New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-08
HER sELF-DENIAL.

HER SELF-DENIAL-
when Lent began. said Molly.
There's rot q bit Of doubt
I'm quite as well without
And now since self-cenial
Is the fashionable craze.
I'll practise 1t IN earnest
For the coming forty days.
I'll. foreEo expensive bOnbons.
They're unH'holesome, anyway
I'll purchase fewer flowers.
I'll omit the matinee
For that reckless tailor-made.'
Qm not quite sure that, after all
IT'S n becoming shaded
"I.n buy no more new novels
I've already such loO,
Bur Improve my mind by. reading
And Of each uns3ent dollar
I'll keep strict account
And to some worthy PURPOSE
I'll devote the whole amount"
So Molly through the weeks Of Lent
Did worldly wiles combat
And with deniars net results
Jennie Belts Hartswick. IN IAfa
Transparent umbrellas Il late novelty IN
London. The substance OF which they made
has the color OF ivory. and its constitution is a
secret the inventor Collisions thus rendered
unlikely.
In the spring the malden's fancy
Lightly turns to Easter hats.
And the young man haunts tho window
vim ''' buffalo Express,
The sovereign who reigns over the smallest mon
archy IN the world is the King of the Cocos. n
group Of islands Sumatra. These Islands
were discovered about three hundred years ago by
the captain Of the Keeling. but were comparatively
little known till 1925. when Mr. Ross. an English
man. visited them, struck by their beauty and
took up his abode there. It is his grandson. NJ.
George Ross who now holds sway tho Cocos.
When the thermometer dropped far below zero
last December good Mrs. Rogers was much dis
tur0ed AT tne recoiIectoh Ihat tlu!dlh Ihe new
kitchen maid slept In an unheated room Huldah,'
she said. remembering the good old custom OF her
own girIhood its going 10 be pretty cold tonight
think you had better take fiatiron to bed with
you" Yes. ma am. said Huldah, In mild and
and free from care, secure In the belief that the
maid was comfortable. In the morning she again
how did you get along with the natron?' Huldah
breathed deep sigh OF recollection Veil ma am .
she said, 81 got It most warm before morning"
-(Youths Companion.
An automobile sled Is the vehicle a Belgian ex-
plorer Henryk Arctowski-in view OF his special
ty. why not Antarctowski?- TO use in
making his next dash for the South Pole. accord
Ing 20 lie Tour du Monde" lie is now experiment.
ing with motors and propelers.
Steamship expeditions TO the South Sea
stopped by land walls OF perpetual fee long be-
fore they reach the pole. From tho shore expe-
ditons have gone inland some distance with dog
slcds, but there IS n limit to the distances that can
be so covered. as food for the dogs has TO be
rled. and adds greatly to the necessary stores.
If a motor sufficiently simple and strong can be
found. which viii in the coolest weather and
will not consume great n weight of stores per
mile as the dogs do. Monsieur Arctowski believes
It will be a great aid to the explorer.
His present scheme is to Canadian sledges.
or toboggans, and attach to each two wheels with
spur teeth mounted like the sidewheels OF river
steamer, and arranged that they be raised
or lowered TO grip lightly or deeply. according
the snow is crusted soft The whole affair must
will cfpLrt
IN the snow strong enough to plough its way
through moderate depth Of light fakes and large
enough to carry the explorer and necessary stores
for him and the motor.