h e (j?) ne aazire ee'5 ! T Blush BT WALTER A. SINCLAIR. If blushing Is an art. my blushes are artle,.'' asserted Dottle. "Art?" I uuerled. In surprise. "Or, may hap, art-est?" "You read that a Boston clergyman says the piudarn Ctrl haa lost the art of blush ing, didn't .you?" she continued. ,-I never tnlsa them," I replied. "I mean those article of news." "I. admit I don't follow the art" sha began. "Art for heart's sake." I suggested, cutely. Art for cheeka' sake, I would say." she retorted. "Why do think yoir have never acquired the art?" I flhally asked. "Because 1 don't know how to paint," she ululated; I fiave frequently thought as much from e, results," I admitted, meaningly. I Icnore the Insinuation," aha flared. ' that I have streaky technique." "1 thought wa were talking about your complexion," I replied. "But let It go" 'Indeed, I' will not. It took plenty of fresh air and. expense to acquire this com plexion," she cried angrily. "It Is a ralher long walk to the nearest drug store, Isn't' It T" I agreed. '.'I have a Tight to be proud of my rosy color," she declared. "Very cheeky," I murmured. VI don't see why this minister wants to make girls blush," she pouted. "I didn't notice he did." I rejoined. "He Just said they mislaid the art of blushing. He ought to know that a modern girl would use tip too much time at It If she had to blush on every occasion she ought to" '"We don't need to do It now; we sublet the Job,'1 she remarked. "How's that?" I Interrogated. "The men are' always flushing for us now," she snapped. ' "Msybe the minister saw a pair or a set of harem"'" I. began. , ."Stop," she commanded. "On- wax dummy, In a window," 1 elucidated. saw an awful crowd of men In front of a store whre they were on exhibit today.',' : "What do you think of them?" she In quired. ' ' "Some" tf the strongest, roughest men 1 ever met In front of a .wlpdow." I an ewered. "1 couldn't force my way to the .front'." "I d'dn't mean the men, she exclaimed Imi alienlly- ... ,. . "Well, -titer dummies nowadays are cer tnlnly different than the vacant faced pumpkin heads on wire frames they had wli'n I whs a .lad," I confessed. "I believe that when ou saw a sheath skirt on one, when that was the style, yon referred to it as - dummy directory. So Dottie Dialogues i Slow Progress in Religion Dr." Henry King Carroll, the religious t.Litieii,.iuuie.UuM. the 4atftL Increase lor all rcIUdous bodies In thia country dur ing l!U0 was 2.300 ministers. 2,4.11 churches anil tiJt.yjTi communicants; the totals are not so l.trpe at I'KD. The grand totals are 170. Knl. ministers. 21S.147 churches and Sft,332.T7S communicants. On the basis of 92,000,000 population, the number of communicants Is emilvaleht to :W out of every 1,000 of popu lation, Including Infants and young children. The great body of communicants la Chris tian, and. as Or. Carroll says, "all except an Insignificant percentage In what may be called orthodox Christian, and the vast dy of orthodox Christian are of what Is tajlcd the evangelical type." . iHirlng 1910 the largest gains were re ported by the Catholics, with the Metho dist bodies qandlng second; the Disciples of Christ third, and the Baptists fourth. Denominational gains show. Roman Cath olic, 110.100; plsctplea of Christ. 88.769; regu lar Baptists (south). 49.749; African Metho dist Kplscopal (partly due to readjustment), 17.174; Cumberland Presbyterian (largely due to readjustment). 40,000: Lutheran synodlcal conference, S9,75f.; regular Bap tlsts (colored), 84.589; Methodist Kplscopal (south r, 32,000; Greek orthodox. SO.OOO; Medio dlst Kplscopal. K.94!t; Lutheran general synod. 17,6; Northern Presbyterian, 16.886 and Proteatunt Episcopal. 16.677. It should be born In mind that the census of 1S90 furnished the first complete basla for com parisons and estimates of growth. The net gains during the first decade, ending In ' 1900, showed 12.165 ministers, 2,614 churches and 6,7tS.4B7 communicants, while In the second decade, ending In 1910, the net gains were 2ii.9i! ministers. I7.TWS churches and 7.94S.972 communicants, an annual average gain of 2 Wo ministers. 1.733 ehurchea and 794.897 communicants. It will thus be seen, while the absolute gain in Shifting Responsibility When the annual report of the Minnesota fttate Labor bureuu showed that women broken Into all. but half a dosen of the more than OoO ocvupaiiun Into which In dustry t la (lit tiled, the 8t. I'aul Ptonsar Prees secured some "views'' on the sub Je. Oi woman, " hite-balred." w ith the rares of many ttilldien and full of -vood works for the community, said: - "All this talk about taxation without representation la very nice. It la a Kood theory. Wonirn own land, why should not lliey vote'.' Sure, let them hate (be ballot, but how does It work out In pVactlce? Just look at the change theie has been lu America life In our gen eration. , In -my fathers time he was the boss t'f'tbe house. When thcie was any dt.i I'liutng ;to do. the woodshed waa the Ju xunile lourl and the probation system be gan wtUi the smooth side of a shingle. Hut preoty soon father became too busy to bother with the discipline of the children H Waa turned over to mother. She handled the bark oT the hair brush to advantage. Hut thea came women s clubs and mother tindd them and learned about Drown ing and Jihakespeaie. Where are the chil dren? Perhaps they show up at meal time I'ei hapa-they have taken the car to their hunts. lliair parents may so to the tntater ' I and the neit morning never ask their f I---r-old eon. or perhaps younger, where j . was (he nlyht before. There la no time Ja (yr that confidence between mother and oil which was the basis of much of the riht ra.brlnglng of the children twenty yers egr. "H la li4 . way la ihurch work, and the Girl Blush with You. dTRAW MAT AND FI'R COAT." I refuse to ask any leading questions now." she Informed. "Not at all. Merely noticed that, as the sculptors have been forced to put clothes on works of art. the clothiers are putting works of art In clothes, to return the compliment." T expounded. "If wsx figures are art and hey are alwavs blushing excuse me," she entincl ated. "I'll have to take a look around at the spring suits to while away the Lenten season." "Why don't you get some particular clothes for Ijent?" I questioned. "I do wear fast colors." she declared. "Fur coats and straw hata are all the style now," I observed. "I think I'll stroll out dolled up like that and see If I can get away with It like the girls can. It always makes me smile to see that com bination." "I've heard your opinions on that." she interrupted. "And yet, men don't think It odd when they wear negligee shirts with stiff.- starched, double collars choking their necks. Yes, and I've seen men bundled tip In fur overcoats and wearing low cut shoes to display their loud hosiery." "If I'd supposed you were such an ob serving young person I'd never have started this discussion," I admitted. "Anything else?" "Judging from the advertisements I see In the magaslnes" she began. "Stop, woman! Even If the postmaster general could not save you I will not listen." 1 disclaimed. "Art or not, you ought Mush." "I don't think they're such great art," she giggled. But she did blush. (Copyright. 1911. by the N. T. Herald Co.) ministers waa considerably lessMn the sec onu oecaoe. than in the xirst, -with, an obviously reduced percentage, the absolute increase of communicants over the previous decade was large, reaching nearly 1,100,000, and there waa also a aomewhat higher fig ure for churches. The Lutherans, as a denomination... rank third among the Protestants In the United Htates, having secured an advance of 222,000 communicants. The Swedish Evangelical bodies, the outcome of the Waldenstromlan movement In Sweden, might properly he counted as Lutheran, ac cording to Dr. Carroll, and If they are added the total Lutheran strength In the United Htates Is 2. HOI, 46. Lutherans have become the leading Protestant body In Minnesota. North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, and rank second to Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska and Pennsylvania. It Is a polyglot ehuroh, using In this country the English, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Esthonian, Hun garian, Lettish, Slovaklan, Polish, Werd lsb, Bohemian and Lapp languages. Dr. Carroll acknowledges the assistance of Dr. John N. Lenker, the eminent Lutheran statistician, who states that In the 'world the Lutheran communion has ZS.IOt pas tors. 60.&5 churches and 76.000,000 baptised members. The clerk of the First church. Christian Scientist, Boston, reports that during the last three yeara there has been an Increase of 872 readers and 436 churches. The num ber of members Is not stated, but In ,907 the total was 8&.006. However, the gain In readers and branch churches during the last three years has been large, and the natural Inference Is that there haa been considerable gain In membership. No rea son Is assigned why the membership fig ures are withheld. Indianapolis News. j The men are dropping out of church and the women have been running It. Form erly the men were pillars of the church. It la a loas of society that the women have assumed the rerponstbilittes of the men in chunh as well as in the home. Now they propose to let the man slip the responsi bility for elections off on the women. It Is a shame. Let the women atay at home and get some good Christian principles Instilled In their boys and teach them ho w to vote, and there will be no cries about the pe ceslly of purifing the ballot." This woman bellevea in families, famtliea of more than a man and wife. "Another trouble with present aoclety," she warmed up to her subject, "Is that wo men look upon marriage as merely a good way to extend their good time. When they talk of marriage they apeak of the fine trips they will hate, whether they ran af ford an automobile s-nd which box they will take for the symphony concerts. "Every women ought to want to be a mother. She ought to have such love for her husband that she will delight In making sacrifices to raise an heir for the family, several of them In fact. If she does this and does It with attention to their moral welfare, she. will have little time or Inclination to run around trying to gel a chance to vote." j (f DoHy i vv ' - . , a Health Hint j Mlk u Bot irink bu, food ,( j iroul1 b hwy. ta , nourish- , h)g lh4, .troog stomach can aastml- j,,,, mUk BlMt I' I I V . ASi&r J MARTfAN LCft.(OOc f fcirM ,nnp t JC-yV i f ii mii mr -X Liiiuv u go We Agnes and I, of course were dis cussing our weddings the other day, and have decided to be married In June. I shall only be engaged three months, and I had him propose on Monday. I decided on Johnnie. He's such an angel, really. The last fight we I almost thought he was going to wipe up the floor with me. We said the most Insulting things to "I'D NEVER TKLL HIM ABOUT LEAKS OR BILLS." each other, and he said he didn't think he'd ever love any woman. He's evidently craxy about me, and I think we are going to be very happy together. I certainly never could have married Philip. He's the kind of man that would always be polite to you snd say how green the grass looks and how blue the sky Is, and "My dear, do not excite yourself!" I've had quite a lot of proposals, and am supposed to have turned down Batty Morris. Every debutante with any pre tence of being attractive Is thought to have done that. Even that little Daisy May nard, with whom he danced once at the Thompsons. All her relations said he had proposed, but that Daisy wouldn't look at him. Agnes said It was true, as far as that went, but he had only proposed that they should go and have an ice to gether. Batty likes me quite a lot, although I gHE KNEW. Why do the piaciztaes make uch fuss over th increased postal rates on their advertising matter? "HwtSoubt because they realize rot Irs not so Iheavy as tbeti if rfiAf ill ; never allowed him to call on me. He asked me the other night if I wouldn't let, him, but I told him that bad made up my mind to give up certain things I liked during Lent, and the most Important of these was not to allow any handsome young men to come to see me. He sent me the loveliest orchids the next day. But, to go back to Johnnie, he certainly has been sweet. I decided to have him aak me to marry him on Monday, be cause my blue chiffon was finished that day, and it's so sort of suitable for that kind of thing. It was all nearly spoiled, though because he came around on Sun day, and I Inadvertantly kept on my black and gold. That is really the kind of gown to wear for a rather subtle or difficult affair. As long as I was going to accept Johnnie the following day, I thought It best to ab solutely dlupose of Tom Meekman on Sun day. He had been hanging around and annoying me quite a good deal. So I put on the black and gold, with the slippers to match (to make mire), and by 6 o'clock ihe came a quarter of) had finished him off nicely. I finally got lilm off the premises by half pat, though It took pretty clever management. I thought I'd have to send for a taxi for a while, but It wasn't necessary. There la a hotel quite near our house, and he didn't have far to go to get strengthened up a little. I be lieve those hotel people ought to give me if Nubs of Knowledge j A process for extracting the Ink from old newspapers so that the paper may be converted Into pulp and used again has been Invented In Germany. , Washing a raxor hone In hydrochloric acid and then in water will remove steel pe titles which have filled Its pores and lessened Its usefulness. London's new re-enforced concrete post office is said by experts to be able to withstand the ravages of that city's atmos phere for 1,000 years. Of the total production of lumber in the United States last year soft woods con tributed 76 per cent and hardwoods 24 Per cent. Inclosing one asbestos box" within an other, with an air space between, a French Inventor has brought out a fireproof jewel i axe. Instead by a pendulum, a clock invented by a M. Louis man la operated by an elec trically driven lever suspended above the works. Honduras is developing a valuable in dustry from its hitherto dexpuied guana palm trees, which yield a lumber that la lighter than cork. QUITE "Was your brother hurt at pole vaulting last night?" "Yes, but he hopes to get over Jt all n&bc f7tERE,DEAft!-, YOU" WEAKTmS WSffiE, so. fife W " x M WsZn rr r OUR STREET A ilimiCTiiiliL1 Ef M.E TBS? some sort of commission. Johnnie cams In unexpectedly right after he left, and I didn't have time to change my dress and slippers, and my Ideas for Monday were nearly ruined In consequence. I said I had a headache and was very firm with him, and he finally left, going In the direc tion of the hotel. Everything went off beautiful next "NOT TO ALLOW HANDSOME TOUNO MEN TO COMK AND SEK MEL" ' evening, however. He seemed to like the blue gown eves more than the black and gold. Johnnie's so smart looking himself, Tand the back of bis head Is so attractive. I believe I could be happy in a garret with him. In fact, I think It would be charming to try the experiment. We could get one that overlooked the park and have eaves built In to make It thoroughly real istic. I would get up quite early In the morning and prepare his breakfast. I'd let the cook (we'd have a very good cook) fix the eggs and coffee, but I'd put them on the table before him. And I'd never tell him about the broken refrigerator, or leaks, or bills. Agnes is going to marry (Archle, and we're going to toss up to see who'll have the first wedding. She told me he hadn't proposed yet, but, of course, that doesn't Interfere with our plana. (Copyright, 1911, by the N. T. Hearld Co.) EXPERIENCE TEACHES, But why do her folks object to t)T marrying a landscape gar-C-ca? You know the first man tat ever hved was a gardener." 'Yea, but he didn't hold hi job 1 KM 95.00O.OOO I f u MM" jli V fjrjiffi Dees g5unior DmTHDAy Book. ml ...... j ' i L - WILLIAM KA8PAR. ' 1(69 South Seventeenth Street. Name and Addroti. Evan C. Allstroni, 4522 Charles St Laura Anderson, 1921 South Fourth St. . . Lester Anderson, 665 South Thirty-fourth George F. BuriiB, 1606 Fort St Elmer Baumau, 3840 Hamilton St Ernest Hurkland, 319 North Thirtieth Minnie Brookg, 2523 Davenport St Harry Beitelman, .2531 Tarker St Joseph Blumenthal, 2902 Cuming St Russell K. Boggs. 1811 Chicago St Josephine Cogan, 3104 Vinton St Oohn Cedkaf, 1309 Ames Ave William 11. Cary, 3533 Grand Ave Ivey Chapman, 2420 Indiana Ave.. Pauline Coad, 3718 Farnam St Margaret E. Curry, 2626 Seward St Eugene Ed Coyle, 2118 North Fifteenth Robert H. Clark, 2708 Corby St Alble Dworak, 311 William St Howard DeLamatre, 182 4 Spencer St Morris Felngold, 802 South Twenty-ninth Clyde William Folk, 6916 North Thirty - Mildred L. Fleming, 4310 Boulevard . Lena Garmel, 1720 South Thirteenth St Jake Garflnklo, 808 North Sixteenth St Harry Goldberg, 416 South Tenth St. ......... . Lester Hannah, 621 South Eighteenth St George Hastings, 162,7 Burdette St Charlotte Isaacson, 112 South Forty-fourth St... Bessie Jackson, 632 South Twenty-first Ave Mason ..1897 Dorothy M. Knowjton, 1610 South Twenty-ninth St. .Park 1905 Abe Kesselman, 718 North Sixteenth St.... Cass ..1904 William Kaspar, 1469 South Seventeenth St... ComenluB 1897 Waldo M. Larson, 3557 Cass St .' Saunders 1896 George Langer, 1929 South Twenty-flrst St. ....... Castellar ...1901 Fred Loebeck, Third and Boulevard. Bancroft ...1904 Edith Lattlmer, 4204 North Thirtieth St Druid JIM 1904 Hyman Lokachka, 1429 South Thirteenth St Comenius 1901 Tony Mertl, 102 Woolworth Ave Train 1903 Harold D. Munt, 1918 TMorth Twenty-sixth St .Long .; 1901 Luclle Mendel, 4408 North Twenty-eighth St. ..... . .Saratoga ........1802 Louis McNabb, 4737 North Thirty-seventh St. .Monmouth Park.. .1903 William Murphy, 2749 South Twelfth St. ......... .Bancroft . . . . t . . . 1901 Francis McQrath, 223Q South Fifteenth St ...-St. Patrick... ... .1801 Carl A. Marrson, 1415 Phelps st Esther R. Nelson, 1018 North Fortieth Sam Nelson. 4211 Ohio St Howard C. Olsen, 2109 South Ninth St Sarah Passovoy, 3005 Jackson St Vernon -Peabody. 2227 Miami St Harry Permutter, 418 South Tenth St........ Cass 1902 Harry Petwson, 2567 Mason St High 1894 Carl E. Rasmussen, 1818 North Thirty-fifth St Franklin ..1896 nn Rannle. 4728 North Thirty-ninth St Central Park 1897 Ruth Sunderland, 1029 South Twenty-ninth Joseph Schneider, 3002 South Eighteenth St St. Joseph 1903 Rexford Stevens, 1338 South Twenty-fourth St Mason ....; 1901 Annie Sellcow, 2920 Capitol Ave Farnam 1903 Ltnnard Ktprn. 2018 Davenport St Alice Smith, 1017 South Thirty-fourth Charles A. Shaw, 1810 Miami St Roscoe Thomas, 1 1 6 South Thirtieth St Matt Themes, 2626 Decatur St Vance Wilson, 2715 Blondo St Paul Stanley Wallln, 2429 South Forty Anna Wagner, 1721 South Fourteenth "De Tough Mug" Say I'm so tough dat Wen I strolls Along de streets uv town. le coppers dey all hunts delr holes An' pulls de covers duwrr. An' wren I goes to felt a drink Ie burleep' wilts an' shakes An' I aon't have to flssh no chink Per all de boose I takes. A awful tough mug dafs me! I don't lake no funny stuff see! I'm a terror, all right, I'm a regular fright, I'm de biiy wld de diikea, bully chee! Here's fiultin' on cart' my sise It's me that's putnn' youse wise, I'm de candy, de bluff. I'm de genyuine tough, I'm old Je.se Jumes In dis guise. Last night I walks Flfi' avenoo, Ma dicer on me ear. An' all de millionaires tnlns-blue Wit' envy an! wit" fear; Ley gt-ts nut of dnr automobiles An' sliakln' In delr knees, Dey asks me hows de way I feels An' will 1 Join 'cm, pleae. "O wan!" wuz me come-back like dat; "U'wan, youe." I anxwera 'ini, flat. "Go buck to yer beats, vure 1 ouiih a. I de ctret irt, dun t Maud on de coi ner an blatt. ti wan! says I, "git In yer traps, 1 yer link 1 wud ride wit' youne yapx, Youse kin ride until ten. youhe Is unfe until den. an' afterwards maybe, per haps.'" Burning Out Writing of the plague situation In China, In the New York World. William Heems berger, a Hollander who spent fifteen years in the country, says the Chinese government haa sent but a call for doc tors, nurses and hospital attendants, and announces that all foreign physicians coin ing to the country's aid will be Injured in the sum of JO,0i0. In every city an official Is in charye of the work of burning the dead, but thuutjh the funeral pyres are kept alight day ami nifclit, the dead aid accumulai ma The method of cremation is not unlike thai which obtains In India where the scourge Is a nation-wide pall over that unhappy country. Coffins are set up on end in a semicircle and tipped toward the center, the way new cat train Is stacked. In the harvest fields. Around the bae of the cufOo, fcll satujaUd lus IU iiUtV .Oil This is the Day We Celebrate March 15, 1911. Hiliool. .Walnut 11111. .Train ..... Ycr. . .1900 1906 ...... . .1903 St. . Columbian .Sherman 1904 11111 1902 .........1805 St. . Walnut . Webstrr Central .Long . . , . Webster , . Central . , . Windsor .1902 .1901 .1900 .1904 .1604 Saratoga 1903 ........Monmouth Park.. .1906 . Kellom . Columbian . . .Ixng . Sacred Henri. irii. J ft A e t ItfVO ...1900 . . .1899 ....1897 St. .....Howard Kennedy ..1896 Train 1898 St .High .Park . Monmouth Park .CUfton Hill , .Lincoln , . Cass ......... .1892 .1899 ..1899. .1900 .1900 ..1900 third Ave. , .CaBS ......... . . .1901 , .St. Philomena.. . . ..1903 ..Lake 1902 . .Saunders .1903 rorBi iuu fc't ..Saunders .1899 Clifton Hill ..1896 High ........... 1894 Farnam ........ .1899 Lake ..1899 St Park . . . .... .1903 Central ........ .1905 St... High '. .....1893 1896 , . .Lake. Hlgh .......... Long . . . .' ...Long . . . . . .;.. ,1893 .1900 .1901 .1899 .1900 - second t...Beals ... St Comenius Say, onct I wus In Washln'ton To aee dat flossy gem De hlgit mogul, de heavy gun. IX- guy what's president. He pipes me mug, he fees me etrerigt', lie trembles in his shoes, An' den he says to me, at lengt', ay, hers me chob fer youse." "Ferglt it." I flings out-dat way. "U wan, sell yer papers, ye lay. Sa . go buck to de woods, don t yer know 1 in de goods, yer chob Is too easy, bo, nay I l.cud handle yer graft like a dream; it's aa easy as peaches an' cream; but why (.hoiild I change to a graft dat Is strange w,en In one own line I'm su preme? I lives w ere blokes Is boui so tough Dey's nuttln' dey can loin, An' say, I tells youse It Is rougb. . De wicked trail dey poln': But w en dey stacks up wit' mesnclf Dey're angel boys fer sure, . 1 puts de hunch back on de shelf I guess I'm pretty poor! . A awful tough mug, dat's wot; Dai's de general rep I've got. Kay. look at dat ajin, I'm de kuldo dat' warm, I'm mure, dan just warm I'm hot! . I'm de wonder uv cheese It. de cop! Say, cul, I m too busy to slop. I'd trim him up prime It i only had time, but I gotto gll back to de shop. Herton Hraley In New ork Tlinue the Plague top of all are thrown the frozen, uucof fined bodies. Then the torch is applied to the logs and the oil flame does the lest The coolies who drive the dead wagons and handle the bodl are. all fatalists. They go about their tasks mouthing, a guttural sing song. Oa' two- ' occaalona coulle teantKUrs have been stricken OS Ihclr way to the fire hllL They fell back In their curs among the dead and. the horses Jotted on under luose reins. Kvery where in the cities phymclane and nurses, polli'ciuen. nall jii guArdr and' oth ers It, public service have adopted the hoods white, gtuiet-llke 'robes end gauss masks for nose jii.d mouth. They loo 4 not unlike foot ball placets. Others havs adopted a combination of rubber elethlu with hooda . over the enUre bead, and tied about the neck. Through these )ood oaly the eyes are Btea. 3bu uiad. tut. j Wok. Ilk (Uvms. r