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Evening star., 1909-08-28
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with ore OF those parties OF school teach
ers or something on Cooks tour. Per-
haps ! thought that because 1t seemed
AS If you'd been away such short time.
You know how those personally conducted
parties have to gallop around with a
guide book always in front of their noses
and see things on the jump, and, OF
"Ry the way talking about jumping.
that silly Mrs. Hitsplash was here a
couple OF DAYS ago-shes been abroad.
too SO she says. anyhew-and she had
~. nerve to tell me to my face that
..o,a haan for q minnie In the royal race
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and generally beaten up i'll such d way by
the subway thugs that most OF them had
to go on the sick report at once About
a dozen of the ruff1ans were finally placed
under arrest, however. But they were
all turned loose upon the community with
a mild reprimand from the lips Of the
magistrate on the following morning; and
on the following Sunday the same old
game went on again on many of the sub
way trains starting into town from the
suburbs, and it was on the next morning
that Magistrate Barlow discharged a big
gang OF them and then explained his dis
missal of them by artlessly observing
that he didn't want to queer the chances
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hold of a Paris model OF one Of those
ridiculous new sleazy capes. and she put
ii on the other evening and came traipse-
ing down here to show me how she looked
in it. That is, she pretended that she
wanted to show me, but she timed her
appearance so that she knew she'd find
my husband at home. She sailed up and
down, trying to make out as il she was
unconscious of how silly and fiappy and
foolish she looked In the thing--and my
husbands eyes popping out of his head
with admiration of the horrid creature :
and Just guess maybe / didn't send her
summing whsn ! told her that / thought
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as she went along when she saw how
wasn't swallowing her yarn. and WASH,
she peevish. though, when / broke right
out laughing!
MY dear. did you get that hat in
Paris? No? Well. now. to tell the
truth. of course, l really didn't think 1t
looked like Paris hat, but I Thought
IL would please you IL / asked you that.
All Of these folks just getting back from
Europe-and some that only say they're
just getting back from Europe-get all
swely and puffy and preeny and plumy
when folks ask them If they got the
thincs they're wearing while ihev Were
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one and the same time. You say that
offered to buy you another set OF BACK
puffs to replace those ruined by his mis-
applied chocolate nut sundae. 1hls
might be well enough If 1t were proper
which it decidedly is not-for lady TO
accent gifts of such an intimate character
from gentlemen We cannot avoid the
impression that a young lady Is taking
a dangerous chance in accepting the at
tentions of a gentleman friend whose
oyerplls of spirits is such that he might,
after marriage, be guilty of the rudeness
of throwing a lighted lamp at her while
I'm jocund mood. We therefore advise
YOU 10 dry the puffs out and comb them
over and see if they cannot be used
gentleman friend. or at any rate subject
him to period of strict probation.
SADIE I've are at loss how TO
advise you. except to venture the OBJ
servation that young man who will
sit upon the fire escape of your folks
fiat for four evenings week. talking
base ball with your father, and only
occa asionally addressing some careless.
offhand remark to you through the
open window, may well be suspected
by you of evincing certain lack of
sincerity as to his intentions. The
problem here presented is no simple
one. Arc you absolutely satisfied in
your own mind that the young man is
calling upon you, or upon your lather!
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a ston ia the humorous manifestations OF
a big gang of the subway rowdies. who
had reduced several carloads of people 10
an abiect state of fear. They were good
fighters too the pair Of subway guards.
but they got themselves beaten to puip
for their nerve, and had to he carted off
to the hospital when it was all over. Their
brave example. however. aroused half
dozen or so of the male passengers to an
cumulative state. and they. too, tried TO
see what they could do 10 stand off the
plug uslies. They were ncontinently piled
up in a heap at the forward end of one OF
the cars and bella bored with base ball bats
until they were unconscious In the
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she looked like something I'd seen al one
of those 14th street moving picture shows,
and. of course, we don't speak as we
pass by now and IL she ever dareS To
show her face i'm this apartment again
| shall certainly
Dear me. / quite forgot, deed / did.
that you are first cousin OF Mrs. Ho.-
clips. Why in the wide world dldn
YOU remind me of it beforeo Well. well.
OF course / shouldn't have mentioned
this matter TO you if l had remembered
the relationship.
Tell me. dearie, did your husband en-
ioy the trip? The poor. dear man. nc
sadly needed it. fear. for the last time
/ saw him he was looking perfectly
dreadful. He was walking along the ave
nue. as If he didn't have a particle of am
bition in life.
Did YOU meet anybody you knew over
on the other side? Not OF course. that
that was likely for you do go about so
very little here in Washington. don't you.
dearieo Deed one hardly ever meets
YOU anywhere. It's a shame. really. that
you and your husband don't endeavor
to-er-well, / mean to say that you'd
have so much better times If you were
to seek to establish yourself thoroughly.
don't YOU understand? Because l should
imagine that life would become dread
fully dull for folks that stay around their
apartment most of the time. And that.
my dear, is what makes you so-er-Well,
fat. If you make genuine effort. you
know you surely ought not to lack for
invitations. and you and your poor dear
husband would be SO much better off for
mingling more in social affairs, don't
you really think?
You're not going already? Well. re-
ally. ] am perfectly charmed. dear. to
think that You thought enough of me to
come right up and tell me about your
delightful fortnight Abroad mean, of
course. about the nice little time you
had on your trip. Your first trip to the
other side. was it not? Oh. dear. no: my
husband and ! have quite got over our
former inclination for foreign travel. We
used to go quite often, you know, but
now everybody, or nearly everybody,
goes you know. and one does meet such
terrible Americans In Europe, don't you
think?
"You mustn't fail to come to me
often. dearie, and here is the address of
that fat-reducing woman. And don't for
get what ] told you about at least max
ing an effort to be asked out oftener.
and-goody- bye. dearie Be sure and
come again soon, now, won't you:'
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ILL. how perfect
ly dear OF you to
come to see me
so soon after your
return from At
lantic City" was
the effusive greet
ing Mrs. Bang
smith of Mount
Pleasant gave her
caller. " III o W ?
ou' We b e e n
abroad. w. h y .
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the outset that your gentleman friend was
guilty of an objectionable rudeness. You
write that, after a serious quarrel at
dance fdue to the fact that ne dahceo
three times in succession with another
young lady, although these dances were
yours), he sent you, on the following DAY,
a sheet of paper upon which he had writ
ten YOUR name and then drawn ms pen
through your name; and you inquire the
significance of this. We cannot put De
lieve that 1t was intended as denperate
rudeness. 1t is probable that the young
man is familiar with race track customs.
We are informed that when race morse
Is Withdrawn from a race chalk marx
Is drawn through the horses name on the
blackboard at the race track, and when
this is done the horse is SAID 70 De
SCRATCHED; that is. out of the running.
1t is difficult to believe that your gentle
man friend had anything else In view thaii
to subject your name to this scratching
process We therefore advise you TO nave
nothing further TO do with him; Tor 4
young man who, either out OF a sense OF
chagrin or the prompting OF an ungovern-
able temper. yields to such an lnoeicate
impulse, certainly does not merit the re-
gard of q Young lady who is possessed OF
a proper pride.
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fries and the courage of a leopard at bay,
you haven't a chance in the world to DO
effectual to protect yourself and the
other victims, for when twenty or thirty
husky young thugs, armed with base oall
their operations. you have about as much
chance as heron's plume in the neigh
borhood OF Tartarus.
A couple of weeks ago a nervy pair or
subway guards did make an effort to put
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,,..ptinne the train whistle had been
nnlled by one of the guards for the police.
and a couple Of stations farther down
big gang OF police reserves. strengtneneea aea
by bunch OF subway police. noaraed ,,..ie .ne
train. The cops went up against a NIUE
game of sort that they'd never tackled
before, even if some of them had pounded 60
East. Side beats for years. Nearly all OF
the officers had their clothes torn iron,
their backs, and they were cia"eu' h'eheu
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they frequently swing the bags against
the countenances Of hysterical women
and weeping little girls belonging to the
women, and men. who are afraid to raise
a hand to stop the ruffians. well knowing
that the first sign they gave that they
objected to the proceedings would be the
signal for the whole gang to jump on
them and conscientiously endeavor to
beat them to death.
Then. finding that one car is too con-
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)YD T A VI 0 r /.
alias Maj. Boyd
Taylor, alias Pay
master Boyd Tay-
lor. alias Maj and
Paymaster B o y d
Taylor. of the Ma
tional Guard OF the
District of Colum
bia Of the U. S. A.,
is all to the merry.
After having had
made for him one
Evening star., 1909-08-28

HA KE S Pc AR E,
who knew every
thing, was aware
that ma gistrates
possess what is
called an uncon-
scious sense of hu-
NOR. But Shakes
peare had nothing
on the humblest
New Yorker in pos
sessing that piece
of } information.
Evening star., 1909-08-28
Consistency.


Friend-What are you so sour about!
Chronic Dyspeptic-Ah, I've eaten some
thing that agreed with ME.
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he .rd;cia,Iv after a moment. II you take
a room without a bath. and in the rear or
the house. that ought, with economy. "
,,,I, ..o,, through till day after tomorrow.
The man who wanted to circulate among
the nobs turned beautiful sea green and
faded.
Evening star., 1909-08-28

-HE common or garden variety OF
] ticket scalper, despite the fact tina.
for years he has been abused and pester,
"A and lesislated against all over the
country and in pretty nearly every state
seems to have retained, fresh and WONDER
Gus. a sublime faith in human nature. ne
eaems to go on the principle that the
NON is as honest as daylight.
and indeed, it is on this principle that % or
late years the scalper has prospered. M. ne
is sitting to take a chance at almost any
.s;mn nd very seldom INDEED is he stung.
This. and more to the Same effect. one OF
the fraternity told me when ! was dlck- ,
erinp through dire necessity for cu'-
throat rate on ticket to Podunk or some
other place in that vicinity several 3;ns years had
ago. 'Tother day friend OF nuns nau
an experience that brings that particular
bunch of conversation back to my mlnu.
He went into scalper's to buy trans
"T haven't got a thing just now the
scalper said, after looking over his STOCK.
Evening star., 1909-08-28

HATTIE B.-We can only repeat that
it is always inadvisable for a young lady
to give up position paying IS week TO
marry young gentleman whose salary
is $50 a week no matter how fond she
may be OF her sutor. You write that ne
Evening star., 1909-08-28

Special Correspondence Of TAs Star.
NEW YORK, August q. 1909.
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the opinion that Washington ought to
have something like it. We therefore
submit the following samples, hoping that
they'll do for a starter:
Maize G.-No, Maize. we do not think
you should be asked to condone the un-
called-for skittishness of your gentleman
friend While 1t may be true. as you
suggest, that it was merely manifesto
tion of his sprightly. exuberant nature
when he dumped a chocolate nut sundae
all over your back puffs at the Shipping
Clerks moonlight picnic. yet it is to be
borne in. mind that at some future time
an intensification OF this somewhat crude
humor of his might result in his so far
departing from the propreties to give
YOU a black eye, if not two Of them at
Evening star., 1909-08-28

A n elderly couple from an inland town.
"A who were in sight OF the ocean for
the first time In their lives. sat on
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TILLIE k.-We are compelled 10 say al
Evening star., 1909-08-28

ERTAIN afternoon newspapers OF
New York publish regular daily
columns of stuff labeled Advice
to the Lovelorn.' It's such rat
tlng good stuff that we are OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-28
Musical Puzzle Story.

The missing words in the following are
to be supplied by a term used in music,
the key being given below:
Carts grandfather had been in the
army. He was a He called his
grandson, who was =. and took him
to the store to - if there might -
something he would like for present
The grandfather was so old he carried a
- and had to stop often to -. and he
also learned against the pasture =. At
the store he bought a = for Carl and
told the clerk to =. off. some ribbon to
make = for his little baby grand
daughter to play horse with He also
told the clerk to give him some - of
peanut candy and to weigh on the =
a pound Of nails. He bought a top that
would - fast when wound with a y
He asked the man to make his knife
very. = and bought a bag for the
boy to carry his books in. He told Carl
that it was a fine thing to learn to -
verses and to make of things he
heard. He asked the price of his pur-
chases and was surprised the price was
-. He gave him his - for payment
and he said he would like to buy a -
of things.
Key-Major. minor. &C." "B,'' staff
rest. bars. tie, measure, lines. bars.
scales, turn. key. sharp, fat, repeat,
notes, solo, signature, score.
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Hone for the Small Farmer,

Everywhere the South is already
catching fire with the new and radical
idea that the small farmer may really
make money, writes Robert II. Schauf-
fer in Success Magazine. In Virginia
farmers, on land valued at 81 an acre,
have suddenly taken to growing crops
valued at 800 an acre. Young men
are beginning to stay in the country in
order to make money. Even the
young men in city sweatshops and fac.
tories have caught the glad tidngs and
are hurrying back to the soil to try
Their luck and draw a good, deep breath
ard are taking some of the city'S sa-
vol. vivre with them inta the country
And if the South, why not the North
Why not New England?
Asa Judd was tod the other day
that. with the new government meth
obs. he might clear profit of at least
$1,000 next year. He merely smiled his
great. whole souled SMILE scratched
his head a little, and went on doggedly
doing the work of two men and a
horse in the same old futile. Arcadial
way.
But l have high hopes of him and Of
Laban. One of these days the Depart
,nent Of Agriculture will establish q
demonstration farm in the White
Mountains-a farm only half as large
as Badgers" yet one that will grow
two tons of hay to Asa Judds one, and
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Newspapers as Wallpaper.

In the old days when paper was very
expensive people used to paper their
rooms with newspapers. You may have
been in some old country house where
this was the case, and where you could
while away your leisure moments read
ing the literature on the walls. But
the articles had tendency to be cut
short in the middle. on account of the
indiscriminate way in which the papers
have been put on. You would just get
interested in a story, only to find that
the ending of it was on the other side
Of the sheet, pasted to the wall, and
you would be reading what promised
to be one of the most side-splitting
Jokes you ever came acroSS-and then
discover that the point Of it was miss
ing.
Nevertheless, there is a certain charm
about newspapers as wallpaper, and
quite a fad has been started in this
country and abroad for just this plain,
old-cashioned papcring. The fine folks
seem to have grown tired of the con-
ventional Wallpapers, with their degrees
sing saneness of design, and some of
the more bohemian and artistic have
taken to decorating their walls with
i-eN oI)dptAo ISSt pttptIo dlc JuOlC-
iously selected, to give the greatest pos
sible variety. Papers from all coun-
tries and in all languages are in de-
mand, and the headlines are left so as
to be conspicuous. The guest who is
put into room papered in this way
will surely rot have to complain of en-
nui. II he is troubled with sleepless-
ness all he has to do is to turn on the
light and go to reading the legends he
sees all around him. AS even the cell
ings are covered with the newspapers,
any one can lie in bed at his ease and
| improve his mind by coming the liter
arr feast that is spread out before him.
| How much more interesting this is
than gazing fiXedly at the pattern in
| the ordlnary wallpaper-when you
know that this identical pattern is re-
reated thousands of times in the room
| The new fashion started, like so many
| other bizarre things in Paris, and it is
| being taken up everywhere. Newspa-
per offices usually get large number
| Of "exchanges'- from all parts
of the country or world-and these can
| be had for the asking. Moreover,
friends can exchange papers among
themselves. thus charging their collec-
tons. Altogether the scheme Is more
sensible than many OF the collecting
crazes that have gene round.-The
Pathfinder
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will take a hand toward securing even
better concessions, If they are needed.
He will be one Of the leading men in
the makeup Of the tariff bill as the
Benate wants it, because he is a men,
Der of the Finance committee, where
the. House bill will be revised.
Maine men have been alert to the I'M
portance of the tariff schedule ever
since the work of framing the new bill
began. Several have come here at in
tervals during the hearings. Others
have communicated with different
members of the States delegation so
that the latter are now III possession
of adequate information regarding
what will be satisfactory. Senator Hale
some weeks ago was a witness before
the House committee regarding certain
schedules.
Major Herbert M. Lord Of the army,
formerly of Rockland, Me-, has had
much to do as committee employe,
with the makeup Of the new bill. He
was clerk Of the Ways and Means COM
nittee during the encumbency of the
late Nelson Dingley of Maine, as its
chairman. Major Lord became so much
of a tariff expert that the committee
drafted him from the army months ago
to aid in the collection and conpila-
ton Of necessary information.
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Perfectly Helpless
for Weeks
SUFFERED FOR YEARS

phlet, which looks as my entire body
did at that time, eight or nine years
ago. When your representative was in
town. I was persuaded to put myself
under his care. My arms were so bad
I could not bend the elbows without
the skin breaking and bleeding. At
that time was nearly so years old.
put myself under his care following
his instructions as closely as I could.
with the result that in few weeks the
humors disappeared. He treated me
internally with Kickapoo Sagwa, and
externally with Kickapoo Salve, max
ing me wash thoroughly with Kfckapoo
Medicated Soap twice day. no lon
ger suffer with this terrible disease.
You are at liberty to publish these
facts, and if any one wishes to write. /
will gladly reply"
Kickapoo Sagwa, Kickapoo Oil, a
healing family liniment, Kickapoo
Worm Killer for ailing or infested
children; Kickapoo Pills for constipa-
ton and biliousness; Kickapoo Cough
Cure for coughs and colds, tonsilitis,
and sore throat; Kickapoo Salve for
burns, sores, wounds, and piles, are
for sale at all drug stores. The Kick
apoo Indian Medicine Co., Clintonville,
Conn.
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KENNEBEc.
NORTH WINDSOR.

A very pleasant Surprise party was
rendered John Merrill Jan. IS, at his
home at Tyler's Corner, when several
of his friends and neighbors came in
to congratulate him on his Goth birth
day. The first Of the evening was
spent in social chat and vocal and in
strumental music with Mrs. Harry
Boynton as organist The reading of a
POEM by Mrs. Benz. Fernald, especial
ly dedicated to Uncle john" was a
very pleasing feature. Light refresh
ments were then served by the host
ess, Mrs. n. F. Thorne, assisted by
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Asa Merrill.
after which all were treated to some
fine graphophone selections by H. F.
Merrill. The guests present were: Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Merrill, Mr.. and Mrs.
Augustus Stewart, Mr.. and Mrs. Benz.
Fernald, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Merrill and
Master Vinal, Mr.. and Mrs. Master
Vernon, Mrs. ]. w. Boynton, Mrs. ]. H.
Hallowell, Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Bean
and daughter and VIM. Caswell. At the
departure Of the guests all wished
''Uncle John" many happy returns of
the day.
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Brass Waste Basket,

Houselleepers find that leather and
straw waste baskets disintergrate far
two quickly for the price they bring
They must be renewed each season, il
not oftener
1t is not clearly to use anything but
bamboo or willow baskets in the bath
room, in which all the rolled towels and
wash cloths are thrown, but brass is
the best substitute for the bedroom and
sitting-room.
There should be waste basket in
every room to catch all forms of dis
carded things. but the basket by the
desk is the most important one and
should be the largest
These brass ones are most attrac-
tive. They give tone and character to
room. They are really jardinieres
and are equally used for potted plants
or waste paper.
The double service to which they may
be put is not realized by every house
keeper, and therefore this little sug-
gestion is passed on.
They are not inexpensive, but they
pay for themselves over and over in
the long run. They are worth 20 will
low and leather ones.