THE U8UAL LIST. Th nth ntari bftHired for six long days To eompnss what must be done, And then lie went for an aulo hiIii Tbs Foolklller worked but one. Tha poor ninn labored for six lmril duys Ana sweated , beneath th Run, TfcM la tli a seventh he rocked a boat lb 'oulklller woikud but one. Tse city man worked for the six days through, Three People and a Goat By John One morning, just a week nfler Ju dith bad refused me for tlio sixth lime, I met her In the village. 1 am ulmost sure that It had been the sixth time. The first was iu a theatre, the Beyond was In a railway earring, the third, nfth and sixth were on the golf course. The fourth I am not bo certain about, bat I rather think It was during a game of mixed hockey. AnyWny, I re member that Judith seemed to consid er H distinctly out of place. Judith had laughed a great deal each time, and yet, Lord knows, I had beeu mrloua enough! I nlways had the thought that some one else with eyes might come along, ami well, not be laughed at! I never could-undei stand myself how any one could see Judith without wanting to propose to her tartly ticenuse of her wondeiful dark red hair and dark gray eyes, and even more because of her delightful trick of dropping the corners of hen mouth a little when she was latiglilng ut you. It was almost worth being refused six times to notice that. However, on the morning that I em talking about, although I was Just ginning to hold up my head and take a interest In food again, and even think about a seventh try, I should kave passed her with a stately bow. But 1 was unable to do this, becamo be was obviously rather In a hole, and, besides, she threw me a quick nttle glance that I Interpreted as an appeal for aid. She was In the centre of quite a crowd composed of Idlers, the vllla'-io follcoman and very many children. She wa9 standing beside a tiny cai fiage. In which was seated Augustus Frederick, her small nephew, and she was trying desperately to persuade the large black goat that was harnessed to it to move on. Every one present appeared pleased and delighted, ex cept Judith and the goat. I knew that goat, and also I knew that child, Its master. Both conceal Beneath almost angelic exteriors characters that a pirate In his better moments might be ashamed .of. Augustus Frederick has worn out a long dynasty of nurses and as for the goat In a sterner age he would eertaluly have been broken on the wheel or something very painful of that sort. He has the Intelligence of a Senior Wrangler, and loves to feign the maddening stupidity of an earthworm; he has the strength of a email robust pony, and can assume at will for his own base purposes the fragile, dejected appearance of a bro ken lily. He was doing this now. His head was drooping wofully, and he was standing in the shafts with his fore legs knuckling under blm. You wonld have said that he had not been fed for a week. I selected an Intelli gent boy on the outskirts of the crowd, and dispatched him Into a hop with sixpence. You Bee, t knew that goat. Then I pushed my way to Judith's side. "0h, do help me!" she said, and she appeared to be forgetful of the fact that sho had recently refused me for tho sixth time. "I cannot get this terrible animal to stir!" Augustus Frederick was chortling for jrare Joy, and flourishing a small whip. I took it from his grasp by n deft movement, and exhibited It to the goat suggestively. Tho animal gave me one glance of supreme intel ligence and deliberately lay down upon the road! The crowd whooped delightedly, and Augustus Frederick was almost shot out upon the back of kis steed. He saved himself by an adroit wriggle. As for Judith, she bit br Up and looked as though she bad distinct thoughts of tears. Her faith in me, always a tender plnnt, appeared to have vanished. It was at that moment that my emissary re turned. I took a' paper bag from his hand. It containted certain succulent sweet biscuits, the only things in the world that really appeal to tho better, lof tier nature of that goat. I requested Judith to hold Augustus Frederick in bis seat, and displayed a biscuit be fore the half-closed eyes of the re cumbent quadruped. The result was a pure triumph. The goat discarded Its histrionic weakness and sprang abruptly to its feet. I moved before ft, still displaying the lure, and it followed me almost at a canter. The crowd - strayed out before us, and the village policeman headed off the attendant children, I glanced at Judith, as Napoleon, fresh from a stupendous victory, may have glanced )Bt Josephine. Her attitude rather disappointed me, I must confess. Her cheeks still a little flushed with annoy- but, her eyes were laughing And, as usual, they were.laugh- smg at me. I sometimes think that I kave much in common with Napo leon. I am sure he would not have cared to be laughed at "That was .quite clever of you," JofiUk said, and the gratitude of her voice was almost spoilt by the danc iag Mockery ' of tier eyes. "I don't what I and tussle would have Then went for a century run. And sought a tree when the lightning Unshed The Foolklller worked but one. The youni? mnn stretch worked for a six dny Devoid of a slmre of fun, Then on tho seventh went forth to hunt Tho Foolklller worked but one. MoljindliurRh Wilson In the New York Sun. Harnett done If you had not come. Hut Is not It tiring to walk backwards like that?" It was, and I wits also conscious that It was slightly ridiculous. Hut, after nil, I was doing It for her sake! "Where nre you bound for?" I as lied abruptly, hrfhiling the p:nt a small Instalment on account and ven turing to walk iu a more natural fashion. "Oh, Jack belted mo sixpence that I could not take Gussle and Hilly and the carriage out lor a clear mile nud return In decent order. No nurse has been able to do It yet successfully. I want to win very much; bill we needn't drag you so far out of your way!" The hint was nearly obvious. Hut sometimes it U wise not to read a hint too morally; sometimes one fan cies Mint it may even cover an. ap peal. If I was not mistaken, Hilly had already ro:it rived to shako Ju dith's ronlidenco n bit. "I hate btini! superfluous," I ro marked, "hut I was going for a walk, anyway, and I think that Gusslo's mother and even Jack will certainly say thnt I outfit to hnve gone with you, if you and Gussle and Hilly are brought back from this expedition In minute fragments!" Judith indicated by n gtiesture, In which her small bauds and her eye brows played eloquent parts, that she nnd 0ii3slo were quite capable of looking after themselvs. "Hut we can't help it If any one In fists on coming with us, can we, Gus sle?" alio Inquired plaintively. Augustus Frederick reninrked Irrel evantly that he was rather tired of all of us, except "Billy." (Ho is n child who should bo sternly corrected by his criminally Indulgent parents.) His words annoyed Judith, who lind obviously counted o his support, and 1 fancy that I should have suf fered for them, If the animal "Hilly" had not chosen that moment to cre ate a diversion. It Is the first time that I have been even momentarily pleased with him. We were at the four cross ronds Just outside the village, and a motor was coming down one of them. It was travelling briskly, but the road was fairly wide, and there appeared "THE FOOL AT ONE I know thnt a very sensible end pntrlotlc Northerner can sit and listen to tho tale3 of heroism of the Southerner In the War Be tween the States and feel proud of the deeds that were done by the men of the Sunny South In that contest. And I know that the sen sible men of the South can do the same thing with respect to the recounting of the glorious deeds of the Northern Army In the same contest. But, my dear friends, you will always find In a commu nity some extremists who get as far apart from each other as possible, but they aro always willing to go to the same means to confute the sensible men between. You will always And some fool at one end of the crowd saying something that a fool at the other end of the crowd takes as a challenge, and-then they try to stir up the middle by Borne alto gether thoughtless scheme that we know sensible men would not pay any attention to, and therefore what we have got to do among us all Is to restrain tho fools. We must eliminate as far as possi ble those people on both sides, with whom none of us sympathize, who think It necessary to give themselves and their mouths nn airing by extremo statements that the sensible people of neither jiestion sympathize with. From President Taft's Address at Pe tersburg, Vn., May 19, 1909. ta bo no danger. As It came level with us, however, that, abandoned goat made a Bhnrp half-turn to the lght hnd da3hcd straight across Its bows! . Judith screamed, and both sho Rnd I made a futile spring, but we should have been yards too late. As It was, "Billy" by somo miracle had Judged the distance to an inch. The front of the car almost grazed tho back of the little carriage, and then, quite uselessly, tho startled chauffeur reversed violently. Tho car groaned angrily and ran backwards up the steep bank of the hedge. At tho top It stuck for a moment nnd then de scended again with a most dismal thud. Billy, totally unmoved by these happenings, was sropping grass by the roadside. A stout befurred German had been seated In the car. He had said some thing during the ascent of the bank which had luckily been toned down by the noise of the machinery. He had turned very white, and was quite obviously annoyed. He left the car hastily, and addressed me, whilst his hireling examined the Injuries sustained by his charge. "Dis goat," the Teuton observed, heatedly, "Is a bubllc beril! My val uable life and my so eggsbenclve car have been endangered!" ' "It was undoubtedly wrong of the goat," I said, civilly. 1 could feel for the man although I could not like him. The German appeared to consider that I had understated the case. "Ten thousand Teufels!" he said, violently, "Are you aware?" But I shall never know the purport of bis question. At that moment Billy raised . his head from bis meal, and, without warning, set off down the road at a brisk trot Why he did this I do not profess to know, but it was undoubtedly a tactful action on his part. It. terminated nilroitly whit must have been a pdiniui and might have been a violent Interview. We left the Gennmn stumping upon the road, and netl hastily after aur char; ges. As we turned the corner a hoarse Teutonic scream, expressive of baffled rage, pursued us. "Oh, this is really rather shatter ing!" Judith gasped as we ran. "I begin to realize now what those poor liurres hnve suffered!" "The career of the nurse Is cer tainly fraught with more dangers and complications than I had fan cied," I panted pensively. "Hut lot us hope that both Hilly and Augus tus Frederick nre exceptional cases," I lidded more hopefully. I was not sure which of the two to blame for tho recent catastrophe. Either tho urchin had twitched the rein from pure llghthenrted mischief, or else Hilly, out of mere deviltry, had ru elded suddenly to give a variety en tertainment. Hoth theories were plausible; for undoubtedly both re probates possess in common a cer tain Impish recklessness. We overtook them In a few hun dred yards. Augustus Frederick was eiiilll lug a kind of fat chuckle that Is peculiar to himself and rather ador able, but his mood was swiftly turned to rage. I and Judith each took a rein with the Idea of curtail ing Billy's eccentricities, and Augus tus Frederick, who rather fancies his driving, strongly resented the In sult. "Leave go!" he said, fiercely. "Auntie Judy, make him leave go! I shall scream!" "Auntie Judy" looked at me hope lessly. I wns amazed by her weak ness, for I had always given her cred it for nbsolute decision. But it ap peared that those six Interviews had given me a wrong Impression of her character. "Wo must let him drive," she said. "I'm always nfrald he'll make himself ill if he screams. Oh, Gussle darling, please don't start!" ,"You know best," I murumured. "Hut, still" ."I've heard him scream!" Judith in formed me pregnantly. "Oh, this Is a dreadful morning! I will win that bet, hut I hate to victimize you like this!" "I shall bear up," I said stoutly. You are not to think that I regarded tho morning as entirely dreadful. "I'm wondering whnt will happen next!" Judith remarked to the char acters of Billy and Augustus Fred erick, I did not feci equal to the tack of prophecy. AVhat'dld happen next, when we lind nearly reached the mile limit, was our meeting with one of tho very largest dogs that I have ever seen. About Its breed I hazard no opinion: It was the size of n small donkey nnd mouse colored. It took enormous and. sudden fancy to Billy the goat, END OF THE CROWD." but, unhappily. Its affection wns not returned. Billy, essentially a fear less and pugnacious soul, lowered his head and made several whole hearted attempts to butt the stran ger. Of course, the carriage and Augustus Frederick were Included In each of the attempts, and the marvel to mo was that the child contrived to keep his seat In the bounding ve hicle. Our proress for the next hun dred yards must have been a dis tinctly striking spectacle. It was ne cessary for us to run to keep up with Billy's pace, and the dog gam bolled beside us merrily, avoiding tho goat's rushes with clumsy dex terity. "This can't go on!" Judith gasped. And, indeed, the fact was obvious. I feared thnt at any moment the can ine's playfullness might turn to rage. But it was difficult to see what to do. I -should have liked to check that dog sternly, but somehow he was not the sort of dog that it is easy to check sternly. He was unmuzzled, and his teeth might have made a lion tamer nervous. Not that I will admit that I was exactly nervous, but some how I was conscious of a certain diffidence. And then In a mo ment of desperation three things happened: A whistle shrilled in the distance, the dog sprang clean over the goat and vanished toward the sound, and Billy, not unnaturally srtled, tur ned and dashed at a mad' gallon through some open lodge gates upon our left! It was then that for the first time Judith's strength and cpurage al most failed ier. Our charges had disappeared so" suddenly that for a moment we could only stare at other In hopeless amazement Jo- dlth wrung her hands. "Oh! what can we do, what eta we do?" she walled distractedly. "Thnt noma mi-s. Clareburton lives up there, and we've cut each other for months, and now I shall have to go in I No one knows no one can guess what that dreadful goat and Augustus Frederick may be doing at this very moment!" I was very sorry Indeed for Judith. I had beard of her feud with Mrs. Clareburton. It was an exceedingly painful and difficult situation, hut I had to try to rise to It. "Please don't cry, Judith!" I said, with quite unconscious familiarity. "Whatever you do, don't cry! There's no neod for you to go In at all. I'll run up the drive and rescue. Augus tus Frederick from all possible com plications!" But then Judith insisted on rising to the situation too. "No, I must come," she said. "He's In my charge. Oh! but it Is very horrible!" I never argue with Judith. It Is thankless task. Next moment we were through the gates and running side by side up the drive. But as we went Judith turned her face to me, and I just caught her words: "You'll stand by me whatever hap pens, Dickie," she whispered, and I merely nodded. But the question seut a warm, delightful feeling all through me. Almost directly we heard a succession of shrill screams and as we rounded a bend In the drive a really shocking sight presen ted itself to our straining eyes. A tall, substantial lady, beautifully clad, was running desperately across the lawn. Behind her, Just two feet behind her, sped Billy the goat intent on mischief.' He was still attached to the carriage, and the war cry of the delightful Augustus Frederick was mingled with the flying lady's screams. Even as we rushed forward we saw her reach a tall stone fern vase and scramble with surprising agility to a seat upon it A second later the disappointed but undefeat ed Billy was skirmishing wildly round and round this coign of shelter. I think If you will excuse me, I will not dwell at any length upon the scene that followed. It Is somewhat painful to me to recall It In any case, it was mercifully short. Mrs. Clareburton was Justifiably angered and, after we had got Billy more or less under control and had helped her to scramble down from the rase, she made no attempt to belittle her griev ance. She said several severe things directly to my address, and several more at Judith's. I remember that my apologies sounded clumsy and la bored even to myself. Judith had borne up bravely through this trying scene, but, when we found ourselves on the road again, with the slightly blown but entirely unsliamed Billy walking sedately beside us toward his horns, she quite broke down. She produced a very small handkerchief, and be gan to cry In a quiet, resolute sort of fashion. One constantly feels a fool, but at such moments the feeling Is stronger than ever. I strove wltn sad futility to comfort her. "It's no good telling me not to mind!" she sobbed. "I can't forget about that horrid, horrid, woman! To think that I should have given her such a chance of being nasty 1" I should have done better by being silent, but few of us are always wise. I tried again, very clumsily, I dare say, to soothe her wounds. I was to learn that a woman In distress is ajt to rend the nearest victim at hand, however Innocent he may be. "Oh! be quiet!" Judith said, and stamped her foot. "Can't you see that I want to be quiet! But I sup pose you think that this awful, hu miliating morning gives you the right to' patronize me and say what you like!" I shrugged my shoulders and put my hands in my pockets. I wori't deny that I was rather hurt. We walked in a heavy silence for some two hundred yards, and then Judith spoke In a very small voice, "Dickie," sdie said, "I am a beast! You must try to forgive me for say ing that." I hope that my grin waa as elo quent as I meant It to be. "And, Dickie," she went on, "I don't want to puff you up or make you conceited, but but you've been rather a dear this morning!" I should certainly have said some thing graceful and courtly in my Joy ful amazement, but at that moment, for the third time that morning, Billy bolted! It was necessary to pursue him Instantly and afterward well, 1 forget what I said and did after ward! And so that as I said before, was the seventh time. But, now that I come to think of it, I find that I did not propose at all upon that occasion. I rather fancy that Billy the goat did It for me. Black and White. Not on the Bill. One of the leading companies of the Frankfurt theatre, in Germany, went to the director and asked for an advance on his week's salary. The books showed that the whole amount had already been drawn and the di rector said "No." "Very good," esjd the actor, "then I shall refuse to go on tonight." The director saw that it was dangerously near curtain time and reluctantly gave the actor the amount asked for, but said: "Remem ber, sir, this is nothing short of ex tortion, and a cowardly one at that" ".Not ut all. Herr plrectoi," said the atr, stuffing te money jln his -pocket, "my name is tot on the bill tor to night, anywiy." 9 Age Ten ds By United States George IV. JIB mere students quite the rank iu T , nicnsuiate with their accomplishments In their own pro I fesslons. I ascribe this to the fact that tholr training has fl been too purely technical; they hnve specialized too early B In Ufa and without that broad and cnthollo foundation upon , which special training should bo based. All educated men concede tho full value of the technical education, but the defects lu a merely technical education also are easily perceived. The requirements of a civilization that Is not purely materialistic have not dispensed with art and Hternture, nor Ignored the tremendous Importance of the Imagination tho value of poetry and song in inspiring thnt Impulse which achieves the greatest practical results; nor can it minimize the importance of the study of tho past history of man, for contrast and example, for warning and for pinulntlon. In an ago of great technical and Industrial development the tendency It toward pure materialism the exalting of practical accomplishment In the' production of wealth over the less tangible result of the study of history, lit erature and art.'and so there Is on tho part of ninny men who have attained success In business life or In the practical sciences a disposition to extol such accomplishments above nil others and to undervalue or not at all to realize the value of mental culture In any other than purely technical lines. It Is to be noted, however, that tho greatest discoveries lnteclence followed the great intellectual awakening which Is known as the Renaissance. Al most without exception, the greut men whoso names have been written large in the history of science were men of broad culture, often almost as proficient in literature and art as In science. The man who goes out Into tho world without the knowledge of the human ities Is therefore lacking In a mental equipment which leaves hlra subject to a serious handicap. General cultivation today Is so widespread that the man who enters upon his Hfo work with a mero technical training, when he comes In competition with men of broad culture, Is at a decided disadvantage. A combination of the Ideals of purely technical study with broad university culture offers to students the opportunity of becoming not merely engineers, but educated gentlemen. College Girls Less Fond of Matrimony And Fewer Children to a Mother By President G Stanley Hall of Clark VMvtwSfyvs University J-ti 0 N Smith College during the ten years which ended with the class of 1888, there were 370 graduates, of whom, by the spring of 1903, 158 wero married, being 42.70 per cent. The secretaries of these classes report the number of children born through these marriages to have been 315, or an aver age of 2.08 to a mother. That Is 1.99 to a married mem ber, seven married members of the classes having no chil dren. Of these children 2G died. Of the next ten Smith classes ending with and including the class of 1898 there were 1,130 graduates, of whom 331 were married; this being about 29 per cent, of the graduates. Of these classes six report the number of children born, which is 1C1 or 1.22 to a mother, or .77 to a married mennber, some married members having no children. Of these children, nine died. This shows that comparing the graduates of the two decades, there was a falling on of about 14 percent In the marriages and that fewer children were born to a mother. Other figures show that fewer than 27 per cent of the total number of graduates from Smith and Radcliffe, up to 1907, were married. Of 3000 graduates from Smith College and 800 graduates from Radcliffe College fewer than 16 per cent, aro pursuing occupations In the business world. From the total of 3,800 graduates from both Smith College and Radcliffe College, thirty-three have become doctors, seven lawyers, two preachers, twenty-two nurses, fifty have entered literary pursuits, 100 have become phll anthorplsts, eighty-five library workers, five actresses and two architects. Bight hundred Smith graduates, or about 27 per cent., are teachers, the same number are married, and 900, or 30 per cent., have no occupations. Of the Radcliffe graduates, 44 per cent, have become teachers, 22 per cent are married and 19 per cent, have no occupations. fcMctcfctetfcdtsloim P The Church in Banger By the Reo. Julian C. American Unitarian Association N recent years, the Church has been summoned to the bar of Judgment. From all quarters of public opinion various charges have been made. The poor say that it Is the sa cred toy of the rich, and the rich say that It Is pandering to the socialistic notions of the poor. Some declare that it I aooeca 13 t0 conservative, fm excigsiveiy sentimental, omers too inclusively practical. J The Church, smarting under this criticism, part of which Is true, has oeen unduly aiarmea, ana is tempted to aDan don Its real mission In the world. It is In danger of being misled by specious programs of agitators and doctrinaires and of transforming iti. 'f into a civic forum, a therapeutic hospital, a dispensary of charities, an insti ition for vis ible social betterment. The Church stands as the specific antidote of materlalir the reverences of life, cares for the moral visions of the soul r every Godward aspiration of heart and mind as the noblest manhood and womanhood. Its legitimate work is not to sup; y new social furniture, but to make men righteously efficient, and then to trust to them to go out with wisdom and consecration to Improve in their own way the social conditions of life. f Hot Weather Diet ByR C. MclVane N law ignorance N I make bold to assert that deaths from heat prostration are nothing she; t of criminal. Every hot wave brings forth a flood of advice on "how to keep cool," but people go on dying by the scortj, because seldom, if ever, is there any thing of real value In such advice. An eminent physician will come out witli tho sage suggestion to "dress lightly and avoid greasy foods" as though any sane man would wear flannels and feast on fat pork in July and August. I X $ It is easy enough to tell us what i.ot to eat, but catin; has become such a fixed habit with most of us that we insist oa our three meals a day, with a few drinks of something thrown in between, regardless of the temperature. . This being the case, will not sc:"3 "prophet" arise who can tell us what we should eat and drink, the dress will take care of itself. I have a little knowledge along this line myself, which I have put into practice for several years past with most excellent results, but I am only a "layman," and, therefore, not entitled to teach. Is it possible that the medical schools teach nothing of the chemistry of food, or that our physicians are ignorant of our bodily needs in hot weather? If they know, w-fc.y do they not tell us, and not force us to go outside of the profession tor such knowledge, as I Toward Materialism 9 Attorney General Wlckersham of technical knowledge have not taken American social and political life ,com- Jaynes before the others that it is too radical, some too , safeguards I pronounces :pressions of no excuse for crime, and on this theory had to do?
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