POOR LITTLE MELLON “KIDS” ONCt A VEER VITH TBIM IT’S mom papa!" "MOIO MAMMA f That ta the pitiful little ! tr*gody that la enacted *•«* «eek at the front door of one of j *d thre e year-old Paul, son aod daughter mt Andre* W Mellon *ad Mr* Mora McMuUia Mellon Father and mother are struggling \ • *rrnlei j ta the drone courts to he free of each other The children ' a** forbidden by the court to see eltb er parent mar* often than every other week.. Were there ever too children so •or* beset? For more than eight yemrs at her young life Alisa had been gude the happiest little girl la nil Pittshorg For sis years she *aa gatte certala abe on* very happy TWO. oWn a little baby bro her came . ta keep her company, she a as positive of It Aad obat fia* time* Ailsa and Paul, i »’ ai as* tW name they gar6 little t twafWr. had Their papa «as very. 1 very r»rh Everything ther • anted they roe Id have Mamma—hear they did love her! I Soe osa mt pre'ty aad she used to' come itto the nursery every morning, aad to* the? did play oa the floor Aliaa. *ha *aa very old fashioned ' for her age every one said, often used to ask Wt lather and mother if they i h was possible for anybody j else In the oorld to W ns happy a^Ahe ! sag Koo in all fairy stories there Just baa to W a Wd fairy And while tills ***** » f*«ry esory. there is a bad fairy i« it for the 111 tie Melloa children Beginning of the Trouble. Leo* than a year ago every one tn , Pittsburg aad maey people outside of Pittshnrg were genuinely stocked and toaily sorry to hear that Mr. Melloa , aad his wtf* had disagreed Mr Mellon, whose soul'.fa la estimat ed ta iW million*. was very well known throughout the btmnevs world, and his friends were legion and loyal Mr* Melloa was many years her husband • Junior She had come to Pittsburg from Dublin. Ireland as the bride of Mr Motion, and all Pittsburg wetgpmed her with pleasure They liked her bright ways her keen wit. and she was acknowledges a beauty TW Mellons first when they had only mile Aliaa aad later when they had Alias aod Paul, lived in one of tW Bo tea, bouses la all Pittsburg la fbe.year^hat baa followed the de etorettoo of Mr Melloa that he inter-1 ed lo free hm self from his wifs there :.av* been occasiaaf references to the fortunes of the t»i little Mellon chil dren. At first the children were permitted to remain with their mother. Then a .iige who had to look only through •!.«* eyes of the cold, harsh, imsympa • *:c law. said the children belonged to their father. Then another Judge said they didn't belong to either—tem iK-rarily. ,\::d finally a Solomor.-like . idge has wisely decided that they be ong to both, but that they can’t have both their father and their mother at the same time So now the little girl and her little brother live In the great mansion with servants galore One week they have their mother with them The next week they have their fath er to play with them. Still Something Lacking. Of coursp. Mr Mellon is Just as rich as he ever was, an-1 everything that littie Miss Ailsa and young Master Paul want they still can have. And Mrs Mellon, too. Is Just as pretty as she ever was—in the eyes of Ailsa and Paul. for. of course, they couldn't well be expected to see the lines of care that have come in her face, nur is it likely they will notice the one or two white hairs that trou ble has sprinkled among the mass of brown. Nor is It likely that Ailsa and Paul notice a bit of difference in their mother when she plays with them on the floor of the nursery. Lut they really are not very happy Jimt as they are getting real good and acquainted with papa again after he has been away for a week, he bun die-* teem up in his arms, bids them good;by. starts off and they don't see him again for a week. And the very next day after papa goes away, mamma comes rushing In. smothers them with kisses, and when they want to know where she has been lor a whole we*-k. Just puts her fingei on her lips and says. “Now. sweet hearts. no fair asking questions." That is the way the grave and very wise Justice has settled the troubles of the little Mellon children. It was ordered by the court that Mr Mellon should immediately se^ cure a house for the children's use. Then they were to be installed In It with their guardian, and Mr Mellon was to be permitted to wish them for nne week and Mrs. Mellon for the next, and so on alternating until the troubles should all be finally settled. And that’s the way matters stand now. The Judge hadn't specified what kind of a house the children should -*»•*. so Mr. Mellon promptly went out and found the nicest one that was va cant In Pittsburg. It has twenty rooms and five bathrooms, and it real ly Is plenty large enough for Miss Ailsa and Master Paul. Their rooms are right side by side and their guardian Is directly across the hall. Then at one end of the houst Is a very nice, pretty, sunny room^ that no one but Mrs. Mellon uses, and; at the other end of the bouse there la a room that Is kept for Mr. Mellon. There * are a few other rooms set aside for the servants, and the en tire remainder of the house is Just one big playroom. There aren’t many people who have ever beeu in this house, for the Mellon) children are too young to have many callers, and it isn’t likely their guard* ian would want them to have much company at present anyway. If you happen to pass the house some day you will be quite certain to notice standing in the yard right close by the side of the big house a tiny little place that is just as perfect a house as you ever would want to see. That Is Ailsa's playhouse and It was a present to her from her Grandpa Mellon. Some people used to think that Ailsa and Paul lived there In that house, but they really didn't, though in the sum mer time, especially, they spent so much time in it that it is no wonder strangers thought they lived there. Finest of Playhouses. It isn't at all likely there is another playhouse in all the world quite as nice as this one. It has real furniture, made to fit it; the finest little stove you ever saw; curtains on the win dows. and dolls—well, there are so many dolls in the house that it really is quite overcrowded. Yet neither Ailsa nor Paul is any too happy, despite everything that kind hearted people try to do for them. When trouble first came between Mrs. Mellon and her husband the sym pathy of the majority was plainly with Mrs. Mellon. Nor has she lost one bit of it since the case has been buffeted back and forth through the courts. The action of Mr. Mellon in having her forcibly ejected from the family resi dence, in seizing his two children, has made some of her friends most bitter in their denunciation of the million aire. Vet, despite all the bitterness that apparently exists between the fa ther and mother, they are as united today as (hey ever were when on the common ground of love for their chil dren. LEGENDS ABOUT THE CROW According to Roman Mythology the Bird Was White Until Apollo Made It Black. It Is difficult to state the average life of a crow, but it is certain that its 'tale of years is much in excess of its merits, for it can scarcely be said to attain to a good old age. and even in its senility it is still ripe for mis chief. For the crow in ail ages has reached a bad eminence. It is fre quently mentioned in legendary lore. According to Roman mythology its color was originally white, and it owes its black plumage to Aescula pius, for his mother, the nymph Co ronis. had a quarrel with his father. Apollo, who so far lost temper—prob ably he had the worst of the argu ment—as to kill the unfortunate nymph upon the spot. Apollo had the grace to mourn his rash act. and he determined that the crow should mourn, too. and so he changed its white feathers into black, and tbe crow was made to “put on sullen black incontinent.” The crow has always been fabled to have the gift of speech, and It was consecrated to Apollo on account of Its gift of prophecy. The Augurs watched its flight as a means of di vination. If It flew to the right it was a most favorable omen, while if it turned to the left It was a plain indi cation that disaster awaited the enter prise. Pliny also comments upon the long life of the crow, and states that if'it made its appearance upon the left side it was a happy augury. He says that its cries were an indication | of coming rain, and that Its eyes were valuable as charms The Latin crow seems to have been a more worthy and better behaved bird than his In dian brother, who Is an incorrigible | thief and mischief-maker, and an un mitigated nuisance. According to Dr. Ruckland, funeral honors were read to the crow and the raven by the Ro mans and the Egyptians, and he give? the following translation In proof ol this statement: "And the Romans per formed funeral rites to the raven, a flute player leading the procession, 1 borne aloft on the shoulders, of twc Ethiopians. • Around the Marsh ol Myris sepuchres of the crow and ibis made of valuable stone, were visited." No Choice. Hubert Latham, the Antoniette fly er, was talking at a tea to a pretty California girl, v "Mr. Latham," said the girl, as sh« took her nineteenth walnut-and-let tuce sandwich, “tell me, does flying require any particular application?’ “Well, no, none in particular.” Mr Latham answered. “Arnica or hors< liniment—one’s as good as another.' LOVE NOT FIRST IN CHINA aaarrrfti|s there is do greater differ e: re ests'iog between the Chinese and the Awiesi-an people than that be t ane their ideas of low In fart, we rtiwrtr do cot believe In love, for we •re out sickly, sentimental creatures, hat ctdd. philosophical. fatalistic be ings V> arrange our matrimonial at I .Ira through hard reasoaiag and not through the tender passion To os marriage la a serious business af tk» heed, mod not a tight affair of the haort la these mayituonl*! Iran* , unar we apply the most rigid, eat calling business principle*, aad tbs; ta a by *a art ao successful in the marriage ealarpriae. as are have never trm beamed by Cupid at the game of loee Wo sever pay ^‘*f* at the altar ml this stupid, bratolaee. yellow kid. the disturber of peace, the breaker of lash’’ . V* ■-*« . ■:;e promoter of affinity stork rompan ■ci We cannot tolerate his presence ta China, as China is not a land of | tovei . Consequently the cool, quiet ■Impure of uur midsummer nights are not disturbed or spoiled by hot air ■ rom tbe wooing and cooing of sen timental creatures. We do not believe in love, for love is not the greatest thing in tbe world. It ts not even a thing nor substance. It is simply the product of an idle brain, the outgrowth of a drowsy mind, it is Inconstant and unsubstantial, for its quantitative and qualitative character changes with the changes of scenery and environment, and its drawing and binding power incraases or decreases as the square of tbe distance between subject and object increases or de creases. as tbe case may be. Love is the snthitbesls of reason; for man sees with reason nnd only feels with love, and it is the most vio lent form of brainstorm. Love is a symptom of s disordered brain, as a nightmare la a symptom of a disorder ed stomach. It is a deadly contagious disease, for It turns tbe strongest head and makes the wisest man a fool. In deed, there is no fool like an old foo; who is affected with amoritis. Whet a man has contrasted this love dis ease and is under its influence he acts in the most idiotic manner and per forms all sorts of antics, all of which he entirely renounces and repudiates when he ,1s free from its hypnotic spell. Now are we peculiar because we dc not agree with you in regard to th« idea of love? But alas.' fhe work is changing, and China Is changini with it. The old time proven ideas are fast giving way to the new, and our young people are being converted to the worship of the blind god. anc front now on there will likely be mors love in our courtships and divorces h our matrimony.—Ny Poon Chew li the Chinese Annual. -J Not Appropriate. "A skating place ought not to hart fixed charges.” "Why not?” "They ought to bo more on a atldlni scale.” PROSECUTED THE M’NAMARAS - ^ In the quest of the “men higher up.” said to be involved in the Los Angeles dynamiting plot that resulted in the confession of the McNamara brothers. John D Fredericks, district attorney, is pretty certain to be a looming figure. All through the trial of the broth ers Mr. Fredericks showed an unmis takable brand of Judgment and ene-gy. He and his associates were opposed by the cleverest counsel that could be obtained, but the trial was a regu lar progress of victories for the prose cution, even before the later stages, when outside events began to under mine the case of tne defense. Added to Mr. Fredericks' legal acumen is a large fund of personal popularity in California. In addition to being a stern and rather uncompromising individual, Mr. Fredericks is a man of imagina tion and distinctive sentiment. A lit tle more than a year ago, when he attended a meeting of the Los Angeles “Votes for Women" club. Mr. Fred ericks was invited to attend and speak on "Woman's Sphere on Politics," which he did, but first he got into the program in a very unexpected man ner when the members were asked to sing a sort of parody on “America,” Mm. Bertha Wilkins Starkweather declining to sing the recognised version or the ground that America was not the “land of liberty." She proposed a substitute which called fcr women's votes and other things befre admitting the land of liberty clause “You are making history here tonight." Mr. Fredericks protested, “in re fvsing to sing the national anthem. You are asking the r!ga'. to vote, but you'll never get it by that sort of tactics. I am in favor of giving you suffrage, but you’ll never get my vote by that attitude There is a feeil'g in your atti tude that the whole world will resent." That was a poser to most of the women, who speedily “reconsidered,” and the real anthem was -*>ad aloud and then sung with enthusiasm—although there was a pretty strong “No" vote on the motion. Whatever may be the trend of the investigation in me present compli cated case of labor and tl.e dynamiting outrages, it may be expected that Mr. Fredericks will look energetically after such of the work a9 may fall properly to the district he represent*. i___:_ PUTS CONVICTS ON HONOR ! An interesting experiment in the , humane treatment of convicts has j met with the success that it deserves and its author. Governor West, of Oregon, at first regarded as a senti mental enthusiast on prison reform, is now receiving the plaudits of those who would be doing something for the “under dog.” Salem is the center for a fium ber of the state institutions, ail of which have considerable tillable ground surrounding them—hundreds , of acres of rich arable valley land ready to return to its cultivators abun dant harvests of golden wheat. It ! was Governor West's self-imposed 1 task to bring to this work the hun dreds of strong, naturally active men shut up in the penitentiary. andvat i the same time to establish a system which would be of mutual benefit to | the state and to the convict. The governor declares that sentiment had i nothing whatever to do with the j “honor system." me system nas worked admirably whether the men have been employed at farming, roadmaking, brickmaking or in the shops. The men are forget ' ting earlier lessons in law-breaking and learning fresh ones in citizenship. Suitable employment is obtained for them when they leave and the farmers about Salem are clamoring for them, ready to pay good money and serve good fare. No man is turned out with the feeling that he is to become the prey of the first detective or deputy sheriff who hears of his release, a con venient scapegoat upon whom to fasten a fresh offense. He is made to feel that the friends he found at Salem are to be relied on from first to last. The convicts themselves regard the workings of the honor system very seriously. One farmer complained that he thought a road gang ar work near his home was a menace to his property and safety. The gang was withdrawn, but all that man's neighbors and their wives got together and gave the con victs a dinner, with Governor West in the chair and many state officials among the guests. WINNER OF A NOBLE PRIZE rror. \\ iineltn \\ein. whose pic ture appears herewith, was recently awarded the Noble prize for Physics. Professor Wein Is only 47 years old. He studied at the University of Got tingen, Heidelburg and Berlin, and is the author of a number of books on Roentgen rays, hydrodynamics and electricity. The awarding of the Nobel prizes is an annual occasion of great inter est throughout the world. It takes place on the anniversary of the death of the founder of the fund, Alfred Bernhard Nobel. The fund amounts to over $£.000,000 and the five prizes closely approximate $40,000 each. Those for physics and chemistry are awarded by the Academy of Sciences of Sweden, that for medicine by thf Caralus Institute of Stockholm, and the literary prize by the Swedish Academy. The peace prize is award ed annually at Christiania. Norway, by a committee of five chosen from the Norwegian Storthing. Others receiving awards were: For chemistry, Mme. Marie Sklodowska Curie, famous for being with her husband the co-discoverer of radium. For medicine, Prof. AUvar Gullstrand, of Upsala University in Sweden. For liter ature, Maurice Maeterlinck. For peace. Prof. T. M. C. Asser, of the Nether lands, and Alfred Fried, an Austrian editor, who divide the prize between them. TELLS OF CHINESE HORRORS Gradually the horror of the pres ent outbreak tn wuiappy China Is be ing brought home to us as the news sifts through the press censor's fin gers- by way at private letters from officials and missionaries who are in the midst of the turmoil and blood shed. To the friends here who rc ' ceive such letters details of the tragedy of war are brought home with stunning force. Dr. Joseph Beech, whose portrait Is here shown, is one of those who, through no act of their own, are cn i the firing line, so to say. iu the rebel j lious provinces of China. In a letter to a friend here in I America Dr. Beech describes his ex | periences after the outbreak against the Manchu dynasty and declares that the suffering there Is beyond de scription. He states that over 6,000 persona were ruthlessly slaughtered, while many women and girls cemmit ted suicide at Chentu, West China. wmvsc uc ia uuuuct-icu wuu iuc v^uemu racuiuuiai Cipistupai t^uargc. He was still penned up there with the refugees In Chentu when the let ter was written, but this letter was smuggled through the disturbed area In some manner and found Its wa7 to the friend here, who haa made known its contents. E MUST never complain of our lot; trials introduce heroism h.iu so-engtH: ignorance the joy or learn ing, and sin itseir the glory of salvation. WINTER BREAKFASTS. There are those who will say that they want an egg. a piece of toast or two, a slice of bacon and a cup of cof fee. without variation, throughout the cold months. The breakfast table should never be so fixed in idea that one may not look for a little change. In some families the buckwheat cake Is in constant demand from December until April. The buckwheat cake is a perfectly good cake, but we all know when we have enough. To most cooks and housekeepers the breakfast. If any variety and study is put into its menus, is the most difficult of the day. for appetites are at the lowest ebb and | need to be coaxed by appetizing and dainty food. Fortunately for those who are not ! blessed with a large amount of world ! ly goods to expend upon the table, j fruits and foods that are cheap and ; good are easily prepared. Oranges ! are now reasonable and will be cheap i er; grape fruit Is never very cheap