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New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

of you to come over so earyl There's nothing like
being neghborly, is there?"
Mrs. Croppleton noted the fit of her riding
habit with groan
rose rigdly. 1--WE thought you ought to know
about that-that sly Mrs Mari, Venetial
'Ah, so good of you, my dearl"
The affectionate phrase fattering in its in
ference of youth, of equality.
Doctor Denniston took up the gauntlet. "a
foeman worthy of your Steel my childl" He
pirouetted around on his patent-leather toes Il
will say that her presence at the operahouse last
night took back TOTO the halcyon days of
my youth. But, l thought, perhaps, you were
to know"
''Ahl 1 wish 1 might have seen herl She must
have been enhancing, to-, with most iattering
smile-''to captivate you, doctor!
H." broke in voice vibrant with jealous inn
petuosity, took girl to a theayter once. That
the time there was a show at Rossville an
Margery Miller an me-
David! The very next time
There immediate time.
Mrs. Croppleton impressively. Her eyes,
made keen by long and prescient maternal vigi-
lance had discerned a masculine approach along
the country road 1T is only right, Venetia, she
explained compassionately, Ito tell you my child,
that this man-ths Godfrey Marsh has been de-
ceiving you'll If he had attempted to deceive
my Eugene or Veronica, even little Angeine,
who won't be twenty-seven till August, | should
have grieved myself into my grave. He met
at the train the night before last this young
widow!"
What young widow?"
Mrs Mari, who has taken the Bergen cottage
furnished. He drove her out there"
But, smiled Venetia, Mrs. Mari isn't a
wdow!'
Mrs. Benner swallowed hard. Miss Malone gave
a little shrek. Then why does she wear them
colors-gray heliotrope-"
An vi'letl" put in Mrs. Brenner. 'She had
a wrapper on in the garden empire style,
broidered in sill"
Doubtless because they are becomingl' re-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
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THIS is the story of what happened in a 70
great plne-tree, one of a beautiful group N
that stand in front of a country resi-
denCe that has orchard at its and another
at one side This big pine IS on the outer edge of
the group, and its next neighbOr is a fine beech
They are really much too close together for the
beech has thrust its into the pine and the
pine has thrust its arms into the beech, and the
result is an almost solid mass of boughs twigs
and dense foliage.
One bright April day, when the sun had been
chasing the laughing showers from field to forest
and from hill to hollow with a 1uttering of tired
wings there descended into the big pine fine young
robin and his wife. Tired they were beyond a
doubt for it their first aghting since they had
flown from that dim temple in the far deep wood
where all the feathered lovers go to make sweet
VOWS and marry each other. And when thev had
come forth from the altar they found the world
STILL and the east all flushed with a pink so even
and SO pure, that 1t was like a great rosy shell
pressed to the brown earths ear and straight they
set their ruddy little breasts toward that glow
and faced the world together.
When they alighted in the big tree-while Mrs
Robin shook out her feathers and with MANY
pretty movements of the head looked about her.
examining each object first with one bright eve
then with the other after the manner of her kind
MIR. Robin bade her welcome in notes so sweet
SO hquidly prolonged, that they brought the mistress
of the residence to the window full of wonder for
well she knew that neither thrush nor cat-bird
nor oriole had yet arrived. And though she knew
the robins notes, she aStoniShed when she
heard the richness and variety of this love-song
lie was certainly handsome fellow. His man.
ner was bold and confident, and his wife thought
his raksh little black cap was blacker and his
rustred vest redder than those of other robins
Mrs. Robin trim, alert graceful and coQuettish
to the tips of her tiny claws Her wedding-gown
though rather quiet in color was lustrous as satin
and htted without crease or wrinkle anywhere.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

g familiar neighborhOod and so thew began
houSe-hunting at once Every nook and GRANNY
of every nearby tree was examined. Mr. Robin
himself even went to distant points 70 look at adj
vertised property. Once or twice he came back
IN great excitement and carried off Mrs. Robin
with him. but she always would hurry back TO her
first choice, the big pine.
But, my dear, he said. 1--WE can't settle here
Robins never live in pine-trees-the foliage is too
thin and the boughs too big and far apart
But she, cuddling up beside him sociably lifting
her soft feathers to the sunlight answered "Ona
side of it. dear is full of the beech growth that viii
give us ample protection and then just look at the
lovely hly-tubS right under us Think how con-
venent that will be for bathing, and how much
society it will bring around at the bathin,
hour
Still Mr. Robin held out He even took his wife.
occasion to look at bird-h house nailed high
in an eln-tree; but his little mate bounced out If
that with great shaking of feathers declarir-
that she hated flats, and that sparrows were I'll.
only fit tenants for such places.
Mr.. Robin nearly at his wits end but havinr
found place in the orchard that suited him per
tectly he made final attempt get his wife away
from the old pine. Back he came bringing q
tne bunch of such dry strong grass as would
tempt any nest-builder in the world to go 10 work
at once The little wife examined and approve
Joyously; but when he gallantlv carried it OF t1
his Orchard-tree she did not follow Then he came
and sang TO her. but she cOy1y turned away her head
He preened himself afresh and with his chest Wei
out to catch the sunlight his vest and make It
redder, he paraded before her But she the wicket
little huSSy, seemed absorbed in the movement
OF a brazen young sparrow who certainly did trv
to attract her attention by his switching anL
twitChing and balancing.
When Mr. Robin what held his wife's gaze,
his tones changed like Hghtning-hiS notes were
harsh and sharp With few furious words he
drove the sparrow beau away, threatening 10 tear
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

likely maiden as far off as l coud Why, there
the time that bought votes at the Beauty
Show at the County Fair when me and Margery
Miller
David" commanded Miss Elsa.
But David kept cackling.
They say she's taken the Bergen cottage al
ready furnished" went on Doctor Denniston to
Miss Elsa. IN confidential aside but perfectly
audible to all. And l think it might be better
if Venetia refuses to receive visits from Mr. Marsh
while Mrs Mari remains in Briggsville Of course,
have only the interests of dear child at heart.
And he has been so attentive!
So good of you'll fluttered Miss Farrar. $50
disinterested, I'm surel'
Miss Malone checking materials and colors
off on her lean fingers. "Pongee, helotrope
foulard pearl-gray-I wonder if she wears vi'et?
Oh there's Mis- Benner She'll know"
The puffy little woman in the rusty alpaca and
last summers hat who came skurrying around
the corner much Alice's rabbit must have skur-
red after he dropped his fan and kid gloves paused
breathessy by the newell post. The loveliest
you seen!' she explained in answer the
unspoken question in the eyes of Maria Malone
Il was up at five to watch She came out in the
garden with it on not two hours ago Made
pire trimmed with silver, all vi'let-"
Il told We sol" exulted Maria Malone.
"The night we went to the huskin' bee" pro-
claimed voice from remote and fragrant spaces,
"Margery Miller she blue, an
David l shall be obliged to" No one ever
knew what Miss Elsa would feel obliged to do in
emergency But she rose with some dig
nifty. She went to the foot of the stairs.
"Venetia, dear" she called Il think l Mr.
Marsh bringing the horses Are you ready?"
Aunt Elsa had had a romance of her own in her
youth-before she to keep house for Uncle
David-and its latent pride fierce in her.
Coming" cried Venetia gaily And fair, svelte
laughing, rosy, down she came, whip in hand and
her dog at her heels. The quartet the veranda
regarded her with varying degrees of commisera-
ton She greeted them-and her was
balm to little Miss Elsa's swelling heart-wth
sweet, careless Indifferent friendliness so good
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for AUGUST ~. 1905

turned Venetia sweetly. II should wear such
shades were 1 as fair as she and could them
as charmingly.
Little Miss Elsa gowed with satisfaction
The day was ripe ambient, was transcend
ant in it's beauty now. And Venetia standing
laughing on the top step of the wistaria-draped
porch seemed part of the day, the glory the mid
summer gadness of it all She struck her whip
against her riding skirt and watched the man who
had dropped from his horse at the gate and was
securing the one he had led to the hitching-post.
'.He kissed hert" said Mrs. Croppleton breath
lessly. There no time to lose The tone came
from the very lowest depth of her common-sense
shoes. ''If he had done that to Veronica,
Eugenie, even
They'd have died of joyl" interjected Maria
Malone
Whats thats" queried Mrs. Croppleton sharply
81 was only thinking aloudl" replied Miss Malone
"And thought you ought to know. Venetia
seeing that I've girls of my own, that GeOifrey
Marsh kissed Mrs. Marrl"
"Once." quavered the voice, when I got the
red ear there was just me an Margery Miller"
"Davidl You'll go indoors if"
81 hope he did," said Venetia heartily She
was looking toward the gate with eyes that were
dewy and sweet.
"Eh?" cried Doctor Denniston, his eyes on the
stalwart young figure approaching
Mrs. Mari is Mr. Marsh's half-sister She
practically educated him and brought him up.
She is married to his cousin Major Mari at present
on military duty in the Philippines. We are going
over to the Bergen cottage to have luncheon with
her this morning. All, here is Geoffrey now"
There was the sound of a crisp, rapid. precise
tread the graveled path. GeOffrey Marsh
tanned, handsome and athletic-lOoking in his
riding clothes. swept off his hat to the group on
the veranda, and bowed the hand Venetia
gave him.
As they moved away together, Venetia glanced
back, her eyes shining with laughter. Uncle
David she called, were going riding"
He stood IN md waved his 1e6
when YOU get back" he shouted, ''Iu tell YOU
how once me an Margery Miller"
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
B y G. I a n a Nj D rri S

And while her bridegroom sang to her she quietly
made up her little wifely mind that their home
should be in that very tree and nowhere else.
Mr. Robin had not brought his bride there by
chance - far from it. He in fact had been born and
brought up there the summer before, and many
time had he heard his father tell his mother what
comfort the two orchards WERE living so close
together, when a had to market for a large
and growing family. Then too there was only one
cat on the place, and he was so overfed that he
couldn't catch day-old chick
Altogether 1t was natural enough that young
Mr.. Robin should wish to establish himself in the
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27
ID I F F E r. E n G z S
By r. II. Munki,triok


The sea-gull floating leisurely on high
Is in no manner like the dnner-bell;
The steepe reaching to the starry sky
Is quite the opposite of any we'll;
The sparrow chirping the 1ilac-tree
Is nothing like the chowder made of fish;
And then the old sea-serpent in his glee
Is not the founder painted on a dish;
The bilious tom-cat chanting meath the moon
Is not the froth-sculped gargoyle on pie;
The Jack-knife differs from the gravy spoon
Fen as the base-hit differs from the f1v;-
And yet unlike as all these objects are
And They're unlike unto a great extent
They're not One-seventh so dissi1nilar
As are the feelings and sensations pent
In that glad boy who on the grand stand crooks
His neck to see the baseball as IT flies
And that sad waif without the gate who looks
For the knot-hole that won't materialize
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

familiar neighborhood, and
houSe-hunting at once. Every
of every nearby tree was exam
New-York tribune., 1905-08-27

THIS is the story of what happened in a
great pine-tree one of a beautiful group
that stand in front of n country ROC;
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-03-24
THE AMERICAN HUSBAND.
How He Appears When viewed
Through English Spcctaclcs.

The American man is more consist
emily considerate of and generous to
women than any fellow on earth, and
in no country does he get sharper snub-
bing for his pains The handling OF
husbands by wives i'm America amounts
TO an art profession, almost a sci
ence. Based on the theory that the
more one has TO do the more one can
accomplish, ladies who have hard
working. entcrprising spouses simply
retire from active life. IL he man.
ages his office and business satisfac-
torily. why not take over the house
and servants? What is known as "A
rood husband" In the United States
is a first class. nOntiring money max
ing machine, who gives everything,
asks nothing and brags cease.eSsly or
his wife's perfections. Should he pre-
Sume to criticise charred chop or
fiat souffle or complain at the size OF
the draper's bills he is set down as Il
brute. and the wife is ptied as first
class martyr. For such sins as the
above two men of my acquaintance
were forced to live in hotels year at
a time. They had committed the crime
Of finding fault with the impeccable
sex and were reduced to subjection by
having their homes taken from them.
For my part, think the Briton's way
is best.-An Engllshman in London
Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-03-24
A QUEER FISH.
The Now Scarce DuGong Is the Mer-
maid of Tablcd Lore.

maid of Fabled Lore.
The strangcst OF all strange fish must
surely be the manatee and the dugOng
The latter is the mermaid of tabled
lore. The dugOng live i'm focks along
the shores Of the Indian ocean, the Red
sea and the gulf Of Manaar, where
they browse on scawecd and river veg
citation. They are very alfectionate in
disposition, end especially is this shown
i'm the love Of the mother for her off
spring. which IS much stronger than
the instinct of self preservation. Nei-
ther will the male leave the female if
she be attacked. and instances are on
record where the companions Of the
manatee gathered round and made an
effort TO withdraw tie deadly harpO0n.
1t is supposed that the rude approach
to the human outline observed in the
shane of the head Of the du"ong. the
attitude of the mother in claSping her
young TO her breast with one fiipper
while swimming with the other. hold
inc both above water. and suddenly
diving and showing her iiShlike tai!
when alarmed. gave rise 10 tie lner-
maid myth. first told by the Arab sea
men. Jules Verne gives thrilling
description of the capture Of a dugong
in the Red sea- when its flesh was de
sired rs food. Naturalists tell us that
the flesh Of the manatee and the dll-
gong much resembles we'll fatted pork.
Of pleasant flavor, and is highly es-
teemed as food For this reason they
were much hunted and are fast be-
coming extinct.-Iicld and Stream.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-03-24
TRICKY BRAIN CELL.
What Happens when We Know
Name Which Escapes Is.

What Happens when We Know
Name which Escapes Is.
The anatomy of the nervous system
and consequently its physiology was
regarded I'm the past aS very simple.
Cayal showed that the specific brain
cell is an independent unit provided
with multiple processes. by means Of
which II is capable Of acting not
through one nerve alone. but several
This independent brain unit or cell IS
called neurOn.
A simple Illustration Of how the neu-
ron works is furnished By our not in
frequent hunt for name or an idea
which we know we possess. We feel
that the name is there. but we cannot
recall IL. We get various names near
II. beginning even with the same letter
or the same vowel sound. yet only after
minutes or even hours does il actually
occur TO Us.
What IS supposed . happen IS that
the particular cell of intolicct!on which
we are using throws out its process
among the cells of memory for names.
and. though this process Is brought in
connection with cells containing simi-
lar names. il is only after "A more or
less prolonged search that it hits on the
right one. 1t is rs If the telephone
operator in the central office felt
around blindly for the connection want
ed and only after putting tie rlug into
various holes eventually struck TIE
proper nc.-Dr Joseph Walsh in Book
lovers Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-03-24
THREE GREAT AMERICANS.
4 Glimpse - Emerson. Thorenu ana
Hawthorne.

4 Glimpse ~ Emerson. Thorenu ana
Hawthorne.
Mrs Rcbccca Harding Davis says In
her BITS OF Gossip" chat Emerson "a
she met him in Concord In 1862 was
typical Yankee m appearance: me
tail. gaunt man with the watchful, pa
tieut face and slightly 'dazed eyes, his
hands clasped behind his back, that
came slowly down the shady village
street toward the Wayside that sum
mer dav was Uncle Sam himself in III
fitting brown clothes. have orteh
wondered that none of his biographerS
have noticed the likeness
Emerson said to Mrs. Davis: Il wish
Thoreau had not died before YOU came.
He was an interesting study. She
asked why. and after moment he re-
nlied. Henry often reminded me or
an animal in human form. He had the
eve of a bird. the scent OF Il dog lne
most acute, delicate intelligence Due
no soul. No." he repeated. shaking
his head with decision, Henry could
not have had a human soul
Mrs. Davis remarks on hawthorne
shyness and on his love of secluslon'
which indeed was Il family trait: "Per-
sonally he was a rather short, power
fully built man, gentle and low voiced
with a sly, elusive humor cleaning
sometimes In his watchful gray eyes
The portrait with which we are all IA
miliar. curled barber shop heau'
gives no idea of the singular. melan-
choly charm of his face. There was Il
mysterious power in 1t which l have
never seen elsewhere in picture, statue
or human being"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-03-24
ORIENTAL WOMEN.
They Spend a Astonishing Amount
OF Time Over Their Toilets.

They SDenu
of Time Over Their Toilets.
An eastern lady of high degree
spends an amount of time over her
toilet that would quite astonish the
most fashionable society lady. First
she has her hair dressed by her maid.
who. after amounting the long, silky
black locks with little oil made from
aloe wood or cocoanut, arranges it
simply in long. smooth plait. low on
the nape of the neck. and decorated el-
ther with gold or jeweled ornaments.
Next the bath is prepared as hot as
il can be, and in this the lady may
STAY as long as two or three hours.
Soaps are not used, but instead there
are multifarious unguents, secret prep
arations of the bathing women. which
render the skin soft as velvet and dell
cately perfumed. Oftentimes the face
IS washed over with milk into which
has been squeezed lemon juice.
The hair OF the oriental woman is
usually beautifully long, soft ana
glossy. and the way they arrange 1t IL
invariably becoming to their soft type
of beauty. Perfumes are much indulg'
cd in. These are introduced in the
bath and permeate the garments. but
are rarely used OF handkerchief
PHILADELPHIA North American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-03-24
A WONDERFUL CHILD.
John Stuart Mil Was u Genius ai
Three Years of Age.

Three Years of Age.
At three years OF age John Stuart
Mill began the study Of Greek, Will
"arithmetic as an evening relaxation,
as Samuel Wellington cuts it in the
Westminster Review.
At eight he began Latin. Euclid and
algebra and had TO act as tutor to tht
younger children. He was stern ant
efficient tutor.
At twelve he began scholastic logic
and political economy-the latter his
main llfcwOrk.
At fourteen, while paying q long Wis.
Il 10 Sir Samuel Bentham in southern
France. he learned French as n reiaXa'
tion from studying two or three hours
before breakfast. five hours between
breakfast and dinner and two or three
In the evening Being for the time
master Of his own hours and not sub
lect TO a stern father. he took lessons
also In his spare hours IN music. sing
ing. dancing. fencing and riding, bu'
never became proficient.
At sixteen Mil could speak In debatt
with adults with ease and freedom
AT eighteen he contributed to thC
Westminster Review At t0Senty-ont
he was made assistant in the lndls
office and received large salary fol
those days.
But Mill was bald at twenty-five
He did not marry until he was forty
five. He himself said: 81 never was
a boy. 1t is better to let nature have
It's own way"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-03-24
SHE GOT HER BAGGAGE.
Mrs. Isabella Bishop Was Self POS
sessed Traveller.

Mrs. Isabella Bishop, whose travels
in different parts of the world secureu
for her membership in the British hO!-
nj Geographical society, visited Ainerl-
"a when she was young woman. She
was unused to travel and was alone
when she had the following eXperi-
ence:
Once In a train going to New YORK
she was dreadfully tired, and yet she
had feeling that If she went to sleep
the man sitting next her would pick
her pocket. She struggled for some
time against her inclination to sleep;
hut having for q moment given way
she awakened to feel the hand or her
neighbor gently withdrawing her purse
from her pocket.
In her purse, besides some money,
which was. comparatively speaking or
small moment, was her baggage check.
That was the only thing that really
mattered. II she accused her neighbor
of theft. nothing was simpler for him
than to drop the purse out OF the open
window beside which he was sitting.
No. she determined she would leave
any interference until they arrived at
| their destination.
She secured the services of a porter
and. with apparent calmness, followed
her travelling companion down the
platform. Having described her bag
gage to the porter, she at the critical
! moment bowed slightly to the pick
pocket and. with an airy smile, said
This gentleman has my baggage
check" And he Immediately presented
| IL to her.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-03-24
Men With Boards.

What Il vast difference there IS be
tween one beard anl-another! There
Is the long. untrammeicl beard. broad
and thick. which tie owner carcSScs as
if it were an infant. Men with such
boards may. think. rs "A rule. be trust
ed rather more than other men. can
you imagine a Venetian dogr or a
member Of the council of ten without
Il beard? | cannot. If YOU have seen
a man of mark f0ndle his long beard
during the processes Of reflection YOU
will be apt to wonder whether or not
his mind would lose It's equilibrium #
he were in the night to be shaven clean.
All the Year Round.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-03-24
THE ENCORE.
II Originated In France In the seven
tccnth Century.

tccnfi century.
The beginning of the encore dates
back TO some time between 1645 and
1863. probably about 1850. when Louis
XIV. demanded the repetition of GER
tain parts Of an opera. The opera was
by Corneille. FOntenelle and BoiIeau,
which was sung before his majesty,
and the king was so pleased with GER
,oln parts that he asked to have them
repeated. Il took fully century for
the ordinary opera goers TO obtain the
kings prerogative for themselves. 1t
came about in this way: Gluck had
produced an opera which had been a
failure: but. having rewritten the
worst parts. he produced it again. One
or two songs were accepted by the au-
dience with applause. and one In par
ticular was demanded second time.
The most remarkable encores on rec
ord are those which were insisted upon
bv the late king Of Bavaria. Before he
was known 10 he insane, when merely
thought eccentric, he had plays per-
formed before him rs the sole auditor,
the curtain rising ut midnight. III he
liked the play he insisted on having 1t
repeated at once. But, unlike most en-
core fendS, he paid literally for them.
Though our word encore Is adopt
ed from the French, they themselves
do not make use of it in this connec-
ton. They call IBIS, bis" and obtain
4 repetition.-Ne York Herald.