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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-02-14
Navy Department
Washington, Feb. !. Ia,

~. - HCu. {, l909
"sir-in notifying you Of Won,
tirement the department, recoa,,.,
your services, and deeply symn,t,,]
ing with you in your impaired be,l.,|
quotes, with pleasure, the fo,,a.I
letter OF the late President NH
ley:
Executive Mansion, March Il ,soo,
My Dear Sir-I am in receint -' -
very considerate letter of tha pt Of. x yq|
In which you express n desire '' ,., lnsl|
reference to your own interesfs N, hhiulO1|
er naval officers who rendered sp pe w
spfcuous service in the naval S oasl. ev9
In the West Indies, may hava a Ky
vancement which you recommonuaae w
them, and in which YOU ask nothiu. IA X
yourself. | highly commend this nv, "
teresteu action on your part Let ma u's Y.
citation of your service as c ,n,,, apple
tn-chief Of the. Atlantic naval forces N.Y. NJ
ing the Spanish war, in blockadiner n in W.
cooperating with the army. directS;nes1' IVY "
movements OF the great number of y. v
sells under your orders, and AT laet M W
the most effective preparation con aa,s
mating, with the gallant Officers az, vc' "
under your command, the destr,ict u " !
the Spanish fleet. 1t was in recoen uit
OF your services and of your great n'', y;
that | recommend you to the senats n \
the advancement which you had earned !
Very truly yours,
lsignedl WILLIAM MCKINLEY
Very respectfully,
JOHN D. LONG, Secretary
"Rear-Admiral VIM. 7. Sampson, o.
n, 1913 New Hampshire Ayenu
Washington, D. c."
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-02-14

Sousa's new novel, "The Fifth
String" is the story of a violin whose
fifth and fatal string is made OF the
hair of Eve. The other strings are
pity, hope, love and JOY. Satan played
upon these in Heaven. The fifth was
added after his fall.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-02-14
ADMIRAL SIMPSONS HEALTH.
Alarming Rumors Afioat In Wash-
ington in Regard to His Health

ington in Regard to His Health.
Washington, Feb. s.-Alarmlns ru'
mors are afioat here to the effect tlal
Admiral Sampson had taken serious y
turn for the worse within the last Z
hours. Inquiries at the Sampson res
idence, and of the naval physicians
developed that there has been no y.
cided change in the admirals eOnur
ton, but that q steady retrogressiun
is in progress, which is common =
his disease.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-02-14
Secretary Long Issues 4, a..
garding the Retirar IVY
Rear-Admlral Samnso. y
QUOTES M'kIHLErs LETTER or N
A Washington Rumor nm,
ment Has Taken hh A
Worse-sampson's Ren,. Urn
Calls on President nm. ra'at
Against SchIey's Anu. 'fote.

Washington, Feb.
Long has issued the following Il
regarding the retirement Of u y
Admiral Sampson: ie'
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01

The board of education will hold It's regular monthly meeting Monday evening.
 Calvin L. Tooker has been ap- pointed sexton of the Second Congrega- tional church.
 The Foresters of Waterbury are re- quested to meet at c. A. k. hall at 7:45 o'clock tonight for the purpose of eScorting Mayor kilduif of this city and Mayor Charters of Ansonla from the Scovill house to the hall, where these two distinguished gentlemen will assist i'll the opening of the Forestero union fair
 The first sociable and dance of Lib- erty circle, No 650, A. of F., was held in Speedwell hall last night and was fine success. Music was furnished by Gallipeau's orchestra, and Prof Harper was prompter. The arrangement com mittee consisted of John O'Brien, Will liam Darby. John NIcNerry and the Misses Sarah Doolan and Annie Kim nerney.
 The annual select reception of the members of Prof Bailey's dancing classes was held in Leavenworth hall on Thursday night, and was one o1 the prettieSt affairs of the season. There was no overcrowding of the hall and the merry dancers had plenty room to enjoy the different round dances. It was very delightful affair. Faul- mann's orchestra furnished. music for the dancing.
 The funeral of Jeremiah O'Brien took place this morning from his late residence on Baldwin street to the Church of the Immaculate Conception. where a mass was celebrated by Rev Father O.Brien. The pall-bearers were James Foley, Jeremiah Carroll, John Ryan. Eugene Sullivan. Richard Lynch and Thomas Doran. Among the floral contributions was q bouquet from Mary Carroll: broken column, shopmates; cross Mollie and Nellie Walsh; wreath, Anna Carroll. The in terment was i'll the family plot at the new St Josephs cemetery
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
DREAMLAND IS A VERY QUEER
 PLACE ID VISIT.

[ DREASfT MT Camp and his co- landlords were the incest people l ever met.
 DREAAIT my former landlords dropped the price of my rent SIG per month. but when 1 awoke 1 found they had dropped both the rent and myself.
 I DREAMT I couldn't sell tea or coffee anywhere only in Platt's block, but I find I can sell more in Brown $ block. Oh, what difference there IS in doing business with a reasonable landlord.
 DREAAIT the assessors had begun to think landlord who fired out good tenants so as to get more rent from cheap 5-cent sports should pay more taxes.
 DREAAIT Grocer Hamilton ana Harness Dealer Cutler had located Ill two nice stores situated on the Green but when 1 awoke found them dolng business as usU%l at their own stands and nobody excited only the rent eol- lector.
 DREASIT saw the hat man sit ting in an arm chair dreaming and ne was smiles from ear to ear.
 1 DREAAIT l saw Barber Smith using q butcher knife to shave q cer- tain agent whom we all know, and when I asked him why he used a knife Instead of a razor he gave me the wink and a look that nearly knocked me over.
 Be that as it may we assure you our tea and coffee is no dream: it's real good thing. If you doubt us try some this week; then you'll be the better judge. Remember, we give four bars of very fine, well-seasoned soap with each pound of our warranted good 50- cent Tea at
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
The Miller &PeckCo
Special Prices for Saturday
 Night and Monday.

Prices cut extra deep pre- paratory to inventory. At 75c-Ladies' serge skirts, trimmed
 were S1:5O At s1.9S Ladies coats, all silk lined,
 were S49S. At $I9s--Ladies' black silk waists,
 were S4.OO At 15c-All wool waist cloths, were
 29c At 25c- Silk and wool plaids, value 39c At 39c-Black taffeta silk, was 50c. At 39c-3G inch lining serge, value I5c 1t 75c-Silver mounted ebonoid hand
 mirrors, were $1.39. At 75c-Ladies' chiffon boas. from JSc At 5c-Gilt beiring. from 25c. At 10c-Ladies' linen collars, from
 12hc At 25c-Ladies' knit wool fascinators,
 from 5Oe At 8 1-3c--Swiss embroidered hand
 kerchiefs, from 121ac. At 121ac-Swiss embroidered handker-
 chiefs, from 25c At 1Oc-Ladies' fancy side elastics,
 from 21c At 3c- Wide fancy neck ribbons, from
 1Oc At 5c-White, cream and black laces
 and insertions, were 15c and 25c. At 39c-Ladies' night gowns all-over
 lace yoke, were 50c. At 25c--Ladies' lace and hamburg
 trimmed drawers. At 7alc-Ladies' corset covers, were
 1Oc At -Children's all wool sweaters,
 button on shoulder. were 75c At 39c-Men's fleece lined shirts, were
 5Oc. At 59c-Boys' all wool striped sweat
 CTS. were 75c At 1sc. ? for 25c- Boys heavy ribbed
 wool hose. were 25c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
KELLY SAYS

ssBe sure and try my cream pepper mint and molasses candy that won't stick to your teeth. My cream cara mels talk for themselves.s
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
lrretrievably Da maSed.

Although cattle are plentiful in
Mexico and beef is cheaper than on
this side of the Rio Grande, the quail
ity is far inferior to that produced in
the state A returned traveller. relat-
ing an experience he recently had in
the land of the greaser says:
You can buy any kind of beef but
sirloin for 20 cents a kilo-less than
10 cents a pound--and sirloin is only
25 cents a kilo. But the best cuts Of
Mexican beef are tougher than rhi-
nocerous hide. When | first went to
Mexico | ordered a tenderloin at a ho-
tel in Durango. but | couldn't cut it
to save my neck. | told the waiter it
wouldn't do and he removed it. Pres
emily, however. he returned. accom-
panied by the proprietor of the hotel.
and laid the platter on the table.
WHAT'S the matter with the steak?'
asked the hotel man in Spanish.
Tough said |. Why, | can hardly
stick fork into it. much lees knife.
Nine host tapped it over with the fat
of the knife and eyed ii obviously.
I'm sorry. he said. but it's the best
in the house. At any rate, | can't take
it back--it'S bent.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
AlAskAs VAST Goa, DEPOSIT
1t Will Re the Supply ON Which the
Pacific Will DRAW.

1t Will Re the Supply ON Which the
Pacific Will DRAW.
Westward from kenai the greatest
and most extensive coal field in Alas
ka is reached, cropping out in many
different seams, in two harbors on the
Pacific and one on Behring sea. These
Chignik- -Cnga- -Herendeen bay coal
measures are The most extensive and
most accessible fields in Alaska, con-
tanning coal in quality next to Kyak,
standing in the front rank of North
Pacific Goals. The coal is hard. bril-
liant, clean. and very strong. not
crumbling under severe exposures to
water, freezing and sun, nor with very
rough usage
The field is of unique value because
of its location in the keystone of the
North Pacific. Not only does the short
est possible steamer line from the
United States or British Columbia run
within twenty miles of this field. but
it Is also the nearest of oil American
coal mines to all the island possessions
of the United States on the Pacific. the
nearest point. in fact, of the American
mainland to Hawaii. to Samoa to
Guam, and to the Philippines. and also
by nearly 1000 miles nearer than the
Puget sound mines or San Francisco
to all parts of Asia. and especially to
the great mining region recently devel-
oped on the shores of Behring sea.
From Portage Bay it is 1882 miles
shorter to Manila, 1.403 miles shorter
to Guam, 344 miles shorter to HOnolu-
lu and from Hereudeeu bay 400
miles shorter to Ouch harbor, 1870
miles shorter to ST Michaels, 1892
miles shorter to Nome than from the
coal supplies of Seattle. Tacoma and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Magazine.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07

e GAYETIES OF PARIS =
81 8


The extraordinary annual fete of
the Quat'Z-Arts ball in Paris was or
ganized. for the first time. in 1898, by
students of the four divisions of the
national art school Of the Beaux Arts
that is, painting, sculpture, engrav-
ing and rchitecture-whence it's title
Of "Quat'z-Arts." the Philistine mis-
pronunciation of quatre arts, the four
arts. It's ideal is a great spectacular
show, all in movement, all artistic in
a high sense and for the eyes only
of those who take part in it. This is
the thesis of the Quat'z-Arts balls de-
Tenders, and there are great names
among them.
1t is the studio enlarged thousand
times. In the conclave pass nude-tor-
seed Roman gladiators, slaves loaded
down with chains, enormous blood
smeared sacrificers: sulIen Gauiisn
chieftains leading fairhaired dropping
victims: prehistoric girls. their bare
waists sirded with strung tiger claws,
imperious Cleopatras cleaning in
transparent draperies: softsmilinS
Aspasias, all rosy in white blossoms.
The costumes, and the lack of them
where there is lack, are those OF
painters masterpieces.
Not only tourists and stray sight
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
Long Names His Adherence.

Rev. Charles Dalmer. pastor of Holy
Cross Catholic church at Baltimore, is
a man of peculiarities in many things.
but his notions that strike some people
as odd are generally based upon sound
common sense. One of his pet aver
sions is the bestowal of long names
upon children.
Il don't believe in them" he says.
"They make me tired. Sometimes peo-
pie come here with a baby to be chris
tened. ! take it in my arms and ask:
What is her name to be-
"'Amelia Ella Martha Washington
Jones' they answer.
Then l look at them in a way they
don't understand and | ask: What are
you going to call her when you want
her to stop playing with the matches
and go to bed?'
Ella they answer
And | go on with the service and
christen the child Ella. wouldn't load
the little things down with any such
burdens as Amelia Ella Martha Wash
ington. The parents think she's been
christened that. and if it's any comfort
to them I'm satisfied. It's their fault
and l didn't have any hand ia it,
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seers, but the great ones OF high So
ciety in Paris. have pleaded in vain
for admission to the Quat'z-Arts ball
year after year. Curious 'ales are
told of art-worshipping Philistines and
their ardor to obtain admission. One
such (an American, the representative
of a great commercial enterprise) cos
tuned himself (bribed an assistant
and sat for six hours in a dark ,loset
off the Moulin Rouge hall, to be let
out and into the fete at the proper mo-
ment Another (this an Englishman
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
Senator TIllman's Po~ition.

Colored Baptists have been holding
convention at Petersburg, Va
Among letters read was one from
Senator Tillman, in which the South
Carolinan said: While | am consid-
cred by many an enemy TO the negro
race, | can say with all sincerity l
bear them no i'll will and would gladly
see any instrumentality used which
would make them better men and
women. If the negroes would strive
after the essential and practical
things of life rather than political and
social equality and would devote
themselves to the cultivation of the
moral side of their nature, SO as to
depend upon character and good repu-
tatiOn they would WIN their way and
be much better off. | bid you and
yours godspeed in your undertaking.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07

The splendid spectacle of a great
fete VITA everyone in costume was
there. the distinction of a rigidly Sc
lected list Of spectators was there:
ard the privilege of rubbing shoulders
with distinguished artists and no less
distinguished models was there also
and amply Gavarni, as the world
knows now, was designer who
caught Paris life with light pencil
in the Gays of Louis Philippe. In his
day he enjoyed enormous vogue, the I
lived his later life amid the almost
complete Indifference of his contem
poraries. To-day he is looked upon
as the precious mirror of the gayety
and pathos of romanLicism; and it was
TO raise money to erect statue to
him that the admission tickets to this
fete were sold at 40 francs (SS)
For these reasons, if for no others.
dressed itself in Louis Philippe cos
tunes, paid its money and for one
night frankly revelled amid students,
artists and Bohemians, as in the leg
endary lays of the good old French
gayety. Models, actresses and leaders
of society romped as they are said
to have romped at the Opera balls
OF the days OF Gavarni. Indeed, the
Car of the Opera Ball" had the honor
to bear GavarIis bust upon it; while
another large float, with a sleeping
beauty of the epoch sprawing in the
abandon which revived the souvenir OF
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07

of title), having bribed his way in at
the price Of years living for some
needy student only saved himself
from prompt election by supplement-
ary offer CT such magnitude that Latin
Quarter nerve could not withstand It.
The SUM was put to a noble use.
In particular the Bal de Ilnternat OF
1889 and, again, that of 1901, will live
long in the annals OF the Latin Quar-
ter. According to one enthusiastic ar
tist, the Quat'z-Arts ball has never
reached the artistic heights 1t ought
to attain. because the majority OF It's
supporters will not permit the fete
to be severely regulated, all its COS
tunes defined in advance, and 1ndi-
vidual fancy made subservient to the
ensemble.
Just as the Quatz-Arts balls are
held invariably at the great dar ce
and promenade establishment OF the
Moulin Rouge, so the Internal balls
take place at the historic students
rendezvous, the Butler Ball, once
called La CloSerie des Lilas, "TLc
Lilac Close" The immense nave of
the old hall. unchanged since the days
when Oliver Wendell Holmes danced
in it as gay young med!co, saw one
by one the orderly cOrteSes pass and
break up At one end Greek temple
of true classical correctness raised its
pillars: and it was to this temple that
the Greek cortege" of Bellery DeS-
fontaines proceeded.
1t Is the mirgiing of the sadness
and the Joy OF life that has for the
last five or six years given their pc
culiar character to all these artistic
fetes. No one, excepting the Gavarni
Ball, has been without it. This spring 5
Quat'z-Arts triumph was the Car OF
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ours!" howled Latin Quarter voices.
But who are these funereal folk
alone in black evening dress clothes.
with crepe hanging dismaIly from
their high silk hats? They look like
uDdert akers. and they bear a coffin.
The nice girls who walk beside them
are draped in black gauze and wear
long black silk stockings! Two Iugu-
brious undertakers bear an immense
funeral wreath; and its inscription
tells the story.
ITO their colleagues who sleep
peacefully. the survivors of the Hotel
Dieu hospital" says the inscription.
And the tale is the tale of one great
hospital that could not make a show
ing worthy of itself because of tne
Indifference of the majority.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
Mental Exercise.

A young writer of books recently
called on an acquaintance downtown,
and had duh interview. BY the
way" he remarked as he was leaving,
81 have changed my address, so will
leave you my card"
Hello, Smith" said friend of the
young writer the next day, Brown
tells me you were in to see him yes
terday, and he has been wondering
what the dickens |, ID. r. Y. means
after your name on your card. He
says he can't for the life of him
think what those letters stand for"
81 am glad to hear he has been
thinking" was the reply. He was
so 'dopey' yesterday that | wrote those
letters on the card just to give his
brain some exercise. They don't mean
anything. New York. .....
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
MissaS The WhiSkerS.

REPRESENTATIVE Babcock Of Wiscon
sin shaved off his luXuriant blacl
beard the other morning and the door
keepers refuse 10 admit him to thu.
floor of the house until he had no X
identified. Mr.. Bahcock had not beer
shaved before in fifteen years and j,
NJ walked down the aisle toward his
scat the members looked Searchingly
at him, many failing to recognize taet,
colleague because CT the absence O;
lis wniSkers.
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A Good Cefinit.on.

Ernest ungersCll is as quick at re
partee as he is keen in his observation
OF nature. IL happened some time ag
that his daughter asked him a ques
ton concerning the difference be
tween essential and fixed oils. He ex
planned at some length.
Well said she, to which cfas
does sEunk's oil belong?"
TO both" was the prompt rejoiu
der. ITS essential to the skunk an,
fixed on the man.
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Amusement.

You say you are making garden
simply for amuSement?'
Yes" answered the patient man.
But there isn't any amusement in
spading and STOPPING for hours"
Yes there is. 1t amuses my wife
and children immensely.
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Strictly Business.

Have you observed that man who
has been abusing you?'
yes" answered Senator Sorghum
placidly, I've been watching him with
a great deal OF interest If | wanted
ANYBODY abused ] don't know but /
should hire him in preference to any
body ! know OIL
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
Some PrjZefichterS,

Hewitt-Shak akespeare says "All the
worlds a stage and all the men and
women merely players.
Jewett-That was all right in
Shakespeare,s time. but that was be-
fore pugilists began going on the
stage.
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A Tip for Emperor William.

81 see that the Emperor of Ger
many always signs himself William,
l. R."
Eyes"
81 wonder why somebody doesn't
give him pointer on it?''
why should he have a pointer
His grammar, you know. Some
body ought to put him on. William,
l Am is the way he ought to write
it,
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AS to a Friend.

Now, his wife was willing to let
him go out with the boys one night
every week, but he wouldn't 60
He wouldn't go?'
mo. He didn't want to spend one
night being jollied about the other
six."-Puck.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
4. Way Cut.

George the sweet girl pleaded,
you simply must dye your hair"
"RidicuIous.' exclaimed Mr.. Tow
head. her fiance.
No it isn't. A fortune teller told
me to-day I'd marry dark haired
man"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
WilIie's Query.

Willie-That's the place where they
make rope, amt it. pa
Pa-Yes. that's the ropewalk-
Willie-Oh, is that what you call
it? Then the men that work there
are rope-w e-walkers. amt they?
Pal suppose so.
Willie-And when they get drunk
are they tight-rope walkers?
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
Pictorial Duf11or:
Tie Remedy,

"No, sir declared Gazzam, as he
warmed up to his subject. you'll
never be happy SO long as you are in
debt. Pay your debts, Swayback, pay
your debts"
:But have no money" said Sway.
back.
"Then borrow Detroit Free
Press.
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An Appropriate Movement.

"Mame Tolliver is lucky girl
She's going to marry the only son Of
that millionaire banker who retired
from business last year"
She must be ready to dance with
joy
Not exactly. But she's just about
ready to do cakewalk up the aisle
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Mistakes Will kappen.

You can't allus jedge by appear
ances," said Miss Miami Brown.
Oats right" answered Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley; Il has been fooled mo- dan
once by de stahtling resemblance be-
tween gin and water
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
Could She PIay?-WeII-

"Can you play Down in the Val
iey?" he asked.
''I should say | could she an
swered. Il got down there in two
strokes tbs afternoon, and then as
tonished the crowd by making six
yard put as easy as rolling into sand
nit"
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Their Oversight.

"A king" | say to the interested
listeners. lis merely an accident OF
birth. and so is hod carrier"
Doubtless" puts in the quibbling
person, you are correct, nut did IL
ever occur to you that the parents OF
the hod carrier never possess an ac-
cident policy?'
Ere can frame an answer of suf-
ficient intenseness he has fitted
aWay,
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
The Comedy Of Pretense.

Eleanor-What made you give up
society, Edmonia?
Edmonia-Oh! ] got SO tired of see
ing people who are nobody trying 10
act somebody, and people who are
somebody acting like nobody.-Puck
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One of CUR Pet Phrases.

''Did any oi the Inhabitants escape
with his life?" inquired the man who
wants narrowing details.
Il didn't stop to ascertain" an
swered the man who is harrowingly
exact. 1T struck me that if any
body escaped without his life there
wasn't much use in his escaping. any
how"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
The Careless 1hino.

Doctor Adjutant- -Bird-So YOU have
taken the whole bottle. eh? Well. it's
very strange that you don't feel bet
ter.
The Ostrich-Do you know, doctor.
it has Just occurred to me that | for
got to remove the cork Puck.
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No Mother-in-Law.

yes; I'm to be married. She's
young, pretty and rich
You are to be congratulated"
''And she's an orphan
What a singularly lucky dog you
are!"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-07
Must Feel Lost.

Bilkins-How de do? Play ping
pong?
Wilkins-No.
Bilkins-lm sorry for you, old fel-
low. What on earth do you talk
about when you meet people?-Stray
Stories.
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Her One 7houoht.

He-You've seen the pictures OF
those great dining halls they had in
olden times, with the great mahog-
any table and
She-Oh, yes; they'd been great for
pina-pong, wouldn't they?
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1t DEPENDS.

He-The caddy is sometimes in the
way, don't you know.
She-Oh, yes-but sometimes one
prefers to have him in the way
Puck.
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Easy and Pleasant.

George says he can't make up his
mind what business to take up
whats he doing?'
Living on his father"
Well, what's the matter with work
ing at that