Queensland Government Sells Homes to Workers The labor "government of Queens- land, Australia. has expended approxi- mately $16,000,000 in the last eight years in the erection of between 8,000 and 9,000 houses which have been sold to the people, said Premier Edward G. Theodore in an interview at the Aus- tralian commissioner’s office, 44 White- hall street, according to the New York Times. Mr. Theodore, who has been premier of Queensland, the second largest state in Australia, for nearly nine years, ar- rived in New York by way of Canada and was on his way to London to ar- range for the refunding of loaiis Rmounting to approximately $125,000, Senter Theodore explained that the housing shortage was quite as bag i Australia as Tea sald tha i the schéme to build Workers’ omes the government bought the “fand, erécted the houses and then sold them to individuals, who paid weekly installments no higher than ordlnary rent. Af the nd of fifteen or twenty Years the workman owned the home. Queensland is spending $2,000,000 this year for 1,000 dwellings to be sold in the same way. + Premie Theodore said he expected to S& Prime Minister MacDonald, whom he knows, on his visit to Lon- don. He declared het We YpeDeald now had the opportunity o Jemon- strating that his policy was workable and sane. If he succeeds, said Mr. Theodore, it will have a great effect ~» Bootblack Uses a Palette One of the bootblacks on the boule vards now uses a palette when clean- ing women’s shoes, says & Paris letter to the Baltimore Sun. The Parisian woman’s shoes vary st much in color that he found it often difficilt to get the right hue of boot cream to match. So, in his palette, he puts a number of different creams and combines them in varying proportions according to the tone of the shoes he has to deal T henics in Danger Little Boy—I'm not going to school today, ’cause we've got to work too hard. Mother— What have you got to do‘ Little Boy—I don’t know, but teach- er said that we'd have caloused thenics after today’s classes.—The Wasp. Modern Inventions Timothy—Maria! Maria! Open the door. Al Falfa—Kind o’ deaf, ain’t she? Tim—No, she ain't deaf, but tryin’ to listen to the phonograph an’ the teléphone an’ the wireless, an’ havin’ only two ears it's hard sometimes to get her attention. No Waste Involved “When a man says he has thrown his hat in the ring he merely uses a figure of speech.” “Of course,” answered Senator Sorgv hum. “Many a political tile-tosser wouldn't be so reckless if he had to use a genuine hat.”—Washington Star. with. Judging by the number of his wom an customers his plan is successful. Just Like a Husband “My husband is the most stubborn man in the world.” “He can’t be any more stubborx than mine.” “Qh, yes, I'm sure he must be. Yes terday I had an engagement to meet him at three o'clock.” “Yes.” “well, it was nearly 4:30 when I go there, and he won't admit yet that the rest he got while he was waiting did him any good.” First Woman Radiologist Sister Godeliva, who is in charge ot the X-ray department of St. John's hospital in Fargo, is the first woman to be registered as a radiologist in the state of North Dakota. She recently passed the examination required by the American Registry of Radiological Technicians in Omaha and is the first , called a friend, and they went I in pursylly ig welt stappe ¥ the a hifl ou woman, it is thought, to be awarded such a certificate in this country. the lead content of the paint used.— New York World. Human Decoy Used to Lure Wolf in Russia The Russian hunter’s method of kill- ing wolves is interesting. A great hefty peasant, with yellow halr, snub nose, red face and shining biue eyes, brought an immense wolf’s skin to me once, and I gsked him how he had ob- tained it. He was standing at the window of his izba one fafe &fténoon he said, when he saw a wolf walking through the village street. He seized bis gun, 2 fop of Side the villa and | looked at them. To prevent ft from running away, the sefond man went down on all fours and moved toward the wolf. He looked, in his heavy sheep ig, shy a, for all the world like = : ai -— - ap anigal, and ie Wolf (ap heey @ aftack hith. When it had CONE [6 a convenient distance the hunter shot it. —Francésca M. Wilson, in Manchester Guardiall, Sirange, Strange! This is veraclous: A clergyman from Cambridge, Mass., had occasion to preach to the inmates of an insane hospital. During his sermon he no- ticed that one of the patients paid the closest attention, his eyes riveted upon the preacher's face, his body bent eagerly forward. Such Interest was most flattering. After the service, the speaker noticed that the man spoke to the superintendent, so as soon as pos- i sible the preacher inquired: “Didn’t that man speak to you abou. my sermon?” “Yes.” “Would you mind telling me wha : pe said?” The superintendent tried to sidester: out the preacher insisted. “Well,” he said at last, “what the man said was, ‘Just think, he’s out and I'm in. ”—The Christian Register (Boston). > Runs Submerged An inexpensive undershot powe. wheel which will run even when whol- Iy submerged and which is especially adapted for use in mountain streams was invented some time ago by a Salt Lake man. The wheel's source of power lies in the fact that the blades fold on the upward stroke, making the leverave greater at all times on those below than above the center shaft and thereby enabling it to run in water of any depth. The wheel, which is made entirely of metal, may be of any diameter and width, To prevent clogging with floating weeds or debris the wheel is inclosed in a heavy mesh wire screen sO con- nected to the wheel that it revolves in the opposite direction. Set an Egg—Ample A boastful traveler was In the vil- lage inn, trying to “kid the hicks.” “Speaking of chickens,” he said, “re- minds me of an old hen my father used to have on his farm. She’d hatch any- thing from a tennis ball to a lemon. Why, one day she sat on a chunk of ice and hatched out a pint of hot water » «That don’t come up to a hen my mother had,” remarked one of his hearers. “They fed her on sawdust once, by mistake. Well, she laid ten eggs, and sat on 'em, and when they were hatched, nine of them had wooden legs, and t'other chicken was a woodpecker I"—American Boy. Diffused Concentration An enthusiastic young admirer said to Arnold Bennett shortly after one of his more thoughtful books was pub- lished: “You have been a wonderful help to me, Mr. Bennett.” “Indeed! In what way, may I ask?" “Qh, that last book of yours! It has taught me to concentrate.” «To concentrate? Well, well, that’s pice. Now tell me, what are you con- centrating on?” “Oh, lots and lots of things,” was the reply.—Boston Transcript. Just Right Nexdore—Don’t you find your som somewhat restive since he finished at college? Talltimber—Yes, very restive. Ever since he graduated he ain't done nuth- in' but rest. Now We Know Uncle Lije Cheek one day was asked whether Sam Black was honest or not. “Well, if, and, but, though,” he an- ‘swered, “he might be, and, then agin’ he mign't; but, if he be, he is very highly spoken aginst.” | One Born Every Minute, | 1 | ! f { - — ! vthe boy, scenting a tip. Few Ever Give Up Hope In certain offices In Wall street there’s an axiom, “Once a sucker, al- ways a sucker.” Those who make | their living by catching suckers do not | cross from their lists the names of : individuals who have met with losses because losses do not cure. There was proof of this only re- cently. The receiver of a bucket shop which closed some time ago received a $75 check through the mail with an order to buy certain securities, Ex- amining the check, the receivér found that it was a dividend check the cus- tomer had received when another bucket shop was closed, It represented all he had salvaged from the wreck. But without éven bothering to cash if, he endorsed it and sent it along. That check came from the Middle West. But there are suckers in New York also. That same receiver a few days later received a check and a buy- ing order. The check was for $400. The sender was a Broadway merchant. The order was not execufed, however, as the firm he addressed had failed a year before. “Apparently there's not only one : oorn every minute, but they never die,” said the receiver as he dictated a lefter to accompany the returned check, | | Hee | First Telephone Users | Unable to Find Ears In 1877 one of the most important and difficult parts of the work of in- troducing the telephone into a com- | fiiunity ®as Teaching the subscriber the | dorrect way of using a telephone This still has ifs importancé and ' its difficulty. So there is value as well as amusement in the experience | of one of the earliest of telepholi8 ' pioneers, who introduced the telephone into Delaware. He says in an account of those davs: | “In 1877 4ad 1878 very few people | had seen a telephone and fewer still | had used it, 80 that after a subscriber had been sécured it required consider- able effort to impress upon him the fost efficient way to use it. The peo- ple did not know, it seems, where their ears were. In fact, an editor said to me one day: ‘You should have some one instruct Mr, — how to use that telephone you have put in for him. He has rubbed the hair off the side of his head trying to find his ear.)”— Telephone Press Service, Just What He Asked | One day a man who was interested | 1 in social work went into a tenement ! district and, wishing to see a certain | man, but having only a general idea as to where he lived, approached a small boy for information. “My boy,” he said, “can you show .ne where Mr. Linkovitch lives?” “Yes, sir,” was the quick reply oi | “Come right | with me, sir.” With this the hey entered an adja- | cent doorway and started to climb the | difficult stairs. Up four flights he went, the visitor breathlessly follow- ! ing, and finally paused at an open door. «This is the floor,” said the boy, wistfully looking for the coin. “Mr. Linkovitch lives in there.” “I, 00ks as if we had had hard luck,” cemarked the visitor, peering into the room. “Mr. Linkovitch doesn’t appear to be here.” “No, sir,” was the rejoinder of the poy. “That was him settin’ down on the front doorstep where we came in.” The Cheery Eskimos. A Norwegian explorer has just spent 15 years among the Eskimos of Green- land and Alaska, after which, with a natural desire of change, he made for Paris. Yet he mai®itains an admirable fidelity to his Eskimo friends. They have, he assures the Parisians, many points of superiority over the inhab- ftants of more genial climes. “They take turns to sing songs, in which they abuse and ridicule each other to the best of their ability.” The man whose phrases are the most mordant, whose melodies are the most mocking, whose volce best carries invective, is ad- judged to have right on his side. What more is needed to prove that the Eski- mos are ruled by the loftiest ideals of civilization?—London Daily Telegraph. Sure Enough! “Oh, major!” called a farmer con stituent, coming out to the gate. “I've got a puzzle here. The county seat newspaper came just DOW with part of a page doubled over and printed twice so that it can’t be read. The headline over that part says, ‘Gov- ernor Trickery Here Saturday,’ and I can’t tell whether it means last Sat- urday or next Saturday.” Not So New The traveler had returned to his na: dve village after being abroad for 20 years. He stopped as he saw a little boy with a small baby coming down the road. “Ah! a new face, I see!” “No, it isn’t, sir,” replied the boy. iooking at the baby. “It’s just been washed, that's all!”—Western Chris tian Advocate (Cincinnati). The Idle Thing “The woman next door is really areadful, Richard,” said the young murried woman. “She does nothing but talk the whole day long. I'm sure she can't get any work done.” “Oh,” remarked her husband; “te shom does she talk?” “Why, to nie, dear, of course,” wat the reply, “over the fence!” | Delicate Gown Made ! cut waist. for Empress Eugenie It is said that the most perishable thing ever made was the gown of Em- press Eugenie designed for her to wear at a ball given at the Tuileries upon her return from the opening of the Suez canal. 3 The ultimate in dress was made un- der the personal direction of the em- press. Four women labored steadily for six months embroidering the flounces. It took two months to manu- facture the gauze. The cloth was woven on machinery especially con- structed and was the only kind of this material ever fashioned. The threads were so fine that the weavers were obliged to wear powerful magnifying glasses, The dress was an ivory white. I was made with 15 skirts one upon the other. Thirty-five yards of gauze were required for each and the effect was a diaphanous mist. A thousand yards of material was used, 237 yards bein, recuired for each of the two overskiris: The flounces resembled cobwebs, and delicate embroidery marked the low-- Cy ist. So fine was the material that the two overskirts could be drawn. through a bracelet, and two of the un-- derskirts through a finger ring.—De-~ troit News, ] Keene Won and Zost Millions of Dollars It is to be questioned whether his tying up with Jay Gould or the $400,000, he wagered that William Jennings: Bryan would be elected in 1896 was: James R. Keene's greatest error of fd ent. To his then assoclatey ould, Keene attributed his losses in Western Union and wheat in the late; "108. } Kor all of his speculations over gears, Keene, when he died, in 1913, left but $2,000,000, and he scored more failures in hig operations than suc- CésSed. After his experience with Jay Gould, other reverses followed and Keene was a bankrupt in 1884. By 1892 he was on his feet again, through his manipulations for the whisky com- bination 8nd American Sugar Refining company. L, Later in the same decade, he wou 4nd lost and won again on Brooklyn: Rapid Transit, only to drop $2,000,000! in Third avenue railway speculations. At the time of the flotation of United States steel he hit the ceiling, only tor fall to the floor shortly after with the collapse of Southern Pacific.—New ' York Times. \ Home of Pineapple The pineapple is of American ori gin, growing wild in Brazil and Mex- ico. It has been known since the Six- teenth century and was first cultivat- ed solely for royalty in the gardens of their private grounds. Brazil still | possesses the best and most appreciut- ed varieties, although in other coun- tries much work has been done to de- velop a better pineapple. It is claimed that the flavor and evenness of pulp of the Brazilian pine- apples have not been equaled. The season in Brazil comes in December and it has been a source of wonder to tourists arriving in Brazil during the pineapple season why some one has not undertaken to make shipments to the United States, where there should be a splendid market for them, arriv- ing in midwinter. Mary Lost Her Tip A newly appointed judge of the Su preme court, who felt pretty well satis- fied with himself, was dining at a hotel and he said to the Irish waitress, “Mary, how long have you been in this country?” “Two years, sir.” “Do you like it?” “Sure, it's well enough,” she an swered. «But, Mary,” he continued, “youn have many privileges in this country which you'd not have in Ireland. Now at home you'd never be in a room with a justice of the Supreme court and chatting familiarly with him.” “But, sure, sir,” said the girl, quite in earnest, “ye’d never be a judge at home.”—Boston Transcript. Had F orgotten A Hot Springs girl recently ran across a lot of love letters written many years ago, by her mother to her father before they were married. The daughter pretended that the letters were of recent date, and read them to her mother, who was disgusted beyond measure, saying it was surprising that such silly persons were perniitted to live. “I thank goodness,” she said, “that when I was a girl, I had some gense.”—Philadelphia Inquirer. Both Wrong wo travelers were seated In a train going to Chicago. As the train drew up at a station one of the trav- elers opened the window, and, draw- ing a deep draught of fresh air, turned to his companion and exclaimed: “Isn’t this salubrious?” “Yes,” replied his friend, “I think it 18 exhilarating.” “Beg pardon,” chimed in the coun- ductor, “ye're both wrong; it's Kala- mazoo.” Kittenish “Those firemen must he a frivolous get,” commented Mrs. Dumpling. “Why?” asked her overworked half. “I read in the paper that after the blaze was under ‘control, firemen played eil night on the ruins. Why didn’t they go to bed like sensible folks instead of romping around like cats?”