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it In not always sare to gauge pros
ferity liy the numler of men one sees
carrying flshpoles.
Austria Is going to tax bachelors,
childless couple and widows. We feel
orry for the widows.
They are all bad enough, but moat
people would prefer reading about the
"distant earthquakes."
Behind nearly every sweot girl grad
tiate la a tired woman who is pleaded
to rcaiond to the name of mother.
Scientists have decided that the
earth la at lea.-it 240,000,000 yean old.
Doesn't eeem half that old, does it?
Some women have the happy faculty
getting pretty hata, no matter how
iomely the atyles they have to select
from.
The Indications are that thore will
t an unusually large crabapple crop
this year. Work up an appetite for
erebapples. It may come In handy.
Announcement la made of the fact
that George Meredith left no unpub
lished wopka. Ills publishers seem to
have been guilty of a serious over
tight E. H. Harrlman thinks we are about
to enter upon the most prosperous era
In the history of the country. Even
bis bitterest foes will hope he Is a
good prophet.
It la announced that cigars may be
made of alfalfa. They may be made of
abbage, too, but a majority of the
people who use them prefer to have
them made of tobacco.
Where once they took wood and veg
etables on subscription, Kansas editors
are now. running their automobiles in
to' telephone poles and flying to king
dom come on the wings of the morn
ing. One of the coal operators Informs us
that fire damp Is positively not a dan
gerous thing where the profits of the
operator might be interfered with tl
men were prevented from working
In It
A. Booth of the failed fish firm knew
the business, from cleaning a fish up.
Hto son, William Vernon Booth, was a
fine polo player, and bright and shin
ing social light This will explain
much. t
The annual report of gold tn the
Adirondack la again made. This time
ft deputy sheriff has found a rich lead
Hear Lake Placid. There certainly
TisM to be gold In the Adlrondacka,
for there is nothing elae of value in
the soil.
English la to be taught hereafter In
all the public schools of Guatemala.
If he spread of a knowledge ol Eng
lish continues. It will not be many
yeans before Americans can travel all
over the world and talk with the na
tives without having to learn any loa
gimge but their own.
Many wise men have made lists of
the "hundred best books." but few of
the lists are wise. Dr. S. M. Crothers
dlaeourses, In the Atlantic Monthly, on
the "hundred worst books." He
argues that for the guidance of the
reader "the reefs and Biiofls should be
properly marked." Thon, like a true
humorist, he refrains from giving the
Hat of the "hundred worst." Each
reader can make a list for himself.
Between ten and fifteen million dol
lars a year are required to pay for
work on new public buildings erected
by the national government, which is
one of the largest builders In the
world, and Is therefore deeply Inter
eited In the strength of the materials
used in Its structures. Plana have
been completed for a machine to be
used at the Geological Survey station
in Pittsburg for testing steel, concrete,
brtek and stone columns to discover
wbich are best adapted to use under
differing circumstances. The machine,
which wlH be the largest In America,
will be capable of exercising a pres
sure of ten million pounds, or much
more than any column Is likely to be
tailed upon to bear.
Scieuce makes such quick work of
theories nowadays that no wUo pa
rent dares dogmatize on anything but
tt rule of three. Therefore it Is that
Wn President Eliot la reported to
bov protested against the intermar
riage of the races and given It aa his
opinion that Irish should not marry
w4fa Americana of English descent,
Germans with Italians, the Jews with
th French, we must swallow our ejao
uUatlon of dissent and wait until John
ny comes home from school with hla
newest text book. In our own un
learned day we had thought all great
ranes were composites. Our simple
mjdeentury notion was that the Norse
mixed with tho Gaul and the Norman
wsU the Saxon-Dane of England to
make the great English race. We had
thpught a blend of Teuton and Latin
gave us the renaissance; while the
mixture of races In tie Saxon-Dutch-Btyedlsh
French Irlsh-Genuan-Amer-lcjtn
of colonial aucetitry has not seem
ed within our knowledge of individual
cases to have made for weaUueus. Cer
tainly If the distinguished ex-prealdent
of Harvard Is right we shall have to
ptsch overboard one of our most cher
ished Illusions if It is an Illusion.
I we not all believe In the future
American chiefly because he will be a
blend of all the races under the happy
condition of political freedom and so
cial opportunity? l'erliap there are
efhlcal dlffureii'-ea not to be composed,
a between negro, Caucasian. Indian,
Mongol. JJ;it do not a.k us to draw
the racial line too narrowly. Inter
marriage is un Important factor In
America's scheme.
A speaker at a public meeting In an
Eastern -iiy recently niude a stato-
ment which fell with a shock of dis
may upon many ears. He declared
that the time-honored occupation of
sawing wood is fast becoming obsolete.
The speaker himself, he said, had
been brought up at the wood pile; he
had sawed wood all through his boy
hood had, literally, sowed a large
part of his way through college; but
to-day his own boy could not saw
wood if he wished to do so. There Is
In that city as In many others, no
wood to saw. An experiment made
not long ago by a certain other city
Is an Interesting commentary upon the
speaker's declaration. The matter of
public playgrounds was under debate,
and It was finally decided, with a
strange misapprehension of the sig
nificance and value of play, that It
would be better to give Us boys an
opportunity for exercise than for rec
reation. It was therefore determined
to give them the privilege of sawing
wood. Whether the boys appreciated
their opportunity, tho record does not
state, but the expense of securing and
distributing the wood and supplying
the Implements wherewith to saw
made the experiment too costly to be
repeated. Current Action, that - most
accurate mirror of any age, has al
ready taken cognizance although per
haps unconsciously of the vanishing
wood pile. No longer do we find a
hero of to-day sawing his way t fame.
The comic papers, equally sensitive In
many ways, but still dominated by the
ghosts of ancient Jokes, have not yet
divorced the wood pile and the tramp,
but doubtless they will In time. It ii
a trifle bewildering, of course. So
loug have we associated the wood pile
with greatness that we wonder per
plexedly what substitute the new daya
can offer for Its salutary discipline;
how, without its stern friendliness,
our heroes can achieve distinction
Yet somehow, artcr all, we still seem
to have men among us, and every
emergency reveals Its master, steady
handed, at the helm. What the future
will substitute for the wood pile none
can yet foretell. It is ours, however,
Bpeedlne. the old with courage, to greet
the new with cheerful hearts. The
wood pile has gone. Yet somehow
"discipline must be maintained." and
life will not fall to furnish tho means.
J THE "CENT SCHOOL." J
A "cent school" Is not so common
now aa It once was. It was so called,
says a writer In the Atlantic Monthly,'
because the children who came to it
brought a cent each, tightly clutched
in the hand or knotted In a handker
chief corner. This cent paid the tui
tion for the day. If It was foreotten
the child waa sent home for It. Tha
school was kept by an old lady.
The smallest children used to to to
It. Tha cant school might be de
scribed as a great-aunt of tha nreaeni!
kindergarten, although Eunice Swain.
who kept this particular one, would!
nave thought a kindergarten foolish
ness. Her children did not come to
be amused, but to work. They were
put on benches in the kitchenbecause,
It was warm there, and site herself
sat in the dining-room door, and,
taught them, or punished them, as
the spirit bade ber.
She taUKht tha three TVn nnrt m.n.
ners, and truth-telling, and, abdve all,
humility, Impressing on these Infants
daily that they belonged to a genera.
lion, not or vipers exactly, but o
weaklings.
"Thee will never be what thy grand
father was, Zenas Macy!" cried Miss
Swain to a freckled lad with sea-blue
eyes. "He owned his ship, and made
seven voyages round the world. And
what Is theeT"
The boy wriggled uneasily on his
bench.
"Mary, 'Liza Hussey, say nine times,
Thee can't! Say seven times. Thee
can't! Thy great-aunt, "Liza Mary,
was at the head of the arlthmetlq
class when I went to school."
The children or the cent school out
grew It in a year or two, and went
sontewhere else, and other Mttle chil.
dren took their places. They were
always young children there, but Em
nice Swain grew older and smaller
and more bent than ever.
She sat In the doorway with ahandi
kerchief tied round her head because
of drafts. On the table were hei
pennies and a stinging switch. It Is
not on record that any of her chil.
dren loved her, but some of them, let
us hope all, looked bark on her klndl;
when they were grown up.
Doctorlaa; r te Coitiart,
Suppose we pay the doctor by the weeV
To doctor us however great or slight Iq
Our ailment health Insurance, so t
speak ;
We'd probably have tee appendicitis.
Likewise if thiags could just be thus
fixed up
So we on the Installment plan could
buy a
Good bunch of health 'tis likely that our
cup
Would not be bitter from neurasthenia.
It certnluly'a a most attractive scheme
TIi'jh to avoid the periodic shadedow
From bills ttiht break us, so we'd uevet
dream
Of Buffering igaln from geurral break
down. The Joy of living It would color so
'TwoulU seem that we saw life's Ugh
through a prism,
And yet we have some dire doubts, don't
you know,
About our Jamed old chronic rheuma
tism. II lit let us pay the doctor by the week,
Aa w pay for our furuiture and fix
ture, And maybe we the druggist need not seek
So often, for those quer prescription
mixtures.
Indlannpolis News.
Never tar lr,
"Yes," he chattered. "I will lov
you Just as much when you are old
and gray!"
"Well," said she, decisively, "I may
live to be old, but I'll never bo gray!
Detroit Free Press.
There is not much falling In love
lately; and those that are In are fall
ing out
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ffllHilffl!
OMEN in Turkey Insist
J! A T I under tho changed conditions of government due to the tri
If V I umph of the Young Turk parly and the deposition of Sultan
W V I llnn,l,4 It will Wr.,.1.11,, U - . . ,ut.
sti'utti jiaiuiu xt. n.ii kii'iuij i inu iu me DiaiuB ul iuuji sin
ters in other European lands, according to Ueotif Ahnad Bey,
acting Consul General of Turkey In New York City and sec
retary of the Turkish legation In Washington. As quoted by
the New York Sunday World, he said about the recent changes and their
consequences:
"As the years go by the Moslem women will not feel bound by the con
ventions that bind them now as part of the old order; They will adopt
the ideas of conventional ascoclatlon of men and women; receptions aud
social gatherings that are, with you, everyday affairs, lending useful recre
ation to women and enlarging their knowledge, will soon be as common
In Turkey as they are In Western countries. The men of Turkey ore at
heart as liberal in this regard as other men.
"It may be a 'quarter of a century before Turkey achieves prominence
as an industrial nation, but that is only a day in her long history, 'in the
next few years you will witness such activity in the fields that Turkey
will be supplying foreign markets with breadatuffs, and in five years from
now, I venture to predict, she will b among the first of the cotton-growing
countries. We can raise better cotton than Egypt, which now la supposed to
raise the best, and we can raise infinitely more of it. The possibilities
of cotton growing in Mesopotamia are boundless, and the new govern
ment will encourage it in every way. A large company has been formed in
Constantinople to colonize Mesopotamia for the purpose and the govern
ment has Issued $45,000,000 of bonda and employed an English engineer to
establish order.
"The Turkish people are progressive. Government oppression has not
diminished this spirit in them nor quieted their desire for liberty. That
the masses have made no advancement la not because they are Jess capable
of helping themselves than the masses of the people everywhere else, but
because they have had neither incentive nor opportunity. The government
gave them nothlL and took everything from them. All they could make
at their best was taken from them in taxes to enrich the personal retainers
of the Sultan. Until now Turkey has been a government for the betterment
of palace officials only.
"From top to bottom of the social scale nil the people of Turkey, with
the few exceptions that it Is not necessary for me to note, are in favor of
popular government, and, understanding the principles of it as they do,
are ready for It. The franchise will be aa free in Turkey as it 13 in the
United States, and you will see that an intelligent use will be made of It.
"It is like an impression here and abroad that the Turkish people con
sider the Sultan a sacred being, something more than human. You pos
sibly have heard it said that the Turkish soldier fights desperately in the
conviction that he is fighting for a deity in doing battle in the name of
the Sultan. The Turk has no such illusions. No lack of proof of this is to
be found In the fact that seven Sultans before Abdul Hamid have been
deposed."
SOKE MARRIED MEDITATIONS.
By Clarence L. Cull en.
Favorite feminine Bromidlon: "All
men are perfect boobies when they're
sick abed."
The man who permits his wife to
designate a certain little spot In the
house as the one place in which he
shall smoke deserves all that he gets,
and he never fails to get It
Slathers of married women get In
bad by heeding the queer advice of
Lady Pensmlths (mostly spinsters),
whose dictum is that the proper way
toehold a husband is to hold htm at
arm's length.
The highly exalted faithfulness of
women often la a matter of plain poK
icy. Plenty of careless men would
strictly toe the faithful mark If their
reward for so doing were to be agree
ably taken care of for life.
The man who knows the difference
at sight between a $25 embroidered
shirtwaist and one of those cute lit
tle ruffle-front $4.48 shirtwaists usu
ally Is a male person whose opinion
Isn't worth valuing anyhow.
It is the woman who shriek at
"Central" through the phone and calls
her a eaucy huBsy and such like who
wonders why it Is that telephone girls
are so much more polite and prompt
In responding to men's calls.
Familiar quotation: "Oh, I've got
plenty of leftover summer clothes,
dearie. Ail I II need to eke out will
be a few little linen suits and seven
or eight more shirtwaists and three or
four summery hats and some tan and
champagne-colored shoes and a new
supply of silk Btookings Just a few
little odds and ends like those!"
Did you ever feel kind of onery
and things with yourself when, after
blowing f 7.85 on a bunch of cheer
ful workers, you went home and1 found
her tacking some frizzled old swoet
peas on a last year's hat frame?
Extract from "The Dairy of a Neg
lected Wife: Tie now mid summer,
and my birthday Is in December and
my husband hasu't said one word
about It yet, nor what he Is going to
get me. Gracious power, give me the
strength to go on enduring."
An leofllrlal Vl.lt.
One should always distinguish be
tween the private and the official ca
pacity of a person. The way of the
policeman may thus be made hurd be
cause he la forced to arrest his friends,
sometimes his former comrades. Nev
ertheless, stern necessity demands that
the distinction should be kept. A
writer in the New York Times tells
how the Russian novelist. Tolstoi, is
wont to act when occasion demands.
Tolstoi abominates sneaks and spies
IN SYMPATHY WITH HIS AUDIENCE.
Gushing Musician D'you know. It makes me feel sad when I play.
Hostess (seeing too late her unintentional double meaning) That la
-"- vu feel in such sympathy with your audience! London Opinion.
upon freedom as well as men. and
of all kinds. Mellkoff, a sneak and a
spy, he especially abominates.
One day Mellkoff, suspecting that a
good deal of revolutionary work was
going on at Tolstoi's estate, dropped in
unexpectedly.
"Do you come," Bald Tolstoi to him,
"officially, or as a private person? If
you come officially, here are my keys.
Search. Exemanine everything. You
are quite free to do so."
"But count," said Mellkoff, "believe
me, I come to you as a private per
son." Tolstoi looked at him in silence.
Then, calling two stalwart muzhiks,
he said:
"Here, pitch this man out of the
house!"
FANS ARB NO LONGER IN IT.
. .
People Are lnterreted Now Onlr la
The Antique Bpeclinena.
It is ttaid the fan trade is steadilj
declining, and this, too, in spite of
the fact that at no time has that
graceful weapon of coquetry and com
fort been so universal. Some of the
leading fan houses in Paris have
closed their doors, and one of the best
fanmakers, whose patronage includes
the elite of Europe, declares the day is
past when long prices will be paid for
fans. One instantly seeks the reason
for the change of sentiment which
thus affects trade. The aforesaid fan
maker explains It by saying the Ger
man copies of the expensive styles
have done a good deal to injure first
class trade. The richest customers
buy only antiques. Instead of seeking
the work of modern artists who make
exquisite pictures they will fly into
raptures over a dirty old fan that Is
by no means beautiful, merely because
It Is an "antique," and a possible
Louis XVI. Not long since a lady went
into ecstasies before a beautiful fan
painted only the other day. Sho de
clared she had seen nothing lovelier
In any art exposition In Europe, that
nothing was done nowadays like it, it
was genuine. She was not at all
pleased when told the truth that it
had been made In those very work
rooms. The Japanese fan has proved
a formidable rival to the artistic
French fan. It is pretty and dainty,
but its price damns it with faint
praise. What lady arrayed in a $1,000
costume could fan herself with a bit
of colored paper? But the majority of
women eschew fans. They are only
carried on utate occasions for no one
wants to be bothered with their care.
A museum is the best place for this
rare antique, particularly if it has any
histoiic association guaranteed.
Carrleaa.
"Her balr Is always so gracefully
careless In appearance; why don't you
wear your hair that way?"
"It takes three hours to give It that
careless look." Houston Post.
Opinions of
WHO OWNS THE AIRP
ERE is a vexed question which must one
of these days be decided by our law
makers. Houses, barns and human beings
require epace. Therefore, we own some
air. Yet a landholder wouid simply be
ridiculous if he laid claim to the rainfall
from a cloud directly above his property
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driven by the wind onfo the grounds of his neighbor.
Therefore there is evidently a limit to the distance
above ground which may reasonably be fixed as owned
by the land. Since law usually defines property as any
thing which on is able to defend, atmospheric tenure
Is somewhat hazy. But aerograms Invade the air In
every direction. In a few years airships will dash at
tremendous speed over land and sea. How shall we
Regulate all this?
Every navigable river and lake and sea Is strewn with
duiearded glassware, jet no mermaid has complained
of a scalp wound, but what Is going to happen when a
care-free alrahipmite on an aerial spree begins to dot
the landscape with bottles? How close to earth will
airships be permitted to travel without trespass? What
damages shall be fixed for destroying steeples and chim
neys? Where may sky-sailors defend without trespass
ing? Will conflicting wireless systems render it necea
sary to restrict the use of air? May not the qualities
of air be changed by surcharge of electricity? These
are only a few points to be decided by legislation, but
even they sufficiently indicate that a serious question Is
hidden In the problem of who owns the air. Chicago
Journal.
THE PHYSICIAN AND THE
E
liiiiiiiftanamj
N recent medical conferences the need of
closer relations between the medical pro
fession and the general public formed one
of the leading topics for discussion. The
consensus of opinion now Is that the era
of mystery Is past and that the physician
Should be the public's euide. counselor ami
friend. Medicine to-day is largely preventive, and the
war on contagious diseases is a campaign for education,
cleanliness, registration and wide observance of reason
able rules of right living.
This recognition of the need and value of publicity
not unnaturally leads to a reconsideration of the
"ticklish" question of what is indiscriminately called
"advertising." The old fashioned idea is that all forms
of advertsing are prohibited by medical ethics, and
that the physician who directly appeals to the public,
writes himseif down as a "commercial" practitioner of
low ideals. A candid treatment of the subject, such as
Is found In the address of Dr. Pettlt, president of the
Illinois 8tate Medical Society, at the Quincy meeting of
that body, shows that the old so-called ethical prin
ciples are honored In the breach rather than in the ob
"Don't you ever get tired of stand
ing behind that case all day?" asked
the crockery drummer when the pretty
girl at the cigar counter had dumped
his change down on the little rubber
mat.
"Oh, yes. I net tired," Bald the girl,
"but It Isn't the standing behind the
case that does it It's the questions
some people ask me."
"I didn't think you'd take a Bhot at
me like that!" protested the crockery
drummer, setting his elbows on the
cigar case and taking a sidelong glance
toward the desk to see if the hotel
clerk was observing his conquest.
"Why, I've been figuring that you'd
throw a fit when I told you I've got
to go to Milwaukee this evening."
"Don't you ever make any bets about
me throwing any fits over one of you
drummers!" sniffed the pretty cigar
girl. "Why, there's a waiting list of
'em as long as your arm over there at
the desk."
"That shows how popular you are,"
said the traveling salesman. "Every
time I head for Chicago I'm seated to
death because you're likely to have
been grabbed off by some wise trav
eling gazlmbo with a cruel black mus
tacho and heavenly eyes."
"Say, you ought to be writing novels
instead of trying to sell crockery!"
laid tha pretty cigar girl. "When I'm
ready to get married I'm not going to
fall for any traveling man. Believe
me, I've seen too much of 'em around
this hotel."
"I suppose not," sighed the crockery
man. "There's no such luck in my line
as to coax you out from behind that
cigar case and stand you up In front
of a preacher. I've been fthlnking of
It, though."
"You hand out that line of talk to
every cigar counter girl on your
route," said the pretty cigar girl. "Do
you suppose I'd want a husband that
was home only once In two or three
weeks and was flying around the coun
try all the time, like you? I should
say not! When I take the fatal step
I'm going to get Hove-Loving Harry,
the domestic delight"
"Where are you going to And him?"
demanded the traveling salesman,
opening another box of cork tips. . "Not
fluttering around this hotel lobby!
You'll make the mistake of your life,
Mabel, if you tie u to one of those
mamma boys that's afraid when the
elect r la lights are turned on."
"Mabel!" echoed the pretty cigar
girl. "Who gave you a license to call
me Mabel? You've got your nerve!"
"I heard the clerk telling the man
ager that Mabel waa or. duty," said
the drummer, "and I dropped all my
business engagements and came right
over here to talk to you. I don't care
whether I sell a carload of china to the
hotel or not bo long as I keep you
away from that Harry fellow you were
talking about. Take it from me, you
don't want to make any break like
that You want a man of experience,
like me."
"Leave It to you to have the experi
ence!" retorted the pretty cigar girl.
"Anyhow, where did you get the Idea
that I wanted to get married? Noth
ing like that for mine! I -wouldn't
give up my Independence and my little
lob hare Or the best man living."
Mi.JLJ.Jfi!iJ
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
COST
PRESS.
WHAT
"Well, you leave me out when you
go aa far as that, said the drummer,
sadly, "but I can't see why a good
looking girl like you wastes her sweet
ness on the lobby air. You ought to
have a nice little home of your own
somewhere, with roses climbing all
over the front of It and a carden seat
for you and me to loll In when I'm In
town. Or else a snug little flat" he
went on, "where I could have a few of
the boys up for a little poker game
once In a while and von could fix un
the lunch for us and take care of the
rake-off. Doesn't that listen good to
you, Mabel?"
"You ought to hire somebody to
wake you up when you get one of these
spells, saw the clear 1t1. "Besldea
you've been here for ten minutes and
I ve rung up only a stingy little dime
In all that time. The manager's got
his eye on you. Now he's coming this
way. unicago Daily News.
GREATEST ASSET OF JAPAN.
People Patriotic Enfratrh to Give Tp
TOlrty Per Cent of Income.
But the basic answer to the cues
tlon. "How does Japan manage to pay
her bills?" can hardly be found In tha
statistical table of her financial an
nual. The greatest asset of our em
pire Is sentimental, aavs Adachl Tfin
nosuke In the American Review of Re
views. That our western friends may
see this fact clearly, permit me to
put It In the following manner: Let
the government of the United States
go to Mr. Smith In Chicago and Mr
Brown in Wall street and say to them:
"You are receiving $100,000 a vear in
come and we want you to give to the
support of the government In one form
or another $30,000 a year of vnnr in.
come." Let the German government
or tne British go to their Deonla
say the same thing. What would hap
pen! a nrBi-ciass revolution on the
spot.
The people of Japan are performing
me Bnanciai miracle or giving up
about 30 per cent of their net income
every day, without savin a word
about It. In other words, the freatest
asset of the Japanese empire, of to
day is the patriotism or ber people.
Within twenty-five years, perhaps, at
the rate of conquest western com
mercialism and the doctrine of Indi
vidual lights are making among our
people, we shall be as civilized as any
other so-called Christian nation. Aa
yet, however, the state to the Imagina
tion or the people of Japan Is greater
than all the gods. The alorlflcatlon of
the state Is the Mecca of all our
dreams. We take very seriously all
matters connected with the state; so
seriously, Indeed, that we have no
sense of humor about them. That Is
the reason why we caricature all nf
our eight million gods In the pleasant
est of moods In the world, but would
not for a moment permit any ona tn
caricature hla majesty the emnamr
This also is the reason why we have
no graft In our government finance.
And that saves a lot of money for our
country.
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GLOVES MUST FIT EASILY.
One Pnahlon That Will Be Pound
Never to C'hauire,
Fashions In gloves come and en. hut
no matter what their length, if gloves
do not nt easily, the hands annear
short and clumsy. The flnuera of thB
glove should be quite as long as the
lingers of the hand.
Besides, tight gloves do not Lo.
which Is an economical consideration.
Rnne4 and cultured women nev
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servance. There are many Indirect forms of advertis
ing which tha profession tolerate, and which are really
objectionable on the score of good taste. There are
forms of direct, honest, truthful advertising which ara
Irrationally tabooed. Common sense, in these days of
publicity and the all-powerful popular newspaper, can
not but Insist on a thorough study of the ethics of ad
vertising and on proper distinction between the legiti
mate use of the press, the dissemination of beneficial
information and the abuse of publicity through fraud,
exaggeration and flamboyant sensationalism. There t
evidence that the progressive men of the medical pro
fession are clearing their minds of prejudice and cant,
and that the relations between the public and the phy
sicians are undergoing a significant change. Chicago.
Record Herald.
07 LIVING IN EUROPE.
1 leal Investigations. The British govern
UTf I meat baa Just published In three Immense
I volumes Its inaulrr Into tha coat of llvlar
aa It affects the worklngmaa In forty dif
ferent English, French and Gorman cities. r
An epitome oi ueso volumes la presented
in the following figures and facts: Wages In Franca
are 25 per cent lower', and In Germany 17 per cent lower
than In England. Tha hours of work tn France are IT
per cent longer than In England and In Germany 10 per
cent longer. The French worklngman pays In rent or
for lodging 2 per cent less than tho English working
man, while tha German pays 23 per cent more than hla
English brother. But If the English workman were to
live In France on the same footing, buying the saLia
supplies In the same quantities, his expenses would In
crease 18 per cent, as they also would In Germany.
From these generalizations each man may figure ac
cording to hla Inclination whether he would rather b
a German, French or English workman. Minneapolis
Tribune. ' j
FASHIONS DO FOR WOMEN.
AN laughs at the utterly servile way !
which all women at the same time put on
large bats or small hats, loose gowns or
tight gowns, at the decree et fashion. To
that unseen god women have raised up
altars of felt, velvet and feathers, of straw,
flowers and fruit, higher than Aa-
memnon's hecatcmbs. In his name they have endured
pain greater than hiarodule or howling Dervish ever
ipfilcted on himself with knife and torch. But at least
It should be recognized that this fashion la a god, the
god of democracy. By Imposing tha same gown, of the
same hue, cut In the same way, upon a thousand wom
en, tha unattractive woman la saved from the peril of
being conspicuous. New York Post
er wear gloves too small for them, and
many insist on a glove large enough
to wrinkle, which may be taken oft
or put on In a Instant 'Kid glovesj
wear much longBr when they are prop
erly put on the first Hme. "It Is quite-'
a science," said a charming woman.
"The hand should be perfectly clean,;
dry and cool. Never pat on glove'
when the hands are moist or too
warm."
First push In the four fingers, leav
ing the thumb out and the rest of th;
glove turned back over the hand.'
When the fingers are on, thanks to tho:
gentle movements of tho other band,!
draw on the thumb with great careJ
placing the elbow on the knee. After
this draw back the wrlat of the''
glove and button the second butlhV
continuing this all the way up. Then
return to the first button, and you will!
see how easily it faatens without'
cracking the kid, which often happens
If buttoned first. Besides thla the but-,
tonhole will not be stretched, which
is of great Importance if one wishes
the glove to look well as long as It
lasts. Never pull gloves off by the fln-:
ger tips, but by the wrlsta. They will
thus be turned wrong aide out, and
the moisture communicated from tho
hand be quickly evaporated. When
they are dry, put them carefully away
In a proper place. Otherwise they;
will shrink, spilt easily, and become
useless.
MAKING AN ASPARAGUS BED.
Prepare br Plowing- or Spadlaa;
Dtjr, Beslaalac Early.
Asparagus Is a perenalal herb, culti
vated for Its edible young shoots. It
Is a rugged plant and will thrive un
der adverse conditions, bat to obtain
the succulent Btooita needed for cull
nary purposes well drained, rich soli
Is absolutely necessary. The soil
should be well mixed with rotted
manures containing much nitrogen
and potash.
Prepare the bed by plowing or spad
ing deeply, besrlnnlne the work earlv
and looking after the drainage prob
lem carefully. Plants at least ona year
old should be obtained for thla hA
They can bo raised from seed, wlHtr
is sown outdoors in April In drllla
one foot apart the soil beino- rnvarr
about one-half Inch.' Plants suitable-
for transplanting the following spring;
may be easily grown this wit nr thit.
roots may be obtained from one to
three years old.
Set the plants In the
In furrews eighteen Inches apart, the-
plants being the same distance anart
In the furrows. Be careful to snrea
the roots out naturally and set each
piant on a iitue mound of earth In the
furrow. Cover at first to a depth of
few Inches, gradually ftlllne In aa tha
season advances. In the fall cut hacV
all the stoclu to a level with tho
ground for the winter.
In the second year loosen tha anil
by shallow spading. When the first
shoots appear the rows mar ha hilUt
up somewhat Cut sparingly until tho
tnird year, as the plants will be mora
productive afterward.
Her Duar Day.
IliKglety-pleglety, niy black hen j
Kli laid three egga at half-past ten;
She laid auotber at bulf-pagt elrht
Aud then laid off to re-coop her-elgb
-l.iipiurou Jlgazmi.
Every woman believes that he
horse, her cow, her cat, her dog and
her bird "know exactly what you aa
to them-
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