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r.eshes OF her hair. with which she Is
wont t. entansle her prey. AS lure
for her victims all other details of her
adornment are subordinate to those per
tanning to her tresses. Thus Jehane show
ed her mastery of love strategy when, to
capture Richard of the Lions Heart, she
plated ropes of pearls into her lovely
locks.
And next to beauty of hair the chief
physical charm of this buntress of hearts
is beauty of her siren voice, whose
rhythm, with the music Of her laughter.
is. less TO be resisted. than the grace of
her carriage or of her pose.
Until she is past. sixteen she esteems
her prey primarily for his excellence
of toilet and department. Conventional
adornments and attributes she values
above physical charms. But OF these
latter she prefers beauty OF eyes above
all. we'll groomed hair ranking second,
then fine teeth and broad shoulders. So
cial position she subordinates to all of
these. But having passed into woman.
hood. she esteemS moral worth above
ausht else, while physical perfection she
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The Cause.

THE late Orrin s. Wood the pioneer
telegraphist-AIr. Wood opened the
first telegraph office in New York-was
though most temperate man. unfriendl,-
TO the more intolerant and bigoted type
of prohbitionist.
Mr.. Wood, a. banquet in Turner.
made witty speech on the drink ques-
ton that may Turnerites still remember
He declared that prohibtionists blamed
drink for evils that were often due to
other things-to weakness of will. pow
erty, lack of education and so forth.
Il once was present" he concluded. "at
a teetotal meeting where dear old
lady rose and gave her experience.
Dear friends she said, my husband
is a good and worthy man. but for "a long
time ne was in the habit of taking before
he went to bed raw egg beaten up in
brandy. That. dear friends. was great
cross to me for many years. But last
month my husband discovered that the
brandy made him bilious, and so he aban-
doned this vile and filthy nightly indul-
gence, and now his bilousneSS has en-
tirely disappeared
There was loud applause: but crusty
old fellow in a back seat rose and snout-
ed angrily:
lit was the egg. madam that made
Your husband bilious. You go home and
tell him 10 take the brandy stra :gLt'"
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distinctly show that tie girl is the aggres-
Sor in the so-called love affairs OF early
childhood. And as To Ewes role in the
love combat with Adam we can dra "
these general deductions from the dry
statistics OF the psychologist:
She enters into ner conspiracy with
Cupid even before her third year. and is
still openly the a2gresSor al nine, while
she remains boastfu of her conquests
even until twelve. when her beloved is
ashamed at having been helpiessly en-
shaved. By now in the race toward ma
turity she has outd!stanced all SWANS OF
her own age or year older and has
oVertaken even those who are her seniors
b. two years. while by twenty-five she
has reached the goal which they cannot
enter for three years Yet TO come.
In this furious battle of love her adver-
sary finds most danger in the fire of her
eyes especially When il shines from
beneath long lashes and arched brows
But scarcely less formidable are the
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still rates above conventional department,
and intellectual worth she appreciates
below all of these. Then by five and
twenty has come another metamorphosls.
She desires in her lover even more
of morality than before, and by now she
has arrived at a fuller appreciation of the
powers of intellect, now rated above
either physical beauty or muscular Prov
ess. Conventional department, which,
with perfection of toilet, she esteemed
first ere she was sweet sixteen, is now
of the least moment to her.
Than such facts as these, gathered
afresh from natures laboratory. what
could be of greater pith and moment for
students edupping themselves for life S
struggle"
And should our school for lovers omit
a postgraduate course in the history. phi
losopfy, psychology. hygiene and legal
aspects of the kiss? In search of material
Tor such a curriculum, l have made an
industrious research among published lit
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LERE Cupid Will Be
i i Vivisected Beneath the
Inquisitive Noses of Candi-
dates for the Marriage Mart
Women Taught Wherein
They Lack Charm = Study
the History of the Worlds
Great Lovers-New Psyche
logical Research Reveals
What Each Sex Most Ad-
nires in the Other-Psychol-
ogy, Physiology. Hygiene
and Legal Aspects of the
Divine Rite of Kissing.
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HUNTING AHEAD OF ROOSEVELT l z5SE

KEYS We're forced Ia drink IT tie helc
that was not covered. and here the trap
WAS set. The trap, a large cage hu,it
OF heavy wood aud bamboo and As big
as native hut, was Tilted upon one
end WITH stick about eighteen inches
long under il. Corn and nuts were
streNn around the water hole and fbe
monkeys who cane TO drink found plenty
10 cat and did not 20 far from the
water When they wanted To sleep. NJ
nrSt they were very shy Of such an an
usual looking piece of forest scenery as
TIE cage. and they would not venture
near it. hut seeing that il did not move.
one OF the leaders of Tie troop. big
fellow who made great deal Of noise.
entered. and by degrees coaxed in many
OF the others. They soon devoured tie
corn and nuts ii the cage and when the
sun SCI they made FOR the trees That
night long corn was attacked ia TIE
stick that held up the cage. the other
end being about fn Yards away, So
tisat The cord would rot excite the sts-
PIGEONS OF the animals. aud il was buried
In the sand.
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LITTLE THINGS AND SUCCESS
BY DIR. MADISON C.. PETERS.

lied. iii the condition which enabled Grant
to lurl it with crushing force against the
enemy. Grant said I'm fight it out on
this line. if it takes all summer, but
the lines which Grant fought ii out
and won out were laid by Mcclellan, who
had compacted and so!idified the seperate
units Of each regiment. He personally
arranged the details of camp life and su-
perintend.d every department of the un-
wieldN body of raw recruits. His scien-
ttic skill in looking after details and his
genius for small things built the bridge
over which Grant marched 10 victory.
Napoleon combined the qualities of Nc
Clcllan and Grant--he had tirst-class Or
;sanizing ability and the power to exc
cute his plans. We find the hero of AUS
teriitZ directing the purchase of horses,
arranging for an advance supply OF sol
diers and giving directions about shirts
for the troops His familiar knowledge
Of details, premeditated and carried out
10 the letter. resulted in his colossal
triumph.
Benjamin Franklin impresses the value
Of small things in his illustration of the
horseshoe rail-for want OF nal the
shoe was lost. for want OF a shoe the
horse was lost. for want OF a horse the
Ly tie enemy.
Ms h!cHdeI Angelo eApidiueu 10 HIS
visitor what he had been doing at
statue since his previous visit-"trifles
make perfection and perfection is no tri-
lie Ia Gods universe t.ere are no tri-
lies: even the dust has its appointed
place in the economy OF nature-it gives
10 us the blue Of the skies and Of the
SEA. 1t is the canvas or which the sun
paints the gorgeous colors of the morn
ing and % the evening. Without dust
n sod 10 finl1t
should have To choose between the glare
Of the suns direct rays ard total dark
ness. To til. presence of the dust We.
owe the formation of mists, clouds. and
rain. instead o. waterspouts and de-
StI1ict live torrents.
TIE foundations Of the shy-scrap:ng
building are made of bits of cement. hne
"a dust mixed with countless drsps OF
water 81 with our lives. The countless
particles o. cement Of little things must
undcflie all hi. things.
McCauley said: You must dig deep. il
.ou would build Iish.' lie might have
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next. my sis,
tiers. but a rea
school for lovers,
" Ii ere. beneath
Y . r inauisitivt
noses. Dan CupiC
is 10 BE- SiviSecteC
by that chic and
clever Nj III e d.
Perrot. who these
TWO seasons past
has delight ed Brit
aunia'S daus hters
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From LONDON Answers.
Nasps are not creatures which INSPIRE
universal love Int ~ least one lady finds
them entertaining rs pets.
To tame wasps according to Miss Black
Hawkins. IS quite simpl" affair Tue
PRINCIPAL quality necessary IN IN" opera
ton being determination. If a wasp Is
buzzins round your cheek. you must MOI
waver or move your head. or the insect
realizing that YOU are afraid, VIII pF"p-
ably sting YOU Miss Blacl,-HaH hlns
feeds her pets from the hand After q
little lodging, they will ALLOW themselves
to be picked up, and one. which was very
tame. had the habit of creeping down Its
mistress neck and going 10 sleep there
But Miss Back-Hawkins is not by any
means the only lady who fancies freak
pets.
Most ladies have 4 horror of spiders.
but Mrs. Barker, wife of TN" dean Oh
Carlisle, is an exception ana l. spectaiis
fond of these creatures.
About the beginning of this year MrS.
Barker found one of the insects, IN tor
pid state. in an ante-room at the dean
cry Day by day she watched 1t with
delight and reported progress to her nus
band She was greatly pleased Wheh IL
began to spin its little web.
When Mrs. Barker goes into the dean
cry gardens. she has only to whistle To
bring a host of sparrows. tomtits and
other birds round her, and the dean
shares her delight in feeding them. Or.
Barker believe that animals have fu-
ture life.
Many of the children of society are at
present cultivating as pets such creatures
as snakes, tortoises, lizards and even
green tree-fross.
Perhaps the only royal lover of snakes
is the Baroness Won Heldburs. This lady's
pets are quite tame, and her extraordi-
nary taste leads her sometimes to appear
with one of them round her neck.
Another royal lady-the Countess Of
Montignoco-is very fond OF lizards. She
has some particularly fine American isu-
anas. which she is safd'to feed herself at
a cost of .c5 week for vegetables.
Fashion, rather than individual taste,
frequently influences the choice of freak
pets. Not so very long go the chameleon
was all the rage and ladies spent a good
deal of their time in catching flies for
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added You must live in lttleness. il
You would rise to greatness"
Wordsworth characterizes the ..iittla
nameiess, aforementioned acts of kindness
and of love" as the best portion of
good man $ life The real heroism o..
life Is 10 do its little duties promptly and
faithfully.
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of King Hengist. whose fair daughter,
are told. pressed The veckcr with
her lipKens and herself saluted the amor
ous Eortigern with a kissjen. according
To- the practice of our frisick nation.
From this period tn aforesaid custom
of kissing was adopted in Britain that
the learned Erasmus Rotterdamus Man
SerseS aftcrward found occasion 10 praise
the whole land on account thereof.
This then. was the first Kiss in Eng.
la nd Subsequent history attempts little
more than 10 inf Ct upon NJ tie four
pink-lippeG Augustan kisses those Of re-
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.,..,. :. 40 ,a,at Nil.
i't"l- - - -, III,
white hunters a'so consider i sood soou.
Personally ] nave found monkey neSh.
crcn rro,ar1y cooked 70 resemble some
- ,,,.r,. o,a ral,b.f ana
Units .;,,,,
very palatanl" ~ fact. ~ an
dish, il i superior to the flesh IF tn
ri,nonotanus and tho antelope Notvith-
,,,t -. o.o,, L.,,ronesns who
s.dhH'ii- '''e' ~ 60. 49,,
ate monkey meat f"t the htst ti'ii' ""''.
the impression il was hare or rabbit get
,arv strk On being Informed that they
=. 80 -, ti,ore seams
so.,,.,1,ir,. ,an,,tsiv.. about eating
n,onke. flesh. nnlcSs one is very hungry.
and then tn" "picurea" Srrdptes 81 tii'
traveller sen-i@ity mas N.i'"e - ''e'e
v.t,,, .,,.c ,s,r ~ tEc meat. il i as
ac.cpfablc - any other and Is nutri-
lions as mutton ar beef
IN. Ierrth and breadth Of Africa i
o..rI,ajed IN monkcyS Of some species
,.bnr The or al central tropical forests
3av. great variety Of monkeys which
naE4 1bcir hrmcs in tire trees. and. o,jt
e faar or 1nnIcstin- man some of
h.,,' a,.cn ,ssn,.iate IN their airy homes
- .ho ,,i.,,,. ,,ros or The konno forests
80 san M monkevS their brothers.
ri.,,,ies and rnonIeys living in the tree
o7,s Tog.[hcr on friendly terms. In fact.
10 E..o,us who live on ,he ground and
.hs negro of Africa evidently Won.d never
contest tiie l'ai "lil!Lil tleoi .o' e
10 ~. ana tho n;anv ana him
.If In central Africa. where the can
nibals live. the negro would Just as soon
AT q MONKEY as pisniS. % q pie"'s e
- - 800 +, = Va, i,oproh
49,. - ,,,;t'ai;sn, started with
.." ~,
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oST II the great dis -5veries
IN ~ of the world have re-
uN suited from the attentive OBJ
SerNation of littie things The
art Of printing which has de
Netoped the human mind. promoted civil-
zatior liberaliZed men, revolntionized re
ii:ious beliefs and changed the form Of
goyernments-owes is origin +" rude I'M
pressions. for tn. amusement q! chill
dren, from letters carved on tile bark Of
beech tree.
\ yerger in the catEetlra! at PISA. att
er filling with oil lamp which hung
from the roof, left il swinging to and fro /.
Calico. then eighteen, noting il attentive
~, conceived the idea Of applying il 10
the measurement of time-after ttty
wears OF hard study and labor he COM
pleted the invention Of TIE pendulum,
In like manner Galieo having heard
that the children Of a Dutch spec acle
maker. by placing several pairs Of spec
tacIeS before one another and looking
through them saw distinct object was
led t. the Invention OF the telescope.
\ sea weed floating past Columbus
Ships was little thing. but II enabled
Columbus TO quei the mutiny which rad
arisen among his sailors al not disco\-
eline land and To show them that the
eagerly sought for rev world was mo-
far of.
The eackliny Of = goose Is "a oled 10
have saved Rome from the Gauls. ana
flies FASTENED the birth of American IN
dependence. The Continental Congress
had its meetings in a livery stable. Its
members wore knee brooches and silk
stockings, and With handkerchlefs IN
hand they diligently employed in laSliinS
tie flies from their legs To So great
ar impatiouce did tie flies arouse tie
sufferers that il FASTENED. IL ii did not
aid. in inducing them - promptly sign
their names To that important document.
the greatest ever penrei. which gave
bii'ih To ttnnire republic.
Mcclellan lacked tie dash and energy
Of Grant hut McClellanS patience for
details put he army a. tie Potomac.
which had been broken up and disorSan-
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Women Have Strange Pets.

their pets and Watching the disposal %
them
In Paris al one time it was III" f.dnc
To have a small live tortoise Slur= H.. I
gold chain from bangle on tie wrist.
Quito recently the writer saw lady in
q Partisan cafe with two tiny tortotScs,
about inch and a half long. which she
allowed To crawl over the table for ttc
amusement of her friends. Sh" even
went the length Of ordering some Lettuce
for her pets.
Proba oily the most extraordinary living
things that ever was attached to a han
slc was beetle one lady had such
pet and ii seemed 10 he quite happy, al
though it had tiny gold chain fastened
round its neck
Toy dogs have long held a strong posi-
ton i'm the affections Of ladies .; fashion.
Most people will remember the birthday
party given some time ago in New York
i'm honor Of a distinguished lalv's pet
The dogs were set up at table on chairs
and were waited on by their owners. who
fed them on sausage. salads. veal outlets
and ice cream
Not long after this event there was a
similar fete. at which the principal guests
were pigs. These animals for time
usurped the reign OF the toy dog in GER
tain sections of society, the faNorite VA
riety being black and very small.
There is no end to the list of extraordi
nary animals favored pets by individ-
uals. but it includes pythons. lecpards,
armadiloes. baby tigers. small lions,
owls rats and mice and sea anemones.
We must not forget the live TEDDY"
bear nor the lady who. much To the en-
barrasSment of her friends, kept cluckiug
hens in her drawing room.
A physician was summoned to cery
sick man. who was very much preoccu-
pied with troubles of his own. On arr
irving at the sick mans bed he said TO
his wife: Your husband is in the last
throes. Every movement shows that
the end is nearing At this moment
the sick mans head fell over the pill
low, when the doctor said: The enfi
has come. your husband is dead
In a shrill, thin voice the sick man
said:
faint so. Maria"
At once the wife laid her hand on his
head and remarked: Don't disturh
yourself. Rufus-the doctor knoWS
best."-Harper's Monthly.
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We waited till the ncxl day. and again
the monkeys sWarmed around the water
hole. deNoUring the corn and nuts which
were placed there the night before. This
time they went straight 10 the cage. per
hans Twenty-Five Of them. The native
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world by George Bernard Shaw: Who is
the aSsressor in affairs of the heart-man
or woman? Shaw contends that iii Is
woman. but upon the basis of his love
census returns DR.. Hall has jus, thrown
this light upon the grave question.
..Fcmaie coynesS and reluctance or re
fusal is 50 deep-Seated as to belle the
Eiblc imputaton that this sex made the
fist advances. The world owes to woman
the precious and primal motive of re-
serve
But here tile learned educator is speak
ing Of the mature woman Ills statistics
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with no less u new sensation titan les
sons in the divine arr Of la srande pas
sion For ! have it that this mentor OF
affairs OF the heart will now come over
seas after telling your British cousins
Just wherein 100 many OF them. otherwise
brilliant and talented lack that charm
which both ensiaves and ennobies the
stcrner sex
THE qualities Of the heart, says she.
have been uppcrmoSt i'll The greatest
and moss brilliant women OF AL times
Intellect talent. accomplishments, Wit are
no barriers 10 charm ard 10 The power Of
loving and being loved.
i
Til. heroin.s Of the great love dramas
of history Legendary and written. since
thosa hazy myth times wien Helen Of
Troy was tie desire of all men, and
WHEN Saprho created the love song.
through womans victorious light Tor
heterogeneous marriage through the
golden age Of chivalry down 10 our own
time. when men and women began 10 re-
veal TO the world TIE miracle of two
hearts loving and empcl.ishiny each the
otaor~-aH OF these viii Nine. lie Pefrot
.u,4lyze Tor her pupils. and especially clo-
Gueui Viii she be IL rccii;ng the love
stories OF the women OF The French
evolution: Dut what she regards as tine
masterpiece cf all of oyeS literature is u
collection Of IN" love letters Of HeloiSe
and .tbelard -Heloise that French nun
af tie ;Wcifth century vito secretly mar
:icd her Instructor: Abela:d, her husband
aud lover who paid the penalty of hor-
rihle mutilaton at the hands of her uncle,
the canon OF Notre Dame.
And VIII not this love school enterprise
take root and flourish among rs like u
h.sy convince "a
irons and preceptors o. those schools
where youu1 ladies are finished for the
matrimonial mart. taat knowledge of his
tory'S grsndeS passions is quite as inspir
ing "a knowledge Of its politi al intrigGes
and bloody battles
For what could lie more cnnoblin2 10 our
aiolcscent maidonhuod than a knowledge
nf such Of the worlds ideal loves a. that
OF Dante Tor Beatrice. inSpircr of his
masterpieces, OF Pctrarch for the Laura
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Was He a Truck Garden?

From Everyhodys Magazine.
How on earth did YOU ever cultivate
such a beautiful black eye? asked
Browns friend.
oh. replied Brown, who had uninten-
tionally been illustrating the fall of man
on roller skates. Il raised it from a
Slip
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copyrisl, 1909 ~ Jcln Elfrcsh Watkins
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HUNTING AND EATING
MONKEYS IN AFRICA
ri tArr. FRITZ proI 1.>NE.

Ii :: II a~c e
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We pitched our camp. and the next
morning the natives Went out and chop
ped down the trees around the water
holes where the monkeys drank. For
four days they did this and at the end
of that time all the water holes. with
the exception of one, were covered with
the fallen trees. so that the monkeys could
not reach the water By this means mon
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-26
THEY FAVORED kits.

Three Real Scots at Least In q High
land Regiment.
A short while ago there was started
. movement to have the kits OF, .
certain one of the British Highland
regiments discarded in favor Of or
binary trousers. It was objected
that the msn would be disconnected
at this change, and tho colonel gave
orders that q census Of the regiment
be taken iu order to ascertain the
wishes Of tho men thsmsels o.. The
colonel is the descendant OF 4 long
line OF Scoth lairds ana S;rlyeA Sam
sstly to uphold the old traditions.
The sergeant who took tho census
Of the regiment finally appeared with
his report.
"All the men with the exception
Of three are in favor of tho change,
SIR" he said. -.", -
indeed" the colonel said. Tell
me the names Of these three true
clansmsn. They shall be promoted"
The sergeante read from the list.
They are, sir" he said, Patrick
Doolan, Hans Steinbrenner and Moses
Ikenstefn."
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9RUssiA's ANrI.kls6lNo Law,
oosts an Actress Who klsesd8 Hos
> ~ Mother in Street Car o.. ~

ossts an Actress Who Kissed H0s
, Ese$ Mother In Street Car e7. :ssi
Russia is ruled by vigorous lava.
The irony and humor Of some Of then
come home to the foreign onlooksr.
while of course the Russians feel only
the whip hand. The latest victim OF
IN antikissing in public law II 3 f.
nous and all too impetuous Russian
actress, Mile. Trepoff, who actually
had the temerity to kiss her mother
IN q tram car. .>..,.-..' ~ ~ ~.
One would have thought even =
magistrate on Judge, or whoever ID.
ministers cases Of lawbreaking of that
kind in Russia, would be melted by the
beautiful picture of the reunion Of .
mother and daughter celebrated by q
chaste salute, but Russians understand
40 jokes, says the Lady's Pictorial;
the fine Of 10 rubles cas- shillings Z
pence) for a kiss in public convey
ances, such as railways and tram cars,
was vigorously enforced. s=
A kiss In the street Is penalized to
the extent of Z rubles (19 shillings 10
pence), and a declaration of love sent
by postcard, If anybody is brasen
faced enough to. do such q thing, il
punished to the extent Of 5 rubles "a
shill!ngs z pence). One would like to
know If insult is heaped on injury and
the fair recipient mulcted In damages
II the declaration is sent without any
address to identity the sender.