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HER FAD-AND HIS
By CLYDE PARSONS.
If cvory mail, old or young, has a
ad and wo know ho hus; If cvory
womun, old or young, has o fad
and wo know she lias why blame
Miss Nora 1 .00 for having one, too? It
wasn't n great big fnd, and one to
keep tins police busy and tho babies
on tho block awnku o' nights, but a
reasonable fad, and was not berlously
objected to even by people with a
grouch.
Mlsa Nora was not a moving picture
tlend: sho did not go to ball games
moro than twlco In a seuson; ohe
did not attend the races at all. Her
fad was cats dogs, rabbits? Not at
all! Sua lavished her affections on a
goat, and he wasn't anything of a
beauty at that. In fact, ho was a
scrub goat. lie was built on the lines
of a Haw-buck. Ho was homely from
tho tip of his nose to the tip or his
tail. Ilo remained gaunt despite the
food set beforo him. He evinced no
gratitude for her lovo and care, and he
wasn't n bit proud when he was led
along tho street with yards of blue
ribbon streaming In the breeze and
.1 silver bell around his neck.
.Mistress and goat were hound to at
tract attention when they walked out.
Adults stared, small boys Indulged In
lovlty, and dogs scorned to have a
longing to try conclusions with 1
Hilly."
However, a fad wouldn't be much
of n fad unless It attracted atten
tion, and while Miss Nora tried to look
calm and unconscious, there Is no
doubt that she felt glows of prido as
fine caught such remarks as:
"Did you ever!"
"Can you beat it!"
"Why don't sho lovo a hippo!"
"Hasn't she a father or 11 mother?"
"A hobblo skirt and a pet goat
thunder!"
Miss Nora's father was dead, and
her mother's objections to her fad car
Tied no weight.
"Does Illtllo blto any one?" tho
daughter would ask.
"Of course not."
"Does be bark and disturb us?"
"No."
"Does ho cost any more to keep
than a dog?"
"I guess not"
"He isn't handsome, but isn't he hot
ter looking than a bull dog?"
"Y-e-s."
"Then what's the matter with my
keeping a goat?"
"It'a eo unusual."
"Wasn't the split skirt unusual two
years ago?"
Living half a mile away was Mr.
Burt Wiltshire He had a fad. In
stead of leading a goat about the
streets, he led a pig. It was a black
pig with a red ribbon for a collar. It
had been trained so it could be led
like a dog. That pig was also
an Innovation as well as a fad. The
police had tried to suppress It, but
the courts had held that It had the
same rlghtB ns a dog and was not
half as dangerous.
Like the goat, the pig attracted
much attention when out for an air
ing, and like Miss Nora tho young
man at the other end of tho lead re
ceived such expressions from the pub
lic as:
"Is he an escaped Idiot?"
"Does he belong to,a side-show?"
"Can the pig toll fortunes with
cards?"
It might hnvo ben figured out by a
mathematician that there was just
one chance in ten thousand that tho
girl nnd her goat and tho young man
and his pig would ever meet on tho
street In a head-on collision. That
one chance camo to them. It was so
willed by the Destiny that shapes our
ends. At nlno o'clock one morning
MIsb Nora and her goat wero taking
a promenade for their health nnd oth
er reasons. There was an abandon
about them that was charming. That
Is, they occupied most of the sidewalk,
and their motto was, the public be
hanged.
At the same hour Mr. Burt Wilt
shire and his educated black pig set
out for their stroll. They had here
tofore taken one particular direction.
This morning they took a new route.
Destiny would havo It so.
"Get on to tho goat?"
"Where'd he get the pig!"
"That's tho latest thing at New
port!" "Oh, Lord, what things wo do see
in a town!"
As the public exclaimed the human
and animal objects gradually ap
proached ench other.
They finally mot. Thero was no
record In sacred or profane history to
go by no Bocloty rulo laid down In
the blue or red book. Therefore the
Jim dandy goat and the educated ptg
bumped against each other.
"Sir!" demanded tho girl.
"Miss!" replied the man.
"You have got a nasty pig there!"
"And you have a villain of a goat!"
"Don't you dare let your pig!"
"And your goat!"
Nit was too late. No work on natur
jal history no writer on heart throbs
in the yellow Journals, has told us
that when a pig and a goat meet thero
.must be a deadly conflict, but a rec
ord has been made with this story.
'Tho goat was the attacker but the pig
! stood to his guns. The goat used his
horns and hoofs; the pig used his
.snout and teeth.
"Call your pig off!"
"Call your goat off!"
"Your pig began the fuss!"
"Your goat began It!"
"You are no gentleman!"
"You are a nice young lady!"
crowd fathered. That crowd
made remarks, it made remarks U
tho girl and to the young man. It
gave advice to tho goat and to tho
pig. It advised the goat to pin the plgj
to tho fence with his horns nnd hold
hi 111 there until life was extinct. It
advised the pig to remember Hunker
Hill and go In nnd make a whirlwind
finish or It.
Not until tho pollco came did each
owner gather up tho remains of his
ntiltiml nnd quit the scene of the com
bat. Their glui.eea expressed nothing
but supreme Indignation ns they
turned away. It was so plain thai they
wished each othor destruction In some
awful form that u chauffeur who had
stoped to wltnesB tho affair whllo tho
meter went right on recording, felt
called upon to express himself:
"Gee! but 'spuson he should fall In
love with that girl some day! How
sho would turn him down!"
And it happened. It was bound to
happen. Destiny wouldn't havo missed
such a golden opportunity for all the
old second hand iiats In Boston. A
fad Is acquired as easily as a cold In
tho head. Some run about tho same
length of time some a little longer,
hut they are bound to be abandoned
lor something else
Miss Nora Leo got home from the
scene of that tragedy disgusted with
her goat and herself. It wasn't the
same goat with which she so blithely
set out an hour before, and she
wasn't the Mime girl She found her
self hoping that the goat would Jump
tho fence and take himself off to he
seen b her no more. Then she would
buy a parrot or a tame crow, or a
squirrel with a wheel In his cage.
She might even turn to a French bull
dog or an alligator from Florida
And Mr. Hurt Wiltshire reached
homo to telephone to the nearest
butcher:
"Say, now. do ou want to buv a
plK?"
"Yep. Cot one for sale?"
"I have."
"How much?"
"If you take him away at once you
can have him for two dollars"
"All right he's mine." 1
Mr. Wiltshire also determined to
drop his pig-fad for another. It might
bo for a donkey or n camel ho would
think It over.
And ono day two weeks later tho
girl without the goat and tho young
man without a pig met face to face
on tho street. Each wavered. Each
halted. Each blushed and was con
ruscd. " I want to beg your pardon!" he
finally managed to say.
"And I want to beg yours." was the
reply.
"It was all my pig's fault."
"I bellovo my goat began the row."
"It was so sudden that that "
"The same with me."
"I have sold tho pig."
"And my goat has got away, and I
don't want hint back."
And then and there came a now fad
for each one. It was Interest In a
human being of tho opposlto sex.
(Copyright, 1913. by the McClurn Nows
p.iper (Syndicate.)
Songs of Today.
Where Is tho present-day popular
song" that may be compared with
"Annlo Laurie," or "My Old Kentucky
Homo," or "Snlly In Our Alley?" Nay,
where Is tho present-day popular song
that has more than an off chance of
being remembered or sung a single
year hence, let alone remaining n fa
vorite for a generation? Nowhere.
In songs, 8B In so many other mat
ters, the ono dHs!ro Just at present is
to got tho npplause and dollars of
tho moment. If a "bearcat" danco or
n sloppily sentimental ballad attracts
attention to Itself and Income to Its
inventor, nothing more is asked or
expected. So of "cubist art," which la
merely lunacy on canvas: so of ten
derloin plays. Tho one thing required
Is not that thoy shall be true, or beau
tiful, or thoughtful, or enduring; but
that they shall make money. It la
strange that an age like the present,
which has so many superb achieve
ments to its credit, and which Is more
deeply Imbued with 'the senso of hu
man brotherhood than any preceding
time in history, should have come to
this sorry pass in matters of art and
recreation.
Learn Wisdom From the 8avages.
A lay sermon by William Allen
White: "A young cub, who has fifty
thousand a year, Is In trouble In New
York young lady trouble. Which la
natural enough. Any youth who has
fifty thousand a year to spend Is go
ing to get into trouble spending It.
Work Is tho thing that keeps youth
straight; work Is tho one medicine
that cures youth of Its vast and stu
pendous folly. If a young man has
fifty thousand a year to spend, ho has
ho more chanco of being decent than
a monkey. In South Afrlcn, In the
Interior, tho native ctiBtom provides
that all tho young negroes shall go to
bed nt dusk In treo houses reached
by ladders, nnd tho smart old men
come and take the ladders down. Hut
give a young man fGO.OOG to spend,
let him alt up nights, and give him
access to the ladder at all hours of
the night, and he will go to tho Rad
Placo Buro. Can It be that tho Afri.
can savages know more of life thar
we do?"
Tho Oldest Separator.
"I soo you keep a cow?"
"Yep." v
"Got a separator?"
"Yep."
, "What makof
"I'm It. I separate the cow from
her milk twice a day."
Mind the Vldders, Sammy.
Old Sage Look out for the widows,
my boy.
Young Snip I shall certainly try to
avoid having one of my own, air.
Prevailing Styles
it. . , .,1
EVRHV season llnds women more
exacting in the matter of foot
wear. Shoeo nnd stockings must bu
faultless for the well dressed and up
Vudato member of modern sot-'"-'!?!
whether she bu n devotee of fashinti,
or engaged In business or simply de
voting her time to the business or be
ing a woman.
The styles now prevailing and those
just preceding them have brought tho
fact into prominence. It is not tho
fashion to conceal them, but to clothe
them daintily nnd net the flimsiest of
draperies about them. I.aco nnd chif
fon petticoat, slashed skirts and In
hanging draperies nil bespeak atten
tion to fine footwear.
For general wear a neat looking, in
conspicuous shoe nil of leather, or of
leather and cloth, should bo chosen.
Perfect lit and neat finish aro tho
matters of importance for shoes to be
worn for shopping, traveling and gen
eral utility. Two pairs are morn econ
omical than one, if such shoes aro
worn every day, and ono should alter
nate them. They are easily kept in
commission in this way. One pair
dressed and on tho shoo trco stands
always in readiness. Properly cleaned
nnd aired and polished, they will pay
for the attention with long service.
For dressier wear In tho winter
there is the shoe with patent calf
vnnip nnd brocaded silk top In black.
This is an elegant shoe with any visit
ing or dinner gown except tho most
brilliant of opera or ball gowns. Tho
same vamp with plain black cloth top
puts tlio shoe In unother class where
COIFFURE AND
HAIR ORNAMENT
MOST EFFECTIVE
THE very attractlvo and becoming
coiffure pictured hero belongs to tho
, class described as tho "CaBquo" coif
I furo. All tho hair is waved and
. combed to tho nape of the neck nnd
I tho crown of tho head at the back.
I There Is the shallowest of parts at the
I front with tho hair at each sldo
brought down over tho ears, wholly
concealing them.
To make this hairdrcss tho hair
must be parted off all around tho
crown of the head, and waved. That
which is left on the crown is to be
laid in a flat coll at tho back and pin
ned down securely. All the remainder
(except tho lock left at the middle of
the forehead) Is to be drawn loosely
back to the coll and over it. Tho
hair at the nape of the neck is first
brought up and the ends tucked under
the coll or pinned around it. Tho ends
of the front and side hair are then
disposed of in the "same way.
Then the lock at the middle of the
forehead la parted and brought down
at each sldo over the ears to the nape
of the neck. The ends (the lock be
ing light) are tucked under tho waved
hair covering tho coil and pinned into
place with invisible pins.
A light fringe of hair curled in flat,
short ringlets, is cut across the fore
bead in a lino more or less curved or
straight, as best becomoa tho wearer.
These ringlets must be flattened to
tho bead to preserve the correct lines
In this coiffure. This may be done by
tying them down with a light veil for
a few minutes.
1fc B
HiiflLBHL&diLwJ ' f
in the New Shoes.
It Is uppropiiate for tho deml-tollet ot
the tailor-made
Elegant ami inoro showy shoes arc
shown with patent vamp mid gray
buckskin top. and others with patent
vamp and tops In shepherd check or
in cloth or suede leather matching a
gown In color. These made-to-match
shoes are effective, but not essential
to n proper shoe outlining for tho av
eragn woman.
For evening dress there la a variety
In slippers to choose from. Hlack satin
with a French heel Is a great favorite
Tho range of ornamentation for tho
toeB of evening slippers Is qulto wide
also.
In black or bronze there is the
strapped slipper with bead embroid
ery. It is a graceful shoe and a fluo
choice for those who need only one
pair of slippers with which to look tho
season's full dress occasions In tho
face. It is dressy enough tor any
wear.
Tho prlco of good shoes has ad
vanced because tho materials of which
they are made cost mora than they
have heretofore. There ls.no economy
In buying cheap shoes. The expendi
ture at tho end of n year will bo
greater if ono keeps tho feet respecta
bly clothed, If cheap shoes aro bought
than If tho better grades aro worn. If
ono must economize let it bo In some
other direction and not in tho matter
of footwear. Quality cannot bo sacri
ficed hero without of a certainty in
volving both economy and comfort in
tho end.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Tho colffuro is finished with an or
namented band and slnglo, curling
spray of Paradise. The band In this
costume Is mudo of flat jado beadB
matching those worn with the cos
tume about tho neck. But there are
innumerable bands, thoso of black
gauzo or velvet and rblnestoncs being
among tho moBt effective.
Tho costume worn by tho handsomo
brunetto is of black velvet and silver
embroidered net, with a skirt which
nppears to wrap about tho figure, top
mlnatlng in a high waist lino. Tho
rather scanty bodico Is made of whlto
chiffon,. With a drapery ot gossa
mer laco it would bo much prettier
and moro in keeping with American
Ideas of modesty, which criticism Is
mado without apologies to tho great
designer, who, with such wonderful
fabrics to work with, yet missed the
final finishing touch by placing a glori
ous skirt with an Insignificant waist
on so splendid a model.
Tho coiffure sultB the stylo of the
wearer and her costume. It is one of
thoso that almost any one will find
becoming, except women with very
thin faces and necks. For them
there aro other designs which soften
or conceal their defects.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Slashed Petticoat.
Wo have bad tho "tango" gown;
now has descended upon ua tho "tan
go" petticoat. This latest addition to
tho wardrobe ot tho fashionable wo
man is mado of but two pieces, with
scams in tho side, which, needless to
say, are open to a point Just abovo tho
knee. The front and back breadths of
tho petticoat nro scalloped, sloping
gradually up to tho joining of tho
scams at tho knee. Tho garment In,
this Instance Is edged with a plaited
ruffle of the silk of which tho skirt In
made, but laco of utmost any kind
would be nearly as effective. To regui
lato the height of the skirt slashes on
each sldo of tho openings thero have
been sewn crocheted rings, through
which u lacing of ribbon is passed.
All Shades of Gray.
Gray in all possible shades is ono ol
tho colors of tho season. Pearl gray
is being most successfully combined
with white velvet and ermlno for real
ly rich tea gowns; and a deep shade
of smoke gray is being very much used
for mantles in conjunction with bands
of smoke gray fox. All shades of rich
blue aro in demand in such materials
as velours do lalne and liberty cash
moro. Costumes in these materials aro
trimmed with bands of sablo or of
black fox, and the craze of tho moment
seems to be for Chinese embroideries
ot the finest description.
EXTENDS HE LIMIT
NEARLY $10,000 IN FEES COL.
LECTED DURING MONTH.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Grants Extension of Time.
Tho stato board of Irrigation bin
granted C. P. Iloss of Omaha tin
equivalent to a twonnd-a-half-ycar ex
tension of tlmo for completion or his
proposed water power project on tho
Platto and Elkhorn rivers. Tho de
velopment is planned near South Hond
mul will undoubtedly reach both Lin
coln and Omaha territory ir carried
'through, much sooner than would be
possible with any of tho projects far
ther up the Iintto river. Tho move Is
particularly significant because iu
taking the step the board not only
overrides tho drastic, views held by the
lower house of tho last legislature, but
nU'o takes a decisive stand for de
velopment or tho state's resources.
Many Inspections by Commission.
The food, drug, dairy, oil, weights
nnd measures commission, under tho
control of u single head, received a
total of ?0,'Ja In fees, of which $1,408
was for permits of various kinds. Up
ward or 1,400 Inspections wore mndo
during tho month, Including tho follow
ing: Grocery stores, 335 meat mar
kets and slaughter houses, 1C0; hotels
and restaurants, 14S; cream stations,
V.5. nnd saloons, G. Thero wero twclvo
prosecutions put under headway and
170 sanitary orders written. Oil and
gasollno inspection foes totaled 17.381!,
or $2,300 more than for tho same
month last year. During the week
thero were 4l7 weight nnd measures
Inspections made which brought Iu
$76.70 In feos.
Questions of National Welfare.
Tho activities of tho Inner circle to
tho national conservation congress,
tho conservation commission, aro
planucd In Lincoln, although this fact
is not generally known by local
people. Dr. O. K. Condra Is president
of tho commission and It Is In his
office that tho program Is mado up nnd
tho topics of Important discussion to
coino beforo tho congrcsB decided on.
This commission Is composed of men
who are actively engaged In practical
conservation work In vnrlouB Btatos.
It moots November 17, tho day bororo
tho opening or tho congress, wh'ch
holds session three days, November
18, 19 nnd 20. Tho program for this
years brings up practical questions of
national wclfaro nnd nearly all tho
departments at Washington will be
represented.
Advance In Farm Values.
Whllo farm lands In this Btato nro
advancing yearly from 4 por cent to 10
per cent In vnluo, city and railroad
lands and lots nro increasing only be
tween 1 per cent nnd 3 per cent on'
the average. And nt tho samo tlmo a
potent ndvantago Is maintained In
favor of acre property when It comes
to taxntlon. City lots und railroad
property are assessed at from 80 per
cent to 100 por cent of their value,
whllo farm lands are assessed at only
from 415 per cent to 75 per cent of the
prlco they would actually bring In tho
market. Thcso nro deductions made
by members of tho state tax commis
sion, who have been busying them
selves In ferreting out such things for
several weeks past
Bona Fide Residence Qualification.
If otherwise qualified, It Is not es
eentlal that the signer of a petition
for a liquor license has resided In a
vlllago for the length of time required
to mako him a legal voter, but It Is
essential that there be a residence In
good faith, according to a stato su
preme court opinion handed down In
tho caso of H. W. Shakleford against
"Frank Zimmerman of Springfield.
Tho contention was mado In tho lower
court that not thirty freeholders had
signed Zimmerman's application, nnd
that ono man signed tho next day
after ho moved to Springfield. Tho
high bench holds that the chler quali
fication Is bona fide residence
Lists of abstracts on homestead
lands proved up on In this stato dur
ing tho past year aro to bo collected
as soon as possible by tho stato audit
ing department nnd nn effort will bo
mndo to have tho slate clean by Janu
ary 15, as provided In tho statutes.
Tho work Is nRsIgned to tho following
people In tho stato: E. Olson, Valen
tino; C. F. Shedd, Lincoln; Ira l.
Bare, North Platto; B. E. Sturdevant,
O'Neill; Bruce Wilcox, Alliance; Lucy
E. Palmer, Winnebago; Emma M.
Scott, Broken Bow, and Sara E. Fuller,
Macey.
Four weeks' operation of the school
at tho stato penitentiary havo been
found to be extraordinarily beneficial
to tho convicts and tho registration In
the courses offored Is now on Its way
to the century mark. Fundamentals
are receiving attention Just now and
there are two class periods provided
weekly for the men. Ono branch of
tho work Includes a debating society,
in which much Intores't has been
shown, and through tho modlum of
which Bharp discussions have been
held.
.1
SLUGGISH IIP,
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biliousness or constipation
by morning.
Oot a 10 cent box now.
Turn tho rascals out tho headache,
biliousness, Indigestion, tho sick, sour
stomach nnd foul gases turn them
out to-night and kcop them nut with
CascaretB.
Millions ot men nnd women tako a
Cnscaret now and then and novor
know tho misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowcla or nn upeot atom
ach.
Don't put In another day of distress.
Let Cnscarots cleauso your stomach;
remove tho sour, fermenting food;
tnke tho excess bllo from your llvor
and carry out all tho constipated
waste matter and poison In the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret to-night Htralghtoue you
out by morning. They work whllo
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug storo means a clear hoad,
swcot stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chil
dren lovo CascarotH befcauso thoj
nover gripo or sicken. A J v.
Heredity.
"That gambler'H son Is a chip of the
old block.
"I see. A regular poker chip."
ERUPTION 0NCHILD'S BODY
IL P. D. No. 2, Jackson, Mo.- "Out
daughter who 1b ten months old was
suffering from an eruption all over
tho body. In the beginning thoy were
small red spots and afterwards turned
to bloody sores. . Wo tried all sorts
of ointments but they did not procure
any relief for our child. Sho cried
almost day and night and we scarcely
could touch bor, because she was cov
ered with sores from head to foot.
"Wo had heard about the Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment and made a trial
with them, and after using the reme
dies, that Is to say, the Soap and the
Ointment, only a few days passed and
our child could sleep well and after
one week she was totally well."
(Signed) August F. Bartels, Nor. IS.
1912.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free.wlth 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cutlcura, DepL L, Boston." Adv.
Needed Only the Beginning.
Anatole France onco agreed to writ
nn essay on Molloro. He repeatedly
broke his promise to his publisher,
who finally threatened him 'with legal
proceedings unloss a certain number
of page's wero dollvored within a spe
cified tlmo. France hurried off to bis
lawyer, who was none other than Ray
mond Polncare, now president M.
Polncaro heard his story and said that
the author would better comply with
the publisher's demand. "It's Impossi
ble," said France. "But you're a
genius," was the reply. "QoniUB Is In
finite patience. I can't possibly do It
In tho time," said France, "Never
theless begin," replied the advocate,
"and we'll see." So Polncare dictated
tho first Bcntenco, "Mollore Is a Paris
Ian," and added, "Go on from there."
France was complacent, perhaps In
spired by the suggestion of the words,
and tho brilliant piece ot criticism was
easily dono In tlmo.
Willing to Oblige.
Lady of the House (to persistent
poddlor) If you don't go away Imme
diately, I Bhall whistle for the dog.
Peddler (calmly) Then let me sell
you a whistle, mum. Lipplncott's.
Especially Cooked.
Brown What aro you going to make
of your boy?
Jones Wo'ro thinking of making
him a miller, ho's so Interested In
meals. '
WORKS ALL DAY
And Studies at Night on Grape-Nute
Food.
Some of tho world's great men have
worked during tho day and studied
evenings to fit themselves for greater
things, But It requires a good consti
tution generally to do this.
A Go. man was able to keop It up
with case after he bad learned the
sustaining power of Grape-Nuts, al
though ho bud failed tn health before
he changed his food supply. Ho says:
"Three yeurs ago I had a eevero at
tack of stomach trouble which loft ma
unablo to out anything but bread and
water.
"The nervous strain at my office
from C A. M. to 0 P. M. and Improper
foods caused my health to fall rapidly.
Cereal and so-called "Foods" were
tried without benefit until I saw Grape
Nuts mentioned in the paper.
"In hopeless desperation I tried this
food and at once gained strength, flesh
and appetite. I am now able to work
all day at the office and study at night,
without the nervous exhaustion that
was UBual before I tried Grape-Nuts.
"It leaves me strengthened, re
freshed, satisfied; nerves quieted and
toned up, body and brain waste re
stored. I would have been a living
skeleton, or more likely a dead one by
this time, if it had not been for Grape
Nuts."
Name given by Poatum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellvllle," in pkga. "There's a Rea
son." Brer rafl the akava latter? A mw
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