TIIK OIXIZKN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1011. SELECT CULUNGS ' Men About Town and Drink. It Is, I think; n common experience of the man nbout town that his usso-, ntnlno (,i rr.itm.n1 il.'lnl? l.a Hint! lllrtV I did five or ten years ago. Oo into any restaurant In Now York where busi ness men congrcgntc at the lunch hour, and you will note that n large num ber of tables, often the majority, have no beverage but water. As a Kcncrnl rule the waiter will not thrust the wine card before you with the old (hue insistence, knowing from experience that you probably do not want It. Hven at dinner time In these sumo restaurants many tables show no wineglasses, whereas formerly they were all but general. Moreover, it Is distinctly the rule, even nt private dinner parties of some formality, to serve n single wine, following the Kng llsh custom, whereas until recently Now Yorkers wore notorious for "mix ing" their drinks. Of course I do not mean to Imply that wines are not still served in eon Tentlonal sequence, from cocktail and sherry to port and liquor at formal banquets nnd by many bons vivants," but I speak of the prevailing custom, mid this assuredly has altered very de cidedly within the Inst decade. Clear ly, then, the temperance spirit is abroad in metropolitan no less than In zoral districts. Century Magazine. London's Lock Step Fad. Bo you know the "lock step?" If not, says the Paris Mutln. go to Condon nnd tako a look over the prin cipal arteries of thnt immense capital. In order to do the "lock step" you Jamp from one leg to the other with a Arm and rhythmic movement, and you let one leg remain In the air an instant, just like a chicken In distress ia a pool of water. The famous "lock step" was launched by one of the big theaters of the capital, and since then all the Londoners, amused by It. have tried their best, no matter where they find themselves, to master the secret f Its cadence. The success of the new fad has been such that, according to the Matin, "professors of lock step" hire men to go about the streets mark ing the time of the movement and dis tributing prospectuses bearing the ad dress of the masters in the art of the "lock step." The King's Gloved Hand. It is not generally known that King George's custom of appearing with his right hand gloved and the other bare has Its origin in something more than a mere whim of fashion. The wearing of a glove on the right hand by a monarch is a distinct survival of the days when the sovereign's touch was held to be a certain cure for all kind of diseases, especially scrofula. In tho days when nt certain dates it was customary for hundreds of sick men nnd mendicants of all kinds to bo laid out In the courtyard of royal palaces nwaltlng the healing touch of the "anointed of tho Lord" monnrchs found It necessary to wear a glove in order to escape Infection. Thus arose tho habit which during modern times has passed into a mere fad of fashion, tho significance of which has long been forgotten by tho majority of tho people. An Actors' Festival. John Manulngham, a student of the Middle Temple In Shakespeare's time, recorded how the Yuletldo revels of tho law students in 1001 ended with a play given in the great hall of the Middle Temple. "At our feast we h-l a play called 'Twelve Night: or. What ie Will.' " With actor folk Twelfth Night has always been a favorite festival. :..1 delay, the famous comedian, when lie died loft all his money to provide eako and wine for the yearly celebra tion of Twelfth Night in the green room of tho Drury Lane theater. Even now In Now York the leading members of the American stage can lie seen on tho night of Jan. G, when thov omo together either as performers or as spectators in the annual all star productions of tho Twelfth Night cluti Mary Edith Griswold In Designer. Certain Americans Abroad. There are Americans who live abroad and speak of their native land In shameful whispers. Another kind is an explainer. He becomes fretful and Involved in tho attempt to make It clear to some Englishman with n cold and fish-like eye that, as a matter of fact, tho lynchlngs nre scattered over a largo territory, nnd Tammany lias nothing whatever to do with the Unit ed States senate, and tho millionaire does not crawl Into tho presence of Ills wife and daughter, nnd Morgan never an be king, nnl citizens of St. Louis are not In danger of being hooked by moose. After ho gets through tho Englishman says "Really?" and tho painful incident is closed. George Ade's 'Mark Twain as Our Emissary" la Century. Three Great Danish Clans. Tho Danish government recently found it necessary to grant heads of families the privilege of changing their names If they feel so disposed without incurring any legal costs. This Is n necessary piece of legislation, for tho population of Denmark is divided Into three great clans the Hansons, tho Petersens nnd tho Soerensens. In one town of 25,000 Inhabitants over four fifths bore ono or the other of these names. Many of theso haye taken ad' vantage " of the new law and iis mimed more distinctive names. Lon don Chronicle. he Japanese rella Chinese F.phtodu and lis Horrible Effect By CLARISSA MACK IE $ Couyilglit, 1911. by American Press : AusDciatloM. V A whole year paused after Nelson's return from Asia before he found him self again treading an oriental street and rubbing elbows with slant eyed, blue Moused Chinese. His present po sition in the custom house made U necessary that lie should visit a well known silk Importer, whose place of business lay in tho heart of San Kran clsoo's reconstructed Chinatown. . Jay Nelson had been glad enough to eliminate all memory of his last year in China. There had been one horri ble incident from which he had lied, but whose shadow had lurked In the background of his dally life since his return to America. In broad daylight he had laughed at the fears that pur sued his first sleepless, fear haunted nights. After awhile tho fear gave place to u sense of security fostered by the practical workaday happenings of his busy life. Today, however, as he passed along Dupont street and turned into a nar rower thoroughfare there burst upon him the significant fact that this part of a great city was hut a fragment of the old eastern world after alt. He had to pause once or twice and Inquire his way, for the house of th" Importer was set in the heart of the web of streets nnd alleys. Then when ills goal lay but a few yards ahead there sprang Into sudden view, bob bing along In the crowd before him, a certain green and gold paper parasol, tho meaning of which was all too clear to Jay Nelson. Ho had a vague realization that this emblem of an old horror might have been evolved from his own morbid fancy. lie pressed forwnrd, eager to strelch forlh his hand and prove that the Japanese umbrella was a thing of air, was an optical illusion. ISut always it danced before him like a will-o'-tho wisp, now showing a glint of gold and green and then melting into a dozet illusive lints. Where It went there he too mint follow until he could prove by actual contact with its surface that it was a creation of his fancy and not the dreaded emblem of the White Itrother- hood. It drew him on down into the very bowels of the earth. The paper umbrella collapsed and was cast aside, while the bearer turn ed to confront Nelson. Then the hit tor awolec from his trance-like state and stared first at the strange face that confronted him, then about the small dungeon-like room, empty of fur nlture and reeking with foul odors and lighted by a single swinging ol' lamp. Nelson's gaze came back to the face of the Chinese, and he shivered slightly, for the face was thnt of a member of the dreaded order the sigi. was written on the man's brow Instantly Nelson whipped off hK coat, holding it before him as a shield and backed to the stairway leading upward. "Hold n moment," said the Chinese In the Cantonese dialect; "I am not alone." '"Who else?" demanded Nel.-on sharply In tho same tongue. "The brotherhood at each stall head they await your coming if you contemplate flight," returned the Chi nese imperturbably. "What do you want with mo?" "Command of the big. brother that you bo brought before him for trial." "Ho came on from nongkong to seek mo?" The Chinese cackled shrilly. Then ho spat contemptuously. "The broth erhood is everywhere. Captain Leeson wherever there are offenders there also will be found a tribunal of the brotherhood." "Why do you call me by Captain Leeson's name?" questioned Nelson warily. "Recause you are he." "Suppose I am not?" "You are!" asserted tho man rough ly. "The brotherhood does not make mistakes." "You blunder this time. I am Nel son." Tho other laughed derisively. "I was told you would claim that name. Nelson died that night." "Ah," cried Nelson suddenly, "you are tho big brother! This is tho tri bunal. You are alone; you thought to fool me; see you later, Tai Lano!" He started to leap up the stairs nnd 'then stopped short, Tal Lano mado no movo to arrest his flight. He merely folded his long claw tipped lingers Into either capacious sleeve and smiled widely. It was this smile that halted Nelson's departure, tho smile and a certain hiss ing whisper that sang down tho stair way nnd boro warning on its breath. Again ho turned to tho Chinese., "nave It over with this court of yours! Be quick, for I havo business to attend to mntters of Importance." "Very good, Captain Leeson," com mented the man cnllcd Tal Laao. "Kol-'i low me." ne led tho ray to a shadowy corner nnd pushed open n door Into another dimly lighted room. At n long table sat seven men, three on cither side and one nt tho end. At the farther end of the ttihlo there stood a wide armed emntv ehalr. Except for a low swung lamp above the table the room was devoid of other furnishing. "Captain Leeson," he announced In a low voice "on trial for betraying se crets of the White Brothers." "Captain Ixieson died, as you all know," said' Nelson sternly. "I saw hlin die, killed by your orders. Ho died lu the street of" "Silence!" mennccd the leader. "lie claims to ho Nelson, the one who died thnt night." Tho seven nodded lu unison, but did not remove their gaze from Nelson's angry face. Ho kept silence now, briefly review ing tho strange events that had snatch ed him from the busy streets of the city Into ns dismal a don of murderers as ono might hope to find along the water front of any Chinese city. Before his eyes there flushed, a pic ture of his last year In China. Then he had been In the diplomatic service of ills country. Leeson, his friend, an Englishman in the British employ at Hongkong inspector of health or some thing of thnt sort had Interested Nel son In his establishment of n leper col ony down lu Annm. It was Leeson's ambition to clean out the lepers hidden in the city, to root them out from their places of con cealment and transport them to the colony where preparations had been made for their segregation, where their cases should be studied nnd modern methods be employed. It happened that the aflllcted ones looked on the Idea of banishment with distaste. They cared little to be herd ed together in a foreign province far from friends and fnmllinr scenes. They cared nothing whatever for the benefits that might accrue to posterity through their segregation. Leeson's efforts met with little suc cess, and he brought the lnw to his aid. Thus he gained permission to capture the aflllcted ones, nnd so his colony prospered for awhile. Then there wns formed against him the so ciety of the White Brothers, created to protect tho lepers scattered throughout tho city from Leeson's ngents. Each one bore some mark of tho disease, and they had some other emblem by which they might be known to each other if tho mark of tho disease was not plain enough. And this emblem was the green and gold paper umbrel la, with its snaky twisting golden dragon colling in and out of tho green painted bamboo shoots. Nelson remembered the first time he had seen them that night of Leeson's carefully planned expedition into a suspected quarter. It was at night. and red lanterns had lighted tho street down its crooked length. Suddenly there had burst upon them and the three agents who accompanied Leeson a hideous babel of cracked voices; a horrible spectacle of ghastly faces; a leprous mob that leered and jeered nt them; that drove them point by point toward the end of the street of lepers; a yelling crowd that received the bul lets from their revolvers and died noisily; a filthy crow that tried to touch them, that longed to render them as loathsome as Itself. Leeson hnd been killed, and Nelson tried to forget the sight as the rest of them got away. The next day he led a party hack to the street, but it was deserted. Even poor Leeson's body had disappeared. After this outbreak tho matter went under the supervi sion of a large medical corps, nnd tho colony at Anam was augmented by several hundred cases. Nelson resign ed from t lie service and went home, sickened of the whqle dubious web of oriental life, thankful that ho had es caped contact that he was clean. Now they had found liim out they would tako their revenge for his be trayal of their outbreak. It pleased them to call him by Leeson's name. As Leeson ho would probably die lu this hole in (he ground under Pan Francisco. Nelson determined to force some Im mediate action from tho men who had Bprung up In this faraway city to call him to uccount for his setting the hounds of law upon their trail. All his hideous dreams of tho past year seemed to have been realized In tho strange events of this day that would un doubtedly bo ids last on earth. It had been a strango day, and even now, face to face with death for the presence of these White Brothers meant nothing less he seemed to bo moving in u dream moro frightful than anything his sleeping mind had con ceived. "Fire ahead," he said recklessly; "I'm not afraid of you. Come on, every devil's imp of you!" ne flashed out tho revolver ho always carried Just as they uroso In a body and came at him, a ghastly company with" stretch ing, clawing Angers and fiendish eyes. Then Jay Nelson awoke. Ho sat up In bed, his brow dripping sweat and his heart pounding with excitement, for once moro ho had dreamed of tha Japanese umbrella and the horrible band whose emblem It was. This was the worst dream of all, and ho mur mured devout thanks that It had been a dream. Sitting there with the morning sun shine streaming Into the room and a fresh breeze from tho bay ruffling his hair, Nelson saw the early newspaper slid under his door. Eager to be in touch with the coaunonplnces of every day life, he fetched it and read the headlines. After awhile, in a corner of tho sheet, ho read thnt the nong kong authorities were satisfied that they had rid that city of its lepers. Tho White Brotherhood had beeu broken up, and most of its members were In Anam colony. Tho leader, Tal Lano, was dead. Captain Leeson's death had beeu nvetiged. Jay Nelson went forth that morning n care free man to Interview the silk importer In Chinatown. At last he was emancipated from fear, no would dream no more. Milady's Some people show a strango Indiffer ence nnd lack of caro for tho nose, which haj been correctly termed the drawing room of the lungs, for In tills drawing room many visitors are ush ered, some sweet and fresh and clean and others soiled and bedraggled, leav ing their dusty footprints clogged with germs behind them. It would ho an untidy housekeeper indeed who neglected her drawing room. Let the rest of her house be ever so Immaculate, If dirt Is allowed to accumulate there the whole house will feel its ill effects. But how many people ever think of spraying tho nose? It Is astonishing when one considers what harm such carelessness works that any person should fall to do this. Specialists will tell you that It Is ab solutely essential to good health that tho nose should bo kept clean. Yet few noses are really clean. The use of a pocket handkerchief Is about all the care the average person ever gives the nose. They then con sider that they have done their duty by It. Yet they could not sleep if they had forgotten to brush their teeth. Many people do not realize tho abso lute necessity for cleanliness in the nose, but once they comprehend it it is an easy matter to purchase an atomizer, get a prescription from n doctor and sec that the nose Is dally washed out. If one docs not care to go to a physician for a regular pre scription one can get a small glass nose douche shaped like a duck and use warm water with a solution of salt in it. To Avoid Winter Colds. Air baths are the latest prescription for the seeker after health. These are positively recommended as a magic preventive for avoiding winter colds. At first they may seem too difficult of accomplishment, but if one will only try one will see how astonishing the results are. And tho beauty of this magic air bath Is that it Is simplicity itself. There is no cumbersome apparatus, no tiresome visits of tho masseuse, no pounding and punching of au inof fensive body. Ono merely has to lie still nnd allow gentle breezes to blow upon the body. Ono need only expose the skin, so the enthusiasts say, to the air for fif teen or twenty minutes, a half hour or an hour night and morning to anni hllnto tho horrid cold germs which nre everywhere ready to seize upon any ono who gets a chill and so lays her self open to attack. Hence the danger of drafts and wot feet. Our usual habits give the skin no opportunity of hardening itself. If one would indulge In the benefi cial air bath one must spend twenty minutes before retiring without one's clothing. Then in tho morning bathe and do up the hair before covering the skin with the day's clothing. These measures alone constitute an effective air bath and will lessen the sensibility of the skin nnd liability to cold in a few days' time. A more elaborate way for taking the air hath Is recommended by n noted physician. Select the sunniest room In tlie house. If the window is over looked by neighboring houses place a low screen before It. Then undress, wrap yourself in a sheet and blanket and He on tho floor in the sunshine. The Beauty Waltz. You havo heard of the old English custom of walzing with pennies car ried on tho head? Try that in tho privacy of your own room. Remove corsets and shoes, then, putting a coin on a smooth head and humming n gay waltz, glide to Its measures. Practice this till you know how smoothly you must ho gliding by tho cessation of the necessity to stoop and pick up your penny. The gain In health that follows the steady practice of theso "stunts" will equal the gain in grace. An excellent thing It Is In a loose, freely flowing lightweight garment to waltz with the nrms raised, hands hold over tho head, with tho linger tips lightly touching. If you havo friends desirous of making tho best of them selves ask them to meet with you onco a week. Banish all persons not in the secret. Iteuiovo restricting gar ments, including shoes. Let one of tho number play for three minutes, while the rest do the dancing above described. When a second member takes tho piano the dance for a change may be done with bands locked bo hind tho back. When a third turns musician clasp the hands, but stretch tho arms forward In a curve and dance, alternately letting tho head droop forward In this curve and then, after a moment In which It Is held erect, fall back. Another exercise can lie made by clasping the hands at the back of the head nnd waltzing round the room In that pose. Do tho last dance with the upstretched arms and finger tips lightly touching. Your Comb. Combs should not bo washed with water. This Is apt to split tho .teeth. A stiff nailbrush Is n good thing to keep for cleaning them. After using the brush tako a damp cloth and wipe between each tooth with this. IR OF THE What He Wanted. "Darling." "Well, Henry?" "Are you going to be very busy to night?" "You know 1 am. This Is the night our neighborhood literary. circle meets." "Well, how about tomorrow after Aoon?" "Tomorrow afternoon our bridge club meets." "Dear, dear! Then how about Tues day evening?" "Tuesday evening I'm golug to read a paper before tho Suffragette society." "I'm sorry. Will you be engaged on Wednesday evening?" "I shall. Our church missionary so ciety holds Its annual meeting then. I'm its president, you know." "Uow unfortunate cr not that you are president. It's unfortunate that you will be engaged. Do you expect to be at homo Thursday evening?" "I do not, Henry. Tho AVoman's Uplift society meets on Thursdays, and on Friday I have promised to serve tea at Mrs. Swellkid's muslcale. But what Is It you want, Henry?" "Oh, nothing! 1 merely thought if you were going to be at home some night soon I'd get you to sew a button on my trousers, but perhaps I can find a tailor to do It whoso time Isn't quite so taken up ns yours." Detroit Free Press. How to Preservo House Plants. Save all water In which meat has been washed to water house plants. It Is an excellent fertilizer. A dying palm and several ferns were wonderfully revived by $)urlng nbout a teaspoon ful of castor oil on the soil around tha roots. Passion For Music, Mrs. Bacon Did you say your hu band has a passion for music? Mrs Egbert Yes. Every time I sing he flies -Into "no Yonkers Statesman A WELL DRESSED MAN COMMANDS RESPECT and GAINS SUCCESS To dress well and look well is one half of the "battle of success" won A poor fitting and bum made suit of clothes is worse than a ton of bad luck to the man who wants to make a success of life. T Our Prices are the Most Reasonable. Anything and everything that a man needs for Comfort or Style can be found.at ourstore. WE ARErZOUTFlTTERSl FOR Farmer, Mechanic, Laborer and Merchant. BREGSTEIN BROS. Leading Clothiers IT G1V ESJTH f-vijr; LlUnl, tl M .cANATO MrXK CZ Ml ICALLY aW ically &rn i nwmri "CORRECT? law I :T truss I sold nv C. C. JADWIN HONESDAIiE, PA. Illnck nnd White nnd Scotch. Mrs. Blank, wife of a prom nont minister near Boston, had In her em ploy a recently engaged colored cWc as- black as tho proverbial ace ol spades. One day Mrs. Blank raid to her: ''Matilda, I wish that you wou'd have oatmeal quite often for br jU fast. My husband is very fonj( of it. Ho is Scotch, anu you know ' tt the Scotch eat a great deal of ra. mcal." "Oh, he's Scotch, Is he?" said Va tilda. "Well, now, do you k: w, I was thlnkln' all along dat he w i t des like us."- Woman's Home Companion, The Cnliivcrns Skull. In a recent bulletin from the Uni versity of California is given a su mary of the evidence prepare 1 by Professor J. JD. Whitney to show t t tho famous CalaveraB skull, foun a a miner's shaft In Bald Hill near -tavllle, probably came from a cr.va UBed by the Indians for burial pu."- The Ancient Cat. Experts have held that the so-called "cat" of the ancient Romans and Greeks ("allurus," the wary-tallod one) was not a cat at all, but a kind of weasel. The mummified Egyptian animal, however, was a genuine cat; even if certain peculiarities about It teeth make' it difficult to regard it aa a near relative of the modern domes tic puss. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, "God doesn't lover me any more," sobbed Mary to her mother ona dajj, "Why, dear, God loves everybody,; what do you mean?" "Oh, no, He doesn't love mo, Vm sure, for I tried Him with a daisy.' Mstropolltan Magazine. Form of Love-Making Barred. Love-making on postal cards la ia violation of the postal regulations of Tit"-' - - - We have the most dressy the best made, the finest pat terns and the largest assort ment of Gent's Clothing and Furnishings in Wayne county. KRAFT & CONGER HONESDALE, PA. Reoresent Reliable Companies 0NLY RESULTS: L JTRADEX. . , Ijl ITUCmi I AM 1 1 lVMIMIl 1 m
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