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My relatives were all members of the
church. One is a Sunday-school
teacher, and yet they go to theaters,
to dances, play cards and do all the
different things that the worldly do,
and that father has always taught me
could not both come into a Christian’s
life. These cousins always went to
church and Sunday-school, but when
they wanted to go to these other
things they went, and their parents
didn’t try to keep them from it.
Now, I want to ask you, “Little Moth
er,” and the other members of the
Circle one question: If it is wrong
for us in the country to dance and go
to shows, play cards and raffle things
for the church, why is it not wrong
for my cousins in the city? I ask for
information. Do the people in the
city love God less than the country
people, or does God require less of
city church members than He does of
us in the country?
Now, I must run and help mother;
but, first, I want to ask where Bart
lett Kelley is? I would like to read
another one of his interesting letters.
Your Same
NAUGHTY GIRL,
as
A SOAP BUBBLE PARTY.
Nothing gives greater pleasure,
especially during the long evenings
of winter, than the ability to perform
some simple and yet mystifying
tricks, or to be able to suggest some
puzzles which seem to be “brain
twisters.”
Quite a number of soap bubble par
ties have been given, and the bubble
blowing will always be popular. A
novelty may be introduced by some
member of a soap bubble party which
will mystify all the others, if the
party doing it can keep his secret.
Let the one who is going to introduce
the novelty fill the bowl of the pipe,
of course secretly, with cotton wool
soaked in gasoline. He takes his
place at the table and proceeds to
blow bubbles in the ordinary manner,
but there is this difference: the bub
bles which are blown from his pipe
will be found to explode in a bright
flame when approached with a light,
much to the astonishment of the oth
ers, whose bubbles are only watery
vapor, upon which light has no effect
except to dissolve them.
Another interesting trick can be
played on the same evening, because
pipes are being used. Get two empty
and clean pipes like those used for
bubble-blowing; pass them round for
examination, and they will appear to
be unprepared. The bowls are then
placed one over the other, when the
performer, by simply inserting the
stems in his mouth, commences to
blow clouds of smoke from the pipe.
The explanation is as follows: In
one of the bowls you have secretly
poured a few drops of hydrochloric
acid (spirits of salts), while in the
other you have placed a few drops of
ammonia. It is not likely that the
presence of so small a quantity of
liquid, which most likely will have
passed into the stem, will be noticed.
The union of the two chemicals pro
duces a thick vapor, which has all
the appearance of smoke produced
from tobacco. To vary the trick and
add to the mystery, a glass tumbler
and a small plate may be prepared in
the same way by putting the hydro
chloric acid in the tumbler and the
ammonia in the plate; to all appear
ance both are perfectly empty. You
quickly place the plate over the
tumbler and cover them both with a
pocket handkerchief; you then begin
to blow the cloud from your prepared
pipes, and removing the stem from
your mouth, order the smoke to enter
the tumbler; be careful not to get
the acid in your mouth; get some one
to remove the handkerchief, and the
tumbler will appear to be filled with
the smoke. Every one will wonder
how you managed to do it, but you
can keep your secret and make them
think you are possessed of occult
powers.
*
HEADWORK.
“He puzzled me at first,” said a phy
sician who had engaged a young col
lege student to take some care of his
office. “He put actual headwork into
his sweeping and dusting, and he
showed remarkable carefulness and
dexterity in handling articles, never
disarranging or misplacing them. I
found that he is studying music as
well as Latin, and aims to be a pian
ist one of these days. Do you see, he
simply applied the skill he had attain
ed in a finer art to the rougher work
he did for me? It speaks well for his
future that he did it.”
This ennobling and harmonizing of
the coarser task by means of the skill
acquired at a finer one, marks the dif
ference between cheap work and ex
pert work. The careless man never
sees the connction betwn two varie
ties of labor, but the man who does
not mean to waste the least of his tal
ents puts his whole mind, all his hard
earned mental quickness and manual
skill, into whatever necessary cask is
set before him. And this application
of skill to diverse ends heightens in
itself that very force of skill, so that
the man who uses the best he has for
each need becomes a stronger and
more able man. —Young People.
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.
Charles P. Taft, the President’s
brother, is a noted art collector who,
possibly from personal experience, un
derstands something about the pernic
ious activities of the man who “fakes,”
pictures, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
“We all laugh at art fakes,” he said,
“when it is our neighbor that is taken
in. But when we are taken in our
selves, then we realize what a hein
ous business art faking is, and we see
how necessary it is for the faker to
be punished. In fact, it is a good deal
like the case of Deacon Broadbent.
“Deacon Broadbent, a very honest
and pious man, was conducting a
Christmas revival with great success.
In a word, his powerful exhortations
had brought Calhoun White, the
town’s worst sinner, weeping to the
mourner’s bench.
“The deacon, gratified by this proof
of his evangelical prowess, hastened
to Calhoun’s side.
“ ‘Deacon,’ sobbed Calhoun, "tain’t
no use in mah cornin’ up. I’se sinned
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away de day o’ grace.’
“ ‘No, yo’ hain’t, Brudder Cal,’ said
the deacon. ‘All yo’ got to do is to
gib up sin an’ all will be forgibben.’
*' ‘l’se done gib it up, deacon, but dat
hain’t no salvation fo’ me.
“ ‘Yes, dey is, hon. Dey hain’t no
sin so black but it kin be washed whit
ern’n de snow.’
“ ‘But I done stole fo’ young turkeys
last week,’ said the penitent.
“ ‘Dat’s all forgibben, Cal.’
“ ‘And free de week befo’.’
“ ‘Dat’s forgibben, too.’
“ ‘An’ six fat Christmas chickens —’
“ ‘The deacon suddenly frowned and
stiffened.
“ ‘ Six fat Christmas chickens
outer yore own yard, deacon —dem fat
chickens wot yo’ ’lowed to set so
much store by!
“ ‘Wot’s dat yo’ say?’ the deacon
hissed furiously.
“ ‘lt wuz me wot stole yo’ Christ
mas chickens, sah.’
“ ‘I reckon, Calhoun,’ he said slow
ly; ‘I reckon I’se spoken too hasty.
Comfort and Entertainment
When you go out, for your entertainment you usually leave
your comfort at home. If you knew that you could combine
all the comforts of your home with all the entertainment you
derive from the opera, concert, theatre or vaudeville, how
often would you go out?
*... Phonograph
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than you could get if you went to a show or a concert every
night in the week. You don’t sit on an uncomfortable theatre
seat and think how you could enjoy yourself if
Jk&l you were comfortable. You are comfortable,
and you do enjoy it—every minute of it. With
the Edison Phonograph it’s just like having
y our own theatre, your own opera company,
your own orchestra and band right in your home.
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Dis case o’ yourn needs advisement.
I ain’t sho’ dat we’s justified in clut
terin’ up de kingdom o’ hebben wid
chicken thieves.’ ”
*
An old-time clergyman of eastern
Connecticut, commonly known as
“Priest W —e,” was a very shrewd
man and quick at repartee. Once,
when on an exchange, he was an
noyed to find the room so dark, and
beckoning to a person sitting near
the pulpit, he asked him to open the
blinds and let in more light. “We
expect light from you,” said the gen
tleman. “But I must get it from
heaven first,” was the quick rejoinder.
FROM THE STYX NEWS BUREAU.
Rip Van Winkle (meeting Munchau
sen) —“It’s a wonder, sir, that some
jester of your time did not call you
Baron of Truth.”
Munchausen —“You were something
of a prevaricator yourself, Rip. Didn’t
you lie in the woods for twenty years?”
Boston Transcript.
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