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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-19

mer Birds. De Pima. Aretha Ran
when Malinda
Sings, Dunbar, Minnie Coleman.
instrumental Duet The Sleigh
Ride. Treloar. Mamie Knox and Ber-
tina Campbell
Solo-Dunbar' Bird OF Ny
Lady's Bower" +. Leslie Watson and
Addie Gatewood.
N S.--,Sceue' from Shakespeare-As
YOU Like 1t. Post Glass.
Song Spring Time once
Again, Sullivan, The school.
-Recitation-Little Brown
Baby VIII Sparklin' Eyes, Dunbar.
Hazel Smith.
11.-Song-Away TO the Woods,
Strauss Blue Danube Waltz, The
school
112-Address. Hon. d. C. Richard
son.
sons-who Knows What the
Bells Say? Henry Parker, The
school.
Delivery of Dipiomas-Chas.
Hutzler. Chairman OF School Board
15.-SOng Medley. The School
Promotions III the colored High
and Normal school for the term just
closed are announced as follows:
Post B-Honor Pupils-Mary
Tancil, Elizabeth Mitchell. Matte
Dawson, Elise Tyler. other promo
tions-Mattie Jones. Theresa Brax-
ton. Lillian Holmes. Addie Jackson.
Neither absent nor tardy-Mattie
Dawson. Lillian Holmes, Addie jack
son. Elizabeth Mitchell. Elise Tyler,
Post A-no honor pupils. Other
promotions-Ma Knox, Ruth Car
ter, Mary Smith. Neither absent nor
tardy-EaTie Harris. Mabel Harris,
Mamie Knox, Mary Smyth.
Normal School-Graduates
nard Allen, Alice Augustus, Leeanna
Davenport, Juliet Grey. Earle Har-
ris. Mabel Harris, Julia Perry, Leora
smith, Mary Wilson. Neither absent
nor tardy Cornelius Castor, Alice
Augustus, Sarah Minor. Julia Perry,
Leora Smith.
Senior A--No honor pups. Other
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cauley, Al
ma Evans. Ethel Jackson, Wyndham
Carter Rebecca Dickerson. Neither
absent nor tardy--Wyndham Carter,
Rebecca Dickerson, Alma Evans
Ethel Jackson.
intermediate B-Honor Pupils
Albert Norrell Other promotions
virginia Tomlin. Vivian Kemp, Ber-
META Young, Aretha Randolph, Fran
ces Giles, Ethel Thompson, Gertrude
Harris, Florence Storrs. Neither ABB
sent nor tardy-Marie Bacchus, Flor
ence Harris. Vivian Kemp, Martina
Minor. Aretha Randolph, Florence
Storrs. Ethel Thompson.
intermediate BIO honor pupils.
other prono.ions-Hattie Hunter
Azelia StoErs, Emily GiIpin, Leila
Galloway, Ruby Macklin. Junius
scott, Emmett Coleman, Annie Hol-
land. Olivia Payne. Carlotta w mite.
Mabel West, Sarah Coles. Annie
Woodson, Hattie Holmes. Neither aD-
sent nor tardy-Benjamin Bass, Ju-
MUS Smith, Hattie Holmes, Louise
Smith. Armeta Stokes, Azelia Storrs,
Annie Thomas. Mabel West. Kate
Gilpin.
Junior B-Honor Pupils-Maggie
Farrar, Gertie Walbarrow. Rost Pri-
mus. other promotions--FloTenc
Roane, Cassie Nelson. I-s.;y Wright,
Annie Phillips. Emma Randolph.
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Others Promoted -Lavalette Al
len. Jeanette Booker. Don Booker,
William Collier. Clarence Coots. Ju-
MUS Deane. Blanche Ellis, Lucinda
Faines, Jessie Frye. Rosa Hayes.
Josephine Hubert. Leila Jackson.
Robert Jackson. william Jackson.
Erselle Lindsay. Thomas Mangrum.
Arlena McCray. Flossie Munford.
James Pollard. Iantha Quarles, Ma
ME Richardson. Samuel Smith. Lille
Simms. Irma Taylor, Mabelle Tyler.
Louis Walker. Solomon Wells
First Honors-2 a Grade, No. l.
Cornelius Bassett. Linwood Cottrell.
Marie Fauntleroy. Edna Flournoy.
Sarah Giles. Vester Hope. Catherine
Harper, Walter Johnson. Edna Rob
inson. William Richardson. Gertrude
Winston. Walter Perkins, Bernotta
Ward.
Others Promoted Hollis Brown.
Thurston Brown. Mary Booker.
Charles Craddock. Edgar Cooper.
Floyd Dawson. Robert Elridge. Bes-
sic Frayser. Thomas Fields. Leroy
Hicks. Louise Jefferson. George
Peasants. Junius Shelton.
First Hopors-2 A Grade. No. .
Reuben Clay. Ellen Faines. Virgie
Garrett. Estelle Grinnan. Charles
Hodges. Sarah Howard. Augustus
Hunter. Edna Lee, Frances Seay,
George Smith. Mamie Stokes, Katie
Todd. ola Wilder. Louise Wingfeld
Others Promoted-Clarence Clay.
Wilson Curry, sydney Ellis, Ruby
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POST GRADUATES.

Addie Glenn Brown. Bessie Ed
wards. Rozelia Beatrice Elan. Ida
Ald0nia Grifis. Leone Helen Holmes.
Ethel Willinette Gwathmey, Emily
Olivia Lewis. Christine Geneva Mil
Ter. Mary Eliza Valentine. Estelle
Daisy Ward, Inez jeanette Will
liams.
June. 19O9.-Theresa Sinora
Braxtou Matte Elizabeth Dawson,
Lillian Helen Holmes. Addie Ophiia
jackson. Matte lee Jones. Elizabeth
Louise Mitchell. Mary Lane Tancil.
Sadie Elsie Tyler.
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ston Bassett. John Cottrell. Almeria
Edmunds. Bernard Friend. Incz Gee.
Ruth Malone, Allen Porter. Gladys
Pryor, Willie Robinson.
Others Promoted-Clarence Baker.
Kate Banks. Ethel Belle, Oracle
Booker, Washington Christian.
Franklin Clements. Beulah Cottrell.
Willie Cox. Margaret Earle. Kate
Edwards. Ulyssis Entzminger, Thema
Fields, Jeanette Gordon, Lucille
Hill. Camille Hudson. Florence
James, Abbie Richards. John Robin
son, Clarence Townes.
First Honors-Beatrice Brown.
Charlie BurreH. Albert Ford, Willie
Johnson, Air Lee Hackett, Henry
Wade. Alex. White.
Others Promoted-John Brown.
Rosa Brown, Mabel Banks, Ethel
Banks. Gertrude Carter, William
Carter. Gertrude Cheatham, Vernon
Ford, Melvin Dunn, John Hill, Elena
Nfingleton. Athena Peterson. Luvest-
er Peterson. Eddie Peasants. Leroy
Martin, John Martin. Mary Rodger.
jamie Smith. Janett Smith. Estelle
Shelton. Walter Scott. Carolieza Wat
kins. Odelia Taylor. Beatrice Stew
art. Lena Smith, Edna Young.
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beth Allen, Ruth Anderson. Hattie
Davis, Daisy Jordan. Marion Jordan.
Pearl Minor, Thomas Taylor, Airy
Lee Woodson, Cornelia Meade. Flor
ence Hicks.
Others Promoted-Dewey Nanser.
John Dixon. George Collins, Con-
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

slant Booker. Floyd Johnson, Rebec-
ca Hilton. Bessie Kibble. Carrot
West, Rebecca Holmes. Walter
Jones. Josephine Vaughan, Mary
Hopkins, Ruth Garlick, Milton Roy
ster. Joe Fountain. Welton Booker.
William Harris Camden Fleming.
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FIVE

Gray. Dewey Hobson. Ralph Roland.
Willie RICHARDSON, Joseph Warner.
Percy Smith.
First Honors-2 p Grade-Jar-
rett Minor. Leila Smith. Daisy
Branch, Mary Green, Eldridge Ford.
Leon Priddy. Edward Peaton.
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PROGRAMMES.

Entrance of Graduates.
Sons-The Brownies Song, j.
Neutwich, The School.
g. ssay-The Rise of Negro
Literature Bernard Allen.
4.-Solo-G aily Chant the sum
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other romotions-.Frances Allen.
Hortense Hill. Marie Jones, Rosa
Morgan, Viola Parrish. Mary Hill.
Emma Williams. Lola West, Celes-
tine Franklin, Joseph Barlow. wes-
ley Bell. Richard Fleming. Willie
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NAVY HILL SCHOOL.

First .ionors.-Clarence Parsons
GOldie E. Norrell, Quincie Reed
Daniel B. Williams.
Others Promoted--Nirginia Scott
Evlyn Bowler, Willie Ward. Iantha
Hudson. Irwin Powell. Ruth Cary,
Marian white. Theresa Meredith,
America Ammons, Chauncey Kirk
patrick, ida Thornton. Frank Jones
Samuel Granderson, Mile Craddock,
Frank Orange.
First Honor A Grade.-Daniel
Davis.
Others Promoted-Mary Anderson,
Fannie Baker, Susie jenkins, Serena
Dunn, Bsiie Richardson, Virgif
Richardson, Sadie Seiby. Ruth Scott,
Walter Reese, Caroline Clouse.
First Hono=s-6 B Grade-Banks
Randolph, Ruth Payne.
Others Promoted-Miles Bowler.
Louise Carter, Ruth Cooper. Nerissa
Carter. Lillian Freeland, Altoona
Hamilton. Julia Kenney, Harry
Nibbs. Edna Powell. Marguerite
Scott. Melvin Walker, Emily War
rick. Wilbur Ward.
First Honors-6 A Grade-Martha
Holmes.
others Promoted.-Arthur Dabbs,
Elmer Jackson, Alice Mantlex. Edin-
boro EoTrell. Charles Richardson
Christopher Turpin.
First Henors-5 b Grade--Lottle
Frayser Blanche Fix, Leah Lewis,
Mary Meade. Pattie Robinson.
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Lee, Elizabeth Lewis. Mary Mitchell.
Eddie Robertson, Catherine Thomp-
son, Annie Taylor. Grace Williams.
Vincent Townes. Norman Wesley.
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MONROE SCHOOL.

First Honors-4 B Grade-Nor-
man Booker. Mamie Cross. Carrie
Cousins, Ruth Deane. Alice Franey.
Lucy Johnson. Julia Jackson. Benz.
Minor. Charles Peasants. Clarence
Ryland. Elnora Robinson, Emmett
Thomas. Malcenia Webster.
Other Promotions-IneZ Burton.
Lillian Bonner. Grace Braxton. En-
NETT Cousins. Marion Dixon. Goldie
Frazier. Thomas Gibson. Lillian Hill,
Lee Johnson, Ernest Lggins. Edna
Royal. Percy Ryland. Mary Turner.
Williana Williams. Mary Williams.
Cornelius Williams. Adele Claiborne,
Everett LOney.
First Honor a -Narga-
ret Minor. Elvira Epps. Ethel
Knight. Lula Mallary, Annie Trent.
Other Promotions Mildred Dand-
ridge. Willie Cheatham. Maurice
DESMOND. Clifton Dunn. Pascal
Fowlkes, Aubrey Gaines, Charley
Gibbs Irving Johnson. Timothy Nor
ton. Emma Clarke. Harriet Johnson.
Julia Shelton. Courtney Washington.
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LIST OF GRADUATES

February. 19O9-Mamie Louise
Knox. Mary Alice Lee dyer Smyth,
Mary Ruth Cleveland Carter.
June. 1909.-Bernard Leroy AL
leE. Alice Virginia Augustus, Leanna
Evelyn Davenport. Juliet Virginia
Grey, Earle Whitaker Harris. Ola
Mabel Harris. Jaha Beatrice Perry,
Leora Pluncey Smith. Mary Cathe-
rine Wilson
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Continued On E.ghth Page,
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Grandon, Ada Ferris. Bertha Greene,
Eugenia ELS. Salena Epps, Blanche
Eddleton. Neither absent nor tardy
Marie Boiling. kilc5 Ghiles, Euge-
MIA Ellis. Salena Epps, Ada Ferris,
Pearle Granton. Bertha Greene,
Louise Johnson, Daisy Jones, Virginia
Lee. Alma Smith, Brazelia Ward.
Eva Wells.
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AAtNttt-tVfIu NtzIi - NOfttsAI SShOOi
Closing
The Fort--second Annual con-
mencement of the Richmond High
and Normal school, was held at the
First Baptist Church. Monday. June
IL. 1909, at Sis p. n. The follow
ing programme was rendered under
the direction of Mr.. Walter Mercer,
Director of Music. Mr.. Leslie Watson.
Accompanies. Miss Elizabeth w. Win
ston. The Class in Shakespeare.
Miss Jessie r. Pendleton. The Recita-
tion.
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Commencement Exercises
High and Normal Schools.

Richmond High s=dd Normal school
Closing.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04
A MEASURE OF THE MAN.

We have judicial opinion which seems to show that the measure of a man depends upon what he may do with his pay envelope when 1t comes into his hands. It is supposed that every man has the first right with tho pay envelope; but labor unions, in the interest of protection, have claimed the right to open envelopes to see whether the union scale was being honored, where a collusion between employer and employe was suspected; and in New York court recently a wife asked to have an order issued in husband to pass his pay envelope to her unopened. The judge said that ito require 8 husband to turn over his weekly pay envelope unopened to his wife would amount to tyranny ot the sort most dangerous to the per petuation of the home as a sacred in stitution; but" added the judge, the husband who voluntarily turns his pay envelope over to his wife, if she is frugal and sagacious, is the best cit izen in New York"
 The Bulletin is inclined to think that Magistrate Breen meant to say "the best husband" for the best citizenship does not turn upon a little thing of this kind. The wife who deserves such confidence and trust has sorry time with a husband who does not know the value of such a telpmate, or the honor to use his partner right.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04
CIRCULATION
TIE slxrY-FIRsr coNeREss.

The first session of the Sixty-hrst congress will convene at Washington next Monday and Speaker Cannon will have the insurgents on his hands and the country will be deeply interested sn the outcome of the situation. What he will do with Parsons and Fowler, wfho have savagely attacked the speaker personally, remains to be seen.
 It is now claimed at the west that norals before economies will be the word in Washington this winter: and 1t is pointed out that among the mat ters which may be inquired into are the following:
 Charges by Parsons of collusion be- tween New York republicans and dem- 0crats in election of Speaker Cannon.
 Conservation iTnbroglio between Bal- finger and Pincbot.
 Operations of Sugar trust In viola ton of law.
 Customs frauds and responsibility therefor.
 Merger of telegraph and telephone corporations.
 Operation of law imposing tax on oleomargarine and charges of whole sale evasion of tax.
 Charges of laxity in enforcement of federal civil service law.
 Expenditures of executive branch of government with view to retrencFl- ment
 Charges against Judges McPherson and Phillips in connection with Mis- Rouri freight rate litigation.
 And this is not all, for important railroad legisation and the reform of array and navy methods are among the things which promise 10 occupy the congressional mind. It may be possl- nle that the tariff will become a hot assNe.
 Congress Is not 'reassembling as a happy family, and the contentious up- on all subjects arc likely to be mark cd by more or less excitement.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04
WOULD IMPROVE MAN.

The surgeons have found out that man is not the nobIest work of God. Viewed by a master surgeon, with his natural abnormalities and physical handicaps, man is a victom to poor structure and does not live out more than half his days at best. One New England surgeon says that about six feet of a mans intestines are useless and that his life would be greatly pro- longed by their removal; another ;s of the opinion that if the toes of men and women were strengthened they would have more graceful gait; and a third points out that larger jaws and teeth would produce stronger and handsomer facial lines. A western ed- itor. reading of these possibilities of improvement through surgery, says:
 There are moments of anguish when everyone would like to have all his innards taken away. The knock of the down-east specialist at the front door would be accepted then as visitation of Providence. But peo- pie when unafflicted by indigestion hold their alimentary system In too great prize to permit of any tinkering whatsoever. The mere thought of the theory brings shivers. The graceful gait is excellent, but as it is only our neighbors who walk ungracefully where is the material for operation? As for enlarging the jaws, that Is open to serious debate. Not everyone chews gum or eats hardtack or as pires for political office. Tn fact a proposal to restrict the facial cav ity might gain more advocates than its deepeniug,"
 The master surgeons have discov- cred that the tonsils, vermiforrn ap- pendix and colon should be cut out and thrown away; and that the stom- ach could be spared as we'll as not. It is claimed that the surgically i'm proved man might live for a century and q half
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04
WHERE HANDS ARE LIBERAL.

So long as men of recognized in- tAiligence will contribute grudgingly 25 cents for church work and give ungrudgingly sz5 to promote prize nsht, they cannot object to the title of civilized heather" which has clung to us since the late w. H. H. Murray gave voice to this arraignment.
 No enterprise of the church, how ever important or humane, calls forth with ease half-million of money; but we are told by the news despatches that Judging from the bids offered for the Jeffries- Johnson fight that the pugilists may battle for a purse and picture privileges netting more than &60O,o00, for brutal display of science for few minutes-a performance which never yet added any good to the life of one of its patrons.
 As an exhibit of Americas advance in morals or taste, this is not so su- perior to the Mexican bull fighting or the Cuban or Porto RIcan cock fighting, which we prohibit as a dis credit to any people who profess to be Christian or even humane.
 We are not what we profess to be, but what we put out our money gen. eroOSly to promote.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Duke Carl Theodore.

Mir. Editor:-The death at Beyreuth of Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria re- calls his work as oculist and eye spe- cialist at Meran. the famous health re- sort of the Eastern Alps. winter after winter found him established. with his family, in that - beautiful mountain town, working as indefatigably as any cure. physician there, devoting himseii to his special calling, and ministering to the affiicted poor. Yet by no means to the poor only. Grand duke as he was, and possessed of princeiy wealth. he neither could nor would accept a fee Indeed. 1t is to be doubted if any patient of his ever had the temerity to offer one. His time. knowledge and splendid skill were at tho disposal of any sufferer, be he rich or poor. prince or peasant All sorts and conditions oi people sought his aid. many Of them coming from far distant landS. for his reputation was as wide as all Europe. Every day, month in and month out, the sunny gardens of his residence would be thronged with patients-each awaiting his turn-staiwart farmers from the high hills wearing the pie turesque Tyrolese costume. old women with bandages over their eyes, children tourists, men and women of social standing, some even of rank, awaiting their appointments among other men and women from the lowlier walks of life. No one was ever turned away; no one ever regretted the hour he was ushered into the kindly presence of Carl Theodore.
 By his side, during his most difficult and delicate operations, stood his wife, the duchess, clad in nurses garb. serv- ing always as head nurse and chief as- sistant. Together they worked, these two. for the love of science and in the service of humanity. J. F. R.
 Norwich, Dec. 3, 1909.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
EXPRESSING MRS. SIMPSON

I'm glad I got ahead of Mrs. Simp- son for once.' remarked Mrs. Benson at the breakfast table. She was downtown all day yesterday doing her Christmas shopping. She looked ten years older when she came home. Last year she said
 "George, you are not paying the slightest attention to what say. Put down that paper and listen" "Go on. my dear. I just want to look at the headlines while you talk ?
 well. last year when l came home from battling with the crowds the day before Christmas she said she couldn't see how a woman of intelligence could leave her presents till the last moment. suppose she meant it for eomph- ment, but it sounded-George!
 "Yes. my dear"
 srYou haven't heard a word I said"
 You misjudge me. heard you dis- tinctly."
 What did I say?"
 "Un. You said Mrs. Simpson was a woman of intelligence and did her shopping the day before Christmas
 T did not!"
 Benson put the paper aside. He re- cognized the danger signal-moisture in his wife's eyes.
 'sNow tell me about it." he said. ''Talk fast, so l won't miss my train" N
 q just can't bear people who always do the right thing and make out that everybody else is wrong, can your began his wife.
 Meaning Mrs. Simpson? Go on"
 "She thinks it is smart to do every thing ahead of time and then sit back and criticise others. It will make her less conceited when she learns that my Christmas shopping was all done last summer in Europe. I've been just crazy to show her the things I got-but l didn't. She'll be green with envy, for they are so different from what she can get here. She acted last year as if I tried to copy her things. Aren't you glad, dear, that you won't have any Christmas bills to payT
 ''Yes, my dear, for I resigned myself to my fate last summer and what you did in the present-buying line was deep and abiding sufficiency."
 "You know I saved lot of money by getting the things over there"
 "You forget to count the duty and the shipping expenses"
 'Even counting them, the. things were cheap. Isn't it lovely to have presents different from the common run? Those beads l got in Rome are gems. And the lacei To say nothing of the French embroidered@
 Those shops took a lot of our time when we might have been seeing--
 If that isn't just like man! Wasn't
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04
IN MEMORY OF JOHN BROWN.

On December 20, 1910. the 5oth an- adversary of the execution of John Brown win be memorialized in many northern cities, as a recognition of a brave if misguided man.
 John Brown, by his defiance of what De considered unjust laws, stirred up she fifteen slave states as they were never stirred before, when he went Tith a few followers to Harpers Fer ", Va, and seized the arsenal, ex- peeting the slaves to rise and to start revolution in the name of liberty (Which would have no parallel in mod ern times. His forces failed him. but his spirit never yielded. He made no attempt to escape and in the name of Bod deied the government and all who upheld the achievement of human beings. Today John Browns treason bs less condemnable and his courage nore magnificent than ever in the Dyes of liberty-loving people. He was } part of the impending conflict and beemed to realize 1t, for he said, while fwaiting execution: T believe that lhe sealing of. my testimony before Bod and man with my blood will do lar more to further the cause to which have earnestly devoted myself than anything else have done in my life. l am convinced that I am Forth infinitely more on the gaIlows ihan could be anywhere else" And what inspiration to the soldiers of lhe civil war was the hymn sung in fll union camps, John Browns body Hes a-mouldering in the ground, but his soul goes marching onl"
 Why should not the north honor a man who died that his fellowmen might enjoy greater freedom? His in- Tense spirit and incomparable valor have put all his breaches of the law out of consideration.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04

Der but he was never known to get anyone into trouble. He never was known to trespass upon private prem ises or to paint town red. Red is not his favorite color for neckties or confections. He knows the proprieties and observes them, and he ought to be found in a fire company or a law and order league oftener than he is. He isn't found in church as often as he should be. He has a permanent abode somewhere, but 1t isn't swell or dilapi- dated Perhaps 1t is so commonplace that it is easily overlooked. He might attract attention if he was in fashion, but he is above style and not below ambition. The worst that may be said of good behavior is that he lacks verve, whatever that may be. He is safe to harness to and will land us safely without going a mile a minute.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04


 it better to save money than to look at foolish statues with their arms and heads knocked off? Or galleries of St. Sebastians stuck full of arrows !? Wasn't it more interesting to look at the beautiful lingeries? You know 1t was. George. The things I got will make great impression on Mrs. .Simp- late for dinner. for am going to have one of your favorite puddings." ' Whats the matterY' asked Benson as he came in to dinner. You look as Is you'd been crying. There. there. don't start 1t again-it's all right, my dear. I'm not late, am I? I'm sure the dinner Is the finest I ever"
 Tt isn't yo-you or the di-din-
 Then 1t can't amount to much. You are going to surprise me with one of those great puddings! There isn't any one in the block who can touch you when 1t comes to making
 Its that horrid Simpson woman. She's the meanest thing"
 "Of course she is. Every one knows it but her idiot husbandl And when it comes to looks, she can't touch a little woman I know. Now. what's her latest crime?"
 T went over to see the things she bought downtown yesterday and-and then was going to show her mine that l got abroad and-and--"
 Just like her not to be impressed by the bargains you bought She probably couldn't appreciate-"
 T didn't show them to her. The mean thing has bought some of the same things I have-got them yester- day in the-the bargain basements. Her string of Venetian beads is iden- tical with mine and-and her lace oh, George, her lace is a better bar gain, I was so mad I wouldn't show her a thing hadl"-Chicago News.