Evening journal., 1907-12-30
Sue Personal and Pertinent

All the potent power Of a single face-even OF a
ried faceupon the one who beholdng IT, understand
ingly and responsivey reads
Recently / was in a greatly perturbed state of mind
running for Milwaukee train at the Chicago
In an agony OF suspense and mental anguish, with
protruding and gaping mouth, labored ON with
what speed might while burdened down with heavy
While was thus suffering and making my suffering
noticeable to the casual observer ! suddenly
a face--a placid common face-but 1t bore message
Of courage and hope for II made me ashamed, in
stanty that was perturbed or angushed In spirit over
small a thing the prospect of missing a train.
My features reaxed my eyes returned to the vicinity
whose spring has suddenly been released Calm entered
my spirit; my pace slackened.
The face had seen was that OF the Union Station
clock and it told me had ten minutes to make my
train Judge
Miss Eva De Chipenham lecturer Of New York,
holds that beautiful thoughts make beautiful faces and
figures, and that ugly thoughts deform even as un-
"By taking thought" said Miss De chipenham, in
interview Chicago "you cannot perhaps add cubit
your stature, but you can eradicate round shoulders
and sponge wrinkles away
'Our thoughts mould our faces; form our expression
Thus they give Us away They give away much as
the SPOKEN thought Of a Chicago girl once gave her
''rhis girl sat IN a dm-iit paror winter evening
with a youne man. A fire of oak logs blazed in uhe
crate and looking into the pink and gold heart Of the
flame. the gr who pretty. murmured;
How divine. my dearest Hilary
But the young man frowned and started
! "'Hrory: he said, You mean George, don't you
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was saturday night! Washington Star
Capt Watt OF the record breaking Lusitania was talk
! ing about machinery
'AIachnery delicate suff,' he said, and the anna
teur is wise let il alone You know about the man
who blew down the gas nfeerY"
"No."
.weu at the club one night certain man complained
| bitterly about his gas bills.
Hang il all said, my bills are something enor-
nous I'm I don't burn all that gas. The COM
pany. consarn IL, Is cheating me-
"A friend spoke up and said;
Look here do want to know how TO get the
better OF the company
Gee / dol! exclaimed the man.
Then the friend. blow down the meter Every
night before you turn IN, blow down the meter The
meter you sec, full of little wheels all turning turn
ing pIing up big bills against you light the Blu
Just blow down the pipe and
"The friend gave loud laugh at the delightful
Jus. blow down the pipe. and-he. ha ha-al tn
, little wheels will turn the other way
THE man thanked his friend for this good and valu
able advice straight home and blew a long an
powerful, blast the pipe Of the meter befor
Hc did this night Not once did he Tor
get the last thing before going to bed, to blow dow
the meter with terrific force
WELL in due course at the months end the nspeeto
hung about the cellar door to hear what the fello
S would have 70 say after his inspection.
i "The inspector emerged from the cellar studying
column OF figures with puzzled frown. He looked u
at the master Of the and said in strange voc
i "'yVen MIR smith, don't know what the dickens hs
been happening 10 your meter, but the company OWE
= you $S4 H. San Francisco Chronicle.
z
!, Michael callahan a section boss for the southei
Railroad in the little town Of Ludlow, Ky, has ke'
j. Gaelic wit one afternoon. while walking aor
sleeping beside the rails Callahan looked dissusted
AZ the delinquent a full minute and then remarked
4, 'slape ye lazy spalpeen slape on fur as long
you siape you've got lob hut when you wake up ye
"a / COT nofe II ippincotts.