HOW SHE Wse'd dressed np to go tint with him, 'Twaa on the topmol tloori Before the mirror the ltd posed A weary hour or mors. At last she started down the stairs, And he w4 glad, but then, Bhe tnrrled on the second Boor I'D see herself again. Before another mirror there Hhe turned and turned and ttiraed And took her time and primped aa though She only was concerned. Bhe petted bow and touched np tuck Aad felt her fluffy hair, And rearrange t her new "flat" hat With undiminished oaro. And then she gathered np hr skirts And flxtd them In her L'ant, Coqunttlshly looked back cue mora Into the mirror, an-l Went down another flight of stairs To the reception room. Where be waa hnddled, Ilka a chunk - Of rainbow-aolorvd gloom. An Altruistic tLav' I. Denbelgh Hall waa In the flood tide of lti regular "at home." D;nbelgh Hall, o called from lta London pro totype, waa one of those escape valves of modern altruism known aa social settlements with which the east side dwellers of New York are now as fam iliar as with their own delicatessen hops. Among this institution's various activities there was religiously observ ed A weekly form of social amenity known as Denbelgh Hall's "at home." On this occasion there foil to each resi dent in turn the lot of providing some definite form of entertainment for the "neighborhood," whoso members filed In, sheepishly receptive to those pro cesses they were about to endure at the hands of these fervent If untutored Acolytes of the new democracy. This evening it hod been Miss Rood's turn, and that worthy young woman had elected the less technical results of a Ave years' research regarding the Pas sion Play of Oberammorgau, most of which had seen the light In an ab struse publication devoted to the ana tomy and not to the flesh tints of aclenoe and literature. Her audience meanwhile moved rest lessly and wearily In the creaking, wooden chairs. It was mnde up of hard-featured, apathetic women, Hot less, tired-looking girls, and here and there a stray man, with an obvious de sire to fall peacefully asleep. Miss Rood, however, blind and deaf to the atmosphero she bad gradually created, approached a fine and yet finer point of argument. Eleanor Cavendish, one of the newest recruits at Denbelgh Hall, (lanced apprehensively at the danger signals flying from the tortured guests. Bhe looked despairingly about among the other residents, scattered at dis creet Intervals through the room, 1n search of some one wno might seem to share her own emotions on the sub ject. Standing near the door that led into the narrow hall were throe or four of the men, residents In Mars ton House, the University Settlement three blocks down the street. One of them immedi ately attracted Eleanor's attention, If only for the reason that he looked as bored and mutinous as she folt herself. 8he was sure she had neve seen him before. As she looked more closoly at Wm, however, It struck her there waa something oddly familiar about the high-bred poise of the bead, the clear- cut features, and the tall, well knit form. Suddenly he turned slightly and fastened his eyes full upon hor own Eleanor promptly turned away, and at the same moment Miss Hood's volco mercifully ceased Its relentless drone, Miss Drummond. head workor of Denbelgh Hall, a position she held by Ylrtue of having been Instructor of oology In a woman's college, rose with ber most impressive classroom air. "We will now have a little music," ehe announced In the man nor of one scattering Intellectual largesse to an unlettered mob. "Miss Cavendish, whom you all know so well, will now King for us." Aa Eleanor came swiftly forward, de lighted at the chance to make an ap peal to the simpler emotions of her au dience, a yburrg girl in tne m'.ddle of the room cal.ed eagerly out, "Oh, Mlos Cavendish, please piay 'My Cakewalk Quoen.' " Eloanor nodded and smilod brightly as she seated herself at the piano and bent her hood over the keys. Aa she finally rose from the piano he saw coming toward ber with an air of 'assured acquaintance the man she bad noticed In the doorway. "Good evening. Miss Cavendish," he exclaimed eagerly, "this la unexpected good fortune. The last time I saw you I think, waa at Mrs. Harmon's house party. Do you rememoer?" "Why, certainly I remember, Mr. Trent," she returned with, a frank smile of undisguised delight "It waa one of the most charming things of Its kind. But what are you doing here, nay I ask?" "I am in residence at Marston .House." "What! You In Marston House!" Eleanor's eyes were wide open in their urprlae. "Saul also la among the prophets,'1 quoted Trent laughingly. "And since when?" pursued Eleanor Incredulously. "Since last election day. And now, please, won't you alt down and tell me something; bout how you happen to be over here yourself T" Eleanor Oavendlah was the favorite sileoe of the wealthy and fashionable lira. Stanley Meredith. Aa such she bad been put through three years of the hybrid proftasion typical of a New Xerk fashionable finishing school, for GOT READY. Be s.-nlled, aa any hnahand should, But managed not to Sek, And It we well: for ho was aura He'd Waited there a week, lie roue to go, but -he advanced Upon the Inrge ph-r glne And back and forth In front of it Jjugan to pas and pas. Eho started with her hnt and hair And gradually worked down, Inpeetlng tiling", until he reached The bottom of ber gown. Bhe caught tier skirt again and looked To lee how she'd appear, And, evidently snilaHrd, Bbesaldi "I'm ready, dear." lie heaved a sigh (but mada It toft) And headed f ir the street. But hearing nut the foottalla Of ber Louts XIV feet. Be turned be ataggered and then fell Agalnat the nearest wall She was gazing In the mirror In the bat-rank In the ball 1 The Baltimore American. Adventure. J fAav,VfAVV girls, a four years' supplementary course of travel and study abroad, and ono season of Boclety. At the beginning of her second season, however, she had quietly elected to go Into residence at Denbelgh Hall for an indefinite period. It was the wave of municipal reform which had swept over Now York dur ing a campaign memorable for the roused conscience of lta better citizens that carried Schuyler Trent temporar ily over to that much-exploited ground of the reformer, the east side. He was but one of several university gradu ates, ripe for hero-worship and lta In evitable Idealizations, who bad flung themselves into the war of municipal redemption. When their hero had tri umphed, together with most of the reform ticket, they had pitched their tent near that of their idol In the fast nesses of the east side. Schuyler Trent had an unusually keen memory of his first real meeting with Eleanor Cavendish that lazy week In June when they had both been guests under Mrs. Harmon's hospitable roof. At first he had treated her with only that amount of deference which an unusually pretty and popular de butante might naturally expect to re ceive. Then hor excellent golf Won his admiration, and Anally, at the end of a week, ho was ready to Join the dance of not a few other moths about her fascinating flame. Within ten days, however, Miss Cav endish had sailed for Europe, and Schuyler Trent was cruising in North Atlantic waters on a friend's yacht. II. After that evening, Schuyler Trent found It by no means a difllcult thing to include Denbelgh Hall as a vital part of his settlement activities, Whereas he had heretofore given It a wide berth, as the, headquarters of uneasy though estimable women of un certain axe ho now haunted Its pre cincts with unflagging Industry and zeal. He was constant In his attend ance upon the Thursday night "at homes," thereby winning the head worker's heart beyond recall. More over, he organized countless expedi tions of sociological relief to phllan throptcally undiscovered portions of the invaded territory, upon most of which he and Eleanor went completely alone. Togethor they made the most valuable Investigations upon sweat shop labor and the absence of small parks, both of which subjects were burning Issues with Marston House and Denbelgh Hall. "I'm absolutely certain I shall do something desperate very soon," de clared Eleanor one morning, as she and Tront were returning from a notable discovery of old brasses, "for I am get ting terribly tired of this awful monot ony of clubs ami classes. I don't see how I can stand It much longer with out a return to the uppor air." "Pray don't leave me out of It," pleaded Trent "Remember how often we've been partners In crime." I promise you solemnly." Eleanor feassured him gayly, "that you shall share my disgrace " She gavo him an opportunity no lat er than the next day In the form of a characteristic note. "I have an Invitation for tho.artlsts frolic at the Sherwood studios," wrote Miss Cavendish, "with the privilege of choosing my own escort I old you I should do something desperate pretty soon, so I've promised to go. Will you be my escort? Kindly let me know at onoe what you will do. And if you de cide to go as you stand pledged to do, call for me at Auntie's not later than 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. She will be completely shocked, of courso, but I am slmp'y crazy for on evening of careless, bappy-go-lucky fun, and I mean to havo it Please participate in this carnival of crime." ; Schuyler Trent waa too much In love to need any urging to follow his divin ity. He therefore adcepted the Invita tion by return messenger. HI. "And this Mr. Trent," questioned Mra Meredith with the air of one com pletely dozed, as indeed the good lady waa by thta latest development In Eleanor's altruistic career. "Who is he? You call him a worker, I believe. Dut that conveys nothing bo my mind. Haa he any family! Where la his homo?" Eleanor shook her head in a manner distraotlngly vague. "Really, Auntie, I don't know,", she finally remarked. "It has never occurred to me, do you know, to ask him. We have bad so many more vital topics to discuss that family trees would have bees rather a dead Issue." ' " , Mrs. Meredith looked genuine amaze ment aad feepal "My dear child," she exclaimed, "this Is a dreadful state ot things. Meeting persona who live In tenements Is bad enough, but going to bohemtan gatherings with nondescript young men Is Impossible. To work among the poor with people of no so cial position is sometimes, I know, un avoidable; but to recognise them in any other way swims to mo fatal." What roply Eleanor might have made was happily averted by the ringing of a bell. "Here's Mr. Trent, now, Auntio," she exclaimed. "Oh, no, ot course you must stay," aa that lady prepared to beat an offended retreat "It would never do for me to receive Mr. Trent alone up town you know." And Mrs. Meredith, speechless be fore Eleanor's audacity, helplessly awaited the next move of the game. When she saw Schuyler Trent son ot one ot her lifelong friends, advancing deferentially to moot hor, her angor waa converted Into terms of unmiti gated amazement and dotlght "Schuyler, I'm charmed to see you," she cried with a warmth that surprised that modest youth. "But with no thanks to Eleanor, who has been giv ing me the most disagreeable sort ot a shock by telling mo I was about to rocolvo one of her social pariahs from the oast side. I had no ldoa you had gone Into that sort of thing, too." "I assure you no ono Is more of a social outcast than I am, Mrs. Mere dith," laughted Trent with his most ir resistible air, which never failed, among women at least, of its effect "You arc both misguided children, retorted Mrs. Meredith In high good humor, "but I suppose we shall all of us be only too willing to kill the fatted calf as soon as you show the least de sire to be forgiven." "Don't forgot that Auntie," laughed Eleanor, as the house door closed on them, "when I throw my prodigal self at your feet And now," turning to Trent with childlike gleo, "please tell the man to drive up Broadway. It's so long since I'vo seen the dear old glar ing lights." IV. She loaned her arms on the ledge left by the closed doors of the hansom, and looked happily out on the gay whirl of color, light, and sound. "Isn't It Intoxicating?" she sighed, her dark eyes brimming over with un conscious delight. "Do you itnow, Den belgh Hall makes me feel most of the time as If I wore being starved out of ray youth. Do you know what I mean?" she appealed to Tront "Certainly," ho returned, "by virtue of sharing a similar emotion. I'm afraid. Miss Cavendish, that this social conscience of ours is too young not to require Its natural fling." "Well, mine will soon bo enjoying a prolonged fling," returned Eleanor, "for my three mouths of residence will have expired in two weeks, and I don't Intend to extend the term." "And what shall you do then?' Trent's manner suddenly became very grave. "Wear the purple robe, I hops," laughed Eleanor, "and the gold ring. Didn't you hear what Auntie said to night? Well, I feel that the time Is ripe to enact the part of the Prodigal Son. Why don't you try It yourself?" "I rather think I shall," said Trent slowly. "Only, before I do that, I must know if I have anything to hope for In coming back up town. You see, Elean or," as tho girl glanced at him In a shy surprise that made his heart beat per ilously fast "instead of falling In love with tho new domocracy I've fallen In love with you, and oh, Eleanor, I wonder If you won't give me just one word that will make the corning back worth whllo." Eleanor's head was turned toward Broadway, but her band, of which he had somehow become possessed, still lay quietly enough in his own. Finally she turned and looked at him. Her llpa wore quivering, but her eyes spoke In effable things. "I've fallen In love with the new de mocracy for Just one thing," she de clared, "and that 1 " But It is of no account, save to one person, Juut what reason she assigned for hr-r sudden leaning toward tho new democracy. That it seemed to him wholly logical and satisfactory Is per haps the Uet proof that she stated hor case clearly end well. As the hansom approached tho Sher wood studios Trent had reached that polut of masculine assurance which en abled him to say: "And aftor we're married, darling, we'll live " "Up town, concluded Eleanor. Mabel Warren Sanford, In the New York Times. Saving the Hat Labels. An Impecunious old gentleman haa a fad that might yield a revenue. For years he has saved the bat labels of a certain fashionable maker. His pock ets are paddod with them. If an ac quaintance haa a dollar-and-a-halt hat of some humble maker this veteran will offer him a labol and ask him to paste It insldo to make boltove he la wearing a 5 article. He never pays more than $3 for a stray hat $2.50 for a derby or 4 (or a tile. Estimate him by the labels be pastes inside and you will be sure the prices are $5, $S and $8, respectively. An odd phase of human nature la the earnest en deavor ot the owners of a two-dollar hat to convince every one be knows that tt la better than the fire-dollar kind. He believes be displays a supe rior Intelligence In purchasing It But when In funds he buys the five-dollar one. New York Press. Where the Trouble Lies. Sllfklns la there any truth In tha report that Blank's wife suffers from Ikleptomanla? TUnklns No, I guess not. I under stand It ! the shopkeepers who Buf fer. Chicago News, Following Mamma's Footsteps. Following mamma's footsteps, Following to and (ro, ' Tba little children follow If stoma's footatepe WberoTer aba may go, Because they love ber do. The little eblldrea follow mamma's foot atepe Wherever the may go, following mamma's footsteps, Footprints all In a row, The little children follow mamma's foot ate ps Wherever aha may go. We play merry game with laughter, We alng aouga sweet and low, But atlll we alwuya follow mamma's foot steps . Wherever she may go. Washington Star, A Mammoth Watch. One can appreciate a big clock on a tower or a railway station; but a mammoth watch, such as that destined for the St Louis World's fair, will doubtless create a great sensation. This watch will have a polished metal case, and will lie on its back and ha so large and roomy that people will be able to walk Inside it among the moving wheels. It will be 75 feet In diameter and 40 feet high, with neat little Btalrways running all about The balance wheel will weigh a ton andi the hair spring will be 300 feet In length and made of 10 sprung steel bands, two Inches thick, bound together. Ouldes will point out and name every part. The watch will be wound by steam regularly at a certain hour dur ing the day. Conundrums- Why are hot rolls like caterpillars? Because they make the butter fly. When Is a man thinner than a lath? When he Is a shaving. When will there be but 25 letters In the alphabet? When U and I are one. Though I dance at a ball, yet I'm nothing at all. A shadow. What Is tho greatest athletic feat? Wheeling West Virginia. How does a sculptor end' his days? He makes faces and busts. How does a barber end his days? He curls up and dyes (dies). What Is that which walks with Its head downward? A nail In a shoe. On which side of the church Is the yew tree planted? On tho outside. What will a leaden bullet become In water? Wet Why are the hours from 1 to 12 like good sentries? Because they are al ways on the watch. Why are writers like chickens? They have to scratch for a living. Which of the stars would be subject to the game laws? Shooting stars. What Is a waist of time? The mid dle of the hour-glass. If Neptune lost his dominions what would be say? I have not a notion (I have not an ocean). What Is that which Is lengthened by being cut at both ends? A ditch. Why are feet like olden tales? Be cause they are leg ends (legends). When are you not yourself? When you are a little pale (pall). What Is the difference between the north and south polo? All the differ ence In the world. A Clevor Animal. Excopt for the tribute always paid to the cleverness of blind men's dogs, nearly all the credit for sense or sa gacity among animals goes to those "bred and kept in the country. It might bo thought from the scarcity of anecdotes or records about them, that London animals were Inferior In brains to their country cousins. That this is a mistake is not difficult to prove. The following nptes of some instances to the contrary may be clted.- Some years ago a foot passenger was going homo rather late at night, tak Ing a short cut througf a poo.' neigh borhood, Ho was met In the moon light by a large black retriever, wblch proceedod to make Itself extremely friendly. It barked In a cheerful man ner, and then trottod up a Bide pas sage, evidently wishing to be followed As it was not, it ran' back, took Its new acquaintance's hand In lta mouth and gently drew him toward the pas sage. The human partner In this dumb dialogue was not quick enough to gather Its meaning, but Imagined that It wanted to carry his glove, which he lot It take bold of. Tho do; promptly snatched tblB out of his hand, and then, wagging his tall, and turning hla head round, trotted off with tha glove, apparently certain that be would be followed; He only went s few yards, and then came to a door leading Into a yard. He then began to scratch at the door, which was really a double gate to the yard. The latch was tried, and it was found to be unlocked; and, the gate being open the dog Instantly ran In. The name on the gate waa that of a butcher In a atreet near by, and inquiries next day showed that the dog had been out late, and baft consequently been shut out, with the result that be had in duced a perfect stranger to eeme and let htm In. London Spectator. How Duks Found trto.Thlef. It la a dreadful thing to live in the house with a thief, and worse not to know who the thief la. Dorothy and Mabel badi tried over and over to solve the mystery. There seemed to be no solution to It The mystery was this: One day In the winter a cousin ot Mamma's, a very beautiful young lady, had come to visit at the house. When she was dressing for dinner she care lessly left a valuable ruby pin on the dressing table. After dinner the pin was not there! Such a hubbub as Cousin Gladys created. She cried and cried and al most had hysterics, for the pin waa her most cherished" treasure. It hnd been given her by her grandmother, whose grandmother had in turn given it to her, so you see, it was very, very old and valuable. It waa out of the question to accuse either Maria or John of dishonesty, for they were as honest as the day is long. Duke had been the soul of hon or ever since he bod been an Inmate of the household and what would a Brcall fox terrier want of a large ruby breastpin, any way? Topsy had de nied any knowledge of the affair; they could not suppect her. She might have been guilty of stealing a piece of fish or a mouse but what would a cat want to steal rubles for? The only possiblo solution was that some one had entered the houso whllo tho family was at dinner, stolen the pla and gone off without being sen. If there had only been footsteps In the enow to trace the thief but there was no sign. So the matter was dropped entirely, except by tho children, who had cre ated wonderful talcs about the loss of tho ruby. One beautiful May day Mabel and Dot bed a "bubble Bee" all by them- Eclves. Harold disagreeable boy had gone off fbihlng and refused to take any girls. He declared they were "always In the way." I'd rather blow bubbles with my new pipe, anyway," said Dot airily, B3 Harold went down the walk. There was tho S'.'r pest Inn of a sob In 'her voice, but she hold her head high. Mabel said r.ct a word. One thing she did love and that was to fish. Duke pushed his cold little nose comforting ly In her hand. Hs like! to go fishing, too. But bl.Tvini bubbles was very fascinating, cajr-e'a'ly with tho now colored l-ubMo soap, and It was not long bc.'cro tho two little girls were happy again end D.ifce was wild with delight. As each bubble grew bigger and blsger D'iko birkcd louder and louder, and begged that one should be given him to 'lay with. But for little dogs bubbles arc poor playthings and last but a minute. It required great attention cm the pnrt of both blowers to prevent their work meoting Instant destruction. Dot blew the best, there was no question of that, but Mali's bubbles seemed to last longer. And It was one of Mab's that went bouncing along on the breeze, with Duke In hot pur suit Both girls were laughing merrl ly at the queer antics of Duke and his plaything, when the bubble descended and Duke pounced upon bis prize. Of course It burst at once and tho dog Jumped back with a sneeze. Then seizing something with his teeth, ho sprang back. "Poor old Dukey!" cried Dot. "I'll blow you one Just as big. Just watch But Duke was not interested in bub bles; he had found another plaything. "Oh, drop that old stick and come along!" cried Mabel. "See, Duke! See the nice big bubbles. Catch it, sir! Catch It!" But Duke would pay no attention "I believe ho has something alive!" said Dot. "Perhaps It's a poor, dear little toad. Oh, Dukcy, aren't you ashamed of yourself?" Duke wagged his tall not a bit ashamed and deposited at Dot's feet a queer and dirty object. "It Isn't a toad." said Dot "It's only an old why, Mabel Elolse Fletcher, It's It's " and Dot gasped in amazement at the object In her hand. '"t's Cousin Gladys' lost ruby pin! shouted Mabel. "Where under the sun did It come from?' Pipes were dropped in a hurry and tho two little girls stood and gazed at each other In silence. Duke was Jump- ing impatiently for his plaything. Then Mabel looked up at the house. Tha wlnd)w in the spare room where Gla dys had slept waa open and the ruf fled white curtains blew In toward the table and out again, and on the edge of tho ruffle Was a scrap of paper which fluttered slowly to the ground. "Ah!" cried Pot softly. "I see the thief!" and then they rushed tadoora to tell the news. Great good news It was, too. The ruby pin ha l apparently boon caught by the same curtain and gently dopos- lted outside on the ground, as the scrap of paper had been, and there It hod lain hidden In the snow and mud and new spring grass. Cousin Gladys received a telegram that afternoon and In reply this bat tel came: "My two dear little cousins, and Duke, too: I am so happy to hear that my treasure bos been found that I want it at once. And I want you to bring It to me and to spend a week with me in the city all three ot you So ask your mother to pack your trunk, tell your father to put you safe ly on the cars and I will meet you, We will have a Jolly good time and you will be here Just In time to be bridesmaids at my wedding, for which you will each have a pretty new frock presented to you. I won't take 'no , for an answer," Boon after the receipt of the letter two very Important looking little girls and an equally Important little dog started for the city, leaving Harold on the station waving an envious jfoodby, "Isn't it fortunate," sighed Dot, aa they settled back in the big cushioned seat, "that wo didn't go fishing that day?" Pittsburg Dispatch. CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY. Pot the men who make our laws Working long In country's cause, Not the bnr flnanrlers Jobbing stocks for bulls and bear. Hot producers who can feed Katluns with their growth in Deed, Not the Inborer whose toll Wrings Irultlon from the soil. Ro, 'tis loving women be Captains all of luduatry. All day long thy give and give, Helping weaker airier live. Vp at sunrise mothering men, Children, hvlpen, Idiere, then Moving mountains from their way, husy, vlieerlul buisewlvvs they. Kerer do thoso captains s'.op Alii their Uug-a at nmf-inuet drop. Chicago ht-cord-UeralX HUMOROUS. Wlgg Talkalot never seems ablo to keep any friends. Wagg No, ho'a al ways giving them away. Driver (first hack) Jloy, how do you get to the cemetery. Boy Say, mlstor, I ain't no funeral director. "What are 'seats of the mighty,' pa?" 'They are the seats the men who run the automobiles sit on, my child." "Now I realize thit riches take unto themselves wings," mused tho married man as be noted the plumage on his wlfe'a new bat. "He's so foolish," said the one in white. "Foolish!" returned the one In gray. "Yes. Why ho wants me to mar ry him." "Oh, then ho Is foolish." He I had a hard time getting a good wife. She Goodness! Have you boon mRrrled several times? "Oh, no, but I courted my present one six years." MIbs Woodby Really, you don't think that I would consider for a min ute a proposal from him, do you? Misj Nowltt Oh, no. Of course, you wouldn't take that long. Pallette You'd be surprised If you knew the nn;o :nt of time spent on that canvas. Poilctte Yes; 1 understand men have stood In front of It for hours trying to make out what It Is. Scribbler Have you read my new sea story? E'trawler Yes, Indeed. I tlnew myself right Into It. In fact before I was half-way through I ac tually became a skipper myself. "I see that Andrew Cnrncglo thinks Homer didn't amount to much." "That's queer. Surely Horner must have had. ono good point In Andy's es timation. He didn't die rich." "That reminds me," said Barnes, at the height of the street fight. "Why are the police like electricity?" "Give It up," said the chorus. "Because," said Barnes, "It la an unseen force." "Why do you argue with your wife?" asked the bachelor. "Don't you know the futility of It?" "Of course," re plied tho marrlod man; "but I have to allow her a littlo pleasure once In a while." "I planted some seeds and they came up the next day." "That's noth ing. I planted some seeds any they came up the next hour." Whew! Did the sun bring them up?" "No, my neighbor's chickens." "I notice some of the Insurance com panies call themselves 'assurance so cieties.' Is thero any .difference be tween 'Insurance' and 'assurance'?" "Usually assurance Is what the fellow has who Is forever trying to sell you Insurance." Tommy Pop, Is patience a virtue? Tommy's Pop Yes, my son." Tommy And Is virtue Its own reward? Tom my's Pop Co we are told. Tommy And do nil things como to those who wait? Tommy's Pop My son, never attompt to raoukcy with the prover bial buzz-saw. Arthur Millie may be a little pecu liar at times, but sho means all right. Harry Yes, I guss that's so; but what are you driving at? Arthur I called at ber house t'other night, and today she said It was not until I had gone that she realized: what a pleasant evening she was having. "Yes, I enjoy an orchastra to play while my patrons dine," remarked th) proprietor of the lunch room. "But why do you make the musicians ploy such quick airs?" asked the friend. "Oh, that causes people to eat faster and make room for others. Their Jaws work in harmony with the the muatc' "My boy," he said, as he led tho way to the woodshed, "you've been very naughty today and have annoyed me greatly, but I want to say" "They' all say that." retorted the boy, who thought he knew what waa coming. "I want to say," repeated the old man, as he reached for the switch, "that this gives mo great pleasure." An Incident of the Meet The field day of the rival womon'a colleges waa In progress and competi tion ran high. The score waa close, with the high Jump In progress. Sud denly a wild cheer broke forth from the wearers of the baby blue. Miss Tessle Thistledown had Just cleared the bar In the running high Jump with a record of fcur feet and three Inches A rjoment later the tall blonde cap tain of the rival team tapped the spec. tacled referee on the shlrt-wahiteil arm. "I claim a foul," she said. "On what ground?" Inquired the offl. clal. "On the ground that Just before this girl reached the bar somebody in the crowd shouted 'Mouse! and then she jumped and broke the record. "I did not hear the remark," said the bloomered referee. "If I had I would have Jumped myself." Cleve land Plain Dealer. SPORTING BREVITIES. John O. Johnson Is the owner of th green pneer. Sun Polntor, by Stat Pointer, i.6'J F. Jj. Folsom, R crack football player, will bo the conch for tho Dartmouth eleven this fall. fleorKO Gardner (tot IS7!5 of th $7.11X1 purse for beating Root Both men weighed under 1U5 pounds. In the rnro between tho two Sham rocks the new boat made fast time, beating the old oue by six minutes ana eighteen seconds. Andrew M. 0De, Wisconsin TJnl rersity's coach, has taken charge of tho Dulutii Bont Club crews, remaining until September 1. Tom Slinrkey, who hits been making quite n bit of money In his wrestling, matches, at which sport, he la fairly clever, has decided to retire. No head roach has been appointed for the Ynlo football team. b. T. Ulnss. the great guard, will not be eligible for the ti'uiu, but will assist iu couching, Edward It. Thomas bns sold his bait Interest m the brown two-year-old colt l'ulsus to John K. Mnddcu for Sl5,UUU He nnd Mr. Muddcu owned liio colt Jointly. Chnrlcs Mock, of tho Century Itortd. Club of America, won the Stiucu isl and bicycle road race. Ho rode the twenty-uve miles In tlfty-elght minuter and twt-tity-clgbt seconds. Barney C'ldlleld went ten miles In O.ol 4 j at Columbus, Ohio, Salm-diiy, limikini; A. Wlutou's record of lu.&ii. His beat mile was 00 'l-o. Tuo time was made ou a circulur track. Work bns becu started on tie new Stadium at Harvard L'uivcrsity. Whom completed It will be C& feet lect long, 410 feet wide uud seventy-two leui above the ground at tho highest point. The Now England Trotting Horse Brcucrs' Association has arranged for the two-year-old stuke for the beptem- . bur meeting to allow an owucr to start as ninny colts as ho pk-nscs by paying tho eumincn fee udou all of tbuiu. PROMINENT PEOPtE. Onornl "Joe" Wheeler guest of Pres ident Hoosevelt at Oyster Bay. Secretary Sbnw received tho decree of Doctor of Laws at Wesleyau Uni versity. .Tnimo Angles, a cooper, is the first . worklnjrinnn ever elected r. member of the Spanish Cortes. Mrs. Tnyno, wife of the Postmaster General, expects to remain In Wash ington with her husbnnd throuzlt the grenter part of the summer. She has ben an Invalid for mnny yonrs. When tho will of Paul B. Du ChnlUti, Arricnn explorer, was Hied, the Inter esting fnot wns revealed that It was a disappointment In love tlmt led the wealthy nnd brilliant writer to turu explorer. As foreign representative of the St. Louis Fair, John Barrett, tho newly nppolnted Minister to Argentina, bus traveled -l.VXK) miles In the pnst your. IIo bos lutervicwed fifteen klugs oud emperors. Sir Goorpre Williams, the founder of the first Young Men's Christian Asso ciation, Is still living nt tho ngo of eighty-two In London. Ho wns knight ed In 1S9-1, tho fiftieth anniversary of llio Y. M. C. A. Nlnety-Cve years old, the oldest livlnjr graduate of Harvard University, a grandson of the devolution nnd a sou of the War of 1812, Is the proud rec ord of the Rev. Joseph Warren Cross, of Lawrence, Mnss. I'.nron Maximilian Washington died . recently at Gras, seventy-four years old. He wns a member ot tho Austrian House of Ixiids. He belonged to the family of Washington lu Englnnd and America, and bis sou was named George. Moses Ezcklel, the Cincinnati sculp tor, now a resident of Itomo, Italy, hue presented to the Virginia Military In stitute a monument iu comiucinoi-utlon of bis schoolmates who fell nt the bat tle of Newmarket, Vn., In 1S04. Ho was formerly a studeut at tho institu tion. Had Evorything Fixed. Down In Cochran, Co., the affairs of civil Justice aro administered by Judge Edwards, who Is also an enthusiastic farmer. One cloudy spring aftornoon court was convened to try a peculiarly torturous and perplexing case. Judge Edwards listened with growing unrest. He was observed at la3t to seize a slip of paper, Ecribblo a few words, place tha document be-neath a heavy paper- weight and reach for h'.s hat. "Cap tain," ho called, cheerily, "excuse me fur inrrnptln' you, suh; you go right on with your Rigumuut, which is a darned good one. It's sunn gpln' to rain this cver.hi', gentlemen, an' I got to set out my potatoes righ away. But you go right on, Captain! When you nn' the .Major get through you all'll find my dnctsion under this heah pa perweight." And tho door closed up on an astoulshod orator. A Spirit to Be Deplpred. Just where honorable Industry ends and avaricious piling up of treasuro begtna no one can take l't upon himself to aay. The spirit, however, that Im pels a young man to sacrifice all the nobler alms of life In order to turn a liberal competence Into wealth too great to be spent tand the giving away of which, unless carefully regulated, la a doubtful good) la certainly to bo de plored. Eliot Gregory. The LATEST FASHIONS IN GENT'S CLOTHING The newest, flnestolotbs, the latest designs, all the most fashlouuble cuts for the summer season. Call at our shop and Bee samples of cloth a complete line and let ua eonvinoe you that we are the leaders In our line. 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