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On Sunday MorninQs

Come on, old man, let's go out ant
play about Is holes before dinner"
"Play golf on Sunday? Oh, no.
may not be as good as some men, but
By George, Pm no barbarian"
"Well, as long. as man feels that
way about it l don't blame him fol
keeping away, and I'd be the last fel
low on earth to urge him. Are vol
going to be home this afternoon?"
Lets see. No. My wife's made
arrangements for trolley ride. We're
going out in the country 80 or AZ
niles for a little recreation"
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CHAPTER II.
The Girl and the Boy.

liz Viii dtA ItC IVY
The Hotel Keswick telephone girl
was character. Even the politicians
who made the big Washington cara
.vansary their headquarters recognized
that. Some Of them had sought to un-
bend from their labors at law-building
and law-sapping long enough to try to
improve their casual acquaintance with
her. But they had one and all aban-
doned the effort.
Not that Miss Wanda Kelly was in
the very least shy. No, she had re-
sponsive word for everybody. Only,
Of soaring instead of fattering.
IF Joan of Arc had been brought
up in the alleys" once observed the
Honorable Tim Neligan, "and IL she's
been nursed on iron tonic and learned
her alphabet from George AIDES fables,
da Kelly"
To which the more or less Honor
able Jim Blake had made reply:
Maybe that hello girl was all Wan
da when she started out. But Kes
wick switchboard course has made
her all Kelly. l don't know why no
one reports her for being fresh. Elk
cept maybe, that he'd have to tell
what he said to her to bring out the
fresh comeback"
In any case, no one did report Wan
da Kelly. There, in an alcove under
the great garish stairway, she sat day
after day manipulating her racks of
switches. To her left were the tele-
phone booths; to her right the corri-
dor where all the political world pass
ed her in review. Behind her-and,
when voices CHANGED to be raised in
eagerness or dispute, in easy ear-shot
was a spot where far more history
was made than in the Capitol ITSELF
This historic place was deep niche
known to local fame as "the amen
corner" It was off the beaten track
Of the corridor, yet a vantage-point
whence everything was visible. Here
Jim Blake-long, lean, saturnine mas
ter Of the machine-had way Of sit
ting, his eternal cigar in one corner
of his mouth, his SLOUGH hat aslant on
his head or under his chair. And here,
like filings to the magnet, the men who
cleaned in Jim's wake, and whose po-
litical life hung on his curt nod, would
cluster
One evening as the dinner crowd
was drifting along the corridor toward
the huge dining-rooms, Wanda noted
that the amen corner held but two
men. Both of them she knew, and
both were very evidently awaiting Jim
Blake's return from the Capitol. More
than one passeraby along the corridor
nudged his companions and pointed
out the elder of the corners two occu-
pants.
The object of these surreptitious
glances was a fine-looking, rather
portly man Of early middle age-the
Honorable Mark Robertson, former
governor Of New York, present repre-
sentative in congress from the same
state and-equally important-Jim
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cHAPTE Err |.
Five Years Before.

The Woman looked up from her task
sf fitting the trunk tray into exact po-
sition. Standish noted vaguely that
The effort Of packing had not made her
red or frowsy. Even as she sat there
pm the floor beside the nearly-full
trunk, with litter of garments about
her, her pose was not ungraceful. Yet
her face was oddly tense, and her
rlenched hands spoke Of self-control
hard to maintain
No." she said patiently, as though
irying to teach lesson to some rather
stupid child, that isn't what l mean,
1t all. l mean, it's-over. Can't you
anderstand?"
why, yes" answered Standish, "of
course l understand. Why shouldn' t
I? It's over. You will be safe at your
aunt's house by six o'clock this eve
ning, and you will start for Europe to-
morrow, just as you arranged. And
our wonder-week Is ended. And for
the next three months I'll be counting
every"
"Oh!" interrupted the Woman, her
hard-worn patience going to pieces.
Wont you understand? said it was
over. Over! Not for three months
or for any other time. But for always
Why do you make me put it this
way? I tried to say it more"
You don't mean"-he began thick
iy, his throat sanded and sore.
The Woman nodded.
But" he protested lamely, tit
can't be. Why, girl, you love met"
II thought l did. Oh was so sure
did! But little by little, for days,
rye begun to understand Don't look
at me like that! Do you suppose l
enjoy talking so? 1t has to be said.
And you're not making it bit easy
ior me-"
Forgive me-" he answered, bitter
aote creeping into his heavy voice.
"You are wrecking me. You are
smashing all l hold dear. You are
making my future as barren as a
rainy sea. Forgive me for not making
the process a bit easy for you"
you have no right to say such
things!" she fared. ut is cowardly.
W uuSSACIOuS'
why? Because you are a woman?
A woman may fay man. She may
break his life to pieces for her own
amusement. If he dares to protest he
Is cowardly and ungenerous. Because
she Is a woman. A mans hands are
tied behind him by that asinine old
tradition. How about the woman who
pommels a man when she knows his
hands are so tied? Isn't she as cow
ardly' and 'ungenerous' as I would
be IL thrashed a cripple? And yet
women clamor for their 'rights!'-
Rights! With one-tenth of the rights
that silly chivalry showers upon wom-
an, could conquer the whole world! y
But you could not conquer one
woman. If l begged you 70 avoid a
scene it was as much for your own
sake as for mine. Since you will have
one, let's get it over with as quickly
as we can. Here is the situation in g
handful Of words: | met you. You
weren't like any other man I'd ever
known. You didn't fall down and wcS-
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way to feel when one marries. / didn't
know it then. l do, now. And per
haps the knowledge that / would not
be allowed to marry you just yet, or
even acknowledge our engagement,
helped strengthen the infatuation.
Then when l found l must go to Eu-
rope SO soon, and you begged me to
give you just this one perfect week,
1t all seemed so naturalist right-so
beautiful"
II was wrong!" he cried. II was in
sane. | had no right to suggest it. |
had ne right to let you consent"
But, womanlike, she would not let
him blame himself.
ut was not your fault" she cried.
COR If there were fault at all it was
mine az much as yours. | say you
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sired; and a system of buckets oper.
ating upon these bridges will make &
possible to lift coal from the storage
basin, and by means Of cDnveyory
raise it to loading machines shat wiz!
drop it into golfers o. lighters. Ths
Cristobal plant will BE- capable of un.
loading 1000 tons and loading 2,00e
tons Of coal each hour, and the Bal
boa plant 500 and 1000 tons.
Vessels requiring bunker coal will
not go alongside the wharves of ths
plants but will be coaled in mid
stream from barges.
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Labor Saver.

do you read French novelist" ask
ed her cousin from Boston.
"Oh, no. | read only the imitation
ones. They're just as naughty ard
you can remember the names of the
characters so much easier"
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EIoquence Appreciated.

Does that man ever say anything
worth listening to-" asked the. cynical
statesman.
Il should say So" replied Senator
Sorghum. "You ought to go out with
him and hear the way he can order
dinner"
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If life were all vacation

If life were all vacation
Would we still be glad to play?
If only recreation
Claimed our time day after day
Would we still find leisure pleasant,
Would the pleasures of the present
Make the world seem glad and gay
Would we ever care to play?
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Her Luck.

''Tney say Miss Scaddsleigh's dukt
Is young, handsome aid clever"
Dear me! That girl always DID
have such luck Wen be hearing fha
lie loves her next"
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Grapes and Thorns.

We must not hope to be mowers,
And gather the ripe gold ears,
Until we have first been sewers
And watered the burrows with tears,
Alice Cary
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Wronu Idea,

"The magistrate wouldn't give me
an interview"
HE takes the wrong views OF
things. A magistraa has no business
to be non-commttal.'
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We cannot believe this, Alice;
An idle fool yesterday
Became the lord of palace
His uncle had passed away.
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If all the maids were splendid
Would we value beauty still?
If to all the girls descended
Regal beauty would they fill
All mems eyes and hearts with pleasure
All. would beauty be a treasure
If they all were beautiful
Would their splendor thrill us still?
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ism to free speech and flibustering.
Any new representative, fresh from the
"pee-pul' and swelling with IDEAS as to
how the country ought to be run. Is al
lowed to soar at will into the azure
heights of oratory. for the House knows
that the keen minority leader will be on
the job at the proper moment to debate
the balloon and let the new member
down to earth with a bump.
1t was typical Of Representative Mann
to sting a new representative from Ohio
not long ago. The raw one had a maiden
speech carefully prepared and stood d.
rectly In front OF the Speakers rostrum
to deliver his remarks. He began:
Il am not surprised to hear political
buncombe and tommy-rot which the ora
tor himself does not expect his audience
to believe"
Then he went on to talk about self
appointed guardians Of the dowutrodden,"
the privileged classes" the poor work
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A Pleasant Souvenir.

wv ALT WHITMAN wasn't a. sue.
'" cessful as the English poet Alfred
Noyes in making both ends meet with
his poetry" said a Philadelphia editor
Waits muse had nothing like the COM
monplace, commercial quality OF the
young Englishman's.
Il used to visit Walt Whitman In his
old age in his little, two-story, wooden
house in Mickle street, Camden. One day
its a pleasant souvenir, this, of old
time Philadelphia-one day in December
i said to him:
well, Walt, how are things going
this winter? Any Christmas subscrip-
tons needed?
No said the old poet. No, indeed.
I'm working now. I'm working Tor
George w. Childs. He pays me so
month
Good said l. And what's your job
with Childs?
riding i'm the horse cars. said Walt
Il ride about the city. | talk 10 the di1v-
ers and conductors. | find out which OF
them need winter overcoats. and. guess
ing their size. l notify Chids, who hts
them out forthwith. It's easy, pleasant
work, and il saves Childs lot of trouble
over measurements and so forth.
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Longer Fr0cks and Her Own
= Rooms for Princess MARY

doubly interesting from the fact that
she mas the signatures of nearly all the
celebrities that she has snapshotted This
room has green linoleum floor cloth and
a dado OF white tiles. that look both
ousinesslike and dainty. in one corner
are kept her golf clubs. hockey sticks,
skates and all such implements.
One other roOm-and the one least In.
habited by her royal highness-is small
drawing room. in which she entertains
her friends when they come to see her.
Tor playing hostess is regarded as part
of her education. Little Princess Mary
regards this part of her life as dread
full bore" Not that she doesn't care for
her friends. but she is such an outdoor"
girl that open-air pursuits and boys
games are her favorite pasumes. A
game of cricket with her brothers she
loves. and. indeed. she can give them all
a good game. even the Prince OF Wales
himself She is a good and fearless
rider. and can swim. golf and play hockey
as We'll most girls of her age.
Her chief friends are her cousins, the
four children of the Duke OF Teck. Queen
Mary's eldest brother There is more
than meets the eve in this. Queen Mary
has a great wish that they should all
grow up together like brothers and IS
sentimental feeling between the boys
and their cousin. the queen is dead
against marriage between COUSINS Lady
Newton's children come up pretty regu-
larly to Buckingham Palace to take tea
with their little hostess. and Lady Mary
Cecil. Lord Salisburys daughter. is per-
haps Princess Marys most intimate
friend
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whom in their day were widely known
players.
The ticking Of telegraph instruments at
tracted him and he set out to win fame
and fortune by the dot and dash route.
In four months he was in charge OF an
office. In another four months he was
a train dispatcher.
Meantime political lightning was about
to strike him. One day a delegation OF
citizens drafted him into the aldermanlc
race. That was in 1899. He served two
years, was elected mayor in 1902, served
four terms, and then, last fall, way elect
ed to Congress.
He never has forgotten that declara-
ton he made on the day the muzzle-
loading shotgun kicked him over. He
still shoots, and one of his hobbies is
fighting the so-called shotgun shell
trust"
Should you drop into the office Of STAN
lev E. Bowdle Of Cincinnati. who made
it possible for Nick Longworth to retire
to private life, and find him spinning a
top, do not laugh. Look serious. Enter
into a discussion oe tops, past, present
and future. After a little drift off on the
subject Of horoscopes, too, and then you
will be a friend of the congressman.
Bowdle just fairly dotes on tops. He
has a great number of them at his home
and wishes he had all of them here. Also
is he building giant gyroscope. with
which he is going to prove something or
other.
The top is great toy and great sci
entific study" he probably will say, as he
did the other day, sinking deep into his
chair and twisting his legs around under
his desk. THE Deity Himself must have
been a lover of tops All the world is no
more than a great number of tops, one
revolving about each other. The suffrage
movement is like top. 1t is spinning
around now and little later 1t is des-
tined to come to a stop like top
And so on. All of which goes to show
that Bowdle has not spent all Of his life
thinking about coming to Congress. No
sir. When a boy he wanted to be a me-
chanic. There was where he got the
study of tops in his mind. For four years
he worked in Philadelphia machine shops,
and while a desire to lift himself a little
higher caused him to study law, he
admits that he would soon be good
mechanic as anything he knows Of. When
he is not practicing law or performing
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the duties of a congressman he is lectur-
ing on mechanics-or spinning tops.
More than a quarter of century ago
one night the messenger boys In the
Western Union Office in ST. Louis were
discussing their futures. Most of them
thought they would save up until they
got as much as s. or $40 and go out west
and become cowboys or bank robbers.
Just few planned to take up telegraphy.
Finally they came to Willie Igoe. now
from the eleventh district of Missouri,
and they asked him what he was going
to be.
"a merchant prince he said. I'm go
ing to make lot of money and then buy
some goods and sell them and make a
lot more money and just keep on like
that until 1 have more money than the
Forty Thieves. I reckon"
Nv
1t was a great little dream that 1goe
had, and now. when he thinks of his am
bition to become a maker Of great sums.
he laughs and says he never did go in
for anything that brought him big re-
turns. He might have been a merchant.
too, If some one had not come along
singing a siren song about dandy job
in the Mercantile Library, which involved
no padding around in the rain, just go
ing begging for young man to take 1t
at SIS month. Right there was where
he fell He landed the job, began read
ing law books and the first thing he
knew he was regular attorney.
An overwhelming desire to be rail-
road man with the liberty Of the tops of
box cars, so that he might trot along
them while they went speeding through
the country possessed Emmett Wilson,
representative from the third district of
Florida. when he was little fellow.
Probably as an OutgrOwth of this fasci-
nation the railroads held for him, he be-
came a telegraph operator and worked
In both commercial and railroad lines for
several years.
One night, while he was acting as agent
at small Alabama town, a crowd of
white men to the number of perhaps a
hundred dropped in from another section
of the state for the purpose Of lynchins,
a negro. Their work having been com
pleted, they notified the agent that they
would be greatly obliged if he would stop
through freight which was due in a
short time in order that they might board
1t and ride home. He refused on the
ground that he had no right to take such
action.
The mob cared little for his refusal.
All of them were heavily armed with
shotguns. rifles and revolvers, and
when he denied their request, they
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Different Viewpoints.

r IEUT. GOV. O'HARA said the other
L. day I'm Chicago. apropos of an en-
ployer who paid young woman employees
S. week and less:
It's all very well for this man to say
that starvation wages never lead to vice.
He has his viewpoint, his underpaid girls
have theirs. And the difference in these
viewpoints is startling. It's like the two
birds.
1.-The bird in the hand. tapping the bird
in the bush on the shoulder. said seduc-
lively:
Look here, old chap. it's universally
conceded that my job is worth twice as
much as yours, but I'll change places
with you without asking for cent OF
compensation
And the bird in the BUSH strange as
1t may SEEM refused this fattering pro-
posal very positively and FASTENED to dy
away"
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A Coincidence.

Joseph f.. Rams
dell of Louisiana
in his recent ap-
pearance as a new
senator from that
state Is fulfilling
an old prophecy
of schoolboy days.
He was born just
after the war and
like others in his
state. was not af-
f1icted with lucre.
Securing a schol-
arship = at Union
College, in Sche-
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to feminine eyes. During the last cam
paign In New York, when political SIAN
ders of all kinds were being shot around
the wards, a friend came to Chandler
with a long face.
Il am afraid they have got your goat
down in 'steenth ward" exclaimed the
friend doIefully, Folks down there don't
know you are bachelor and Mike Null
ligan is making speeches telling them
that you have eight children and that
your wife Is suing You for divorce on the
grounds Of non-support.
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Up the Ladder.

Howard Suther-
land the new
m e m her from
West Virginia, Is
an old Washing
tonian. Just TWEEN
ty-ive years ago
he was appointed
to an everyday,
C o m mon. garden
variety Of clerk
ship in the census
bureau. But in
six months he was
promoted SO often
that from a be-
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bft1On I was building fires for my tuition
and paving my way for career in law.
At different times Eugene Elliott Reed
of Manchester, N. H., who succeeded
Cyrus A. Sulloway, for eighteen years a
member from that state, aspired to be a
crack shot, a base ball player and a
telegraph operator He became all of
them too, and something more of which
he never dreamed when a youth alder
man and mayor in his home city and
finally representive from the first dis
trict.
More than thirty years ago, one fall
morning Reed and an older brother were
on the outskirts of Manchester, hunting
They carried only one gun, muzzle- load
ing affair for which Reeds brother had
traded a jackknife, two tops, a trained
mouse and fifty cents. The gun was load
ed first with powder. the amount of
which never was gagged closely, wadded
with dry leaves, a handful of shot added,
and more leaves put in. 1t then was
ready to fire. if any one had the temerity
to tackle the job.
Finally squirrel was sighted and the
future representative begged for and OBJ
tanned chance to shoot at It, The gun
kicked him over log. the squirrel hop
ped away in safety. and the big brother
laughed. That made the little fellow
angry, and he declared:
'Tll grow up to be better shot than
you or anybody
From that time henceforth he devoted
many hours each day to shooting How
we'll he kept his promise may be Judged
by the fact that al the present time he is
the amateur champion live-bird and clay
pigeon shot of New Hampshire, in 1907
was the amateur champion of the New
England states and at different times
held other championships.
Later he decided he ouid be a base
ball player, preferably an infielder. With
in a short time he had accomplished that
ambition, and. although he never went
high in the profession, he made living
at it. In 1900 and 1901 he was called upon
by the citizens Of Manchester to manage
their team, which he did, and at the end
of the year 1901 he won the pennant in
the New England League. Under his
management were developed such players
as Jake VolZ. James Murray Eddie
Swander. Deacon" Morrison, Louis
Rapp, Jesse and Jack F'ifeld. all Of
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ciety was organized and modelled after
tt Senate OF the United States, Rams
dell being elected as senator from
Louisiana. His first measure in the
mimic Senate was the introduction of a
bill for the Improvement Of two rivers
in his native state
Years afterward Joe" Ransdeli took
his seat in the real Senate Of the United
States. and his first act was to present q
bill for the Improvement OF certain rivers
in his home state.
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Hazing in Congress.

1t Is quite diff
cult nay, impos-
sible-for q brand
n e W congressman
TO put anything
over on Represen-
tative Jim Mann
Of Illinois. the
floor leader Of the
republicans in the
House of Repre-
S e n t a tives. The
be-whiskered Mann
is expert on every
thing from repair
tee and republican
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Some Handicap.

T h e nineteenth
district in New
York city has rea-
son to be proud Of
it's new representa-
tive, Walter NJ.
Chandler. He is
the only genuine
bull moose elected
on the straight pro-
gressive ticket in
the east, and on
him will fall much
Of the work OF
party leadership.
Young. q master
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fngman" and all the other puppets Of
politics. He ranted for ten minutes and
then sat down satisfied.
Whereupon up rose Mr.. Mann.
1T is wise man who knows himself"
said he. land very wise one who can
judge of his own speech. / congratu-
late the gentleman in that he was able so
aptly to characterize in his opening SEN
tence. the speech he was about to de-
liver"
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ginning of hundred per- he had risen
in that time to a salary of $500 a year.
Then he went out to West Virginia in
charge of the Elkins' interests there. but
when these investments were sold out
to the Goulds Sutherland felt a banker
ing for the fleshpots of the capital and
decided the best way to return would be
az IN n. c.. and thus save car fare.