Remarc Belletonte, Pa., May 8, 1914. I WONDER. I wonder if ever a song was sung But the singer's heart sang sweeter. 1 wonder if ever a rhyme was rung But the thought surpassed the meter. I wonder if ever a sculptor wrought *Till the cold stone echoed his ardent thought. Or if ever a painter with light and shade The dream of his inmost heart portrayed. 1 wonder if ever a rose was found And there might not be a fairer. Or if ever a glittering gem was ground And we dreamed not of a rarer. Ah never on earth shall we find the best. But it waits for us in the land of rest; And a perfect thing we shall never behold Till we pass the portal of shining gold. —Anonymous: FROM INDIA. By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern Country. A Hindu Holiday Week, Peculiar Birds, and a Belated Birthday Celebration. JHANSI, MARCH 28th, 1913. Dear Home Folk: Again it is “Holi” time for the Hindus, and although I was told that it would be very indecent for me to go into the city, I had to see a sick woman twice a day for the past three days and I saw nothing that was indecent. The day of festivals is first started by all the male population of this city build- ing immense fires of wood in the middle of the streets. This in itself is unusual as wood in this part of India is very, very scarce and consequently so dear that no poor person cares to touch it. The second day I saw every person who was out on that street throwing col- ored water over some one else—red, blue or yellow, until the population looked as though a dyeing establishment had sold out all its testing cloths and these cu- rious Hindus had bought them. This throwing was accomplished by means of an immense brass syringe that would squirt a powerful stream clear across the street. The third day no money was touched and the bodies and faces of the Hindus were daubed with a powder that was either red, black or blue, while others had dressed themselves like the “mum- mers” at home, and paraded along the streets. : The fourth day all stores were closed and streets deserted; the Hindus had re- tired to a heathen temple some distance away to do “pugi” (worship.) Today all are back in their accustomed places; but the stain is still upon their clothes and will be until they become rags and are replaced by new ones. To me this all seems absurd and meaningless; so would some of our holidays appear to these people. Yet I have thought each day for the past week as I went into the city, how very natural it all seems to me now, after only a year. The weather is still fairly cool, except for the middle of the day, and the sky is again one turqoise vault. You cannot understand how beautiful a cloud could be unless you have lived for a time un- der an everlasting blue bowl, such as the sky of India is, with only a vulture or a kite suspended, awaiting something to die, to break the changeless blue. For some time past I have been an- noyed by a sound that resembled the creak of a piece of wood when working on something else and needing oil. I wondered what the servants were doing but finally found my solution in the trees, where lodged a little bird, long and slender like a swallow but without a tail, and such a frowzy looking lot of feath- ers that I did not wonder that his rythmical lament resembled a cry of dis- tress. He worries me no longer although they are here by the dozens; you see I can be forgiving to such ugly things when they know their own shortcomings. This morning one of the interesting spectacles I saw was a “nautche” (dance) girl and her musicians giving an enter- tainment. This festival took place di- rectly in front of the doorway of a house and of course the women folk stood be- hind a “chic” watching the gesticulating lady. She was bare as to legs and feet, but wore a short, full skirt of green cot- ton material edged with a band of silver tinsel. Over her head and shoulders was draped the “chuda”—this time of bright scarlet; she had dozens of anklets upon her ankles and many bracelets upon her arms. Two men, with queerest looking violin-like instruments strapped to their body and played in the same way (with a bow) stood on either side of her, while behind her was a third man with two small drums, which he beat with bare hands. Her audience was a group of men sitting on the stone floor. The mu- sic began and in a high-pitched nasal voice she sang a “budgeon”—a recitative sort of thing—making gestures with hands and arms, and when she had thus sung for perhaps a quarter of an hour she started to turn around on one foot, flipping the other to make the anklets jingle. This was the famous Indian “nautcha” dance, as given on the street on holidays; not a bit exciting from my point of view. What was much more to the point was, that I was watching all this on a Sunday morning from a tiny window, glassless, but with common wood- en shutters partly closed, while a Hindu hostess sat at another tiny window and she, being a widow, called down to the dancer and the men the advisability of the woman dancing more, etc. It sure seemed like the Arabian Nights. A new kind of birthday party came to : my notice the other day: Our “Bisthis” | wife’s young son, who is perhaps four or | five months old, did not have the proper reception given to him when he came | into this world, so the parents decided to have a “tamascha.” One day last week big kettles were brought and the “dal” and rice were put on to cook. The] friends came in droves, bringing presents | for the father and mother, and the paid ! singers and drum beaters began their | racket. We then heard an immense lot | of crying and thinking something horri- | ble had happened went to see, to find | that the women were merely showing i their appreciation of the gifts given. | The sister-in-law, being the oldest of the | family, started first and such wailing! I do hope I won’t be around if that scrip- tural text “weeping and wailing” should ever come true. She finally stopped, then the baby’s mother took up the la- ment and let me assure you did her part well. Finally, sufficient gratitude having been expressed, they decided that the men should be fed, and such eating! Never tell me little people don’t eat— such gourmands as these tiny Indian logue are. The “male beasts” having been quieted with a full “pate” the wom- en were then served—all seated on the ground and the viands all taken from the | two pots. You see it is simpler than many courses and many knives and forks—fingers are good enough. The! singers and the drummers were then called upon and it was nearly one o'clock when peace again reigned in our ‘“com- pound.” These people seem to need endless feasts and holidays and take any excuse to have a party, to make their world go around. They are generally merry and happy, don’t seem to worry one little bit over anything, so when you hear any- thing to the contrary it is the speakers’ or writers’ point of view. I have had women sacrifice their children so that they can go to a “tomascha.” One child was recovering from an attack of pneu- monia iast week, but was much too weak to send from the hospital, when the moth- er, even after being made to understand the situation, took him home in order that she could enjoy the festival. The child died the second day after leaving us. It is discouraging work to try to talk reason and sense to children; and that is what they all are here. I am going to join a charming English woman on Saturday for a little automo- bile jaunt of two days through the near- by country and hope to have something interesting to talk about next week. (Continued next week.) Enough is Plenty. If you do not want to be restless, ner- vous, lacking in poise, stop overcrowding your home with furniture and ornaments —do more than just—unload again; Go through your house with this motto, “Nothing that is not useful, necessary for comfort or a thing of real beauty”—and you will be surprised how many of your possessions belong to the junk collector or in the ash barrel! Dismantle your walls of the many wor- rying small pictures (leaving only a very few of the best and largest) and see what a sense of relief comes over you. In the dining-room put away the quan- tities of showy cutglass, into the china closet (the one without a glass door, mind you!) leaving only a few well-chos- en articles on the sideboard, and find how much less complex life begins to look. Go through all the rooms, taking away unnecessary chairs and unused little side tables (at this point better say the motto to yourself again.) What is the use of having things just to fill up? What is gained? An overcrowded house takes more time and strength to keep clean. and in order —but, worse than this, it is sure to have a disquieting effect on the inmates, mak- ing them restless, fretful or nagging! Don’t be afraid of asparse look in your home. It is the corner-stone of good taste, bringing with it a feeling of space —an atmosphere of “un-struggling,” which seems to say to the tired home- comers, “Here you can really rest.” New Set of Beatitudes. Dr. Edgar Whitaker Work says that one might easily write a new set of Beatitudes for the churchs, and suggests these: Blessed is the man whose calendar contains prayer meeting night. Blessed is the man who is faithful on a committee. Blessed is the man who will not strain at a drizzle and swallow a downpour. Blessed is the man who can endure an hour and a quarter in a place of worship, as well as two hours and a half in a place of amusement. Blessed is the church officer who is not pessimistic. Blessed is the man who loves the church with his pocket as well as with his heart. Blessed is the man who is generous to his neighbor in all ways except the ap- plication. Blessed is the man whose watch keeps church time as well as business time.— Continent. Why Men Raise their Hats. When a gentleman raises his hat he does it simply as a mark of respect, but the custom originated long ago in the time when men wore heavy armor. When knights went to war (and that seemed their chief business), they wore heavy steel armor from head to toe, to protect them from the spear thrusts of the ene- my. The head and face also were cov- ered, with a place to breathe through and two little holes tb see through. The only way one knight could be distin- guished from another was by the plume on his hat or the crest he wore, each family having its own particular mark. Naturally when a knight came into a castle he took off, for comfort, the armor covering his head, and so originated the idea of tipping the hat, which in this day » high official. House-Building in China. When a Chinaman would build a house, he consults a wizard instead of an archi- tect. He decides the spot for the front door, for that must face exactly in the right direction—never toward the south, unless it is the house of an emperor or The wizard also determines the exact size of the door, for an inch out of the way might prove fatal. There must be a screen three yards in front of the door to keep out the evil breath— not human breath made by tobacco or liquor, nor malarial vapors, but some mysterious and fatal something that no one knows much about. Then the wizard locates the spot for the kitchen, and he settles the time to begin digging, for if the earth god should be at home, the workman might thrust the spade through his skull, and the fam- ily would all die. The question must also be settled whether this is the right year to build. There are lucky years and there are un- lucky years. For instauce, a man must not marry in any year beginning with an even number. Having picked out a lucky year, the next thing is to hit upon the lucky month in the year, and then the lucky day in the month. Lucky days are yellow, and unlucky days are black. There are more black days than yellow ones; so the case of the Chinese builder is not all pleasure and ease.—The King’s Own. Eskimo Sleds. If an Eskimo boy wishes a sled to use for coasting, he does not dream of ask- ing for one made of wood, for that ma- terial is so scarce that even the sledges used by the men are not made of it. The boy goes to the nearest pond or river, and cuts one out of pure ice. These ice sleds are much stronger than you would imagine, and the boys can readily coast down hill on them without breaking them. Even grown people sometimes use these primitive sledges. Even though the Eskimo boy’s sled is made of ice instead of wood, he is nearly as fond of coasting on it as are the boys in better climates, but, as his winters are so much longer, he grows tired of the play before the season is over.—T7rum- bell’s Child Life in Many Lands. Queer Facts About Days January always begins on the same day of the week as October. The same is true in respect to April and July, Sep- tember and December. Again, Febru- ary, March and November also begin on the same day of the week. This, how- ever, is only true in normal years of three hundred and sixty-five days, and not in leap year. A century can never begin on Wednesday, Friday or Satur- day. Furthermore, the ordinary year ends on the same day of the week as that on which it begins.—Yonth's Com- panion. Talking s Shoes. Like the native Africans, the South Sea Islanders are very proud if they can get hold of a pair of European shoes. They are especially gratified if they ac- quire a pair that squeak, or, as the Airi- cans call them, shoes that talk. A story is told of a South Sea Islander; who came into church with shoes merrily a-squeak. He walked proudly to the front and, removing the shoes, dropped them out of the window, so that his wife might also have the pleasure of coming in with “talking” shoes.—FEast and West. Must Be Left Untouched. The “Treasure of the Lowly” is the supreme undiscovered treasure, that is why Maeterlinck writes of it with a golden pen. Bring the jewel into the market, let the lapidary take it from its mysterious matrix and cut it with his remorseless tools, fit it into a king's crown, a lady’s ring or the cover of a silver box and somehow the wonder vanishes. The crowd may stare, but no one goes into raptures any more—Indian Messenger. Heels Shifted. How to get your money’s worth out of rubber heels: When the heels wear down on one side pry them off with a serewdriver or strong shears. Go easy, get the nails up with the rubber. Take the right and place on left shoe. Get the points of the nails in the same holes. They fit. That brings the thick part on the outside. Now ham- mer it down. Do the same thing with the other shoe. “Prevention is better than cure.” [tis also a great deal cheaper than cure. That is one reason why Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser should be in every home. It shows how to get health and how to keep it. Its 1008 pages are full of helpful information on all questions relating to health and disease. And this great book is sent free on receipt of stamps to defray expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for paper cov- ered book or, 31 stamps for cloth. Ad- dress Dr. V. M. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Longest Twelve-Word Telegram. There were 450 competitors for the prize offered by an English journal for the longest 12-word telegram, and the winner put in the following, which was transmitted for 12 cents, the regular rate: “Administrator general's coun- terrevolutionary intercommunications uncircumstantiated. Quartermaster general's disproportionableness char- actertistically contradistinguished un- constitutionalists’ incomprehensibili- ties.” ——A little fellow who had been told by his teacher that he must always say, “I beg your pardon,” when he had done anything for which he should ask pardon, didn’t catch the words correctly, and, on the next occasion when he wished to be polite, he nodded his head and blushing- by said, “Baking powder.”—American 0. Many Good New Things. “There is nothing new under the sun” is a statement true only of evil things, the fruits of ignorance and in- experience. Good things that are new come in with every generation, never in such abundance as in the opening years of the twentieth century~—The has become a common mark of respect to ladies.— Unidentified. Selina Christian Register. ‘young girl. . tries, that the impecunious bacheloz .has a way of attaching a handsome + well be envied by the young girl. A ATCT CE BREVITY LEADS TO ACCURACY Form of Old-Fashioned Indictment, With All Its Jargon of Law, Is Out of Date. : Those who krow nothing of the su- perstitious awe with which the legal fraternity regard the forms of proced- ure can searcely appreciate the high courage required of the district at- torney of Kings county, New York, to break with tradition and draw up am - indictment, say, for murder, with the aid of only sixty simple words, the Philadelphia Record remarks. In the old form the grand jury makes its ac- cusation briefly enough, but the de- scription of the felonious act is fear- fully and woefully designed. A long paragraph freely interluded with cuch terms as “force of arms” and other phrases from the jargon of the law, is required for the mere statement | that the defendant committed an as- sault with intent to kill. The old-fashioned indictment de- scribes the course of the bullet in about 600 words, stating how the de- fendant “a certain pistol then and there chargad and loaded with gun- powder and one leaden bullet”—which is manifestly an untruth. The weap- on with which the killing is accom- plished is not loaded in the presence of the victim, but is charged with ready-made cartridges. Nor does it contain only one leaden bullet, for it is usually a revolver holding five or six shots. This painful striving after accuracy, which, after all, merely breeds inaccu- racies and results in appeals for error | and endless retrials, is intolerable in an age which lays such stress on effi- ciency. We criticise the artisan who goes through twelve motions in laying a brick when the feat could be accom- plished in three or four motions; but the legal tautologist gets paid propor- tionately to the greatness of his waste ! of words. The sin of tautology permeates ev- ! ery department of the law, and it is ! one of the prime causes of the expen- ! siveness and dilatoriness of litigation. The reform of legal procedure is prac- | tically in the hands of the courts and | the lawyers themselves. | AS IT WAS 300 YEARS AGO Definitely Settled That Women May { undeveloped countries. market, when the tap is working easi- , fuls. ,one can SH SENT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES Vast Amounts of British Capital In- vested in Colonies and in North America. Take first the capital supplied to new countries for the development of their railways, their oil fields, their rubber plantations, their agriculture. We all remember the political catch- word of “capital going abroad,” and the campaign against British invest- ments, organized and controlled by the unionist party, remarks the London Chronicle. The unionist leaders and the unionist ex-chancellor of the ex- chequer solemnly told the country that ' money was safer abroad than at home, and there is no doubt that the invest- ing classes, which are largely union- ist, took their word for it and did in- vest abroad. Believing that Diaz, Ma- dero or Huerta was a safer guide than Campbell-Bannerman, Asquith or Lloyd-George, they neglected every- thing English and subscribed for any- thing foreign—a policy that they may | | bitterly repent today. The result of this attitude in Eng- land was great activity in the new In the capital ly, some one is sure to be there with a bucket, and foreign borrowers did take money from London in bucket- Exactly how much has been subscribed in the last few years no say, licly raised in England during the last five years at £1,044,609,000—one thou- ; sand millions in five years in adver- tised prospectuses alone! Of this sum by far the greater part has gone to British colonies and South America, Canada alone taking nearly £200,000, 000 and Argentina nearly £100,000,000. LONDON TO HONOR FRANKLIN Movement to Set Up Statue of Philoso- pher in Chapel Where He Worked as Printer. Few London people would connect romance with the name of Benjamin Franklin, but there is a chance that he | | may be commemorated in the most ro- | mantic of England’s few medieval | but the Economist , figures, which are the most conserva- tive of all the published statistics, : place the amount of new capital pub- a FINANCIAL PANIC OF 1837 | Year That Many Banks Failed and i Specie Payments Were Practical- ly Entirely Suspended. | Political rancor was at its height | when Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill renewing the charter of the United States bank and removed the treasury deposits, under which opposition the: bank collapsed and a vast number of state banks competed for the busi- ness, which included the issue of bank - notes. In 1837 there were 634 banks, with an aggregate capital of $291, © 000,000. In the history of banking the year of 1837 is prominent for one of the . worst panics that was ever known in . America, which resulted in the failure . of many banks and a universal suspen- sion of specie payments throughout ' ‘the country, which were not renewed iuntfl over a year and a half later, says ; the National Magazine. During this | trying period, when banking opera- tions were practically wiped out of i existence, all the banks but three con- tinued doing business in Boston. There were temporary suspensions of specie payments in 1857, known as the panic of ’57; also in ’61, when Boston fol- lowed the lead of New York, since it was evident that further attempt | to tide the popular panic would mean ! ruin to all the interests involved There are men still living today who remember with a shudder the trying times of ’57, when the merchants met in the Boston merchant's exchange day after day, insisting that the banks must be sustained; until finally Amasa Walker rose up and said: “Gentle- i ‘men, the banks must suspend specie i payments. There is no other course ! to be followed.” There were mur | murs of discontent and they were al- most ready to lynch the ex-governor . of the commonwealth for the bold po- | sition he had taken, but he faced | them courageously, and next came the | news of the suspension of the New : York banks. CURIOS FROM SOUTH POLE a | Geologists and Students of World Physics Welcome Collection Re- cently Received in England. Representative selection from the } » = Not Practice Law in the Courts churches, St. Bartholomew’s, Smith-| various objects brought home by the of England. Women cannot practice law in the ! courts of England. This doctrine was | recently affirmed by the court of ap- | peal which decided against Miss G. M. Bebb in a suit which she had brought against the Law society and in which she claimed the right to practice as a solicitor. The master of the rolls said that 300 years ago Lord Coke had expressed the view that women | could not be attorneys, and so far as this case was concerned, the master of the rolls said he decided it on the ground that, at the date of the pass-: ing of the solicitors’ act of 1843, there | was a disability on the part of women to be attorneys. The act had not destroyed the pre- existing disability. He disclaimed any right to legislate in the matter. No doubt many women, and in particular the present applicant, were in educa- tion, intelligence and competency su- perior to many candidates who would come up for examination. But with that the court had nothing to do. The lord justices concurred and the appeal was dismissed. Early Suffragette. Militant-minded women were known in England before the suffragettes, one of whom lies in Henry VIL’s chapel—Margaret, countess of Rich- mond, its builder’s mother, with her brass effigy by Torrigiano. She hated the Turk, and she made, as Camden reports, a sporting offer to the chival- rous of her day: “On the condition that princes of Christendom would combine themselves and march against the common enemy, the Turk, she would most willingly attend them and be their laundress in camp.” That position of laundress to the Crusaders would have been an easy one, for it was the fashion to make vows to change no underclothing until the holy sepulcher was regained. Korean Marriages. Marriages between widows and bachelors are very much in favor in Korea because not nearly so much money is required from the bridegroom as in the case of his marriage with a The impecunious bride groom is scorned by the parents of the girl and he is also unable to pay for the elaborate wedding ceremonies which must take place. All of this he escapes by running off with a widow. It happens in Korea, as in other coun- is often more desirable from every point of view but a mercenary one than the well to do member of the community. Consequently, the widow young husband to herself that might Smile, and Others Will Smile. In an elevator of one of our large stores I saw a lady turn her head and in so doing, struck another lady's face with her feather, the lady struck was angry and scowled at the first lady, and in so doing turned her head and struck with her hat ornament an other lady. This lady turned her head and struck another lady’s face; this lady was annoyed, but she had geen the others, and as she looked ug she saw two gentlemen with broad smiles on their faces, and she smiled and soon the others in the car saw the humorous side, and there were smiles upon smiles in that gloomy store ele vator. field. Some one has discovered from the parish rate books that he once worked i at the case in an office housed in his day in the Lady Chapel of the church. Franklin records that he was ems- ployed on setting up the second edi- tion of Woolaston’s “Religion of Na- ture” positors’ racks. The posts of these racks were still there in 1885 before the Lady Chapel was cleared of its workaday fittings and prepared for worship again. In the wall over the Lady Chapel altar (and in Franklin's day actually in the printing room) are five tall niches, probably filled with figures of saints before the Reformation. It is now proposed to commemorate Frank- lin by placing one or more “female saints” in these niches. Poor, But Proud. A lady who is a district visitor be- came much interested in a very poor but apparently respectable Irish fam- ily named Curran living on the top floor of a great building in a slum dis- trict of her parish. Every time she visited the Currans she was annoyed by the staring and the whispering of the other women | living in the building. One day she said to Mrs. Curran: “Your neighbors seem very curious to know who and what I am and the nature of my business with you.” “They do,” acquiesced Mrs. Curran. “Do they ask you about it?” “Indade they do, ma'am.” “And do you tell them?” “Faith, thin, Oi do not.” “What do you tell them?” “Oi just tell thim,” was the calm re. ply, “that ye are me dressmaker, an’ let it go at that.”—Pittsburgh Chroni- cle Telegraph. Washington’s Return Home. On December 4, 1783, Washington bade farewell to his officers in New York and rowed across the Hudson to New Jersey, thence proceeding to Philadelphia. There he handed to the | ‘proper officers a statement of the money he had spent out of his own pocket after he took command of the army more than eight years before in Cambridge. The amount was $64,315. For his services during that time he refused any pay. When he reached Annapolis, ting, he resigned as commander in chief of the army, and proceeded to Mt. Vernon, where he had been but once during the eight years and a half. Lawyers’ Favorite Indoor Sport. “As to the question of good faith that has been raised here, that has no bearing whatever,” declared one of the lawyers for the “taxpayers” who are trying to enjoin the Hyde case prose- cution. And possibly he spoke correct- ly. More and more the element of “good faith” is ceasing to be a factor. Many attorneys regard the administra- tion of law as an indoor sport—a duel of wits between Artemas Quibble and Erasmus K. Snitch.—Kansas City Star. Fixed Furniture. It is now considered desirable to have much of the furniture built in to save buying. This also preserves a consistent decorative scheme. In the construction of houses brick is given renewed consideration because of its * excellent decorative possibilities. and in that book there is a quaint little engraving showing the’ top floor of the factory with the com- where congress was sit-| - conductor whispered to her, | scientific staff attached to the Scott ' Antarctic expedition is now on exhi- bition at the British Natural History museum, South Kensington. The ob- jects include the rock fragments brought back to within 11 miles of One Ton depot by Dr. Wilson. These fragments are from Buckley island, or Mount Buckley, which appears out of the ice cap where the glacier begins to descend toward the barrier ice. | This “island” as it were parts the stream of ice. There appear to be other summits entirely buried beneath the ice stream. The fragments tell us of warm weather conditions, of Devonian fishes which swam gayly in the waters of a remote period when the polar area was far different from what it is now. These fragments are of the highest importance to geolo- gists and students of world physics. Among other interesting objects is the skin of a young Weddell seal. The | [fur is of an attractive light brown { color. The birds brought home by the ' lexpedition are not yet stuffed. One iis a very fine emperor penguin, whose breast feathers glisten under the elec- tric light. A gray-headed mollymauk is another fine bird. The only known , insect (wingless) proper to the Ant. i arctic is also shown. There are two Sponges from the ice seas of Antarc- cS. i Not Sam’s Fault. | © Sam Snedeker, the commissary man, and held in the community to be a good churchman, annoyed the minister ‘extremely by getting up and walking out of the church while the sermon was in progress. The preacher spoke to Sam about it. “It isn’t my fault, doc,” Sam pro- tested. “It’s a sort of affliction I got.” The preacher told Sam he'd better ‘see the camp doctor. A few days later the preacher met the doctor. “Did Sam Snedeker come to you for advice?” asked the preacher. “Yes,” said the doctor, “but I told Sam I couldn't do anything for him.” “What was Sam’s affliction?” “Affliction! He didn’t say anything . about that. Sam said he'd been trou- bling you by walking in his sleep.”— New York Post. When She Moved. “It requires courage to complain of a woman’s hat if it inconveniences you , ever so much,” says a London Chron- | tele writer. “Most of us suffer si lently, but I saw a brave man one morning on a tram car, who called the conductor’s attentica to a plume which kept jabbing him in the eye. The conductor suggested he should move, but the man objected on princi- ple, and the woman declined to stir. A scene seemed imminent, which every one was preparing to enjoy, when the ‘You should always oblige a gentleman.’ She appreciated the humor, and took a seat with a vacancy on either side.” He Knew. Charles S. Mellen, at a dinner in Boston, said of a bankrupt: “His bankruptcy was like that which the parent described. “ ‘Pa, what’s a bankruptcy? a little boy once asked. “And pa, who had been ‘bit’ that week, answered bitterly: “ ‘Bankruptcy, my son, is where you put your money in your hip pocket and let your creditors take your wallet and coat.”
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