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Her Husband's Voice 0n Woman' Uclc of ."y " A,f-
BY A MERE MAN.
rectinff tne servani rrooiem.
Rarely had the Amateur Wife spent such ,
a tragic, awful davl Never had she HI
0 unhappy, so "discouraged. 10 humiliated.
Th feminine reader will not need to he
t Id that he had looking for a cook.
The masculine ' reader w 111 feel aa con
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temptuously Impatient an was the 1'nst
Graduate Huband when, at the end of
two , long, . desperate days In the rlty,
HIS' Wife Informed hlra that ah had been
unable to find handmaiden of any de
scription to replace the faithless Wary Mo
Ooogan. "Do you 'mean to say that there were
no aervanta. at .'ail fn'the employment
agency?" Inquired Her Husband -Incredulously.
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HI WlfaLwas tired and trnss.
"NoP' she - rupojia(d . petulently. "I
mean that I couldn't bai; the examination
i of any of tUe; ouliuary professors gath
! red thera. When-It tame to th subject
of children n'.d. I ''mid we had none they
J.l gave me &1 per tent. They took off 10
jWper cent for. the collie, you see, but when
even and that we had nine rugs they all
ask how many runs you have, you know
they turned ma down:"
The: Tout ; Graduate Husband had lis
tened to this plaintive explanation with a
conatialned Sliille. .
"It all cornea from, t lib (ninlninn lack of
system," lie announced. ''If you would go
in and pick out the air I yeu want and not
lower yourself, by answering any ques
tion at all you would find a competent
servant without any trouble! But women
neves can attend to "anything properly!
Give me the addreaa of that employment
place and lil bring you home a cook tor
morro'!" . '
The Amateur Wife smiled a fiendish
mile.; ' -
"That will be perfectly lovely of you!"
she 'said .sweetly add forthwith gave him
If Ic directions for reaching the dingy
office 1b which ahe had spent two
never-to-be-forgotten days.
The Post. .Graduate Husband departed
next day with aHifht heart' to find a handmaiden.-
Ha -had deckled to devote hla
ltlnch rioVir' trt that worthy purpoae 'and 12
o'clock founi' him , In. -the emporium of
"Madame Celeete, .. purveyor of refined do
mestics to 'wilt -employer.' '
Ha had. j jimbed, a .lotig flight, of uncar
peted stair. .He hart withstood swessfully
the 'mute 'ertamlnatloVj' t the unshaven
youth wh,ha(U tp decide, whether, a, person,
rem to offer a Job or to-get one, and tem
per hla manner accordingly.
t The unbarbeicd.. yqutfi twave.d Jhe Tost,
if rirariuer Hushand to a rear- room and
there a bustflng, billowy and 'officious little
woman, a ' representative, 9f , the invisible
'Madam Celeste, took htm In charge. -.
.One. after ' another' ahe brought ; before
him, the .pijie' jiftiwlmftlenjicf her establishment.-
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Cock-eyed, smvenly, "Impudent and slack
of oiaqnetyi. u'di'uu.atil'ftueen of England,
France, Sweden or Ireland, put Uio Poat
Ui adust lTtls"land IhrrfuwH' the third de-
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How many trrctlw -family ?"
"J(ow"Yat T-fh gallon -
'How , many nilnutva-trom .New York'
water in the servant's
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HE loOKtP THEM
CftlTk-AJL E-yC
1 often must
'v peel fit
ii''-k' c
Hfngy,
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I now truing milium
."Is" there running
"Mow many ruts and how
they be taken tip and beaten"?"
'How many children and how .long have
you been married?" '
How far la It to the nearest, Trcsby-
trlun rhurch?"
i ii ' i. b t . mv riaa off end when do 1
let a raise?" ,
ime after another the battered derelicts
of the kitchen propounded theaa question
to the Poat Graduate Husband
At first he looked them over with a criti
cal eve. but soon ho became oblivious
evervthinB but the necessity 'of capturing
on. nf these stranue animals and .taking it
home to Mountalnvllle. Which animal did
not n.rttciilnrlv matter. When all seemed
so hopeless It was vain to discriminate.
It was a new experience for Her Hus
band to have a tuberculous colored woman
look him over from head to foot, ask him
everv impudent- question she could think
f .nd then, anawerlng that she didn't
think ahe would like the plaie. back out of
the room.
It was also strange to him that the hov
ering agent always announced that the
last person she brought In was "the very
best girl on our books." , ,. . . .
At last, however, the Post Graduate
Husband achieved a middle aged hump
backed Irish woman, wtio Could maks
"pies, pastry and chocolate eclair,, for A0
a month, and convoyed her In triumph to
Mountalnvllle. . , ' ' ' ..' 1 .
His wife greeted the newcomer with be
fittfng rapture, and but for One untoward
Incident all would have, been well. " '
The untoward- Incident was the. dinner.
Nothing like It wa ever served even t- a
defenseless orphan asylum. '
And at the end of the meaV eyen, the
Post Oraduate Husband felt apologetlc-
"Bhe'U i all right after she's' had s-f ew
lessons," he said humbly., '.'vrhstt do you
think of her?" ha aslted. "Don't ou think
aha has' the making: of goo cooVr.""1
"Perhaps," eald Ihev Atnateu JAM.
"perhaps she has, 'dear. But tlld'TM buy
her a return tick'etto New Tpfk7,(. .
(Copyright, mi. by the til Harald ,Co).
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Bistory .of Transportation
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(f-opyrlgbi. 111. by Union Paoiflo Ry. Co ) 1
IComplled by Charles J. Iane and I). C.
Puell fir the Union Paclflo lichol of
Kailroadlng for Kmproyea(
(Continued from Yesterday.)
. rinst Aiaerloaa rtallroad".
Th first American railroad of which we
; haT any record, was a short suburban
. line built In Boston In VW, to facilitate the
.fonatnicHon of public improvements under
tiay t that time. .The second line was
ompleted- mm time during 1809 by Thomaa
rPr-. and served his stone quarry lo
cated in "Delaware county, Pennsylvania,
near . rhQadeiphla.
In 181. an fyjustrlai 1 no wa built In
Armstrong counts Pennsylvania. Early In
12 ' a fond was completed eonnectlng a
aranlta quarry at Qulney, Mass , with New
tort, a shipping point on the Neponset
river,--and the atune year two coal carrying
meds were "put In operation in Pennsyl
vania. One of these .' Was constructed out
of Mauoh-Chunk.: and the other wa built
by tha Pelaware Hudson Canal company.
to.connsct he,f mines af Carbondale. with
their canal docks at Honesdale, Pa., at
the head of the Lackawaxen canal. The
cars of.Ove-.o fatter, roads were hauled
by Improvised stationary power plants and
,e ir" A11 thes roads. It should be remembered
were constructed for rvate use. The Kal-
timore - A. tfhlo ' claims! Vie distinction o(
being America's pioneer public carrier. Thla
road was rnet.rporated in February. IS-1?.
Ground was broken at Paltlinore July 4.
1KW. and on May 10, 1S;. the road bad been
CtimpleteJT Kr f as KJIIrolt Mllla (now
KUkwt 4iv. a distance of 14 7-10 miles.
Br IS,- -p tile's, he.! 1-een added .ro thU
dlalance,;
UXa iUt'.el?.'''.rA", t,,e r.aJiimore
Ohio-sta-ted aa a hore'-rar line, and there
fore was not conspicuously In advance of
the flmee. V.'hen ground was broken.
startlnC construction, 'he cnrneraione ot i u
a .ni0oment comn.enioi aling thla event;
was Wld by Charles Carroll, tha last l ir
vfvtng'. Sisner of the lrclartlon of ln.le
lrJoJ'i This ffit-t. !n.-lsn r ears, called
forth iseae words from President lladlev
cf Yslel college, "('tie man s life fo-vued
the co.enetlng link between to political
1
revolution of the last century -and tqe In
dustrial revolution of the present " -
The Mohawk & Hudson", now. .the New
York Central A -Hudson River railroad,
was organlied in 18W, but constrtiCtlon did
not begin until 1S.T0. The Hne- from Albany
to Schenectady, seventeen miles In length,
was opened for business in- the spring of
1831. in 1S.16 this line Was extended to
Utlca, and In 1842 to Huffaloi in the mean
time the South Carolina KaUToad company,
also known as the Charleston A Hamburg
railroad, had become active in the south,
and by 1S3 It had 137 miles pf line In oper
ation. This was the first railroad In the
world to be built with the purpose In view
of using steam locomotive exclusively, for
motive power. , '
An adverse report was made on 4.he
practicability of a canal to connect fltts
burg and Philadelphia, for which ground
had been broken In July, 1S2, jtnd It was
recommended that two sections of rail
road be built between canals to complete
the project. One of tho railroad sections
was to be eighty-one and one-half miles
long and to extend from Philadelphia to
Columbia, on the Susquehanna river, and
the other, thlrty-el and. one-half miles
long, across the Allegheny mountains. So
In ISS the Philadelphia A Columbia rail
road was Incorporated In Pennsylvania as
a state property, and sis years later had a
line from Philadelphia to the Susquehanna
river. Its equipment consisted of both pas
senger and freight cars, which were owned
by Individuals or transportation companies,
who furnished their own horses or mules
and paid toll for using the'road. From
this "seedling" the. greet Pennsylvania sys
tem has grown.
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3"U North 'rwenty-jiecoiid.
April 11, 1911.
me anil Address. Scliotil.
Hazel Atkinson, 606 South Klphteenth St I.oavrnworth .-.
Job1 Boldny. Second and Sprlne StR Bancroft
PaulBoreky, 1614 Burdetto St l-ake
Kenneth, Baker, 1S43 North Eighteenth St Lake
Jesl M. Bottoma,. 1218 Burt St. Centrat
Myrtle Boyachoo, ,3115 Pinkney St Druid Hill....,
Sara Bernstein.. 1004 .North Twenty-fourth St Kellom
Thomas Joe Casey, 2106 Harney St.' t'entral .
Emma Cbadek, 1314 Blaine St Bancroft ..... .
Mildred Califf, 713 South Thirty-fourth St Columbian ....
George Clifton, 2110 North Twenty-sixth St Long ..........
Rocro ITlgillo, 84S South Twenty-fourth St Mason
HlKh .....'.'.:.
Windsor
Farnam . .... .
High ........
Kdward Hospflter l900
Miller Turk 1S99
Esther Denlson,- 2621 Blondo St
Bonner Krhard. 3510 Valley St., ,
Edward Good. 2648 Capitol Ave.i
Martha U Hadra, 5IT) South Twenty-aecond St..
John lleilemann, 3466 South Fifteenth St
Beatrice Halasey; B818 Florence Boulevard....
Arthur Johnston, 4911 Chicago St
Edward Kohles. 18 Hickory St
George P. Kreba, 1946 South Eleventh St . Lincoln ....
Eleanor F. Lindaberry, 817 Pierce St Pacific)-
Lottie Lee. 1428 North Sixteenth 8t Kellom ;
Louis Lanslo, 1430 North Tenth St ; Holy Family
Olga Moeller, 2012 North Twenty-second St Lake
Harold L. Miller, 2322 North Thirtieth St Howard Kennedy .M902
Blanche M. Martin. 1212 South Twenty-seventh St.. Farnam ......... 1 R99
Wise Widow's Philosophy
'if you"Wo)jld keep the love 6f arjy man."1
ne'ver let him know that you have caught
him. In a He," said the.wisev widow to, a
Bt. Louis Republic reporter. "If you do,
he never will forgive you. It will make
him uncomfortable, and to his dying day '
a man holds a grudge against anybody
that haa made him uncomfortable. There
Is nothing that so endears a -woman to a
man as a trustful absorption of his choicest
lies. Contrary wise, there, la nothing that
so weakens her- hold on his affections as
an accusation of untruthfulness backed up
by tndlsbutable proof.
"It Is a pity all women cannot learn this.
If they could, - the 'divorce courts would
get a chance to shut down every day on
schedule time. I learned it. An aged
woman who had four husbands gave me
a tip on that before I married, and 1 played
It strong all the way through. I admit it
was hard work. Thera came times when
my common sense fairly shouted for vindi
cation, when the pretended ability to see
beyond my own nose or even to the and
of it drove me to desperation; but the
simulated virtue paid In the long run. My
husband lived and went to his reward sus
tained In an unfaltering faith In my
stupidity. Consequently he loved me to
the end.
"I am going to manage the next one the
same way. Will there be another? Oh
why, didn't you know? Well, yes", I am
oh, to Howard Miller. Oh, it haan t been
definitely settled yet. Some time In May,
I believe."
The girl in blue beamed upon tha widow
admiringly.
'No doubt your philosophy is sound," she
Id,' "but I never could live up to It. By
the way, I suppose you had a Una time
going to the theater last week?"
'No," said the widow. '"I didn't go at
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T 'filial affection.
Hot water, which Is so frequently necea
fary for internal usq, shanild never be
drawn from the hot : water tank of Mil
kitihen range, nor through service pipes
as it is almost certain to contain harmful
metallic aubstances. It should always be
freshly boiled.
all." 1 16 ward" Was 111. He had to stay. Home
from the office all last week. He wrote
to me twice a day. Poor fellow, ) wasn't
able to get. out of the house."
The girl In blue stared hard, then blinked
rapidly. , , -0- -
"Merciful goodness! she gasped. -'"Oh,
dear If this isn't what shall I do?. I don't
suppose' I ought-yea, I must. See here.
my dear," she said with determination,
"I've got to tell you something. - I hate
to do It,, but It's my duty. Howard Miller
lied to you. Yes, lied. He may have
been 111, but he wasn't too ill 'to get out
of tha house. Why, my dear, he he went
to the theater five times last, week. My
brother saw him there. Five times. Just
think of It I." .
The widow grabbed her handkerchief and
gloves. ' "
"Lt me out of here quick.'.' she' said,
"Went to the theater five times In one
week, did he? And yet he wasn't able. to
On one occasion this lad was taken to
spend the day with an uncle In. the su
burbs. At dinner he ate so much that
finally It became actually necessary to
forbid him to eat any more. Later, when
the family were taking their ease on the
porch, th Irrepressible William pulled
something from, his pocket and began
away from Fldo."
Beware the Burglar
Nearly .all burglars get In. . not .through
the door, which the householder Is so care
ful to bolt and chain, but through the win
dow. In London In one year 357 burglars
got In through windows, only eighty-five
entered through doors, fifteen through fan
lights, and eleven by "breaking out." False
keys were used twenty-five times. .. .The
favorite hours are 1 to 6 a. m. The house
holder falls Into Ms soundest sleep about
nn hour after dosing off, and is least
likely to hear a burglar, say, between
and S a. m.
But the policeman, on duty since 10
o'clock, must be growing tired by cock
crow, and that seems why th burglar
selects the later hours. The housebreaker
chooses either the very early morning,
when only the servants are about, or the
afternoon, when the family Is likely to be
out, or the dinner hour, when people art
rol apt to be thinking about him. Between
6 and 8 a. m. there are S33 cases of house
breaking. Then, during the next five
hours, from S to 10 o'clock, the total is
only 114.
Reminiscent.
"And where," demanded his wife, with
flashing eyes, "would you be now, pnly for
me?"
Th man glanced at the clock.. It was
verging on midnight. He sighed and was
silent. Puck. '
There Is no objection to a man riding
his hobby If he does not exceed th speed
limit.
Qnlck ReTeng-e.
A real Joke was sprung by a student at
th Weetern Reserve university last week
This student suffers from th stigma of
obesity; It appears that even professors
do not love a fat man. After a partlou
larly unsuccessful recitation in English
III. the professor said:
"Alas, Mr. Blank.. VTou are better fed
than taught."
"That's light, professor," sighed the
youth, subsiding heavily, "you teach me
I feed myself." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rla-ht to a D.
"I can tell you," said he, "how much
water runs over Niagara Falls to a quart.
"How much," asked she.
"Two pints." The Christian Advocate.
Loretta's Looking Glass-Held Up to Girl Who is Tiresome in Love.
Th Meaa Tblas.
Winston Churchill, the young Kngllsh
statesman, one began "to "raise a'ro'utarlta
uud while It was still In ths budding stage
he was a.-ked to a dinner party to take
out to dinner an Kngllsh girl who had
derided opposing political views.
"I , am sorry." said Mr, Ouirnhl.l, -"we
j cannot agree on poytlca." , . , . . .
"No. we can't." rejoined the girl, "for to
be frank with you I like your politics about
as lutie aa l do your mustache. .
Well.'' replied Mr. Churchill, "teruem-
j her that you are not really likely to come
into contact with either. Indies Home
Journal.
Ple; mter,r1imme ruckfL
"My poor cri.J4.ie you hungry''
NoT Ui Utfvera thirsty.
Uuo4 Hraits for
"Its all veiy ell for )oi to preach
eoonomy," said his wife; "but I nolle
whenever I cut down espenaea that you"
smoke better cigars and spend more money
. fox our own ,p!eaauis .than at any jjtturj
tlrt.e." ' . i
I " Well, c "iil,f ,-.d n! Win Wo you aup-
j pose 1 -want" t ecowoinixe-1 or any any"
I t'uubuig Ultii,
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Day We
Celebrate.
HSmu. Ai
Venr.
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J 900.
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Caroline Melvln, 610 8outh Thirty-eighth Ave.
Lawrence McCague, 114 North Twenty-fourth St.
Olive G. Morrow, 1411 North Twenty-seventh St.
Frank Murphy, 1020 South Twenty-third St ,
liallene Mitchell, No. 1 Selby Court.,
Gladys A. Mullen, 1402 North Twenty-sixth St. . .
Helen McCarty. 2118 South Forty-first St
Lester H. Oliver, 431J Ersklne St.
.Columbian .
High
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. Mason ......
, Mason ..... .
. Kellom . . . .
.Deals
Clifton Hill.
- - v....t v a. uaDnaaaa Ut , . , VlUlt
Emabeth A. Pugsley, 1522 Georgia Ave Park
Harry Reynolds, 1813 Capitol Ave
Daniel Leo Shanahan, 3551 South Seventeenth St. ,
Emma Sleek, 2523 Wirt Bt ,
Otis W. Shurtleff, 4617 North Thirty-seventh St.,
Marlej Vaskoi 1402 8outh Thirteenth 8t
Robert F. Wilbur, 2341 South Thirty-fourth St. . .
Clara Weckbach, 817 South Twentieth St Leavenworth
. ..1899
.1895
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.Central ......... 1897
. Kdward Rosewater.l 901
.Lothrop . '. . . . ..... .1869
.Monmouth ' Park. ..J896
.ComeniufT . , j ,v,.1696
..High .. . . . .. . ..1895
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Lovey, the Squirrel
He was a little old man who sat oppo
site me in the restaurant, and what do
you suppose he ordered with his soupT A
place of pumpkin pie and two cups of
chocolate I "And don't forget th whipped
cream, said he to th waiter.
They seemed queer things to eat with
soupr-and two cups of chocolate! When
they had been placed, h said quit loudly.
Tour supper Is here,; Lovely, will you
eatT"
Somewhere n his clothes I heard a queer
Chlck-cllck," two bright eyes peeped from
his pocket, then out shot the tiniest gray
squirrel. It ran along his arm, crept to
the Cup and lost no time In eating the
whipped, cream. Having eaten tha cream
from on cup she daintily nibbled at the
pie, her front paws on tha edge of the
plate while she crouched on his arm. She
wore a tiny collar. with a long fine chain
that fastened to her mater's buttonhole.
'You see." said th gentleman, "she Is
my family. On night a terrible aprlng
storm dashed her from 'th trees into my
room a baby squirrel bruised and fright
ened. 8b was too little to turn out. so I
nursed and fed her, and arter Jhai .she
didn't want to go. I use this chain only n
the streets; In the park she goes free1, but
always comes buck when J call her. Sh
runs all over my two rooms, and my .bal
cony Is wired In, with branches' to yiny
among. In my sitting room there's a. teal
tree set up, with a little bark houaa for
her to sleep In. We are -great cdmvany."
Lovey and I we've only ench pther .now.'
Lovey sat turning her bright eyes around
the restaurant. . -.
"Her treat la this ptrmpkln !e and
whipped cream. At hum, she -,eata .iuis
and squirrel things. Now, Lovey, eat your
desert, for we must be going.'" .r -.'.-
Like a flash Lovey 's little paws' wait n
th edge of th second cup and her bright
eyes watched me over th rapidly dlsap-,
pearlng .cream. . ' -, T v -
As ths old gentleman mad . his rjokte
farewell bow he suld: 'IOveyk-kay. good
night to th lady." She made her, little
squirrel speech, "Chlck-cllck!" the sprang
into bis pocket with only her' bright' eyes'
showing, and sh and her kind old ir'end
passed out of tha restaurant door,' i-
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Courting Customs in Other Lands
I overheard three men talking about you.
On of them advanced the idea that it
would be fine to get married without hav
ing the engagement period to worry
through. You know who he wV
The others agreed. I became excited.. I
had neer looked at th engagement In
that way. And neither have you.
But 1 ha been observing since. Aad
I have seen you, who were so animated,
o full of humor and of charm, such a de
lightful companion, droop in a kind of
"afier-th-battle, resllng-on-th-oars" in
ertia. You seem to have "gon stale."
What Is the matter? Has th tricksy
blind god seen enough to punch out your
sens of humor with on ot bis arrows?
tias his love of mischief robbed you of
your best ally?
"liigr'raoll oalled . life 'a barren pk -between
the chasm of two eKrniuea. 1
bay and so have you! thought of the
ugtgtnieat period as tb enchanted moun
tain between the lowlands of single and
double blessedness. But the man who
talked showed that he wa bored by the
period of probation; and the others agreed.
Hlnce th new thougnt wa lojected
among my old delusions. I hare been at
tentive. And about the only thing that has
seemed to wake you to Interest and ani
mation is your trousseau. The number ot
yards of ribbon required to run through
tha lengths of beading Is your serious prob
lem. You consider It with a devotion which
you should b giving to the question, "How
to b Interesting though engaged "
Men are alwaa trying to burry up the
wedding. Ot course, you and i have
thought it was because they are so terribly
In love. With this new - illumination, I
hasard th guess that it Is because they
are so terribly 'bored! !
If you have attracted a man so that he
i proposes, he naturally believes III your
, charm. When it ooes away durtbg the
! engagement he looks for reasons. He finds
I of single and double blessedness. But the
them in your absorption In lac ruffles and
dressmakers. And he believes that, nce
u are married, you will return to him
in the old, sweet, gay companionship. You
will consider him as you did before th en
gagement. The trousseau Is not th whole explana
tion; but it Is as well to let htm think so.
The fact that you are engaged makes you
"ease up" In your endeavor to pleas htm.
You say the clothes ar. meant just for
that! But that is a' politic prevarication.
You know he would Ilka you Just aa well
with half as many gew-gaws. But you
want them'
He" careful! Soma men get Impatient
when Uiey ar bored. And you must have
him to be engaged. Your and tb clothes
alone cannot achieve k. Really, when you
exhaust your originality and become a
human stick, Just for th aa ke of the
trousseau, sou are performing th risky
feat of "hitching the cart before the
horse." Ther la no telling when the horse
will resent tb treatment and bolt!
"The way st a man with a maid", is al
ways a thing worth, noting, and the vari
ous methods of courtship which obtain In
different parts of th world are most re
markable. .
in Roumania .once every year a fair of
marriageable girls is held. Th girl, with
her relations, gets Into a wagon, which
also contains her dowry linen, furniture
and household matters and all set off for
the fair." ' When they arrive, th girls are
drawn up in on Una and the men In an
other, avllh their parents behind them.
Then, If a young man likes tha looks of
any. particular girl, he steps out of the
line, goes- up to her and enters Into talk
with her, while his parents and her par
ents compare poles aa to their possessions
and their circumstances In life. If all Is
found satisfactory, the couple ar married
then and there, and th.e bride Is driven
sway by her husband to her new home. '
Th custom in Russia Is very much the
same. On Whitsunday the girl, dressed
In her best clothes! Is taken by ber parents
to the Winter, gardena in the nearest large
town, where she meets a number of yiung
men walking up and down on the lookout
for wives. The girl carries In-her hand a
sliver spoon, a piece of embroidery or some
other valuable household possession, to
show that sh is a person of property, and
th young man brings with blm as many
roubles as he has been able to save. If
ths parents see that a young man Is at
tracted by a girl, sh la promptly handed
over to a woman, who la a sort of marri
age agent, and whoa business It Is to in
troduce th couple and oiak arrangements
about th dowry.
When a Japanese girl has been slighted
br her. loyer,. sha revenges herself accord
ing to th following quaint custom: In
th dawn of th early morning sh rises,
puts on a whit rob and whit clogs.
Hound her neck she bangs a small mirror,
which falls to her breast, and on her head
sh puts a metal crown with three points,
each point bearing a lighted candle. In
her left hand she carries a small figure
of straw or rags supposed to represent
ber unfaithful lover and this sh nails to
on of th sacred trees wirrouridlng- th
family shrln. Sh then ' prays ' tpt' th
death of th man. vowing .thaU. if '"this
comes to pass, aha will pull out 'tit nails
which ar hurting the- sacred treej 'gnd
mak offerings to comfort her family god.
Every night sh comes to the- shrln.
strikes In two mora nails and makes the
same prayer, her idea being lhal th god,
to save bis tree from further, injury, wlli
kill her lover. San Francisco Chronicle.
Hopeless. ' ,
Mother What are you doing. Marry? '
Harry I'm countln'. .- You told me- when
1 got mad to count 100. " i.
Mother Yes, so I did.' ' 1"'
iiarry well, I v counted 237. and
madder'n when I started Harper's.
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nt worth keeplncor It Jtoo rood
takecp."