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I Ancient Decorative Art.
Though it is difficult to suy where the
decorative value of pottery and of
china began to be appreciated, there
Is little doubt that it originated in the
east. Ancient Chinese drawings still
In existence show that the process of
manufacture has varied but little in the
course of the years and that many con
trivances claimed as modern European
Inventions have been known for cen
turies in the east.
In Chinese official annals, which are
said to be perfectly authentic, the in
vention of porcelain is dated at about
200 years before the Christian era,
although Father Entrecolles, resid
* Ing in China at the commencement of
the seventeenth century, dates it long
" before this, and tells us in a most inter
esting manner of the great porcelain
works of King Te Ching, one of the
roost ancient and celebrated of the Chi
nese factories. He says that in his
time there were no fewer than 3,000
ovens at work, which gave to the town
at night the appearance of one vast fur
nace with Innumerable chimneys.
Koen Whnt She Wrote.
The need of n lead pencil caused a
lady who rode In a street car the other
day no small embarrassment.
She sat running over her shopping
list when suddenly she thought of
something to add to it. She looked in
her poeketbook and ransacked all its
divisions, oardcase and all, but no pen
cil did she find. Modestly she hesi
tated about asking her neighbors, but
with a quick resolve she finally leaned
toward a gentleman seated by her and,
holding up her list, said loud enough
for those In adjaeents seats to hear,
"ICxouse me, sir, may I borrow your
necktie a moment?"
The gentleman's astonishment was
expressed In his silent facial contor
tions until the lady reddened deeply.
"My necktie, madam?" he replied,
with arched eyebrowß.
"Didn't I say 'pencil?'" she asked.
And then everybody, grinning behind
newspapers, knew what the lady add
ed to her list.—Exchange.
Rome MiNourl Xamfi.
The people have given singulur and
amusing names to many neighborhoods
in Missouri, says the Kansas City Star.
In Caldwell county are Zion, Liokfork
and Polo. Echo Dell, Gabtown and
Dawson City are in Worth couuty. In
Nodaway county are Toad Hollow,
Sunrise and Possum Walk, and in
Henry county is Coal. Pigeon Creek
and Centennial are in Atchison county;
River Dots, Splawn Ridge and Civil
Bend in Daviess county; Sleepy Hollow
and Ivy Hill in Sullivan county, and
Ksjora Echoes in Butler county. These
are Just a few names picked at random
from the country correspondence of the
county seat press. Sometimes a pretty
or suggestive name is given a neighbor
hood. but generally the aim of the
Juristener seems to have been to confer
the harshest or most amusing appella
tion he could think of.
Lovelen* Marriage*.
Maniage without love is almost a
crime. In fact, it would be regarded
as one if the world were as true, as
simple, as sincere, as it ought to be.
But society has so loug wandered in a
maze of complexity, and marriage,
from monarchs downward, is under
taken for such a vnriety of reasons
apart from love, that only a few retain
the correct Impression about it. And of
these few the majority are women or
girls who would rather die than marry
n man they did not love. Sir Walter
Scott knew this well when he wrote
"The Bride of La miner moor." Ills
noble, gentle, true and tender spirit,
aware of what love is, could well com
pute the horror of a loveless marriage.
Imagination and Illneaa.
An interesting experiment was re
cently made by an English physician
in reference to the relative power of
imagination of the two sexes. He gave
to a hundred of his hospital patients
a dose of sweetened water, and shortly
afterward entered the room, apparently
greatly agitated, saying he had, by mis
take, administered a powerful emetic.
In a few minutes four fifths of the sub
jects were affected by the supposed
emetic. These were mainly men, while
all of those not affected were women.
_Dr. David Kennedy*
Favorite Remedy
. CURES AU ItIPNEX, STOMACH ~
tlMYfff TR9VOIrM
MARTHA'S OPPORTUNITY.
[The first postage stamp ever Issued by
the United States government which bears
the portrait of a woman has been placed
on sale In the postoffices throughout the
country. It Is an eight cent stamp and has
the likeness of Martha Washington.—Spe
cial Dispatch.]
Fair woman's recognition is no more a
thing to come;
The pageantry is forming; don't you hear
the thudding drum?
She's got her foot In politics, In medicine,
In law,
And we are daily seeing sights our fathers
never saw,
But good old Martha Washington is still
the pioneer;
She's got her picture on a stamp; this is
the news we hear.
Yet In this age of progress who would be
surprised at that?
The man who says it's marvelous is talk
ing through his hat.
For when It comes to pictures it displays
an awful taste
To put man's homely features on the oth
er side the paste
When lovely woman's countenance might
well be printed there,
But one consideration should make Mar
tha have a care:
By getting on n postage stamp, why, don't
you see that she
Will be as licked as George was when he
hucked the cherry tree?
—B. W. Gillllan in Baltimore American.
The Woman of It.
She—How (lid Alice happen to marry
that man with one arm?
He—Oh, it's that craze she has for
remnants. She thought he must be a
bargain.—New York Times.
A Harrowing Jest.
The man at our boarding house has
the remains of a once prosperous pock
et comb from which the teeth have long
since fled.
"Why," we uslt him, "do you carry
that thing around with you—that worth
less old comb?"
And he replies:
"Well, I can't part with it."—Balti
more News.
Sample at Hand.
"Paw," asked Tommy, looking up
from the paper he was reading, "what
are 'fixed charges V "
"Fixed charges. Tommy," said Mr.
Tucker, glancing furtively at the elder
ly and somewhat angular spinster seat
ed comfortably by the Are at the other
end of the room, "well, your Aunt Abi
gail is one of them."—Chicago Tribune.
I'liju.t a. liver.
Towne—Heavens, man, how could
you bring yourself to wear such an
outrageous uecktie?
Browne—Well, it was Ilobsou's choice
with me. You see—
Towne—Huh! It looks more like
Mrs. Hobson's choice. Philadelphia
Press.
Self Reliance.
Lawyer (to the widow)— The law
gives you a third, madam.
The Widow—Well, I'm not goiug to
take any chances in that direction. I
shall proceed to hustle for my third
Just as 1 did for my first and second.—
Chicago News.
L'ftuully (he Cane.
"She says she is always willing to
listen to reason."
"Indeed!"
"Oh, yes; hut she insists upbu decid
lug for herself what Is aud what is not
reason."—Chicago Post.
Gallant and Coarteoun.
May—How did Jack Manleigb behave
when you refused him ?
Maud—Gallantry and courteously.
May—Why, how?
Maud—He insisted upon kissiug me
goodhy.—Town Topics.
Doe. It Himself.
"They say some blind people can ac
tually distinguish colors by the sense
of touch."
"That's nothiug. There are times
when I feel blue myself."—Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
Doth Hands Fall.
"Heavy expenses this year," said the
publisher.
"Indeed?"
"Yes; I'm running two new authors
and an automobile!"— Atlanta Constitu
tion.
He Renpond*.
She—Didn't our honeymoon pass
quickly, clearest?
He—Well, I should say it did! Why,
it seemed no time before I had spent
all the money I had.—Harper's Bazar
(■reat Lukor Saver.
Customer—The metal in that knife
you sold me is as soft as putty. It got
dull the first time I used it.
Dealer—Y-e-s, but think how easy it
will be to sharpen.—New York Weekly.
Why A*kf
"And whnt does your son intend to
write, historical novels or literature?"
"As I said before, he expects to get
rich from the work of his pen."—Chica
go Record-Herald.
Mouey Trouble*.
"I tell you. money is the greatest
trouble a man has."
"Yes; especially when he hasn't any."
-Judge.
THE LITTLE ONES.
In the closet of a child's room have
the hooks within easy reach of the little
one.
If any of the children are stoop
shouldered, try making them walk with
hands clasped behind them when at
home.
Children should not be permitted to
be out of their place and an annoyance
to the grown up members of the fam
ily any more than to visitors.
It is u wise mother who accepts the
children's little offers of help and en
courages by loving and expressed rec
ognition every little kind act and word.
A lot of little flannel sacks to slip on
over the nightdress will ward off many
a cold. The small person cannot be in
duced to keep the arms under the bed
clothing all night, and chills can result
from an exposure that a grown person
would not notice.
If the children are old enough to ask
questions, they are old enough to be an
swered intelligently and truthfully.
Children's confidence in their parents
grows as they find that their iquulries
are received with attention and that
reasonable explanations are given to
them.
Why Women Worry.
If a woman is to protect herself from
the ravages of worry and so retain her
youth for a longer period, she must
come into more frequent contact with
other people, as her husband does, and
read good books; she must relieve the
•monotony of lier duties and the limiting
influence of confinement within four
walls by taking outdoor exercise a
walk every (lay or a spin on a bicycle;
in short, she must exercise the body
and mind In a healthful manner, and
she will find the bloom of youth and
health remain with her for years after
It has faded In other women of the
same age. "The ordinary woman,"
9ays a celebrated physician, "leads such
a monotonous existence that her miud
has no occupation but worry. What
she needs 1h to come out of herself
much more than she does. She must
have intercourse with more people aud
take more exercise. This can be done
without neglecting the home, and every
right minded man will do his best to
secure for his mother or his sister or
his wife these aids to the retention of
youthfulness of body and mind."
The Library Wall*.
Fit the walls of the library with
warm crimson or soft sage plain paper
or canvas or burlap so that the read
er's brain may not be set spinning with
subconscious problems on the origin or
significance of patterns. Have low
bookcases there, a comfortable divan,
small library table or "kidney" writing
desk. Hang meaningful pictures, etch
ings, colored prints or even liundsome
photographs simply framed, derive
your diversity of color from a Kara
bagh or Smyrna rug and divan cover
and pillows, says Harper's Bazar; also
hang soft crimson or olive green scrim
or net curtains over green or tan hol
la nd shades. Have a drop lamp with
green or opalescent shade, u good writ
ing desk chair, one deep willow chair
stained green or dark brown and one
Morris chair and a hassock or two.
Surroundings like these will conduce
to a real enjoyment of the books you
gather there and give a restful effect
to the room.
Cleaning; Hint*.
French sateens may be cleaned by
putting them irf a lather of lukewarm
soapsuds, in which dissolve a cupful of
salt. Put salt also in the rinsing water.
I)lp the article in thin starch and roll
up in a clean sheet and in two hours
Iron on the wrong side. For washing
blue or mauve gingham add a tea
spoonful of washing soda to a gallon of
cold rinsing water. This will bring out
the colors, while a teacupful of vinegar
to a gallon of water will improve pink
or green prints. For black or navy blue
wash in hot water containing n cupful
of salt, rinse in very blue water and
dry in the shade; then dip in very blue
thin starch and when nearly dry Iron
on the wrong side with a moderately
warm iron.
Where Licorice Grow*.
On the banks of the Tigris and the
Euphrates the licorice plant is chiefly
grown. These great rivers flow through
flat, treeless prairies of uncultivated
and nearly uninhabited land. For three
months of the year hot winds blow,
and the temperature reaches 104 de
grees.
For six months of the year the cli
mate is moderate and salubrious, and
for three months bleak and wintry, the
thermometer going down to 30 degrees
at night.
Screening; a Window.
To cover a window where it is desir
able not to exclude the light choose a
fine, clear muslin of good design and
apply it smoothly to the inside of the
glass with a little thin gum. When the
muslin becomes soiled or a change is
desired, warm water is all that is nec
essary to remove it.
White Cloth.
To clean white cloth try pipeclay.
Make a thick paste of it with water,
and with a soft brush spread it over
the clotli. Leave it for some hours or
until quite dry, then with a clean and
rather stiff brush brush it off. If very
much soiled, it may be necessary to re
peat the process more than once. ,
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of (<+ia^yX7<%<Cc£t4/.
DEACON'S TEMPTATION.
He Came Near Getting Into Trouble
n Few Nlvht> Ago.
"Bredreu," said Deacon Snowball at
the experience meeting, "I cum
moughty near backsliding las' Satur
day night. De temptah cum ter me
an' put er wheat sack iu ma han' an'
led ma sinful feet to'd Mistah John
sing's tuhkey coop."
"Amen!" moaned some one in a back
scat.
"I done tried my bes' ter resist,"
went on the deacon, "but all de time
mail conscience said 'Stop' de temptah.
said 'Go 011,' nnd so I kep' a-gittin'
closah an' a-gittln' closah all de time."
"Glory!" came from the back seats.
"But, praise de Lawd, Just when I'ze
gwlne ter climb de fence and malk fob
de coop mail old houn' dog trees a
'possum in Mistah Johnsing's wood lot,
an' de backslide leabe me dat minnit."
"Amen!" roared a brother in the rear.
"An' 'fore I git up dat tree," con
tinued the deacon, "de moon cum out
fruni behind de clouds, an' dar stood
Mistah Jolinsing behind dut coop wif
er shotgun in his han'."
"Um-m-m! Lawd!" from the elders'
corner.
"An* I call to Mistah Johnsing an'
ast him, 'Please, sah, won't he come
an' shoot dat possum?' an' dnt he do,
an' I want ter say dat dere was a
mos' powerful big load ob shot lu dat
gun."
"Go on, bruddnh!"
"An' dat's why I say dut w'eu de
temptah cum ter us an' show us wbar
dere's er turkey coop we oughter rej'ice
dat Providence done gib er houn' dawg
an' er possum appertlte to de po'r
brack man."—Boston Globe.
Trlclu of the Trade.
"The goods we are putting on the
market now," said the manager, "are
not as pure as those we have been sell
ing."
"They're not?" exclaimed the manu
facturer.
"No. Competition hug been so fierce
that we have had to cut the price, and
we can't afford to put out the pure urti
cle at the present quotations."
For a moment the manufacturer was
thoughtful.
"Well," he Raid at last, "have 'Beware
of Imitations' printed 011 the labels In
larger and blacker type than ever be
fore." —Chicago" Post.
They Were Strangers.
A certain German professor of music
to be met with in English drawing
rooms is an entertaining old gentleman.
To liim recently a lady said when one
of bis compositions liiul Just been reu
dered by one of the guests;
"How did you like the rendering of
your song, professor?"
"Vas dot my song?" replied the pro
fessor. "1 did not know him."—Loudon
Spare Moments.
Senator Stewart Makes Money.
"I made $7.10 today besides my sal
ary," said Senator Stewart.
"How?" asked Senator Tillman.
"By kicking, sir, by kicking like a
bay steer. The District sent liie n wa
ter bill for $20.07. Half the time the
house wns closed. I kicked, sir, kicked
so hard the windows rattled, and they
cut It down."—Cleveland Leader.
Heartless.
Mrs. Swinburn—l think the refrain
was perfectly lovely, entirely the best
part of the song.
Swinburn—H'm, yes. But I began
to fear she never would.
Mrs. Swinburn—Never would what?
Swinburn ltefraln. New York
Times.
Friend With a Reservation.
Moonoy— Brace up, mon! Troth, yez
luk as If yez didn't hov a frl'nd in th'
whole wur'rld.
Ilogan—Oi hovu't.
Mooney—G'wnn! If It ain't money
yez want t' borry, Ol'm ns good a
fri'nd as iver yez bed.—Brooklyn Life.
The Wrouß Coarse.
J"
"I suppose that now you see the er
ror of the course you took"—
"Sure, Michael! If I'd run up de
other alley, dey'd never have nailed
nie."—Chicago American.
Would Not Sink.
"Harry Sapp Is a young man who will
always keep Ills head up in the world,"
remarked the girl in the Monte Carlo
coat.
"I don't doubt that," said tlio close
friend. "His lieud is light enough."—
Chicago News.
An Excellent Reason.
Mrs. Von Blumor—Tlic doctor told me
today that my vitality was at its lowest
ebb between 4 and 0 in the morning.
Von Blumer—That's the reason I al
ways try to get home about that time.—
Life.
Queer.
"Sometimes I think so bard It makes
me tired."
"How thoughtless!"— Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
NO SPORT IN IT.
How *orthera Indiana Secure Veal.
aoa For Their Lardera.
A New Yorker who lives n small frac
tion of the time In the city, being usual
ly loir: distances away In purstilt of
game, tells of the method pursued by
the Indians of British Columbia In tak
ing deer. They have evolved a system,
tills huntsman says, that shows prac
tical skill and sympathy and knowledge
of natural conditions. He says:
"The Indians, to begin with, do not
hunt deer for the pleasure of hunting.
They go for deer as a housekeeper goes
to market for beef, and, what's more—
in British Columbia, at any rate—they
don't go often. Salmon is plentiful In
the rivers and is easily caught, so why
chase animals when they can secure
fish? It Is something as It Is in New
foundland, where I went a couple of
seasons ago. There the prevailing fish,
as you might say, Is cod, and, though
there is no end to the variety of edible
fish that can be taken, the natives nev
er think of eating anything else. Cod
la plentiful, and they form the habit, I
suppose. This Is so Ingrained that they
call codfish 'fish' simply. The genus is
divided into cod and the rest of fish.
"Well, when the British Columbia In
dian makes up his mind for venison, he
goes at it systematically and without
sentiment. A group of half a dozen or
ten men split and take either end of a
valley. Then they proceed along the
mountain slope from the two ends to
the center. They choose the sheltered
side of the valley 011 which the deer
seek to escape the wind. Each party
covers the mountain side, some near the
foot and some at the top and others be
tween the lines, keeping abreast by an
Imitated owl hoot. The deer, 011 'wind
ing" pursuit, have the trick of leaping
away down the slope, unlike the goats,
which go up, nnd thus between the two
approaching parties they are swept to
gether at the middle of the valley. A
good sized herd will thus be killed off
and the Indians supplied for many
weeks by two or three days' exertion."
—New York Tribune.
HE WOULDN'T BE SNUBBED
Colonel Ochiltree Bided Ilia Time
and Carried Off the Honors.
General Grant was a great admirer
of Colonel Thomas Ochiltree and made
many of the men of Galveston a bit
Jealous. As a result tbey once planned
I nil Incident whereby they would hu
miliate Ochiltree. Grant was to stop
; at Galveston after his trip to South
1 America, and the committee did not
put Ochiltree's name on the list of dis
i tlnguished men to meet him.
Ochiltree bided his time, as he wus
never known to complain, and did not
go to the ship to welcome General
Grant. He took a vantage point In the
crowd that filled the streets in front of
] the Tremont House. He was behind
two rows of celebrities who were doing
guard duty along the edges of a crim
son carpet which ran from the hotel
Btcps to the curb. The reception com
mittee, or part of It, was standing In
the hotel door, waiting to give the gen
eral the gladsome hund.
Ochiltree watched until the general
and Mrs. Grunt had stepped from the
carriage, and then he bulged through
the line. He rushed dowu the crimson
cnrpet, shook heartily the hand of his
old friend and, offering his arm to
Mrs. Grant, marched proudly through
j the rank and file of the lending citizens
into the hotel. The mob outside de
manded 11 speech from the general,
and, constituting himself a committee
of one, Colonel Ochiltree appeared with
hint in the hotel bnleony nnd Intro
duced Graut as one of his best, truest
nnd bravest friends. This was the last
time the men In Galveston tried to
snub him at a social function.
It Made Hlntory.
Such a slight circumstance as a glass
of wine changed the history of France
for nearly twenty years. I.ouis Phi
lippe, king of the French, had a son,
the Duke of Orleans, and heir to the
throne, who always drank only a cer
tain number of glasses of wine, be
cause even one more made him tipsy.
On a memorable morning he forgot to
count the number of his glasses and
took one more than usual. When en
tering bis carriage, he stumbled, fright
ening the horses and causing them to
run. In attempting to leap from the
carriage his head struck the pavement,
nd he soon died. That glass of wine
overthrew the Orleans rule, confiscated
their property of £20,000,(X)0 and sent
the whole family Into cxjle.
Adam and the Tailor.
"Tills," said the guide, "Is the grave
of Adam."
Historic spot! With reverential awe
—nny, with a feeling of deep thankful
ness—the wealthy merchant tailor on
his first trip to the orient drew near
nnd cast a flower on the tomb. "Err
ing ancestor," he murmured, "I should
be the last man 011 earth to revile your
memory. To your sin I owe my pros
perity."—Chicago Tribune.
Medicine For Him.
"His wife lias treasured all the let
ters he wrote her when he was court
ing her; keeps them by her all the
time."
"Gracious! She doesn't read them
over, does she?"
"No, but she threatens to read them
to him whenever he gets obstreperous."
—Philadelphia Press.
Forestalled.
May—What's the matter, dear?
Clara—My engagement with Charley
Is broken.
May—But I thought you intended to
break It?
Clara—So I did, but the wretch went
and broke It himself.
It doesn't cost a cent to be a gentle
man, but It may cost you your life to
be a fool.—Atchison Globe,
FOR THE CHILDREN
A Little Minstrel.
Into a railwuy passenger car filled
with prominent New Yorkers visiting
Chicago wandered some years ago a
little Italian boy with a concertina.
With a businesslike air he faced the
crowd and began singing In a clear
voice. Before be had finished the first
line he became so impressed with the
unusual character of the people before
him and the Incongruity of his shabby
little self that his voice wavered and
fell, and he turned away with his big,
brown eyes full of tears.
Mrs. Erastus Corning of Syracuse
leaned quickly forward and motioned
the little fellow to come to her. He did
so. She gave him a quarter and said,
"Can you sing 'Italia?"' The little mu
sician started in bravely, but stopped
with an apologetic, "You must excuse
me, lady; It's too "lgh." Then of big own
accord he pulled the concertina out to
its widest extent nnd began "Tar-ra-ra
Boom-de-ay." Mrs. Corning led the
laugh of applause which followed the
little fellow's effort, and he proceeded
lown the aisle, with encouraging re
quests and gifts from every side, and
when he got to the end of the car was
probably happier than he had ever be
fore been in Ills ragged little life.
How the Flood Came.
The aboriginal blacks of Australia
have a queer tradition about the flood.
They say that at one time there was no
water on the eurth at all except In the
body of an immense frog, where men
and women could not get it. There was
a great council on the subject, and it
was found out that if the frog could be
made to laugh the waters would run
out of his mouth and the drought be
ended.
So several animals were made to
dance and caper before the frog to in
duce him to laugh, but he did not even
smile, and HO the waters remained in
his body. Then some one happened to
think of the queer contortions into
which the eel could twist itself, and it
was straightway brought before the
frog, and when the frog saw the wrig
gling he laughed so loud that the whole
earth trembled, and the waters poured
out of his mouth in a great flood, in
which many people were drowned.
The black people were saved from
drowning by the pelican. This thought
ful bird made a v big canoe and went
with it all among the islands that ap-
I>eared here and tflere above the sur
face of the water and gathered in the
black people and saved them.
Rales For Finding: a Job.
When you step Into the presence of ft
prospective employer:
Have your Phoes polished.
See that your hair is combed.
Do not get flustered and say "Yes,
ma'am," to him.
Do not act as if you were going to
be shot at sunrise.
Laugh heartily at his Jokes, but do
not slap him ou the back.
Do not make suggestions to him on
how to run his business.
See that your breath is peaceful and
not In a quarrelsome mood.
Do not begin operations by informing
him of the state of the weather.
See that your neck'ie is not twisted
around to the side neck.
Do not try to impress him that you
are so smart that it makes your head
ache.
Do not try to work off any of j-our
own jokes on him. Some men don't
know the difference between a good
joke and a funeral oration.—American
Boy.
A Story of Mr. Blaine's Youth.
A story is told of Mr. Blaine's early
boyhood which illustrates his aptitude
for diplomacy even at an early period
of his career:
Having access to the river and a fre
quent witness of the l>oats that passed,
he desired to have a boat of his own.
He dammed the stream that flowed
down the Indian hill and launched
upon it a tiny bark of his own con
struction. But the neighboring boys
repeatedly tore down his dam and
spoiled his navigation. He applied to
a stalwart ferryman for aid and of
fered to bring home his cows for the
entire week if he would build him a
dam out of stone so large that the
mischievous boys could not move
them. The ferryman accepted the of
fer, nnd little Jimmie soon had the sat
isfaction of complete triumph over his
enemies, for the rocks which the strong
ferryman piled in resisted all the ef
forts of the boys for their removal.
An Avmne of Trees.
Japan has an avenue of trees fifty
miles in length. The trees are the
cr.vptomera, nnd every one is a perfect
specimen, quite straight, from 130 to
150 feet in height and 12 to 15 feet in
circumference. The avenue extends
from the town of Namada to Nikko.
The Smart Youngster.
Mother—Did you break anything
when you dropped that armful of play
things, Bessie?
Bessie—No, mother; nothing but the
quiet, und that's mended already.—De
troit Free Press.
One Kind of Skater.
There Is always one boy in the party who
goes
To the skating pond brimming with
glee.
And the rails on the bonfire he playfully
throws,
And he puts on his skates fancy free.
But he never strikes out with a shout of
delight,
For he lingers around in the sun
And dances before the flames rosy and
bright
While he shivers and thinks it is fun.
Though the cold in his hands and his
earfe ne'er abates
And his tearß into icicles form.
He's so glad that for naught would h
doff his club skates
And go home to the stove to get warm.
—R. K. Munkittrick In Harper's Young
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