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The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06


Former District Attorney John J.
Sullivan was the principal speaker al
a reunion of old soldiers a few days
ago. He had all of his wonderful com.
mand of pathos and eloquence in full
working order that day, and as he con.
cluded his Grafton tears glistened In
the eyes of many of the veterans,
One Of the old boys in blue"came up
to Mr.. Sullivan, pressed his hand and
said:
Your description Of the scenes on
the field Of carnage during fight was
beautiful. You must have been in the
thick of a battle some time. Where
did you have your most thrilling ex'
perience?"
AT Warren" replied Colonel Sulli'
van.
AT Warren? Why, I never knew
there was any fighting there"
Probably not" replied Colonel
Sullivan, but If you had been behind
the bat for. Warren the day we beat
Youngstown: to 0. you would have
known you were in a fight and a
mighty warm one, too," and the
colonel extended his gnarled and
twisted fingers to prove his assertion
Cleveland Leader.
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Peach Dumolino.

One and one-half cupfuls of flour,
one and one-half level teaspoonfuls
baking powder, one teaspoonful but.
ter, one-half cupfrl milk and three
peaches. Sift together the flour and
baking powder; work in the butter
with fingers, add milk, roll about one
half inch thick. Peel the peaches.
cut in halves and remove stones; cut
the dough into rounds large enough
to inclose the peach halves; place in
a buttered steamer and cook over
boiling water 20 minutes. Serve with
cream sauce.
Sauce-One egg, one cupful sugar,
one-half cupful thin cream, one-third
ctpful milk, one-half teaspoonful van.
il1a; beat the white of egg until stiff; /;
add the well-beaten yolk; beat in
sugar gradually. Dilute the cream
with milk; beat until stiff and add the
vanilla; add to first mixture. This
Is delicious.
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DIET AND AGE

Medical experts, insurance men, ed
ucators and teachers of the, science of
health and happiness generally are
making sort of campaign just now
in favor os simpler living and a re-
turn to nature. The mortality of adult
lage-of the period between forty an(:
.sixty-is increasing, but it is not due
ito the stress of modern life, to worry
and overwork, as some have sup
posed 1t is due, we are assured, to
overeating and bad diets. There is
every reason why we should live long
er and be healthier, for comforts are
increasing and inventions are lessen
ing toll and anxiety. But our very
prosperity has led to richer and am
pier diets. and there is where the
mischief lies.
There, and in our indoor life. We
shun nature; we shut out light and
air: we walk little and seldom eat or
rest in the open air. in gardens. fields
os on porches.
This is all wrong, and the wages Of
this wrong are Ill health. depression,
gloous, the shortening Of the natural
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CLERICAL SLIPS,

One of the best-known bishops has
fund of excellent clerical stories at his
disposal, although it is seldom that
any but his intimate friends are ia
vored with them. Here are one or
two:
A certain preacher, discoursing upon
Bunyan and his work, caused litter
among his hearers by exclaiming:
I'm these days, my brethren. we
want more Bunyans."
Another clergyman, pleading ear.
nestly with his parishioners for the
construction of cemetery for their
parish, asked them to consider 'the
deplorable condition of 10000 Chris
tian Englishmen living without Chris.
tian burial"
Still more curious was the clerical
slip:
A gentleman said to the minister:
when do you expect to see Deacon S.
again."
Never" said the reverend gentle
fnan, solemnly; 'the deacon is in
heaven" n."-Tit-Bits.
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Cook prunes by pouring hot water
over them and letting them stand on
the back Of the stove a few hours.
Gruels are more tempting to the
sick If whipped to froth with an
egg-beater, and served in a pretty,
dainty cup.
When your stocking feet are past
mending, cut on the legs for bags to
put over the broom when wiping walls
or floors.
If the neck Of a sweater becomes
stretched too loose from wearing,
shrink it by dipping it in clear, warm
water, then drying.
Some jars of nicely canned fruit, or
glasses Of jelly or pickles, make a
Christmas present that is always &C.
ceptable to the recipient.
To prevent woven carpet from un-
raveling. it is good plan to unravel
about two inches and tie together the
ends Of warp.
When you make doughnuts, remem-
Der that 1t isn't the hole that fills up
hungry boys appetite. Put in some
doughnut, as we'll as great big hole,
II the kitchen window is kept open
at the top while cooking such foods,
as cabbage, onions, etc., the unpleas,
ant odor will go cut of the window
instead of spreading all over tho
house.
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Ideal AppIe Pie,

Pare seven medium-sized apples and
core and set them round in a sauce.
pan with one cup Of sugar and tea
spoon of lemon juice in water to
cover them. Cover and cook slowly
until the apples are 80 soft that they
can be pierced with a fine skewer.
They must not be soft enough to
break. Take up carefully with a wire
spoon or skinner and put into a deep
pie tin lined with rich paste rolled
thin. Fill the centers with peach or
ounce marmalade and put narrow
strips o. paste across the top, cross
ing them to make diamonds. Bake
in a quick open, and when barely cool
serve with whipped cream.
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Closed Wardrobe,

Do you ever air it, except at house
cleaning time?
There is general idea among wom-
en- that all they have to do with this
piece of furniture is to hang their
gowns and coats in it, and keep the
doors shut
Consequently faint, musty odor
Is often to be found when the door is
opened.
To do away with this, the contents
OF the entire wardrobe should be re-
moved every week or so and the door
left open.
Occasionally it should be scrubbed
with soap and water, rinsed with wa
ter in which are few drops of car
bolic acid, and then left open to dry.
Part of each day, if only for a few
minutes, the door should be left open.
If there is a drawer it should re-
reive the same care.
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Ea8v 9rea5makinn

Sift three quarts of flour into tl.e
bread raiser, make a hole in center,
and crumble in one cake Of compress-
ed yeast. Add one Tablespoonful eaah
OF salt, sugar and shortening, vet
with one quart Of warm water, ehd
mix thoroughly for IS minutes, knead-
ing # right in the pm. When smooth
dust with flour aid cover. When
light pinch of enough for each loaf
and just mold well with the hands,
put in creased pans, and let rise
again, and bake as usual. This will
make three loaves, plain, a pan of
rolls, and a ra}siu loaf, which is a
nice baking for a Family of four. In
winter use the same process, except
mix it up at night. In summer it
only takes six hours, and my bread
is out of the, wa7 without handling,
except from raiser to baking pans.
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TASTY DINNER DISHES
MAKiNo1iAN 6tAsoRATE*sPREAo
i Is., SERIOUS ERROR. -"
Select Dishes That Can Be Easily and
Quickly Made by Homo Cook and
Rob Dinner Giving OF
Terrors.

Dinner giving-that desirable form
of entertainment-need not be consid-
cred difficulty even by woman who
has but one servant If dishes which
can be easily and quickly made by the
home cook are selected.
The idea that to invite more than
one person to dinner necessitates an
elaborate spread is serious error, for
such an entertainment means prevt-
Gus work on the part of the hostess,
and II coupled with certainty that the
maid cannot serve the meal properly
tends to prevent enjoyment and brings
general feeling of relief when the
meal is over.
Moreover, unless all details can be
executed and are in accord with ones
usual way of living an elaborate din
ner becomes ostentatious, than which
nothing is worse form. The art of en-
tertaining is to give enjoyment by
having persons within ones: home,
and unless they are made comfortable
and at ease the purpose fails CON-
pletely.
A dinner for six or eight persons
will fill all the requirements Of formal
entertaining II the menu consists of
soup, an entree or fish; a roast with
vegetables, a salad. followed by a des-
sert. Coffee may be served afterward
In the sitting ROOM
Such menu is not beyond the pow
er Of simple cook. for soups may be
bought ready made, fish or a tempt
Ing but not elaborate entree may be
prepared previously by the hostess, if
dish that can be warmed over at
the required time of serving is chosen.
A roast and vegetables should offer
no difficulties, and if the cook cannot
compass a salad it, like the entree,
may be prepared previously by the
hostess and put on plates ready for
the dressing, which the cook can pour
over when wanted.
Nothing is simpler than to buy des-
sert, and coffee any one can make.
There Is never any reason, because
woman does her own cooking, that
the serving of food shall not be at
tfactive. It takes little if any longer
to decorate dish with few leaves
of parsley or to drop flower into each
finger bowl. If the housekeeper is so
fortunate as to have a garden.
Pretty dishes cost no more than
plain ones, and it is not a waste of
time, but refining, to make a dinner
or lunch table decorative.
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SOME RULES. FOR HUSBANDS
another Presumptuous Man AttemF:,
to Pick Flaws In Logic OF
49, French. Woman. i

some presumptuous man published
list OF commandments for wives, one
of which ran: Nov and then &C.
knowledge gracefully that thy hus-
band knows more about some things
than thou. After all, thou are not in.
fallible." A second and still more dar-
ing rule for wives was, "Never be az.
gressive in thy arguments with thy
husband, but always consider him az
superior to thee" This was too much
for French feminists and no wonder.
One lady answered the presumptuous
man Indignantly: "The weaker sex
has not merely duties; it has also
rights. Feminism is advancing, and
nothing will stop it. The weaker sex
is the equal of the sterner, Equality
forever! Here are the command
ments which women oppose to those
of men,"
The lady then gives the rules for
husbands with more spirit than logic:
woman has right to have whims;
it is privilege of her sex. Never put
her out. She might have Mysteries.
which would impair her health and
cost thee money in doctors bills"
!; Another commandment runs: RE.
member, good man. that thy wife is
thy superior by her grace, her beauty
and refinement. Therefore always
worship at her feet" Where then.
good lady, does equality forever"
come in, If woman rot only has priv:
ileges because she is woman. but Is
decidedly superior to man? Surely
the strong-minded cuffragist would
spurn privileges of sex.
In another rule the lady seems to
show some sly knowledge Of her sis
ters. IF, good man. thou desirest
mountain air, ask thy wife to come
tn the seaside; she will Immediately
propose holiday in Switzerland"
But this is very mild gibe at her
own sex compared with her final
thrust at the other in her last rule
for husbands: Man was created be-
fore woman as a preliminary sketch
for the masterpiece. Remember, then,
o husband, that thou art but a rough
draft" This ought to shut any hus
band up fnally.-London Telegraph.
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Whims,

The city man who was summerins
In the country was lounging at lit.
tie station on an interurban line.
Along came seedy pilgrim walking
up the track.
my friend" said the city man, "do
you expect to hoof it to the next sta.
tion?"
Sure" i,
"How far is it," 4
"'Bout six miles,"
whats the fare from here there?"
Fifteen cents, reckon"
"Car coming pretty soon?"
yep"
well, just to crafty whim, sup.
pose you let me lend you money
enough to pay your fare to that sta.
ton"
That's all right, boss"
II haven't the change. Here's a
quarter"
Thanks. Now, boss" said the seedy
wayfarer, "jes' to grctify a whim. In
goin' to keep on hoof1n' it. Goodby."
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A Woman's Living WAGE,

The New York board OF education's
salary commission mas been making
a year is not enough for a woman to
live independently of others. She
must make at least SIS a week, the
report says. With $500 a year only,
she must get her own breakfasts, pay
Is cents for luncheon and no more
than 25 cents for dinner. Her room
rent must not exceed four dollars a
week. Then during illness or summer
vacation she must live on her rela'
tiVeS.
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ORANGE Omelet.

Half the rind of an orange grated
finely and three tablespoonful OF
orange Juice. Beat separately the
yolks and whites of three eggs.
isweeten with three tablespoonfuls OF
powdered sugar. Add the sugar, and
rind and juice to the eggs. Stir in
the whites and turn onto hot but
tered oBelet pan. When a goldea
brown. fold and serve on a hot dish.
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there seemed something familiar in
the long stride.
Therefore she was ready to say de-
murely: who would have thought OF
seeing you here?"
He peered up at her through his
glasses. "Babbie," he said. "by all the
fates! Did you drop from the sky?"
She shook her head. Il was watch
Ing the ships from the sea WALL"
wait till come up" he said, and
made a quick ascent.
Nov tell me- he commanded. He
sat down beside her on the shawl
The telling was not easy. Il am liv-
ing here in the city and earning nv liv.
ing"
"How?" was his quick question.
She evaded him. And this Is the
first clear day for long time, so I
took holiday and brought my lunch
and my book, and-it's lovely"
In spite of the brave tone, he was
not deceived. His keen eyes had noted
the shabby black shoe tucked under
the worn skirt, the plain little hat and
IA0 COdt. IL was not
thus that Babbie had garbed herself in
her butterfly days.
"Babbie." he said, gravely, what has
happened to you, my ch1ld?"
II mustn't tell you," she whispered.
He leaned down to look in her eyes.
why not?"
Because don't want-pity."
All" His hand vent over hers
In sudden hard grasp. us it as bad
as that?"
"Yes, I have almost died Of loneli-
ness-ani you were the only one who
might have helped-and couldn't ask
you."
WHY nct?'
4 think you know"
Because you sent me away when
y2u were prosperous. you wouldn't call
me back when you were poor? Is that
&, BahhiS?"
"Yes."
Don't YOU know that my love
couldn't ask questions? Don't you
know that I've been sailing the seas,
travelling in foreign lands to ease my
keart? Could anything make me SO
glaG ;ss to spend my life In service for
1ou:"
4 know. Iut the same cause exists
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Mustard Seed,

Mustard seed is sown in Holland In
March and April. It blossoms like
rape. but the plant is stronger. The
crop as rule is ready for harvest
in August or September. The plants
are cut and the seeds dried on the
shrubs of the plants, or, perhaps more
generally. the shrubs are put together
In small piles and thus dried in the
fields.
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T0W8er'e Loss.

Hello, old chap" greeted the crowd
at the club. Back from your hunting
trip. Bag anything?"
NO" responded Chappy Badshot.
wearily.
well. no wonder. You are a back
number. The idea Of going hunting
with tailless pointer"
"Oh. don't blame poor Beppo! He
had a tail when he started"
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Waiting for Him.

Yes, num-" said Poetic Pete, az
he twined an autumn leaf through his
buttonhofe. Il am a great lover of the
romantic. I stopped at dis gate be-
cause l saw de sign Idlewood'
you did?" approved the house
wife. We'll there is a lot of idle
wood down at the 'woodpile. Just take
this az and split up half a cord"
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Denies the Alterations.

Mrs. Lillian NJ. N. Stevens, president
OF the National ". c. T. o., at the an.
nual convention in Washington, de-
MED that it is true that drunkenness
among women is increasing. She said
she had never seen a woman In this
country with cigarette in her mouth
and does not believe that either the
whisky or cigarette habit is on the In
crease among women.
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Picked Onions.

For picking select the small white
button onions. Allow them to lie in a
strong brine for four or five days.
Drain and put into fresh supply of
brine boiling hot. Cook for five min
utes. Drain and put into clear, sold
water for "a hours. Drain once more.
Turn the onions into clean pint jars
and pour scalding spiced vinegar over
them. Allow them to become tender
before using.
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TROUBLE GOES A.viSjTlNG.

When Trouble came to our house
And knocked upon the door,
We didn't limp to let him in
And say: Were sick and poor,
And down and out and don't know what
To do" Instead of that,
We put on such breezy style
1t nearly knocked him fiat!
Old Trouble said: mo place for me-
I'm in the wrong pew here:
When so much hopefulness seo
1t fills my heart with fear.
III try somebody else's house
Where everybody's blue
And where they say: We're sick and
sad
And don't know what to dov"
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4 month of rain and month of high
winds had kept the Little Lonely Girl
4 prisoner. Hence, on the first sun
shiny morning in October she sailed
forth. locking the door of her room.
high up In the tall tenement, with a
sense of Joy and of freedom unknown
to those whose lives are not bounded
by four narrow walls.
The Little Lonely Girl carried very
small basket and thumbed paper.
backed volume. Over her arm hung a
shabby shawl
1t was ten o'clock when she reached
the goal Of her desires. Most people
would have seen nothing attractive in
the stretch Of stone sea wall at the
end OF smoke stained city park. But
there was curve in the wall which
made rest for the Little Lonely Girls
back. and. with the shawl tucked in
for a cushion and her book In her lap,
she could read and watch the ships.
and drink in the freshness of the
sharp. salt air.
At noon she was ready for her lunch,
and the hard-boiled egg and slice Of
bread seemed wholly inadequate to the
demands Of her appetite. She ate the
very last crumb, then flung the box
from the top Of the wall. With it went
a fine white napkin, which was a left
over from more aftluent days. She
craned her neck to look where it fell,
and saw 1t futter across the eyes of
a man who lay half asleep on the
Uands below.
He looked up.
Would you mind" she hesltated,
"handlng it to me?"
He was on his feet in a moment.
wait till catch it" he called.
AS she watched him run after It
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span of life. Habits of outdoor life
should be formed early, at school, AS
much teaching as possible should be
done in the open air-and as much
playing likewise. After graduation,
boys and girls should continue to cul-
tivate the outdoor life, and families
shoHld continue the practise.
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A Hurry Call.

The political boss of small west
ern city drove his blackboard at top
sped down the main street on the
morning of an election.
Hey, Johnnie!" he yelled to his
son, git down in the Fourth ward.
quick! There's people down there
votin' as they blame please"
cess.
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Four Hundred Years Before Peary

Four Hundred Years Before Peary.
The north pole is the place of great
est dignity in the world; and the peo'
pie who dwell near 1t have a wonder
full excellencJ, and an exceeding pre-
ru,gsat:ve above all nations of the
earth' How blessed we may think
this nation to be; for they are in per.
petual light, and never know what
darkness meaneth, by the benefit OF
twilight and full moons, as the learned
in astronomy do very well know.
which people, if they have the notice
of their eternity by the comfortable
light Of the Gospel, then are they
blessed and of all nations most
blessed. Why then do we neglect the
search of this excellent discovery,
against which there can be nothing
said to hinder the same?-From Hak-
luyt's Voyages (Sixteenth Century,.
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"Un In the Air."

Bill-Russia has appropriated near
ly $1.000,000 for complete army aero
plane equipment, the largest sum ex'
pended for the purpose by any gov.
ernment
Jill-Well. when it comes to talking
Of war. Russia nearly always Is the
first country to 60 up In the air.
Yonkers Statesman.
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When We Part.

The careless. Indifferent person
says, $50 long"
The affected persons says. "Au ro'
voir."
The theatrical person says. Fare
WE'LL"
The ziddy person says, "Ta, ta."
The slovenly persons says. Goo:
bye"
The sincere persons says. Good
bye."
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BOX FOR SUMMING ARTICLES

This is box having panes of glass
set In as seen in the picture It is
made any size, and the top is opened
by three hinges "a, b, @, and knob
at d. The bottom is slightly slanted
for draining, which runs at (e). All
the articles get good summing and
are kept from gathering dust or any
floating matter. About nine panes of
glass makes a good size.
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Cream Cuxtarde.

On the whites of four eggs pour a
pint and a half of hot cream and,
without beating, mix in four table.
spoonfuls of powdered sugar and any
flavor preferred Ito beat the eggx
would destroy the consistency Of the
custardS3. Pour into custard-cups and
bake IN a pan Of hot water. Covea
with paper to prevent botlinG-Hax
.Der'S Ba1ar.
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A Bad Risk.

BAD RISk.
'rd like an accident policy for my
wife,"
Certainly" said the agent About
$4,000, suppose?"
Eyes, that will do, but In strict can.
dor feel that ought to say that my
wife wears hobble skirt"
Nothing doing" put in the agent
hastily. "Our company won't take
aviators or hobbled women. They're
bad risks"
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less Than Skin and Bones.

Ashley-Berkley was nothing but
skin and bones when he went to the
seashore last summer to recuperate.
Seymour-Well, did his sojourn In.
crease his weight?
Ashley-No, sir; 1t lessened his
weight: he got sunburned and lost his
skin"
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Disseminated

Disappointed.
Hoax (proudly expecting congr,tu.
lations)-I'm engaged to llisa
Whirres.
JoaxI. sympathize. with you. I
was engaged to her last yeaS.
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Almond Horseradish Sauce.

NJu00o rJOT8Sr1058U 000CS'
Blanch and chop very fine "a jog
dan almonds. Press the vinegar from
four tablespoonfuls Of horseradish mad
add to it the beaten yolk Of one egg.
half 4 teasp6onful Of salt, and the
chopped almonds. Nix these thor
ouShly, and then stir IN one cupful q
N1lppod creem.-HarpR'l BaSaE.
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A Precise Young Lady.

my dear Ethel" said her mother IN
concern, were you out in all that
dreadful rain7
mo, mam1na. dear" replied the
miss. lust home from boarding school.
II was caught merely In that portion
of tho shower which descended in my
immediate vicinity"
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Wanted One Arm Free.

Patience says she'd rather
go riding with a man in buggy than
in an automobile Doesn't that
sound lilly?
Patrice-No; it doesn't
why doesn't it,"
Because Peggy knows man cant
drive an automobile with one hand"
-Yonkers Statesman.
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Time to Kick.

Time to KICK.
Stubb-Artist in Europe sold mil
Nonaire a picture called the Wild
Duck" and didn't receive all that he
asked for the painting.
Penn-What is the artist doing
now?
Stubb-Why. he has sued to get his
cAnvaSback.
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wharo He Landed.

Where HO Landed. =
ToWnseud-Where did you first lanA
whsn you attempted to sail your cir
ship from Boston to New York1
Tttfoburn-ln BoStoo,
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Waitinq.

Mr.. Spottsley-Have you called yet
on your new neighbor, Mrs. Nearlie?
Mrs. Spottsley-No. not yet; I'm
waiting to learn the days she's not at
home.
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Puttino Them Up.

"Do you know anything about put
ing up hammocks?'
ment store"
"And what has that to do with it,"
I'VE raised the hammocks every
spring"
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A Near Resemblance.

A Near Resemblance.
This Chinese lantern decoration Is
very pretty, isn't it?''
Very. Reminds me Of the Downs
Fial."
will you please tell me how on
earth Chinese lantern decoration can
remind you of the Downs trial?"
well, are not both hanging f1re?"