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SIRES AND SONS.

G. ". Nevil. seyenty-seven. Of Phila.
delphia has donated $4,000 to hospi-
tails in that city.
Fl. C. Gerlach. former noted globe
trotter. has settled down in Milwau-
kee as a lawyer.
Lieutenant Colonel Julius l. Powell,
the only remaining officer OF the army
who served In the Confederate ranks,
has been placed on the retired list as
a brigadier general. He was taken
into the army as an assistant surgeon
by special act Of congress in 1873.
Sir William Watson Cheyne, c. B.,
who has been elected president Of the
British Royal College OF Surgeons. Is
an honorary surgeon to the king, pro-
fessor Of clinical surgery, Kings col
lege, and was Hunterian professor to
the Royal College of Surgeons from
ISSS-90.
General Paul Mary Caesar Gerald
Pau. who has been placed in COM
mand OF one Of the French armies.
was born at Montelimar, in France.
and is now in his sixty-seventh year.
He was trained at st. Cyr, the West
Point of France. and was graduated In
1867. General Pau fought through the
FrancO-PrU war OF 1870 He lost
an arm ut FrOeschviller.
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Flippant filings.

Adam blamed it on an apple Pm,
nowadays It IS a peach that usuanr
starts all the trouble.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Ohio has not yet signifed its usual
desire to furnish all Of the preSIdan.
tial candidates in 191G-St LOU,
Globe Democrat
Another interesting point Is, What
effect will this war have on some OF
those titles that have been bought BIZ
the rich papas Of American girisl
Duluth Herald
The golden age OF beautiful wo
men Is passing" Observes-Or at least
alleges-a japanese naval officer. No
wonder these far fasteners are mad
enough to go to war.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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Pert Personals

One Wied has been bOed out Of the
garden of nations by the Albanian
peOpie.-New York Mail.
Thomas Hardy's poem on the war
will serve to confirm his reputation as
a great prose writer.-New York
World.
George Bernard Shaw boasts that
he does not smoke. says an exchange.
Is there anything George doesn't boast
off-Detroit Free Press.
1t is altogether probable that John
Lind Is remaining strictly neutral, but
Wen wager no one could get him to
say so.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
William Waldorf Aston has given
$4,000 to the Prince OF Wales relief
fund. William will be lord yet II his
hberality holds Out-ChiC7IgO Herald
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Tax Suggestions

Let economy be taxation's teammate
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Moving pictures OF the war ought to
be taxed on their gate receiptS-Phila-
delphia Record
Let's have a tax on baseball tickets
and have It effective from Nov. ! to
March / each year.-Lawrence TeIe
gram.
A war tax ON automobiles whia
would take the Joy out Of the Joy rida
could not be wholly burdensOme.-NeE
York World.
We would suggest that the admins
tration might get a pile Of money g
putting a war tax on the free lunch
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Fashion Frins

Fall styles for men are right much
the same thing that Sherman said war
was.-Greenville IS c. News.
The dressmakers propose war
styles" for women's clothes. Can the
women OF peace nation consistently
wear themf-New York World
We have been trying to figure out
why It Is that the uglIer the fashion
the prettier the woman seems, but we
give 1t up.-Columbus C03 Journal.
A shortage Of foreign dyestuffs VIII
prolong the fashion Of white stockings.
Gratitude may be felt that economic
conditions can revive the barber pole
effects that our fOrefatbers knew
Washington Star.
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Animal Oddities

There are 10000 different kinds Of
butterflies.
The founder lays 100000 eggs a
year, the turbot 100000.
The earliest riser Of the bird family
Is the greenfnch, which sometimes Be
gins 30 sing at o'clock on a summer
morning.
In appearance flying fish are very
IKE a sand mullet- The wings resem-
BILE an extended dorsal I'm and open
and shut Ike lady's fan.
One little honeybee viii hang sus
pended from a limb, while from bis
body a hundred others will depend
one holding to another, chain fashion
and one cannot see that the first bee
waivers or finds hts load heavy.
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Current Comment

The Nobel prize this year may have
tn lie turned over TO the Red Cross
Life.
Its not too early to begin thinking
up things to be thankful for on Thanks
giying.-LOuisville Herald.
Latin America is in a fair way to dis
cover again that the United States Is
her good friend.-ROchester Herald
For this season at least the steam
ship lines need fear no aerial COM
petition across the Administrations
American
The continued silence Of the stock
ticker has apparently not greatly dis
turbed the people Of this country
Washington Star.
The annual parade Of the Grand Army
has now dwindled to approximately
5000 men In line at Detroit this year.
and II will never be so large again
Springfield Republican.
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A...O M,.6~>'/
ID1eSFYTgHEN
IgraaGUPBOARD
VEGETABLE soUEELEs.

EOR luncheon or dinner a vegetable
soufbe Is delicious Most vege
tables may be used for the pur-
pose. Care should be exercised In mix
ing the ingredients.
Drowned In the Oven.
Caulifower Soufle.-Beat separately
the yolks and whites Of three eggs.
Chop finely half a pound Of cooked
caulihower and add half a teaspOoDful
OF salt a pinch OF pepper and grated
Parmesan cheese to taste. Mix this
with the yolks Of eggs and put In a
well buttered pie dish with the stif1y
beaten whites OF eggs Oh the top Bake
In a quick oven
Tomato Souf1e.-Take three large to
mAtoes. scald. skin and slice them.
Cook IN a double boiler with one bay
leaf, q teaspoonful Of salt, a slice Of
onion and six peppercorns for half an
hour until the tomatoes are thoroughly
cooked Now melt two tablespoonfuls
OF butter and add two tablespoonfuls Of
-four. Cook for few minutes and then
add one cupful Of the strained Juice OF
the cooked tomatoes. Keep over the
IRE, and when smooth pour into It the
beaten yolks OF three eggs and set
aside to cool. When cool add the
whites OF eggs, sprinkle with grated
cheese and bake In q moderate oven.
NOVEL Uss Of Sweet Potatoes.
Sweet Potato Soufde.-SeIect small
swee: potatoes for this purpose. Slice
lengthwise IN order to get q layer Of
potato without slicinR across the grain.
Cut about twice as thick as Saratogs
potatoes IN order TO allow for two
crusts 10 the pun. Drop into cold water
nor an hour. drain and wipe perfectly
dry. Have two pans Of fat In readI-
ness. one with the blue smoke Just ris
ing and the other rather hotter. Drop
q few slices at time In the first kettle
and let them remain until half done.
Drain and put them into the oven
where they VIII keep bot for 1--WE min
utes, then plunge into the second
saucepan Cook until brown
Spinach Souf1e.-Take q half peck nf
spinach. pick over. wash thoroughly.
drain and put into q kettle with q half
eupful Of water and q teaspoonful Of
salt Skinner ten OF fifteen minutes.
take up chip and press through q col
ander. Add two tablespoonfuls Of
cream. the yoIks OF four Eggs and q
cash Of cayenne. Fold IN the beaten
whites Of four eggs and turn into q
buttered dish. Cover the top with graf
ID breadcrumbs and bits Of butter.
sprinkle with cheese and bake IN q hot
oven Serve with egE sauce.
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Industrial Items.

New York las 100000 cloakmakerA-
Women act as factory inspectors In
British Columbia.
Swedish mines employ lU6 women
and 2,764 children.
There are almost 100000 unorganizpd
coal miners in this country.
Women employed in the metal trades
at Milan. Italy. are paid cents an
hour.
II requires some 1900 clerks to man
the 3.400 railroad pOstoffices in the
United States.
OF the nearly 1900 women employ
ed in the silk industry in New Jersey
over 2.2OO receive an average Of from
So to SIS per week In wages.
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Crop Notes.

Put down the 1914 apple crop at no.
100000 bushels. And it's up to us to
zee that they don't spoil-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Kansas h planning 10 plant an add
tional 2.OO0O0O acres IN wheat
There VIII be need for It next year. no
doubt-RocheSter Herald.
And now Il seems that we are to
have q bumper cotton crop too. Those
European chars had better stop scrap
ping and ge In on some Of this pros
IndianaIuoiis News.
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Iy56SFHTGHEN1
WHAT TO HAVE FOR BREAKFAST

WYHEN vegetab Ies are plentiful the
" wise housewife will find them
not only q useful but a whole
some addition TO the breakfast bill Of
fare They are featured In this menu.
Breakfast Muttins.-Take half q tea
spoonful Of bicarbonate Of soda. dis
solve II In d tablespoonful Of warm
water and add It to a half pint OF thick
sour milk. Separate two eggs; beat
the yoIks. add the sour milk and stir
IN quickly one and q half cupfuls OF
-four and q half teaspOOnful Of salt;
beat and fold In the well beaten whites
Of the eggs. Bake in a quick oven
Fried TOmatOes.-Take four large
tomatoes, wash and wipe and cut each
one into three slices Season with one
even teaspoonful Of salt. One-half even
teaspoonful Of pepper. dust over with
-four. dip each slice separately into
beaten egg and cover with grated bread
crumbs Place large frying pan with
one beaping tablespoonful Of lard or
dripping over the lre; when hot put In
a. many Of the tomato slices as will
30 In; fry q light brown on both sides
flashed Brown Potatoes Take two
cupfuls Of cold potatoes, chop and
season With union juice. salt and pep
per and turn into well CREASED irving
pan Add Inp-quarter cupful Of milf
and cook without stirring for ten min
utes Fold and roll like an OmeIet on
q bot platter when ready tn serve
Baked EggS-Make a cupful OF white
sauce. anil when II H. thirk and smooth
add to Il four table%pO1nfuIs Of grated
cheese. Stir until this Is melted. and
then pour a quarter OF II into q but
tered baking cup and thus al fOur
cups Into each one Of these break
/ IN egg. sprinkle with salt and pepper
and put Ito the oven until the eggs
are set Sprinkle little minced pars
ley over the top and serve at once
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HlSH Is 50 much cheaper than meat
that IL Is wise al this time tu
make as much use of it aS po>
sible. The great variety OF hsh und
the many ways of serving II which
may be taken advantage Of make II
possible frequently to substitute II for
meat
Potato Omelet-Take the yOlks OF
three eggs and beat very light Sea
son one cupful OF cold mashed pOtatOes
with salt. pepper. One-half cupful OF
milk and little chopped parsley. Beat
the yolks into this. then add beaten
whites. Heat pan piping hot and but
ter; pour omelet into 1t. Brown light
ly. turn and serve very hot.
Boiled Black Bass.-Put In pot
enough slightly sailed water to cover
fish. add one gill OF vinegar. one onion.
eight whole peppers and a blade Of
mace Sew up the fish In a piece OF
thin cheesecloth fitted snugly TO IL Lay
In water, bring slowly TO boil. then
boil steadily. allowing twelve minutes
to each pound OF fish When done re-
move cloth. lay fish on platter and
serve with cream sauce.
Pepper and Grapefruit Salad.-Cut
slices from the stem ends Of six green
peppers and remove seeds Refill with
grapefruit pulp, finely cut celery and
English walnut meats broken In pieces.
allowing twice as much grapefruit as
celery and two nut meats to each pep
per. Arrange on chicory or lettuce
leaves and serve with mayonnaise
dressing.
Stuffed Cucumbers.-Take four good
sized cucumbers, peel. cut in halves
Iengthw1se. and scoop out the seeds
Mix together one-half pint Of bread
crumbs. one level teaspoonful Of salt.
one saltspoonful Of pepper. one-half
cupfui Of finely chopped nuts. one
good sized onion, one tablespoonful or
chutney. Stun the cucumbers; fasten
them together with wooden skewers
OF de with string Put six tablespoon
fuls Of olive oil In a shallow baking
pan; when hot put in the cucumbers.
turn them until carefully Drowned on
all sides. Add one-half cupful OF wa
ter and bake slowly for one and one
half hours. basting frequently.
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Town Topics

Baltimore needn't think she owns
The Star Spangled Banner. "-kcn-
mOnd Times-Dispatch.
Chicago, like Boston, loses her grand
opera by reason Of the European wal
By the way. It Is still true, In en-
cago, that nothing Is wasted but tOe
sQueaL-Manchester Union.
Near side stops" for the street cars
have proved to be very popular In Ne"
York, where some people In the past
have experienced difficulty In getuns
the mOtormen 70 stop at alL-boS'OO
Globe.
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Cost of Living.

Why not a five and ten cent 0utcD1
Bhop2-Washington Herald
The grocers blame prices on the u1u
higher up" but always 1t Is the LA
lowest down who pays tbem--Phiiao@
phia Inquirer.
Newark. n. J.. has also opened nu
nIcipal markets A general ensIeS,
ment Is opening against the advance -
prices, with a particular enoEt " OO'
flank beef.-New York Sun
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Simple SaNe

Never neglect a cough or eonu
cold Consult your physician eaiS ~,
Don't let your baby crawl on a Sn1
door. Wash its hands after cree =
10 disguise the unpleasant taSs. $50
EPSON salts drop In a little =
Juice. Then you win ind the S0
luton quite pleasant to take .Od
Hot water used both internaIyS M
externally Is highly reeOmmenosu,r
medical men as q cure for lnS - "a
Bathing the feet In hot water
% be particularly e6icaciouA
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Recent Inventions

An attachment by which any camera
can be used to enlarge negatives has
been patented
To provide sleeping quarters IN an
automobile there has been patented q
folding bed much on the principle Of
the sleeping car berth
30 that a man can adjust himself 20
any light while shaving a Missourian
has patented q mirror mounted on a
3otnted rod. supported by q wire frame.
10 b suspended from bis neck.
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Cold BIooded.

those life guards are a great protsc-
tion," said the matter of fact young
man
Surely" buzzed the coy girl, "a
strong swimmer like you has no fear
Of drowning"
None whatever. But If a girl stubs
her toe and imagines she's going to
sink it's better for her to be saved by
a professional rescuer. She isn't so
likely to get her gratitude mixed up
with her ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Star.
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Train and Track

Finland has 24SO miles Of railway.
About 65 per cent Of the Swiss I'O
eral railways rest on steel ties.
As a recognition Of good service -
Erie railroad paints the name ~ -
meritoriOus engineer on the lOcomOu ..
Russia's railways are narrower IL IL
me European standard They ne
built 30 % hamper any attempt az n'i-
tAry invasion
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Ano.h.r sha,tsrsd Romance.

Another Shattered Romanes.
met q girl the other day.
I thought her quite beyond my reach
sim listen, 30. to what ] say:
She was a peach!
Her eyes and hair were both dark brown
She had the cutest little nose,
A roguish smile, a pretty froWn-
You're right. some rose!
I told her that loved her 80.
Mere telling filled me with such pride.
She only smiled and answered low.
I'm just a bride"'
New York Mail.
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Limited 20 Her.

Limited 20 Her.
James, you've already danced with
that young Miss Smithers four times.
I think you ought to drop her now.
People will be talking"
Nov, ma
II tell you It doesn't look right
Don't get Jealous. I'm not In love
with her. She's the only one in the
ballroom who dances the hesitation the
same way I dO.--Detroit Free Press
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What Shall You Dot

The blouse Of today puffs and says,
The gowns are less shapely than bags.
So how do you think
You are going to shrink
And be it for next seasons glad ragsi
For the basque that congresses the waist
II coming. they tell US, posthaste-
But how VIII you squeeze
Yourself into Il. please.
II your waist line Is lost or misplaced7
-Judge
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look the Better Proposition.

The girls Of today are all money
mad" observed the Crouch. They are
looking for the big coin when they
marry
whats the trouble nOwr asked
the old fOgy.
"why, here's a New York girl who
forfeited a 100000 estate to marry
q plumber replied the grouch-Ctn-
cinnsti Enquirer.
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One way to circumvent the advance
Iof food prices. announces New York
Investigation. II to eat Iess- Which VIII
Be dismissed by the average healthy
and hearty American as no remedy At
m.
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The Cynic-
PAW. why did they give the officers
the medalsT'
"For bravery. my son"
whats bravery. pawT
well. In most cases it's having the
luck to command lot Of mighty good
fighters Plain Dealer.
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Deserved His Eata.

why are you hereT Queried the
visitor to the prisoner.
= forged my own fetters,- replied
Jim the Penman. and then the steel
Eate changed menacingiy upon his afro
phied conscience.-Philadelphia Ledger
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Those Were the Happy Days.

Those Were the Happy Day&
Consider Cain and Abel
When they were little boys
No dismal rule or table
Threw hampers on their toyA
they wore no shirts or collars
Nor washed behind their ears
Nor needed to be scholars
The happy little deara
Chicago NewA.
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The Real Girl

Her cheek IL free from rouge and chalk;
Her form knows no duress:
She wastes no time on idle talk
OF man and food and dress
She hath a sweet and roguish snilS-
think she's fond Of me
She knows no tricks. no shams, no guile
Because she's only three
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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So HamaIika.

what Il that noise. Bridget Have
the children come home from sehOolT-
-Nn. mum: that's the powder works
down the street Just blown Oop.--
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Nsver Kner the piferenoa.

Never Knew the Difference.
Smith,. Peck went on a silence
strike the other day, but It did no
good.
ThOmHS- Why mott
Smith-Mrs. Il. Peck wouldn't stop
talking long enough to notice IT.
Judge
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10 oct the part Of a true friend re
Quires more conscientious feeling than
b IN with credit and complacenC any
other station or capacity in public life.
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The table fairly groaned." sah shA
Her love Of dainties owning.
But when We quit the room. on M.
Twas ] who did the groaningI-'
Detroit Free Pres
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The discovery Of a new comet b Re
ported from Bulgaria As q presagt
0f war It arrived considerably behind
schedule time.
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There Il q little Of the war spirit ir
al Of Us. Note your own sensations
when some awkward gink trample'
your corns.
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One dinculty with a war correspond.
entss life Is that II some hasty oftlceE
shoots him as a spy the mistake b %
hard 70 correct.
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A diamond trust has been formed
thus threatening stin further to In
crease the cost Of living for deserving
prima donnas.
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Hnld Eiaharnan.

Bold Fisherman
That man should take heed and cast pre-
tense aside
Some day he Is sure 20 be caught
Who has himself photographed. smiling
with pride
On the hsh that he borrowed or bought
Washington Star.
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While Europeans are lodging bullets
Americans are lodging the when
was In Europe" stories.
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II war cuts OF the entire supply Of
6yestuffs blends and brunettes vii
be shown up in their true colOrs.
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The industrious man prays for work;
the lazy man for a snap.
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The European war eagle, with wound
Cd wings, must envy the tranquility OF
the much mahgned American peace
dove
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OfLiHIe USe.

Yes. tried the experiment Of an
once girl instead OF an Office boy. She
didn't whistle or smoke, but she failed
10 please the Office force"
why was thatT'
she could never learn to go out
and get the correct score"-LOuisville
OourierJournal.
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For purely Hngual reasons the Amer.
lean reader is grateful that the war Is
not 10 extend very far into Russia.
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Where is the old fashioned man WHO
used to predict that the next great wal
would be fought On the seasf
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The aviation corps Of a country
forces Is the only one which can q,
without running away.
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A diplomat can take his choice be
tween being called loquaciOus or being
described as preserving an omiDOus 81
leDee.
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The rolling stone acquires q polish
along with tbs bumps.
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A woman always wants another VI
man to help her keep a secret
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A New York doctor claims that II Is
injurious to put sugar in coffee. To
the sugar or to the cofee7
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II there ever Is an international hay
fever association it should always bold
its convention in Kiauchau.
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Turkey seems to be getting ready h
get 1t In the neck once more about
Thanksgiving time.
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blessings on the barefoot Bay" -
re late Mr.. Whittier remarked That
bsy never smashed glass On any thor
0ughfare. Auto tire bulls would BE-
lower r. there were nons but barefoot
boyG
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It may have been noticed that few
Of the fashionable honeymoon plan
are including a trip to Europe.
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II there is anything glorious at all
about war it is the Red Cross nurse.
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Don't spend too much time Boosting
Of your grandfather. Fix II up 50 that
your grandsOns viii be proud Of you.
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It Is easier for a young man 30 make
Iove to q girl than to make a living
for her.
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Cheer up! Sunshine will eventual
puncture the thickest cloud.
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Paraguay has signed a peace treat
with this country. and. Of course, eE
cry little helps.
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In this war nothing is sure but
death in Europe and taxes in America
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A woman's birthday Is q fact but
her age is fiction.
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The pen may stin be mightier thai
the sword, but only the pen welded b.
the censor.
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Oh, DoetorI

Oh, DoetorI
A baEhfUI young lady named FSe.
VINO wore glasses. was one day asked
why.
I'm so shy" she replied
That I'D feel mortified
n the men should see my naked eye
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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China still sits by the ''open door
wondering what Is going to blow iI
next
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In the matter OF war neither might
nor dynamite makes right
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A mans appetite gives doctors a
opportunity to experiment at his ex
pense.
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Money makes q powerful ripple O
the waters, but 1t does not always tur
the tides.
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War is just as bloody. no matte
which side seems to be winning.
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Some fellows strike out for them
selves. while others depend On q piDcf
hitter.
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No real hustler is satisfied with the
things that come to those who wait
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At least the Swiss navy will not do
anything to complicate the situation
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People who take themselves too Sc
riously never have any fun
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The best lessons a man can learn
are from his own mistakes