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The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
cHlcAGo'5 WOMAN BooTeLAcR.
She Runs D;g Piaco and Fakes a Lot Of
 Money--lo- 1ay CT Doing Ii.

She Runs g D;S Piaco and E1aI-es Lot Of
 Money-11o- Uay CT Doing IL.
 The new woman, with her varied propenai,ies fa< engaging in Gll sorts of business which has heretofore bclonred to men, is ever before tec pablic, and she of Chicago exceeds all others ii searching new fields. for 2 fresh cxl.i- bition of energy. Nothing PhGgcs her fearless courage to grappLo wioh any thing she sees it to undertake. and tlc more masculine the eInployaeat t4ic moro consistent 1t sccrcs to be with her advanced ideas Of noIlanly v-ays and methods. The fact that the nu:-2ber Of occupations open to women have ia. creased from seventy to more than Eve hundred in less than forty yca1.;, I-,.st be exceedingly interesting to the fo!.-i- nine public Of CAi1aro siacci5 h23 done so much toward increasing the number. And now this city Of hustling vo,ron boasts with great pride of tho ''o4iy one on earth" who has ever eIlbarlcd in the shoe-drossing business. Til:s is indeed boon to the ladies of Chioaro, who find it impossible to wall, thrcc blocks without the need of 9 polish.
 The woman in question has been cs- tablished in this enterprise five months. One rclaov2l to more roo:ny quarters has been necessary daring tl2at time, and both men and women patronize her clean p2rlor. Tho condition of her own shoes after brief tramp tilrourh the streets Of Chicago sugccstcd tAc growing possibilities of tAi3 unique business for women, and her present success more than justi1es her jade- ncnt. A place where women can go to have their shoes cleaned and polished is certainly Q necessity il Chicago, and Miss Edison, tho solo proprietor and manager Of the 6asi0osS, las Q for,unc in prospect. The room is Et5cd up with nice, co;lfor,;s1-G cilairS Capa5lc, gentlcmanly boys arc hired to do tae work, and they receive a salary which is more than they can earn alone. Being situated ia Dearborn street, n the center Of large oiicc buildings, she has the best class Of custom. 4 ht.lc stand where good cigars and chewing gum are sold adds to her revenue. and yo2ag women vho work ia tlc various offices leave their bleycles y,itt her for storage for twenty-five cents a week.
 Miss Edison is dcscriocd by the Chi eago Tribune as z young woman wieh a business manner, who knows. in western sort Of a way, how 10 take car1 Of herself end I1al-c her cuatolers ob- serve the proprieics o6 her pI@ce. S21- urlay is her busiest day, and ostcn as many as a dczcn women arc in the chairs at one tine.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
cHcAcc.s DEAF MuTes.
They Are Educated, Industrious and Fair
 ly Prosperous.

They Are Educated, Industrious and Fair
 ly Prosperous.
 There are between six hundred and one thousand deaf mutes scattered through the city of Chicago, and they are all industrious ard fairly prosper ous, earning their living honestly and uncomplainingly. They can do any thing i1 w..ieh hearing is not absolute ly necessary, and enc would bc sur prised to know how many callings thIs includes. There are deaf-nute print CTS. painters, cabinet-mal.crs - and some Eooi cncs, too = shoeIa2kers, wood-carvers, barbcrs, who never pes ter the subject in the chair with re- marks about the weather or the races, bookkecpcrs, cigarmallers, holders, na- chinists and electricians. Four deaf mutcs are employed in the post office, where they do their work quite as ci- fcicntly e their companions. One is q lawyer, and another is chcIEist Among the woncn there are dress makers, Eiliincrs, printers, boollbind- CTS, paper-box makers and seam stresses.
 Most Of these, says thc Record. have homes of tilcir on n which both husband and wife are Inutes. la about one case in twenty-five the mute has . husbcnd or wife who speaks. It is cx- cccdiagly rare that the children of such m2lriagcs arc dcGf, and as the father and r-olhcr grow old t1cy have ties which connect then always more close y with the speaking world.
 Every provision is made in Chicago for the proper education Of deaf cliiI- drcn. There are four regular day schools conducted by the city board of education, o-e Ca lolic boarding school, and MeJoyan'5 private school at Englewood. A child who graduates from any Of these schools and wishes to obtain a higher education may 20 70 the college for the deaf at Washington, D. c. If the pupil is poor bat worthy, he is not compelled to pay tuition; otherwise it will cost hin abo1t two hundred and fifty dollars year. This college is the only ono of it's kind in the world. Nc5t Chicago deaf r,utcs receive their education at the state school in Jacksonville, III. A great part of the foreign element was edu- cated abroad and usually associate cc- cording to nationality
 The deaf natcs Of Chicago dc. not neglect the social side of their ffa. They have organized Q society which goes by the significant name of the Pas-a-Pas club. IL las nicely fur nished hall, where frequent literary and social entertainments are held. The members also meet from time 10 time in one another'3 homes, and they have quite as happy Q time, if i5 is not so noisy, as 6 corresponding number Of people who can hear and speak.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
N!aiTTlEG 6 COURAGE.
He I-azar;:od life aad Popularity in the
 Cause of Abolition.

He I-azari:od life aad Popularity in the
 Cause of Abolition.
 Before lie was thirty he had made up his mind that 1t wa5 hs duty to do what he could fer the relief of the unfortun- ate IT. rrocs who y-cro held in bondage in liic aouth. In 1GJ3 ic wrote q pam rl!lct called Justice and E:1rodicncy," in which lie considered thc whole qucs- ton cT al2vcry. and declared that 1t should cease forever. Three years later, writes Prof. Dr2ndcr Matthews in as. Ei-,,oiaa, hc became secretary of the An-i-Siavery society. h 1895 he yTc;,c to Iail2deicllia to cdit the Penn syIv&nia Erecio@I; and co boldly cid he aavoeatc tho right cf the negro to own liG5 zc-I tEao thc printing oAico was sacked UY a mob and burned. Then, 2s l1orc ta2a once afecrwarl for the scia2 causc, Whi5ticr was in danger of Lis l.rc.
 },A.tt;c~ showed physical courage in fach;G the ruf-iarS who wished to pre- v2l:t free speech; bat l-c had revealed thc higher neral courarc in casting his l3e vi.l ..le li5Clc band of aboiitionists. Ip to t..i5 tine lie h,d looked forward to lo2dicG public office, as well he l2ig,lo, wien many another journalist was stepping from the Newspaper desk no pubic lie. When he became enc e t-c snail band who denounced slavery, he gave ID all chance of office. He also is2d literary ambition, but so strong was enc power cf the slave owners then. and So intolcrent were t..oy. that most editors and publishers were so-oiy jntim;da,cd, and declined to pri2. ll1t only any attack on slavery, but even the other writings of an au- thcr Uao WIS known 2s an abolitionist. Tins Whittier, ia Identifying himself Eil tho a1ti-slavo1y novcmcnt, t,locrl,5 tlat he was giving up his lit cra~y lGt..o also. He made his dcci- sion promptly. and he never regretted t. iaaeol, in later life he said to bo5 u1 Gfcecn to whom Eo was giving cca1sel: ''IIy lad, # tlou wouldst win s,.cccss. jo:2 yourself to some unpopu- lar ba3 noble cause"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
OuEPCC'S CEEENSES.
1t Is Said T;ley y.o,.lI cios Sand Against
 E-ole-a Caas.


 Modem Caas.
 The time when Elacbee coull be called the Gibraltar of Ar-cviea aEd thc Ley to the St. Lawrence. and i.s lnuch- varntcd citadel an inpregAablc fort rcs5, is long since past. \ Series of re- ln2ri,ablo ad-.l;seioas upon this score hes iust been made il an interview with Kew York Ggn correspondent by ili~h oEicial e. the Canadian army.
 The whole sys,o.l Of for.iIcat.ons is so obsolctc that they gre nov positively valuclca5, and under thc modern methods of attack and defense i5 is certain that they would never be re- formed. At distance of ten niles fro:a thc citadel, whose Notifications, designed by the delle cf Wellington, cost Encl-ra soi1c twenty-Ivc million dollars, aoac@n ships of wc- could silence 2.ad Gcs,Icy tsls entire fortress vyl.a;n an hour. The oEto- walls of CEchcc, which cost tho French govern ncnt 90 much in treasure that ono of the l-inrs inquired if hey were built of gold, arc even rsorc worthless than the vo-l7s upon the citadel. Not half Q dozen nodera guns have been mourte1 upoI cny oc (:2c5ce's for.iioa- tions within the iasS coasurr. As fortress the whclo place i5 being gradually abandoned, end three hun drcd aod z-iEty.CanG iian troops stationcd in the citadel would bo withdrawn, but for the fact that tho ample bGrracl1 ac- ccrrcdaticn affords better facilities for housing them than those to be had elsewhere.
 There arc no possible raeans for pro- tccting Quebec from the operations of a hostile fleet, the advance Of which must be checked by naval defense at the month of the St. Lawrence or in the gulf.
 Cnc of the results Of the neglect of Quobec's Qualifications Of late is that tourists and visitors find t much easier to obtain admission to thc citadel and is worl1s, and the once famous but TOW crun- bling towers, tl.2n heretofore, in striI- ing contrast to Halifax, where no foreigner IS permitted to view it's splendid now system of fortiications, and nobody but officers in uniform is admitted inside is citadel.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
Safer g2aa Lrg2t.,iag roas.

Each dey adds some new virtues to the long list of those already credited to the pneumatic. The latest of these is that tAo wheels of . bicycle being cncircled by band of India ru5tcr and dry air-y:hi-h is a pcrfcc5 ia5u- l2tor-tlo rider is co,2pleteiy i-35ul@ted froza the earth. and, consequently. i impervious to the Gttacl-s cf inc cleo tric Guil. Thus, Goy by day t beco|cs more and nore . fact that life wi,ao1, a pneumatic tire is neither safe nor worth ha7ing. As the chances Of a nan on bicycle being struck by light ming lave been c2rcfally calculated to be abcut o2e jn 8 billion, says tae Wheel. there VIII. of course. be scne pess;la;sts who will deny taat this newly discovered virtue Of the pacu matic as l;ghtring insulator amounts Uo very much.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
Frrnsh con-t r,nnctnns.

The unusual number of coart func- lions os one sort and arotilcr ia Inc land and tie exceptional number of "drawing-ra2l:,s' at Euclzinrac.a palace this ycar hcve been t.2c Icaa,lt it is said, of additional activity i,1 Len don society. Tho new c-Gcr of ti2;-l.-s at I'uei1inghara l,;,loec thct rcrIriss b,ls two hundred presentations at g G:,a,1- ing-roo,n has been tie co araw':c ..1 to the serenity of I.o2doa's tcs1 ao1i..,-. Such an innovation raturally l.. caused a good deal of C;s>.-->, -->,77,,.a,r2ca to many ma.roC5 and n22i,.c2s WH1,1- names arrived at tae lo.l caa-e3e-- laiD's after t,e 1t cf lr.csr2.a a,;,.;... permitted l.ed ieen lied u2. Iae numbers of A:,cr.e2n ladies n r2r- ticular prcseatel gais aeaso2 lIas beeii smaller than for ao--e years.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
HiS GREAT o0aEgaE.
It Failed Becarse Iz:j E-:enl Eccu-e;l Co
 See tl.c To-..t.


 See tl.c To-1>t.
 sThe elevated railroad has j-st Ind to pay twenty thoasa-d dcllar5 Ec- cause one of is guards attael1cd a pas senrer and s--2as!Icd hi-n i2 the fccc. said Mr. Szecnor to 1I- Plotz, cecorll- ing to the Kew York World. .,o1v, 1 have 9 scheme. Ton and TIC aren't do ing anything jas5 nov, and vyo might put it into practice" :"
 What is i..?' demanded Plotz.
 '.I'l get . job as brakeman oa the cl- cvatcd, you get oa ny train and thca I'll attack you. hs soon a5 ] see you l become uncomfortable, make q wild dash for you, kick you in the stomach. knock cut ycar teeth. black yo-r cyc, end thca throw you oct of the win dow. Ycu s-e t!ae ccz-.22-.y, Gll the passengers tcct;Ey.eg tl1ct tho a-5..gll6 was entirely ulp-ovclIcd. cs it Urcs, a1d the j-rv vvilI cr-crl y3l anywhere fpt-n tgyc1i,.7 t,,o-l3aal to fifty t,,ousand dollars. Iso d.v:dc evenly, Of co-rsc. The bigger li-!-ilS give you the more money. .vc rct."
 No1 ---t-AA Nt aSS~~l ! ANANs- l 5~yS e--~ licl,inr, and we get thc7noney. Sup pose be the bral1c,nan! l used to sweep out Q railroad station. end I'll take to tho business eaaicr than you. Besides Tn Q harder pu2ohcr than you. After I get through with you the job would be worth sevcnty-lvc thousand dollars at least. How about i5?:
 '.No,'' replied 6l,oc1ner, the idea is mine, ard if I can't assi.-n the speak ing parts won't play. Oh, very well; ie you don't want to, simply don't. I'll just hire 12Gn for fifty dollars to let me pound him. and then I'll get all tho profits for myself. In going right down town now to sec Col. lIaia and get the job and you'll feel pretty sick when you read in the papers about an- other clevate1 gaard running amuolz and lclf-lillinr 2 passenger. Won't you wish you'd been hiIa? I'll be Q ricll 'nan in . week" And he headed for down town to get the job.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
TEE BICYCLE CANNON.
How l-,o Guns Hay Ee Mounted i,1 Future
 NV;-S

1lov- 40 Guns Hay Ice Mounted in Future
 N;;l. thc many ccw devices of fofense and C,efcusa WhicA have recently made t.e;r appearance comes the bicycle c.@:';a. The -un mounted on . bicycle w. ia l,.r2lc in New York city re- c>ntjy, and uGs seen bT thousands Of D 1. says t,le National Tribane.
 I-.c vehicle Was 2 twin cycle, in ap- pear4nco much Ike tricycle., and known as q duplex. IL is especially ii.'l. anI strong. Tie cannon, a steel ri-lc,i a.tair .tiirtyfos,r inches in l.G.-sh. c;,F.lt inches at the butt and foc. ;.s tAe llv1zle, and vcighinr about l2ztE }3alG.i, is swung between tAc two rcav wiiecles. resting upon the con- nc3-:A- acilc and i5 further supported from aboyo. Al Ingenious mechanism pcr-ci.s of the piece Of ordnance being raiarl e Ge-cc-cd to any angie.
 T4e c2iasol containing the amuuri- tion $ carried oa another duplex. Four ar, cryG,cI equip tlle battery. They arc l-, caco gun crew and motive power Two l1ca cn the seats can propel tho I,l1 pines with their heavy loads at q las,er g2te than horses have ever 1.iar-a ia ai.a;lar servicc. Tlo work of warcli-G lisc gun iato position is the wol.i C. .,n il5tant.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
e T I- ACs2c.

To most German visitors to oPomc Coz -e is 2 sort Of dict.y, and after his Gce every trace of his stay there. h. E;lit2n9rtant, was unearthed 2-l>. visited ;:s II it had been q sacred a,2riac. 0nc Of tl.eso ahrlncs is Q hu1blo inn, where the great poet used to t,.sc :, ,g!asS cf wine in tJac evening. Alr. Eudolf Lehman rcIates that an c-lt-'. i23tie young Teuton, cngaged in tl.i .s-, .g--,2 e, a5l1cd the waiter in his broken Itll-,,n whether this was really the spot ttlao Goethe rscd to visit. ''tscti, G5ti, no 10 oconoseo, Ihovor heard ci hi.-s, c2id tho waiter. Then, seeing suddenly tat he vas disappointing q 'c,lst o'acr. he G1ded; ''0h yes, of course, Goti-he has just thi5 rlomcrt gcn2."
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
nr.,:c F,srs1erz.

Modern iRjl,:5tr.y has Q foothold in the arceic regions. Mines gre worked CD q large scale, ard railroad regu- larly operated ia such ligi lasi5Cdes. This is tl2e caso n Sweden, where the LUlea-Gollivarc railroad, bailt for the prrrcse of carrying iron orc from the Gellivarc mines to tie seaport fLulea, extends fly miles above the arctic circle, and enjoys the distinction of be- iEg the first railroad to open u2 the friGil zo:e.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
WHAT A KITTEN cAM DO.
How Llttio Fellow Stopped Q Street Car
 ia Ta,s:r,c-c

How a Lltsio Fellow Stopped Q Street Car
 in Baltimore.
 Che little kitten, about five inches in length, held in check one morning re- gently the downtown traffic over the City and Suburban railroad, says the Baltimore Sun. A summer car stopped to take passengers, when tho kitten, standing CT the sidcwaii1 lcislrclv in- spactinG the car, suddenly determined on . personal inv2stigati of the inside workings Of rapid transit. She ran out into the street iameljatcly underneath the heavy batccry of the car and began clambcrinT a5ou6 tllc machinery. The conductor aul several Of tho passengers saw her, and al c:Iort was made to chase the kitten away. Canes ant u!n- brcilas were thr;rot underneath the car ather, and many emphatic commands to ''shoo!1 were given, bat it was evident she was too new in the world 0 under strnd English
 The passengers CT ioyed the joke at first, bat when t seemed taat tnc kit ten did not intend to conc cu5. those in hurry to begin the days toil became impatient, and the number Of the res cuera augmented rapidly. More canes and more umbrellas were t!nust at her, likewise more speeches of wicked turn. But she remained radistur5ed aud curled up as if she liked things in general, and meant to spend inc day there. When at last 1t appeared to the hurried DassenUcrS and icatc conductor that the only thing to do was to start the ear ard crush out tho poor little kitten life, she came to the conclusion that there arc other pleasures in the world besides rapid transit, and walked ont with tlicsati5liad air Of o-.c who Lad completely set at rest the cravings of curiosity. Then the c2r proceeded.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
The Ka.-s..s Fakes.

Kaiser Wilhelm is no@ spending ore million five hcaired s.sJclll3 dollars nn atdieions and Improvements . h.s r;.la 6 ia DcTi;a, w.s.,h val rcqi..r~ seven years to finish. Last year three hundred and ffsy thousand dollars was spent in rebuilding the northwestern end o5 the pal;, q.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-02-15
TABLE TRICKS.
The Old Lady vVas rot Up on Modern
 frl..t1o-na

Customs.
 Such a dear o--l rustic lady sat next ne ct q dinner inc cshor night. It was quite ''swo.I2 aG5'0ir. ia a fine restaurant, and when the coffee stage was reached she declined it and asked for a cup of tea, which had to be brewcd expressly for her. I saw her fidgeting around, a2rs z writer in the Louisville P05t, 50 asked her: Gan ! reach you aaytllirg?7 T can't find my napkin ring" she whispered. ''There are none" was my next re- mark. ''Ain't none? Iercy nc! Why not?"
 Its not the custom" I answered. "Wen, 1t seems kind of Glouchy," she said. We always have 'e-a as nome. 'A napkin ring implies thc1 the napkin is to b. used a~sin.;' l explained, '.&2li that woclA not be considered good form" H~2 tea had not cone, and the poor old soul felt grumpy, suppose, so this is what ] got n sections: ''Cfood form, Mercy Elcl never saw such LOU Of fads a5 people arc getting. Must not cut fish with yoar kRifc and can't have brtoer unless yosl ask for u, and having ice cream II t-:c middle Of your dinncc." She h2l received 8 2uHch be- twCcn the Svyco -bccalj and the duck ''And 70 tee u1los5 yoJ disturb the whole table, ard fo1c CT five kinds of liquor ilcca5 wiGc-''and women drinking t and Iccn. ai@oziag right here before U5. and yol ,lu5,a'5 take your fowl in Eour fingers We'll, do wonder how ] ever lived alI these years not knowing any Of th-se tIi-ls5!" Her tea raachcd hcr 4loa and l heard no moro from her.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-29
A BOY AND AN ORANGE.
laurence Hutton Tells How He Succunb-
cd to II Temptation In Ills Youth.

laurence Hutton Tells How He Succurnb-
cd to ~ Temptation In Ills Youth.
Tho boy was taught, from the earliest
awakening of his reasoning powers, that
truth was to be told and TO be respected
and that nothing was more wicked or
more ungentemanly than broken
promise. He learned very early to do as
he was told and not to do, under any
consideration, what he had said he would
not do. Upon this last point no was
strictly conscientious, although once,
literally, he "bcat about the bush. :"
His Aunt Margaret, always devoted to
plants and to flowers, had, OH the back
stoop of his grandfathers house, d littlc
grove of orange and lemon trees in pots.
Some one of these was usually in fruit
or III flower, and the fruit to the bow
WAS great temptation. He was very
fond OF oranges, and it seemed to him
that homemade orange. which he
had never tasted, must be much better
than grocers orange rs homemade
tho wonderful cakes made by tho pro-
fessional Mrs. Milderberger.
He watched those little green oranges
from day to day as they gradually grew
big and yellow in the sun. He promised
faithfully that he would not pick any.
but he had Il notion that some of them
might drop off. He never shook tho trees,
because he said he would not. But he
shook the stoop, and lie hung about the
bush, which no was too honest to beat.
One unusually tempting orange, which
he had known from its bUdnood finally
overcame him. He did not pick it off,
he did not shake it Off He COMPROMISED
with his conscience BY lying fiat on his
back ana biting off u picco of it, 1t was
not il very good action, nor was it I. good
orange, and for that reason, perhaps, he
went homo Immediately and told Oh
himself. He told his mother. He did not
tell his Aunt Margaret.
His mother did not seem to bo as
much shocked mt his conduct rs ho was
But III her own quaint way she gave
him TO understand that promises were
not made to he cracked any moro than
they were made to be broken-that he
had been false to himself in heart, if not
Ill deed, and that he must 90 back and
make it "all right with his Aunt Mar
garet. She did not seem to be very much
shocked either; he could not tell why.
But they punished the hoy. They made
him eat the rest of the orange
He lost all subsequent interest III that
tropical glade, and he has never cared
much for domestic oranges since. "a
Boy Knew" by Laurence fulton, in
st. Nicholas.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-29

Lho best oyster experts that know
OIL SAID tho captain of an oyster boat,
"ludse an oyster by the smell, instead
Of ~ the taste There is something
about tine smell Of any oyster that indi-
Gates It's condition 10 me much palmer
than does tho taste. People buy them
ana cat them probably on account Of
their taste. SO also do they buy tea,
coffee and the various grades of whisky
and brandy for their taste, but all ex-
perts on those things pass upon them
entirely BY their smell. The professional
tea faster or whisky faster, so called.
never tastes them, but simply arrives at
their taste by their pecularities of fla
yor, or to speak plainly, smell.
Il can tell what price load of oys-
terS will be rated at when they arrive at
the wharf here by opening up the hold
Of the boat and smelling In eight cases
out of ten am right. 1t strikes OYSTER
men as strange when they see persons
going about from boat to boat MS they
ne at the wharf, tasting oysters before
hey conclude to buy. Taste is al right.
hut If they don't smell right they will
nevcr taste right. Washington Star.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-29
FORGETFUL MR.. BlLLTOPS.



"Forgotful:" said Mr.. Billions.
"Well, we'll, We'll, | should say so!
haven't any memory at all. ii L want
to remember anything, l have To mako
memorandum of it, and then twist tho
paper around my key ring, or shut it in
my knife. or tic it through tho ring of
my watch. l can't remember ANYTHING
ut all.
Mrs. Billtops tried for days to get
me 10 take Claude's shoes to the shoe.
makers. He'd Worn them through on
the solcs and put on his best shoes to
wear while the others were bcin: fixed.
Every day Mrs Billiops would put the
bundle on the table ncar mo rs l read
the paper and say:
Now, Ezra, don't forget the shoes.
And | would look at Thorn and say
all right, and then forget all nboutthen
and 90 away without them
"Onc morning Mrs. Blltops said to
me, Ezra, l have put Claudc's shoes in
your hat
That really did seem like business
1t did really seem as though when
came to pick up my hat would take
the bundle out of it and put The hat on
my head, and that then, being ready TO
go and having the bundle actually in
my hands, [ would take it along and
leave it at the shoomakcr's. ] laughed
TO myself rs L thought what tromen-
dously shrcwd woman Mrs Billions is.
But
Il am rs particular rs am forgctful.
never 90 out i'll the morning without
first brushing my hat. l took the bundle
ont of my hat and laid it on the table,
brushed my hat and
Mrs Billtops looked at me Just "a
little reproachfully that night when
came home, but that was all Next day
She took the shoes 20 the shoemakcrs
herself New Yorl, sun.