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invented a diversion called "The New
Art of Fruit Sculpture" This "sculp.
ture" is no more than building up dolls
and animals out of materials right al
hand on the table, and the diners may sc
in for it on pretty short notice. How.
ever, it would be we'll for at least one
of the party. perhaps the host, to be
prepared. A writer in BLACK and
White',' speaking of this after-dinnel
amusement, gives this advice:
''The wise man who goes in for fruit
sculpture will prepare himself befor7
hand for the task, and in his pocket
will Turk black and white-headed pins
some wooden matches and sharp PEE.
knife to cut what the fruit knife can.
not. Christmas crackers will furnish
all kinds of odds and ends for the dec
Grafton of such little figures.
All sorts of things may be made from
the fruit ordinarily to be found on ia.
BILE at dinner party, oranges, pears
and bananas lending themselves readi.
ly to the figures to be fashioned. But
we may as we'll know at the start, the
figures do not always turn out what
was intended, not infrequently the
fashioner finds he has on hand a regu-
let us go in for folly and fun.
IF you desire to present to the ad-
miring gaze of the other diners an
orange pig, you must peel your orange
entirely in one piece, slipping your
knife in sharp cut, through which the
whole fruit may be coaxed. The four
legs are then shaped, the rind slightly
rolled, paper ears and a paper tail
added, and your pig is finished. For a
plumper pig plum is chosen, the tail
for which is furnished by its own
stem. The stump of a cigar is added
for a snout. the ends of matches fa'
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BRUNEI E J |!.||. A N !.
THE. ANCIENT, KINGDOM OF THE
j ISLAND OF @BoRNEo. ] s
Il Recent Agreement with the Sultan
Makes Provision for British Resi-
dent-Glance at the Territory
Under British Protection,

We have long looked upon the great
Island of Borneo as divided between
the Dutch and English, but just re-
Gently the latter nation had fall to her
confirmation of influence down there
in that tropic land, the sultan of the
kingdom of Brunei, which lies between
British North Borneo and Sarawak,
making an agreement providing for the
appointment of British resident with
powers to control the general admin
istration Of the state.
The Dutch held possession of south
ern Borneo, the British have kept to
the north. Politically the whole island
is divided into British .Borneo and
Dutch Borneo, the two separated by a
mountain barrier. The northernmost
part held by the British North Borneo
company since 1888, has been under
the formal protectorate of the British
government. Sarawak has for NOM
inal governor native rajah, but is
under British protection. Brunei up
to now had for ruler native sultan,
but, like the others, was considered
subject to Great Britain.
Brunei, or Brunai, gave the island
its name, Borneo, corruption of the
word. Brunei was a Malay state, and
the Malays were the dominant race,
their rule extending practically over
the island. When Pigafetta, friend of
Magellan, visited the island, he was
entertained most royalty by the poten-
tate at that time holding sway. This
potentate had numbers of trained ele-
plants and horses, forts with heavy
ordnance, gold vessels and spoons, silk
embroideries, porcelain dishes, and, in
short, all the adjuncts of a high civ
ilization; good deal of it, no doubt,
borrowed from the Chinese, whose
money was in sole use.'
1t was early in the sixteenth cen
fury Borneo was first discovered by
Europeans, both Spaniards and Portu-
guese visiting it at this period. Very
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heads and thrust their fingers out of
sight in the long, soft wool, but the
calves made no attempt to kick or
butt. Most of the time they were
harnessed anG embarrassed by men
who were entire strangers to them.
but there was never any trouble.
After the first day or two, the
yoke was practically discarded, and
the team appeared twice day in
double harness. And a handsome
turnout they made in their silver
mounted brides, set off by the rich
brown fur, and with the picturesque
figure of Morrison on the box. It was
little wonder that hundreds of peo-
pie wished to ride behind them, and
that many distinguished persons
promptly accepted invitations to drive
them around the Enclosure. Prominent
doctors, lawyers, judges, engineers and
college professors, many of them bald
or gray-headed, scrambled ever the
sides OF, the cart like schoolboys and
laughingly handled the ribbons over
the only team. Of buhaloes~ in the
world: On the last day Of the show,
a modest, studious- looking young man
walked into the Enclosure, and q mo-
slnent later was whirling over the tan:
bark behind War. .Whoop and Toma-
hawk. A large crowd was present.
but it is doubtful If half a dozen poo
pie recognized, in that quiet young
man, the Oldest son Of the president
Of the United States 1t was Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr., who had snatcssd
the time to run down with class
mate from Harvard for a drive behind
the buffalo team. s. " 5 $.}. 8.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs,
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ment by woman in the broad field of labor in other words
that loverbalances the call of the home.
This sounds like generalization but has individual application
base my views naturally my
women have known who have deserted public life mamony
we'll those who have venured beyond
threshold in other than social way.
In estimation for woman if through
the necessity for winning satisfy craving herself
the best preparatve for the domestic life follow
sincerity at its root If honest the
esson whatever be- she will be broadened strengthened be-
eVe thoroughly that years lawyer have given greater
value wife and mother The knowledge Of the world the
pie in it is liberal education 1t bound help the building
home.
believe that the position attorney for the Legal
that enabled to do deal good And say
mine is nothing compared with my destiny home
Whether all experience would be happily the
OF would be hard say The individual
MUCH and the husbands attitude toward the professional wife
To revert husband objected that
tain maiden professional work after marriage This
would consent to do He exceedingly jealous me-
professional reputation But with all this generosity think
requires deal Of let the you place
apart the outside world know himself the
should be-.
There always the question of whether woman
aduaon conradeshp of the content herself with
the solitary and restricted existence she have wife
But this again is largely matter of that prophecies
impossible Speaking broadly woman professional other is
happier married where there any congenaity.
do wish understood undertaking wonans intellect
wonn work. The whole thing resolves itself think the
limits has imposed AS the mother she has had her highest
duty assigned her. Through all the that has kept her the
home and her work outside has been of the kind
missed This does not however deract from its value herself
to civilization
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HOW THEY BEHAVED AT THE
,2s>a7s sPoRTsMEN's SHOW. j
Crowd Cheers as Bright-Eyed Little
Fellows Enter Enclosure Spirit
ed, But Docile-Young Roose- i
welt Drives Them. -

1uey were III pen IN the basement
of the Mechanics Building, Boston
and were munching hay with as little
concern as though they were on their
own New Hampshire range. I opened
the door Of the pen and called the lit
tie fellows by name. Never before had
they shown the slightest affection for
me, but now they ran to me and shifted
at my clothing; they had been away
from me for three days and seemed
really glad to see me again. I petted
them awhile, put the yoke on them,
hitched them up to the cart, and drove
them out on the floor Of the base
ment. Here had been raade larger
Enclosure, with stout rail fence
about it, and in this it was proposed
that the team should be driven twice
day du:ing the show. I expected
that the youngsters, not having been
hltched up for some time, and be-
ing now surrounded by strange sights
sounds and odors, would naturally be
little unruly at first. But nothing
of the kind; they trotted quietly
around the Enclosure, curiously eying
two Indian girls who were watching
them over the fence.
Next day the show was opened, and
that evening the shaggy sons of Waf
Cloud and Rain-in-the- Face made their
'bow" to a Boston assembly. At halls.
past seven, the hour set for their first
appearance, there was a rush for the
ho 0v,S CT
eral deep all around the larger incloS-
ure. It was decided to drive them in
the yoke on this occasion, and in a
few minutes they were ready to
start. At the last moment the halters
were thrown off, and big cheer
went up from the crowd, as at the
word "haw' from Will Morrison
their driver, the bright-eyed little fel-
lows swung to the left, circled their
pen, and entered the larger Enclosure
at sharp trot. The enthusiasm OF
the spectators seemed Infectious
and the calves increased their speed
to cantec, which, had there been hal
chance, would soon have been
gallop. Bit alas, they were on treach5
erous ground, and as they attempted
to make the second turn, their hare
hoofs flew from under them on tbs
slippery cement, and down they wen,
in heap. A few rowdies presen: .
laughed At this, but all about the in y
closure there was a murmur of pro-
test, and many sharp criticisms of the
management for failing to have tam
bark on the floor. After that the
calves. were driven at a walk, but
even when walking they impressed
all present- with their strength and
vigOr.
The question asked most often, rot
only that evening, bat throughout the
show, was: "HCw old are they?" AMI
the answer: Eight MONTHS was al
ways received with surprise.
But what created most surprise, per-
haps, was the docility of the little fell
lows. In spite of their shaggy coats >
wild eyes and formidable-looking
horns, they were almost, if not quite,
as quiet as average domestic steers
Spirited they were, of course, but not
vicious in the least degree. Many
ladies and more children patted their
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DINNER FR0l-|C | !.
s:FRUIT -scULPTUREn SUGGEST
ED AS NOVEL DIVERSION. :
Not Much Preparation Needed-Use
the Fruit on the Table in Fash
Joining the Funny Figures :.
Christmas Crackers Help.

A little nonsense now and then is
relished by the best of men, and we all
know d good laugh helps digestion. So
let us go in for folly and fun at the
dinner table. :,
Often conversation pals, we are
weary of telling what we know, more
weary of listening to recital of Wat
the other fellow knows. And for such
moments as these a clever person has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-07
Not%so Strange,

eyes," said Jockey, 81 knew a
young fellow who went to: sleep one
night and the next morning awoke a
white-haired paralytic."
" "Oh!" exclaimed Polkley, come
new, I say"
Eyes, sir. The young fellow was a
bell boy in a hotel and the white
haired paralytic was uest.-Phila-
delphia Press. -
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A BOY AND 4 RIVER THE BUFFALO TEAM
THE LADS KEEN DELIGHT IN
STREAM AND pool, -
The cold Swimmin, Hole"-The Mill
" Race Still Waters Where the
Big Trout Hide Learning
the Anglers Art.

It is said, and said truly, that a
boy not born in the country is a
boy to be pitied, defrauded Of a boys
birthright. And with this country
there must be included water of some
sort-river or creek, lake or pool.
Winter and summer the boy feels
the call of his old playmate, and
which season is the more joyous it
were hard to say. When the ice has
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Some one has said:
"Youtl1 is made up OF
plumbers, middle age is
taken up in trying, to re-
pair them, and old age
spent at the inability to
do So"
One of the common
est mistakes of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-07
Mnthfrhnnn tl1f: 4tghfat
Duty 1T nruffaatnual n1nnta&t
By MRS. ROSALIE LOEW WHITNEY,
NETWORK ATTORNEY.

HEN say that weighed against domesticity for
woman leaves all the argument the side of the home fe
with practically defense for the other decryirg
a career Far from It!
I make the point merely that when choice must be
made between the there the side of her profession
the work she has cut herself-o valid reason for
Withholding her from her proper pace-te work the
world has cut out for her. There has been no accomplish
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that hurts the shoe and doesn't help sell 1t
a bit. That will be touched on, too.
in these talks questions are asked and
answered, the clerks are told how to dis
tinguish the different styles Of customers
to find out what they want and how to sell
them when they do not know.
~The diplomatic treatment Of a difficult
customer occupied us last week. I had
seen one girl get up before a hard to please
woman and say:
s'Well, I can't sell you anything, I am
sure. I win send some one else.'
"She did not do any good by that. but
simply ~antagonized the woman. who saw
that she was considered impossible. What
she should have done was to 60 away as II
she had gone to get somo more shoes and
motion to the Aoorwalker. who. In turn.
would approach and suggest that she send
some one more competent. The vanity Of
the woman must never be hurt; that Is one
Of our first lessons.
@The weekly lectures are really develop
ing model statesmen n women and any one
who notices how difficult II is to get out OF a
first class snoe store without purchasing
something will appreciate this truth
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CATS EYE SIGNAL LIGHTS.
Queer CONSEQUENCES OF Feline wandering
on Railroad Tracks.

MxooN, Mo-, June so.-'Did you over Zee
q black cats eyes when they were In the
line of an electric light?" asked Ben Wood
lief, travelling engineer for the Missouri
division of the Burlington road. If one
steps on the railroad track ahead Of the en-
CINE and looks up the engineer sees two
vivid lights ahead Of him, "a large and
clearly defined as any signal lights on the
road.
Sometimes they are red, but most gen.
orally green or white. In the night time
Of course the engineer can't see the cat.
and all he can do is to run in obedience to
the cats eye signals.
IF they are white he goes ahead without
stacking; il green he is cautious; II red he
applies the air to make q stop. Sometimes
a train is brought to a dead halt before ths
engineer learns what's up against him.
"The running men tell me that the eyes OF
polecats and rabbits are almost as perfect
signals as cats eyes. No. there's been no
talk of training cats to act as signalmen.
Engineers wouldn't stand for it, because
they hate cats on general principles, and II
they had their way would be happy to lay
the feline family on the rails ahead Of their
locomotiveaSnd crowd on all steam
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public places have their shoes OF, and the
famous picture by Gibson Of the men under
the table after dinner hunting for fans and
handkerchief could be replaced to-day by
one showing the hunt for the slipper. The
other day in a Broadway restaurant I saw
the waiter stoop down and put on a lady's
pump for her i'd the most natural manner
In the world"
The third wall Of the shoe dealer takes
place at the exchange department.
"If women only wouldn't think 1t was
necessary to lie, he signs audibly. What's
the user Ydu don't suppose that the girl
Mt the desk who passes out q hundred or 20
exchange slips every day Is at all interested
In hearing the reasons given by the people
who want to change their purchaser .
A German IL ~interrogating the exchange
clerk, In his hand he holds q half worn
shoe, heel run down and with a general
air of d~ilapidation. Argument and threat
have been Of no avail.
His plethorie face takes on a new tinge
OF American Beauty red and he waves the
shoe th~reateningly.
sIn send the ole woman herself" he says,
as a last awful threat. -
He Is followed by a modest tongued
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Il never saw any one 90 mad. She asked
me what / meant by insulting her. She
said she had very small feet for her weight
and then, she called the f~ioorwalker and
complained. I nearly lost my place. II
any one comes in now and asks for number
II l say:
-I'm sorry, ma'am. but we're all out
Of these sizes we've had such a run on 'em
lately
That's the way to please women; they
don't want to hear the truth
The shoe dealer takes out his notebook
and writes in it.
Il shall use that girl az an example for
our weekly lecture. You see she has not
sold the customer shoe, but she has amused
her with her talk. Tlat ism t anything in
our pocket.
these weekly talks are really educa-
tional in their scope; they are designed TO
help the clerks in all the details Of salesman
ship. The managers Of the various depart
ments take notes all the time Of everything
that comes TO their attention. For exam
pie, you see that salesman over there Ia
bending a shoe to show how pliable it is;
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person, who explains the soiled look Of the
canvass To by saying that the children
played With them and she had never worn
them herself, across the room even. The
eyea Of the exchange clerk bore into her
soul, bit she does not finch.
Another explains Of length how her
shoes dropped out OF the bundle going
homo and even tells the car line and the day
OF the week.
sAnd all to no purpose continues the
shoe dealer. Hthey might just as we'll save
their vitality to scold their husbands"
The inquirer hns Just asked tho size OF
tho average shoe kept in stock n has
learned that from 81 to Q may be obtained
without difficulty, when the shrill voice OF
q small 50 Iesgirl is heard addressing a buxom
woman.
sIndeed, ma'am, / don't think o Is a
big number at all and double EE ain any
width nj all"
A gleam Of amusement In the customers
face or a twinge Of the conscience which
still has computations forces the sales
girl 10 explain her fattery.
you'll never catch me tellin' anybody
she's got big feet again I've had my lesson
She pushes the right foot into the left
shoe and continues volubly:
1ItTl At after a minute, ma'am, as soon
as you get used to 1t, You see. IL was this
way. A woman came In and stuck out
the biggest foot I lever saw; II was like an
elephants, and said:
!. Hurry up now and get me q pair of
number elevens.' .
Il said: I'm sorry. but We don't keep
those large ones In stock. I'll have to send
to the factory
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As the train moved slowiy toward tho
West With a crowd Of feminine delegates on
board who were to attend the recent cons
vention of the p.Ieration OF Women,s
Clubs at st, Paul ,t was noticeable that even
tho Rainy Daisies had quite a coduettish
air as they twirled their sldrts and moved
about So far as could be learned, there
was not one pair of fat bottomed shoeP In
tho whole outfitN /
The Louis heel, the Cuban and other sky-
scraper varieties, openwork stockings and
more than one pair of last ~season's evening
slippers were in evidence. The omnon
sense shoe of a few years ago, built on the
model of a commodious ferryboat, and worn
fiauntingly when the emancipation Of
woman was spelled with a big n was con-
srfcuous by its absence,
There were as many presidents on the
train as there are Colonels when the South
has a barbecue. One, Of them admitted
after persuasion that tho explanation Of the
collection OF footgear was that the West
expects much of the women who represent
Eastern clubs. : 49,
1T isn't enough said the president, ito
read brilliant essays aud be able to open a
meeting in a parliamentary manner. You've
got to wear good shoes,
"We feel" said anot her, that It Is due
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has never worn, but abe mn in here
every week, looks over the styles and II she
sees anything that takes her fancy orders
1t, frt.. 81. .s .1
"This isn't altogether fun for us.
The more shoes a woman buys the more
trouble. When 4 woman buys shoes she
expects impossIoilities.'
A little way from the speaker q woman
who is having shoes tried on acts a an
illustration of this remark. The shoe looks
IS il 1t we're made for the plump foot inside.
She stands up, twirls about, glances at 1t
from every point Of vantage.
at looks all right" she remarks dis
contentedly, as she resumes her place and
fronts the salesgir), but it's a size larger
than l wear
The salesgirl smooths the last, tiny
wrinkle out of the silk stocking.
Il never saw a better fit, 3 che says with
the eye Of the satisfied artist.
The woman shakes her head. ,
Take it Off, she ~rejoins. at feels all
right, too, butt can't wear a size larger
than I've been accustomed to- g.
The salesgirl obeys while the shoe dealer
shakes his head and looks as if he would
like to shake the woman too.
Wouldn't you think that a woman would
be satisfied II a shoe fitted and looked well?'
he asks. "That one isn't a bit different
from hundreds that come in here.
Another matter about which the woman
shopper is very inconsiderate is the time