Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-14

Miss Porter about 1t, but he did not dare,
with Saxton listening. Moreover, ne was
not sure that she had consented 10 take
part.
tbaatricals. only on larger SCALE" sug-
gested SaXton. 49,,
."rhat's not taking the carnival in the
right spirit" said Evelyn. Ihe wora anna a.
imagine that King Midas really and truly
comes floating down the Missouri river on
a barge. supported by his men OF magic,
and that they are met py ueiesa.nou "a, a
and escorted to the local parthenon, or
whatever it is called, where the keys OF the
oitv are given to him. I'm sure it's all very
plausible" . -,
NO ,,,astern towns that go in for these car
nivals have to go back to mythoiogy ana
mediaeyal customs Why don't they use
something indigenous-the indian 1or IN
stanceT -, ,,, ..a
| 'The people around here-a good many OF
thorn at least-were here before the saw
yes had all gone. And those whose faith
ere and mothers were scalped might take it
as unplea santly suggestive II lot or White
, men, dressed up as Indians paraded them
selves through the streets
"yVbat was that about Indians?' de-
manded Mr.. Porter who had been busy ex-
changing "reminiscences with Mrs. Whipple.
| "Why. there hasn't been an Indian on the
place for twenty years
"Oh. YES there has, father" said Evelyn.
| "It was only five years ago that there were
two In this room. Don't you remember,
when Wary had his hobby for educating
Indian youth? He brought those boys up
here for Christmas dinner
II remember; and they didn't like tur-
kew" added Mr. Porter. "They were
hungry for their native bear meat"
TITS too bad said Raridan sorrowfully,
chat man never can live down his good
DEEDS
Raridan like to pretend that Clarkson So
ciety had deep philosophy which he alone
understood. He had fallen into his favor
lite role as a social sage for the benefit of
the strangers. and Mrs. Whipple was cor
recting or denying what he said. He had
assured the table that the supreme social
test was whether people could walk on
their own hardwood floors and rugs with
out taking the long slide into eternity.
Philistines could huy hardwood floors, but
only the elect could walk ON them.
Society in Clarsson is easily classified. :"
said Raridan readily. as though he had
| often given thought to this subject. There
are three classes of homes in this town.
namely, those in which no servants are
kept, those in which two are kept, and
those in which the maids wear caps"
Wary is going from bad to worse" de-
clared Mrs Whipple. I'm sure he could
give in advance the menu Of any dinner
he's asked to-
"a tax on the memory and not on the
imagination, retorted Wary.
Miss Warren was asking Mr.. Porter's
opinion of local political conditions which
were Just then attracting widespread at
tention Mr.. Porter was expressing his dis
trust of leader who had leaped into fame
by violent arraignment of the rich.
ut wouldn't be SO terribly hard for us
all to get RICH" said Wary. 81 sometimes
| marvel at the squalor about u.s. All that a
man need do is to concentrate his attention
on one thing, and If he is capable of earning
a dollar a day he can just as easily earn
ten thousand year. Why"--he continued
earnestly, IT knew fellow In Peoria, who
devised a scheme for building duplicates Of