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FROM Cin
Ye vrho tiUn with eredulltr to the wMprlnr of fncj who partus with
Hurmu the phantom of hop who expect that at will perform the proml
of jroulh, and that tha deficiencies of tha pretcnt dr will ba uppllad br
tha morrowi atttod to tha liUtorr of RomcIjk, I'rinca of AbMinU."
By ERNEST McGAFFEY
Author cif "Votmt of Gun and Hott," "OatJeerJ."
'Totmj of thu Totun," Etc.
(Copyright, -by
The Rural Swain
'".cUel crr-p' up qulto unbeknown
An erkoit In thru' tho winder,
An' thnr not Iluldy all nlono
1 1 1 1 no ono nigh to hinder."
Cupid works overtimes In tho conn
try, A hnrd-worknd Httlo nod lio Is
Indeed In tho rural districts. It It
ho truo or falso that It 1b "lovo thnt
makes tho world ko round," It Is cer
tainly a fact thnt tho mnln world for
tho hoy hotwoon 17 and 21 In tho
fnrtn lands, Is thnt delectnhlo land of
Heart's Deal re, hounded on tho east,
wont, north and south by tho vision
of his "boot girl," and festooned by
dreams of various circuses, band con
certs, dances, Sunday school gather
ings, "fish fryB," picnics, barbecues,
and biiKBy rides.
To boo a hoy oinorgo from tho chrys
nils stago of 1G or thoroahouts, Into
tho full-grown butterfly of 17 or 18, Is
Konicthlnrt marvelous to behold, and
lnutriictlvo to contemplate Tho trans,
formation Is Invariably accomplished
by means of n rcd-whoolod buggy.
This really marks tho tlmo when lie
strikes off tho Hhncklcs of boyhood
and emerges Into tho ilorco whlto
light of country society. Ho becomes
at onco u target for tho aldo-spllttlng
wlttlclHins of tho country editor with
his: "Jnko Ileavor seems to bo driv
ing out protty regular towards tho
Osgood farm now, Sundny nights.
Hoy! Jnko! Whon shall wo sond our
congratulations?" This mnkos "Jnko"
feel as though ho had drawn a capital
prlzo at Bomo grand lottory.
A boy without u buggy Is absolutely
not In tho "running" at all. A great
denl of "sparking" lu dono whllo on
tho road to tho various entertain
montB, und Cupid In tha country would
bo especially appropriate with wings,
for tho hoys usually Urlvo at break
neck paco, Just to Bcaro tho girls and
Impress tholr sweethearts with their
prowess as drivers. A boy who Is
driving "tho old mnn'B rig, feels about
ns Importnnt as If ho wns wearing his
oldor brother's old clothes, and every
ono know It, But with a now buggy,
with n hoavy near-fur robo for wlntor,
and n fancy blanket ton. summer, nnd
a now buggy whip, and a "stoppy"
nag to leave tho dust In "tho othor
follow's" faco, tho rural Bwnln 1b In
his clomont, and on tho top wuvo of
delight.
Wo saw n groat doal of tho evolu
tion of tho rustic cnvallor at tho farm.
Saturdays and SuudayH especially
woro his busy days, and tho road In
front of tho houno was scalloped with
tho print of his buggy wheels. You
may ho suro that tho question of dress
wnB u most partlculur point with him,
and to aavo tlmo and bo strictly on
rogalo, ho always woro "patent leath
er" shoos. Soft hats woro tho stylo,
black In tho fall and wlntor, and light
lu tho Rummor and spring. Somo of
tho boys woro prono to silk muf
Mors and olaborato ties, and woro
really gotten up regardless.
As Is usual In Biich casos, thoro Is
always somo ono boy who Is known
nu "tho best dressed fellow In tho
township," nnd ho 1b especially care
ful to llvo up to tho roputntlon, ovon
If It takes nearly all ho can earn to
appear with tho latest novoltlcs In
dross. Somo of tho boys woro vari
ously tho best dancers, tho .host hos
iers, tho host swimmers, skaters, otc,
but tho most important mombor of
Bocloty In tho community, tho "Wnrd
McAllister" of tho district, was tho
boy who was tho best dancer and
"cnllor-off" at tho dances, for ho could
make or unmnko either n boy or u
girl who wanted to shlno nt thoso as
somblagoB. A curious featuro of tho "courting"
which was carried on, wbb tho gath
erings of tho young boys aud girls who
played games among thomsolvos, but
who did not dnnco. Theso ombryo
society ovontB would often bo attend
ed by cagor crowds of as many as 30
or 40 couples, most of thorn girls and
boys of about 14 to 10, and thoy al
ways wont homo oarly, and It was na
If Cupid was moroly making tonta
tlvo arrangomonts for moro sortous
affairs. Sometimes nt thoso llttlo
"parties," as thoy woro callod, thoro
would bo an attompt to hnvo a quad
rlllo or two boforo tho party broke up,
Bomo of tho moro ambitious of tho
girls wantlnc to try tholr wings boforo
"budding" out at tho regulation dnncos.
Then after a year or moro you
would boo Bomo of tho boyB nnd girls
who attended thoso "partlos" nt
dances, and you would know that
novormoro would thoy bo Boon with
the youngsters, but that thoy had
fairly outorod tho arona of soctoty,
and woro now oscortcd by tho boys
who owned tholr own buggies, and
who woro prppnrlng to enter tho
doubtful Btnto of matrimony la tho
Immediate future.
Hoys and girls marry early on the
farms. A groat many of them nro
married, the boys at 21, tho girls at
lu or younger. A good many are mar
Hod, boys boforo they are 20, girls at
16. This makos for early grand
parontago, and extensive families.
Courtship, thereforo, Is confined o a
period of from two to threa years, to
flvo at the furthest. A year's court
ship la a fairly long time and mar
FlMLe a.od f lyjng in marriage occupies
imii.iiniiii.nl. IH im ' f
TO FAR
Joioph 11. llowlea.)
but n brief apace, all things consid
ered, In a rural community.
Whon tho storing nnd flaring cir
cus advertisements first mado their
nppearanco on tho dingy blll-boardB In
tho neighboring towns, thoro was Im
mediately great oxcltomont In tho
community, and much talk about who
was going with who, nnd what tho
nlrls woro going to wear. There was
qulto as much heart-burning among
tho girls as there would ba nt any
fancy-dress ball nt Newport, and tho
amount of crisp sarcasm Indulged In
by tho glrlB was as Is usual In such
cases mado and provided. If tho boya
woro Bhort of monoy, thoro was tho
usual scramble to got some, and nny
chanco to got out nnd do ft llttlo extra
work was always snapped up In a
hurry.
Circuses woro nlways a long ways
off, at somo ono of tho lnrgor towns,
but such an ovent drow on tho neigh
borhoods for 30 miles around. Those
who went from tho Btnaller towns usu
ally could go by rail, but tho main
body of tho circus goers went In
buggies.
As wo hnd soon a tlgor or two In.
our tlmo, thoso ovents did not oxclto
us boyond our control, but wo rathor
lost casto, I lmaglno, by our staying
away from where "tho monarch of tho
Junglo" nnd tho corrugntod-hlded
rhinoceros disported themselves, nnd
tho bnreback riders contorted. A
long lino of buggies, with n Joyous
ly nntlclpntory couplo In each vehicle
would pasB tho hoiiso In tho early
dawn, nnd If wo hnppon to bo up, wo
would bo greeted nlwnyB with "ain't
you going to tho clrcus7" A "llbornl
spondor" among tho swains wns sure
to malco n hit, na It was supposed n
"lino" could bo gotten on his liberal
ity ns n husband In that way, lied
lomonndo, peanuts, taffy, tho concert
nftor tho show, dlnnor, tho "flying
dutchmnn," tho side-shows, tho for
tune tcllors woll, thoro woro sovornl
wnya In which tho "nlmblo shilling"
could be Induced to chnngo hands, nnd
along about midnight tho rigs would
coino trooping back, an occnslonal
yoll from somo Jolly Lothario notify
ing us of tho passing of a home-bound
couplo,
Tho "band concorts" woro nlwayB
given nt tho towns whoro thoy boast
ed of n town bnnd; and thoy woro nt
tonded by tho boys nnd girls for
miles nround. Thoso In our section
woro held Invariably on Saturday
nights. Tho band gathered at a llt
tlo plank pavilion on ono sldo of tho
public squaro opposite tho courthouso,
and thoro discoursed sweet music from
about eight to t,on p. m. Tho rurnl
awalna enmo In groat droves, buggy
laden, nnd from nil points of tho coun
ty. Thoy bought tho girls Biippor nt
tho hotols or restaurants, lco cream
at tho drug stores, and lomonndo, pea
nuts nnd popcorn whorovor thooo
necessities could bo found. Thoro
was vlBltlng among tho various neigh
borhoods, nnd n pernicious amount of
reckless driving nbout at racing spcod
around tho dusty streets and corners
of tho town.
Somotlmcs n boy who had boon bit
ton with n doslro to bo "n bad man"
would got Into an argument with tho
pollco forco, ono In number, and bo
escorted to tho town jail, thoro to
rntnlnntn until (tin iuiyI Mmwl
I" - V. awV KIUIIUU IMUIII'
lng, but usually thoro wna vory llttlo
trouble at tuo concorts. Tho muslo
waB tho best thoy hnd, and If you did
not llko It, you could go homo. Wo
uttondod nt laHt ono "band concort"
that 1 romombor. Tho muslo was of
tho "catch-as-catch-can" ordor, Queens
bury rules, classic holds barred, and
ovory follow for hlmsolf until tho
flnnlo, whon thoy woro nil supposed
to unite for tho ond of tho ploco.
At tho country dances tho swains
nppoarod in full forco, dancing until
dnybronk, and with their host "bibs
and tuckers." Tho dancos woro tho
most Importnnt of nil rural functions,
and by tho tlmo a follow began to
tako a girl regularly to thoso ovontB,
thcro was no doubt but that ho had
boon "hookod, played nnd landed,"
nnd that thore was something shortly
to bo heard of In tho matrimonial lino.
And yot, nu ovorywhoro, tho courso
of true lovo wont awry, and wo wnnbi
bco somo ono of tho boys driving
swiuiy past with a now girl on tho
sent bosldo him, and tho girl ho used
to drlvo with appearing In public
with nnothor cnvallor, and by thoMo
"proaont8"wo know that tho silken cord
had boon loosed" nnd that Cupid had
received anothor "back sot."
The "fish fries" woro whoro old aud
young congrogatod, but tho boys nnd
girls nover missed theBo oxcltlng oq.
cnslons. Thoy woro usually hold In
somo grovo near a rlvor or lako, and
tho men wont eurly to cntch enough
fish to supply tho dlnnor for all. Tho
women brought hugo bnskots loaded
down with ovorythlng possible In tho
way of good things to oat. ami nnmn.
times an organ would bo brought
along, n platform built, and tn thn
t muslo of fiddle and organ n danco
would wind up tho ontortalnmont.
All boats in the vicinity would bo
prossod Into aorvlco, nnd the woods
would ring with tho good ttmoa tho
folks woro having. Impromptu swings
would be Inatallud. and thn shrink of
I tho girls who woro being hoisted hoar
OH
M
onward shook tho loaves in l
branches abovo.
"Oh' George, tell thorn to stop,
Thin wo tho cry of Marlar;
Hut tho louder aho hollered
Tho harder they nuahed.
And tho Htvlntr went a little bit hither."
"Fish fries" broko up nbout dark,
and tho grind of wheels on tho gravol
ly spots and tho shouts of tho return
Ing couples soon died away along tho
road.
Imrbccuos woro rather Infrequent
affairs, sometimes occurring when a
noted political speaker was to make
an address. They woro hold usually
at tho county fair grounds, or out lu
tho woods somowhero, and whole
beeves, sheep and hogs woro roasted,
and morally tons of eatables con
Burned. Thcro wns always something
to spend monoy over, and whllo tho
boys nnd girls soldom onthunod ovor
tho orntory, they did over tho good
things to cat Picnics woro also in
frequont happenings.
Tho buggy rldo Is at presont tho
plcco do reslstnnco of country court
ship. It takes tho couplo away from
tho prying oyes of llttlo "Dub" and
"Sis," and It usually Ioogons tho
tonguo of many a bashful swain.
Thoro Is something for a boy's hands
to do, nnd his feet nro undor cover.
Tho awkwardness of hanging on
to a chnlr nnd trying to think nf
something to sny Is gotten rid of, and
tho motion of tho flying buggy chcern,
but does not Inobrlato him. He U
tlieroforo moro at an advantage, as to
carrying on n conversation, and many
a proposal is Jolted out on & buggy
rldo which othorwlBO might romnln
unspoken.
Tho fashion mnlnly In our neighbor
hood was for tho girls to go baro
hcadod on theso drives, and Sunday
nflornoon and ovonlng tho dull rever
borntlon of wheels along tho road,
and tho distant rumblo ovor nenr-by
bridges, told that Cupid's cohorts woro
bcBtlrrlng themselves. In tho wlntor
tlmo thoro was of courso tho shifting
from buggies to sleighs and cutters,
nnd oven tho old-tlmo bob-slods, whon
pnrtlcs wont out. Skating parties
woro also popular, and at all seasons
thoy hold tho dances.
"Brldgo whist," needless to Bay, was
unknown. "Progressive ouchro" an
unknown quantity. "Receptions"
thero woro nono, and ns for "tea-pour-Ing"
or nny such lack-n-dnlsalcal per
formances, thoy woro unheard of.
Cupid doponded mostly on tho red
whcolod bugglos nnd the country
dances, and his success justified hia
selections. Of courso tho tlmo-honor-od
Institution of "sparking" was not
dono away with. This Interesting proc
ess, howovor, la mostly confined to
Sunday nights, and may be, and usual
ly is protracted until around Monday
morning enrly, say close to ono o'clock
a. m. Sunday nights tho lights in
many a farm houso shono out over
tho Holds, and Inside thojiouses tho
various couples tnlkod over, their
doncos, and parties, tholr neighbor
hood topics and matters of local inter
est, and sennned tho family album,
and gossiped and bantered ono an
othor. And horo, too, Cupid appeared be
hind tho scones, nnd, matrimonially
Inclined, wovo tho webs of mutual
trust und confldouco between tho
couples, and aldod In unfolding tho
mystory of his dlvlno art. Outsldo tha
Btars gleamed, and tho trees waved
by still Holds. Insldo, porhaps tho
organ sounded softly, or a Are glowod
In nn old-fnshloncd llroplnco or in a
moro modorn stovo.
Aftor tho "old folks" went to bed
nnd thoro was nothing to disturb the
quid of Indoors but tho monotono of
tho two roapohdlng volcea, Cupid bo
took hlmBolf to other tlmoa and spaces,
confident that his spoil was already
progressing bravoly.
In tho country papers tho "corre
spondents" from tho various quartors
of tho township rogularly reported all
thoso dlfforont courting "bees," nnd
tho usual Jokos woro lovoled at tho
Bwaln whon tho paper mado Its ap
poarnnco. Indeed, ho would bo somo
what, disappointed If ho thought that
hlB comings nnd goings woro to pasa
unrecorded, nnd gonorally had a re
tort ready for tho greotlngs which ho
may bo suro will follow his appear
nnco In public.
And how quickly mnrrlago follows
on In tho country! And bo suro that
whoovor oro Invltod to tho wedding,
all tho country round knows of It.
And tho thoughtful groom, knowing
tho custom of tho country, provides
hlmsolf with various boxes of cigar,
and tha nowly-mado brido cooks plen
tiful quantltlea of toothsome viands,
nnd together thoy sit down In their
dnrkoned homo, awaiting with pleased
expoctnncy tho arrival of tho band of
uolghbors intent on "ahlvnrcelng"
them.
With" a fearsome blast from shot
guns, dlnnor-horns, slelgh-bolls, cow
horns, dlnnor-bells, cow-bolls, etc., and
n torrlflo din mado by boating n sus
pended circular saw with a Blodgo
hammer, tho ontortalnmont opens, and
tho "roluctnnt" couplo uro finally
driven to opon tho doors nnd wolcomo
"all hands." Cigars nro passed
nround, and pies, aandwlchos, dough
nutH, cnkcB and other oatablos disap
pear na If by magic, thoro Is a groat
doal of hand-shaking and hearty good
wishes from all assomblcd, to tho
brldo and groom, nnd at last, with a
parting aaluto from all artillery and
nolso-produclng Instruments, tho
8oronndors fllo out nnd fndo In tho sur
roundtniT darkness.
And then tho happy couplo come
out ond sit on tho porch nnd discuss
thoso matters and things ovor which
no ono has special Interests but them
aolves, and tho katy-dlda Btrlko up
whllo tho stars shine down In an en
tirely friendly and disinterested man
nor, having soon theso things bo
foro. As usual, Cupid has won again.
ERNEST M'OAFFEY,
Washington
Interesting Bits of News Gathered
at the National Capital.
House Remembers
WASHINGTON. Sheakor Cannon
wns 72 years old tho othor day,
but being a presidential candidate, ho
was not awaro of tho fact until tho'
nnnlvorsary wns half ovor and then
reminders camo thick nnd fnst, and
brought teara of omotlon from him.
Tho first hint was contained In n tele
gram from a constituent In Danvlllo,
111., who is the family' Blblo expert for
that part of tho country.
"What day of tho month Is this, Bus
boy?" ho asked of Ills socrntnrv.
"Horo is a follow who has tho ncrvo
to say I havo turned nnothor mllo
st6no." A calendar was cnnnnltnii nmi
"Undo Joo" acknowledged that tho
boyB bnck homo had ono on him. In
n fow minutes Mr. Busbev wns onllm!
out to tho corridor nnd notified thnt
about tho biggest floral pleco ovor
aeon In tho capltol would arrlvo at
four O'clock, and thnt thorn wnnM hn
big doings In tho spcakor's room.
"UllClO JOO" wns kont In Icnnrnnon
of tho arrangements, nnd when, at tho
Tattooing Very Popular in the Navy
N INTERESTING report on tattoo
Ing In tho nnvy has been mndn tn
Secretary Metcalf by Surgeon Amnion
Farenholt ns a result of his obsorvn.
tlons whllo serving on tho recolving
ship Independence at tho Maro Island
navy yard In Cnlifornln.
Tho enlistment records of 3.G72 men
woro examined by Dr. Farncholt, this
being the enlistments on tho
onco for eight nnd a half' years. Thoso
records show that tho percentage
found tattooed on examination for Bee
ond and subsequent cnllatmonta was
B3.C1, and tho percontago found tat
tooed on examination for first en
listment was 23.01. Tho opinion is ex
pressed that nbout CO per cont. of tho
sailors who havo served ovor ton years
in tho navy nro tattooed.
Dr. Farenholt says It Is not fair to
assumo from tho figures that 23 per
cont. of tho malo citizens nro tattooed,
as n considerable proportion of nppll
canto for enlistment nro sea-faring
men. Ho wns surprised to find so
many, probably eight per cont. of the
recruits, who aro tattooed and who do
nlod having been nt Boa or ovon hav
ing lived in seaport towns. In Dr.
Big Weekly Pay Roll of Wage Earners
WHEN tho bureau of tho census
took tho consus of manufactures
In 1D05 It nlBo undortook tho task of
classifying tho weokly earnings of tho
employes in all kinds of manufactur
ing establishments. Questions ns to
tho actual earnings of all employes
woro asked of each manufacturer in
tho country nnd tho surprising num
bor of 123,307 OBtnbllshmonts ropllcd.
This numbor of establishments Is 02.9
por cont. of nil enumerated in tho
census and thoy omploy moro than
ono-half of all the wngo earners en
gaged in tho factory Industries in tho
country.
In a bulletin Just isaued by tho cen
sus bureau, containing compilations of
thoso statistics It is shown that of tho
3,2p7,819 wago oarnors covorod by tho
Investigation, 2,G19,0C3 woro men; 688,-
President Roosevelt
THE prosldont is not only a good
churchgoer himself, but deserves
tho thanks of nt least two Washington
preachers for his aid In boosting tho
Biro .of tholr congregations.
With his predlloctlon for having
ovorythlng reformed it Is no moro than
natural that his church also should
boar tho maglo label, It is Graco Re
formed, a rathor small, gray stono
building on Flftoonth Btreot, not qulto
a mllo from tho Whlto Houso,
Graco Roformcd is not a fashionable
church. Tho congregation is unas
suming in nppearanco and would bo
decldodly modoat in bIzo if It wore
not for tho prosldont Ho Oils cer
3811
WE
m
Whisperings
Cannon's Birthday
appointed tlmo, ho was summoned
from tho floor of tho houso by tho on
tiro Illinois delegation, ho was genu
Inoly surprised.
Roprc3ontnt!ves draff and Ralnoy,
ono n Republican and tho other a
Democrat, spoko felicitously and pre
sented tho floral plcco, which was six
feet high, of dogwood blossoms nnd
American Doauty rosea. As tho
speaker Btartod to roply, n tear trick
led as ho said:
"The swoetoBt flowers ot all
Bloom nbovo tho parting wnll."
Ho then spoko of his long career In
congress, thanked his 27 colleagues In
dividually and colloctlvoly, and a fow
minutes latcV was called back to the
floor of tho house. A roll call was
being taken on a motion to rccoss un
til tho following day, but when it was
half over Champ Clark Jumped to his
feet nnd said:
"It seems to mo this Is tho speaker's
birthday."
This was tho signal for general ap
plauso, and tho speaker blushed,
smiled and bowed llko n schoolgirl ns
ho waited for It to subside. Then ho
gnvo voice to his appreciation.
"I movo that in honor of tho occa
sion tho roll call bo suspended," said
Representative Macon of Arkansas.
This motion was passed with a. whoop
and the Domocratlc filibuster was re
laxed for a fow minutes at least.
Farenholt's opinion, tho custom is
moro common in enmps and In places
whoro men nro collected in largo num
bers than la imnglnod.
Tho report contains statistics re
garding tho location of tattoo marks
nnd tho frequoncy of vnrlous designs.
Lottors, mottoes, Initials and allied do
vices lead tho list and constltuto nbout
26 per cent, of all ink marks. Coats of
arms nnd nntlonal ombloma follow
with about 25 per cent., then flags,
nnchors, otc. Fomalo figures nro
Bhown in 18 per cent, of all tattooing.
Tho usual types woro found nmong
them, such ns "Holdfast" (a letter on
tho back of each finger); apprentice
knot; pig on dorsum of foot, which,
among tho older men, waa supposed to
shield Its poasesbor from death by
drowning;, crucifix, which in caso of
death would lnauro burial In a Chris
tian' country, nnd "Jerusalem crosB,"
which would nnswor tho samo purpose
on Moslem Bhorcs. Of tho latter Dr.
Farenholt found 14, all in re-enlisted
mon. Ono man was adorned wltha
sock covering onch foot and extending
abovo tho anklo; another with a fox
hunting scone. In ono caso tho entire
back was covered by a large Masonic
column and globo. "Llttlo Egypt" fig.
urod In two ensos and a copy of a boer
trademark In one. Designs showing
tho Goddess of Liberty, ships, eaglea,
pigs and apprentice knots woro found
to bo moro popular on re-onllstmont
than among thoso who camo directly
from civil life.
599 were women and 90.1G7, or 2.7 por
cent., wero chlldron. Tho pay rolls of
tho 123,307 cstnbllBhmonts for ono
weok aggregated $33,185,791, and of
this amount tho men received $29,240,
287, or 88.1 por cont. of tho whole;
tho women rocolved $3,033,481 or 11
per cent, and tho children $312,023, or
1 por cont.
Mpro thnn half of all tho wago earn
ers Included In tho bulletin earnod $9
and ovor during tho weok. Tho oarn
inga aro classified for totals of statos
and ot industries, whllo 23 Industries
aro shown in detail by states and ter
ritories and 25 statos by loading In
dustries. Avorago earnings nro also
computod for all tho states and indus
tries Bhown.
Tho figures show that in 1904, the
nverngo wago earner employed In man
ufacturing rocoivod $10.00 per weok.
Tho averago man received $11.10, tho
avorago woman $C.l7 and the avorago
child under 10 years of ago $3.4G.
In tho figures showing tho nvorago
wages by states Illinois Is fifteenth
with $11.65. Tho hlghost Is Montana
with $18.19 and tho lowest Is South
Carolina with $4.G8,
a Good Churchgoer
tainly two-thirds of tho powb. So far
as audiences go tho ureacher mnv
havo to look Jor loan years nfter
Mnrch 4, 1909. v
Whllo tho prealdent fills dozons of
tho pows by the moro fact of his ex
pectod prosonco ho occupies his own
seat In solitary grandour. Onco In
a whllo ho goes with his wlfo and
family to St. John's, but thoy don't
soom inclined to reciprocate tho at
tention. St. John's rejoices In tho
local title of "tho church of state,"
and nlwnys rosorves a pow for tho
presldont of tho United States, though
It hnd not been In demand for n good
many years whon Mrs. Roosovolt be
came lady of tho Whlto House.
Whether he goos to his own church
or not, no ono but Theodore Roosovolt,
unless It Is aorao flond or guest ac
companying him, which rnroly hap
pens, la over seated In tho president's
pow at Grace Roformod. Two iiecret
service mon always accompany him,
but do not sit with him.
Not Time's tSlave.
A traveler, finding that ho had a
couplo of hours in Dublin, called a
cab and told tho drlvor to drlvo him
nround for two hours. At first all wont
woll, but soon tho driver begun to
whip up his horso so that thoy nar
rowly escaped soveral collisions.
"Whnt'B tho matter?" demanded tho
passenger. "Why aro you driving so
recklessly? I'm in no hurry."
"Ah, g'wan wld yoz," retorted tho
cabby. "D'ye think I'm goln', to put
in tho wholo day drivln' you around
for' two hours? GItap!"
Preparation for Knowledoe.
No man can learn what ho has not
preparation for learning, howovor noar
to his oyes la tho subject. A chomlst
may toll his most precious socrots to a
carpenter, and ho shall bo nover tho
wiser tho sccrots ho would not utter
to a chomlBt for an ostato. God
screens us overmoro from premature
ideas. Our oyes aro holdcn that we
can not sco things that etaro us in tho
face until tho hour arrives whon tho
mind Is riponcd; then wo behold them,
and tho time whon wo saw thorn not
Is llko a droam. Emerson.
SENSIBLE CHAP.
First Girl What did ho do when
you told him ho mustn't seo you any
more7
Socond Girl Turned tho lights outl
' Millionaire Whlnern,
Senator La Follotto at a recent din
ner In Washington said of tho mil
lionaires who complain about tho
harm that thoy and tholr affairs havo
suffered from nttneks:
"Theso whlners, with only thorn
bcIvcs to blnme, remind mo of a bad
llttlo Prlmroso boy.
"Ho ran howling to his mother:
"'Oh, mn, Johnny has hurt mot'
'"And how did bad Johnny hurt
mother's llttlo darling?'
" 'Why, I waa n-goln' to punch him
in tho faco, and ho ducked his head
nnd I hit my knuckles against the
wall.' "
Laundry work at homo would bo
much moro satisfactory if tho right
Starch wero used. In order to got tho
desired Btiffne'ss, it is usually necea,
Bary to uso so much starch that tho
beauty and fineness of tho fabric la
hidden behind a "pasto of varying
thickness, which not only destroys tho
nppearanco, but also affects tho wear
ing quality of tho goods. Thla trou
ble can bo entirely ovorcomo bv uslne
Defiance Starch, as It can bo applied
mucn raoro thinly bocauso of Its creat
or strongth than other makes.
Belgium Buying Autos.
Belgium is now Importing yearly
about $1,500,000 worth of automobiles,
motorcycles and bicycles. These im
ports havo quadrupled In four years.
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