!; Mrs. Wilson Appeals to Nation's jlj ji Women to Economise .k' ' s>J •>: ■ • »|^ Mrs. V/oodrow Wilson, Mrs. Thcs. R. Marshall, wife of the Vice-Presi dent, and the wives of Cabinet mem bers have agreed to reduce their scale of living to the simplest possible form as an example to other women of the country, according to dispatches from SEW IN CHINESE STREETS. Women Who Mend Ciothet Right There While You Wait. In many towns of China one may have his garments mended on the street and "while he waits." Native sewing women are to be seen on low stools, perhaps on the sidewalks, mend ing articles of masculine attire. The accomplishments of these street seamstresses are somewhat limited, their efforts with the needle being for the most part confined to "running." Other branches of needlework are prac tically unknown to them. As a conse quence their efforts are better appre ciated by native workmen than by foreign travelers. They are never short of patrons among the former, for these are often natives of other districts and, having Washington. They have also issued a general appeal to the women of Amer ica to economize as far as possible in order to prevent the danger of suffer ing later on. Thus far the responses from prominent women of the country are entirely in sympathy with the steps they have taken. Have no one t<J menu al fent for t&erfl. Their wives being left at home, they are glad to avail themselves of the services of the street needlewoinau, For this class of customers the skill of the itinerant sewing womsn answers every purpose. Generally speaking, these women are wives of boatmen and laborers who live in the houseboats which line the creeks of many Chinese cities and towns, and their needles are a great help toward the solution of the prob lem of maintenance in a crowded city or town. Some Resemblance. "Lightning rods in on© respect are like waiters." "What's that?" "They won't give good service unless they are well tipped." Baltimore American. j; Caruso, Generous King of Tenors, | :| * Who Will Sing In Pittsburgh [ w 1?, wsL ■ flP^M Kg -„. * CARUSO A 8 DON JOBE IN "CARMEN.» NO one who knows Caruso ever accused him of ingratitude. His memory is equally good for his operatic roles and his old friends. While a young boy in Naples his chief recreation was bath ing on the beach and frequently enter taining his companions with a popu lar song. On one occasion Edoardo Missiano. son of a wealthy family, ap proached and asked him who he stud ied singing with. "Study with!" exclaimed Caruso. "Why, how do you expect a poor devil like me to have a staging teacher?" Missiano offered to take him to his teacher tlie fallowing day, and Caruso, overwhelmed with Missiano's attention, gladly accepted the invitation. After a second hearing he was accepted as a pupil, the collection of the tuition post poned until the young tenor would be able to get an engagement. Years passed. Caruso's and Missiano's ca reers led them in different directions w. $ A Florentine Episode By ELINOR MARSH ii 35 Arthur Hemstreet, a rich young American, before settling down to a career, concluded to spend a season in Europe. lie sailed from Now York to Naples, thence proceeded to Rome and later to Florence. It is supposed by persons who have not been in Italy that one sees every where relics of the ancient Romans. There are comparatively few such relics, but there are many of mediaeval Italy. The most costly dwellings are "palazzos," built several centuries ago. Hemstreet took a fancy to Florence and concluded to spend some time there, so he rented a palazzo, or, rather, half a one, and, hiring servants, settled himself down, as it were, in the middle of the sixteenth century. The building had been divided into two parts, the part that Hemstreet did not occupy being occupied for a small family hotel, or rather what in Eu rope is called a pension, which is mid way between a hotel and a boarding house. One rainy afternoon Hemstreet, who had- spent most of the day in the pic ture galleries for which Florence is noted, came to his palazzo. It was so dark that his servants had lighted the lamps, and, going upstairs, as he en tered the hall 011 which his bedroom was located, he was astonished to see that the hall was double the length ho had supposed it to be. At any rate, he saw double the lights, but they were dim, as were the objects they lighted. Hemstreet was very much puzzled. Going into his room he threw off his wet overcoat and rubber shoes, then went out with the intention of exploring the hall, ne was surprised to see that it ended as he had under stood it to end with a picture. Hemstreet was frightened. Surely something had broken loose, in his brain. He went .to the picture, exam ined it, saw that it was what he had supposed It was and went away resolv ed to watch himself closely for other symptoms of a disordered mind. But he felt as well as he had ever felt, and after awhile he ceased to worry about any supposed disorder. However, he never went upstairs to his room without looking as soon as he turned into the hallway to see if it had been doubled as before. But the fig ures of the picture were always there, and the hallway was of its usual length. One when Hemstreet was in bed he eard, or fancied he heard, a giggle in the hall. There were no wom en in the house except a couple of housemaids who knew their place and were in bed when Hemstreet had come in. Curious to know what the sound meant, he arose and, cautiously open ing his door enough to see through the aperture, saw a sighv, that amazed him more than his previous unexplained A XQUJI2 girl stoj&i iu. tfce hyj: until they met again six years ago In Milan. Caruso had gone from glory to glory; Missiano was reduced in circum stances and was looking for an engage ment. Caruso took his old benefactor to his tailor and later secured a place for him as a minor member of x the Metropolitan. Missiano remained the faithful shadow of the great tenor, and his sudden death was a great blow to Caruso, who sat up all night with the body, took full charge of the fu neral, saw that the body was sent back to Italy, paid all the expenses of the funeral both here and there, and made a handsome present to the widow. In this connection it may be noted that another old retired opera singer who loaned Caruso his costumes for his debut is now proprietor of a pros perous little cafe in Naples, thanks to the generous and grateful King of Tenors, whose coming to Pittsburgh to sing i.it Shriners' Mosque on Saturday evening. May sth. is an event of great musical importance. fac£ng~the" pfcTure, laughing and~beck oning. She was all aquiver with ex citement, though she did not speak except in pantomime. Thunderstruck, Hemstreet tunied from the door, felt in a closet for a dressing gown, then hunted for a pair of slippers beside his bed, for he dare not strike a light for fear of scaring the apparition without, then returned to the door, threw it open and went out intending, if it were flesh and blood, to capture it. The hall was empty. He looked to the end toward which the girl had beckoned. There was the picture, its figures immovable as ever. Hemstreet went back to bed in won der. Somehow it did not seem to t tin that he had seen a ghost. He felt 10 terror, though he began to worry ar »w lest therenvas a hitch in his brain, lie lay awake most of the night trying to solve the problem, but finally went to sleep thinking of it. He arose the next morning shortly before time for luncheon and stood looking out on to the street* A cab drove up to the pension, next door, and a party alighted, which included sev eral girls. Hemstreet was thunder struck to recognize in one of these girls the one who had stood in hia hall way the night before. It was now evident that the appari tion was flesh and blood and doubtless on a lark. Hemstreet went next door and asked if there was any passage way between the pension and his domi cile, but the landlady answered him that the two wings had been thorough ly cut off from each other. She had a motive in this since she suspected that Hemstreet had lost property, which would be laid to some one in her wing. Hemstreet kept an eye out for the apparition in "the galleries and finally came upon her. She was an American with a party of Americans. After Se curing an introduction to her he ac cused her of having trespassed orf his premises. She colored and after some hesitation confessed. A hallway extending from one end to the other of the original palazzo had been cut in two parts by a door swing ing on a central pivot. On one side of the door was a mural painting, on the otheifa mirror. A party of tourist girls in the pension had discovered this secret and one night, led by the girl Hemstreet had discovered, made a foray into his hallway. Only the girl in question entered, the rest hanging back. She was beckoning them to come when Hemstreet discovered her. While he had been hunting for his gown she had beaten a retreat and swung the door back to its original place. Absence of Mind. An old man was leading two lively calves out to early pasture in the morning. When he came to the field he tied one of the calves to one of his boot straps and the other to the oppo site boot strap while he opened the rickety gate. The calves ran away. When he was picked up his wife asked him: "Didn't you know any better than to do a foolish trick like that?" "Yes," he answered. "I hadn't beeu dragged four rods before I saw my mistake." Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele ffraoh. Voters Catechism. D. Have you read the Consti tution of the United States? R. Yes. D. What form of Govern ment is this? R. Republic. D. What is the Constitution of the United States? R. It is the fundamental law of this country. D. Who makes the laws of the United States? R. The Congress. D. WTiat does Congress con sist of? , x R. Senate and House of Rep resentatives. D. Who is our State Senator ? R. Wilbur P. Graff. D. W T ho is the chief executive of the United States? R. President. D. For how long is the Presi dent of the United States elect ed? R. Four years. D. Who takes the place of the President in case he dies? R. The Vice President. D. What is his name? R. Thomas R. Marshall. D. By whom is the President of the United States elected? R. By the electors. D. By whom are the electors chosen ? R. By the people. D. Who makes the laws for the State of Pennsylvania. R. The Legislature. D. What does the Legislature consist of? R. Senate and Assembly. D. Who is our Assembly man? R. Wilmer H. Wood. ; D. How many States in the union ? R. Forty-eight. D. When was the Declaration of Independence signed ? R. July 4, 1776. D. By whom was it written? R. Thomas Jefferson. D. Which is the capital of the United States? R. Washington. D. Which is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. R. Harrisburg. D. How many Senators has each state in the United States? R. Two. =-» SIR EDWARD HOLDEN. t Says Allies Have Contributed a Billion In Gold to America. * =a Photo by American Press Association. Speaking at the annual meeting of the London City and Midland bank. Sir Edward Holden, managing direc tor of the bank, said that of £232,000.000 ($1,160,000,000) of gold which had flow ed into America up to the end of 1916 about £212.000,000 ($1,060,000,000) rep resented the amount contributed by the entente allieg to form the baal» of loans. SSSZSZSHSHSaSHSZSESZSZSESESZSZSHSZSHSZSESHSSS2S2SHSHSESSS2S2SES^SHSHSBJ S The Patriot Job Printing Department | Is prepared to do all kinds of Commercial » a Printing promptly and in an up-to-date manner. Call and get our low prices for [j] the best of service and workmanship. S 15 CARPENTER AVE. INDIANA, PA. | *5H5253!525H5z5? D. Who are our U. S. Sena tors? R. Boise Penrose and George T. Oliver. D. By whom are they elect ed,? R. By the people. D. For how long ? R. Six years. D. How many representa tives are there ? R. 435, According to the 1 population one to every 211,000, (the ratio fixed by Congress af ter each decennial census.) D. For how long are they elected ? R. Two years. D. Who is our Congressman ?' R. Nathan L. Strong. D. How many electoral votes has the state of Pennsylvania? R. Thirty-eight. D. Who is the chief execu tive of the state of Pennsyl vania ? R. The Governor. D. For how long is he elect ed? R. 4 years. D. Who is the Governor? R. Martin G. Brumbaugh. D. Do you believe in organ ized government? R. Yes. D. Are you opposed to or ganized government? R. No. D. Are you an anarchist? R. Nc. D. What is an anarchist? R. A person who does not be lieve in organized government. D. Are you a bigamist or poligamist ? R. No. D. What is a bigamist or po lygamist? R. One who believes in hav ing more than one wife. D. Do you belong to any se cret society who teaches to dis believe in organized govern ment? R. No. D. Have you ever violated any laws of the United States T R. No. D. Who makes the ordinances for the City? R. The board of aldermen. D. Do you intend to remain permanently in the U. S.? R. Yes. m =r PLINY FISK. 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