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word was law, and whatever Willie wanted HI
should have, no matter how preposterous his de
sire might be.
Willie soon came TO realize that at grandma'
you could have all the delicious things that were
forbidden at home, and consequently visits 10
grandmas were looked upon, in measure as
escapes from bondage.
AT home you were not allowed to drink coffee,
but at grandma's you could have not only cof.
fee, but also all the candy you wanted; and you
did not have to go to bed until grandpa and
grandma did.
For these reasons Willie would contrive TO get
invited to grandma's as often as he could. These
invitations we're never hard to obtain. for his
hosts were always just anxious to have him
he was to CO. And so the running of WilGe's
character progressed rapidly.
But IL was not only his grandparents who
spoiled him. He had young uncle, boy Of
twenty, who Thought it was the biggest joke
imaginable that he should have a nephew, real
live "bd" who addressed him as "Uncle George"
His greatest delight was to get the kid dressed
up in his best clothes, and then to take him out
for the purpose of showing him off.
On these trips Willie could have anything he
wanted just simply for the asking. In conse-
quence of this liberality his uncles part, Will
lie often struggled with severe attack Of indi-
gestion. Uncle George would then be quite over
come with remorse, and would promise Willies
mother to be more stern in future, but the very
next time they went out the same thing was
Just as liable as not to happen again.
As long Willie continues to be the baby
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

at home, the spelling process will go on there
as well as at his grandmother's. His mother
will keep on humoring him until she is
forced to admit that she has absolutely no au
thority over her child.
CoAXED AND BRIBED.
She will tell him to do a certain thing, and
If that thing does not happen to coincide with
Willie's present inclinations, he will stamp his
foot, and declare that he won't. His mother
will then try persuasion, and II that does not
bring about the desired result, she will attempt
to bribe him. II her attempt is successful, the
incident is then closed; but il It lis not, she
weakly calls in Willie's father, for she could
never get up enough courage to punish him her
self.
Now, Willie's father is probably Just as incom-
petent she is but he makes bluff at it.. He
imposes some light punishment that can really
make very little difference in Wiie's plans-a
punishment that Wilhe's mother probably re-
mits later at the same time taking care to hide
her weakness from her husband.
They are both full of theories in regard to
the bringing up Of children-theores that have
been evolved out of their youthful conscious
ness, and that allow ample room for the way
in which they are bringing up Willie.
For instance, they do not believe in corporal
punishment" claiming that it is just as bad for
the parent as it is for the child, They also do
not believe in sending a child to bed without
any supper, nor in locking him in dark closet.
They would never think of forcing Willie to eat
anything that he happens to have taken dis
like to. 1t may be that he has never tasted
the dish in question, but has simply formed an
aversion to it on account Of its name. The
name "pigs feet makes him think of something
unclean, SO he decides that he doesn't like
pigs feet without having ever tasted them. Stew.
ed tomatoes look too messy, SO he decides lust
by looking at them that he doesn't like them.
THEORIES AND AFFECTION.
In this way he soon becomes very particular
as to his diet, and the older he grows the hard
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er it becomes TO satisfy him. He begins to COM
plain about his meals from the time he is six,
and by the time he Is twenty even a French
chef wouldn't satisfy him.
The theories Of his parents about the bringing
up OF children are responsible for this state OF
affairs. Theses theories, plus their uncontroll-
able affection for him, are responsible for the
malformation Of his character.
II there come to be other children at home,
his parents soon find that they are able to be
more severe with him than they were before.
baby is not such novelty as it used to be.
But if the other children are girls, Willie is
spoiled more than he ever was before their ad
vent. AS the only son, he Is secretly looked up
on by his parents as being little less than
god.
His mother and sisters wait upon him, and
rush to execute his orders. His mother never
gets through telling him how eminently superior
he is to other boys and how certain it is that
he will be a great man some day.
His father lavishes upon him all the money he
can possibly spare, and when he is through
school he takes him down to his store to learn
the business preparatory to being taken into
partnership. And everybody knows that work
ing for your father is the same thing as loafng,
especially when you are the only son.
Willie is by this time about as unpleasant a
person as one can well imagine, but it must be
remembered that what Willie is is not Wilie's
fault. 1t Is the fault Of Willie's adoring grand
parents, to whom grandchild was something
hitherto unknown. It is the fault of Willie's
young uncle, who loved him too much and who
was prouder of him than was good for Willie
1t Is also the fault of Willie's parents, to whom
a baby was a novelty, a precious little visitor
who might take wings and fly away if his de-
sires were crossed.
1t is the fault Of Willie's parents also be-
cause they allowed their affection and their
IN fhoir 0p1ty l.o..-
reason.
But it is most certainly not Willie's fault, and
those who now condemn him should rather pity
him instead.
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that the peerless Guinevere had half a
crown Tor whatever the coinage was) to buy her
Iauncelot love token. And though -Schehera-
zade-that peerless, self contained, circulating IL
brary of thousand and one volumes could tell
enough stories of her Sultan to have made the
fortune of a modern publisher, she could hardly
have made less even if she had had the felicity
to write modern novel.
"Now, we modern women are the descendants,
more or less remote Of Rebecca, Guinevere and
Schehera zade, and our greatest resemblance to
our fair ancestresses is that most of us have no
money to spend, and\ \those of us who have do not
know how to spend it. Heredity is an excuse
for being what might be called the stingy sex"
"a friend Of mine" continues this feminine
critic, "is woman with massive intellect, who
is, however, not above economy. She has been
in search of an ideal greengrocer, and, after much
tribulation of spirit and waste of precious hours
that mean dollars to her, she found him down
town Lured by the bucolic name, tempted by a
vision of sprouts at ten cents pound, instead
of twelve cents, she made a pilgrimage there,
wasted a whole precious morning, and joined
a phalanx of other mistaken female economists
who stood on wet flags in Indian file, each wait
ing her turn to be served.
INV intelligent friend waited twenty-five min
utes, until she was finally rescued by serving
Young man. and had the rapture of saving seven
pence. She, naturally, returned home in triumph
and in buss but she was so used up by her
economy that it would have been fattery to call
her a wreck. That light she had chill, the doc
ter was summoned in hot haste, and he proceeded
to attend her with that assiduity which only adds
another terror to illness.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

eDyYKHN "Shoe-pullers" repeated the custom
ND er. whats that-some new kind Of
animal?"
Not exactly. It's But here comes one now" )"
The door of the store opened and young wom-
an, stylishly dressed and who would have been
very pretty but for look of agony that suffused
her face, limped in one foot. Before clerk
could come to her assistance she reached a bench
and pumped herself down, raised one little foot
and literally ripped the shoe off, several buttons
flying off in her haste. Then, with the same look
of agony on her face she grabbed her stockinged
foot in one hand and rocked to and fro A clerk
by this time had como to her aid with glass of
water, which the young woman drank at gulp
and seemd to be relieved.
care you In pain, madame" asked the clerk,
politely.
Dreadful" exclaimed the young woman. '1
don't know what it was, but suddenly got the
most awful cramp in my foot and it seemed as
though could never get here to take my shoe off.
/ wish you would see what is the matter with the
shoe. I bought this pair here the other day, and
they're loose instead of being too tight. But,
though they feel all right when l start out, they
begin to hurt terribly in little while, and yester-
day l had to take this shoe off right in a street
car"
The clerk smiled. Madame" he said, 'it is
not the shoes that give you that cramp. You
have simply joined the great army of women who
suffer with a mysterious epidemic" And he
went on to explain further to his customer.
"Shes shoe-puller with vengeance" OBJ
served the manager to the he had first ad-
dressed, 'but by no means the first one today.
/ should say that she about the fortieth who
had come here with the same story. The clerk
will fix her all right by putting steel lift in the
instep of her shoe, but she will be back again in
few days, and wen probably have to build a
pair Of shoes for her."
"But," said the customer, "I don't understand
IT," MOI" laughed the manager. Neither
does any one else. It's fact, though, that in the
past five years painful affection in the shape of
= sudden cramp of the toes has overtaken the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

(a) Many strong players prefer the continue
ton g. XIX B g. which gives White perfectly
safe game with fair attack. DR.. Tarrasch once
remarked of the text move that it not only wins
Pawn, but affords White the opportunity of
losing brilliantly.
(b) When Falkbeer first introduced his coun-
ter gambit of 2,-P-Q A, White continued with
BKt ch, and this line of play is still fire.
quently seen in tournaments and matches, al
though the text move is now generally preferred.
The old continuation was A. B-Kt ch, P-B 8;
5. P, Kt P, Blacks last move being the
one recommended by the German Handbook. o.
P p, however, is frequently played and gives
Black strong attack
(c) This move has been abandoned on account
of the analysis of Alapin, who demonstrated that
white by playing for his ninth move K Kt-Q 2
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

afraid of complications in North
Africa that all the Cabinets combined to freeze
out this ambitious millionaire. But it must not
be imagined that the whole business belonged
entirely to the realms of comic opera If Le-
baudy had been possessed of as much brains as
he had money, he might have actually founded
new monarchy. A man with three millions in
his pocket can do good deal in savage coun-
try, if he has the tact and sense to deal with
natives.
Just suppose for moment that the great fill
buster William Walker had been possessed of
even one-tenth Of Lebaudy's money. If he had,
there is little doubt but that he would have
founded a great empire in Central America.
Walkers adventures would fill volume, but it
is enough to say that he conquered Nicaragua
with force of only 40 men, became it's Presi-
dent, and only lost his position through lack of
money to buy arms for his little army. Yet,
even when defeated and driven out, he never
lost heart In 1850, at the head of 100 men,
he sailed from Mobile for Honduras, and took
the capital, Trujillo, in half hour. But, un-
luckily for him, British man-of-war entered
the harbor, drove him out, and handed him over
to the Honduras authorities who cruelty shot
him.
That was in 1860, and though the equal of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
CHESS AND CHECKERS

Blacks attack. With the time limit, however, in
Blacks favor, Whites chances of victory in over
the board play are not by any means certain, as
the present game illustrates.
(d) Had this game been played in the Frank
lin-Manhattan Match, no doubt the White side
would now have continued with @ ch.
Maroczy, however, desires if possible to retain
his Queen.
(e) If X Kt then White continues with K
B and R Kt ch, etc.
PROBLEM NO. 5.
Hungarian symphony by R. Lorenzsky, of
Ungvar, Hungary.
Black
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
BY PHOEBE FORREST

IS rule, people take a spoiled child as
IA fact in ITSELF and never consider for
Ess= moment why IL has been spoiled
lSsMSsJ With most people present facts are all
sufficient, and remote causes are not
considered at all.
They see only that the child is selfish or III
tempered, or given to showing off," and taking
these facts as concrete in themselves, they say
with an air of disgust, "wiilie's nothing but
spoiled child, and I do so hate spoiled children"
They seem to look upon Willie as being to blame
for this most deplorabe state Of affairs, when
really, as matter Of fact, Willie had nothing
at all to do with it.
He was the first grandchiTd and as such, his
grandparents, by letting their affection run away
with them, did their best to ruin his character
1t seemed such wonderful thing to hear
child's voice in the house that had so long been
silent and decorous, and it seemed almost too
good to be true that even now in their old age
they should be called upon to do little services
such as tying his hat under the chn and es-
pecially at night it made them young again to
have a little tot in his night t-dress lisp his Now
lay me" at their knees
They were very proud of this first grandchild
and nothing gave them more pleasure than to
introduce to company bashful little urchin, as
Our grandson-Sallies boy, you know"
WHEN WILLIE'S WORD WAS LAW.
Under these circumstances, it is not to be
wondered at that they spoiled Willie. Willie's
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Interesting Items
sinia has an army Of 10000 men

Abyssinia has an army of 10000 men.
-
The Congo Free State has an area of 900, 600
square miles and an estimated population of no
less than thirty millions.
.
The latest available returns show that English
canal companies carry thirty-one and half mil
lion tons of goods yearly, or five times as much
as the railways carry,
There are now over 10000 motor vehicles in
use in the United Kingdom.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

| ~ liable tree IN existence, and he may be
El pardoned il he unhesitatingly replies
tSs&SSJ the oak. Truly the oak has done good
service.
Even today, when timber from every forest in
the world reaches our shores, oak is still un-
matched for combined strength, toughness, and
elasticity. Even teak does not match it for these
qualities. To give an example of the value of
oak timber, great oak, known as Thwaites' Oak,
one Of the finest in Norfolk, England, sold, not
long ago. for $3.50, the purchasers being firm
Of church furnishers.
Oak timber has only one disadvantage; it rusts
iron which pierces or is in contact with it. This
teak does not do, but rather, has the opposite
effect
Yet the world at large could rub along with
out either oak OF teak There is another tree
which could far less easily be dispensed with, and
deprived of which whole races of people would
suffer severely. Some indeed, would starye out
right. This is the coacoanut-palm, of which a
Chinese proverb says that it has as many uses as
there are days N the year
POSITIVELY NO WASTE.
There is absolutely no part of the cocoanut-
palm which Is without its uses. The tree grows
all through the tropics, but it is the natives of
the Philippines and other islands in the Pacific
who most largely depend upon it, First, the nut
Is a valuable and almost complete food, and the
liquid which the shell contains is a refreshing
drink. From the husk are made ropes, sails, net
ting, and the familiar cocoanut mating The
leaves are used for thatching, and make the best
and lghtest roofs in existence.
The leaf ribs are formed into brooms, or else
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

HE following game from the recent
Ostend Tournament demonstrates that
- the leading masters of the present day
laEGS4l can, if they desire, mix it up and
play as recklessly and as brilliantly as
the great chess masters, according to
the idea of many amateurs, played the game fifty
years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

T7AvE you seen any of these shoe-pullers
I'll yet" inquired salesman.
6gMa "Shoe-pullers?" repeated the custom
tm err whats that-some new kind of
animal?"
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Self-CrOWned Kings

E have not heard much lately about
Mr.. Jacques Lebaudy and his Sahar-
an Empire. The fact was that every
nation in Europe was so mortally
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
Man Flags Woman

~ DON'T for moment believe" said
man of broad eperience the other day,
sA "that the lovely Hebrew damsel, Re
s9sgj becca, had a penny of her own, nor
that the neerless Gninevere had half
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0SK almot anyone what is the most val
liable tree IN existence, and he may be
a pardoned il he unhesitatingly replies
8 the oak. Truly the oak has done good
service.
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at home, the spelling process viii 60 on there
as we'll as at his grandmother's His mother
will keep on humoring him until she is
forced to admit that she has absolutely no au
thority over her child
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-12-18
INHERITANCE TAN.

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, Mr.. August
Belmont. and Nj. Melville +. ingalls,
all declare in favor of the inheritance
tax but oppose the income tax. Their
position seems to be Let us escape
TAX while we live and you may do AIS
you please when we die
The different States now realize
over seven million dollars yearly from
the inheritance tax. Last year New
York received $3.304.555; Pcnnsyl-
vania $1,231,7 06. The state receiving
the smallest sum from this tax was
Nebraska which received $32. North
Carolina received $4.2f1.
1t is a tax tho rich can evadc by
giving away their property by decd
before they die. They could not
escape an income tax.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-12-18


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PITT COUNTY "WETTE CAPPERS.'

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sinners and theS resolved To white
cap MI. IeeI. Another man IN lhe
nelghborhood, Mr.. Manning. had given
information, and one night the white
cappers' visited Mr.. N~anning's house
and whipped him severely. His Wife
is now crazy and is in the hospital at
Raleigh, and her husband thinks the
loss of Their mind is due to the fright
from the visit Of the ''white caDpers."
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of tbo "vbi+n cannarc,, and tho n,,n-
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hia to be or the lookout. Not long
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Superior Court and acquitted. The
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-12-18
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the indepcndent state Of Georgia,
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