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    co my mcoeR.
Aa I look upon (ha changes that the pass-
Infr yearn have wrought
At the bent ind shrunken figure, comes
n saddened, reverent thought,
How (he wearied feet, ilow passing.
pierced by stones on llfo's rough
rond,
Soon shall Rnln n heavenly portal, finding
rest at lint with God.
Mother, o'or your faded features renin a
light more bright to me
Than the brightest rny of sunlight shin
Infr on the dlHtant teal
Tor It tells of battled conquered pa
tience, hope, denial sweet
While tho grave. amlleJ round your lips,
dear, makes the plctufo qulto com
plete, t
Words o'en fall me, now, to tell you all
tho love within my heart;
Deepen thought nre ever silent, though
of lfo the better part,
All unworthy as I am, dear, of your life
long sacrifice,
Htlll my beacon star shines brightly from
your faded, tear-dlmrned eyes.
Only when your handa are folded on u
cold and pulseless breast,
And your still form In Its casket speak
a soul In pcrfoct rest
Will your spirit, on white pinions, hover
ing o'er your lonely child,
Sec upon my hoart deep graven, your
own features, soft and mild.
Kate II. Adams.
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I'M.
The Spell Broken,
IJY MARY MARSHALL PARKS.
(Copyright, 1D01, by Dally Story l'ub. Co.)
"Anderson says lio mot you on tho
avonuo yesterday, but ho was not sure
that you recognized him," said Jack,
with u troubled look in Jila honest
ycs.
"I am dollghtod to hear It," an
nvrqred Madge, with a trill of gay
laughter. "That waa precisely tho
state of mind that I wished to produco,
but I waa not certain I had acquired
tho necessary manner, I hollovo my
education la now comploto. What an
unsophisticated croature I was a yoar
ago!"
"I liked tho old Madgo best," aald
Jucki'blllritl'.
"Did youT" naid Madge, Indifferent
ly. "But what a gooso I wasl I had
ho many Illusions I bollovod In so
many things nnd oo many pcoplo, al
Bioat everything nnd everybody, I
think, absurd aa It acoma."
"I had hoped you would always bo
kind to my friends, Madge. Andorson
1 no carpet-knight; but ho In an hon
est man and a good fellow."
"That was simply ono ot your llttlo
misapprehensions," repllod Madgo,
lightly. "I shall always chooso ray
own friends."
"I did not mean that you should
mako my frlenda youra in tho nearest
sense. ' That would bo Unreasonable,"
said Jack gravely. "All I ask la com
mon civility."
"That also la at my own discretion,"
retorted Madgo wilfully.
"I could novor cut any ono oxcopt
for tho gravest rcaaona," aald Jack,
eoborly. "I novor cut any ono in my
life but Dick Foster."
"Dick Foster? And what has ho
done to Incur your dlsplensurn?"
Madgo aBked, with a bright, hard look.
"You know that Ella Pnrsons la li
the insane asylum and you know
why," aald Jack, sternly. "Ho ought
not to be rocolvod in decent society."
.Madge's faco . grow . still harder, "It
may aa well bo understood onco for
all that I shall recognize whom I
please, and when and whore I ploaso,"
she said, lolly, "That la n inattor In
which I would not bo guided by tho
Prince ot Good Form himself."
"And who la that?" asked tho aston
Ished Jack.
,4Dlek Foster," alio responded with
auother hard glance.
Jack rose unsteadily. Ho was not
going to quarrel with Madgo Just then.
Hotwnsjnot fit. For duya ho had boon
nware thai his hoad and logs wore u
llttlo queor. Nothing tcrlous, ho said
'And who la that?"
to himself, as ho doscondod the stops
, and yet his foot wero still unsteady
"ana jus-noau curiously iigut.
It would havo boon easy for him to
glyo Madgo up had ho not firmly bo
Moved that tho sweot-soulod, dowy
eyed girl who had won his heart still
dwelt somewhere within that cold and
wordly exterior, Jlko n orlucess shut
in h tower, waiting for Homo bold
knight to release her from the spoil of
tho enchanter.
''I tear I'm not tho knight," ho
thought sadly, as ho walked heavily
down the street; and still, ho could not
lUcldq to glvt tier up not Just yet
9-n
BM S 1 V M
"Jack Downing fa downed at last."
said samo would-bp wit among tho
awnylug figures on tho ball room floor.
"Drain fever."
Tho words drifted into tho conserva
tory whero Madge wns Bitting, nnd for
a moraont alio thought tho lights had
gone out Then thoy blazed up again
with ton-fold brilliancy, and at tho
samo time tho whlto light of reason
and common aenso that had been so
long obscured In tho girl's soul flashed
out with all its old power, shattering to
atoms tho shell of worldllncss and
scoptlclsm which had closod around
her heart.
"It Is tho old Madgo, dear."
Scolng that Dick Foster waa scan
ning her with a' look ot cool curiosity,
sho composod her faco and summoned
up all tho Bolt-control sho possessed.
"I will go homo now. if you Dloaso.
Mr. Foster," Hho said coldly.
Ho has simply beon overworked.
my dear child," tho old doctor repeat
ed, soothingly. "As you know, his
father-was obliged to go to Europo for
a prolonged vacation; and that throw
mo whole responsibility of tho bust
noss on tho boy. Ho has carried tho
weight nobly for ono bo young; but I
wnrnod him weeks ago that ho was
overdoing, nnd must slucken his paco.
I supposo ho couldn't sea his way clour
to do it Ho Iiuh n traluod nurso and
tho host ot care, and wo'll pull him
through nil right."
Although Madgo wont homo con
vinced that sho had fluttered horaeir
too much in thinking that her inslg
nlilcant doings had brought about
Jack's UlnesH, she wns not entirely re
assured. Even it sho had addod llttlo
to tho load he hnd beon carrying, sho
had done nothing to lighten it, and
sho might havo dono so much. Sho
had not dreamed it was bo heavy.
"And whllo ho was tolling llko a
slave, you you woro flirting with Dick
Foster," sho said contemptuously to
tho palo faco that confronted horo aa
sho took tho fading flowers from uur
hair and shook down tho shlulng colls.
Jack's hands lay llko wlthcrod leaves
on tho snowy coverlet, nnd tho wan,
shrlvolod faco on tho pillow Boomed
hardly humnu, but his eyes woro bright
with roturnlng Ufa and dawning bono.
"Has tho prlncosa escaped from tho
tower at lost? Is It ronlly tho old
Madgo?" ho whispered, doubtfully.
"It Is tho old Madgo, dear," sho
answered, tears and smiles struggling
for tho mastery ot her mobllo fuco, In
Bplto ot tho doctor's Injunction aa to
oxcltcmont "Mr, Andorson Is down
stairs. Wo nro tho best of friends now
and ho brought mo here. Shall I toll
him to coma up?"
"Not Just yot" said Jack, happily
studying tho faco bont over him, nnd
finding In It all ho had so loved and
more Tho cynical curl ot tho Hps was
gone, tho dowy irosiiiiess had como
baclc to tho oyos, and brought with it
a sweet, grave womanliness that had
novor boon tticro botoro,
"It is worth far, far moro than
brnln fover costs," ho Bald ut lost, with
a algh of satisfaction.
Don't consldor it smnrt to bo flip
pant. All men ot brnlua desplso n all
ly talker, nnd nice women shun thorn
ABOUT VANILLA.
A riant Esteemed for Its Flnvnr s4
Aroma.
The vanilla Is nn orchidaceous,
climbing vine, which often rc&chet
over 30 feet in halght, nnd la usuAllj
about tho thickness ot one's llttlo fin
ger. Tho vino 1b round, knotted at In
tervals', and covered with dark green
spear-shaped leaves. It thrown out a
number of thin arms or aerial roots tit
It rises, which, attaching themsolvcs to
neighboring trees, appear to derive
therefrom such nutriment that the
vines aro little dependent on the soil
In fact, often when nil other modes ol
supply aro cut off theso holdfasts will
entirely nour'sh tho plant Occasional
ly tho wild vines completely cover the
branches of tho tree, and, running
from it Into ndjacont ones, thoy will
bang In huso festoons and arches bo
thick that they seriously Impede one's
progress In the bush. Tho vines blos
som profusely usually In the spring-
the strango and dellcato flowers, with
tholr long, straggling and palo yellow
petals, springing from the angles
whero tho leaves branch off. After a
few days' cxlstonco, tho llowera wither
and fall, and nn their chanco of fertili
zation through any of tho outside
agencies on which they depond Is n
brief one, and precarious at best, it Is
not surprising to find that very few
of them aro succeeded by fruit This
takes tho form ot a largo pod, and,
strango to say, although tho pods at
tain their full growth within fifty
days from tho fall of tho potals, thoy
take fully seven months moro to ripen.
Tho pod vary from 5 to 12 inches in
length and aro nbout like a banana,
but aro better described as resembling
a knife shenth; henco tho name
vanilla, which Is a corruption of tho
Spanish word valnllla a small scab
bard. Each pod contains n quantity
ot small black granules, surrounded by
a balsamic pulp whoso peculiar com
bination of oil and ncld Is supposed to
Impart to tho pods that delicious flavor
and powerful aroma for which they
aro so Justly esteemed. Chambers'
Journnl.
A CO-OPERATIVE COLONY.
An Kxnmple Is tho Settlement of Cosmo
In Paraguay.
Comparatively few persons aro
nwaro of tho exlstenco In Paraguay of
a llttlo English-speaking colony
named Cosmo, and of Its attempt to
organlzo a community on tho highest
co-oporatlvo lines. Beginning in 1891
as tho result of a secession from the
Now Australia colony, tho founders ot
Cosmo soem to havo stcorod clear of
tho shoals and quicksands which
wrecked tho parent movement One
of tho "fathers" ot tho colony, al
though ho Is quito a young man, is
John Lane, who says of tho colony:
"Wo aro running now on tho linos on
which Now Australia started; we aro
communistic in so far as wo share
our earnings equally, Irrespective of
tho capacity of the Individual. Tho
present outlook is highly satisfactory,
but wo want moro adult members. Our
present population Is sixteen women,
all married, and twenty-six men; forty-two
all told, cxclustvo of tho chil
dren. Wo hnvo 10,000 acres of land,
halt forest nnd half pasture, but only
the forest land Is good for cultivation.
In tho mattor ot flnanco our assets ex
ceed our liabilities, and that is goner
ally considered to bo a sound position.
Wo can easily ralso our own food sup
ply. Every family lives In its own
houso, and tho bachalors have houses
of tholr own, but tako their meals at
tho co-oporatlvo dining-room, tholr
cooking bolng dono for them by col
ony labor. This co-oporatlvo com
monwealth Is governed by what Is
called a parliament, although it Is on
ly a commltteo of threo, with a chair
man or director ot tho colony. Tho
ballot Is taken by casting papers Into
a hnt Speaking ot tho Industrial con
ditions In Cosmo, Mr. Lano said ro
cently: "Wo have a forty-flvo hours'
woek, eight hours a day for flvo
day' and flvo hours on Sat
urday. Work starts Just nftor
sunrlso nnd tho mon nro em
ployed In augnr-maklng nnd timber
work. Tho married women aro not on
tho organized working staff. Thoy look
after tho homes, nnd any work thoy
do outsldo Is voluntary. Slnglo worn
en would bo on tho working staff."
Turned the Tables.
lecturer was onco docnntlng on
tho superiority ot nnturo over art,
when an Irreverent llBtonor In tho au
dience fired that old question at him:
"How (yould you look, sir, without
your wig?" Young man," Instantly re
plied tho lecturer, pointing his flngor
at him, ' you havo furnished mo an npt
Illustration for my nrguinont My bnld
ncsa can bo trncetl to tho artificial hab
its ot our modern civilization, while
tho wig I nm wearing" horo ho ralsod
his volqo till tho windows shook "Is
mado of natural hair!" Tho audience
testified Its appreciation of tho point
by loud npplnuso and tho speaker war
npt interrupted ugnlu.
Kallilmry its n Snlnt.
rt is not generally Known tnat n
statuo ot Lord Salisbury nn a Christian
warrior appeara la ono of tho niches
ot tho Intcreatlfg und bcautt'ul rcrodos
in tho chapol ot All SouIb' Collogo, Ox
ford. About forty yenrs ago tho pre
mier was elected a fellow ot this col
lege, and about tho tamo tlmo an olab
orato Btono Bcroon was orectod In tho
chapol attached to tho Fellows' houso.
Tho sculptor evidently preferred to
make his own saints Instead of accept
Ing thoso canonlzod by tho church, and
Lord Huusuury waB cuoson to nu up
tho vacant gap, and la therefore Ira
mortallzod aa u OuUan warrior.
Chicago, Journal,
MANY EARTHQUAKES
BEAUTIFUL JAPAN
It was near the end or August that
a mountain, or perhaps moro properly
speaking, a high hill, was rnzod by nn
earthquako to the level of tho plain
of Igusa, In the northern part of Japan.
That hill was more than 500 feet high
nnd covered forty ncrei of the outskirts
ot tho village of Kolwayamn. It Bank
In tho night, and in the morning the
terror-stricken residents of Kolwny
ama wero startled to find that it had
disappeared from view forever. Apropos
nf this occurrence, Mr. Clarence
WINE TO THE GODS, TO PROPI
TIATE VOLCANO'S WRATH.
Browncll, author of "Talcs from
Toklo," writes tho following account of
his own oxporloncca with earthquakes
In Japan:
"Wo were up to dlno near tho Im
perial university in Toklo, Japan, ono
evening, in tho beautiful puzzle-pathed
grounds known as Kaga Yashtkl,
whero onco tho Prince of Kaga had his
palace. Tho building had become ono
for tho investigation of earthquakes,
whero thoso uncanny disturbances
made records on various contrivances
a famous specialist had devised for
measuring all sorts of Jolts and Jars
and palpitations. Their capacity for
lotatlon includod all disturbances
from the uphoaval ot a mountain
range to tho alighting of the moat
VILLAGE ROAD IN JAPAN,
:arcful fly, Tho professor In chargo
explained what a "quako" did to an
jarth partlclo during a seismic disturb
ing how it moved east and west,
lorth, south and up and down. Ho
ihowed a "track" a colleague of his,
Professor Seklya, had mado to lilus-
:rato tho movement. Tho track waa
at wire bent and twisted bo that It
.ooked llko a skein of yarn a kitten
nad boon playing with. To follow It
from end to end would havo taken a
patient man a woek.
"Oh, for nn earthquako," said ono
of tho visitors.
"Well, you may not havo long to
wait," said tho professor. "Wo have
ibout 500 a year In Japan, you know.
Ono may bo along before tho cvcnlug's
over."
And ho spoko truly, for tho servants
bad no moro than brought on tho flsh,
whon the floor bsgun to wiggle, tho
InmpB and pictures to sway, tho win
dows to rattlo and tho dishes on tho
mahogany to clattor as young roosters
io. Ho exclaimed:
"Horo you are, boys. How slngu-
inrly npropos. I'll havo somo good
ccords to show you In the morning.
Meanwhile, an this building is a bit
old, I suggest wo get under the table.
It Is built on tho earthquako plan and
ihould tho roof full,, wo are safe
;horo.M
By tho tlmo ho had said "there"
til of us wore there, riding on tho soa
css billows of tho floor, which creaked
and undulated and bumped our heads
against tho table'u under surface and
rolled ua against its stalwart legB and
against each other as though wo wore
great dough billiard balls trying to
ainko cannon and cushlou shots.
When wo enmo from under tho tnblo
tho professor lighted a clgarctto und
tnld:
"All Japan Is an upheaval, and off
llio coast a bit, say from 50 to '200
oilles east of Sendnl, it town north ot
acre, there Is the greatest depression
In tho world's crust wo know of. Tho
Vuscarorn Deep wo call It, after the
United States government vessel that
Usoovered It, It would bescfo to dive
IN
from tho top of FuJU into Tuscarora
Deep, at least there would.be plenty
of water and no danger of striking
bottom. Tho depth is moro than 24,
000 feet. FuJU, tho highest point of
Japan's upheaval, Is 12 -100 feet So
wo have 30,000 feet between top and
bottom. A safe seven miles, I fancy."
Down near Nagasaki, tho chief sea
port on tho Islund of Kluahlu, Is tho
largest active volcano In tho world,
Abo 3nn, yet In spite of Its activity nnd
the terrible eruptions It has had, thero
aro somo seventy vlllngcs Insldo tho
crnter, with a total population of per
haps 20,000. During ouo eruption Aso
San destroyed 50,000 HVeaP-obliteratcd
them.
All conditions ot mon, from Mlkados
down to tho most lowly, havo made
offerings and prnyc;s to propitiate tho
wrath of this vast volcanic moun
tain. Once tho pcoplo heard rum
blings nnd wont to tho priest with
money, but In vain. Tho rumblings
continued, and tho priest said that
probably God wanted more money.
Then tho pcoplo gave again, but God
did not grant their prayer.
"He thinks you havo given insuffi
ciently," explained tho priest, so the
people gavo a third time. Then tho
holy mnn bent hlB sacred drum und
clnnged the Bacred gong, repeated sev
en prayers and Informed his parishion
ers that God advised them twice. First,
in tho caso of flood run to tho hills.
Socond, In enso ot earthquakes run to
tho bamboo forest, whoro tho matted
roots form a network that would hold
them up oven though tho ground
ahould open. And the pcoplo went
nwny dissatisfied, for they had known
this all along.
WAYS OF THE HORNED TOAD.
Charles F. Holder, tho naturalist,
writes of horned toads as follows in
tho Scientific American: "In handling
tho lizards, which aro perfectly harm
less1, desnito their warllko array of
splne3, I noticed that, although I had
treated them gently, my hands wero
spotted with blood, and upon examin
ing one of tho unlmals I found that Its
eyes wero Buffused with blood, whllo
In another specimen Its oyo appeared
to bo destroyed, or represented by a
blood spot I at first nssumed that
whllo together tho animals had In
jured each other with their spines;
but suddenly, when holding a lizard
near my faco, It depressed or lowered
Its head, and I immediately received
AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE.
a line sprny-lllco discharge, which
proved to bo blood. A glanco at tho
animal snowed that its eyes wero
bloody, aB though ruptured. Tho volley
had como so suddenly that I did not
sco It, but I wub convinced that in
somo way tho lizard had ruptured a
blood vossol In Its eyes and had forcod
the fluid through tho air a distance ot
at least a toot.
"I Immediately began to experiment
with tho llttlo captives, and found that
tho aboyc explanation was tho case be
yond question; but only a small per
centage of tho lizards could be in
duced to respond to my methods; giv
ing them slight tups on tho heud seem
ed to exaspernto them tho most, nud
thoy would lower the head convulsive
ly, tho eye would be dopre&sed, and n
Jot of thick blood, or blood which con
gealed very quickly, would bo shot In
a dollcato stream to an oxtrnordlnnry
distance.
"Suspecting that tho lizards did not
consider mo a dangerous enemy, nnd
that I wou'd havo better success with
eoma animal, I called In tho aid of a
fox terrier, for which the lltttlo crea
tures ovlnced tho greatest fear. When
tho dog placed his noao near them thoy
crouched low and endeavored to shuf-
flo themselves uudor tho sand out ot
Bight; but whon tho dog was urged on
and began to bark thoy would draw
buck, hl38 slightly, then depress tho
licail, ana tho whlto faco of tho onemv
would at onco bo spattered with drops
ot blood. Such n dlschargo was very
circcuvo ana wiien received In tho nos
tills It caused tho dog no llttlo annoy
nnco and ho ran around excitedly for a
moment vnlnly endeavoring to rid
himself of the fluid, which evidently
Had somo disngrcenblo feature."
How Ho Kite iv.
Dashaway Did you tell tho Brldor
loya that I was going to call thero last
night? Clovcrton Yeb'. How did you
know? Dashaway The wedding pres
ont I gavo thorn was lit the front par-
tor. town aim country.
THE BIBLE AS A WAR CODE.
lion- It Has Ileen Employed In tu
South African Campaign.
Mr. Krligcr's cablo to his Pretoria
relatives who Inquired what waa to bo
done with- tho ox-Prcsldent's house,
now It wan no longer tenanted by th
lato Mrs. Krugcr, was "Road Proverbs
vll., verses 19-20" "For tho goodman
Is not at home, ho has gono on a long
Journoy. Ho hath taken a bag of
money with him, and will como homo
at tho day appointed." Under Kruger
rulo every South African editor found
the Dlble an lndlspcnsablo book of
reference, most proclamations from
Pretoria containing Biblical allusions.
Tho latest cablo sent by Mr. Krugcr
haB now prompted a correspondent to
a Lccuwardcn (Holland) paper to enu
merate a number ot Scriptural mes
sages exchanged by tho Boor leaders
Just before the surrender of Conje. On
February 25, 1900, Mr. Krugcr tele
graphed to General Christian Do Wet
(who wns to rescue Cronjo): "Notify
Cronjo that largo reinforcements nro
on tho road, and ho will bo roloascd.
Psalm xxll., 21," which reads:
"Save mo from tho lion's mouth, for
Thou hast heard mo from the horns
of tho unicorns."
Do Wet hcliographcd Cronjo tho
samo day at 12:20 p. m.: "Prcsldont
telegraphs, 'Stand firm; largo rein
forcements aro approaching. As soon
ns thoy arrivo wo Bhnll attack at dawn
on tho north. Psalm Ixlv., 7."
Cronjo replied with Psalm xx., 7,
also mentioning incidentally that his
food supplies wero getting short, to
which tho Ingenious Do Wot retorted:
"Psalm llx., 15" "Lot them wander
up and down for moat, and grudgo if
they bo not satisfied."
But Cronjo grow impntlcnt; Do
Wet's promised convoy ot food was
long in coming, nnd ho again hello
graphed "Psalm xx., 7" "Somo trust
In chnrlots and somo In horeos; but wo
will remember the nnmo of tho Lord
our God."
No relief coming oa tho morning ot
tho 26th, Gcnornl Cronje hollographod:
"Tho enemy has been enormously re
inforced; I am hard pressed. Psalm
ill., 1."
Most of tho verses havo been most
aptly choson, and in many cases con
voy tho meaning of tho sender as per
fectly as a long message sont over tbo
wires in tho usual way.
NEW YORK BUTTEROUPS.
A Club of Women Who Aro rindcert to
Say No Unkind Word.
Of making women's clubs thero Is no
end. New York has a now society.
Tho members' call themselves tho But
tercups. Why Buttercups, deponent
Bayeth not, hut tho aim of tho society
is a laudablo one, no less a thing than
tho cultivation and dissemination of
charity and good will. No moinbor Is
to Bay an unkind word or to form a
harsh Judgment. Every member Is to
toko whatever comes with cUoerful
serenity and mako tho b'st of the
situation. Each woman is pledged to
spread abroad tho club principles. It
any ono in tho fold is heard to titter
nn expression unbefltting tho sister
hood her fellows are apt to say "But
tercups." Tho magic word will bring
tho wandering ono back to a sonso of
her responsibility. A member of tho
society tried the formula on a mere
man tho other day. Ho was talking
before an audience of womon that in
cluded many Buttercups. Ho grow
violent on tho Subject ot Czolgosz and
expressed an unchristian deslro to
make tho assassin's punishment a
harsh one. Some of the womon np
plauded, but one woman nroso to tho
occasion. Sho was a Buttercup, and In
tbo words ot the statesman sho "seen
her duty and sho dono It" In clarion
tones Bho called out to tho speaker:
"Buttercups! " Tho man didn't un
derstand. Perhaps it was natural that
ho shouldn't intuitively grasp the
meaning of tho warning word. He
looked puzzled nud wont on with his
Bpeech, but later ho asked tho signifi
cance of tho enigmatic, comment.
Tho Buttercups Bay ho was deeply
impressed by tho explanation. Ho
Blghed to bo a Buttercup himself, and
Just to show that there was no bard
feeling the society mado him a mem
bo r. So one llttlo word may alter 'tho
destiny of a man. Now York Sun.
Lord Morris C'ounter-Tlirust.
Tho lato Lord Morris was unsparing
In tho counter thrust when ho was as
sailed. An English official, who filled
tho post ot undor-sccrettry to tho lord
lieutenant, once was rudo enough to
remark, In a loud volco, at a Dublin
dinner tnblo, that it was a strango ar
rangement, and ono chnractorlstlo of
Irolnnd, that he should havo a much
smaller salary than tho chief Justice
Morris was then chief Justice though
his functions wero so very much moro
important Chief Justico Morris, amid
tho nwed sllcnco which ensued, said:
"That Is a thraln o' thought that I
am sure often occurs to mo tipstaff."
London Lcttor.
A Doubtful Cnmpllmont.
Sho (arrayed for tho theater) Sorry
to havo kept you waiting so long, Mr.
Spoonnmore, but it has taken niu
longer than usual to get ready. I look
llko a fright In this hat, too. Ho (de
sirous ot saying something complimen
tary) It Isn't tho or fault of the
lovely hat, I am sure, MIsb Hanklneon.
London TIt-Blts.
Literary Tasks.
Penloy Has Bluffertou begun his
tiow novel yot? Skrlvuer No. r heard
that, on account of it being the holiday
season, ho is hnvlng uorao trouble in
getting his publisher, his dramatist
and his advertising oxpert together.
Puck.