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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-05

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INITIAL RESOLUTION s66s, FOR
WATER MAIN AND HYDRANT
IMPROVEMENT
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ia
COMA:
That 1t Is the intention of said
council to order the local improve
ment hereinafter set forth, and to
levy and collect special assessments
to pay the cost and expense of such
Improvement. upon the real prop
erty which is hereinafter described,
to the extent of the cost of a Six
(6'D inch Cast Iron Water Main.
That said improvement shall con-
sist or constructing a Sixteen (lG)
Inch Cast Iron Water Main on
Grant Avenue from South 18th
Street to South i4th Street, together
with the necessary tees, crosses,
sleeves, gate valves. connecting
pipes. etc.
That the real property to be bene-
nted by said Improvement, and
which will constitute Local Inn
provement District No. 5035. Is de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
All the lots in Blocks 1888 and
1894 Bakers Second Addition to the
City of Tacoma; also all the lots In
Blocks 1888 and 1894, Del Norte Ad-
dition to the City of Tacoma.
That the work of said improve
ment be done and said special as
sessments be levied and collected in
the manner provided by Chapter ss
OF the Acts of the Legislature of the
state of Washington OF 1911, and
Ordinance No. 1911 of said City.
That all persons who may desire
to object to the making of said i'm
provement In the manner above set
forth appear and present such OBJ
1ections at a meeting OF this council
to be held at the Council Chamber
ln the City Hall on Monday. the
sSrd day of April. 1917. at 10 o'clock
A. M. or at the time to which the
matter may be continued.
That the Commissioner of Light
Ind Water suk.it to this council at
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POULT' RY

BABY CHICKS-White Leghorns,
81 per 100; II. |. Reds, SIS per
100. April delivery. j. II. Crosby.
r. 3, Box Sc. Tacoma.
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Provided that the work to be
done by the Tacoma Railway and
Power Company, under their fran
elise. shall not be included in this
Improvement
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MESSENGER boys, over Is. with BIZ
cycle. Pacific Messenger Co.. 111s
Commerce.
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WANT EGGS? Feed STANDARD Lay
ing Mash. Keystone Cereal Co.,
2311 jeff. az.
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LEGAL NOTICES.


ORDINANCE NO. 657s.-AN ORDT-
NANCE appropriating $3,g272S
from the several funds OF the City
OF Tacoma to pay claims audit
ed by the City Controller, and de-
claring an emergency.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF TACOMA
Section |. That claims against
the City OF Tacoma, in the sum OF
$3,s272S. audited by the City Com
troller April 3rd, 1917, as shown
by his report, be allowed and paid:
and to pay said claims the following
sums are hereby appropriated from
the Light and Water Funds of the
City of Tacoma:
Light Fund .............,s 2,52S.43
Water Fund ..,,..,....... l,39S.S5
ipidi .t3,sZl.2S
Section 2. An emergency exists
and this ordinance shall take effect
Immediately after publication.
Passed April 4, 1917.
A. V. FAWCETT,
Mayor.
Attest: w. ID. NICKEUS,
City Clerk.
Anri1 + 1917
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PETALUMA and Queen incubators
and brooder stoves, poultry sup
plies. Pooie's Seed & Implement
Co, 1919 Pacific ay
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Rhubarb leaycs.

More than one case is on record
where leaves of the rhubarb plant pro-
duced fatal results when served as
greens" A survey Of all the avail
able data indicates that while the
stalks of the common garden rhubarb
furnish a perfectly safe article of food
for most persons, the leaves of the
same plant may not prudentiy be en-
ployed for culinary purposes. Rhu.
barb wine. which was once extensively
used in adulterating champagne, is
made from the stalks, yet DR.. William
Prout, an eminent physician and chem
ist who died in 1880, thought it was
so potent an agency in producing stone
in the bladder that he wanted parlia-
ment to prohibit its manufacture.
The safe course in regard to rhu-
barb appears to be this: Stick to the
stalks, but let the leaves alone.-New
York Sun.
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Respect the Children.

Don't call the children kids. A kid
is q goat, and. while goats are all right
in their way, children are better. The
dictionary says kid" applied to child
is slang. And so 1t is. 1t depreciates
the child. There is no sense in taking
away the dignity of child by calling
him an animal We must keep up the
human relation, where respect, sympa'
thy, love dwell. The older people may
overlook the false appellation, but it
itays with the child and makes him
feel, after all, that he is only little
goat and that his fond delight is In
eating old rags and paper boxes. Real
ly the child is an angel rather than a
Eoat and is entitled to the sweet con.
siderations that belong to human be.
ing. and II he does not get these it is
very likely lie will be a sort of goat nll
his life. So drop the "kid" vocabulary
and give the child every chance to be
a true human.-Columbu State Jour.
nal
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Pain and Struggle

Many people have fine dreams Of
moral and spiritual beauty which never
become anything more than dreams,
because they will not work them out in
pain, struggle and self restraint. Here
is an incident from private letter.
zone day lately one of my little mu-
sic pupils, an old fashioned, sweet lit
tie girl about nine years Old, was play
ing scales and octaves, when she turn
ed to me and said, oh, Miss Graham,
my hands are tired
II said: Never mind, Norma; Just
try to play them once or twice more.
The longer you practice them the
stronger your hands will grow, so that
after awhile you will not feel 1t at ALL
"She turned the gentle little face
wearledly to me and said, Miss Gra-
ham, it seems as If everything that
strengthens hurts
Il gave her something else, but l
thought, Yes, my dear little girl, ev-
erything that strengthens hurtsr"
The child was right. 1t is true in
music; it is true in all art; 1t is true
in the making OF character; everything
that strengthens hurts, costs pain aud
self denial. We must die to live. We
must cruelty the flesh that we may
find spiritual gains.-J. II. Miller IN
Spokane SpOkesman-Review.
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Summer boarders are people who
spend several weeks in the country
each summer longing for a trip home,
They are usually very witty persons
and make comical remarks to the farm
er. Aside from the board they pay
him the farmer cleans up tidy sum
each summer by sending the things his
boarders say to the comic weeklies. 4
summer Doarder can merely look at a
COW and quick as a wink he will say
something funny. The farmer puts
this down in n book he always car
ries around with him. In the course
Of a couple of weeks he has several
pages Of good jokes to sell at his own
rates. If you board with farmer any
summer say some funny things to him
about the cows or the pigs. II he
keeps horse always poke fun at his
horse. He will laugh at the funny
things you say. Then he will go In
and open up n can OF fresh country
peas out of his own cellar so that when
you go back to the city you will miss
;he country vegetables. When you
leave be sure and tell him how you
enjoyed the country eating so that he
ran laugh some Philadelphia
Star
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Hiah Collara In Quito.

In an article on "Qulto, the City OF
the Equator" Harry A. Franck de-
scribes in tie Century some OF the diff
ficultlcs he encountered when shopping
in South America.
THE line of demarkation between
the gcnte deccnte and the gente del
pueblo of Quito Is the white collar.
Naturally the tendency Is to make It
as wide and distinct as possible. When
/ had searched the entire city | found
my customary brand Of collar at four
times its American price, but the low
est collar in Stock was wcirdly sug.
gestivc of some species OF human 81.
raffe.
"'You misunderstood me- | protest.
ed. Il dhl not ask for cuff, but for q
collar
"'But this is collar, senorv cried
the shopkecper.
Something lower. please
:" But this is very lew collar. 1t Is
so low that no one IN ,.'!to will wear
it. and we are not importing any more
of this Brand"
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Great Is the moment when ttdings Of
freedom reach us, when the long en-
thralled soul from amid its chains and
squalid stagnancy arises. were it still
only in blindness and bewilderment,
and swears by him that made 1t that
it will be free. Free2 Understand
that WELL 1t is the deep commandment,
DINNER or clearer, Of our whole being
to be free. Freedom is the one pur-
port, wisely aimed at or unwiscly, OF
all mans struggles, toilings and suffer
ings in this earth. Yes, supreme is
such moment Of thou have known
it,; first vision as of flame g!rt Sinai
in this our waste pilgrimage. which
thenccforth wants not its pillar of
cloud by day and pillar of fire by
night. Something it is even-nay,
something conslderable-whcn the
chains have grown corrosive, poison.
ous to be free from oppression by our
fellow man.-Carlyle.
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Inspiration
Miscellany
Making Courtesy Pay

There Is nm article I'm the American
Magazine that tells about William Yer.
non Bnckus, who formed the Apprecia-
tlon league The writer says:
"'Ycnrs ago said Mr.. Backus, 4 act
ed like any ordinary citizen did when
provoked by rudeness or dlscourtesy.
l would report to headquarters the
gross affronts offered by those whose
public or semipublic position made 1t
their special duty TO be courteous.
"'Then upon thinking about the prob
repriman1ed it made him bitter and
angry with the public. And when he
was discharged It did not cure the evil
and only brought suffering upon his
wife and children
"Mr. Backus saw this system was
all wrong. lie questioned employees,
and they told him they were not al.
ways courteous, because sometimes
people were unreasonable, and anyway
their efforts were not appreciated.
"What good does it do said one
man, to be extra nice and cheerful
when the impolite man gets the same
pay and rating as those who make an
effort to be courteousY
at was this remark which helped
Mr.. Backus to formulate his rules ana
his plan. The members Of the Appre-
citation league travel to many places
and always report courtesy and kind
ness to employers. For this purpose
every member of the league IS provided
with blank which permits the filing
IN the name and business address of a
clerk, conductor, postman, usher, collec-
tor or any one Mt all who is especially
attentive and deserving of commenda-
zion -
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Individuality.

No process is so fatal as that which
would cast all men in one mold. Every
human being is intended to have a
character CT his own, to be what no
other is to do what no other can do.
Our common nature is to be unfolded
in unbounded dlversities. 1t is to wear
innumerable forms OF beauty and glo-
ry. Every human being has a work
10 carry on within, duties to perform
abroad, influences to exert, which are
peculiarly his and which no conscience
but his own can teach.
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PUTTING the Cat Out al Niaht.

The practice of turning the cat out of
doors at night is as cruel as 1t is un-
necessary. No animal is fondcr of
warmth and comfort, and the pets hap
piness certainly is not increased by a
night spent outside i'll cold and damp
ucss.
If as much energy was exhausted in
keeping the cat indoors as too often Is
expended in putting her out, how great
would he the boon to human nerves
and unfortunate wild things. All fe-
lines are normally nocturnal, and 1t Is
ut night, if ever. that curb on Their
activities is needed,-Lee S. Cranda!L
in Pets"
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An Eye Opener.

Always have glass medicine drop
per and q bottle Of rOsewater in the
medicine chest and in your travelling
bag. Then when you get foreign
body in your eye you will be spared
much pain and discomfort if the fol-
lowing very simple and harmless meth
cd is pursued: Put into the medicine
dropper six drops of the rosewatcr.
Pull down the lower lid and float the
liquid on the surface OF the injured
eye. After the rosewatcr has been in
the eye for few seconds Use the
empty medicine dropper to suck out
the liquid, and the foreign matter will
come with ii.
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BOY A PATRIOT.
Lad Enists and Is the Youngest on
Registration List.

Sharon, pa.-Little Alexander Rim
kove. aged seven years, is the real boy
patriot of Sharon. Alexander wants to
go to war. He is really sincere, and,
Willie he admits he can't carry q gun,
lie IS willing to bet that he can be a
water boy and hold his own with the
best of them.
Business was booming in one of the
registration polls when the youths dis
covered little Alexander pushing his
way through the line. He stepped up
to the table and demanded to be regis
tered. The clerks had been working
hard, and they grabbed at the oppor-
tun.ty for bit Of diversion.
"Why,. you can't carry gun, my lit
tie man." said the clerk smilingly.
"Of course not" was the quick re-
spouse, but can carry water for the
soldiers"
He was accommodated, and now Al
eXander can boast of being The young
est man in the county to be on Uncle
Sans registration list.
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DOG GUARDS LITTLE GIRL.
Must Have Guided Her Away From
Dangerous Places.

Dangerous Places.
Boulder, COlo.-Ellen Grimes, aged
four years, put blue ribbon On her
brindle bulldog Bob and came down
to Boulder from her home on the top
of Sugarloaf mountain to tell how she
and her pet spent two days and nights
wandering over mountains, along prcc-
ipices and through canyons while
POSSE of 200 men, headed by pack of
bloodhounds. searched for them.
Me and Bob jes' went walkin',' she
said. when / got hungry 1 picked
berries and ate them. When l was
sleepy l crawled in a place under q
rock, and Bob crawled in after me-"
Bob's nose was full Of porcupino
quilts as evidence of at least one bat
tie fought 10 save his little mistress
How often the brindle bull kept be-
tween Ellen and the edge Of preci-
pice, how often he guided her away
from the treacherouS holes with which
the mountain sides are peppered, how
often lie saved her life, Bob alone
knows, and Bob won't tell.
After following for few hours the
perilous trail picked out by the girl
and dog the keeper of the bloodhounds
gave up in exhaustion. He handed the
leashes over to n sturdy veteran miner.
In less than four hours be fell down
a fifty foot cleft in the rocks and was
seriously injured. The dogs were In
charge of the eighth set OF keepers
when they found the lost girl.
Ellen and Bob wandered from home
while Ellen's mother was getting her
brothers and sisters ready for Sunday
schOpl
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Shower For
Brides. SELECT

The shower given by the Matilda
club for the Misses Isabelle McDon-
ough and Katherine Tulloss was at
tended by about 40 young people in the
K. of C. hall Wednesday evening, Mu-
sic and dancing formed the diversions
of the evening. Both Miss Tulloss and
Miss McDonough received a tea-set,
The shower was in honor of the we'd
ding in the near future Of Miss Don
ough to Mr.. John Ahern and the cere-
mony which will solemnize the mar
riage of Miss Tulloss to Mr.. Paul Nc
Kee. Both of the brides-to-be are
members of the Matilda club
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ROOSTER AS MOTHER.
Struts About With Forty Chicks az "
He'd Hatched Them.

He'd Hatched Them.
Doylestown, PA rooster that Ia
making an unparalleled record belongs
TO William Rake lie is aHbig fellow.
weighing niue or ten pounds, and
mothers a brood of chicks with all the
art and tenderness of mother hen.
Some time ago Mr.. Rake noticed tho
ROSTERS fondness for chicks and al
lowed him TO take few to raise. The
rooster soon grew proud of his new
possessions and fed, guarded and cared
for his charges with the ability Of an
experienced hen.
Mr.. Rake was quick to take advan-
rage of this aptitude, and he soon In
creased the ROSTERS family, so that
now the big bird is strutting around
the yard with brood of forty chicks
At feeding time he carefully pecks the
food apart and then feeds 1t to them.
and not until they have eaten their fill
does he attempt to partake of nourish-
ment himself. He is always watchful,
cautious and painstaking lest he tread
upon them.
Two OF the chicks attempted to start
Il scrap one mornisg, but Immediately
Father Rooster was on the job and
gently but firmly pushed ais beak be-
tween tie scrappers, and the fight was
over.
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Pets Fleece Worth S11.

Baker, Ore.-If Mary had a lamb
and its wool followed the course of the
market it would be the rule to have
bleaters that would put Mary through
school and college as well, At least
William Sutherland of Pleasant Val
ley can so figure, for lie had his pet
sheared by George johnson to find
that its fleece weighed eighteen pounds,
worth at least S11.34, based on the
price paid by meat company for tho
Lebanon clip.
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Girls Camping
At Roqer's Lake

Leaving Thursday, Il number of
girls went on a camping trip to Rog-
er's Lake, near here, for a week, or
POSSIBLY two weeks. Those who went
we're: Dorothy Tucker, Harriet Kraft,
Marian Mardis. Margaret Fairchild,
Mary Ransom, and Sara Neass. The
girls were chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Turner They have not decided
the exact length of their trip. 1t may
even be extended to three weeks-not
longer.
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a Beqinrind,

Two college freshmen of the male
persuasion were looking at n counter
of magazines which had tue usual
pretty girl covers.
There's a rather good one" remark
cd one.
His companion cast an 8ppraising
eye upon the golden haired, blue eyed
little thing on the cover.
"Yes," he drawled. but she has an
incipient face. New York Post.
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Country Club Tea
PIessureablc Affair

The weekly afternoon tea at the
country club Wednesday was one of
the most pleasureable of these al
fairs yet to be held, 1t was in charge
of a committee of which Miss Eliza
beth Devin was chairman. Miss Lu-
cille Smith gave several entertaining
recitations, while Miss Dorothy
Spence rendered selections on the vio-
lin with Miss Agnes Ahrendt as ac-
companist.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.


G' First aid treatment for faint 1
. ing should consist in getting the I
= patient into an open air space rs I
o quickly as possible, lowering the I
. head if the face be pale ana rails I
= ing 1t If 1t be congestcd. At tho I
q same time the clothing must be :
. loosened from the neck to the I
q waist. 1t Is absolutely necessary {
. that n free circulation of air be I
8 had, so if there Is none stirring {
g vigorous tanning helps consider {
= ably. If the patient is uncon- I
i scious give nothing by the I
8 mouth, but if she is conscious {
q the sooner fluids are given the I
j. better Cold water in sips, cold {
j. tea, hot coffee, cold milk and :
q warm beef tea are all useful, but :
. some stronger and more quickly {
= acting stimulant may be neces- {
s. sary. Ammonia in the form of I
j. volatile is the stimulant usual :
T. ly supplied in ambulance ham :
. pers. A dose of from five to thir- {
y ty drops of this salt in two ta- {
i blespoonfuls of water is general I
q ly effective, but n great objection {
. to its use is that it sometimes I
. causes vomiting. which is espe- :
{, cially undesirable in one who Is I
. already weak and exhausted.
d
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Tomatoes and GRAPES.

An Italian grape grower accidentally
discovered that the presence Of tomato
plants in his vineyard made short work
of the phylloXera, with which his vines
We're infested This insect destroys
both the root and the stem of the
grapevine
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A Misconductor.

The Poet - So you've disposed OF
your little Pomeranian? thought you
We're so fond OF him? The Violinist-
Yes, but l had to decide between him
and my art. Every time l played a
nocturne on my instrument he wagged
his tail in ragtimc.-Ncw York Globe.
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81 was reading in the paper" said
the fat plumber, "about man who
had his will tattooed on his back"
Gee" the thin carpenter exclaimed.
I'D hate to have my will on my back"
"Why?"
Because many will is broken by
the courts. s."-Youngstown Telegram.
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q Sicn of Ace,

When a man begins to say TINT all he
does is to get up in the morning and 20
to work and 90 home in the evening
and 90 to bed he's getting old, whethe'
he will admit it or not. - Atchison
Globe.
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CARNEGIE LURES FISH.
Makes a Fine Haul In Lake on His
Leaox Estate.

LeNON EStdte,
LenC1.-Andrew Carnegie made
fine haul OF fresh water fish on Lake
Mahkeenac. Fishing off the bass
ground in his new thirty foot electric
boat, which is charged at its wharf by
a special electric line created for the
purpose, the aged ironmaster took two
black bass, thirty-four perch and ten
sunfish, all in two hours. He was de-
lighted with his catch and promises
to make fishing a regular pastime.
The lake is at the foot Of the Car
negie property. Shadow Brook, and
Mr.. Carnegie is reminded of his favor.
ite loch in Scotland by the outlook
across the waters.
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Your Own Self.

The ideal Is in thyself. The impedi
ment, too, is in thyself. The condition
is but the stuff thou art to shape that
same ideal out of. What matters
whether such stuff be OF this sort or
that so the form thou givest it be he
roic, be poetic Carlyle.
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Value Trebled.

Stockson - You say your mining
stocks are worth three times what
they were when you bought them.
That's astonishing. How do you ac-
count for it? Bonds-Waste paper has
irebled in value since | made the pur.
chase.-ESchang
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Exaqqeration,

EXaggeration is neither thoughtful,
wise nor snfc. 1t is proof OF The
weakness of the understanding or the
want of discernment of him that ut
ters it, so that even when he speaks
the truth he soon finds 1t is received
with suspicion or utter unbelief.
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The two parallel rails upon which
life Is sure to run safely and far are
faithfulness and sincerity. No one who
runs his life on them ever gets off the
track or finds any freight too heavy to
pull, no matter how steep the grade or
how great the storm.
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Shower For
NeWlyWeds

Mr.. and Mrs. David Mcfarland en-
tertained Wednesday evening with a
miscellaneous shower for Mr. and
Mrs Ivan e. Roop OF East Vine street.
About forty friends and neighbors
were present and many useful gifts
were received. Light refreshments
were served.
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PORTO RICO DRAFTS 1O4,996.
Only Thirty Alien Encmies Found on
Island Territory.

The total registration in Porto Rico
under the seiectlve draft law was 1O4,-
0S6
The registration is divided as fol-
lows: White, 1920 colored, 24Goo;
aliens, 2,01G; enemy aliens, so.
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Too Radiant.

Edith-Fred and | have agreed to
keep our engagement secret. Her
Friend-lmpossible, dear. Al the girls
will know it as soon as .hcy look at
you.-Boston Transcript.