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Feast on the Grand Canal Served in New York $ttljv YORK What is said to have been the most elaborate and expensive IM dinner given in New York in many years, the number of diners considered, took place recently at the Knickerbocker. The host was a downtown bank president, and the guests were his

wife and four children. The feast cost more than $500 a cover. The banker told James B. Regan, proprietor of the Knickerbocker, about his intention to give a dinner on his twentieth wedding anniversary. "Mv wife has been accusing me

for some time of having no sentiment left," he said. "I want to show her she's wrong. Now I'll give you the idea, and you needn't stop at expense.

I met my wife twenty years ago in a gondola xon the Grand canal in Venice The name of her gondola, as I recall it, was 'Thea.' Now I'll leave it to you." When the guests appeared on the evening of the anniversary, they were shown into a big room which was in semidarkness. In the background was painted a night scene on the .Grand canal, with the windows of the palaces and houses showing lights. Below was real water, for on the floor had been placed a canvas tank, and into it had been pumped hundreds of gallons of water. A gangplank, whose end was near the entrance, led to a large gondola, with a hood, or loggia, with draped curtains, through which appeared the . gleam from a green lantern, lighting up a table underneath. At the bow of the gondola the figure of a goudolier, a dummy, however, bent over an oar. -On the near side of the craft was painted its name, "Thea." Near by was a -typical mooring post. A band was playing' the tunes that are heard over the water in Venice, and :as it was in another room, the music produced the effect of coming from a .distance. A full moon peeped over the top of the scenery. Neapolitan singers gave the effect of singing from passing gondolas by varying the volume of sound Sparrows, representing the pigeons of St. Mark, flew across the room. The wa.ters were Venetian fishermen, wearing picturesque costumes and long, drooping mustaches, and the dinner was served on the gondola, under the canopy. A breeze was furnished by four electric fans, and the air was sprayed to produce an imitation of sea atmosphere. Two other rooms helped in filling up the accessories. In the anteroom was the station, showing the Plaza of St. Mark in miniature and the Campanile A sign on the entrance leading to the banquet room bore the inscription. "To the Grand Canal." The dinner was served from this room, and in a third room the Seventh Regiment band occasionally played to represent the -chimes of St Mark.

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By MARY HOWELL FOOTE, Cannons were booming, but in a country at peace. Martial music filled the air, but it was the accompaniment to military practice maneuvers. Gerald Price and Grace Rowland sped

along the smooth sloping shore of Chesapeake bay, noting the same and taking in at a safe distance naval and camp tactics. "The last day of the week, the last day of the month, the last day of my vacation," spoke Grace, with quite a sigh, and she bestowed a glance of underveiled real gratitude and appreciation upon the escort who nad tried to make her two weeks' respite from studio work in the hot, dusty city

pleasant for her.

"And the last auto drive we shall

take together," murmured Gerald m

tones of manifest regret.

"There there is next season, you

know," suggested Grace, with a hope

ful smilo. 1

There was that in her tones that

thrilled Gerald Price genuine sincerity. He did not follow up the mute

beckoning of those lovely, longing

eyes. He was a shy fellow and he

blushed. Then a narrow, winding iQT,0,i n 0 tnVVrve balance on the

course required some expert maneuv- . Qf a hummock steadying himself

enng, ana uie uireuu ul tue wuvwoa- across its uneven surface by climbing

tion that might have led to his Heart s tQ the edge Qf the great target.

desire was interrupted onf frnm "his hand waved the long

He was shy and reticent m mma white veii could they see him?

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and manner, this novice m tne courts Would they see nim? His heart quivof love. Many a time at lawn parties - ff f smoke from one of

and picnics he haü envied tne Dig, the distant vessels was followed by a

boisterous fellows wnose oris hnrnidins: blotch, boring: space, and a

he took for courage. He had not tlieir hnt apa ka feet short of the hum-

initiative, he thought. He must ap- mocki

pear as their inferior, be üecioeü. Ana A RPpnT.rt ff 0f smoke but still

this had made him timid-hearted Gerald stcod at nls post of peril, wav-

whenever he was with urace. mat . fil sienal. and then the

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"But that is miles away!" said Grace in dismay. "Oh, no, not more than three miles. I fear you must remain here " "Oh! what is that?" Gerald had come up to the side of the machine. With a violent start Grace reached out ana clung to his arm, trembling all over. Boom crash! He, too, was suddenly startled. Somewhat beyond them was another elevation, like to the one in the shadow of which the automobile was

anchored in the sand. Now a speedy conception of their situation came to the mind of Gerald as he recognized what t really was. He stepped quickly to the edge of the elevation that screened them from the. bay. He gave a quick ga3p. A mile out in the bay two battleships were ranged. The "dunes" were target points, and as Gerald glanced over the one that shielded 'them he observed a round, white-painted wooden target at its apex. Just then a second shot plowed up the sand into a great cascade not twenty feet from them. The next might strike the target base beside them "Quick!" he said, rushing back to

the machine and almost tearing from

Grace the white, flowing veil she

wore.

Grace, thrilled, petrified, saw him

run back, describe a' wild leap, and he

SINGER'S RECIPE FOR HEALTH

tame. Schumann-Heink, Operatic Star, Recommends Housework or American Girl.

My mother was a fine lady, t remember her, wtth her little fine hands and her little teeL But she never had a maid, and so she had to do everything herself. She thought it did not harm a daughter of a major or i captain to do her own work. From ner I learned to sew and darn stockings, and i could patch a pair ot officer's trousers so neatly that you could not tell where the patch was. And, what was more difficult still, 1 could darn a hole near the neckband of a shirt so that you could not tell there had ever been any hole; in fact, it is due co this experience of mine that 1 have never employed a maid. And 4 learned to cook, too. And to this day I love to do it I do not cook in the American, but in the Austrian style; but everybody who tries my cooking knows it is all right. Very often when visitors come to my house in Chicago i am very sorry; but 1 cannot see them because I have my apron on and am in the kitchen, cooking.

f found that work about tne Home

developed in me a constitution tnat has been one of my most valuable possessions. There is no work that does . J 1 I n1 1

more to promote neaim iu gm. Sweeping, wrestling with a feather bed, or pushing furniture out of the way while she sweeps, develops ner

back and her bust at the same time,

and makes her fit to fight the world. 1 strongly recommend that kind of work to all American girls. Mme. Schumann-Heink in the Saturday Evening Post.

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ho invert hm deenlv he was sure. That

she returned his affection he very

much doubted. The bold, brash ways of forward

crisis! the climax!

Gerald was conscious of a terrific

shock. That last shot, better aimea than its predecessor, had neared the

vouths had not made the impression fnr.aci. Tt hnd nnr struck it. or he

upon Miss Rowland that he fancied, would een killed. It landed but Gerald did not know this She against tne Dase 0f the hummock and was, however, disappointed that Ger- gent it splitting apart, and, dizzied, aid did not act more self-assertive. His stunned Gerald found himself sinking

shyness was ratner a merit witn nei, tbrough space.,

i OSTON. Eurhythmies, the latest method of dancing through the application

of musical rhvthm to motion, sponsored by Mrs. Oliver Ames, Sr., Mrs.

Larz Anderson, and other leading Boston society women, and approved by

President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard, will be sa popular winter diversion among Boston society girls. About, a oozen debutantes, including several who "came out" this season, nave forme d a class and are tak- . ing lessons at the school of Miss Marie Ware Laughton Several other classes are being formed, one of which includes a number of matrons of the smart set. Still alnother class is made up of athletic

and gymnastic professors from Wellesley, Smith, and Bryn Mawr, who, when they become proficient, will teach the 'pose plastique" to college gi.s. Learning to pose so that each position assumed registers a desired expression of human emotion, is one of the first steps toward the acquisition of the deeper significance of eurhythmies This new psychological method, as it is frequently termed, now promises to rival in its results even the modern dances Eurhythmies, it is asserted, not only satisfies the joys of dancing, but enables the devotee to develop self-expression.

for it covered intense respect for the

Chicago Gopette With Pistol Puts End to Riot CHICAGO. "Hot Tamale" Anna Saf enthe name refers to her business, but applies to her temperament was the center of fistic hostilities the other night at Clark street and Germania place. Her official White Book says: "I have six agents who sell my tamales.

Two of them failed to bring back tho monev thev owed me. I had two other

agents with me when I met the defaulting two. So there was a battle." And the battle was in full progress, with fists and epithets flying like shrapnel and shrilling in 42-centimeter tune when a policewoman not a policeman swooped into the scene in the name of the law. She was Alice Clement, cleared for action, revolver flashing in her

gesticulating right. "Back!" she shouted. "Lineup! Right against that all' And so persuasive was the gleam of her eyes and the gleam of her "six" shooter that all the belligerent powers Insisted at once from all unfriendly acts and obeyed orders. Policewoman Alice called a patrol and herddd her captives into it. Only two of them were booked at the Hudson avenue station, the others having given satisfactory explanations conforming to the Hot Tamale White Book. The two locked up were John Agsoteu and Michael Martin. It 'is said they owe for tamales. It was just one more feather in the Parisian toque of Polkewoman Alice. She has arrested mashers, she has arrested bogus policewomen, she has caught shoplifters and pickpockets, and she has captured at least one escaped lunatic The quelling of a little street corner riot was merely a part of the day's work

Take a Glaxx of Salt Befor Breakfast If Your Back Is Hurting or Bladder I Irritated. If you must have your meat every day, eat it, but fiush your kidneys with salts occasionally, says a noted authorit who tells us that meat forms urio acid which almost paralyzes the kidneys in their efforts to expel it from the blood. They become sluggish aind weaken, then you suffer with a dull misery in tho kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. Th urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, th channels often get sore and irritated, obliging you to seek relief two- or three times during the night. To neutralize these irritating acids,, to cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body's urinous waste get four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy here; take a tablespoonful in a, glass of water before breakfast for av few days and your kidneys will then, act fine. This famous salts is made from the acids of grapes and lemon

juice, combined with lithia, and has

been used lor generations to nusji ana

stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to

neutralize the acids in. urine, so it no longer irritates, thus- ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot injure, and makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink. Adv.

GREATEST THING IS LIBERTY

Nothing That Man Is Capable Achieving Can Ever Take Its Place.

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It might have been a minute, it

might have been an hour when Ger

ald aroused to sensibility, he knew not which at the moment. He had endured a great shock, but was not oth

erwise injured. He was lying amia

the partial ruins of the hummock, his head in Grace's lap. She was wring-

It or Tifin rls distractedlv and the

tears were raining down on his face.

"He As dead!" she wailed. "And for

my sake! And I thought he had no

courage! Oh, my dear! my dear! and she leaned over and kissed his

cheek in a transport of mingled love

and despair.

"What glorious medicine!" Gerald could not help but cry out ecstatically, thrilling under the magic of love's marvelous restorative. He sat up and extended his arms towards her, the words of hope and happiness upon his lips, but there was an interruption. A small boat had been sent ashore from the battleship to investigate the veil signal and possible damage done. "Oh, that dreadful moment!" shuddered Grace, as, two hours later, the machine repaired, they started on their way. "Oh, happy day!" cried the delighted lover. "I bless the hour that brought us into deadly peril." (Copyright. 1914, by W. G-. Chapman.)

In one of the tinest passages m "les Miserables' Marius, the young aristocrat who has become converted to what he thinks are liberal ideas, is eulogizing Napoleon. He recites the Corsican's wonderful genius and unparalleled achievements, points out the "glory" which he brought to France, and asks dramatically what could be grander than the imperial regime. A quiet youth of the little revolutionary group raises his head and answers: "To be free!" ft is well to recall this remark now, when the gospel of "efficiency" is usurping the place of the law and the prophets.

Efficiency is a fine thing, in public

matters as well as in private ones.

But it is better to be free than to be

efficient, better to blunder in liberty than to achieve a machinelike exactness under the orders of "expert aatocrats' Through all the ages men have sought some elixir that would keep nations alive and worthy. Only one has ever been found, and that is liberty. Other talismans work for a time, only to fail when most needed or to exact a price which makes success a (loss. Liberty alone remains of permanent value. Chicago Journal.

An Ominous Selection. A Baltimore man tells a story of a minister who, rising to address his congregation, announced that the subjest of his discourse would be "A Man's Wife." "And now," he added, "we will first sing the hymn, beginning: " 'From every stormy wind that blows, From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat 'Tis found beneath the mercyj seat.' " And he couldn't imagine Wliy the wives of the congregation present all looked daggers at him. Baltimore American.

Important: to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,, and see that it

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In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's C&stori. Byplay Minstrels. "Mister Interlocutor, can you tell me the difference between an Irish soldier and a Scotch soldier when fighting in the trenches with the allies?" "No, Mr. Bones, I cannot. Will you elucidate the diiference?" "One says he is kilt with the cold and the other says he is cold with the kilt.''

Convict Does Jimmy Valentine Act for Missouri JEFFERSOX CITY, MO. "Jimmy" Ryan, who formerly registered from St Louis, bui who is now one of the, "guests'' of Warden D. C. McClung in the state penitentiary, convinced the state officials the other afternoon that he had not forgotten how to open safes.

Jimmy" proved to be another "Jimmy" Valentine of the stage, who nightly rescued a child from a safe, and he opeiH-d th? Missouri safe in the same wav. bv feel of his nerve-exposed fin-

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The safe in the house and senate had not been opened since the close of the legislature in 1913. No one knew the combination. Speaker Itoyd and Senator Buford

were in a quandary as to what to do, as all of the safe openers here are in the penitentiary. The newspaper correspondents suggested that an expert on opening vaults could be "engaged" from the Missouri bastilc. Warden McClung was requested to send the best safe-blower in his custody. A ctucus was held in the "pen" and by an almost unanimous vote "Jimmy" Ryan was selected to do the job. "jimmy" was motored to the temporary capital building and was asked If he could open the vaults. "In a minute if there is any dough in iL ' he said. "Just open it, was the order, and "Jimmy" did it without a "jimmy." Pie bit his nails down until the inner cuticle, that sensitive covering, was bared. The exposed finger tips, placed against the rim of the safe door knob, caught tha fall of the tumblers aiid the door was easily swung open

Out From His Hand Waved thu Long

White Veil. young ladies with whom he came in contact Altogether he was a gentleman, but she could not palliate a timidity which might imply cowardice. Two evenings previous, in the white moonlight, amid garden airs redolent with the -soft perfume of flowers, he had very nearly told her all. The passing of a laughing, chaffing couple of friends had abashed him. He was embarrassed and ill at ease after that,

and Grace found him poor company for the rest of the evening. She was somewhat nettled, she knew not why. She had not yet fully fathomed the

real depths of her budding soul. Today. Gerald of a verity believed it would be his final companionship with the fair youn creature who had transformed his whole life. She was returning to a southern city, he to the Went They would be widely separated. He dreaded a refusal of his love. Faint-hearted and sensitive, he had made up his mind that he would not

sneak th e words that might bring him

! crubhing despair. He would seek her

permission to correspond with her, and hope for the future. "We seem to be off the regular course," he remarked, as he discovered that they were crossing an unfamiliar reach of barren land fronting the bay. "Yes, I do not remember of having ever been here before," responded Grace. "There is a road liere." observed Gerald, "so we may as well keep on. It may turn into a better one beyond that grove of trees. Ah, a breakdown!" In truth it was. Directly behind wh&t seemed to be a small sand dune. the wheels stuck in the heavy sand, came to a. stop. A snap had announced a breakage through the un-

ncimi ruining stress. CJpralri cot out

Uüuai 3 - snd looked the machine over.

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Old Woman's Prayers Were Not Exactly the Result of a Feeling of Gratitude-.

A lady had a friend who called ta see her one day, accompanied by her poodle. On the way they met an old begsar woman, whose appearance so annoyed the dog that it promptly bit the mendicant, whose howls and lamentations terrified the kind-hearted Jady. "Here, my poor woman, here's ten shillings for you," she said, nerv

ously tendering the coin. The old woman grabbed it. and then fell on her knees in the middle of the road and started praying for all she was worth, regardless of mud or motors. "And people say the lower orders are irreligious and ungrateful," soliloquized her ladyship, who was quite touched by the exhibition. At last the supplications became more and more vehement, and curiosity prompted the donor to inquire what special blessings were being invoked. "What are you praying for?"

said she.

The old vagrant stopped and looked at her sympathetic inquirer. "Sure, an' I'm askin' the blessed saints to persuade the crathur to bite me on the other leg!" she answered. London Tit-Bits.

How Aeroplane Aviators Signal. There has been tried in France an apparatus for signaling from aeroplanes used in the war, consisting of a reservoir of lampblack, Avhich is connected with a supply of compressed air The aviator, by means ot a valve within reach of his hand, can blow out a cloud of lampblack of a size varying according to the length of pressure of his hand upon the valve. These small clouds can be seen trom a distance of six miles, and the movement of the aeroplane spaces tjiem sufficiently to prevent them running together. By the use of the Morse code It is an easy matter to send signals in this way from an aeroplane, and in addition it saves the necessity of a wireless receiving station, which is often difficult to operate during a campaign.

Beautiful, clear white clothes delights the laundress who uses Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers'. Adv. The Alternative. "Automobiling has improved my appetite tremendously." "That's good." "Yes, but now I can't afford to eat."

Mrs. Austin's Bag Psfficake, delicious light cakes for breakfast. Adv.

Too many sermons are aimed pocket books instead of hearts.

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Nobody is entitled to wear a halo just because he has never been in jail.

app. at Lubumbashi, near

have to walk back to the last garage ville.-Commerce and Finance.

The Pittsburgh of Africa. The Pittsburgh of Africa probably will be in Katanga, in the Belgian Congo. Its development may be halted for a time by reason of the European war, but it eems destined to

grow into one of the great industrial centers of the world. The district is not far from Lake Tanganyika, which

is between Belgian Congo and Ger

man East Africa, and near by are vast

deposits of coal, coppor, iron and tin.

At present attention is devoted prin

cipally to copper, smelters for which

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Rules for Diet Are Individual. The best rules for diet for miman beings yet desired, says Dr. H. W Hill of the Minnesota Public Health association, are necessarily very elementary

In general a safe rule is to sat plenty of what is good, as long as you nave no trouble in digesting it, and to avoid

those things that experience shows disagree with you. One should never

select or neglect any particular article

of human diet, because it agrees or

does not agree with someone else. Eat

ing is certainly one thing in whici one

individual is wholly entitled to be a law unto himself.

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Vintage of Western France. The 1914 vintage in western France, according to preliminary reports, is most satisfactory. It is said io compare favorably m quality with the L911 product and, therefore, considered superior to the 1912 and 1913 vintages The fine weather during August, September and early October contributed largely' to the success of the vintage, harvested despite the withdrawal of a large proportion of the male population for war purposes.

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