bill prohibit
ing bands on cigar, saying band ruin
many of them. He haa been aaked for hi
opinion on banda In restaurant and
whether they ruin meal.
A bill 1 also pending In th Kansaa leg
islature prohilbUng female pertormera
from appearing In tight or skirt which
did not reaUi four Inches below the patella
or kneecap.
Sllaated.
Couldn't apeak to me las' night.
'Cause yo' had a beau;
Ao' lak you' had lo' yo' sight
Knowed yo' hadn't, though.
You' a now w'en I com 'long by
M& Je' helt ye' held aa high
Iak yo'd business hi the sky.
W'en yo' com' Into de chu'eh.
Wouldn't rotic me;
Well. I aln' a-carln' much
'('ause o' didn't see.
On'v I want yo' ' know
lat wen you' ain't got no bea i,
Needn't apeak t me no mo'.
Will Herbert in Everybody's.
f Must Stand for "Santa" H
Schawl. Vear
.Saratoga 1 SSI
Pacific lS9f
.Leavenworth 190J
.Lake 1904
.Clifton Hill 189S
.Comenius ..1905
. .Comenlus ....... .190
.Mason 1 $99
.Saratoga ISM
.Walnut Hill. .... .1399
.High ....1898
.Central .1903
.Comenlus 1903
.Saratoga 1901
.Lake ..1903
.Vinton 1902
.nea.ls 190S
.Saratoga ... ..1899
, .Windsor 1897
, .Deals 1900
, .Pruld Hill 1902
.High 1893
.High 1894
. Sherman 1898
.Monmouth rark...1902
. Farnam . 1906
, . Comenius .1904
.Forest ..........1905
St
St
.Long 1897
..Lake .1898
Vinton 1898
St Windsor .....1898
Price of Husbands J
first been agreed upon. The tears of the
bride-elect, the pleadings of friends, could
not move him, ao the relatives of the .young
woman had to rush about to procure the.
extra money demanded tiefore the cere
mony could proceed.
The college graduate Is in greatest de
mand In the East side matrimonial market,
and usually brlnga the highest pi-Ice. At
tlmea he cannot be obtained at any price.
A young man about to be graduated from
a medical school was recently approached
by a scatchen with a most flattering offer
of marriage, which Included a big dowry to -support
the young physician while he
worked up a practice. Me refused the pro
poaal and declared that he could not ba
"bought." He aald that he would chooa
hi own brld when he got ready to marry.
Many of the American born girl do not
take kindly to the transaction of the
achatchen. When asked to dress up for the
appcarancs of possible suitors, one of them
objected most strenuously. "I don't want
any men coming here to examine me as tf
I were a horse for sale." she Indignantly
protested, "and wanting to know how much
money they will get with me. I don't want
to get married at all. If I do marry It will
be for love. I'll not be bargained for."
In spite of the present rebellious attitude
of youth and maiden, although they may
not know It, th achatchen ha a hand In
bringing about many marriage among both
th rich and the poor. The coat of hi ser
vice la higher than before. Formerly -he
received from 1 to 2 per cent of the dowry.
Today he aak 6 per cent of small dowries
and from to t to i per cent of the larger
one.
Daily Health Hint
"There I a tendency nowaday to overdo
what you have aptly termed 'physical
training.' What we need to develop I
not ao much strength as health-not big
bunches of unhandsome muscles, but sup
pleness, especially of th aplnal column.
In thia I think you will fully agree with
me. To the average person, employed In
sedentary work, big musoles ar useless."
Mother Bob. how often have I asked you
to stop! You mustn't teas baby In that
manner.
Bob In what manner must. I teas him?
He's only a kid, and won't know on man
ner from another.
PARTTHO.
"I told him that U it waa ooi
my money ba wanted, tba beat
thine could do would bt to
part and b said, 'Certainly, bow
modLwould 1 9axt.witbr "
