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BUYING, SELLING, BUILDING
REAL ESTATE rRANsFERs.

John e. circuit to VIM. 3. De Camp. lot 3,
20. f1 range ss u.s. town n0 r. $500 49, = ~
block Monroe bro ea addition
Hugh Morrison to Fred G. Buck, lot rs, Brown
psSa ydard asS fs g Carl
son. Lot 8. block 1, Monroe Brothers addition,
block 8, Morrison 5 Lovejoy's addition, s2,45S.
lots q snd u.s. addon to
= ORC l., Latham and husband to Thomas h.
Maggie NJ. Lauderdale and husband to Ragn-
John Kaiser and wife to Joseph F: Rybak and
addition midf $500. anu . iva = 800 AN
Joyce W.. Hogan and husband to james. P.
second econ addition, $3.50. 80 > -
Susan D. Gale and husband to Adelgh confeld,
n. 3. Fletcher and wife to Frank P. Heckler
and wife lots 80 and 49, block Oak Park ad
q Rurwsll and wife to a e county, in
section ion. IL town town II range a 22 500
Ole E. Anderson and wife to ]. Helmred john
Peter ?. swenson to Maggie 9. Bloomauist,
lot 4. block 1. Swensen Brothers addition,
Anna L. Peterson as and husband to Frederick
p Dunn lot % and ID o ~ lot 27. Birch Bluff,
upper M1nnetOnki, ,OOO.
]. K. Shuts and wife to George yesterday,
lot II, block 4, Bradford Bassstt's addition,
Mary J. welter and husband to Fred Hawkins
lot 1, Gould, Connor & Beemans subdivision,
Univ UniYersalist General Convention to Ora l..
Latham, lot II, Harmon's second addition,
81, 900.
| Lockwood H. Thompson and wife to Martha +.
Thompson, lot 5, block 8. Van Nests addition,
| 81, 800.
i Martha ]. Thompson to Carrie A. Thompson,
| LOT x block g. Van Nests 81 300
| Theodore E. Ryan and wife to Martin Simon
son. lot 3, block 6. c.. l.. Willis addition,
$1,17O. II
Hollis O. Pearce and wife to Ambrose H.
McArulty. lot II. block 8. Lake View addition,
i 81, 900. :
six minor and unpublished deeds, $574.
J Total, $34, 294.
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DER TRUE TALES
Uncle Sans Suspenders.

Representative Gibson of Tennessee
has a voice which occasionally entirely
fails, and he has to wait until it comes
fitting back. He was in the midst
Of his answer to the pension speech
of Representative Miers Of Indianaand
was declaiming with great effect.
why" he said, "the tariff is like a
pair Of suspenders, sometimes tight
and sometimes loose, but Uncle Sam
needs them to keep up his
His voice quit exactly at that point.
Everybody wondered whether Gibson
intended to say trousers" "pants,"
"pantaloons' or "overalls.'' He stood
gasping for a short time and then
closed the sentence by saying run
ming expenses" New York World.
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.
the ragged man walking quickly up
towards the house, peering into the
window Of the vehicle.
Green had seen them coming, and
the front door flew open as they drove
up. Beatrice dashed into the house,
with a sort of fear that the mysterious
man would follow her, speak to her.
But he did not. She heard him say
something, in low voice to the butler.
and heard the distinct answer: -
mo; Lord Cather1ngton is away
And her spirit sank unaccountably
when the door shut.
He had gone away quite quietly,
without any remonstrance or argu-
ment. But such a visitor to such a
house was mysterious. uncanny,s all
the more mysterious by reason of
this humility, this Quietness.
Was he the missing Goeffry? Had
he come to GUST Lord Catherington
from his gorgeous home.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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O-THE-MINUTE FASHIONS
GIRLS DRESS. 4ses.
To Be Made with Low or High Neck, Elbow or
Long Sleeves,

To Be Made with Low or High Neck, Elbow or
Long Sleeves.
Bertha waists are always becoming to little
girls. This pretty frock shows one combined
with simple gathered skirt and Is charmingly
graceful at the same time that it is eminently
childish. The model is made Of old pink veil
ing, with trimming Of ecru lace bands, and is
low at the neck, with elbow sleeves. but the
sleeves can be made long and the neck high
whenever they are desired, and all, the many
materials in vogue for little girls frocks are
appropriate while trimming can be banding OF
any sort, frills or almost anything that may be
liked
The dress consists Of waist and skirt. The
waist is made a fitted body lining that is
faced to form the yoke when high, cut on In
dicated lines when low neck is desired, front
and backs. Both front and backs are full and
waist and lining closed separately at the
back. The bertha Is circular and the high
neck is finished with standing collar. The
sleeves form full puffs that are arranged over
fitted Innings. with full frills below. When de.
sired long, the Innings are cut full length and
faced to form cuffs.
The quantity Of material required for the me-
dunn size is 81 yards Fl inches wide, 5Y yards
q inches wide or 8% yards A inches wide, with
z yards Of banding and N-yard 1s inches wide
for yoke and cuffs when high neck and lonf
sleeves are used.
The pattern (4e9s) il cut in sizes for girls o
6, s, 10 and IL years Of age.
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BUILDING PERMITS.

Charles 2. Sail. ~ Fillmore street NE, dwell.
ing, 1880.
Maggie g. Bloomquist. s1se Park avenue,
Dr.. 6. ]. Lind, 2s2s-so p Twenty NTH street,
brick store and fat building. ST, Geo.
ing. 81, 100.
Thomas Lowry. Hennepin and Groveland ave-
nues. brick and stone addition, $4,000.
John B. Robbins Fourteenth avenue and John
son street. stone crushing plant, $4,000.
ing. LOCO.
George q. Payette. 1922 Second street NE,
Jennie NJ Davis. so12 Dupont avenue s. dwell
ing. $500.
Western Investment and Realty company, 8541
First avenue 8, dwelling, 81, 800.
f. S. Macmillan, 616-1s Twelfth avenue Sc,
brick fats. $7,500.s
P. D. Macmillan 415 Eighth avenue Sc. re-
pairs after fire, $500.
{. 6. Taylor. s217 Fourteenth avenue s. dwell
Twenty-Five minor permits, $5.15A
Total, IS permits. S57, 5e Il. :. ~
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WHAT WOMEN WANT TO Kl


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Doctors have some advantages
somewhere; in France their claims
take precedence in the settlement of
a deceased patients estate.
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Scientists tell us that human hair is
liable to turn white during violent
emotions If it Is in any way COM
pressed, as by hat band.
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HIS PLEA.

.But many OF the ordinances" urged the mod
ern mayor, ''are intended to be enforced
How can you tell which are which ~ the
people asked.
ssOh, very easily" he replied. 81 always con-
slider the ordinances tn 1T don't want to enforce
to be the ones the council passed as matter Of
pleAsurable Tecreation-M
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QUESTION FOR TOMORROW


advise In
pIean Ing TASTE N.
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Waterloo was the bloodiest battle
Of modern times, in that over 35 per
cent of the men engaged in it were
killed.
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DO YOU KNOW THAT

Bolivia has g. yearly revenue of
$3,431, 900 from all sources; Colombia,
$7,031, 1000; Costa Rica, $3,61S,00O;
Ecuador, $3,564,0O0; Guatemala,
$2,7S7,00O; Honduras, $1,114,000;
Peru, $5,914,000; Venezuela, $685.
900.
It is estimated that John D. Rookie
feller's income aggregates over $685.
100000 a year. It is known that
he, derives nearly $20,000,000 year
from Standard Oil alone, not to men
ton his interests in railroads, mines,
banks and the thousand other things
he controls Or has a finger in.
The Italians are great exporters of
eggs; they sent out over 600,000,0O0
dozen in the last year.
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A man can hold twelve quarts of
water, but he has to be a pretty good
man and accustomed to the drink.
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APRIL IN AMERICAN HISTORY


- 17so -William Ellery Charming.
clergyman, born.
17ss-Marietta, Ohio. settled by the
Ohio company.
1so5-Francis w. Pickens, states
man, born.
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HOW HE FEELS.

Washington Star.
t.How do you feel about the situation 2?
81 FEEL answered The emperor. like the sole
occupant Of a badly fastened chicken coop when
several people I'm the vicinity have announced
their fixed determination to hare pot-pie Tor
dinneI.k - ss------.1.
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THE WEATHER

Weather
zss !.
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WHAT DID SHE WANT?
Philadelphia Ledger.
NauyIiwad-T uanf fo get so

Mrs. 1New1fwed-1 want to get Some
salad.
Dea1er-Yes. ma am. How many heads?
Mrs. Newliwed-Oh, goodness! I
Thought you took the heads off. I just
want plain chicken salad.
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THE EVENING STORY
HIS CELEBRITY.

Laura met him in a crush at George
Weber's rooms one Wednesday even
ing. and did not hear his name. Later
in the evening. she would not have
known she had met him If he had not
taken the chair beside her with a Ger
tain shy effort. offering a little remark
that had a prepared sound. She gave
him the unexpected answer. and he was
so eagerly appreciative. as well as so
GeferentiaI. that she saw she represent
ed one Of the celebrities he had been
expecting TO meet. She smiled TO her
self. but did not feel any the less friend
ship FOR it, In fact, she turned toward
him In her chair TO give him her frll
attention.
She was rewarded by three success
sive discoveries: First, that his face
was rather nice; second. that it was
really very NICE third. that it was us
tinct.y handsome. She let her eyes rest
on him with lazy approval. and as a
gracious return for the pleasure he WAS
affording them. she gave him some very
good talk of the kind celebrities should
offer, but very seldom do. He crushed
his gloves excite4.y between his hands,
and received every word with a boyish
eagerness that would have warmed q
far more hardened lion than Laura
could ever hope to be She smiled into
the dark on the way hone but it I'D
not occur to her 10 wonder what his
name was.
He was a dear" she admitted, as a
final closing Of the incident
But II did not stay closed. On Satur-
day afternoon she was pa-sing through
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She slipped her hands iato his and
drew him nearer.
u don't want somebody TO exchange
cpigrsms with. she whispered. 4 mo-
ment later she started up with q hOrri-
fed exclamation Then she covered her
face with her hands and began 10 laugh
Historically
Il must 60 home" was all she woulC
say. For 1t had suddenly come to her
that she did not even know the name
3 she had tacitly promised TO take.
/ She plunged down the steps and start
I ed recklessly across the dark street.
/ too troubled to realize that a warning
slant OF confused terror. then she felt
herself caught and hurled roughly back
A moment later, she was kneeling be-
/ side him on the pavement while one
/ policeman mounted guard over an
/ alarmed cab driver. and another ap-
( preached her with pencil and tablets. A
/ crowd had sprung up apparently out OF
/ rs he killed. she implOred.
"Oh. no. lady. DOctOr'H be here in a
minute. What is his name?"
Her eyes went back TO johns white
face. For a deadls instant she hesitat-
T don't know" she said. bluntIy.
/ Poor thing, she's scared out Of her
! sense" some che nlurmUred- The po-
/ Hceman took out Johns pOckcJbOOk
/ ana held a card up 10 the night.
/ John Graham?" he asked her. very
, kindly and distinctly She nod5eds with
bent head.
/ ''Ycs. / suppose so-John Graham. 3"
I she repeated COnfuSedly- And a. that
John o0eucd his eyes
Afterward. while his arm was still IN
a sling, she told him that she had a
! confession TO make
I'm not famous 70 anyone else. she
J owned bravely. 81 I've a quiet. dull lit
/ tic life. and I'm rot run after. and only
( three peODle have ever written for my
/ autograph. I've loved the pedestal you
gave me but II isn't fair. You've been
/ cheated.
re laughed and lifted her hand 10 his
/ che ek-
( You're famous enough for me- he
said. Was that what was the matter,
! when YOU wanted 10 run hOme-thlt
right2"
/ She COIOred and laughed
/ NO. Mr.. John Graham. 1t WASH
she said. And that was All he eouid get
/ out of he- on the subject
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LEADERS SOON TO FIX
DATE OF ADJOURNMENT
Business in Congress at Point Where 1t Can Be Disposed
of by May 5.
of by May 5,

BY the end Of this week the leaders in
the Senate and House will be able TO
fix approximately the date when Con
gress will adjourn. At present 1t looks
as il May ; would be the date, although
there are some who believe that bust
less Will be wound up a week earlier.
Scarcely anyone thinks that the date
VIII be later than May >.
Ii is expected that the Senate will
conclude with the Postohce approprla-
tiou bill this week. and that the con-
feI cnce reports upon two or three other
appropriation bills will be agreed to.
The sundry civil and Military Academy
appropriation bills will also be reported
TO the Senate some time this week
The House will be governed largely by
the action Of the Senate. There every
thing has been cleared away. with the
exception Of the general deficiency bill.
the So, 0O0ODO river and haTbOr bill and
several administrative measures. The
general deficiency bill viii be reported
10 the House early -his week, and Will
doubtless be disposed OF in two days.
A Cay will suffice for the river and hdr-
bon bill. and the remainder Of the week
will be largely devoted to the consid-
Grafton OF conference reports.
Aside from these measures, the House
has TO consider the Cooper bill, which
is amendat0ry TO the Philippine civil
government act and permits the issu-
arce Of bonds by the government of the
islands. and of municipal bonds for
public Improvements. Within three days
the House can easily dispose Of thi.
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"a various tables Of contents. was very
lonely.
Spring was on them early. and
brought a heavenly night there was no
resisting. out of doors. you know. %
little back porch. he urged would
II bore YOU And so half an hour later
JhCy were dining together surrounded
by greenness, with summed spring air
drifting over them. And she did not
know his name.
n could not help being q pleasant
party. re appreciated her so wildly, AMI
her eyes found him so satisfying. They
sat talking long after the few othe.
diners had gone The air between them
became charged with something that
made her hands shake
"Of course It's no use hC said quiGe
suddenly. You've been an angel TO me.
Don't suppose I'm such a conceited idiot
2 10 think YOU could look at me. But
IL 4 ston coming. ] want yDu to uTFier
staud-thouEh. Of course. YOU won't no.
tic" il n ! do stop. 1 know what your
life
YES. should notice it II YOU
stepped. she said IN fixed voice, care
fully balancing her spoon on the edge
Of her coffee cup.
..But YOU wouldn't care" His voice
had suddenly become several notes
dCc0cr. ard her heart started painfully
at the charge.
YES. should care" Her eyes were
still on the coffee spoon. bit her hands
were EaOticTiess now
oh I know he broke out. after
minute. You're willing enough 10 be
friends with me. But that isn't it any
NO she rereated. that isn'tft any
more. Then she looked up He came
you cont mean it-you ean't-you.
Dear. yoll don't realize. n just a dull,
commonplace"
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fun at small expense, and the con-
structive faculty will be strength
ened. The evil of amateur acting be
gins with the applause of the aud
fence and the elaboration of proper
ties. The child whose dramatic
faculty is exploited in public is
usually injured, unless the life be
that Of the stage proper. in which
case the audience is taken as a mat
ter of course. There is no more dis
agreeable little popinjay than the
child encouraged by injudicious rela-
tiveS to recite, or sing, or play the
piano, for the establishment of pri-
vate audiences. But private dramat-
ic plays Of the sort Just described are
different altogether. The child is
fascinated by the story, by the pleas
ure of constructing needed scenes
and properties, by the concerted &C
ton with others. 1t is a game with
some of the delights of creative art.
The child whose toys are all ready
made soon falls to tearing its elabor-
ate dolls, steamboats, and doll houses
to bits The child to whom a paper
knife represents a dagger, an old
umbrella successfully q tent, Il
sword. and a kings canopy, and a
saw-horse the charger of the Middle
Ages-that child tastes the delights
of the creator.
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Seben- Year Mystery.

Hon. Murray Vandiver. State treasurer
and generalissimo Of the Democratic or
ganizauon OF Maryland. tells this one on
himself.
For twenty yeors ] have never gone
TO sleep without having 4 pitcher OF
water at the side Of my bed. I recollect
some years ago my wife had a Skye
terrier that lived TO be seventeen years
old, and as MS age increased he be
came infrm and ailing. Mrs. Yandiver
was very fond of the dog. and the last
seven years of his life she would have
him sleep upstairs.
Every night before going to bed ]
was accustomed TO nil an Old-f8shioned
wide-brimmed earthenware pitcher with
water and set it by my bed to drink
at night. There was a mystery about
that pitcher which we often discussed
and could never explain. Whether I
drank from the pitcher or not, even If
IL had been fun at night. it would be
nearly empty in the morning. For seven
years we puzzled about it and mang
theories were exploited to prove that
the water evaporated or the pitcher
leaked
AT last one night / awoke and heard
a steady lap. lap, lap near my bed, and
reaching cut in the direction of the
sound 1 grabbed that old terrier by the
long hair on his neck in the act of drink
ing out of my pitcher Then ] realized
that for seven years the dog and / had
been drinking together ever night
And did you cure him of the habit
after that?' General Vandiver was
sked.
ITO the best OF nay recollection" re-
Ilied the general with precision and
dignity, the children buried him under
fhe crab apple tree in the garden next
day"
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measure. II Will then have for consid-
Grafton the HepbUrn-D Deliver bill. III,
Statehood bill, and the Gardner bill TO
provide for the appointment OF q com
mission TO investigate and report upon
the condition Of the American merchant
marine.
Under the rules of the House those
measures can be run through easily. or
at least it viii be easy to get consid-
Grafton Of them. Neither the Gardner
bill nor the Hepburn Deliver bin will
have smooth sailing. but # the House
leaders End that they are certain of
a majority in favor Of them they will
be called up and put through.
a conference Of Republicans viii be
held before anything further is done in
tho matter of Statehood. The Oklaho-
ma-Indian Territory and New Mexico
Arizona bill has been reported and will
probably pass the House, although it
viii be bitterly opposed by the Demo
Gratis because OF the fact as they con-
tend. that it does not give their party
fair representation i'm the proposed new
States While the Senate is considering
appropriation bills the House can dispose
Of these measures, which il is not nee
essary for the Senate to act upon at
this session, as several OF them are TO
be passed by the House only for polit-
ical effect and with the full knowledge
that Iheir consideration by the other
body VIII be deferred until the short
session.
In view Of these conditions II IS gen
orally believed that four weeks from
new Congress Will not be in session.
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A List of Eliqibles.
II Is Sadly Needed to Give Our Com
missioners Relief.

II Is Sadly Needed to Give Our Com
missioners Relief.
Immediate action seems advisable
to save as much as possible from the
sad wreck of the District patronage.
The various Citizens Associations
should arouse. themselves to the
height of the emergency. All is not
lost save honor There are still
crumbs available. Let the mission
aries who seem to be making the cir
cult of these associations to manu-
facture support and enthusiasm for
our District government go into be-
coming retirement until the new or
der of things is more firmly estab-
Iished.
What is wanted is a District eligi-
bic list, such as all the executive de-
partments have prepared under new
civil service regulations. It is pitfful
that this list was not started some
weeks ago, for then $1,000 positions
would have been saved to the Dis
trict. Prompt action now viii. how
ever, retain the 81 900 places, and
those at $500, and the messengers
and doOrkeepers at 1920, as well as
all skilled labOrers.
The methods of the departments
now include list in which all names
are entered of those competent to fill
the lower positions, and when there
are calls for special services, OF to
fill vacancies, those regularly entered
on these departmental lists are given
preference.
There should be immediate atten-
ton to this matter on the part of all
who deem themselves competent to
fill the 81 900 positions, and the
others named. 1t might be under
stood that if any competent 81 200
man was accidentally overlooked in
the prolonged and heartrending
search of the Commissioners. his
name, solely as an act Of grace.
should be placed in a separate list.
and, if by any miracle two of this
grade prove to have been overlooked.
both might be added to the list.
Such action as here suggested
would not only save the Commission
ers months Of weary searching near
and far, but what is more important.
would snatch from the sorrowfuI
wreck all that it is now possible to
preserve for citizens of the District
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Drama in the Schools.
Mrs. EmmOns Blaine Ad<ocates Ora
matte Training for Children.

Mrs. Emmons Blaine Advocates ORA
matte Training for Children.
The idea advocated by Mrs. EN-
mons Blaine, Of including dramatic
training in the school curriculum. and
having a little dramatic exhibition
by the pupils each week. is hardly
likely 20 find favor among school au-
thorities, most of whom are fully
alive to the fact that the pupils of
the public schools have about all
they can do now. Moreover. most
teachers Of experience are decidedly
averse TO any sort of exhibition Of
this kind, which they know from ex-
perience distracts the minds of the
children from their studies.
The idea Of developing the dramat-
&c instinct in children is, however.
not a bad one. and if it could be done
in the right way. and not in the cut
and dried fashion Of a school pro-
gram, It would be a delight and a
benefit 70 most youngsters. The dra-
matte instinct is usually strong be-
tween the ages Of seven and twelve.
and its exercise is perfectly legiti-
mate. Moreover. acting plays or par
tcipating in dramatic games. with
simple properties and no audience OF
any account. merely for the pleasure
of the thing, is one Of the prettiest
and most instructive Of amusements.
The child's Imagination is developed.
the habit Of team work" is estab-
lished. the memory is exercised. and
the artistic sense often stimulated.
Mothers, sisters. and friends can
DO more in this line than the school
committees. If they will give the
children old clothes, furniture. and a
few inexpensive stage properties, en-
cnaraging them 10 make their own
scenery and costumes, and suggesting
% them familiar tales which they
can 'act out" in their own fashion,
tae children viii have a great deal of