T H E SULTAN'S DRA T By GEORGE DALTON. I The outer door of Hazleton's '«■ <-« l. leaving him and his frien ,-ilence th.it was urging each man j»;-it his thoughts to what had ju; pencd. and to what should be >ai> " s I) ■ "Corfound it, Hazleton," broke i 1 l.oss, "I didn't intend to see the a of that cheek. It fluttered my w; ' n j'_ I couldn't help it. 1 had no cu f 1 and I never dreamed it was for a stunning amount. "Never mind, De." returned I In as he arose to stand before the w "j" with his hands in his pockets, wl . . ran his eye far down the many r l business Pueblo on the'opposite o the street gorge. "I didn't mine seeing it."' He wheeled about and ?. his hqnd on his friend's shoulder. . Loss, it's been on my mind a lon| . to tell you the story of the S Draft." . . De "The Sultan's Draft!" exclaim< w Loss; "the amount was princely. I' ' you had done well, but " ! . "Oh. I'm not speaking of the J 1 ■ j You didn't suppose I would, eve) ( ) were rich enough, give nearly $25/% p.. the solicitor for the refugee ff 11 Hazleton chuckled with pure joyot "I don't believe I have made to play that much against the l r n K ' I '. able Turk. At any rate, 1 wouldn't if it were not for the Si Draft." • "The Sultan's Draft! In lie name what do you mean by the Si ' " Draft?" cried De Loss. , "Well, De Loss, we have been tli t a lot since we were boys, but you w )an j c in 011 this deal. It was when the m v • uglit me. For Weeks I hung on 1 eyelids while I tried to pull my bu ' through. I low I came out of it 1 , told you, and you may be sure Os v , didn't, not he. Yes, old 'Osl Raudebaugh, dead and gone to ■ ' peace to his great, big soul! Hi , at the bottom of it. It was tricky. '| ( { j was awfully risky, but old man R u j^' e baugh—God bless hirn—gave 511( TOO j chance, and with American gall and 5 " iuck I did the rest. . "Oshkosh had allowed me an ove: ' j'j at his bank for far more than my s j' ing would warrant. Unexpected tl one after another, dropped on me. payable were fired into me wi mercy, like bullets, and bills rece ' were fired back to me, as worth', j paper wads. All the resources I were strained to the uttermost to !' e one dollar fill the need of five. At after careful figuring, 1 found t' must have fifteen thousand dollars 1 thirty days or go up. .. "Raudebaugh, you know, De, a ' treated me like his son. and 1 km , he could do anything to help me it v | u | t be done; if not, and 1 had to let ; J was only fair he should know it an 3 bank should have the advantage of ' )U ting in its claim first. I went down to the bank as b! ( , a ;, that pennant over there 011 the li went 011 Hazleton. "Oshkosh and I AU through the business together, cam . it bit by bit; the good old dog di' J 1 * best to figure it out, but it seemec 00 tough a proposition. , . " 'Sorry for you, James, my boy . kept saying a< he studied it, 'but it very bad. Fifteen thousand doll; ' thirty day-—thirty? ' and he'd lm '' a me, and I'd nod my head. "We sat a long time thinking it ,'V' 0.-!ik< -h totally lost in it and chei V off the tilings he was going over ii . * ! V :;,ir.d wl'K hi- pencil on the blotting "'Thri- bank is going to save it c.'v*. Janii . my son; but I'm a iK/f-i-ig can be done. 1 • "'At this oracular drone my 1 went up an-i then sank down, cli not - far down as it had been. C 1 a bit R"iuLbaiigh looked up slyly. "'Don't you know somebody. Ja rnCb ' you cm draw on?' ~ "'Wli:. l , for fifteen thousand doll "'Nobody?' . , "'Thi- i> too serious for me to J e about. Mr. Raudebaugh.' '"Jrnies, on, don't you know s mt i " body you may draw on. somebody : wa -' oft- a long way oft ?' .. "Oshkosh began to fairly purr temptation, and for a moment my ''! 0 leaped up .- 1 caught his idea and 1 K breath of relief it would give. , " 'Somebody in Thibet, or Arcliai ' or up the Congo?' . . "The sporting spirit that had beer " 1 dormant second -elf, or had b :i 1. and captive through a long life of 1 "~J" ness integrity, raged in him on the 1 ", el . c ' thought of a flyer. I tell you, he f; .- 1 sang his allurement like a siren, ar 7 .' though sick with dread of its crin " 1J trickery, sweetened to the idea.'' , . "'No, but I mean it." coaxed the 0 man. 'Now, suppose I dra\ TT dr-a-a-a-w ' and while I sulked in H despairing collapse that followed my """ ond and better judgment of the thii although 1 was even then paying d like mad in my imagination on the m< this impossible possibility might give nu for a few day- -Oshkosh scratched a " l \ on a block of drafts. lie finished ; u "j tossed it before me on the extension 11 of his desk. , "It was a draft 011 the Sultan " Turkey for fifteen thousand dollar- ,tl sight. _ "'Sign it, sign it,' Raudebaugh urg ' 'in five minutes you shall have the mc to your credit. This will be the eleve 1 piece of check-kiting ever done.' "I signed it before 1 knew it, mal a kind of plunge of it and with a f ing of a gamble on liberty and life ; '' throw. "I buried my face in my hands w lell the oM man went out t" the count! n . ; room with the condemned draft to pns=«'d to my credit. Heaven only kin " wlr 1 the clerks thought. . "'lt'- all rii.iit. James, my boy,' • - ll! Raudebaugh, again at his desk. may dm,, your checks, but remeir '' 1 the day of reckoning - . Re ready with eish to s:: i.d the return of the Suit; 111 s Draft.' . "I must have jazed at him as bl 11 as a fish. " 'Oh. cheer up, James, we'll conic of thi- all right. Do you think you a: get an option on the Conqueror mine for anything like a reasonable price?' " 'V\ ell, it hasn't been for sale,' said I, dully, 'but if any one can buy it at a fair figure, I suppose I am lie. If the cash were coming to pay for it.' " 'Maybe here's your chance,' said Osh kosh, and. taking up a letter, passed it over to me; then he turned to write, digging away with his pen at a wonder ful rate on something that was evidently juicy to him. ; "The letter was from a capitalist who was at the head of a syndicate that was offering to buy developed mining prop- ' ertv. It was evident that they meant : business and had millions back of them. 1 "While 1 was reading and Oshkosh ( was still writing like fury, a clerk slipped in with a basket containing the usual ' grist of papers that daily passes through a bank, all made tip ready to sign and mail, and on the top of the heap was the Sultan's Draft. I give you my word of honor, De, 1 grew sick again at sight of it. I "The old man finished with a final 1 skate across the paper as the clerk passed out. " 'Well, James, son, what do you think of it?' he said, wheeling around to me. 'l'm sure the Conqueror could be sold if the price isn't out of sight. If you can swing that deal, my boy, you can snap your fingers at the whole pack of your debts, and the Sultan's Draft, too. Your commissions 011 the sale would amount to five times the sum of your present needs. Do you think you can make it go through in six weeks? That's about the limit of time I'm giving to the return of this hoax.' " 'Oh, my Cod! We can't count on that in such a desperate emergency as this!' I cried, in a panic. "'Keep cool, James! Keep cool. Sit on the safety valve and throw in your bacon and coal oil. You must beat in the race with some of your plans, and this offers another very good opportun ity to win out. Now look here,' Osh kosh continued, taking the paper he had just been working over, 'that draft has to have something to go with it, and this is what I have made; but if any soul on earth can tell what it is, it's more than I can do. It did not contain a word to make it intelligible. But it was beau tiful to look at. The pen strokes were decorative as Chinese characters, and seemingly as precise as German script. Any one might have told nie it was San scrit, or Runic, or Cuneiform, or Aztec or Choctaw, and I would have believed it—or, for that matter, a design for an Oriental rug or an Arabian mural deco ration; it would have been all the same to me. Why, De, what was intended to convey the idea of a signature and ended in that last almighty skate of Oshkosh's, beat Spinner's and was a master piece finer than that of the Sultan him self that they inlay in mother-of-pearl 011 the tops of tabourets. Heaven help the British Museum if it ever meets with that dummy document of Oshkosh's; savants will waste their lives trying to decipher it. ] "Well, that worthless thing the old ( man fastened with a big bank pin to 1 that worthless draft, and addressed it to his correspondent here in Chicago. " 'There you are, James, my boy; bid 1 it good-by, but be ready to greet it with 1 amount 011 demand when it comes back. Now go 'long about your business.' "I did go about my business—you can j bank on that. I fairly tore up the earth to be ready to meet the return of that draft. Why, I couldn't think of that in- , fernal draft that I didn't imagine the ' banks it went through and the stir it 1 must have made in some of them. Of the blooming young clerks that handled 1 u and reverently, too, good Lord!—and , of the old-timers they appealed to, per haps. who were afraid to take it seri- ' ously and afraid to take it as a joke. "None of my schemes positively failed, but they tantalized me with numberless delays that ate into my nerves like lye. Still tin return of the draft .was provi- j dentially delayed. Then, when each day , dawned with the dread that it would bring the crack of doom, the consumma- 1 tv>n of the Conqueror mine deal became : assured. The final settlement of the sale that would give me money to burn ran ( neck and nock with the return of that dare-devil draft that would bring me ' ruin and disgrace. I "At last a bank messenger came down ■ to the works to tell me Oshkosh wanted ( •to sec me immediately. It was a thought less thing for the old man to d >—he ' knew my condition—why, I thought of suicide as I went up town! "Old Oshkosh was waiting for me in ' , his private office, looking as usual, fath erly and kindly serious. But the door had hardlv clu>e 1 on 11s when he flew ' at me and beat and pounded me on the 1 back, and shouted an undertone of some p.od news into my ear; 1 couldn't make out what. "'Look, look, James, my boy!' he cried, snatching up a bit of paper. 'The Sultan's Draft, the Sultan's Draft!' "The engraved voucher swam before my eyes, but I giddily saw enough— lames Hazleton—fifteen thousand dol lars —the Sultan's Draft had been paid!" "Well, what do you think of that!" marveled De Loss. I "From that 011 it seemed that every ' tiling came my wav." resumed Hazleton. ".More than a hundred thousand caeie 1 pouring in 011 me in the next few weeks. , Rut Raudebaugh and I never tired of ] 1 speculating 011 the reason the Sultan hon ored the draft. 1 spent a good deal try- , . ing to clear up the mystery. Of course, the Sublime Porte received it through tin usual channels, London and Frank f rt. but when the Yildiz closed its iron gates upon it its story was lost. Mem bers of the Young Turk party, strung across the continent of Furope, all bitter gainst the Ottoman administration, tried to help me, but without success. Maybe it was Oshkosh's hieroglyph did the busi ' tiess. At all events, the draft was paid a d no bother taken with consular or 1 diplomatic go-betweens. "The fifteen thousand dollars didn't belong to me. yet how could it be re turned? As the years passed, and it kept j growing, with interest, I thought of gtv , ing it as conscience money to a dozen r charities. 1 was still looking for a place to put the despot's money where it would do the most good when the Armenian massacres gave nie an ideal chance." ; "I'd like to have seen Oshkosh's docu ment," s il IV 1 . as the two friends t contentedly lit their cigars with the same I match. PICTORIAL MAGAZINE AMI COMIC SECTION FADS AND FANCIES. MINNA SCHATT CRAWFORD. The style and character of a woman's clothes have come to such importance in life that she is a brave woman indeed who dares ignore the cult of fashion and defies criticism in garments that are passe. A constant respect for the changing fashions is 110 longer regarded as an evidence of shallowness or vanity. Quite the contrary; it serves rather to emphasize a progressive spirit, a mind alert, coupled with cleverly busy fingers. The woman who does her own sewing has much the advantage of her sisters who declare they "hate the sight of a needle." With the aid of a really good paper pattern she cannot only have pret tier frocks than the average, but can re model her last year's dresses and bring them properly up to date. The dainty little evening dress here pictured is so effective and yet so simple of construction that any woman who knows enough of sewing to hem a pocket handkerchief can follow the easy instruc tions printed 011 the pattern and put it together. It is a charming model for any of the summer fabrics, such as or gandie. Swiss, foulard, dimity or challie. The pretty bodice can be made with or without a lining. The skirt is a nine gored model and very simply put to gether. The waist pattern 1943 is cut in sizes 32, 34, 36 and 38 inches bust measure. The skirt pattern No, 2090 is cut in sizes 22, 24, 26 and 28 inches waist measure. [ Easily Satisfied A New York man, the head of a com pany working phosphate fields in the South, tells the following in connection with the phosphate boom in Florida some years ago. The New Yorker's company was desir ous of obtaining a tract of land in a sec tion of Florida inhabited by easy-going people, and offered the owner ten thou sand dollars. It was afterward learned that the owner bad some time before the boom vainly endeavored to sell the land for a few hundred dollars. The offer was at once accepted. When he demanded the cash in hand, the agent smilingly suggested that the best course would be to leave the money in the bank, taking in cash whatever sum present needs might call for. After some palavering, the native made known his wish to have a farm of fifty acres with a house. The cost of the whole was only a few hundred. "What else?" asked the agent. "Kin I have a boss, saddle and bridle?" "Certainly." "And a rifle?'! "Yes." "And some provisions?" "Yes." Here the native stopped. His eyes kept widening in wonder. He could for the moment think of nothing more. "What else do you want?" resumed the agent. "Sixty dollars for the old woman to buy things for herself and the kids," an swered the owner, preparing to walk away. "Anything else?" "Is tliere more yet?" "Yes." "Well, give me a plug of tobacco an' set me down where the fish bite all day, an' you kin have the rest." Happy Thoughts. There's 110 argument equal to a happy smile. The black sheep in every family was once the most petted lamb. Did you ever notice that the size of trouble depends on whether it is coming or going? People who can "turn their hand to anything" seldom turn up trumps in the garyie of life. Consider the lowly postage stamp, is the advice of Josh Hillings, and learn tile secret of success. It sticks to one thing until it gets there. The liking for Eton coats seems to in crease as the season advances. The de sign here illustrated is one of the pret tiest yet shown. It is collarless, and fitted to shape to the figure, and hrts the popu lar elbow sleeve. It is a delightful model for separate coat of black or colored taf feta, or as part of a costume. When made of linen or Shantung silks it is usually left unlined. Many are wearing white linen Eton coats this season. They supply all the demand for a wrap that can be easily carried or worn and as less bulky and warm than the longer coats, hence are more popular and more generally worn. The pattern No. 2098 is cut in sizes 32, 34, 26, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. Whether used for separate skirt or part of a costume, no distinct style in a long time has approached the vogue of the modified circular skirt with front and back gores laid in inverted plaits to give the fashionable and becoming panel effect. The model here shown is cut in six gores, which makes it easy to handle and does away with all tendency to sag. It is in round length and perforated for walking length. Pattern 2095 is cut in sizes 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inches waist measure. To secure any of these beautiful styles state number and size of patterns de sired and enclose fifteen cents for each pattern wanted. Address all communi cations to FASHION CORRESPONDENT, [6032 Metropolitan Bldg. New York City. The Photograph Handkerchief. Now it is the photograph handker chief. Already some very pretty collec tions have been made, and besides, scores of pretty articles of house decoration have been constructed out of them. The photograph handkerchief lends itself to a variety of usese. As its name implies, it is a photograph on a handkerchief. Although for some little time heads have been reproduced on satin cushion covers for screens and the like, not until now has it been pos sible to go into a photograph gallery and have one's picture taken on a hand kerchief. Ihe uses to which these handker chiefs may be put are many, not the least interesting of which is to make the cover of a sofa or divan cushion in one s own room of squares of linen on which the likenesses of one's best friends aopear. Or there may be a series of poses of just one person. Quite a bit of sentiment attaches to the fad. The exchange of handkerchiefs, as well as the making of collections of them, is likely to become as popular as the collecting of postal cards. A Butting Property. William Jennings Bryan tells the fol lowing story on himself: "Once out in Nebraska, I went to pro test against my real estate assessment, and one of the things of which I par ticularly complained was assessing a goat at $25. I claimed a goat was no 'real' property in the legal sense of the word, and should not be assessed. One of the assessors, a very pleasant faced old man, obligingly said I could go upstairs' with him, and together we would go over the rules and regulations and see what could be done. "We looked over the rules, and finally the old man asked: " 'Does your goat run loose on the roads ?' " 'Well, sometimes,' said I, wondering what the penalty was for that dreadful offence. " 'Does he butt?' again queried the old man. " 'Yes, 1 answered, 'he butts.' "'Will,' said the old man, looking at me, 'this rule says—tax all that certain prooerty running and abutting on the highway. I don't see how I can do any thing for you. Good-day, sir.' " Feminine Graces. Accomplishment.s That Are Attrac tive to .MOll. A Source of Income. It is practically the duty of every one to learn some accomplishment. We owe to society something in the way of en tertainment for what it offers 11s. We ■re enabled to give pleasure and prove of benefit in numberless ways if pos sessed of some accomplishment, and last of all, but by no means least important of all, the accomplishment learned to while away idle hours frequently proves a means of livelihood in times of mis fortune. The wise girl will find out what ac complishment she is best adapted for, and then really endeavors to shine in that. She will make it an unending source of pleasure to others and win many friends through it, and when the hour comes that finds her alone in the world and without means, she has a source of income ready to hand. The majority of girls so situated im agine that they are not sufficiently pro ficient to make use of their accomplish ments. They lack the courage to make the most of a little knowledge, and en deavor to add to it. The girl who can play or sing imme diately casts about in her mind for prob able pupils. These may not readily ma terialize, but in the meantime numberless women are only too glad to have some pleasant girl help entertain their friends with music; accompanists are at a pre mium, but for singers and players upon stringed instruments benevolent institu tions and certain hospitals are only too glad to pay some one to play for inmates of such places when music cannot be had free, and tht're are schools without num ber, both private and public, which need it pianist, not as a teacher, but to accom pany the singing of the pupils, their marches and many of their physical ex ercises. The girl who can play just a little has a wide field in which to earn a living. Singers and players upon stringed in struments have much the same field, ex cept that theirs is more restricted, and the singer is ever in demand to help with jolly topical songs at small entertain ments, and to sing at funerals. This last is very profitable. Then there is the girl who learns just a little painting and drawing. She, too, feels hopeless about getting enough pu pils to support herself if suddenly left to do so without any preparation for such a task. Few of these girls know that MTD MTBT FIVE THOUSAND ST N C KM PO BOOKS / Am Goin Give jE%'t 1" PUBLISH the greatest Farm Paper in the World— "The Metropolitan and K? . VT I Rural Home." Before I was a publisher, I was a farmer. Now I am intensely Jjf ri , interested in both. I believe farming and publishing are the greatest and best businesses rf' K°* n K- Sometimes 1 even think farming beats publishing. ■HTtS ffl&m And now—just to show you how I feel toward farmers, I want to give five thousand of «L \ them each one of these Pocket Books. If you are a farmer, I want to give you one. 1 want \ ** Jfttyml t-» give you one <>f these Pocket Books so you can show it to your friends and say, "My friend V Kllis, publisher of the gn atest Farm Paper in the world, gave me this." Then you und your » friends will think of me and my paper The Metropolitan and Rural Home—that goes to half \, ' a million farmers every month, and you will say among yourselves. "That Ellis must be all 'V- JwHF right. I want to read "his paper and st • what he says in it." These Pocket Books, lam going '/Jr. to give you, are made from genuine Rubber Covered Cloth. They are just the thing to carry j&l&it-Z ■ valuable papers- such as notes, contract. - , Fire Insurance Policies, weight receipts, etc., as well as money. They fold up Hat and tit your inside coat-pocket—just the kind of Pocket Book every man likes to own. : Now you don't pay anything for the Poekt t Book. It's 1 KKK. I send it to you postpaid nnc * don't ask you a cent. But to show that you are willing to be just as liberal with me as 1 am with you, f want you to send me 1»0 cents for The Metropolitan and Rural Home for a year. ijnfltQfj *'\ * "'i>- N«»\v I' n't say, "that's what 1 expected." W ait a minute and read the rest. You haven't got . tn the most liberal part of my offer yet. Head this announcement all through. I would do as much for you, if you were me and I were you. If you will do as I ask, I will have your name CHARLES E. ELLIS anil addre.vt printed on the iiiniile of your rocket Hook, so, if it gets lost, it will be returned to you at once. When I send it to you, 1 will also send you some sample copies of The Metro politan and Rural Home and I will continue to send the paper to you for Three Months. Then if you don't like it, just say so and I'll send you hack >our iiO cents and stop your subscription and you may keep the pocket Book for your trouble That gives you the paper three months FKKK-to say nothing of the fine Pocket Book. Now—what do you think of that for an offer? A Great Bag iiSustraiosi M&gp&zine FREE mind you, The Metropolitan and Rural •Home is a great big Magazine Paper. It is printed in clean, plain type on nice paper and there are lots of pictures every month. I just mention these things because they are extras it's the stock, dairy and farm news, and good stories, that I mate my paper the best farm paper in the world. ' If vou don't tell me at the end of the three months to stop the paper, of course, I 11 keep your subscription— enter your name as a regular 1 subscriber and send vou The Metropolitan and Rural Home for a full year. Now I'm sorry I haven't got more of these Pocket Books, but there are only f»,000 to give away, s«» you'll ha veto hurrv a little if you want one. They are such good Pocket Books, that they'll go like wild lire and you ought to stop right here, Jill in the order blank and mail It to me at once, so as to be sure and get one of these Pocket Books. I put that blank in here s-» you needn't hunt for paper and ink unless you want to. Use a lead pencil, fill out the blank, enclose twenty cents (stamps or silver) and mail it to me just as quickly as you can. Do it | right away, so tlie Pocket Books won't be gone when 1 get your subscription. CHAS. £. ELMS, Publisher, j 22=24=26 North William Street Metropolitan and Rural Home SubS NewY°o"k City sB CDFR/FT POCKET SB mm ms>m fc? Sign This and Send to Me At Once C. E. Kills, New York. Dear Sir: Semi me Tlie Metropolitan and Kural Home for a year unless I tell vou to stop it at the end of three months. Also send me one of those HiKI. Pocket Books with mv name printed on it. I enclose 20 cents (silver or stamps) which vou are to return to me if I tell you at the end of three months to stop my subscription to your paper. Yours truly, J Sign Address Name Town Slate original designs of very simple kinds are profitably sold to manufacturers of fancy articles, decorative embroideries and lace houses. There is always a large de mand for original menu cards, dinner, tea and luncheon favors, cotillion favors, entertainments where decorated cards can be used for special purposes, the cards being appropriately decorated to suit the occasion; lamp and candle shades of all kinds, fancy boxes for candy, stationery and an infinite variety of other things, to say nothing of the vast variety of silk and satin articles decorated with paint ing, the screens and panels and fancy bits of useful prettiness which may be so easily decorated with brush or pe.i China pairing offers a large field for artists in that branch of painting, and al most every millinery and dressmaking establishment finds use for a girl who can paint ilower decorations upon gowns and their accessories. Designing lor wall papers, carpets and the like require a special education, which is not hard to get, but the amateur artist will be more successful if she does the simpler forms of decorative work which require originality of design and harmony of color rather than correctness of drawing or carefulness of execution. A girl who has no gift for singing, playing or painting may always learn the art of entertaining, than which few, if any feminine accomplishments, arc more appreciated. We all love the girl who has a charming manner; who is ever ready with a clever or amusing story, and has the tact of knowing just when to tell it; who can recite some thing to suit our every mood and who has the knack of getting congenial spir its into conversation. Such a girl is ever in demand in society, and if she is ever thrown upon her own resources to make a living she can make capital of her art of entertaining, and very few will ever know that she is being paid for her accomplishment of aiding some hostess to a shccessful evening. Such a girl can also get any number of engagements to engineer entertain ments of various kinds for charitable and benevolent pu poses, for club affairs and the like. Women on committees are only too thankful to employ the services of one who can attend to matters that vex the souls of most people and make things run smoothly to a successful con clusion. The girl who has lenrned to read well is possessed of a rare and delightful ac complishment. Almost every one loves to be read to, and aside from the good that can be done through this accomp lishment a girl who reads well can al • ways get a number of women to employ her services for certain hours in the day : or evening, and may also teach a class in the graceful art of reading enter , tainingly. 'fhe woman who is an accomplished i housekeeper seldom realizes that she is just the one thing that numerous house ■ holds covet, and that her life may lie irr easy places if she only turns her accom plishment to account in the right , chaiuiels. < )nce a young doctor went about ad vising all his patients to do embroidery. "Why don't you learn to embroider?" said he. "It is just the thing you re quire t<> occupy your mind* without over taxing it, and it does not require any effort. It is much better for you than exciting yourself, reading, or sitting about brooding over your ill health." Presently all the women he attended were industriously making pink silk roses on linen centerpieces. That struck him s being the triumph of embroidery. Then some of them began to inquire into ■ the doctor's reasons for advising em broidery. "Crochet is twice as easy," said they, "and not half as fatiguing." It was discovered. that the doctor had just married a charming young thing who did the loveliest embroidery imagin able, and that pink roses on center pieces were her specialty. If the man of science can be tangled in-a skein of silk or a strand of crochet worsted, men of all sorts become en thralled by the girl who can sing topical songs in a sympathetic manner. Their hearts are instantly relieved of care and they begin to fancy how jolly life would be at the side of a charming girl who could sing a coon song whose light would dispel the blues from the most em purpled mortal. Not one man in ten thousand is proof against the fascinations of the girl who can play such music as he can under stand and enjoy. Even the man who can and does understand the triumphs of great composers rendered by a sym pathetic hand, likes to hear simple melo dies played by some girl who enters into the spirit of them. He likes to rest mind and body and let his spirit soar upon the wings of music into a world of senti ment and sweet sound. The girl who entertains well, however, if she is really sympathetic in spirit, cap tivates all hearts. Every man love- 10 be entertained, and the woman who un derstands how to do this with the least apparent effort is quite as popular as the singer and she who can discourse di vinely upon instruments both keyed and stringed.
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