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THK I IKK: OMAHA. SATURDAY. NOVKMHKK 1!M0.
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Boss of the Establishment
ffs Iplinc, ll IXrlclew,
eijr In Kverj Well
JU-lfulated Household.
Brightside and His Boy
BY LAFAYETTE I'AUkS.
"Now (.la. I IUc for
Men." TltHr latest
TmMoI.1 S ktch.
HY AMKKH MAN.
age
Woof-Woof mi harking a doleful fare
well tu the lioss of the Establishment. The
Ho, Intent upon catching the 8 IS train
In.lr1 scant attention to the croupy good
by of the prlnco of collies.
Hut the Hons' wife, who had accompanied
her lord to the Kate, surveyed her tethered
favorite with Impatient compunction.
"H'a a shame to keep him tied up that
way." li said. "He knowa ui and this
place aa well as he will ever know It. The
idea that ho would run away la perfectly
ridiculous. We treat him too well, and
he's getting fat and laxy for lack of exer
cise?" The Posts looked doubtfully at the yard
and a half of black and yellow fur which
una chained Ignomlnlously to a clothe
pole.
Woof-'Woof whined cordlul absent to
hi mistress" remarks and wagged an In
gratiating tail.
"Well," tho Boss hesitated, "we'll see
about It. A colli is a pretty tricky dog.
Id rather keep hi in chained up a while
longer, hut we'll talk about It when I come
lioma tonight."
The whistle of the Boms' train cut short
the discussion. When he was well out of
right his wife unchained the delighted
Woof-Woof and they bad a very animated
hall game. In which the lady did all the
puffing and the agile collie all the work.
Then she bethought herself of the niorn
Iriic paper, and right there the tragedy
began.
If a certain dry goods firm had not ad
vertlicd certain creations of French mil
linery at half price, the Ilos' wife might
never have gone to town that day.
She went to the city, shopped all day to
her heart's content and telephoned to the
Ltoss from her favorite tea room that she
would meet him In Jersey and return on
the same train to Mountainvllle.
Aa they walked home from the station
tha moon was riding a very high horse In
a starless sky, and In tha transfiguring
light and the vivid autumn wind tha Hons
decided that there was not only no place
like home, but no horn like his.
Approaching the bouao, the poetic fl
lence which had enshrouded their moonlit
walk was broken by the welcoming bark
of Woof-Woof.
" 'Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's hon
est bark," quoted tha lady, sentimentally.
Tha Boss grimaced, but the necessity for
unlocking the front door curtailed further
criticism, and once Inside, the rapturous
greeting from the collie made speech Im
possible.
Just then Mary, the handmaiden, stepped
suddenly out of the shadow of the dining
room Into the hall.
Woof-Woof cast a self-conscious, and It
might almost have been said a propitiating
glance In her direction. But too late.
"They're giving a reception two doors
down the street." she began with unaccus
tomed volubility, "and while I was watch
ing the men put up the awnings Woof-
New Yorkers Are Honest, Say Men Who
Often Leave Money in Unguarded Places
New Yorkers are honest. Passing un
guarded piles of money every day, not
more than one out of a half million will
stoop to filch a single coin.
To ruralltes who think of the big ctty a
a modern Gemorrah. where pitfalls abound,
this may seem Incredible. The statement la
true, nevertheless. It la made by three
men who knew.
Kach of them does business at the busiest
eddy of the maelstrom of humanity that
sweeps through Herald square every twenty-four
houra. Kach of the trio for years
has left his business and his cash till un
watched, and between the three, not more
than SO cents has been lost In more than
fifteen years.
The men ar newsdealers. Two of them
have sidewalk stands on Broadway and
Thirty-fourth street, on opposite comers.
The stand of the third is located at Sixth
avenue and Thlrty-slxtb street. For eer
eral hours dally each of the men quits his
stand. They go varying distances from
their places of business. The ob.iect is to
deliver papers at the homes, or offices, of
their regular customers. Not Infrequently
they are away from their stands for an
hotir at a time.
During the absence of their owners busi
ness goes on at the stands as speedily and
as well as If the men who reap a small
profit on each transaction were there In
person. Cuatomera, regular and casual,
slack their rush for a moment, seixe a
paper or magazine, thrown down the
money and rush away. t
Frequently It will happen that the cus
tomer haa not the change. For that the
dealer usually has made provision. Aa a
rule, when he etarte away from the stand,
he will 'leave a little pile of pennies and
nlekles In plain sight on top of the atand.
Should he have neglected to do so the
pennies of those customers who are pro
vided with the exact change for their
livening Telegram or morning dallies form
a nucleus from which other purchasers can
make change
Occasionally It happens that some one
with nothing smaller than a half dollar or
a dollar bill comes along and desires a
paper or a magaslne. They do not care to
burden themselves with a pile of pennies.
In this case they Just take what they want
and resume their journey without the
formality of paying.
Seldom does the newsdealer bother when
he comes back from attending to his route
to count either the money or the papers
on. hi atand. lit oarelessly aweepa the
pile of small coins Into his pocket serene
Good Form in Making Appropriate
Presents
It Is not good form for any but members
of the bride's family to give her personal
wedding lifts. The sole exception to thla
Is when Jowels are presented. And of
course any friend may send Jewels, but the
bndea who have friends sufficiently weal
thy to do thla are few and do not come
within the scope of this article.
According to etiquette, the bride or ber
Immediate family provide everything re
quired for the new home she Is to poseeaa.
That any other individual should send any
such article would Imply either Ignorance
on the part of the sender or that the giver
believed the bride's family unable to pro
vide for her properly.
Yet here, as In everything else, there
are exception. Any old friend of the fam
ily, a man or woman who haa always
kiiuan the br.de and been a friend of her
parents, .nay take euch privilege at the
tnu of. tier eiairl-, Tbua a wwinaa who
Woo? VSOOT HAD A. rMMCKSB PINK
ClBBON T1EO AOUM HIS NECK
Woof ran away!''
"Ran away!" faintly echoed tho Boas'
wile as she sank Into a chair.
"Han away!" related the Boj-s gruffly,
but with equal anxiety in his tone.
It was Indeed no. Woof-Woof, at the
very firft oportunlty, had run nway! The
police station had been notified the neigh
bors had noarly all been summoned from
their most Important affair to advise the
distracted Mary as to the probable where
uabouts of the lost dog.
And, finally. Just half an hour before the
arrival of the Boss and his wife, the
butcher's boy, In pursuance of a time
honored affinity, had found him making
friends with everybody at the railroad sta
tion and had brought him home.
"Suppose he had never come back!" ex
claimed the lady, and began to try.
"lo down stairs!" thundered the Boca to
the shame-faced and repentant collie, and
then he added to hi still tearful spouse,
"I think I'll punish that dog so that he'll
he nilghtly sorry he ever ran away.
Then the Boss gave explicit directions to
Mary that Woof-Woof should be chained
up in the cellar for three days. "And,"
the Bocs ordered, with an finality that
brooked no appeal, "don't give him a thing
to eat tonight and don't pay any attention
to him."
And turning to the disconsolate wife, the
Boss added: "Please, dear, see that Mary
doesn't forget."
Halt an hour later the Boss was roused
from hln evening paper by the clatter of
nailed paws on the kitchen stairs and an
Insistent scratching on the door.
The Boss wife admitted the Intruder.
It was Woof-Woof with an Immense pink
ribbon tied around hia neck.
"Poean't he look sweet?" cooed the lady.
"I think pink is terribly becoming to him.
I wonder how Mary happened to think of
It? And look how glad he Is to be free
from that awful chain! Tou know you
promised this morning he needn't wear it
any more,"
(Copyright, 1910. by the N. Y. Herald Co.)
In the consciousness that even If all that Is
due him is not there then It will he made
light sooner or later.
It may be that afternoon, it may be the
next day or It may be the next month that
a customer with whom the owner of the
stand has a bowing acquaintance will come
along and throw down what he owes with
the remark:
"I took a magaalne the other day when
you were away and I didn't have the
change. Here It I with the odd change
for the Interest."
"And lt'a seldom I ever lose a cent," de
clared J. Mack, who for twenty-five years
has been selling papers at the northwest
corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth
street. "New York people are too busy
with other things to think of anything In
the petty larceny ltne. I don't think I have
lost 16 cents In the twenty-five years I have
been doing business here. You can't say
too much for the honesty of the New York
public, especially those who pass this this
corner."
treated for thirteen years on the south
east corner of the sain thoroughfare, J.
Goldsmith says he never thinks of leaving
any one to watch hla stand when he goes
away to serve pater.
"As long ss the public works for me and
helps Itsei: I'm satisfied," he declared. He
added:
"I rather trust to the honesty of New
Yorkers than I would to the honesty of
any boy I could hire. In thirteen year at
this stand I don't believe I've lost 13 cents,
once, Just as I was coming back to the
siano, i mw a man going away with a
magazine without leaving any money for It,
Whon he saw me be looked so fustered 1
don't believe he ever Intended to do any.
thing but steal It. But he didn't look to me
like a New Yorker, and when I asked him
casual like, where he hailed from, he said
Newark.' So you see It wasn't any Indict
ment of Broadway's honesty."
J. Enoe, who has been selling papers at
the southeast corner of Sixth avenue and
Thirty-sixth street for three years, goes
away for half an hour at a time and often
returns to find sixty or seventy pennies on
his stand.
"I lost a few pennies by trusting people.
he said, "but when you figure on 300 or 400
people coming up to your stand and taking
their paper and leaving a cent or a nickel,
whatever the case may be, and losing only
about a dime In three years, what's the
use of kicking? And the little 'newsies
who you might think would be more likely
w siuai me casn man tne cuatomera, never
take a cent so far as I or any of my friends
have been ever able to learn
to Give to Young Brides
haa always known the bride's mother and
has regarded the young girl almost as a
relative may send her email table silver
or house linen. But when such a personal
gift la provided it is with the permission
of the parents and of the girl herself. And
a weman wishing to give such presents
asks frankly If aha may. lid she not do
this the result might be two complete sets
of houae linen, oue from the family and
the other from the friend.
A man friend of the father's, who la an
uncle to the bride, may give her a set of
furniture or small silver, etc, but he. too,
must obtain permission.
It is jiot aa uncommon act for a woman
who has always known the bride and who
may have no children of her own to ask
if she may give the trousseau. Such a re
quret from one who haa been like a sec
ond mother to the girl la corrx-t, when
Iroin a straner It would not be permitted
KOSANNA 8CHCIXER.
In New Englsnd In the olden time the
Day of Thanksgiving was the great festi-H
val of the year.
The first of a general day of Thanks
giving having been formally designated Is
when In the year 1S21. aftef the first seantv
harvest, Governor Bradford directed that
all labor for one day should be susended,
that the Illgrlms might keep the feast In
their own rude houses, praising Hod that
He had kept them alive. To mark still
further than usual the occasion with more
than ordinary good cheer, the governor
sent out four of the Plymouth company Into
the forest with fowling pieces after game;
that thus they might in a more special
manner rejoice together.
Oh, what sublime faltii was that' The
previous winter had been one of appalling
hardship; half tho number that crossed the
Atlantic lay burled beneath tho soil on the
bleak hillside; they were few in numbers.
weak In every way. and yet all the fore
noon of that autumn day was passed In
devotion, and at mid-day they sat down to
feast on the forest bounty, and. withal,
praising Qod.
It la not stated what manner of game
those four fowlers fetched in from the
wilderness, but It may well be imagined
they were wild turkeys, for such abounded
In the Plymouth colony. Probably that
day set the fashion of having roast turkey.
It may well be that the colonists, ns year
after year went by, recalled, or were re
minded by their elders, of the first of all
New England Thanksgivings, as they kept
the feast and faith together. There are many
today that keep the feast, but omit the
faith. Let us, however, be. counted to
those that not only keep the feast, but
especially the faith; by heeding the words
of the Psalmist, who says. "Enter Into
His gates with thankaxlving. and Into His
courts with praise." tPsulm 100:4.) "He
thankful unto Him and bless His name."
God Is not merely Creator and Ruler of
the AVorld, He is also Founder, Guardian,
Lord and Shepherd of His Church. Ills
people should exhibit their sense of this
relation, and especially gh e it expression
in public worship, in order that all the
world may discover that this God la the
only God. We should be as willing to
serve God as we are bound to do so. and
encourage one another to that duty as
well as to Invite others to engage In 't.
Ttils duty is made Imperative In our text
in that the Psalmist commands the people
of God to manifest their adoration, their
loyalty, by a Thanksgiving and praise
service.
There are many people that think they
only have reason to be thankful when they
have a large sum of money In the bank to
draw on, but forget this day to be thankful
for every breath of air thev draw. Many
Correct Form for an Inv
to
Cards for an "at home" to be given by a
charming young woman have Just come
to me. She Is such an exact soul, liking
always to do what Is correct, and being
rather Inexperienced, that I looked at them
with special Interest, and was not alto
gether astonished to see that she had made
slight error In the form URed. Her own
isltlng cards were employed, which la
correct, but she wrote the words At
home," a form that has been obsolete for
several years.
Why this mistake was made Is obvious
after a moment's reflection.
To look as Dame Fashion would have it
an at home card should read:
Mrs. James Howard Brown.
Thursday, November Twenty-fifth.
From four to seven.
The fact that Mrs. Brown puts a date
and special hours on her visiting cards
signifies sufficiently that she will be at
home. To write the words "at home" thus
Is superfluous. Incidentally, these extra
words take space on a limited size card,
with the result that the latter looks
crowded.
If the hostess Is giving her "at home"
for a friend or relative, the name of the
guest of honor must be written benenth
her own. as:
Mrs. James Howard Brown.
To meet Mrs. Anderson.
Thursday. November Twenty-fifth,
From four to seven.
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First German Preabyterian Churcli.
of us could never observe tl.ls day It such
were the case. Thanking is derived from
linking, that is. to think of the blessings
that have hem bestowed upon us. and
then acknowledge them.
Are the people today content with the
comforta of life? Thing seem to have
changed aomewhat from the time our
fathers were boys and young men. They
were thankful and content with what they
received and had less cares and worries In
the homes than tblr sons today. And
why Is It? Father and mother would sit
down and consult with each other as to
how they might make a dollar reach the
furthest, for they knew the value of n
dollar. The mother was in the true s. nse
a helpmeet for the husband: that Is. to
help him economise. Hut today the wife
In many instances hns become a helpmeet
In that she helps the husband spend his
earnings and profits. The husband, who
formerly stayed at home with his wife anil
family, now overreaches himself. Soon tho
happiness of the home Is marred by pov
erty; then, of course, the blnnie :s put at
the other man's door. When we bold up
this comparison and say to our young men.
"3je how content your fathers were," the
answer will be, "They did not know any
better and. besides, they were too slow;
things have rhanged." What a blessing
it would be If some of our yoiitiK men
didn't know any better and were a l.ttle
slower. H Is the slow, thankful spirit
that Is not only crowned with success, but
Is a blessing to the community; yes, to the
nation. It was the slow and thankful
Moses that organized God's people Into a
nation. it was the slow and thankful
prophet, Samuel, that held them together.
itation !
an Afternoon "At Home"ii
The hours may lie made to suit the
hostess' convenience, save that persons are
never Invited before 1 o'clock. They may
be bidden from 4 to 6. or from 3 to 7; it Is
always good form to extend the hours to
7, denoting that mei have been invited.
The latter are not expected in this country
to be able to leave business before ii o'clock,
and unless they are given enough leeway
they cannot be present.
In giving an "at home." the hostess. If
a married woman, does not enclose her
husband's card. He is not supposed to
be present, although he may appear if he
chooses und circulate among the guests,
but only In the capacity of guest, not as
host.
, Carda for an "at home'' must he sent out
at least one week before the affair. If
men are invited and there are grown sons
among the families, the former should
have cards sent them In separate envel
opes. But If there are daughters In a
family their cards should be enclosed In
their mother's envelope, the address being:
Mrs. Lancaster Smith Jonea.
The Misses Jones.
When cards are intended for more than
one son the envelope should read:
"The Messrs. Jones.
A father and son may not have cards In
i the same envelope.
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as the fast and ungrateful Saul that
uttered tho nation. I this not
true of every nation? The slow and
thankful men framed our constitution.
The slow and thankful men have
held our nation together. The Sauls
of our nation are the organization that
do not npprer'nte a Thanksgiving ilav, but
rather nvike every day a day of murmur
ing, as Isreal did In the wilderness, anil In
so doing are making tho Inhabitants dis
satisfied, unsettling them and causing de
struction of life and property. If our
fathers had been as fast and ungrateful we
would have been put into the hands of the
receiver long ago. We have evet v renson
to be thankful today for our slow and
thankful forefathers and fathers.
To keep this country together we must
be slow nnd thankful Inhabitants of It. that
Is, be thankful to the Lord when he Is
pleased to fill our. cup. The condition of
our country Is not to be complained of. It
is. of course, not perfect, hut It might be
worse. The condition of our own city is
far from being what It ought to be; yet It
might be worse. To keep it from getting
worse, and to make it far, far better than it
Is, we need more slow and thankful In
habitants. If you do not volunteer to be
come such inhabitants, then our city will
be turned over Into the hands of the devil.
We have reason todav to be thankful that
it Is not already In his hands.
That the Lord hus blessed us with tin
comforts of life and filled our cup with
provisions to n overflowing is not obscure
to any of you. Without summing tip the
many bushels of grain ami the general
yield of tho harvest, we must admit that
the Lord has been good, and that He as of
old has provided a murmuring people with
a surplus of manna from heaven. We have
every reason to be thankful fur even the
least.
Then begin the practical giving as Abel
did. who brought unto the Lord of the
firstlings of his flock and of the f;t
thereof. The Ixird wants not only a gift,
but a sacrifice. There are too many people
today that treat the Lord li'ie Vnanias
ami Bapphua did; they retain a discount for
cash. If the people tluit are connected with
the church of t'hrlst today would render
thanks, not only In word, but in deed, bv
sacrificing, as they ought to. then we would
not have to draw the wjrld into the churcli
to raise funds to keep It alive. Christ did
not pay so much attention to the amounts
contributed by those that gave It because
they had It to spare, but lie directs our
attention to the widow, who ga-e nil she
had. Oh, my friends. It Is so bandy to
praise the lxird with our lips, and uhen It
conies to a test, then It comes so handy to
arrange soniethlng for the benefit of the
church, ho that we can dodge our duty and
let someone else pay our share.
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Why Is It That-
J
Bees never store up honey where It Is
light?
The moth has a fhr jacket and the but
terfly none?
leaves will attract dew when boards,
sticks and stones will not?
A horse always gets up fore puns first
and a cow directly the opposite?
Corn on the ear Is never found with an
uneven number of rows?
Fish, flies nnd caterpillars may be frozen
solid and still retain life?
A squirrel comes down a tree head first
and a cat tall first?
Klectricity Is neve.r visible except when
ll conn s in the form of sig-zag lightning?
A hursefly will live for hours after the
head has been pinched off?
The dragon-fly can devour Its own body
and the head still alive?
Some files thrust their eggs Into the
bodies of caterpillars, but always in such
parts of the body that when the larvae are
feeding of the flesh of the foster parent,
they will not eat into any vital part? Can
this be explained? Do-s the fly reason?
St. lyouis Republic.
j Forehanded Trees.
A teacher was explaining to a little girl
i how the treea developed their foliage In
the spring time. "Ah, yes," said the little
miss. "I understand; they keep their sum
mer clothes In their trunks!" Harpers.
"Some New Yovk woman has written a
letter to the paper with the suggestion
that men change the present style of even
ing dress," begins Brightsldes, when the
household oracle has comfortably spread
himself oel three chairs while lighting a
cigarette.
"As my uncle has a grip on my dress
suit," quotes Sou. "I was thinking of
springing something new mxself In the
glad rag line."
"This writer would like to hae men re
vert to the costume worn during the
colonial period, ' explains Father.
"Skinny boys like your little Willie
would certainly be a poem in a pair of
those pink Kilk knee pants," declares Son.
"Next to the Scotch kiltie that kind of a
rig is my tiotkm of nothing to wear."
"She thinks that brocades or satin
shorts' with soil luce rrills around the
neck ami (-leevcs would be a great lin
piovement over our present sombre garb,"
continues Father.
"If that sKlrt could have her sas
Son. "us rude men would be dressed UP
like a herd of circus ponies. That lace
and rlblni effect m.Siht make a hit with
some of the high-brow dames, but I don't
believe V. e could get away with it when
It conies to getting by the police.''
"This inventive woman goes on to ay
how much more coiutoi table the men
would be In such clothing," adds Father.
"Might be pretty soft as long a a chap
kipt inside the flat," observe Son, "but
I'd hale to take a chance wlih It In the
neighborhood of Klghth avenue and One
Hundred and Twenty-lifth street, Harlem.
Methlnks, Horatio, there would be some
unkind remarks put across by the fresh
bunch thut gathers there to pipe off the
freaks. A gJiy with a ftiit of clothes on
like that would sure get the bronze medal
for heroism."
"It would be more of a costume to wear
at a ball, it seems to me," Is Fathers
opinion.
"At the 1 lor.veshoers' union grand an
nual masquerade a fellow with the nerve
and ahape might try tor a prize as the
Father of Our Country In those togs," Son
suggests. "You can rent one of those rigs
with a three-cornered hat for three bucks
In a Third avenue Joint where they hand
out tbe masquerade costumes. If there's
any luck in that odd number dope a chap
with that 'Big Three' stunt ought to grab
off at least the 'gent's silk umbrella' for
the handsomest costuiiie."
"But It Is my understanding," protests
Father, "that this woman wants all the
men to wear this new evening dress
Hip Length, Semi-Fitting Coats and
Wraps Are Very Popular This Winter
The everrua.-terlng desire for extremes Is
again manifested In the steady advance of
the hip length, semi-fitting coat on tailor
made costumes as contrasted with the full
length paletot coat.
For the moment. In all quarter that
count, the seven-eighths coat is held In
abeyance. There Is an unquestionably trim.
natty appeaiance about the fut named,
more especially when the fronts are cut
sharply away Just above tbe waist, and
below- large levers shaped at a sharp angle.
The leading inattres tailleurs dea danie.i
are Insistent on this particular rever aspect
in preference to the elongated style so prev
alent with tha. long wrap, the alternative
choice being a fastening carried right up to
the throat at the left hand side, when a
finish Is afforded by a narrow, softly pad
ded fold of fur. with one pendant end. In
deed, the growing favor accorded the at
tached fur tie cannot possibly be Ignored.
Just what effect this manteau will have
on the sales of more extravagant fur fit
ments has yet to be seen. That It Is a
boon to those possei-sed only of moderate
alloowancen is at once understandable, as
is the practical form it takes for throwing
back in heated room and railways. More
over, this Incidental fur finish has the par
ticular cachet of its moment.
Reverting to revere. There has quite un
expectedly arisen, from what quarters no
one seems to know, a feeling for white
moire facings and small vests. These are
chiefly employed In connection with neu
tral shades, such as mole, migre, and tbe
smart moutarde tones, and when supple
mented by datk furs, such as fox, skunk,
and bear, the ensemble Is distinctly good.
Another distinctive mark of the high
class tailor made la the studied avoidance
of any trimming on theso pronounced re
vere, which reminds me to draw attention
to the determined avoidunce that has set
In of what can only be described a nig
gling braiding, employed in a continuous
line. I-ast year at this time the fancy
waa rampant, and now it haa disappeared
as complelly aa though It had never been.
The which Is only another Instance of how
capricious I .a Mode la, and how propor
tionately obedient we are.
Saving only In detached motifs, braid
Types We Meet Every
liY BOBBIE BABBIjli..
She starts with "Once upon a time,"
And tells in prose, perhaps in rhyme.
Some tales as old as Pharaoh's crown
Out of the dim past carried down
By story-tellers, one by oue
Spinning the yarn from aun to sun,
Nor changing it upon its way.
And yet it rounds quite new today.
How true the good old stories sound
To all the children gathered 'round,
Who hear with wonder In their eyes
The mysteries of earth and skies.
Of birds and beasts and fish that talk,
Stone that can hear and trees that walk,
Tltanla and the fairy elves
Who revel nightly by themselves,
The king who won the beggar maid.
Jack and giants that he slayed.
She tells of knights who long ago
Through England Journeyed to and fro,
And rescued many a lady fair
From wretched bondage and despair,
Her stories make thum seem alive.
You see them live and love and strive
King Arthur, Merlin, I-auncelot,
And all the kuighu at Cuuielot.
And other thrilling tales he weaves
Of Haba and th Forty Thieves,
Slnbad the Sailor and the reM.
IJsteii! The one lin y like the let
Is told bout Aladdin lamp;
I Ail J 1 LbUcve llu haw i"-'' "
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IT5 BE SO.
UNKIND FEHARKI
?VT ACROSS..
eer.vwheie and not confine it to special
occasions."
"Docs she offer any grand prise for
a'titude, endurance and distance fllgTita
across the city to the brave man willing
to tackle this Hungarian goulash variety
of clothes?" queries Son. "If tills dame IS
in earnest about her scheme for dress re
form she ought to be willing to put up
the sinioleons to push It along. A chap
who can cover, Kay. ten lap along Broad
way in her rainbow suit, and not get
pinched or start a riot, deservea a piece
o. change for the distance event. Other
purse could be awarded for heroes hit
ting only the high snots In the altitude
contests, and to the daring dress reformer
who lasts an entire evening on the Great
White Way the grand endurance medal
would be given."
"I don't know that this person Is Inter
ested to the point of financing such a
propaganda." Informs Father. "I believe
that she urge the) Innovation solely en
tbe ground of convenience. For one de
tail In Its favor, she mention that no col
late are worn, thus saving energy and
harsh word In seeking lost collar but
tons." "As fur me, Top," Son decided, 1 pre
fer crawling -under the chiffonier for my
collar button and wearing a suit of hand-me-downs
to dodging over ripe hen fruit
thrown by coarse men who might not like
the way my lace cuffs matched the rufflea
on tha bottoms of my knee panties."
(Copyright, lluO, by the N. Y. Herald Co.)
ing as a bedlzenment has entirely gone,
woven qualities, requisitioned to tlte cause,
of collar facings, gllvts and gold decora
tive insertions, says The (jueeii. As an
economical supplement to a renovation of
a last year's possession, this wide braid
In proving Invaluable. Indeed, I can quote
a case, aa they say fn legal phraseology,
where a seal musquash coat waa lngen-
lously eked out beneath the arras of two
breadths of black braid, te sealskin back;
and front Joining forces just below the
hip line, and thereby achieving a mouve
ment that is a well recognized vogue of
the year.
One Woman's Freak Op!niea.
tl-'rom "A Maid and a Man," by Ethet
Smith Dorrance.j
It seems we never can uproot that time-
j grown notion, so essentially masculine, that
we women' must welcome you simply be
i cause you are men.
If she isn't tatlsfled with the soul of one
niun she can divide her life Into periods.
and. If she Is clever, be the woman at dif
ferent times to several.
Some women have the habit of scintillat
ing In the gaslight.
When the chief charm of a woman Is he
Intelligence, she is always Just the right
age; the Tightness of it adjusts Itself ta
ttle number of her years.
There are few women who ever make fu-
tures. They are belter on having pasts.
If I were a man going In for loving a
woman I should like her to appear Ideal
to other men than myself.
Many superior women are bullied, but
when a bullied woman once realises her su
periority the game is up.
The hardest habit fur a thinking woman
to conquer Is the habit of being dominated.
The very best of women report to co
quetry In Indecision.
We oould never respect the ropea that
bind us If we did Dot first break our fin
ger nails trying to untie the knots.
People who aspire to be unexpected are
often disagreeably so.
I have come to realise how essentially
satisfactory is the simple nilnd of a nor-,
mal man.
Day
The Story
Teller.
Wishes he owned that big lamp, too- '
It n akts your wishes all come true.
''
She tells a tale I like to hear
About a sprite she calls "Fine-Ear,
With sense of hearing so acute
lie hears grass grow and seedling sheet
And when tbe Hory teller aplns
Her wondrous jarna of men and PJlnns.
From all he heuis, and tells 'tis clear
.-lie im h.ielf that sprite "Flue-tar."
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