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Tlie ;Tired- Business Man
-T WALTER A: SINCLAIR.
THU Friend Wife About
the Newest Star Htrantl
h! Far from Broadway.
I see that taey-liiav photographed a
new tar,4 )bKtjvrS'f'rl''n'' VWe.
"Syndicate- nr n"tl?" asked the Tired
Business Man.f "th,.'yes,' I remember the
one -that's ao far- away that none of us
dares. try to aeak' thi' figure rapidly. Of
course,- Hi May f-r those scientists to keep
hitting the aero hey on the typewriter be
cause they tnow that npbody Is going out
to make sure 4hat Umi'bpw twinkle-twinkle
la Ret every ' foot of v .W5.8M.onO,000 miles
from earth. Any waV, I won't do It. You
can quota m'a pntha
''I'll bet that none of the. old first nlght
ers of the baiahetd row ran -aee anything
In tont to; th flrtt night, performance of
a new atar thla la her absolutely first ap
pearand , ! readwhen she neareat they
m get ro the state I MS.tB6.O0O,00O miles.
tlcketa bought - (rum. the f peculators posi
tively refused, i ilk to roll out that five
well, you Know hot rhany miles I said.
It haa a,'fln, JEdOutK-fUitrif sound. I rues
It would fill the biggest mouth that ever
needed filling.
"But Just Imagine frrefrMl critics sitting
ut 'In "thai frhtrow looking through their
telescope and .finding fault .with the pr
formanoe. Taking a. apod peek, they sea a
swirling maa of ,W,0O,OW,OOO miles In
diameter giving tha -hook t the new star
and firing her'mit Into limitless space, the
dream of the rmtnlrjj correspondent. This
spiral, nebula,, or' Words to 'that effect. Is or
are whipping .into a-hapa a nice new star
and Old Father Time will be her stage
manager.. This will all .be -news to persons
iv ho thought that alara wera made by a
trust with headquarters in Wall atreet and
factories in Pittsburg. A lot of ua have
crown to think a constellation la not too
large a Job for a trust head to direct.
"Taking it for granted that this new
world has rome on the Job and Is sputter
ing away up there, up above the World so
high, like a Diamond match In the sky,
and is beginning to cool off, let us look a
little ahead and try to Imagine when It will
be ready for tenants. I suppose the new
planet will eventually be fixed up with
nil modern Inconveniences and allow se
lect families to move In and then out.
"When? Oh. that's hardly worth bother
ing about! When the lamb and the lion
share the same folding bed; when the
ninther-ln-law Joke has retired; when a
f-retrlevlng collar-button la invented;
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PKKK."
when man ceases to blest that the woman
she did tempt he; when lovely woman
quits ending all losing arguments by burst
ing into weeps: when Carnegie gives away
his last centavo; when aviators cease
flying down faster than up; when Well
man Is coaxed into a balloon again; when
women cease rouging and powdering; when
It a Is cheap in summer and coal In win
ter; when senators are elected peacefully
and without scandal; when standpatters
and Insurgents kiss and make up; when
women wear trousers gracefully; when the
white race's hope Is found; when the north
pole controversy is settled to the satisfac
tion of all; when the Infant industries
grow up; when women stop wearing low
shoes on slushy days; when the Balllnger
case expires; when the Sherman law Is
finally interpreted and when a trust is
actually busted; when and then a few
whens and not until then this new planet
will hay simmered flown -enough to .stake
out In town lots and to. advertise, as a
choice suburb. You. will, pardon me. while
I pause to laugh.. Ha! HaV Two ,ha's.'' ".
-. ".'Why the' mirthful outburst." asked
Friend Wire, suppressing ' yawn.
"1 was. thinking how a regular' star
would feel if stranded 6.855,636.000,01)0 miles
from Broadway," said the" Tired Business
Man. ' '
(Copyright, 1811, by the N. Y. Herald Co.)
Predictions that Don't Pan
Th business of making predictions is no
toiiously dangerous. It is always the part
of discretion lo restrain, or, If that be Im
l sslMe. to make them at such a time that
they will have been forgotten before the
events predicted come to puss.
Fiom (he founding of the United Stales
.ovrrnment, when Kranklln'predloted that
it muse end at no distant day In deliqi)sru,
town to the time of the lata senator from
Arkansas who was a) way so confidently
predicting the election "of. Mr. "Bryan, the
history of the country Js strewn with"
prophcics that failed to come true..
In 17KX Alexander Hamilton wrote of the
elietoral college system for electing the
president, that "It the manner be not per
fect. It la at least excellent; It unites In .an
eminent degree all the ,'advaniaqes the
union of which was to be-" wished' fur.
Vet In a decade the. Viretors would not
ave thought of exert'inlng; Mhelr constltu-
k.-nal prerogatives V . . ,-
Hamilton predrt'teA t tint-the house Would
"have no small advantage" over the son
ata In a. dlsjpuW because It wpuld he the
popular branch of the government, and be
cause it wtul;J .have I ho power of originat
ing all nif;ni "Mils, (Which would be a
strong ,aapojv. '. Bui''thenata,"oon be
came the dominant partner, and the house
found that the power to amend money bills
exsreised py the senate nullified the advan
tage of originating them.
At the.. Ume of John Adams' adm'nlstra
tion John Jay refused the appointment as
ehlef Justice on the grounit' (hat he bench
would fleyer attain "the energy, weight
and dignity which were essential to Its af
fording due support to the national govern
ment." , Thla forecast John Marshall made
absurd.
When I.oulBiana was annexed Senator
White remarked in debate that "gentlemen
on all sides, with .very few exceptions,
agree that the settlement of this country
will be highly injurious and dangerous to
ths I'nlted States " and that Its Incorpora
tion n to t lie . uftlon ,j qu)cL.1j. "productive
of innumerabW evils." -
In IMC in a speech on a bill to permit
the organisation of a state out of the
lxiuislana purchase. Representative Jpslah
Qulncy of Massachusetts asserted that !f
the measure should pass, "the bonds "of
this union are virtually dissolved." '
In the 3 a Scotchman. Patrick Rhlrreff,
made a Journey through the United States
and published the results of his observa
tions in a book. At that time Chicago vni
a town, of 130 houses. Of Us future the
traveler wrote: "Chicago will, In all prob
ability, attain considerable slse, but Its sit
uation Is not so favorable to growth as
many other places in the union."
In 1M2 Lincoln, in a message to congress,
predicted a population of 130,000.000 for the
United States in 1!M0, and of lffI.Oon.000 In
lltJO. This estimate was 47.000.000 too largo.
The trouble was that the country didn't
keep on growing after ltt) as It had up to
that time.
And so the list might he continued In
definitely,, Most" people think they can see
Into the' future, but most people can't.
There have been notable fulfillments of
predictions. But considtr the vast number
of prophecies in every person's experience
that have gone wrong. Kansas City Staf.
fN .RA-f ( lMVT Will 7KT "To7
m a ra- fJQ Aiwmfrr) HAVf SOME
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UNE AWUNC RARE WIS NEITH" ) l?cHJ EaD
M IMAT IS pcA -ER DO I DREAM (1'L
llrJ!4lR0UPi Oc io fcr IN ONE OF 7Vv9 Y'l.
ISTAUT 10 GET Wf
CM MY FEET f, tJry k
0NC Of THE WJPra s7 '
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(OM'.WT ) a. . IrV rPT6E.ORG C. SilV)
BWK IS JwK NTS li RIGHT! RARE6IT'
W. V" ' )L? WHL MAKE A FEL
ifiALS of AfidlLlGA!
Oh. V. K . , C. t' n i -1 1 1 d 1 1 t.Ann tn(.n.
duced to hlm.Ha Was at KUIe's dinner
after all, and it wan her house he was
going to that dav when he got off the car
that 1 was In. When I went in the room
the other night, and saw him talking to
Mrs. Meekman I couldn't believe my eyes.
Ha stopped speaking when he saw me, and
I Stood staring at him, and I fell like a
book. Then 1 tripped on the rug, hang it
I simply can't be romantic. Acnes would
have floated along with a 'faraway look
and her drees would have had Just the
J Gentle Cynic jj
Nubs of Knowledge
Flatter) s a fa'ilt that is quickly cured
by marla.
''
Heiiig dund down Is eU16m what makes
a man jrharp.
A iiimiIi logic will carry him almort as
far ah tr-fUnc will cairy a woman.
y
" leiW-nt st i"lauie regulree more time
than th t ei age man has at his disposal.
The mint popular advice to give a woman
Is to tf U 'ticr to do as she thinks test.
J
A wori to the wise is sufficient, which
explains' W'i.v a !aytr will talk to a Jury
fir half dav.
Some in are so teiupeiata in their
poech Oisl they wouldn't een swear at
an a'arsn clock.
v. ; m . . , :
Our teohblea lose part of their Ming I
w hen we are able to ror I nee ouraeles that i
we didn't borrow them. I
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For ont jnan who Is ambitious to leave1
footprint In tle sands of lime, there me!
a dozen to cover up their tracks. I
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We ar Uld thet Hod made man In His J
own Imste. bi't woman sctins to feel the'
netcs-itx. of Improving her appearance. I
lieexwax and turpentine form an effectlva
coiiihlnation to clean bronse.
Municipal tramways of the United King
dom employ more than Srt.rtX) persons.
Fight years are. required to bring the
average cocoanut tree Into bearing.
The population of Japan is increasing at
a rate of about Soo.oo a year.
The Chinese army advisory hoard in plan
ning a complete survey of the entire em
Plie for general as well as uillliury pur
poses. ttusMa planted ?a.4l9.39l acres in grain
lut year, the largest in Its history.
California furnishes about three-fourths
of quicksilver produced in the United
States.
A simple test for the purity of sugar la to
burn it. If pure, fire will entirely consume
It; If adulterated. It will leaver an ash. -
The odor of onions will disappear If af
fected cutlery be Inserted In fresh earth for
a few minutes.
The famous Hoosac railroad tunnel In
Mass-achuseits will be electrified at a oost
.f about II O00.l0.
Nearly t-J.tu" will be spent for the en
loiiiaKcment of agrlcultute by the Danish
government this year.
The Italian government is fostering ex
periments in the raising of cotton In that
country, which now Imports more than
fju.0isi.Hw worth of the new staple each
tar.
Perhaps the time will come when women
wilt ot. but, at least, they will never lie
able to throw mud straight enough to hit
the i-anui4t they aim at. Philadelphia
ledger. ;. y ,
-, Hume, . ' ,
Home's 'not merely four iquUre walls.
Ilioosb With pi't:res hurm xnd gilded;
Home is Where affetlon iralis
F iled WHh shrines the heit haa buildcd
H ue th) watch the fslllifol do.e
Smiinrf' nemh the heaven .above us,
Hume is where (here on. -in love!
Hume it wheie there la one to love us!
k . ' .,'.'.
Hy.ii .V merely rif snd rixiiu
I ne.-fid someihinu to cudeav If :
Hoiiie I where th heart isn ilnoni.
H hire thrie s some kind llu to i lirrr ll !
hat Is'lilM. -wru It irnul In JM't.
Nolle III Hi-- lira llOnO I) u-t li'
Hon Is ,,!' .1,1 sweet.
V.hi-e Ihcia one w iio ,t to i-icrf us
Ch.n ie ha am.
Resolution.
Hebit yourself to the extent of your abil
ity with each dav's individual duties.
B a credit to yourself, your employer
and those around you. , .
Ko conduct yourself that at the end of
each year you can carry forward, a balanc
of satisfaction. Perseverance, patience and
a renewal of nggy to meet futur d
mandk. From "Uuainass." '
"HE STI CK A BUCKllKADEIl PIN IN
MY SHOULDER."
proper swing to it. and It would have been
all off. - I don't mean the oh, well, any
way. It was aggravating my looking like
such a goose. Ha probably thought my
slippers were too small for me. They
were, but they mad my feet look awfully
nice. I tried to look like a woman well
versed In the ways of society as I righted
myself, and at any rate knew I was
dressed for the part.
I think I looked at least thirty, and my
earrings gava m a good deal of con
fidence. I think I looked a good deal like
a woman with a history, myself.
In a moment of weakness I told Johnnie
that on th way uptown. He said he didn't
think so. -He added that I looked as
though it might be with tne some day,
however, and that he hated me in ear
rings, and begged me to remove them- I
told him he was childish. That all the
women were wearing them, and that I
adored them, I also said that I could
Imagine having a man love affair with
green Jade ones on. H told me not to t
a little idiot. And I thought he was falling
In lov with m! ,
When we got to Klsle's and I was begin
ning to feel dignified again after the rug
(Kl. Jmk ItalS
episode, and had turned riW luck on him I
was simply petrified to'lh.Ya'r.Joh'nnla say
ing, "Here, Ocllio, let ma iry aoid hook the
back of your waist up.-'You must have
gone off In a hurry!" Im-nRine-M-naglne a
real woman of the world In such ft posi
tion. -1
Ho said, :"Oh, It's all right." Jiist one
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Daily Health Hint
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Stimulation means hurrying, and should
be followed by resting to equalize matters,
for it is Impossible for the heart and other
organs Xo work without sufficient rest-
A tiot Kirnar,
A second grade boy In one of the Phil
adelphia schools came in late recently,
when the following colloquy between thfe
teacher and pupil ensued:' '
"Why are you late, Thomas?"
"Couldn't come no sooner."
"You should get up earth-!'. All the other
children were hero on time."
"I was up in time, but I couldn't come no
sooner."
"Why "couldn't you corae any sooner If
you were up in time?"
"I I I couldn't find my pants."
"That's a good excuse, 'Thomas. You
may take your seat." Llpplncott's.
hnrchttls. .
So many people suffer
From this dread malady,
H comes on Sunday morning,
' And lasts till after tea.
Its symptoms often vary;
It brings on prolonged sleep;
Inducing shrlnkfhg nervousness;
Young patients often weep,
But one thing I have noticed
In cases roundabout;
The victims all seem anxious
To have their church cut out.
Ktta Anthony Baker in Llpplncott's.
TOT
little place. Got a pin. KUle?" And he
stuck a big black-headed pin In my shoul
der. I squealed as softly as possible,
though I should have liked to scream, and
hit him. Then he said, "There, you look
almost decent now, Oellle. What would
you do without me?" I only- had tlmo 4o
Hoy of t.ood Pro ui tie.
Gen. Howard was sn Invited guest at a
dinner given by a boy's patriotic club.
"You eat very well, my boy," said the
general to a doughty young trencherman.
"If you love your flag as well as your din
ner, you'll make a good patriot."
"Yes, sir." said the boy; "but I've been
practicing eating twelve years and I ain't
owned a gun hut six months." Success.
(Illns a. Hlolf.
IMner Waiter, this knife Is blunt, and
the steak Is like leather.
Walter Yessir; do nicely for Mroj.plng
the knife on. sir Tit-Bits.
"THKY MADE MY FEET LOOK
AWFULLY NICE."
mutter as fiercely as possible, "You web!"
when Mrs. Thompson brought him up and
Introduced him to me.
Much good It did me, as I didn't hear his
name at all, and wasn't put next to him at
dinner. Before we went In he Just had
time to say, "It's too good to be true
actually meeting you here. I was begin
ning to give up hope. Was thinking of
sleeping In the parks, so as 'to have more
of a chanre to gel a glimpse of you on the
streets, though the glimpses I've had have
been most tantalising!" 1 thought of tha
time I had smiled such a little bit at him
as we had left the restaurant that night,
and the time I had smiled such a little bit
at him the time I saw him standing look
ing hark at the top of tha 'bus I was on.
and the time I had smiled such a little bit
out of the car window at him, and said.
here have I everd seen you before?" I
looked right at him. too. but as If I was
looking st a very distant view.
It took a good deal of nerve, but I've got
quite a lot. sometimes. He said, "Haven't
you? I'll see you after dinner about It,
may I?" I said, "Not about that. I do
wish I hadn't smiled ven a llttla bit, those
other times. Do you think I'm very un
lady like?'' He said. "I think you are
simply But you must never, never smile
at any other mi n. of course, w ith m It
was all right." We had to go In to dinner
then.
Cop right, 1911, by the N. Y. Herald Co.)
Hie Beds Junior Birthday Book
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HARRY DONAHUE,
2011 North Twentieth Street.
February 13, 1911.
.....1895
.....1903
......1900
THEN BORROW
HIS TASK.
' sw llarrg. '
A klnJ hearted old lady, while vl''ijig a
prison, said to one of th Inmatea, "I sup
l"" job will b glad -when your time Is
ui'' ,.','-
"Well, not ao very." . . . ., . ..
"Not glad? Why not?"
'Viu lure for eloping with the servant
Sjt i. anJ mv.uife wilt b waillog fr.m
out -Mr I.lppliicolt'S-
Ti.e Key to the Situation ! Want Ada.
She How much do: a take U
be married nowadays
He All man has.
"I suppose you'll go Into busi
ness next year and live up to youf
father'i reputation."
"No: I'll try to live it djwn."
HAD A REASON.
lira fTSfr-.Jf h-v
Would yon like to marry
artut?-
I would love to. ' They are leu
troubleioms, for they nevr want
their room put in order.
Name and Adilrrss. School. Year.
Fiorina Anderson. 673 North Forty-fifth St Raunder ...H04
Albert Bullack, 613 North Twenty-first St Central ....
Jessie Baskerville, 4323 Grant St Clifton Hill
George N. Brown. 2866 Farnam St Farnam ...
Warren A. Carey. 1116 South Thlrty-flrst St High School 18J3
Paul K. Cole, 4032 Charles St Walnut Hill .'....1897
Josephine Cravens, 1734 South Seventeenth St Comenlus .1899
Harry Donahoe, 2011 North Twentieth St Lake ,.1908
Lelande Fog, 1105 North Twenty-third St. ....Kellom 1900
Horace Freeman, 1 5i 3 Brown St Sherman .1898
Hannah Filvinsky. 1920 South Tenth St Lincoln .' .1803
Solomon Graetz, 921 South Twenty-seventh St. . .
Hubert S. Glover, 2102 North Twenty-seventh St.
Suella Hahn, 2322 North Twenty-first St.......
Rex Heater, 4515 Center St.
Lucille Jaycox. 3823 Grand Ave
John Klwzo, 2920 South Gold St
.Mason
. Long ,
.Lake ,
. Deals '
..1895
,1894
.........1900
........1904
.Central Park 1903
.Ira. Conception. . ..1897
Louis P. La Cour, 2816 Pratt St Howard Kennedy . .1900
Mildred L. Longanecker 2231 South Twelfth St. .. .Lincoln -. .
William Lambrecht, 2612 Cuming St Webster .
Josie Mena 420 North Sixteenth St Cass
Joseph Messner, 2715 South Twenty-first St St. Joseph
,1896
.1902
.1900
.1902
.1899
Clarence Murphy, 222 6 Howard St Iavenworth .
Doris McGraw, 1118 Georgia Ave Park ...... ..1903
James O. Moredlck, 3174 Meredith Ave Monmouth Park. ..1896
John C. Merrill, 2606 South Thirty-second St Windsor : ;.;190J
Harry Ed Morris, 2520 South Thirty-second St Windsor1 i". .1905
Catherine Oliver, 1915. South Eleventh 8t Lincoln 1903
George O'Neill, 2622 South Thirty-third St Windsor ;1898
Marguerite Peterson, 3614 Decatur St Franklin ........ .1902
Annie Shlndelar. 1309 South Third St Train -.. ..1896
Mabel Sewell, 2416 Cuming St Kellom '..1903
Alma Sorensen, 3201 Lincoln Boulevard High 1893
Bernlce Thomas, 3225 Poppleton Ave'. High 1893
Archie Watts, 2117 Clark St Kellom ....... ..1903
Charles Williams, 1219 Pierce St Pacific ....... ...1899
Sam WIntroub, 1928 South Tenth St Lincoln ........ ,1897
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To Announce an Engagement
The formal announcement of an engage
ment to be married adds to tha gayety of
a girl's life at that time, but she can have
a good time without going to tha expense
of elaborate entertaining, and may still
feel that she la fulfilling the laws of eti
quette. To make an announcement formally a
large tea is given by the girl's mother, or
her guardian, if the parent is dead. To
speak quite accurately, announcement Is
made Just previous to th tea, but the lat
ter gives occasion for all friends who have
not heard th news to be told It.
It Is the custom to publish the fact of an
engagement In a newspaper, after which
congratulations begin to be sent by friends.
The printed announcement may be as
simple as th fact can ba phrased, and the
news la given In the name of the girl's
parents, as:
Mr. and Mrs. Edward John Howard an
nounce the engagement of their daughter,
Mary, to Mr. James Q. Soule.
Or It may read:
Mrs. Kdward John Howard has sent out
cards for an '-At Home" on Wednesday
afternoon, Kebruury the third, to announce
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the engagement, of her, daughter to Mr.
James U-. Soule. ,
It la natural that soma persons who ha v
not read th printed notice will recelv
cards for the tea. Those, on tha' day ap
pointed, are told by th hostess. ,.
Whether the announcement is being sent
out formally or not, a girl and her mother
as well, alwaya writes notea to a few most
intlmat friends, telling them the news and
asking them to let their other friends know
at a certain data mentioned, ,
For such friends to rnak th announce
ment before the time specified would b
the gravest b'reach of confidence, but after
the date has passed they are desired t
help to spread tha newa. , .
When an engagement Is announced In
formally, It should still be published In a
newspaper, that more friends, shall hear of
It promptly. The girl also . writes to her
nearest friends, but sh does' not set a
time for being at horn to receive them.
They are. however, supposed to. call at
once, and It la a graceful custom to send
flowers with cards of congratulations to
the bride elect. ROBANNA BCHUTLER.
English and American Wit
j
"Nothing illustrates th dlfferenca be
tween English a,r.d American wit more,
probably, than the manner in which play
wrights write their lines," said Rupert
Hughes, Jtttirnalist and playwright of New
York, In Washington. "There are few
people who realise the Intricacy of the
science of writing a "laugh' that t( a line
capable of producing a laugh from an audi
ence. "A man may write on of the funniest
line ever given to the American stage,
and sea It Ignored by an audlenc be
cause of some act on the part of I lie pro
ducing company or one member of that
company. I have seen the wittiest of re
marks wasted because of the move of a
hand or of the head of the comedian or
actor who enunciated It. Then, again,
the laugh Is taken out of a line by the
moving of home person in the stage set
ting or by the moving of some part of
the setting liself. It is funny how the
slightest move on the part of an actor,
after reciting certain lines, absolutely
eliminates the wit from what be has Just
spoken, so far as the audience Is con
cerned. This Is so of American audiences,
but not so of the English theater going
public. They will not laugh unless th
witticism la finished by a nod of th head
or a certain movement, of the -body.
"It is on this account that certain
romedlea, great euceesee In this country,
are absolute failures in Or eat Britain.
Something must he dona when a 'laugh
line,' is spoken on ' the RngHsh stag to
give the audience an Inkling ' that th
witticism has been completed. Then you
get your laugh.
"Not so, on the contrary, with Amrt
raii!.. I remember of hearing .of an In
cident Involving one of Olga Nathenola's
first appearances In this country. Sev
eral times during the performance th
celebrated actress wallied to tha sld.s and
exclaimed to th at age manager: "What's
the matter? Are they going to hiss ro
off? Why, they applaud befor they hear
the end of the lines.' In each Instance
she was told that the audlenc was
quicker than the audlenc. to which ah
hsd been accustomed, to playing. 8ha was
told the Americans grasped th meaning
and the wit of her lines when sh had
spoken only hslf of them. Tha ar. trees,
although she received all kinds of ap
plause during the performance, saamed
disheartened." Washington Post.
Remarkable Blind Boy
J
lr. William 11 Maxwell has announced
th graduation of the fiist blind pupil of
III public school system In New VoiK
City. The boy, who Is regarded by the
teacher as a marvel. Is William Mrht-nck.
lb ytars old, of Hayalde, I.. I . and passed
the examinations with a percentage of
the highest of i'J) scholars, lie also re
ceived -tne Havla Character medal.
Ir. Maxwell said the bay haa made the
most wonderful and rapid progiess since
he was admitted, lo tiia bchoul. During
the last year the boy has done four years'
work.
Young Kchenck was admitted as a pupil
in October. 1MU. He cime to the school
without any knowledge of the braille fc
tern, which is usrd for blind Bjiplla in the
public schools. He formerly attended tin:
New York Institute for the Blind and was
taught th New York point system.
It took th boy Just tbi week to learn
the Braille system and then' ha a.
! mltted to Class i B and studied with tha
otner scholars. In three mor week h
stood at the head of his class. In th re
crm and other examinations the questions
were rtad to him by his teacher, and h
answered them on a typawiltlng machln.
The Sahtlety of Hlin.
' John, dfar." said Mabel, aa ber lord and
muster entered the house. "I've just had a
letter from mother, and. she Is coming to
vliilt us. It is a pretty expenaKa trip for
little Muddy, and I wondered If w couldn't
help her out a llttlr.''
"Of course we can.'' hA1 John, giving
his wife a generous kiss. "Jut-l you writ
and tell her that I'll be only, to glad to
pay for her railroad ticket hack home again
a aoon as he decides to go." Harper's
Weekly.
Wuld-lle Hlaon,
lie (who has Just proKd j-.l hop yij
don't tlilnk 1 m too old for you?
She oh, no! I was oaly wondering If yei
were old enough. illustrated Jilt.