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to get a good look at them before. My
wife's eyes are gray. They're like yours.
THEY'VE got those same little purplish
specks around the pupil that are found in
only one pair Of eyes in a million
ut depends, too, upon the maternal
II she has u wolfe gowa-
1T is wolfe. | heard her say so last night.
Her nose is like yours, too, only yours turns
up a title bit more just at the end. And
her hair is that same sunny shade OF brown.
Her complexion Is a little muddy now on
account of the rheumatism, but when she
is we'll her color is as fresh and delicate as
yours"
The eyes, nose and hair really have
little to do with the selection OF a becoming
pattern. They are not hard to fit. 1t is
the figure that cunts. If you could give
me some idea of the height
she's tall
sHere is a PATTERN that I think would
suit her. The skirt hangs in folds
ooh, that Is one Of those balcony things
with sixteen drawstrings around the waist.
I think they are beastly ugly. / swore when
7 left the house that l wouldn't get n Of
them"
Il have one Of them on now. My friends
think it rather becoming"
Stand back a minute and let me see. Yes,
hat does look nice, but then you would
look charming in anything
THANK you. If,you had only remem-
bered to bring your wife's measurement
along"
Il have them right here in my pocket,
Waist, rs; hips, ~+4-a-a-ahem' Seems to
mo that's q little more robust
The girl clasped her hands at either side
OF her p waist. 49,,
1T is rather" she said, 'but this style
Of dress is very popular, Everybody
An right, III take it. What's the use
Of having n wife II you can't dress her IN
style?' -.
Eight hours later Dandy sauntered into
his own sitting room and laid the pattern
on the table.
.Oh, you darling" cried Mrs. Dandy
sYou did relent and get me one OF those
full skirts, after all, This is a. beautiful
pattern. | always did say you had the best
taste OF n man in the world"
Thanks said Dandy. Il think, my
self, | know a good thing when see it.
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they had visitors there and things got
shaken up so you really did not know
whether the next minute might not be
your last. the real San Franciscan would
put up her ~lorgnette and look around In a
sort Of a nonchalant way and say:
"'Oh, don't mind that; it's only an earth
quakel'
Just as you might say, It's a motor
car or the subway, or some perfectly
obvious thing"
You're from Connecticut I beg your
pardon. thought perhaps, being a meet
ing of Californians for the relief-No, I'm
from Flushing
These preliminary remarks are over
heard while the players are being put in
their places. Those h assert that women
do not know how to organize would change
their opinions II they could see how one
OF these gambling affairs is conducted.
The committee Of arrangements may be
q little hysterioal at critical moments, but
II nsver really let's 60 Of itself and 1t does
keep the mob from breaking loose in an
exemplary manner. Questions as to
lost friends, rules OF the game, time Of
closing and Of outgoing trains are answered
patiently. Delays are met in the same
way, and even the fact that the wrong kind
Of score cards have been sent does not
rufae the committee serenity.
Woman's business faculty is shown not
only in obtaining the ballroom free and all
the prizes, but also in selling the privilege
of advertising on the score cards to an am
bilious firm.
The room is divided into sections, a
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limit. There were dwellers from the far
EAst-even as far as Williamsburg, The
West sent its quota OF ~femininity. Harlem
was represented by many a fair one and
Staten Island Jagged not far in the rear.
The opening hour was given on the tickets
a. 2 P. NJ, which it was explained really
meant three, to give these outla nders an
opportunity to get in at the start.
There must always be a reason for these
public euchres. Sometimes the Fund il
spoken of and you are not supposed to in
quire too closely into its eleme nts. Some
times the Charity is supposed to cover
q multitude Of bad plays and is mentioned
% the reason for the gathering. On this
particular afternoon u oolored banner
stretched across one Of the golden boxes,
which contained daintily dressed women
who were referred to as ~patronessee and
who did their best to look the part, bore
the word California
Many Of the women who came did not
know why until they saw that banner; but
having seen 1t their sympathy was as evil
dent as their intentions to some OF
the prizes on exhibition. Remarks like the
following were common:
my dear, I know that I am foolish, but
l simply cannot ait at this table. We will
have to move. Did you notice how 1t
rocked' It's all very we'll for you not to
mind a wiggly table, but you must remem-
Der that I nearly lost a dear brother.
Peoples nerves are too near the surface
for them to sit at tables that walk away
from you as II the first warning Of an earth
quake had come"
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wishes Of the players. but once seated the
player does not move out Of her chosen
line, and there Is consequently very little
confusion.
Progressive euchre. it is learned, has a
tendency to destroy conventions. A woman
might live in the same apartment house
with another woman for ten years. might
meet her going in and out three or four
times a day and the two women might even
ave dogs Of the same species tied to them
Not a word Of greeting Ia ever exchanged,
even though the dogs are fast friends.
Let these two women meet at a progress
sive euchre game and In a moment they are
exchanging recipes for keeping moths out
OF ermine.
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THE JOKE OF }'EA1
i THE SMALL GIRL
She Reveals a Sense Of Humor and
Plays a Little Joke on a
Lot Of People. ''

II Is a common thing to say that women
have no sense Of humor, but here wasa little
girl that had some, anyway, 4.,. ..Sas
1t is a familiar practice, that Of banding
out advertising circulars and cards 10
pa ssersby in the street. which some paople
take, but more do not; such circulars being
usually handed out by men or boys. y,d.
Here was a trim little girl handing
out circulars, and OF those 10 whom ahe
offered them everybody took one. Il .was
a novelty, for one thing. and then nobody
wanted to be impolite to the little, girl.
For each of those who o. the circulars
thus offered there was a surprise 10 steTe.
These circulars were simply pieces Of paper
cut out of Il newspaper, and out ~withoutEa-
gard to tie columns, 30 that there were only
fragments of reading matter ON, each:
the pieces were of uniform size, but IN mal-
ing them the pa ge had simply been CREASED
up regularly into q number of folds and
then cut, with no regard to where the out
came in the type, so tina the ua tier. on
each piece WAS meaningless. They We're AL
lust pieces Of piper with aome printing on
them and the little girl was handing them
out just for fun. .> ,gp-vA.
who saw at II glance what II. Yves
and realized In the same instant what Il
meant, stopped and spoke to the little gfffl,
whom she found to lie quietly, but a6ahe
same time very greatly, tickled oven, this
little joke of hers and its success- Ard
this young woman also thought it was fun.
and she enjoyed it accordingly but shel~aS
only u young woman, and her appreciation
Of it, perhaps, would not really weigh
against the general indictment of the ,esk
as one haNiE no sense OF huIpor. ,-,.I.h
There remuirs 10 he noted the final intef-
esting feature OF this distribution. aia! Sn
Ii Is "A common thing for people who'tdkS
G Gnt IHs m Inns G y taak 70 tb ssep Aim mem aa s sooSs
did not so drop them. Possibly, when
they sax what it was that had been handed
20 them, they enjoyed having been fooled;
but anyhow they we're polite. Out Of q
S dD.s e Or his HI n eireu GDTer while o be- t ens nd
within sight Of tao little girl. -.
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TWO MINUTES TO CHOOSE A PRIZE.

'You will notice that nine out OF ten
women simply flop into the nearest chair
and don't realize that in that action lies the
secret of the game.
what do ! do when the other woman
wants the same chair? Well, watch me-
and the lips come together hard.
The elderly ladies, whose white hairs and
wrinkles mark them az having passed the
time when other forms Of gambling are
more insistent, are an interesting study
also. Their presence is explained by the
daughter Of one.
These public euchre parties are the
emancipation Of the grandmothers. My
grandmother used to stay at home and take
care Of her grandchildren, but my mother
simply freezes UP when / mention her
grandchildren to her in tho light Of a duty
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Tcrrapin Alive In Ashes.

From the Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
One of the %stranGest Incidents following
the great fire was the finding of a live ter
rapin In the ruins Of a building at the corner
OF Powell and Washington streets yesterday
morning. Miss Charlotte l,stes and Miss
Lilly Plownan went to the ruins of the Nor
NAL School, whore Miss LsteS was a student,
and while investigating conditions noticed
something move in the ashes in a basement,
Miss Estes climbed down and removed the
ashes and debris and found the %terrapin,
IL was so active that when placed on the ground
near water it ran into the bay and swan
This animal had undoubtedly passedthrough
the Ere and lived for ten days In the ashes
OF the basement in which IL was found.
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.OES SHOPPING
y FOR HIS WIFE
And Takes the Credit Of Pleasing
Her, but the Sa1esgirl
Knows Better.

Dandy, poking his head inside the Office,
nodded timidly at the girl at the desk.
is this the place where you sell pat
tsrns?" he asked,
Yes said the girl. What do you
want?"
i want a pattern
What kind?'
'Now you've got me. What kind would
you want II you we're me2'
That depends. Who Is 1t for?'
my WIFE"
'ls she young?"
Five years younger than l.
that's not answering my question
oh, isn't it2 / thought it was. Yes,
she's young. She was IS the tenth OF last
November"
The girl looked Dandy up and down with
~unblinking GOODNESS.
Dear me-" she said, "how some folks
do hold their own"
There was a pause.
1T is hard work." ventured the girl
presently, for n man to select a becoming
pattern for a woman. Why didn't your
wife come herself?'
she couldn't. She has rheumatism and
can't get out Of the house. You advertised
a sale OF 81 so patterns for IL cents To-Day
only. She couldn't afford to let the bargain
clip, 50 she asked me to get q pattern Tor
her"
"She must have faith in your judgment.
.She has reason to-
Il married her"
THAT is no sign you can buy a pattern
for her dresses. Most men can please a
woman by wanting to marry her, but few
can keep on pleasing by choosing her clothes
afterward."
There may be something in that; still
I've got to get a pattern. What would you
adviser"
1t all depends upon your wife's style
What kind Of looking woman is she?'
Stunning"
THAT is too indefinite. There are lots OF
stunning women in New York, and no two
of them look alike. Now, il you could only
point out somebody"
4 can. Her eyes are like what is the
color Of your eyes, ~please?'
Gray"
so they are, l hadn't got close enouSh
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arrive at a certain destination at n certain
time.
Her lips get dry, she CALCULATES anathemas
when she draws poor hands m she radlates
satisfaction when two bowers and an ace
are her allotment. She takes all the credit
to herself when she wins the game and in
dulges in post norton criticisms when
she loses, which make her partner unoom-
Portable.
At one Of the tables, In the course Of tho
afternoon, a woman turns to her partner
and says with tears in her voice:
Il want to thank you for not making a
fuss when I took your trick. Everybody
has been 30 ~disagreeable to me this after
noon that l feel like crying. l would cry
IL you hadn't been 30 decent
The partner speaks firmly.
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ahs SIMPLY savs ihai she taa hoaaW q
ttpRpf Nv . riafiv sEhsv spt Sc euuIaMg
shn F,ts ~ khns thaf that Hrans
FsEila rsnishes HFnHgaa re ttAts
pfuresy y o. erts n . gshs 10
tfsifs n ~stfaHWrts flsg ~ MAJ euaN
sl'iHtls anil tbo pHHfnpi ffHe ~ erie
lsf ~ etshSi Ne HeH bfemuAe
raesitfs rrWtftaa
fnr vr,Hs snfHHH HNftiv imtlHrA M
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'uh ~. I nevsr ser, iif,Asf wes' iran
Hc' ohsT tUt sm iN'"rrsiy Interested IN
eafthrBs,s fhey aav fhtt w ChiBs
fhef" So nnoo bu' syefy feaf lus' IN fha'
say No sondrf o. ~tn't 49, thinws
esq nv rnrr'4
And ono M iime reHi,tsn, ~ snr FeaN
etsfn satt %mnuufnllv
Wv drtf tvr't etnt ~ 10 iianeSer
atle. ttt ! fiye you nv cord that n f~orie
wefs sver proud ~ snythtns, can Fran
etasaAs ts~d ~ ~ n sssthdtatH. whaN
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AT the Progressive Euchre
j,ap, n cOavtnaEoa aad Studks n Humaa Nature DudnG I've Strenuous
Hous A. N ANsmthss fW Carly IN 4 CD Rlmmsd Setting

srIsbs ihst a'srsi ihrutah fhs
10 = no eobtpH aHtHfsFi hailfoNm
~ % Vtbtbsf tss1fts shuHH IN . aF~Rs
ty..I. ~ VOC foft snt p"fhsps ~ ~
4,Uf fF IN No snfii ~ saHsA piay
lts .rIrfessivs suehfs ~ D. . haad iaT
nv rfsHa
10 no Iinra't1n hs~d fof fhia rftvtess
go u0t . ranrsioaicsi 1nel neither $50
~ ~ w youth NJ tecisi prrs'isr Demanded
n t.u nod u tnd Hn"w NO dahs hpeef ffosu
~ fHu ssw e~sirnfne
10 sts a'ic wsirirns vss s9rstchsd ~ ia
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than I do In life, ft'a taxing cosnitance
~ tho little chances that other people think
aren't worth anything.
whenever you progress, theru h always
q chance for you 10 plump down In the chair
opposite a woman that's got n stunninR
hat on and a swell town and don't look as
II she had wo ideas in her head or to get
~ partner q bri eht looking little perHon
that will make the odd point every timo
whom the chanccA are eqtinlly divided.
Well, I rass the hat and ait down with tho
other and Il pays,
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'afy d.ss vcHss 7 anht think u y sasd
fasm ~ msks = re- wh-n oua h etsgina
Nv thsas HuNiic aaH,ss. ian I musf ~ ihat
! sant 80 phv NJ Fht kHsvs - Hffie
airrgs lhe aasnr " fou ~ fh1itt Met boz
s~if ~ ,h~ ihlFtv NJ fftv frerta she mav
rlav slfh aHtt sfoll tfrif hHnds
AHuihsf NefnaH ~ isiHs Hrf tiaN aetfr
~ isnfs es@ n sfssi hteR ~ ~ ti'H'
tsllsys Nv fnHt ltrH Nv rafff 4nv niHfr
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From The London Errpin0 Standard.

From he london ErfnIn0 S'dnddrd.
The Bnvarian courts have had'a complicated
question OF law 10 decide. cat. chased by
n dog. ran into a static where a cow was
being MIXED. the cat jumped on the back
Of the COW. which kicked the milkmaid on her
stool,
the owner OF the dog. the owner OF the, cat,
or the owner OF the cow The courts have
enonsible. and each viii have TO pay ole
third nj the de ma gee
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O. b ~isstiuatalf AasH eaeaah lasths
saaasa for ~ spfiaa eesa ~ hoe afatsaFo 90
shish ~ aInds ean Rnd . eatnwaa arr'lad
isf oYnveFsafirH N thsre stiH ssiala .
dotlht iiaf Nanfea dgess ~ wrunDN and MT
~ fHsH ~ detlhtef shuuti tsss . Esp ~
n n thass f~sasfnhliea Fvsfy sgeHaN h :
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sastiss piainiy lasiiaatod ~ maaas sese
siEn bsafiaa = laetsF, aad w $50 assslea
Ten tahiea ar ptacsf IN . stfaiast I'VE aaa
~aambsr~i A. etaa s~rtiun atsfsia . HtsfH-
bsy n ~ sumHttes ~ He~p rTisF afsf ~
mash ihs esNia ~ M t~eefniHsiinH ~ esrh
stsns fhs s-saaa 10 serrs'iine ~ ths
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Doubt nj Compliment.

ToJU Ttl-DV0. F.'''T 2
The following doubtful compltrnsntd tnna.
fragment from love letter. rs. ,srctn
How l wish, my darling Adelaide, my
engagements would permit me TO leave town
and come and see you! II would be Ike .vtsft--
Ing some old ruin. halloved by oime and
fraught with a thousand reeolleetl9aSSSs-r,
.'E .gv7 ~ Us -9E sa3 "a
.l----p o. esa 10. \ 'sI- ,GaEods
is 90; gsssis u ,Isr yns % p$os
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-06

New York, Oct. Gone man was
killed and many injured in an automobile
accident early today in the rush to the
Vanderbilt cup course. Joseph Stadler
was run down in Long leland City by
an auto car dr. ven by VIM. Woods OF
Boston. His back was broken and he
died instantly. George Wynder, who
was crossing the street with Stadler, was
also knocked down. He was internally
injured. William Horn, the chauffeur, was
arrested.
While crossing the street at 34th
street and Second avenue, big touring
car knocked down aud MORALLY injured
Mary Cegan. The woman was confused
by the swarm of automobiles The acct
dent was unavoidable.
S. A Sslzloroski was knocked down
while trying to cross Hoffman Boulevard
by motor car. His leg was broken
The l20 horse power Fiat driven by We'll
schott in the Vanderbilt race went wrong
10 its steering gear at Mauhassett and
WeilschOtt's first round, turning COM
pletely over DR.. Weilscbott and his
mechanic, Colombo, we're hurled from
the machine but fortunately escaped
with only minor bruises. Aldo We'll
schott, the Italian driver, OF the big 100
horse power Fiat machine, met with the
first serious accident of the race. His
accident may cost the life of Carl Bruner,
of Passage, N. j., boy spectator OF
the contest, who was run over and so
seriously injured that his recovery is
doubtful. The accident was caused by
the steering gear of the automobile be-
coming deranged.
Westbury, Oct. 6-Whle Tracy was making
his seventh lap his machine skidded and got
beyond his control at the East Norwich turn.
Twelve people we're knocked down and
Ralph Baldwin, Of Norwalk, c onn,, was
MORALLY injured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-06
Drop. Dead Beside ,he rlcker.

Isadore N lsoD. more than 20 ears
old, and character OF Wall street, New
York, for nearly half q century, dropped
dead beside the ticker that clicked off
the news that be had lost his speculs-
ton in Union Pacific by two points.
The old man bought three or four shares
OF stock at time, usually on a two
point margin, and was supposed to make
9 modest living BY his minor speculation.
Yesterday Mr.. Nelson sold a few shares
of Union Pacific short on 2 per cent.
margin. He went to the saloon at 3S
New street, and with several other men
stood by the ticker. There was irac-
tioual rise 10 the stock. As the quarters
and eighths began to be added iotne ~.
p" initials on the tape Mr.. Nelson be.
came excited. When at last 1856 was
reached and his little investment was
swept away the old man g@ped and fell
in heap to the floor. When they
picked him up he was dead. There WIS
nothing on his persoa % indicate his adj
dress. Nobody knew anything about
him or his family beyond the fact that
he was q constant Speculation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-06
Cotton Market Excited.

The cotton market had very strong
and excited advance at the opening
in New York yesterday with the spring
months selling above IL cents and the
general list about 40 points, or 81 bale
over the closing figure of the previous
day on stop-loss covering and tremend-
GUS buying by the South, local and Liver
pool bulls. Reports of further storms in
the South and prediction of squeeze
among dealers short of actual cotton for
October delivery were factors in the ad-
vance. October in New York sold at
10 SS, or PIG points above the low level
Shorts appeared to be paric stricken
in all markets and December contracts
in New Orleans sold II points over the
close of Thursday night. There were sew
ersl reactions of 10 or IL points during
the middle session, but the market con-
tiuued very active and excited, and the
best prices we're reached in the late trad
ing. October sold at 1924, December
10 9S and March I'LL, or 46a5l points
net higher on predictions of frost in the
southwest aud news of a storm off the
Florida coast. Ia the last few minutes
there was heavy realizing and the market
closed fairly steady at net advance
OF 3Sa45 points. The sales were esti-
mated at $50, 900 bales.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-06
Wholesale Frauds I'm Cuba.

Havana, Oct. Wholesale frauds
on the part of officers connected with the
former Cuban government are expected
to be revealed by the American auditors
who are examining the financial status OF
the late republic. Already one scandal
has been unearthed and it Is believed
Others will follow. Governmental de-
partments, learning that an investigation
that will bring to light such facts, may
account for the tenacity with which
many Of the former Cuban officerholders
cuDg to their positions aud opposed any
compromise with the insurgents which
would lead to giving the liberals power
in Office and an opportunity to investi-
gate the manner 10 which public affairs
has been conducted
The scandal already brought to light
is in the government commissary de-
psrtment at Cienfuegos Investigation OF
conditions there by the Americans has
developed that there was a shortage
amounting to several hundred thousand
dollars.
Disarmament of the rebels is going on
smoothly today, but the laying down Of
arms is little better than farce. The
American officers in charge OF the work
have been compelled to wink at the sub
stitution of old and useless guns for their
service rifles by insurgents. The per.
centage of even those old weapons sur.
rendered, in comparison to the number
of insurgents known to have been in
arms, is small.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-06
Work of n VaDdal.

As the result of the daring work OF
some unknown vandal Thursday night
fully 100 plate-glass windows on Broad
street Richmond, bear the deiacing marks
of diamond glass cutter in the way OF
deep, penetrating lines and figures, en-
failing loss to the owners of the propert,
Of probably $4,000. Figures of the
most fantastic description mar the beauty
of the windows. Lines, some OF them
very, deep forming curves and images,
abound everywhere. Indelibly stamped
on the most prominent places on the
windows in many instances are words of
an indecent character. The designation
can be wiped out only by the complete
removal of all the windows and
the purchase of new ones. The names
of Martha, and " P. T. Moore, Rich
mond," are also inscribed on several of
the windows. 1t is possible that the
names will serve police as clues to the
perpetrators of the outrage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-10-06
Draws Line on Soap Diet.

Soft soap poked down his throat until
every breath brought bubbles through
his nose and mouth, Samuel Dickor, an
Atlantic City High School graduate,
founl life too strenuous after trial of
one day and is back at his home at At
lsntic City, nursing bruises by the dozen
and a painfully inAsmed mouth and
throat as the result of clash with
DSoph' hazers.
Young pickor went to Swarthmore
EARLY Saturday morning, having success
fully passed his entrance examinations.
He had scarcely alighted from the train
when crowd of sophomores swooped
down upon him, relieved him of his bag
gage and began to put him through the
first stunts OF q first year man. Dicker,
it is said, took the antics in good part I'M
til young giant stuffed his mouth with
the soap and then made him drink water.
As he sputtered and blew bubbles the
SOpbs executed war dance about him.
Young Dicker had views of his own as
to hszing and, it is said, the giant bully
carried two black eyes back to his dormi-
tory. Then Dickor picked up his grip
and boarded the next train for home.
He said yesterday he would enter another
college.