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BY A M EI1K MAN.
"Do you believe In eternal pnnlshment?"
asked "the wife of th Bon of the Estab
lishment. "
Thry had moved and at the end of the
hardest days' work nhe had ever known
he found herself amid the wreckage of
her old home, cast by unholy movers Into
the abyss of yawning and empty rooms,
which mtpht 'ultimately he converted Into
a new one.
Her 'question was prompted much more
by a general fi-ellng of desolation than by
the exclanKil'.ori which had recently es
caped (lie Dons' Hps upon hammering his
thumb.'' , , (
"J asked," she explained before the Boss
could answer her, "because I was wonder
ing whjc Dante dliin't put a moving day
Into the Inferno. N'ow, .if a woman had
wrltfen It tbat would have been the. worst
punishment . she could think of to move
every day from one house to another for
ever-and ever and ever." .
Her voice had the sepulchuhfr cadence of
a Judge? lronounelng the death sentence.
"Nonsense," the Bnss exclaimed with
soma liniiatlcnce. "You take these things
too seriously. That's because, as I've told
you . .often,, women haven't any system.
Now you lust leave evrything to me and
I'll ilww you bow to bring order nut of
this i mess. tM. down anywhere you llkc
and watch n work.
The irrv'Katlon wa gracious but difficult
to execute, ? lee every chair and sofa In
the place was littered with- boxes, smnll
pictures, hanging", aefa pillows and other
similar objects, t ho moving men had con
sidered worth leavlnn-or not worth taking.
Mary, tbe handmaiden, was busily en
gaged ir Betting the tipper section of the
house to rights, as a steady tread which
hook, the chandeliers revealed.
After fjye minutes' work. In which the
Boss offered willing but not particularly
effective assistance, .his. wife succeeded In
clearing one corner of the -divan and. only
too willing to let the Boss make good a
beast of years'' standing, seated herself
and got.rcady to vatch his efforts.
Elaborately and very slowly the Boss
mad a tour ! of Inspection of three rooms
he had undertaken to put.Jn order.
Then .be .decided ihat 4he first thing to
be done, not only to make. himself feel at
home, but also to pleaue bl. wife and af
ford, a striking Instance of hi devotion,
wa to. hang her -portrait.
Hi strode. ver .-to where tne life else
painting rose. In the full stateliness of an
empire gown, from a miniature woodpile
the debris of shattered crating about his
feet.
'First We'll hang the household goddess,"
h said. "."Where do you want to put her?"
. The ' dlecuseton that followed consumed
half an twin during whWh the Boss' wife
dlfl ' rnosf'of 'the talking and the Boss
BitfMkea" a couple of 'cigarettes and mopped
his trow at'1 appropriate Intervals. A
'-"Everything being settled, the Bods lifted
the picture and gleaned It against the se
lected wall space,' sending a small almmon
of dust down upon his 'face and head:
I -see 'those foot movers have taken off
the Wire?" he said. "Do you know where
that roll of Wire M'T bought the last time
we. movedV ' '. '.;,, '. "
Ills wife's face ' assumed a sudden ex
pression In which guilt and propitiation
were equally blended.
"I'm afraid I don'." she faltered.
flluhS.. snorted the Boss, "What did I
Veil you? Here I get the work all planned
everything, mapped out and easy to exe
cute. fl-nH I'm balked at the very first turn
by woman's incompetence and lack of sy
temj Xhere's:.no nlv trying to do
anything I'm discouraged!",
'And., to "how his discouragement he
cleared off another seat tor himself and
sank into Its receptive depths.
Spurred by his Indignation, his wife re
membered that the ooll of wire her lord
desired was In the bottom of one of six
Daughters of
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Mrs. Grace GebbSi Wiederst Im. the author
t several very amuHlnif bonks for young
children, was born in I'hiladelphla and in
herits her artistic and literary talents from
both parents.
fche l the daughter of George Gebble, a
noted art iHibllkher of the City of Brotherly
Lave.. Mr. ,Gebbl waa a Scotchman of
rare talvnt and unw arylng perseverance.
Mra ,WeJderselm's mother was Mary l'ttx
gerald, of Irish blood and southern birth,
who was bora and educated In Maryland.
. JRetb parent had fun loving dispositions
and Mrs. Wledurselm Inherited from both
ber delicious sepse of humor, which Is a
piquant, blending of the dry humor of the
bcot and the mellower humor of the south.
Mra. Wlederseiui was educated la I'tnn
aylvanla and In 1900 married J"heodor E.
WiederKeiin. Jr. Bhe cannot remember when
the very smell of a pencil or a box of paints
waa not Joy to her. She has always been
Interested In serious work and has studied
portrait painting with Mr. Clifford Gray
son at the Drexel Institute in Pennsylvania.,
In. the -meantime, however, she feels the
need of quick expression and so produced
ber many picture which have been popular
in newpaiers, advertisements and chil
dren' books. he Is very fond of this
lighter work and enjoys every stroke of It.
Bhe Ry the children of her Imagination
are real little folks to her and she I grate
ful to the; vvblla fur liking them.
Of her little books ' "Kido" and "Kitty
Puna", Vie made In the shae of then rt
Vlive Ui-roes, a pet cat and dog. "Bobby
tuna" aaa "Doily Prt" are book
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trunks up stairs. .TiiHt which onajihe could
not. of course, recall.
It did not occur to her to say that thei
were a thousand other things to do down
stairs, which would not require that ooll
of wire. Neither did she venture to re
mark that the Boss Was halted In his noble
toll by the Incompetence of the man wito
crated the portraits.
She walked meekly upxtalrs, and after
unpacking four of the trunks found the
wire and rsrrted It down In triumph to the
Brms, whom she discovered putting on his
hat.
"I think I'll run out and get a cigar," ha
said casually. "I've been working pretty
hard. I guess I'll lay- In a supply of
cigarettes and smoking tobacco. It's nearly
6 o'clock now, and we've got a long even
ing's work ahead of us."
His wife smiled Inscrutably. Perhaps she
said something to herself about the good
hour's work ehe had Just put in so the
Boss could ptart his promised labors. But
to him she merely remarked lightly:
"That's right, dear. Don't over exert
yourself."
With the Boss out of the house she set
about straightening up In her own unpre
meditated fa."hlon, and before he returned
she had, with Mary's assistance, reduced
one of the rooms to a habitable, even a
home-like appearance.
Then, opening the door to his ring, she
saw him enter, followed by a gigantic Ger
man bearing a gigantic case of beer.
"This Is Hans,", he explained airily. "I've
engaged him to help me."
Then he added in a stage whlsrr to hll
wife, "I don't believe he's much food."
Having delivered himself of this opinion,
the Boss, as usual, proceeded to do all the
work himself.
"Hans," he said, "I've decided that the
red rug will look better In the dining room
and the green rug In the library. Suppose
you move them and let me see how they
look that way."
Then Hans, who was good natured and
"half brother . to. the ox." at least In
physical endurance, started in to execute
the Boss' orders.
At 10 o'clock that night Hans was still
doing It. At 11 o'clock the Boas, his hands
In his pockets, a cigarette between his UP,
surveyed the work of Hans and jnopped
his own brow.
' "I tell you the place looks great!" ha re
marked proudly. "I said all It needed was
a little system. Look at me! I're done the
work of ten movers and I'm tired. I tell
you!" '
"I should say so.vyou poor boy!" his wife
murmured, sympathetically and the beauty
of the whole thing was that she really be
lieved It!
(Copyright, 1910, by the N. Y. Herald Co.)
Famous Men
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shaped like little children.
In "Baby'a Day" Mia Wlederselm pre
sents droll picture of a delightful young
ster. The clever verses and text aecom
panytng her pictures often give a little
lesson In manner and behavior so pleas
antly conveyed that there 1 no hint of the
pedagogue.
Mra. Wlfderteim agree with most
writers for children that little reader are
not the easiest in the world to please. Sha
thinks, with Fenelon, that "children are
very nice observer."
Copyright. J10, by th N. T. Herald Co.)
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Dyspeptic Philosophy.
The only way you can hurt otn people
I to pinch them In the pocketbook.
It Is hard to mak money and friend at
th same time.
Even th girl with a rosebud mouth can
give a withering smile.
Very few men ran be placed on a pedestal
without getting dlsty and falling oft
A man Is merely as old as be feel, but
van that I bad enough sometime.
Th devil generally use attractive bait.
but ha can catch com people with a bar
hook.
THE RE '4 60ING lo BE A CORKrTwoULD
linn Dtt Ai riNCMi POOR
FELIOW. HE'S -iKK. ALL HIS
NEIGHBORS ARE QO) NG "To
HELP HIM OUT! I THINK I'll
a.C??VvrA Give
J-'t HtlPING HAMD
TES. Til. GO TOO.'
Monday It seem such a shame that It
I getting too lata in the season to go in
bathing. Tom and I went In on Sunday
and he simply got frosen. After I had
been in for about ten minutes I felt a
little chilly, but by thinking how much I
liked my bathing Bult I began to feel quite
comfortable, and when I thought about
how much Tom liked lt I forgot about be
ing cold altogether and could have sat on
the beach for hours with him.
I have put the tuck back In the skirt
again that I had taken out when I stayed
with Mrs. Dickson, and I think I must
have put In a bigger on, for It does seem
to look shorter than lt did the first part of
th summer.
But as I know Tom so well, It wasn't
worth, while to bother about It and fix It
over again. I aaked him if he thought lt
looked all right, and he said It certainly
aid, but wasn't lt a little too long? Ha Is
really so attractive. Next year I think
I shall have my bathing made with two
or three adjustable skirts.
For some people, such as Aunt Georgette
and Mra. Dickson, I would wear quite a
long one. Then there would be a medium
length for others, and then quite a short
one for still other people. I explained to
Tom once that I could swim so much more
easily in a very short skirt, and h said
"A8 FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED HE
WOULDN'T HAVE IT AN INCH
SHORTER."
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never to mind him in the least, but to
have my suit arranged so that' I could
wlm a easily as possible.
. I am sure if Aunt Georgette would only
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Cosey looking nightdresses of a good
quality of flannelette in dainty color are
only Si cent each. On can choose from
ptnk and white and blue and white stripes.
They are made with a mull body supported
by a square yoke trimmed with feather
stitching, and the V shaped neck carries
the same trimming, with the addition of
buttonhole scalloping Th sleeve are full
and ample and are furnished with pretty
turnback cuffs matching th yoke. An
other design at 1 is very nice, while a very
neat looking nightdress In ftannellette can
be bought for 60 cants.
Cut little bath robea for small girl up
to year old are made of eiderdown or
daisy flannel. The eiderdown robea come
la pink, red or light blue and are very soft
and warm. Th sailor collar, th sleeve
and th front are prettily trimmed with a
eroohetad df. and ft eord denne th waist
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MRS.
BUNCH OF
CORN CUT--TtRS.
JAKf.
FINCH
FEED
I THINK
I THINK I
BETTER COME
OVER AND HELP
HE.R A LITTLE!
WE CAN KEEP
WITH THE
BEST OF 'EM
BRING
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fun.
NO, WE CAN'T
STAT FOR THE
DANCE! JAK
AND CARRIE
rwt: THEIR
CHORES TO
DO. YOU KWOVvJ
AND WE
HAVE TO WOk
AFTER 'EM!
KO00 NIGHT J
oormajn; 1114 tr r& ton KHsannum
wear a little less she could learn to swim
in no time at all. .)!-
Tom thinks her costume suits her very
well, though. Ha says, a far as h is con-
"MRS. DEERINQ HAD PUT ON HER
WHITE PUMPS TO PROTECT HER
FEET."
cemed, he wouldn't have lt an inch shorter.
Although I've told him bow nice I thrfught
he looked in his swimming clothes, lt
doesn't seem to prevent hi shivering dread
fully, so I suppose we , had better give
up going in for this year.
When we were stylng at Mra Deering's
a short tlms ago we all motored over to
a beach about a mile away. There was a
big wharf ther that waa thronged with
merry villager. We were th only people
who went In the water and lt was a regu
lar vaudavill for them. Mrs. Dcerlng looked
o smart, though her ' suit was a . little
startling. I never thought she would, but
she got it wet ail over in quit a sporty
way, though she couldn't' swim. W had
the. same bathing bouse, which a great big
one, divided by curtains, and she put on
Just as many clothes and things as If she
was going for a walk on land. There were
a lot of bath robea hanging down there
and we wore them to walk down to th
water in.
I picked out a lavender on that was vary
long. A we had on bathing suits under
neath, lt was perfectly proper to hold them
up quit high. '
Mrs. Deerlng had put on her whit pump
S ffjAKE'S 1 fxES ! BY GtCM
HAVING 1 THINK VVE'llJ
fe) . A GOOD CUT THE WHOlEy ' ' ' Sift
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Interest for the Vomen Folk
Una. Tli price Is . Th bath rob of
dainty flannel I only $1. and can be had
In either pink or blue. Both front and back
are pleated and silk cords form th closing.
There is a pretty sailor collar, side pockets
and a cord at the waist.
Hav you ever noticed how some women
seem to take a delight In finding faults In
other people?
They seem quite proud 'of th fact that
they see very little good of any kind In
human nature.
No doubt they think that It shows their
superior discrimination and wisdom, but I
wonder If it ever occur to them that It
would show Just as much discrimination
and wisdom if they found out virtues In
stead of faults.
The person who sees all th f suits and
no good points 1 a poor Judg of human
prop YOUR
JWORK. JAKtT.
AN0 COME
WITH ME.!
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CARRIE!
ENJOY THE
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I'M
THANK
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ma torn hwj etj. mi
to protect her feet from the stones on th
beach, as there was something the matter
with her bathing shoes, and the effect from
a little distance was very French, as she
held her robe up to her knees.
It does feel bo informal to walk around
In public In a bath robe and stocking feet,
and one's hair tumbling down. It was quite
a little way to the part of the wharf where
th bath houses were situated, and as I
was the last one to leave the water, I
found I had to walk to them alone, and Its
seemed like miles and miles. There appeared
to be perfect crowds of merry villagers, and
they were all so dressy It was on Sunday
that I felt frightfully conspicuous. I
finally reaohed the bath house amid dead
silence on all sides.
They seemed to be Interested In my prog
ress lt was quite awful. My hair had come
entirely down by that time. To my horror
I found I had come to the wrong set of
houses, and had been Just about to enter
one in which I could see a young man
writing, through the window, the captain
of a little steamboat that puts In at that
wharf.
Two other young men left their best
girls and offered to show me th right
way, and the one who had been writing
Jumped up and offered, too, ana as they
"HE SAID WASN'T IT A LITTLE TOO
LONQT"
escorted me back I felt a good deal a I
did in a nightmare I had once. In which 1
found myself on Fifth avenue In a fear,
ful lack of conventional street attir.
nature. So don't be proud of yourself be
cause you cap see fault, but mak up
your mind to look for the virtue, and
Jolce when you find them. Home Chat
Believed to be the oldest woman In th
world, a peasant living In th vlllag of
Pavelsko, Bulgaria, was born, according
to th register In th Greek Orthodox
church there. In 1784. Th woman, whose
nam I Baba Vasllka, ha spent 100 year
of her life working in the fields.
She now lives on an Income contributed
by her descendant, each of whom and
they number over a hundred down to her
great-great-grandchildren, contribute a
small sura for her support, says Home
Notes. Mme. Vasllka Is In full possession
of her sense.
Har eldest son 1 well on In th nineties
and still work In th fieida
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The task of conducting the affair of the
United -State government,, carrying with
It an annual expenditure of nearly SLOW,-
OW.OOC, represents the g'estest governmental
undertaking In the world. It requires more
than tnO.OUO people to man the great ma
chine, and their aggregate annual salaries
amount to fully JSO.OHI.OU The great mas
ter mechanlo of this vast enterprise Is the
president of the Unltd States. When he
hcglnn his term of office ther lies before
him the supervision of the expenditure of
nenr $4,000,000.0i)0, approximately one-fourth
of which goes toward the payment of
salaries.
In England the acts of th king are con
sidered ss being thore of his advisers, who
are held responsible for them. In the
United States the acts of the cabinet are
considered as being those of the president,
and he Is responsible for whatever official
action any member of his cnblnet may
take. This body has no real constitutional
standing aa a collective organization, and
Its decisions are not binding upon the
president. This is Illustrated by an anec
dote of a meeting of the Lincoln cabinet
Mr. Lincoln brought before It a proposi
tion which he favored, and the cabinet
voted solidly against It Lincoln declared
the vote to be seven noes and one ay.
Therefore," said he, "the ayes have lt."
In the'beginnlng of the presidency It was
thought advisable that the cabinet should
be made up of members representing all
political beliefs. Washington appointed his
first cabinet with that end In view, but
the experiment proved an unfortunate one
and never has been tried since. There have
been instance where men of the opposite
party were selected to cabinet positions, but
In these cases the men selected hav been
In harmony with the attitude of the presi
dent tbey served.
There are few busier places In the govern
ment service than tha executive office at
the Whit House, especially when congress
I In session. Such a vast number of things
olalm the attention of the president that it
Is llttl short of wonderful that he Is able
to give them the attention they demand and
yet find time for necessary exercise. The
mall received at the White House is pro
dlgous. It is at dull day when th private
Itiessenger does not bring at least 1,000 let
ter addressed to the president and in
many cases double that number come in
the course of twenty-four hours. Any spe
cial story concerning th president or the
White House will attract the letter writing
proclivities of thousand of people. When
Mr. Roosevelt first enunciated his cele
brated anti-race suicide doctrine, some
newspaper man with a well developed bump
of humor wrote a story to the effect that
th president had received twenty-eight
baby carriages. It waa published broad
cast, and hundreds of poor families wrote
Mr. Roosevelt begging that he send them
one of his surplus supply. In the old days
It wa different. It Is said that during the
Grant administration the executive fore
would play croquet during the dull hour
of the day, and upon th arrival of a letter
one of them would be summoned to th
executive office.
It 1 comparatively easy for th president
to attend to his mall. Ther Is a oomplet
system, of assorting the letters, so that
out of th thousand or mora received dur
ing th day, less than 100 will b laid on th
president' desk. Ther 1 a clerk whose
sole duty I to classify the oorrespondeno
as lt comes in. Probably 100 letters may be
answered by a single form letter. Several
hundred of the remainder will b refered
to the poper depatment, and perhaps less
than half will reach th seoretary to th
president He examine these, give their
substance to tha president and receive in
struction aa to th oharacter of reply to
make. Letter are often addressed to the
president marked "personal" and "private."
These marks are disregarded. It la only
Utter that are initialed by Intimate per
sonal and political friend which reach the
president unopened. .
Tha constant stream of caller and the
vast amount of office routine business mak
th heaviest demand upon th president's
time. Office seeker and their friend ar
to be met, people who simply wish to pay
their respects to th chief executlv. and
all imaginable classes of men and woman
who com on every sort of errarfd. During
the first thre week of an administration
it I not unoommon for th president to
shake hands with from 60,000 to 75,000 peo
ple. Unless hfl learn to grip th hand of
hi visitor before th visitor grips his, he
Is apt to hav a badly swollen arm as a re
sult of th experience.
There la much monotony about the presi
dential office and th grind usually tell
on the Incumbent Between signing papers,
examining act of congress, receiving visi
Now is the Time for
Attend
There ar many small bit of repairing
that a woman may do among her house
hold goods when she wishes to freshen
horn tor th winter. Uphojstery I by no
mean difficult, save wher "tufting" la
wished; covering desk require car
rather than practice, and th varlest tryo
can patch mahogany veneer if ah will but
work heedfully. '
Upholstered chairs and even sofas that
hav wooden frame need hav no terror
to her who would recover them. It the
old cover 1 removed so that lt 1 not
torn, it beoomea a perfect pattern from
which th new may be cut. On must re
member, with the new, that the thread
shall run the right way, and always in a
straight line and when necessary to place
It, the pattern, lt there la on, must be
made to match perfectly.
Stitching, to ba firm enough to wear wall,
I to be don on a machine, and th aeam
heavily and smoothly pressed open. It Is
always batter to us wide material, when
the stuff I equally satisfactory In effect,
tor then an amateur obviate many seams
and consequent extra labor.
If the material I such that the edge will
not turn under neatly and smoothly gimp
may be made to oover a multitude of sins
In that direction and there will be no diffi
culty In putting In bras beaded tack
evenly If a tape measure I pinned along
th edge and th tack put at regular In
tervals. If new spring or actual repair
ing of th Inner structure of a chair la
needed thi must be don by a professional,
but th furnltur may then b returned for
th owner to put on th covering.
Cloth or velvet to be put without wrinkle
on flat top desks may be approached with
out fear. Th desk surface Is first to be
mad smooth. Th .old cover Is torn off
and th wood scraped and rubbed with
coarse aanopaper unui none or tn old
tuff remain a Then th wood 1 washed I himself save somebody els a lot of trou
scrubbed. If Mceaaary. Th object of all I ble.
tors, considering matters of state with hi
cabinet, and appointing men to office, th
president finds ,that very often he musl
work far Into th night to get through
with his task". President Harrison one
said. "One signature Involve th peae ol
the nation, another Its financial policy, an
other the life of a mj and the next th
payment of 10 from th national treasury."
The president may transact the buslnesa
of bis office at any place he may elect
lt I thi right which enables Mr. Taft to
stay at Beverly during the turner, Con
gress once requested President Grant tc
advise It as to what part of his dutlei
he performed while outside of the District
of Columbia. He replied In a politely
worded note that It was none of congre'
business. Never since then has this right
been questioned. Ther Is nothing In th
constitution which prohibits th pcrstdent
from going beyond the border of th
United States, but Mr. Cleveland wa tha
first chief executive to do so. On a fishing
trip to North Carolina he went beyond the
three-mile limit in the Atlantio ocean.
Aside from the great power of tho presi
dent through his right of apHlntment and
th prestige of hi office, he exercise a
legislative Influence equivalent lo that f
the fourteen senators and sixty-five repre
sentative whose votes ar enough to sus
tain hi veto as the senate and house are
now constituted. The only method by
which the president can lie thwarted In his
purpose by congress, so long as he keeps
within his constitutional powers, is by con
gress' refusal to appropriate the money ha
needs for carrying out his plans. As commander-in-chief
of the army ho has th
right to handle lt as ho see fit But con
gress has the- power to limit appropriations
for the army, and In this way Is able to
circumvent the will of the president. An
Instance of thi kind, outside of th army,
occurred when congress declared that no
money appropriated by It should bo used
for th payment of President Roosevelt's
conservation commission. Mr. Roosevelt
declared recently that If he had continued '
In presidential office he would hav found
fund for th maintenance of th commis
sion In spite of the limitation of congress.
Th person of the president la Inviolable
during hi term of office. Theoretically, he
cannot b arrested or restrained by any
body, even should he commit, murder. Th
only remedy against him while president
Is the cumbersome Impeachnent proceed
ings. Even in these proceeding he cannot
be compelled to answer, to attend, or to do
anything which in th slightest degre in
terfere with hi personal liberty. Thi Is
on the theory that such restraint would re
strict th negative or positive powers of
his office and take a part of tho presi
dential power vested in him by the con
stitution out of his hands. In practice,
however, th president may be arrested and
otherwise restrained. President Grant
waa fond of fast driving, and upon on
occasion was arrested for violation of th
speed laws. The negro policeman who made
th arrest began to apologise for disturbing
tha president but th latter commanded
him to do hi duty. Next day President
Grant forfeited $M collateral In th police
court. '
As far as the courts are concerned, the
president may do aa he please. There
have been instance where interested par
tie aought to restrain him from doing cer
tain things by injunction proceedings, and
other Instances where they have tried to
compel him to do other things by mandamus
proceedings. Th court hav uniformly
refused to take any action restricting the
discretionary power of the president Con
gress and the president often have had
clashes, but difference between the Judiciary
and the president have been few. In one
Instance Chief Justice Marshall handed
down an opinion with reference to the
Cherokee Indian In Georgia. . It did not
suit President Jackson and he declared:
John Marshall ha mad hi decision, now
let him enforce lt."
With full control over more than $1,000,
000,000 In salarlea, with the right to sus
pend or extend the civil service regulations,
the power to Influence legislation by the
use of patronage or reaor to the veto, the
direction of nine-tenth of the office hold
er of th country and the supervision of
the expenditure of nearly $4,000,000,000, the
president of the United States stands at
the bead of the list of influential leaders of
th world. Since the beginning of the gov
ernment hi authority haa grown and hi
Influence baa been extended until now he
1 a much mor powerful executive than
the framer of th constitution, ever In
tended he should be.
BY TBBSUXO J. KASKUr.
Tomorrow Th Government at Work.
ZZ Th Stat Department, t
Women to
to Household Repairs
thi I to hav a clean and clear surfaos,
without which th new cover will not b a
success. -
Th dampness thus put Into tha wood
serves to mak th coat of glue, which Is
next put on, penetrate deeper.' The glue
must be as stiff as will spread, otherwise
it would soak through th material, stiffen
ing lt. Yet this consistency would b too
dry to adhere properly to the wood wer
lt not that th dampness aide.
A flat brush ft used for putting on th
glue, and one-half of th wood surface Is
smoothly painted. Tha material then s
put over, rubbing It down smoothly with
a flat place ot board, which will press out
all wrinklea. An amateur will then do bet
ter to fold back the rest of the material
and wait until that which Is pressed down
has dried In place. This will take thr
or four hour. Then tha other half of th
desk top 1 painted with glu and th
material pulled and stretched over, cutting
It finally with a sharp knife, not with
scissors. ,
Sleep Is th most valuable factor In
conserving and accumulating vital fore.
Th amount necessary can only be deter
mined by each man' need, but eight
hour out of th twenty-four Is regarded a
an avrag amount
Alternative.
"The autumn leaves are falling down,"
The long-faced poet cries.
But would he have them falling up
And cluttering the sklea?
T. K. M.
I At any rate, th man who contradict
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