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support in his political troubles down
in louisiana
He has bodied up frequently In Sen
ate debates. He was active when the
economy bill was up for consideration
and was one Of the Senators who led
the fight for confirmation of Guy T.
Helve11ng Of Kansas for commissioned
OF internal revenue
Nevadas new Senator, the plump.
whtte-haired Pat McCarran, Is another
hrst-termer who struck out rather
boldly In the special session.
It was McCarran who sought to stop
progress OF the administration econo-
my plan through the Senate by q par
bill sent to the Judiciary Committee,
but was showed under by a 3-to-l vote.
Defeat didn't down him, however. A
few minutes after the roll call he was
IN q squabble with Senator Glass Of
Virginia. Glass had made a scarcely
audible remark which McCarran caught
and jumped to his feet to claim the
moor on personal privilege
He warned Glass that he wanted Ito
put stop to such remarks" and de-
clared that If they weren't stopped he
would invoke the rule Of the Senate"
There are few Senators. even among
the old-timers. who care to get into an
argument with Glass, but the reputa.
ton Of the Virginian did not stop NC
Carran.
He is a product Of the Southern Ne
vada mining boom days. Formerly a
district attorney In the center of the
Tonopah boom. he has gone far In the
judiciary Of Nevada, but retains many
characteristics born Of gold-rush times.
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UNCLE RAYS CORNER
park space is being used for the Worlds

park space is being used for the Worlds
Fair.
The Enchanted Island" part Of the
Worlds Fair Is intended especially for
children. To provide special place
for boys and girls is step in the right
direction, but am sorry that q charge
is made for so many things on the En-
chanted Island. OF course q great deal
Of money Is needed to sustain q worlds
fair. but it seems to me that more might
have been given freely to children.
There will be other worlds fairs In
years to come, and perhaps you will
be among those who help to build them.
If you are, hope you will remember
the days of your childhood, and that
it is not always easy for boys and girls
to obtain extra nickels and dimes.
Somewhere, some day, I should like to
prepare an Enchanted Island according
to my dreams. Such an island would
be a place where boys and girls would
be helped to explore the wondrous field
Of knowledge, and there would be not
only free Fairgrounds but free ice cream
and cake as well! UNCLE RAY,
(Copyright, 1881
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A FTER every municipal election In
n every great city in this coun-
II try, thousands of men who
1 \ having paying employment be-
siege the elected officers for
public Jobs. Perhaps among a hundred
Of these, two or three are qualified for
the places they want to flll. The re-
mainder are looking for soft snaps"
There was an investigation into the
government Of the City Of New York
about 20 years ago. It developed that
building who apparently did no useful
work at all. An old Tammany boss who
was on the stand was asked why these
men were employed.
What do they do for their money!"
inquired the investigator
WELL" said the old gentleman, after
some thought, they anyway keep the
chairs from blowing out Of the win
dowS."
Despite all the legislation that has
been passed in America to bring about
Civil Service reform, think the major
ity Of public officers are either unfit
for the important places they hold, or
unwilling to do the work which they
were appointed to do.
As a reporter I used to go to the
city hail. to the court house and to the
Capitol OF the State. Naturally be.
came fairly well acquainted with most
Of the people employed there Not one
of them could have got public Job
save fer the favor Of some boss. and
not more than 10 per cent of them did
any really useful work at all
The expense Of conducting the gov
eminent of most Of the cities in Amer
lea is at least three times what it
should be. This Is due entirely to the
fact that the majority of the people
think very little about their govern
ment. and are content to allow it to be
conducted by men who are inefficient.
The blame for this is not wholly with
the machine politicians. They could
If the people Of the city took the same
interest in the government-which is
their public business they do in
their jobs.
Under the constitutions of the United
States and of the States, and under
the charters Of the cities, the people
have an undisputed right to direct the
wise and economical conduct Of their
governments. If they will not do it,
what is more natural than that organ
izations which exist merely for revenue
should step in and do it for them?
The trouble in America is that people
think about politics only week or two
before election. BY that time all the
ARRANGEMENTS have been made by the
machine politicians, and nothing Is left
for the people but to accept the deci-
sions Of civil employees that are ap-
pointed by the bosses.
(Copyright, 1889
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A Sermon for Today
CATER a Long Time"
BY REV. JOHN r. GUM.

After long time the lord of those
servants cometh, and reckoneth with
them Matthew, xxv19.
This Is the parable of the talents.
Three men were given talents, of whom
two succeed and one fails. Two use
their talents and double them. The
third buries his talent in a grave OF
grievances and does not try. Where is
the man who tried and failed. who
fought and lost, who took risks and
came to grief?
Life is not SO simple as the parable,
on the surface, seems to suggest. Effort
does not always bring success. Courage
Though we strive hard, many of our
enterprises fail to materialize. Where.
in the parable, Is the man who used
his talent and lost out.
He must be represented. for there
were SO many of him with whom Jesus
had to do. To find him in the para
BILE we must give up thinking of sue
cess in material terms. Here is no
question of cash. but of character; no
question Of money but Of morals. And
in the story we see only the result.
and not the process. There were two
who succeeded, but note that it was
hind the veil of those hidden years
lie the secret and character Of their
success
What is there in the long interlude
Of that short phrase? 1t covers the
efforts, struggles and devotions Of
lifetime It tells of character enriched
by discipline. disappointment, sacri-
flee. And when I look at the living
counterparts of these good and faith
full servants" I see men and women
toiling and striving, failing and trying
again. Years pass. Now look at them.
They may not have doubled their
money, but they have doubled their
moral strength and worth. After a
long time" their crosses are trans
formed into crowns-not, perhaps, the
crowns of material success, but the
nobler crowns of spiritual success.
What. then. of those who try-and
fail? They are here. And after a
long time" Hidden in those unrecord-
ed years is no story of unbroken pro-
fessional triumph. Else 1t were no
story for you and me. I see there
many who tried and failed. and tried
again. I see multitudes of white-robed
souls coming out of great tribulation.
Here the crowns are all crosses trans
formed Here is no story of multiply
ing wealth. but Of multiplying charac-
ter And multiplying character is sue.
cess that Is won only at great cost
after q long time"
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Cheese Cookery in Summer Menus
BY EDITH M. BARBER,

bread-crumb foundation. the egg yolks
and whites are not separated.
For quick luncheon dishes. the hot
cheese sandwich, open or closed and
baked or fried. is delicious. The sim
plest way to make one of these sand
wiches is to toast bread on one side,
then cover the toasted side with thinly
sliced or faxed cheese and finish it
under the broiler The addition Of q
strip Of bacon or a sardine or two gives
it a further touch of interest. The
other day I had this sandwich with q
slice of Bermuda onion and 1t was very
good. A mixture Of cheese with minced
or deviled ham also makes good top
ping for a bread foundation. Large
crackers may replace the bread.
Peppers, eggplant or tomatoes. stuffed
with crumbs or crumbs and meat mixed
or sprinkled with cheese, are other main
luncheon dishes to be remembered
when planning Summer meals.
Crackers and cheese to finish a meal
make dessert unnecessary. II jelly Is
served as well, it makes this service
even better A fruit salad with crack
ers and cheese makes q combination
salad and dessert.
(Copyright, 1889
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Conquering Contract
Bv p. HAL SIMS

says he bid the hand badly because
after his force in diamonds he was
afraid to redouble, whereas II he had
bid only two diamonds on the second
round. he would have got to the slam
just as surely, and would in that event
have redoubled. The bidding would
then have been-one heart, one spade,
two diamonds, two spades, three hearts,
four diamonds (not three no-trump) 4,
six diamonds, double, redouble.
Be that as it may, Wernher had no
difficulty in making six diamonds. 1t
is a spread provided South knocks out
the ace OF spades before laying down
one of his high diamonds, and takes
in both clubs before leading the third
round OF spades. In most, cases the
hand was played at three no-trumps,
five being made; one player made six
no-trumpS because East did not win
the first spade lead, but dropped the
ten. Declarer now led small spade,
from North's hand. drawing the ace.
At another table East, not being vul-
nerable, stuck in bid of one no-trump
after South had bid heart, North a
spade South doubled and the penalty
was 1000 points. West forgot to rescue
in clubs.
Clearing Up Misunderstanding.
Some of my readers have received
the impression that when Sims player
opens the bidding first or second hand,
he guarantees to rebid his hand re-
CARELESS Of his partners response. That
is not So by any means. He guarantees
rebid material, but that may be in such
form that it constitutes only willing
ness to let the partner play the hand
in one no-trump. Usually. Of course.
the opener will not pass one no
trump response on weakness because
the safety Of. the hand will be better
served by rebid Of the opening suit
a second biddable suit If the hand con-
tains one However, if no such rebid is
possible, because the suit Is short and
the hand Is defensive in type and
minimum of its kind-less than four
primary tricks and no substantial
intermediates-so that opener has only
two alternatives, to pass or to bid two
no-trumps, then he must pass. Two no
trumps over one no-trump response Is
a very optimistic and encouraging bid
which responder would raise to three
even on a distinctly moderate hand.
The analysis Is as follows: Apparently
the two hands have only one biddable
suit between them and that is not re-
biddable Consequently game is ex-
tremely unlikely unless one Of the two
partners can make some other-than-
minimum response. or opener can raise
the one no-trump response to two no.
trumps Failing this, it is advisable to
play the hand in the lowest and safest
contract. One no-trump is lower than
two in a suit and on this bidding ap-
pears to be at least as safe and prob,
ably safer.
(Copyright, 1889
Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on con-
tract that are addressed to this newspaper
With self-addressed stamped envelope
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N A T u r E. S
HID r E N

By LILLIAN COX ATMY.
WICKED and cruel dragon
this hawk known "A Come

4 a IN the air as he chaSeS his ter
rtfied victims, who. screaming
with terror, try to evade this big blue
darter.
With upper parts Of Aaty gray. the
throat Is white, streaked with black
lines, and underparts are Of black and
white. 1t Is not difficult to recognize
this hawk. after you have seen him
once. You do not mistake him for an
other. His tail Is about inches long
er than the tips of his wings and Is
rounded instead Of square. The crown
Of his head Is very dark and his trou-
sers are baggy In appearance.
This hawk preys upon valuable song
birds. It is claimed that its only use
Is for stuffed specimens In museum
cases. Other hawks are valuable to the
farmer in keeping down the mice horde.
They are known throughout the tenn
pcrate zone of North America and are
permanent residents except at the most
northern borders Of their range Some
members Of this family go south for the
coolest months.
As q robber, one Is fearless and de-
termined. The farmer must be ever
watchful, as this rascal dearly loves
small, tender chickens, turkeys and
ducklings. If really hungry, he will
hunt for reptiles, frogs and mice. So
this daring fellow refuses, except under
pressure Of hunger, to assist the farmer
in any way.
The love song Of the hawk is "Cac,
cac, cac." not much as to volume and
Of no musical value at all. The fellow
is very much given to silences and ap-
parently only uses his voice at mating
time.
The pair seeks the woods and con-
structs q fairly comfortable nursery
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A Little Saturday Talk.

n VOW that our 1r1endS, Alien ano
N Roberta Thompson, have re-
turn d home safely after their
1 adventures in Iceland and
Greenland, We may breathe
freely once more, and may turn our
minds to other fields.
So much interest has developed In
Chicago's fair that plan to write an
other series about it this month.
I think that the fair can be called q
success and that it is helping Chicago
to Give down" the poor reputation
which was brought about by gangsters
and by the slownesss Of the city in pay
ing school teachers.
There are stories of people who have
asked to travel through Chicago aboard
an armored car, lest they should be shot
on the way! During the past 20 years
l have made dozens OF visits to Chi
cago, and never once while there have
1 seen any one firing a revolver. There
are gangsters in the city without doubt,
but for the most part they fight among
themselves. My impression is that Chi
cago IL no more dangerous to visit than
New York City.
The Chicago loop" is the central
business district where elevated trains
60 around q rough circle or loop That
district contains many tall buildings,
but do not like the noise, dust and
lack Of sunlight which I have found
there
On the other hand we may give Chi
cago credit for its splendid lake shore
development. A great area formerly
under water has been filled in and made
into public park space. Part Of this
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staple meal of tt

staple meal of the simplest kind
A reader-a man-haS asked me for
my favorite recipe for Welsh rarebit.
I hardly dare do this. for the Welsh
rarebit is often a mans specialty-his
contribution to the cooking Of the
household Perhaps the very best is
that simple combination of melted
cheese, well seasoned, with beer.
know men who make a real ceremony
of the preparation Of rarebit. The
seasoning-mustard. paprika, salt-must
with just a bit of butter, which is
melted but not allowed to brown. The
cheese, carefully faxed with a fork. is
added and stirred over a low fire until
it Is just melted At that psychological
moment the beer is added, Just enough
to thin and flavor the cheese. It used
to be breathless moment until 1t was
settled that the two main ingredients
would blend. This blending really de-
ponds upon the freshness Of the cheese,
and until the last few years that fresh
ness depended upon the state of the
one large cheese which the grocer had
in stock. The first cuts would be soft
and in just the right state for rarebit
extent that the fat would often sep
arate from the curd. This, of course
spoiled the smoothness of the rarebit
and gave it a leathery, stringy texture
I thought I was very clever when I
discovered the blending of little corn
starch with the seasoning would take
care Of this. Now, of course, it is pos
sible always to get cheese in a soft,
fresh state. There are cheese products,
cheese to which extra whey has been
added, that melt perfectly, so that they
are particularly convenient for a quick
cheese dish. If partly broken up with
a fork in hot milk they need only to
be stirred until smooth to make a
sauce for macaroni or noodles, for in
stance
In making most cheese dishes. it is
much easier, I have found, to press
fresh cheese through a course strainer
with a wooden spoon rather than to
attempt to CRATE 1t. OF course, II you
have cheese that has dried out, you
will use the CRATER
Timbales, fondues and soufdes, ia
vored with cheese, are among the favo-
rite baked dishes which are suitable for
lunch. 1t Is difficult to discriminate be-
tween souff1es and fondues, but usually
the base for the former is white
sauce or cooked tapioca. while the base
for the fondue Is bread crumbs. Egg
yolks and whites are beaten separately
for both of these dishes, while for tim
bales, which are usually made with a
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The Perfect Guest.
ITO be repeatedly welcomed house
guest is a far greater test Of
ones character and tempera-
ment and charm than to be

NJ De q repeatedly "clCouieu HouSe
guest is a far greater test Of
ones character and tempera-
ment and charm than to be
considered agreeable for mere
hour or two at lunch or at dinner.
The exactions for a really ideal house
visitor are not easy to achieVe-at least
not for people who are at all set in
their ways. And if you happen to be
one of these, then you must either
acquire extraordinary self-control or
else you ought not to go visiting. ever.
At all events, whether easy or not,
you as a guest must conform to the
habits of the family with whom you
are staying. You take your meals at
their hour, you eat what is put before
YOU. and you get up and go out and
come in and 20 to bed according to
the schedule arranged by your hostess.
And if it should so happen that the
hours or food or arrangements upset
you, you must appear blissfully con-
tent.
When the visit is over, you need
never accept an invitation to stay in
that house again Cor in any other
there, you must like it. You must like
the people you meet and the things
they do. You must try your very best
to find the food delicious. though they
offer you the very dishes that are most
distasteful to your palate or antago-
nistic to your digestion. II every one
else is bent on picnic, you must dis
guiSe your hatred of red ants and
scrambled food with stoical fortitude,
You must be ready for your evening
meal at half after 6. even though
your own dinner hour be g. Still
harder, you must pretend that o'clock
Is perfect dinner hour, though your
own supper hour at home is o'clock,
and by your chest seems to have
oaved in and glued itself to your spine.
IF you 60 for drive and 1t pours,
and there Is no top to the car, and
you are soaked to the skin and chilled
to the marrow, so that your teeth chat
ter your lips must smile and you must
appear to enjoy the refreshing COOL
ness. II you go to stay with the
Browns in a thin walled cottage in the
country and they put you in the room
next to a teething baby which cries all
night. and if the windows have no
mosquito netting in mosquito-infest-
ed country, and no dark shades or
shutters SC that you wake again as
soon as you have fallen asleep at dawn,
you may On no account let the family
know that you slept scarcely an hour,
nor may you ever tell any one else.
after having accepted the hospitality
Of the Browns, how utterly miserable
you were.
But you can, the next morning, walk
TO the village and send yourself tele-
gram and leave! Perhaps it may be
well-H you are in doubt as to your
talents as visitor-to arrange
code by means of which you can
send telegram quite openly and re-
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Siam Adds Airlines.

Due to its strategic position in inter-
national air trafic, Siam Is increasing
aviation facilities. Regular and emer-
gency landing fields Is well as aircraft
wireless and meteorological stations,
will be provided along the lanes speci-
lied by the government. Eight flrst-c class
fields with metaled runways and as
many emergency fields will be in use
within q short time. also 10 meteorolog-
ical observation stations and five wire
less stations for communicated with
aircraft It u promised that 2nding
fees VIII be. low IN comparison with
rates IA most countx1aA
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Reddy's Disappointment.
4 tySD OTovs ~ . tVig = banti
A tribe turns . great event.
Old Mother Nature.

IN REDDY FOX was going to dine
- on Peter Rabbit. He hadn't
doubt Of It. Neither had Peter
i for that matter. Reddy knew
that Peter was somewhere In
Farmer Browns garden and he knew
that in that garden was no place for
Peter to hide where he. Reddy, could
not get him.
"The nearest place Of safety Is 50 far
that even with all his lodging, and
must admit that Peter can dodge, can
run him down and catch him." thought
Reddy. For q short distance Peter Is
fast. but for long run he Is no match
for me. I've waited long time to catch
him, but tonight I'll have him He is as
good as caught this very minute. He
is hiding somewhere under the leaves
, for there Is nowhere else for him to
hide. He must have discovered me or
he would have shown himself before
now. Well, 1t doesn't matter. I'll find
him sooner or later. feel just like
Rabbit dinner tonight"
The prospect Of catching Peter Rab-
bit didn't hurry Reddy in the least. He
Is too old and wise a hunter to become
excited. He learned long time ago
that excitement often upSets the best of
plans. So he moved slowly, cautiously,
noiselessly up and down the rows Of the
garden, all the time using nose and
ears and eyes as only he can. Every two
or three steps he stopped to smell, listen
and look. It was very still Only one
Little Night Breeze had wandered into
the garden since he arrived, the one
that had warned Peter, and that one
had left Immediately. Reddy would
have liked 1t better had there been q
few Little Night Breezes wandering
about, for sooner or later one would
have brought him the scent Of Peter.
AS 1t was Reddy's nose was not Of much
use to him. He would have to be very
close to Peter to smell him.
Although he did not know it Reddy
was very near where Peter was hiding
under some big beet leaves when q lit
9e way of to one side he saw a little
spot Of white. Instantly Reddy
froze. That Is, he stood perfectly
still; his eyes fast on that white spot.
Would 1t move? 1t did!
Peter Rabbit" exclaimed Reddy
under his breath. THAT is his white
tail"
Slowly. very, very slowly Rsddy
crouched. Then he began to creep
toward the place where he had seen the
spot OF white. He kept as close to the
ground as he could. He fairly Rugged 1t
as the saying is. Perhaps you have
seen Cat creep after a Mouse That
was the way Reddy crept. He put each
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DCD 1AkA1 O1OAOAA1O ". Burgesh

foot down with the greatest care. NoH
and then he slowly and carefully lifted
his head Just enough to look over the
tops Of the vegetables to make sure
where that white spot was.
It was moving along slowly betweeD
two rows Of vegetables. In Reddy'S
mind there wasn't q shadow Of doubt
that In few minutes he would have
Peter. Nearer and nearer he crept In
side he chuckled. It was clear that
Peter hadn't q suspicion of danger.
Reddy was in the same row now, Creep
ing up behind. Nearer and nearer he
crept. In q minute more he would b
near enough for q spring. He gathered
his feet under him for the sudden leap.
His eyes cleaned hungrily.
JUST as ne was about 70 leap there