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to see lamb at school, Even the
teacher could not refrain from laugh
ing, but she soon composed herself,
and, realizing that she must dispose
OF the lamb In order to maintain dis
cipline among her pupils, she turned
the little creature out Of doors. 1t
fingered near the door, however, and
bleated for it's little mistress. The
teacher then allowed Mary to go out
into the yard and place the lamb in
the woodShed
A young man whose name was
John Roulstone, Jr., a friend OF the
teacher and a member of the fresh
man class at Harvard University,
was visiting the school when the in
cident occurred. In order to COM
memorate an amusing event, he
wrote and brought to Mary three
days later the familiar verses Of
MARY had little lamb" etc.
The fate Of the little lamb was a
sad one. Mary's father had large
number of cattle in his barn, and on
Thanksgiving morning, 1916, Mary
and her little pet were playing to.
gether at the barn, and the lamb.
placing itself in front Of the feed
box, which belonged to the cattle,
was suddenly gored by COW The
lamb ran instantly to Mary, placed
its head in her lap, and in less than
an hour it died, with her arms
around it. \
% o,oruaI
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by PauI swan.

TT is true that I have been called
"the most beautiful man in the
world" 1t is title to be proud
OF, and glory in it. am not unduly
conceited. and accept with due
modesty the tribute of my fellow be.
dngs to the gracious gifts which
nature has showered upon me.
What are tie grounds on which
nave received this title? In the FIRST
place the most intelligent women OF
New York. those who are fighting for
0h:lr right TO a share in the Govern
ment, chose ME as the man best fit.
TED TO grace their great pageant In
the second place. the people Of
Athens, where the sense OF beauty in
herlted from ancient days Is still
stronger than anywhere else in tho
world. hailed me as a reincarnation Of
one OF their old but ever young gods.
hrst had the good fortune 10 i'm.
press the public of New York with
my physical qalities when the
Women's Political Union were plan.
ming their remarkable production
OF that ancient Greek play about
equal rights for women, "T.ysistrata,'
by A-istophanes. | was then chosen
to lead the chorus of Greek youths.
There was great difficulty in finding
young men in New York fitted by
nature TO take these parts. was
honored by being told that filed nv
part to perfect ion.
Since then havo been travelling
In Russia, Egypt. Greece, Italy, Sicily
and France, where ! have been col
lecting material for the new inter.
pretative dances which l am now
giving in New York. They are mod.
clled on the dances of ancient Greece.
In my childhood realized that |
was gifted with the Greek type of
beauty, and 1t has been my aim to
cultivate this gift to my utmost. |
began my career as a painter and
dancer. For time / called myself
"Iolaus, the Greek dancer" in order
to keep my dancing and my portrait
painting distinct, but since have
achieved some celebrity it has be-
come impossible to keep up the dis.
tinctioE
In pursuance of my ideals 1 went
to Greece as a boy. In Athens was
remarked by artists, archaeologists,
writer's and many of the beauty-loving
people of that city as reincarnation
OF the ancient Greek type. Somewhat
to my embarrassment, I was followed
through the streets Of Athens not
only by women, but by sculptors
and painters who reqested me to pose
as the reincarnated Apollo.
One OF the most celebrated writer's
OF modern Athens, Mr.. Caligorupolis,
was kind enough to write of me:
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T'actful.

Kind words may be more than
coronets. and Simple faith may beat
Norman blood to a frazzle: but. after
all. tact is tho possession most dear
and most useful to .ne human race
Ifr. Daniels thought so. too
When he left the house ne bad left
Mrs. Daniels with IL lady friend,
whose abilities " q scandal mongei
and mischief MAKER are pre-eminent
When TO returned he just poked his
aead into She draw:nGroom.
THAT Old cat gone. Z suppose?" he
said, with elgh OF relief
For just an Instant there was q
dreadful silence. for as he uttered the
last word no encountered tho stony
glare OF tho lady who had been in his
n.nd. Then Mrs Daniels spoke quito
calmly
"The old cat?" she said. "Oh, yes.
dear. / sent It TO the Cats Home in
q basket first thing this morning"
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AS a Dancing Greek Faun.

bones Of his two legs touch one an.
other.
A good development of the muscles
of the back, chest and abdomen are
particularly necessary for grace OF
form and movement. This can only
be obtained by exercise and right
living
When all the measurements have
been laid down it must be said that
beauty cannot exist unless the figure
is inspired with grace and the poetry
Of motion. The face, too, must be
intelligent and illuminated with the
yearning for the beautiful.
l have said that the man can be
more beautiful than the woman, but
he rarely is SO. He should lead
more primitive life. He should eat
simple, wholesome food and not
snatch two crullerS and cup of bad
coffee for his lunch.
Dancing is the most precious OF all
forms Of exercise in producing grace
OF body. Grace is sureness OF
motion, and this we acquire by dane
ing. The rhythm Of the music, set
ting every movement OF the body to
time, produces harmonious mus.
cular development.
In conclusion let me urge all boys
and young men to keep the Greek
ideal Of beauty before them. Try to
be beautiful in your bodies, and in
your lives. Do not allow beauty, the
most precious thing in the world,
to be the monopoly OF one sex. II
we all loved true beauty the sin
and ugliness that disfigure humanity
would be impossible. The true lover
of beauty would never make his
fellow men do work that disfigures
their bodies.
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ideal height of an American descend
ed from Northern European races, is
feet 8 inches.
His total height is eight times the
height of his head His neck is
straight and not too thick. His fore
head is broad and nearly upright,
and only moderately high. His head
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is well covered with hair.
His shoulders are several inches
wider than the measurement across
his hips. The palms OF his hands
reach to the middle OF his thighs
when he stands upright.
When he stands with his feet to.
gether, the knees, calves and ankle
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The Victim.

eyes" said tho solemn faced man.
at would ruin me financially If the
whiskey business should we wiped
out
"Are you III the liquor business.
sir?"
mo. no. I'm n temperance orator.
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A Poor Adviser.

Skinnint--l have no money. but Z
will give you little advice
Beggar--WeN. IL yer hain't sot no
money yer advice can't be very valu-
able.
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Different.

Colonel Sluey told ME that re :os,
his arm during tho war. didn't
know he was ever in the army"
"He wasn't During tho gar 10
worked In a sawn1ili"
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A9.: achieve greater perfection of
a beauty than woman. The large
head, with high, straight brow,
the broad shoulders, the slender hips,
the straight, strong legs OF beauti-
full man compare with the small head,
the narrow shoulders, the large hips,
the short legs, insecurity planted
on little feet, Of a woman, beautiful
though she may be.
In this view l am supported by the
great majority Of painters and sculp-
tors. The great appeal which beau
tiful woman makes to us arises large
ly from emotional and sentimental
causes, but for pure beauty OF form
the man is superior.
My readers will doubtless wish to
hear what constitutes beauty in a
man. The first requisite is SYM
metry. This includes proper devel-
opment, and harmony of features,
and above all, certain harmony be-
beautiful body one must have a beau
tiful mind.
We grow to resemble the thing We
admire, as Hawthorne has SO finely
told us In his story, The Great Stone
Face" II we fix our minds on the
great ella ssic ideals Of beauty We
shall grow to resemble them. The
Greek type Of beauty has set the
standard for all ages, and everyone
is more or less beautiful as he ap-
proaches this standard.
believe the most perfect type OF
manly beauty to be the Hermes Of
PraXiteles, whom some of my
friends have been kind enough to
compare with me. The beauty OF the
figure in this statue is Incompatible.
Another immortal type OF classic
beauty is the Antinous, whose statue,
partly mutilated, stands in the Capt.
tcline Museum at Rome.
Antinous. the favorite of the great
Emperor, Hadrian, is said to have
drowned himself in the Nile because
he realized his beauty must pass with
age.
The ideally beautiful man is tall
and straight, his height depending on
the race from which he springs. The
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The Hermes of Praxiteles, to
Whom the People of Athens
Compared Paul Swan.
Beauty-Louir1g Att

DAot SWAN, young American dancer, has been refe
/ most beautiful man In the world" He has bee
- young Greek god"
AZ tho earnest request Of this Newspaper MIR. Swan c.
what In his opinion, constituted beauty in man and hv
no nao oeen honored with such intoxicating titles II APP
pears that the fair sex has acclaimed his perfection her
ever ne has appeared. MIR. Swan DISPLAYING ha
beauty In nterpretatve Greek dances In New York and
appears at the Maxine Elliott Theatre on March 22.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-02-05

from between his teeth. Having res
cued her whip, she shouted to the 9TH
er lion: Back to your place, Hercules,
Hercules-back to your place!"
She stood pointing sternly toward
the box, but Hercules stretched him
self across the place of exit and lay
watching her %covertly.
The faces of the band boys had be-
come of a yellowish ~paIeness.
From behind the mask came the
voice SO loud that it sounded as a
scream-"Up, Samson, up, Samson
upl"
Then it was that Samson found his
voice. A mighty roar shook the loose
ly-set bars of the central cage-they
yibrated visibly, The roar did not
come as one short sharp note of de-
fiance; it rose and fell, then rose anew,
varying in the infections of the voice
of a slave who dares to threaten, fears
ever while he threatens, and gathers
passion from his fear.
At that fearful reverberation, the
audience started up, panic-stricKen.
Hitherto, the last act had been regard
ed as a badly-played comedy; now
tragedy was in the air.
Gregory and Grace Noir at that in
slant, became alive to their surround
ings. Hitherto, despising the show, re-
belllous at the destiny which had
fnrnnd thnnn Tn affnn1 II thnU hnd
been wholly absorbed in their efforts
to escape observation. The roaring of
the lion startled them to a perception
of the general alarm.
Grace chung to Gregory. ooh. save
mel" she painted Historically.
The voice of the woman behind the
bars rang throughout the tent-"Sit
down." The voice was not loud, now,
but singularly penetrating. "Sit down.
all of you, and remain absolutely mo.
tionless, or | am lost"
Grace Noir, her eyes closed, her
cheeks pallid, leaned her head upon
Gregory's shoulder, quivering convul.
sively.
There, there" Gregory whispered
in her ear, soothingly, Everything
will be all right"
The masked for the second
time addressed the terrified audience
still not %venturing to turn her head in
their direction: Whoever moves, OIL
speaks, or cries aloud, will be my mur
derer. have only one hope LETT, anC
I'm going to try it now. | ask you
people out there to give me just this
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HAD NO RIGHT TO BE OUT
Little Jasper Indignant Because His
Product Seemingly Had Dis
obeyed His Orders,

4-L
Little Jasper Senter learned from
the minister's sermon n Sunday that
man was made of clay, SO after return
ing from church he resolved to make
him a mar after his own fashion. The
work proceeded in the clay bank back
of the garden until his mother called
Jasper to luncheon. He had completed
all of the man save one leg.
That afternoon Jasper and his moth
er, while walking along the street, met
a man with one leg, walking with
crutches. Jasper accosted him and
grabbed his coat.
See here!" he said. 81 thought l
told you to stay there in the yard till
/ put that other leg on you."-Judge.
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VALUE OF TALK.

A young lawyer was defending an
old convict on the charge of burglary
in a state where the court rules allow
each side one hour to address the jury.
The young lawyer, somewhat nervous,
consulted a veteran member of the
bar who happened to be standing near.
"How much time do you think | should
take up in addressing the jury?" he
asked in a rather pompous manner.
Take the full hour" was the gruff
reply.
"The full hour? Why, / intended
to take only fifteen minutes"
Take the full hour" repeated the
old lawyer.
But why?"
Because the longer you talk the
longer you will keep your client out of
jail."-Ladies' Home Journal.
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PRIDE OF THE NATION.

S., S. Shubert, the theatrical man
ager, was praising the American Choir
us girl.
"She is not only prettier," said Mr..
Shubert, than her English or French
or Italian sister, but she is also bright
er, gayer, wittier. It's a pleasure to
hear her talk.
Two chorus girls we're lunching
near me the other day. Their skirts
were slashed, and they wore those
smart new-fangled shoes that fasten
with ribbon-narrow ribbon running
in criss-cross up their long, slim, silk
en- ankles.
I've got no use for your rah-rah
college boy said the first chorus girl,
swinging her shapely foot in and out
of her slashed skirt. He reminds me
of a china doll
"fWhy?' asked the other girl. Be
aus he's so pink and pretty?
mo said the first chorus girl. Be
cause he gets broke SO soon.'"
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THE DIFFERENCE.

A new book on Cecil Rhodes gives
an excuse for a story about him which
may be new to England. Rhodes mas
terfulness and sense of Importance
met with little opposition, as a rule,
but a little German clerk in the Trans
vaal government offices at Johannes
burg before the war once taught him a
lesson.
please attend to me at once" thun-
dered the Colossus. Il can't watt
when your turn comes, mister"
replied the clerk.
"Confound you, man, don't you know
who | ann" asked Rhodes.
ooh, yes, I know you; but don't wor-
ry about me-" was the clerks unruf-
fed reply.
IF you were in Capetown I'd have
you discharged at once" roared the
great man.
YES" said the clerk, very coolly.
I've heard they discharge people in
Capetown for doing their duty. But
this isn't Capetown-this is a repub-
ic."-Manchester Guardian.
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CHAPTER xxul.-contInusd

The show-girl was fastened in the
central cage. The clowns raised the
inner doors, and the lions shot from
their cramped quarters swift as tawny
arrows. They were almost against
the slight figure, without seeming to
observe her. For the fourth time since
noon they stood erect, shifting the air,
their bodies unconfned by CALLING tim.
bers and chilling iron. For the fourth
time this day, they were to be put
through their tricks by force of fear.
They hated these tricks, as they hated
the small cages in which they could
not lash their tails. They hated the
baby carriage" in which one was
presently to SIT, while the other
pushed him over the floor, his sullen
majesty sport for the rabble. They
hated the board upon which they must
see-saw, while the woman stood in the
middle, preserving equilibrium.
But greater than the lions hatred,
was their fear of the woman; and
greater than their fear of her was
their terror Of that long serpent which,
no matter how far it might dart
through space, remained always in the
woman's hand. They well knew its
venomous bite, and as they skunk from
side to side, their eyes we're upon
Its coiling black tongue,
y met Fran on the street." muir
INJURED Abbott, as he watched, unblink-
ingly. "She said she was going to
visit a sick friend. When did yon see
Fran last, Simon?
Don't know" Simon said, discour-
agingly. Nov they're going to see.
saw. The black-maned one is the
4 hardest to manage. | reckon, one day,
he'll Just naturally jump afoul of her,
and tear her to pieces. Look at him.!
1 don't believe this girl is going to
make him get up on top of that board.
My! how he is showing his teeth at
her. Say! This is a pretty good
show, hey? Glad you came, uh? Say!
Look at his teeth"
In truth, the black-maned lion
opened his mouth to a frightful extent,
making. however, not the slightest
sound. He refused to bulge.
Abbott shuddered.
"Samson!" cried the woman, i'm.
pellingly. The other lion was patient
ly standing IN his end of the board
waiting. He seemed fast asleep. Sam
son, however, was wide awake and
every cruel tooth was exposed as he
stretched his mouth. In his amber
eyes was the glow Of molten copper.
Suddenly Samson wheeled about
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the new, long, outstanding plumes
adjoining her new small hats, finds the
task of reconciling her neadgear with
her way of getting around rather tenn
per-trying.
II she only had to lower her
naughty crest and butt into her a
like a goat at a cat. 1t would be only
temporary Inconvenience, Once in,
the plume is again in the way Of the
roof, and must either be injured or
Its wearer's head must be bowed as II
IN grief for the whole OF the jour
ney.
Holes could, no doubt, be made in
the top Of cars for hat trimmings to
so through in fine weather. These
might be regarded in the light of-roof
gradens or roof feather farms. and
would surely enhance the appearance
Of covered cars.
Aftef all, knights OF old wore their
plumes above closed vIsors!--London
Sketch.
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told that the ship was bound for Boe,
ton. They accompanied the agent to
an office. ttllts.a
They say that they met a Swede on
the way and he consented to go along.
The three were asked to sign ship
ping papers, but the Swede refused to
sign until he had read them. Thic
angered the agent, who is alleged to
have drawn a revolver and knocked
the Swede unconscious.
The young men say that they were
given about SO worth Of clothing and
put aboard the ship. Then they
learned that they we're bound for Ham
burg instead OF Boston, but we're
forced to work. When the steamer
reached the other side OF the Atlantic
the young men went to Consul Cen
era1 Skinner at Hamburg and
lodged their complaint. Mr.. Skinner
sent them back to this country to
make their complaint to the immigra.
ton authorities.
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LIKE PIRATE DAYS OF OLD
Men Who Were shanghaled From
Norfolk, vay Seek Satisfaction
Frold Authorities.

Inc days Of the oyster pirates and
old wind tanners were recalled when
Walter McGirth, son Of a North Caro-
lima farmer, and Ebert Cocran, son Of
a former Pittsburg banker, told how
they had been changhaied at the point
OF q pistol and forced to work their
way rs Gamer to Hamburg when they
thought that they were going to ship
to Boston, says the Philadelphia Times.
The immigration authorities are hand
ling the case and a deputy United
States marshal, accompanied by the
two men, Is on the way to Norfolk
TO arrest the agent who shipped them.
The two young men met last Nov
ember In Norfolk. Va Both were out
Of employment and sought work about
dhe docks, Tbay were mot, according
to their story. By an alleged crew ship
ping agent. who offered to book them
on the steamer Dortmund OF the Ham.
burr Ahheriean line, which was lying
ihe docka. The YOUNG man were
H|H ""..
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IRVING WAS NOT ALL MIND
English Actor One Of the Most Low
able Of Men, According to Life
long Associate.

1t has been said of Irving that he
lacked feeling, that he was all mind
and 10 heart. Speaking to me, Miss
Ellen Terry said: He 10 gentle, not
tender" The late Henry Labouchere
wrote of him that "he was always act
ing" Greater errors could not have
been made. Irving knew enough Of
human nature to know that 1t is fire.
quently selfish and in many ways in
firm, and he realized that there is no
art to find the minds construction In
the face" but. essentially, he was n
OF the most loving and lovable Of men
when and where he fully trusted.
He was singularly sensitive to kind
ness, and any little token Of remem
brance that reached him from a
friendly hand. II It were only D trihe-
as inconsiderable as a oravat or a
cigar chse-was treasured by him
with a gratitude almost pathetic. But
he did not wear Ills heart upon his
sipeser and he did notistruHf many
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chance for my life. Keep absolute
ly still"
Again Samson uttered his terrible
roar. 1t alone was audible. Tier above
tier, faces rose to the te~nt.roof, white
and set. The audience was like one
huge block of stone in which, only
faces have been carved.
The penetrating voice addressed the
band boys: Don't play. He can tell
you're frightened"
The agitated music ceased.
Then the woman walked to the far
therest side of the Enclosure. In do,
ing 81 she was Obliged to pass the
crouching form of Hercules, but she
pretended not to know he was there;
she moved slowly backward, always
facing Samson.
At last the vertical bars prevented
farther retreat. Then she lifted her
hand slowly, steadily, and drew off her
crimson mask. 1t dropped at her feet
Despite the muffled street-noises that
never ceased to rumble from afar, the
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