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it Proved a Fitting Place
For a Wedding
By ETHEL HOLMES
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John Overaker, a member of the na-
tional guard of the state of New York,
was engaged to be married to Helen
Withers, who lived in Chicago. John
was called to the colors with the ex-
pectation of being sent to the war at
an early date. Most young men who
are called upon to fight for their coun-
try and have sweethearts seem to pre-
fer to go forth as married rather than
as bachelors. At any rate, John Over-
aker proposed a wedding to his fiancee.
and his proposition was acceded to by (
the lady.
Since Miss Withers lived a thousand |
miles from Mr. Overaker and he could
not get a leave to be absent long
enough to go to Chicago, be married
and return, an agreement was made :
between the lovers that she should
come to him instead of his going to
ber for the wedding. Miss Withers did
not like the idea of a wedding in Mr.
Overaker's home instead of ber own.
or in a hotel, or in the oilice of a jus-
tice of the peace. Just as she was
about to start east she received a let-
ter from a Mrs. Chester, an intimate
friend living near New York, to whom
she had written of her quandary, in-
viting her to be married from her
house. Not having time before start-
ing to write fully on the subject, Miss
Withers scratched off a bri. note to
her lover asking him to meet her on i
certain date at the location in which
her friend lived, adding, “Come to the i
Chester.” i
It is unfortunate to be obliged to
write hurried instructions for a meet
Ing. Mi Withers' ink gave out as
she finished the word “Chester,” and
there was none left for the “s.”".. When
Overaker read the note he inferred
that the Chester was an inn. He was
too busy with his military duties to
read the missive over a second time.
Indeed, it was difficult for him to do
all he had to do before leaving to keep
the appointment,
Overaker concluded to make the jour.
ney in civilian dress, though he took
with him a uniform in which to be
married. After spending an hour on a
train he alighted at his station. A taxi
chauffeur stepped up to him, and Over-
aker told him that he wished to go to
“the Chester.” The man knew of no
such hotel; but, preferring not to con-
fess his ignorance and having often
seen a handsome residence which was
known as the Chester place, he con-
eluded to take the chances of its being
the house his fare meant. The conse-
quence was that Overaker was driven
to the house where he was to meet his
bride, thinking that he was going to a
hotel,
A maid in black and white uniform
opened the door for him, and in a few
minutes a lady came in to receive him.
“I would like a room, if you please,”
he said. “I am to meet a lady from
Chicago here, Miss Withers. Has she
arrived ?”
Now, the lady was Miss Withers’
friend, Mrs. Chester. She had expect-
| from anxiety concerning his expected
bride.
Miss Withers went to Overaker’s
room, knocked gently at the door and,
receiving no other reply than a snore,
pushed the door open sufficiently to
enable her to look in at her slumber-
ing fiance. He seemed so dead tired
and was resting so comfortably that she
had not the heart to awaken him. Go.
ing downstairs to her friend, she said:
“I don’t know but that ‘we had bet-
ter permit him to remain in ignorance
of the fact that he is in a private
house. He is very sensitive as to his
treatment of others, and to know that
he had spoken to my friend and hostess
as a landlady would dampen his spir-
its for the wedding so soon to follow.’
“1 have been thinking of the same
thing and quite agree with you,” re-
plied Mrs. Chester. “There will be no
necessity to make an explanation.
You can tell him about it at some
future time.”
At the end of two hours after Miss
Withers’ arrival the time appointed for
the wedding arrived, and the butler
was sent to Overaker’s room to awak-
en him and announce Miss Withers’ ar-
rival. The announcement tended to
arouse the lieutenant, who completed
his toilet and, going down into the
drawing room, embraced the girl who
was scon to be his bride. She ex-
plained the delay in her arrival, and
her presence uninjured did away with
the shock that might otherwise have
been expected.
“I think we need some refreshment,”
said Overaker and, stepping to an elec-
tric button, pushed it. The butler en-
tered, and Overaker said: 5
“Bring us in a bite of anything you
may have in the larder and let me have
a wine card.”
The butler had been coached and re-
tired with a simple “Yes, sir.” The
bride to be was about to inform her
lover that he was making a mistake,
but changed her mind, concluding to
let the matter take its course. There
being scme delay in serving the re-
freshment, Overaker rang the bell
again, intending to give the butler a
; piece of his mind for being so long.
But the man brought with him a tray,
on which were a dainty luncheon and a
bottle of wine.
“All right,” said Overaker.
the wine card?”
“The landlady says that it will be in
the bill.” was the reply.
Lieutenant Overaker and his bride
to be enjoyed a very delicious luncheon
together. Overaker, it must be admit.
ted, was more in a condition to make
merry than his fiancee, who was be-
ginning to feel somewhat concerned as
to the treatment the friend who was
permitting the use of her house for
the bridal was receiving at the hands
of her lover. This belief that Mrs.
Chester was a landlady and was to
receive pay for what she was giving
was becoming embarrassing. Some-
thing must be done to change the
status.
“Don't you think,” said Miss With-
ers, “that since Mrs, Chester has been
so kind as to make the arrangements
for our wedding we should invite her
to lunch with ns?”
“Certainly. Bring her in.”
Miss Withers went out and returned
with Mrs. Chester, who played her part
as landlady admirably and treated the
bride and groom with the respect due
them from one of her station. Over-
aker drew the line between his land-
lady and an equal, much to her amuse-
met, while his fiancee was a trifle ein-
barrassed at the situation,
The wedding was set for 4 o'clock in
the afternoon. Overaker was to leave
to rejoin his regiment at 5, while the
bride was to remain for a brief visit.
“Where's
ed Miss Withers a few hours before
Overaker arrived, but had received a
telegram from some pne—doubtless
traveling with Miss Withers—stating
that there had been a railway accident
and consequent delay. The fact that
the telegram made no mention of Miss
Withers having escaped injury looked
ominous. It occurred to Mrs. Chester
that it would be better for the present
to keep the matter from Mr, Overaker.
His having mistaken her house for an
inn facilitated her doing so.
“The lady bas not yet arrived,” she
said, “but I have been advised of her
eoming.”
“I am Lieutenant John Overaker. 1
am to meet Miss Withers here to be
married to her. Did she mention this
fact?”
“She did. She is to be married in
this house.”
“Do you know if she expects me to
make the necessary preparations for
the wedding 7”
“I will do that for her.”
“Indeed. Have you had any previous
acquaintance with her?”
“Oh, yes; Miss Withers has been here
& number of times.”
“Very well. I suppose there is noth-
ing for me to do, so with your permis-
sion I will go to my room. I have been
80 busy lately that I have had very lit-
tle sleep. I may get a nap before my
fiancee's arrival. It will freshen me.”
This suited Mrs. Chester, exactly,
since she hoped to get news of Miss
Withers while her fiance was resting
She led the way upstairs to a chamber.
Overaker following. It did not look
like a hotel bedroom, there being pic-
tures on the walls and various articles
that one does not find except in ‘a pri-
vate house, but Overaker was too
much absorbed in his approaching nup-
tials, to say nothing of his military sit-
vation, to dwell upon the condition of
his room, and after getting the dust off
Bim he threw himself on the bed.
closed his eves and in a few minutes
dropped asleep.
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When the parson arrived the house-
hold entered a room that had been
properly decorated and awaited the
coming of the bride and groom. The
latter was somewhat surprised at the
richness of the decorations and voted
the landlady who had prepared them a
trump. But what surprised him more
was to find her gowned and jeweled in
a manner not befitting the landlady of
the Chester inn. There was still an-
other surprise—a necklace that only a
person of wealth could afford, which
Mrs. Chester gave the bride for a wed-
ding present.
By this time Overaker began to sus-
pect that something was wrong. But
he did not communicate his suspicions
to his bride. Shortly before leaving the
house he said to her:
“I suppose I am in for some expense
in this matter.”
“Not at all” was the reply. “Since
we could not be married in Chicago,
where all the expense would have
fallen on my father, the bills here are
all paid, the same as if the wedding
had taken place at my home.”
“But”— began the groom and paused.
“But what?”
“How about the luncheon and wine I
ordered?” stammered the lieutenant.
The bride broke into a laugh, called
her friend, “the landlady,” and all was
explained to the groom.
His remark on being enlightened was
indicative of the selfishness of man.
“If this gets out in the regiment I'm
gone up.”
“I am delighted,” said Mrs. Chester,
“with the outcome of this affair. When
this morning 1 received the telegram
announcing the, accident I was filled
with terror lest we should have some-
thing very different from a wedding. I
had no idea in permitting Lieutenant
Overaker to remain in error, turning
the affair into a bit of fun. He should
certainly thank me for saving him
from several hours’ bitter anxiety.”
“And he has also to thank you,” re-
plied the lieutenant, “for a luncheon
and a bottle of wine.”
When Lieutenant Overaker returned
from the bridal trip, which lasted but
a few days, they went to Mrs. Ches-
ter’s house. Bince Overaker could not
atone for mistaking her a landlady
by a gift he declared 1e would
name his first girl child for her.
Testing Aero Engines.
In testing an aeroplane engine of 200
horsepower a Detroit company mount-
ed it upon a heavy motor truck; and
the aerial propelicr sent the truck fly-
ing along'a boulevard at the rate of
over forty miles an hour, says the Pop-
ular Mechanics Magazine. This was a
speed that the truck could not begin to
develop under its own motor power,
and the method furnished a better
practical test of the twelve cylinder
aeroplane engine than was possible in
the testing laboratory or in any sta-
tionary trial on blocks. As an addi-
tional test the rear wheels of the two
ton truck were locked, so that they.
could not revolve, and in this condition
it was driven across a ball park by the
aeroplane engine and propeller through
heavy drifts of snow and over ice
The motor weighs 800 pounds and de-
velops power sufficient to drive a
twelwe passenger aeroplane at forty
miles an hour. :
Lord Brougham’s Dream.
Lord Brougham was one of the most
stubborn believers in the ‘common
sense” explanation of ghostly appear-
ances as dreams, At Edinburgh uni-
versity he and an intimate friend drew
up an agreement written with their
blood that whichever of them died first
should appear to the survivor. Years
passed; the friend was in India, and
Brougham had almost forgotten his
existence. Arriving late one night at
an inn in Sweden, Brougham had a hot |
bath and was going to get out of it
when he looked toward the chair on
|
which he had left his clothes and saw |
his friend sitting on it. Brougham
seems then to have fainted. On get-
ting home he received a letter announc-
ing that the other had died in India at
the very time. Yet this incident,
which most people would put down to;
telepathy at least, was dismissed by |
Brougham‘'as a mere dream and pure
coincidence.
Encouraging to Dullards.
Like Newton, Herbert Spencer in
his schoolboy days showed no aptitude
for study. Hugh Elliot, his biographer.
says of him that “he was very back-
ward as a boy in the ordinary subject ;
of children’s lessons. *'* * Morally
he was extremely disobedient and con- |
temptuous of authority.” At thirteen
he “found the discipline of his school
more severe than he cared about. and
he ran away home to Derby again.
walking forty-eight miles the first
day.” Yet as a man, “without money,
without special education, without
health,” says his biographer, "he pro
duced eighteen large volumes of phi-
losophy and science of many diverse
kinds, published a variety of mechan-
ical inventions, and on endless other
subjects, great and small, he set forth
a profusion of new and original ideas.”
The No Breakfast Plan.
The breakfast eating habit often cre-
ates an abnormal stomachic condition.
If one is in perfect health and arises
with a keen appetite for breakfast
there will be no occasion for omitting
the meal. There are, however, but few
in perfect health, and the omission of
breakfast gives the stomach a chance
to adjust itself. It has an opportunity
to develop a keen appetite for the par-
ticular character of nourishment most
needed by the body at that time. The
no breakfast plan is a splendid means
of properly adjusting one's appetite,
both as to quantity and character of
food.—Physical Culture.
Quite Contented.
“He told her if she consented to an
engagement she must be prepared to
make all kinds of sacrifices and to be
treated with the greatest negzlect and
even face cruelty and desertion.”
“Was the woman in her senses to
agree to such an outrageous proposi-
tion ?”’
“Oh, yes, for the engagement was to
play the wronged and deserted wife
in a melodramatic picture play.”’—
Baltimore American.
Just Like a Woman.
“I understand your wife has been
quite ill, bit is now convalescent.”
“Yes.”
“How was she looking when you left
the hospital 2”
“In the hand mirror.”—Florida Times-
Union.
Aristocrat.
The word *“‘aristocracy’” comes from
the Greek ‘“aristos” (best) and “archo”
(rule), meaning the rule of the best.
Literally aristocrat means the ‘‘best
man.” !
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Kidney Diseases and Diet.
Nearly all diseases of the kid-
neys are due to salt. If you are
suffering with or from your kid-
neys the first thing to do is to
smash all your medicine bottles,
cut out salt and sugar from your
meals and go on the fruit-cereal
diet. Steamed asparagus is the
best thing in the world for your
kidneys and bladder. Parsley is
good for vietims of kidney dis-
eases, so also is water cress in
the form of salad-—but no salt.
One should not eat too freely of
parsley. Parsley will aid the
eyesight by restoring the kid-
neys to their proper functions,
but overdoses of parsley damage
the vision. Pears are the very
best of fruit for victims of kid-
ney disease. But no matter the
nature or the name of your kid-
ney disease, you can get over it
by following the instructions.—
Los Angeles Times.
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Wanted to Help Him,
His kindness ‘0 his men once placed
Dr. William H. Niclols in a predica-
ment which c¢ansed Lim the worst mor-
tification in his whole life, says a writ
er in Leslie's. The head of one of the
concern’s largest customers came to
him and complained that he had been
systematically cheated by short weizh-
ing of carboys containing acid. Dr.
Nichols could not believe the allega-
tion, but on going to the consumer's
plant fifty carboys were weighed, and
each was found ten pounds short. He
promised to make an iminediate inves-
tigation, > :
One employee was pointed out to Dr.
Nichols as the man responsible for see-
ing that every carboy contained the
proper quantity of acid This em-
ployee Dr. Nichols would have tiy.ied
vith his own money. But when ques-
ticned he colored up and stammered,
Finally he blurted out: x
“My, Nichols, the boys is very fond
cf you, and we wanted to help you.”
The Diphthong.
Answering the question, “Why was
the diphthong cevised and why has it
¢ appeared from general use?” the
New York Sau says:
A diphthong is any two vowels that
come together in the spelling of a word.
Diphthongs were not deliberately de-
vied rao rears tlinw IInslich analling
Wilt hoiiriTateii a
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Cooulin uo Wide es. lu a “proper
diphthong” the sounds of both vowels
are retained, though me d in one syl-
lable. as in “noise.” i “improper
* is ile in which the sound
«f the vowels is heard.
n {llustratiou, Such
eeu made in diph-
d at keeping the vow-
3.
\ ; 31) davies in Dla
n.euvie.” Then there is the simplified
speiler’s favorite “thru.”
Woman and Her Beauty.
Woman is the master stroke of beau.
ty. Woman is the jewel in the crown,
No chisel ever carved such lines of
softness; no painter ever put such lus-
ter in the eye. Nature molded cliffs
and gave us twilights, gave us the
horizon in the east and west; gave us
the flowing, shimmering river that
travels toward the sea; let the moon-
beams glimmer on the tranquil ocean;
gave us flowers with their fluffy pet-
“als, some soft and snowy white, oth-
ers tinted all the colors of the rain-
bow. Yet when all has been looked
upon, when »ll the landscapes have
Leen viewed with wonder, man turns
back ro something stronger, turns back
to that which soothes and heals, back
to that whicn satisfies the eye ang
fBeartstrings—woman, the crowning glo
Ey of
‘patch.
Il revealed. - St. Louig Post-Ihis
Start of Our Navy.
+The United States navy has the dis
tinction of being somewhat older than
ithe covernment irself, for nine month:
before the actual Ile~laration of Inde
pendence congress authorized the con
structicn of two. “national cruisers
and appointed a committee to purchase
vessels to form the nucleus of a fleet
Within three montiys of its appoint
ment this commiitee ot together four
teen armed vessels and anpointed a
personnel of officers. among whem wae
the famous old sen Jom Pay’
Jones. During the war of the Revolu
tion: the infant nave captured as man,
as 800 prizes, but suffered so heavil
that by the time peace was declared if
had almost ceased to exis A new
start on a more ambitious scale wa:
rie
mage i 1704
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The “Tawdry Saint”
St. Ethelreda bias been uniortunate
inasmuch. as be smory is perjofu-
ated Im the i adjectiv
“tawdry.” and she is sometimes even
referral {o as the “tawdry saint.” In
the Isle of Ely. where she died. a fai
was formerly held in her honor, at
which a peculiar kind of cheap bu
showy lace was sold; which, as St
Ethelreda s or &t Audrer’s la
became proverbial and tawde:
corruption of the saint's abbrovinic
name, was used to denote all thing.
more gaudy than valuable. — Loudoun
Chronicle.
1ovenable
PC RO0S
The Use of Names.
Judge Giegerich of New York in de-
nying the petition of a foreigner desir-
ing to use an American name recently
said: “I have the greatest objection to
foreigners who take up their residence
in this country assuming the names of
old American families of New York. It
causes embarrassment to men who are
of high standing in the community and
take pride in their family names.”
Solomon's Servants.
Solomon's servants (Ezra ii, 56-58;
Nehemiah vii, 57-60) were the descend-
ants of the Canaanites reduced by Sol-
omon to the state of slaves. They
were compelled to work in the king's
stone quarries and in building his pal-
aces and cities.
Corrected.
Wife—1 really believe you married
me simply because I have money.
Hub—You're wrong. I married you be-
cause I thought you’d let me have some
of it.
Always Picking.
Yeast—My wife used to play the ban-
jo beautifully before we were married.
Crimsonbeak—Now she picks on you,
I suppose ?—Yonkers Statesmen.
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Galilei’s Telescope.
The telescope with which Galilei dis.
covered the satellites of Jupiter in 1610
is preserved in a Florence museum.
“Stop Wo! is a physician's best
SINKING A SUBBMARINE.
How the U-29 and Its Daring Crew
Were Ser! to the Bottem.
Von \Jeddigen, the hero of the Ger
man submarine service, after sinking
the British cruisers Aboukir, Hogue
and Cressy was promdted to a better
ship and took command of the U-29,
in comparison with the U-9 a biggish
brute, a regular “peach,” almost an un.
dersea liner.
After a hard day on the job, looking
for game in the upper North sea, the
U-29 went ‘to sleep,” resting with a
slight negative buoyancy on a shelving
sand bank. Outside of the watch officer
d the regular standing watch, all
ands must have turned in, sleeping in
their leather suits. It is supposed that.
as the watch at the telephones heard
the nearing propeller beats of a Brit.
ish destroyer screen, the alarm was
sounded—*‘“Tauch station!”—with every
man flying to his post.
One might imagine that Von Weddi-
gen waited; that the microphones vi-
brated the slow chugs of big ship pro-
pellers, which told him that the Brit-
ish fleet was approaching. Blowing
his. adjusting tank to a submerged
trim, he came to fighting position. His
periscope tipped the surface.
He was. lucky enough to come be-
tween the two columns of the Dritish
grand fleet, ste~ming in line of squad-
rons, with the Iron Duke leading the
right column, firing Jellicoe's flag. The
periscope oi the U-20 showed up half-
way between the squadrons, six cables
apart. She got off her torpedo, which
passed under the Iron Duke. Immedi
ately she fired No. 2; which also miss
ed, going astern. Because of danger of
smash'ng their own ships none of the
British gun crews dared to fire at the
German submarine.
But after the second torpedo some-
thing went wrong with the U-29. Ei-
ther the valves failed to work, which,
by taking water into compensating
tanks, were to equalize the weight of
the discharged torpedoes, or at the in
stant the diving rudder man failed in
giving enough "down rudder.” At any
rate, the nose of the submarine shot
ap above the water.
She started immediately to begin to
dive, but the dreadnaught. third in
the left column, swung out of line and
went full speed for the U boat. The
big ship caught her on the ram. spear
ing her like a whale, and raised her
along the cutwater until the subma
rine was half cut of water. a flash
a grinding smash, the U-2) balancing
first one way, then the other, and final
ly dropping, the lettered bow foremost!
The dreadnaught swune back into cel
umn. Without a signal Leing mude.
without a shot fired. the grand fleet
proceeded.
This is the true story of how Von
Weddigen perished. - It came from a
man who saw it with his own eves.
Henry Reuterdahl in Saturday Even
ing Post.
Automobile Radiators.
To assure the efficient operation and
long life of your automobile it is es
sential that the radiator Le kept clean
: Every radiator has been designed for
the purpose of dissipating some of the
heat from the engine to prevent it from
overheatin: The radiator can’ only
accomplis't hx aly ives the
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The Night Table.
The night table is not as well kiuown
in bedroom lore as it might Le. 1 think
It is such a comfort to be able after
goin to Led to read by the light ou
the night table and to be able to
stretch out a band at midnight and
switch this same light on. On the
night table may be kept any of the lit
tle things which might in any possi-
bility be needed during the night-—a
light. a clock. a carafe of urinking wa-
ter, a book for a chance wakeful hour
—Washington Star.
Peace on Earth.
Peace on earth would mean the lib-
eration of human faculties for the high-
est and noblest achievements of which
human nature is capable. It would
mean a splendid efflorescence of art,
literature, science, philosophy and re-
ligion—in short, culture in its best
sense as the spontaneous unfolding of
the powers of personality. — David
Jayne Hill in Century.
Table Manners.
To put the elbows on the table is to
confess indifference to rules of eti-
quette. This attitude should remain pe-
culiar to grillrooms, where it orig-
inated. Those who observe the de-
tails of good form keep their hands in
their laps when not employed with the
knife and fork.—Pittsburgh Press.
His Trifling Mistake. :
Lady Exhibitor (at the close of a
baby show)—But, good gracious! This
is not my baby, sir! Checktaker—Very
sorry, madam. It’s the last left. The
checks got mixed up somehow. But
I'll take care that it shan’t occur again.
—London Answers.
Tit For Tat.
He—You never consult my wishes in
ordering the meals. She—Well, you
never consult the market reports im
providing an allowance for the housee
hold. —Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The wages of sin sre always paidd
z i If there is any delay in settlement col
prescription and the hardest to take.
i
pound interest is added . i
WEDDING RINGS.
Their Descent From the Ancient 8ig-
net Rings of Eaypt.
It was under the shadow of the pyra-
mids that brides first wore rings as
symbols of wedlock.
In’ the early Egyptian home it was
the custom of the wife to keep all of
her jars, closets and storerooms sealed.
A different seal ordinarily was used
for every door or jars containing cer
tain foods. Preserved sweets, for in-
stance, would be sealed with one de-
vice and some sharp appetizer with
another. So the course of time brought
the Egyptian woman a goodly number
of seals, the special mark of her wife
hood.
Then it became a custom for the
bridegroom on his wedding day to
present the future homemaker with a
little string of seals. Im the beginning.
they usually were suspended from an
ornamental chain about her neck, but
afterward it became the custom to car-
ry the keys on an ornamental cord
around the wrist. And finally the keys
were attached to a woman's finger by
means of a cord or gold wire. This
naturally meant reduction in the num-
ber of seals, and some genius of the
days of old hit upon the idea of com- .
bining the seal and the wire together.
from vhich we get the signet ring.
Such a ring was regularly presented to
the bride on her wedding day, '
Things had reached this state of
progress when keys seem to have been
first used in Egypt to any great extent.
The coming of locks did away with the
wifely seals and her peculiar mark of
sovereignty in the home. By degrees
the signet ring went out of fashion as
the special prerogative of the bride
and was succeeded by a plain band
ring such as every young lady of today
expects to wear. Numbers of these
plain and signet rings have been found
in the old tombs of northern Africa,
mute evidence of loves long since dead
and gone.
HARD WORK FOR CUPID.
Roumanian Farmers Try to Keep Their
Sons From Wedlock.
The Roumanian farmer doesn’t think-
much of matrimony. A bachelor hasn't
missed much, in his opinion. And
when his son gets the marrying bee
buzzing in his bosom the Roumania
dad is apt to take a hickory cluh and
beat it out of the young man’s system.
That's why the Roumanian youth -
when he is in love never confides the
happy secret to his father. He goes '
and tells his mother, for women still
believe in love and marriage, although
they lead from the altar to the wash-
tub. But the father has faced the mule
heels and the plow handles so long in
his hard struggle to feed the hungry
mouths opened to him by marriagé
that he has forgotten he was once a
lover sighing lover's tales. He is about
as much in favor of state wide matri-
mony as a sick boy is in favor of cas-
tor oil.
So the son tells his mother. The
mother feeds father the best dinner
she can cook, and when the old man |
is in a mellow mood she breaks the
sad news about their boy. If she is
| skillful enough she wins his grouchy |
i consent, and he calls in his two best!
: men friends.
guesses what's un.
These two go with his
son to the girl's home. Perhaps she |
has heard nothing of the love affair, ¢
but when she sees them coming she |
Her father enter-
tains the visitors, and if he lets the |
fire go out it means he has taken this {
method to turn them down cold. i
Roumanian wives all have silk dresses
or silk shawls. Their husbands do not |
buy the silk for them: the women raise
it themselves.—Exchange.
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~ Taeth Gritting a Symptom. ¥
When ¢hildren grit their teeth, either
asleep or as a habit when awake, it
is’ generally a sign that they have
adenoid growths back of their noses
and need the attention of a physician.
Dr. C. E. Benjamins tells in a journal
of Amsterdam of his experience with
1,544 cases of adenoids, in which about
37 per cent of the children were teeth
gritters, and in most of the cases the
gritting ceased when the adenoids
were removed. Among 115 teeth grit
ters he examined for troubles other
than adenoids all but two were found
to have adenoids,
Art In America.
The first school of painting to estab-
lish itself on American soil was that
of Spain, following in the train of vice-§-
roys and prelates after the Indian com-
monwealths had been subjected and
Spanish towns had been built. To the
present day there exists in the City
of Mexico the oldest academy of the
fine arts in the western world, the
Academy of San Carlos. It is nearly
as old as the Royal Academy, London.
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Fogs Are Valuable.
It has been discovered that fogs, |
especially ocean fogs, are valuable,
Fogs are the principal fertilizers of
the great bean fields of California.
The fields are dry farmed. Rain means
ruin. Yet moisture is a necessity. This!
is furnished in just the right degree!
by fogs.—Detroit Free Press. i
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He Told Her. :
It was the first ball game she had |
ever attended. #4
“Why do they call that thing the:
plate?” was her forty-seventh question.
“Why—er—because that's where the’
drops from the pitcher are caught,” he
replied, his reason cracking under the
strain.—Boston Transcript.
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This Life.
There is only one way to get ready
for immortality, and that is to love
this life and live it as bravely and
cheerfully and faithfully as we am.—
Var Dyke.
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