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i wwi itawji rTa tmm aarmy vek' M ARMY OmCERS WE h GSSZBE3II 4 . sjsstw C C ASIONALLT something happens, and it usually hap pens In some for saken portion of our United States or territories there of, where civiliza tion is not and murder and sud den death are most plentiful. Accord ingly when that something happens somebody in Wash ington says things and somebody else does things and behold, there spring up from somewhere sundry happily profane Boldiery who carry civilization In their cartridges and progress at the point or the bayonet For. in mo 'ments of stress, the viewpoint of the army is charming ly crude. Follows then a hysterical splurge. Also, sometimes, a con gressional investi gation, or mayhap garlands and hon ors and whatnots. It depends upon the circumstances that is. the polit ical circumstances. To the men of the army the gar lands and frills are accepted with childish delight. Somewhere in the bottom of his well drilled and cleanly heart there is the coonsciousness of having done a big thing well, and be ing most intensely human, he give ear to the praisr of his fellow citi zen. And then again, garlands are few, while con gressional committees are prolific. The army knows that it is impossible to explain to the gentleman from Long Island or Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. that a little brown brother, hopping in and out of the brush, fanatically desir ous of clawing up an American citizen with a poisoned bolo. has little regard for the federal statutes at large. And, of course, neither has Sammy, Jr., the uncommercial gentleman who has en listed for reasons best known to him self and whose duty it is to catch the aforesaid Moro, and generally clear the path for those that follow after. Private Sammy does his work and he does it according to circumstances, which are essentially non political. Therefore it happens on occasionos that the aforesaid Moro is sent yelp ing into eternity and Sammy Jr. re gards Himself with a pleased grin. .Also, circumstances force him to other untoward steps. Once there was a famous soldier. Muivaney by name, who took the town of Lungtungpen, "na kid as Vanus," and who, prior thereto, helped the department of information of the British em pire, with the Judicious administration of his cleaning rod. Which goes to show that between Private Sammy and Private Tommy there is a healthy Anglo-Saxon understanding particularly as regards the treatment of black and brown brothers. All this Is merely preamble, but when the Moro has been carted away and the congressional committee has committed Itself and the garlands are forgotten Private Sammy goes back to his own life, which to him Is a highly important af fair. Somewhere, somehow, there remains in his brain an Impression that he is allowed the pur Buit of happiness and he pursues it He does It In his own way and in divers places. The tur bulent tides of Juan de Fuca, which race by the gun-crested heights of Fort Worden, have heard his raucous chorus; the watermelon patches dot ting the desolation of Fort Riley know his foot print On a Florida sandspit, in the snows of Alaska. In the heat of the Islands, he pursues it and catches what little there is of it The world which praises and abuses him 'knows him not, nor his life. The point of view 'Is entirely different A ponderous civilian at the window of the paying teller of a local bank observed an officer in uniform standing behind 'him. "Well, I guess the country Is safe," observed the rotund one, gazing superciliously at the uni form. "Thank you, sir," said the officer, saluting. This officer was a boy lieutenant, and his sar casm was natural. For within his short space of years he had played with the fangs of death and made snooks at the powers of darkness. A short time previously, at Luzon, he was ordered to find the bodies of two soldiers that had been murdered. The orders were to find the bodies, so of course they went and did. With seven troopers and a surgeon he pursued his way through jungle scrub and cholera infested lands, without food, drenched with rain, sleeping in swamps. They found them. One was tied alive over a red-ant hill, after being slashed with a "bolo, and the other had been knifed and gagged with a portion cf his own flesh. Presumably the supercilious circumferential gentleman did not know of such things and this is what stings there seem to be so many citizens of the coun try whose ideas of the work of the army is equally limited. Unfortunately, the men who do big things cannot talk about them. It follows that what the man cf the army has to undergo, so must the woman of the army. The outside world knows the army woman as she is not It sees in her life a succession of society events and realizes not the horrible other side. Here is an illustration: Some years ago. in "the days of the empire," a little army woman went as a bride with her doc tor husband to Manila. They were ordered at once to a native village up the valley, where a company of Infantry had been stationed to guard the water supply for Ma nila. The natives, you see. had a habit of throw ing the bodies of victims of cholera into the rlv ers and wells, thereby making life most un pleasant for those whites who had to drink. Such things are not mentioned In the society reports of the press. Of course the wife could have remained be hind, but she did not She was possessed with the archaic belief com mon to the army that JbrgflBwBMET""' - .-:3a5"2Fr: aH, Writ ' M flf TJrrrfnrTir V.'asiajg&iaaw; Jvr2C i -. "Jsasaw k CTt W VQBBBBBBBjBXav- l Umv WMRvMss&mKS&&mPAIm&AW. lit wjBSsmBmBikyMi H'Mifc 'MBa i ij liaamaay z&'YiJW mmmrn .jbf c mm HKf Try?sr t ti .fckwR FZACF WKTJ 9Mmf e!J Her husband came In for dinner and rushed away again. Whereupon little Mrs. Army Woman went to her trunk and for the first time unpacked all the finery of the days that had been. "I found a dre3s which I had worn at a dance at the Presidio the last time,'' she said, "and I cried and I cried " Before leaving, the husband had pushed a cheat against the door, locking her In completely, this being deemed the safest plan. Therefore on tear ing he had to crawl through tho window, and as he hung on the window sill she bent forward and kissed him. Then she heard him drop with a splash Into the disease Infested pools below. Alto gether it was as nice a spot for the pursuit of hap piness as could be found. Then she went to the loneliness and the dark and the centipedes and cried. The wind whipped the banana palms against the house, the rain slashed down, she heard the lizards scudding around and a big one outside. In a mango tree, called "tuck-coo- so that she Jumped up in fear and alarm waiting and wondering. All through the night she lived the horrors. &Zd mr FOI) j7.yr wwr WOMAN N mr. the place of the wife Is by her husband. So with him she plunged through the Jungle to the camp. She was the first white woman in tho place and the only other one of her kind was 20 miles away. Tho situa tion was decidedly pleasant The house was like an inverted waste paper basket, a three-roomed bam boo shack set up on bamboo poles. One room was dubbed the centlps dorium because well, because ev ery time the bride went in it she found centipedes and other things. There were other advantages. There was no stove and the cooking had co be done over hot coals. Also the water had to be boiled and par boiled; not alone the water for drinking purposes, but also for washing. "There was so much cholera," she explained. The meals were served with wire nettings over the dishes and above and about them and around them was the one thought cholera. There were other delights. The Moros were out A sentry had been boloed. The roads were knee deep in mud and the rain poured down in torrents. There came a night when the very soul of her was tried to its uttermost 1 Mm, IbsIbbbbbbh VtsMl Mat dLBBf IbBBBBBBBBBM 'BBBnBBB B. IBBBBBBBsB MR LBSt'sBBBBBBBBsL "'. 3VvjfiV i Iff! tnf bbHbsW " fOUM) A J2RJTJ3 WWCJf JAD WOPY ATA 0AfCf.JI7 TW&)0" Tht rain had fallen cease lessly. Pools were under the house and cholera was unusually on the rampage. The rain came down in such gusts that she had to fasten down the windows, thereby making the house tco dark for reading purposes. So the day long, while her doctor husband wandered about through mud and rain with chlorodyne in hand, she peered through the slats, gazing at the bamboo palmtrccs whip ping to and fro beforo the fury of the storm. , At the appointed time she prepared dinner. She pro duced her row of cans. In her girihood days there was a household joke. "What we cannot eat we can." Now as she gazed at the canned milk, the canned butter and the canned meats she wondered if she could eat all they can. Some how or other the fleeting thought of the girlhood days made her choke. You see it was the rain and the storm and the centipedes and things which got on her nerves. The storm passed and there followed the silences, weird, uncanny, of dripping water, of moving things underfoot Ultimately she heard the splash ing of kindly American boots, and looking outside saw a wet specimen of Private Sammy, inarching philosophically up and down on sentry go. She called to him. half hysterical, and ho answered her with cheerin; words. Reassured, she waited for her husband's appearance, wrapped in an army blanket, chilled to the heart Iatcr. when her husband and daylight had come, she learned that she had been sitting opposite a window with n lighted candle by her, offering a splendid mark for the prowling Filipino sharpshooters. This was an experience and one which the fat gentleman in the bank had never Imagined. To the army this ignorance and narrowness is incom prehensible. The agony and bloody sweat of hiding death had gripped him so often that Pri vate Sam cannot understand why the gentlemen who employ him for this class of work do not realize that there are particular horrors connected with it Being of the army, he does not speak of them, but his gorge rises within him when fat gentlemen sneer at the uniform which he has made respected. But he remembers the pursuit of happiness and the day conies when he is ordered home. Then it is that the army and its women, gathered aft, watch the walls of Manila fade from their vision. The crowding thoughts chase each other across their brains, forming themselves into mem ories, horrible and happy, of cholera and poisoned bolo, or the perfume of the Ihiang-ihlang and the love flourishing while the constabulary band played songs of home, around the the Luncta. San Francisco Call. ftkyyyyyyyyiyyyWyWWWyWWI VWWW' Romance of the Sweet Pea IMWWWWMWMAAAMWMAA The most highly regarded and widely grown annual In Canadian gardens of today, no matter where in this flower-loving country the garden he. or whether it belong to cottager or man of means, toiling clerk or park-owning municipality, tho sweet pea first came to us from the Sicilian nuns. Franciscus Cupani. a monk, who was also a botanist, sent the first seeds to England in the year 1C99, consigned to an Enfield schoolmaster named Dr. Uvedale. The old Middlesex dominie was both a botanist and horticulturist, and ho grew the first sweet peas ever seen in England. Cupani called the plant Lathyrus distoplaty phyllus hirsutls, mollis ct odorus an unwieldy name, out of all harmony with the winged grace of the sweet pea. Later Linnaeus cut down the clumsy designation to its present form of Lathy rus odoratus. Dr. Uvedale found the seeds produced a plant with purple flowers, and so here we have the color of the original sweet pea. The stock was gradually multiplied, and about thirty years later one Robert Furbcr, a Kensing ton gardener, was tho first to offer seeds for sale. Progress In the production of new varieties was slow in those remote days, and It was not until the year 1793 (nearly a century later than Cupani's consignment .of seeds) that any new col ors became known. In the year mentioned, how ever, a catalogue was issued, which described black, scarlet .nd white varieties. What bocame of the black and scarlet sorts. If they ever existed in those true colors, is not known. The black must have been a deep purple. The blackest bloom is still the dark purple Tom Bolton. In this connection, seeing that for years past hybridists have been trying to produce a pure yellow sweet pea, it may be said that the yellowest bloom at present Iniown is the creamy Clara Curtis. A novelty In the form of a striped flower was offered in the year 1837 by Mr. James Carter, and In the year 1SG0 there appeared the first bloom of the choice plcotec-edgcd varieties which are so popular today. Tho latter was raised by Major Trevor Clarke. It was a fine white flower with an edging of blue, and Major Clarke scored a double triumph, for his new flower was also tho first sweet pea with blue coloring. The greatest revolution in the history of the sweet pea, however, was Inaugurated on July 23. 1901, when, at tho National Sweet Pea society's first exhibition, held In the old Royal Aquarium. London, Mr. Silas Cole. Earl Spencer's gardener at Althorp park, displayed the famous Countess Spencer, a beautiful pink variety with a wavy instead of the conventional smooth standard. The loveliness of tho new form won the hearts of all growers at once and during the last ten years so great has been the increase of wavy or frilled va rieties after the Spencer type that the latter now rules the sweet pea world. Some hybridists are engaged particularly at present in adding to the list of marbled varieties, of which the blue-veined Helen Pierce Is so choice an example, and it is possible that much more effort may be expended in future in the attempt to produce flowers with a striking and delicate venation. Just a few figures in conclusion, showing not tho least striking phase of the romance of the sweet pea. The Sicilian monk's ponderously named plant has become about 500 different vari eties grouped into 21 classes, according to color. Over the culture of these flowers a national soci ety numbering 93S members and mcbracing 101 affiliated societies watches. Mills9 Opinion of Marriage Among the letters written by the late English philosopher and econo mist John Stuart Mill, recently pub lished is the following document, dated March 6. 1S51. upon the occasion of his marriage to Mrs. Taylor, whom he had loved since long efore the event of her widowhood: "Being about, if I am so happy as to obtain her consent, to enter into the marriage relation wtb the only wom an I have ever known with whom I would have entered into that state, and the whole character of the married re lation as constituted by law being such as both she and I entirely and conscientiously disapprove, for this, among other reasons, that it confers upon one of the parties to the contract legal power and control over the per son, property and freedom of action of the other party. Independent of her own wishes and will, I, bavins no means of legally divesting myself of these obvious powers (as I most assur edly would do if the engagement to that effect could be made legally bind ing on me. feel it my duty to put on record a formal protest against the ex isting law of marriage, in so far as conferring such powers, and a solemn promise never in any case or under any circumstances to use them. "And in the event of marriage be tween Mrs. Taylor and me, I declare t to be my will and intintio to abso lutely disclaim and repudiate all pre tense to have acquired any rights whatever by virtue of such marriage. "J. S. MILL." How It Was Done. The Picture of Misery Yus, lidy. there was a time w'en I 'ad money to burn, an' where I made the mistake was w'en I did burn it The Old Party And pray what did you burn it with? The Picture of Misery Wlv an ol Came of mine. Punch Hints For Hostess SB TIMELY SUGGESTIONS lor Those Planning Seasonable Entertainments Fr Hallowe'en. From the voluminous correspondence which has poured Into the office re garding "Hallowe'en" it would seem that every reader, old and young, rich or poor, intended to celebrate on this most fascinating festival day. Madame Merri sincerely hopes that there has been something in the departments to suit the needs of all. Here is a very simple method of de termining one's future partner in life. It is called the "yarn" test: At the stroke of midnight the girls must all go upstairs, the men remain ing in the hall below. Then each maid in turn drops a ball of light yarn over the banisters. Of eourse, she must hold tightly to one end of the yarn and remain unseen when she throws it down. The men scramble for the ball, and the one who gets it. when the yarn is drawn taut by the girl above, must re ply by giving his true name when the unseen holder says "who holds?" If he recognizes her voice, so much in their favor; if the girl drops the end she holds, she will remain unmarried; If the yarn breaks she will not marry any of the men present on this occa sion. This test Is always sure to provide a happy ending to the party, and it is also a means of pairing the guests for refreshments or for any game where it is necessary to choose partners. Quotations for Hallowe'en. In the way of quotations for place cards the hostess has a store of riches from which to draw by consulting Shakespeare or Burns. A few apt sen timents are given: Fortune Is merry. And tn this mood will give us anything. This day we fashion Destiny, our web of Kato we spin. There swtma no room so Cray But soon or late She tlnds some honest cander For her mate. The iron tongue of midnight hath tol' twelve. TVhn the stars shoot. And the owls hoot. And bats fly In and out. When the fire burns blue. And the candle, too. Witches are about. Double, double, toll and trouble: Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fresh dawnlnc Hallow Eve! Sweet, new-old Hallow Eve! For what thou wert. for what thou art. Thrice welcome. Hallow Eve! WHAT HE CONSIDERED FA Mr. Olson's Offer Must Have Surprise Even to Claim Atent TJe hi Minnesota Mr. Oieesi bad cow killed by a railroad train. & dae season the claim ageat far tk railroad called. "We understand, of coarse, that ta deceased was a very docile aad rah able animal.' said the claim ageat t ala most persuasive claism-ageatleaiaa ly manner, "and we sympathise wits yon and your family la yoar lose. Bat Mr. Olsen. you must remember this: Tour cow had no business being usoe eur tracks. Those tracks are oar pri ate property and when she Invaded them she became a trespasser. Tech nically speaking, you. as her owner, became a trespasser also. Bat we have no desire to carry the Issue late court, and possibly give you trouble Now. then what would you regard as a fair settlement between you and the railroad company?" "Vail." said Mr. lsen slowly. "Ay baen poor Swede farmer, but Aye saaV give you two dollars." Everybody's. A Superstition Party. A ladder was put up on the front porch so all would have to pass under it to enter the bouse. All the black cats in the neighborhood were bor rowed for the occasion and salt was spilled in front of each plate at the table. The party was on Friday, on the thirteenth day of the month, and each guest was asked to tell his favorite superstition. The favors were scissors, knives and tiny purses without the pro verbial "lucky cent." Tne result or this party was that no one died within the year, ail remained good friends, and. In spite of the looking glass which the hostess shattered Just before going in the dining room, none bad bad luck. This affair could be combined with Hallowe'en stunts and make a jolly time for tomorrow night or during the week, when fads and rancics pertain ing to the mystical day are in order. Yelling Fortunes. Fortunes may be told by the tradi tional "three bowls." Place three bowls, or saucers (as they are mote convenient), on a table, one filled with water, one with milk and the other empty. Each maiden is then blindfold ed, turned around three times and started in the direction of the bowls. If she dips her finger in the water. sh will marry a bachelor, if in the milk her husband will be a widower, while If her finger touches the empty dish she is fated to remain single. After each one makes the test the order of the bowls must be changed so as to prevent those who watch from know ing which is which. Was Getting Monotonous. A handsome woman who had so unfortunate as to find occasion to divorce not one but several husbands was returning from Nevada. la Chi cago she happened to meet her first husband, for whom, by the way., she always has entertained a real affec tion. "Upon my soul, if It Isn't Charlie!" exclaimed the ex-wife, cordially shak ing bands with the gentleman whose name she had formerly borne. "I'm awfully glad to see you. Charlie!" Then, after a wistful expression had come to and been banished from her countenance, she added: "Old chap. I've often wondered where you were and what you were doing. It was too bad we didn't get on better together. I hope your ex perience hasn't been as unpleasant as mine. I'm sick and tired of mar rying strangers!" The Egg Fortune. The correspondent who asks for a new Hallowe'en fortune test may find the following suitable for her purpose: For this potent formula for peering into the future an absolutely new laid egg is necessary. Drop the white only into a glass oi cold water. A clever seer will then foretell the future from tho queer shapes which the albumen assumes. MADAME MEimL Color for Sick Room. Always choose for an invalid bright ly colored flowers rather than white, which arc not cheerful for the sick rcom. A Logical Landlord. Many a tenant will sympathize with the man in this story, from the Phila delphia Record. He was renting a small house which the landlord had refused to repair. One day the owner came to see him. "Jones." he said. "I shall have to raise your rent." "What for?" asked Jones, anxiously. "Have taxes gone up?" "No." the landlord answered, "bat I see you've painted the house and put in a new range and bathtub. That, of course, makes it worth more rent." Two Dainty Gowns Mr II 1 iBl. Smmmmrszr II .l'kf1mWEfflBssl''2i I; Hj I'lVVIIB :& I If 7mtIi AmniejilBMSBV-3-i-V ! .Ill fI fil.f .tIIJSBVr9 Miff . JPI'S W $100 Reward, $100. 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Caddie Well, sir, most of the gents here tries to do it In as few strokes as they can, but it generally takes a few more. Scottish American. TRY MURINE EYE KtMEDY for Red. Weak. Weary, Watery Eyea andGranulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't Smart Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid. 25c. 50c. $1.00. Murine Eye Saiva la Aseptic Tubes. 25c. $1.00. Eye Books and Eye Advice Free by Mail. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago. The Family Growler. "Why are you weeping, little boy?" "I broke de pitcher." "Well, there's no use crying over pilt milk." "G'wan! Dis wuz beer." Louisville Courier-Journal. The Difference. "I don't see any difference between you and a trained nurse except the uniform," said her sick husband. "And the salary." she added, thoughtfully. Harper's Bazar. mm. YTInslaw Soot hint; Syrap. Porcltl.ilrru t--!Mriir. Roftcnstnoiruruisntlitewilsv luni'""1"" 'i" r'nr1- "'-"'niili-riUc- XiuabvUis. It Is pleasant to grow old with good health and a good friend. Socrates. Many who used to smoke 10c cigars now buy Lewis' Stogie Binder straight Ac. A woman hates her enemies longer than she loves her friends. THE gown at the left is of black cbantilly lace and liberty. The skirt Is of liberty covered with a tunic of chantilly which is finished with a wide sash of liberty crossed in the back. The corsage Is of chantilly with large collar of beaded embroidery tin ished in Trout by r. knot of liberty. 1 he girdle is of liberty, fastened with rosettes. n. Jabot From Handkerchief. The jabot made of half a handker chief is a sensible and inexpensive solution of the necktie problem for the business woman. Cut diagonally in half, the hand kerchief, if a plain one, will admit of extra trimming along its already hemstitched edges. Part of the finish being provided, there but remains to be added the narrowest of Irish lace edges on one jabot and a jabot and a delicate clung on the other. Pressed Into shape, the jabot is mounted along its diagonal raw edges upon a small band stitched by ma chine, and by this it is secured be neath the turnover collar. A Graceful Carriage. It la one of the chief of a woman's charms. It is equal in importance to beauty, a fact which young debutantes with a natural wish to "make an impres sion" would do well to remember. The first thing t learn is how to bold the body correctly when stand ing. The body should be erect. Inclined The other gown is of pale green lib ' erty and mousseline de sole of the ! same shade. The skirt is of liberty with draped tunic of mousseline de s ie. caught at the side by roses. The corsage is also of liberty cov ered with a sort of plaited pelerine of the mousseline de sole. The chemi sette is of white lace; the girdle, aa designed, is of liberty, with knot ol roses at the side. I slightly forward from the hip3 up. the weight on the balls of the feet, never on the heels, the knees held together, the arms hanging naturally at the sides, the chin up. tho chest forward and the abdomen in. In walking, a good rule for begin ners is to ignore the knee joint, and. carrying the chest uplifted, try to get a good, free swing from the hips. If you can see the bump, bump of the skirt against tjie knee, the action is still wrong. There Is. however, a difference be tween swinging the leg and swinging the hip alone. The latter produces an ugly walk. Old Fashion Revived. The quaint, old-time handkerchief or glove boxes made of glass and bound with ribbon, by which the sides and top and bottom were held In place, are being revived and make ac ceptable gifts for almost any anni versary. The glass can be easily cut Into any size and shape and the boxes have a certain advantage over others in that they can be easily cleaned. A TRULY BENE FICIAL AID in cases of Poor Appetite, Headache, Heartburn, Sour Risings, Bloating, Indigestion, Dyspepsia. Costiveness, Biliousness and Malaria. Fever and Ague is Hostetter 's Stom ach Bitters. For over 57 years it has been as- sisting sickly and run down people back to health, and its friends are therefore, legion. You really ougnt to try this wonderful remedy at once and be satisfied that it is the onlv one von need to keepyouhealthy. EstsBafl PAJtKER'S HAIR -: m -"ir-"" pisa's for Coughs S Colds 1 I ii 1 A ;i ! k r jsjawLaaV sssaw