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PRORRESS AMO
PATRIOTISH
PERFORMANCES WE WILL CELEBRATE AT THE
ty CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR.
OUR FIRST FOUR
HUNDRED YEARS.
: What America Has Achieved Since Columbus’ Time. —A Won-
derful Era in the World's
History. — Architectural
Triumphs at Jackson Park.
NCE a Thought came
| from the great un-
known and wandered
i through the busy haunts
of men. It was not
a sublime thought, a
holy oralovely thought.
But it was a great
thought,
the human race. = At
) first it moved through
court and market place
bodiless and unseen,
but people felt its in-
fluence and wondered. At length a
bold’ sea captain found favor with it,
and it settled upon him, and he be-
came its slave. He was a rover from
in connection with the dedicatory ceremon-
ies. The 400 years ween Columbus and
the Columbian exposition have
stupendous in their outcome of progress,
de=pite woes and disasters, that itis fitting
that the world's fair should be a stupendous
exponent of this mighty and unexampled
era.
The participation of women in the ex
sition promises to be one of the most inter-
esting as well as novel features.
commodious and imposing building design-
ed by a young lady architect. and with an
abundance of money, and with full recog-
nition, indorsement and aid by the United
States government and the exposition direc-
tory, the women have an opportunity of
showing, in most signal manner, the con-
dition of their sex throughout the world,
what are the achievements of women in the
various branches of human endeavor, and
what is her adaptability to different occupa-
tions and lines of industrial and charitable
work. Under the direction of the board's
president—Mrs. Potter Palmer—the work
of organization and of enlisting the interest
n - so
his childhood, half trader, half pirate, in the
of women throughout the United States and
With a“
basin; horticulture building, 10 figures;
transportation building, 16 figures and 8
groups; admiaistration building, 36 figures
and 20 groups; machinery hall, 15 figures
(these are duplicated several times); agri
tural building, 6 groups; manufactures
building, 18 sculptural eagles 168 feet high
and 21 feet across the wings. ere are two
cattle groups in the colonade between the
agriculture and machinery :
Several of these figuresand groups de-
deserve more description than can be given
here, and those completed. as well as the
designs for those yet in making, havere-
ceived the highest praise. Among them
are Sculptor Mead's large group on the agri-
cultural building and his minor art groups;
the groups representing Industry, Cony
merce and Abundance; the statue of Frank-
lin and the statue of the Republic. The
Franklin, by Rohl-Simith, is 16 feet high,
cost $3,000, and stands in the main entrance
of the electricity building. The Republic,
by Daniel C. French, is 60 feet high and
stands on =a pedestal 40 feet high at the
entrance to the Basin from Lake Michigan.
The cost of the statue when conipleted will
be $25
.000.
Everywhere. on the buildings and in the
statuary, crops out in glorious designs the
intense Americanism of the whole vast pro-
ject. ‘Patriotism,’ “Tradition,” “Liberty,”
—these are a few of the jpany groups that
adorn the’ structures and do or to ‘the
makers. Besides this highly creditable ex-
pression of loyalty to the republie, nearly
every department of the great exposition
will have its relics on view—old records,
portraits, machines, models, inventions,
etc.—each having ° historical interest or
marking a stage of progress in its own line.
Particuiarly numerous will be these histori-
cal exhibits from the United States. Almost
every state will contribute.
In the practical sense nothing can be
more interesting than the borticultural, ag-
ricultural and fisheries’ displays. Mother
Tarth and Father Neptune are the sources
of human existence, and it is well that to
the field and ocesn proper tribute should be
paid at the great anniversary.
beautiful island, cenuiglly located, artisti-
cally laid out in beautiful walks, and the
choicest part of the fair ground. Through
this entire area has been placed a complete
network of pipes tosupply all the water nec
essaty to insure vigorous aud healthy growth
of all trees, shrubs and plants.
There will be displays of flowers in all
parts of the grounds, but particularly
around the horticultural building and on
i Here will be the rose
50,000 rose bushes
in it. rill b variety of
flowering shrub or tree, with aquatic plants
along the lagoon shores...
There te a continuous procession
of different flowers throughout the six
months of the fair, special attention’
being devoted to each in its: season. The
fair will open in May with a million tulips
in bloom around the horticultural building,
and will close in October with a |
unthemum show. 8
building the fair will open with the greatest
show of orchids ever seen. The horticul-
tural building faces thie center of the wood-
ed istand, which contains 16 acres. “=. ~
The agricultural building is in size 800 b:
500 feet. The bei ght of the ‘cornice is
f.et and the dome 130. The floor area is 15
acres andsthere is an annex covering nearly
four acres. There has been nsed in the main
building 7,500,000 feet of - lumber and 2,000.-
000 pounds of structural iron; in the annex
2,000,000 feet of lumber. 3
This building is most richly ornamented,
and is adorned with many groups of statu-
ary of heroic size. ‘The main entrance is 64
feot wide, and is adorned with Corinthian
pillars 50 feet high and 5 feet in diame:
ter. The rotunda is 100 feet in diameter and
is surmounted by a great glass dome. It is
worthy of note in this connection that aeri-
culture and its kindred interests of forestry,
dairy and live stock has exhibition space
under roof of 69 acres, the buildings costing
$1,218,000. The agricultural building is con-
nected with machinery hall by a colon
nade.
The fish and fisheries building has an ex-
treme length of 1,100 feet, and its width is
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days when piracy was no crime; hardy,
courageous, enterprising, persistent and
avaricious, the type of mau that succeeds.
‘We ‘have this man’s name variously as
Cristobal Colon, Christoforo Colombo, and,
latinized, Christopher Columbus.
{I'he thought filled his mind and told him
that the werld was round, and that the
magic island of Zipangu and the fabulously
wealthy Indies could be reached by sailing
west in ships, instead of riding ‘east on
dromadaries. And Columbus believed it
and thought there was money in the
scheme. ;
fo. on Aug. 3, 1492, with three ships
fitted out by the impressible Queen Isabella
of Castiie, he set sail from Palos harbor,
touched at the Canaries Sept. 6, and on Oct.
12, after a voyage that was not lacking
either in dangers or hardships, landed on
Guanalfani one of the Bahama islands. Im-
mediately on touching solid earth the bold
navigator raised the cross of the true faith
and the banner of their Spanish majesties
of Castile and Aragon, offered up prayers
for his safe voyage—and proceeded io claim
everything in sight. ¢ :
1t is this landing that we who. live four
centuries later inhabitants of the new world,
¢hat Columbus in all his life never knew,
was a new world, are about to eelebrate in
the dedicatory ceremonies of the world’s
fair. Across the vast space of 400 busy years
the sririt of discovery will clasp hands with
t he spirit of progress, marking at ‘once the
close and beginning of an epoch.
These are in the French phrase, fin de
siecle, ‘end of the age” days, ‘and in a
sense they are, for the tremendous: Nine-
teenth century is drawing to its finality
and not long “hence will be historic rather
than actual. Therefore it 1s fitting that the
preparations and plans for the Chicago dis-
play should include not only trophies of
present achlieveuent, but also tangible ex-
ibits of past endeavor. ;
“And ha a magnificent perioditis to be
commemorated by these preliminary page-
ants at Jackson park! No other yolume of
man’s record 80 teems with = ‘tales of
‘toil apd success! First the discover of the
world: then the explotation; after that
nquest and settlement; the creation of
i finally the vindication of,
the republic
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‘(. French, Rohl-Smith yy arti
in foreign countries has progressed to a
most satistactory stage. The lady managers
are practically in charge of several of the
congresses which the auxiliary will hold.
The woman’s building is two stories high,
with an elevation of 60 feet. The rotunda
is 70x65 feet, reaching through the height of
the building, and covered with a skylight.
On the roof of the pavilions are open areas,
which will be covered with oriental awning.
One will serve as a cafe and the other as a
tea garden. ;
Naturally one associates the work of wo-
man with the progress of art, and so it is
quite appropriate to group the two, for art
would be nothing without woman, and wo-
man owes much of her idealization and
emancipation to art.
The fine arts building 1s an admirable
type of refined classic architecture of
Grecian-Tonic design. The main building,
500x320 feet, is entered by four great portals,
richly ornamented with architectural sculp-
ture.” Located in the northern part of the
park, the south front faces the lagoon, while
the immediate neighborhood of the build-
ing is ornamented with groups of statues,
replica ornaments of classicart, and other
statues of heroic and life size proportions.
Galleries 40 feet in width extend around the
entire building, forming a continuous prom-
enade. The top of the dome, 125 feet in
height, is’surmounted by a colossal statue of
the type of the famous figure of Winged
Victory. The general color of the building
is light gray stone, and although the struc-
ture is temporary, it is fireproof. The frieze
of the exterior walls and the pediments of
the principal entrances are ornamented
with sculptures and portraits in base-relief
of the masters of ancient art.
In the great palace of art the space ‘is as-
signed to the nations as follows: The TUni-
1ed States, 34,636 square feet; France, 33,393;
Germany. 20.400; Great Britain, 20,395;
Italy, 12,410; Belgium, 12,318; Austria, 11,-
564; Holland, 9,337; Norway, 9,462; Den-
mark, 3,900; Japan, 2,919; Canada, 2,895,
Mexico, 1,500, . J
Tn addition to the adornments special to
each building there are scattered through
the park and in the main halls 48 sculptural
‘groups and 103 distinct. figures, all of heroic
size and the work of the Soulptoss Daniel
ny Bitter, John
bert Kraus, M. A.
ideout, These figures
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placed os follows:
uilding; ‘Republic in the
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{The horticultural department of the ex-
| position has received a great number of con-
tributions toward its display. Chief Samuels
is daily in receipt of information in regard
to collections of rare plants which are being
made, many of which are now on their
way to Chicago. In the exhibition of the
horticultural department Australia will
make a fine showing. The commissioners
from the New South Wales are preparing a
fine exhibit of large plants. tree ferns. palms.
ete., and the first installment ison its way
to Chicago. An officer of the Sydney bo-
tanic gardens accompanies the shipment to
San Francisco. Should this consignment
arrive in good order more will be forwarded
at once. The first consignment of the col-
lection of plants from Jamaica has already
arrived in Chicago.
Horticultural =~ hall is the largest and
grandest ever erected for a horticultural ex-
hibition. It contains about 89,000 square
feet more of floor space than the combined
floor areas of the buildings used for a similar
purpose at the centennial, New Orleans and
aris. Jt is 1,000 feet long by an extrenie
width of 287 feet. The dome is 187 feet in
diameter and has an altitude of 113 feet on
the inside, thus giving room for the largest
alms, bamboos, tree ferns, giant cacti, etc.
he basso and alto relievo ornamentation,
in a frieze extending along the front and
sides of the building, is especially attractive,
and in connection with statuary and foun-
tains will have an unusual pleasing effect,
aside from the plant decoration, which will
harmonize with the general plan of the
building. ;
The plan is a central glass dome, con-
nected by front and rear curtains with two
end pavilions, forming two interior courts,
each 88 by 270 feet. In these courts will be
1aced bearing orange trees and other semi-
De toal fruits from California and Florida,
to illustrate the manner of growing and
cultivating the orchards and groves in those
States.
Near the horticulture building green-
houses, aggregating 25,000 square feet, have
been constructed, and will be used for recup-
erating plants injured from any cause, and
for the purpose of developing them to the
highest degree of perfection before placing
them on exhibition.
The space assigned to the department for
exhibits of trees, shrubs and plants which
will be hardy in the ground during the
time of the exposition embraces about
acres, and includes the greater part of a
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200 feet. The building is sub-divided into
three parts to conform to the shape of the
site. In the central portion will be a gener.
al fisheries exhibit. In one of the polygonal
buildings will be the angling exhibit, and
in the other the acquaria. The exterior of
the building is Spanish Romanesque, and
will contrast agreeably in appearance with
the classic style of all the other builgings.
Manufactures and liberal arts will te
represented in the largest building in the
world. It is interesting to read about. this
stupendous structure. It is awe inspiring to
gontemplate the vast expanse of its exteriur
or stand within it and with the eye measure
its gigantic proportions. By many this
great building will be regarded as distinct-
ive a feature of the fair of 1893 as was the
Eiffel tower of the Paris exposition of 1889.
From a mere statement of the dimensions
of this monster structure one can get but a
faint idea of its immense size. A few com-
parisons’ will assist greatly. One has to.
travel almost a mile in avalking about it:
The building ocenpies a most conspicuous
place in the grounds. It faces the lake, with
only lawns and promenades between, North
of itis the United Siates government build-
ing,south the harbor entrance and the Casino
and Music ball, and west the Electrical
building and the lagoon separating it from
the great island, which in part is wooded
and in part resplendent with acres of bright
flowers of various hues, The paiiding is
rectangular in shape, being 1,687 feet long
by 787 feet wide. :
_ "Other facts and statistics of this leviathan
of the exposition are numerous and inter-
esting. rom the fact that it is the largest
building in the world and the chief archi-
tectural marvel of the greatest world's fair
in history. one can scarcely tire in gang J
at it or grow weary in reading about it. Its
erection has involved achievements of con- -
struction never tefore attained,
The grounds embrace 633 acres, of which
Jackson park has 553 and Midway plaisance
has 80. Po son park is beautifully situat-
ed in the southeastern portion of Chiacgo,
about seven miles from the city hall or
central business portion, and has a frontage |
of a mile and a half on Lake Michigan. It
may be reached from **‘down town’ by the
Dilinois Central railway, by elevated road,
by two lines of cable cars, and by steam-
boats on Lake Michigan. During the ex-
position all excursion trains from outside |
points will run within the grounds, and
visitors will not haye to make any change,
great ehrys- |
Inside the horticultural |
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THE DY
oPENING 5 THE WORLD'S wits
BUILDINGS OCT. 21.
Chicago’s Cer-monials. A Great Crowd
of Distinguished People Will
Gather to View the Expo-
ition Grounds.
HE dedication exercises of the
‘World's lair will be held in the
gréat hall of the manufacturers
and liberal arts buildings at Chi:
cago, and the imposing cere
monies of national and official dedication
will take place, It will be a memorable
day, the proudest in the history of Chicago,
1t will be preceded by an introductory day
: of street parades and followed by a day of
festivities and rejoicing—three days of dis
play, outdoing by far everything heretofore
witnessed on this continent.
The audience itself will be historic. ~The
president and cabinet have been inviled,
and many members of the supreme court
and both houses of congress, governors, ora.
. tors, generals and statesmen, distinguished
foreigners of various ranks and eminent
men and women of our oan land will be
the central figures. In the audience will
be people of almost every race on earth, es
pecially from our own 3,500,000 square
miles of tervitory. There will indeed be 2
union of states, hearts and hands, an ideal
ly perfect representation of the greatest re:
ublic, the greatest single nation the world
188 ever seen.
Tha orators will be worthy of tha occa
sion. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew to deliver
the Columbian oration. ‘thé venerabie and
eloquent William C. P. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky, to give the de ticatory oration
and trace the upholiing of the nation in
which his own family has held so distin.
guished a place for more than a century.
oetry will lend its aid, music of the grand-
est sort wili enliven the oceasion, and art in
its highest development will add its ineffa.
ble charm. : %
This will be the great day of the three, as
it is proper for the commemoration of an
event by far the most important in the his
tors of the last 18 centuries. -But the pre
ing ‘and following dsys will be only
second to it in importance and display. On
Oct. 20 will occur the great civic procession,
the principal organizations in the nation
passing in review before the president and
cabinet.~ At night Jackson park will be il
Juminated as no ground in America ever has
been. and the last day, Oct. 22, will be de
voted to military reviews and the evening to
grand social features.
The exposition buildings are practically
complite. The last of the iron work on the
areat machinery hail was placed early in
September, and the principal carpentry
work is in finishing the two spires. The
exterior covering is nearly all finished on
the north front of the main building. = The
annex is practically finished exteriorly and
is being lathed. The final estimate of the
dgemoor Bridge ¢ompany for the steel
work on the manufacturers’ building shows
that in the roof of the central hall there
have been placed 12.9.5,778 pounds of steel,
costing $529,159.77. = > :
The example has stimulated the men in
charge of the Stat= buildings, and every one
will be completed in goo. time. The visitors
present on the first day will look on a com-
pleted exposition, When the electric cir
cuit is closed, which shall start the pon-
derous machinery going, it wilt be “far as
possible a show complete and entire. The
State buildings now enclosed and rooted,
with the rough work done and interior fin-
ishing progressing, are Illinois, Kansas,
West Virgmia, Rhode Island, Maspachu-
setts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Towa,
Maine, Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Nebraska, Montana, Maryland and
Delaware. - ;
Seventy buildings are now in progress ot
construction «n the exposition grounds, as
follows: Main exposition buildings—Ad-
ministration. agriculture and annex, dairy,
electricity, fisheries, forestry, fine arts and
annexes, horticulture, manufactures, mines,
machinery, transportation and annex, wo-
man’s—13.
Minor exposition buildings--Battleship,
boiler house, casino, cleaning works, coid
storage house, colonnade, freight sheds
(three) fuel, oil tank, greenhouse,’ Hyde
park police stations, life-saving station, mu-
sic hall, office of ground and building, per-
istyle, photographic building, pump house,
Woodlawn police station—I17.
The State and foreign buildings number
28, and the concessions of special buildings
are; Baker's cocos, German village, Libby
glass works, Moorish palace, New England
clam bake, natatorium, panorama of the
Burmese Alps. panorama of the volcano of
Kilauea, Puck, sliding raliway, White Star
line—.11
It may be well to add that there are 2,246
employes on the pay roll, their wages aver-
aging $79 per month.. Enough has been
done to strike visitors with astonishment
even now, and there yet remains six months
for active work.
Of course, the finances of such a big en:
terprise will be of interest to the American
people. Down to Sept. 1 the total receipts
rom all sources were $10,401,045, of which
Chicago had paid $5,003,726 and $5,038,932
had been paid on current installments of
stock subscriptions. The government's
contribution was not counted on as yet,
and only $68,500 had been received in sou-
venir coins. Of the total $8,748,259 had
been paid out, leaving a cash balance of
$1,657,785. Itis pamniulto find the Zollow-
ing item at the close of the report: ;
“Six hundred and forty-eight accidents
had oceurred up to the time of the comple-
tion of the report, divided as follows as’ to
the extent of injuries; Killed, 14; fataliy in-*
jured, 2; seriously injured, 25; slightly in-
jured, 607. Of this number only one was a
visitor.”
At the same data foreign governments
had expended $124,900. England of course,
leads with an expenditure of $11,785. The
Argentine republic, Uruguy and Paraguay
have together expended 819,670. Neither
France nor Spain has yet expended any
sum worth mentioning, but will do so, of
course, before the exposition opens. Ex-
clusive of work done by foreigners, the
total brid on building to Sept. 1 was $4,381,-
790
There can be no doubt that in extent,
beauty, artistic effect, completenéss, adapta-
bility to it purposes and in all respects that
appeal to the sense and the taste even of
the most critical, Jackson park iu 1893 will
be the most beautiful exposition spot the
world has eyo ee
The World’s Shipwrecks.
We hear much of the many finely
modeled ships that are built from time
to time, but little of the many vessels
that are lost. Occasionally public in-
terest is excited by heroism displayed
in saving a shipwrecked crew; but in
many cases the loss of a ship is only
indicated by a line or two in the list of
casualties in the daily papers. Who,
for instance, would think that last year
68 vessels, the larger proportion ships,
sailed from some port or other, and ag-
cording to Lloyd’s annual return, never
again were heard of, and these, too,
were fairly good-sized craft. Englan
and her colonies contribute 28,500 out of
‘the 49,100 tons which have thus passed
out of record. The total of wrecks, too,
seems large—1,086 vessels of 649,946
tons—but it must be remembered that
there are probably always afloat on the
high seas over 20,000,000 tons of ship-
ping, which fact, although it increases
the surprise that so many vessels should
be lost without any news, indicates
generally a fairly low ratio of loss—
8. to 4 per cent, of tonnage. fd
' WHEN a man is no longer able
OF DEDIGHTION.
do harm, he becomes possessed of
ambivion to do good. baie
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| HUMOROU!
AND,
Jokes and Jokelets that Are St
Have Been Recently Born—Say|
Doings that Odd, Curic
‘Sprinkles of Spice. Haas
He thought he'd go to Congress, but he
, didn’t get a vote; : CT
Although he took his check-book and wrote
: and wroté and Ww i aE
~Detroit Tribune Cea
THE announcement of purses for
year-olds seems like a bitter partialit
when so many grown folks have
THE school teachers are |
tan on their cheeks
they put rattan on
Boston Transcript.
Sae—I thought you told
reg
~ INGS HERE
. Next
‘their pupils—
Nixon was a man
He—Well, he has been drif
steadily ever since 1 knew hi
Life. : Cn
Tommy-The lion is a carn
animal, ain't he, paw? Mr. Figg
Yes. That is what makes him
dangerous to meat. — Indiana
Journal. way :
Hg (anxiously)—*Did I unde
gou to say Miss or Mrs.?” She!(¢
murely)—“Miss.” He (gallantly
“Pray, allow me to make it M
sions, bu t 8
mer fly just as vainly as anybody el:
Genius cannot do everything.—Bal
more American. = C0
“Now,” SAID the new reporter,
ais eye followed the track of the blue
pencil, “I understand what is at
by an editor's line of thought
Washington Star. Ll
DasaAwAy—How do you like my
friend Hunker? Travers—He h
any backbone. ‘Why, the felloy
me have $5 as soon as I asked him!
New York Herald. = =
SurrAcE—1sn’t Bighed ‘rath
goung to bz a cynic? Rowley—O
no! He has been graduated a yi
and the world hasn’t recognized him
yet.—New York Herald.. =
RoaAp AeeNT (stopping fun
Hold up yr hands! I wi
money ye've got! Chief Mourne
Bless me! Here's the undertaker’s
‘bill-collector already.—Lite.
TrAVERs—“How longa course
_gour son take at eollege?” Dobsen
“That's just the glestion I ask
wrote back that it: would be
miles with a turn.’ *—New York Si
MR. WickwirE— Here is something
gou ought to read-—an: articl IF
Wickwire — Does it say ‘an
about her remaining single?
apolis Journal. Fae
Smrri—You needn't tell me
dogs don’t know as much as hur
beings. I took Ponto to church wi
me last Sunday. Jones—Yes?
—Well, sir, he slept through the
whole sermon.—Life. = er
Mes. KEEDICK (praising young Mr
Adlet to her daughter)—He doesn’t
smoke, drink, or swear. He’s a good
boy and would be true to you. Miss
Keedick . (shaking her head) —He’s
too good to be true, mamma.~—Truth.
«] SUPPOSE,” observed Harry Ho-
’ io
jack after the doctor had amputated. =
both arms as the result of Independ-
ence Day casualties, “I suppose that
I shall have to learn to shoot cannon
swith my toes by the next Fourth.”—
Jury. : :
A SKIPPER claims to have seen the
sea serpent in the sky. If the phe-
nomenal monster has really been
translated, many an ancient mariner
will experience a discouraging loss
of material for. new yarns.—New
York World. Lio
Mns. KeeNe—There © aro. times
when I wish I were a man. Mr.
Reene——For instance? Mr. Keene—
‘When I pass a milliner’s window, and
think how happy I could make my
wife by giving her a new bonnet.—
Texas Siftings. = 0 At
«] HEAR that young Slimly is dying
of consumption. How does that
happen when he is such a constant
smoker, and tobacco kills the germs
of the disease?” “Oh, Slimly doesn’t
smoke tobacco. He smokes cigar-
ettes.”—Buffalo Express. :
“Your husband,” said the caller,
sympathizingly, “was a man of ex-
cellent qualities.” “Yes,” sighed the
widow, “he was a good man.. Every-
body says so. 1 wasn’t much ac-
quainted with him myself. He be-
longed to six lodges.”—Texas Sift
ings. >
«1 woNDER why itis,” said old
‘Tobe to his wife, “that women pre-
fer drowning and men shooting in
case of suicide?” “I suppose,” she
replied, as she thoughtfully contem-
plated his nose, “that it is because
men hate water so.”—Detroit Free
Press,
. “DrArme!” exclaimed Mrs. Begosh,
“look at that man comin’ out of the
restaurant. He's pickin’ his teeth
with his pocket-knife.” “Humphl”
replied her husband, “he probably
wasn’t raised where they have forks
and so he don’t know no better.”—
Washington Star. :
Sex “That couple in front of us—
do you think they are married?” He
~“Yes, 1 am sure they are. [They
have been married a long time, t00.”
She—“Why, how do you kdow?” = He
—“Haven't you noticed that when a
pretty girl comes on the stage she
always hands the opera. glasses over
right away?”—Somerville Journal.
Me. JagsBY—My dear, allow me
to introduce Mr. Bagsby. = Mrs.
Jagsby—I am delighted to meet you,
Mr. Bagsby. But do you know, Mr,
Bagsby, that I have so often heard
you helping. Mr. Jagsby to get the
front door open when he comes home
late at night, that it is almost the
same as meeting an old friend.—In-
Journal LE