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man must be counseled, and unless he is-2o yeags old he caunot marry the girl without their consent. A far wiser way for him to do is to talk it over with the parents. If the girl is attractive and the family is congenial the parents of the young man make overtures to the girl's parents. They are soon on a friendly footing and the question of marriage is readily settled. The settlement as te what the girl's dot shall be is an important point at issue. ) " The Chinese, along with the Turks, believe that . a girl is far better off -dead than unmarried¢. Though they are exceedingly anxious to have their daugh- * ters married they believe it is beneath their digaity to carry on these negotiations themselves, but leave this work to a professional matchmaker. The go between visits the different homes alone, where she takes note of the age, education, social position and wealth of the different girls. She then gives a long and accurate account of the girl’s famlly. One is selected from this number, and if both parties are satisfied the affair is handed over to the necromancer. If the stars say the young people are selected wisely the betrothal is announced. But the matchmaker has still & part to play. Shortly before the marriage she brings the young girl the gifts the groom would send her. These usually include a leg of pork, a bag of money, two bottles of wine, and two candles. But the girl is expected to return a part of these offerings. The Chinese parents d¢o not believe it is necessary for young persons to love each other so long as the. augur is satisfied. The young man rarely sees the * girl until after they are married. When the bridearrives at the home of the bridegroom he is there to meet her, but when she steps out she is so veiled that her features are hidden. -He leads her . into the room where the ceremony will take place. Then he seats himself on a high chair to show 'giS‘snperiority and she prostrates herself before until he lifts the veil and sees for the first . time his future wife’s face. : The Russians are another people who believe that marriage is the only natural and rational destiny for a woman. Confident that Cupid is a foolIsh and erratic boy whose judgment is not always the wisest, they make use of a matchmaker, called & svacha. She is a most important personage, and when her judgment, which is excellent, fails her she can call the stars, diamonds, hearts and clubs to her aid. ~ - ~ But the marriage ceremonies are even more complicated. On the day before the wedding the bride Is conducted to her bath. There her friends spend - long hours combing her hair and while away the time singing and talking of what her daily life will be after she is marvied. The ceremony is performed with the rites of the eastern church and takes place eight days before the marriage. The service is divided into three parts. The first is where the gold rings are exchanged. Then the bride and bridégroom are crowned with crowns of silver filigree, and lastly comes the dissolution of the crowns. Though matchmakers are not employed in Japan love matches are exceedingly rare, and it is not un-

MUCH RICH LAND IN MINDANAO

Big Island Has Millions of Acres Now Lying Idle. Americans hare taken the acquisition of the Philippines as a matter of fact. The islands are so far away, and there is so much of pressing interest right at hand, that the manner of arranging our new responsibilities and discharging our mew obligations;

es, never accepts anything beyond jewelry. Her parents are expected to buy her trousseau, furniture for the house, and her.spinning wheel. The day of the wedding these things are exhibited, but at the bridegroom’s house. - Though in Switzerland no matchmaking is done, a young man must often prove to the girl he is worthy of asking for her hand. The gir’.ls always have the privilege of saying “Yes” or “No,” though in some places the choice of a bridegroom is restricted to their own .tfocality. ‘ln some districts * man must lead the goats up and down the mounwain to show the girl he can work for her. In other towns where the haying is done it is his part to stack up all the hay and pile it into the barn. Though she helps him in his long hours of toil, he is expected to do most of the work. Still he toils on bravely, feeling that he is being rewarded sufficiently by a pleasant word, a friendly smile, and that if the work is well done he has a chance to wim her as his wife. B} Until recently in Egypt girls and boys were married when they were young. It was common for a girl to be married by the time she was 14 and a boy when 16. But they now wait a few years longer. The parents always select the man they wish for the son-in-law. The girl is satisfied to know that she is going to have new dresses and a great deal of new pretty jewelry. The bridejand;bridegroom rarely see each other before the da}‘ of the wedding. An important ‘part of the ceremony is to give a bride food and a large urn, which symbolize that she will have food and water. There are no people so particular about selecting husbands and wives for their children as the Moors. Their sons and daughters haye no right to say who they will and will not marry. For after the parents have chosen, a word of complaint might result in death. ‘A son dare never take a wife unless his mother approves, and she is usually chosen from the young women of their own clan. But when they cannot find a girl in the village who pleaseslthem they seek one among other clans. But the young man is supposed to be too timid to court alone the girl whom his mother chooses, and. 'so he usually takes several friends with him. It is their duty to sing the girl’s praises in the hope of giving him, courage to carry on the courtship. But the formal engagement must take place in the presence of the head man. It is before him that the young man hands over the sum he has agreed to give the girl’s father. This varies according to what he can afford, the beauty of the bride, and their social position. The bride usually buys the trousseau with the money the young man gives her father. : Moorish girls are -exceedingly fond of pretty clothes and plenty of handsome jewelry, so their trousseaux are often wonderfully elaborate. On her wedding day a professional woman from ‘the town is employed to dress the bride. She paints her face, combs out her hair, and arranges the jewels. Not much before sunset does the bridegroom send the box in which the bride is to be con-

is left absolutely to the government at Washington, says Army and Navy Life. How many American- people know, for example, that Mindanao is a little virgin empire, with millions of acres of the richest land in the world,, now idle and fallow, but capable of enormous production? An American officer who has just returned from there calls it “the pearl in the golden setting of the archipelago. the

promised land for the toiiers in the east.” . : A while_ago there was circulated through the islands a petition praying the American people to grant the same trade privileges to the Philippines that have been accorded to Porto Rico, which island, after getting what she wanted and what she needed, jumped her export trade with the United States from $8,500,000 to $28,000, 000 and hér imports from $9,600,000 to $29,000,000 annually! Porto Rico is mﬂyls' dot ou the map in compari-

ducted on a mule to his house. Before she gos.! to his house she drives all about town. In some parts when the bride enters her new home the bridegroom walks backwards holding a dagger in his hand and she follows him, touching the piont of the blade with the tip of her finger. : Where a family can afford it a girl usually is accompahnied by an old nurse, who gives her good words of counsel as the lazy mule trudges along leisurely. Before she leaves the girl, whom she has cared for since the bride was a child, she whispers: “Take courage; you need not fear. He cannot help but love you; you are sweet, good, and kind.” : Among primitive: peoples marriage usually is more insistent and girls are courted in even a less romantic manner. Among the Australians every girl must marry, whether she will or not. It is considered wonderfully strange if a girl is 12 years old and is still unmarried. This is not because the girls or parents are romantic, but the parents feel that a girl is only worth the toil she gives. “The man,” says the Rev. H. C. Meyer, “regards them more as slaves than in any other light. They are a necessary commodity, valuable only as long as useful, to be thrown aside after they serve their purpose.” Worse still, their masters can throw them out and diverce them at will. The Kaffirs buy their wives with cows and do not pay more than they can help. A woman no sooner enters her new home than she is given some task to perform so her lord can see if he has made a good bargain. He values her less than his cows. This is seen by the fact that he permits her to do all the work except tend to his cattle and enter the kraal where they are kept. ' - "BLACK FOX FARMS. Consul John H. Sherley writes from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island: “There are three black fox farms near Atherton where these animals are raised for their skins.. Thede farms contain 20, 25 and 30 foxes, respectively. The skins are sold in London at prices ranging from $5OO to $l,BOO each, according to quality. I am informed that the fur is used for ornamenting the cloaks of royalty, as it is the only fur to which gold will cling. The farm containing 30 foxes is on Cherry’s island. The farm containing 20 foxes is in a rough, broken woods country where the animals are confined by heavy woven wire netting. The wire is set in the ground two and three feet, in order to keep the foxes from burrowing under, and is about eight feet high above ground, with a curve inwardly at the top of each post of another three or four feet of wire, in order to keep them from climbing over the fence. They sleep in the open the year round, in hollow trees and in hollow logs. These animals are not cross-bred, but are confined to their oi\:;] kind, to keep the fur of the best quality possible.

son with the Philippine archipelago, and the benefits accruing to American consumers of her products are slight in contrast with those which would come with the extension of our customs to include the Philippines. Popularity of Some Men. There are some men who are 8o popular that they act as if a man ought to regard it as a privilege to have one of them | regularly borrow his tobacco of him.—Somerville Journal. , : |

HOME BETTER THAN “CAREER.) 8o Declares Woman Who Has Made Big Success in ißuslneu. The distinction of being the highest salaried woman in New York, in the opinion of Miss Anna Louise Amendt, who draws something near $20,000 a year, does not compensate for the sacrifice of domestic ties which .Sch a success exacts. This is what Miss Amendt, who is the most valuable employe of the biggest real estate concetrn in New York, told a writer who visited her beautifully appointed office: “I suppose many women envy me, but, to my mind, to be a good mother and wife is the grandest of all successes. Home'is the natural sphere for every woman, and no matter in what direction her lines may be cast she cannot entirely shake off that desire to reign as its queen some time. “It is just this one ruling element in her life that prevents her from attaining equal success with men. The average girl lives in hope that some day a husband will come along and shoulder her burden. It is only when she rids herself of this thought that definite success in business comes,-for concentration 'is one of the keynotes to success. .

- “Another thing: Women are doubtful of their ability to accomplish vast results, and it is impossible to do a thing as long as a doubt rests in your mind. i “When I started out to earn my living' I began as a stenographer with a salary of $l6 a week. It was not such a great while until my check was increased to $5O. That did not look so big to me, but it would have satisfied the average woman. “My checks continued to increase until they ran into the thousands. Of course, my usefulness had increased, for I was not satisfled with being a stenographer. I had learned every phase of the business and could put a big deal through with as much ability as could any man in the office. I prepared all of the literature. In fact, there is no part of the business with which I am not familiar. “But with all my success I 'would not advise the young girl to seek a career. For in my belief, the girl who gets married is on the right road to happiness. Success in all lines . is hard.” :

"Went Willingly to Crocodile. It has been said that the Australian blacks never commit suicide’ " that self-destruction does not come within their philosophy. The author of “Confessions of a Beachcomber’’ mentions a case of recent date which he thinks might be regarded as.in conflict with that view: “A member of the Clump Point tribe, painfully afflicted with a vexatious skin disease, was fishing at the mouth of a creek when his hook fouled. To a companion he said he would dive to get it clear. His friend endeavored to dissuade him, reminding him of the crocodile which they had seen but a short time before. But the boy, worn with pain and weary with never-ending irritation, said if he was taken, ‘No matter." Good job, me finished then.’ He dived and theré was a commotion in the water. The boy appeared on the surface, making frantic appeals for help while the crocodile worried him. He escaped for a moment and his friend clutched his hand and drew him to the bank, only to have him torn from his grasp.”

Forehanded. Little Katherine had been boarding on a farm this summer and many of the rural expressions are wholly unfamiliar to her. One day she chanced to hear her country hostess praising the good qualities of a certain thrifty neighbor. : ; . “He really ain’t got much, compared to some folks,” said the farmer’s wife, “but he makes out wonderfully well; he’s so forehanded.” . That evening the man thus lauded happened to drop in, and XKatherine immediately sidled up to him, with curious eyes. Slowly she revolved about the chair in which he sat, and so persistently did she gaze at him that the farmer’s wife finally noticed it. : “Well, Katherine,” she said, “you seem to find a good deal to look at in Mr. B, don’t you?” ; “Why,” replied the child, her little forehead wrinkling in perplexity. “I 1 did want to see his two uvver hands, but I can’t. Is he sittin’ on ‘em?’— New York Times.

Iceberg Gardens. ; “We passed many icebergs coming home from Europe,” said a tourist, “and on one of them a garden bloomed. “It was a beautiful sight. The great berg shone like an enormous emerald in the sun, and in one level recess, fenced in by pale green peaks, a yellow garden gleamed. The captain said that iceberg gardens are not uncommon. Moss, it seems, is brought on to the bergs by animals’ feet. The moss grows, it decays, it forms a soil for the pollen of buttercups and dandelions that is blown through the air during the brief arctic summer. Soon the incredible spectacle presents itself of a great, cold berg adrift in the salt sea with yellow flowers gpringing from the hard, cold ice.”

Why China Has Few Trees. Frank N. Meyer, the scientific explorer for the government in his recent penetration of China, saw farms that had been under irrigation since before Columbus discovered America. To the credit of the pagan priests, be it said, all forms of plant and tree growth were cherished and encouraged around the temples. The priests gave Meyer what information they could, The extent to which forest devastation has gone in China can be inferred from the fact that. the Chinese have rooted and grubbed out every vestige of tree growth the size of your finger above the graves of their revered ancestors.—Outing Mag: azine. o

It Looked Unescapable. The barber paused in his fretwork operatlions. “Will- you have a close shave, sir?” he asked. _ “It looks llke it,” returned the vie tim, moodily. ‘At present the odds against my getting out of this chair alive seem very heavy indeed.”~-I.om-don Globe.

Y ON @ % | W(%MEN s ﬂ.ﬁ@ | ND A BY GEO. V. HOBART, (“HUGH M'HUGH.”)

Dear Bunch: Say, Bunch, I don't' think women have any business playing poker, anyway—that is most women.® : L . There are a few cheerful exceptions, of course. - ' Take Monday evening for example. George Riggaby dealt, and I being next, passed. Then we waited while Maude said to 'Peaches, “Oh! yes, I think a bodice trimmed with moire antique and with white chiffon over the corsage is perfectly stunning, but I want to get a house dress of green silk with lace insertion—oh, did you see Mrs. Wilson’s new automobile coat? If she isn’t a perfect fright; well, I hope—" “Pass! Pass! Pass!” I yelled. Then Mrs. Lorrenz, paying no attention to us, unburdened herself to Peaches: “And do you know, our new cook lost one of my handsome silver spoons that's been in our family for generations, and I didn’t dare say anything to her about it, because she'd leave, and I know what trouble I had last time finding a cook. But a handsome silver spoon—" : “What do you do?” I shrieked. at Peaches, who sat next to me. “What do I -do? What do you ‘mean? What do I do!” “Do you pass, or do you open it?” “Oh! I pass. You needn’t yell so, I'm sure. Do you know, Mrs. Lorrenz, the same thing happened to us, only ours was a fork; yes, a silver fork, one of a set that Aunt Martha gave us for a wedding present, and don’'t you know, when—" Then all of a sudden Maude yelled, “Oh, 1 open it. No, I don’t—l thought I had an ace—darnaluck!” Whereupon Mrs. Lorrenz laid her hand down and began to count her chips, declaring that a white one was missing. ‘ After looking over the table and un‘der the table and on the mantelpiece and all around the room, she finally found the white chip under the hand shé had laid down. When peace was restored George Riggaby said, “I'll open it for ten!” Whereupon Mrs. Lorrenz screamed, “No, you won’t. T'll open it for five!” “But you said you passed.” £1 didn’t!” : “Pardon, me, I thought you did!” ‘“Pardon, me, I thought I didn’t!” “Cards?” asked George, resignedly. “Gi’'me three,” I said.

“Three,” said Peaches. “No, two, no, three—wait a minute! Gi'me one —no, wait; that's a diamond. Give me two—no, no; give me three cards!” “That’s the way with me,” said Maudé to Peaches; ‘I get so confused sometimes. I remember one evening we were all playing over at our house, and the baby—" ; “Cards?” screamed George. Maude gave him a withering glance, and Mrs. Lorrenz said; “One card, please!” . . George gave his mother-in-law the card, took three himself and laid the deck down. - - “Well, I'd like to know where my two cards are?”’” inquired Maude scathingly. “Well, I thought you stood pat,” said George. . “Stood pat; the idea!” snapped

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Maude. “I never did such a thing in my life. I'd like two cards, please.” . “It’s too late now,” 1 butted in. “You’ll have to play your hand or drop out.” “Drop out; indeed., Well, I guess not! George Riggaby, you give me two cards!” “Can’t do it; against the rules,” said George. : ‘ ’ : 2 “Against what rules?” : “Hoyle.” ; “Who cares for Hoyle. You gi'me two cards!” And so to keep peace in the family ghe was given two cards—and won the pot. : . Then Mrs. Lorrenz got mad and wanted her ante back, all of which put us another half hour to the bad. If I had to play hen poker very often, Bunch, I'd have a roller rink in my pot story. ; A little later on that evening I opened a jackpot, and everybody dropped out except Mrs. Lorrenz and Peaches. el You know, Bunch, I like Peaches. She’s the only wife I vere had, and the only one I ever wish to have, and so I say it from my heart that she plays poker like a Welsh rabbit, which is without form and full of dark surprises. ; From a social point of view Peaches is the best fellow that ever drew cards, but judged solely on her skill as 'a pokerine she is what the ancient Greeks would call a Patricia Bolivar. ’ Well, anyway, Bunch, to make a long story lose its cunning, Peaches waved farewell after losing four dollars, which was all in the family anyway; but Mrs. Lorrenz bit her lip and trailed. o Yes, sir, she trailed with all the danger signals set until she had sent seven of her good dollars to the Bad Lands, then she called me. When I laid down four typewriters

she called me again—but I'd hate to tell you what. 3 . Never before, Bunch, in the history of the game did one woman get mad in so many different places at the same time. . You see, Bunch, she had four deuces all the time, and after the first bet she began to buy a new dress. : After the second bet she selected the trinfmings. : ! = After theé third bet she changed the material and took something more expensive. i Fa : After the fourth bet she dgcidegl to pick out an imported dressmaker on

f/? S ¥ l//—_‘;v. "91 : I & /“\ - B 0 < \_J ) 4 oy A - AU b 7 g X </ o, W) o i =i fw/////{_, o T /,///////, = . 4% LU | LA | N V) 2 RN A She Called Me Again—But I'd Hate! to Tell You What. o Fifth avenue, and after the fifth bet she felt wealthy enough to go there in a cab. : , | Soon came the awful awakening, and she had to put the dress back in the store. = [ I don't think Mrs. Lorrenz will ever quite recover from the shock, | She will be a saddened woman all her life. unless ‘a rich relative dies somewhere and leaves her seven dollars. _ - l And to make matters more like a life insurance investigation, about ten'! minutes later George Riggaby stunq Uncle Gregory for $5.75, which causecﬁ* uncle to go up in the air. | After bouncing between -the ﬁooﬁ, and the ceiling for-five minutes hé had an internal fit, which nearly be: came epidemic all over his system. | And thus it happened, Bunch, thaq these two members in good standin in the ancient order of the Com panions of the Cold Feet had to, si there all evening and play them close trying to get their money back, which they didn’t. ; i The mills of the gods grind slowly, Bunch, but once in a while they grind out something worth while. Play poker if you must, Bunch, but always keep your rubbers on. This 'goes for the neck as well as the feet. : : Yours to the finish, 5 ‘JOHN: (Copyright, 1908, by &. W. Dillingham Co.)

BILL SAW HIS CHANCE. Willing to Pay Three Dollars to Get Rid of “Old Woman.” = . Bill, who was employed in .the capacity of ostler at a wayside inn, was standing at the yard: gates with the inevitable bit of straw in his mouth, wondering if life was worth living. Before leaving home in the morning he had engaged in a wordy warfare with his wife, and had decidedly come off second best. ~ : " In the midst of his meditation & break, filled with ladies on their way to a well-known resort, pulled up to allow the driver to bait -his horses. After seeing to the animals, Bill and the driver adjourned inside to refreshthe inner man. s “Not much of a day for a drive,” said Bill. “Where's yer going with that lot?”: = e “0,” said the driver, in an offhand manner, “I'm going to Burnham.” After thinking deeply for a few minutes, Bill inquired, “Got room for one?”’ e L o “Yus,” was. thel reply. ‘“Cost yer two and a half.” : : Hurriedly Bill clutched the driver by the arm and excitedly whispered, “Po us a favor, mate, and wait ten minutes while I go home and fetch the old woman and I'll give yer three dollars, if you burn ’em good."— Rehoboth Sunday Herald.

| Royal Composers: The Princess Friedrich Luitpold, sis ter of the kaiserin, one of whose coms positions was recently performed at a sacred - concert at Dresden; is the latest recruit to the ranks of royal composers who have challenged public criticism. The duchess of Orleans, eldest daughter of. -the Archduke Joseph of Austria has won - golden opinions by her charming songs, many of them set to Hungarian words; the Archduchess’ Marie Valerie of Austria has also composed a number of pretty songs; the Princess Feodora of Reuss (a princess of Saxe-Meiningen) is credited: with considerable talent and originality in composition; and the Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia, also pdssg'sses considerable -gifts as a composer. The male_royalties whose musical talent has taken the same direction are quite numerous, ranging from .the German emperor and the Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch of Russia, who made his debut some years ago with the “Influenza March,” composed while suffering from that uninspiring ailment, to the blind Landgraf of Hesse-Cassel, incomparably the most talented of all royal musicians, whose many compositions, chiefly produced at Paris, are very highly esteemed by experts, -~ Money Well Spent. Health is an important factor to the ﬂeoplq of New York city and the pubc treasury expends $6,300 each day in looking after i¢. =~ -

S A R S TR S R SR ot "REMA,RKABLE “SPITE HOUSE." uilt Around Giant Elm Because 7 Neighbor Wouldn’t Buy Lot. - Des Moines, Ja.—Dr. A. G. Field, a prominent Des Moines physician, is tompleting the most remarkable “spite $(())use" in the state. Because his. next-door neighbor, fharles E. Walker, a wholesale cigar ealer, would not purchase the lot of r. Field the latter is erecting his ew home as near the lot line on Walker’s side as possible. And be¢ause a giant elm tree stands within/ ia few feet of the line and upon thé

T = =R/ e PRSI 8 P aill ) /2t S I PR 2% g & | RX 7 6/‘ 7~ // [\ REREIRRY, S 2 v 2 N & [ 'vk' ik ;& Se e ‘“2’s" TR X g ?/5/’%} : %i‘* =| I} s/ 3 e | T BUEET I ! T' ' By iz | H =L [/ Il ] Ry e | o AT 2 7 7 & ‘', v i : —_— /// ' Dr. Field’s “Spite House.” site chosen by the doctor, the latter i has built his house around the tree. | The tree in question is a giant elm. Elt is more than 100 years old and is a landmark in Des Moines. Dr. Field refused to fell it. But he wanted to -be on that lot line ¥ possible. That is ' why he left a hole through the middle of his house, causing more talk among [Des Moines folk in that vicinity than - any residence in the entire city. ‘} To construct the house it was nec- . essary to build a portion of it from ‘lscaffclding suspended =~ from the “branches of the old elm. This was ' because Mr. Walker got somewhat | spunky himself and threatened to en- - join Dr. Field’s workmen from even 'so much as stepping a foot on his lot while they were building the ' house. He didn’t enjoin them, but he ' built a high, barbed-wire fence square|ly on the liné. This cut the carpenters off from putting on the weather ' boarding on that side. So they worked for days on the suspended scaffolding. i{While they werg thus engaged thousands of people gathered in front of | the residence and gossiped about (it; | also- about Dr. Field and his strange . method” of getting even with a non- . purchaser of his property: | Walker made another threat. He | said he would cut off every single } branch of the big elm tree that hung | over his land, evén down to the | fraction of an inch. But his wife . talked him out of that because she | said she liked the shade.

Neighbors are now whispering that Walker is planning to erect a board fence 20 feet high on his lot line, which will completely shut out the light from that side of the Field house. Just what Dr. Field will do in that contingency is a matter of speculation. - . Dr. Field’s residence, while it is of the bungalow design, is no cheap affair. -The doctof has spared no expense in fitting it up. He is now living in a brick mansion on Forest avenue, in the fashionab;le district of the city. But when the new house is completed in a fortnight he will move into it and convert his brick residence into a private sanitarium. , The tree stands in 'a chute running up' through the northeast corner of the long living room, which faces the street. From the living room, just south of the tree, a window opens into the shaft which houses the massive trunk. The window permits the entrance of air, but no light. . L

; MAY REPRESENT THE KAISER. ,! Possible Appointee as German Ambas- }! sador to United States. |' i VVa'shington.—Count Mumm © von | Schwartzenstein, who may be appoint- \ § |o » . ! Te i <y P/ R ¢ B \ F e T o e l\ L " %}* ‘; ~i'..:—' R -—A "'fx:;'ﬂ 4" I HiE NG PR N 4lr ‘ W T AR L A N N\ i\ W O 3 \ \\\\ \-«'____f' ]§ \\.\ : | L | f Count Mum von Schwartzenstein, ed ambassador from Germany to the United States, is now German minister at Tokyo. He has served 'in the dPrlent since 1900, when he was appointed minister from his country to China, and in 1899 negotiated the parcels post treaty between the Uhited States and Germany. For a time he served at the Géerman embassy in this ity and was a social favorite, being oung, handsome and wealthy. The unt married an American, Miss aude Le Vinsen of New York, who as one of the belles of Washington ‘and whose maternal grandmother was Mrs. Cornelius Roosevelt,

} They Do. '’ |~ “The intrinsic value -of a _gift ‘*should‘never be considered by the reccipient. It's the sentiment that jcounts.” . ; | - “That is ‘true. -But I notice that Jmost people carefully remove the price !tag, just the same.”—Cleveland fLeade_r. : 3 , SRS PSRt . | When Charm Meets Charm. Mr. Black—l don hab my rabbit’s foot erlong, but she gimme de mahble heaht jes’ de same. = Mr. Jones—Mebbe she done had her rabbit’s foot erlong, too.—Skeichy