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VIRGINIA’S LESSON By Hilda Richmond (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) “It isn’t tliat Herbert is a bad boy,” Mrs. Castle was saying, with a wor ried look on her motherly face, “or ' that Virginia is disobedient. They are simply too silly for anything. ‘Mushy,’ the boys call them, and the word fits very well. Instead of having a good' time with the crowd as they always did, they prefer to sit around by themselves at parties and Virginia is getting so dreamy that you have to speak two or three times before she realizes she is on earth.” “Oh, well,” said her sister, consol ingly, "all girls have those spells. I remember how Bob Lane and I used to think cur folks cruel and unsympa thetic because they ruthlessly spoiled our cherished plans by sending us away to school. Virginia will get over her foolishness in *good time and be able to laugh at herself. Don’t take it to heart so.” “It’s all very well for you to take that view, for your girls are too small to give you any trouble yet; but just wait a few years. Virginia's health and lessons suffer while she is moping around, and I really have to force her to eat when she and Herbert have had a little tiff. I wish they would fall out and scratch each other's faces as they did years ago. Then maybe this non sense would come to an end. I always think of Editha when I see her, for she moped just like that when she was Virginia’^ age.” “Editha! The very person! Send • for her to come and spend a month with you, and if that doesn’t bring Virginia to her senses nothing will. It will mean a lot of hard wcrk, but you will be repaid for that, I am sure.” In less than a week Mrs. Castle was able to announce carelessly at the dinner table that Cousin Editha and her family would visit them next week. Mrs. Randolph narrowly watched Virginia without seeming to do so, and saw just what she expected in the pretty face of her niece. “Cousin Editha!” said Virginia, with a pleased look. “I haven’t seen her since the day I was flower girl at her wedding. She was just 17 then—as old as I am now—and I was ten. Do you remember, mamma, how perfect ly beautiful she looked?” “Yes, she was a lovely bride,” said Mrs. Castle. “Unless you eat more supper, Virginia I cannot allow you to go to the lecture this evening.” “How many children has she?” ask ed Mr. Castle. “Three or four?” “Three," answered his wife. “Two boys and a baby girl.” The whole family had been instruct ed as to behavior and these plotters against Virginia determined to do or die during the weeks to follow. Even Rob promised to tear himself from the delights of baseball, if by so doing “Virginia could be made to act with a little common sense,” as he expressed it. A few days later Cousin Editha and her family made their appearance. “Give me the baby, Ede,” said a young man who had conducted two small boys in dirty linen suits down the car steps. “The brakeman will carry your luggage.” “Ede!” Virginia looked in disgust at the innocent young man, but her disgust changed to astonishment a minute later when her mother kissed the pale young woman with her hat on one side of her head and told her how delighted they were to see them all. Was it possible that this was the beautiful bride of seven years ago? The long train, exquisite veil anfl white flowers with which Cousin Editha had always been invested in Virginia’s memory faded away before this tired, thin woman and her little family. “And this is Virginia?” said Cousin Editha, as soon as the boys had been packed in the surrey and the baby on Mrs. Castle’s lap. “You’re quite a young lady, Virginia, and a pretty one, loo. No, Carlos, mustn’t whip the horsie! Jack, stop pulling at the lines! ^^hose children were clean when we ^started, auntie, but only for a few minutes. I suppose I’ll have to take the baby. She’s cutting teeth and fear fully cross. Yes, mamma is well as usual, but she always seems tired. She helps me a little with the chil dren and—Jack! I have spoken to you for the last time! If you touch those lines again I’ll spank you as soon as we get to auntie’s.” Virginia sat silent during the short ride. Cousin Edltha’s husband had walked with Rob, leaving the surrey for the ladies and children, so Mrs. Race had the whole care of the lively infants. Mrs. Castle sat with her in the back seat and Virginia had the two boys with her in front, so there was little chance for her joining in the conversation if she h&d wished to. Her cousin’s sharp, tired voice grated unpleasant on her Cars as she remem bered the soft, low tones that had re sponded so musically to the momen tous questions the day she had been the flower girl. “Ede hasn’t been very well lately, but I think the rest will do her good," Mr. Race was saying to Mrs. Randolph when they drove up to the porch. “I’ve got to hurry back to the city to attend to some business, but I’m glad to leave the babies in Buch good hands.” Virginia hastened to her room to examine the extent of the damage two pairs of dusty shoes had done to her dainty white dress, but her moth er soon called her down to wheel the baby "while Cousin Editha rests a few minutes." The few minutes proved to be two hours, for the tired mother was not well, and the long car ride had made her worse than usual. She came down to dinner in a white wrap per that made her paler than ever, so Virginia devoted herself to the noisy hoys till bedtime. "A picnic for me? It’s very nice of you, dear, but I couldn’t go,” said Cousin Editha when Virginia spoke of the plan she and her mother had "I couldn’t be easy a minute Mrar from Baby, and 'taking her along is out of the question. You go and have a good time Virginia, and don’t worry about me. If J. can wear a pair of slippers and an old wrapper, that is all I care for these days. When the children grow up 111 go to picnics again, but, I’m afraid, not before.” ‘‘But we want to do something pleasant for you,” said Virginia. “How about a party? Thai wouldn't be tak ing you far from the baby.” “Ede always says parties begin too late for her,” laughed Mr. Race. “She has acquired the habit of going to bed at eight every evening.” “It always shocks Virginia to have you say ‘Ede’, but I tell her we haven’t time for long names,” said Mrs, Race. “If she had three children Wheeled the Baby. crying at once she would soon learn to save time every way she could. Yes, I do go to bed at eight when I’m home, for I’m always tired out. You’ll find out what gopd times you’re hav ing now, my child, when they are all past. I feel old enough to be a grand mother sometimes, and I’m only 24.” “That’s true," said Mr. Race, with a little laugh. “Whenever I see Vir ginia and Herbert reading Tennyson together I think how I used to sit by the hammock and recite ‘Lucille’ by the hour for you, Editha. I’ll try to re member the old name for Virginia’s benefit. I don’t believe I could call to mind three lines now tb save my life.” “I heard you quoting this the other day when we had t.o wait so long at the hotel for dinner,” said Mrs. Race. “But that was only two lines: “ ‘He may live without love—what is pas sion but pining? But where is the man that can live without dining?” “We never paid attention to those lines in the old days, did we?” asked Mr. Race, who had reached the per fect good comradeship with his young wife which few early marriages ever show, but which Virginia thought hor rible. “I remember we used to weep copiously—that is, you did—over cer tain fictitious heroines, and the same passages now would only cause you to smile.” Virginia hach slipped away from the young couple sitting in the midst of playthings, little garments and crumbs, for a good hard think in her own room. Cousin Iiditha’s visit came to an end before the lively children wore every one out, and when at last they went home Virginia gave an im promptu little party to celebrate the event. The young people who had shunned the Castles since the house had to be perfectly quiet after seven o’clock every evening, came trooping back, and once more the big house rang with laughter and fun. Virginia was the gayest of the gay, and once when Herbert pressed her hand under cover of the portiere, slits only laughed joy ously and said, “Eon’t be a goose, Bert.” YORK STATE'S SIX LEGGED FROG. Schenectady’s Freak Sent to the Smithsonian Institution. Schenectady, N. Y.—Schnectady has lost Its six legged frog, the only known specimen ia existence. It is a frog with a hiscory, too, from the time it was captured In New Zealand until it left the other night for the SmithsSnian Institution in Washing ton. It was found several years ago'on a marsh not far from Auckland by H. Wilson of 302Umon street, this city, while Mr. Wllsop was accompanying a party of British engineers on a march. A marsh along the route was being drained, and among the fish and water creatures left by the receding water his frogship lay festively basking in the son, proud in the possession of an extra pair of legs. For some time -it lived and thrived in a tab of water until an untoward accident brought its finish. It had never been educated up to the point where it could appreciate soap and wkter, and one day when someone thoughtlessly throw some suds into the tub it was too much for its hoho nature, and the cnly six legged frog alive was no more. The Smithsoniai Institution offered a good sum for it and it was sent to the national capital by express. The Texas legislature has passed a bill providing for longer bedsheets in hotels. Unfortunately, however, the bill makes no provision for hotel pil lows that shall be thicker than the average pancake. Rev. M. Q. Coloman, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Tus cola, 111, will preach the opening ser mon at the Shelbyville Chautauqua at Shelbyville, HI., Washington Day by Day News Gathered Here and There at the National Capital FAIR SEX IS CROWDING INTO EVERY OCCUPATION help wanted MOTORMAN, PILOT * ENGINEER PRIVATE WATfHMPN. BlACKSMrTH. •n-ti I... WASHINGTON.—The progress of the modern woman in the indus trial wrorld and how she is crowding into occupations hitherto monopolized by man is made known in a report is sued by the government census bu reau. The figures are based on the census returns of 1900 and show that even that long ago woman had in vaded all but irine of the *!03 occupa tions in which the bread winners of the United States were engaged. As to whether she has wedged her way into these nine occupations in which man was then dominant the report shed? no light. The returns show, among other things, that five women were employ ed as pilots. On steam railroads ten were employed as baggagemen, 31 as brakemen, seven as conductors, 45 as engineers and firemen, and 26 as switchmen, yardmen and flagmen, and 43 were carriage and hack drivers, six were ship carpenters, and two roofers and slaters. One hundred and eighty five were returned as blacksmiths and 508 as machinists; eight were boiler makers, 31 charcoal, coke and lime burners, and 11 were well borers. Two women were also reported as “motor men.” The number of divorced women re turned by the census, the report says, is probably deficient, because the fact of divorce is not always admitted. But it is significant that of the number reported divorced, 55.0 per cent, were supporting themselves wholly or in part. The total number of women at work includes 11,771,986 native white wom en, whose parents also were natives; 1,090,744 native white women, one or both of whose parents were immi grants; 840,011 wThite women who were themselves immigrants, 1,119,621 negro women and 11,288 Indian and Mongolian women. The number of women at work more than doubled in the 20 years from 1880 to 1900, and there was a noticeable increase of bread winners among married women in 1900, as compared with 1890. Almost one-fourth of the total num ber of women at work were servants, 456,405 were farm laborers, 96.8 per cent, of whom were from the South ern states, and 361,S04 were negroes. There were 338,14 dressmakers, 327, 206 teachers, 328,935 laundresses, 307, 706 farmers, 231,458 textile mill opera tives, and 146,929 housekeepers and stewardesses. TO RETIRE ARMY MULES ON A PENSION OF GRASS A movement to pension the army “ mule and furnish him a home when his days of usefulness are over has been started, and if it receives the cooperation of humane societies a bill will be passed by the next con gress prohibiting the sale of the ob stinate “critters” owned by the gov ernment. Under present laws the army mule, along with all other gov ernment property, must be condemned when useless and sold to the highest bidder. Patriotic societies which have been organized to look after the wel fare of veterans have been asked to join in the movement to provide at government expense quarters and feed for horses and mules which have served faithfully with Uncle Sam’s army so as to save them from inhu mane treatment. W. H. Lowder of Miles Camp, Span ish War Veterans, who is taking a leading part in the agitation in behalf of the friendless mule, at a meeting of his camp here, said: “It is a pitiable sight to see our eld army horses and mules, after having seen service in foreign countries, sold to unscrupulous horse dealers. Every one of them are marked with the United States army service mark and it is a disgrace that they should be hitched up ‘to scavenger wagons, ash and brick carts. “I have seen horses sold that have seen years of honorable service, and every soldier must feel the injustice of the treatment they are receiving, especially in a country like ours, where there are thousands of acres of land lying idle in Virginia, Texas and Western forts. Why couldn’t these animals be allowed to spend the rest of their days at these places on the pension roll of Uncle Sam instead of being sold for the paltry sum of $15.” Officials of the war department who have command of the army rules raise no objection to the suggestion, and say that if permitted by law it could be easily arranged to find a comfortable home for the worn-out army mules. FARMERS TOLD HOW TO USE THE APPLE CROP HOW TO c SflVf THE' APPLES BV . THE plant industry bureau of the de partment of agriculture has de cided that the apples of the country are not sufficiently utilized for food purposes and has issued a bulletin of advice to the farmers, telling them how to use the stock that is of too poor a grade for the general market. It pays special attention to the “evap oration” of apples as being particu larly valuable in using up the fruit that might ordinarily go to waste. It points out that the portion of a fruit crop which is of too low grade to market in the ordinary way can often be made to pay at least a large part of the expense of maintaining the orchard or fruit plantation if it is converted into some other form or handled in some way other than that practiced with the better grades. The report details various methods of op erating the industry, of handling the waste, the laws on the subject, and the grading and storing of the prod ucts. “While the recent tendency in the apple industry,” says Chief Galloway of the bureau, in the bulletin, “has ap parently been to centralize fruit evap oration into distinct commercial estab lishments having considerable capa city and requiring capital to construct and equip, there still remain large re gions in which there is considerable surplus of fruit that is unsuitable for packing and shipping in almost every crop year. Encouragement of evapo rating, canning, cider making and other methods of utilization appears desirable, and of these evaporating is the one that is most applicable at present to a wide range of conditions, and therefore of most importance to the average farmer.” PRESIDENT ORDERS HARD TEST FOR ARMY OFFICERS ARMY officers are poor horsemen, in the opinion of President Roose velt, who has directed that they ride fifteen miles one day every other year at a gallop, trot, and a walk, to test their skill in horsemanship. President Roosevelt has written a letter on this subject to the secretary of war. The secretary of war has is sued an order directing that the presi dent’s ideas be carried out. The let ter has caused consternation in the army. It is as follows: “As I have personally observed some of the field officers were physic ally unable to ride even a few miles at an Increased .gait, and as I deem it essential that the field officers of the army should be at all times physically fit and able to perform the duties per taining to their positions, especially In the field; and as I believe that such physical fitness can only be demon strated by actual physical tests, I de sire that you give the necessary in structions to have the physical condi tion of all officers of the line who are to come up for examination or promo tion to the grade of field officer actu ally tested for skill and endurance in riding, this in addition to the physical examination now required by law. “I further desire that an annual or biennial test of the physical condition and skill in horsemanship of all field officers of the line be made under the personal supervision of the several department commanders when mak ing their annual inspections. “The tests should be thorough and should consist of a ride not less ' k « 15 miles, at varying gaits adapted to the terrain, not less than ten miles of which shall be at the trot and gallop, approximately five miles at each, with such other exercises in equitation as may be deemed advisable.” Wild Deer Grazing Near Town. Citizens of Weymouth, a small town about Bix miles from here, for several days past have been enjoying the beautiful sight of a herd of wild deer feeding in a large field. Several small boys'first saw them, and the news soon becoming general, the whole population of the village was out witnessing the sight The deer emerged from the woods and slowly and cautiously walked out into the field to graze. Dally the deer, six in number, keep up their trip to the field and become tamer with each visit.—Mays Landing Cor respondence Philadelphia Press. The cost to a nation of entertaining monarchs varies according to the monarch. The cheapest sovereigns to entertain, Judging from the bills Great Britain has had to pay, are the German emperor and the king of Italy. It cost about $6,000 to enter tain each of them. The king of the Belgians costs $20,000 a week; the late shah cost $100,000 a week. The expenditure on decorations, etc., is not included in these figures. When the czar of Russia made his historic visit to France the cost to the repub lic amounted to $535,000.—Boston DIVERSITY IN SLEEVE8. As in the Case of Skirts, There Are All 8orts and Con ditions. There Is wide diversity in the treat ment of fashionable sleeves; In fact. It is a question whether or not they are more varied than skirts, for the best models among the latter are lim ited to six or seven styles. Not so with sleeves, however, which are as numerous 1h shape and design almost as the patterns of lace which adorn them. The open bell sleeve is a favorite model for dressy tailored suits, especially as designed for fore noon wear. The opening is usually bound with embroidery, lace or braid and underneath appears the sleeve of the blouse or guimpe. One of the very smartest of the new sleeves has a long, tight undersleeve, with a “loop” extension at the inside, the outer sleeve being formed of rows of lace ruffles. The “loop” is a feature of many of the new sleeves on French frocks and makes a charmingly chic efTect. The fancy panamas used for dressy tailor-mades are so designed that they tempt one to the unique in sleeve ef fects. They combine the newest col orings with the last words in pat terns, and, in addition, can be well handled by the average tailor. They are sufficiently cool and dust-resisting to make them a reliable fabric for spring and summer, while their cost is by no means extravagant. A gown in black and white striped panama ex hibited in the Rue de la Paix this week was sufficiently striking to be picked out frem a group of new models for especial admiration. The skirt is cut plain and touches the ground all around; whatever the fash ion authorities of New York and Lon don may say about the walking skirt’s predominance, it certainly does not go in Paris for dressy occasions. Around the bottom of the skirt in question there is a fold of liberty satin, with a piping of plaited foulard on either side of the satin band. TO TEMPT THE PALATE. Raisin Pie—One cup raisins, two cups water, two eggs, three teaspoon fuls cornstarch, one and one-half of ginger, juice of two lemons. Blanc Mange—A pretty effect may be gained by molding white blanc mange in egg cups ((arranging the molds in a circle, raising the center one), and garnishing the dish with strawberries and their leaves. Cream Pie—Bake under crust when convenient. Put in double boiler-one pint milk, three tablespoons sugar, one tablespoon tapioca, yolk of one egg; flavor to taste, when thick as custard, and add well beaten white of one egg. When cool add to your crust. Mocha Tart—Beat seven eggs separ ately, add one cup of confectioner’s sugar, one cup of pulverized graham crackers and one teaspoonful of va nilla extract, and bake in layers. When cold whip one-half pint of cream, add two tablespoonfuls of coffee extract and the same amount of confectioner’s sugar. Place between layers and on top. Indian Fruit Punch—Boil a pound of sugar, a quart of water and the grated yellow rind of a lemon five minutes and strain. Add a teaspoon ful of bitter almond extract, the juice of three lemons, a teaspoonful of va nilla and two cupfuls of strong tea. When very cold add ice and a pint of effervescent or plain water. Strawberry Pie—Put a good crust on a pie plate and brush it over with the white of an egg. , In measuring ingredients allow half as much sugar as berries, and one-fourth as much flour as sugar. Mix sugar and flour together. Arrange berries and sugar in alternate layers on the crust. Cover the top with, inch, strips of pastry which cross each other and are pressed down where they touch the under crust. Bake in a quick oven. The White Frock. White may be worn by both stout and thin women, but while the thin woman may add touches of color to her toilet the one of more generous build should exclude them. Her cos tume must be entirely white. For evening wear black below the bust will be decidedly the best possible choice, relieved with a flat ivory lace arrangement about the decolletage, while for the slighter figure dove gray, silver blue or rich deep cream, a suit fichu of chiffon or lace trimming the bust, will be most suitable. A touch of pale blue or soft old rose may be the one note of color. , _i_ Fried Onions. As usually served, fried onions are a delusion and a snare, but cooked in the Kenilworth ranch way it will be a rare thing if they go begging. Cut in slices and soak in milk ten minutes. Then dip in flour and immerse in boiling fat, hot enough to brown in stantly. You can not keep the slices whole, after they have fried six or seven minutes. Take out with a skim mer, lay on brown paper a few mo ments to absorb every suspicion of fat and serve with steak or veal cut lets. They will be firm and thorough ly delicious. Home-Made Perfume. A pleasant perfume for clothes is made by mixing one ounce each of doves, caraway Beed, nutmeg, dn namon and Tonquln beans, ground or beaten to a powder. Put this mixture In a number of little bags, and place them among the woolen clothes that are put away for the summer. It is said to be an excellent moth preven tive also. Green Pea Soup. Press through a colander one can of green peas. Add to this two cups of water, one teaspoonful of salt and one heaping tablespoonful of cocoa nut butter. Cook in a double boiler until the butter is melted. Dried peas may be used by first cooking until ten der, then pressing through a colander. Removing Cream 8tains. Milk and cream stains can be re moved from linen cloths by washing the stains first with cold water and j soap, then in the usual manner. Boil In water in which soda, in the propoi\ j tion of one tablespoonful to three gal lons of water, has been dissolved, and rinse thoroughly « I • .‘v\M ” ;> the: Asnoj&r cequahe eh tort agha <==£• Everywhere in the far east !b to be found at work the leaven of a new spirit of progress and independence. Japan has done things, and the neigh boring countries all through Asia are sitting up and taking notice. China is awakening, or rather awakened, and is rapidly modernizing her life, industrially, commercially and intel lectually, as well as remodeling her army and navy along the most up-to date lines, and the other adjacent countries are feeling the influence of such movement, in fact, so general is this new spirit manifesting itself that it is being referred to as Pan-Oriental ism. It has cropped out in India, the country over which Great Britain has ruled so long, with such pride, and shall we say, so well, for there is no question but that in many respects British administration in India has been enlightened and beneficial. But in spite of this and perhaps as a re sult of the enlightenment and the ed ucational work which Britain has wrought, India is beginning to feel a spirit of unrest. She has wrought under the hand of a master; now she wants to have the chance to show what she can do for herself. It would be impossible to convince any Britisher in or out of India that ihe chief aim and effect of British rule have not been and are not now for the advantage of the natives; and it is not easy to refute the long estab lished presumptidn, even if one were disposed to undertake the task, which I am not. In its more obvious mani festations the government is excellent, its general administration being un usually efficient and free from petty official corruptions. All this is com mon knowledge. Since she abandoned the attitude of conqueror for that of pacificator. England’s treatment of the natives of all classes has been generally beneficent and humane: Let us take conditions as they are, . and the natives are dissatisfied with ! the conditions. Most dissatisfied of all, as a rule, is the educated native. He may hold a good job, as jobs go in In dia, may be a judge or sub-governor, but he knows that always above him is a man not a native of the country (at least in a .racial sense) in whom the real and final authority is vested. India is progressing, but. Indians are not at the helm. While many Indians have developed a capacity in modern erudition not excelled anywhere, there has grown up a large class of half-educated per sons, usually called babus. These babus fill the minor government posi tions, are the clerks, salesmen, book keepers, telegraphers, stenographers, and so forth of commerce and indus try. Many babus are of mixed blood, through alliances between foreigners and natives, thus acquiring some of the prestige of the fchite race while retaining close touch with the oriental. The babus are the visible cause of the present agitation, and it is through them that the virus has extended to the people. The exact origin of this particular wave or unrest is hard to trace. How long it has surreptitious ly percolated and smoldered under the crust which separates the ruling class from the mass cannot be definitely es tablished. Indeed, when has it ever ceased to smolder? But it began to attract attention something over a year ago, when an agitation was begun through the native press for the gen eral improvement of the natives, and the extension of their opportunities. The movement appeared entirely to lack, in the beginning, concerted effort and object, but was directed at what ever trivial or important condition or act of the government presented a tar get for the moment. The serious attention of the gov ernment and Anglo-Indian press was first attracted by what Is known as the “Swadishi” movement. This was an attempt by the Hindus to boycott British goods. At first, like the* boy cott of American goods in China, the matter was treated rather as a joke; but as time passed it continued and began to spread to other parts of the country. It is not pertinent here to discuss the commercial effect of this boycott, which is still undetermined, for this speedily became overshadow ed by political phases. An educated Hindu of Calcutta had this to say regarding the native com plaint: “Old India is dead, or rapidly dying, and must be replaced by a new In dia. Some may regret this, but we must face the facts. I myself welcome the change and see in it the only hope for a rehabilitation of our people. With the passing of old India will not only go her old political institutions, but the old industrial and economic conditions as well. We are making a complete economic shift, replacing old 'methods with modern new ones, chang ing the hand loom for the machine, the cart for the railway, the sailboat for the steamship, the messenger for the telegraph and telephone, and so gradually through all walks of indus try. “In this evolution and the condition which will come from it we natives want at least an equal chance to profit in the ordinary material way. At present these opportunities are practically monopolized by foreigners. I do not blame them entirely for this. It is the result, perhaps inevitable, of circumstances. But we object to it continuing forever. With the custom ary exceptions the following state ment is true of foreigners residing in India, of whom the greater number are British. They regard their residence here as only temporary, un.til they can acquire a iortune or competence, iook ing forward to a return to England or Europe to live out their lives. This ap plies to Britishers born in India, to whom England is always ‘home.’ Al though all their property and mate rial interests are here, they seem to consider England’s advantage over th»t of India and our development. When these interests conflict, as they frequently do, and which they will do more and more in the future, it is al ways India which must yield, or at least it is not of the interest of India that they think first.” While the present ferment in India is ia a sense a manifestation of per ennial unrest, the cause of many ex plosions in the past, it has its particu lar %-mtimental genesis, and this is the success of Japan over Russia. It is the first cousin of ‘‘The Oriental for Orientals,” “China for the Chinese,” and similar catch-phrase doctrines. Dense as the mass in India is, the vic tory of Japan hag penetrated its inner consciousness. In fact, much pains was taken to see that it did. Within the last year the whole east has been plastered with cheap motion picture shows, almost invariably managed by itinerant Japanese. I have attended these exhibitions in various parts of China, at Hongkong, at Singapore, at Rangoon, and in India. A Chinese or Indian coolie cannot be reached by literature, as a rule, ex cept indirectly; but he is absolutely open to impressions from pictures which represent action, the authenti city of which he does not dream of questioning, and which show the white race he has so long respected and feared, beaten at war by a dark-skin ned brother. In this way has the mes sage which Japan’s victory carries to the east been communicated to the masses in China and India. Former Occupation. Director (to jailer)—See that the criminal is given an occupation suited to his former one. (To criminal.) What was your former business. Criminal—I was an agent for insur ance against burglars. — Fliegende Blatter. A REAL STRAPHANGER. Chicago Judge Find* One Arm Ldnger Than the Other. John C. . Scovel, municipal court judge, is a real straphanger, and can prove it, says the Chicago Record Herald. The other day he was meas ured for a coat at a tailor’s. When the garment was delivered he thought that the sleeves did not seem Just right And compared them. One proved to be an inch longer than the other. Indignant, the judge took the coat back to the tailor without even try ing it on and asked him what he meant by turning out such a piece of work. To his surprise his tailor was not at all abashed, but merely smiled. “Just try It on, and we’ll look at it,” said the tailor. The judge did so and to his aston ishment the sleeves extended to the same place on each hand and seemed to be faultless as to length. “You do a good deal of riding on the street cars, don’t you?” said the wise maker of the garment. *vwvvWvwvw«>vv«MMWMi Judge Scovel admitted that each morning and evening he bad for years been obliged to make a long, weari some journey on a North side surface line. “You have probably never noticed! it,” replied the tailor, “but hanging on to a strap has made your right arm somewhat longer than the other. ][ continually have straphanging cus tomers, and so have become careful in measuring the arms and making each sleeve according to the length of the arm.” Judge Scovel took the coat without any further complaint. Stung. "1 once addressed an audience of men and I talked two hours to them and not a man left during my talk,” said Mr. Bryan to his audience at Si. Johnsbury. “That was indeed a re markable tribute to you, Mr. Bryan,” said an astonished St. Johnsbury ad mirer; “might I ask where it was?” i “It was in the penitentiary,” replied < Mr. Bryan. “The doors and windows were all guarded.” “Stung,” exclaimed the Vermonter.