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The Tupelo journal., 1911-02-24
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James Wilson or Jimmy as he 10 called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. His
ambition in life was to be taken seriously.
but people steadily refused to do so, his
art 10 considered a huge joke. except to
himself. IL he asked people to dinner ev-
eryone expected a frolic. Jimmy marrfes
Bella Knowles; they live together a year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range to celebrate the first anniversary
of his divorce. Those who attend the
party are Miss Katherine McNair. who
every one calls Kit. Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas
and a Mfr. Thomas HARRISON. a South
American civil engineer. The party Is in
full swing when Jimmy receives q tele-
gram from his Aunt Selma. who will ar
rive in four hours to visit him and his
wife. Jimmy gets his und from Aunt
Selma and after he marrfes she doubles
his allowance. He neglects to tell her Of
his divorce, as she Is opposed to It. Jim
my takes Kit into his confidence. he tries
10 devise some way so that his aunt will
not learn that he has no longer a wife.
He suggests that Kit play the hostess for
one night, be Mrs. Wilson pro tenn. Kit
refuses, but is finely prevailed upon to
act the part. Aunt Selma arrives and the
deception works out as planned. as she
had never seen Jim's wife. Jim's Jap
with spots. Bella. Jimmy's divorced wife.
enters the house and asks Kit who Is be-
ing k way in the ambulance? Bella
insists 1t is Jim. Kit tells her Jim Is well
and is in the house. Bella tells Kit 1t
wasn't Jim she wanted to see, but Taxa
hira. the Jap servant. as she wished to
secure his services.
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situation. Dali" / said iciiy. There
win be plenty to do. There isn't 9
servant In the housed"
mo servants!" everybody cried q
once. The Mercer girls stopped gig
Cling.
Holy cats!" Max stopped In the
act of hanging up his o~vercoat. DC
you mean-why. ! can't shave myself!
I'll cut my head on"
you'll do more than that" l re
torted grimly. You will carry Goa
and tend fires and empty ash pans
and when you are not doing any Of
those things there will be pots and
pans to wash and beds to make"
Then there was q row. We had
worked back to the den now, and
stood in front Of the fireplace and lei
the storm beat around me, and tried
to look perfectly cold and Indifferent
and not to see Mr.. Harbison's shocked
face. No wonder he thought them
lot Of savages. browbeating their host
ess the way they did,
TITS a fool thing anyhow" MAJ
Reed wound up, ito celebrate the an
niversary of a divorce-especially-
Here he caught Jim's eye ano
stopped. But / had suddenly remem
bered. Bella down In the basement!
Could anything have been worse
And of course she would have hys
terra and then turn on me and blame
me for it all. 1t all came over me al
once and overwhelmed me. while
Anne was crying and saying she
wouldn't cook If she starved for II
and Aunt Selma was taking on hel
wraps. l felt queer all over, and sal
down suddenly. Mr.. HARRISON wal
looking at me, and he brought me
glass Of wine.
1T won't be SO bad as you fear
he said comfortingly. There Will oe
no danger once we are vaccinated, ano
many hands make light work. They
are pretty raw now, because the thing
is new to them, but by morning they
will be reconciled."
1T isn't the work: 1t is something
entirely different" / said. And 1t was
Bella and work could hardly DC
spoken in the same breath.
If l had only turned her out as she
deserved to be, when she first came
instead Of allowing her to carry
through the wretched farce about see
ing Takahiro! Or If l had only rur
to the basement the moment the
house was quarantined, and got hel
out the areaway or coal hole! And
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TO AID THE MEMORY
REALLY USEFUL CONTINUANCE
FOR THE TELEPHONE.
White Paper and Pencil Always Ready
for the UserLCard to Match
Rooms coloring Also
Easily Arranged.

A useful continuance for the tele-
phone stand is a memorandum pad.
These a be had in any form from
the advertising varieties that are sent
out at holiday times to elaborate at
fairs in Russia leather.
One of the newest and most practi-
cal is an open brass cylinder. through
which runs a thick roll Of white paper.
As o o as the memorandum is use.
less 1t pulls out of the frame, which
has a sharp edge that cuts it neatly
OF.
There Is also a pencil. The stand
ard is a light brass affair with a coiled
wire spring.
For numbers in common use there
should be a telephone card. Leather
ones can be had to match the coloring
of the room. The card for each space
slips in grooves and can be renewed
as often as the number changes.
Such a card a be made at home
by covering two pieces of cardboard
with cretonne and joining them. The
upper card is cut in spaces by means
Of Sits on each side of an inch Gen.
trail strip, with opposite Sits two
inches away, on either side.
Cut the cards eight inches wide and
fourteen inches long at top Of curve,
fourteen inches on each side. Leave
an inch at top before making first set
of Sits. Each cut is half an inch
long, with space between the cards.
This leaves a border on each side of
card.
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MAN
MARBLES X
BpMRlNY RW[DEMDS RDN[5EKlM Ml
Y Y6gM1HM E TX f!Rf III F1S G'A'Rce0F
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

| Why, the man wouldn't expect me to
leave; l would have to play out the
| wretched farce to the end!
"Ill go down and see them or" ]
finished lamely. and we went together
| down the stairs.
Just for the moment ! forgot Bella
altogether. l found Aunt Selma
bonneted and cloaked, taking a stirrup
cup of Pomona for her nerves, and the
rest throwing on their wraps in a hur-
ry. Downstairs Max was t~elephoning
for his car, which wasn't due for an
hour, and Jim raj walking up and
down, swearing under his breath.
With the prospect Of getting rid OF
them all. and Of going home comfort
ably to try to forget the whole wretch
ed affair, I cheered up quite a lot.
even played up my part OF hostess, and
Dallas told me. aside, that l was a
brick.
Just then Jim threw open the front
door.
There was a man on the top step,
with his mouth full Of tacks. and he
was mailing something to the door,
just below Jim's Forentine bronze
knocker, and standing back with his
head on one side to see II 1t was
straight.
What are you doing?" Jim de-
manded 1ercely, but the man only
drove another tack. 1t was Mr.. Har-
bison who stepped outside and read
the card.
1t said Smallpox"
Smallpox" Mr.. HARRISON read. as
if he couldn't believe it. Then he
turned to us, huddled In the hall.
1T seems 1t wasn't measles, after
ALL" he said cheerfully. Il move we
get into Mr.. Reeds automobile out
there, and have a vaccination party,
l suppose even you blase society folk
have not exhausted that kind of diver.
sion"
But the man on the step spat his
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try Peruna, and after using four bot
ties say 1. was entirely cured"
Unable to Work.
MI. Gustav Himmelreich, Hochheim,
Texas, writes:
For a number Of years I suffered
whenever I took cold. with severe at
tacks of asthma, which usually yielded
to the common home remedies.
Last year.. however, I suffered for
eight months without interruption so
that I could not do any work at all
The various medicines that were pre-
scribed brought mo no relief.
after taking six bottles Of Peruna,
two Of Lacupia and two of Manalin. I
am free Of my trouble so that I can do
all my farm work again. I a heart
lily recommend this medicine to any
one who suffers with this annoying
complaint and believe that they will
obtain good results"
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The back is cut the same size and
the two are pasted in the center Of
each side to leave the edges free for
slipping in the half-inch pasteboards.
which are cut a half-inch wide and
three inches long.
Across the space at top embroider
In gilt letters Telephone Register"
Screw in a hook at back for hanging.
These boards may be covered with
plain silk and edged with a narrow
gilt galloon If the card is to be made
ornamental, or they can be covered
with thin leather or heavy cartridge
paper.
Another convenience for the tele
phone is a chair. 1t is firing to stand,
and If space is limited q light folding
chair should be kept beside the tele-
phone stand.
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now time was flying, and Aunt Selma
had me by the arm, and any moment
expected Bella to pounce on US
through the doorway and the whole
situation to explode with a bang.
1t was after eleven before they were
rational enough to discuss ways and
means, and, Of course, the first thing
suggested was that we all adjourn be-
low stairs and clean up after dinner.
l could have slain Max Reed for the
notion, and the Mercer girls for taking
him up.
"Of course we WILL" they said in a
duet. What a lark!" And they actu-
ally began to pin up their dinner
gowns. 1t vas Jim who stopped that.
"Oh, look here, you people," he OBJ
jected, I'm not going to let you do
that. Well get some servants in to-
morrow. I'll go down and put out the
lights. There will be enough clean
dishes for breakfast"
It was lucky for me that this started
a new discussion then and there about
who would get the breakfast. In the
midst of the excitement ] slipped
away to carry the news to Bella. She
was where I had left her. and she had
made herself q cup OF tea, and was
very much at home, which was
natural.
DO you know" she said ominously,
that you have been away for two
hours? And that l have gone through
agonies of nervousness for fear Jim
Wilson would come down and think
l came here to see him"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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wood may be fastened together with
small screws, thin nails or glue, and
the rack then neatly covered with art
linen or art serge.
The pipes are held in their places by
little brass rings screwed into the up
per part of the rack and two more
rings screwed into the upper edge
serve to suspend 1t from nails in the
wall. These little brass rings, fitted
with a screw on one side, may be OBJ
tanned at any ironmongers at a very
small cost, and are similar to those
rings which are so often used for sus-
pending small pictures from the wall.
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FOR THE MEN THAT SMOKE
Pretty and inexpensive Pipe Rack
That Can Be Put Together
at Home.

We give a sketch of a very practi-
cal little pipe rack that can be easily
and inexpensively made, and it has
this advantage, that the pipes are
held with the stems upwards, thus pre-
venting the nicotine from running into
the mouthpiece, a thing which always
happens with a rack in which the
pipes are held with the stems pointing
downwards.
For the back, a piece of thin wood
should be cut, eight inches wide and
six inches in height, and for the ledge
in front a second piece, an inch and a
half wide and eight inches long, will
be required. These two pieces OF
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CLOTHING THE SMALL BOY
Various Forms of Attire Which viii
Please the Little Lad and
His Mother.

Little boys must dress, you know.
and although a boys a boy, he can
be made to pass through many de-
lightful changes of costume. Com
fort and simplicity are the guide
points of our little American boys
clothes. The latter insures easy con-
struction at home-a hopeful mes
sage, surely.
For cooler days there is nothing so
childish and at the same time SO dig
nified as the Byron collar and a soft
tie worn with a plain little suit.
Striped galatea or linen works up ex-
~cellently in the little Russian blouse.
belted in at the waist and extending
as far down as the edge of the bloom
ers. An edging of braid or colored
embroidery is all that is necessary to
define the side opening.
Perhaps the little sailor boy is
typical of our future citizens. White
linen, or, if preferred, the cotton pop
lin, which is much more inexpensive,
is always charming for afternoon
wear. The huge square Of silk. red
or black, forms the tie under the
colored sailor collar. The pocket
can be made firm by the crowsfeet
at each end, worked in colofed or
white thread. Full sleeves are
stitched to form deep cuffs. The
shield is separate, and in some ase
can be discarded. For your Sunday"
boy the suit is recommended.
During playtime he should not be
hampered by clothes that must not be
crushed or soiled or are in any way
uncomfortable. "Rompers" of coarse
linen are best. In one piece, with a
round neck. plenty Of pocket room
and a loose belt to hold in the full
ness, they represent freedom and
common Indeed, a word might
here be said for this same style OF
garb for little girls when at play.
The durability of pongee and the
fact that it Is cool and clean are
sufficient to recommend 1t to most
mothers. Make the boomers separ-
ate, and over the little boy slip a one
piece coat that opens at the side. A
belt should finish this simple frock
Washable braid is sensible to edge
the collar and the side.
Every mother can make these suits
for her little boy. If the material be
durable and the pattern be large
enough to allow the youngster to
grow, there will be ample reward in
the small expense and great results.
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EnqIand's Oldest School.

A controversy has arisen in England
as to which school has the right to
claim greatest age. There are two
schools which were founded in the
early part Of the seventh century-the
Kings school, Rochester, and the
Kings school, Canterbury. Justus, on
his appointment to the see of Roches-
ter in 604, made provision for a school
In connection with the cathedral. Au-
gustine established the Canterbury
school about the same time. st. Pc
ter's at York dates back to the elev-
enth century.
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they were strangely stif and hard and
it would be impossible to imagine a
~shepherdess hat in connection with
winter coats and furs. No doubt
shepherdesses must continue to exist
in winter, but their picturesqueness is
a thing of the summer only. Shep.
herdess hats of leghorn decked with
roses seem much more rational than
the same style of chapeau in shiny
black satin and feathers.
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cHAPTER Y.
From the Tree Of oxe

From the Tree Of k0xes
There is hardly any use kfying to
describe what followed. Amaze Brown
began to cry, and talk about the chill
dren. (she went to Europe once and
stayed until they all got over the
whooping cough.) And Dallas said he
had a pull, because his mill }controlled
I forgot how many votes, and the
thing to do was to be quiet and com
Portable and we would get out in the
morning. Max took it as 5 huge joke,
and somebody found him! at the tele-
phone, calling up his club. The Mer-
Ger girls were hystericblly giggling,
and Aunt Selma sat. on IA stiff-backed
chair and took aromatic spirits of am
monia. AS for Jim, bel had collapsed
on the lowest step OF the stairs, and
sat there with his head III his hands.
When he did look uni ne didn't dare
to look at me.
The HARRISON man was arguing
with the impassivaj Individual on the
top step outside. and r saw him get
out his pocketbooK and offer a crisp
bundle of bills. Hnt the man from the
board Of health only smiled and
tackled at his d&enafye sign. After
a while Mi. H&rbIson came in and
closed the doog. and we stared at one
another.
4 know VIII III going to do. /
said, swalloVfng Inmp in my throat,
I'm going a<et ent through q base
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Education VS.. Instinct.

Jacob Wendell, Jr., who plays the
part of the dog in Maeterlinck's dra-
ma, was dining in a restaurant recent
ly when a man, recognizing him as the
actor, approached and said:
Pardon me, but you take the part
Of the dog in The Blue Bird do you
not? OF course you don't know it,
but 1 can really bark lots more like
a dog than you"
well, you see," answered Wendell.
ri had to Iearn."-Success Magazine.
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70 clean and Freshen Dark Furs.

TO clean anu TTeosseu 100"
Shake the dark fur muf and stole to
free them from outer dust. Then heat
q quantity OF clean bran IN q pan IN
the oven, and when as hot as q pc
handled, spread a sheet over d table
and on it place the furs, rubbing the
hot bran thoroughly into all parts OF
the fur. If the articles are placed IN
q large FELLOWSHIP and the hot bran Is
nut into 1t, and the whole IS wen
shaken and kneaded the same enec
will be obtained. When thoroughly
treated. shake the articles Tree from
ali particles IF bran. brush them with
4 hard brush, then beat them briskly
with 4 light zane to revive the hair
abers. The furs will be beautifully
cleaned and freshened after this treat
ment-
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colored SILK.

1t is not generally known that some
shades Of embroidery silk are neces.
sarily less fast in color than others.
The shades which best hold their color
are green, brown, pink, red and pur-
ple. Blue and yellow hold it worst.
This is a good thing for the en-
broiderer in colors to remember,
when she is especially anxious for her
colors to remain bright.
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A Rodica Decoration.

One of the favorite decorations OF
some of the smartest new evening
frocks is a single huge rose or plant
sheeny velvet. This is big enough to
cover the front of corsage complete
ly and repeat the c%olorings of the
gown.
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oxershoes to Match Gown.

Overshoes to match gowns are the
latest fashion edict. One firm is ma
king a fortune tinting rubber, and the
thing now is to send a sample OF your
gown to the bootmaker. He matches
it In rubbers and in spats. Young
girls wear light tan shoes and rubbers
with hosiery to match and alpine hats
OF the same shade.
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Simple. Rather.

He-You are the only woman l ever
loved.
She-Do you expect me to believe
that?
He-I do. I swear it Is true.
She-Then l believe you. Any man
who would expect a woman to believe
that cannot have been much in the
company Of women.
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scott,s Repecca h "Ivanhoe."

The character of Rebecca, In SCOTS
"Tvanhoe" was taken from a beautiful
Jewess, Miss Rebecca Gratz of Phila-
delphia. Her s~teedfastness to Juda-
ism, when related by Washington IT.
wing to Scott, won his admiration and
caused the creation of n of his fin
est characters.
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tacks in his hand and spoke foF the
first time.
mo, you DON'T" he said. NOT on
your life. Just step back, please, and
close the door. This house 10 quar-
antined."
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Another Kind.

Hal" said the Russian count, with
a fierce scowl on his Muscovite fea-
lures. This worm Of "A American
writer has insulted me with his pen!"
HAS he written q biting satire
about your" inquired the fair charmer
to whom he spoke
Nothing SO g~entlemanlyi" yelled
the count. He has named his pig
after mel"
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Doctors Said
Health Gone
Suffered with Throat Trouble

Mr.. B. w.
d.
ex : Sheriff
Of Warren
c o u n t y,
Tennessee.
In q letter
fro m Nc
MINI Vile.
T 3 n
writes;
II h n. a
{ h o {
trou b .
q n d h a d
three doc
tors treating
m Q. All
failed to do
m e a n y
3 oo d. and
onounced
my health
gone. Icon
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Not 1~oseIeyss Style.

Lush-That man Boseley Is ! resu-
lar sponge.
Nipton-You're unjust to the sponge.
old I
Lush-How's that9
Nipton-When J sponge GETS soakod
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-02-10
STUART.

T. britt, of Indian Key, shook hands
with old friends Saturday.
Gordon Parks, of Seven Springs, NC.
is visiting relatives here for few
weeks.
Miss Margaret Pomeroy of .Eldred,
was the guest of her uncle's family the
first of the week.
Mrs. Green and children, of Jensen,
was the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Simmons Saturday.
Mrs. Norman Bassett, of Indianapolis
Ind, is the guest of her friend, Miss
Edith McQuarrie for few weeks.
Rev. Neil McQuarrie came down from
Oak Hill Thursday and returned We'd
nesday stopping in Fort Pierce, While
home arrangements were pretty well
at made for the Bible Conference to be
held here March 9Th to Is. We expect
this conference to be something extra
good. Noted Bible scholars and other
well known speakers and singers will
be here and we can promise a good
time to all who attend.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-02-10
SEBASTIAN.

Mr. Lanham came down from Niece
Sunday night.
DR.. Rollins, of Fort Pierce, was in
town Tuesday.
Several car loads of fruit are leaving
the ely this week.
Just listen! Don't you hear wedding
bells in the distance.
Several beach parties were enjoyed
here Sunday evening.
Col. and Mrs. Rutfner, of Roseland,
were in town Tuesday.
Raymond Mathews was the guest of
Miss Gladys Foster Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs. Lohyd and little boy
moved to Fellsmere Monday.
Mrs. J, l.. Stinson is supplying the
market with nice fresh English peas.
Mr.. Shaw and o. NJ. Gaffaney have
been selling some fine straw berries
lately.
The steamer Swan stopped at the
dock Tuesday to unload some passen-
gers.
Mr.. Jandreau and family moved into
the cottage occupied by w. I. Lame
last week.
Mr. Hinton. the new agent, arrived
last week and is now in charge at the
railroad office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Alderman, of
Barney, Ga, arrived Friday night and
are visiting relatives here.
Mr.. Clifford and two children, of Vero,
came up in their Ford car Tuesday,
bringing their usual load of travelling
statesmen,
w, T. Baughman is having quite a
nice cottage built on his lot iE the
north part Of town. Ben Miller has
the contract Of building it.
The box social Saturday evening,
under the management of Mrs. G. B.
Hall, was quite success. r. S. Nor.
gan auctioned off the boxes. $45 was
made towards paying off the church
debt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Vickers, Ever.
cite Vickers, Mrs. P. P. Lawson, DR..
and Mrs. Rose and Mr.. and Mrs. Sud-
dard and two children spent Saturday
very pleasantly at Sebastian Creek, or
. fish fry.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-02-10
ANKONA

Morris Heats, of Allentown, Pa, is
visitor at the Saylors
Mrs. George Saeger, of Lower AnKo-
ma. will entertain the Euchre Club on
Friday evening, February 10. Every
body be sure and come.
Invitations are out for an"At Home
Wednesday, February 10, at the H. V.
Ankeny residence. Mrs, Ankeny Will
have foregathering of her women
friends.
The p. d. Ankeney's with daughter,
Mrs. Green, of Des Moines, Iowa, spent
Saturday afternoon and evening IN the
metropolis Shopping first and the
theatre afterwards, then the lovely
ride home by moonlight.
Ankona is shipping some fine pine
apples Just now. The fruit is large,
full and perfect, and should command a
good price. The Ankona citrus fruit,
unlike the fruit of northern localities,
may hang on the trees until the early,
green picked northern fruit has been
cleared from the market. Then, no!
for high prices.
The Russells and Chamberlains made
night of it last Thursday, the occa-
sion being a trip to the Mid-Rivers club
hop. After rescuing the Emusic from
a ''whoe rest" on the river bottom, the
"Gads," which will run in pint of
water anyway, landed the stranded
crew safely on the pier. The evening
passed swiftly in dancing and delight
full supper. and it was perilously near
some pretty large hours of the morning
when the festivities were brought to a
close by the tuneful strains of Home
Sweet Home.
The Ankona Euchre Club turned out
last Friday evening to do honor to its
president, Col. P. d. Ankeny. 1t was
the double occasion of the clubs regu-
lar night, and the s5th birthday of Mr..
Ankeny, ample excuse for any amount
of jollity. Mrs. Edgar Lewis, of FL
dred, had this obstreperous crowd on
her hands, and showed herself fine
disciplinarian, in consequence Of which,
there were few fatalities. Geo. Saeger
with two "S0' hands, and Rollin An
keny with one ditto, were naturally the
most irrepressible. High scores were
the order of the evening, George Saeg-
err winning with $50 points. His score
card looked like shot gun practice at
short range. Col. Ankeny looking as
sweet as peach in an all white suit,
received the congratulations of his
friends, who departed, each bearing as
souvenir Of the occasion, an exceed
ing speaking likeness of their beloved
president.