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16 THE ATLANTIAN Our Easter Souvenir will be Given Away SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH Free to tea and Coffee purchasers THAT DAY. This cut shows the store that sells more good Coffee than all other Atlanta STORES COMBINED C. D. KENNY CO. Teas, Coffees, Sugars, Rice and Baking Powders 82 Whitehall Street 5 Auburn Avenue Both Phones THE PARAGUAYANS. An Easy-Going People in a Bank rupt Republic. The infusion of Spanish blood and customs into the Guarani has produc ed a people with the faults and good qualities of both in about equal parts. Dark of complexion, with strongly marked Indian; deferentially gentle when unrestrained or not unduly ex cited, careless of the morrow, poor and honest, hospitable and generous, indolent and uncultured, strongly Catholic in theory, but generally lax in religious performances as to dog ma—this is a rough sketch of the na tive people. Asuncion, the capital, and even the smaller places—Villa Ri ca, San Pedro, Villa del Pinar, Villa Conception—have their aristocratic families, of which the daughters and sons are sent to Europe to be educa ted, and which maintain an exclusive ness that must be almost isolation; but in general the people mingle read ily. In the early morning in the streets of Asuncion the women gather In their long white dresses, and barefooted, to sell their wares. The younger women, judged by our standard, are beautiful, and from carrying baskets and water jars on their heads have attained an erect and graceful carriage which our young women could well imitate. Be sides, when they laugh they show two rows of pearls and their speech, in soft Guarani patois, is worth going far to hear. When you see Asuncion you see Parguay, for it is the most advanced city in the republic. Its streets are poorly paved, it has mule cars, which run at long intervals and low speed, and the hotel accommodations are not exceptional; but there is a kind of lazy, happy-go-lucky gayety about the city that represents the national feel ing. Paraguay is hard up. Yes al most stone broke. The currency is pa per, and the value so small that for a hundred dollars one receives a basket full of ragged stuff, printed in Germa ny to represent some nebulous indeb tedness of the republic. Gold does not stay long in Paraguay nor does it often enter the country.—Van Norden’s Magazine. CULBERSON’S CONSERVA TISM. "The late Senator Allison, of Iowa, was ever regarded as a statesman who was loath to express positive and de cided views on matters of current po litlcal interest,” said Mr. Charles A. Hamilton, a Washington newspapdi* man at the Stafford, according to the Baltimore American. “In this respect he left a good suc cessor in the person of Senator Cul berson of Texas, an able and upright solon, but a man who greatly dislikes committing himself in any outright fashion. Col. Bill Sterett, the noted Texas editor, some years ago repaired to the rooms of the senator at a Dal las hotel to ask his views about a few ! things that were then uppermost in the public mind and, according to Ste rett, something like the following dia logue took place: “ ‘What do you think of the present trend of imperialism, senator?’ “ 'Well it’s a matter I haven’t stud ied out thoroughly as yet, but will let you know as soon as I have matured my views.’ “ ‘Do you approve of the annexation of the Philippines?’ “‘As to that I am not quite ready ; to give an opinion now. In general, I am against the acquisition of un- i desirable territory.’ “ ‘What ought we to do with the trusts, senator?’ “‘That is a big question and one requiring much thought before a com petent opinion can be rendered. As soon as I have a chance to get into the subject thoroughly, I will send for you.’ " ‘Do you approve the platform adopted by the State Democratic con vention?’ “‘I have not had time to get more than a cursory glance and am not qualified to say anything of its mer its or demerits.’ “ ‘Senator, just between ourselves, confidentially and not for publication, would you mind telling me what you thought of the equator?’ “‘Well, Bill, that’s easier said than done. You see the equator has a north side and a south side and I’d rather be left out of any discussion of the topic. The equator never did me any harm and I have only kind and respectful feelings toward it.’ ” THE CHARACTERISTIC NA TIONAL MEAL. From the London Chronicle. It is not only in Scotland that break fast is the characteristic national meal Travel where you may, the first mea of the day is the one that strikes the foreign note, luncheon and dinner hav ing gradually absorbed cosmopolitan qualities that are not even confined to hotels. But you never feel so much of an Englishman as when Switzerland gives you rolls and but ter and honey, and nothing more, with your coffee; or when Frence makes this into one exquisite crumb ling "croissant,” with an inch or two from a yard-long loaf, or when Den mark adds cream instead of milk to the coffee and a dangerous piece of pastry to the black bread and round white roll. Yet our English breakfast became an institution only in the eighteenth century. Before that only royalty breakfasted off meat, bread and cheese and ale. The commoner, such as Pepy’s, took merely a morning draught of buttered ale. He—Would you marry a fool for his money? She—I don’t know. How much have you got? j 1 DYEING REAL FLOWERS. From the Philadelphia Record. “Every once in a while some florist I gets busy and puts some odd colored | blossoms in his window as an extra I attraction to the display,” said a club man. “I just noticed one down the street. It consisted of a bunch of im possibly green carnations. Aat first glance a good many people thought they were made of paper, but they got Interested when they found out that they were ‘natural.’ Now, any body who wants to have any of these freak flowers can get them by buying some kind of aniline ink, any color desired. Carnations are the easiest to color, white ones, of course. Put their stems in a glass filled with the ink. Their stems are soft, and in a short while the large veins in their petals are filled with ink. Don’t let' them absorb too much color; they are prettier with just so much. Then remove them and put them in a vase of salt water. Lilies-of-the-valley lend themselves to this scheme also—in fact, any white, soft-stemmed flower may be used.” T. P. HOLLAND, Manager American Theater. TROUBLE—ALMOST. Local Elks are having a lot of fun with a member of their lodge, a Fif- | teenth street jeweler, says the Den ver Post. The other day his wife ! was in the jewelry store when the phone rang. She answered it. “I want to speak to Mr. H ,” said a woman’s voice. “Who is this?” demanded the jew eler’s wife. "Elizabeth.” “Well, Elizabeth, this is his wife. Now, madam, what do you want?” “I want to speak to Mr. H .” The jeweler’s wife grew angry. “Look here, young lady,” she said, ‘who are you that call my husband and insists on talking to him?” “I’m the telephone operator at Eliz abeth,” same the reply. And now the Elks take turns call ing the jeweler up and telling him it’s Elizabeth. Jack—I saw a light in your room this morning at 2 o’clock. That’s rather stange. Bill—No, it was a little stranger.