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basket OF red apples and q scarf wound
around his neck, weeps with an answering
sob.
The small interpreter il quite overcome.
Age does not wither nor custom stale Tor
him the Infinite variety of woe. He comes
sympathy, like that Of the rest OF the audi
ence, is luvisned on the troubles Of Rnaldo.
When he recovers himself he proceeds.
"You jus watch: Rinald's goin' to become
a priest; 'L,, Why' ny hes Hes g goin to do pen
Rinaldo takes leave Of each of his wooden
friends In turn. The tnarionette embrace,
in its fervor and leisurely disehtangement,
reminds one of the Olga Nethersole caress.
But at length the last wooden figure, is
heads meet, and Rinaldo disappears into
the wings.
There ia a crash. which sounds like
department wagon filed with kitchen
utensils breaking down in Eighth avenue
Hes broke his sword. says the inter-
prefer gleefully.
a? ~ ?" from the party.
why, priest always break his sword
before he goes on penance."
Soon RinaIdo .reappears. He has d.
vested himself of his armorr, of his long
flowing hair of gold, of his shield and buck
ler. He has retained only his expression
Rinaldo will never need facial massage
to remove wrinkles produced by mobility.
His gown is a plain brown cassock tied
with string, around his hairless head is
neither crown nor helmet, his neck is en-
circled by wide white collar. He drags
himself across the stage with head bent.
A terrible depression envelopes the audi
ence On the stage. the companion knights
fall against one another anew with clash
of armor and grief intermingled Then,
two bv two, they also disappear.
The stage Is empty for moment, the vio-
lin walls on one string. there is "A thud of
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for the array OF swords, shields, helmets,
bolero jackets made Of iron dish cloths
cemented together, and spangled tunics
The costumes. so the interpreter informs
the visitors, are all made in the theatre
The figures themselves are manufactured
In Boston--that accounts partly for their
rigidity and hypotenuse gestures.
"Whats the play2" asks one of the party
Of the selF-aprointed interpreter
"'The Paladin of France he answers.
as one who recites well known lesson.
"The which? WHAT'S paladin when
it's homer"
There arc still idioms Of the English
language which the Italian boy has failed
to grasp. He looks puzzled.
Its in the time of Charley Mann, you
know he voGchsafes.
Charley Mann"
"Yes, and thems the knights, Rinaldo.
Roland and--and--" Memory il playino
hin, tricks and he asks of the part ,penereilv
sWho was Rolsnd's friend?" He points
to the fifth figure, which is leaning in an
attitude of tiercely wooden wrath against
his neiglbor
-Tes, that's Oliver, and that's Ganelon, I.
pointing to vicious marionette who looks
az If. were he let loose in nursery. he
would cut of the limbs of the dolls without
compunction and walow in their sawdust.
The explanation continues: THAT
pointing to the giant, "is The famous gia mt
Of Asia. but it don't do him any good being
a giant: he gets killed with the rest II
you wait you'll see 'em all killed That's
the way it ends"
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walking, and there are very few women
who carry themselves properly, will by
doing this gain more than an inch.
But for girl who, gets easily tired and
has allowed herself the luxury of sagging,
so to speak, it is hard work to keep per-
fectly erect position for any length of time
1t requires constant vigilance.
"The question of added height is all
question of stretching the vertebr column.
That is why almost everybody is a trife
taller in the morning than at night. While
lying perfectly fiat the vertebra column
has a chance to relax.
There are from eighteen to TWENTY-FIVE
vertebra in the spinal column, and between
each pair is a little cushion of fat. Naturally,
if each of these cushions is stretched even a
tiny fraction that means quite gain in
height.
Every surgeon has an extension appa-
ratus. which is especially designed to stretch
the spine, and which is used in many cases
Of spinal trouble. 1t is called jury mast.
One part Of it goes under the chin, and to
this is attached cords, which run up over a
pulley"
We'll. them" the doctor was asked, you
really think. woman can increase her
height by scientific treatment"
Certainly
How long would 1t take-a month";
Much longer than that. Why, In a
month she would Just be getting into form
for the stretching. First the abdominal
muscles and the muscles of the back must
be strengthened, and that takes time.
II should say six months or one year
would be more like It, The process must he
very gradual or woman might be seriously
injured.
Yes, think 1t quite probable that two
inches of height might be gained in six
months. Unfortunately, the legs can't be
stretched. Only the vertebre will stand
it.
IF short, pudgy women will go to work
at physical culture exercises-work at
them systema tically need not be
pudgy very long, even though they are not
tall. They will look taller anyway when
they drop some flesh"
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peculiarities any more than fellow docs
with girl who knows his.

peculiarities any more than fellow does
with girl who knows his.
"Anotherthing: In Boston University con-
ditions are little different probably from
most coetucational institutions. There are
no dormt ories. and the girls board around
in different parts of the city, just as girls
who work In n 81 ore or anywhere else. Most
of the girls live at home with relatives or
friends,
This, of course, gives each girl her own
circle of outside acqla intanceS, just as any
other girl may have in any other walk Of
life. Her social obligations and enjoy
ments are usually confined o this circle of
utside acuuantances, and the men in the
university mean nothingto her except that
they happen to be pursuing a. similar course
of studies few hours day.
This, perhaps, is most noticeable when
ever there happens to be some social funo-
tion for both the male and female students,
such as the klat sch Collegium. Almost
invariably you will find that the young
women of the school have brought some
outsider to the function.
1t may be a Harvard man, man from
Tufts or some young man from the social
sci in which she lives. Very few Of the
young men students are seen In company
of the college young women on such occa-
sions.
Il sometime think too, that there is a
little bit Of feeling of antagonism between
the two classes of students where the women
outnumber the men, as they do in Boston
University. The women monopolize about
all the society honors, and this does not
please tho men.
"Then another thing, the men students
are not as general thing, OF the age ortype
to care to hang around girls and cultivate
an intimate acquaintance.
smith College and Holyoke College
are both near Amherst. You would natur-
ally suppose that whenever there is social
function at eithero Of these women's colleges,
such as the glee club concert at Holvoke,
or the Junior promenade al Smith, the
men would he invited over from Amherst.
On the contrary, you find probably more
Harvard and Yale men at either of these
functions than from Amherst,
"How about Wellesley"
"Well, Harvard men have the call at
Wellesley ap4l II bet there are more Har-
ward men married to Wellesley girls than
the combined number of marriages among
the graduates of any two coeducationql
institutions in the country
How aboutialc men?"
IL am not sure on that point, but ] think
Smith Hoiyoke and Vassar capture most
of the Yale men"
University expressed herself on the ques-
ton thus.
Il think it's Just human nature. The
young women, for one thing, are at the
romantic period of their lives, either con-
sciously or unCunsciousy, and where there
is little mystery there is little romance.
They do not care for the young inen
they see about them every day. Take
the marriage columns Of the newspapers
and look them over. In most of them
You will find that the man lives in one
town and the woman In another.
There is no mystery In the person YOU
see every day in the classroom. Or, take
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A STONE IN HIS APPENDIX.
Strange Case OF n Young Man Who Suf.
fered From Appendicitis.

UTICA, Dec, 1.-Within a period OF less
than twelve months Clarence Lowe of
Morrsville has suffered from three severe
and prolonged attacks of appendicitis.
The last attack came on about three weeks
ago. Making no permanent improvement,
the attending physicians decided that an
operation would be necessary to save the
pat tents life, and few days ago the APP
pendx was removed. The surgeons were
dumfounded to find that the severed ap-
pendx contained what closely resembled
a smooth stone or some hard substance
nearly an inch in length and resembling
q filbert The doct ors are strongly of
the opinion that tho ball gradually formed
in the appendix, us the opening of the ap-
pendix is much too small to admit of the
passage of any hard substance of the size
of the one they found, The young man is
making rapid recovery.
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feet to S feet 10, who. if anything, are

feet 0 to feet TO- who. if anything, are
more plentiful now than the shorter girls.
"You see, they are more stunning, as my
son puts it, than short girls, and even the
short men like to be seen with them on
the avenue. A tall girl shows of clothes
much better than shorter one, and as
general thing is more graceful.
Il tremble to think what some OF those
girls will be like when they get middle aged
and fat But Of course their masculine
admirers don't seem to think Of that now.
"Given n cert ain amount of good looks
and it is the tall girl who carries everything
before her these days. | am not sure that
it has not always been so.
There is a very rich American woman
now living in Europe a woman of marked
ability and originality in the art OF enter
tanning, who gave more than one enter
tainment in New York, still spoken of,
who transferred her lares and .penates
across the water simply, because she could
not achieve prominent leadership in New,
York. And it was generally recognized
that the only obstacle to realizing her
ambitions was her physical proportions.
Apparently, at least, there was no other
1t would be almost impossible, think, for
a very short and very stout young woman
to achieve belledom or leadership in New
York to-day"
"Do short men prefer tall girlsP"
-Well, they seem to. At any rate they
are not a bit backward at dancing atten-
dance on them or at marrying them either
"On the whole the tall girls are more
sensitive on that point than the men.
Most girls prefer tall men, but as there
are not enough of them to go around they
have to put up with the others.
There was one very tall young woman
who, to .everybody's surprise, became
engaged the winter before last to a young
man who reached only to her shoulder
My husband told me that the way that
young mans friends guyed him would
have driven some men to break the engage
ment.
"Did he mind it? Not in the least. In
fact he was cage? for big church wedding.
But when that question was put up to her
the bride baked. She confessed to me
afterward that she did not have the courage
to come down the aisle with her little boy,
as her friends dubbed the bridegroom, and
80 she chose a house wedding with only
intimates present
Some of the older men, though, don Z
enj Joy promenading or dancing with
woman taller than Themselves
-Can anything be done to help the short,
stout girl out of the dilemma she is inT
was asked of Dr. +. II. See. For instance,
can she be stretched, as has been limited
couple of inches or so?'
The doctor looked amused.
"Do you know" he asked in turn, that
that question has been asked almost from
time immemorlal, and put to the test, too,
many timer
that is to make a person taller. But 1t
certainly can be done.
"For that matter by throwing back her
shoulders, raising her chest and holding
her head erect any woman can Immediately
/, increase her height at least ono inch.
| Women who have allowed themselves
to get into particularly slouchy way OF
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"Et off Rinaldo's head7 Why, how can
the play go on?"
There IL nothing like the expression with
which experience meets Grass ignorance.
The interpreter turned that expression on,
full face
THAT want Rinaldo. That was the
Thief DO you spose Rinaldo would have
been ct up without fghtin2"
As the curtain in front falls announcing
that the second act is over, one of the party
leans forward:
Il don't seem to be quite clear now about
them. Who is Rinaldo?"
4Rinaldo? Why, told you in the begin
ming. Rinaldo's Roland's cousin
And Roland?"
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GIRLS TALL AND STUNNING.
NOTABLE CHANGE IN NEW YORKS
BEAUTY SHOW.
siX.FOoters Not Unc0mmon-The Tall Girl
and the Short Man--Adyantases OF
Much Stature-AlmOs. Every Woman
Can Make Herself Little Taller

Fashion SAYS that women shall be tall.
For ,.e time being the high-as-my-heart
s.ye OF girl has been deposed by the di-
v.Geiv tall variety.
How so many tall girls got here so quickly
astes the style changed, no one is able to
explain. Everybody, though, admits that
the tall girl has arrived.
Women with daughters Of their own
aud other women who have been interested
for many years in the fashionable dancing
classes and who have been chaperoning
and entertaining other women's daughters,
say that there is no getting away from
the fact that the present day New York
girls, the majority Of them, at least. are
surprisingly tall. And they add that as
the New York girl sets the fashion in clothes,
manners, sports and lot of other things
II follows that the tall girl craze will spread
all over the country.
= II girl is not tall she must get tall.
Th"t1 al there is about it. 1t can be done,
t"'--or, at least. simulated.
just now" said well-known hostess,
whose slX-foot daughter was waiting to go
with her on a Christmas shopping tour,
tai women. and especially very tall young
Gn!s, are more plentiful in New York than
IN aIy other city of America.
! used to hear good deal about the
suappng Western girls but during stay
OF several weeks last winter in Chicago
came to the conclusion that the average
height Of the women there was less than
IN New York.
u am told that the average height OF the
American woman has increased in the
las ton wears. Any manufacturer ot
ready made garments knows that and
acts accordingly.
AN a result. whereas ten years ago it
va n"Ni 10 impossible to buy skirt which
measured more than AZ inches in front
,'r - inch length is now quite common
am Interested, you sec, in that phase OF
VI" question, because / have such tall
daughter"
Yes. think the tall girl has things
pretty much her own way said another
woman, BY that I don't mean the ex.
"tlionaIlv tall girls of, say. feet and
ei""i II, Of whom there are. after all. com
t-taiiveiy few, but those anywhere from
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Gathering and their wooden heads rever-
berating through the theatre. they start
back with shock Of surprise. and, after a
little insecure wobbling, address each
other. An animated dialogue ensues, pune
tuated by frequent hammering OF the tin
swords on the tin shields
"Rinaldo's wife Ia b'legered and the other
knight is telling him of it
"Be--?"
.Yes, leagured. See, he's weepin now.
only they don't dare tell him of It quite
yet: they're preparin him
There is a confusion of figures rs half a
dozen fall against one another That is a
oolloquy. Tammany has the same kind
At the end of the session another knight
starts forth with the peculiarly staccato
motion which is the province of the MARIO
nette stock company. The news is broken
to Rinaldo. A long wall echoes through
the theatre A small boy. with big
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height at least foot by optical delusion.
From the orchestra-if it can be 80 miscalled
they seem to be about four feet in height.
Behind the scenes they diminish to two
and half to three feet
The ordinary marionette of childhood
acquaintance was of the Punch and Judy
variety or Of the museum type, queer little
figures four or five inches in height worked
by strings or wires or perhaps held by a
hidden hand and easily manipulated
These marionettes are lliputian figures
big jointed dolls Of wood and wire. They
enact their tragedies against background
OF painted canvas, which has nothing subtle
in its appearance. 1t is rolled up and down
like window shade over wooden beam
and appears whenever the drama drags a
little, and it seems to need little added
tonic, although, it may be mentioned here,
that whatever the Marionette Theatre lacks
it does not lack action
The scene presented on the canvas rarely
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THIRTY YEARS AFTER.
John -. Champlin. Jr., Enjoys Publication
OF a story lie Wrote Long AGO.

"I've seen some ,menion in the news
papers again lately of the length of time
the magazines hold articles before the
author sees them published" said one
of the library attaches the other day. Il
think John D. CEamplin, Jr.. of this city
holds the record
when he was comparatively young
man, in 1872, he wrote an article enttleo
The True Capt. Kidd 1t was accepted by
Horpcr's Mcguzine, and he was paid for 1t.
Last year the article came ont in the E.a1s;-
zine, gorgeously illustrated by Howard
Pyle. Its publication was just thirty years
after its acceptance.
Mr., Champhn is n Eraybearoed old
gentleman now, and enjoyed reading the
article, for he has been engaged on tho
editorial force of an encyclopedias for many
wears and had well nigh forgotten what his
article contained and how il read
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thing falls upon it, Most of the disaster Is
concealed blythe boards but there is horrid
noise that sounds like the crunch of a board
ing house Sunday dinner when the turkey
comes on, and then. after a thrilling mo-
ment, the interpreter draws long breath
and says:
He's ct Off his head"
1t seemed to the party II little premature
to have the hero's head "et Off at the begin
ming Of the second act. 1bsen, with all his
impatience for horror. never did that.
There Is chorus of remonstrance,
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has anything to do with the scene on the
stage; it would take the genealogical head
Of department in a Saturday supplement
to find any connection. Mountain fast
nesses. prison walls, sparkling rills little the
worse for wear and forests that We're prime
val ten years ago when paint was fresh.
chase each other up and down the back
ground with gay insouciance. If the
marionettes fit in, so much the better: the
audience is the gamer If they don't, what
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THE NEWEST HOSPITAL.
Still Another Added TO the Long List In
Which Repairs Are Made.

or dolls hospitals" there are now to be
found in the city many and of umbrella
hospitals" there are not few. and there is
here and there to be found hat hospital
80 commonly does the term hospital com
mend itself to those who want to set forth
strikingly the fact that they are engaged
in the repair Of the several articles named,
and now there has been added to the list
Of such hospitals a pipe hospital" whore
pipes in any stage of disrepair will he taken
In. to be turned out whole
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Why Emma Was a Good Housekeeper.

From the Hiiwaukoe .Sonhnci
Mr.. Clark, | want n license TO marry for
my daughter" The speaker was u well 10
do German of middle age The license clerk
was all suavty at once, and in u short time
he and his friend were talking about the
prospects and the future of the couple TO be.
oh. Emma il good daughter, and she is
fine housekcepcr. She knows how to man
age home all right Since my woman died
she has kept the place going almost as well
as my woman could have done. Why. this
summer she raised twenty geese. Yes,
Emma is good housekcepcr. Carl sesld
not do better.
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II FRANCOIS villon had lived now he
would not have had to sing
Where is the doughty Cnariemagne'
Charlemagne is very much in evidence.
One Of the party, endowed with crush hat
and a knowledge of history. informs the
rest that the play is based on the song of
Roland which Taillefer sang before William
Of Normandy at the battle of Hastings.
The interpreter looks at him with so much
respect that it is quite few minutes before
he ventures to take up the thread of hist ory.
Two figures start for the centre of the
their advance being about as slow and
graceful as that of a locomotive on a down
grade. Having reached the centre and
each other at the same moment, their armor
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shares in Yesterdays market not justified
by the condition Of the company or by its prospects
Various uufounded reports, most Of which had
their origin i'm Chicago. the home Of the bear
rtluors were circulated in the day regarding the
rropert, but only weak holders placed any conf
deuce In the absurd reports. The company Is
earning $4,000 net monthly and the officers see
enough business ahead 10 encourage the belief
Of heavy earnings for months 10 come In the
poorest Of business years is estimated that earn
ings will be largely in excess preferred dividend
requirements. II may be said on authority that
insiders were heavy buyers OF the shares on yes
terday's decline. The American Car and Foundry
Company has received new orders for cars as fol
lows: Butte. Anaconda and Paciac. six COACHES.