The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-26
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l believed you against the policeman, but l can't reconcile it with my early training that Julius Caesar carried a gun and wore leather leggins."
 The Italian appeared crest-fallen. Then he looked more carefully at the figure and smile of exquisite relief lit up his ex- pressive face.
 "Signor 1 have made mistake. I in- tend to give you the great Caesar and have him on my counter, but maybe my wife she can sell him for big lot. You do not care. Signor. This is Mefeelo Beel, you know him, Signor. great American. You like him better than Julius Caesar. Perhaps next Christmas l will bring him. but Mefeelo .Beel he lookee weel here, SiCnor and I could never sell him to anybody"
 Mrs. Joseph B. Foraker, wife of the Ohio senator has a pair of pink satin slipers which are among her cherished possessions. TLey are evidences of her sound judgment and kindness of heart, though of course. Mrs. Foraker does not tell their history with the intention of ehciting such praise. These slipers were worn by Mrs. Benjamin Harrison at the inaugural ball of her husband, and for several days afterwards they gave to the mistress of the White House all the ease and comfort attainable only by a roomy shoe.
 When Mrs. Harrison arrived in Wash ington, just prior to March 4. 1889, she brought a complete new wardrobe and scores of handsome new boots and slip pers. The white satin sipers chosen for the ball proved a size or two smaller than Mrs. Harrison could wear with comfort but with the courage of woman who will perform her whole duty under all circumstances, she essayed to put them on. But when she got to the pension of f1ice, where the ball was to be had and discarded her wraps preparatory to lead ing the grand march. she was simply un- able to endure the agony any longer.
 Naturally, she could not lead the march la Trilby. and she was on the verge of tears, when Mrs Foraker asked the trouble. When she learned the details. she promptly offered her slippers to Mrs. Harrison, and they were accepted with alarcity. Mrs. Foraker had worn her high shoes to the ball room and in the crowd she rightly surmised that her feet would not be conspicuous.
 Mrs. Harrison found the slippers SO comfortable that she asked permission to keep them until she sent a Macedonian cry to Indianapolis for some of her old shoes.
 MI A1NiSeiAAf tiiN Nllt OA JIG OtCTtldTy of Commerce and Labor is the only wo- man in high official circles who can boast of designing and fashoning her own gowns. Once on a time Mrs. Roosevelt assisted materially in the building of her costumes and now in spite of her various duties, she designs many of her toilets and invariably selects the materials. But Mrs. Metcalf accomplishes the whole task, selecting, designing, sewing and fitting. and her gowns are wonderfully we'll chosen and as chic as the costly Parisian robes. which many of the cabinet ladies don on state occasions.
 Like many women who are delft with the needle, Mrs. Metcalf cannot find a modste who will take the pains which she will herself and therefore. she thinks ~---~~-~----~>~-~-~----
 cannot be seen, while Mars still rises too late in the evening and is too far from the earth to be satisfactorily observed.
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 Fig. 1-cohstelations March 1.
 Fig. 2--Juplter and his six satellites. Fig s-Appearance of the sun during an annular eclipse.
 Fig. 4--Rath, of the annular eclipse of the sun March 5. r