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THE, MOMENT
Foreshadows of Autumn Hues.
In color combinations there is now
a tendency 10 combinations of several
colors in the same applique, rather
than two coIots and several tones of
the same color as heretofore. Just a
touch of gold tinsel is seen on many of
these, but only a touch, so that the re
sult is never garish.
Aluminum is now being used in tin
sel embroidery combined with ap
plique trimmings in gray taffeta, and
as aluminum does not tarnish and is
very light in weight, it is invaluable.
Flower designs still predominate in
the applique designs, taffetas and the
other soft and lustrous silks being
used.
In colors for the coming autumn
royal blue is predicted as a leader
abroad, while in this country the shade
termed inauguration blue is to be a
much-used color. Greens in myrtle,
reseda and other dark shades will be
fashionable, but browns will fall be
hind their run of last year, while the
dark shades of plum, purple and kin
dred hues are being manufactured in
quantities.
All these indications from manufac
turers show which way the wind will
blowr, for whatever fashion might wish
to dictate she is obliged to use the
fabrics in the market, and these are
always manufactured at least six
months ahead of their use, sometimes
a year.
French Cream Frosting.
Four cups of white sugar, one cup of
hot water; put on fire and boil with
out stirring for about eight minutes.
If it looks thick test by dripping from
a spoon, and if it threads remove and
rub some against side of cake bowl,
and if it will rub into a ball, pour all
out and meat rapidly with wooden
spoon, adding flavoring of rose, vanilla
or orange as it cools. It will cut soft
for several days. This can also be
mixed with nuts and made into nut
bonbons and colored with cranberry
juice, or green, made from parsley.
Take tender parsley leaves, wash
dry and pound in a mortar until juice
is extracted. Strain into a cup and
put the cup Into boiling water to get
hot. A few drops will color a pale
green.
Pale pink batiste frock, with open
embroidery in white.
Novelties in White Serge.
In the white serge frocks, the
French makers have introduced many
novelties in cut and line. The Empire
ideas that have taken so firm a hold
lately appear here, as elsewhere, and
Empire coats, long or short, are made
up in white serge or white cloth with
skirts to match and with severe tailor
finish or with collars, cuffs and motifs
of heavy open work embroidery on
linen.
Decoration for Blouses.
For our bicuses to be seen at their
best it behooves us to provide them
with fresh and attractive neckwear,
since on neckwear to a large extent
depends their success. Beginning
with neckwear for the simple shirt
waist or shirt, as the English term
it, there is a new turnover collar, some
three inches' deep, of canvas linen,
embroidered with a spot. Beneath
this is passed a band of chameleon
ribbon *or plain glace, silk, fastened
with a rosettelike knot in front, high
up against the collar, and the ends,
which are plaited, are knotted a few
inches below the neck, and end in fan
like flutes.
Rainbow ribbons are used for a sim
ilar purpose; the knot and ends are
formed of two soft ribbons in different
colors. A hem-stitched border to the
collar sometimes introduced shows
glimpses of the band of ribbons pass
ing beneath; and, again, these em
broidered canvas collars are in vari
ous instances pierced with wide but
tonholes in front, and tied with the
ribbons, which, as before, are arranged
in the fashion of rosettes.
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!^pConS i dences
More stunning braids are out for
belts.
Lots and lots of pale blue hats—the
shade that goes with everything—are
worn.
Shirt-waist dresses of dotted swiss
and lawn are inexpensive and cool
looking.
Traveling bags are almost a part of
the traveling suit, so carefully are
they chosen.
Light weight wash flannels have
polka dots of color or white embroid
ered at regular intervals over the
cloth.
Tiny three-cornered hats for wee
tots are trimmed with three prim
rosettes of baby ribbon—one on each
place where the brim turns up.
The revival of an old fashion is the
sailor hat with wide crown and nar
row brim. The favorite way of rim
o
ming them is to drape on a veil of
mousseline de soie in one of the new,
rich shades.
A new brown is around town—bril
nant in comparison with the rather
lifeless color we usually mean by
brown. It is especially pretty in the
horsehair bats, as the ruddy tint in
it takes the light best in horsehair
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Excellent chocolate can be made by
boiling four tablespoonfuls of choco
late In a pint of water and a pint of
milk.
After the cleaning, rugs should be
carefully looked over for breaks in the ,
threads and in corners and mended at
once, with linen carpet thread or wool,
if necessary.
A shabby black ohip hat may be
improved by rubbing it with a piece
of black velvet which has been dipped
in a mixture composed of equal parts
of black ink and gum water.
Bits of white wax used freely when
packing white garments of fabrics,
such as tulle or silk evening gowns,
choice face, crepe shawls, etc., will
keep them from turning yellow.
Do you know that sheep sorrel will
take out rust stains from cloth? Rub
thoroughly on the stains and then take
out the resulting grass stains with
either molasses or alcohol.
Beautifur Blouses.
Surplice-cut blouses, leaving the
throat bare or worn with a transpar
ent guimpe and collar of lace, are liked
for summer frocks, but though charm
ing they are not so youthful as the
blouse frilled to some sort of yoke and
fastening in the back, and they should
be reserved for the older girls. Here
again wo often find very heavy em
broidery, applique or band insertion
bordering the surplice, while the rest
of th« frock Is trimmed lightly and
ftuffly fn Valenciennes insertion and
edging. Heavy embroidery insertion
scalloped on both edges and wtth Val
enciennes frills bordering the scallops
is liked for the surplice borders and
may be used, too, upon the sleeve and
as heading for skirt flounces.
The Traveling Gown.
A soft shade of rose-pink Sicilienne
is selected for the traveling gown,
and the coat bodice is fashioned with
an open front, filled in with a low-cut
waistcoat of pique that may be re
moved instanter. There is a smart
little cape collar effect over the
shoulders; the sleeve is one of those
fluffy elbow-length models with lace
ruffles, and a deep rose-red velvet rib
bon is relied upon to make the touch
of color contrast that the present
mode demands. The skirt is plain, ex
cept for a shaped scant volant of vel
vet applied above the deep hem, shir
rings adjusting the fit.
Coat Now an Essential.
Time was when a waist and skirt
were accounted a dress; but in this
elaborate day a dress isn’t a dress
unless it has also an outside wrap of
some sort made to match it and worn
with it alone. This is true even of fhe
linen shirt-waist frock whereto is
added a jaunty little linen coat and
the proper thing seems to be to wear
this third garment through the ther
momater says 94 and you languish
with heat.
Serviceable Eolienne.
Eolienne has a place among coat
materials this season, but voile, save
in coat and skirt costumes, has lost
favor with the coatmakers. The silky
eolienne lends itself readily to the
flowing lines of the loose, full coat,
whether short or long, and is a serv
iceable material; though, on the
whole, a taffeta coat is a better invest
ment than one of eolienne, even if
more expensive at the start.
New Fad Is 'Kerchief Ruffle.
If a girl is making a fancy white
petticoat to wear with transparent
skirts she can not have a prettier
rutile on it than one made of handker
chiefs.
A dozen or even more will be need
ed, and each one -is cut in the middle
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j of one side up through to the center.
Then a small circle is cut out. This
may be quite perfectly done by turn
ing a bread and butter plate upside
down and making a mark by which
to cut. When all the handkerchiefs
have been *so treated they are sewed
together over and over on the edges
that were cut by slashing the side.
It will be found after all these are
joined that a circular ruffle, full at the
bottom but straight at the top, has
been formed, the whole having deep
hemstitched points. Such a flouDce,
trimmed with narrow Valenciennes
lace, would he charming for a dress
of handkerchief linen.
How to Wash Ribbons.
The washing of ribbons is not al
ways attended by the best results. The
following is a milliner’s method and
most successful: Put the ribbon into
a basin of warm water, rub on some
good white soap and wash as you
would anything else. While stiil wet
Iron on the right side with a hot Iron
and when dry rub between the hands
as if washing it until all the stifTness
is out, then iron again to remove the
wrinkles. When ribbons are washed
in this way it is difficult to tell them
from new.
Nearly every woman knows from
experience how difficult it is to wash
successfully a crocheted shawl and
have it look fluffy and in prime condi
tion when dry. One woman made a
triumphantly successful experiment.
She put the shawl into a pillow case,
tied a string around the top, and then
washed it in plenty of soap and hot
water.
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White linen gown embroidered in
white.
Of Green Raj.ah Silk.
A charming gown of green rajah
silk, appropriate for day wear, is in
walking length and finished at bottom
with three tiny Knife-plaited ruffles.
The draped bodice is filled in at neck
with a yoke and stock of embroidered
cream batiste and lace insertion. Cut
steel buttons and a ruffle of silk,
matching those on skirt trim the waist
and the latter is used on the elbow
sleeves. A hat of green straw braid
with parrot wings completes the styl
ish costume.
Popular Shades of Red.
The reds most in vogue just now are
the tomato and geranium colors. The
red of the gardenia is also worn and
the matchless red of the camellia.
| These shades are seen everywhere
i and in everything, but particularly is
| the red of the geranium worn a great
| deal. The most popular red fbr gowns
is cerise.
Whipped Peach Cream Trifle.
Soak cocoanut macaroons in the
syrup of rich preserved peaches until
rather soft. Beat the whites of four
eggs until very stiff, then beat in by
degrees half a cupful of powdered
sugar and two tablespoonfuls of the
peach syrup. Mix in lightly a pint of
sweet cream. Whip to a stiff froth and
place in alternate layers with the
soaked macaroons in a deep glass
dish, heaping the cream on top.
Sprinkle over it snredded cocoanut.
GOWN OF BROWN LINEN.
One of the most charming linen
gowns of the season is pictured iu the
sketch below. The original is a very
late French design secured direct from
the aodeste who made it. It is de
signed for a traveling gown, but can
be worn a great deal through the sum
mer. The loose jacket is trimmed
with heavy all-over lace, set in to the
goods, and the sleeves are finished
with an edging to match. This lace Is
a shade lighter than the brown of the
linen. The skirt is a new design, or
namented only with stitching. This
would be charming in almost any of
the colored linens, or in white, with
a, lace to match.
A SUMMER BLOUSE.
This Paris model is an exceedingly
dainty and attractive blouse of a style
that is best appreciated during the
warm days of summer, when a collar
becomes very uncomfortable. Fine
sheer white lawn is used, and the
lront edges of the surplice are decor
ated with fine embroidery. The top of
the tucked vest is also edged with this
embroidery, and a wide embroidered
rume finishes the short sleeves. It is
a charming model for warm days, and
the low necks are to be worn again
this summer. If, however, one does
not care to wear a collarless blouse,
this one can be made up with a high
collar.
RUGS OF PET CAT SKINS.
Pelts of Dead Felines Used to Make
Handsome Ornaments.
Devoted feminine owners of “the
loveliest cat you ever saw” need not
utterly despair when, in course of
time or accident, the last of this cat’s
lives is yielded. They may, if so dis
posed, at once remember poor pussy
affectionately and add to their own
choice possessions by following the
example of a London woman who has
loved and lost many line felines.
This woman is the sadly proud own
er of a handsome rug made from the
skins of her departed darlings. All ol
the fourteen skins that compose this
rug are of a single color, black, the
one time mistress of the vanished
cats being partial to pets of inky
shade and keeping no others. On the
reverse side of each skin is an inscrip
tion recording the name of its orig
inal owner and the period during
which she gladdened the heart of the
woman before whose hearth her fur
still reposes. Thus, one inscription
reads: “Fairy, 1892-4,” and another
! “Beauty, 1900-5.”
Owners of fine cats might do worse
than follow a similar plan when death
removes any of their feline treasures
Cat fur usually is fine and handsome
and poor pussy might as well be re
membered in this way as by the cal
portraits that now hang on many a
wall.
OLDEST HOTEL IN AMERICA.
Building in Phoenix, Arizona, Enjoys
That Distinction.
St. Augustine is the oldest town in
the United States, but the oldest ho
tel in the country, contrary to what
one would expect, is not in the Easf
at all, but as far West as Arizona, be
ing situated in Phoenix of that state
It was built In the seventeenth cen
tury by the Spaniards just after the
erection of a wonderful governor’s
palace, which also is to be seen to this
day—the famous “Palacio del Gober
nador.” The hotel is a long, low, one
story affair, built of adobe, with a fla;
roof, low doorways and many-panec
windows. The structure is now rathei
dingy in appearance, although it was
no Goubt considered really spacious
and elegant when first erected.
When, in 1681, the Indians threw
off the Spanish yoke the hotel became
a temporary fort. Many a successful
Indian raid was planned in this very
building, and councils of war wers
held frequently in the “tap room,” as
it was called.
This old tavern has sheltered such
men as Custer, John C. Fremont, Gen
Phil Sheridan, Zebulon Pike, Buffalo
Bill and other famous scouts anc
plainsmen, besides many lesser heroes
who. in true dime novel fashion
“went West to fight Injuns.”
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The Best Court of Appeal.
No one could say a sharp or bitter
thing with more absolute coolness
than Lord Westbury, who was made
Lord Chancellor of England in 1861.
After retiring from the office of
Lord Chancellor he took a very ae
tive part in the House of Lords, sit
ting as a Court of Appeal, w'here his
colleagues were Lord Chelmsford and
Lord Colonsay. Lord St. Leonards,
who was senior to them all, never at
tended. One day Lord Westbury
jhanced to meet him, and said, “My
lear St. Leonards, why don’t you
?ome and give us your valuable as
sistance In the House of Lords?”
“Ah,” said Lord St. Leonards, “I
should be of no use. I am old, and
olind, and stupid.”
“My dear lord,” said Westbury,
‘that does not signify in the least. I
im old, Chelmsford is blind, and C°l*
msay is stupid; yet we make the very
jest Court of Appeal which has ever
sat in that assembly.”
“Tom” Reed’s “Bored” Walk.
Tom Reed was very fond of crash
suits in the warm weather, and he
often went down Pennsylvania avenue,
in Washington, on his way to the capi
tol, arrayed in one of them, with a
silk sash about his waist and a jaunty
straw hat on his head.
One day while he was speaker,
j when so attired, and accompanied by
Congressman Hitt of Illinois, he was
overtaken by Mr. Lessler, who, it will
be remembered, defeated Perry Bel
mont for congress in his famous
"washboiler” campaign.
Lesslen was not very popular with
the speaker, or, indeed, with any of
his colleagues in the house, so when
he familiarly said to Mr. Reed, “Ah,
there, Mr. Speaker, you think that you
are at the seashore, I presume,” re
ferring, of course to his costume, the
speaker turned to him and said, “Yes,
ves, join’ us and we will have a bored
walk."
To Lilies of the Light.
To the lilies of the lighbt from the shad
ows of fhe night,
And the sun to lure life’s roses to a
wreath of red and white,
fo guide the bees to honey in the sing- ,
ing east and west
And burn love's bloom into the cheek
that I’m a-lovin’ best.
To the light—to the light from the dim
wirjgs o’ the night.
From the gloom to the bloom, like a
love-led bird in flight.
From blossom to blossom as the brown
bee seeks the comb—
The eyes o’ yotir love's signals—the heart
o’ love for home.
—Atlanta Constitution.
Spend Money to Save Tirnber.
To save 70,000 acres of standing
timber which is held under a twenty
year lease from Idaho the Weyer
haueser syndicate, of Seattle and Min
neapolis, is constructing a $2,000,000
railroad from Palouse, Wash., into the
heart of the Idaho timber district, a
distance of seventy miles.
Experiment in Labor.
Five men have left England for
3outh Africa to demonstrate whether
white men can do the work of Chinese
n the mines. Their journey is the
jutcome of a controversy between
two members of Parliament.
Peculiarity of Sight.
Prof. Reickenbach is said to have
proved that thirty persons in one hun
ired can see, in the dark, colored rays
from the human body and flashes
from a magnet.
. Rowed in First Henley Regatta.
The Rev. H. A. Baumgartner, of
Henley-on-Thames, rowed for Caius
college, Cambridge, at the first Hen
* ley regatta In 1839. He Is 85 years oid.,
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No Thanks Required.
"I’m not feeling well to-day,” said
the clerk, “and I would like to get
off.”
“By all means,” responded the man
ager, heartily.
“Thank you, I appree—”
“Not at all. When a clerk doesn’t
feel well he’s liable to lose trade by
getting out of patience with the cus
tomers.”
A Misunderstanding.
“What’s the matter with Mrs. Bry
deigh?”
“Jealous. She overheard her hus
band say that he was going to buy a
ribbon for bis typewriter, and she’s
been threatening to sue for divorce
ever since.”
Looking Backward.
Maude (sweet 16)—Oh, Ferdy, I
hear you are writing a book.
Ferdy (18, and blase)—Yes, I’m writ
ing a book.
Maude (delightedly)—Oh, how nice!
And what sort of a book is it to be,
Ferdy.
Ferdy (grand and gloomy)—It's to
be a book of personal reminiscences.
A Gold Belt Humorist.
“Digging for gold, are you?” said
the stranger.
“That’s what I am.”
“Any hopes of finding any?”
“Ef they wusn’t, d’ye think I’d be
fool enough to keep diggin’?”
“You’re smart, ain’t you?”
"No, I’m Jones—plain Jones!”
A MISTAKE.
Mr. Fussy—You’ve been calling on my daughter “tor six months now.
It’s abouj time you were saying som etbing.
Mr. Kidder—All right. What’ll you have?
Hers Were Not Broomsticks.
“I want some hose,” said a lady who
appeared to weigh about 250 pounds.
"Yes'm,” said the clerk, briskly.
“Some thing about an inch in diame
ter.”
“What do you mean? Do I look like
a living skeleton?”
“Beg pardon, ma’am. Hosiery de
partment three counters to the left.
This is the garden implement depart
ment.”—Houston Post.
Getting Ready.
Editor (to foreman of composing
room)—Telegraph to the foundry for a
supply of their latest, biggest black
type.
Foreman—Why, we have plenty on
hand.
Editor—No, we haven’t. It isn’t big
enough. See the account of those hun
dred-mile-an-hour trains? Well, we
want bigger scare-line heads than ever
now shortly.—Judge.
An Amended Proposition.
“I suppose if anybody offered you
$10,000,000 you’d gladly agree to car
ry it home?”
“Of course I would.”
“But $10,000,000 weighs twenty-two
tons in gold.”
“Whew! Well, say. I’d agree to
shovel it into my eoal bin if anybody
dumped it into my ^ard.”
The Boston Boy.
Mrs. Binks—Johnny, did you wipe
your feet before you canje in?
Johnny*—No, ma’am; my shoe
strings were knotted and I could not
undo them.
Mrs. Binks—What have shoestrings
got to do with wiping your feet?
Johnny—Well, how could I wipe my
feet with my shoes on?
Given Away.
“Did the father give the bride
away?”
“I should say he did! He got rat
tled and what do you think he said
as he handed her over to the groom
“What?”
“ It is more blessed to give than to
receive!’”—Cleveland Leader.
In the Bunker.
Mrs. Greene—“You shouldn’t be
thinking of golf in church, dear.”
Mr. Greene—“Well, I really couldn’t
help it. You see, that Mrs. Styles,
with her big hat, sat right in front of
me and I couldn’t get the idea out of
my head that I was in the bunker.”
The Cause.
He—The minister preached a
scathing discourse on the extrava
gance of women.
She—Yes; and there his wife sat,
with a $17 hat on.
“That probably was the cause of
the sermon.”—Yonkers Statesman.
Latest Thing in Automobiles.
"Charlie Van Newport’s new auto
mobile will seat forty people.”
“Great Scott! Did you say forty?”
“Sure! Fifteen doctors, fifteen sur
geons, six machinists, two fine set
tlers, the chauffeur and Charlie.”
No Wonder.
“Julia!” yelled the poet, “why don’t
you keep that kid quiet? What’s the
matter with it?”
“I’m sure I don’t know,” replied his
patient wife; "I’m singing one of your
lullabies to the little darling.”
Not Such a Big Light.
"McBlough gives the impression
that he is one who hides his light un
der a bushel.”
“Yes, that’s his attitude. But all
the light he has could be easily hid
den under a pint cup.”
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Her Sense of Humor.
..Torque—Women have absolutely no
sense of humor, no sense of the ridicu
lous, you know.
Mrs. Torque—There, there now. I
married you, didn’t I?
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Votes the Same Old Way.
"It’s funny,” remarked the thought
ful citizen.
“What’s funny?”
“The way a man who spends all his
spare time praying for the regenera
tion of his party will get indignant at
the suggestion that he vote the op
position ticket for once.”—Phila
delphia Bulletin.
Finding a Name for It.
“George, do you see that well
dressed man who stands out there in
the street? Well, he stares impudent
ly at every woman who passes. Can't
he be arrested? It’s disorderly con
duct. isn’t it?”
“It seems to me, my dear, that it is
more properly highway robbery!”
Venerable Juliets.
“I see that the city of Verona has
purchased the house in which Romeo
is supposed to have courted Juliet.”
“Indeedf I wonder how they know
it's the right house?”
“Perhaps they got some of the Ju
liets of the modern stage to identify
it.”
Among the Impossibilities.
Johnnie—My pa’s richer’n your pa.
Freddie—P’haps he is, uut he’ll nev
er get back the money he lent my pa.
—New Yorker.
Discouraged.
‘Tm downright discouraged,” said
the man who always looks on the dark
side of life. “That’s what I aiji;.dowi>
right discouraged.”
“What’s the trouble?”
“Every summer that I can remem
ber has produced a day that broke all
previous records for heat.”
“What of it?”
“Well, figure it out for yourself. Sup
pose it keeps up the pace for five oi
six years more?”
Meek In Vain.
Mrs. Jackson—Wal, parson, I knows
de bible says de meek shall Inherit
de earth; an' 'deed I tries to be meek
as I kin’/*
Parson Polhemus—“Dat’s right, eis
tah! Dat’s right!
Mrs. Jackson—But it’ll be Jest mah
luck, when It comes time to' me tc
inherit de earth, dat dar'U be munici
pal ownership.—Puck.
The Suspense That Kills.
“There doesn’t appear to be mnch
lawlessness about your town,” said the
tenderfoot.
"No,” replied Cactus Cal; “we won’t
stand fur it 'round here.”
“Ah! I suppose when any bad char
acter drifts into your town you Imme
diately expel him.”
“Well—er—most frequent we sus
pend ’em.”
Fickle Woman.
Museum Lecturer—The bearded
lady’s husband has been dead only
two months, yet she’s sprucing up
again.
Manager—What are the symptoms?
Museum Lecturer—Why, this after
noon she appears on the platform with
her whiskers trimmed Vandyke style
—Puck.
Mrs. Dooley’s Deduction.
"Well, Oi seen th’ dochter.”
"An’ what did he say was th’ trou
ble?”
"He didn't say. But O’im to take
a long rest iv’ry day.”
"A long rest iv’ry day, is ut? ’Tis
dyspepsy you've got, an’ you’re to
cure it by th’ starvation treatment.”—
Detroit Tribune.
A Tail from Fairyland.
“Just by way of experiment,” said
the first fairy, “I appeared to ten men
at random and asked them to make ‘
a wish, and seven of them wanted to
know how to play the races.”
“Ah!” said the old elf. “Only seven?
But, I presume, the others thought
they knew.”—Puck.
An Irish Bull.
Patrick—Phwy didn't ye go to
church, sure?
Bridget—Oi had other things to do.
Patrick—If yez had gone and heard
thot sermon on “Absenteeism” ye
would have been ashamed of y’self fur
aot bein’ there.—New York Weekly.
Saving the Cook.
“We are having an awful time at
aur house. The cook says she feels
[ike leaving our employ every time she
catches sight of my wife.”
"And what are you doing about it?”
“I’m trying to get my wife to take
i long vacation.”
AT THE SEASHORE.
Nora—How do you like It down here?
Cora—Fine. I am making my proposal engagements ten day* ahead
now.
Apparently Didn’t Work.
Life Insurance Agent—My dear sir,
have you made any provision for those
who come after you?
Harduppe—Yes; I put the dog at
the door, and told the servant to say
I’m out of town.—Stray Stories.
Gave It Up.
“The Cutlyhunk Socitl club has giv
en up its annual corn roast.”
“Why?”
“The club president read this arti
cle about that man Burbank having
invented a cobless corn.”
Not Himself.
“I thought Hamphat acted very well
last night and that in spite of the
fact that he was quite ill.”
"I think he acted well because of
that very fact. Being ill, you see, he
was not himself.”
Alphabetically Stated.
“You don’t have popular education
in this country.”
“No,” answered the Russian. “De
are too busy with our I O U’s to both
about our A. Z. C.”—Washington Star.
Strong Hint for Groucherly.
"Gloves,” remarked Groucherly, as
he laid aside his paper, “have only
been In use about 1,000 years.”
"I thought,” rejoined Mrs. Groucher
ly, “that mine were somewhat older;
but perhaps I may be mistaken.”
Sarcastic Geraldine.
Gerald—“If you refuse me I shall
put a bullet in my brain.”
Geraldine—“A whole bullet.”
Gerald—"Of course.”
Geraldine—“I see; you don’t intend
to have it go way in.”—Judge.
Doorstep Subscribers.
“Don’t you subscribe for a news
paper regularly'?”
Well, no. You see,' some of our
neighbors are away on vacations most
all summer and we don’t find it neces
sary to subscribe.”
A Promise.
The Owner—Be careful of that
trunk, will you?
The Porter—Sure! If you’re, not
careful of these cheap trunks they’ll
be smashed before you know it
