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BY G£0. V. HOBART, (“HUGH M’HUGH ")
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Dear Punch: Still in the ring at the
Spoonsbury Commercial house, and
here's some of the dope the near
actora of the “Bandit's Bride Com
pany" handed out last night.
" I tell you, Mike,” the Juvenile
said, "I'm too delicate for this one
night stand gag. I'm going to New
York and build a theater.”
“What with?” sneered Low Comedy.
“With a reporter 1 know on one of
the papers,” the Juvenile chuckled.
“Say, what was the name of that
town we played night before last?”
“Murphy’s Landing, wasn't it?”
Mike answered.
“I guess that's right, because Mur
phy landed on me good and hard,”
the Juvenile said. “Remember those
nice white door-knobs we ate for
breakfast next morning? The waitress
“Not a Cookie in the Lunin Basket."
said they were hot biscuits, but I had
to eat mine with a nut-cracker. I’ve
got it in my pantry yet, and every
time I walk around the knob turns,
and I can hear a door open some
where."
Mike's double chin showed signs of
agitation.
“Stranded, here in this jay totvn!”
The Juvenile grabbed the black bot
tle and upset it again. “Say, Mike,
what we need is a guardian. And
while we’re at it let's pick out one
with money so we can wire him for
a little price to help us out on oc
casions like this. The next manager
that wins me away - from the stock
yards will have to wear a gold-plated
overcoat and stand in the wings every
night where he can throw ten-dollar
hills at when I make my exit. No more
slob impresarios for mine, with noth
ing in their inside pockets but a date
book and a hearty appetite."
“Same here!” Low Comedy nodded.
“The next manager that picks me out
will have to drag me down to his bank
and let me pick his coupons oil the
shelf before I’ll sign.”
“Bumped, good and hard, here in
the tall grass,” the Juvenile com
plained again, “and not a cookie in the
lunch-basket. Say! It has me wing
ing, all right, and that's no idie hoot!
This is the third troupe that blew out
its mainspring for us this season, and
I’m beginning to believe we ought to
get vaccinated. How am I going to
do Hamlet in New York this winter,
I'd like to know? Eight weeks since
we left Chicago, three shows to the
bad, and still a thousand miles from
the Great White Way. Say, Mike,
at this rate It’ll take about 629 shows
to get us to Jersey City; are you hip?”
Mike laughed. “It’s the old story,
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“Jabe Guffawed Loudly.”
my boy; we're a sad bunch of plow
boys on this old farm of a world when
we haven't a little mazutna in the
vest pocket I've got a new bit of a
recitation spiel I cooked up last night
when I couldn’t sleep. It's called
‘Knock, and the World Knocks with
You.’ and I’ll put you Jerry to it right
now before it gets cold!”
"Well, I’m from Texas, so you’ll
have to steer me.” said the Juvenile.
‘‘Pipe the everlasting truth contained
herein,” said Mike, whereupon he
proceeded as follows;
Knock, and the world knocks with you.
Boost, and you boost alone!
When you roast good and loud
You will find that the crowd
Has a hammer as big as your own!
Buy, and the gang is with you;
Renig, and the game’s all off,
For the lad with the thirst
Will see you first
If you don’t proceed to cough!
Be rich and the push will praise you,
Be poor, and they'll pass the Ice,
You’re a warm young guy
When you start to buy—
You’re a slob when you lose the price!
Be flush, and your friends are many.
Go broke, and they’ll say Ta ta!
While your bank account burns
You will get returns.
When It’s out you will get the Ha!
Be gay and the mob will cheer you.
They’ll shout while your wealth en
dures ;
Show a tearful lamp
And you’ll see them tramp—
And it's back to the woods for yours!
There’s always a bunch to boost you
While at your money they glance:
But you’ll find them all gone
On that cold, gray dawn
When the fringe arrives on your pants!
“You’ve got the game of life sized
to a show-down,” was the Juvenile's
comment.
At this point Jabe, the Reub bar
tender, pointed a freckled finger at
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be the fat cuss that cut up with that
thar troupe at the op'ry house last
night, been’t ye?”
“No, I’m the skeleton man with a
circus,” Mike answered, and the bar
tender reared with delight.
‘‘You don’t look as how you took
much exercise," snickered Jabe.
"But I do take exercise. Oh, me
for that exercise thing, good and
strong!” protested Mike.
“Wbat kind of exercise do you
take?" Jabe inquired.
“Well,” Mike answered, “every
morning I swing clubs for 15 min
utes, then the dumb-bells for ten min
utes, then I run about three miles—
and then I get up and eat my break
fast.”
Jabe guffawed loudly over this bit
of facetiousness.
“I was at the op'ry house last
night,” Jabe informed them, “and I
'most laughed myself sick to the
stomach at this yer fat cuss takin’
off that Butch policeman—ha, ha, ha,
ha!” Jabe looked at the Juvenile.
“You was putty good, too,” he ad
mitted, “takin’ off that newspaper re
porter and rescuin’ the girl from the
burniu’ structyure, but you didn’t do
no funny fall and bust your gallusses
like this yer fat cuss—ha, ha, ha, ha!”
“Get him to unhook the laugh; he's
a good steady listener,” whispered
the Juvenile, and Mike started in.
“Fine town, this,” Mike began. “All
the modern improvements, eh? Cows
wear nickei-piated bells, streets paved
“The Proprietor of That Hotel.”
with grass and the river has running i
water.”
“Ha, ha, ha, ha!” Jabe reared.
“Reminds me of a place we struck
out in Missouri last winter.” Mike
went on. “Same style of public archi
tecture, especially the town pump.
But the hotel there was the hit with
us. It was called the Declaration of
Independence, because the proprietor
had married an English woman, and
wanted to be revenged. At supper
time I ordered a steak, and they
brought me a leather hinge covered
with gravy, so I got up' to add an
amendment to the Declaration of In
dependence. The head waiter was an
ex-pugilist, so he put the boots to me
and covered my amendment with
bruises. Then he made mo eat the
leather hinge, and for two weeks I
felt like a garden gate and I used to
slam every time the wind blew.”
Jabe's laugh shook the building.
“The proprietor of that hotel was
so patriotic,” Mike continued, “that he
wouldn’t number the rooms like any
ordinary hotel. Every room was
named in honor of a president of the
United States. That evening there
happened to be a rush while I was
standing near the desk, and I heard
the clerk say: ‘Front, show these gen
tlemen up to John Quincy Adams, and
tell the porter to take that trunk out
of the alcove in Thomas Jefferson.
Front, go and put down that window
in Rutherford B. Hayes, and, here,
take this whisky up to Abraham Lin
coln. Front, what’s all that racket in
James Buchanan? Here, take these
cigars to U. S. Grant, and turn off the
gas in Grover Cleveland.’ But I near
ly fainted when he said: ‘Front, run
a sofa into James A. Garfield, and
take these two ladie3 up to George
Y.'ashington.’ ”
“Mortal Caesar! Ha. ha, ha, ha!”
roared Jabe. “Doggone, if that ain't
funny, you fat cuss!"
When I quit them Mike had worn
finger-marks on the side of the biack
bottle, and Jabe had signed a verbal
contract to go on the stage as the
Juvenile's dresser.
I'm for the Reub hotel, strong.
Yours as always,
J. H.
(Copyright, 1308, by G. W. Dillingham Co.)
Tale of the Far North,
“Tell me your story, poor man,” said
the kind housewife, as she handed out
the saucer of stewed prunes.
“Well, lady,” began the weary wan
derer with a reminiscent sigh, “It was
dis way. I was lo3t in de arctic re
gions. One morning as I was scout
ing around looking for me pals in d«
exploring ship I was chased by a polar
bear. I shall never forget dat day.
Hastily climbing a tree—”
“But there are no trees in the arctic
regions,” interrupted the dubious
housewife.
“I meant iceberg, lady. Hastily
climbing an iceberg, I discovered, to
me horror, dat me ammunition was all
gone. As I gazed at dat big bear me
thoughts went back to de loved ones
at home and de tears rolled out of me
eyes as big as walnuts. As fast as
dey fell dey froze hard as steel. Happy
thought! I poured a pint of dem Into
me gun, blazed away and killed de
bear. For ten long days I existed—”
But the busy housewife had van
ished.
The True Man.
Who 1b a true man? He who docs
the truth, and never holds a principle
on which he is not prepared In any
hour to act, and In any hour to risk
the consequences of holding It—
act of hanging out some clothes *
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EFFECTIVE BLOUSES
THIc fhst garment shown is a pretty shade of blue taffetas, worn with a cash
mere skirt-the same color. It. is tucked from the shoulders to bust, tho
neck is cut away to show a vest of tucked figured net, the edges of fronts
being trimmed with lace, they hook invisibly below the bust. The sleeves
are gathered into a double puff and have undersleeves of tucked net.
The second is in the same material as the skirt, our model being In a
dark shade of green cashmere. It has a fitting lining to which the vest of
spotted silk is fixed; the material fronts are trimmed with cords and buttons.
The collar Is faced with velvet.
NOW THE DRAPED WAISTCOAT.
It Is Worn with Fancy Jackets and Be
comes Woman of Slim Figure.
The draped waistcoat has come in
again. It is to be worn with fancy
jackets, and will prove especially be
coming to thin figures. Being made to
wear with a princess skirt, or a skirt
having a princess belt, it is very short,
coming just to the top of the prin
cess belt. It is much shorter at the
sides than the front and very much
shorter in the back than anywhere
else. The back is absolutely plain
and tight-fitting, and it is most im
portant rt’.at it should fit well, other
wise the effect of the outer jacket
cannot be successful. The drapery
begins at the shoulder seams, where
the material is laid in folds. There
are more folds which come from the
under arm seam, so that the front of
the waistcoat is entirely draped, the
folds being arranged to give an equal
fulness across the bist. The waist
coat is double-breasted and has four
buttons, covered with the material.
Such a waistcoat Is usually worn
over a thin shirtwaist that is not par
ticularly elaborate because it will
hardly be seen, although it should be
very well fitting and of sheer material,
otherwise the costume will be too
warm and one may not remove a coat
worn over a waistcoat. There is al
most always a high collar and a fancy
jabot worn with such waistcoats, and
either a jabot or a lace bow of some
dimensions is necessary to make the
proper effect.
FOR SUMMER WEAR.
One of the prettiest summer hats
seen this season was worn at a recent
out door wedding. It was white, soft,
lacey straw, the wide brim turned up
in a most fascinating manner at left
side and edged with a narrow band
of hydrangea biue velvet ribbon. The
top was a mass of hydrangeas in deli
cate shades and a large bunch of satin
ribbon loops matching the velvet band
was artistically fastened at back.
For a Cold Sore.
The persistent use of peroxide of
hydrogen, when a cold sore first makes
its appearance, will kill it in a short
time. Dab It in thoroughly every few
minutes, and it will in a short time
draw the pus out, when, of course, the
cause is removed. Then a healing
cream should he applied.
The Workbag.
Of course, hemstitching is always
to he desired as trimming for dainty
lingerie, hut just at present it is espe
cially in favor—many garments being
trimmed exclusively with the dainty
hand finish, without the assistance of
a yard of lace or embroidery.
A handy piece of work to keep in
that pretty little workbag that lives
on the porch table is a long strip of
handkerchief linen or fine batiste—
just the width of a ruffle for drawers
or petticoat—with threads drawn and
hem turned and basted.
A tew moments’ stitching now and
then will result, presently, in a yard
or so of hemstitched flouncing, which
will be most useful when lingerie ma
king is in order. Yards of ruffling
may be hemmed in this way, and the
occupation prove a pleasant pastime,
which, otherwise, would be tedious
work.
Valuable Cocoanut.
In Zanzibar island there grows a
cocoanut which has only a very thin
layer of meat, being entirely filled
with milk; this furnishes the natives
drink, both before and after fermenta
tion.
HARD TO IMPRESS MODERATION.
Women Prone to Overdo Things When
Exercise Is Ordered.
It is quite difficult to impress upon
women the good of exercise; but it is
equally difficult to compel them not to
overdo it.
Give a woman a pair of dumbbells
and tell her to take a gentle exercise
for five miuutes every morning, and
she will swing them with violence
several times a day until her arms
ache from exhaustion.
Tell her to play tennis during pleas
ant days, and she will play it for
hours, at all hours, without modera
tion or Judgment.
It ts the same with every form of
exercise suggested. It seems the na
ture of woman to overdo it through Ig
norance. They do not know its value
enough to comprehend its danger.
They think if a little is good more Is
better.
They weary themselves out, deplete
their heart action, give themselves
acute indigestion, all because they will
not do in moderation the thing that
would make them well and strong.
Doctors and physical culturists say
they have to fight this tendency in
women more than any other one thing
when they are upbuilding their blood
and tissues.
Ribbons fcr Fall.
Many of the new fait and winter cos
tumes will be finished off with a sash,
due largely to the directoire style now
in vogue. These wil be made of broad
satin of sort pliable quality, and will
swathe the waist in soft folds, the
ends falling gracefully down the side
or front of the ccsiume. Already this
fashion is beginning to show in the
latest summer styles, as many of the
lingerie princess frocks are now com
pleted with a ribbon sash fastened to
the back only. In some fall gowns the
sash is on the Turkish idea, being
wound tightly around the waist and
hips, and then falling in soft folds al
most to the bottom of the costume.
The up-to-date sash must be of a shade
.to harmonize with the costume, rather
than to contrast.
The Princess Underslip.
A summer gown keeps its freshness
much longer when made without a lin
ing, and worn instead over a princess
underslip that can be laundered when
ever necessary. These underslips may
be of wash silk or of lawn or batiste—
the latter is much cooler—and are
boned and fitted quite as carefully as
the lining of a gown would be.
Whether the skirt be long or short, it
is well to have it finished on the tin
derside with a dainty lace trimmed
ruffle corresponding to that on the
upper side of the skirt—for then there
is no possibility, when seated, ol'
showing the unfinished side of the
petticoat. Of course, too, for the dec
ollete gown, the underslip is cut low
and sleeveless.—Vogue.
The Lace Overskirt.
A designer has brought out a new
thing in the way of tunics. It Is cut
circular, is a trifle hlgh-waisted and j
instead of having a box plait down the
side it is slashed open, finished with a
two-inch hem at the edge, and Is then
laced from side to side through silk- I
covered eyelets. Silk or velvet ribbon j
is used.
To Hold Hair Ribbons.
The little girl who wears her hair
braided down her hack and tied on the
I end with a ribbon knows what It is to j
lose many hair ribbons during the !
course of a year, hut the mothers I
know oven more about it. One mother j
dressing her little girls to go to a pic
nic a few days ago arranged the hair
! in this manner. It was braided anrl
fastened on the end with a rubber elas
tic, one of the small ones. The loop
was drawn out, the ribbon run through
the elastic and tied In the usual man- !
ner. Every ribbon returned home that
night.
Cutting Flannel.
If you are about to cut garments for
the baby—or for the growing child—
from flannel, do not fall to wash your
piece of flannel in the ordinary way
before you cut into It. Nothing is
more provoking than to cut a flannel
garment according to the pattern, only
to find, after one or two washings,
that It has shrunk until too small for 1
further use. In cutting the garments,
even after thus treated, always allow I
a seam larger than pattern, even i
where there is a seam allowance on j
the pattern.—Woman's Life. i
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g REPRE3ERT.
A “grade” horse, strictly speaking,
fs one that was sired by a pure bred
stallion. Always the sire must be
pure-bred, if the progeny is to be en
titled to the name of “grade.” Where
a pure-bred mare is bred to a grade
stallion her progeny Is not a “grade.”
Such breeding is de-grading—a step
backward and downward—and, the
progeny which has not been graded up,
but degraded clown, is of mongrel
breeding.
When a purebred stallion is mated
with a native or mongrel-bred mare
the product of this first mating is a
"one-top-cross” grade, the offspring
being one-half pure blood and one-half
impure blood, if the first progeny is a
female and in turn is bred to a pure
bred stallion, of the breed used for
the original top-cross, her progeny will
be a “two-top-eross" grade, or three
quarters pure-bred. When five top
crosses of the same kind of blood have
been put on. the last resultant off
spring Is practically pure bred, aud if
the work of further top-crossing is per
sistently carried on, without a single
turning aside to a sire of some other
breed, the blood of the offspring be
comes purer all the while aud purity
of blood, when fully established, pro
duces in its possessors decided heredi
tary power (prepotency) to stamp j
upon their progeny the fixed charac- j
„f n!P breed employed in the j
gradiug-up or top-crossing process.
u neu a grade stallion is mated with
a native or grade mare the resultant j
progeny is of mixed breeding. It is j
not a grade, strictly speaking, for j
there has been no grading up in the I
breeding process and no advance can |
possibly be made so long as a grade I
sire is used in place of a pure-bred j
stallion. This applies to the stallion
that is still a grade, by reason of too
few top-croese3 to make him practical
ly pure-breed.
u nere live or more top-crosses of
pure blood have been employed in the
grading-up process the final product
no longer is an ordinary grade, but is
practically pure bred, and being such
has gathered some of the prepotency
of the pure biood of the one predomi
nant breed and so may be enabled to '
stamp, with a fair degre of fidelity,
the characters of that breed upon the
progeny of all classes of mates. Such
horses, however, are not eligible to
record in a majority of the govern
ment recognized stud books, hence
their retention for breeding purposes |
is inadvisable when legitimately re
corded pure-bred stallions may be had
in their place.
The pure breeds of horses have
been bred in one line for so many
years without an admixture of alien
blood that each stallion representing
a pure breed is possessed of the power
to transmit at least the designating
bred characteristics of his kind. Some
pure-bred stallions have more power
than others in this way and the degree
of power (prepotency) may be said to
depend largely upon the degree of pre
potency possessed by each individual
ancestor and the length of time those
ancestors of the individual horse have
been bred pure in a direct line. Some
times the pure-bred stallion may not
be so individually excellent as we
could wish, but almost inevitably, if he
Is well bred and of a good family, he
will transmit successfully the charac
teristics of his breed and in many in
stances some of the superior qualities
of his ancestors. Always a pure bred
stallion must be employed, if the
breeding operation is to be a t rue grad
ing up process, and the better bred
and more perfect the individual stal
lion Is the more quickly will his grade
progeny attain the type, character,
quality and valuable attributes of the
pure breed.
This grading-up process everywhere
should be patiently and persistently
followed in practice, the males being
each time castrated for the work
horse market and the females re
tained for the furtherauce of the im
proved horse-breeding operations.
The grade stallion may be. and
sometimes is, a "good looker” and pos
sessed of superior vigor, by reason of
hard work in harness, but there is lit
tle if any breed prepotency back of his
good looks. His pleasing appearance
often is like the thin layer of silver
that gives a plated article its look of
reality, but merely covers base metal;
and as the base material predominates
in the makeup of both, so in the scrub
and low-grade horse the prepotency
comes from the predominant elements
which were derived from scrub ances
tors and merely gives the owner the
power of transmitting like undesirable
elements. He may be stronger than
many a pampered pure-bred, so far as
begetting numerous rugged offspring
is concerned, but he stamps all of
them indelibly with the seal of the
scrub. There Is much need of making
some of our pampered pure-bred st&l
lions more vigorous and virile by work,
exercise and sensible feeding, that
their colts may be more numerous and
robust, but the unnecessary weakness
of some pure-bred stallions is an insuf
ficient argument for the general use
of grades throughout the state.
Water cannot rise above its level;
neither can the grade or scrub stallion,
however muscular and hardy, raise
the “blood level” of his progeny above
that of his own veins in quality. The
use of such sires, therefore, usually
means no progress, no grading-up and
on. but mere maintenance of a dead
level with a possibility of retrogres
sion where unsound, unfit horses are
employed.
DR. A. S. ALEXANDER.
Veterinarian. Wisconsin
MANURE SHED
FOR OLD BARN
By Joseph E. Win*.
The idea of a covered place where
manure may be spread and kept, trod
den down under the feet of animals, is
an excellent one. Almost any sort of
shed will serve, but it is really nearly
as cheap to make an upper story under
the one roof, where straw may be
stored for bedding, and even hay may
bo placed. The shed proper should be
high enough to permit ready driving
under, even with a depth of two to
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Diagram of the Manure Shed.
three feet of manure. Therefore we
design the shed proper to be 10 feet in j
the clear. If manure is to be stored i
for long periods it should be 12 feet. ,
I should make the shed without any
permanent furniture, but with mova
ble feed racks that can be set any
where. The dimensions may be 36x36
feet, as in the illustration, or if spaces
are made 14 feet it may be as a whole
42x42 feet, or any desired dimension.
—Breeders' Gazette.
WATER LILIES
GROWN IN TUB
Everyone recognizes the charm of a
pool of water in which there are a few
gold fish. Add to this pool a few water
lilies, scientifically known as nym
phaeas, a few water hyacinths for a
border and a plant or two of parrot's
feather and a transformation of in
creased delight will be wrought.
Such a garden may be made from
half a barrel or a tub or, better, three
or four of them placed together and
sunk into the earth. The space be
tween the tubs may be used for a
rockery and the edges may be hidden
with moss. The little umbrella plant,
the calamus, many of the wild growing
sedges and the wild arrow head are
all useful to hide the artificial shape
of the tub ponds.
The tubs should be half-filled with
rotted vegetable material from bogz or
ponds, or with good loam mixed with
one-third well-rotted manure. Place
several inches of sand on top of this
and fill the tub with water. There are
both hardy and tender nymphaeas.
The former are especially desirable
for tub growing, for they bloom freely
in shallow basins. There are day
blooming and night blooming lilies.
One lily plant to each tub is sufficient,
in addition to the border plants. The
water hyacinths float on tie surface
of the water without root hold and a
mass of them, with their beautiful
light blue flowers, sometimes rival
orchids in rich markings and delicacy
of color. The roots of tender nym
phaeas must be stored in a cellar or
greenhouse at a temperature of not
ess than 60 degrees and the hardy
•oots should be well covered with
draw if left in the tubs during the '
winter.
Tonic for Hens.—If a tonic is need- i
;d give one teaspoonful of Venetian
•ed to.every 20 fowls.
GOOD CAUSE FOR WRATH.
———
Art Collector and Irritated Waitei
Had the Same Feelings.
A Chicago art dealer was talking
about the wrath of William T. Evan,
the New York collector upon whon
so many bogus paintings have beer
imposed.
“He’s awfully angry,” said the ar
dealer, repressing a smile. "Some o
his costliest pictures, you know, bav«
turned out fakes. His blood boil;
when he thinks of the way he ha
been duped.
“He told me the other day I hat he
could hardly understand the rage that
possessed him against every petty lit
tie insignfiear.t dealer that had cheat
ed him. He said it was tike the rage
of a waiter that he had noted one
afternoon at luncheon.
“At luncheon, Mr. Evans said, he
called his waiter's attention to a dead
fly in some dish or other.
“The waiter, as he took the dish
away, muttered with a malevolent
look at the limp insect:
“ ‘I’d give a two-dollar bill if I knew
for certain that this wa3 the fly that's
been buzzing about my nose ail the
morning.’ ”
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Months—Burning Humor on Ankles
—Opiates Alone Brought Sleep
—Eczema Yielded to Cuticura.
“I had eczema for over two years.
I had two physicians, but they only
gave me relief for a short time and I
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions I used to no purpose. My ank
les were one mass of sores. The itch
ing and burning were so Intense that
I could not sleep. I could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my bus
band said I had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three
times I had the best night’s rest in
months unless I took an opiate. I
used one set of Cuticura Soap, Oint
ment. and Pills, and my ankles healed
in a short time. It is now a year since
I used Cuticura. and there has been no
return of the eczema. Mrs. David
Brown. Locke. Ark., May 18 and July
13, 1907.”
HARD TIMES, INDEED.
“'Poor man! so you are a victim of
the late financial panic?”
“Yes. lady. You see, folks along de
route is too poor now ter hanu out
free grub!”
Mother’s Accomplishment.
In the Bohemian set of New York
two of the popular members are a well
known writer and his wife, who also
has written several books. They have
a daughter about four years old. Re
cently the little girl was visiting at
the home of a friend and her small
playmate asked her: “Can your
mamma sew?”
The daughter of the literary pair
evidently was a bit chagrined. She
could not remember that she had ever
seen her mamma sew. She is a truth
ful child and wou'd not claim any ad
vantages she was not sure of, yet she
felt that mamma's honor was at. stake.
“I don't know if mamma can sew.”
she replied, dubiously, "but she can
smoke a cigarette.”
English Idea of It.
Little things frequently illustrate
tha English view of American geo
graphy very picturesquely. An Eng
lishman had taken the Pacific Express
at Philadelphia, and, feeling tired, had
retired to his berth. Just before he
fell asleep he happened to remember
that he had forgotten something, so
he put his head out between the cur
tains and called:
“Portah! Portah!”
The porter came.
“What is it?” he said.
“Please wake me when we get to
San Francisco, you know.’
ALMOST A SHADOW.
Gained 20 lbs. on Grape-Nuts.
There's a wonderful difference be
tween a food which merely tastes good
and one which builds up strength and
good healthy flesh.
It makes no difference how much we
eat unless we can digest it. It is
not really food to the system until
it is absorbed. A Yorkstate woman
says:
“I had been a sufferer for ten years
with stomach and liver trouble, and
had got so bad that the least bit of
food such as I then knew, would give
me untold misery for hours after
eating.
“I lost flesh until I was almost a
shadow of my original self and my
friends were quite alarmed about me.
“First I dropped coffee and used
Postum, then began to use Grape-Nuts
although I had little faith it would do
me any good.
“But I continued to use the food and
have gained twenty pounds in weight
and feel like another person In every
way. I feel as if life had truly begun
anew for me.
“I can eat anything I like now in
moderation, suffer no ill effects, be on
my feet from morning until night.
Whereas a year ago they had to send
me away from home for rest while
others cleaned house for me, this
spring I have been able to do it myself
all alone.
“My breakfast is simply Grape Nuts
with cream and a cup of Postum, with
sometimes an egg and a piece of toast,
but generally only Grape-Nuts and
Postum. And I can work until noon
and not feel as tired as one hour's
work would have made me a year ago.”
“There’s a Reason.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Well
rille,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
sne appears from time to time. They
ire genuine, true, and full of human
interest.