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ABOUT FLATFOOTEDNESS.
What Causes It and How It May B«
Prevented.
New York Post: Flatfootedness may or
may not be Increasing among the mod^
erns, but it has at last brought out some
very interesting theories as to why It
should be prevalent. Sandow got flatfoot
ed from lifting heavy weights, according
to the opinion of Dr. Sargent of Harvard.
Children are likely to be afflicted in this
way when they wear spring heels, for the
bones of the Instep, In the case of young
people, depend for keeping their place
upon adequate support of the heel. Fat
children find themselves becoming flatn
footed because of the abnormal weight
the feet have to sustain. Poor feeding
of the child tends to make it flatfooted,
for the bones of the foot require plenty of
lime to make them firm and strong. Poor
feeding leads to ‘‘rickets” as well as flat
footedness, though the physician who
says it does not stop to explain rickets.
What used to be called rheumatism of
the feet now turns out to be flatfooted
ness. Persons who go barefooted all the
time are said never to get the trouble, so
we are led to believe that if we wrear
shoes at all we are apt to become as the
big policeman or the mythical Chicago
girl.
If one doctor’s story Is believed only old
people get flatfootedness after the bones
begin to dlsintegrade, so to speak, and let
down the high arch of beautv in the in
step. Asked whether the malady was at
all common among the applicants for
membership in the Massachusetts militia,
Dr. Blood of Boston said: “If it exists
In form serious enough to interfere with
walking, of course, it bars him from en
listment.” That is not surprising, for if
there is one accomplishment a state’s
militia ought to possess it is that of being
able to walk. As for the rest of us, we
ought not to care whether we are flat
footed or not, for there is less and less
reason for our walking anyway.
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! [ An Easter Sketch J l
<, By Elaie Keasoner J»
Xerxes was tired. Xerxes was hun
gry. Stopping for a moment to rest,
he sat down on the lower step of a
brownstone front. It was a bright
Easter morning, and Xtsgtes, despite
his shappy attire, looked about him
with keen appreciation.
Who was he? A "vag,” a ‘'hobo," a
‘‘deadbeat." you might have called him,
but? according to his own story, a "gen
telman of limited Income and uncer
tain locality," only a poor devil who
during his youth had known the finer
things of life, but for whom from the |
glass of fate had been poured only dis
appointment and misfortune. The old
story of an Indulgent father and a
reckless. Improvident son; of business
reverses and heavy losses, which wor
ried the old man into the grave; of the
son, now grown, blase and profligate,
having no vocation to call his own, no
experience in his life save those of a
youth with wealth at his command and
Bohemia his favorite stamping ground.
Not much upon which to base a foun
dation for a practical livelihood. For
years he had drifted aimlessly around,
till, failing to find hl3 niche in life, he
had, as he expressed it, “tried to fill
the next easiest one, "and here, on the
lower step of a prosperous looking
mansion, a fashionable church on the
corner opposite, with the glorious sun
light of the perfect Easter morning
lighting up with unpitying accuracy
every detail of his shabby attire, we
find Xerxes, a gentleman of leisure
otherwise a tramp.
Down the steps of the house next
door, overwhelming him with their
daintiness and their fresh, young wom
anhood, came two girls clad In all the
fluttering laces and ribbons that go to
make up the fin de siecle demoiselle.
They were talking too earnestly to no
tice Xerxes, who drew humbly back
that their perfumed skirts might not
brush his soiled garments, and little
did they realize that to the half starved
soul of the poor fellow on the lower
step the sight of them was like a burst
of Spring, filling his heart with radi
ant warmth and the memory of hap
pier days so long ago.
"Look, Nell,” said one, blushing and
holding out a tiny hand for inspection.
"Ah, how lovely!" afid Nell bent over
a glistening Jewel on the little finger.
“From Jack?”
A shy nod gave assent, and as they
passed on their eager young voices
came back to him like sweet music.
"And I once had a sweetheart,” he
mused with a sigh, "and I gave her a
ring, too. I remember that 1 kissed her
little hand when I placed it on that
night. Ah, that night—the sweetness
of it! Where is the little ring now, I
wonder, and—where Is she?"
A woman's voice floated out to him
from an open window softly humming
the refrain from that old serenade:
We’re going to leave you now.
Good night, ladles,
"So long ago,” he murmured, staring
with eyes that saw not at the pave
ment beneath his feet—“so long ago!
I sang that beneath her window once,”
• • * * * * ■ •
The sweet strains of the closing an
them floated across to him like a bene
diction. Involuntarily he bowed his
head. The ushers threw open the doors
of the church, and the worshipers
poured Into the street. As they hur
ried past they glanced at Xerxes, some
with curiosity, some with pity, some
disdainfully. “All sorts and conditions
of men," he mused as they w*nt by—
old men, young men, self Important
youths and earnest students; mischiev
ous boys and grandsires in their dot
age; matrons, maids and spinsters, all
giving a glance, but rarely one of kind
ness, to the shabby figure on the lower
Btep.
• ••*•••
A deacon with unsmiling face and
sanctimonious mien went gravely on
his reverend way, benignly letting fall
on our tattered friend a superior glance,
which prompted him Ironically to
quote: “Verily, Lord! I thank thee
that I am not as other men!"
Then a rotund little business man,
whose faultless broadcloth and pom
pous air bespoke the successful finan
cier, stopped before Xerxes and patron
izingly Inquire!!:
] "Why don't you go where you belong,
my good man?”
| •'Becftuse.” tranquilly, “I'm trying to
be a better man and knew I could profit
by the example of a good, charitable,
: kind-hearted Christian like you!”
14 4 * * 4 • 4
A gentle voice made him turn, and a
sweet-faced old woman with sliver hair
pressed a coin Into his hand as she
said: "You are In need, my poor fel
low. Will you take this with the hope
that you.may do better?”
"Heaven bless you, lady," he said, as
he stood before her and bared his head.
"Leaven bless you always for a kind
ly word to a poor ne're-do-well and for
recalling the face of his dear mother.”
There was a misty look In his eye
and a thrill of happiness In his heart
long after she had gone.
I "Bless her,” he said. “If there were
more like her, the new woman would
never have been born.”
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
I “Hello, there! Is you tired?" And
a radiant little vision with the bluest of
eyes and the sunniest tangle of flying
curlE, a world of mischief in the roguish
laugh and a wealth of love for every
body In the sweet little fay'e, came
flying toward him. Xerxes alfnost held
his breath us the little figure came up
and held out to him a flower no fairer
than herself. How many years was It
since he had been so near to such a
dainty, well cared for bit of human
ity?
“Thank you. little one," was all he
said, but his voice was very gentle,
and the child, looking up Into his eyes,
read, with the Instinct which, alas,
we all outgrow so soon, the sweetness
and patience of a soul that knew not
much Joy.
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
"Didn’t I tell you not to talk to
strange men?” and an Irate mamma
swooped down on the little woman and
gave her a vigorous shake. "Are you
never going to mind me, miss?” The
blue eyes filled with tears, but she
bravely nodded farewell and tripped
aw/y. "Oh,” sighed Xerxes with a
pang in his heart, “the Christ of whom
you have Just been learning would
never have said that. He who called
the little ones unto him. will said, !
‘You must become like them, would
never have wounded a childish heart I
when it had done no wrong,” and the j
fragrant flower from the tiny hand I
and the silver coin from the withered I
one were long cherished, recalling the ;
"one touch of nature” that makes us
ail akin.
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
A Thespian of the old school crossed
the street and sauntered down the ave
nue. His well worn Prince Albert, with
shiny seams, was buttoned tightly up
to his chin. Ills silk hat was of anti
quated pattern and showed the trace*
of many brushing*. He wore no cuffa,
* i
but swung a cane In one hand, while
the other was thrust between the top
buttons of his coat. About his eyes
were traces of make up, anil his whole
bearing bespoke the actor long In the
profession, but unsuccessful. “Life Is
but a play, after all," mused Xerxes,
“but how we all scramble for the lead
ing parts, forgetting that the low com
edy and eccentric characters must be
played by some one. How we fall to
learn our lines and neglect to take up
Our cues and hinder better actors from
playing their parts successfully, and
when the curtain falls on the last Act
how bitter comes the realization that
our part In the drama of life has
marred what might have been a per
fect performance, that the play would
have been better had we never been
cast. Well, come now, Xerxes, don’t
rail at Fate. This Isn’t your cue to
make a scene."
• *••*•*
"Mornln' Hurald, Jurti’l an’ Trib
une!" sounded a cheery voice, and lit
tle Tad, a newsboy. Ills ragged cap on
the back of his head and a few un
sold papers under his arm, stepped
Jauntily around the corner. His clothes
were poor and his hands were grimy,
but his face was blithe and his laugh
the essence of happy good nature.
“W'y, hello, Xerxle, old boy! Wot
you doin’ here? Watchln’ the swell ,
peoples go home from church? Say,
wot d’you tlnk? I met a rich bloke
down de street wot gimme two tickets
to a charity dinner down on de sout'
side! 'Wot d’you tlnk of him? Wasn’t
he all right? Can you beat ’lm? Come
on, and we won’t do a ting to de
spread, oh, no! Just de-mollsh It,
that’s all! If we eat there today dey’ll
have to feed de rest of the push to
morrow. Have a cigarette? Ntt? Say,
wot’s de matter wld you today, Xerxle?
Ain’t you square wld de world?”
"Yes, Tad," replied Xerxes quietly,
putting Ills arm about the boy’s shoul
ders as they strolled off together to
ward “de sout’ side” and the promised
dinner. “I guess I’m square enough
with the world, for I wouldn't change
places with any man In It today. Yes,
I’ll take dinner with you. Tad, but
next time Jt will be your turn, be
cause you see I’m getting tired of be
ing utterly worthless, and tomorrow—
well, tomorrow I'm going to look for
work! ”
Tad looked up, Ills eyes round with
astonishment. "Gee!" he said.—Omaha
Bee.
FLOWERS FOR EASTER.
Plants From the Woods That Wil
Bloom Indoors.
New York Tribune: The most beauti
ful centerpieces for the Easter table when
Easter comes so near the opening of j
spring as it does this year is one of blue
hepaticas and spring ferns. The hepatiea
is usually the first flower of spring. Close
to the russet earth in the warm light
which drifts through the bare woodland
boughs it opens its abundant azure blos
Boms, as blue as the wings of the blue- !
bird or the sky of March. Like the sky j
and water of March the flower has so
perfect an azure hue that it seems to have
been purified by frost. It has none of
the purplish color of the violet that blos
soms later In the green grass of May.
The hepatiea, the trailing arbutus and ,
nearly all the early spring flowers perfect
their flower buds In the autumn, wrap
ping them up in furry little covers close
to the earth, where they rest through the
winter under the snow to wait the awak
ening suns of the vernal equinox. Some
times it seems to be a race between those
early flowers as to which shall open its
petals first and earn the right to*be called
the first bloom of spring. “The brave
spears of the skunk cabbage,” however,
often push themselves through the frozen
earth before the blue hepatiea or the
trailing arbutus breaks its furry sheaths.
Any of these early flowers may be
easily forced in a wild window garden, bo
that they will blossom indoors long be
fore they appear in the forest. .The plants
must be taken from the woods/in the fall
or at the beginning of March, brought in
to the house and thawed out and then
planted in a sunny window, where they
will soon come into perfect bloom. They
are .extremely pretty planted with the
evergreen spleenwort ferns, which are so
characteristic of the spring woods and
rocks, and which are more filmy and deli
cate than the most delicate maidenhair
ferns that grow in the summer forests.
The maidenhair spleenw'ort, or Asplen
iurn trichomania, Is an abundant fern on
limestone rocks in shady places. It
grows in thick tufts in pockets in the
ppeks, ]ts dglicnte mounted on
threadlike ebony stripes.
When the blossoming hepatiea is massed
in thick clusters In a deep center dish
of delft wTth only the spleenwort fern, it
is exceedingly effective, as it has no
leaves until after it blossoms. The leaves
that cling to the flowera are the half
withered leaves of last year, and they
should be trimmed away, Those flowers
grow in such clusters arid are so Intense
in hue that they are much more attract
ive aa a table centerpiece than the trail
ing arbutus, which is sometimes forced
into bloom in the house and used in the
same way.
The hepatiea comes into bloom in the
open woods late in March or at the begin
ning of April. To force It into bloom at
as early a date as Easter Sunday it will
be necessary ,to start the plants a week
or more in advance. See that the plants
selected have abundant roots and show
a full cluster of buds in their little hairy
sheathes close to the roots.
Thaw out the plants at first with cold
Water and place them in the cellar. Do
not bring them into a warm room until
nil the frost has disappeared from the
earth around the plants. After a few
days place them in the dish in which they
are to grow in. a sunny window. Water
them dally. If they develop too rapidly
and are in danger of blossoming before
Easter, put them back i:i the cellar for i
a few days. T .ese flowers, massed with
spring ferns, make an attractive piece for
the Easter altar.
Seasonable Easter Gifts.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Each year finds thv. !
custom of exchanging gifts at Easter more !
widespicad. Unlike Christmas presents, j
in which wide latitude Is allowed, the
Easter gift should be both dainty and j
seasonable. The scent sachets, so popular !
for Christmas cards, have reappeared in |
charming guise for Easter. They are dec- I
orated with all the flowers that bloom in
the spring and tied with ribbons to
match. There are, too, unique little
sachets of satin in the shape of a lily or
pansy. A novelty which "ill find favor i
Is a basket of colored tissue paper resem
bling a big chysanthemum. Its long
leaves are meant to conceal Easter eggs
or bonbons. Tiny potted ferns set in cups
of crimped and painted paper are just
the thing for an Easter greeting. Some
of the cups represent Easter lilies. Dec
orated china violet holders are another
pretty suggestion. Seasonable gifts which
may be used for Easter will be found
among the art linen, traveling cases,
steamer pillows, fancy silk bags and the
new washable cases for turnover collars.
New and beautiful designs in decorated i
china are adaptable both for Easter and '
wedding presents.
Omen of the Paschal Lamb.
To see a lamb out of a window on Eat
ter morning is a good omen, according t<>
the belief of many pastoral people, espe
cially If the lamb be heuded in the direc
tion of the house. To meet a lamb is
lucky, hs, according to the nM notion,
the devil can never assume fuim of
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WESTERN CANADA HAS AN EX
CELLENT CLIMATE.
The Saskatchewan Valley Very High*
ly Favored.
An interesting feature of Western
Canada is its climate. Those who
have made a study of It speak highly
of it. The Canadian Government
Agents are sending out an Atlas, and
at the same time giving valuable In
formation concerning railway rates,
etc., to those interested in the coun
try. As has been said, the climate Is
excellent. The elevation of tills part
of Canada is about 1,800 feet above
the sea, about twice that of the aver
age for Minnesota. It Is a very desira
ble altitude. The country lias a very
equuble climate, taking the seasons
through. The winters are bright, and
the summers are pleasantly warm. It.
P. Stupnrt, director of the meteorologi
cal service for Canada, says:
‘‘The salient features of the climate
of the Canadian northwest territories
are n clear, bracing atmosphere dur
ing the greater part of the year, and
u medium rainfall and snowfall. The
mean temperature for July at Winni
peg Is 00, and Prince Albert 02. Tbe
former temperature Is higher than at
any part of England, and the latter Is
very similar to that found In many
parts of the southern countries.”
At Prince Albert the average daily
maximum in July is 70 and the mini
mum 48. Owing to this high day tem
perature with much sunshine, the
crops come to maturity quickly.
Moisture is ample In the Saskatche
wan valley, being about 18 inches an
nually. it is notable that about 75
per cent of the moisture falls during
the crop months. Thus, Western Can
ada gets ns much moisture wheu It is
needed, and with several hours more
sunshine daily than land further south
gets during the grow'ing season, it is
not difficult to understand why crops
mature quickly and yield bountifully.
Winter ends quickly, sowing is done
during April and sometimes in March.
Harvest comes in August, about the
middle. Cyclones, blizzards, dust and
sand storms are unknown.
A Record.
Chicago News: An Ohio woman
Holds the record. After driving her
Husband to drink she got a divorce,
Java married him ugain to reform him.
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