The Maid »f Arts ; I »V ^:fPS^IFORD. '• j Copyri sbarfl It*. bjf ti H. SuteUtfe. I i nmwvtwxwituwwiMiwMdi I.'nbrol^b' ,h*Hie tile sky had sea. shifting gtehus ijlul browns file stidre. Along iliA dqserth .. ...j Suddenly a fr«^'VtttK»‘the.'‘weather woni rail caught nls eye. "IT. T~ w., ’04!” 8|me"0 luuscu, i urn nut xo ue alone with the ‘natives’ and nature, after all.” He started to move on. Again he was arrested, this time by a smfl.ifcMitJ# object at, {94, ^t, proved to bo a Wellesley class piu. “tost It while she was carvlhg her uaine with that doll’s knife, I s’pose,” Va%- Dyke argued to lilmBelf, as wns his legal hnl)rt;'fiiWtehlirg'thc pin mean-; whle to his vest beneath Ids own Harvard pin. polling on, he renewed his ac quaintance wlth one after another of the favorite haunts of his' boyhood— "swallow's cave,"' the rock that booui cdjllke a cannon at high tide and ln nniserable cozy retreats to be gained bXjgareful climbing over the chaos of Mgf bowldepj (j|u the cliffs. He whls tl® like a boyf“ha he" wept!1 htfd sang snatches of the college songs 90 fresh Infills heart, At last. In utter aban donment, tie'cuiflt!'d'"ttfr lri the lee W *nn overhanging rock and, soothed by the Inf.of the waves and the minor wall of wind, fell asleep, vgkoued In a curlpus map g his eyes, he found them ;t a soft transparent some vrlnkled when he winked, is hand to remove It and mlshment upon his sudden of u woman’s handker ouogrum was embroidered in ono’cortier'.” Hts logtoal liUnd fecit phered It In a flash with little expend tturo of eyq strain. . “Exhibit ‘C,’." he murmured, JmhP-i log up engerly. “Now, here’s hoping for the lady herself 1” ; 1 | If. But the most searching scrutiny of; rpeky “nests” and niches failed to dis cover her. Indeed, after several days; of faithful expldratlonj Van Dyke be gan to think his lady" of the mono grams a teasing myth. ’ • i Nevertheless he would have consu lted |o hope for her realization it « letter frem his sister had not put,* cruel end to his romance. trour lucxmru, it ran, x nave jusi learned that Helen Tudor, a college friend of mine, is staying at SurfalUe with her mother. She’s a very clever girl; has just written , a remarkable thesis on some learned subject and gcit ah ATM. degree. Ton ought to like her. She’s your kind. Be sure to look her up. I’ve written her you’re going «£ She’b.hfAyjng at the Sea CHff.” xhtf dished the whole thing. '‘H|s kind,” Indeed! He abominated a "blue stocking." So he,fought shy of the Sea Cliff and ceased to look for “H. T.. Vf„ “Why, bow did you guess r* asked Rlcluml in surprise. “I’ve never seer, you here before/' “Biit I've seen you.’f, - t t": ! He gathered hie witskogetlier'nt this. It made no difference that she war pretty and that she was fond of love stories, like other girls—he knew hpr rehl self behind this mask of coquetry. She was really ii Iwughty^om’benring, pedantic person with a string of aca demic degrees tacked on to her name. He woyld round'up this little matter wlthoqt any sentimental nonsense. "Oh, yes,” he said in Ills dignified, legal mannar. “You probably refer to tho day you dropped your hqjhdker chlef on my face. Here It jk ,1 am glad to be able to return it to you. And hero is your college pin alstr. I found it near the fence where you had been carving your iaifiyia.'’ . I He handed both souvenirs to bar with a cold solemnity he had- difficulty in convincing himself was genuine. The girl looked af the fjilnJparefuHy, glanced up at Uicliard ft moment In perplexity and then burst oht laugh; iug. , '4 ft! “Thank you,’ft she said finally, recov eriug herself, “But why do you Im agine the pin belongs- io me?” "K rOcfiaid ex'ilWIblvff ,|wlfh elaborate pride, how ho had traced the mono gj»u> Oh the $rice, the pin ami the; handkerchief! »' -k *'I cannot be mistaken, Mills Tudor,” hi Qniblied CdpfUlently. “You see, i; discovered jlouir' identity Some tithe ago.. You did t;arve the initials on the tMkce,*dId»’t''y*t»H JkI u< * m tr .. “Yes.” “And you did drop the handkerchief over my eyes?” “It blew out of my ha.nd.” “Same thing. And you m-o stopping at the Sea Cliff, aren’t you ?” “Yes.” Richard made a gesture expressive »f, the futility of stating further evi dence. , The girl made an effort to-check her amusement. “I will take up your points in se quence,’’ she announced, with mock gravity, looking at him with a fraul; ness so'charming that lie' forgot hlh dislike'of her and smiled hack indul gently. j “First, I did carve the initials la the fence,'but they were tbe Initials of the girl who was with me: Becond, It was she who lost the j01h, Aht6>'* third, thft initials-en the handkerchief are uot H. T.” “Then" you are hot Helen Tudor?" exclaimed Richard, with such evident relief that the girl burst out laughing again. “Ahd 'ybu don*t write clever theses and rtack.,9n to your name?” ’ '*■' Tbe girl shook her head. Richard took up her handkerchief, which yens lying in her lap. “It certainly looks like H. T. to me,” he said, examining the monogram closely. “I am not yet convinced.” The girl handed him the water soak ed nnyel.i open at the fly leaf. "To Thettdora' IIaruett,“ he Head aloud. He took out his ‘pencil and began scribbling beneath the Inscription. The girl looked over bis shoulder. “Theodora, ‘I adore you”— That was j as far as his foolishness, had a chance to go, for In a flash Theodora had snatched the book from his hands and sped like a deer over the rocks- j “Come back tomorrow,” he called, "and tell me how the story ends.” And she did—And not only that day, but the next and the next, until the end of their awn atory, like that In thei water soaked novel, came with the1 asking of a question and an answer short, hut sweet. “But, oh, how near you came tq marrying H. T., didn’t you, Richard?” laughed Theodora bewltchlugly. “Well, she’s welcome to all the A. M.’s and other degrees sho deserves, f’m hap py with jufct V. D.” : “There’s one degree that’s yours by nature, little ‘maid of arts,’ ” said Richard lovingly. “Cupid must havp conferred'it 'on ybU at your christening. It isn’t acquired from books, not evefr from water soaked novels.” ; % ■*-. 'lAre Vflu l#ft Ea#d7? § . “Left eared?” said the physicpa., “Most of yoh girls are.” ffl “Left eared?” said the young ljudy from the telephone exchange, iij ‘‘Yes, left egred, •, The same as jjfeft Wi&d-thaji fa t<| #iy, is your leftlijaf #Wfr nan your ri|ht one?” " ’ HI”; She did not kuow, so he tested Iter, HqtRhP, jaujq enough, that her ieftplfer was a little the afeutef’of 'th’eyWo. tig > s .*«t tla. ,n„, natural , thing,’,’ be ifid. "You girls use the left ear exclusively ’till cMy’lWtig' ii your telephone work, ,#«$ the ri^ht ear has nothing tofjffjo;' hence tneTeft7iu» a'Juusclfe.WfleveWps, the right atropUlpsk, I.. “Indeed,.” he ended, “If the telephone tsdihes liftwnHieh greater use we shall have-not rnqrcly left,, pared exchange girls, but w-«nihalr 4 left eared naUoaifiSt-CtocUijitRlilhWPlW* >♦«» tfajj-'OlHL'-* * 1 '■ “4h,.Rw fltoellthkof Bodin’* bust of Henley In Westminster abbey” said a N*w «fMk editor, dSa number of good stories were fold about tbe great poet. **«. G/’Weil^ pfafaed Henley’^ con duct pf }he' New Review. Of course this periodical failed, yet It was un doubtedly the best-edited magazine of the -lpst century. In It Henley intro duced to” the World now - Wrlteirs; of such distinction as Joseph Conrad, Kenneth Grahame, W. B. Yeats, Mr. Wells himself and so on. One ditty as Mr. Wells and Henley stood In tfatt of fice of the magazine discussing rath er sadly its gloomy prospects a funeral went by with slow pace. Henley lfinn iJBd~9.UiL.9f .the window and looked at the funeral anxiouslyT ’TfifeH'tttf'tttfued to his companion and said, with a wor ried frown: “ ‘Can that be our subscriber? ” BUYING A SAW. Find Out th« Kind You Want Before You Go to Purchase. When,.flic man in the golgcap start ed downstairs Ilfs wife ran to the door and called hini back. ,y ’ : : ^ “Ilarry,” she said, “I want you to go Into a hardware store today and get a saw. Don’t forget ft, please. We need one badly,” Being an accommodating person, tile man in the golf cap said he would not forget It. He.cheap the; luncheon; hour as the most opportHBO^tijinPCfjJ# making his simple purchase, Ho was in a good humor, and he smiled: blandly When be went Imstitegrlnto the store and said: “I want a saw, please." "tt’hat..fcltwl Of a saw?” asked- the dork. -,“\¥hfr." 1 said the prospectiYp - pur chaser. “I don’t knows just a-iiww. Any kind will db. I The clerk sighed. “If yoiu only knew what yon want to use it for, perhaps, I could advise yo^,” he suggested. : “What I want to use It fdilTWI^iia. Ael man in Ihq? golf cap. “Why, I waftt to salt, 10# course—that'Is.-iiwy folks do;’* - .1 i&uUU.wii ^ oaw wijiai: hkkcu me ciera. !'1 -tfon'ti know,” admitted the non plused shopper; 'The clerk led the way to the rear of the Store., “I will'show you a few of the different varieties of saws wie have on hand,”' he paid. “Observation and 'explanation of their uses and prices may asslsit you In making a decision. Here is a metal saw. It is made of highly tempered steel and will saw Iron, copper, lead and all manner of metals-. * Is that the kind you want?” j The man In the golf cap was sorely perplexed. “No,” he said. “I don’t think so. We have no metals'At our house -to work on that I know of.” i “Perhaps you would like a meat Saw?” suggested the clerk. “But you •re-not a butcher.”.. “Heaven be praised, no!” said the man who wanted a saw.... j,;y “Here is a regular kitchen ■ saw for general utility' purposes. Jt will cost you only 50 cents. How (Joes « that Strike you,? No?... Then here is the cabinetmaker!*' saw., ~ Then 1 have here the plumbers’: saws,; the fine deli cate saws used hy all,manner of artifi cers and the. ordinary: wood; saws, Which will cost you anywhere from o0 cents to $4. In that hack room we have still Mother varieties of saws—the two man ten foot saws, buzz saws and circular saws. If yon want to pay a big price you had; better take one of the circular saws. Til give you a good one for $500. Would you. like to* see them?” I. : • - The man in the golf cap looked about him wonderlhgly. . ; " “No, thank you,” he said, “i guess I won’t take any till I find oiif just what kind I want,” “I regret being unable to make a sale,” said the clerk; affably, “bu£ ’ 1 really think that the best plan.”—Gin* eiunati;Kuquirer: r: ' » Richter’* Conducting, Couutless are the stories told of the genialty ' of Dr.;: Haas Richter. Once! while rehearsing a Mozart symphony In which the first violins had a number of de! Iea'<6‘ frills ’afad tifrns' ttt 'perform j. these were played too heavily for Rich-: ter,‘ who said: “Please, gentlemen,1 pianissimo! Queen Mab, not suffra gettes.” Again .when on one occasion* Richter:was not thoroughly satisfied! with the orchestral rendering of a scene from ‘Tristan und Isolde” *hej stopped the rehearsal and asked foe more dignity in the playing, adding that Isolde Was the daughter of a king* not of a cook-. On another occasion while rehearsing Tsehnlkowsky’s “Ho* meo and Juliet” music the-violoncellbs have a very passionate melody to play! Richter was by - no means satisfied that the needful Waripth of expression had been obtained. “Gentlemen, gen tlemen.” said tth, “j;oti,all’ play tike'; married men, not like lovers.”—London Tlt-BIt*. ’if v * : I Girlp’ Names. In the eighteenth century girls Were Christened /Sophia- and-Caroline, in-iheiij early, nineteenth Etoma'ahd Jane'.' tittle ltjter Laura and- dlara. Tfieja. Caine a ryop of borothys and Marjo-" ries, who are; now all calling their otvk; babies (In a reaction against-tbe “guatnt”). Elizabeth. The names' if men suffer no such emphatic fashions, and y$ it is a pleasure to note that there; ,?re. 'certainly no more . young men; polled Aif; hnd bus, as were tijs young men who walked with the cTrlpp oline in.the days of Leech. Good is tfitN sound ojt JjDlm through all changesj-p London Chronicle, •" 7 —■ Jw _- j j || .A Trick With Numbers. ■Choose any four consecutive num bers, as 50, 51, 52 and- 03. Multiply (hem together, and the. product may # divided by 24. JThis will be found to held tn|p for any' four consecutive numbers we may choose- unless oiie of tbe numbers is 24 or a multiple if 24, such as 48; 72, 96, etc.. In tbe sat# way any five consecutive numbers mul tiplied together may be divided >jp 120 unless one of the numbers is )|j() or a multiple of 120.—St. Louis Repnb ii , .. The Pint Golf Links, Tbe orthodox number of eighteen holes, it seems, was fixed by "pjute chance. There were originally twenty two holes on St. Andrews links, and iso •It continued fill'1704, when .the fijsst four holes were cohverted' into #a>. Thenceforward every- full coufte has been laid out to correspond with a^Ula mater.—London Saturday Review, j - Our strength grows out of our weak ness. Not until we are pricked jand, stung and surely shot at awakens the Indignation which arms itseir with se ; cret forces.—Emerson.__ RAISED MS WAGES. Th« Way an Employer Got Square With e Faithless, Assistant. A story;' Is told 111 Milwaukee con cerning an elderly (Jerniau who con ducted ■ a good sized manufacturing plant ob til© south side. lie had an engineer at his factory who had been with him for fifteen years andstbe old gentleman hod implicit confidence in hiiu. It was with a profound shock that he discovered finally tlial itlie "misted engineer whs “grafting” inost shamefully. p The proprietor thought it ail over for a long Whl)e and then sent for the en- ' gineer. When that functionary arriv ed the following: dialogue took place: 5 “Ah, John! Good morntug, John. How long haf you been vorking by this jMce?" ! j, “•J'lfteejgt, years.” I “Ach, so. Aiial-vot are your Wages?” 1 “Twenfyrflve dollars a week.” I ‘‘M-m-uin'-lfaU. aftfer today tt vill be $5 a reek more.” The. :;ffjg|jp,eer ; thanked his employer . rew. A week later ] Jiijisent for him again, Unversatten ensued, .another go a week raise. The third Saturifa^ be'shnt 'fdr’ the ' engineer again, and. after the same questions and answers lie raised his salary another $5 a week. On the fourth Saturday the engineer was again summoned before the boss. “How long hate you' been ; Vorking here, John?”! asked, the proprietor. “Fifteen years,” replied the engineer, who by this time had grown to expect the weekly question and salary raise as a regular thing. “And how much vages are you get ttngf* : “Forty dollars a week.” “Ach, so? Veil, you are fired.” "Fired!” exclaimed the enjj$neeiv,,al most fainting. “Why, you Jpve been raising my salary $5 at a clip fqfrtljie last'three weeks.” m ||| 0 'ip “Sure I have,” roared the” Teutonic boss, all his indignation flaring out at once. “And the reason that I did it va’s! that it shall make It harder for you for vhfn I Are you, yon loafer!”— Milwaukee,Wisconsin. : t m--'Shi. nsM SILVER M |E Th* Feats That a Tarpon Will Per form When Hooked. It you have never seen a tarpon Im agine the MedlteFTMiean sanljne that you take fromth*. box ifoy jjvmcii lengthened out to six or seven feet. Give it two enormous staring black eyes, a supercilious lip of the most grotesque shape coming down anti i twisting up again, a mouth that can he thrown so wide open that thirty fetjt distant when the fish Is lu the air you can see blue Bky down Its throat and out through the arched‘gills, i Give' the fish a greenish back and a long spine at the dorsal, * ..powerful pardlne llke tall and equip its belly and sides With scales which look more like new ly minted trade dollars than anything else, dollars often twice their natural Size, Into which the purest molten sil ver has been dropped, scales that flash thousands of rays In every direction, s&ales that tteanb corrascate *nd;i iu the full glare of the sun forth So many Sunbursts to dazzle the eye! Irfd' cbh ittise the excited angler. t have taken the 1‘aahalo” under va-.. rijous circumstances ahd have saen; lt iaap along the outer Florid* reef and down by the Rio Grande, whCre 'it forms in gigantic schools and moves sbuth In winter, and everywhere it is the Same sensational equilibrist, the same air climber and sky scraper when hooked or snared. What th‘e sensations the jtacpoii} sps ,w|eu hooked it ..Would be difficult to say, but I fantf it is .frightened and leaps in the direc tion away from- tbe pain .pShter||nnp 40 t|vo leaps are alikc'.' >? ®.* , 1 hjjj.f V] It {may go directly up into the air, harrying a big wave with It. and lash Ijhe air, or it may go out of the water gracefully. Every possible position I Pave *een,tbea|rigWjgnedj.t)M'j>oii Jake.,, from 5ten<%§i jS||‘#8lfe»r#t # P sogQ|gr tolMggpr Me jp^P^t^pllretp t ioiv-nnd Hrn old an#erulnfm|pd me that he had seen a tarpon make a lateral leap of thirty feet.-*-Cha,rms. E... ilHoIden in Recreation. iV ... __.. - A Littla Too Ori&Thef: “You New Yorkers are wonders,” JWMLiMjB&JL from the west here for a brief stay anS'^ seelhg'-'Sv'erythTug from the Bronx to the Bowery. “Nothing Is Impossible here—at least 1 saw vines twined across the sky last S^diti stauramitv Forty IFI lng about, but then there are the vlues that kill the otherwise Very neat jilfe lusion. Originality is ail right, but vines hitched to a sky is too much for •, ?n%u ffom the west.’VNew York Globe. ’ 1 1 The Main Volnt Mrs. Scrapleigh—They say, my dear, that the new rubber ■•.plant’, the Ficus fajMMMfcls; w&SWMr beautiful, fe rt> lias a glossy veined leaf— Mr. Scrap-’ letgl) (who has strained his back lug ging the house plants around)—I don’t care anything about its glossy Veined leaves. What does the dum thing weigh ?—Cleveland plain Dealer. A Great Financier. Cholly—Harry Is a great financier. Chappie—Yass I Chelly—He, borrowed sixpence from me yesterday to take knew he could borrow a pound'"from. stand a dinner to another man Nvnoth he borrowed a hundred from.—London Telegraph, (KMtWMMWmv WVR Her Sealskin.! iBy FRANK fit. SWEET. Copyrighted, 1607, by E. C. I’areelte. j | |W one over accused Mrs. Stone of -bljing unduly sympathetic. Ten years’ experience with a brutal husband and ten subsequent years of buffeting wjth the World had deprived her of that sentimental quality, if indeed she had ever possessed it. She was admirably fitted to be what she was—head of the Associated Charities of a large city. Impostors who came fawntng down the corridor dreaded this sharp eyed, thin lipped woman. What an expert cross examiner- the years of insight and unbelief had made• herl IIow dif ficult it was to have the telltale Itottlo pt cover up the telltale odor when She descended on their abodes! ■ , She had driven away half the mendi cants bi -town! The worthy ones whom she had -’-made 'comfortable at. home— they .eveu.wemioaot grateful; they missed the noise and excitement'olPffre street. Bpt Mrs. Stone was obdurate. If the police would not enforce the begging ordinance, she would. If the really needy' ones would stay at home, she would see that they were provided for; .if they infested the street, not a penny should they have from her, and she Would see that they were arrested into the bargain. So the blind laven der men took to woodcarving, and they all grumbled and were very un .... _ , One morning a woman In a bedrag gled black gown and a veil with a hole tot ?ame just over the tip of her nose nSide her way into Mrs. Stone’s office. Sifts. Stone knew the’, type - husband, a laWingman, jiijlit dead? froth three to sfi yonnfe children, not one of earning .»,, V. “Be seated,” said Mrs. Stone brusque ly, but not unkindly, and her limp guest t perched uncomfortably on the edge'of the Only chair, which was so located that every ray of cold gray light iSpifetied out the linens 111 the vis jltor^fece. “What can I do fdr yon?”' c “l vrant week,” said the woman. “What kind?” V ‘'4& ■ “Any kind of work by the dly.W “Can you clean?” “yeS.” \ ••wash weir?” i.;„- )( i ?r “Pretty well.” “Cook Y* “Bbuie—idain things.” . jr'lt’ni^cleaning would :he best for you.” lit; sr isK “if Jr . i Mrs. Stone noted these details in a book, together with age, name, ad dress, nativity, and then came down to more interesting details. “How long have you lived here?” syj i Mrs. Stone raised her eyebrows. “Where did you come from?” The woman mentioned a nearby tOWf,..... •, “Why did you leave there?” “My husband died.” “How long ago?” - [“About three weeks?’’ s .. * j> .fc £ g “How many childrea have you?’>: t "Five.” "Ages, please. “The: oldest is ten.” “rfusliftnd leave: You:'anything?" finale wftinan hesitated-i || S 4 ' “Yte,litUe," she tsaid finally.5- & “How much?” “Well, the society buried' him and paid the doctor, and I had a little left.” “How much?” came the remorseless qutstioii. * ~C:- ; '■< a <* felt t ■,, .“About $300”: : “You have that?” “No, ma’am.” --■(‘What did you do w4U.it?" “I bought somethin®”? § | “Indeed!” Mis. [Stone's pencil was suspended in th*e air. “What?” “A sealskin sack.” “A what?” Mrs. Stone almost shont r,: *'*»<-» & ii»h ;<■ The woman cast down her eyes. “A seplskln sack,” she repeated almost in «#!#• M W If -fwljjl, Iftfecjarp!"- Sirs. Stone said aWud, “A ojmrWpman with a new $300 sealskin!” she added to herself.™' a savhen do you ;prpppee to wear it,” she went on to inquire—“io you? work' in the morning?” “Oh, no-, thataiB,” continued the wo man, taking the question seriously. “I wouldn’t wear it every day. On Sun days I’ll wear H sometimes, it-it’a not too sunny and doesn’t rain. Theyf.say rain doesn't hurt ’em, but I wouldn’t take the chances—and sun fades ’em.” “What gopd is It to dQjfou, then?” “Oh, I take . fljj ottjt of - Its ibugj'anid stroke It morning ami night and be tween whiles whteu | time. ThetSe i isn’t much danger of’its being stole?. No one would suspect such a thing In, a place like ours, and I’d thr4$h a Child within an Inch of Its life-Who dared tell of it. Fire’s the worst. 1 do dread fire. I wish I could insure !$.’£!:?!, Mrs. Stone was facing one of the problems of her career. “I don’t understand it at* all,?' she said, “why- you should have spent yciui entire capital so wastefujly and so uselessly? You have nothing to wear with the thing,' and you come to a charitable association to get wort for you.” “I’ll tell you,” said the woman eager-: ly, her face lighting up. “I had want, ed a sealskin all my life. I. was a fac tory girl, and on my way home at night I used to stop before the fur shops and look in—all those iovelY' capes and things—I wanted them alb I’d have learned to sew fur and have -worked lu a fur shop if I'd have dared,* but I was afraid I’d steal something. Then I married John, and there was nfethijig' tbut -hard. Work, Jind. b/tbjes., Sometimes I couldn’t get out to look la a fur window for a week at a — .— ja-Jftd | time; Theft John died.” The woman’s face was alight. “Three hundred dol lars wouldn't buy much for six. but it would bjjy a sealskin. I wanted it ali I my life! 1 sever had so much ruoriey at one time before—I couldn’t help I Just had so buy It. I was never so happy in my life as the night I wore It home, and I’m just as happy witb.lt now. I’d do it again. I'll work my fingers to the bone for my children. But I suppose you won’t help me to get;’ work now!” The woman had risen from the chair’s edge. Mrs. Stone was medita tively tupping the desk with her pen cil. “Walt a minute,” she said. Mrs. Stone was thinking. She was remem--1’ bering that two of her lady directors, lately widowed, were seeking forget fulness In Europe,! the. meager allow ance granted by th© Stingy departed 'having been multiplied by a generous court while the estates were being set tled; Mrs. Stone might not be sympa thetic, but she was logical and fair minded. "There’s a jaaltorshlp vacant In a school which I might get for you.” she snifi. -fit’s $G0 a month, and you could llyfe well on that. Are ydu strong enough to do the work, and will you do it well? Of"'eourse jf-you-don't do it well you’ll simply be discharged, but I should dislike to recommend an In competent person.” , , “Put me on trial,” said the womuu eagerly. “Indeed, I’ll do It well, and Jamie Is old enough to help me; some.” “Very well,” said Mrs. Stone. fCotpe at 9 o’clock on Monday, and I’ll See what can be done.” a vi octuiai DCV.V11UO axici ucx viouut had left Mrs. Stdne sat silent before her desk. Then she whirled about in her revolving chair to listen to „the, nest tale of woe. A month later one of her assistants said to her: “Pm ftfraia that woman for whom we secured the jaintress’ place was an impostor,; titter all.” “What makes you think so?” asked Mrs. Stone. “Well, anyhow, I don’t think she’s sis poor as Ellen West, who wanted it.” j “She lxns five children to’’ support.” returned Mrs. Stone. “Ellen has only two, and she drinks.” : “Yes,” said the assistant, “but t saw her in the park yesterday, and what do you think she had on?” “A sealskin sack perhaps,” said Mrs. Stone, not looking up from the figures she was adding. “So you knew?” gasped the other. “YeS, I knew.” » **fii The assistant was bursting with cu .rlosity. She waited a moment. “Perhaps she has seen better days,” ’she ventured. ”1 don’t think so,” said Mrs. Stone, “though it was a sort of inheritance.” “Oh!” said the assistant. "But it is very good arid new. I thought per haps It was electric, but it wasn’t. I should think she might sell it and get something for tlre childrea.” “She might,” said Mrs. Stone, “but I don’t think she will. Two, eight, nine teen, twenty-four—we’ve taken in $240 in dues this month. That’s not bad.” EXPENSIVE APARTMENTS.; t • SI,, y TT-—. jsj c Women Who Can’t Rent Them, but Who Like to Inspect Them. The superintendent of an expensive apartment building was telling his troubles, -; “It isn’t showing apartments to those wlib really want one that makes die see the whole world through dark blue glasses Just now,” said he. “It’s the aggravation of the people who go about Inspecting fine suits which they ten net possibly pay fqr. t j “You wouldn’t imagine how many women have the mania unless you had my job for awhile. Only yesterday, a young maji'r|ed-woinan, gnd^her ^mother, bath smartly gowned, askoato;’see one of my six room suits. Which rents for $200 a month, and there’s no kitchen in the apartment either. We serve meals from the basement at $15 per. week for eseh person. “Well, those women were here fully an hour. They discussed the outlook from tfee various windows and the size and’ iilan of the rooms and every little detail. They Wanted to know If the front room Would be done- ofer in old gold and brown to harmonize with a certain set of furniture, and they measured the windows to see if their curtains would lit. , , * “Where ‘baby’ was to sfedp nbihOTed the young woman a whole heap. The . nice., smmx rpqm. she wanted for u * nursery had only portieres'Between It and {lie drawing room and another room opened into & court;.While a third had a' draft blowing-thuongh it" They discussfed this question for i Ionia :;ten minutes, and when they: fli%y decid ed that the kid should have A crib in the same robin with 1W parents I be gan tp feel that the apartment !wa$ oft my hands. ;% u“ ? || . .."Then they. Insisted; upgu seeing- the chef- and went over- the subject of uaeaWwith him for another flfteCh or twenty minutes, making him give all the menus served for a ‘week hack. After-that they climbed to the top of the house to sea the maids’ rooms- one of which gees with every apartment. “Finally;they stated that thg apart ment wSs-'the most satisfactory ’ they had seen and that they would come back that evening with the yejung wo man's husband- The® felt sure he "would.dcOide to take ff. f | “As WSCAme downstairs lista.ved be hind tdjlocjt the apartment Which had beeta under inspection, andj suppose they thought I wasn’t going anjjr far ther, for as T caught up With-them on the first flight I overheard the young woman saying: “ “Wouldn’t It be swell to Uve like that, mamma, with all those delicious njegius every day? When Jack gets rich we’li ao sb, ‘whA*t *Wd?’New York Press.