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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST IL. 1906

| want you to call up Amy Nelson for me and tell
her the news
"Who?"
Amy. Nelson. want her to be the very first
person of all to hear it
why, thought you didn't like her.
Not like her? Why she once did me the greatest
kindness one woman could do another"
why don't you tell her yourself, them"
Because want you to- Oh, dear, are we going
to celebrate by having a disagreement" Mrs.
Brisben looked ready to cry
Well. you see, Kitty, to be perfectly candid,
Amy is the girl had the engagement with for this
evening.
oh, never mind little thing like that I'll trust
you to spin a proper yarn"
Winthrop went out into the hall to the telephone.
And in a minute, to Mrs Brsben listening eagerly
in the little drawing-room, the following:
Hello! Is this Miss Nelson' Oh, how you, Amy
Yes, little better thank you, just able to crawl
to the telephone. m mighty sorry about tonight.
l have little piece of news for YOU l should have
attack of appel" (here Mrs Brisben almost had
spasm)-"I mean tonsilitis My engagement to
Mrs. Brisben is announced-yes, Kitty Brisben.'
In the drawing groom Mrs. Brisben was capering
around like skirt dancer gone mad. "Butchered to
make Roman HOLIDAY! she chorted. Tied to my
very chariot-whees! Gait"
phone went on Il m sure shall be. That's very
kind of you. Good-by" Winthrop hung up the
receiver with just the least suspicion of bang
What did she say" asked Mrs Brisben, dimplng
adorably.
Hoped I'd be happy"
With that doubtful, rising Infection"
Precisely.
"Lovely!" chuckled Mrs. Brisben.
Wasn't really overcordial. But don't let's
waste time talking about her, when there's some one
else I've waited thousand years to talk about"
"Oh, but must, just for minute-it's too good
to keep. I've got to 'fess. Amy here this after
and sat and raved and blew, and Dragged about
you, until l all but passed away. Her engagement
with you for this evening was the final straw"
Then you knew"
"Of course | knew
Winthrop threw back his head and laughed until
the tears rolled down his checks
And she had than left the house than I
made up my mind that-well, that l IMPLY couldn't
be-be bored by the rawlings of any more women
"A of self-defense.", Winthrop folded her
in his arms as he spoke
Pure self-defense, she smiled up at him happily.
"And-and then | invited you to dinner"
And came"
If you hadn't Mrs. Brisbens eyes flashed
But did,
And 1, finding the coast apparently clear, did
the rest. You never helped me bit! I'm just n
other monument to the theory of Pursuer and
Pursued! But never mind. I'm $3.50 tickle, that
| could almost hug-Amy Neson!'
Then for the third time, Marie, driven unwillng1y
to it (for she had lover of her own and could
sympathize) by irate cook, announced dinner.
Come, Ted, we'll soon be at the salad counsel!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

Don't you know what it means to me? Don't you
know that for years We been hoping against hope?
His voice trembed pitiful1y. Ever since that day
when you told me you wouldn't marry the best
man on the face of the earth"
But Ted, am not going to- she interrupted
gently You not the best man on the face of
the earth
What do you mean, Kitty" he cried aloud
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

very contradictoriness that impelled her Perhaps
there was something in Winthrop's face at that
moment that aroused all her pity for the color rush
ing to her face she said swiftly "Oh, there's
of making so much fuss and mystery about it, Ted.
I'm thinking of getting married, that's all The
words out with clear, sharp hnalty.
Winthrop got up abruptly, walked over to the
mantelpiece and stood staring into the empty
crate The blow had fallen at last. For Winthrop,
the bottom had dropped out of the universe.
We'll, Ted?" the silence growing oppressive
to Mrs Brisben
"When?" asked Winthrop briefly, wheeling
around and facing her
Before SO very long
WHO is the mann"
I'D rather not tell you just yet, Ted. You see,
there several things to be settled yet And it's
not about the that l want your advice. No
one could give, me any advice about him now,
she drew herself up proudly; but l want to ask
YOU if you honestly think would be happy married
You know me better than almost anyone else does.
have had my own way for SO long. was so young
when Mr.. Brisben died!-eight years ago-and l
just twenty and had been married only three
months! Why, really, Ted it's almost as though
had never been married at all. l know I'd hate to
have anyone interfere with to tell me to do this,
and not to do that to insist upon my getting up
and eating breakfast with him, no matter if
was fairly dead to the world with sleep 1
have lot of qui ps and cranks, | admit
although l not tickle" she added
farly-I am very selfish
At any other time Winthrop would have
protested against this violently. Now, the III
blow had reduced him to a state so Hi
apathetic that he let it pass unnoticed: III
Very very selfish, she repeated She
paused moment. Now,
Ted, honestly, what would you BN
advise to dor"
Are YOU sure that you I
really care for hn?" he asked NJ
husky lM7{F
Yes, I'm sure that really HWWI
care she half whispered. >IW Z 4
Winthrop caught his breath 'k.T1Ys/ sAf
sharply The mean tenpta- ~ ~ Ms
ton was strong upon him to ~; s~sT M
agree with her in her self EF1d ~
arragnment, to point out to Mt
her (and he felt that what he Nv l.
said would carry weight) that NReES
by the very contradctoriness A%Aa
of her nature, she would be
elninently happier in her pres
ent state. In short by hook
or by crook, to oppose the marriage with all the
strength and bitterness there in him. Then he
looked at her-at the face more lovely than ever
with its added expression of tenderness, the eyes
with that starke radiance which told too well the
truth of her hafwhispered confession, and his real
self conquered
If you really care, Kitty he hesitated. 1t is
a difficult thing to read ones death warrant
matter how Spartan his courage may be. IF
YOU really care-there's only thing Oh, Kit
= Va, ,l,+
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Mrs. Brisben Listening Eagerly.

Don't you know what mean?" She gave low,
happy, little laugh.
Winthrop stood staring at her, dazed, bewilde1 ed
Il mean, she went toward him with outstretched
arms that you just Ted and that's best
enough for me- but oh, you're slow!
Then Winthrop understood.
Dinner is served Mrs Brisben said Marie
Solty' Dut the group at the otaer ena Oh the room
ment.
Five minutes later Mrs. Brisben said: Nov Ted
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S p N Nj N G

works where great quantities of wire are drawn
for the different industries one pound of steel
has been converted into nearly seventy miles of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12

TINE common spider continues to hold first
place as the most wonderful spinner of fine
= threads and from its delicate Sninneret
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20
GAME DOGS AND GAME.

The setter ate the mutton chop
greedily, but he would have none of
the partridge bones.
"a good game dog" said his mas
ter, Cant eat game. It's taste is
repugnant to him. This is remark
able instance of the influence of he
redity.
"Game dogs have been trained for
many generations not to eat the game
the bids and rabbits and what not
which they bring back to their
masters in their mouths. They have
been trained to consider that the
eating of such game would be dis
grace and an objectionable sin, the
same as bank clerks have been
trained to consider that the pocketing
of a few dollars from the millions
they annually handle would be dis
grace and sin.
"And the result in the game dogs
case has been that this moral abhor-
renee Of game, suggested to them by
their masters, has been transmitted
in its passage down from one genera
ton to another, into an actual physi-
cal adherence. In the matter of
game, thanks to heredity, game dogs
now are never tempted. They can't
sin.
cit would be good thing for poll
cy holders if, Id the same way, mans
moral distinction to steal had been
changed by heredity to an actual
physical aversion of other peoples
money"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20
WEIGHT OF THE SEXES AT VARYING AGES.

If all the men and women, boys
and girls, and infants black, white,
yellow, brown, or red-in all parts of
the world, could be weighed on the
same scales, the average weight
would be nearly one hundred pounds
avoirdupois. Six-pound infants and
three-hundred-pound giants contri-
butte to the average.
Upon the average, boys at birth
weigh little more and girls little
less than seven pounds. For the
first twelve years the two sexes con-
tinue nearly equal in weight, but be-
yond that age the boys acquire de-
cided preponderance. Young men
of twenty average I35 pounds, while
the young women of twenty average
no pounds each.
Men reach their heaviest weight at
about forty years of age, when their
average weight will be about I4o
pounds but women slowly increase
in weight until fifty years of age,
when their average weight will be
13o pounds. Taking the men and
women together, their weight at full
growth will then average from 1o8 to
$50 pounds; and women from 80 to
r3o pounds.
AS weight increases, the normal
human pulse becomes slower, and
then, as weight grows less, in old
age, the pulse becomes faster again.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20

By WILL =. oR1rrEN.

want to go back to 'Lindy's-back to the old
Where the friends knew were true as blue and
poverty no disgrace;
/ want to forget the signing. the rush and the
The whistles toot, the rumbling cart, and the
car BELLS noisy clang.
I'd like to 90 back a-roving in the drowsy after
moons.
And drown the sounds Of the grimy town in an
ocean Of clover blooms.
1 want to 60 back to 'Lindy's-back to the Stub
toe Land"
Where it didn't take much of learning to make
folks understand;
Where the grasp of a hand was rugged, but the
clasp was firm and true,
And the eyes Of the man behind them looked
honest and frank at you.
want to steal on at twilight, as did when the
sun sank low,
And dream the dreams that were mine to dream
in the hazy afterglow.
want to go back to 'Lindy's-back thro' the
want to go back to the boyhood track beyond
the doubts and fears;
1t seems but step back yonder to the fields and
A step in miles, but, aE the years-linked in an
What little Of spoil I've garnered. what little
would barter it all thrice over, TO live In its
sweet enfold.
want to go back to 'Lindy's-where the white
road winds away
Der valley and hill and dale and rill to the rim
want to get out IN the open, where fellow has
Where he's never afraid to cross the street for
fear he will meet his doom.
Back to the fragrant orchard and the cool OF the
grateful sod
For that was as near. reckon. as ever I've been
to God.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20
OTHER PILLOWS THINK SO, TOO.

There's lust one thing man can have
In all this world of woe and strife.
That makes the business not too bad,
And that one things an easy wife.
Dost fancy that love my girl
For rosy cheeks or raven hair?
She holds my heart because she laughs
Because she laughs and doesn't care.
put my boots just where it suits,
And find them where put them too;
That is thing, you must allow,
A chap can very seldom 90:
leave my papers on my desk;
She never dusts them In a heap,
Or takes to light the kitchen stove
The very one want to keep.
On winter nights my cozy dame
Will warm her toes before the fire;
She never scOlds about the lamp,
Or wants the wick trifie higher.
On Sundays she is not so fine
But what her ruffies can hug;
I light my pipe just where please,
And spill the ashes on the rug.
The bed is never filed with s.shams''-
A thing some women vilely plan
To worry servants half to death,
And spoil the temper0f man.
She let's me sleep to any hour.
Nor raises any horrid din
If it Just happens, now and then,
To be quite late when come in.
tell you, Jack, if you would wed.
tl6b BGO y gill WnO ACto 1hAAi8S AAA
She'll keep her temper like lamb,
And help you on to lots Of fun.
Don't look for money, style or show,
Or blushing beauty, ripe and rare;
Just take the one who laughs at fate
Who laughs, and shows she doesn't care.
You think, perhaps, our household ways
Are Just perchance little mixed;
Oh, when they get too horrid bad,
We stir about and get things fixed.
What compensation has man
Who earns his bread by sweat of brow,
If home is made battle ground.
And life one long. eternal row3
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20
DON'T CROSS YOUR LEGS.

The prevalence of appendicitis is
an admitted fact, said a surgeon. II
have myself operated on ZIG persons
for the disease. Crossing the legs Is
responsible for good deal of this
trouble. That sounds strange doesn't
it? Nevertheless it is theory advo-
Gated by more than one great sur
geon. Indeed I know some men who
say that if people never crossed their
legs appendicitis would quite disap-
pear. You see, crossing the leg
squeezes and cramps the delicate
vermiform appendix. Squeezed and
cramped, the appendix becomes ir-
ritated. Inflammation sets in. In
tense pain comes. Then-presto-
you are on your back, the sweet and
heavy fumes of chloroform are chok-
ing you, and the appendicitis special
ist bends over you with a sharp
knife"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20
WHERE "MRs." ISN'T USED.

There is one little etiquette OF
letter-writing which many women
who ought to know better are for
ever trangressing. This is the use
of 'Mrs." in the signature. A mar
ried woman ought never to sign her.
self other than MARY Catherwood
Pitcoe." This is imperative if she
is writing to an acquaintance. If it
is a business letter or to one who
would know her position and married
title, she writes under this signature
C'Mrs. William Pitcoe), in paren-
theses. This is a simple enough
rule, but the number of ladies who
appear to think they must perpetual
ly inform even the best-informed OF
their married state, is truly astound-
ing.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20
THE STORY OF A womAN's LIFE.

Only a baby with fluttering velve-
ty hands, rose-petal lips and dream
kissed eyes-love's evangel, dainty,
slumbering little queen whose every
wish is anticipated and about whose
throne the brightest and best of the
real is gathered. Sleeping or wax
ing, her rule is absolute, and love and
loyalty are the watchwords of her
subject-only a baby loved and
caressed.
Only little maid with wind tossed
curls, sun-browned cheeks, eyes that
sparkle with delight or darken with
the sorrows and mysteries of child
hood-a little dedgling of the home,
whose cheering song and winsome
ways tighten the care, about whose
future are woven such glori6ed
dreams as rob labor of WEAKNESS and
transform sacrifices into privileges.
Only a little maid with wonderful
eyes wide open to the dawn.
Only bride, white-robed and
beautiful, going away from a love
that is tried and true, to gladden.
another home to begin the new un-
tried life, the life of fond hopes and
glorified dreams. A hush, few ir-
revocable words and the future whose
rishest tints will be mingled in the
crucible of love begun.
Only wife, honored and beloved
-an uncrowned queen in her native
domain, the gold of whose character
shines brightest when toe clouds of
adversely hang lowest. Comforter
whose hand with equal tenderness
has smoothed from the brow of man
hood its lines of care and dried from
the cheek of childhood its tears
only a wife, womanly sovereign in
the realm of home.
Only a mother, faded and old-the
once luxuriant hair is fast whitening
and thin. The fullness and bloom Of
youth have given place to the wrin-
kles and pallor of age-the hands that
once SO deftly did service for others
lack their accustomed skill. The
feet that sped quickly on errands of
love move with the hesitancy of
years-but the eyes, the beautiful
windows OF the soul, beam with the
light, and like "The kings daugh-
ter" she is all glorious within. Only
a darling old mother with folded
hands and face turned to sunset
skies, waiting the sound of the trum-
pet call, waiting to go from Labor to
Rest, waiting to cross over to the
Home of the Blest.-Ricbm0nd
MisS0at, ian.
Evidently written before the era
of the "new woman.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20
CHEERFULNEss.

Cheerfulness is we'll known aid to
health. A powerful magnet drawing
friends just as the little steel horse
shoe attracts the pin placed before it.
Everyone likes to have around those
who are cheerful, even though they.
may not feel so themselves. A liberal
sprinkling of cheerfulness at home
and in the Office will make things go
more smoothly and pleasantly and the
labor will not wear upon and make
wrecks of one like it will if constant
ly worrying and finding fault over
trivial affairs. Cheerfulness acts
upon the human system as does oil
upon machinery. Learn to accept
what life brings; though many are
the hearts that are scourged by the
stern discipline, but try to accept
with resignation these cruel lessons
of life. It is easy for anyone to be
cheerful when everything is favora-
BILE but the power over circumstan-
ces, to be cheerful when everything
Is in turmoil, shows and requires
self-control, courage and ability.
What profit has anyone ever gained
by worrying? Cheerfu1ness is very
much habit, and depends mostly
upon the way one looks at the mat
ter. Thus what would give one
person bit of the blues would be
treated as of smallest moment by
another. Sometimes a heart to heart
talk with friend will dispel the dark
cloud from the mental horizon and
help to renew courage and cheerful
ness. Turning ones attention to and
becoming interested in other subjects
is convenient, helpful and effective
way of meeting trials and overcoming
the sadness, grief and depression of
spirits that materially follows. You
can certainly face your trials more
cheerfully and bear your burdens
more pleasantly, if you learn how to
meet them learn to "choke down"
your own trouble and ever to be
ready to offer words of sympathy and
cheer to others. Keep in the COM
pany of little children, birds and
flowers; a quick walk in a lonely
woods will often restore oneto nor
NAL condition. What cannot be cured
must be endured, is philosophy
we should use. Look beyond the
present time and resolve to become
more cheerful. The world needs
strong hands and strong hearts and
these are never gained by worrying.
Someone says II pack my troubles in
as little compass as possible and never
allow them to annoy Others"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20

came news of my uncle's death, and
also a copy of his will, making me
his sole heir. He was gone )" alas,
my dear benefactor was no more.
The thought surcharges my heart
even at this remote day. l handed
the will to the earl; I could not
read it for the binding tears. The
earl read it; then he sternly said:
.'Sir, do you call this wealth =
but doubtly you do in your inflated
country. Sir, you are left sole heir
to a vast collection of echoes-if a
thing can be called collection that
is scattered far and wide over the
huge length and breadth of the
American continent sir, this is not
all; you are head and ears in debt !;
there is not an echo in the lot but
has a mortgage on it; I am not a
hard man, but I must look to my
child's interest if you had but one
echo which you could honestly call
your own if you had but one echo
which was free from incumbrance, so
that you could retire to it with my
child, and by humble, painstaking
industry cultivate and improve it, and
thus wrest from it a maintenance, I
would not say nay but I cannot
marry my child to beggar. Leave
his side, my darling /; go, sir, take
your mortgage-ridden echoes and
quit my sight forever
"My noble Celestine chung to me
in tears, with loving arms, and swore
she would willingly, nay gladly,
marry me, though I had not an echo
in the world. But it could not be.
We were torn asunder, she to pine
and die within the twelvemonth, to
toll life's long journey sad and lone,
praying daily, hourly, for that re-
lease which shall join us together
again in that dear realm where the
wicked cease from trouble and the
weary are at rest. Now, sir, if you
will be so kind as to look at these
maps and plans in my portfolio I am
sure can sell you an echo for less
money than any man in the trade.
"Now this one, which cost my uncle
ten dollars, thirty years ago, and is
one Of the sweetest thing in Texas, ]
will let you have for"
'Let me interrupt you" I said.
"My friend, have not had mo-
ment's respite from canvassers this
day. I have bought sewing ma
chine which I did not want; ! have
bought map which is mistaken in
all its details I have bought clock
which will not go; have bought a
moth poison which the moth prefer
to any other beverage; Ihave bought
no end of useless inventions, and now
1 have had enough ofthis foolishness.
I would not have one of your echoes
if you were even to give it to me. I
would not let it stay on the place. !
always hate a man that tries to sell
me echoes. You see this gun? Now
take your collection and move on !;
let US have no bloodshed."
"But he only smiled a sad, sweet
smill, and got out some more dia-
grams. You know the result per-
tectly well, because you know that
when you have once opened the door
to a canvasser, the trouble is done and
you have got to suffer defeat.
'I compromised with this man at
the end of an intolerable hour. I
bought two double -barreled echoes in
good condition, and he threw in an
other, which he said was not sa1able
because it ouly spoke German. He
said: "She was perfect polyglot
once, but somehow her palate got
down. GOOD Lite, atuye.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20

GENTLEMEN ofthe jury" queried
the clerk of the court, "have you
fully agreed to disagreel"
1--WE have" answered the foreman.
"The lawyers have bungled the case
up so that we dor't know any more
about it than they doP'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20

A GOOD deal is heard of the "mar-
riage knot" but very few of us real
ize that the knot was ever anything
more than figure of speech. Among
the Babylonians tying the knot was
part of the marriage ceremony, says
Home Chat. The priest took
thread from the garment of the
bride and another from that of the
bridegroom and tied them into "a knot,
which he gave to the bride, thus
symboliztng the binding nature of
the union which now existed between
herself and her husband.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20

"THEN AS far as you are aware,
said the lawyer, who was doing a
cross examination stunt, "your wife
was performing her usual household
duties when the accident occurred {"
eyes" answered the witness, "she
was talking"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20
DO YOU GET UP EARLY.

It is not healthy in any country,
at any season of the year or at any
time of life, to get up early habitual-
ly. The old are better rested by ly-
ing late, even if not asleep, while
the young require all the sleep they
can get. In all latitudes, in warm
weather, the morning air, although
feeling cool and fresh, is laden with
the pestiferous miasma. In winter
the atmosphere before breakfast is so
cold and chilly and searching that 1t
fairly shrivels up man and beast,
chilling to the very marrowbone
sometimes; hence the average dura-
ton of human life would be increas-
ed and the amount of sickness large
ly diminished by late rather than
early rising, as all the older nations
full well know and practice.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20

A MAN was being tried on the
charge of selling impure whiskey.
The whiskey was offered in evidence.
Jury retired to try the evidence.
Judge presently )-"What is the
verdict ?'
Foreman of the Thirsty Jury
"Your honor, we want more evi-
dence."