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and to reciprocate in advance. AL
ways. always, a man must reciprocaee
In advance to lady.
So Alfred might have been seen
stepping hesitatingly up the steps of
the Milton home on Christmas eve
He carried a small package in one
hand. 1t was his intention to deliver
this to whoever came to the door, with
a message that 1t was for Prudence.
In answer to his ring no less a per
son than Prudence herself opened the
door Her eyes were sparkling, her
cheeks were rosy, and in one hand she
held bunch of green stuff"
Why, Alfred!" she exclaimed.
Come right in. I'm putting up the
Christmas green's"
So Alfred came right in, shyly and
slyly depositing the little package on
small table in the hall as he entered.
Prudence led the way to the living
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-A,MF there is anything in the
EATM world more aggravating to q
X ~ young woman than a young
N&. - man who will not, or cannot,
NJ see that she favors him
S above all the rest, 1t has not
yet been listed.
Prudence Milton as much as a year
ago discovered that Alfred Ruthven
possessed all the qualities that go to
make a man noble and splendid and
brave-no, not brave! A brave man
would have proposed to Prudence long
since. But Alfred, Prudence knew,
was handsome and intelligent, and
prosperous. Just one thing he lacked
-self-confidence. Alfred was bashful
on the love subject.
A great many men are so. They
can discuss politics, the musical
glasses, the drama, literature, art,
science and the classics fiuently with
a young woman, but they shy away
from the real heart interest like an
aeroplane lodging church steeple.
Why, Prudence had inveigled Alfred
anto long walks with her in the sill
very moonlight Of spring and the gol-
den moonlight of summer-all to no
avail Once, in August, she was boat
ing with him, and she had pretended
to be afraid the boat would capsize.
What would you do if it did?" she
asked him.
Naturally she expected him to reply
that he would plunge in after her
and save her or perish in the attempt.
Such heroic remark as that would of
course lead into a more passionate
avowal of his reasons for being will
ing to lay down his young life for her
and thon, of course, he could easily
hop-skip right along to a request that,
since he was willing to die for her,
she might consider favorably a propo-
sition to share his life with him, or
words to that effect.
But when she asked him, with
tremulous shake in her lovely voice,
and with world of faith and trust
in her lustrous eyes:
What would you do If the boat
capsized?"
He never even stopped rowing. He
Just said:
1T wouldn't matter much. The wa
ter isn't over three feet deep here"
Prudence almost capsized the boat
from sheer vexation then. When a
woman becomes vexed with a man be
cause he does not realize that he loves
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room, which was empty OF other pee.
pie, fortunately. at that moment.
Won't you help me?" she asked.
II think 1t is such fun to decorate the
house with the holly and stun for the
holidays. Now I've Just been trying
to tie this bunch to the chandelier"
She mounted a chair and affixed the
bunch of green sprays to the chande-
lied. Alfred stood In dumb admira-
ton. He looked at Prudence, and he
looked at the green herbiage which
she fastened to the fixture. She look
ed down at him. smiling, then put out
her hand.
Help me down." she said.
Alfred caught her hand to assist her
to come from the chair.
Heroes are made In a moment. No
man knows in what instant his soul
may flame within him so that he will
do and dare as he never dreamed of
doing or daring. The philosophers
call such times psychological mo-
ments. This was one. Alfred helped
Prudence down, and it was quite nat
ural and easy for her to find herself
In his arms when she reached the
floor And then before she knew what
he was about-at least, so she said
he had kissed her
Mister Ruthven!" she exclaimed.
How dare you?"
"I-I-you know-the-the mistle-
toe!" he stammered, disengaging one
arm and pointing to the decoration
above her head.
II forgot that" she said, demurely.
And then Alfred found tongue at
last and told her what she had wanted
him to tell her all the year. And he
asked her to be his Christmas gift,
and she consented in what is so often
called the time-honored way. That is,
she allowed him to put the kiss back
where he got it.
Later that evening Alfred said to
her:
do you know, don't believe l ever
would have had the courage to pro-
pose to you If It hadn't been for that
mistletoe."
THAT mistletoe!" she laughed. "Al.
fred, that mistletoe is smilax l don't
believe it would have worked at all II
It had been real mistletoe."
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looked as If she had chewed 1t TO
sharpen II. ard she had lot OF notes
made on the back of bill from the
dressmaker.
Henry, she said | am puzzled to
deth 10 kno what to give your pa and
your Unkel Willyum for Chrismus.
do wish you would kind of pump them
and see what they would like TO hav.
and then tell me. without giving II
away to them what you are trying to
find out.
All right. ma. told her. and tried
to get peek at her list to see II she
had me down for the maggleziIe re-
volyer want.
But she folded up the paper and put
Il away.
So that night when pa and unkel
BIN was sitting In the libraroy talkin
about the way senator Tillman had
better look out or no viii be playing
IN drama that has press agent, ar
else he viii be- crackin a black snake
whip around M uukrl Toms Cabben. 1
asa Ia what hc thut Was the right
h'nd of thriamus present
You otto De satisidc with what you
Srt my young man. he sod. without
coming around and hintiu.
aint hintin, told him. Just won.
dercl what your ldee would be- about
one Tor yourself
Crate Scott he sed Ilas "a come
90 thia' Il is bad enun to hafto fork
over for the fool things yurp ma buys
Tor me without haylu 10 pay for some
thing you grt for me
dent want O. set you anything. 4
sed. Just want 90 get yure ldee
about what you want
lukel iiill spoke up aud sod most
men could tell what they wanted bet.
ter by teliin what they don't want
What would you like % hay. unkel
ullls ! aat him.
Well bow he sed, thaFe Il lots OF
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things / would be glad to see in my
stockin on Christmas morning. If /
was woman of course / would yern
for dimund bracelets and necklaces
and rings and gold wotches that i
could pin on me somewhere WHARF a
pickpocket could get them without
pickin my pocket. Thare never was
d qickpocket that could pick a wom-
ans pocket, Xcept one that lived in
Moo York, and he had been marrid
forty times. and he confessed that
the reeson he get marrid so manny
times was just becos he wanted 10
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Come we now to Christmas eve. Pru-
dence had, by ways and means familiar
to the feminine mind. conveyed to the
bashful Alfred the intelligence that
she had made for him a Christmas re-
membrance. Never mind how she did
this. You. If you are a man grown,
will be able to bark back into your
own past and bring up some instances
OF woman's diplomacy wherein she
was able to tell you something with
out saying anything in particular. Just
gave your intuition a chance.
Knowing this, Alfred knew that 1T
was his bounden duty to reciprocate-
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and Preserves and Things"
her, you may go out and stake all
your worldly possessions that sooner
or later she will bring that man TO
his knees. or her feet. as you like to
put It.
Let us pass lightly over the glorious
days of fall. when Prudence allowed
Alfred to call several times and find
her In the Kitchen with an apron on
helping her mother put up jellies and
preserves and things. Let us even
pass lightly over the evening when
she showed him the blister upon her
fats white hand made by a sputter-
ing drop of apple butter. Yes pass
lightly over H. Any sane man. any
man In possession OF ordinary facul.
ties, when beautiful young creature
held out a little white hand and show
ed him O. blister thereon big
blister. just sort of a beauty spot ot
a blister would have taken that hand
IN his and all but Wept over a. lie
would have asked her % give that
hand 10 him and 10 come along with
II herself, and would have swarm by
high heaven and the marching stars
and the sun and moon and sky that
never again should that wonderful
hand know the WearyIuc stress of
toll What did Alfred doc
Tie looked az the blister appraisinE
ly-without taking those taper fingers
in his-und he said
stick "a needle under II from one
side and let the water out. then put a
little peroxide on n tomorrow "
Shades of Homeoi Memories Of
Dante and neatricet Was II any
wonder that Prudence brought her
pretty lipa together IA straight line
and registered a mental vow that Al
fred should rue this speech some day 2
Let ua nos paas lightly an again
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ODAY when me an Willie Smith
An Alfred Potts an Spot Mckay
y An some more boys we's playin' with
Got talkin' some bout Christmas day
An how we must buhhave real WE'LL
Cause all our pas an mas they said
OF Santa Claus can always tell
What boy has mischuff in his head,
Why, Alfred Potts he say to us:
It's nothn' but a lot o fuss!
Don't you buhleve your pas and mas
There never was no Santa Claus!"
An men we tell him 'tisn't so,
AT we heard Santa come last year
An see his sleigh tracks in tn snow
An he has sleigh bells, cause we hear
An where th' chimbley is we see
Tn SCOT all scraped of in tn back
An' at shows where o Santa, he
Coined down tn chimblev with his pack.
But Alfred Potts. he sniff, like this,
An say: You don't know what YOU miss
By not bcin' bad, buhcausc
There never was no Santa CLAUSE
Men me an Willie Smith an all
Tn other boys, an Spot Mckay,
P'tend We hear somebody call
Us to come home, an slip away
An we won't play with Alfred Potts
Buhcause We know AZ he is bad
When we think of th' lots an lots
OF Chrstmases 'at he have had.
! tell my pa what Alfred said
An he .aueh some an shake his head
An ssY At Alfred chance Is slim,
Cause Stuta won't huhleve in himl
fcaptFight. 1912 " b SesbitJ
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"Ah," we say to our friend, whom
we observe counting a large roll of
bills before starting out. going to
buy something to fill some ones stock.
ing?"
He looks at US with merry, holi.
day twinkle in his eyes and replies:
Yes. I'm going around to buy a
wooden leg for my brother"
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Turn WHARF woman keeps her pook
e. II was a matter uf profeshuul
pride with him. becos he sed thare
"as No profit In piekin a womans
pocket when an ynu got Was a bunch
Of samples and 4 button hook add
powder rag aud betwene thirty and
forty aeuts
Hut | don't see what pickiu pockets
has 90 do with Chriamua presents.
Sod
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Sister Sue Johnnie. de- you knoN
What / would like mosts
lirother Johnnie 80. WHAT
Sister Sue sas fat lady AZ the
circus last summer ana I sish ! had
her stocking 10 hang up or Christmas
night
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DARK OUTLOOK BEFOREHAND.

DARK OUTLOOK BEFOREHAND.
Mamma" asks the little boy. how
can Santa Claus get into our Hat.
when We haven't any chimney moth
ing but steam radiator"
He viii probably slip in by the
basement door. darling
ms an on then" says the lad. with
surprising yig1r IN the use OF slang
THAT ianItor viii put him out of busl
ness before he can unpack his sack
seP~s,4gs 49,.
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\ called me to her day be
fore yesterday and sed she
wanted me to help her do
something.
She had a peece of pen
ell In her hand that was
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-06
UNCLE SANS SPELLING BOARD.

board as general thing decides upon the
names first applied. or it selects the most
appropriate or euphonious name among
those in use. It prefers native names, such
as those applied By the Indians, or those
given by early Spanish or French settlers
Like other parts Of the language. geo.
graphic names are undergoing changes
Some Of these are corruptions, like the sub
stitution OF Bobruiy for Bots Brule q prac-
tiee the board endeavors TO discourage
Often the corrupted form is, however too
firmly established to be dislodged
Other changes are desirable, such as the
shortening Of names by leaving of super
fiuous and silent letters and unnecessary
words, while others are in the direction Of
uniformity in spelling. Such changes as
these the board encourages.
The board does not adopt the possessive
form OF names. such as Jones' pass. -
Pixies peak" since the person whose
name is thus borne does not own the geo.
graphical feature. Il spells center" not
centre" and It drops the final "h " in
" burgh." and ugh in borough" for
the sake ofbrevityand uniformity.
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In 1890. in order TO insure uniformity Of
usage in government publications. there
was organized the United States board of
geographic names, made up of representa-
tives chosen from the various departments
and bureaus Of the government.
Il is the duty Of this board. whenever a
case of conflicting usage shall be brought
before it, to decide which form shall be ao-
cepted This decision is binding upon all
departments OF the government, and as
most of the maps Of this country are first
made by the federal authorities, the names
thus adopted usually come into general use.
The work Of the board, in examining the
cases laid before it, is OF simple character
The local usage in regard to a disputed
name is usually adopted. In the case OF
foreign names. however, this is not always
feasible, We Go not, for instance, adopt
Espafia for Spain. Deutschland for Ger
many. or Firenze for Florence. despite the
fact that the first Of these are the names
in use in those places.
In the cases of unsettled regions. whera
there is little or no local usage to aid in
deciding the proper names Of features, the
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employees trained manufacture the standard pianos would be bad
policy d0Fganz business which already doing well
enough by its trade educated the standard instrument
This applies hundred lines of manufacture Why have
Bell telephone adopted the automatic Simply
because they have been forced do Competition will
this il competition WIN
eating the slow going public something
ent.'
That who Is udest in his criticism Of this advent
competition with his dignity
hasn't recognized how he is peudng himself through
conservatism In the fact that the ceasn
him for Information proved
gulf that lies between them
II the other side this growing deepening
the taking his mans the world. To
bridge that gulf the old would decide impossible that
other side Of he would be
conditions As result the employer Of the easily the
business constituency the Fegates
to the list Of has-beens
So of these old in places the employed
pOyer who seeking only the his
inevitably this old in business for himself shows his lack
harmony with the times until his disposed
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favorable to reform is, as a matter Of
fact. herself gambler. Does she not en-
gage in games of chance for money or its
equivalent? And is not this gambling?
Her look is fairly plying as she answers
him as one would child; Yes, dear that is
gambling and so is the real estate business,
and hides. and coal and banking, and law
And it's gambling with cards. too, even as
Is poker-but with this difference: Ours
Is reformed gambling. II has remained
for women 20 teach men even how to
gamble Each member of our card club
contributes to the pool small sum the
loss of which Is immaterial TO her. But the
aggregate Of these sums buys something
that each woman greatly desires to have
both as a trophy and for its intrinsic worth.
So we have all the thrills OF the game,
with none of its sickening. soul destroying
horrors If you men would play poker. or
whist, or cotton. or stocks that way you
and the country would be much better off.
There would be no mutations. explosions,
exorbitant prices. ruins. suicides"
Aha She presumes to talk back " TO
her lord and master! And not only that,
but she reduces him to the humilatlng
silence Of defeat. Well. then. madam. We
shaii-we shall-what are we to do. We men.
we card club Widowers. to preserve our
overlordship? II the women continue to
meet and discuss and Iearn-why. soon they
will begin to act. And then-ah. then We
shall begin to see the beginning of the end.
We shall flock together. collaborating in
impotency. and mutter and humble vain
protests against the inevitable. The pride
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Reason for Voun0 Man's Supremacy.

But If this boys father be Of the Of who is feeling
ieay Old this father allowing preudees
things his judgment and stir his At 80 old
probably he finding himself under direction 30
In his heart he probably recognizes in this head Of the
establishment the department technical understanding things
that all Greek him. He has observed doubtless that young
do not question him he remembers questioning the haired
of the time when he And this irritation
The truth Of the hundreds Of that the young
of today, probably technically trained specialized has nothing
to learn from the whose hair the insignia of his wisdom
is almost certainty that the seeking light from
the modern head will be turned down. An intangible jealousy
has been aroused the headed toward the
young Also the possibility young questions
nuts To crack beyond the knowledge of the old there is
TO the old mans dignity which is based solely his
kind naturally irritating
adapted himself standard condition You will find expression
this aggressive
have been told that the manufacturers the
have Improvements the
ouOnZe technique and that instrument pianos
turned out they could be tuEned But Of the mil
lions Of dollars invested standard machinery and the millions
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Bp Jobn Fl. MowIano.

thence with him. Methods business have changed mmeasuraby
within twenty-five Look gray butcher
small dealer in dry goods purchase
and the morning the apologize
why you would like effect exchange.
There chances that you grudgng
willingness make the transfer But the
experiment the that opened
by Young Active and likely disposition to
try again. just to feel the obng spirit in which the exchange
made
There hard and fast practical all
store conducted by the of the old school, mercands
ing when the matter Of close selection impossible through
the small and dried stock of materials carried hundred
manufactures be turning
which has its watermark Of the individual
taught the modern shopper make close
change of opinion of purchase customer
allowed the growing pyege Or shall the Stubborn dctaoa
chant of the old school stand alone line of
custon-and customers?
To the have merely the message Don't fossil
To the old with the Crouch suggest
that ne SIT down moment and ask hmself permanently
fossiLzed myselfT'
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How to Solve Marrtaoe Question.

but they vanish few generations On the other hand absolutely
qualities from and them
selves species In the human genius is born of the
herd and degenerate drops down generations of culture
and In the deeper problems Of life and DEATH particularly in
here science only conclusions and her
be no better than those of the layman.
Man not intelligent until he knows and does not initiate the
forms knowledge He righteous until he voluntarily chooses
righteousness while be also has opportunity choose the As
the law liberty the righteousness living it is
also necessary the righteousness of the unborn The control Of
by law would defeat its objects because would
the opportunity Of voluntary choice
Increase and multiply command given all is
heard in the halls the h the breath
walls poverty The sanity hear clearer than the sinful
obedience that command cruel themselves
degraded families reproduce their kind
God something in those and families that good and holy.
order fulfill his mission them and through them his
world he commands them increase and multiply and them
freedom choose right in oheying that command
Legal regulation of marriage would If consistent be applied the
problem every individual whom
might declare unfit IL would bitterness and antagOnms
which would legally declared fit those
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parties place them the bookand quietly skifuy without
enthusiasm proceed repeal them their intent
Grant that good and important object regulation
the interests Of the the stability
the be controlled by VIII the that the
unfit be detected with nfabe hand reproduce
the unfit VIII they promise they Judge will
fail produce the ht No The creation life is
usolFed mstery the manifestations
Both spring from invisible intangible life which
beneath the life that
is this hidden that with invisible hand mods the life in
all OF IT'S developments and actions When the shall
behold that which darkness
he think Of controlling its activities the betement the
Not long thought problem by
theory that acquired characteristics parents their
children and thus and better type could voluntarily
and undrabes eliminated But the missing link
finally proved that there missing link If the parents of
the first fish, dogs bears. monkeys
born with the characteristics of which his had
acquired by environment selection.
New forms spring into being and themselves by laws
Of Invisible and unconscious existence that lie behind visible
world Parental mangs and environment produce plants
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would affect the confusion eTasion
agtaon would than good that might be
admitted.
The ideal freedom of marriage law does abrdge tho
right and du of society itself the results OF the
degenerate members youth But
here the effective protection through instruction
and suason is conceded that the should guard
the personal property parents children.
What them is the best solution OF the marriage question? It
instruction Of children and in school, Of adults through the
and PLATFORM of all by settlement workers. physicians aud
the church. in discreet plain laws OF hered
and important of ALL the voluntary obedience and conenment
Of those laws which operate through their general lives
ambitions and gradually establish
voluntary life righteousness which opportunity for the be-
stOwal OF talents and genius
Desire and effort hoefuess and give to children the best
that be Selfesant freedom,
but the exercise liberty is the the improvement
the 1t does uppnt the time hnord of winning
and being which Indispensable element
marriage according psychology biology TIE freedom that
nature gives ammeed by intelligence by the viii to do
the right.