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ECENTLY thero was given In Paris a great feast to the
mayors of France. Some of tho French newspaper men
declared unthUklngly porhaps that in tho point of the
numbers fed nnd In tho sumptuousnoss of tho banquet it
was tho greatest affair of tho kind over given In tho
world
If the Paris correspondents are Frenchmen they are
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to bo forgiven, porhaps, for leaving out of their calcula
tion anothor Parisian feast given nearly flvo hundred
year ago. At that banquet 100,000 people woro fed.
Wlno was not Borvetl from bottles, but tho rcvolors filled
their flagons and cups from fountains which ran the
product of champngno ,nnd Hurgundy throughout tho
livelong day. It was tho English King Henry V who
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gave this feast, and It was In celebration of his conquest of Franco and of
his being declared king regent of that country. Of a truth tho Parisians
may be forglvon If their minds revort not to that former festival.
As n matter of fact thero are In gastronomic history scores of dinners
that outdid In tho number of diners and In the elegance of appointment, tho
one which tho government of Frnnce gave to thu mayors of tho country's
municipalities. Tho story of tho banquet which Tlgolllnus gavo to Nero,
ns it appears In "Quo Vadls," has foundation in fnct. That feast was held
on a raft made of glided timbers, tho structure being moored to tho shoro
by means of golden ropes Tho wjtolo earth contributed of Its birds, mam
mals, fish and plants to tho spreading forth of the tablo. Tho entlro rovenuo
of a Roman province for u yoar went to pay tho cost. Tho ennopy which
wns spread over tho hcadB of tho diners was of Syrian purple, while the
glassware was "tho plundor of Italy, Grcoco and Asia Minor."
Tho cost of tho French mayors' banquet, putting it at $250,000, sinks
Into tho pit of insignificance compared with tho amount of money which a
single man, Marcus Gablus, spont on his appetite This Roman eplcuro of
tho early empire period paid $1,000,000 for tho gratification of his palate.
When ho had spent nil of his monoy barring a trlllo of $400,000, ho poisoned
himself In order that he might avoid tho mlsory of bolng forced to llvo on
a plain diet.
One needs to go no farther than to England to find a feast at which
moro pooplo wero fed than partook of the French government's hospitality.
hen Henry Ill's daughter Margaret married Alexander III of Scotland,
fiU.000 people partook of tho royal hospitality at ono sitting. A curious
feature of Uils banquot wns the serving to tho assembled multitude of
v. hales and porpoises, sen mammnls which tho English of Hint day regarded'
ns the chief of delicacies. That tholr tasto may not have been of the most
r ell nod may bo guessed perhaps from the fact that on tho snmo day they nto
gluttonously cranes, herons and hawks, birds that would turn tho stomach
of the bon vlvant of toduy. The Scotch and English on that occasion, In
addition to other edibles, disposed of 100 oxen specially fattened for tho
feast.
Tho French people may find nn lnstanco In their own history of a dinner ,
Klvon by tho government' In tho person of tho king, which for novelty and
cost far surpassed tho gathering at the board of tho mayors. Near tho end
of tho fourteenth century Churles V of Franco wanted to do Bomothlng nlco
for tho omperor of Germany, so ho Invited him to dinner, promising him ns
an Inducement, to como something which ho had novor seon Jjoforo. Tho
emperor came, and guests to tho number of maiiy hundreds wero seated
nbout tho board in a groat opon pavilion. When tho banquot had reached
tho point botweon fish and fowl a shadow foil athwart tho tnblo, and looking
up tho astounded banqueters beheld a full-rigged ship with sails all set
bearing down upon them, It was Unpolled across tho land by unsoon and
iioIbcIcbb machinery. At tho odgo of tho pavilion tho vessel cast anchor.
ODD CAUSES OF INTOXICATION
Fruit and Vegetables Capable of Hav-
Inp Disastrous Effect on the
Nervous 8ystem.
Those who cannot rcBlst tho tomptn
Hon 'of too many Btrawborrlos should
not bo surprised if thoy aro attacked
with "fruit drunkenness," for It Is
an extraordinary fact that tho excess
lvo eating of strawberries often re
sults In many of tho sensations con
nected with alcohol attacking tho eat
er. These symptoms consist of gld
dlnosB, headache, blurrod sight and oc
casionally double vision.
For Btrawborrlos contnln far moro
cold than most of tho othor frultB in
Beason at tho same llmo, nnd this
Juice ucts very quickly on tho nervous
system, especially In tho case of Btout
nnd full-blooded peoplo. Excessive
rhubarb ontlng can ulso produce symp
toms of, Intoxication, owing to tho
excosB of oxalic acid which lurks In
this fruit.
Hut thlB is only ouo of tho many
ways lu which aymntomii' or drunken
ness can be developed, apart from ex
cess or nlcohol. It Is qulto poaslble
w u..uinu luuitiuiuiiijr iiuuxiuuiuu uy i
excosB or. emotion, wnothor it bo Bor
row, Joy or music,
Tho explanation is that deop emo
tion darangos tho norvo contors, which
aro thrown out of uhIbou with each
other, so that such actions as walking
and talking bocomo dllllcult. An In
valid who lives on dlot for como con
alderublo time, and thon suddenly has
a huge ineul, can quite oaslly got
symptoms of drunkunnoBsonnehop or
stenk.
Strong coffee on an empty stomach
also produces results similar to alco
. ol, whilst thu fumes of turpentine
. i - very liable to render you llght
li i dud. Recently six mon woro re
duced to u rolling condition while
unloading a cargo of this spirit from
a bargo nt Urlstol, England.
No "Ear for Music"
Dr. Hlrman-Uorn, after making a
study of tho ears of famous niualelans,
has como to tho conclusion that tho
construction of that organ ha& little
to do with ono's musical appreciation,
nnd that It Is not nocossary to havu
oven normal car-drums to become n
linlshed musician.
Dr. Ulrman-Dora says that his obser
vations huvc shown thnt composers
an a class havo eroct, almost vortical
oar-drumB, and that othor hiubIcIuuh
other than compoaora have ear-drums
the position of which varlos from tho
slanting to tho vortical, including all
Intermediate forma. Whothor Dr. lllr-rnun-HIra'B
discovery will roault In the
dlHcardlng of that hnndy and much
used phraso, "on oar for music" of
course, remnlim to bo seen.
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B. Clark.
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GREAT MEN M
Models by C. A. BEATY
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WOODROW WILSON.
New Joraey "begs to offer" hero a statesman, ripe, though young, who
thinks with his own thlnkor and who talks with his own tongue. He used
to run n college which woro ivy on its waves, and oach morn he'd chuck his
college gown anil roll up both his sleovos. Ills hands woro full of blisters,
but he'd ring the old cracked boll and all tho merry scholars would erupt
the football yell And thou across tho campus In tholr sweators "tiger"
huo thoy'd rush to groot "Prox Woodrow." choorlng Alma Mater, too. Those
humdrum days are ondod, days of culture, cant and kids; days of roscarch
work and lectures, bulldogs, pipes and funny lids. Erasing thoso fond mom
orles camo a blare of brazen brass, thumps of gavels, throaty ftroworks,
shrlokB or commonwealths en mnsso, cruel cartoons and wlerd clay models,
roorbacks, crossllro fiom the foe, miles and milos of unklssed bablos, ofilco
Boekorn all aglow, private cars with speaking porches, lozougo drops for
niBty pipes, would-be friendly Now York tigers who woro not tho Prlncoton
tripos, gay and Bad campaign predictions, tin horns, rattlers, mogaphonos
tondor fondnaBs for such terrors no truu Princeton Bcholnr owns. Rut Now
Jorsoy men aro Titans', Bkoolor-proof and full of vim, nnd since cane-ru6h
days of boyVood this one's kept lu fighting trim.
(Copyright, 1912, by Universal ITcsb Syndicate.)
On Its dock was soon a knight representing Godfrey tie Roulllon surrounded
by scores of men tit arms. No sooner had the anchor been dropped than
there appeared at about one huridred yards distance tho city of Jerusalem,
with its walls and turrets manned by Saracens. Tho knights, led by God
froy, loft tho vessel, pitched a camp and thon attacked tho city. The Sara
cens defended Its walls vigorously, and so realistic was the fight that a
largo number of tho boslegcd nnd besiegers were Injured. When the affair
wan over Charles V and his German guest wont back to tholr hotel.
Tho stories of the Arabian Nights' feasts are glittering. It is an eaB.v
matter to pick out three or four which would surpass the French affair,
but tho trouble Is the stories are fiction pure nnd simple. There Is, how
over, one absolutely authentic account of an oriental feast, beside which all
tho other banquets of history are but ub candles to tho sun The Caliph
El-ma-Moon was to bo married to tho daughter of a rich dignitary Tho
prospective son In-law wished to do things In proper style, so ho asked
overybody, rich and poor alike, within 100 miles of his residence, to attend
tho marriago feast. Tho historical accounts of tho affair say that ten great
palaces with all their rooms could not have given standing room to tho
multitudes that camo When tho peoplo had assembled, tho poor as If by
Instinct, herded together while tho rich kept by themsolves. In order that
tho common people might not bocomo, Impatient while waiting for their
dinner, the caliph nnd his bride stood upon a great platform and directed tho
movoments of n score of servants whoso labor It was to shower tho poorer
guests with gold coin. The coin storm was succeeded by ono of small bags
of ambergris as valuable as tho glittering gold which It followed. Then, as
a further diversion, balls of musk woro thrown among tho people, whd
scrambled and struggled mightily for their possession. Insldo each musk
ball was a ticket which entitled the lucky holder to enough land, slaves
and horses to make him Independently rich. The guests all sat down to
dinner togethor and woro served by nn army of attendants. If they had
boon nt one long tnblo the man who sat at tho head could not have Been
tho man who faced him at tho foot. Ono of the features of this dinner wns
n candlo of ambergris weighing 80 pounds. This candle, worth a fortune In
Itsolf, was kept alight for days by the eastern potentate, who literally had
monoy to burn. Tho candlo was In u gold candlestick weighing many
pounds. Tho brldo sat at meat with tho guests, and as she took her placo
nt tho tablo hor grandmother approached and emptied, a buckotof pearls,
ovor her head.
Tho caliph's father-in-law "went broko" over this banquot and in oider
that lie might rolmburso himself tho caliph made him satrap of ono of the
richest Persian provinces. Inasmuch as tho holding of this ofilco carried
with It the prlvllego of raising or lowering taxes at will, it, may bo imagined
that tho foasVglver waB not long in getting even.
The Farl of Warwick, tho klng-mnker, If ho could have been consulted
through a proper spiritualistic medium, would have been able to give the
Parisians some sound advlco on how to feed a multitude. There sat down
dally as tho guests and rotalnors of tho Earl of Warwick during the height
of his power not less than 30,000 persons. Tho Earl was a good entertainer,
and some of tho banquets which ho gave havo lived In history, but moro
bocauso of tlioir size than becauso of their sumptuousness. Ho was a "be
liever In- beof and alo rather than In phasants and champagne. The king
maker lived some four centdrles or moro ago but may It not bo said with
some truth today that tho different Ideas that then existed in England and
Franco as- to tho proper food oxlst In a largo measure today and find somo
rollex in tho characters of two groat peoples?
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GOMH
CUV
MORGAN
Words by
GENE
GETTING OUT OF THE WOODS
Simple Rules to Be Observed If One
Has the Misfortune to Stray
From the Camp.
If you discover that you aro lost In
the woods, sit down and think calmly
back over tho road you havo traveled,
trying to- decldo where the camp
should llo. Thon, If you have your
compass, and It seems to agree with
your Judgment, stick faithfully to that
direction. Even If you are wrong In
your decision, It Ib better to keop on
In ono direction, because you may fall
In with somo stream, and can follow
It to a human habitation.
If you havo no compass, the sun is
an oxcollont guide during the day.
Should tho sky bo overcast, place the
point of your knife-blade on the nail
of your thumb; turn slowly until the
full shadow of the blade obscures tho
nail, and you havo discovered where
tho Bun la.
You can discover the points of the
compass In other ways; by noticing
that tho tops of tho tall trees incline
to tho north; that the leaves of trees
are generally closer on tho south
side; that their branches aro shorter
and moro Irregular on tho north side.
To provent getting Into the circle
habit break off branches or tho bushes
you pasB. Start a lire, If your match
safo Is with you ub It should bo
Romomber that n flro piles up with
damp wood mnkes u dense amoko,
and quickly attracts attention. Two
llres going at once, ono a Httlo re
moved from tho othor. coiiBtituto a
well-known signal of distress among
woodsmen. Tho firing of threo Bhota
In succession two nt first, then n
pnuso, then tho third shot Is another
recognized Blgiml, If you hnppen to
havo a gun. Woman's HomeCompan
Ion. Kleptomania.
Tho pnragraphlst opened his type
writer, adjusted a shoot of paper, lit
his plpo nnd sat for a moment Im
mersed In thought. Then ho clicked
of a single line of copy. He glnuccd
at what lie hnd written nnd a look of
Burpriso camo across his classic fea
tures. Then ho gasped, shrieked and
went Into n lit or hystorln.
His colleagues rushed into tho
room, but ho wns beyond human aid.
In ton minutes ho had laughed lilmseif
to death. Then one bethought himself
to look at tho last lines thoso lingers,
now cold and still, had written. At
the top or tho all but unsullied sheet
appeared theso words: "Anothor shop
lifter arrested In ono of our big stores
has been dismissed with n warning,
and her name withhold from tho pa
pers. What usod to bo called a
crime is now yclept n mania "
That was all. nut It had caught tho
paragraphor unawares,
H'-H-W"W''K'-IfH'
HER LITTLE OAME
By LOUISE OLNEY.
Adcla roso Jn her gray mood that
hates ltsoir and all tho world. Un
fortunately, tho mirror was tho first
thing sho looked at and bIio winced.
Surely, nt only twenty-seven, 3ho
need not look so drawn and old and
ugly Sho turned away and getting
into her kimono urmed herself with
towels, soap and toothbrush nnd pre
pared to wait for hor turn at tho
lodging-house bath. Her natural fas
tidlousness made her hate the com
mon bath. If sho could havo a homo
of hor own, however humble, she
would havo been satisfied. Sho liked
separatoness.
As she waited on the stairs for tho
oponlng and shutting of tho bath
room door. Mnzlo Forman, still half
nsleep, her eyes dewoy, hor tall of
golden hair over her blue-klmonoed
shoulder, Joined her. Mnzlo was
Hush like a baby after a nap. Sho
was pretty, but trivial, empty, selfish,
calculating. Sho looked Adela over
a bit pityingly.
"Say," she remarked, suddenly,
thrusting out her left hand to show
n new ring set with a chip-diamond,
"I'm goin' to got married. What do
?uh know about It? You see, I'm sick
of this life nothin' in it. Yuh, work
your head off an' don't even mako
ends meet In an office. I can't say
I'd ruthor havo Mark than anybody
in the world, but he's tho best on tho
list, nnd he's plumb crazy about me.
lie's got a little monoy. I'll have a
placo to stay and something to eat
without worrying about rent and
board bills. A girl's got to ldok out
for her future."
Adela looked the girl over thought
fully. Mazlo laughed. She liked this
quiet woman nearly ten year her
senior.
"Say," sho advised Adela, "do you
.know you're lots bettor lookln tnan
I over was? Trouble Is you don't
know It and uso your looks. You
don't make a man know when
you're around. You Bhrink back Into
yourself. A woman has to make a
man want her that's her little game.
Don't you see? You ought to bo mar
ried this minute. You'd like It
you've got sense and you'd bo pretty
if you'd loosen up your hair and
powder a little and show off! There's
Mr. Howe I couldn't mako him look
at mo I don't mind owning that I've
tried. But you could do it. You'ro
his style. Rut you act as If he was
poisoned meat becauso you're afraid
he'll think you're running after him.
Don't you like him?"
Adela gave a gasp and a wave of
dull red swept ovor tho velvety dark
of her face.
"Do I Hko him?" she gasped.
Mazie laughed and, seeing her
chance, made a run for the bathroom,
followed by Adela. They washed and
splnshed, Mazie silent because she
had again forgotten everything but
herself, Adela from sheer outraged
astonishment. It Is awful for a chit
of a common child, barely eighteen,
to road your own soul beroro you read
It yourself. Did sho Hko Mr. George
Townsend Howe?
For a week sho shunned Mazie,
and then the girl went away to bo
married. Something new arosp with
in Adela'a heart. Had tho child been
right? She looked up ono day at
the thought and met the quiet gazo
of George Howo bent fully upon her.
Her heart stood still and she folt
that sho paled, then flushed, then
paled again, and a sense of shamo
and guilt oppressed hor, and she
hnted herself. It was base It was
what Mazie called "woman's little
game."
For tho remainder of tho day sho
worked Hko a fiend and tried to look
nt nobo'dy. When sho was ready to
leave she camo trom tho dressing
room hatted afld gloved. Mr. Howo
stood at the door, casually wont down
to tho street with hor. tnlklng peas
antry, and presently lifted his hat and
left her, his grave fino eyes full upon
her.
That night Adela was restless. Her
down-town Ilfo more than ovor palled
upon hor. Sho was domestic In every
taste and Instinct, by Inhcrltnnco nnd
In up-brlnglng. Only need for bread
sent her Into tho working world. Sho
know that and, moreover, Bhe could
not forget Mazlo's really brutal talk.
Was tho girl right? Perhaps slid.
Adela, was Toollsh and Impractical.
Her thoughts rested again upon
George Howo, and sho owned to her
self that he was everything that sho
would Hko In tho way of a husband.
He was good and kind nnd success
ful; ho was ploasant to tho eyes.
She liked tho little things nbout him,
the way ho moved his hands, hla
smllo, tho tlmbro of his volco Thore
wns rest and confidence In his pres
ence. In the gray of tho morning
sho finally slept with n new resolve
upon her. Sho would try tho wom
an's Httlo game! Surely It would bo
no sin to attract him to her sho
would afterward mako up for It in a
thousand Httlo ways.
That morning began a now life for
Adela Shaw. Hep eyes wero bright
er, with hope and purposo. sho pow
dered dollcntely, sho arranged her
hair moro becomingly Thero was no
great chango In her, but In a thou
sand small ways she becamo alluring.
A bit of bright color nt fier throat
accentunted tho volvety dark of her
eyes and hair. Sho thought of her
self as attractive a stato of mind and
heart which Is bloom In Itself. Also,
tho excitement of this to her dar
ing thing gavo her life and anima
tion. In a few weeks others In tho ofilco
began to notlco her. Jcnnio Thurs
ton asked what had gotten Into Adela"
Shaw, young PhelpB would stop to
chnff, and onco ho asked her out to
lunch, nnd then to then'ters and
pnrks. Sho, formerly tho lono one,
becamo popular. Rut, whllo sho often
found tho eyes of Georgo Howo upon
hor, ho becamo moro nnd moro aloof.
Sho mndo a timid effort or two to
talk to him, and although ho was
courteous sho felt no great friendli
ness. She spent an agonized night
or two ovor hor forwardness, nnd
then absolutely Ignored him. Rut sho .
went strnlght ahead wllh her now
Idea of being attractive. Young
Phelps was a' year her junior, but
sho liked going about with Jilm. It
amused her, and bolstered "up hor
self-respect. Rut In her heart she
was miserable.
Soon after this sho realized that
she loved Georgo Howo, and with
tho agony or the knowledge that ho
did not enro for hor, sho went to tho
houso of "Kimball & Kimball" and
engaged herself for work with them.
Then sho gave Mr. George Howe,
manager for "Howo, Anderson &
Howe," a week's notice. To her
surprise and retlof, ho courteously
accepted hor resignation. Ho did not
ask her a question ns to why sho
was going. It half killed her that ho
did not caro enough but had he
asked hor sho would not havo known
how to answer. A substantial in
crease or B.alary was her reason to
tho rest or the office.
A week in her now position, a week
a year In loneliness, passed, nnd Sat
urday night, one lovely, breathing,
rose-scented Juno night, found hor
face-down upon her bed, crying It out
In tho approved, woman's way. Hor
face was tear-stained; sho no longer
felt nor wished to bo alluring. She
was simply wretched. And then she
heard tho landlady's volco at tho
door.
"Someone to see you out on tho
porch," aho said briefly and was
gone. J
Thinking of somo woman friend,
sho wiped hor face, gavo a vicious
pull or two at her hair and dress, and
went down, still not knowing nor car
ing how sho looked. From a porch
chair In tho dusk roso tho figure of
Mr. George Howe. He reached out
his hand and, taking hers, looked
about to seo If they wore alone.
Distrusting tho open lodglng-houso
windows, ho asked her to walk, and
without waiting for her to consent,
drew her arm under his and took her
out upon tho street.
When they had reached a little park
space he suddenly stopped and
gazed down at her. She was droop
ing, tired, crled-out and n bit de
fiant "Look hero," he said, abruptly, "do
you know that I lovo you? Did you
leave to get rid of me? Do you know
how miserable I am without you?
Didn't you seo all the time how It
was with mo? Answer." Rut she
could only shako her' head. Shame
and truthfulness overwhelmed her.
He pursued relentlessly. "Can you
truthfully say that you never could
lovo mo?" Again she ohook her
head. "Answer me In words," ho
urged. A new, fino courage camo to
her.1
"Oh," sho said, with gentle vehe
menco, drawing hor hands away from
him, "I do lovo you. No, stay away
till I tell you. I do but at first I
didn't really. I was Just lonesome
and miserable nnd I wanted a homo.
I liked yo'U and so I deliberately tried
to attract you. Now you will hato
mo. It was cheap and unthlnkablo
and unwomanly. I tried to mako
you want mo. And when I thought
you wouldn't, I found thnt 1 had
learned to lovo you. I couldn't stand
It, so I went away. I am very mis
erable, and I'm not fit to lovo after
doing such a "
His low, contented laugh made her
look up. He took both hor hands.
"You darling!" ho said. "No oth
er woman on earth would tell what
sho had done, or think It unwomanly!
Ho comforted for I loved you long
before you began to blossom out and
attract flies like young Phelps! I
actually thought you might caro for
that boy! I wa3 jealous. Say again
that you really lovo me."
Sho said it again, but still he was
not content.
Arm in arm they walked under the
summer moon, arm In arm they talked
arid planned and talked tho immemo
rial nonsenso or lovers! She, won
dering, blessed Mazlo, and tho worn
nn's little game which Is to lovo
and bo loved In roturn
(Copyright. 1313, liv tho McCluro News
paper Syndicate.)
The Quintet.
All or us demand an occasional hol
iday, and tho dresser or the gr,eat
actor at tho Frivolity had a night off,
so another dresser reigned In his stead
a stranger forsooth, unused to tho
ways of the classic boards.
In duo time tho great actor arrived,
and In due time tho makeshift dresser
began to dress his temporary master.
TImo sped on, ns Is tho habit of time,
and anon tho great actor turned to his
menial.
'George," said he. "where are they
now? Aro they doing the quintet yet?"
Georgo hied htm down the passago
and to tho wings adjacent to tho stage.
Ho looked and listened, thon hied him
back to the dressing room.
"I don't rightly know, sir," ho Bald,
respectfully withal; "but there's threo
young women flinging like old boots,
and a couple or blokes who keop chip- v
ping In every now and again!" An
swers, London
Britain's Grip on Woolen Trade.
In tho woolon trado during tho Inst
10 yoara Groat Rrltaln has made uenr
ly five times as much progress as
Gormany, nnd 15 times as much no
France.