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by the other sex, if only for the sake of the
man she loves? So she spent a sufficiently
pleasant evening by his side, though her
thoughts would go wandering to Norway,
while Lord Percy was speaking to her, she
wondered what BERTHE could possibly see in
that insipid Mrs. Layton to make a couple of
months spent in her company endurable.
" What is the matter 2" inquired her COM
panion, as he put her III. her carriage.
Haven't you enjoyed yourself this evening,
Mrs. Vereker? 2"
"Oh, extremely, thank you-never more
SOL"
- And you will lunch with me tomorrow,
and so 20 the Exhibition aiterwards-wou't
you? Good night ~
But rs she alighted at her own door, and
entered her rooms, they looked rather empty
and desolate to her, with no one but her maid
to bid her welcome, and her footmAn to hand
refused their attentions, though she could
hardly Say why, and went TO bed with her
head full Of what Mrs. Bandon had said to
her, and an unpleasant feeling Of doubt as to
whether size had not after all made a mis-
take. But then she recalled Bertie's disa-
greeable sayings and dOings, and fell to sleep
CongraiulatIng herself that she was rid of them.
She had no lack of society in those days.
As soon as she was known TO be settled the
men trOODed around her like a flock of
pigeons. A fashionable fiat, repleto with
every comfort, with a beautiful woman to do
the donors Of It. was too goo : a lounge to be
treated with indifference; and so it came TO
pass that after n while Mrs. Vereker had
more visitors than she wished for. And one
o: two who did not know her as they should
have done. attempted 10 grin too easy a foot,
ing in her establishment. which forced her 10
be uDclyll III leturn, and made her wish she
bad accepted Lady Beaumont's proposal. and
remained undo the protection of her mother.
Rumors reached her occasionally also-Of
course through her female friends-that made
her uneasy. How Mrs. So and So had
said openly at her last AT home I"
that it was Mr.. Nereker's, jealousy Of
Captain Randolph that had caused the
separation between them, or that young
Mountjoy asserted for n fact that MIR. Nereker
had q chere anne amongst the chorus at the
on several occasions. When she heard these
M-natured 'Alsehoods. Alike would retire TO
her room aud weep bitterly, ard wond,r what
sne e1ula 90 10 prevent theif CIR uiNtion !
bands advice on the subject as soon a. he re.
turned to England. BERTHE especially said
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You look thinner to me. And now whit is it
you want TO cCnsult me abouty / did not
know you considered my advice worth hav-
ing"
But thisi is q matter that only concerns
ourselves. and no one else can contradict it, "
replied Alike, who was rather more ut ease by
thls time; and then she repeated to her hus-
band The substance of the rumors that had
annoyed her.
" When we nereed to separate" she CON
tinued, rather tmidly, you SAID, BERTHE,
that We were to continue friends, or else l
wouldn't have troubled you. But it is q
shame people should say such horrid things,
for you know how untrue they are"
Yes. Alike, but l also know they are I'M
avoidable. When man and wife part, the
world will talk, and it would be impossible
to make II believe there is not some stronger
reason for such q step than mere incompati-
But it is a lie, " cried Mrs. Vereker. hotly;
you k'o,O l have never cared for any man
since -"
Since you were so deluded as to imagine
mo. I was not deluded," said Alike,
frankly; 81 did care very much at one time,
only-ouly -"
You found I was not worth caring for,
and you grew tired of pretending"
=" suppose that was it, but | shall never
care for any one SO much again. Do you re-
meml er the first day we met. Berthe"
ID notY On board Lord Percv's little
yacht, CSnlsca, and you looked too utterly
: fetching in a sailors suit. All. Alike"
Yes, we were very stupid. / suppose we
were too young. Mamma always said so. |
shall only be twenty-five next birthday, and
then We shall have been married three years.
DO you remember our honeymoon, BERTHE 2"
of course | do but don't speak Of such
things now. please. They are all past. and
can never be recalled. And they are not q
pleasant contrast to the present"
- Yet / wish" said Alike.
What 2"
THAT We had been older. / think we
might have managed things better. l see
where The fault lay now. We saw too much
of one another"
People who really love cannot see too
much of one another
oh. yes they can. ToujourS perdri5 is q
mistake nI the world over. II men and
Wouen would not exhaust their resource,
mental and physical. so soon, their admira-
ton and esteem for each other would last
longer. Our minds require friction with
those Of our fellow. creatures In order to
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The Gum-ChewInR Habit.

lN'V" WV ""'''N' . N'l
The young ladies who delight in the
felicities of ~chewinG-gum, and keep their
pretty little jaws at work from morning until
night in masticating what they can never
swallow. had better toke warning in time, if
they prize their beauty. 1t appears that a
young society belle of this city has so exer-
cised her masticatory muscles that they stick
out like the biceps which helped Joh l..
Sullivan win the prize of champion. The
young lady has gone INTO retirement, as her
unusual facial development ID anything but
atti actiye, and the only prescription that it
is possible to give her is the advice. Don't
move your jaws" which she is endeavoring
to fulfil in the seclusion of her home.
DIR. Magruder, President of the Medical
Department Of Georgetown University. was
ser by a Post reporter last evening and asked
the effect of the use Of chewing. gum on the
chewer.
The chief effect. " he answered, would
be an enlargement of the masticatory muscles.
This enlargement would follow as naturally
as it would from the exercise of any other
muscle or set OF muscles. II would not add
anything to the appearance of a young lady
to have her jaws stick out prominently from
this cause"
Does the use of the gum affect diges-
ton
Not at all, SO far as 1 can see, except that
it might impoverish the glands OF secretion,
saliva ON digestion is secured when it comes
in contact with food in the mouth. When it
passes into the stomach nfter eating there is
no effect of it whateye OH the food already
taken. II is n little beneficial in cleansing the
teeth"
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"PAoLA."

''Paola, or; The First Of the vendettns," the
new comic opera by Harry Paulton and NIostyn
Tedde. now running at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre. contains n delightful surpriso-big and
overwhelmingly Miss Louise Bcaudet. Here
We all were. resigned to the inevitable, in the
shape of the statucsduo but unconvincing
Pauline Hall. the lovely but ar-fron-yiyncio
Lillian Russell, the wooden UrQuhart and tA-
pleasing Manola. We know we had lovely
women, with irreproachnblc voices, and pleas
ant.mauners. But tho chic OF a Thco. and the
cdchst of q Judic, have been unknown in this
city. Our comic opcra queens are very hand
some but very placid. They feel that there is no
need for them to unbend, or perhaps they don't
know how to do il.
Miss Louise Bcaudet, as | said before, is a sur
prise. Her methods are entirely different to
those Of any of the ladies | have mentioned
above. She could give every one of them lessons
in chic. Her rendering of the little song en-
titled. 80 Course You'll Please Yourself. is a
bit of artistic work that deserves the highest
praise, and in the first act her songs, with tho
lit grace OF the accompanying dances, are
charningly in evidence. Miss Bcaudet il not
pretty. She hasn't the languorous eyes and
ripe red lips " CHATS the correct expression,
isn't it, Of Miss Russell, the daring outlines of
Pauline Hall, or the cool, Mctropolitan-Museum
of-Art beauty of Miss UrQuhart. She has
n laughing mouth. some regular white
teeth and an appealing smile. In fact, she
has just good looks enough to get along with.
Miss BeAudet IL the attraction of PRoln, and
she has the art of appearing unconscious of
this. spied Rudolph Aronson in n box last
night. was glad of it, because, l reflected. he
can now 90 back to his little Casino and explain
to the lovely ones there several little comic
opera knacks made known by Miss Boaudot aud
not seen here since Theo left. Miss Beaudet's
voice isn't at all remarkable. II is good, and she
knows how tn use il. To think of tho time she
lost 'Jekyll-and- Hyding " all over the country {!
Well, We won't bother about IL, as it isn't pleas
ant to mediate upon the miVht-have-boens.
"Paola ia a success. There is no doubt
about IL. And its success is duo to some very
pleasing SONGS and to its dainty reminiscent
music rather than to the librcttos. The book of
"Paola is infinitely too long, and there il a
great deal too much PNultou in it. Mr.. Paulton
is clever and funny, but a little Of him goes a
long way. There is a fearful plenty of him in
'Paola."
A cute little lady il Miss Lenore Snyder, who
has a pair of wistful, Chinese eyes and n slcn-
der, cultivated voice. The tenor, Mr.. Chauncey
Olcott, is very inadequate. l heard somebody
i'll the audience say that he was Tart from
Tartville. | only mention this to show how
horribly slRngy a metropolitan audience can
be. Mr.. Olcott'B movements have the delight
fully uncertain icrkiness of the marionctte.
One thing in his favor is 'that he sings correctly.
ALAN DALE.
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A Neat Reply.

A young lady of Mississippi was visiting
tho bluegrass region of Kentucky, and was
entertained Mt n dinner party at the Gov
ernor's mansion. During the course of the
dinner n degenerate son of the Governor
talked loosely about things in general. and
among them Of u visit Ia Mississippi. remark
my that he had not seen IA pretty woman in
Mississippi awaited her opportunity. and
during "A lull in the conversation turned and
asked The Governor if what she had heard of
the gentlemen Of Kentucky were true. The
Governor wanted to know what it was. and
the attention of the whole company was di-
rected to the lady's response:
well" said she, II heard that Kentucky
gentlemen educate their horses and turn
their SOM out TO grass"
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was an evil that might have been averted.
Monotony is the curse of married life, Alike.
1t is not real misery that most people feel. 1t
is infinite boredom-the being chained day
after day and night after night to the COM
partnership of one man or one woman: Life
requires variety. If only we would trust
each other more, love would live longer than
il does"
Mine is dead enough" said Alike. with a
II don't believe it. l think it is only
sleeping. Wake it up, Alike. Don't let your
self down to my level, See Mr.. Nereker when
he comes back from Norway"
Has he zone to Norway ?"
Yes; with the Laytons, in their yacht.
Hadn't you heard of it? Charlie says he
started a month ago. And now good-by. 1
only came to say that one thing. Go back to
your husband"
Never" cried Mrs. Vereker, emphatically,
g never" And as soon as her friend had left
her she went to dress to go TO the theatre with
Lord Percy Seton. II was so delightful to feel
that she could make appointments and choose
her w companions and 20 where she liked
without asking leave or encountering jealous
frowns for her most innocent actions. For
Alike Nereker was essentially innocent of any
intention of evil. But her husband had fallen
INTO the error of most husl ands. and supposed
that his gigantic intellect and intallible judg-
ment must prove sufficient food for her
mental appetite to her Iife's end and
all other men were TO be 10 her
as shadows 49, morally as we'll as physically.
And to a bright active temperament,
one intellectual companion always surprising
he is intellectually IL not sufficient to supply
the mental Iced. There is such q thing in
this world rs feeding upon each others brains,
and when the brain iood is exhausted, nervous
irritation succeeds the void. II is the cause
of half the q~uarrels in this world. Give the
brain. fresh impetus. fresh thoughts, fresh
ideas. aud the moral equilibrium is restored.
Yet a wife cannot show any interest in a male
friend. or appear to fell pleasure in his
society or conversation, without being
accused of evil intentions regarding him.
Ibis is the cause of the failure of marriage.
This is where the chain gals, because love
go called is the most selfish passion in the
world.
Lord Percy Seton was a man from the
idea Of making love TO whom, Alike Vere-
ker would have shrunk with aversion, but he
ways had some fresh stories to tell her or
bon n,ots to repent. He admired her also;
and what woman does not ike 20 be admired
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DIdn't Like the Milk.

TFrO0 TT- UITt
A London Bishop had gone own into the
country TO visit q charitable institution. into
which poor lads had been drafted from the
East End of London and, in addressing them
he congratulated them on the delights of their
new residence. Tho boys looked unaccount-
ably gloomy and downcast, and tho Bishop
kindly asked:
Are you not comfortable? Have you any
complaints to make 2"
AT last the leader raised his hand.
The milk. my lord
why, whit on earth do you mean2 The
milk here Is tenfold better than you ever had
in London!"
mo, indeed, it ANTI cried the boy.
In London they always buys our milk out
Of n nice, clean shop, and here-why, here
they squcezes it out of n beastly cow"
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breed fresh ideas. ] am sure of that, BERTHE"
- Have you bsen trylng the experiment.,
and does il answer z"

breed fresh ideas. ] am sure of that, Berthe"
- Have you bsen tryrng the experiment,
and does it answer"
Pretty we'll "
'Only-ichdi ~
a." have no one at home to tell my fresh
ideas TO. .a~nd-and---. Oh! BERTHE! l can
not help Il. know l am wretchedly weak,
but / am IN SCRABBLE" cried Alike, as she
flung her head down on the table and burst
into tears.
His arms were round her in a moment.
His handsome head wa pressed close to her
own. His lips were seeking hers with eager
imratience-ihnse lips that were faint and
hungry with long fasting.
My OWN. my darling, speak TO me, for I
too am miserable. | have tried every syail-
able means To Danish you from my heart,
without effect. Let us try the old life once
more, Alike; for if | cannot have my wife, I
must remain lonely to my life's end"
But they say" she sobbed-" they say
you have some one else"
They tell the biggest lie they ever told in
saying 30. Believe me, Alike, that / have
never loved nor made love to any woman but
yourself"
Not even Mrs. Layton?"
Mrs. Layton is the wife of my friend"
he answered, proudly. wBpt do not Jest on
to mel, That is the only way to stop these
scandals"
"Oh, BERTHE! am so afraid"
Afraid of q repetition of the pGst? No,
shi'ANN NV AANSN tSN D'H 49, 49,
thinking deeply since we parted. and l can
see the unworthy suspicion and s~eltishness
that would bind q woman to the enjoyment OF
one mau's society DULY, IN its true light. We
must ne gods before we eau hope TO ill up
all the measure of friendship as well as of
love. Give me your love, sweetheart, and
you may have what friends you choose"
You have d1Cdys had my love. Berthe,
from the first moment that / saw you. Do
you remember when you asked me to marry
your
And you threw yourself in my arms"
Like this. a." she cried. as she abandoned
herself so his c~aresses, and wept out her
weary beurt upon his breast.
AND now " said BERTHE, as pale with pas
sion he tore himself away from her, and
now, perhaps, Mrs. Vereker, you will give
me some coffee"
And as he was drinking il he glanced with
a mischlevous look into her adoring eyes and
exclaimed
"Ohl what will mamma say p
1.-THE RND.l
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Come and tell me oil about 1t. There Is no
bar, thunk goodness, 10 Our meeting now"
But her friend shrank from her.
| cannot accept it. l will not sit down in
your house. You see that l was even
ashamed to send up MY name"
But, my dear, why should You object II
do not? / am free TO do as | choose now.
| am separated from Mr.. Vereker.n
" have heard it. That is why Lam here.
Oh! Alike, go back to him before it is too
late. 1t is so dangerous for q young woman
TO live apart from her husband"
Mrs. Vereker drew herself up proudly.
ut is already too late. The deed is signed.
And l wonder at your counselllng such a
step, Cissy. You who were 80 unhappy In
your own married life that you were COM
PEELED 20 leave it. Have you repented al
rtadyg" To-
t~at;ngly. :" love Charlie (as l have often told
o and Mr.. Bandon did not make me
Happy. 0nly-,S SNye thought E/oce that it
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FIVE DOLLARS For A TRICK.
How n Clever BArroom Trickster Fleeced n
Crowd.
IFrem n. rhOa I.iph,1 inquirer.

tTrem ne Fhia ieiph'1 Inquirer.
"You see this dollar ?" said ono Of q conf
pany of men in front of n rosewood bar in
one of the leading hotels in Philadelphia, and
he handed a dollar TO one of the group. who
examined il and passed it around among tho
company. All decided that there was moth.
ing unusual in its appearance unless II was
counterfeit.
mo, tia not counterfeit" eaid the first
speaker. but / will lot you take that dollar,
spin it on the bar. | will turn my back, aud
will tell you whether IL turns head or tail"
impossible" said one of the doubters,
unless YOU use n looking glass"
No, ! don't use anything, and I'll bet you
drinks I'll tell IL every time"
Done" said the doubter.
The man turned his bnck to the bar. the
coin was spun. and, as it settled, he called
out
Heads"
II wns heads.
MAKE it three out Of five times for another
round" said another of the group.
"Certainly." consented the stranger. ac-
commodatingly.
Again the coin spun around and tails"
was called, The third time II turned tails, 4"
ind n third time the stranger called"
81 cnn keep 1t up all night, gentlemen, "he
said smilinglv.
The drinks were paid for and the stranger,
nnuer tine Eehlnl lnnnenc OF the liquor and
the urgent requests of the company. said:
don't often give my tricks away. but II
will leak out sooner or later. Nou see. gen
tlcmen, the coin on the head side is nIcked
very slightly by a knife. the hicks being
about an eighth of an inch apart. The hicks
are 40 small as to be scarcely perceptible.
When You spin the coin, IL II turns on the
nicked side IL settles quickly. whereas on
the other side it slowly settles, taking fully
twice ~ long TO die as on the other side.
by the difference in sound, you see. | can
tell which side turns up, or. rather, down..
It's all old by sound"
The coin was handed around and spun
again. and what the stranger said proved
true, much TO the delight of the group, who
were glad, apparently, ms is usually the case,
to get hold of n trick watch at first seemed
inexplicable.
"fhere. fix me q dollar that way" said one
of the group. handing out the money, and the
other four requested a like favor at the hands
of the stranger. who, taking out a penknife.
obhgingly did as requested. Then. bidding
them a polite good night. he gracefully re-
tired, leaving the group spinning their coins
Suddenly one of them picked up his dollar,
examined It, nnd quickly flung it on the bar,
the sound given out being the unmistaknble
dull, dead sound of q counterfeit.
" Done for So" satd he. ns he looked rue
fully at the door where the stranger had dis
appeared.
Well. we've learned a trick we'll worth
n dollar" said another, philosophically.
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II.

Thank heaven that is over, " she said to
herself with a deep sigh, aud yet-how
much l used, at one time. to think of him."
She drew the portrait out once more, just
to give it another look. 1t represented a
young man with the face of a Greek god and
the limbs of an athlete, and a bright, intelli-
gent c~ountenance that seemed as if it were
about to speak.
That is how he used to look when we
were first married. " thought the vile. He
has not looked like that for a long time
now, and abe thrust the picture out OF sight
again.
Al that moment her maid entered to tell
bud called to SIC her. Alike went in o the
drawing.room reluctantly, but gave vent TO
An ejaculation Of delight when she recognized
Mrs. Bandon.
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He Was n Jewell, Too.

~ Tu "UToUVT" TVV"rV'T
Darling" he said. your eyes are as
bright as diamonds, your teeth as white as
pearls, you lips as red as rubies, and
and"--
Yes, George. =" she replied sweetly, and
you're as green as an emerald"
Then George went out into the jet black
night.
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Prom hvnsev's Weekly

TTTVNV "WWT'V WFFTTV
flow do you like the moonlight sonata ?"
"Oh, we'll enough, but I DOM think 1t ia
quite up to Gilmore's Combine Galop."
II DOM think l ever heard that"
"Oh, you don't know what you've missed.
They play IL at Conev Island. II has the
'Boulanger March 'Peek.a-Boo.' Chopin's
funeral march, and Listen to the Tale Of
Woe going all at the same time"
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A, or lie Caron and Pigott were different
men.
John j. F1nmmer Harry Lyons came from
the Jersey City Baseball Club.
john R.-The conductor was required to give
change to the amount OF 81.
Metropolitan. -Twenty-eight eggs.
e. l.. D.-Apply to Postmaster Van Colt.
II. f.. B.-Apply at the school about ten days
before it opens.
r.. Ut is lawful for a man to marry his first
cousin.
B.-Thc Ne,os, Brimfeld, Ill.
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A Pet Excuse Exploded.

from The 7erre Hdufs ErTTeSEl
Mrs. Lateweddc-What is this In this black
bottle, mamma?
MAmma-That? On. that's whiskey. I
got il to put on a sprain.
Mrs. Latewedde-Is that whiskey2 Why.
it smells Just exactly like the stuff that the
barber puts on Henry's mustache sometimes.
Mamma-Did you ever see him put IL on ?
Mrs. Iatewedde-No-o, but that, is what
Henry tells me.
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A Little Wind.

Visitor-Been having a storm here?
Kansan-No, sir; we have not had a storm
here for over a year.
why. how does 1t come that all those
brick buildings are unroofed, that church
blown over. the School-house turned out into
the s. reet, and the clearinghouse torn up
and scattered about z"
"Oh, there was a little wind here yester-
day that shook things up some, but it didn't
amount TO anything. Just q good strong
breeZc.n
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Wouldn't Roast.

IfTO" INC AT"u"'d" TuU'''1'T
A shivering man was seen trying to climb
down into the crater of Mount Vesuvius. A
guide started forward with a cry of alarm.
What's the matter with you?" the man
asked.
"Merciful heavens" exclaimed the ex-
cited guide, you will be roasted"
That's all right. podner. DON'T you
worry about my being roasted. Pm from
St, Louis"
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His First Day ut the Beach.

TFTUW luz
"Oh, Uncle George" cried tender-hearted
little Rollo, his eyes filling with tears. let
us give some money to that poor woman over
there on the sand; see, she has hardly any
clothes M"
Sure enough, " said Mr.. George, why in
thunder didn't you point her out before?"
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Filling "a Prescription.

lFrom The rCHkeIS Gazette.
What prompted you to rob this mans
till ~ asked the Judge of the prisoner.
My fnmily physician" was the reply.
He told me it was absolutely necessary that
l should have q little change"
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Amer the Runaway.

tFrom L0s.l
He Csententiously)-But think of 1t, Miss
Laura, we should nave died together.
'Shc (musingly)-But think of it, Allyn,
how much better 70 live together.
(He took the hint.
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Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers
are offering limitations which they claim to
N be Pearine, IT " the same as Pearine."
hfW9Te It's falSe-they ire not, and besides are
wi dangerous. PEARLlNE is never peddled,
but sold by all god groces.
Manufactured only " JAMES PYLE. New York
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Are Young DIon Growing Wiser or Buster

Are Young Men Growing Wiser or Buster 2
From the Laurence AmericdA.l
Miss L~oneIy-I wonder where the flies go in
Winter?
Miss Byherself-I don't know, but I should
imagine that they 90 to the same place that
the young men go in the Summer. There
hasn't been one of the latter around this
hotel since we've been here.
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Took the Next Sten.

IFTOm The dTIdnsdT TTdreTer.I
do YOU see that gentleman,!"
Yes"
He wrote a great society novel last year."
You don't tell me Is he writing an
other one Z"
oh, no he is selling chewing-gum now"