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waiting for permission to take in
their baggage.
When. a few months later. they
were installed in the rooms above,
Warren threw down his overcoat and
glanced around with an appraising:
Say, this isn't so bad. And we
couldn't be more central" opening the
long windows and looking dow on the
mass Of life and color in the crowded
boulevard below. Were right In the
heart OF things here. How about ex-
tras? What does that 16 francs a day
include?"
why, everything except meals,
doesn't it7''
Not on your iife They ring in
service, light, baths and anything else
they think you'll stand for You
should have asked all about that.
Now they'll charge us whatever they
please"
but. dear, / wanted you to attend
to it. / don't know how things are
done in Paris
well, you've pored over that red
covered guide book ever since we left
New York. Ought to know something
by this time. Now, If you want to
take a bath first, get O. move on.' set
Hing himself in his shirt sleeves, and
with his pipe, before the open Win
dow
In the bedroom Helen slipped out Of
her hot, dusty travelling suit and into
cool silk wrapper with sigh OF
relief.
better take your soap along" sug-
~ -fe,~. .fx,d f,.- 10
bathroom You won't find any there.
Soaps always an extra.
But the next moment Helen reap
peared almost in tears-
| .Oh. dear. I CAN I take bath in
that bathroom."
whats wrong?' shaking the ashes
from his pipe on the windowsill.
"oh. it's Just AWFULl The paints
all worn off the tub and there's a
dirty rag and an old scrubbing brush
on the ledge-and q mop and dirty
pail of water in the corner Oh, why
didn't we go to a hotel? I knew we
were foolish to try this sort OF thing
why in thunder didn't you look at
the bathroom? That's what I sent
you up for
but I didn't want to keep the taxi
waiting too long" tearfully And
thought Of course the bathroom would
at least be clean. oh. dear, DO let's
go over to the Continental. / know
I'll HATE 1t here, Let's tell them
right now that we've decided not to
stay
Not on your lifel You picked this
place-you looked at the rooms. I'm
too blamed tired to do any more NOV
ing today, and we're in for bill here
anyway. Wen stay right here till
tomorrow--the we'll see"
He crossed the room and jerked
angrily at the red tassel Of the old
fashioned bell cord.
I'm going to have that bathroom
and tub scrubbed out and get some
sort of wash"
We'll, If you'd see it now-you
wouldn't" returned Helen defiantly,
as she started into the bedroom I'm
going to take sponge bath. If you're
as particular as you pretend to be
you'll take one. too--and not get In
that awful tubr
Huh. II padding about in dinky
wash bowl suits you, all right But
want a BATH
And he gave another angry jerk at
the bell. which tangled family in the
distance.
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D .took Ma & me .oaver to "a lake
yesterday ware thare is a lot of
- city boarders. Ma had friend
;goaver tbare that used to call on Us
wen we lived in the city & Ma wanted
to see her
The naim OF Mas. friend was Missus
Mace. Her husband is bizness
man in tie city & every Somrner he
SENDS his wife up to that lake so he
can have a few weeks rest, & a good
time with the other men.
How do you lilse it UP here, Pa
asked Ntssus Mace.
Ch.sI think it Is. dredfully poky, sed
.M$ssus Mace. ..Thare Is so few men
9 around: sLo1k at them old cats set
:. ling on tsie veranda & talking about
peepul, she sed. l bet every one of
them has ripped all of US up the back
teefQar now. If my husband cud af-
fGra. it Wuis go To sum place ware
.thsTe is moar class.
..s.hey all look. pritty good TO me,
sseds Pa. Who are those two peaches
Setting on the end of the verandy?
..'They are two yung married vim
Yfien, sed Misses Mace, & the way
sfrops we haye here Is sumthing ter
ribtil Last mite thay went out In q
i. PARTY of yuhg peepul & thare hus-
bands .swasent along. The party
'diaent git back till. neeriy midnite.
g Mell, sed Pa, what of it2 / suppose
thare husbands sent them up here to
enjoy themsalfs with the yung peepul
1 wuid deerfy luv to have been in that
party myself, sed Pa
+ -doant thipk you missed much, q
tsgav are all the time talking about
what deers thare husbands is, too
. sed Mfssus Mace. Wen l hear yune
/ married woman talking SO much
about her good husband In the city.
elways think thay are putting on q
lot. & last mite one of them kissed
her husbands letter about twenty
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calm and collected while you are a
seething volcano.
1t is not in humanity to endure per-
fection. especially in it's mate. and
that Is why the wife OF a man who is
an example in the community always
wears meek. detected look. while
the husband of a superior woman Is
q sight SO abject that 1t brings tears
to the hardest eyes.
THE SUCCESSFUL WIFE
1t is also to be observed that the
women who are the happiest and the
best loved wives are almost invari-
ably poor, weak. faulty creatures, who
waste their husbands money on fine
clothes and good times, whereas the
wives who do their duty by their
families by economixing and working
and going shabby never get any
thanks for 1t. It is also discouraging
to masculine virtue for men to OBJ
serve that the most adored husbands
are those whose wives are kept busy
forgiving them things.
AS a matter Of fact, most of the
theories about married life don't work
out In real experience. For instance,
wives are advised that the way to
keep q man nailed to his own f1reside
is to be always amusing and enter
tanning, and dressed up. and to chat
gayly with husband of an evening,
and to sing and play for him. and
keep something going all the time.
Can anybody imagine anything more
horrible than such a home. a home
that was an understudy OF a music
hall, and wife that leapt nimbly
from vaudeville stunt to vaudeville
stunt?
What you want with q home is a
place where you can take of your
coat and your collar, and sit on the
back Of your neck, and be quiet, with
out having to talk, or to be talked to-.
or to have to listen with a polite ex
preston OF an interest you don't feel
Certainly to be married to a woman
who would read aloud to you, or
render q few operate selections when
you were dead tired. ought to entitle
any man to divorce on the ground of
cruel and unusual punishment.
And equally Objectionable would be
a husband who was such a perfect
gentleman that he always made his
wife feel as If she must have on her
best frock and her company manners,
and before whom she could never per-
NIT herself the luxury of appearing
In a kimono and saying what was
really on her mind.
A MYSTERY
Outsiders often wonder at the why
of the family spat. 1t is so perfectly
useless and so easily avoided. They
can not see why the wife should not
have kept silent on. the topic that is
like waving q red flag before a mad
bull to Introduce to her husbands no.
tice. Nor can they see why the man
hasn't prudence enough to turn away
anger with q soft word.
The real psychology Of the domes-
tic quarrel is that nature is trying
to infuse a little ginger into domes-
ticity to keep 1t from getting too
monotonous. and so cloying on the do
mestic palate. A good round quarrel
Is the thunder storm that clears the
atmosphere and brings fresh ozone
into the family circle.
The immoral of all Of which is that
1t Is fatal to try to be too good
husband or wife.
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sible discomforts of the place to
which they were going to be inter-
ested in street scenes. however pic
turesque
There's the Continental Warren
nodded toward a huge hotel with
waving flags Just ahead. 1T must
be near here. Oh, here we are"
The cab was drawing up before the
heavy wrought iron door, from out Of
which came running a uniformed por-
ter
Hold up therel'' protested Warren,
as the porter began to drag out their
luggage. I'VE want to look things
over before you take that in.''
But the porter, eager to secure an
American guest, was already headed
toward the door with suitcase in
sign language from Warren to bring
him back to the waiting taxi.
Here, I'll have to stay with the
things. You go up and see what
they've got. II 1t won't do, we'll go
over to the Continental"
In spite OF the reassuring sign.
English Spoken Here" 1t was with
much trepidation that Helen passed
through the heavy iron doorway. up
the circular stairs to a small office on
the second floor.
Have you any two room suites
with private bathR" she asked Of the
dapper little Frenchman who rose
from his desk as she entered.
He smiled, bowed, waved her to a
chair: then, opening a door, he called,
eFanchoni Fanchon"
A young and very pretty French
girl appeared. In soft, hesitating
English, she asked:
Would madame like to see some
rooms?''
Helen followed her up another flight
OF the circular stairs and was ush-
cred into two small rooms furnished
as sitting room and bedroom, both
overlooking the boulevard.
VERY DECEIyING
At the first glance the red velvet
bapgings Of the canopied bed and the
long French windows gave an impress
sion of luxury. But the furniture was
much worn and the carpet dingy and
threadbare.
.sIs this the .bath?' asked Helen.
trying a door she found locked
NO, madame. the bathroom IS on
the floor above
"Oh, but we wanted private bath"
you will find that very hard to get
in Paris, madame. We have very
very good bathroom with a hot
water heater" with an air OF pride.
would madame like to see It
How much are these rooms2" Helen
asked hurriedly. conscious Of Warren
in the waiting taxi below.
Sixteen francs a day, madame" I"
Helen computed rapidly about So.
Surely that was cheap enough. And
BREAKFAST suppose we can have that
served here?"
Yes, madame, we serve coffee and
rolls. that will be two francs each
Helen hurried downstairs to War
rem, who greeted her with curt.
We'll. how about it?''
Dear. I hardly know what to say
The rooms look fairly comfortable,
and they're cheap enough. only Six
teen francs day. but there's only
one bath in the whole house. wish
you'd look at them," shrinking from
the responsibility Of deciding.
well, guess we can stand 1t for a
day or two. Thatll give us a chance
to look around. All right. nodding
to tho porter, who WAS still patiently
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do You Know
That

In Benares there has been for many
years temple for monkeys. and it
Is one of the most costly buildings
there. The followers Of Brahma hold
this animal sacred and worship II as
deity.
Widows Town" as the Berlin SUI
burb Of Charlottenburg Is popularity
known, is officially stated to contain
i4,54S widows and only 2,35s
widowers.
Half the men condemned to death
are executed. In the case of women
only one out of ten suffers the death
penalty
The common and familiar thread
spun By the spider Is so fine that
$4,000 miles of it, enough to go round
the world. would weigh only eight
ounces.
In the palm of the hand there are
$500 pores to the square inch. If
these pores were sasated end to end
they would measure nearly FIVE miles.
Greece possesses curious criminal
law. A person sentenced to death
there waits two years before the exc
cutlon or the sentence
The Asiatic town of Maiwatch, on
the borders of Russia, Is peopIed by
men only. Women are forbidden en-
trance there.
The people of the United States read
and support as many newspapers as
England, France and Germany COM
bined
There are nearly 100000 acres of
waste land in this country which are
capable OF being cultivated
ST. Peters at Rome will accom-
modate $4,000 persons. Milan ca
thedral $1,000 persons and Ct
Paurs cathedral London. $4,000
persons.
In parts OF Australia, where the
average daily rainfall IS not more
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!. :: Little Bobbie S Pa :


times when she got it at the postofnce.
What If she did? said Pa. / think
that was vary sweet of her. You see,
Pa sed to Missus Mace, she is yung &
devoted to her husband & he is dec
voted to her. I suppose If they was
middle aged, like you & friend wife
here. thay wud kiss the money order
insted of the letter. That is the kind
Of letters you wirnmen Ike. Pa sed,
the kind that Wen you open them
sumthing blue pops out.
Nothing of the kind. sed Ma and
Mssus Mace at onst. We are always
glad TO git letters from our husbands
wetheE thare is mummy in the letter
or not.
Well, sed Pa, you cud talk all day
about those two young matrons &
you cuddent maik me believe thare
was rong thing about eether one of
them Why, sed Pa, that brunei one
mas a face like a angel. ] shud like
to meet them. Pa sed.
Not so fast, sed Ma. Doant git so
enthused all of a sudden. My friend
Missus Mace has been here longer
than we have and she ought to know
if the young ladies she nlenshuns are
fit cumpany for us.
| like to pick my own cumpany, sed
Pa & even IL I thought I was Citing
simpel minded enuf to have sumbody
pick my cumpany ! wouldn't choose
old knocker like yure friend Missus
Mace to pick my friends for me.
You are not gentleman, said
Missus Mace.
I know 1t, sed Pa. ] am a plain old
roughneck witch was all his life so
busy trying to see good In every
body that he didn't have time to
learn to be yure kind OF gentleman.
believe I will get sumbody to inter-
duce me to them two yung matrons.
How about IL. wife7 sed Pa. How
about meeting the summer girls7
All rite, sed Ma, some other sum-
mer. WILLIAM r.. KIRK.
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BY LILLIAN LAUFERTY

THERE many rules for dancing as there are
successful dancers before our public-and
that number is legion But the rule from
which never get away If want to really
dance is: Know your subject"
You dance in finished and attract
i've without all the ingredients that go to
make a than you bake a cherry pie with
-four and butter and sugar and water and cher
giddy The Dansant." and with
supposedly adniring gallery whirl in the mazes of
breakneck awkwardness.
In Zfegfeld *'Follies of 1913" Rose Dolly and
Martin Brown doing fascinating combination of
true tango" and modified turkey trot that they
call classique eYcentrique," and for the benefit of
all who have them and the other lovers
Terpsehore who have not they formulated for
simple rules for dancing
Little Rose Dolly is like scarlet tangoer streak
ing southern sky-or q dash OF her own
Hungarian. paprika in prosaic salad; and Martin
Brown is typical, up to date American youth
with the tall. slender, thoroughbred all
beginning to strive for. And here How they
do it,"
HOW TO DO
IF you a beginner" said Miss Dolly take
a clever dancer-Or n clever national your
pattern Study the steps, make up your mind which
one you can initiate, and then practice them one at
a time with music to help you and spur you on
Work and work till you get UP and do step
and have it look just like play"
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Ellen looked about the noisy
Fl bad smelling station with
sinking heart. So this was
Paris!
bags while he hurried off to see about
the trunks. Now she saw him coming
back. followed by man with Inter.
prefer on his cap.
Just this way, sir" as he picked
up their bags and led them to large
room where the baggage OF all the
passengers from the steamer trair
was spread out on long benches.
We'll, I thought there wasn't any
custom duty in France" exclaimed
Helen, as she watched the French In
spectors going through the trunks.
Its mainly on tobacco and
matches, madame" the interpreter
informed her. But they're very
strict about that"
&C." the interpreter then got them ar
inspector who spoke broken English
pocketed his tip and hurried of.
Cigars - Cigarettes = tobacco =
! matches?" demanded the inspector
tapping their trunks.
Not In there All I've gots right
/ here. and Warren opened up his
suitcase and took out half box Of
cigars and a few cigarettes.
Open thisl" the inspector pointed
to the larger of the two trunks
which happened to be Helen's.
The next moment he was turning
looked on In indignant protest thai
or matches there. Suddenly be drew
out small leather covered case. but
found 1t was only q sewing case fitted
with needles and thread.
A THOROUGH SEARCH
Another larger box wrapped in tbs.
sue paper he felt suspiciously, but II
held only a pair of pink evening
slippers and hosiery.
Then with the usual inconsistency
of customs inspectors he chalked the
rest OF their baggage without open
ing anything else.
Flagging a porter, Warren mo-
toned to him to take all their luggage
out to cab. The few words OF
French Warren knew he used most
sparingly, seeming to think he could
be better understood by signs.
Blame this French money!" taking
out a handful OF loose change. How
much are you supposed to tip these
Fellows. anyway" as the man having
piled the luggage on the taxi now
stood grinning expectantly. Guess
that was enough" for the porter
pocketed the coin and touched his cap
They let you know when 1t isn't"
Warren had given the address to
the driver and they were now whirled
out into the hot sun baked streets.
Told you we'd get 1t hot in Paris :
grimly.
'Oh, It's AWFUL" gasped Helen
Dear, its too hot, and we're both too
tired to explore. Hadn't we better
go to regular hotel?"
well, want to have q look at
this place Merwin recommended. He
says It's right around the corner
from the Continental. II we don't
like 1t we can go there
They had now turned into a wide
boulevard with trees and sidewalk
cafes like the illustrations OF Paris
one sees In the magazines. But Helen
was too tired, hot and uncomfortable
and too much worried about the pos
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How to Dance the Tango Classique' :
Rules and Regulations for the Up to Date Whrlers

That is quite right" said Mr.. Brown. Eek
preston Is very important in dancing "A dance
won't look graceful unless you have happy ex,
preston when you doing 1t. Don't look strained
or anxious PRACTICE A STEP IN PRIVATE, AND
WORK AT TT HARD.
You must keep exactly with the rhythm OF the
music-keep time. in other words Follow the music
do steps that have mastered and do not do freak
steps that don't at in with your personality At
all. And. above all, keep your toes pointed out all
the time. No matter how pretty step Is 1t does
not look attractive If you do 1t in pgeon-toed fash
fon" He illustrated-and the step done with
pointing toe and with turned ankle and inponted toe
became very different movement
Toes very important in dancing. cried
Miss Dolly, although the modern dancer does not
have TO stand them like ballet dancer; she
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-02
Curious Facts

Now that the large advertising
posters that were so great a disAgure-
ment of the country on either side of
the French railway lines have been
rendered illegal by act Of parliament,
advertisers on the Orleans railway
have begun to plant flower beds of.
brilliant colors In the fields on either
side of the line, with the flowers ar
ranged so as to spell the name OF the
goods to which they are to call atten-
tion.
Although in his eighty-fifth year,
Mark All, well known as a pedestrian.
has Just completed a 5000 mile walk
in 81 days. He did it for a wager of
$500, which he lost, as he took one
day too long to accomplish HIS task.
At HoIbach Idncs) parish church.
in order to get rid of a swarm OF
bats, sulphur was burned and then
the bell ropes were whirled round and
round In this way SO bats were
killed one evening.
1t has been calculated that nearly
300,000,0o0 feet, or more than $1,000
miles, of film are used up yearly to
satisfy the worlds demand for NOV
ing pictures.
Georges Carpenter, the heavy
weight champion OF Europe. recently
earned $1,000 week at the London
opera house for seven boxing exhibi-
tlons. u
A free telephone Office for the
use of pilots and ships officers
has been opened on Platte Fou-
gere. the unattended lighthouse
guarding the rocky approach to
st. Peter Port, Guernsey. The in
strument which calls up Guernsey
is gained by climbing ~ rung
ladder.
While repairing temple the
Chinese cover up the eyes Of the
Idols, in order that the deitias
may not be offended at the sight
of the disorder.
The skins of 100000 animals
are used every year for tho
covers of Oxford bibles alone. and
100000 sheets of gold are required
for the gilt lettering.
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the BAN OF the foot the habit OF keeping
the nstep and heel raised.
A GOOD WAY TO LEARN
"a good way to learn the modern dances is to
stand up and just practice relaxing shoulders, elbows
knees and ankles In sort of gradual shufne. Do
this first standing firmly your feet, o
the balls of the feet and try 1t again. a
step or two with the body relaxed and swaying.
this first without music and in front Of mirror
then add music, and do II again in front
mirror. And finally do away with the mirror and
just yield unconsciously possible rhythm
of the dance You viii be surprised how easily 1t
will come after you have learned to relax
Then you add steps o your ingredients of
knowing how to keep time, how to relay and how to
express the feeling that music gives you,v added
Mr. Brown, master quick, little. short step and
long glide. combine them in various ways add
little ability to kick gracefully-not high necessarily
but with gracefully pointed toe an appearances
of ease-and watch clever dancers for suggestions
to steps. In this way, without the aid of .
teacher, you can learn to be home made turkey
trotter." ~~s
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THE BRIEFEsT WILL

The record for brevity in wills is
surely held by Mr.. F. C. Thorn, who,
being suddenly struck down with i'll
ness in 1906. was just able to scribble
the words All for mother and add
his initials This will was held to be
valid.
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than 10 inches, a square mile will
support only eight or nine sheep. In
Argentina the same area, with "a
inches of rain, supports 2,560 sheep
BY French law no doctor may in
herit property left to him BY = de-
ceased patient.
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ON THIS PAGE
+" THEIR MARRIED

LIFE By Mabel Herbert
Uraer. is the narrative of the
adventures of a uoung Ameri-
can married couple, Waren
and Helen, in Paris. There
they see the sights Of the capital
of fashion and fripolitp. mingle
Uith the art students, pisit the
shops and have their little pleas
mes and troubles. all Of phich
is told BY The Driier pleasantly
and cntertaininglp. This series
nil be a feature Of The Calls
magazine section.
DOROTHY DIX. most
cheerful priter of The "Philoso-
ply OF Common Sense. plil
be regular contributor 10 The
Call. Dorothy Dix is a favor
lie pith the American neps-
paper and magazine reading
public because she is alpays
bright. alpaps cheerful. olDaps
TO the point. San Francisco
nil velcome her coming into
The Call. for it means bright
ness and cheer for The Call
readers.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-02
ny MABEL HERBERT URNEa

Ellen looked about the noisy,
Fl bad smelling station with
= sinking heart. So this was
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While repairing a temple the
Chinese cover up the eyes of the
idols. in order that the deitias
may not be offended at the sight
of the disorder
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-02

The skins of 100000 animals
are used every year for the
covers of Oxford bibles alone. and
100000 sheets of gold are required
for the gilt lettering.
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Georges Carpenter, the heavy
weight champion OF Europe recently
earned s2,100 a week at the London
tIons. u
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1t has been calculated that nearly
100000, 900 feet, or more than $1,000
miles, of film are used up yearly to
ing pictures.
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At HoIbach q4dncs) parish church.
in order to get rid of a swarm OF
bats. sulphur was burned and then
the bell ropes were whirled round and
round. In this way SO bats were
killed one evening.
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In parts OF Australia, where the
average daily rainfall Is not more
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-02

[ when a tin lid Is very hard to re-
. move, instead pf- struggling. TO
+ loosen. 1t with "a knife. just hold the
tin. up ~endHays and give it few
E taps with a hammer and it will
loosen immediately.
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ST. Peters at Rome Will accom-
modate $4,000 persons. Milan ca
thedral $1,000 persons and st.
Pauls cathedral London. $4,000
persons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-06-23
'sHOW I MET PICKETT'S
CHARGE AT BLOODY ANGLE

Commanded Battery Behind Famous Sonea
Gettysburg of That Terrific Fight