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IN HIGH LIFE.
Wedding of Prominent Colored Peo-
 pie Performed Last Night.

Colored social circles are all agog over the wedding of Mir. Charley N. Epps to Miss Julia E. Jones. The ceremony took place at St. Paul's Baptist church last "Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock, Rev. Rodgers officiating.
 The church was handsomely deco rated.
 The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mat Jones and a niece of Wiley and Jim Jones.
 The groom is barber at Gays barber shop and is late of Missis- sippi.
 The attendants were W. T. H. Hall, P. R. Henry, J. H. Langford, Misses Blanche Gordon, Alice Fra zier and Fannie Jones.
 A reception was given at Jones hall after the ceremony. The hal was decorated with Japanese Ian terms and colored lights. A ban quet was also given. Fine music was furnished and all indulged 1T the dance.
 The Ivy Leaf Social Club present ed the couple with a valuable table and chairs.
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Cotton Belt Excursions.

Special Excursion Pine Bluff to Tex
 arkana, May 18th, 1898.
 Leaving Pine Bluff 6 q. m. May 15, the Cotton Belt will run special ex- cursion train to Texarkana arriving 1 D. m., rate $l 50 for the round trip; returning train will leave Texarkana at 7:30 p. m.. arriving at Pine Bluff 2:30 a. m. May 16th.
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Convention of Women's Parsonage
 and Home Mission Society, Hot
 Springs, April 2sth to May 1st.
 For this occasion the Iron Noun tain Ky. will sell tickets to Malvern and return for one and one-third fare on the certificate plan. Limit of cer titicntes May 4th.
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You can buy choice sugar-cured hams for 10c per pound, 3lb. eau tomatoes, lb. can pie peaches. lb can pork and beans. 3 lb. can lye hominy, lb. can table peaches, 3lb can best corn, at 10c each at Mctain Grocery Go. dtf
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Messrs. NJ. B. Reynolds, J. R. Camp bell and J. W. Hag ans arrived in the city yesterday to enlist in the Jeffer- son Fencibles and follow thefortunes of war in Cuba.
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Miss Nell Collier entertained the Bachelor Maids yesterday evening with a moonlight picnic Q Sulphur Springs. Full mention wi.l be made in the social columns of Sundays is- sue of the Daily GRAPHIC.
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The poor and rich alike can now purchase the Perfect Baking Powder and enjoy good bread and health be- cause it's reasonable in price and as pure as chemistry can make it.
 gil dlm.
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MARRIED.

Mr. W. $. Jones and Mrs. Fannie Mckenzie were united in marriage last Wednesday, night at s o'clock at the home of the bride on West Third avenue, Rev. J. r. Carr offfci- ating.
 The bride was formerly connected with the new Telephone Co.,, as ex- change.
 Mir. Jones is a brakeman in the em- ploy of the Cotton Belt road
 The GRAPHIC extends to MT. and Mrs. Jones it's congratulations.
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Gunther's famous chocolates and bonbons at Mitchelfs. only, POS Main street. II F If
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MT. Thos. ". Martin, of Hot Springs, Grand Chancellor for the State of Arkansas of the Knights of Pythias, arrived in the city yester- day afternoon on business concern ing the Knights of Pythias.
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Ladies, the baking powder named "Perfect', is free from adulterations. made by competent chemists and will not cause sallow skin or indi- gestion. 3-ll I'm.
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Gen. Clem K. Schaer and wife and Mrs. r. H. McHenry were visitors in the city yesterday.
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Misses Sue Knox and Edna Tucker left yesterday on a visit to Mrs. Gar rett, of Lake Dick.
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Advertising Fans at prices as low as can be found elsewhere at the Ad. ams- Wilson Printing Co. If
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Messrs. E. r. Ladd and H. W. Walker, of Ladd station, are in the city today.
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MT. W. E. Ladd, of Helena, is a visitor to the city today.
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Mir. James c. Wood and Mrs. Belle McAdams were married at the brides residence on South State street yes terday evening at o'clock.
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If you want chewing gum call at Mccain Grocery Go. and get 15 cents worth for cents. dtf
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You can use any grade of flour and have good biscuits, light-bread and pastry if you use the Pure Baking Powder named ''Perfect'' d-tf.
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HARD AT WORK.

The ranks of the Jefferson Fenci- bles are rapidly filling up, and by the time the Governor makes his call for troops the company will have it's full quota of 100 men. The armory last night presented aliyely and war like scene.
 The volunteers are being drilled every night and a dozen awkward squads are being put through the tactics by the regular members of the company.
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For electric bells. wire. etc, tele- phone G. c. Gady, Old Phone, No. 400. dlm
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All kinds of fresh spring vegetables at Joe c. Meyers. dtf
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MT. Geo. Purvis, of Warner, is . visitor to the city today.
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Fresh strawberries received every day at Joe Q. Meyers. dtf
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MT. J. Griffin, of Little Rock, is in the city today.
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If you want your orders delivered at once, you can get it at Joe C.. Meyers. dtf
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Woman's Parsonage and Home Mis-
 sion Society Meeting, Hot Springs,
 Ark. April 2S to May l.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets to Malvern at rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale April 2 to 30 inclusive; return limit May 4.
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Labor Day Celebration. Shreveport, La. May 2nd.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of $5.65 for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 2nd; return limit May 3rd.
 H BRINGMAN, Agent.
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Mothers Praise Hoods Sarsa parilla, because, by it's great blood reniching qualities, it gives rosy cheeks and vigorous appetites to pnuy children.
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CITY ITEMS.

Col. A. s. Morgan, of Camden, was visitor to this city today.
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The leading gro eers delight to sell the genuine pure baking powder named Perfect ,. Use it always.
 3-11 q I'm.
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GCROFULA in its worst form S yields to the blood cleansing power of Hoods Sarsaparilla. Thousands of cases have been perfectly CURED.
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Hoods Pills are the favorite family cathartic and liver medicine. Price 25c.
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Stop at Gleason's Hotel when you visit Little Rock. dtf.
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,---.-.~...--..s- sut lrrIvu n SIX muufhs prescribed by law.
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tells the same story. The island be-
came a buttress Of slavery as soon as
the Spanisrds could proftably import
Africans to make slaves OF them. In
1858 the English government induced
Spain to quit stealing Africans. but
this they got around at once by bring
ing over Asiatic coolies. who became
slaves i'm almost every sense. In 1870
official figures. according to the London
Times, showed in Cuba $4,000 slaves; In
1873, 2s7. 200, and in 1876. 1873. 600. 1t is a
land of pitiless slavery now.
These facts give a faint intimation OF
the cruelty. venaiity and imbecility which
have characterized Spanish rule from
the day that the gaIieons Of Columbus
dropped anchor at Santiago. As a
writer in the Philadelphia Press well
states 1t. ITO abate this colossal null
sance and to disinfect the western hem
isphere of so odious a presence Is a duty
that the American republic can no
longer neglect"
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Naval Battles.

- HE whole world is alive with
curiosity and speculation as to
the results of a naval battle with
modern warships. 1t is the common
opinion that bravery won't for
much as between vessels Of equal size
and character, but that the determin-
ing factors will be mechanical skill and
practical ~sesmanship. The element OF
luck may also play a part. but IL IL does
II is altogether likely to favor the side
that exhibits the best generalship-
the winds and the waves" says Glib
bon. ARE always on the side Of the
strongest navies."
The Americans have this advantage
over the Spaniards TO begin with. that
they are a nation of mechanics. while
the Spaniards know as much about
machinery as they do about humanity.
That the Spanish navy is already short
OF competent engineers is a notorious
sact.
One prominent naval officer gives this
as his opinion OF a naval battle: i be-
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The COUNCIL MEETING.
Another Night VIII Probably he Devoted
to sewer Talk.

The city council will meet tonight in
adjourned session, and in all probability
Il will be another night of sewer talk.
At last Thursdays council meeting II
was decided best to postpone the adver-
Using for bids for the construction or
the Fourth street sewer until tonight.
That was lone for the purpose OF CIV
ing the aldermen time to examine the
plans and specifications of the city en-
gineer. Furthermore IL is u That
the council may decide to advertise Tor
three instead of one sewer-the Fourth
street main and a couple of laterals. In
case this is done. it Is believed that near
~ 81, 900 can be saved. and by some OF
the members of the council II Is looked
upon as being greatly preferable to let
ting the contracts for the different sew
ers separately.
Besides the sewer proposition, there Is
not much of general interest to come up
at lo-night's meeting. so far as known,
hut IL can never be told what a council
meeting might jump up. There ID d
likelihood hat the proposition TO put
two OF the policemen on bicycles VIII
come up again. The proposition was de-
feated at the last meeting. The city's
Photographic exhibit at Omaha may
also come up, and the matter relating to
the Hearst free library dedication Is also
booked for tonight.
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Anaconaa Meas.
HORSES BIZ NED ALIVE.
A Barn mt the foundry Burns ana M"eh
Propertx DE- stroy.d

A Barn mt The foundry Burns an" ""eh
Property Destroyed.
At 2:30 o'clock this morning the
dry department was heard to blow the
signal OF fire. 1t was some time after
the whistle began to blow that box IL.
at the corner OF Sixth and Jefferson
streets, was pulled. The department..
however, was In readiness, having
heard the alarm from the whistle.
The fire was in the foundry depart
ment barn, just west of the n
itself. In the barn were IL horses. three
of which were taken out unhurt, and
two others were taken out while the fire
was in progress. The animals last taken
out are slightly hurt. There were many
tons of hay in the barn, and IL was on,y
after the hardest work that the 1remen
could get the fire under control. The
hay made a tremendous blaze. the heat
of which was unbearable. Besides. the
smoke was so dense hat no man could
venture inside the barn.
superinIendent j. =. Hickey was at
the fire and stated to a Standard re-
porter that there were electric lights
and steam radiators I'm the barn. but
nothing else that could possibly u
a fire, so far as he knew. There were
no stoves. He was of the firm belle;
that the fire was caused by i~ncendiaries.
At the hour Mr.. Hickey was spoken to,
the fire was still In the height OF Its
fury. but the firemen had succeeded in
cutting their way into the rear of the
barn in two places, and 1t is thought
that the fire will be e~xtinguished In a
short time. Mr.. Hickey estimates the
loss, If the horses inside the barn are
dead, and there Is little doubt that
they are. at from 81, 900 to loo. The
shed at the west side of the barn was
filed with buggies and other vehicles.
which are a total loss. 1t is more than
likely hat Mr.. Hickey's estimate is
lower han otherwise. At the hour of
closing this page the firemen have the
fire under control.
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ANOTHER BIT OF HUMoR.
McFadden Was Afraid h Adtutant
Horse Would Burn Up.

u0ueu was AFFIRM THO AOJus0uto
Horse Would Burn Up.
Manus McFadden was with his regi-
ment at the encampmept in Springfield
last summer. The heat at this time
was terrific. Anybody who has been at
Springfield in the summer time and has
walked over its brick sidewalks knows
what the sun can throw up into his face
on a clear day.
The Seventh regiment was scheduled
for maneuvers, and the temperature
registered at the hospital tent was los.
This was in the shade. Away out on
the prairie, where the grass was dry
and the blue flowers were shriveled. the
gallant boys were lined up I'm company
front. At their left and in advance
was Adtutant kerwin. who was mount
ed on a horse whose bones were ready
to shake five skies. Manus McFadden
looked at the beast. He was a corporal,
ana loyal to his superiors. But he had
one complaint to make, and II was this:
Walking up to Major Ennis, he said:
Major, they ought to put a
on that horse that the adjutant Is
riding"
What for?' inquired the officer,
looking at the man with the one chew
ron on his sleeve. Its 105 here at the
tent and 1t must be 120 out there in the
field. The horse of the adjutant is
sweating now. Why the use of a blan-
ket?"
We'll, I'll tell you. major" said Cor
poral Manus McFadden Of the Seventh.
II saw the horse eating hay to-day
and unless there's a blanket on him
the sun will set him on fire."
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AN EARLY FIGHT.
In n Barroom Tussic n Man Has HIS
Leg Broken and Ia. bruised Up.


Leg broken and Ia. Bruised Up.
At about 1880 o'clock this morning, in
the Turf Exchange saloon, occurred a
barroom fight, the result of which will
probably lay one of the combatantS up
for some time. The fight had been
brewing for some hours before it finally
came to its serious elimination. IL
seems that four men were playing pool
in the Turf Exchange. A man named
Malone was also in the saloon. but was
not a member of the pool-playing
party. According to the testimony OF
those who were present II is said Ma
lone began making remarks about n
of the players. Malone was Trunk and
no attention was paid to him for a time,
but his words became so
that finally one of the men told him to
desist. He did not cease his talk, but,
instead, rushed at the man who told
him TO stop and made a smash at him.
The man ducked the blow and let fly
the billiard cue he had in his hand at
the time. and caught Malone over the
eye. The man who hit Malone then
turned his cue over to a bystander n
left the house. Malone followed.
In a short time the man returned,
thinking he had gotten rid of Malone,
but he had been in the saloon only a
moment when Maloneacame in. Malone
started in to abuse Craig. one of the
players. who. up to this time. so far as
IL appears. had taken only a minor part
in the fray. Some of Craig's friends
tried to pacify Malone. but ne kept up
his abuse. Finally Craig himself came
forward and approached Malone. The
two got into a fight in about a minute.
1t was no trouble for Craig to floor bis
opponent, and he did throw him to the
ground several times. Each time he
was released Malone got up. ready for
more fight. In one of his falls he sus-
tanned what appeared to be a broker
leg. besides a badly bruised forehead.
After a great deal Of delay a conveyance
was secured and the injured man was
taken to the hospital. so far no one
has been arrested.
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e PAGES.
MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1898.
Taking Ships Instead Of Cuba.

- CAPTURE OF three more Span
n ish ships by the Americans was
the net result OF yesterdays
operations. The guns of MORO castle
'.bellowed and Numbered on h flag
ship New York. but that is all they did
do. Captain Chadwick let them below
and thunder TO their hearts content.
and turning over went to sleep again.
Although the American people r
anxious for decisive action. they must
recognize the wisdom of delaying the
bombarding game until we are In shape
to complete the conquest of the Spani-
ards in Cuba. II the ports of the island
are eficiently blockaded. II will be m
possible for the Spanish forces long to
maintain themselves. General scott
took six months to organize and disci-
pline his troops before he started on
his successful invasion OF Mexico. and
his prudence was amply repaid. To
unacclimated men the danger from
disease. particularly at this season OF
the year. is far greater in Cuba than II
was in Mexico The Spaniards. those in
Cuba at least. are admittedly poor SOL
diers: in a fair fight the Americans
could ~vanquish twice or three times
their number with ease. But there are
much worse things to fear In Cuba
thar the Spanish m 1t appears to
be the wisest plan for the present to
complete the mobilization of the army
in an orderly and expeditions manner,
and in the meanwhile to content our
selves with blockading the Cuban ports
n supplying the insurgents with
arms and ammunition so that they can
prevent the Spaniards in Havana. Ma
tanzas and the other cities from receiv-
ing food from the interior.
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Spain's Honor.

- wad some power the giftie gle
~ Spain to see herself as others
see her. Nothing could be more
absurd than her assumptions Of honor
and morality. Her reply TO the ultima
tum Of this government is a grandstand
performance. intended for effect both
upon the European power n her
own people. Spain realizes the neces-
sity OF intoxicating in the rank and file
fighting for a cause" a great prin-
ciple.
In a population between sixty n
seventy per cent. of which is illiterate.
IL is not so dificult to onv a belief
that the moon is made of green cheese.
that the war against the Cuban insur-
gents has been a war of humanity,
n that SPANS honor is as glorious
and respondent as the sun. 1t seems
hardly possible. bui IL is unquestion-
ably true. that many of the more intel
ligent Spaniards hav persuaded them
selves that they are in the right of il.
The Spaniards are exceedingly provin-
cial and they seem to have distorted
Spanish history TO suit themselves.
Witness the talk of Ssgasta and Of the
Spanish press 10 the effect that the de-
~xtruction OF the Maine would be CON
trary to Spanish tradition" What is
Spanish tradition but an almost unin-
~terrupteC succession of acts OF treach-
cry. cruelty and infamy? The iiliterate
Spaniards may not know II. but all the
rest o: the world does. Spanish
honor" What rot.
According TO the historians. Spain. on
discovering Cuba. found there some
400. 900 aborigines living In a state OF
happy tranquility among themselves
worshiping a great and benehcent being
and c%herishing belief in the immortality
OF the soul. Before 1860 the original pop
ulation had vanished from the island. Ir
1888 French p~rivateers reduced Havana
TO ashes. repeating the medicine in 1854
For $50 years thereafter Spanish honor
was kept trembling like Jelly for fear Of
attacks by the English. French and
Dutch. All nations hated Spain and
not n had escaped the results Of hei
Snsolenee. greed and cruelty"
All along down through the sixteenth
seventeenth. eighteenth and nineteenth
~c.rturlez. Spanish domination il Cuba
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TWO LITTLE FIRES.
An Ash Pile on "a Rlase and n Stove
Ex?iodes.

An Ash Pile on "a Riase and n Stove
Expiodes.
Yesterday morning at $3.50 O'Clock the
people of the city were startled from
their sleep by the blowing of the Dig
whistle at the lower works. The wnis-
tie sounded the fire alarm signal. but
nothing resembling a blaze could pe
seen from the city. IT turns out mat
the blowing was caused by a not ASH
pile which had sprung into a blaze. Inc
fire was ~eytinguished without any Jam
age having been done.
About 4 O'Clock yesterday morning
Officers O'Brien and ingalls, saw smoke
coming in great clouds from the crystal
saloon, at the corner of Park avenue ana
Cedar street. The officers tried the door.
but found II locked. An alarm was
turned in. but before the department ar
rived the proprietor. who had oeen
asleep inside. threw the o open n
IL was discovered that there Was no
fire. IL appears that all the smpers OIL
the coal stow in the place had beer shHt
of, and as the gas formed In the gas
stove there occurred a succession OF eN-
plosions. which sent out thick clouds OF
smoke.
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~HE announcement is made that
Senator Plat of New York will

~HE announcement is made that
Senator Plat of New York will
not be a candidate for re-elec-
ton to the senate. He says he is grow
ing old and the duties devolving upon
him are too arduous. II is significant
that this announcement comes just
while a republican enrolment under a
new primary election law Is in rogress
in New York. There are people and
so unkind as to think that
the senator's pronunciamento is not
made in good faith; that. in fact. IL is
a Platt-like performance Ito lull." as
the Philadelphia Times asserts, 1.-The
an,i-Platt republicans into a sense Of
security and cause them to neglect en-
rollment. while his own followers would
enroll to the last man. and be in a po-
sition to recall him to leadership when
they had seized the party machinery
under the provisions of the new law"
Mr.. Plat continues to De about as foxy
as they make them. The only way to
prevent him from succeeding himself in
the senate is for the people OF New York
to elect a democratic legislature.
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From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Il would go with you to the end of the
EARTH he asserted. pa~ssionatc,y.
MOI with me. you wouldn't" she re-
piled. coldly.
why notg" he demanded.
For two reasons" she answered. zone
Il that I'm not going. and the other is
that there isn't any.
When one meets the prosaic new wo-
man one has TO be careful what he says.
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IL Def ti"a.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
A teacher asked a little boy to spell Ere
sponsibility," which he did.
Now. Tommy" said the teacher. can
you tell me the meaning OF that big
word?"
"Yis. num-" answered Tommy. III l
had only four buttons on my trousers and
two came on. all the responsibility would
hang on the other two"
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Shore Acres" and no native work q
ever called forth heartier .commenda-
ton. II is a pure. clean play. and you
a hardly fail to find pleasure in its
representation. MIR. Herne will be sup
ported by a Thoroughly competent COM
pany. There will be entirely new seem
cry and other necessary accessories.
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A Desperate Remedy.

From Life.
A~ngelina-But what do I se-trousersy
Ethel. what means this strange array OF
garments masculine?
Ethel-Ah, do not betray me; necessity
has driven me to dark devices. l have
much shopping to do and little time to do
n in. and / am about to disguise myself
as a man. I've got to get the shop girls
attention somehow. and i know no other
way.
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Mr.. Herne Is announced to appear at
the Margaret next Friday. April ~. as
Nathaniel Berry in his remarkably sue
cessful play Of American home IRE.
Shore Acres His Characterization u
universally commended and promises 20
become as famous as JEFFERSON Mp
Van Wrinkle. This is the sixth season Oh