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ABOUT THE WEASEL.
BY the Rev. Theodore Wood.

As you walk along a country lane you may often
see a little animal with very long body and very
short legs running across the road a few yards in
front of you. 1t is bright reddish brown in color
on its head and back and sides and pure white
underneath. and from the tip Of its nose TO the end
OF ITS stumpy little tail 1t is about ten inches in
6 This e @H y, Is weasel end should like to tell
slender while its legs are so short ,The7 r t.o
son Is that IT is creature of prey, and that
row. winding burrows. Now if it had a stout
2ooy ana long legs 1t would not be able TO do this
n 5iSEIlounu cannon walk down rabbit hole, can
heT That Is because his body is much too big and
down it quite easily because he has small SoH
and short legs. And so the weasel. You see which
snake and short little legs indeed can wind its
snrins 1i In me me 0nTroT OF rat or mole. and
Measels destroy q great many rats in this way
follow these into their hoes so that although they
are the enemies of the gamekeeper because they
are very good friends to the farmer But some
farmyard; for il weasel o. can ann III, even IN I9e
the henhouses he will always do So and viii kin
You may sometimes see him trotting along by the
side OF hedgerow. too and every now and then
stopping FOR moment or two and peGrinG eagerly
into the thick heritage that grows at the bottom
birds nests And II he finds ' oas W Is cSE * iEr
he Will take them out and suck them after the
other. while if there unfiedged birds he will
either eat them at once or carry them of TO his
But a weasel does not always succeed in finding
nest ; even when he Is quite close to It, and
S0OulO ike 10 tell YOU ABOUT a little scene which /
saw, and in which weasel was quite taken
in by the birds 70 whom the nest belonged.
walking down Helvellyn one warm sum-
mer's day and when was about half way down
heard loud chattering and screaming just above
looked up, and there l pair of stone
chats and weasel. which had evidently too
close to their nest. So the birds were trying to
lead him away; and this is how they did IL. First
of all, the cock sat down on stone about yard
in front of the weasel and began to flap his wings
and chatter and scream. The weasel at once daTted
at him. but just the bird on the point OF
being seized he few away. Then the hen sat down
on another stone about yard further and be-
gan to flap her wings and chatter and scream in
Just the way. Then the weasel daTted at
her, and she flew away. The cock however. was
watching and almost az the same moment he came
back and settled on third stone, about yard
further on STILL and began to flap his wings auI
chatter and scream once more. and again the
weasel darted at him. And the two clever ltgla
birds took and tlrn about. and led the weasel
for quite two hundred yards up the steep mountain
side till they thought that he a safe distance
from the nest. Then they left him and few away
together.
Wasn't 1t splendid way Of getting rid of him?-
The London Tribune.
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

snapshots-In this contest Mary AIlerton Cush-
man. No. 296 Gates avenue, Brooklyn. wins the
first prize Of 81, and Stuart II. Link. No. 2sl West
End avenue. New York City. the second prize
Tribune fountain pen.
Things Think About.-The prize winners and
their prizes IN this contest Gwendoyn Jones'
age twelve years. -Oradell avenue, Oradel, n. j.
an interesting book. and Otto Crystal aged ten
years. No. SO Wa!iabout street, Brooklyn Trib-
une fountain pen.
High Hat Puzzle:-1he neatest and best two ar
rangenaents OF this puzzle were contributed by
Minnie Bauer. aged eleven years, No n Silver
street AIeTiden, Conn. who wishes embroidery
set and Samuel r LipsOn, aged sixteen years No.
70 Second avenue, New York City Tribune foun-
tain pen.
lished In this contest.
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Dear Little Men and Little Women:
While travelling South with my parents
this winter stayed for few days at hotel IN
Richmond Right opposite it a park. where
was allowed TO go sometimes One afternoon 7
wandering about there. wishing something
citing would happen, when I heard a peculiar
sounding whistle behind me. / turned quickly. and
saw man, few feet away IN the striped uni
form of a convict. i startled for a moment
because ] thought he must have escaped from some
prison. Then / remembered having heard my
father say something about convict who WOrke1
in the park, / remained still and watched him.
Again he gave this clear, Shrin whistle. and sud-
denly whole pack of little squirrels came running
toward him. They pretty little creatures. all
gray. with buShy tails and bright eyes They
kept running till tn reached his very feet, and
then stopped and looked UP at him in alert,
pectant manner. He began To feed them.
You imagine with what interest had been
following this scene, and now. being unable to
make out what he feeding them. moved up
little nearer. but he mOtiOned back with surly
shake of mis- head. fearing. suppose, that would
disturb his pets So stayed where was until
they had stopped eating, and the convict had scat
tered them with OF his hand and had
started back to his work IN another part Of the
park.
Whenever any of YOU visit Richmond hope you
will go to the convict feed the squirrels for
am You will feel amply repaid for your
trouble. LILLIAN SIMPSON (aged fOurteeu).
No. 81 High street. NewburyDort Mass
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Paris. April II.

BaflSs ADfl IL
The Paris oouturier is too wise a man 10
launch all his designs at the beginning Of the
season. He reserves some Of the most inter-
esting ones for the time when early modes
shall have begun TO pail. Within the last week
there have appeared some novelties which bid
fair 10 become favorites with fashionable women
One new idea is the jacket Of soft suede tinted
70 match the skirt. II may be trimmed with
buttons and bands Of satin or embroidered in
elaborate designs. A costume which includes a
4acket of this sort has the blouse and skirt Of
green and white striped wolfe. The Jacket which
matches the stripe in the stun, is trimmed with
bias bands and small buttons Of black satin
The fat shoulders laid in wide pleats held by
clusters OF small buttons extend to form jan
anese sleeves. The blouse has Irish lace inset
about the neck and black satin cravat.
One Of the most admired gowns worn at the
COncours Hippique last week had a CHARMING
Raistooat of gray peau de suede. embroidered
with little flowers done in shaded gray silk and
trimmed with embroidered buttons The gown
l;self was a tailor costume Of striped gray wool
trimmed only with bias bands, but the original
accessories made II decidedly dressy The un-
derblouse was OF pleated linen with jabot front
and choker made Of fine pleatings
It is not possible 10 tire Of the strjped gray
woods, although one sees any amount Of Them
FOR there is so much originality and taste used
IN their trimmings At Pre- Catalan the ,othar
afternoon land, by the way, now that the Roiz
Is really pretty, Pre- Catalan has become the
fashionable rendezvous for afternoon tea) there
we're at least half dozen gowns that might he
Included under the category Of gray strine
yet no two Of them were alike one OF the
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HOs0 10 Sgsfr q Prize.

., c9gtsst 10. j CNr. Cats Puzzle. Choice OF a
Tribune fountain pen, embroidery set, boys
lFihpae watch interesting book or box OF
water color paints for the neatest and best two
answers
Contest &c. CThings to Think AbouD.-Choice Of
box Of water color paints. boys Tribune watch.
= Tribune fountain pen Interesting book for
me neatest and best two solutions.
contest No. 3 Congratulations dollar as first
prize, and the choice OF a Tribune fountain pen,
10y Tribune watch interesting book as
second prize. for the dearest and best TWO amateur
photographs any subject. Neither blue prints nor
lns VIII be considered. Brown toned photographs
reproduce better than any other kind. Give title
10 your picture. No photographs will be returned
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Contest No GIetter Box).-Prizes OF 81 viii be
given for every letter printed under this heading
The letters may coptan incidents OF real life
stories OF pets, strange accidents novel school ex
periments. stories Of fiction. things IN travel
etc. These articles must be original and must be
written side Of the paper only.
BE sure 10 state your age.
Be give your choice of prizes.
lie sure to give n2E.c aud address. Some
% LITTLE Men and.,TAttle Women neglect 10 do
this and therefore, lose the chance of winning a
prize.
BE TO write on side OF the paper only
when writing letters stories.
Contests close on April &c. Age IS considered in
awarding prizes. Address your answers and let
tiers 10 Little Men and Little Women, The New
York Tribune, New York
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than the starched. 1t is difficult, however, to
make 1t look as smart

than the starched 1t is difficult, however, to
make it look smart.
VOGUE OF BUTTONS
Original buttons are much desired, and the
antique shops are ransacked for handsome old
designs which, alas, so difficult to find IN
a complete set. Many buttons are copied after
antiques, and are of course, expensive. The
jewellers sell many handsome sets, some Jew
state that the latter are often ordered maTheu
with the crest initial of the wearer. rms
seems in questionable taste, but custom may
sanction IL.
There are effective buttons that cost little, but
In Paris. at least. they give the stamp of cheap
ness to a costume. Nothing is better form tnan
embroidered buttons. and plain satin or SILK
buttons may be treated in this way at httle
cost Some coats particularly evening nantes
are decorated with handsome, hand eIhbrold-
cry which Stimulates buttons. The STUN Is
slightly padded and the embroidery done dl-
The question of embroidery is Of the greatest
Importance, lace by no means takes It's place.
Tor most laces when used for trimming are EN-
brodered. For blouses Cluny and filet laces are
used rather more than Irish or crocheted laces
for everything is draped and must fall in
soft lines. The Irish laces are rather stir II
used in too great quantities. 1t would be I'M
possible TO specify the different kinds Of laces
used, for no two laces seem aliks.
The gowns worn at the COncours Hppique are
Tor the most part tailored or semi-tailOTed cos
TUNES, made with skirts that clear the ground
few years ago the Concours Hippique was the
event where all the spring fashions were
launched and the wide steps leading to the
Grand Palais were crowded with photographers
trying to take snapshots and little dressmakers
making mental notes of the costumes as the
crowd went in. There are still a few pho
tographerS there and many toilets worth their
attention. but the costumes are far less remark
able than they were. The fashionable crowd has
decided to look the horse show a sporting
event where costume except on tailored lines
is out of place 1t might argue that the races
should be considered in the same light, but
there is little that is logical about fashions.
EXAGGERATED SIMPLICITY.
The principal feature of the costumes worn
at the Concours Hippique is the hat with
tailored gowns the most elaborate and sensa-
tional headgear is affected. There is q certain
simplicity, too, about some of the hats, but it
IS j most conspicuous kind of simplicity. There
are some large hats of striking shape, trimmed
only with one large ribbon bow. On q black
hat this may be Of bright green MORE ribbon
and most aUdaciOus in shape Other hats ara
loaded with flowers, every possible flower, in
season out The hats rather heavy in APP
pearance. with dropping brim, but they set
so far back on the head that they hardly shade
the face at all To make them becoming the
hair must be dressed in low. loose puffs
White cloth and serge gowns are beginning
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HONOR LIST.

J. James Appleton; ., Isabel Anderson; 3. Eleanor
Bevan 4. John S. Bent: s. Marie Baker; G. Carol
Barrett; :. Lois NJ Cunningham: s. Dorothy Col
lins 2. Kathryn Denman; 10. Kenneth l.. Dodd; II.
Margaret y. Dick; u, r. Kenneth Everson; 10,
Warner Frevert; Il. Lois fuller: 10 Guy B. Faow;
l6 Donald 4. Gray; u. Evelyn Gumprecht; IS,
Robert NJ. Hnchman; 49, Eldridge +. Humphrey;
20 Charles $ Hopkins; p, Esther HellstrCm: ..
Theodore Hewitt; p, Mark j. J. Harrison; 81 Isa
bel Hochhciser %, Emanuel Hoffman; S. Fred
Heinrich; q. Preston Holander: 2S Clara Hing
worth; %, Emily Y; Keith; go John Kelly; 81. Nor
man Kaiser, -. Olive Merritt; %. EDITH Moshier;
a. Hattie Mulligan; %, Harry Mlngton: 30. Emily
Osterick; 81 Alice Pomberton; $. Estelle NJ. Peck;
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to make an appearance. Many of them are made
with fitted coats and handsome waistcOatS of
brocaded or embroidered silk. A useful exam
PIE of white serge costume is trimmed only with
white mohair braid and buttons The skirt, cut
Just to clear the ground, is laid in wide box
pleats and near the bottom between the pleats
is slight trimming of the braid. The coat well
covers the hips, and, although IL slopes in to
the figure, is not quite tight fitting It is bound
all about by braid and the pockets and side
seams outlined with braid. The arm pieces are
wide and extended to form a short Japanese
sleeve and the extension is bound and buttOned
under the arm, novel idea. The true sleeves
beneath are fairly full falling into turn-up cuffs
set on below the elbows.
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Things 10 Think About.
rRAAsposITIoNs.

Iranspose 10 roam and get a proposition mean
ing above
: IFanspose 10 jurap and set loud ana continued
syaad' IS bells or thunder.
rranspose some musical Instruments OF great
-lueuity and get a musical sign that Indicates
saising OF piteh.
= IranHpose adjective meaning Of great size
"la get one meaning royal
D. tFanspose a measure OF length and get a part
q the face
q -ransDose a weapon ara get the articulate
A'shes OF which language Is made.
g. lFanspose the name given TO one who, in the
1ne OF the Revolution supported the English gov
.lAent ana set city IN New York State.
= 19anspose 10 care for and get an iDdentatton
hard "a - --'o i' - '-s
,lifansDose a title OF English nobility and get
~ rranspose weapon and gel to purify.
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spaghetti cut into half-inch pieces. with six cup
fulS of boiling beef stock and seasoning Of grated
Parmesan cheese, makes spaghetti soup. The NUT
ton stock may he used with cold boiled rice and
curry powder for curry soup or with chopped cab
baCe onions, peas. tomatoes, macarOni. corn. or
almost anything desired. Then there are chicken
soups and hsh soups, cream soups, fruit soups.
chOWders. bsqUes and purees. and the book closes.
not because The subject is exhausted. but because
the author is
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Oar Letter Box.


dessert.
In the evening Billy got up to the fireworks
After they We're over the Rat children enjoyed q
fine jar OF cheese and some nice, crtSpy Saltines,
after which they 70 bed. tired but happy little
rats Billy got Well and the children never
forgot that glorious Fourth.
EDITH H. ROBINSON (aged tWelVel.
Beechnont Drive and the EspIanade. BeechmO1t,
New Rochelle, y. y.
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DIAMOND.

~y nrst Is a river IN the east OF Scotland Take
- lifst from word meaning 20 have courage
- leave my second; add my first $50 sheets OF
i eg ana ger my third: take my FIRST from
mr." ~ tndearnent and leave my fourth; take my
.olli nc Authorization often s-e after the
'' ~ . physician ana leave my hIth.
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50. Robert o. Puryes: 10. Margarethe REYNOLDS: a.
Louise Kunyon: -, August Ruger; 49, TheTese D.
Rodgers: q. Robert Schlenker; As. Richard NJ
Starr. 46. H. Clay Van Nra1ken; A. Aeltje Yer
milya; 49, Edna L. Wanamaker: 49, Harris Win
nick; 80, Isador Weissberg.
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ONE THOUSAND SOUP RECIPES.
Three Stocks Which Form Basis of Simple,
Nutritious Dishes.

''The soup kettle is the kitchen wastebasket."
says Olive Green, in lone Thousand Simple Soups
GO. p. Putnam's Sons. London and New York;.
with an energetic and active soup kettle. true
household economy is possible. The failure of yes
terday may easily become the triumph of to-day,
and what keener pleasure may life hold for a
housewife with a sense of humor than to see
family refuse sausages one day and gladly eat
soup based upon those self-same sausages the very
next night? Mondays discOnsolate fried egg,
Tuesdays tough and world weary steak. Wednes-
days sad lamb chop. Thursdays disappointing cod
fish ball and Fridays stewed tomatoes may all
fulhl their destiny in Saturdays soup"
OF soup stock, the book says that it may be
made OF almost any old thing genius can go to
a refrigerator in which a few unprOmising
scraps of meat, few tablespoonfuls Of leftover
vegetables. either fresh canned. and with these
extract, geatne. onion and tomato. evolve
masterpiece which will make him her famous
throughout the neghborhood. if the neighbOrhOod
is not too large. Everything except mutton fat
and potato Feelings and ice cream may be made TO
yield up its last quota Of nOurishment in the soup
kettle. Even fried egg. If it Is egg and not
chicken has place in the soup kettle. and chicken
is even more desirable IL sufficiently advanced
toward henhood
The following recipes for soup stock are given:
BEEF STOCK.
Six pounds of the shin of beef. small slice Of
nam. two tabespOOnfuS of butter, large onions,
sliced six cloves one turnip, sliced; three carrots,
one heau OF celery. twelve peppercornS, one blade
Of mace, a pinch each of savory, thyme and sweet
marjoram Cut the meats into small bits. break
the bones into small pieces, rub the butter On the
bottom of the soup kettle. put IN all the ingredients
with cupful of cold water, cover and place
over a very hot fire. Stir occasionally until well
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POSTCARD EXCHANGE.

The following Little Men and Little Women
wish to join the Postcard Exchange: Edna Boiling
and Eugene Boiling. No 81 Boulevard. BayOnne
n. j.. and James F. Dechut Morristown School,
MOrristown, n. J.
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PERSEVERANCE.

Perseverance Is more prevailing than violence
and many things which cannot be- overcome when
they are together yield themselves up when taken
ntti0 by ttie-Plutarch.
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There is nothing easy but that il becomes diff,
ncult when you do it with observation-disclosures
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Drowned then add four quarts Of cold water. end
simmer gently for six hours. II must not boil.
When nearly cooked add tablespoonful of salt.
AS the scum rises remove II carefully. Strain the
soup stock through a fine hair sieve and set away
TO COOL When cool remove the fat which has
formed upon the top. This stock will keep almost
indefinitely in cool place.
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Life is not so short but that there Is always
time enough for courtesy.-EmersOn.
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First Prize.
WHY?


Why. why
Did God pin the stars up tight IN the sky?
Why did the jump right over the mOouT
An why did the dish away with the spOQlT
Cause didn't he Ike II To see the cow hye
Why, muvyer, Whyt
Why. muvyer. why
Can't little boys jump TO the moon II they tryf
An why can't they swim Just Ike fishes an nngsf
An why does the live little brides have wings.
An live little boys have to walt TN they die?
Why. muvyer. Whyf
Why, muvyer why
Was all or biackhirds all baked In a plef
Why couldn't have Une h should say
Please
An why does il Worry when little boys teaseT
An why can't fngs be nOw-but blme-byf
Why, muvyer Why
Why. muvycr why
Does little boys frOats always ache when they cryt
An why does II stop when they're cuddled up
An what does the sandman do days. DO you
s'poses
An WHY do YOU fink he'll be coming by?
Why, mVvver WINS
Ethel NJ Kelley IN The Century.
Uncle-And now goodby, my boy, and if YOU
should need any money write TO me.
Nephew quilting a letter out Of his pOcketl-Cer-
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VEAL STOCK.

Use a knuCkle OF veal weighing about six pounds.
Cut the meat in small pieces and break the bones.
Add three small slices Of lean ham and the sea-
sonings in the recipe given above. Proceed
in the This stock is very light
colored and is used for white soups Trimmings
of chicken or turkey may be used instead of ham.
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Dear Editor: I have Just received my check for
g. which was sent to my home in Mount Vernon.
think it is lovely 20 get money for my letter. and
when you start story page will send you some
stories for mother says ! must always write.
Mn sister Frances who Is eleven. can draw finely.
and she has TO be an illustrator G9odby, and
I thank YOU very much for my check, which i
would like to have framed. Your friend
DOROTHY r.. BENDER
No 25O North Fulton avenue, Mount Vernon y. Y.
Dear Editor: Thank you very much for the box
of paint which ] received a prize for my
svyer to last Sundays puzzle Yours truly
ELIZABETH DE ViSIES
No $50 Smart avenue. Flushing, Long Island,
Il. y.
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SNAP SHOT CONTEST.

BY Stuart NJ. Link. aged twelve years. No. 2Si
West End avenue New York City.
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MUTTON STOCK.

cut into small pieces. Add one quart Of cold water
for every pound of meat and bone, bring to the
boiling point and SKIM Add an onion, a turnip.
stalk Of celery and carrot cut fine, a bay leaf
and six peppercorns Simmer for three hours.
strain and season with salt and pepper.
These stocks may be used as foundations for an
endless variety Of soups. Barley soup is made by
adding cupful of barley cooked slowly until soft
TO the beef stock "A cupfuI of minced carrots to
six cupfus boiling beef stock makes carrot soup
Corn sOuD calls for cupful Of corn, canned
fresh, and six cupfus Of stock cupful of cooked
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-16
POSTAL DUTY PARAMOUNT
Men In Service Should Not Belong to
Militia.


Washington, April 16.-That the
duty to the government of postoffice
clerks and carriers who are members
of militia companies is paramount to
that of their military service, except
at critical times, is the decision of
First Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock regarding the employees of
the postoffce at Lorain, o., on strike
duty with Company B of the Ohio
national guard. The postmaster ac-
cordingly has been notified to have
Captain A. f. Cove and Sergeant Phin-
ney either return to work Immediately
or resign their positions.
An investigation into affairs at Io-
rain led the department to the con-
clusion that no such crisis exists
there as to warrant the granting of
leave of absence to those men of the
postoffice doing militia duty. Mr..
Hitchcock said that it repeatedly had
been decided by the law officers of the
government that the prompt distribu-
ton and delivery of mail cannot be
inteYfered with for any reason what
scever The postoffice department, 1t
was learned, maintains that none of
its employees should belong to the ma
tional guard for this reason and has
discouraged the practice, but where 1t
Is done 1t is with the specific under
standing that the postal service shall
not be crippled in consequence there.