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Girdle Is Still Popular. The prediction of the disappearance of the high girdle has become nearly as familiar as the one that has doomed the bolero to extinction only to find it shaking itself from the ashes of a fleeting disfavor to assume its same old place in the wardrobe or a still w'orthier one. The girdle, as a fact, is just as much in evidence as ever, and, with the princess gown or its effect waxing in popularity, the girdle is likely to re main prevalent for another season at least. It is still, too, in the latest gowns, as pointed as ever. The fact is that the girdle is suited to the wearer and, any shape which is becoming is modish. For a slight figure there is a worth ful suggestion in the cut where the waist is swathed with a deep, shaped girdle, pointing low at the front and extending half the width of the bodice at the top, where it ends in two points. Of Light Blue Batiste. Batiste in light shades, trimmed in batiste openwork embroidery, is a spe cial favorite for hot-weather frocks, and the first cut illustrates a charm ing design in light blue. The skirt, finely tucked over the hips, is walking length and is finished at the foot with three deep tucks. On the blouse, the embroidery is put on over the shoulders in epaulette fashion and bib front, edged all around with narrow valennciennes dyed to match the material and embroidery. Elbow sleeves have carried all before them so far as sheer frocks are con I vw eerned, and in this case, instead of a frill for finish, a double row of lace forms the turn-back cuff. A tab of embroidery edged with lace is set on top. For Early Fall Topcoat. For the tailor-made coat the moder ately full coat sleeves, rather high and square at the shoulder, but not empha sizing these lines to an exaggerated degree, and the modified gigot quite full at top and rather close below the elbow, are the two models that have the greatest vogue. The gigot form may be secured by the cutting of the plain sleeve, or may be attained by laying the lower part of the sleeves in flatly-stitched, small vertical plaits. There is no denying that the gigot idea predominates in sleeve modes, but it is a'modified and chastened gig ot that we have accepted and shows itself rather in the fact that the sleeve is broader at the shoulder than any point below than in exaggerated full ness at the shoulder. Crin Hats for Fall and Winter. Crin hats are to be worn all the fall and winter, and those of black crin, or trimmed with foliage in green shades, or rosettes of shaded ribbons also in greens, make one of the little hats, which is good not only for any season but for any occasion. There is a new tarpaulin hat in three-cornered shape brought in this fall which is in tended for automobile wear, but which makes an excellent outing and rainy day hat. They can be had from $1.50 up to $1>, those at the latter price, however, being as superior in both shape and softness and becomingness as it would be if they were two patent leather shoes at the same price. New and Likewise Pretty. Quite new and pretty are the silk walking petticoats embroidered with eyelet work, upon flounce borders, and across headings. In grays and colors matching the costume they are most effective. More serviceable are the fine alpacas, black ones in particular, having shared flounces eighteen inches wide, covered with narrow stitched crossbands of black taffeta. Colored goods should be ironed on the wrong side. Equal parts of ammonia and turpen tine will take paint out of clothing, even if it be hard and dry. Saturate the spots as often as necessary and wash out in soap suds. When a broom becomes shorter on one- side than the other and the ends of the straws become as sharp as needles, dip it into hot water, trim it evenly with the shears and you will have a broom nearly as good as new. Celery can be kept for a week or longer by first rolling it up in brown paper. Then pin it in a towel and keep it in a dark, cool place. Before preparing it for the table place It in a pan of cold water and let it remain for an hour. - This will make it crisp and cool. Color Scheme in Costumes. • In the very sheer embroidered lin ens the pale blues and pinks, the grays and the light tans are very smart and the embroidery is, of course, of the finest. Among these gowns are ranked those made of batiste. Con servative^ people are not, however, very much in favor of the colored lin ens. They should be included in any complete wardrobe, as they are ex quisite in coloring and texture; but it is claimed that all the color that is ne cessary can easily be obtained in the linings of different colors over which white can be worn, or in the colored girdles and sashes that are a very necessary part of the finish of any ef fective gowrn thi^ summer. The prin cesse silk slips that are part and par cel of every modern outfit make this change of color feasible, and if slilt is not desired then lawn answers the purpose equally well, so far as re gards color, and, of course, the effect is rather lighter. oudoir HP*’ nSidences A different chain of beads to match every frock is the rule of the particu lar ones. The green parasol is cool looking, but not a becoming background for every face. Net gowns are in high favor. One buys the white net and has it dyed the desired color. Stripes are coming into favor again and after the long reign of checks they are rather a relief. The all-flower hat is not much in ev idence this season, delicate straws and laces taking precedence. It is not so much the hat itself as the angle at which it is worn and the coiffure which it adorns thut count. Broderie Anglaise seems to be about the only discovery of the season, and it is in reality only a revival of an old style. The Pannier Effect. Some noticeable frocks with pannier effect of a modest type have been in evidence and the earlier attempt to launch panniers, which met with fail ure, is apparently being revived in some influential quarters. However, the general tendency is toward the clinging hip lines, many of the newest skirts being sheathlike around the hips, while spreading to billowing full ness at the bottom. • Serviceable Accessories. Voile skirts with smart little coats of taffeta, usually of the bolero or short sack type, are numerous and serviceable and loose, jaunty little sacks or boleros of taffeta in the light colors are donned over airy lingerie frocks in white or delicate color. Evening Dress in Pale Green. Among a collection of gowns worn by a popular belle at Newport is one for evening functions, made of pale green eolienne. Tiny ruffles of white lace and green velvet ribbon run from shoulder to waist line, on each side of the decollette waist, which has a front of silver embroidered green silk and ruffles of lace at set intervals. Small ruffles of lace form the shoulder caps of sleeves and a band of embroidered silk serves as a finish. Self-tone chif fon velvet is used for the girdle. A cluster of lace ruffles is set in at each seam at foot of circular skirt. Hat of Attractive Design. A tan-colored hat in finest straw has a high, round crown, aiyl a wide, round brim, the extreme edge of wnich is rolled for half an inch, the roll being covered with straw-colored velvet. The brim is indented a little at the right side of the lront and the brim lifts from there with a gentle curve almost to the back, but does not roll back at all. A pale yellow bird of paradise plume starts from under this curve and floats to the back. A scarf effect in dark brown velvet is woun around the crown, almost cover ing the sides with its scant folds, which disappear at the left side under masses of shaded yellow birds of par adise plumage that float out over the brim, joining the paler plumage springing out from under the curve. Jeweled Pin Sets. Pin sets studded with gems are in high favor. The use of semi-precious stones makes them come within the purse of almost every one. The sets consist of two hat and tw*o stick pins of the same material and ornamented to match. Turquoise and pearls en circled by rhinestones or diamonds are favorite mounts for these pins. In simpler designs gold and enamel with and without pearls furnish the decora tion. Of Canary Batiste. Of pretty, sheer summer frocks there is apparently no end. and even as late in the season as this fresh models are constantly being shown. As an example, here is one in canary batiste, outlined by the tiniest frills of plain material. Elbow sleeves so i V much in vogue, giving a certain air of festivity, are formed of one large and two small puffs edged with a deep frill of batiste. Dusty Piano Keys. Dusty piano keys are about as an noying a thing to even an amateur performer as anything can be, except, perhaps, sticky keys. Just how they get that way nobody knows—some thing in the atmosphere at certain times of the year is probably responsi ble for it, but a few seconds each day will effectually remove the effect, if it doesn't the cause. The keys should be dusted religious ly and the piano lid kept closed, if they show a disposition to get dusty again soon. And a cloth, barely moistened, will take dirt and stickiness off. Attractive Walking Petticoats. The most attractive walking petti coats have come out—white ones, with deep rufTles edged with the merest scallop of blind work, and the petti coats are cut well—there’s all the free dom of movement that you want when you don short skirts. Pretty Walking Gowns * m. ^^^lyyiMvVWVAAAj.u^^ 1 The gown at the left is of pale green silk crape. The skirt is gath ered and has a tablier slightly draped at the top, which seems to be cut in one piece, with the plastron of the corsage to which it is united under a scarf of green satin furnished by the girdle, also of green satin. The skirt is trimmed at the bottom with a lace ruffle edged with the green satin and headed by three tucks, on which are motifs of guipure. The blouse is covered, back and collar Is trimmed with embroidery in colors. The sleeves are finished at the el bows with ruffles of lace and of the material and with bands of green satin knotted on the outside. The other gown is of brown-checked' light-weight cloth. The skirt is made with plaits at the sides over the hips and is cut off over inserted pieces, which are plaited at the top and trimmed with ruffles of the material, piped with brown tafTeta. The bias bands are also of brown taffeta. I —— H 1 HI II . front, with a plastron bordered with* plaits, and over the shoulders are large ruffles of lace, edged with the green satin, and also ruffles of the material bordered with ruches of the same. The yoke is of lace, bordered with a Was band of white satin, embroid ered with black soutache and also with a little lace ruffle. The standing t . The fronts of the pretty bolero are tucked crosswise and bordered with a bias band of taffeta and a little ecru lace ruffle; they are ornamented at the bottom with buttons. The shoulder collar Is composed of fagoted bands of the taffeta bordered with little ruf fles of the ecru lace. The corslet gir dle is of the material trimmed with the taffeta bands. Personal Mention. Maida Snyder has been engaged for “The White Cat.” Ada Rehan is to appear this season in “Capt. Brassbound’s Conversion.” Clara Bloodgood is to play Violet in George Bernard Shaw’s "Man and Su perman.” Anna Boyd has been engaged for the role of the gratifying widow in “PiCT, Paff, Pouf.” I Nellie Thorne has been engaged to support Maxine Elliott in the new Clyde Fitch play. Thomas E. Shea has found his most successful dramatized novel to be “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Charles Frohman’s new London theater will be called the Aldwych. It will be ready in December. Cecilia Loftus will be seen as a star early in December in a new play ac cepted by Charles Frohman. Bijou Fernandez, Donald McLaren, Claire Kulp and Percy Ames will sup port Thomas W. Ross in “A Fair Ex change.” Margaret Illington, Mrs. Daniel Frohman, is announced to play “La Belle Marseillaise,” a Paris success of last season. A daughter has been born to Mr. cfid Mrs. Antonio de Navarro at their home in England. Mrs. De Navarro was Miss Mary Anderson. "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary” is the name of Henrietta Crosman’s new comedy for this season. Boyd Put r.am will be her leading man. E. S. Willard will remain in Eng land for the rest of the summer, and may cancel his American tour and ap pear in I-ondon next month in a new Play. “Faith Mather” is the first Ameri stars this year with the presentation of a play called "Zira.” at the Princess theater, New York. Mr. Miller is said to be part author of the play. Among the interesting announce ments which Charles Frohman made upon his return from Europe was that the name of the new George Ade play in which Joseph Wheelock, Jr., will star- will be "The Varsity Man.” Edna Dorman, one of the three daughters in "The Geezer of Geek," se cured her first engagement as a chorus girl three years ago from Frank Tan nehill, the stage manager at the Tre mont. Her progress has been rapid. Miss Clara Bloodgood will have the part of Violet in the forthcoming pro uction of George Bernard Shaw's “Man and Superman.” Fay Davis and Robert I.oraine will have the chief roles. Sept. 4 is set for the opening at the Hudson theater, New York. Richard Mansfield, according to eastern report, has harked back to the past for his play of the season. He has chosen Schiller’s “Don Carlos.” 1. The other comedy, "The Bad Sa maritan." which is the property of H. W. Savage, is being rehearsed in New York row for September produc tion. Two Chicago theatrical men have purchased "The Paraders,” one of the best of the musical comedies, and are sending it on the road. The book and lyrics of "The Paraders” were writ ten by Raymond W. Peck, a former Chicago newspaper man. It has been revised and rewritten since its initial presentation. The music is by Robert Hood Bowers. The two leading male roles in Clyde Fitch's play, "The Comedy Mask," ■which Viola Allen will present next JOY OF THE STAGE MANAGER. Group of chorus beauties of “Little Johnny Jones.” can play in which the typewriter girl is taken up as a serious character. Ordinarily she is played as a sou brette. Augustus Thomas’ new comedy, with which John Drew will start his season at the Empire theater. New York on Sept. 4, will be called “De Lancey.” Thomas E. Shea's new play, “Na poleon the Great,” is by Channing Pol lock. whose dramatization of “In the Bishop’s Carriage” was staged in Hart ford last week. The Shuberts have purchased from Agnes and Egerton Castle the drama tic rights to their novel. “The Secret Orchard.” Channing Pollock will make the adaptation. John Keefe, who plays the Rube sheriff in “The Geezer of Geek.” has portrayed 37 different roles s,-nce he went on the stage, and 31 of them have been Rubes. Mabel Taliaferro, E. D. Lyons, Rob ert Rogers and Louise Mackintosh have been engaged for “The Truth Tellers,” to be produced in Washing ton in September. It may not be generally known that Edwin Stevens, the Ancient Mariner of “The Pearl and the Pumpkin,” was at one time a funmaker in the saw dust ring of the circus. Thomas E. Shea, Robert Mantell, E. H. Sothern, Louis James and Freder ick Warde will be the foremost actors playing Shakespearian characters on the American stage the coming sea son. William Gillette will produce his new play, “Clarice,” at the Shake speare theater, Liverpool, on Sept. 4. The following week he will take it to the Duke of York’s theater, Lon don. * Paula Edwardes is en route to New York after a summer spent in Algiers. She will begin rehearsals of her new musical comedy early in September, and is scheduled to open her season in October. Frank Gilmore and Miss Helen Mac Gregor have been engaged to create the two leading roles in “As We Sow,” which william A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer will produce at McVicker’s, Chicago. Sept. 9. Anne Blancke has been engaged to play a dual role in the new scenic pro duction of “Fighting Fate,” which comes to the Grand Opera House. She will appear as Larry, a stable boy, and as Grace, his sister. Rehearsals of "The Catch of the Season,” the musical play in which Edna May will appear this season, have begun at Daly’s theater, New York, where the piece will have its American premiere. Ezra Kendall’s company this season Includes Ethel Brandon, Kathryn Browne, Edith Taliafero, Reda O’Neal, Elizabeth King. Mary Stockwell, Tbur low Bergen, Harold Russell, Philip Bishop and John D. Garrick. Marion Draughn has been engaged by George H. Brennan to create the leading feminine role in Thomas Dix on, Jr.’s, “The Clansman,” which is a dramatization founded on his two nov els, “The Qlansman” and “The Leop and’s Spots.” Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin are to inaugurate their tour as dual season, will be played by James Ca rew and A. E. Anson, an Eng lish actor. This will be Mr. Anson's first visit to America. Mr. Anson was under engagement to Mr. Tree, who kindly released him out of compliment to Miss Allen. Mr. Ca rew has been appearing in London as Sam Coast with Miss Maxine Elliott in Mr. Fitch's “Her Own Way.” Beerbohm Tree recently closed his season at His Majesty’s theater in London with the production of Comyns Carr’s version of "Oliver Twist.” Tree made an impression as Fagin, i the Jew', and Constance Collier as Nancy, and Lyn Harding as Bill Sjkes were prominent. So encourag ing was the reception of the play that at the conclusion of the performance Mr. Tree announced that he would . commence his autumn season in Sep tember with a reproduction of the drama. “The Beauty and the Barge,” Nat C. Goodwin's new comedy, is the work of W. W. Jacobs and Louis N. Park er. Mr. Jacobs is new’ in the ranks of dramatic authors, but his clever character sketches from English cock ney life have won him many American admirers in the last three or four jears. The collaboration of the vet eran but none too Imaginative stage craftsman, Louis N. Parker, probably means that Mr. Jacobs has furnished the material and that Mr. Parker has done the building. i snau never iorgei, says Etnei Barrymore, “the first time it flashed on me that I was a star. I went early to the theater to get ready for my first appearance in ‘Capt. Jinks,’ and as I approached the theater the elec tric current was turned on for an im mense sign over the entrance. I look ed up, of course, and read, ’Ethel Bar rymore.’ Honestly, I came as near fainting as I ever did in my life. I had dreamed of that sign for years, and there it was with no mention of the play, just Ethel Barrymore.” C. M. S. McLellan. author of “Leah Kleschna,” has written a comedy call ed “On the Love Path,” which will be produced early in September at the Haymarket theater, Ixtcdon. Another play of his is to be produced in this country by the Shuberts. It is called "The Jury of Fate,” and concerns a young man who has misspent his life and who is given the privilege of living it over again in order that he may demonstrate how far he has pro fited by his experiences. Failing to take proper advantage of this oppor tunity, he is again deprived of exist ence. Here is a brand new' wall. George M. Cohan says there are not enough chorus girls in the market, and he says it so well that he must be feeling their lack. “The chorus girl,” he pro claims, “was never more in her glory than she is this season. There never was such a demand for good looking, good singing girls as now. There seems to be nothing but musical shows in sight, and as each and every one announces ‘a chorus of fifty’ it looks as if recruiting stations would soon be necessary throughout the country. A dragnet put out in New York just now could not secure 150 desirable girls.” ■ Forced Morality on Sparta Lycurgus Made Currency of Coun try So Bulky and Compara tively Worthless That Induce ment to Hoard Was Lost. Plutarch says: “Not content with this (the equal division of the lands, etc., of the Lacedaemonians), he (Ly curgus) resolved to make a division of their movables, too, that there might be no odious distinction or inequality leu among them; but finding that it would be very dangerous to go about it openly, he took another course and defeated their avarice by the follow ing stratagem: He commanded that all gold and silver coin should be called in and that only a certain kind of money made of iron should be cur rent. A great weight and quantity was of little worth, so that to lay up twenty or thirty pounds there was re quired a pretty large closet and to remove it nothing less than a yoke of oxen,” according to the Scientific American. “With the diffusion of this money at once a number of vices were banished from Laeedaemonia, for who would rob another of such a coin? Who would unjustly detain or take by force or accept as a bribe a thing which waft not easy to hide nor a credit to have nor indeed of any use to cut in pieces? For when it was just red hot they quenched it in vine gar, by that means spoiling it, and made it almost incapable of being worked.” Clare, in his “Universal History of -- the World," volume 2, page 585, says: “To render the state dependent only on its own territorial products and to prevent any individual from accumu lating an undue amount of wealth he (Lycurgus) prohibited the use of any money except an iron coin, with so small a value in comparison with its bulk and weight that the necessity of using it as a medium of exchange would make it difficult to carry on trade, especially foreign commerce. By subjecting this iron coin to a process rendering it brittle and unfit for any other use Lycurgus endeavored to de-^ stroy every desire to hoard it as * T treasure.” Rollin, in his “Ancient History,” volume 1, page 687, says: "First he (Lycurgus) cried down all gold and silver money and ordained that no other should be current than that of iron, which he made so very heavy and fixed at so low a rate that a eart and two oxen were necessary to carry home a sum of 10 minae (500 French livres, about $88.80) and a whole chamber to keep it in.” This was done for the purpose of sapping the foundation of avarice. From the above quotations it would seem that, while iron was much more valuable than it is now, still it was not so valuable as to justify its being coined into money. It seems that a team of oxen could haul about $88 worth of coin. I presume the same sort of team might haul one-fifth that value of iron at the present date. Coal Tokens as Currency _ •*. __.___ Undoubted Proof That Roman ! Workshops Turned Out Coins of Bituminous Material That Did Service as Money. Coal was once used as money, but it was a long time ago and in Eng land. The coal money was in tne shape of disks, approximating coins in size, and was from Homan work- j shops, where articles of ornament 1 were made on lathes. A wri.er says. “On the Dorset coast, in the isle of Purbeck, to the west of St. Alban’s Head, an outcrop occurs of bituminous shale, which extends more or less for some miles. As a source of fuel this shale, or coal, has been worked from very early times and is to the present day used by the cottagers of Kimme ridge. Some of this shale is of so compact a texture that it is capable of being worked into ornamental ar ticles, taking a high polish, similar to jet. The Romans, when occupying this part of Dorset, discovered not only the properties of this deposit as a fuel but also its capabilities of being turned in a lathe into rings, beads and armlets, which were no doubt readily purchased by the ladies in the im portant town of Durnovaria (Dor chester), a few miles distant. Some estimate may be formed of the magni tude of this industry by the number of disks which have been discovered from time to time in the neighbor hood, as they are without doubt the cores or centers left after turning ar ticles of ornament. “These discarded disks have been invariably found, carefully hidden away under the surface of the ground, at a depth of about two feet, some times with or in Roman pottery and sometimes between two flat stones placed on edge, covered with a third stone at the top. That they were carefully stored and hidden away is beyond question; hence they must have represented some value to the possessor. It would appear reason able to conclude that they were used by the ancient Britons as tallies, or money. The turning lathe of the en lightened Roman was an instrument unknown to the natives and these waste disks, bearing the tool marks of the turner, would have been as im possible to counterfeit by the savage Briton as a minted coin. “That they have been known from early times as coal money is well au thenticated. As many as 600 have been found together in one place, but always protected by covering stones or pottery. In size they vary from one and three-quarters to two and one half inches in diameter and about one half inch in thickness, with holes to M secure them to the mandrel of the " lathe. They axe all strikingly sim ilar in appearance.” Superstition of Dog Days _ _ . .. ^ _ Authorities Differ as to When This Most Unpleasant Part of Summer Really Puts in Its Annual Appearance. Dog days begin, according to the tra ditions of boyhood, in certain parts of the United States, when the green scum, algae, begins to appear on the surface of the lakes and rivers. Then it is supposed to be unsafe to go in swimming. And it is then, that, ac cording to the tradition of many adults as well as of boys, dogs most frequent ly go mad. All nations and races of civilization, apparently, have had a period during the summer known as dog days when many maladies were supposed to be common. But the mad ness of dogs, hydrophobia, was never associated with dog days by the an cients. Dog days are a rather indefinite per iod, according to this green-scum rule, but there is a disagreement of author ities as to when dog days really do begin and end. According to the Cen tury dictionary “dog days are part of the year about the time of the helia cal rising of the dog star, Sirius;” that is. when the dog star rises in con junction with the sun or as nearly in conjunction as tnay be observed. Var ious dates from July 3 to Aug. 15 have been assigned for the beginning of dog days and they are given various durations of ffom thirty to fifty days. It seems to have been from the hel iacal rising of Sirius that the ancients most commonly reckoned the dog days. Thus at the present time, dog ^ days would begin July 3 and will end Aug. 11. Sirius is the brightest star in the heavens and it was easy to as sociate the mutual heat of the bright est star and of the sun with the hot test and most unkindly period of the year. Hippocrates (450 B. C.) declared the dog days to be the most unhealthy part of the summer. Dog days are continually dropping farther back into the calendar. Now they are twelve days behind the sched ule to which they held in the period of the Pharaohs. In time Sirius may rise in the dead of winter. The Egyp tians maintained that the first indica tion of the rise of the Nile took place on the morning of the longest day, when, as they Said, tire sun and Sothis (Sirius) rose together. They attribut ed the rise of the river entirely to the great heat generated by this star in conjunction with the sun. Sirius is situated in the mouth of the constellation Canis Major (the “great dog”). The Latin naipe of dog days was “dies cancularis,” and from this comes the term “canicular year,” which was known among the Egyp tians and Ethiopians. It was comput ed from one heliacal rising of Siriua to the next and consisted ordinarily of 365 days, every fourth year having 366 days. , American History Is Hard -- * Tender Sentiments Have Had Little to Do With the Great Events That Have Marked the Country's Upbuilding. Our history is hard and masculine; colored with few purple lights; too little related to our tenderer senti ments and deeper passions. When older peoples have paused, as we did then, they havef-looked upon far dif ferent scenes. Fairer, companies have stood about more stately figures of triumph or of tragedy than that Amer ica and the world now gazed upon. The common chamber, the gaunt, pale President, the strong, bearded coun selors at his bedside—this was unlike scenes which European peoples have fixed in their memories. Charles I and Mary Stuart on their scaffolds, the barons ’and the King at Runnymede, Maria Theresa appealing to the no bles of Hungary to take up their swords for her child, Marie Antoinette and Mirabeau, and many another pa geant of human love and sacrifice are treasured up by other peoples as we have treasured up this crude, unlack eyed martyrdom. Even the great personality of Lin coln, now potent in so many individual lives, intimate and familiar of so many of our hidden moods, was not yet fully revealed to his fellows. It was the emancipator only that had fallen; the leader and shepherd of men. Out wardly at least his experience was lim ited as theirs was. Dying in the midst of multitudes, master of armies and of navies, he was still of the frontier; as, indeed, all our American life was still, in a sense, only the frontier and western fringe of European life. True, Lincoln also leads our thoughts back to the princes whose peer he was, but we can pass from hfs deathbed with no irreverence, no sense of shock or change, to look out, in the plain light of day, upon the whole w’ide field of work and strife and progress which was always in his thought, and glimpse the attitude andA state of the republic when his sum-^1 mons passed, like an angelus, across the continent.—William Garrott Brown in the Atlantic. It Was a Question of How. Tom Nason, who lived at Bonny Eagle, Me., and "helped” my grand father, who was “Uncle John” (Lane) on the farm, arid one day: “Uncle John, I want 75 cents.” Grandfather said: “What do you want 75 cents tor, Tom?” “I want to buy a quart of rum,” was the reply, “to keep Fourth of July ” „ “N®w« Tom.” said grandfather, can t you keep Fourth of July on a pint of rum?” y n a Tom considered for a moment, and looking his empisyer straight in the 1 ey6iJet led‘^ Uncle Jo*»n, perhaps I could keep Fourth of July on a pint A of rum. but the question is. how would it be kept?” Boetoo Herald I