EOPLE of the North are fortunate in the enjoyment of the
changes of the seasons. Four times a year they have the
"very splee of life" wafted to their doora; and twice annually
It conies In pleasurable and compelling contrast. In a few
things beyond the greening sward and bursting bud and bloom
Is the break of climatic monotony more noticeable than in
the coining of the vernal birds. One need not be a student
p
m
or scientist to enjoy their arrival. While other things appeal to sight,
mainly, the birds may and do plead to the ear as well as the eye. IJn
fortunate is he in whose heart also they do not rouse at least a pleasant
memory. He is behind the times in the race from savagery to modern cul
ture. The new bird's song is an annual inundation of optimism a great
fertilizing flood of inspiration. Thoreau said, the year that he grew beans,
that he placed as much faith In the brown thrasher's song as he did in the
fertilizers which he used. This was putting poetically the trust in which
each spring the farmer, though he is gray and bent in failure, opens the fur
row and drops the seed. His new inspiration has come through the vernal
yawning, as nature stretches herself from her winter sleep, and, like her,
he feels strong again.
HUMORS
JBs&t
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wmwM
3U u
'rjvr jmte Who aV-ttAtf to
"Advertise." That's the watchword
to' many a twentieth century success,
and that watchword is becoming to
be more and more generally adopted.
All kinds of people, many varieties ot
Interest, are turning to the advertis
ing method in these good young dayi
Of 1010.
Consider for a moment the columns
beyond columns under the heading of
two words a tale of tragedy In itself
"Situations Wanted." These col
umns are divided into two classes
"Situations Wanted, Male," and "Sit
uations Wanted, Female" and If you
will take both classes in the Sunday
newspapers of New York or Chicago
on any given Sunday you will find
that thousands of men and women are
appealing to the world through those
little "want ads."
There are starving children in those
columns. You can't Bee them, but
they're there, Just the same. Where?
you ask. In this two-line notice, for
instance, which says that a man, "40,
sober, industrious, married, wants
work at anything."
The industrious man of 40 is the
father of three children, who, at the
moment you carelessly glance at the
' advertisement paid for with almost
the last nickel are waiting for a
square .meal until "papa gets work
again."
There are a great many men In ths
"want ad" columns who are anxious to
go to "work at anything." This Is
an excellent Index of the proposition
that in big cities men who are willing
to work cannot by any means get
work. The plutocratic theorist and
parlor philosopher are often heard to
declare that "a man who is willing to
work can always get work. There's
lots of work for every one."
Here are a few sample "ads" of the
men who apparently need work bad-
ly:
MAN 40 YKAItS, FOR MRU STEAMSHIP
steward, wishes position on piiore ut
anvthinu I lct of references.
MAN'-'!). WILLING TO WOI1K AT
anything.
MAX Ji:. RUIUMNO MECHANIC,
wishes it-sltii.n at anything.
M. N .13. si:i:ks WOUK AT ANY-
thlnj; ; wi'.s no ohjert.
MAN rxi-'o!! Tl.'NATK. WITHOUT JOi) ;
Bpltndid woi kir; educated.
WITH THE SAGES.
Philanthropy is often not the love
of man, but tin; love of being thought
to love him. Lynch.
What li not needful and is common
ly wpjng, Is to pass a Judgment on
our fellow-creatures. Gladstone.
It's good to have money, and the
things that money can buy, but It's
good, too, to check up once in a while
and make sure you haven't lost the
things that money can't buy. Lorl-mer.
PAffiOg
l lll '
YOl'NO MAN 22, WANTS POSITION
at anything.
The women who advertise for work
are as a rule more particular. They
are scarcely any of the "work at any
thing" class in the columns headed
"Situations Wanted Female." Look
at sucli advertisements as these, for
instance:
COLLEOH AND VNIVERSITY On.VD
uato desires position us secretary or
clerical work durlatf daytime ; education
Rctentillc and classical ; practical business
experience: ability as un orator and de
bater In college organization ; highest ref
erences and recommendations from edu
cators. ALWAYS HAPPY. RIMOIIT. YOl'NO. V.R
tlned. sympathetic lady, hlfchly educated,
would make excellent secreiary-compani jn
to ladv : French. KiikIIMi, German. Italian
poken, written, translated llu'ently; lype-
wrltliiK ; pood .eniiversati'inulist, musician ;
hours illsei!i.aned ; wnjld also give com
panionship for congenial home.
A CULTPKlOn COMPANION OR CilAP-
eron, KntiHsh, cood birth, Imdon, lin
guist. Krenclu Parts. Uerniun, Dresil-n,
Italian: brilliant pianist, vocalist ; experi
enced traveler; bright sympathetic tem
perament; highest references.
A YOUNG LADY, I A t'OHTKIt PE-
ceased statesman, cultured, cle.er, fully
capable, deslria tak charge refined home
or apartment , references.
If it is true that there are thou
sands of men and women looking for
work, it is equally true that there are
thousands of employers looking for
workers through the "want ad." But
analysis of the long Hne3 of situations
vacant and demands for workers of
different kinds show. that many of the
positions open are out of the reach of
numerous classes of the "out-of-work."
There are, for example, hundreds of
"ads" for agents, solicitors and can
vassers. But these are commission
propositions, where the man must be
reasonably well dressed to begin work
and where he must carry h'.mself on
his own resources until he "produces
results" for his employed in the shapj
of actual orders or sales. Such posi
Haifa Idea.
"Say, pa"
"Well, what Is it?"
"Pa, what la alfaKa?"
"It's v. slang term for whiskers,
son," replied tho city man as he re
sumed his novel. Louisville Courier
Journal. Ilia Utile Joke.
"How would you like to take part
in a cantata?"
"I'd Jump at the chants." Louisville
t Courier-Journal
It is this that we should expect to get from the bird. As an economical
asset, which we are trying to make of him now, he is a failure, and has al
ways been no matter whether his tribe be large or small. Our Agricultural
Department reports that such and such per cents of his stomach contents
are so and so, and, therefore, he is a great benefactor in the destruction of
insects and weed seeds. But he makes no impression on the quantity of
either, and eats as many helpful parasites as enemies ,and sows and grows
more bad seed than he digests. Nobody is making the farmer believe that
birds are bonanzas, for he is not a fool; and all creation and some other
places are not going to bo able to convince him that a crow that plucks corn
by the root and rips it up in the milk; that picks out the eyes of lumbs and
pigs, and robs the hen that has "stole her nest," is a benefactor, because,
when the bird cannot do better, he digs out angle worms In the meadow
sod, and turns up a white grub occasionally, If it comes in his way. Dut
this same farmer will rejoice if tils wife has a geranium in her window;
and through this form of sentiment is the only hope of saving such birds as
are worth saving.
Some Fly Tar.
The extent of a bird's migration may vary greatly. Curiously many of
those which nest farthest north may spend the winter farthest south. This
characterizes the many plover forms. Some of these which deposit their
eggs in a shallow scrape on the borders of Dehrlng Sea in our summer may
probe the mud of the swamps of Patagonia or even pass to Australasia in
winter. More moderate is the killdeer and Wilson's snipe, which may nest
with us, rarely pass Bermuda, or at best Northern South America, while
the woodcock often stays In our Southern States, and at times docs not pass
the swamps on our own State's southern border.
In their winter resorts most birds haunt the same BOrt of cover that
they live In while at the North, but some, such as robins, chanue habits and
food. These flock in hundreds, subsist on berries exclusively, and are wild
and suspicious in the South. Many remain with us of late years, but resort
to the woods and tangles. If we had sufficient winter berries all our robins
might stay with us the year round. For this reason there project Into the
bird routes certain peninsulas or oases, where the conditions are detaining,
and here many tarry all the winter. Such are the dense thickets of our
rivers.
This staying Is strikingly true of
regions that of late he is losing the
Longfellow gave him; but with us of the highlands of the West his melody
is what Burroughs has called it "the violet of sound" a phrase worthy
of the bird and the man. The meadow lark, however, is pressing him
ofifiexiTTLEM'
tions are beyond the range of your
genuine down-and-outer.
There are, too, plenty of chances for
women to go to work, but much of
the work offered would scarcely make
an - overwhelming appeal to many
women who are seeking Jobs through
their own "want ads." Here la a sara
pie:
LADY A RO VT 100 POUNDS, FOR
audeville Illusion show ; travel ; expert
once unnecessary.
You can enter all sorts of lucrative
business enterprises with a modest
capital. If you command a sum rang'
ing anywhere from $150 to $2,000 you
can get into "the best paying business
in the city." But, of course, you've
always got to put up your capital first.
Here are some of these "ads" for pica
yune capitalists that should get cart
loads of replies:
BH A CIIEWINfl GUM MANl'FACTUR
er at your home; no machinery neces
sary ; wonderful pront : bit? demand.
A lll'KlNKSS WOMAN WITH $2,000 CANT
earn Income Jl.a monthly: a Kotnjr. con
penml business ; worth ln estlatlnK : per
sonal Interview; afternoons; .Monday,
Tuesday.
FF.W LA DUOS AND OENTT.FMEN
wanted to Join a club for mutual rlnan
rial benefit ; $10,000 each coming In two
months lor less than I2UU Investment
lersonal Interview first.
850 WEKKLY INCOME FOR LIFE ON
$10,000 Investment.
Of all the advertising columns it Is
probable that those headed "person
als" are read by the largest number of
people. The casual reader will often
glance through the personal advertise
nients, when he or she won't think of
looking through any of the other
classified advertising. Erring sons
and wandering daughters have mes
sages directed at them through the
personals. Heirs are advertised for
and witnesses to nccidents are im
plored to communicate with the adve."-
NOTES ELECTRICAL.
A safe method of firing shots in
mines by electricity has been devised.
It Is claimed that the Hell telephone
system has four and a half million
telephones In EervlceT'
The city of Durban, South Africa,
will spend a million dollars for elec
tric lights and railways.
The Chinese laundries in Brooklyn
are being electrified with electric
llghti, nioor driven washers and
wringers and electric flatlrons
the bluebird; so much so in certain
title of "harbinger of spring," which
User. Here Is the sort of thing that
the eol trains generally carry:
NAN MAVR LOST ADDRESS. PLEASE
send ; important.
MISS PIIUNICLLO HREVOORT.
S. P. K.-COME HOM1-: NEXT WRRK. M.
nil.h OHAKLKH KTItAITR KTVni.Y
call on ItECINALD WOFF1ND1N7
JAMKS LYNCH MOTHEIl DANC.F.R-
ously Hi ; come at once.
A T1KFINED YOUNO LADY, notva TO
Palm lieu ch for several weeks, deslrea
companionable lady willing to pay own
WILL PAY FOR ADDRESSES OF OUS-
tav a. liaercnkinu. Nr., and Morgan M.
I ton tier.
WANT CORRECT ADDRESS FORMER
towerman. Cornelius Jakson.
H. EVANS STILL WORKING OLD
job: hopeless: none, haven't utmli..,!
since.
Perhaps the iSost bizarre of all
"ads" to the average reader are those
which are carried in the theatrical
weeklies. Here the layman finds him
self lost in a Jargon of professional
expressions and abbreviations that
tends to cause dizziness. Look at
these and see If you don't need a chart.
WANTED MAN FOR GENTEEL HEAV-
les, char, and Ren I htm. man. little girl
with Ceature specialties; ttood sketch
team : cornet to double stane, barytone
to double 2d violin, otio silent Imm
Strictly sober people only wanted ( booz
ers et uuick action). The finest state
room cars on the road. A lonir tnnn
and your money when due. ,
WANTED QUICK' D. AND I. COME
dian. blackface S. and D. man, sketch
team that can play singles Bnd doubles.
I pay all. Salary yours ench week. Jtap
py I-anlK'an, Hessle Mix, write.
The "heavy" deBlred is an actor to
play the heavy parts in plays. "Char."
Is the abbreviation for character part
actor. "Doubling" of musical instru
ments means that the performers must
both act and play. The "silent team"
does acrobatics or some other "act"
where speaking Is not necessary. The
D. and I." comedian is nothing less
than a comedian who can be comical
as a Dutchman or Irishman, while "8.
and D." man must bo ablo to sing and
dance.
Take it all In all there's more in
the advertising columns than mere
"ads."
Divorce Here and In Canada.
The divorce history of Canada, when
compared with the records shown in
the recent reports of the United
States investigations, is almost incon
ceivable. Outside the .maritime prov
inces, three in number, and the prov
ince of British Columbia, which con
tain approximately 1,325,000 inhabit
ants, the only divorce granting power
for Canadians Is the Dcftulnlon Parlia
ment at Ottawa.
For the last ten years the absolute
divorces granted by Parliament have
been as follows: 1900, 5; 1901, 2; 1903,
2; 1904, 6; 1903, 9; 190R, 14; 1907. 6;
1908, 8; 1909, 16. In the four prov
inces where local divorce courts exist
the proportion has been but little more
and the local divorces granted add lit
tle to the general total.
The significance of these figures Is
appreciable only when contrasted with
the records recently made public in tho
United States. There were 66,000
American divorces granted In 1906, and
the records of the American govern
ment estimate that one In each twelve
marriages results in divorce.
A Ht-heme.
"Oh. Willie!" exclaimed little Elsie
"What did you open that oven door
for? Don't you know that will spoil
the cake mamma's baking?"
"Sure!" replied Willie, "and if it's
spoiled she'll let us eat all we want of
it." Catholic Standard and Times.
Alwara oa Tap.
WIgg Although a deaf mute, he
has a wonderful fund of Information
Wagg Yes, he has it all at b,U
flufer's ends. Gateway.
for tho honors of carltncss and timeliness, but the latter does not conn
around our homes and so anoint us with the oil of optimism; and be cannot
put that shimmer of the very sky Into a tremulous wing. Tho bluebird is
more than musical he Is operatic, histrionic, nny, Innocently bacchanalian
in the prodigality of his ecstasy. He is more than a promise and a prophecy;
he is the first fruit of Itself which the spring azure has thrown down tc
the earth. j
Blackbirds Stay Close.
None of tho blackbirds go very far sout'h. Brewer's blackbird is t
native of our plains region, and winters all over Mexico, but our common
purple grackle and the cowblid stop In tho Southern States. They all
come up as the furrow opens, flitting from clod to clod, while they cluck as
if they would urge the season on. When thry reach or approach their sum
mer homes all species may mount tho tall treetops in great mixed flocks
and sing In concert or discord, ns the case may be; but on the whole the
medley is one of the pleasantest of spring sounds. It may be Jarred by the
wheelbarrow screak of the cowblid, but the suggestion of grazing cows and
golden dandelions is even in that.
More lowly is the passing of the bobolink, a branch of the same, tribe.
He Is a bird of the fields and dead wcod stalks. As is well known, this is
another bird that changes habit and form with change of habitat. The
males now are again in splendid nuptial plumage, nnd Tnanlfest as they pass
that contagious happiness so aptly described by Wilson Flagg Bryant and
Irving. No other nation has such n bird. His melody i more delightfully
instrumental than anything we have. It is tho melody of the swan refined,
reduced, ethereall.ed, though It is so terrestrial. The different members ol
the wrens vary much among each other In their winter habitats. The North
ern wren usually seems to think that he has gone far south It he goes from
Minnesota to Missouri, though he may go ns far as the gulf. The Carolina
wren scarcely moves at all during the season, and may sing at any time.
The Brown Thrasher.
The brown thrasher Is now classed ns of the wren formB, and not of the
thrush forms. His arrival is always announced during the first bright hour
after he comes. His journey is a musical one, and even in the Southern
States, where ho winters, his singing Is frequent. He is a bird of the spring
purely in the matter of song, but as a berry eater he stays with the crop,
early and late. The charm of domesticity and appropriate timeliness la
that of the phoebe. He comes at JurI tho right hour and whistles at about
tho proper spot. Above the romping places in the haymow, under the cool
arch of tho "branch" culvert is not his last year's cabin hanging still, and
are not the years, away down to tho wee small ones, punctuated ' with the
dip of his tail? In his combination
everything whicta the boy expects the spring to bring, and to tho man all
that the years have brought. He nnd his tribe of flycatchers must go far
enough south to find flying things the season through. Some of them go to
Central America, while others may subsist in Florida and thereabout
The humming bird goes far south to visit the many other species of his
tribe which live permanently there. Ho can come north only with the open
ing eorrollas. He may be seen battling with the bumblebees on tho edge of
the gulf in early March, as each strove to get the first morning dip into
-the wistaria cups. All the swallows winter south of the United States. Of
course an occasional one stays nearer and drifts up ahead of his fellows,
but he does not make the summer, as the proverb goes.
No matter whence the bird comes to us, no matter whether we note his
color or flight even If he bo merely like Tennyson's lark, "a sightless song,"
he may be our comfort; and the earlier he conies the better.
Living cost has advanced consistent
ly upward during the recent years.
Efforts to learn why prices have in
creased have not been very satisfac
torily answered. The farmer has In
slsted that he Is not to blame, thj
butcher has blamed the packer, and
the latter has completed the circuit by
shifting the responsibility to the asri
culturlst, and the prices of foodstuflk
have continued to soar. It may not
help the American pocketbook any tj
know that the increase in the cost of
living Is not confined to any particular
subdivision, but It may contribute a
mite to the food for reflection to learn
something of the situation in other
parts of the world.
So widespread has been the demand
for Information concerning the present
value of foodstuffs here and abroad
that many of the United States consuls
and consular agents have been ,e
quested to investigate and report con
cerning prices of foodstuffs. In gen
eral It appears that food prices abroad,
and In cities where the wage rate is
much lower than In this country, are
as man as tney are nere. i ne re
ports indicate that the prices have
been Increased principally because tho
supply has not kept pace with the de
mand and not owing to any combina
tion for the purpose of Increasing tho
rates on the various articles.
In Hamburg, Germany, the average
price of sirloin steak Is 34V cents a
pound, the latest quotation on tender
loin being 43 cents. Veal chops
bring 32Vj -cents, while leg of veal is
quoted at 30 cents. Pork ranges in
price, from 18 to 33 cents; mutton from
19 to 30 cents and ham from 19 to 51
cents, the latter being the price for a
fine grade of the sliced article. These
prices are furnished by a first class
dealer, whose prices are neither tho
highest nor the lowest, but there !a
slight variation between dealers In
fashionable and unfashionable, tho
chances being that the superior cuts I
of meats win be rouna in me snops
where the highest prices prevail.
Frcm Hanover, which Is considered an
inexpensive city In which to live, the
following prices are quoted: Beef
and veal, 20Vi cents; pork and mutto.i,
19; smoked ham, 35; bacon, 22VJ:
wheat flour, 4; rye flour, 3j; wheat
bread, 5V4; rye bread, 3; coffee, me
dium Java, roasted, 39 'I; table butter,
37; milk, per quart, 44; eggs, per
dozen, 40.
On the basis of Income, tho German,
In comparative occupation with the
American worker, should not pay more
than 50 per cent of the prices he now
pays for his food, but as a .-natter of
fact he pays as much as the peo.ile
here, excepting milk, potatoes and
other vegetables. Consul Robert J.
Thomson accounts for ability to live
under such conditions to the fact that
tho German housekeeper Is rigidly eco
nomical and would be able to maintain
her tablo and exist fairly well on thi
waste of many American families ot
similar position In life. So high Is
SPLINTERS.
Rowboats oarsmen.
Tho bigger the boarding-house the
smaller the grub.
Even when you are on the right
track you want to keep your eye on
the rails.
Bobbs Did you put your overcoat
in camphor last spring? Bobbs No,
I put it in hock.
A balloon may be all right, but some
people can't get used to the way It
stops at stations.
ot slbllance and giggle there is hinted
food cost that an effort Is being mada
to counteract the shortage which
causes it,- largely because far.mers ar
moving to industrial centers, by em
ploying women in agriculture. It U
said that fully 3,000,000 German wom
en are operating farms or working
thereon. Germany hns been able to
keep Its supply of foodstuffs to thfl
maximum figures by Intensive farming,
the employment of millions of female
hands, many of the workers coming
from Poland, Bohemia and Lithuania.
In London the retail prices are not
greatly different from those prevalent
In Chicago, says a writer in the Record-Herald.
Hero la a random list,
with the prices given in American
money. The quotations are from good
shops, not the highest priced, nor are
the prices for inferior provisions !n
any Instance. Bacon, 11 to 28 cents;
beef, 18 to 26; bread, two-pound loaf,
6; coffee, 24 to 44; eggs, 24 to 44;
ham, uncooked, 20 to 28; ham, cooked,
48 to 61; la.mb cutlets, 36; lard, 10 to
18; milk, 8; mutton chops, 24 to 30;
steak, 20 to 36; tea, 21 to 61; veal,
24 to 32.
This list is a fair average one, and
the prices appear to compare favor
ably with those quoted In American
cities during March. The high cost ol
living is as surely abroad in the Brit
lnh metropolis as it is in the blggei
cltleB of this country.
In Austria-Hungary the problem ol
living cost has become so serious that
the chambers of commerce throughout
the empire are investigating. In illus
tration of the advance in prices is
shown by this table, furnished by the
magistracy of Relchenberg.
Former Tresent
price. price. .
I'.eef, 2.2 lbs $ .25 .27 $ .35( 3.
J'lMct or beer, i.i
lbs
Veal, 2 2 lbs
Pork. 2.2 !b
l.lver, 2.2 lbs. ...
Oeese, each
l'lueons, each ...
1 Micks, each
Wheat Hour, 2.2
lbs
I.entlls, 2 2 lb. . .
Millet. 2 2 lha
Hulled barley, 2.2
lbs
Sucar, 2.2 lba. . . .
Milk, quart
Heer, quart
Anthracite coal,
110 lbs
Mliimlnous coal,
iiu iis
.48 .51
26 .29 ,2!ffr .41
.29 .44 .41
.21
1.21 2.J
.11 .21
.SO 1.01
.09 II
, .11
.01
.OH .11
.15 .1'
.01
.07 .11
;H .61
.15 .21
This is a factory town in a district
which is not very productive agri
culturally, but It shows how prices are
soaring. When it is understood that
tho average workman here is accus
tomed to live on 20 cents a day the
need for some change Is evident.
Then again, the enormous increase !n
prices of foodstuffs has not meant an
advance in wages, which are practic
ally the same as they were twenty
years ago.
Mule Aatoiilxlimrnt.
"Why don t you ladles thank a maD
who gives up his seat In a street
car?" asked the censorious person.
"As a rule, we can't," replied Mist
Cayenne. "We're so surpii-ied hat it
lakes our breath away." Washington
Star.
Ureal llrllaln Heat Customer.
All countries lecclvo merchandise
frcru the port of New York, but the
best customer is Great Britain. The
exports to that kingdom for the las
year were valued at $700,000.00f
GETTING! RICH IN ONIOJT3.
DrownSTtllr, Tn., Mude Font on bf
fttronK l.rcam.
It has been several years since
Brownsville, Tex., became famous be
cause part of a negro regiment was
accused ot shooting up the town, but
C. C. Morton, who helps to supply
water for the stock and vegetables
and sugar cane they raise down there.
says that the place has settled down
to work and get rich; and they are
shipping carloads of onions to New
York every day.
"We Irrigate down In our part of
Texas In a different way from what
they do in the west," said Mr. Mor
ton, according to the New York Sun.
"We pump the water out of tho river.
There are twenty-five plants on th
Rio Grande, all put up during the
last five years, and we are getting
ready to put In a big enterprise that
will extend Into the third county from
the toast and will cost $(5,000,000 or
$",000,000. At present about 300,000
seres are under Irrigation. The pres
ent method Is to pump the water p
to t ho top of the river bank and there
it flows Into canals, some of them :i
long as eighteen or twenty miles.
"The country about Brownsville
was absolutely depopulated until
about five years ago. Brownsville was
lfiO miles from a railroad. They are
now building a combination railroad
and traftlc bridge across the Rla
Grande at that place, and on May 1
It Is expected that through trains will
be run through from New Orleans to
Mexico City. Brownsville ten year
ago had a population of about 8,000,
of whom 90 or 93 per cent were Mex
icans. To-day the population is about
12,000, with fully a' fourth of them
Americans. The Mexicans furnish
good labor at 50 cents a day.
"Every two weeks from 12,000 to
15,000 home seekers come into Texas,
taking advantage of the cheap tickets
offered, and we are getting a good
many of them In the country around
Brownsville. They plant sugar cane
and alfalfa and all the truck crops
One specialty they haye gone in for
is green onions, which not them from
$400 to $600 an acre. Last year about
3,000 carloads were raised. Not one
onion was shipped from that country
five years ago, and to-day the Ber
muda onion la being driven out of the
market Bermuda does not ship hero
25 per cent of what It did when Texas
started in the onion business. Thoy
are getting the Texas product In New
York now." Mr. Morton did not bring
a sample with him.
CAMP ON A NEW YORK HOOF
Uptown Doolur llalliU M IlMrenl
on Top ot Ilia House.
There is a good deal of talk nowa
days about the value of plenty ol
fresh air in sleeping rooms. Dr. Addi
son W. Balrd tells In the Surrey about
a roof camp that he has built on the
top of his New York dwelling. Here
he sleeps, and here he finds rest in
the open air is quieter and deepei
than indoors.
"One may be sleepy when the alarm
sounds in the morning, but rises re
freshed and invigorated." he says. "In
fact, this urban open air life has a
number of pleasant features. Tlwre
is a sense of remoteness, of being away
from the noise and movement of th
city. '
"Looking out over the roofs tho
scene is often one of great beauty. The
electric light streaming upward on the
tall buildings of the neighborhood is
very striking, and further on can be
seen the Palisades with their brilliant
arc lights and the dark river beneath.
In winter time moonlight glistening
on the surrounding Btiowclad roofs
forms a very attractive picture.
"This roof house is twelve feet
square and consists of a steel frame
work covered in with fireproof mate
rials to comply with the building code.
Across the front extends a series of
doors, so that this whole side can be
thrown open.
'The walls are double and the inter
space has openings top and bottom.
thus providing free circulation of air,
and the roof also is double, with ven
tilation through a small cupola. Tho
effect of this cellular construction is
to prevent the apartment from becom
ing overheated when the sun's rays
play upon it throughout the long sum
mer days. The whole cost was les-
han $400."
llaaeball and Grandma.
I remember being on a Chicago
street-car, says Ellis Parker Butler,
in Success Magazine,' sitting beside a
nice old lady in mourning, a year 01
so ago. She was nervous and kept
glancing at me, and then glancing
away again. It made me uncomfort
able. I thought she took me for a
pickpocket or some other bad man.
Finally she could contain herself no
longer. She leaned over. "Excuse
me," she said, "but have you heard
yet how the Cubs' game -came out?"
I hadn't, and her face fell, but in a
movnient she saw a possible opportunity
for consolation. "Well," she asked,
'can you tell me who they are put
ting in the box to-day?" How was
that for a gray-haired grandma? In
Chicago they all talk busoball, from
the cradle to the grave. Up to three
o'clock In the afternoon no one talks
about anything but the game of the
day before. From three o'clock on the
only subject Is the game that is be
ing played. The school child who can
not add two apples plus three apples
and make it five apples with any cer
tainty of correctness can figure out
the standing of the Ch!cng nines with
one hand and a pencil that will make
a murk only when it Is held straight
ip and down.
M Uut He Lacked.
A Cleveland lawyer whoso Interest!
frequently take hira to a certfitn town
In Indiana, tells of a CiUalnt character
there known to tho townspeople as
"Necessity" Nelson. Nelson get3 on
pretty well despite the fact that he is
a Jack of all trades 'and master of
none." He poses mainly as an attor
ney. When the Cleveland man first went
to tho Indiana town he was naturally
enough very curious as to the odd
nickname given Nelton. "Why do you
call him 'Necessity?' he asked.
"Because he knows no law," was
the answer. Chicago Tribune.
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old; la a woman's case it U troubkk