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Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
THE ART OF BEING SILLY.

Have Brains Enough ,e Forget oeea-
 sienally Ina, You Have Them.
 The fuc art of being able to be silly Is one that ceod man, of us need ;o cultivate says Ruth Cameron
 re be able once In awhile to he silly not elaborateiy witty or studiously humorous. hui thoroughly. healthHy. chiidishly silly and to be able to stand ofT and laugh to yourself occasionally are two valuable abilities
 II k had of course. for young people to take themselves and their duties too lightly. but II seems ta me that II is almest as bad fer them te take them selves too seriously.
 heard very clever and financially successful young bachelor setting forth his requirements for | wife the other day.
 As share in this bachelors meal ticket would probably mean for the sharer the EIud of meals thai begin with oysters have lee courses scatter ad through the middle uhd end Hh with cut glass anecr bowl | fancy he is the sort of person whose requirements may he interesting to my feminine readers
 T don't ask for beauty" he snId. nor money decidedly don't want an obviously mtefoctnai woman Rut what l do Insist upon Tn I wife k that shr shall know how te he silly enee tn awhile in sherf. that she shah have enough brains h hc able to forget oc- easieHally that shr has any
 Good sense K fine thing h have. hut thc people who arr stuck So full of | that theA forget that nonsense also has its place tn life are making big mistake
 A lttlc nonsense naw and then
 ls reiisheA hs the hesi of men runs thr quotation pointing out. as you sec that it k the best of men who know enough to appreciate non sense The second raters fancy they arc above IL. while. as matter of fact. they aren't up ta it.
 Nonsense Is il quiet doctor too.
 The man ar woman who daesnt know how to he silly misses one of tho biggest recreative forces in the world.
 Any one who k perpetnally holding himself just sa in order to maintain his dignity Is apt to become mentally cramped from keeping III the one po- sition and lose his mental suppleness,
 Just as the physical abandon of laughter relaNes the muscles af tho face. so the mental abandon of Il good healthy nt ef stiffness relaSes the mus cles of the mind
 Do you take yourself loo serioasiyf Don't just read that over mechanic ally. but answer il, Do you. nowy And do you know how to be silly? If you don't and aren't past the learning age why don't you go and find somebody who does and learnl
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
Some Foreiqn Easter Customs.

On Easter Russian children receive presents as our children do on Christ mas On Easter Monday people go about kissing relatives, friends and acquantances and exchanging eggs These are sometimes very beautiful ones of glass and porcelain and are filled with sugar plums and presents.
 In Ireland children play game called "bunching eggs" This is play cd with q pan filled with sand or saw dust. which is set on q table, around which the children stand. each sup piled with eggs The eggs of each player are all of one color and are un like those of the other players, The object of the game k for each player to so place the eggs standing upright in the sand as to bring five in row touching each other In turn each player pulls down an egg, sometimes filling out Il row for herself. at others cutting of the lire of an opponent The one W Inc trst succeets in obtain. ing the desired row calls out.
 "The raven eHaugh and crow
 Lie five iu row
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

4CNpNr& &nts lslo. hN American ffesS ASSo-
 ciatien
 s"HERE, EVersthing's ready at
 last Land q Goshen, these
 Easter epenin's almost take
 my life I'm as tired as dog. Here comes ole Mis- Williams. shen nose everything over. like as not, and then not buy anything-ole fool.
 "How do. Nils Williams? Anything in particular can show you today Just want to look around a little? no. Here's one of the latest models the festive matron' very chick. ain.t Hg Would you like to try II eu? Too hIg. do Yan thinkz We'll. Xon know most of the hats this year are like ats tarmohile tires.
 ..Malk reht in. Nils Simpson Tired Set right down ou that iop Here. John. ny. take this stool. and LottY can hey this hasseek thope she won't get every tAingStuek upWith that csudyl Johnny cane near hem drowned last month took an heur to rusticate hlm2 Land sakpS alfses We'll lsse always said chil= 5lren wuz Il sartin care hut aa nnsarttn hfesSiu You vant somethin plain and aarkg How de you like thisf No. that aiu't cat with q fuehsia in is mouth. it's an owl with rosebud
 .Good afternoon, Nils, Goodrich Yes. a beautiful day, How well you're lookin' My. but you've re uewed your age this spring. There's nothtn ike workin' in the garding Sally Tucker marr!ed You don't
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
AN EASTER SONG.
ss ARTHUR J BJRpIcN

I3ans nef t3a8a &=h sIieut tongues
 Rlus a#lt yc sfeeIie re4is And v t7a frnni Xa6f btazen fhroats h glad triumphant tuuefa1 notes
 The IaY that tp as d~eilS Sound aH tHi~ hH FpN Easter day, And 10 fhe thruuEs below yau say "ReJ5iee the stone is rolled away
 Hope lies no; in the gravel" Droop mt your p=tais blossoms fair. Your spotless leaves unfold And come this blessed Easter morn God holy altarS tu adorn
 There show yolr hearts Of gold. The world gave Christ the thorny crown The nails. the spear the curse. tn.
 froWn
 Come. lilies, shower your incense down In reeompeuse today, Song be not silent this glad day.
 But lift your notes on high Send Up the sweet and fervent strain A grateful thankful glad refrain. With heaven s songs to Vie Shout praises 10 his holy name Who from his home in glory came To bear our sorrow sin and shame That We might i've for aye! Hearts. be not dumb but gratitude Pour out unto our King He gave his all that we might live. Have we no offering to give.
 No sacrifice to bring? At least our homage let us pay And sincere thanks extend today That angels rolled the stone away Hope les not in the grave
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
Ry ROBERT pONNELL

RELtENE that with every Easter dawn a fuiler edul
 gence of spiritual light illa min8tes the earth Easter spells optimism The optimist is the only naturalixed citizen of the universe. He k. indeed. a uni- versal deni2en owner of the sphere he treads and inheriter of stars
 Optimism means belief in the eternal goodness, acceptance ef So calied evil tn the full conf dcnce That the evolutionary proc. tSses ef divine nature are work ing with ntsnlnte certainty to Nard ultimate perfection.
 h my vteW the person who dees not believe In the prclvon derance of the good eNer he evil ulMB Jhis eaffh m~ 10 rtght to au hImsclt Christian He does nol believe in GbCIst, whe believed in humanity and loved even fbosc Whe pctSeznted him. llr dncs uat i5rileye iii eied. fer God k the imnancnt eSsence ef eeea residing in an things.
 Easter is brth pagan aad Ghrts tiau Centuries before the Naz areue proclaimed good will ta men tbc pagan optimiSts cele. hrated The return of spring ns the awakening. the rehirth, the resurrection ef He out of appar ent death
 Every days dawn is m Easter morning to the optimtst. The spirit of aspiration shakes on is lethargy of the night as . use less garment and goes forth each new day to higher altl- tudes of endeavor
 There was il period in the past century when a movement call cd transcendentalism stirred the souls of thinking men. Ralph Waldo Emerson was It's high priest Emerson was the trnns scendent optimist. He aeknowi edged no evil ip the universe. He knew only that which was good and held fast thereto.
 We cannot all he Emersonian in intellect. but We can transcend our environment Many of Us nre down amid the murk and the muek. but we can look up Into the light and by hitchlng our wagons to the stars he dra wn up ward Into liberty Grief hludg- cons our heads. but II need not bow them. Sorrow pierces our hearts. but it need not break them If we believe in the jus tiee of The Infinite. these little temporal lives will become to us onlx as incidents in the irresisti ble upward leading of the eter- nal
 Life k he supreme faet. Ens- ter eNempliiies the triumph Of life. Let Us believe only in life. refusing to be domineered by the unsubstantial wruith called death. refusing to be diverted thereby from the upward look ing and the light" Then will Easter be to us the most signiii cant, the most inspiring. the most uplifting of all the days that dawn
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
The Early Es ster.

fAnd the ttzstsi=s d.l.Hlfnal When Easter daVrs across ttle la wns Witb bright efatgence ttondIug Ire Wafn the sioi= f bI5sss Us nope of blossoms s-iiis budding When Easter comes no more henumhs our heaatS t..e winter Icz. For thefsas a E#EEf=Ht 70 raHaar tnt And sassastlr 2 aaHrs spfe5 When Easter wakes ta1e sleepy lakes With taHslc's llad appealing We think no n-oat. of ss inter noar And WaJefNs ays eoIIse4llHE When Easter well twill do to tell But When II coulfs SD early How can =.se slng the siErs Of spring And sui be truthfui-neariz
 r SAPP
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
rha Old Story.

I know not why il Is. but every year The story seems more wondrous strange
 and new.
 l bend above my lily buds 10 hear Them whisper softly what 1 know Ia
 true
 That winters past.
 That spring comes fast.
 That life and joy are here at iaat A Frequent Source of Resentment. What makes that man dislike you so muchf'
 "I haven't the faIntest idea" an- swered the student of human nature Probably he has played me some un. derhand trick that 1 don't know any. thing about. =" Washington Star.
 Wsst Point 0rsduatss. It will doubtless surprise most Amer jeans to learn that out Of the small total of 4.I2i graduates during the first century of the existeIice of the Military academy. from lS02 to l0Q1. 2,73l entered civil life at sone period of their career. National Magazine.
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

SEND DOROTHY to go te Salem an
 HERE TO ME" other Iax and cal off at the Farms for dinner with us But take him away. do"
 The girls never knew how it hap pened that the Salvation Army so saan fef6 heir te tHe ruu8teat hal. but after the wedding. as Prank and NH dfed ~efe speeding toward their neW home iH tbe west Frank suddenly burst aat. "No. sfr I don't see hew should eser have had the courage 1T t hadn't been faf that hafs.
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

~ 't ~ ms A-7 ma dStln aAAioSi at
 SIMPLIFY" onre and % on vith ihe work his fathers dying hand Lad laid down a year before and which he felt was waiting for him. Mrs Branson. he said suddenly. Il want to tsk you something
 She looked al him keenly.
 T want Mildred to marry me Rs1 10 take her back with me teei as if my life was just beginning. and want her to begin il with me May I ask herr"
 You haven't already done fl t!'
 She knows l care q lot" he flushed Sulltily. but be gazed honestly back into her eyes '-The house party did IL IL seems . short time-a week but when yOu live right h the house with . gfri and see her day and night tor thas ums it's long enough" Mn Hroasoo stghe6
 sIvs bsss swfslly afH0 0 a& feA It's so much to ash 1qe. Anl be- SAAsA rvs hsea sfrat4 .of. yo3 Ny esae tol1 -ae yea Qgesedu6lAj0oesa.G -6snsaAs<1ys sUi6lpea91@ TH eas1 sAAne NV anASsso Iyas ~
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

hens though IT
 never did care much for hens. they're such awful fools. and you know the III ble says We mustn't have nothin to do with fools. I never thought he'd mar. ". neither; he was so awful in love with hisself II must n seemed most like perpetratin' bigamy Well man doesn't come off fools hill tiii he's twenty five or so. and then some times he has to be knocked on. l'id you know that Ebenezer Cook had married again? They say he and his wife used to quarrel somethln terri bull One day he rig up and said, wen divide the house All right. says she. we will You can hey the outside. and I'll take the inside.
 That hat looks awful handsom' on you. Nils. Allen thought of you when 1 saw the model in Moo York Amt that rosters tail beautifulf So Hfelikel And the cherries at the back is fairly temptin. You want to wear 1t home? Certainly. Charge itf Oh very we'll, Goodby.
 "Mv. I'd hate to be married to her husband He's so stingy he'd speak In a whisper if 1t would save his voice But religious They say whenever an evangelist comes to town ole Allen wears out the knees of his pants eetfin religion: but puckerwoozle. l guess he wears out the sents Of 'ent baekslidin' before the years out. He come in here one night and set down and begun eroanln' like. You know he wears his hair way down on to his shoulders Whats his idce in havin' it long that way, wonderf Per haps he thinks what'ii keep the cold
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
His Lamb.

Supping at the Savoy. Lendon's fash ionable hotel. after the theater were man. his wife and q small party. The wife. while a course of lamb chops was being served. spied a friend in the alcove overlooking the Thames and went to speak to her a moment, the two tables not being more than six or seven yards apart.
 While the wife stood talking ani- matedly to her friend the waiter at her husba nds table removed his lamb chop before he had finished 1t. When he noticed this he exclaimed in loud voice:
 "Goodness. Where's my lamb!"
 His wife heard him above the noise of the restaurant, and. smiling at him sweetly. she called, while her husband reddened and the other diners giggled
 Here l am, darlins.'
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

1 e a n Q q forward and called softly
 Mildred rose and came back to her
 send Dorothy here tome. said her mother. and take your young man away. I'll have no such stal- wart looking man say Hook moth erly 10 him. And he making marks about my hat Maybe you can nerSuade him
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

Mildred had tragedy in her
 T m
 ep nc. Mother dear" cried Dorothy run in for glove thread. that aw ful tE
 T etlYs
 ~o Easter Mondays' they ehimed
 e. see here. said their mother aN -e hat is thisz
 it's not mines said Mildred sI If diSpafe ownership.
 t you want granny to see VI oveIy new Easier hat with the f 4ad tue plameSt" coaxed Dor ot
 H.teare to sfea the Plames, and f lke rain There's drppm4 foz
 think ffH ele4f.s said Mildred be- 5ly as she pinned ea biz r hat ef her own gray biae like Laf ases
 5aut see why 9au girls eare Se m about this hat today In the aFs piaee. ftss au ai, right hat. in the uezI place. il will be haWiuelY stylish faf -rammys metropolis in the third pH=e. We shall see no ole We kH=e exeeFt granny. whose affection iS Hat deaendent on hats. in the fourth place she added after s leai moment spent i'll adjusting hef vel "l nj going To wear it. SD you may as well save your splutters :"
 ln the ferry boat They found q seat fer her but had to stand themselves T can't see" mnrmured Mildred. '.Hhy mother will wear that Least of q hat
 She looks precisely like the head Of the biological department, respond ed Dorothy under cover of mournful sounds from the fog bell
 Something's got to happen to 1t. returned Mildred with spirit But to- day You can't think. Dot. how per feetly elegant he is. 1 think elegant Is a rather cheap word, but l can't think of q single other one that will deseribe him. Oh yes. can, too thoroughbred. that's what he is Well. of al elegant. thoroughbred ways to meet a girls mother." He just couldn't get away from bis aunt a day sooner-you know the whole party up there was for him and he said he just couldn't wait a day longer. so at last told him we were going away, but if happened to see him in the station I'd present him And now she has on that hatin' "Humphn said Dorothy. You'd bet ter spend little time thinking what # A ba'n ot-.. tb ba little mother I've been lying awake nights over that. never fear" responded Mildred The boat dumped up into the slip. and they joined their mother in the push to the front. They found themselves a few min utes early. and as they stood waiting for the gates to open tall young man rushed by to Mildred and seized her hand enthusiastically.
 Mamma. this is NIT Frank Shpley Mrs. Mason's nephew. you know. l think l spoke of him after her house party" The mind of Mildred's mother quick l ly reviewed all her daughter had said auenr this most eligible nephew of Ter own old friend.
 T think you did" she said as she gave him her hand Are you going l ta the country. too. for the Easter hol 1 idays?" I'm running down to Salem-a bi, | of business" "Oh, you're taking our train, them" Am |? How jolly he gates opened then. and he pos i ses>ed himself of wrap and all um tzella she was carrying. helped them l on. located her. found a seat for 1 fs girls and then dropped down be 3e Mrs. Bronson few seats behind l her daughters. And if he watched
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

saw yea I aesieve." he hlundered on-'I believe it's your hal You're an awfulIy y-an awfuIly honey looking person. you know"
 A deeper color shone in Mrs. Bron sons face and swift gleam lighted her youthful clear brown eyes. She
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

say, NeA.l am surprised She WIS an=aw f n l hand for the boys, but l tell you W hen Il gal sets on two stools she usually eiitls by SC ettin'o on the
 floor. N ha d she marry That art ist feller Land. he didn tx Il Q W enough come inv whenZitZraiu- ed. but he did
 at,t h..atttifill
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

ont VIII keep The heat ln..l lut If | WIS his wife I'd take pair of shears and cut II ail off some night W ell. he kept on unoaniu, and, sez |, w h q Is the nntter I don I know se7 he leanin' his head on his two bands T feel a W f Ii bad Sometimes I think it's re
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

every turn of Mil
 dreds brown head it did not prevent devoted attention to her mother. He
 kept up a lively chatter until the tra in had left Woodbury She led him to talk of him self. She heard of his life in the west, of his col lege in the east. of his two years a b TO a d. Of bis plans to go west  q gain almost at
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

AIN THAT BOOST H-i'H' s'A "'s
 FRS TAIL BEAUTi- a n q sometimes
 FuLf" I think itr worms Better take n big dose Of thoroughwort when you get home. sez |, and find out l ain't got nc patience with A man like that ile't the kind Amandy Tompkins says ha.-. got one redeemin' vice. Coin. Nils Il liamsf Looks q little like raln. but II clear overhead. What say Ton ain roin' that way2 He-be. Goodby U but she's awful funny. Did you eve hear how she come over the bor ie from carerdy with All alarm ci = tied up in her busflet Just as r. custom holse orficer come along th alarm went or 10 beat the band
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
What the Doctor Did.

Gusfave UlIyatt has n iittle daugh- ter who hasn't been well recently. The other day physician was called so the Uliyati bone 10 see Der He ex- amined the child with the aid of kaleidoscope " hen her father easns hoase that evening be asked what tho doctes had said
 "Noehin'." r~plled the little gfr1
 What did he dor' asked IF. Uu- yatt-
 He just tslephoDed us ~ evsssS Was tho ehItds reoiy.
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
Cbe Story of
 Cbe Resurrection

TN tbe end of tbe sabbatb as it began 10 dawn to- ward tbe first day of tbe wc"k. came Mary Mag daene and tbe otber Mary to sec tbe scpucbrc.
 Hnd. behold. tbere was a great earthquake: for the angel of tbe Lord descended from heaven. and came and rolled bach tbc stone from tbc door. and
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

Decoration For Table Center.
 4 pretty idea K Co use huge satin ribbon rose as Il centerplece for tho luncheon or dinner table From tho
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
chaaHuInasa.

fhave fallen into the hands of thieves What then! They have left me the sun and moon. Ire and water. low inx wife and many friends to pity me and some to relieve me. They have not taken away my merry countenance nor my cheerful spirit nor my good cesscieace. Taylor.
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
Ancestors of the Ostrich.

The ostrich k descendant of genus of bird which Tn prehistoric times attained an enormous size. + the aIiuvial deposits of Madagascar evidence has been found 10 show thai ostriches fourteen and fifteen feet fl height once lived on the island.
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
oriein ef Waltxins.

The waltz originated in German, during the latter past of the eighteenth century. but .djd pot become fashion, able untll 1890. U introduced into England by Baroa5 sum.n and oth- srs in isl3. IL sgDp1 . popuias rvss1 AAsss se q k-Slat}Gv fjoe.
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
'Cwas Not Der
 Caster Bat
B, BELLE TRIMBLF MAIISON.

trot. sht. 1910. by American Press Asso-
 ciation
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
piscsy ss Chin.

- taIks twtcv &s uur6aa theiotbs = RfFis know -Yes 5she has oou- eAp- Ap-cfrfu.--Cleveland Leader.
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

Sdt ukOit II.
 Bis countcnance was like lightning. and bis raj ment wbite as snow:
 Ind for fear of him tbc keepers did sbake and became as dead men.
 Ind tbe angel an swered and satd unto tbe women. fear not ye: for 1 know tbat ye seek Jesus. wblcb was eruci11ed.
 Be is not bere: for be is risen. as be said. Come, sec tbe place who're tbe Lord lay.
 Hnd go quickly. and tell bfs dfsciples tbat be Is risen from the dead: and. behold. be goetb be- fore you into Galflee: Al a a<
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

tbere sball ye him: To. l have told you.
 Ind they departed quickly from tbe sepulcbrc with fear and great joy: and did run to bring bte dfecipee word.
 Ind they went to tell bis disciples behold. 1eeus met tbem. eaytns. HI bail. Hnd tbey came and held him by the feet s~d worebpped him.
 Cben eafd Jeeue .'n. Be not afraid: gc tell my brethren that th,s Galilee. and tbere ebal -tbey eee me.
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25
Mrs. JoI,nson's
 Caster Opening
B, KATHLEEN DOUGLAS.

.Copy~ght 1910, by American Press Ass
 ciatinn
Putnam patriot., 1910-03-25

a~H. mamma. you're not going 3 to wear that hat. are youE Mildred had tragedy in her
 voice.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-26
THE PRINCE WINKED.
And Miss sleots Was at .he Other snd
Of tho Filtration.

And Miss Sicote Was at enc Ctner cHo
Of tho Filtration.
II seems en- awful thing. but here Is
the Circumstance OF record that Louisa
N. A!cott. the sainted author OF Little
Women" once publicly hErtcd with f.c
ward VII. The fact comes OF, IL Mrs
Belle Moses book, Louisa May Al
colt. Drca .nec and Worker. There =
a passage in the book which contains
Miss .Alco;t's persona! account or me
incident. II refers TO the time when
the late king. then Prince OF Wales.
made bis famous visit TO this country
- went 10 EoSton." Miss A!co;t re
lates. "anG ! saw the Prince Of Wales
trot over the common with his train nj
review-a yellow haired !addie. very
Ike his mother. Eanny ". and nod
dcd and waved as be passed and he
openly winked his boyish eye 1t Us.
for Fanny with aer yellow cu7is and
wild waving looked rather rowdy. and
the poor little priacc wanted some 1ua-
We laughed and thought that we had
been more distinguished By the saucy
wink than By stately bow. Boys are
always jolly-even princes"
By the way. this incident occurred
n 1860. when the Prince OF Wales was
nineteen years old and consequently
quite broth oe boy. and whea Miss
Alcott-we blrSl 10 record twas
ewenty-eisht.-Naw YORK Mall! :
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-26
The Gold pus. Was There.

North America has counted IS z gold
producing continent only since the late
forces. But It might we'll have done
so fo- about 200 years. According to
the London Chronicle. Il the voyage
round the world which began in 1il2
the pr:vatcer Captain She!vocke found
in certain California 7alleys "a rich
black mold which. as you turn It fresh
up 20 the Sun. appears as II inter
mingled with gold dust. Though We
were 4 little prcjudiccd." lie adds.
against the thought that il could be
possible that this meta! should be so
promiscuous.y and universally mingled
With common earth. &c: we cndcavoT-
ed TO cleanse ard wash the earth from
some OF il. and the more we did the
more it appeared like gold. In order
to be further satisfied brought away
some OF II. which We lost il our con
fusion in China"