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Hfhe (ee' lme Magazine
THE. dUKlOR EklRTODAY BOOK:
LITTLE-SERMON FOM TIE WEEK OT
Serious History in Comic Vein
When the
Bolters Bolted.
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This is the Day We Celebrate
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TUE BCE: DMA IT A. SATURDAY, JUXE 24, 1911.
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"Seeing they're organising a. bread
an4 rak eomMnavtlon around bar re
mind m that something Ilk that wu
don a couple of hundred years ago," said
Bbow-Me Smith.
"They one pa ad a taw In New Tork
that nobody could maka any Tour outside
tba city limit. And when you coma to
consider that tha oity limits In them
days were down around Canal street
somewhere It looked pretty soft for tha
city. No matter how tar out of town
you raised your grain you couldn't get it
It Into Naw Tork Tillage. Naturally the
town folk got an the dough.
"Must hare been a little bit awkward If
anybody wanted hot waffles for breakfast
to have to hike for town to get your garln
ground ao yon could have breakfast tha
same day.
"No wonder they called It tha Bolting
Act. 1 suppose they did that because you
had to bolt tba waffles after you made 'em
on aorotrat of losing so much time.
They must bar passed that law es
pecially for commuters, knowln' how fond
they ware of buckwheat cakes and hot
biscuit and doughnuts and things like that.
Any commuter wantln' to be sura of his
hot cakes In them days had to grab his
lHtl sack of wheat or com or oats and
beat It to tha T:I1 so ha oonld get Into
town and get his grain ground up Into
flour before going to tha office.
"Instead of Bring me a spool of No. 90
sky blue scarlet silk.' or 'Be sura to carry
one of tha six-gallon churns home with
you tooUfht. it was Don't forget to go
to th mill r yon won't get any angel
cake tomorrow.
"And every time a eommuter tried to do
a little flour bolting on his own account
he was yanked up before th Squire and
given at least three months. But th
folk In town got th trad all right.
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Who's Who
"I see," observed th Confirmed Com-1
muter, looking up from his evening paper,
"that a woman has started a discussion as
to what proporlon of a husbaad's Income
belongs to his wife."
"But that s so easy," retorted tha Hope
ful Housewife. "She's entitled to all she
can got-"
The Confirmed Commuter frowned.
"It's not easy It's sordid," be answered
curtly. "Ufa Is not a matter of dollars
and cents."
"That's why so few persons gat value
received for it," she replied. ("Tou know
my own Idea of a happy adjustment of
the pocket book problem Is to form a part
nership agreement at th start, Either split
the family purs half and half or forty and
sixty per cent, or even sevanty-flv per
cent to th winner and twenty-five per
cent to the loser. Under tha present sys
tem tha winner takes all nd that Isn't
fair."
"Oh, t seer jeered the Confirmed Com
muter. "Draw up articles of agreement as
If tha man and woman war a coupl of
prise fighters! Tou must have been read
ing the sporting pages lately," he added.
"Oh, yes, I read them," bis wife admitted.
"Women in certain aspects are singu
larly devoid of Ideals," ha continued. "Now
the author of this article says that a
young man and woman should settle the
question of the wife's weekly allowance
before they are married. How could a
young -couple In love bring themselves to
the discussion of anything so sordid T"
"Why not?" his wife asked quickly.
"Isn't it better to settle it beforehand than
to quarrel about it afterward? Woman don't
expect ao very much, you know of oourse.
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TLX. OWE IT TO TOIT UNTIL. NEXT
WEEK."
their clothes cost a great .leal more, but
then their vice coat a great deal lass."
"I have no vices!" returned tba Con
firmed Commuter Indignantly.
"If one of my friends comes to see me,"
she rejoined. "I give her two cents' worth
of tea. If her husband calls on you ha
smokes two or three of your fifteen cent
cigars and drinks a lot of your choice
whiskey while he's here, and then you
gtva him another cigar to smoke on his
way home. So. right there you owe me
about 11 18. Uut if we were to figure up
what eath of us spends for wearing ap
parel I might owa you some money."
"Owe me money!" exclaimed the Con
firmed Commuter with bitter emphasis.
"Why. If I were to try to collect all the
money you owe me I'd go into bankruptcy
to avoid being held responsible for my
wife's debts. Last week you borrowed tny
lunch money to pay for a new parasol.
The week before thst It was for dues In
some folderol club. The week before was
new hat week. The week before"
At this moment the front door bell rang.
"Tes." said tha Hopeful Housewife dra
matically, "and how I suffer each time I
have t do It! No roan understands the
humiliation 1( Is of a proud woman to have
to ask her husband for money!"
Then th heavy form of Varle, tha hand
maiden, followed by a small messenger boy
and a large package, appeared In tha door.
'y' .
"Something for Madame," she announced,
There Is $24 to pay."
Twenty-four eighty !" repeated th Hope
ful Housewife with a guilty look. "Why,
bargain! Put it down, boy."
With elaborate prateac eh fluttered
Into th next room to look for her pocket
book, and finding It. mad a frantic search
through Its disordered con tent a
"Why!" she exclaimed. "I don't know
what I nave done with all my money! You
"THE BOLTING ACT."
"Commuters going out on the trains In
tha evening used to play seven up and
euchre for their bags of flour, and the
loaer, of course, went without his muffins
In the morning. They used to try to.
smash each other's flour saoks, which
made quite a picture and mussed up the
cars and their clothes considerable.
"Finally the commuters got busy and
put up a few candidates of their own who
ran on a flour sack platform, and when
they got elected they just took hold of the
city limits and bulged 'em out to tha very
last cornfield.
"That was the last of tha Bolting Act.
though not tha last of tha bolted break
fasts." v"
(Oopyrlgt, 111, by th N. T. Herald Co.).
in the Home
pay It, dear," she added, smiling sweetly
at her husband. "It's KM-M-I'll owe It to
you until next week."
(Copyright, 1311. by the N. T. Herald Co.)
f Loretia's Looking
A medieval fortress ' never resisted the
battering rams that were hurled against
It by an attacking party more persistently
than tha door to the dressing room in the
Pullman had withstood tha knocking of
angry and kimono-clad women.
At last the porter was besought to lend
his aid. Someone of the lady travelers
had seen a female figure disappear Into
the dressing room a half hour before.
She had been waiting to see It emerge ever
since. Her "rat" had ceased to be a thing
to conceal beneath her garments, draped
over her arm. She watched tba familiar
signs as the train sped on and announced
to tha waiting line of flurried females how
many miles they were from Chicago.
Some of the travelers bad scurried back
to their berths and were painfully insert
ing themselves into daytime clothes in the
restricted quarters. With bumping beads
and wild plunglngs to catch up with th
slits of mirrors Uiat Insufficiently decora t
th aid of th car, they war dressing
and anathematizing the being who was
confiscating the dressing room and its
facilities.
"Maybe she has tainted," a timid waiter
breathed.
"Maybe she hasn't! I wish sh had!
There would be soma excuse for her hold
ing the fort while we ail lose oar hairpins
and our tempers! No, Indeed! she is just
prinking!"
Then, th door opened. And th Ptinksr
merged.
Her done-to-a-turn appearance was a
red rag to the disheveled women who had
waited while she pinned and powdered and
polished. Remarks as florid and speed
breaking as women could deliver bussed
and whirled about her. But aha did not
wink.
Indeed, sh was serenely Indifferent to
them.
She could afford to be. The train was
rushing through the suburbs, la tan min
utes it would be at the station. And she
was superbly ready to greet th man who
would be waiting.
The others had no time to stop and tell
her what they thought. They were not
ready. A mad scramble and four of them
Nubs of Knowledge
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On an average the weekly consumption
of penny and halfpenny stamps in ths
United Kingdom Is M reams.
The fastest flowing river In the world is
the Sutlej, In India, which rises 1&.200 feet
above tha sea and falls 12,000 feet In 180
mile.
Probably tha longest gam of chess on
record was that recently played at Vienna
by Count Orslnl and Herr Tennenbaum,
which lasted thirty-seven hours.
Having been tossed about by the sea for
more than eleven years, a life preserver
from tha ateamer Portland, wrecked la
IN, was recently picked up In a fair state
of preeervatlon.
Far and sway tha greateat naval fore
In the world Is tha British home fleet,
which comprises a total number of over
M ships of every type that exists today.
la the festival of empire landscape gar
den at the Crystal palace, London, no
fewer that 1.000.000 plants will be used.
Last year there wer I7.J1T permanent
teachers In th elementary schools con
trolled by th London county council.
Electric carpets ar th latest Invention
for th heating of rooms, th cost of on
room being estimated at 1 cent an hour.
More than 67,000 motor vehicles have now
been registered by the London county
council, and la oonaequenc another new
Index mark "L E" baa been adopted,
"I have seen violence, and strife in the
city , mischief also and sorrow are
In the midst of It. Wickedness Is In th
midst thereof; deceit and gulls depart not
from her street. " tPs. HA-ll).
This is the picture which David gives
us of tha city of twenty-nine centuries ago.
and it Is not a bad representation of the
city of tha twentieth century of the Chris
tian era; but It Is not tha city that should
be, or that la to be. In the apocalyptic
vision, the man of God sees a city, "de
scending out of Heaven from God, having
the glory of Ood And there shall
In no wise enter into it anything that de
flleth, neither whatsoever maketh abom
ination, or maketh a lie." The first I a
city that has been given over to the
abominations of this world. The second Is
a city evangelised by the gospel of Christ,
redeemed from th thraldom of sin.
As the city is the problem In oollUcs
with respect to local self-government, ao
the city Is the problem In Christianity with
respect to the church, and the triumph of
the kingdom of God. The city Is the centet
arA. heart of our civilisation. It throws its
llpnt far beyond its own borders, and gives
'dor and character to conduct without,
.is Its Influence tor good or evil extends
through th state and the nation. The
city is always "set on a hill," and Is a
beacon light, at which are kindled the
torches of our boys and girls. The eyes o.'
future generations are upon us, and w
will be held responsible for the characte:
of the city of tomorrow.
The growth of the city is so rapid, and
th means of reaching th masse are so
abundant, that the city Is the moat fruit
ful missionary field in the world. One hun
dred years ago we had in the United States
but six cities that had a population of 8,000
or more. Today It requires four figures to
number our cities7 of a like population.
Tha census of 1S10 gives New Tork City a
population of 4.796.SS3. an Increase In ten
years of 1,829, SSI, or more than the present
population of any American city except
Chicago and Philadelphia; yet many of our
cities far outstrip New Tork In propor
tionate Increase of population.
What are we as Christians doing to
evangelise these masses as they flock to
our cities? Are we lengthening our cords
and strengthening our stakes? Are we
Glass-Held Up to the
disappeared into the small room she had
enjoyed alone.
She could not feel what a woman of
more delicacy might that she had achieved
her toilet at the expense of her good man
ners. She was callous to the fulmlnations
of rage that sought to wither her as the
hurried women rushed back to their berths
to get Into the coats that must cover a
multitude of sartorial sins.
She was tha girl who prinks. When the
judgment day comes and the last trump
sounds, she will be putting hairpins In' her
hair and absorbing all the mirror space
about. She will move to Judgment in apple
pi order outside: but the gross selfishness,
the egotistic, self considering, narrowly
vain little nature inside of her will get Its
Wttew A mart
VtU KNOW WHAT
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BTorth
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10 Christian Churoa.
building churches and keeping pace with
this Increase of population? It is well
known that the churches are Inclined to
leave the masse, and go to th classes.
Do you ark. why these churches move out
its the masses oome in? They move up
town with th classes that they may have
their support. In Omaha our churches
have begun the same "uptown" movement.
The downtown church Is not always the
most prosperous, but when It Is true to Its
mission and when Its work Is properly
prosecuted It Is the most profitable. For
her the ends of the earth are mat and
here one has a foreign as well as a home
missionary field at the very door of the
church.
The withdrawal of Christian influences
and training from th masses opens the
floodgstes of a hundred perils of the city.
As th church goes out the saloon, the
brothel and the gambling den, with all
their attendant evils, come in. Evangelise
and Christianize the cities and you will
have made the kingdoms of this world, tha
kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ. If tha
city is not saved th stats la doomed and
the church of Christ will go on struggling
through tha wilderness of sin, uatll Ood
shall raise up a purer and a braver genera
tion that will heed His commandments and
Girl Who Prinks
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desert a
It is not very comforting to tha rest of us
to think that ghe will "get come up wlf"
only at that late data. But we are hope
less about its happening sooner. Bhe will
continue to take up all the good space be
fore the glass at parties. She will still
push other girls 4nto corners while she
puts pins In her belt. She will walk off
with the powder box If she wants It Or
she will subsidise the only comb on the
dressing table. Oh, yes! But she will be
prinking a long time yet! But she will be
hated, too. I Junt wish she would
prink so long some time that a very, very
nice man whom she very much loves would
lose patience and leave her- altogether.
Th judgment day is such a long way off!
""N can rr et- r. 1
S PoSIBLr.THAT a I
jrvry,lTi Youft
BiBTTMOAY, ClfcLlt.
5t n is.
WOULD NT BEMfcMBCffl
will go Into the city and poeeees the land.
Tha poet lee understood tha Importance of
tha city and Its evangelisation. Ttiey did
net begin their work in the country, or
villages, but by the command of Jesus and
under the direction of the holy spirit they
began in th city cf Jerusalem, and the
future record of their acls Is a history of
city evangelisation. They established
ehttrrhes in tha great centers cf eommer-
rial and Intellectual Influences, whence the
truth would radiate to the villages and
country beyond.
Take a map ana rouow t-aui in ms
slonary tours, and you have th cities of
Jerufalem, Antloch. Ephesus. Corinth.
Athens and Rome; and from these cities
have g ne out the Influences that are
tcrmining the destinies of the world. Yet
thete are those who question the need and
advisability of this work. Nevertheless it
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hop. No less an authority than Mr. Theo-
dore Roosevelt has said that reformation
by law Is futile, and th:it "the averagt
grade of city politician Is a ser ous mmace ;
to good government" And the Hon. w. i
M. Evsrts, as chairman of a committee re
porting on the debt of New Tork City,
said: "In truth, the larger part of the city
debt represents a vast aggregate cf moneys
wasted, embexsled or misapplied." Cer
tainly it would pay to have honest men In
office, and it is a mistaken Idea that the
way to bring about gooa times is 10 pui i
the toughs and the lawless into the saddle
of administration and run a "w1de-opa ;
city." The thing does not work that way.
Stop licensing crime and stop putting a
premium on unrighteousness and we will
have better time and our taxes will be
lessened. i
A woman member of on of our down- i
town churches expressed th opinion the
other day that a church member ought
to be expected to go into th "low land."
and do the work of the Salvation Army.
And, judging from our inaction, there ar
many who share the same opinion. But
did not Christ oome to this fallen world
and live among wicked men that h. , might j
of Christ, to not this the ve"r, work yov i!
ought to do. and must do? "The whole
need not the physician, but the sick." The
boys and the girls, tha men and th women
In these abandoned loca'ities are the ones j
who need our help and our sympathies,
Said a judge of the supreme court a few
years ago: "There Is a large class I was
about to say a majority of the population
of New Tork and Brooklyn who just live,
and to whom the rearing of two or more
children means the brothel!" Who has
foreordained that these helpless children
should live In a "reservation T" or that they
should be surrounded with an atmosphere
of vice and crime that can but bring death
and destruction. As long as there are
children, and men and women thus sit
uated, justice and humanity will demand
that Christian men and women do their
duty, or the very stones of the street will
cry out against them.
To solve the city problem w need a
fearless and aggressive ministry. The
hearty support of the public press, more
religious literature in the Christian homes
and a united and dynamic church. But
there Is no agency that will take the place
of th consecrated Christian worker. What
we need is more personal work. There is
a great lack In the church today of men
workers. In the city competition is s
sharp and the demands of business are
so pressing that the one thing men find
hardest to give is time. They must have
time for relaxation. I believe, however,
that this could be had in the Lord's busi
ness, and. If faithfully tried, this church
work would be found pleasurable, and,
above all. delightfully restful. We need
men to evangelise men! With a redemed
manhood, there will come the redeemed
city.
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DOrY
SATURDAY,
Nam and Address.
Cecelia Adolfson, 8108 6eward St
Dewey Alexander, 43 14 Franklin 6t
Lloyd Anderson, 611 North Thirty-second
Vll nj a Bartos, 1)14 South. Fourteenth
Robert Baxter, 114 North, Thirty-third St Farnam ,1901
Ru88eli W. Burnt. 1931 North Twenty-first St Kellom 1905
Margaret M. Beal, 5825 Florence Boulevard -Sacred Heart 1898
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Edmond trader. 2 SCO Bristol St
Estella Barker. 2801 Woolworth St
Edwin Borgeson, 3217 Burt St
ie-'WUber L. Cole, 2(02 Wirt St
Mary Caroalle, 2214 Pierce St
clement Doherty, 2606 Dodge St
Lyla Davlg, 1806 Ohio St '
-yle M. Davis, Sixth and Clark SU
Hymen Frank, 214 South Twenty-eighth
Estner r rlcke, 324 North Twenty-flrth
George Grush, 2419 South Twenty-fourth
Josephine Gavin, 1106 North Forty-teventh Ave.
William James Houston, 3316 Ohio St.....
Cecelia Hodson, 1117 Blaine St
Clara Hath, 2270 Brown St
Paul Edwin Hampton, 2142 South Thirty-fourth St
Edward T.
Hazen. 2724 Spalding St
Lucile Harmon, 3328 Sprague St
John Johanek, 1414 South Fifteenth St
Raynor A. Jacobsen, 2744 Maple St
Lillian Krajicek, 2718 South Twenty-first
John Kover, 706 North Eighteenth St
Paul Kaunoveky, .3101 South Thirtieth
Etta Lehmann, 2503 Pierce St
Rudolph Larsen, 4609 Hamilton St
Alden F. Myers, 712 North Twenty-seventh Ave. ... .Webster 1898
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i Jenette ok,e. "0 South Twenty-sixth
(Carl Peterson, 612 South Twentieth St
; Naucer O. Paulson, 1611 North Thirty -
! Hedwicka Reznlchek, 2982 Martha Bt
James A. Rothwell, 4328 Grant St
MarKaret RobUng, 4411 North Thirty-first
Sandherg, 3850 Hamilton St
Cecilia Stachurskl, 2721 South Twenty-eighth St
Pauline Trout, 908 North Thirty-second St....
lAstly Thorn, 3302 Cass St
Katheryn Wilson, Twenty-fifth and Dodge Sts High
Willie Wilt, 3218 California St
Shirley Williams, 2780 South Ninth St
Fair Women of
John Quincy Adams, the sixth president
of the United States, married Louisa Cath
erine Johnson. Although she was the
daughter of Joshua Johnson of Maryland,
she was born and educated In London..
She was petite, very brilliant in conversa
tion, and Jiad very lively manners.
During th eight years in which her hus
band was secretary of state Mrs. Adanis
made her home in Washington a center
of social life, where the prominent men of
the day were willing to meet and forget
their differences for tha time being. Mrs.
Adama' kindliness and liveliness were In
marked contrast to her husband, who hid
a naturally warm heart under a very cold
exterior.
Her reign at tba White House waa so
memorable that It was said afterward:
"Society in Washington .ought to give the
tone to the whole country. It did so during
Mrs. Adams' enchanting, elegant and In
tellectual regime. For elegance, refine
ment, taste, purity, talent, beauty and
worth the fashionable circle Mrs. Adams
drew about her was far superior to that
which has appeared since."
After the arduous duties as the lady of
the White House Mrs. Adams retired with
her husband to his native Quincy, In
Massachusetts. Only for one year was
this retirement granted her, for Bhe re
turned to Washington when her husband
was elected to congress, where he remained
until his death, fifteen years later.
Mrs. Adams survived him until May 14,
1862. She Is burled beside him In tha
family burying ground at Quincy.
Her son, Charles Francis Adams, wrote
of her In 1S3:
'A strong literary taste has led her to
read much, and a capacity for composl-
r-
Some Silhouettes of the Sidewalk
BT BOBBIE BABBLE!
When Sailor Jacky draws his pay.
And wishes It was more.
He gayly dons his beat array.
And smartly steps ashore.
The pretty girls smile up to him.
The smiling skies look down
His cup is filled right to the brim
When Jacky comes to town.
Ha knows the roll of lonely seas.
The stretch of lonely skies;
The lonely watch, when night winds free
His cap above his eyes
Those hours of loneliness are done;
He smiles, though all men frown.
All are his brothers, every one.
When Jacky comes to town.
Sea folk, they say. are free folk true.
For Jacky'a hand la free.
He spend his time and money, too,
Wherever he may be.
And friends are near to help him spend
Whenever he slta down;
They're with him to the money's end.
When Jacky comcsto town.
When Jacky goes to soe a play
He sometimes slta up high.
Where. In the gallery, they say,
He plKea an eager eye.
But If be wants to sit downstairs
f
Riled Roosevelt
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"I never saw Mr. Roosevelt riled but
once," said a Naw Tork banker. "It was
over a twin story. Mr. Roosevelt, you
know, regards twins, triplets and even
quadruplets, aa great and unmixed bles
sings, and be won't let any one poke fun
at them.
"A schoolmaster told the twin story in
ths smoking room of a hotel out west wlth-
leut intending any offense to Mr. Roose
I velt.
"He said that a pupil of his turned up
a
June 24, 1911.
,
St ,
School. Vevar.
.Franklin ...1902
.Walnut Hill 1898
. Webster 1897
Bt ...Comenlue ..... M..1902
.,, . , ...
High 1894
High ...1594
Webster . . . 1897
Lothrop . 1895
Mason 1902
.....Farnam ...1897
Lake ...,....,. 1904
St.
. . Cass ...... m . . .1904
....Farnam 1904
St
.High 1895
, .Castellar -. . ..1904
.Walnut Hill 1898
.Clifton Hill 1895
. EOw. Roeewatar. ..1904
..Saratoga ..1898
. Windsor . . 1901
St
Lothrop 1898
Walnut Hill 1904
Comenlue 1901
Howard Kennedy. . 1896
St Vinton . .. . . 1905.
Cass .1896
St .Windsor . . . . ....1899
Mason 1900
Walnut Hill. ... 1899
.,, ....
'o. ,V, .
St High 1896
Central 1898
first St Long ....1896
...Dupont H02
'. .Clifton Hill 1898
Ave.
.Monmouth Park. ..1896''
.High 18-95
. Im. ( Conception. ...1901 .
.High 1896
. . . .Webster 1904
1895
Webster 1895
Bancroft 1896
the White House
tlon in prose and verse have been re
sources for her leisure moments, not with
a view to thst exhibition which renders '
such accomplishments too often fatal to
the more delicate shades of feminine char
acter, but for her own gratification and
that of a few relatives and friends. Tha
late President (John) Adama used to draw
much amusement from the accurate de
lineation of Washington manners and char
acter which was regularly transmitted)
for a considerable period In letters from
her pen."
(Copyright, 1911, by the N. T. Herald Co.).
The Impression He Gel.
The Parson And what impressed you
most In the conditions of the German
worker as compared with tha English T"
The Workman (lately one of a political
touring party to Germany) W'll, I d'no; I
didn't think such a powerful lot o their
beer. London Opinion.
The Record
Dry Spell.
With rich folks of renown,
Some chaps object to have him there
When Jacky comes to town.
He serves us well; shall he not be
Admitted with our bestT
New laws shall make blm equally
A welcome paying guest.
Clad in his noble blue togs still
Though cads of snobs may frown
The lad shall it just where he will
When Jacky comes to town.
(Copyright. 1911. by the N. r. Herald Co.)
at school one morning nearly an hour lata.
"Tommy, the schoolmaster demanded,
'what la tha meaning of this?'
" 'We got company at our house,' Tommy
replied. 1
" 'What T said th schoolmaster.
.. two', company, ain't It?' said Tommy.
'Well. It's two little Bisters. They com'
early this mornin' with Dr. Smith, and
pop looks awful worried.', "
Th banker smiled and shook his head.
"But you should have heard," ha eaJd,
"the lecture that Mr. Roosevelt read that
schoolmaster on race suicide." '
"What kind of a bat la an acrobat?"
"It's a bawl tat wbtn ha biuu Ml
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