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LL other things equal,”
remarked Helen West-
lake,
her voice to the exclu-
sive hearing of her two
immediate companions,
“l would marry a man
who was particular—
fastidious, even—in
matters of fashion, and
with some individual
taste and the firmness
to maintain it; and all that equal, a
man of quick decision and push in
business. Gentlemanly aloofness is all
very nice, but I prefer a husband who
will crowd his way into the arena and
lead it, even though his possessions
shonld make such energy unnecessary.
Men grow rusty just as rapidly as un-
used tools.”
Two gentlemen were standing in an
alcove examining some prints. As the
words ceased, one of them looked at
his companion quizzingly.
“That's for you, Tom,” he said in a
low voice. “I'm out of the race. She
made that plain a week ago.”
“Oh. I don’t know,” said Tom Fal-
lon, carelessly. “The words were
rather sweeping, and the Toms, Dicks
and Harrys are numerous. Miss West-
lake is a very popular girl, and as
she says herself, has opinions. I am
too hopelessly sluggish to even come
within range of her benevolent lever-
age.”
But after they had left the house,
and he was walking down the side-
walk, his pleased expression showed
that the words were still on his mind,
and that he did believe he was within
range of her thoughts. Indeed, of
late he had fancied there had been a
new look in her eyes and a new tone
in ‘her voice when he was near. But
they had been elusive.
| Westlakeville was very a.istocratic,
very small, and very remote from
commercial centers. A hundred miles
of uncomfortable railroad traveling,
and two. days’ absence, were the ne-
cessities of out-of-town shopping: so
the two dry. goods stores and the one
small millinery establishment were to
a large extent the sources of supply
as the ‘ast court of appeal of local
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“That’s for You, Tom.”
said robin’s-egg blue and the local
stock was uncomwnromisingly dark,
then it was dark that set the fashion
until the stock changed.
A thought of this flashed into Tom
Fallon’s mind as he was passing the
leading dry goods store. and he
paused suddenly. The show window
was filled with a display of neckwear,
all greens and stripes, with many com-
binations. This style had been having
a run in the metropolis the past three
cor four months, after which, the de-
mand slackening, the drummers had
hurried their remaining stock out to
such places as Westlakeville, with
specious words and mysterious allu-
sions to being just a little ahead of
the times.
Tom Fallon’s tie was cream, with a
leaning to gray; and this shade he
had worn for a year, without change.
He liked it, and believed it peculiarly
suited to his style and complexion.
And just as thoroughly he hated green
and all its ramifications.
But only a few days before, in one
of their semi-confidential moods
, Helen had spoken disparagingly of the
tie, and commeuded tiie progressive
ness of the other young men, who had
already adopted green combinations
Tom lingered by the window a few
moments, then turned suddenly and
entered the store.
without lowering
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Suppose we draw up the papers at
{ once. There's a lawyer next door.”
Billy stared, then laughed incredu-
| lously, and with some relief.
“It’s you who're talking now,” he
rejoined. “You've never done a day's
work in your life, and you couldn’t run
a store if you tried. Besides, you've
got too much money to fool with busi-
ness.”
“I'll have a try at it, anyhow—un-
less you back down on your word.”
“Oh, I won't back down,” dolorous-
ly; “if you really mean it.”
A half hour later the papers were
made out and signed. and the money
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Had Spoken Disparagingly of the Tie.
passed. Then Tom turned briskly to
the late proprietor.
“What are you going to do now,
Billy ?”
“Don’t know,” miserably, “unless I
get a clerkship somewhere until I can
find a place to start again. I'd never
have said what I did to a regular
business man. It’s enough money, I
suppose; but I didn’t want to sell. I
couldn’t live away from the counter.”
“T am glad to hear that,” heartily.
| “Now I'll engage you to manage the
store for me. First, I want you to
pack away everything you've got with
green in it, dress oods, gloves, ties——
everything. Pack them awa; so thor-
oughly they can’t be got at under two
or three months at least; then I'll let
vou have a thousand dollars to go and
buy some cream and gray goods with.
You know more about buy'ng things
than T do. We'll make such a dis-
play of cream and gray as Westlake-
ville never knew before.”
“But—good Lord, man!” in dismay.
“That would ruin the store' Green is
fashionable now, ard cream gone out.”
“We'll force it back, then,” coolly.
“Well. hurry things along. and then
rush the new goods down from the
city. And say, watch the other store,
We want brisk
ut some of the new
zoods at cost, and dazzle the town
with Easter bargairs. And oh, yes,
don't mention this sale for the pres-
ent.”
He went out and sought the other
dry goods store. An hour later that
wus his also, with the proprietor en-
gaged and given similar instructions.
Then he went to the millinery estab-
lishment.
It still lacked five weeks of Easter,
and the fashionable people were wait-
ing for the first of the month to bring
their new magazines with the latest
possible hints on Easter costuming.
When they came there was a general
rush to the stores and millinery estab-
lishment.
Tom [Fallon was running up a col-
umn of figures when Helen Westlake
and cut prices freely.
competition.
“No, not a thing, Billy,” he said to |
the proprietor, whom he knew. “I'm
just idling away time. Fine display
in the window there. Cood trade, I
suppose — making money -- getting
rich?”
“No such thing,” energetically.
“Folks think storekeeping's something
great, but it’s just struggling along on
the very surface of starvation. I'd
sell out In a minute if IT could get an
offer.”
“Just talk, Billy,” sarcastically.
“You mean you would sell if offered
geveral times the cost—say five or six
thousand dollars.”
“No, I'm In earnest. I'd be mighty
glad to sell at cost, for three thou-
gand—for twenty-five hundred, cash.”
anletly, “T'11 take it.
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hurried into the millinery store, her
face worried and fu'i of consternation.
“Show me some goods in green,”
she sald to the girl behind the coun:
ter—“anything. I never heard of such
poor business men! There isn’t a bit
of green in either of the stores, and
even your window here is filled chief-
ly with hats in all combinations of
cream and gray. But it's green that's
in fashion, not cream. Surely you
must have something in green packed
away.”
“Not in green,” the girl answered.
“We have goods in all other colors
and shades: but all except the cream
and gray are put aside for our dis-
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EASTER DAY
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‘Words cannot utter
Christ His returning:—
Mankind, keep Jubilee,
Strip off your mourning,
Crown you with garlands,
Set your lamps burning.
Speech is loft speechless:—
Set you to singing,
Fling your hearts open wide,
Set your bells ringing;
Christ the Chief Reaper
Comes, His sheaf bringing.
Earth wakes her song birds,
Puts on her flowers,
Leads out her lambkins,
Builds up her bowers;
This is man’s sponsal day,
Christ’s day and ours.
—Christina G. Rossetti.
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play opening. They're the riost beau-
tiful.”
“Oh, they're beautiful enough,” im-
patiently. “But the whole tcwn has
turned cream and gray in the last ten
days. I don’t know a girl who isn’t
being costumed in rome of its combi-
nations. But I want a bit of green
for fashion’s sake. Please find some.”
The girl shook er head.
“You'll have to ask the proprietor,”
she said.
Tom came forward gravely.
“Won't you—" began Helen; then
she stopped, stared, and began to com-
prehend.
“Tom Fallon, what are you doing
there behind the counter?” she de-
manded.
“Crowding my way into the arena,”
he answered mildly.
Helen colored and bit her lip, then
started resentfully toward the door.
But half way there she paused, choked
and broke suddenly into ringing
laugh.
“You may show me the prettiest
things you have in cream and gray,”
she said to the girl, as she returned
again to the counter. “After all, it
will be in fashion—Westlakeville fash-
fon, at least.”
When she left, Tom accompanied
her to the door.
“I hope—" he began.
“Oh, that’s all right,” she inter-
rupted. “I don’t mind—now. But the
“
The Girl Shook Her Head.
idea of you making a fashon, and—
and crowding into husiness like that!
Yes,” anticipating the request in his
eves, “you may come up this evening
if you like.”
(©. 1523, Western Newspaper Union.)
Significance of Easter Egg.
The colored Easter egg, which is to-
day chiefly a means of entertaining
children, has in reality a profound
sacred significance. The egg has
from the remotest ages been regarded
as the symbol of creation or new
birth, and all the ancient religions
possessed ceremonies in which the
egg figured in this emblematic sense.
The Christians adopted it as the sym-
bol of the resurrection of Christ and,
in the early ceremonies, it was col-
ored red in allusion to His blood shed
for sinners on the cross. 3
Through the centuries since the
beginning of = Christianity varlous
games and contests have been played
everywhere in Christendom in which
the egg held a prominent part.
Egg-Rolling Is Old Custom.
The custom of coloring eggs, roll-
ing them, battling over them is really
as old as the goddess Eostre and is
among the inheritances common to all
Germanic tribes whether on the conti-
nent or in the British archipelago.
In this country the Pennsylvania
Germans were enthusiastic followers
of the ideas and customs of Easter-
tide from the days of Willlam Penn.
In 1850 and until 1855, in Philadel-
phia on Easter hill—now leveled, lost
and forgotten among the thickly built-
up residences on Broad street north
of Girard avenue—rolling colored
eggs, picking them when held in hand
and fighting joyfully in the egg con-
tests made up an annual feast of mer-
riment.
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Real Estate Transfers.
‘Andrew J. Cook, et al, to Mary E.
Kelley, tract in Bellefonte; $78.65.
Harry Dukeman, sheriff, to Wm.
Bowser, tract in Philipsburg; $5,900.
John L. Krumrine, et ux, to Adam
H. Krumrine, tract in State College;
$1.
Blanche Hays Hiller to George E.
Rothrock, et ux, tract in Bellefonte;
$100.
John Stoner, et ux, to Mary E.
Sholl, tract in Penn township; $691.50.
John Stoner, et ux, to Mary E.
Sholl, tract in Penn township; $691.50.
F. P. Musser, et ux, to Mary E.
Sholl, tract in Penn township; $25.
Philipsburg Coal and Lond Co., to
Irvin Confer, tract in Rush township;
$600.
Andrew Lytle, et ux, to W. F. Tay-
lor, tract in College township; $100.
Katherine S. Musser to Harry T.
Hoover, tract in Spring township:
$500.
James K. Reish, et ux, to L. L. Wea-
ver, tract in State College; $300.
Joseph W. Reifsnyder, et ux, to
Geo. W. Frankenberger, tract in Mill-
heim; $275.
C. O. Broome, et ux, to Warren G.
C. Thompson, tract in State College;
$5,800.
Amos Garbrick’s Exrs., to Emma C.
Dan, tract in Spring township; $210.
Andrew Lytle, et ux, to W. F. Tay-
lor, tract in College township; $200.
W. H. Thompson, et ux, to Herbert
Woodward, tract in Howard township;
$1.
S. D. Ray, et al, to Joseph V. Mec-
Culley, tract in Bellefonte; $300.
Mrs. Mary J. McCulley to Joseph
V. McCulley, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
W. C. Martin, et ux, to Lewis E.
Biddle, et ux, tract in Spring town-
ship; $7,800.
Philipsburg Coal and Land Co. to
Dominico A. Pizzerto, tract in Rush
township; $225.
Wm. Bowser, et ux, to S. Edward
Watkins, et al, tract in Philipsburg;
$3,000.
Samuel Waite to George W. Mager-
felter, tract in Pleasant Gap; $1,500.
Sarah R. Rager to Mary R. Dale
Miller, tract in State College; $4,000.
Carl S. Weaver, et ux, to Leif A.
Olsen, tract in Bellefonte; $1.
Jared Harper, et ux, to Charles C.
Keichline, tract in Bellefonte; $3,500.
Jared Harper, et ux, to Charles E.
Rockey, et ux, tract in Bellefonte;
$1,800. :
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fund with which the potato growers
of the State are to erect a new stu-
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to growers themselves and through
the generosity of Michigan growers
they expeet to turn over $15,000 to
the hospital fund next fall.
Several car loads of disease-free po-
tato seed have been donated to the
college towards the fund by the Mich-
igan Potato Producers’ Association.
Professor E. L. Nixon, the extension
plant disease specialist of the college,
evolved the plan of distributing this
seed to the boys’ potato clubs where
they promised to multiply each bush-
el and turn over the proceeds to the
hospital fund. Over two hundred
boys in Butler county have pledged an
average of $50 each and will receive
800 bushels of first-class potato seed
to grow this summer. Forty bushels
will go to the five members of the
Hopewell Potato club, of Cumberland
county, and 750 bushels will go to 100
boys in Blair county.
The Blair county boys have had a
guarantee of $2500 for 2250 bushels
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