ALLY HERALIV: flSakouT.il. mstfKASKA, TflUKSDA Y. -SEPTEMBER 13.
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,JALE FIGURES.
I
Never
, WHO CAN FASCINATE SER
. NTS A3 WELL AS MEN.
..Vrl4 of tb ?:-mrrlo ;oz of Her I.un
Iroit l:l.irU !:.-I,-l!i of KulMliiing
an An uroinl IJIg Sn:tki- Trouble-turn
tu ICl'fJt.
Tim ninka rharuiing woman was seated on
a chair fiml a bu; .-in.-icnuda w:ia wound once
urouml h. r w..it, tho rest of in length lying
1'kw in hf r hip. In i,.-r right Imnd hlio hold
the mi.-.I.V U, ly !:"mL S,m viat brunette
und l.a:nio ;;;., inougn to charm anything.
Tho ri-iorU;r murmured something to that
"Ye, you had letter Pfienk low when you
;rjy in" -i'ii; !ii;;( uts." i,iio rcplit-ii, her eves
ItvialJ.M.; iiii c:::.-v.,ii,Iy, "for tin, giant over
I Sterols t:i y I. it .l.t;..l. 1 !c's uu fully jealous,
tmd when ho uuul ho weighs ten limes
us much ns he docs now
"Ah, there," said a little dudo disposed to
ie l.ifi lKt.ti, w that a-aw-a worm, doncluT
txiowf
'No, it s a-aw-a masher, doncher know.
would you liko to try how it oan-aw-mashr
rc.-Ii:il-jii ..lr-i. H:mUi, aliaa "Madame Jean
cite Do li.n etc., with excellent mimicry.
J ho mii'.o droppe:! his cycjjl.-i.ss ami Ufiime
d'cp,y intent-tcl in tho Kgyptian iiumimy.
i Ml;iu l""tii to stir lU (.tills in thu wo-
lu.'in's l.i..
'J)-a't plca.se," tilio said earnestly.
S!m lnovi-d ihu hand w hich held the snake's
head it:iiil t!i" In -a 1 was pointing straight at
luT lace. Siic lirca fa-t'-ncil her lustrous
lilac!; c mi tint two small, treacherous eyes
of ti: Lt;;.;..'.
and tl.e s:;al,
-.l.o liNiked; her features and wholo
cniingly oxprc-isiiig intenso mental
iitr cyc.- seemed to expand
s to "i-t smaller. Suiterb,
queenly
Lcaring
it. -it.
her v.ius
drtMi
Tl.
shuko aui
'Tl
ired, at lirst, to avoid
then it ceased stirring and its head
1, limp and listless in her hand.
ymi inav speak," she, saiL
ii.. I v. as very invttv."
NO IICUIIL'O ABOUT IT.
"On, indi-cd, there vvas no fal:o about
tlrd. If I hadn't mastered tho snako he
would have wiiitip -d his tail into that third
loop li was forming and squeezed 1119 until
my I Mines cracked unless someboily camo to
my i:s..i -t inin and cut him in two. A bear
c-iii"t hug tiIitor than aa anaconda can
i-.j-jee'-. This in only tbc third time that I
have i -rfiiruied witb this snake, and ho is
!i-pc, to lo u ; !y unless I look after him.
WLilo 1 was chatting my eyes went off him.
find I i-upim f' it there was an oppor-
ti:.:ii v t
J'-it lar
;i! .v.iy s
I en II "
1 -t-ci.-m wiiat ho reganieil asms
1 11. iiie-s. Votl observe that 1
1. id tiie .v!t:;ki Ly t lie head, so that
. ! it t l 'ii!; me in the face. Then
I
niv i-Vl's on it I can sulnlue it."
V 1:
-II : '
A!i, thai's nan-etlian I can tell you. What
cm:-;.-; !;! bird nr tlie iimuimj that I ftl to
t:.e ti Iuim'iio powerless when the
fuak' 1" : '. i i. : eyes on it What is it that
inb!es nil" i:::iii ti niesmerizo anolherf All
I know is that 1 look at tho snake's eyes and
.rill it, wi:li i.'.i my might, to yield to me.
'When 1 do that 1 seem to feel something
filing cut from mi eiectricity magnetism
I diin't know what. I feel afterward ns
1 !!oir;-ii 1 had er.ceil in a physical stni7gla
with . iiiet iiii! and conquereiL There's
jihi'io the f ieas'.ms conies in. You may not
la.'. v( it, bar, whoa 1 concentrate my wi I!
to .-a.'i'I'ie ti'-it snako tho excitement is in-
ti-n-. . :
js s. T.:!-!
the i::;w
ie i'ii.
1 i.i
'H 1.:1 t a
that
v. 1 1 1" it.
I 1
T:i
"V.'hi li ii.
running fr-
pi:
l.no
J h.,
yuieiit ex'jtii-ite. I supMo it
okir what a soldier feels when
s as he marches to battle."
a acipiiie that tiovvcrf"
red; ii's bora. Many people
; vv.r. undoubtedly, who don't
i.'.n'.o acciiieiitaily I found that
;.-..l that f;ar of snakes that
i, a v .
K Xi VSTERIOUS TOWER.
re a girl I iiotittsl sonio children
in a garter snar.e. hat pos-
Tired ud Overworked Ilodles Can
Come Cp to the htsndartl.
The want of gooil models in training the
figure U seriously to bo deplored. The iu
itensiblo education of a beautiful, spirited
picture or statuo in developing beauty baa
never tioen rigidly used :i modern times,
f.ladonnus and goddesses are too purel
ideal to serve human rending. iJetter t3-ie
for fiolso, air, and costuiim are the clay tig
ures of Spanish and Trovencul artists. The
exfpuisito htatuetto of "Tho Header," by an
Italian sculptor iu New York years ago,
was wi lino a moileliiig of a girl's dress and
figuro that it is a regret copies of it cmr.iot
I mil every gallery. A girl of VJ or 'JO, us
that ugo ou-lit to look, stands ropt in her
iKok, tho lines of her beautifully simple
dress defining a high bred figure, matchless
in Its reserves, vet from wlncu it seems one
could never take his eyes. Tho perfectly
adjusted shoulders, wide euouli for
Btrcnirth. with promise of never becoming
too wido under life's burdens, aro flat in
tho back, as if they had crown against a
wall, falling iu at tho waist with tho spring
that betokens a good walker. Tho outlines
of every limb, even through tho garments,
aro lithe and elastic, with more spring to
them than any round barreled gymnasium
c il l owns, is uc h a figuro never comes from
a gymnasium solely.
It comes first of rest and the strength that
comes of rest. A tired, weakly figuro will
sag, bend and lie wanting in elasticity.
Overworked figures settle down and lose two
inches of height by the pressing together of
tboimrtsof tho body. That is why women
scum and uro shorter in middle age and after.
On rest deiieuds tho length and suppleness of
limb, and women should know how to take
advantage of everything in their favor to
conserve strength and secure rest. Girl
must le trained to take it at projier seasons,
whether they feel tired or not, und tho woman
must continue this exact and special care of
herself as tho foundation of her well being.
A day or two of laying off at the right time,
having her breakfast in bed, and spending
tho day in tho luxury of a wrapper and a
louiico will make tho difference between a
blithe, active creature tho rest of tho time or
ono who goes about with a constant ache and
fatigue. I know on woman who sends the
family off to tho seaside and shuts up herself
to tho most luxurious and wholesome soli
tude, orders things she likes best to eat,
books from the library, aiid any little indul
gence she LapiHMis to fancy, and rests glori
ously from week's end to week's end, coming
out bright and able, as she would net be in
the exactions of hotel life.
Dr. Hosmer, tho father of Harriet Ilosmer,
tho sculptress, oneof tho acutest of New Eng
land physicians, use to drive round his prac
tice in house cleaning season, telling the
women to lie down and rest, not to sit down.
when tired, as half an hour at length on a
lounge would refresh tho whole body morj
than Hire sitting in a chair. The periodical
rest should le insisted on by every mother as
long as sho lives to watch over her daughter.
Without it shoulders irrow broad and the
gait dragging. With rest tho step is elastic,
tho form well upheld, the bust firm, and the
limbs retain elegance of shape. Work while
you work and not while you rest, should be
tho word for every trirl and woman. The
bath is a great aid to refinement of figure.
and properly used will often prevent obesity.
Shirley Dares Letter.
A CHINESE FLOOD.
WHAT A FOREIGNER
CITY OF KIU
SAW IN
KIANQ.
THE
SM-N-.fd me 1. 1 do it i don't know, but I picket!
it up. fa - teaci my ecs 011 its eyes and found
l.-vse.'f V' ; it to submit. Then it fell into
11 sort of rtii'ior. and 1 found that I could do
Willi it what I iiktiL This discovery that
co:i!.l subdue tii-3 saa!:o so that it became ca
tire.'y passive in my hands pleased me. I be-
tr.in to c-T-ernao'i with other and larger
t in;, v). nlwavs m !fting. of course, snakes
I iiat are i;ot venomous. Then when circum-
icnnccs tin,!; a turn so that I had to eanriny
own living I took to tho business, tt pavs a
good deal Iietter than sewing or school teach
lag or selling dry gotxis."
"flow do you tirst go to work with an amv
condaf''
"J first cive it a bath of warm milk. This
it roius to en joy hugely, and is soothed by
it and gets l ing lid. Then I try to get it in
n portion where I can fasten my eyes on its
ves. This of ion requires a great deal of pa-
tio:;cf, for siial;e tries to avoid it, seem
i::g t.) fciri tiint il means a contest in which
it v.iil j;ct wo.-s'"d. I5at the opportunity
comes r.t last, and when the snake droops its
J. cad l.-t'.v-?y I know that 1 have charmed it
and can siiiy pui my Land on it. The next
operation is e.isi.ir and the snako is more
quickly rendered passive. With each opera
tion it becomes more docile until I can per
form with it in public. But always one has
to be careful, for the snake is liable at any
time to try squeezing. You can tell by tho
way it moves its coiis when it is going to do
that, an lean then charm it or mesmerize it
until it is passive: but if you are frightened
and get bewildered you can't exercise any
control over the snake, and tho snake will
actually try to charm you. I have had one
or two narrow escapes tlu'ougli carelessness.
The worst place to have a snake is around
your neck, because it takem ery little squeez
ing there .to make you feel exceedingly un--mfortablo.
"Are the anacondas troublesome to keepf
"1 should say so; they require a great deal
more care than a baby. They are so liable
to catch cold when conGaed. You have to
throw warm blankets over them and exercise
all sorts or care to keep them properly warm.
Then they are mighty particular what they
eat- The only th:n that seem to thoroughly
agree with tbeai ure white mice and guinea
jtigs, chickens and squabs, and these have to
be given to them alive. The snake doesn't
seem to enjoy eating unless it can first charm
the animal or bird. 1 have luiver found it
possible to keep one loug. and tliey are ex-jK-nsivo
to buy." New York Tribune.
JoaIi' Ark Wood Discovered.
"Within a radius of sixty miles of Nash
Tenn., there is said to be found a tree
said to bo the shittim wood of ark
'Jelebrated botanists from all over
try have examined the trees and
ai they grow nowhere elaa on the
. TL07 have decided that it is the shit
wood of which Noah's ark was coa
ted, mention of which is made several
i ta the Erble. The tree is medium sized, J
very dark, smooth bark, and the wood
brigiit gx" color. Iu early spring
are liiiisn with long, white blos-"---iy
fvserabjing great ostrich
, , s to fcjf no doubt about
and it is remark
ed only in thi sxall
V Scientific Ameri-
Anecdote of John MorrUsey.
The account of the exploits of prize
fighters as knights errant," said a well
known clergyman, who didn't want his
name mentioned lest ho might be suspected
of too great familarity with such subjects.
"reminded mo of a story which Capt. JJec
Faircliild, of the New York city police force.
used to vouch for twenty-five years ago. A
friend of the captain a very proper sort of
ierson, whom we win can ..nr. uooa naa
conceived an intense horror of prize fighters
in general, and of John Momssey in particu
lar, ilr. Good, one day while traveling up
tho Erie road, dropped into a conversation
with a gentlemanly stranger of herculean
frame who occupied the seat next to him.
When tho train arrived at Turner's the depot
was seen to be in the complete possession of a
mob of roughs and stalwart lumbermen, who
had taken possession of the lunch room and
terrorized everybody in the place, Mr. Good
was hungry, and he nnd his unknown com
panion left the train to get something to eat.
Mr. Good pushed his way through the crowd,
and ordered an oyster stew from the waiter.
Tho proprietor demurred, on tho ground that
the roughs would not permit any one else to
bo served but their own party.
" 'Oh, give my friend an oyster stew,'
spoke up the unknown Hercules; I gue
there'll be no trouble.'
"The stew was no sooner served than
horny hand reach over Mr. Good's shouldei
and tipped his stew upon the floor.
" 'Suppose you givo me an 03ster stew,'
said the Hercules quietly, with a defiant
glanco at the burly six footer who had spoiled
Hr. Good's lunch. Another stew was served,
and it was as promptly tipped over by the
same hand, while the mob of roughs laughed
uproariously. But tha Hercules, like an
avenging thunderbolt, had leaped from his
stool, and the laugh died away as he went
right through that crowd, striking out right
and left until he had cut a broad swath clear
to the doorway. When the cyclone was over
fire roughs had to be picked up out of ihe rer
mains of those milk stews on the floor, and
ali the rest had escaped. Then the Hercules
smoothed down his cuffs, resumed his stood,
and remarked as quietly as ever, 'Just let
ma have another stew, please, and a fresh
one for my friend.'
"Mr. Good looked at his companion in awe
3 Le ejaculated: 'Excuse me, sir, but who
&re you, anyhow V The Hercules reached
into his vest pocket and produced a card
tearing the name 'Joha Morrissey, New
York.' The stews were eatea in peace, and
Mr. Good afterward said to Capt. Faircliild,
as he described the encounter: 'Well, they
say a good many hard things about John
Morrisey, but he's a mighty good man to
travel with.' " Philadelphia Press.
Unteriux Store by Hran of a Cauoe A
J'atlietic Incident Itefuee In the Mount
ain Graves of Croat Men After the
Flood' Subldenc.
The water of the Yangtso Kiang had been
rising, and at last it had overflowed its banks
and filled tho plain. The city of Kiu Kiang,
where 1 wa3 living, was half submerged, and
tho only outlying low Iambi wero covered
with water. As many as had boats, nnd
had warning enough to take to them, had
ftonght refuge on adjacent highlands. This
brought many hungry refugees to Kiukiang,
which added to an already overcrowded Ip
lil itioi!, arid hnlf submerged streets made it
a gixKl place to get away from.
A native magistrate told mo that thero
were no less than 40,000 of these hungry and
impoverished wretches in tho city. They
had neither silver nor gold, and depended
for subsistence solely ujxm t he charitable, of
whom China has a goodly number, and upon
what they could steal or pick up. So great
was the distress and so importunate the cries
for bread (or rice) that many merchants
closed their stores to get rid of the cries of
the hungry for food. I had a forty jtouud
"Rob Koy" canoe, which I kept in my parlor
for safety. Tho water stood some two feet
deep at my front stoop. I launched the cauoe
at tho door and made excursions through the
streets of tho city, nnd many wero tho
novel sights. The stores and shops had
water in many instances to tho counter tops,
and upon these sat merchants who kept
guard over goods stored upon shelves and
hanging from beams above tho water lino.
I entered these stores in my canoe, and
traded and chatted with the merchants, who
amused themselves between customers by
watching the fish which swarmed in vast .
Brhools in the stores and fed upon the falling
crumlis of rico thrown them by the clerks.
Occasionally I would find a resident street
upon lower ground where the water covered
tho doors and where the only means of pass
age was through holes made in the tile roofs.
I frequently found families living upon im
provised lofts and the children were sus
jiended in baskets or tubs hanging from the
beams or rafters.
HOPELESS PLEADINO KOft RESCUE.
I passed ono street built of reed and adobe
shanties, where tho frail houses of the poor
wero rapidly yielding to tho encroaching
waters. Ono house had just crumbled away,
and the late occupants a man and woman
were standing in tho water to their armpits.
holding on to their little possessions, in the
way of scanty wardrobe and crude beddin
and pleading in piteous but fruitless prayers
for rescue. My boat was so light as to re
quire careful manipulation to carry one in
safety. To render aid was out of my power,
so that all I could do was to do nothing iu the
way of relief. I shall never forget the look
of helpless grief and stoical submission to
fate that marked the faces of that hapless
pair as I rowed past them, and as I could not
help the suffering and my life and health
were in danger, I betook myself to the moun
tains, where the air was clear and healthful,
till tho floods should subside. The journey
to tho high ground was long and tedious, but
once on the heights we secured quarters with
somo Buddhist monks In an ancient temple.
after a day's rest and recuperation we
whiled tho time away in exploring the moun
tains. Hid away iu the most inaccessible
places wero the graves of distinguished dead,
which had for centuries been overgrown
with acacia bushes, now in full bloom, and
whose rich blossoms loaded the pure moun
tain air with a sweet perfume. Tho only re
maining relics of these tombs were the carved
and entablated stones, which told in crude
hieroglyphics of the renown of the men
whose bones had loug since returned to dust.
Around these graves, wild boars now found
a hiding place, and huge serpents coiled their
slimy bodies and alternately slept and fed
ucon such birds and mice as chance brought
within reach.
AFTER THE FLOOD.
Now and then we came upon tall groves of
bamboo, from whose branches our guns
brought down wild pigeons, which found a
warm welcome upon our table. Iu the
gorges -xere crude mills fitted with wheels
upon which the spring fed "babbling brooks''
foil in ceaseless torrents in their rush to the
sea. Upon the ends of antiquated levers
wero huge stone pestles which fell with meas
ured stroke upon stone pots filled with dried
andalwood and camphor brush and reduced
them to lino powder, which were worked into
paste with oil and made into incense sticks,
whose sweet smelling odors as they burned
upon Buddhist altars appeased the wrath o.'.
tho gods.
Two weeks were thus passed, when we re
turned to our yacht, and after a few hours'
sail again cast anchor off the crowded city.
Tho waters had subsided and the populous
city was again busy with the ceaseless chatter
and clatter ( f oriental commerce. But tha
flood had left tears and desolation in its
SKILL OF THE HANDS.
The Wonderful Degree of Accuracy to
Which Thry Can Uo Trained.
Wo hear a great deal about the wonderful
precision and accuracy of machinery in
these days, and of course it Is wonderful; but
the degree of accuracy to which the human
hand can be trained is equally wonderful.
i'laying cards aro required to bo cut with
the sides quite parallel to each other, because
if a pack lie trimmed by the machine slightly
wider at ono end than the other, and they In
come turned "end to end" in dealing, the ex
cess iu width of some curds over others at tho
end of tho 1 ack will be double the variation
iu auy ono card, which would fjcihtaio
cheating, a very minute variation licing -r-ceptible.
Tho men who test these cards for
this make calijiers of their finger and thumb
and by passing them along from one end to
tho other detect a difference in width le
tween tho two ends which it is dillictilt to
measure by any other meuiis.
Thero are men employed in factoris where
dried yeast is mado whose business it is to
put tho yeast into packuges weighing a cer
tain amount each. It is on a table in front
of them in a large plastic mass, and thero aro
the scales for weighing it. But the men do
not uso tho scales. They simply separate
from the mass with their hands a lump of it
and put it up, and you may choose at ran
dom and put it on tho bcales, and it will
weigh exactly the right amount, the scales
beam just balancing.
Where largo numbers of eggs are handled
and shipited to market there is a process
known as "candleing" eggs, which consists
in taking them up in the hands (usually two
eggs iu each hand at a time), and holding
them up before a lighted candle. The light
shining through them reveals to the nrae-
. : 1 . I j. ..1:.- .
nccu eye wu exact co::. .;. ..,.1 ,L l.i : cuat.iiis.
But some of the men soon get so that they
do not need to use tho candle, the mere con
tact of their hands with the shells. denoting
the condition of the egg just us infallibly
and much more quickly. And they distin
guish in that way not merely eggs which aro
decidedly bad, but those which aro just
barely beginning to loss their freshness.
Hero are three different ways iu which ex
treme skill of the hands is shown by jiersist
ent training: First, in detecting slight dif
ferences in magnitude; second, in weight;
and, lastly, in texture or character of tur
face handled. American Machinist.
f Uord to Iepti
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OCTET AN,
CHICAGO.
Origin of an Old Legend.
The aaeifent folk legend of the sun dancing
on Easter morning spems to receive some in
direct support from a letter in Mature. At
least, if it can be well established that the
moon dances upon occasions, our difficulty in
admitting that the sun does the same thing
must bo diminished. A lady at the antipo
des, writing to her father in England, men
tions that she, with a sister and a friend, be
ing oa a balcony the night before at balf
past 10, distinctly saw the waning moon
dancing up and down. They gradually grew
frightened as they watched the phenomenon,
and made up their minds that it must jor-U-nd
an earthquake. The writer adds that
the movement was apparent only when the
moon jvas partly behind thin clouds, which
were streaked across ber face. This proba
bly gives the key to the mystery. A waning '
moon would not be far above the horizon at
half -past 10, and its image well within the
rone of mirage from rising and falling va-
tracks. Where a few weeks before wero
crowded streets of humble homes of the poor
was now only a clean washed sand plain. Tho
adobe houses had been dissolved in mud and
washed away. Many people had gone into
tho tide and become food for sharks and por
poises. Their plaoe of sepulture will never
be marked by carved stone, nor their graves
visited by filial descendants. Ko last honors
were performed over their biers. The places
which had known them simply knew them
no more. They were gone. Survivors
quickly erected like shanties upon the spots
where tho others had been, and awaited their
turn to be drowned the next flood that came.
The Chinese, like the traditional Arkansas
farmer, never mend their dikes when there is
no flood, because they do not need it then;
and when the floods come they cannot mend
them.
Tho loss of life and property by that flood
will never be stated in figures; but to the end
of my life I shall never forget the scenes of
eoitow and desolation then witnessed. Chi
nese Letter.
&lircvtdness of a Confederate.
The hero of the following anecdote, a boy
of 10, was not a Yankee, as might naturally
bo supposed, but a "Johnny Reb." He had
been entrusted with dispatches for a certain
Capt. Grandy at the battle of Fredericks
burg, and found himself compelled to de
scend a hill directly under the fire of Union
sharpshooters. Suddenly his horse stopped
and ttimbled under him, as if warned of
danger ahead. It seemed like certain death
to ride down in fair view of the marksmen
concealed in yonder tannery, but he must de
liver the orders to Grandy.
An odd plan occurred to him; he would
dismount and roll down the hill! No sooner
thought than done. He got off his horse,
which had sense enough to lie down in a
fence corner, and down our hero rolled right
into the breastworksl What Grandy and
Why Good Swimmers Drown.
"Why do good swimmers drown in tho
sea?" was asked of life saver young Ed
O'Brien, who has become somowhat famous
along tho coast here.
"i win leu you, ne answered, " i iio men
who aro good swimmers, and who drown
while in bathing here, aro fresh water swim
mers. They are good swimmers in smooth
water, but when they tackle the sea they aro
no good. .A good many, when 111 tho water,
go out too far to show off. Then when it
comes to swimming back they give out and
go down. These fresh water swimmers have
an idea that they must get back on a straight
line. They know nothing about tides or
currents, and they strike out to get back to
shore by the short route instead of finding
out tho current and swimming with it. The
first thing they know they get into a wave
that twists them all up. They don't know
when to cut through it, and all of a sudden
they loose their head, get out of wind, be
come scared, and then conies the cry for
help. A fresh water swimmer coming to
any bench ought first to study tho currents
and tides before ho ventures out. No ono
should venture out beyond the safety lino
unless he is thorough' posted, no matter
how good a swimmer ho is in still water. If
he knows the current and tho tide thor
oughly he will find it an easy matter to get
back to shore in his own good time."
"What do you first say to a drowning man
when you reach him?"
"I sing out to him as loud as I can that I
have him safe. If 1 am in a boat I first
throw him a rone. When I go for a drown
ing man I always think of a life for a lif.
It is alvvaj-s best to keep a drowning man off
from you until you havo him quieted down.
If an excited man gets the best of you in the
water tho chances aro lioth of you will lie
lost."
"What is the first thing a saved man wijl
generally say to 3 011?''
"After ho gets out and gets his wits back
again the first thing a man generally does is
to smile, shako his head ami say 'That was
a narrow escape, sure.' I hen he'll thank me
over und over again, and if ho owned the
world ho'd give three-fourths of it to me. A
good many I have saved rewarded me lib
erally, but I have helped out some men who
promised me much, but never kept their
promises." Atlantic City Cor. New York
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Girl Athletes in England.
Ten or fifteen years ago no man would
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of whose aptitudes Tom Tulliver entertained
so disparaging an estimate could ever have
become such brilliant performers in the lawn
tennis court. Even among men less preju
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always spring from power, must always
have power for ono of its parents.
No one who has ever seeu a really skilled
competitor in a "ladies' tournament" but will
at once retraot and apologize for tho inipiou3
word "awkward" and "unfeminine" if any
such slanders- haveever passed his lips. Lawn
tennis has now fairly won its title to be con
sidered a fitting game not merely for "3"ou::g ; W
men and children," but for "old men (or at j I I
any rate middle aged men) and maidens'' lJ
also. I have said my say on behalf of the ' -0
uiiuer, Emu as vo lue loriuer luey, 11 luey aro
sensible men, are hardened against ridicule.
Why may they not as legitimately breathe
themselves, though unskilled, on the tennis
court, as grasp the crab catching oar, or
mount the unaccustomed horse? Aquatic and
equestrian facilities, moreover, are less easily
come by than the opportunities in these days
for a bout at lawn tennis. English Illustrated
Magazine.
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A Few Toasts.
May we bo loved by those whom we love.
May we kiss whom we please and please
whom we kiss.
Woman the fairest work of creation. The
edition being extensive, let no man be with
out a copy exquisitely bound.
Here ii to brothers, whq are not bothers,
and sisters who are not blisters.
May every man lose his noae who only em
oloys it to poke into other people's affairs.
May every man be just as happy as he
wishes bis neighbor to be.
And may we never have to shed the tear
of regret that we ever denied ourselves any.
thing that we liked.
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