A
MODEL VILLAGE
MOST HEALTHFUL
How French Companies Build
Homes For Workmen.
GARDEN SPOTS DESCRIBED.
lioada, Houiee and Parking 8tripa Are
Desoribed aa Being Most 8atiafao
tory to Tananta aa Wall aa Man Who
! Had Tham Built.
There Is perhaps no other country
that can be called the land of homes
so Justly as France, says Georges Be-nolt-Levy
In the American City. It Is
estimated that there are 4,500,000 land
owners In a population of 40,000,000.
"In recent years," says the writer,
"certain manufacturers have built gar
den villages." One of these he de
scribes as follows:
I "It was ubout four years ago that
I was called In the capacity of social
v engineer to the mining company of
Dourges. In the name of the Associa
tion des Cites-Jardlns de France I
strongly advised the company to bnlld
a model village, for which I had the
pleasure of furnishing the first sugges
tions. The architect of the company
was sent with me to see what had
been done In England, and the work
was undertaken.
"It Is well to note here that a garden
Tillage, a gnrden city, differs from a
manufacturing settlement not only In
that Its Inhabitants have cheaper and
more sanitary houses, but that their
dwellings are also more beautiful,
more artistically arranged and are
charmingly scattered among Bowers
and greenery.
"It is an ensemble of elegant and
harmonious curves, of streets planted
XNTBAyOK TO TBS MODKIi VILLAQK OF
DOUUQKS.
(From the American City, New York.
life"
' 'Kith trees and bordered with turf, of
' cottages of various hues, which give ,
an Impression of freshness, of health '
and gayety. In the arrangement of the J
village the points of compass have j
Ieen talapn Into account, bo that each j
cottage has as much sunlight as pos- I
elble. , ' !
; "Let us look at oue of the village
streets. Here is a road five meters wide
,with two sidewalks, each 3.5 meters
In width, of which 1.5 meters are mac
adam and two meters turf. The bound
ary line between the sidewalk and the
front garden Is not marked by fences
or railings, but by borders of Sowers. 1
The front gardens are about four me- j
ters in depth. This makes, therefore,
V an avenue about twenty meters wide ;
between the bouses, planted through-
out Its length with trees, acacias, plane ,
' trees and sycamores. From point to
point at the crossroads the eye Is
charmed by groups of ash trees, ever- j
greens or rosebushes, lb the rear of
s each cottage is a garden' covering ,
' about a tenth of an acre. I
' "The cost of the charming cottages
varies from $840 to $900. The walls
are built of country mude bricks, Join
ed by white cement They are thlrtyj ,
five centimeters thick. The corners are
of artificial stone made of the same
clay. We see that simply by Joining
the bricks with this white mortar and
decorating them In different colors a
varied effect is obtained with little
thange ot plan. In the Interior the
walls, Instead of being papered in bad
iuste. are tinted Id gay tones at very
Htle expense and have an attractively
decorated frieze of washable paint
' I "Entering one of the cottages, we
find below us a paved cellar for wine
and provisions, on the ground floor a
porch, a vestibule, a living room (-1.5
by 4.5 meters) mid a bedroom for i lie
- boys. On the floor above is a bedroom
.for the parents (4.5 by 3.0 uielcrsi us
well as one for the daughters of the
family-, (three meters square). Under (
, t lie roof, so that not a bit of space is
wasted, we find a garret for drying j
clothes. I
Jt Is worth noting that every room
In the house Is paved with tiles, so
that the floors can be polished. All the
. walls have rounded corners In order
that no dust may gather there.
To secure constant light and ventl- ,
lation the windows take up one-sixth
lit the surface of each room. They open
outside so as to keep oat the rain and '
lo take up less room. There was one
i roblem to solve how to arrange the
Hendry, the coal shed, etc., without
destroying the general harmonious
look of the cottages. This has been
accomplished by connecting the laun
lry (which serves also for a bathroom
. for the miner when he comes home)
. nod the .coal shed, as well as the toilet,
with a porch. This porch makes a
rort of outdoor summer dining room.
, "The sewage from the toilets Is con-
tfdtUi iiito septic tanks, where It If
, lemleallT treated. There is one tank
ior each house " j
The Spendthrift
By J. BERRY CRAPO
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.
Mrs. Merriman had a fortune, but
she feared at times that her son Jack
would run through It before she was
herself done with It, aud then "poor,
dear Jacky what would be do?" Jack
was a lovable' fellow, with lots of
friends who adored him, belonged to a
number of clubs Indeed, was In every
thing that Induced the expenditure of
money.
"Mother," he said to her one day
after a lecture, "there's no use In my
trying to get on economically here,
where the temptation to spend Is so
great . I must go elsewhere. What do
you say to my resigning from all my
clubs and societies and going to a law
school, where I can learn a profession
(bat will enable me to take care ot
you, my dear mumsey. In your old
age?"
Jack Merriman that autumn entered
a university located where there was
nothing but the college and entered
for the degree of bachelor of laws. But
the leopard cannot change his spots.
Jack found several rich students In
the Institution who bad automobiles.
What was there to do In the country
during hours when he was not study
ing except to run over the smooth
roads? What was more simple than
to pay a few, hundred dollars down
for a machine and give his note on it
for the rest? 8o he scraped togetbel
the few hundred dollars and bought a
$5,000 machlne.-
Oue afternoon during the Indian
summer, when the warm sunlight
shone upon the many colored leaves
that were beginning to die on the trees,
Jack Merriman, with Edith Ashurst
beside hlra and Bob Overaker and Sa
die Chandler on the rear sent, was run
ning over to B. for a dinner and it rlile
back in the cool moonlight, lie had nn
uncle In B.. mid there was danger in
his going there, but he risked It.
All went well as n marriage hell till
the party rode up to the hotel where
the dinner hud been ordered by tele
phone, .lark was about to take off his
goggles and help Miss Ashurst otil
ivheu he e.'.pled his uncle coming down
the street. It was too lnte to push on,
for those In the rear seat were gettlns
out ami the uncle was nearly upon
them. In a hurried whisper Jack told
Miss Ashurst that the man was his
uncle and that they were all to go Into
the hotel. If the uncle asked ques
tions he was not to be Jack Merriman,
but Tom Oglethorpe. 1
When Mr. Merriman; Sr., came
along Jack was at the wheel, bis gog
gles still over his eyes, turning on the
connection. .
"Jack! Hello! Wait a minute!" call
ed the uncle.
"Anything I can do for you, sir?"
said Jack, the machine chugging as
though Impatient to be off.
"What are you doing here? And tbts
machine-have you been wasting your
mother's innney?" '
'What nr.- jou tailing about, and
who are you, anyway? I've no time to
,'ooi here. I've got to be at P., forty
miles away. In an hour."
"l)o yon mean" -putting on a pair of
tpe- ta-'es- "in say that you're not
.lack Merriman?"
"Do you mean to say that you're uot
s blundering old Idiot? Get out of the
way. I say. I'm losing precious time."
Jack started the automobile. Just
grazing the old gentleman's toes, aud
was soon out of sinht. Mr. Merriman.
looked after him doubtfully, then,
muttering something like "I'd bave
sworn It was he." passed on by the
hotel, stopped, poml.'red, went back
and entered by the same door that the
"arty hud gone In. They were waiting
for him In the reception room. Bob
Overaker accosted hlin In the ball.
"I say. sir, has the automobile
gone?"
"The one In front of the door? Yes."
"That's too bad."
"Oh, dear!" cried Miss Ashurst
"Tom's gone off with all the wraps.
We'll have to ride home without them,
and It's getting colder every moment"
"'Tom,' did you say?" asked Mr.
Merriman. '
"Yes. sir." put In Overaker. "Tom
Oglethorpe, my cousin. Do you know
him, sir?"
"The gentleman In the automobile."
replied Mr. Merriman. "very much re
sembles my nephew. John Merriman.
Indeed, I was sure be was my nephew.
Do you say he is your cousin? What
Is your name?"
"My name Is Bpangler, sir. Tom
Oglethorpe's mother Is my aunt"
"Il'm!" muttered Mr. Merriman. "I'm
obliged to you for correcting me. I
came very near making a grave mis
take. Good evening."
Half an hour afterward Jack, hav
ing left bis auto at a garage, sneaked
In at the back door and learned what
had occurred. Then, directing that no
one should be admitted to the dining
room, the party sat down to dinner.
Mrs. Merriman did not bear from the
automobile from Jack's uncle, but
later from Jack himself, who sudden
ly appeared at home and told ber that
be had given up the study of law to
be married. The girl was Miss Ash
urst, who was worth a million In ber
own right.
"And. mother."' added Jack, "we're
going on a weddfng trip through Eu
rope and will take you with us. I've
bought the auto already for the par
pose. There's money due on it: let me
have a check, please."
Jack's story was true this time, ' '
THE SOLAR SYSTEM. .
Its Flight Through 8 pace Toward t!i
Constellation Lyra. "
In what direction are you moving?
If you are going toward the Battery
yoa will answer "south;" If up Broad
way you will answer "north;" toward
the Hudson you will say "west," aud
If in the direction of the East river
you will reply "east"
These answers might be correct as
regards the surface of the earth, but
they may be far from answering the
question, for the earth Is turning enit
wardly at the rate of about a thousand
miles an hour, which carries you lu
that direction very much faster than
you can move over the ground.
But that rotating motion, constantly
Changing your direction In relation to
all outside the earth. Is quite subordi
nate to another far more rapid motion
that is carrying you and the earth
around the sun eastwardly on un en
tirely different curve at the rate of
about nine miles a second, ever chang
ing your direction in relation to the
stars In a circular path, 27!),000,0:)l
miles long.
Yet that Isn't a key to your direc
tion, for little you, your tiny earth und
your third rate sun, with all of Its
planets, are traveling as a united group
In one direction, differing from all
those mentioned. Find the Inrge first
magnitude bluish white star Vega. In
the constellation of Lyra, and you will
be looking In the direction of the flight
that our system is taking through
space. If you will observe the stars
around Vtgn, for a ftw hundred years
you will find that they are apparently
slowly separating, while the stars at
the opposite pole of the heavens are
slowly drawing together. That means
we are moving toward Vega and
away from the opposite point This
motion is in a circle that cannot be
exactly measured, but there Is evi
dence to show that It will require
18,200,000 years for our system to
complete It.
Then can you answer. "I am moving
toward Vega." Perhaps so, but more
likely perhaps not. for It Is far from
unlikely thnt you and your solar sys
tem, with Vega and all of the galaxy
of .stars that eye can see on the clear
est night, are moving in the same gen
eral direction around some great com
mon center yet unknown. Who can
tell? No one now, but the possibility
Is presented to the human mind from
what we know of the motions of the
great universal clock of spare that
marks off the seconds of eternity.
New York f! era Id. .
A MAN'S GLOVE.
In the Old Days It Served aa Proxy
For Its Owner.
In the early days everything was noi
regulated for the people as It Is now
by the government and the law courts.
Europe was still young then, and peo
ple bad rough and ready means or
dealing with one another, of buying
and selling or giving goods and prop
erty and settling disputes. A glove,
as It wan very close Indeed to a man's
hand, came in course of time to be
looked npon as taking the place of the
liiinrt Itself, and sometimes fnok th
man plai-e and was made to represent
him
For "sample, to open a fair It wi
necessary then to have the-jronseni mi I
prut f-t inn of the great lrd In who
country It whs going to be held. The
who wished to oHrt the fair would
come to I be nobleman ami petition him
lo be present. He might be very
busy or bored at the Idea of having to
no, yet he would know thnt It must he
opened or his people would be dis con
tented. So be would say to the lead
ers of the people: "No. my trusty fel
lows. I can't open the fair In erson.
but I will send my glove to do It. You
all know my glove. Nobody has one
like it In the country. It is the one
my ludy mother embroidered for me In
colored silks and silver wire, and It
has 1i deep violet fringe. You can
bang It above the entrance of your
fair grounds as a sign that yon are
acting with my permission. - If any one
disputes your right or touches bis mas
ter's glove I will attend to blm. That's
all!" So the glove would travel In
state to open the fair. Westminster
Gazette.
Ready With Hit Tongue.
James T. Brady, n prominent mem
ber of the New York bar In the last
century, was noted for bis ready wit.
Quick as Mr. . Brady was Vith the
readiness of his race for repartee, he
sometimes- met his match among his
own countrymen. He was once exam
ining an unwilling witness who per
sistently called him Mr. O'Brady. At
length, even bis proverbial good na
ture being a little ruffled, be said to
the witness: "You need not call me
Mr. O'Brady. I've mended my name
since I came here and dropped the O."
"Have ye. now?" retorted tie witness.
"Ton my sowl, it's a pity ye didn't
mend yer manners at the same time!"
Why Ha Waa on Time.
Beranger was one day complimented
by a lady on - the punctuality with
which be kept bis engagements. "It Is
a pleasure." said she, "to Invite you to
dinner, for you never make us wait"
"I am no longer young, madam," re
plied the poet, "and experience has
taught me one thing it is dangerous
not to arrive at the precise hour, for
the guests who are waiting for jou
will pass the time In discussing your
faults." . '
Spoiled the Evening For Har.
1 suppose you had a perfectly love
ly time at the dinner party last night?"
"No. . Through some mistake they
Mated me next to my husband." Chi
cago Record Herald. ,
DON'T ACT ON
ROMANCE
By LOUISE B. CUMMINGS
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Association.
-Lucile Demarest when a young girl
read a novel that pleased ber very
much. The motif on which the story
was written was tills: A woman whose
J.usband was weak enough to full luto
the tolls of another woman held hliu
by giving blm a free rein until he bad
become tired of the rival and came
back to his wife of his own accord.
Lucile married Sam Smith. Eve;
Luclle's roseate romance could not
turn the name luto Spencer Courleuay
or some other such euphonious apiiel
Intlon, but she could think of him as
doing noble acts even as Sam Smith.
He didn't seem to hnveauy man bosom
friend, which troubled her greatly, fi;r
she thought every man should have
such a chum, as she had her own
bos'om woman friend. s-
The Smiths hud been inn rr le i hut a
short time when Mrs. Smith thought
she discovered that Samuel u;m1 her
bosom friend, Gertrif'e Church, were
becoming entlirnlle! with each other.
The suspicion killed I.uclle's romantic
attachment, an nttui anient that had
lasted since childhood for Miss Church.
Indeed, when she was married she
had told her hushinvl that she would
never consent to marry any man who
did not In the same way. of course,
love her friend as well as she loved
her. Mr. Smith proml-wl to do so.
When Mrs. Smith recovered from the
first shock of her discovery that her
traitorous friend was slowly but surely
winding her ' tolls about Snni she
thought of the noble heroine of the
novel and how she had saved her hus
bnnd. I.uclle's first move was to in
vite Miss Church In evenings to play
cards. Smith hated cards, especially
three handed games lu which no tine
beats or In trying to do so enables
some one else to beat. "Very well,
then," said the compliant wife; "you
and Gert play, and I'll tnke a book.
Smith and the guest would then sit
down at the card table, and Mrs.
Smith after reading a few pages
would go out of the room, not to ap
pear again till it was high time that
Miss Church went home. Then, of
course. Smith must act as her escort.
Then Mrs. Smith bought tickets to
amusements and when the evening to
nse them came round would have a
headache and say: "I've sent word to
Gert that I have the tickets and can't
go tonight, begging fier to take my
place. I know you'll be glad to take
her, If only for my sake." And when
her husband knitted bis brows and
said "I'd much rather stay home with
you" she knew he- was lying In bis
heart and that be was counting the
moments till he could be with the
charmer.
One day Mr. Smith told his wife that
ne mnst go west or east or south or
somewhere, on business. When a man
tells his wife especially In stories-'
that he's going on a buslneis trip she
immediately becomes a prey to the
green monster or Is stupidly confiding.
Mrs. Smith saw In the move, a culmi
nation of ber husband's Infatuation for
Miss Church, or, rather, that Miss
Church had succeeded In winning blm
away from his own wife. But when,
the day after ber husband's departure,
she called up Gertrude by telephone
and was told that she bad gone out of
town, too, the cup of her misery was
full. She went to the library, took out
the story of the noble woman who had
saved ber husband by throwing him
at her rival, took It to the furnace, '
opened the door and threw it into the
white hot coals. Then she went up to
ber room and bad a good cry.
However, having been committed to
the game of keeping ber own counsel,
she nerved herself by the time her
husband returned to dissemble further.
She received him as affectionately as
she was able, never said anything
at all disagreeable. .
One evening she went to the tele
phone, Intending to call up Miss
Chnrch and ask ber to come to the
house, that she might bring her and
Bam together and charge them with
the crime tbey were committing
against her.
"Is that yoa. Gertr
"Yes. p.re you Lou?"
"Tes. Can't you come over'tonight?
Sam's anxious for a game of cards. I'm
tired and wish to go to bed."
"Walt a minute." .
Then Mrs. Church, forgetting that
telephones have ears, was beard to
say:
"It's Lucille. She wants me to come
over and play cards with that stupid
husband of hers. She Is constantly
boring me to entertain blm. I've Just
gone away on a visit to get rid of It
all, and now I'm back It has begun
again."
Then came the reply: "I'm awfully
tired, Lou. I think you'll have to ex
cuse me."
"All right. If you really can't come."
Mrs. Smith went into the library,
where she found her husband. A great
Joy had been born In ber, but she still
dissembled.
"Wouldn't you like to have Gert
come over and play cards with you,
dearie?"
A pent-up flood broke its barriers
and poured forth.
"No, by thunder! I've Just gone on
a trip I didn't wish to take to get rid
of ber, and I'll be hanged If I can
endure ber again on the first night of
my return."
lie was surprised when bis wife
threw herself Into his arms and burst
Into tears tears of relief. "
MEASURES ALTITUDES.
The Use of the Barograph on Aero
planes and Balloon.
What the compass Is to the mariner
the barograph is to the aviator. The
barograph Is an Instrument for meas
uring altitudes. The pressure of the
air as it Increases or decreases'causes
a delicate needle to trace a wavy line
npon a cylinder which revolves by
clockwork. This Hue Indicates not
only the exact height that is reached
by the aviator, but also the speed at
which he Is traveling.
The barograph Is kept In a wenther
proof box with a glass front, which Is
attached to a bar of the aeroplane or
to a rope on the balloon. It Is official
lv aenled hpfnre th. urintnr omh.rir. ! flourishing one of his make of hoi
so there is no possibility of tampering : kerp,lefs thnt I,,,m w,w a" ri'
. with it. aud the seal Is taken off in!W"en he 88 w vw of hlH 8ulrt wa
the presence of witnesses at the end 00 woman be tipped his bat to I
of the flight In this way it is possl- j w"e,u" ""i1", um- . ,
hie to estjihllsh nhsohitelv nnrt irrnb.' Mr- Brown was bis own cashier
Ically the altitude which an aviator bookkeeper None of TTte young r
attains In his aeroplane or balloon, applied for the position can
n i. nopa.nr fnr ri.o , tntnr tn s handkerchiefs, and be had ne
Indicates n i hiinL li. U... el,.v.iil.iM nl-l u,,y enme- However, wnen one
i,mt t,. th-rm ti,--i, , ii.iu I,, 'brought up on the freight elevnl
koon hi. ... ,ha i,i ,i, i.i with a lot of boxes. Before he
ten or twenty feet the aviator would i tnr? for,H ",nr,er handkerehle.
not be conscious of It unless he looked j ""'""
at the wavering needle tracing Its ; Ta"!"e' ., ,
permanent record on a chart before! 1 rlra was eighteen years
him Thi. mi. him immo,titi. 8,1(1 nn orphan. File had never !
nnr ohnn. In th ..t.,r nt tl.o nln 8 Plnpp' ''lit She WHS after (IW til
and so accurate. It Is said, that a man "rt, wurn,! d t,,wnrd her 88 h H
might hang one of them about his l'to ber b g blue eyes. There v.
..... lornltv find hnnnatv HiprA Tha la
height of his ascent being graphically!, "'7 '"' i
Indicated by the Inked needle on the
machine. New York Press.
A CAREFUL MAN.
His Indaoision In the Matter of
ploying a Doctor.
lander of the type now almost vanished : she Ignored them. She caught oh
was. nobly exemplified In Mr. Benny! her work at oive. 'Mr. Hrown dl
Huntingdon, who lived with bis maid-Irtish home that n'sr'it to tell his vi
en sister In a little town In western about the Innovation at t!ie olilce,
Biassacnusetts. Netner naa ever spent i some rooiisii rannurncturers wo1
a penny unnecessnrlly and when In ; have done. lie left It to her to I
bis old age Mr. Benny became crippled; out. She did find out. On the tl
with "the rbeumatlz".and had, as well, lnr she appeared rln the freight
strange Bufferings of the heart, which lr and had a look at Miss Fr
were unrelieved by the best recom- She went nway without passing Ju
mended "yarb teas," they were greatly ment, but at the dinner table t
shocked at the suggestions and warn-; evening she snld:
ings of their friends and neighbors; "Jacob, look out for her!"
that they ought to send for a doctor.! "Who Miss Prhii;"
Mr. Bennv refused, declared his scorn ! "She's a cat. She's too demu
of the entire medical profession and ! She's got a card to play."
continued to save his pennies. j A few days later Miss Prim-
But the pain grew worse. Mr. Ben-ja8ke1 to lunch with Mr. Brown.,
ny was confined to bis bed in great ' timidly asked to be excused awl
agony and overheard some of the uer sanuwicu as sne woritea.
neighbors telling bis sister that be was
going to die. Then be sent for an old
schoolmate, a man as "careful" as
himself.
"Jeslah," he asked, Id a low, confi
dential tone, "have- you ever bad a
Wtnrl"
1 have." he answered. " iqu'fy the husband stated
trembling band npon his old friend's ! wnl 't rained so I offered to take
arm. "Joslah." he asked again, "did boms In my auto, and. she fairly
yarn ever bear how much one o' them for elevator to git away from
doctors charges for a vteUT" Bveflr one ta the office has asked
Joslah looked at his mifferlnc friend to lunch, but she has refused
wtto pitying sympathy. "Well." be Splendid bookkeeper, and what di
said, breaking It as gently as be could- "tPPe happened to the eash ta d
"well. I have heard. Bennv. that thev : er uu' '
charge as much as (2 a visit!" "8he found 11 "bort and wept ab
"Two dollars!" Mr. Benny repeated, j th8 tUe cat. and you tola her
"Two dollars!" Then be sank back on : never m,nu
his pillow and sighed in a voice of! "Ha, ha. ha! The cash was
strangely mingled relief, regret and : over- and ber u 10 b"y B'o'e" w
resignation. "Well. 1 dunno but I'd That'B the kind of cashier Ja
rather spend $5 than dle!"J-Youth's Brown's got. Miss Prim could hi
Comoanlon. ' Put tIlat money In her pocket, bnt
i didn't"
The Licorice Plant.
The licorice plant resembles a rose
with a single green stem, reaches a
height of about three feet' and bears a
small purple star shaped flower. The
first year's root growth resembles a
loosely twisted string of tow and may
run to twenty feet In length. The sec
. ond year It assumes a - woody sub-
mi art a wHan dm onrl thm thlp1 voni ft
iim. t.oHn. ,h. r i. th. wi. t to the bank now, and the pay:
f.- h.n h i. rm.horf .,n. i teller speaks In the highest manner!
der' heavy stones drawn' round on it her bu8lne88 na"?c,t! 8ne'"
by mules, much as olives are crushed i8 t0 gs are
. . .... .. lnir beauttfullv heantifnllv "
to extract tneir on.
Queer Kaffir Cuatom.
Kaffir women will not pronounce ;
their husband's names or even use
words which contain the emphatic syl
lable of those names. One old woman, j
being taught to say the Lord's prayer, j
changed the word from "come" In
"Thy kingdom come" to something
that made nonsense, and it proved f "T,""'..." . " hhit i tJ
k h- !from bim like a rabbit. I came ti
n Li m iT . v u j.. ! to find ber pale and trembling."
main syllable of ber husband's name, j fhu ,ttentn, ,atr
. u, . , ! "Even if I were a widower itnd
most discouraging
ouraging circumstances. Isn't ,, ,h .hl.un , uw,
I her'
j "Why, no. His mother-in-law is
slightly Indisposed, and be thinks
there's no hope for her recovery."
"Well, what did I tell you?"-Cleve- i
land Leader. - !
! . . , . . i Miss Prim had gone to the bank w
" vy.on. ;CMh amj drafts and
in ancient wyion tne game or cness j to ntam wltn tne payroU
money.
' collar enough to note. The king may valn They found out that she had
not castle, but he Is permitted to Jump i i milrH,i i ,t w nJ
iikb a soigne un cnecseo. J. ne pawns ; ag more.
are exchangeable on the last row for i "Jacob, how much did she getr at
tne pieces on wnose row tney stand, i ed the wife after one glance at
" -" I husband's telltale face.
Tboogh the world may owe every j "About $16,000," he groaned,
man a living, only the persistent col- "And the cat won't come backt"
lector get It. ! xeVer again!"
BROWN AN
ANOTHER
By M- QUAD
Copyright. 1910. by
nr-ir-1 ;i
Associated Lit-I
Mr. Jonas Brown was1 a close
dent of human nature, and bis ju
meut of man or woman was Infallibl
Mr. Brown manufactured shirt wa
for women und handkerchiefs for d
and women. That wus the way
judged them. When he saw a q
watch the barograph constantly, as lt n bothered with young ladles. -1
the man at the wheel of the seagoing ; Hl ed, hfir ,n tho e he bad not!
ship watches his compass. Should the! "'"1 8,le ,hnd on,one ' h,s noa
.ornnl.n. r tha hlln H-o r li:"llrt WSlStS Slid Carried OUC Jttf I
currents and gives him timely warning Bh' con,1i,1 ,,nsl"r- booltkeep and tjj
of .erlnl dnnTers wrl,e- Pl'e would take a low sail
. i.,lmnt. ... . ,in, for the first six months. Mr. Brov.1
necK in its glass case or carry it in nis ; , ..-.. .
hand and mb a flight of stairs, the,0,' '"f " ' "tck a responp
low wflges and prevented estr:J
i ganee on the part of his employees.
j Miss Trim would come for $5 per w
. he could get $13 worth of work oud
her.
The demure Miss Trim sHpnecl I
Em-j the office as softly ns a mouse. Sq
of the young men tried to- talk to
The parsimony, of the old New Eug-!hcr, hut outside of business uiatq
Told you so." he said to hiswj
with a triumphant air. "Yes. slrl
invited ber, and she turned me dow
"Then you look out for her all
more," replied the wife.
It was three or four weeks bef
Miss Prim was referred to again
Jnslnh shook his head "Dnnnn aa:the family. Then In answer to an
Mr. Bennv reached mM and laid a ! "Timid SS ever. The other even
"Oh, Jacob! What a man wha
man!" exclaimed the wife. "You
rushing heudlong to destruction!"
"Brown's shirt waists and Brow
handkerchiefs never deceive."
Two months had gone by when
next and last conversation occurn
Mrs. Brown wanted to know aboutt
little cat and was answered:
'Marie, I must really protest
Sal
.,. mmt.i ..in. Th timidity, same retiring attitude.
; lng beautifully beautifully.'
"Ob, you blind man!"
' xou know Schwartz, of coui
He's worth a million. He saw M
Prim a few weeks ago when he was
and yesterday be asked ber to be
wife. I left 'em alone, and he asl)
her.'
"And she Jumped for him like!
: cricket, of course.'
"Ha, ha, hat Jumped right avj
r-roving ni.vonwm.on. joye wUh h(,p Jac0D Blwn ma
aud the three for a quarter b:inL
! chiefs, should not dare ask ber to
i my wife."
Mm. Brown simply lay back f
gasped for breath.
A week later there was excltem
in Brown's office. It was Saturdl