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The Friendly Girl.

The girl who makes friends wher'
ever she goes is delightful. She comes
into a room like a sea breeze, fresh,
laughing, nodding right and left with
happy impartiality She is ready for
anything. and never throws cold
water on your plans. She generally
sees the funny side of things, and she
has such a whole-hearted way of de-
scribing them that you feel as If you
had seen them yourself.
She does not retail gossip, though
and she does not know how to be
spiteful, or sarcastic, or bitter, and
she never ~exaggerates to produce an
impression. She knows how to be
clever and funny without being IN
kind, or untruthful, or coarse. She
likes everybody, not considering 1t is
her duty to suspect any n of evil
until they have proved good. She
prefers. to consider the world good
and honest until it proves itself
otherwise. She always gets along,
for she has friends everywhere. Her
heart is big enough to contain every
body, and she never forgets her
friends, or is forgotten by them
McCall's Magazine.
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Vassar Blends, Blacks and Reds.

Finding part of the school year
rather lacking in sensations, twenty
young women students in Vassar
have organized a. hockey tournament
in which the competing 'teams2shall
be distinguished by the color OF their
hair. In a match which took place
on the college campus recently the
members Of n team were brunettes,
while their opponents were selected
from among the undergraduates hav-
ing red hair. After an exciting and
hard-fought contest the latter won.
During the game the grounds were
crowded with the friends and sup
porters of the contestants, who
cheered vo%ciferously for their favor
ties. The blacks" made the first
goal on a clever play by Miss Polly
Gardner, but following this Miss Ann
Cook, of the areds," became the star
of the day by making two goals in
rapid succession.
The team of blends challenged the
victorious @reds," confident Of win
ming. Many boxes of fudge were
,wagered.ons the res1it.-Poughkeepsie
Dispatch to New York Herald.
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The Wiles Of Women
By TOM p.

"Bewar'!" ominously said good old
Parson Bagster, addressing the sad
dle-hued young theological student.
"Bewar' O. de wiles O. women!-an'
especially widdah women! All
hoo life de pafway Of de preacher
am besot by designin' women in
sleeps clothin', seekin' whom dey
mought devour. I muhse'f was de
humble instrument in one O. de most
diabolioal plots ever Matched to kotch
a man; an If it hadn't uh-been for
de blessed fac dat de Lawd was wild
me I'd sho' have been trapped!
Oar was a lady-good-lookin' yal-
lab widdah-dat indooced me, in muh
Sophisticated innocence, to hol' her
han now an ag'in, an guggled like
a jug wild bashfulness every time.
An she softly whispuhed in muh
yeah dat her husband had died Of
dat ar intellectual disease, info'ma-
ton on de brain, leavin' her mighty
nigh three hundred dollars on de-
post, an all alone in de col world
'cept for n brudder eight feet tall.
But. uk-well, sab, I was TUX sick on
muh way home, count of a cullud
man dat was fatigued bout de afo'-
said widdah kotchin' me an hon.
merin' me widout mussy - Lawd's
wuk, sab, dough I didn't organize it
at de time-ontwell I was fast in muh
bed for two weeks. When I was able
to crope out into de sunshine ag'in
I learned dat it wasn't brains dat had
killed her husband, but a gropin'
pain in his abandon dat twisted him
out'n his mawtal guile; an de money
he left on deposit was what de cou'ts
had elected out'n him fun time to
time in fines; and de brudder eight
feet tall, dat a enterprisin' pusson
could a make his fawchin out'n in de
op'ry business, was two half-brud-
ders, bofe hunch-backs fou' feet high
an busted in DER fnancials at dat;
an, sides, de culled man dat gimme
de beatin' had one mar'd de widdah
next day after his frolic wild me.
81 allus .blesses de Lawd an de
tudder gentleman for lookin' out for
me when 1 vas too innocent to take
keer o. muhse'f. Bewar' O. de wiles
O. Women!"-Puck.
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| er I would do the washing. and I'll do
| it even at. the cost of such a pleasure
| as an auto ride"
A few minutes later, as Julia was
hurrying home she met Walter Rad
cliffe unexpectedly on turning a street
corner. "Our friend Polly cannot
join our auto party to-day she in
formed him after the usual greetings
were over
The young mans face fell. $50?
I am, indeed, sorry to hear it. hope
she is not ILL.,"
Julia laughed. "Not at all! l
found her just nov shoulder deep in
the soapsuds, her cheeks and hands
scarlet. I suggested putting aside the
work and coming along with us, but
she would not shirk her duty to her
mother. Poor little household
drudge!"
A peal of laughter followed her
words, which somehow Jared on
Walter Radcliffe, and like a lightning
flash his thoughts and feelings IN
derWent a change. . -. -.
"'I am sorry she cannot come" he
said earnestly, "but," his eyes grew a
trifle cold as he looked at her, II am
sure such faithfulness deserves re-
ward, and for Polly's sake I shall
postpone the auto trip until to-mor-
row."
Polly was hanging out the clothes.
so deep in her disappointment that
she did not hear the footsteps ap-
preaching until a tall. sylishly
dressed young man stood before her.
hat in hand. Polly uttered a sur
prised "Oh!" and made a wild plunge
to run out of sight, but was caught in
a pair Of strong athletic arms, and
soon found herself gazing into Walter
Radclife's merry blue eyes, which
held in them a light 80 strange, SO
thrilling, that poor little Polly was
actually frightened, yet her heart fut-
tered eyquisitely at the same time.
"Polly; I love you!",he cried with
the vehemenee of youth and passion.
81 want you to marry me! Will you,
little girl?"
She freed herself from his arms
and stared at him. "You marry me-"
she exclaimed, bewildered. why,
where is Julia? T thought you were
going to marry her-she is so stylish,
while I-oh, dear.
"You are the best little girl in all
the world, and I want you, Polly!
Listen! Tomorrow we are going for
a long auto ride, and I want you to
promise to go along as my betrothed
wife. Will you, dear?"
And Polly, like all the rest of her
sex, answered "Yes."-Boston Post.
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THE NEWSPAPER MAN.

My son, I don't know if your youthful con
ception
Has breadth in the scope of its nebulous
plan
To WELD comprehension of that one e1.
ception to workaday mortals, the
newspaper man.
But if you'll agree to a feeble description
From one of their number, III do what
] can
The mixture that's known as a news
paper mani
Take a brain that is stepped in a solution
of knowledge,
Most varied and picturesque under the
sun;
Then add just a pinch of the salt of the
college,
A flavor of wit and a soupcon of fun.
For a relish, Bohemian sauce is the caper,
And a mind that will stretch from
Beersheba to Dan,
In fancy or fact, when it comes to the
paper"
Or touches the heart of the newspaper
man! .
To a memory that clutches the veriest
And a hand that is t-ireisss when works
to De done, ht-
Add an eye that is quick as the fash of a
rife,
And keen as the eagle that flies to the
sun.
Take strength and endurance and loyal de.
~vot;on,
And add all the grit and courage you
can
To the heart that's big and as deep as the
ocean:
A hundred to one on the newspaper
mani
With a brew of ideas that, seothing and
boiling.
Run out into molds that are models of
men,
Add a ceaseless encounter with planning
and toiling
For the world of to-day that is ruled by
Add the honey of friendship, the dew of
affection,
And the esprit de corps that gets down
to hard pan;
And paste in your hat the whole mortal
collection g
e. As the regular stock of the newspaper
man. "
Press and Printer.
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What the y Tell.

Steady, widely opened eyes that
are not afraid to meet yours mean
sincerity and honor.
But the steady, glinting eyes that
look through half-closed lids at you
would rather indicate a.cold and sus-
picious nature.
Beware of the shifting. faltering
eyes that always look away from you.
Small eyes usually mean an alert
mind.
If they look straight out at you
steady and bright, like a squirrel's'
you may expect the right sort of
rleverness, a quick tongue and a gift
of repartee.
But if the small eyes are more dim
and do not look straight into yours,
you may look for the wrong kind OF
cleverness, for little ~dishonesties and
e~uuivocations and for a business
sharpness that is willing to sacrifice
too much for a little money.
Your large, tranquil 'cow-like'
! eyes. on the other hand. are less re-
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sponsive than The alert bright, little
beady eyes, but once stir them to
their depths and they will look in
fnitely more intense and 'Eeaningful
than the more iapG1sive eyes. u;
Round. %protrudtng eyes show an
ambitious nature and a love of &C
ton. ="
The longer eyes show more the
temperament>of the dreamer. !.
The most beautiful eyes in the
world are very clear Chat indicates
good healthy and are set widely apart
and rather deep.
That width of setting always gives
a certain expression Of sweet spirit
uality.-Indianapolis News.
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Americans in London Society.

Regretfully as one must acknowl-
edge it, such novelties in the way Of
entertainments as have illumined the
past rather dull season have been pro-
vided by American hostesses. The
soiree Vatican gave recently in the
garden Of a house not g. hundred
miles from Sloane street was abso-
lutely charming and original.
1t is wonderful what can be done
with quite a commonplace back gar
den" in a London square if the host
ess only has ideas. This American
one has many, and by e of roses.
electric lights, artfully constructed
little fountains and the most graceful
measures-for it was pavanes and
minuets and gavottes that were
danced in suitable costume amid
these picturesque surroundings-she
transformed her little garden space
into fairyland and transported her
guests to the eighteenth century
Lady's Pictorial.
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Wash Money.

Secretary MacVeagh's reported in
tention to have bank notes and other
forms of paper currency washed fire.
auently in a cleansing chemical So
tuition will be generally applauded.
Clean notes have been considered a
luxury not attainable by the great
majority of users, but in these new
days Of progress and antiseptic pre-
caution they ought to become a thor
sughly popularized convenience. The
immunity bath experiment will be
well worth trying.-New York Tri-
Dune.
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OReTTY e..
eTNlNes IN
TO NEAR w w


Fashionable fans are very small.
Most Of the new coats show added
fullness.
Many parasols are made of English
chintz.
Some of The smartest hats are Gin
namon-toned.
Shadow-striped mohairs are excel
lent for travelling wear.
All the pretty. faded. washed-out
dyes continue to be .modish.
Birds perched on top Of parasol
handles are seen everywhere.
Sheer silk and chiffon wraps figure
prominently at the resorts.
Oriental designs and colorings have
a great vogue among parasols.
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A Question Of Grammar.

Hetty's uncle, who was a school
teacher, met her on the street one
beautiful May day and asked her if
she vas going out with the Maying
party.
Mo; I amt going"
"Oh, my little dear" said her I'M
Gle. you must not say I amt going
You must say I an. not going" and
he proceeded to give her a little les
son in grammar. You are not going.
He is not goirg. We are not going.
You are not going. They are not go
ing. Now, can you say all that,
Hetty?"
Sure, I can" she replied, making
u courtesy. There amt nobody 60
II. "-Lnthnrau
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New turbans are all large and gen.
orally are very simply trimmed. :
There is q rumor that jackets will
not figure in the coming styles.
High-waisted. one-pieee frocks are
quaint and charming for children.
MILDLY" blouses. for young girls
are popular for out-of-door sports.
Narrow embroidered silk ties are
worked in Golors,onSwhite or a color.
A number of the straw hats are of
the color of corn, ripe from the fields.
Cabochons of straw with jewel GEN.
tres will be seen on some of the smart
hats.
Roumanian embroidery appears on
many hats, blouses, frocks and coat
suits.
Black sashes accompany many col
ored gowns and are even worn with
white.
Gold and silver chatelaine bags are
in bad form for tailormades and other
forenoon wear.
Filet lace or embroidery on netting
is one of the most fashionable trim
mings of the hour.
Amethyst and wistaria, in spite OF
their long vogue last year, seem to be
bobbing up s%erenely.
Bronze.pumps. finished with. a sim
gle. strap. and large rosette or buckle.
are in great favor.
Sashes are used wherever a line
needs lengthening or floating end,
will enhance an effect.
Cross-stitch embroidery has a re
vival. It Is used on cushion covers.
table covers and bags.
Green is almost garishly bright for
costumes. On millinery it frequently
gives just the touch needed.
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FOOD QUESTION
Settled With Perfect Satisfaction by
, a Dyspeptic.

It's not an easy matter to satisfy
all the members of the family at meal
time, as every housewife knows.
And when the husband has dyspep-
STA and can't eat the simplest ordi-
nary food without causing trouble,
the food question becomes doubly
annoying.
An Illinois woman writes:
my husbands health was poor, he
had no appetite for anything l could
get for him, It seemed.
He was hardly able to work, was
taking medicine continually, and as
soon as he would feel better would
go to work again, only to give up In a
few weeks. He suffered severely with
stomach trouble.
Tired of everything | had been
able to get for him to eat, one day
seeing an advertisement about Grape
. Nuts, l got some and he tried it for
breakfast the next morning.
sWe all thought it was pretty good,
although We had no idea Of using IT
regularly. But when my husband
came home at night he asked for
Grape-Nuts.
1T was the same next day. and
had to get it right along, because
when we would get to the table the
question, Have you any Grape-Nuts?
was a regular thing. So | began to
buy it by the dozen pkgs.
my husbands health began to i'm.
prove right along. [ sometimes fell
offended when I'd make something
thought he would like for a change
and still hear the same old question
Have you any Grape-Nuts?'
"He got so we'll that for the last
two years he has hardly lost a day
from mis- work, and we are still using
Grape-Nuts." Read the book, "Tht
Road to Wellville." in pkgs. "There'=
a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Mtcrest.
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MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not . Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

If you are In doubt as to the cause
Of your disease mail US a postal re-
questing amedical examination blank.
which you will fill out and return to
US. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and If you can be
cured you will be told So; If you can
not be cured you will be told so. You
are not obligated to US in any way;
this advice Is absolutely free; o are
at liberty to take our advice or not as
you see fit. Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and
return to US as promptly as possible,
and our eminentdoctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
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Care of School Children in, Japan

Consul George n. Scidmore, OF Ma
gasaki, in answer to an inquiry; sre-
ports that a thorough physical exam
nation of all school children In Japan
must be made by physicians In April
each year, and a monthly sanitary IN
spection. made by physicians also. OF
all school buildings, their contents.
water supply, surroundings, etc. also
a monthly examination of pupils; but
not so minute as the annual examine
tions. If a pupil is found to Requires
medical treatment the fact must baI
reported to the parents
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-17
Brave Women.

On the western coast Of the United
States, at Monterey, CAL, Mrs. Fish
keeps the lamps lighted in the Point
Pinas lighthouse. On the eastern
coast, at South Portland, Me-, Mrs.
Gorden earns her living by working
as a deep-sea diver. .Sprinkled over
the country by these two women are
thousands of other members of the
sex Who deserve to be enrolled as aux
iliaries to Mr.. Kipling's corps OF
"Unafraid Gentlemen" Technical
world g.
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Daniel and the Lions.

DaufSi anu tiic ltOuSs
An old negro preacher in Kentucky
was dilating upon events In the Bible
which had a geological trend. He de-
scribed the Deluge, and how all the
animals, two by two, went into the
Ark and were saved. Then he dis
cusseS the incident Of Jonah and the
whale, Balaam's ass, and finally the
exploit of Daniel, who entered the
den Of ravening lions and emerged
apnharmed. His auditors had listened
with interest, and some Of them
seemed to have their doubts as to
the authenticity of the tales.
Finally one Of the younger negroes
rose up and inquired: "Say, pahson,
wuz dem lions jest like the kind we
has now"
"Cnse not, lose not" retorted the
preacher, irritated at having his dis
course interrupted. "Dey was B. c.,
meaning befo circuses."
The explanation was sufficient and
satisfsctory.-Buffalo Commercial.
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Woman's Greed.

T. 1t is the creed of the up=ro-date wo-
man never to give herself away. A
CUP of coffee may be spilled over her
delicate silk gown, she simply folds
the breadths together and goes on
with her flow of feminine talk. En-
FAINT terrible" makes agonizing re-
marks. a rival gives some cruel stab;
all is met with the same absolute I'M
mobility of CONTAMINATION the
Lady.
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Works in New York.

And what do you do when q pal
gets pinched with a stolen watch on
bis person."
II pose as a solid citizen protesting
against arrest" explained the pick
pocket. Then, while the cop is busy
arrestin' me, me pal makes a get
away."-LouisYille Courier-Journal.
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scanty and my head was sore and dir
zy. / used Doan's Kidney Pills on
the advice Of a friend. found COM
plete relief IN time. and TWO years
have now passed without a sign OF
kidney trouble"
Remember the name-Doan's.S Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
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Invisible Clothes.

Invisible CIOt1leS.
Its coming to that.
We have the lingerie blouse.
The latest is the lace corset cover.
It is made Of Cluny, ten inches in
width.
II is modelled on the old embroid-
cry fayorite.
Ribbons or lace insertions are u
over the shoulders. '...
A strip of lace insertion serves for
the waistband.
Cluny Of suitable width costs $3.50
a yard, and most fair ones need a
yard.
Those who frowned upon the peek
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Since the United States Govern
ment began to %patronize expositions,
down to the Jamestown fair, Congress
has appropriated a total Of $2S,752,-
251 for worlds fairs, Of y.hich only
s4S5,00O has been spent west Of the
Rocky. Mountains, at the Lewis and
Clark exposition.
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An Embryo Carolyn Wells.

Mother-"There was an old woman
who lived in a shoe. She had so
many children"
Mabel Observation-Disclosures I
know what kind Of a shoe that was
q lid shoe.'-Boston Transcript
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The greatest daily change Of tenn
perature to be found On the earth's.
surface is in Arizona. There Ia fire.
quently a change Of eighty degrees in
twelve hours.
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How is This?

Are none of the hiplsss girls go
ing to the seashore?'
why do you ask such a question
as that"
II haven't seen any news Item
about a lady slipping through a crack
in the boardwalk. Louis vile Cour-
ier-Journal.
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Logical.

"a disease should be attacked at Its
source" IS
""Then if a mans disease is heredi-
tary, I suppose you'd doctor his father
for it, eh?"-Boston Transcript. s
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TOTAL LOSS OF HAIR
Seemed Imminent-Sealp Was Very
Scaly and. Hair Came Out by Hand
fuls-Scalp Cleared and New
Hair Grown by Cuticura.

bait OrOWu ny SutiSuAo
About two years ago I was troubled
with my head being scaly. Shortly after
that ! had an attack of typhoid fever and
] was out of the hospital possibly two
months when I first noticed the loss of
hair, my scalp being still scaly. started
to use dandruf cures to no effect whatever.
/ had actually lost hope of saving any hair
at al. / could brush it off my coat by the
handful. I was afraid to comb it. But
after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and
nearly a box Of Cuticura Ointment, the
change was surprising. My scalp Is now
clear and healthy as could be and my hair
thicker than ever, whereas | had my mind
made up to be bald. w. F. Steese. SSH
Broad ST., Pittsburg, Penn, May 7 and
81, '0S." Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass
. 49, a. -
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THE SIMPLE VILLAGE BELLE.

She is a simple village belle
Whom we, perforce, admire;
No splendid effort to be swell"
Is shown in her attire.
Her shirt waist Is both neat and white,
She wear, a lowered bonnet
In olden times 80 fair a sight
Would have inspired a sonnet.
She strolls along unconscious that
By all she is adorcd-
What think you if I tell you fat
She's here for summer board;
That though attired with simpleness.
Expert dressmaking scholars
Assert her unassuming dress
Cost just two hundred dollars!
Wilbur D. Nesbit, in Judge.
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Possible, But.

Wife-"In a battle of tongues a
woman can hold her own"
Husband-"M'yes, p'r'aps she can;
but she never does."-Tit-Bits. = .
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French nmelet-Breakt three eggs, one at a time, in a
cup, to be sure they ~are~fresh. Turn into q bowl and beat
light, but not as long as for a cake, add three tablespoons
Of milk. Heat a level tablespoon of butter in a small omelet
pan. and when hot turn in the eggshoAs the omelet cooks
pick it up in several places so that the uncooked mixture
may run under the edges. When it looks creamy, but before
1t is cooked hard, slip a broad knife round the edge, then
under one side and fold over. Serve on a hot platter by lay
ing the platter on the omelet pan and then inverting both,
when the omelet will be on the platter unbroken.
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The Better Way.

First Boston Child-"Do you be-
lieve in corporal punishment"
Second Boston Child-'No;@ I can
usually make my parents do what I
wish by moral suasion." Boston
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