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fel Buffar^taip tiPtriPPii \ Or pal Britain and a has a Filter j who do&j not diidain tb&Lvxarfcs ofi&st- | era Cirsiizafion •■■>•• Few j arts of the British empire havt caused Great Britain the anxiety she continues to feel about her Indian possessions. Every movement Russia has made in Central Asia looking to ward ths concentration of the in- ! numerable -rates added by force to the Russian empire has been watched from tie Indian frontier by argus e\ed Britons. Both Russia and Eng land have made careful surveys of the frontiers, and each government has built an 1 continues to build strat egic railroads along the enormous and difficult boundaries. Russia is known to have long been in possession of i several plans for a descent upon In dia. and the British have for years been evolving quite a> many plans in tended to checkmate any movement ; of the kind. Ar the present time the British are engaged in the pleasant task of as suring the northern neighbors of In- j dia of their friendship, with the ob ject of forestalling any similar device j upon the part of Russia. Old treaties long since in abeyance or quite inac tive. have been renewed, and new ones signed. Last year two missions were sen out from India to carry this ob- , ^TheArrur <f Afghaneste/t Jeer inf ) effect. That commanded by Younghusband, which invaded Tibet, j was ungraciously received, and al- j though a treaty was signed in the For- ! bidden Land, Lassa, it is admitted that the success of the enterprise was not nr accompanied, by serious incon veniences. Late in November a British mission was dispatched to Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, where better luck is believed to have attended it. The mission is headed by Louis Dane, J Foreign Secretary for Simla, who is accompanied by H. It. Dobbs, his sec retary ; Major W. Mallison, It. A : (.apt. Victor Brooke. Ninth Lancers, and a Bri’ish doctor. The necessity for this visit arises from the fact that the agreement made with the late Amir, Abdurrahman, terminated at his death in 1901. Since that time the son and successor of the late Amir, Habi bullah. has been proving himself loyal to British interests in the absence of any binding documents. He has re peatedly dispatched assurances to the j Viceroy ot India of his devotion to j t e British. Nevertheless it was con sidered that his affection would be more convincing if he set liis royal hand and seal to it. Several matters need discussion, and one of them is the question of the British subsidy, to which the Amir is entitled. The present Amir has not drawn the annua! subsidy of 180,000 rupees (about $80,000) since he ascended to his kingly dignity. He had no agreement with the British and did nor need the money, for he is rich and life in Afghanistan is not ex pensive. Afghanistan, which is about twice the size of the United Kingdom and lias a population of about 4.000,000, has been an independent state since the beginning of the eighteenth cen tury, prior to which time it was part of Persia, while its province of Kabul was in the Mogul empire. It is walled in by some of the highest mountains in the world, which almost completely surround it. leaving less than half a dozen so called passes by which the country may be entered. Only half of these arc of use for strategic pur poses. and £ven they are so treacher ously situated that a large army might iie am lhilatod by a comparatively small force. The Afghans, all of whom are Mo hammedans. are a warlike people, which fact, added to their strong po sition. renders their independence comparatively safe. England has burned her fingers more than once in dealing with the Afghans, and Rus sia has not Micro ded in winning them over, although she has spent a quar ter of a century coaxing. There are few countries on the globe, not excepting Tioet. which are more inhospitable to foreigners than Afghanistan* Placed by nature as a buffer between two powerful rivals, Afghanistan is a country where every one is suspected as a spy of either Russia or the British. In Kubal there are no foreigners. The last one was a Mr. Freischer. a German gunmaker. who was murdered in a mysterious manner a few months ago. A womar physician, an Englishwoman, has been in Kabul for three years, and declares that living in the capital is like be ing on a different planet. "The uni versal atmosphere of suspicion, the ever-present knowledge that keen Af ghan eyes are watching every move ment. combined with the knowledge of isolation from the civilized world, have not a beneficial effect upon one’s nerves, and after a pro*onged stay one comes perilously near a breakdown.” A British agent, a Mohammedan of ficer of the Indian army, resides in Kabul, but he might as well reside at the North Pole for all he is allowed to do. He seldom goes out. r.o one dares visit him and the orly opportunity he has for displaying himself is to be present once in a while at a durbar or levee of the Amir. It is admitted that he is entirely without influence. The Russians, however, have not even a rrehead for an agent, and two Rus sian spies were only recently caught and sent to pi Ison—and disappeared. Habib’.illah Khan, the present Amir, has seen something of the world. He and his brother visited London in 1S9(>, and both were made G. C. hi. G. As far as may be. in a country without a single mile of railway, the Amir may he said to be progressive and up-to date. He has surrounded himself with the latest inventions in lamps. Moves, pnonograpns ana uicjcies. ixe i- also to be s. en driving out at iimes in an English automobile, while a sewing machine has been introduced into his harem. Habibullah Khan is a very busy monarch, and while he lovt s sport, a weakness which endears him to the British, he never permits his private pleasures to interfere with public business, a virtue which he might im press upon his more civilized friends. He takes a commendable pride in his gun factory at Kabul, which daily pro duce 20,000 cartridges, fifteen rifles and two guns. For nearly two years little work has been done in this fac to ry for lack of material, but apart from this enforced stoppage the fac tory lias been in constant operation since 1880. It is the Amir's custom on Naw Roz —the Mussulman’s new year—to ex amine all the guns, rifles and appurte nances turned out of the workshops during the year. The guns, etc., are laid out for inspection at Shahrara. a summer palace, which lies about a mile from the city. Among the sports held in high favor by the Amir are hawking and cricket. He usually has his falcons with him when out shooting, to fly at wounded birds; but on some days he will mount horse and go away to the neighboring hills. He seems insensible to fatigue on these occasions, but his suite usu ally returns with him in the evening, hanging limply in the saddle. The Amir two years ago divorced all his wives but four, and ordered that his subjects content themselves with a like number. One of these four wives is of royal birth and lives in a separate house. She is said to be an ambitious woman, who wears Eng lish dresses, although a woman who saw them declares they are of styles fashionable thirty years ago. TRUTH PUT TO THE TEST. !n Spite of Warnings. Nothing Really Terrible Happened. Jerry had been taught that it was a sin to lie, so of course he never meant to lie. Whenever he did stretch the truth, which occasionally hap pened in spite of his good intentions, he did so merely through the exuber ance of his lively imagination. One lay, just as Jerry perpetrated one of his whoppers, the recently mended heel of his shoe came off. His moth er noticed both the accident and the 'apse from truthfulness. “There,” she said, severely, “see what happened to >ou as a result of t Afghan Irregular Soldier. your wickedness. Hereafter, whenever you tell a falsehood something ter rible will happen to you.” “Will my boot heel always come off?” asked Jerry. ‘Quite likely. If it isn't that, it will be something equally had.” For several days after that Jerry talked but little, and what few state ments he did make were carefully weighed beforehand. One day upoi: his return from school he betaine less cautious and entertained the family with the account of an incident that had enlivened his trip home. The story seemed quite plausible, and no body would have even thought of doubting Ins veracity had not Jerry, after looking at the heel of his shoe explaimed triumphantly: “There! It didn't come off that time! Better look at yours, mamma.” Monument to Lord Baltimore. The Society of Colonial Wars will erect a monument to Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, in the city named after him. Amir Inspecting Troops at the Feast of Sacrifices. Educator Decries Militarism. Chancellor McCracken of New- York university will not allow his students to accept the invitation of an inaugu ral committee to go to Washington with a brass hand and flying colors and march in the inaugural procession of President Roosevelt. The chancel lor said: “There is altogether too much of a trend in the United States toward marching and drilling and armies and navies. 1 am not so much objecting to the cost of army and navy as 1 am to this attempt of the Inaugural committee to make holiday soldiers out of college students. We don't want -college students to turn soldiers. I believe the president, if consulted, would tell the students to stick to their work.” Didn’t Notice It. She was fat, but very little more than half of 40. Standing directly in front of her. but not facing her. in the crowded West Madison street cable car was a feather-weiglit^man hanging to the end of a stra-p. Small as he ■was, his weight snapped tS,e strap \ w hen the ear jerked forward after 1 stopping at a crossing, and the feath j erq-weight fell into the fat girl’s lap. ! She seemed to pay not the slightest J attention. The little man leaped to his | feet, turned and bowed, and apolo gized profusely. He went on talking to the young woman for about thirty seconds, assuring her that he would not have had the accident happen for anything in the world. “What happened?” snapped the Tat one, as she glared at the little man. “Why, I fell into your lap. I'm— I’m—awfully sor—” And she put her r.ose in the air and turned away.—Chicago Irter-Ocean. Germany’s Auto Corps. Germany’s recently organized vol unteer automobile corps is already re joicing in a new service uniform. It is khaki in color, and is accompanied by yellow boots, or shoes and gaiters, and the weapons ’worn with it are a navy revolver and a large deerknife. This addition to the German fighting l forces will tike part In the maneuvers | to be held this year. Only One Way to Save Him. “While the religion of some men is intellectual.” said a well-known New York clergyman, "the religion of many is a thing of emotions. "Back in my boyhood days I re* member a man in the country whc lised to go to camp meetings; after singing a few inspiring hymns h« would become to outward appear ances the happiest and most pious man in the camp. But his emotion would always die out and his religion wouldn’t tide him over to the next meeting. “A cynical neighbor of this man’s once remarked that the only way to save his soul was to get him happy and pious in one of the meetings and then kill him.” Royal Bridge Players. The popularity of bridge shows no sign of abatement, says the Ixmdon Express. Both the King and Queen find in the game a great lecreation of an evening. Their majesties play for low points and always pay their , losses before rising from the table. - I V Cecelia Loftus Explains. “Look at those letters and tele grams.’’ Cecelia Loftus in Cleveland last week pointed to a table on which were scattered many communications of both the mail and wire variety. “There is a pile of inquiries and ad monitions, all to the effect of ‘You're not going back to vaudeville, are you?' They came as the result of an an nouncement made a few days ago concerning my appearing in vaude ville for five weeks at tin* conclusion of my present season. But I don’t be lieve I’m ‘going back’ to vaudeville even if I am going to vaudeville. Peo ple have been considerate enough to »ay they enjoy my imitations. I can't make an entire evening's enter tainment of them. Therefore they belong in vaudeville. And sc it is with many entertaining acts. They are worth fifteen or twenty minutes in themselves, and six or e'ght of them make an interesting perform ance. Yes, vaudeville is a worthy in stitution, and, as its patrons continue to demand better grades of acts, it will continue to rise in standard, and be where it should be, side by side with the -so-called legitimate. How ever, as I said before, many of my friends are shocked at my ‘going back.’ And this makes me look for ward to what I may expect in criti cism from some of our satirical re viewers. “Picture," she said as she poised an imaginary pencil over an imagi nary pad, “picture my reviewer writ ing with the satisfaction of self smartness something after this fash ion: ‘Cecelia Loftus, erstwhile "Cissy." is back in vaudeville, where she has always belonged. She tried to 1* an actress, but it wouldn’t go. and now she's doing her imitation stunt again, and it's really very good. Come again. Cissy, but always in vaudeville!’ “I’m going to keep on trying to be come a recognized real-for-sure ac <ar non of “The Shepherd King,” and will manage the young star for five years. "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” is being booked for several years ahead. The demand for the play is enormous in all sections of the coun try. Ethel Barrymore is an accomplished musician and pianist, and whenever there is an afternoon concert of note where she is playing she is sure to be present. Mine. Sarah Bernhardt is to make another tour of tin3 United States, this time under the management of Lieb ler & Co. The tour is scheduled for the coming fall. Grace Filkins is to return to the stage. She has affixed her name to a i contract with Fred C. Whitney for his “The School for Husbands” company, to be produced in April. Four stars 01 the near future are playing in "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” at the Boston. They are Madge Carr Cook, Helen Lowell. Bes sie Barriseale and Will T. Hodge. Ward and Vokes have announced their intention to dissolve partnership. Mr. Ward will stay under the Stair management in a new play, while Mr. Vokes will continue in former pieces. Fritz Williams is one of the leading members of the cast of “Letty” with William Faversham. He has not been seen in Boston since he played in "Little Mary” at the Park last winter. Amelia Bingham is playing an en gagement with the stock company at the Alvin theatre. Pittsburg, controlled by Harry Davis. She began her visit with a revival of “The Frisky Mrs. Johnson.” Laura Burt has secured the right of a play founded upon the book “John of Strath bourne.” The dramatic version is being made by her husband. Harry Stafford, now with Sir Henry Irving’s company. The starring tour of Ida Conquest has been brought to a close and her company disbanded. Her play. “The Morey Makers,” was a noisy farce fess if it takes until I am 90,” and «"ie stamped her toot determinedly. The Irwin Epigram. May Irwin loves epigrams, whether they he polite or just forceful. Her | newest comedy is chock full of them, and a few of her favorites follow: "A champagne appetite and beer in come is all right if you have a big enough beer trade.” "When a man marries a woman he takes her for better or worse. Mine took me for worse and I made good.” "An accommodation liar soon trav els like a lightning express.” “While running an automobile, al ways keep your eyes on the road and the rest of your face in the wagott.” “I know enough about an automo bile not to buy one.” “When you have nothing to say, say it and retire.” On Purpose. It is told of Fred Stone of “The Wizard of Oz” that on one occasion he did not appear at rehearsal. Julian Mitchell, the stage director, was angry. He sent a note over to Stone's hotel, in which he said: “If you do tiis sort of thing again I will be com pelled to cast you from the cast of “The Wizard.” A few minutes later Mr. Mitchell re ceived this answer from Mr. Stone: “Dear Julian: Let him who is without sin cast the first Stone.” Greenroom Gossip. It is reported that J. M. Barrie is writing a new play for Ellen Terry. Hattie Williams is to be starred by Charles Frohman in a musical “Jane.” Chauncey Olcott is to appear next season in a new romantic Irish drama. By the will of Anne Jane (Mrs. G. H.) Gilbert, she leaves personal prop erty to the value of $10,000. Miss Kate Roberts has returned from a world tour In vaudeville, to ibin “The Earl and the Girl” company. Eleanor Robson is an American act ress, but she has several English act ors supporting her in her company playing “Merely Mary Ann.” William A. Brady has purchased an interest in Wright Lorimov's produc I I and utterly unsuited to the actress methods. M- Antoine has taken “King Lear” oft the hill at his famous theater in Paris because his voice could not stand the continued strain of the part. He will soon do a modernized version of “Tartuffe." David Eelasco is seeking a new star to send out next season in “Sweet Kitty Bellairs” to succeed Henrietta Grosman. The latter closes her sea son in the play in April, and will then leave Mr. Eelasco. The engagement of Agnes Ardeck, leading woman with Creston Clarke, and Malcolm Bruce Milne, barrister. Middie Temple, London. England, is announced. The wedding will occur early in the spring. Oswald Yorke, who is in a congenial character with Annie Russell's com pany in “Brother Jacques." played her lover in both “Mice and Men" and "The Younger Mrs. Bailing” last sea son. Then he married her. The organization presenting Ibsen’s "Ghosts” under the direction of the George H. Brennan company, is mak ing its farewell tour this season. Next year the management has completed plans for a prolonged season tfn Lon don. Frank Vernon, the English produc er. who is a member of Miss Viola Al len’s company, is an interesting per sonality. He has made nine produc tions of the classics in London and has essayed important roles in nine revivals. Paula Edwards, the star cf “Win some Winnie,” will apuear next sea vn in a musical comedy, “Tie Maid and t» e Mask,” which has been writ len with her talents in view. The production will be made on an elab orate scale. Alter participating in thy dismal failure of "In Newport" in New York. Fay Templeton Is preparing to appear in a revival of “Florodora” at ’.1 c New fork Casino. She will have the role of the widow, creat'ed by Edna Wal lace Hopper. “Letty,” the title role in Pinero’s new play, is an interesting companion study to the manicure girl in “The Gay Lord Quex,” by the same drama tist. The part will be played here by Carloita Nillson in William Faver sham’s company. Isabel Dumont and Janet Beecher have been selected, with the approval of Charles Dana Gibson, to portray the two American girls in “The Education of Mr. Pipp,” a play founded on Mr. Gibson’s series of picture's bearing the same title. The two men in pursuit of these girls will be played by B«ware Brayton and Herbert McKenzie. Dig by Bell will appear as Mr. Ptpp. 1 WHAT TUBERCULOSIS COSTS | I Immense Monetary Loss Caused the Country 5 by fts Ravages—How to Retain ^ HealthandSodily Vigor T Cost of Tuberculosi®. Dr. Harmon Biggs of New YnrTt ' iAmerican Medicine), after a careful estimation, places the annual expense of tuberculosis to the people of the United States at $330,000,000.00. He first calculates the loss r« New York city by putting a value of $1,500 upon each li« at the aven ge at which deaths from tuberculoids occur. This gives a total value of the lives lost annually of $1,500,000.00. But this is not all. For at least nine months prior to death these patients cannot work, and the loss of service atone dollar a day, together with food, nursing, medicines, attendance, etc., at one and one-half dollars a day, re sults in a further loss of $8,000,000.00, making a yearly loss to the munici pality of $23,000,000.00. For the whole country the 150,000 deaths from tuber culosis represent in the same way a loss of $330,000,000.00. Dr. Biggs also states that the total expenditure in the city of New York for the care of tuberculous patients is not at present over $500",000,00 a year; that is, it does not exceed two per cent of the actual loss by death, etc. “if this annual expenditure were doubled or trebled it would mean a saving of several thousand lives annually, to say nothing of the enormous saving in suf fering.” Further evidence of this is afforded by the fact that in the last twenty years the total number of deaths from tuberculosis in New York has decreased instead of increasing, although there has been an increase of 70 per cent in the general popula tion. Oil Rubbing. Clothing exposes us to great dan gers. We wear too many clothes. We dress too warmly, so the skin be j comes relaxed, and loses the power to j take care of itself, and this is the rea j son oil rubbing is necessary. The simple removal of a thin layer of oil by a hot bath may be sufficient to | cause a man to take cold, so this must be replaced by a special oiling, or some other treatment, in cold weath er. People who are very susceptible to ' cold, should be rubbed with oil after j each bath. Oil rubbing is especially needed in cases in which the skin is | dry, through deficient activity of the | oil glands of the skin. Great care, ! however, should be taken to avoid too I vigorous rubbing in the application of the oil. as sweating is very easily pro duced. to the disadvantage of the pa tient. In the treatment of infants and children, a marked and most favor able effect upon nutrition is produced by oil rubbing. Application of oil after cold baths encourages reaction. In most cases of chronic dyspepsia when accompanied by emaciation, in diabetes, and in most cases in which malnutrition with dryness of the skin is a prominent feature, oil rubbing is a valuable curative agency. Plato called a man lame because he exercised the mind while the body was allowed to suffer. Horrors of the Cocaine Habit. The following illustration of bad ad vice in the lecture room is probably not an exceptional case. A professor of materia medica lecturing on cocaine called it one of the greatest of all stimulants and perfectly harmless. He cited his own experience of its good effects, and advised the class to test it personally in debility and ex haustion. Of a class of thirty-two who listened to this advice, five became cocaine takers within two years. Ten years later thirteen of this class were drug and spirit takers. In all prob ability, the use of cocaine was the starting point of their addictions. Four died from the direct use of this drug. Evidently more than half the class l ad followed the advice of the teacher and were wrecked. A few years after, the professor became an invalid and retired' from the profes sion, a victim of his own counsel and confidence in cocaine. When anything is growing, one formatory is worth more than a thou sand reformatories.—Horace Mann. Tuberculosis Rightly Classed. The Health department of the city of Philadelphia has decided that in future tuberculosis shall be classed with other diseases that are dangerous to the public health, such as smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and other contagious maladies. The law in Pennsylvania and most other States of the Union requires that every case of contagious disease shall be reported to the Health department. Hereafter all cases of tuberculosis must be so reported by the attending physician. The purpose of this law is to enable the Health department to take neces sary steps to prevent the extension of this disease by disinfection of the apartments which have been occupied j by the patient, and by instruction of the patient and the patient’s friends how infection from the disease may be avoided. This *aw is a good one. and ought to be entoiced in every civilized com munity. Body and mind are both gifts, and for the proper use of them our Maker will hold us responsible. Simple Living and Longevity of the Brazilians. According to a writer in a contem porary magazine, "the Brazilians, when first discovered, lived the natural, orig inal life lived by all mankind, as fre quently described in ancient histories, before laws, or property, or arts made entrance among men. The Brazilians lived without business or labor, fur ther than for their necessary tood. by gathering fruits, herbs and plants; they knew no drink but water; were not tempted to drink or eat beyond common thirst or appetite; were not troubled with either public or domes tic cares, and knew no pleasures but those simple and natural in character. “Many of these were said, at the time the country was discovered by the Europeans, to have lived as long as two hundred years.” This was without doubt an exagger ation, but that they were very long lived is evidenced by the fact that within the last quarter of a century there was an cld woman living in Rio Janeiro at the remarkable age of one hundred and forty-one years. Beauty of form and face are the nat ural results of right living, and to try to get them in idleness by the aid of massage, drugs, or physical culture, is lo undermine the foundation for all charm. Nature intended that we should he of use. whether we are genius or common clay, and nature rules. We can’t cheat her. The Quiet Way Best. What's th#» use of worrying. Of hurrying. And scurrying. Kveryhody Hurrying And breaking up his r<»st. When everything is teaching us. Preaching, and beseeching us To settle down and end the fuss. For quiet ways are best? The rain that trickles down in showeva— A blessing to the thirsty floweis— And gentle zephyrs gather up Sweet fragrance from each 1 limming cu, . There's min in the tempest's path. There's ruin in a voice of wrath. And they alone are blest Who early learn to dominate Themselves, their violence abate. And prove by their serene estate That quiet ways are best. Exercise gradually increases the physical powers, and gives more strength to resist sickness. HEALTHFUL DISHES. . Fruit Nectar—Take Concord grapes or any kind of berries and put into a stewpan with a small amount of water; boil ten minutes, stirring oc casionally. Strain first through a sieve and then through a cheese cloth. Add one-third sugar to two-thirds juice and boil briskly for fifteen minutes. Put in bottles and seal. When used add either hot or cold water, to suit the taste. Macaroni au Gratin—Break enough macaroni into inch lengths to fill a cup and cook in one and one-half pints of boiling water in a double boiler un til tender. When done, drain and sepa rate by dashing over it a little cold water. Mix with the macaroni one cupful of cottage cheese, one table spoonful of cracker crumbs, rolled fine, one fourth cup of cream and one half teaspoonful of salt. Put in an oiled graniteware dish and bake until brown. Vegetable Bouillon.—To one and one-half pints of bran (pressed down), add two and one-half quarts of boiling water. Allow this to simmer for two hours or more; strain, add one pint of strained tomato, one stalk of chopped celery, one large onion and one half teaspoonful of powdered mint in a muslin bag. Eet this simmer togeth er for from half an hour to an hour. Add water to make two and one-half quarts of soup. Strain, add onn tea spoonful of salt, or more if desired, and reheat for serving. On each bread-and-butter plate put a pat of coeoanut butter, two nut cheese straws, and a couple of bread or cream sticks tied together with yel low and white ribbon. Golden Salad.—Prepare eggs by hard boiling them. Cut, when done, into two parts; remove the yolks without breaking the whites, mast them and mix with enough mayon naise or boiled salad dressing to bind them. Fill the egg-white shells with the prepared yolks, and stick the two half whites together, thus forming whole eggs. Out one end flat, and stand an egg on a lettuce leaf on each salad plate. Around each egg put a circle of mayonnaise. What They Were There F:or. Admiral Dewey tells of certain cere monies once held in connection with the erection of a tablet to the memory of a naval hero, during which a well known clergyman of Baltimore, a rela tive of the deceased, was irvited to deliver the dedicatory sermon. Among the interested spectators present on the occasion in question was an old colored woman, a servant in the employ of a friend of the admir al’s, who was much put out by what she deemed the excessive length of the imported preacher’s discourse. “I declare to goodness,” said she, In speaking to some one on the sub ject, “dat Baltimore preacher cert’n'y did carry on lika he thought he was do whole thing! Don’t you s’pose dat man could see ever’ one come to hear de Marine Band?” More Than He Ordered. Diner—I say, waiter, there’s a chicken in this egg. Hello, what are you doing? Waiter—Changing your check, sir. Chicken is 50 cents.—Boston Tran script. A Literary Confidence. Not long ago the Toastmaster, ac cording to the Atlantic, happened to overhear a worthy nursemaid cx changing literary confidences with the cook, apropos of a historical nove. which was then the best selling book of the minute. “Sure it’s a fine book.” testified Maggie heartily, and tnen soon, as if puzzled by her own inaptitude, “but somehow I ain’t very far with it.” Exactly. Neither was the Toastmaster very far with it Bo tween a book written to be sold bv the hundred thousand and a book written to be put away jn a draw* hke Pride and Prejudice” and the first draft of “Waverly,” it is toler ably easy to say which is the more bkely to prove permanently readable. Sure to Please. When the stage manager told the heavy man he was to play a ce™ part the actor said: lam I *ave never seen the play. ence?t’^Dk 1 ShaU Please lhe autH “Sure.” said the manager die Ln the first act” Y°U