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The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
DoRRY's FIRE ALARM.

A head OF fluffy yellow curls, two
big blue eyes turned up nose, a but
tonhole for a mouth,-that was Dorry
The very sunniest little fellow In ali
the world
Always ready to drop his playthings
and to run off errands, that was the
reason he was asked so many times q
day by papa, mamma and aunties.
A new aunt had come to visit them,
and Dorry was not surprised to see
her approach him with a letter in
her hand.
Dear little Thistledown, will you
take this to the mail.box for me!"
Dorry tossed aside his spade, took
the letter. and ran to the corner But
when he got there, he was puzzled; ;
for there were two iron boxes instead
of one. Which was the letter-box?
One had door, so he opened 1t,
put the letter in very hard, so it
would stay, and shut the door.
Hark, What was that noise? Away
down the street came the sound of bell
anu SUNS NealVl anu htui u, ullti
up dashed a flre-cngine, the smoke
pouring from it, and the firemen in
their great hats ready for work
Dnrry was surprised. Where was
the fire? Around the corner camc a
hosc.cart followed by. another The
firemen ran from house to house, look.
ing for the fire. The neighbors won.
Gercd If 1t could be in the house next
to theirs.
Il should like to put my hand on
the boy who sounded the alarm!" said
the flre-chicf; and all the little boys
trombled in their shoes at the sour
of his voice.
u have found what the trouble is. "
said the firoman, holdiag up letter
Il knew 1t would be the way when
those new boxes that could be opened
without keys were put up"
why, that's my letter." cried Aunt
Fan.
Dorry's heart gave a great throb
1t was the very letter he had taken L
the corner a few moments before. He
had put II in the fire-alarm-box instead
Of the leter-box.
"Will they put me in iail?" ht
whispered, creeping close to Aunt Fan
mot this time" said the chief "be
cause you made mistake: but, IL yor
should ever do 1t again, l cannot say
what would be done"
But Dorry never did 1t again.-Oul
Little One.
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
GhostIy Tattoo.

In connection with the reported en-.
gagement of the Hon. Lyulph Gilchrist
Stanley Agilvy, uncle of the youthful
Earle of Airlie. and brother of the
gallant peer who was killed in the
late way, to the daughter of Color.
ado farmer. the story of the ghost
of his historic family is worth recall.
ing. A former Earl of Airlie was so
incensed with his household drum.
mer that he had the unfortunate
tucked in his drum and thrown from
the highest tower of his seat, Cor.
tachy Castle. The victim revenged
himself by beating ghostly tattoo
whenever a member of the House of
Ogilvy was about to depart from this
stage OF life. 1t is satisfactory to
learn, on the authority of Mrs. Cath.
crime Grove, author of 1.-THE Night
Side of Nature" that the ghostIy
drummer has not repeated his weird
performance since the middle of the
40s of last century. News.
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
DECTINyy. Its Force in Making
LID llNa Career.
by Randolph cusuenhelmer.

important subsidiary element among the traits
which help TO make succes ga
/ s mankind and enuai IN 'he
the case ol oS0
policies of a nation
A grave oeHcaho ~
concerned cold precision -
bet amenities Of speech
mment win the applause oil one
The world respects
ia the who wears ms her
perfectly natural because dignity implies reserve
power al
possess quality rule the people with who
Legislative bodies II the
presiding procedure will be under his control
life will attempt 10 take per win
those who hedged around a barrier Of reserve
denote bilany aeiuess
mind bbbng stream rather
element the ncon
spontaneously attract but
both business
think be acquired or that deiect
just much as their
well physical puarits inherited Char
aerc be modified created
for her
protection linked with
thoity.
limitations
the life the humoris and
feitousy
indicate qualities gentle
makes noise lady is serene
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
AMERICAN WOMEN BLAMED

1t Is not that women are loudly
dressed says Paris special in the
Brooklyn Eagle-never has better
taste existed than at present for tho
selection of colors, but the dresemak.
ers' bills run higher than they ever
did, and it is no wonder, for gowns
never took such time to work up
and all incrustations, lace work. tuck.
ing, pleating are handmade. Worth.
for instance, spends his nights in de-
signing the materials OF gowns. and
then how they will be made up. Do
you know what the French women
blame for this extraordinary extraya.
gance in dress at present? Mes
danes les Americaines. You 20 To
any entertainment. any assembly. and
the best, the most extensively dress
ed, are Americans. well, that is all
right" said one American woman to
me. I'VE have the money and the
taste. Paris taught us how to dress
and now we teach Paris how to dress
French actresses, however vie with
American women in the length Of their
dressmakers' bills Mile. Jcaune Du.
pare in four years spent s62,000 on
dress. This was found out IN law
suit which Mile. Dupare had with her
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AA is stated that these theories have been put into % until
feiIowman practice b u
8 natural, this desire what might 10
has within human s but
like hearts with th
companionship in the effort "esc
the title OF have evor ,
quality in their , ao
belief action IN aa
than this s the answer 10 ~ oee
They simply they could and M s
who believe
sincerely their beliefs. eeF and
8 very little encouragement Of heosr !,
The fire the i obloquy are tho world
dealt heroes u meet
1t is so to drop behind, the world ra
his convictions Yet deep within inner uer self Il & die
heart Of hearts it feels veneration. pN out M
But the outward the Of world demand ~,
and the order is given to destroy while washing Of tho
to the secret belief In his truth. Us ethu
The generations that after receive precious be,o, -
clearer light Of after events yield him his death thai
hero and alas death the reward pay the hero
Heroes are not abnormal. They have generally only ma -
genius for doing their duty They of the %
meet t. A "A q
They the embodiments of the heroic which is
Many soul In the struggle pressure Of
odds is hero worthy tc be the world
or King Arthur the world O. fancy ~N
The Of the advancement Ho ~
of the hour who has dared TO put fate lose ALL
the children believe and So d
heroic strain SO seldom displayed but OH noble oous might
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
BENT PINS POSSIBILITY.

A woman has invented new kind
of pin, sort of simplitied safety pin,
and there may be fortune In 1t for
her and great convenience In it for
other women, IL isn't on the market
yet, but the model shows what looks
to be an ordinary pin extremely due
tile In the centre, and with a hard
point and head. The pin Is strong
enough TO penetrate stiff substances
and plinble enough to be bent as de.
sired after II is inserted. Every wo-
man who has tried to be her own mil
liner knows that she can pin the trim.
ming so that it will looG more graceful
than when sewed, to say nothing of the
time saved in this way. The trouble
is that an ordinary pin spoils the straw
or felt, and is likely to come out The
bent pin, too, is a timely invention for
fastening rosettes or bows in the hair
or at the back of the neck For those
sudden rips and tears to which the
best regulated womans frocks are sub
ject on occasion, the bent pin would be
a boon-speedy and secure, with no
projecting point to infiict torture. II
is proposed to make these pins in all
sizes and in many colors to suit their
various purposes.-New York Press.
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06


world whole
o he
is OF
probably
e somehow disgraceu
There altogether this thinking
temptations
dsclaim
0 o thing.
frankly
appearances
thouhessness
for thosew are
OF
and
vince us
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
Mob Violence Incompatible With Liberty
BY President Roosevelt.

BY President Roosevelt
A lOlENCE OF the individual mA A
~ type of violence is incompatible government with ~
M and orderly liberty republic
we and forefathers It, is the willingness. "
abide by the law The
The the lust m M
at the small who
And it him in his protect the man
big against the law him
self responsible to the law
On the other hand the
violence cnha
incites The people h
We make this Government keep what
make what 1t is, but raise still oier
through orderly liberty working
kindness bring child belief through
life shirkng Cicutes The child who
taught difficulties
know is pity has
who will He
scale he is.
The pull his weight.
public life widely
got to at least pull his weight and he worth his
little And cannot afford nation
afford training the individual
afford citizens brought
Of the but the that
hard work. but wherein he did something.
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06

dressmaker for oyercharging. This
time the bill amounted to only $4,000.
a mere trifie, as the French papers
stated. Naturally an expert had to
settle the intricate question. The judge
of the court, whose salaries are only
$1,000 year, opened their eyes at
this expenditure just to adorn beau-
tiful woman. They probably are not
aware that Mile, Dupars5 undcrsklrts
cost just $l20 apiece. and these are
considered too plain to wear on the
stage. where does the bread and but.
ter come from?" asked one of the
judges, who seemed too unsophisti-
Gated TO live In Paris. Mile. Dupaie
does not ent bread and butter" was
the answer 'she cats cake"
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
Success in America Means Many Things,
BY Max Nordau.
they understand b.
1 would evidently receive different answers
would To be successful

understand by
he evidently different
Many would reply
yacht private Pullman car
the box in the opera house.
daughter
poker This
wealth beyond the most brutal
publican higher
after wealth dream OF making
Of universities and libraries
genius be
faith In the
the carnates
power nober aspirations provoking whms or
fellow to be of use to them
fellow ountymen They
of
administrators
of holding Office from Mayor OF his
nativ to States
To be known
household with all people
which
that of the millionaire the pub
lie believe for it, also
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
ToMMY's SURPRISE.

One night after Tommy was ready
for bed and had on his clean, white
nightgown, he climbeu up in mamma s
! lap and asked for just one story more.
Mamma drew her chair up by the
crate and held Tommy close in her
arms, and he reached out his two lit
tie bare feet to the fire. The big Goals
shone out and made the room warm
and light, and Tommy was very happy,
and waited as still as a mouse for the
story to begin.
"A very long, time age" said
mamma, there was beautiful grove
of big, big trees. Their tops reached
up higher than any trees you ever saw,
and their branches reached out far
ther Every day they drank In the
sunshine and grew bigger and bigger.
Everything all around them was very
bright and pretty.
But one day the wind began to
blow, and the rain came down more
and more, till the lakes and rivers
spread over everywhere and covered
the trees all up; and 1t kept thunder
ing and lightning, and the ground
shook so hard that some mountains
were shaken all to pieces and great
big stones sent flying into the air
The grove Of big trees had all been
heaped up over them. How do you
suppose the trees felt? They were
jammed in tight, and squeezed hard
under the big mountain, and 1t was
dark. very dark in there, And | sup.
pose they thought, We can never work
any more; we will never see the sun.
shine again
And there the trees stood for years
and years and years--oh, a great deal
longer than any one who lives upon
this earth can remember. But one
day, way down In the ground under
the mountain, came great crashing,
tumbling, rumbling, grumbling noise,
and next there was big hole in the
mountain that reached clear down ~
where the trees were, and the sun
could shine in on them once more.
But If you had looked in there for
the trees you never could have found
them, for they had all been broken
up and jammcd tight together and
turned black aud hard till they look
cd moro like big black rock. And
when the men who made the hole saw
the shining stuff, they said;
Here II is, here II isl
And the black, shining stun said
10
light! it's daylight. My! who ever
thought we'd see daylight again? Why
we've been shut in here years and
years and years! We want to get out
and look around
But when 1t went to move It was
very hard and stiff, not at all as It was
whom 1t was tall green trees and waved
in the wind.
Then the men took their big iron
tools and began breaking 1t up into
pieces. They loaded 1t into little carts
| and drew II out into the bright sun.
shine. The black, shining stuff looked
at the men and said:
Sec those trees growing there on
the mountain! They look like bushes.
| When we were trees we used to reach
ever so much higher than they do.
oh, how changed everything is--ex.
eept the sunshine. That looks just as
IT used to. But we want to do some
work again
| And pretty soon Il man came and
bought 1t. He brought big load of
it here on the cars for us to burn in
our CRATE"
Then Tommy opened his eyes and
said
Mamma, was 1t coal?"
And mamma said:
Yes And when 1t turns red and
hot 1t Is giving back the sunshine it
drank in so long, long ago, when 1t
was tall green trees. es.'-Youth's Com.
panion.
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
A Reason For eettlna Marrles

The reasons why man should EN-.
pioy matrimonial advertisement in
order to get married are often a
source OF bewilderment. A widower
who had married a second wife
through this agency and sought n
separation from her was asked the
question in court. He replied that
ne had advertised on the theory Of a
man who advertised for lost dog
he did not get the dog back. but he
got three better ones. So though he
knew he could not get his wife back
ne thought he might get offers OF
three better ones. He took one of the
ofers Of the three and was disan.
pointed. London Taller.
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
The pIssylIabIc Scot.

The difilculty of rhyming to "girl"
is mainly due to the varieties of Its
pronunciation. 1t is never pronounc.
ed, as 1t is so often conventionally
written, gall" but one often hears
"gell'' with a hard g." Moreover. in
Scotland though 1t is as well not to
mention the fact to Scotsman, 1t
consists of two syllables- "gurrel."
The other day 1t was pointed out to
Scotsman that the name of his ma
tional poet was dissyllable in Ayr
shire. "Hoot awa'l' he said. or
words TO that effect. "Burruns two
syllablesI Abaurrud. London Chron.
icle.
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i . VI
contact for my society as i seeh's~ u.
was particularly impressed WIN 'ls II,
fact IN the trolley cars. ana sOs 7
wonder when I tell you that w ,a e !.
ticed woman get into ? car wne's ..,.
single man was In each seat any y u.
tematically pass every one ot tnem assrs 4
tn shs came to me. In one case 'ns,s i
was q pompous, perspiring parry e. 4
great size, who looked IKE ps ass
president. Next behind him was ~ ~
OF equal girth, evidently . ,aDV, .rd
Then a man with big buno's ,ol ~ a1s
then cne with suit case. Ihe ,,., ~
behind him was not ell pecass. p,'s,
though perhaps 4 little over ws's y "a
Quite an average lot Bu' sns Il ,be
woman to board the trolley tooA " :,
string Id IeIanrely and g'ane'ns y asr
every one, slowly but surely maoe sse N
way to the seat Ia which ta't WA 81
was tho last straw and eiroo'a.ass sors
by the idea that possessed 'S'ss Sav
fatal attraction. / made her 2 ,.sos III
ana begged she would lot ne .,.''lsr s,Sn
why rhe had CHOSEN that pa.''sae,' sase,'
seat. Because your thin, e = II aart L
said she; and this weather = much M, !
like scat mates who take w ~
room. s-Philadelphia keootu
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
The Weak in the. Struggle Of Life. a

BY Robert Wood Settlement
~ GREAT deal of human sempupedsd
classes The the survival of the t
furnishes solution the problem The question Is how 70
intelligence bear the SUD
helped work The Spartan
method children only nhum @
wasteful child life the community
CONSTRUCTIVE
bring the people
life and its baths Fairgrounds constantly broadening
educational efforts ami all the factors widening life
problem of persm
charity undertakes deal win
too
stratum Of society
ing all such inhabitants such districts belong
of despond
who of work and willing work hopess mixed with the
and his kind this condition could phanthropc eno
be induge in dealing with the unemployed who Will WORN
could that his family does physical and moral ruin WINE
patton is for him.
practical scheme prop
Charles Booth OF establish which should
industrial training emipaupeized class
institutions attached to e
house This method would the unemployed from those
do not want to work.
Whatever said difficulties uplifting W
incapable TO
mercantile world
dauness, adventurous spirit; imperial
the nqurng disposition worlds %
are all needed in the sociological fray
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
Milk Made TO Order

Tho latest institution for babys
benefit is, according to paper read
by Professor Rotch before the British
Medical Association. COW labora.
tory"--if the word may be coined
where the animals are SO fed and cared
for by scientific experts that they
produce milk with known varying
percentages of fat. carbohydrates and
proteids. The physician is thus en-.
abled to prescribe any brand he thinks
best for delicate child, knowing that
he will get it.--London Telegraph.
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
cHINA's EMPRESS EARLY LIFE.

CHINA's EMPRESS EARLY LIFE
Tsu-Tsi, the empress of China, has
lived In a period of transition. Within
the space Of a few decades the storm.
WIND, imprisoned for ages, burst over
the time-forgotten land of China.
where peace had found a sure harbor.
age Tor generations, shattering creeds
and customs, hopes and strivings The
sacred city of Mukden. where the
moldertng remains of the founders of
the Manchu dynasty mingle with the
living roots Of hardy pine and weep.
ing willow, became a Russian town.
ana the very capital of the empire
was powed into a chaos of ruins; but
amid the crash of the old and the on
slaught OF the new, Tsu.Tsi alone on.
dured. keeping her seat on the totter.
ing throne and bowling neither head
nor knee. Truly this woman of fate
would seem to live a charmed life
and to be the possessor of some mys.
tic Ariadne clue which helps her
thread her way through the wilderipg
labyrinth which time and the white
race have so skillfully woven for her
people and herself.
Hardly less strange Is the fact that
freshness of youth. which, clinging to
her still, despite the years and the
worries that have followed In their
train, combines with so much else that
strikes and fascinates to raise her to n
place high above that of the average of
her contemporaries. With frail
form, with eyes keen and stern in re.
pose. but soft and caressing when the
features relax into a smile, a voice
that singes the soul when used in
anger, yet sootres and softens, like
dulcimers' strains when addressing
her friends, she can attune herself TO
every mood and touch the wellsprings
OF most people who come within the
sphere of her personal influence. De.
spite her 65 years, years of storm and
stress, age has not yet wound mis- soft
white blossoms round the brows-
still furrowless-of Tsu-Tsi. nor
bleached the mellow color of her
cheeks. She is the allegory of per-
petual youth.
To say that this daughter of an oh.
scure and penniless huckster is a self.
made woman. who, by dint of will
power and insight won her way to n
throne whence she molds the fate of a
people of four hundred millions, is to
convey but faint AM far-away idea
of the part she has played in carving
her own curious career.-Edward ].
Dillon, In Success.
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THE SEA COAST ECHO.
CHAs. @. MoREAu, Editor and Proprietor.
THE wIFEs ALLOWANCE.

Now, there is this popularity about
ent but never ample. writes Julia Ditto
Young in Good Housekeeping The
ample allowance is like Irish snakes
and the sharp carving knife, simply
non est. We are speaking not of the
poorer classes, where the wife handles
and dispenses the mans hard earn.
ings, almost invariably with suvpris.
ingly good judgment: nor Of wealthy
families, where 1t Is but tho dIawIng
of check to resolve all minor money
difficulties; but of households placed
midway in the social scale, with their
multifarious taps and drains ard pres
sures upon the 'gold.bleedlng vein" of
the mans income, In thesa households
a continual conflict is waged In the
breast of the mistress between desire
the family and herself. And in this
conflict n conscientious woman is again
and again worsted, for she will sacri-
fce herself for the others, like the
birds which pluck the down from their
breasts for the nestlings, not once
only. but even second time, IL is
from this constant self abnegation that
a salary dedicated to her and forced
upon her would preserve her.
The man thinks of himself first
the woman thinks OF herself last. He
takes as a matter OF course what he
needs for cigars, club dues, BAH games
or other things, but It Is not till
everything and everybody else Is sup
piled that a woman dares venture on
any personal expenditure not abso-
lutely necessary. A woman seldom
displays n new garment, without say
ing, what is the actual truth. IL had
to have it." She has to decide a doz-
en- times a day between the real and
the artificial needs of the family; she
must satisfy all the former and many
OF the latter. Men accuse women of
being undecided in shopping, of vast
ing their own and the clerks time;
but II Is an imperative duty to make
the most Of every dollar, and not to
can be bought cheaper next door. And
1t is not an unmixed pleasure to 20
shopping with inadequate means-to
feel that requirements could barely
decently be met with half again as
much cash as is available.
And in the strenuous need for saw.
ing, the housemother is often be.
trayed into buying bargain, new
but inferior brand Of cereal or canned
goods, TO her great remorse and the
righteous indignation of her family.
She must three times daily perform
the miracle of catering acceptaby to
several diverse appetites, presenting
food containing the proper proper.
tions OF fat, acid, of nitrogen, butter
must not lack, fruit must not fail.
there must be gaps In the procession
OF cheap nutriments, rice and prunes
must be masked and hooded; the com.
moner the food is, the more daintily
seasoned and served much II be. nor
must she ever be caught in the pre
dicament OF 10 in Little Women"
who thought to save wretched uneat.
able dinner by a dessert of biz red
strawberries, only 10 see the guests
forget to eat II. while Laurie whis.
pered In her ear, Salt instead of
sugar. and the cream is sour"
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
The Valley Of Illusion.

Its the easiest thing in the world
to get the vanity knocked out OF you, =
admitted q handsome young man, who
is also exceedingly slender. take
me. for instance; all summer long
I've noticed q preference in those Of
the feir sex with whom I've come In
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06

About $4,000 persons are employed
In the 1,271 hotels for tourists in
Switzerland,
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
Causes of Defalcation.
The Responsibilities Of the Rich.

discovery
o prob
call from
wrong"
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06
What the Lives Of Heroes Teach us
BY Elizabeth EIllcott Poe.

AN is keenly influenced only by example IT,
theories however great noble is more Or a. oundns
is stated that these theories have put into s" @ ua
felowman o practice p .
The sea coast echo., 1902-12-06

- IGNITY ia an important though subsidiary element
II OF mind and manners which help q man TO max
.'s-~ II is a quality desirable in all mankind an
learned professions. This is especially true in