The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-16

SNl1I Cut t5l4LS that tiiIlf Likes does not change in Girls man. is his liking for
 girls. commonly called chickens" There are very few exceptions to the rule. though some men deny 1t.
 This was brought to mind yester- day when William Evans. of the Terminal Barbershop. gave a dinner party in honor of his birthday. and tn" only people present, besides himself and Mrs Evans were little girls whose ages will average less th a dozen years.
 T. has been suggested that per haps it was not Mr. Evans liking for small girls after all that caused him to invite guests Of that age. pertars. it is suggested he felt that by inviting young women of imma- ture age. Mrs Evans would be bet ter plcased
 The gr,csts al MT. Fvans' birth day party were Helen Young, Alice Murphy. Irene and Lillian Wiener and Vera and Nuriel Russell. Gets Every community seems Fake 10 have its practical Nugget joker pests, who have
 no respect for age. sex, Trace. color or previous condition of seryitude" How one of these would be humorists imposed on the inex- perience of a sensitive girl at Cha taniha is being told in Fairbanks just now.
 In a forge of a Chatanika black smith shop, some one found a piece of brass that had been melted, and in cooling had taken the shape of gold nugget. He polished the piece of brass until it shone like gold, and laid 1t on bench,
 Sometime later tie practical jok CT came along, saw the imitation nugget. and stuck 1t In his pocket. Then he went to certain young lady of the town. and told her that Mir. Blank, a young mining man. had sent her the nugget as a gift.
 Not being familiar with real gold. the young woman was easily deceiv- ed and took the gift as a sincere token of regard. Before she saw Mir. Blank and had a chance to thank him, she lad exhibited the gift to q number of her friends.
 A few days later she met MT. Blank. and thanked him for the sup posed gold nugget Then the trick came to light and both Mir Blank and the young woman felt embar- rassed and indignant over the af- fair which was soon noised about the town.
 Woman's From Los Angeles comes Imagination a good story that illus Is Active trates how much some
 people are governed by their imaginations. As may be ey- pectod a woman is the real subject Of the story.
 People returning to Los Angeles from the scene of the fighting in Mexico bring many souvenirs from the battle fields Some of these souvenirs are in the form of un- eyn1oded percussion shells.
 It was not long ago that one of these shells exploded when a man. Frederick Reschen of 131 North Hill street. dropped i-. The news papers told the story of tie acci- dent in a thrilling way. and ended with the assertion that when people rushed 10 the scene of the explosion. after they heard the sound, there was but very little left of Betschen that could be recognized
 r happened that Mrs B Bloom. who lives not far from where the accident that ended the life of Reschen took place, had two of the same kind of shells sitting on her mantel as ornaments She had heard nothing of the accident until she read it in the morning newspaper. and as she read the thrilling ac- count. her imaeination became more and more aroused, until the climax Of the story was reached. and then with a scream she threw down her newspaper and fled from the house.
 Her screams attracted the atten- tion of passers-by, who sent in hurrv-up call to the central police station, and in a little while whole snuad of motorcycle officers appear ed on the scene, ready to put down a riot
 It was with some difficulty that Mrs Bloom could be Guieted enough to explain inteligently what had happened. and then she refused to 20 back to the house until the shells were removed, But the officers, at her request. entered the house and
 
 ornaments. making 1t possible for her to return home in safety. Election According to the com Law Is piled laws of Alaska, Impossible election returns must be
 counted before they are cast. This seems to be foolish provision, and is a physical impos- sibility, but the big book that directs the legal destiny of the Territory contains it in plain English.
 Of course, 1t is evident that the provision is some mistake on the part of the printers, for 1t provides that the election returns must be canvassed at Juneau within ten days after the third Tuesday of October which is several days be- fore election day.