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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
wsat rather rhourht

A New York teacher of instrumental
music was one day telling the father OF
pupil, lad of 10 years, of the prog
ress made by the boy In his studies. IL
think he is improving @ great DEAL"
said the professor "Ile will certainly
learn to play the piano."
as that SOP asked the father much
gratifed. Il didn't know whether he
was really improving or whether was
merely getting used to it."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

m a d e from the
same piece OF ma
terial. There is a
charming hat with
mushroom Gro W n
of embroidered lin
en- and brim of
plain M a t e ri a !
with an artistic ar
rangement of pink
satin ribbon encir-
eiipO tho ornuvr
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

Monday BE pretty-smlle once.
Tuesday-Be prettier-frown at him
,Wednesday-Be pensive--sigh once.
Thursday-Laugh at him.
Triday-Confess your love for him.
Saturday-Be "out."
sunday--Accept him.-Exchange.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
An Ingram FilIinr

An ingram filling is the most prac-
teal covering for the edges of floors
where the floor itself is too bad to be
left exposed. IL it is possible to stain
the edges of the floor it Is both more
satisfactory and less expensive In the
end.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

Dumley-I see they're making quite
a social lion of you, but 1t doesn't seem
to hurt you.
Springer-No; my wife and 1 are
still happy.
Dumley-And your wife-how does
she like being social-er-loiness p
PHILADELPHIA Press
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Dangerous Devices.

There were some cunning devices in
vogue among the bellies Of the old world
for giving expression to the eye. The
most reckless of them were wont to
place a single drop of that deadly
poison. prussic acid. in the bottom of a
wineglass and hold 1t against the eye
for two or three seconds, or, more rash
" still. they would take a small guam
tity--a piece not larger than grain
II rice--of an ointment containing that
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

The flow of energy In many a talent
ell woman has been damned back, says
the Sunday School Chronicle, by ignor-
ant prejudice. and has, therefore, run
to waste In the jungle Of gossip and per-
petual tittle-tattle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
His Criticism.

"Did he really tell you 1 had a case
of stage fright?" asked the amateur
actress.
mo-" replied the dearest friend, che
said you were."-Phildelphi Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

and crossing the brim at left side, con-
tinuing to a mass of loops which are
fastened underneath and rest ON the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
3uf ba's an odd grafter. .
Ample Cause.

"But then. he had good grounds for
divorcing his wife"
rs that sou
Eyes, indeed Her complexion didn't
match the color of his new auto
Judge.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

What the world is really looking for.
according to the women's version. Is
some man who will hand conscience
money over to his wife.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
A Girls Girl.


Whenever you hear a girl called by
this title try to know her, If you do
not do so already. She Is sure to be
nice in the best sense of the word. In
nine cases out of ten you will find her
true and sympathetic, always ready to
listen to condolences, and above all
ready to keep them as such. She is
always doing kind act for some one,
and thought for herself comes nowhere
In her calculations. Such a girl is al
ways popular with her friends and you
will hear golden opinions of her on all
Sides
There may be nothing specially about
her to attract notice; it seems to be
just an individual charm in her nature
that stamps her with this engaging
characteristic. She Is generally frank
and honest In expressing her opinion,
and her friends may be sure it is gen.
uine one. She is at once unaffected
and simple and ready to show an inter
est in all her friends undertakings. If
you cannot count among your friends a
girl who earns this title. try to find
one, and when you find her, congratu-
late yourself upon your success
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

This Is truly linen season and ones
entire costume, from shoes to hat In
Guiding parasol and handbag, may be
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

If you ever say THANK you to
reporter, be careful, or the shock viii
Kill him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

a writer in the Outing Magazine. Give
the baby 4 chance-a chance to grow
up healthy and strong, chance TO de-
velop his own individuality, which is
his most precious gift from God and
with which you have not shadow of
right to interfere.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

picion, how all the other women become
interested
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
A Deep one.

Senator Slye advise all young men
to be honest"
'sWell?"
"But he's an old CRATER"
"Just So And he wants to reduce
competition in his line Philadelphia
Bulletin
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16

do not doubt that he is very proud of
them. He wore no ring-it is not the
custom of those who deal with germs TO
so adorn themselves. What was he
looking for so anxiously in this room, if
it We're not ring? Why did he leave us
in the hall that he might conduct this
search before our presence disturbed
him p
cannot suggest an explanations; but
really, Cousin Graden, you seem to be
weaving most unnecessary tangle. |
cannot imagine what result you expect
TO obtain"
A conviction for murder"
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

marks perhaps you may trace 1T back
to Rameses, and if you wear it you
will inherit the luck or fortune Of
Rameses, for doesn't PIiny tell US that
the luck goes with the amulet
Now it matters not whether love
luck charm be in ring, medallion. brace
let, match box or fob, or whether 1t is
Just a pocket piece, it is considered the
correct thing today to have the birth
stone of tAe wearer for the jewel, and
somewhere in the gold or silver setting
the sign of the zodiac and the flower
belonging to the birth month, and in
case you should not know your jewel
and flower and planetary sign they
are here set down.
Strictly speaking, there is differ
ence between the words amulet" and
"talisman." though they are used one
for the other. A talisman always con-
tains zodiacal sign in the design,
calling upon that power in the uni
verse for aid in its intent. while an
amulet is any sort of luck charm. Both
are worn to counteraet the gaze of
the dreaded "evH eye"-to k2ep harm
from the wearer and to attract kind in
f1uences to him.
According to a very ancient belief.
different stones should be worn for the
different days of thu week. Stones
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To be up to date nowadays one must
wear an amulet, or a talisman. Ones
dress is not complete with luck
charm" Choose the style for fancy
next and have a method in your choos-
ing, as did the Babylonians and Hin
docs. for all your success or failure is
contained in it.
Gypsy, the necromancer, the magi-
clan, all Will tell you of luck charms
what they have done, what they will
do.
True, some of us stuck to our faith
in. a four-leaved clover and an iron
ring for rheumatism. but for the most
part wearing amulets belonged to other
countries-other days long passed.
The Fifth avenue jewelers. are max
ing some gorgeous new designs; some
are copies of old designs, some are en-
tirely new and original. and down on
Fourth avenue one who knows a thing
or two of old jewelry can pick up an
original old charm-maybe blue enam-
eled scarab or an emerald carved and
set in silver--and If you know the
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15
Butterflies Answer Her Beck and Call

by. DR.. Aver amassed a comfortable
fortune and reared his family in the
sort of quiet elegance that good taste
and culture, aided by money, can pro-
vide.
In that atmosphere Mabel Aver grew
and became a lovable girl, her heart
brimming with sympathy for all the
poor and hurt and stricken ones of
earth It was because of this spirit
and heart that she was made president
of the State Sunshine Society.
Also it was because of the gold and
the glow in her heart-the heart of a
gracious girl-that she became Queen
of the Butterflies" Miss Aver can best
tell that story herself.
Once / was scheduled to read a
paper at the Forum Club" quoth Miss
Aver, and the title of the paper was
Butterflies and Rainbows.' 1t occurred
to me that 1 could get some new ideas
by watching butterflies and studying
them little. and did so. ] went into
the garden and caught a few white but
terflies and began to train them.
The first thing / did was to take a
;iny needle and gently uucoil their
tongues, which are coiled up under
their heads. / used a fine bit of WIRE
whichI had dipped in sugar and water
thin, as syrupy stuff would have made
II impossible 10 coil their tongues
again.
While the butterflies were being
handled this way ! dropped them one
by one as ! fed them into the palm of
my hand, so that thereafter they as
sociated the inclosure formed by my
palm with the thought of feeding. They
would feed from my hand and then fly
TO the window curtain to rest. After
being handled this way several times
thew WOnId a ~ 1k- Asv To my hcr nd
for the sweet stuff they liked Then
they became quite tame and soon were
my pets. apparently without fear, the
daintiest little things for pets that
could be ina gined.
i loved them and soon had scores OF
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on a tabouret, for instance, with his
legs crossed, and he'll look clumsy and
hunched up, and his clothes'll look
wrinkled and baggy and out of shape,
and there won't be anything graceful
or enga ging about him. But those fell
lows in the ready made clothing and
tailoring ads. can sit on any old thing
ON a section of barb-wire fence 1
fairly believe-and look just as neat
and tidy and graceful. with their little
swish-canes resting at ease. as any
young Narcissus examining his refec-
ton in a pool of water or Mercury
poising himself on one foot ready to
fly through the circumabient.
And when they're standing up cane
in one hand and overcoat lightly
thrown over the other arm, guess
they don't look just right, even the
troublesome trouser bottoms over the
tops of their shoes absolutely correct
in the number and arrangement of lit
tie folds, lapels of the coat pressed as
fiat as pancakes against their chests
collars just glued around their necks
buttons properly placed to the thou
sandth part of An inchi I've got a col
lection of those pictures-been keep
ing them for a long time now-and
every time feel disconnected with the
way my clothes look 1 just yank out
bunch of those pictures and look at
'em, and then I feel better 1 know
that the picture presents an idealized
version of something that 1 am never
meant to realize myself, and | am con-
tent to go my humble way looking as
baggy and bunchy and yokelish and
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"z-zIEr cCLT on my c2LH Zl/1I4J
ann Loo6~ /lrer HJ 1-/l1\ .o,1<I H-<1'4s

those shoulders and collars for all the
years that those pictures have been
published, and I've never yet got over
the feeling of amazement and wonder
over the way the clothes of those
rather sangfroidy young fellows sure
do Mt EN- Everything snug, and yet
with a certain neglige looseness, all the
seams just in the right place, the
creases pressed as tight as the folds of
parchment, every check in the goods
showing, even the wrinkles adding a
certain careless grace to the general
effect-it certainly is a fascinating
thing to look at those pictures. Even
their hats At em and become 'em in a
way that 1 could never get a hat to
rakish way of wearing their hats
that must be admired, but that
certainly can never be initiated. And
what bully shoes they wear-shoes
that always keep their perfect shape,
with the nicks in the extension soles
perfectly visible to the naked eye, no
mud on 'em, the gloss, whether tan or
patent leather. beautifully brought out
in the pictures. and even the snug and
increased fit of the socks around the
ankles portrayed in a way calculated
to make fellow who tries to rig him
self up to look right just go off and
hide with shame over what figure Of
fun he presents by comparison!
And those fellows in the ready
made clothing and tailoring ads. know
how to strike such picturesque yet
perfectly easy and natural. postures!
Take the ordinary man and let him sit
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them. There were white ones, and
yellow ones with black spots, and a
mottled sort that resembled Persian
embroidery. The first three l had i
called Heartsease, Flutter and Fancy,
and those three l loved best of all.
Heartsease would snuggle down in the
palm of my hand like little child cud-
ding close to its mother. and then
would uncoil it's tongue and stroke my
hand as though caresSing me. Flutter
was a notional little pet, always re-
quiring persuasion before ii would eat
from my hand. Fancy would walk
along the edge of my hand after feed
ing, then mount the tip of my middle
hnger turning its head in a saucy
way, just like bit of a bird Those
three were all white, each with black
tipped wings, and soft, fuzzy pale
green bodies They were only com
mon butterflies, but they seemed ex-
quisite to me.
Fancy was butterfly that talked
to me. / called it talking, for so it
seemed. 1t certainly was some sort of
noise she made, and it reminded me of
the distant tinkling of a fairy bell 1t
was like the purr of satisfied kitten
too. i have read that naturalist in
Mississippi discovered several years
ago that the butterfly really has
voice, though English entomologists
who acknowledged this said that the
sound since 1t could not have been
made by breath, must be elementary in
character.
Il found later that my butterflies
enjoyed slipping milk, diluted with wa
ter and fruit juices 1t was odd TO
watch them sip the stuff and then. af-
ter finishing that to see them wash
their faces with their legs, very much
like kittens do BY and by they would
incline to playfulness and then would
put a.jeweled stickpin in front of them
and they would try to catch it, They
would let me put the pin under the
end of their legs while ! lifted the foot
up and down, and this l called shaking
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The Luck Of the Amulet or Ialisman

have power 70 bring good or sad for
tune through planetary afinities OF
certain days Gas have gold and silver)-
All were produced through chemic
operations of the planets working Sc
cyetly in the telluric body. So you
must wear yellow gems and gold on
Sunday to drawn down the propitious
influences or to avert the antagonistic
effects of the spirits of the day through
their rules and name giver, the sun;
and on Monday you must wear pearls
and white stones-not diamonds-be-
cause this is the day of the moon.
Tuesday. the day of Mars, claims all
stones of fiery luster. and Wednesday
turquoises and sapphires and all stones
which seem to reflect the blue OF heav-
ems vault. Thursday calls for ame-
thyst and deep-colored stones of SAN
guine tints, because Thursday is the
day OF Thor, the runfc impersonated
male divine sacrifice. Friday. the day
of Venus. wears emeralds, the imperial
yet sinister colored green. Saturday.
the day of Saturn, the Oldest OF the
gods, claims for distinctive taIisman
the most splendid of all gems, the Ius-
ter-darting diamond
But one need not even follow this
You can attain anything your heart
desires If you wear a bit OF jasper ser
in silver somewhere about you. II Won
cannot sleep, wear a hyacinth, and Won
will slumber care free as a child. Not
even guilty conscience will interfere
The Egyptian necromancer promises All
things to him who wears an iron rfno
set with tiny shell-all thingsl-and
the ring may be purchased for a single
drachma.
carnelian worn or carried will an
pease anger The agate will make Won
eloquent il you are ever so stupid An
amethyst will resist intoxieation.
dove with branch of olive in its
mouth engraved on pyrites. mounted an
silver. will insure its possessor ho.-
pitality II he seeks entrance even a
! the kings gate.
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hands They would sometimes sit very
still under a microscope glass while 1
examined them.
How did | catch them? With net?
Never / simply breathed on them and
that would seem to warm them and
then they would know me and love me
and very soon be tame enough to eat
from my hand. They became SO tame
that they would fly about me in the
room and porch on my head and shoul-
ders and hands. Sometimes they would
perch on my gown when l remained at
home of an evening. and perhaps stay
quite still for many minutes, so that
they created an odd spectacle, perhaps
an entirely unique ornament, for L
never heard of a belle using live but
terfiies as an addition to her evening
gown. Ordinarily, though, the butter
flles would curl up at night like flow
ers.
When first l tanned the butterflies
would put them on flowers at night to
sleep, but | found that they preferred
TO cling to the under side of a leaf, and
even would cling to the bottoms of
chalrs. Like flowers, the butterflies
nave sensitive natures and seem to alb
sorp the vitality of the person holding
them They viii not stay with a ner
Vous or uneasy person They seem to
want ali their admirers and friends to
De nappy and peaceful and calm.
used the butterflies in my work
In the Sunshine Society, taking them
with me to the 'shut-in folk visited.
ana they served to while away many
weary moments of such invalids and
helpless people. l carried them on
those errands In boxes of tulle and they
would perform as though they knew
Just what was wanted of the dear little
things-they were so dainty that 1t was
not possible to help loving them
Although the acknowledged Queen
OF the Butterflies,' Miss Aver modestly
declares that her knowledge of them is
but slight and not at all of a scientific
character Il don't know why they do
the Things they do" she said while
talking of her pets, but one thing
am sure OF, and that is that one never
can hope to tame butterflies unless one
really loves them"
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Continued From Page Nine.

wOrshiping devotees in such dainty.
shy things as butterflies. and also of
the more subtle, complex. shyer things
that for lack Of better term folks call
"the souls Of men and women"
The girl is now in Berkeley with her
widowed mother. and from her apart
meuts in the college town is dispens-
ing the t'sunshine" which for several
years she has created with her asso-
ciates in the State Sunshine Society,
Of which society she is president Up
and down the State Miss Aver has sent
messengers Of hope. rays Of sunshine
into many dark corners and she has
blessed countless homes and novels.
That part Of her life, while indubitably
Of more importance and intrinsic worth
than the chapter which includes her
queenship Of the butterflies. is not per-
haps OF such picturesque quality as
the butterfly end OF her career
The queen Of the Butteraies."
II that suggests vaudeville glamour
and glory it is an altogether mislead-
ing title. for Mabel Aver is the absolute
aAlithesls u any sNeA STACY alnoS-
phere. Though entitled by right to
Queenship among those dainty. feath-
cry. brilliantly hued 1ums OF color that
the books can butterflies. Mabel Aver is
in reality just girl, the daughter Of one
Of San Francisco's finest old families,
reared softly. educated well, a maiden
At to grace the oleverest society. as
indeed she has. Her father, now dead,
was DR.. Washington Aver. one of the
greatest and best physicians that the
people of the bay city ever were served
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clumsy as l know I must have been
intended TO look from the beginning.
Talking of which, 1 wonder what
about twenty years ago, sprang the
Idea that to be in good form men had
to have their trousers creased? 1t GER
tainly seems to me that this remark
ably crafty and clever benefactor of
tailors and folks engaged in sidelines
ed upon with such reverence by men in
his business that they'd build large
marble statue or shaft to perpetuate
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15
a." THEy HW0L HOE 70 cTSLH
,IUCH ErcIEDSEJGHE

81 may delude myself about a whole
lot Of other things" said the unpre-
tentious man. 4 may have plenty Of
wistful dreams, most Of them quite i'm
possible Of fulfllment, as to what the
future holds in store for me. l may
cast the dragnet Of my vagrant fancy
into the unknown waters of the TO be
and picture myself making all kinds of
a fine haul there in the time that is to
come after. But there is one point
upon which make no mistake.
never try to bambOozle myself into the
belief that I'll ever, in this world or
any other, present anything like the
surprisingly perfect appearance in a
new suit of togs that the young fell
lows in the clothing and tailoring ads
present
sad reflection. too. used to have a
sneaking sort of hope, when the pic
lures OF those young chaps in the
clothing and tailoring ads. first began
TO appear, that some old day I might
possibly have a wee little bit Of a
chance Of sizing up something like they
W 4-- tllF E-NN -. nut i huOA now
that such a sinking hope was mere
will-o -the-wisp, a grotesque imagin-
ing. a thing never even vaguely des-
tined to be-
Dye ever notice how fine those
strapping young fellows in the ready
made clothing and the tailoring ads.
look? Leave aside their togs and in
the matter of physique alone they've
got the Dana Gibson. the Chandler
Cristy and the Frederic Remington men
just burned TO the ground-vast
shoulders. SOS you'd think they never be
able TO pass through any ordinary door:
legs Of herculean development, yet
shapely and ornamental. heads set on
their shoulders as II by the hands of
a sculptor, fine, perfectly chiseled,
slightly bored countenances and a gem
eral graceful languor about 'em-say. I
wonder Just where the dickens they get
the fellows who act as models for those
pictures?
And the way their clothes fit EN-,
You've noticed where the arrows in the
pictures point to the shoulders and the
close-ftring collars. Well. sir, I've
been gazing and gazing at the fit of
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to calculate with anything like ap-
proximate correctness the amount OF
money that has been spent in having
trousers pressed. the civilized world
over, since that have em-creased
scheme was sprung, but the sum must
by now mount away up in the tens
of millions. Nowadays man simply
must have his suits. and particularly
his trousers, pressed at frequent inter-
walls if he is TO remain within the pale
of polite society. but while am not
so very old, I can easily remember
when a man 'ud never have a suit OF
clothes pressed at all, but Just wear
it out with never an iron to touch it
after it came from the tailor's hands,
and then the tailor only pressed it to
take the wrinkles out of it.
Il can remember the first ready-made
suit of clothes 1 ever bought as boy.
There were creases in the trousers
only, because the trousers had been
folded that way while lying in stock.
and recall now how chagrined
I was when the clothing folks
sent those trousers home without
having complied with my boyish
instructions TO iron the creases
out and totally eradicate the creases. I
took 'em right back TO the clothing
store and had 'em remove those creases
while 1 was there and looking on. And
grown men, in buying ready-made
suits, always had the creases ironed
out of the trousers before wearing EN-.
as a matter of course"