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The persofc, says the New York Tribune,
,jo is ilwlys late and won’t hurry is a
„, c jt fjaspptins and altogether an un
able iiitividual to live with. The self-
Islictss whllh, whether through delibera
•nn or thoughtlessness, .makes others un-
Lalorlablebnd impatient, is of all kinds
(~,0081 tUitating, for the very reason
lilt it is Mite unsuspected and unac
knowiedgec by the culprit, who is se
uiioiiscious of her (for it must be
,Emitted inis type is generally feminine)
Lilt, toward society in general and her
Lwit unfittunate family in particular.
“Citha "ine,” cries mamma, "the car
liife wi i be here at B.’’
twill be ready,” says Catharine, with
[prompt ,acquiescence, but without stir-
L,. Tjieu a few minutes later:
"Cathirine you will surely be late, and
put'Kiw how bud it is for the horse 9 to
be kept waiting in this weather.”
"I live plenty of time.” returns Miss
Take-It-Easy still reading her book.
"Caiiar.ne,” calls out a sister who loves
Liaic [' you know how 1 hate to miss the
Meitute! Do make haste!” and finally
Cntarjne commences to dress. A little
liter it begins again.
'Catharine, the carriage is here.”
"All right,” she answers cheerfully and
Bltr.ly.
“you know,” says her mother, fretfully
Lid hopelessly, "how your father dis
hes ;o'have the horses kept standing.”
Well, why do they stand?” answers
atharine, with irritating composure. And
MOO.
What large family has not some such
Lgravating member, who goads others
to petty rage, she remaining serenely
tttathe while and keeping everone wait
j “Id had a list to make out,” said an
(Iderwoman, "of the characters that men
(tail avoid marrying, I would put the
wrery-reaclys' near the top of my list.
Ji course, bad temper may be worse,
rhile actual w rongdoing goes without say
|l(, but in the way of adding to the dls-
Lnfort of living, a selfishly tardy person
Ia trial in the household.
A writer in the Chicago Times-Herald
(responsible for this bit of human nature.
A S.a.e street jeweler was conversing
hth a friend the other day when a large,
tyiishly dressed woman and her daugh
(rof about lb years dropped in and want
dto look at some diamonds.
The Jeweler displayed a trayful of glit
|trir.g gems and the elderly caller said:
lwact to get a stone to match this one.
tis for a Christmas present for my oth
-1 daughter, and I want to surprise the
p girl.”
Whereupon she slipped off a solltair
te which the younger caller wore and
Mded it to the Jewer.
Well,” he said, ”1 can match the stone,
tours*, it you will give me a little time,
finer grade than we usually carry
Khat will one like that cost?" inquired
't woman.
“About sMl—approximately," he replied,
• the customers, with effusive thanks,
Parted.
"leola that stone a week ago,” remark
i e . Wt 'ur us he rejoined his friend,
‘test The old lady is simply dy
i wit-i curiosity to find out what her
“piters engagement ring cost. Ah,
6 sm tricks in all trades but ours.”
°t tusscrole of potatoes cook eight
wpotatoes ; n salted water until done,
“ “lash until tine and light; add
■ablwiumiifuls of butter and one and
wa. tablespoonfuls of salt, with one
‘ ipful of m'lk; heat thoroughly; pack
* buttered mold, let stand for five
■ 'B, turn out on a platter, brush with
'■ egg and brown in the oven; serve
° r m,1, 10n chops broiled standing
,Mla in* casserole.
newspapers of Salta, Argentine Re
nt'.' f‘ Ve tl,e lex t of a curious bill re-
SU limit ted to the provincial legis
ebierk " , 1,11,1,080 of the 1,111 ‘s fo tax
_ - rhwM and spinisterhood, and thus
Iran. s“' m;irrla ke. The means are enu-
J? e . J thus in the hill:
n"\t} 1 and after the Ist of Jan
dj. a " single men above twenty
lothiv , U ‘ , tars °f age shall pay a
In/ all untll fhey change their con-
Bd/ " sball based on the last
fohow., rhe tax Bhall be graduated,
1 men or m * n of >o 80 years, $5;
lit t„ t 0 3o - * 10; for men of 35 to
Lin ,"' n of 50 to 75. S3O; for men of
L*' *> cents.
Rw J'r following shall be exempt;
thh. (lurln K a term of three years,
N IH ' r ‘°d they should contract
kof a 'i 2 - Widows above 33
rif.i " I<low *. however, who were
Lon-: u " t4r an '' are childless, or who
lof iy,, '' 0 chlld ' Bhal l be liable to a
fete • u fa '’ or °f the rejected suitor.
Pmw, ‘ ,n * le women and single men
Itti ■ ',, ,o . ul legitimate cause, as
®Wliai • r han, f® and do not marry
n ’ le ° f W 0 f “ VOr ° f
dist'riu L‘ e ljroce f' lß °f the tax shall
•can ,i !. ann “al’iy among fathers
Hr.,, i, ' * lh, T have at least twelve
** eil .I • ’ m Hrrlcr that one may be
tn name of the province.
DtV* thahher of doubt, says Doro
' New Orlcan. Picayune,
“ti* i , , o , f unhappiness
on. :i . 11 If men would only decide
wh at kind of a wlfo ihuy
r T It i ;' ad of waiting until after
!*d in •, ‘tie late, after a mail is
w ““‘lt bonds of wedlock to a
t' tk : 0 decide that he admires
;■ 1 I , ~,oB* < Of after he Is tied
“Me r 10 a timid clinging Ilttlo
/ wiWn’t my "boo” to a
•hi, i n j,, ‘/‘at h.- adores the elf
-i'utdent typo. More than
I that, it is unreasonable and unjust. No
man would buy a fox hound expecting it
: to be a bird dog, or put a race horse to
| work in a cotton float. We do not de
! mand that the fragrant and graceful lily
shall blend as harmoniously with a boiled
dinner as a head of cabbage, yet every
man expects his wife, no matter what her
disposition or in what environment she
was reared, to be a shining exponent of
I his pet tastes and whims.
Now there are all sorts of nice girls any
one of whom would exactly suit some par
ticular man, if he would only take the
trouble to hunt for her intelligently, in
stead of making his choice with his eyes
shut, as one does in grab bag at a church
fair. It would certainly seem only the
part of common prudence for a man to
make up his mind whether a society girl
would suit him best or a business wo
man, whether he preferred an old maid
to a widow, whether he would find an
athletic woman or one with missionary
tendencies most congenial. Of course, it
is quite possible that the individual
woman he picked out might not be will
ing to have him, but having once cata
logued himself, and her, to speak, ho
would know in what class to continue Ilia
investigations.
When you come to think of it, there are
so many nice girls that a choice is almost
invidious, and it is no wonder that so
many men take the first one that comes
their way, without ever inquiring into
the matter.
Fatal mistake. Chief among the women
who have helped men, to borrow Mr.
Box’s admirable phrase, are the women
who have refused them. Think of the
catastrophe it would have been if you
had married your first love. She was
generally the girl next do.or. It begun
when you were children, and you waited
at the fence to see her come out in her
back yard and then turned your back
and whistled and pretended not to see
her when she did come. You laid red
apples on her shrine and stinted your
self in pocket money to feed her insa
tiable appetite for soda water. You took
her home from her first party, and both
of you were tongqe-tied with embarrass
ment until you nearly reached her door.
"You won’t tell,” she whispered shyly,
and you answered with feeling; "Sally,
I’m just as much ashamed as you are.”
They sent Sally off to boarding school,
and she learned to do up her hair and
put on long frocks, and when she came
home she snubbed you, and you thought
for two weary days you would die. But
you didn’t.. Love and the measles attack
the young lightly. The girt next door
married someone else, and it makes you
shiver now to think—suppose It had been
you-
There’s the society girl; she is generally
a first choice, as one always wants a lux
ury, instead of a necessity. She’s so pret
ty, and so dainty, and so surrounded with
luxury and beauty, she is like the fairy
princess of one’s childish dreams. But
“hands off" should be the motto for the
poor man. She’s a luxury intended only
for the rich man, like first proof etchings,
and turtle spup, and champagne frappe.
Being poor does not inoculate one against
a craving for the goodies of life, and
sometimes the poor man falls in love with
this edition de luxe of womankind. Fre
quently she has poor enough Judgment
and an illy enough balanced heart to fall
in love with him, but it is a hazardous ex
periment to transplant an orchid to a
kitchen garden. It takes a man of nerve
to ask a woman to leave a satin-lined
jewel box to live in a three-story back
with him. When she has money the mat
ter is not much better. Nothing short
of amazing grace can make a man seem
easy, and natural, and graceful as the
poor husband of a rich wife.
It has always seemed to me that there
was a good deal to be said in favor of
marrying a business woman. She is clear
headed and sensible and reasonable. She
has learned to look at life as it is, and not
expect the impossible. Having earned
money herself, she knows the value of it,
and you could depend on her running your
house on a cash basis, and having her
housekeeping books balanced. She
wouldn’t be hoodwinked by servants or
cheated by tradespeople. She knows the
world is run on schedule time, and would
have meals ready, and not keep you wait
ing when you went out. But she has
worked with men, and, like the little doll's
dressmaker In Dickens’ story, she knows
their tricks and their manners, and could
never be taken in by any of the stock ex
cuses of going to the lodge, and having to
do extra work at night at the office, which
still pass with her more unsophisticated
sisters. A man might go much farther
and do worse than to marry the business
woman, but she is not the wife for a con
ceited man, because she is accustomed to
forming her own opinions and deciding
things for herself. Neither is she for the
stingy man, for she has known the Inde
pendent Joy of having her own pocket
book, and site will inevitably demand a
fair divide of the family finances.
Not without reason have widows always
been considered particularly dangerous.
They have a charm and a fascination all
their own, and added to that, a man's
judgment generally sustains him when he
falls In love with a widow. He may
say with perfect truth that If I marry
a young girt. I don't know what I’m get
ting. The slight and graceful figure I
admire so much now, may he scrawny
strlnglncss in ten years. This adorably
plump little creature may degenerate into
fat, but If I marry a widow I know what
t am getting. She has arrived, so to
speak. What she Is going to be In looks,
temper and mind she already is. and I
don’t have to take any chances on It.
More than this, a widow is generally a
comfortable sort of person to get along
with. Having been married, she does
not look for too much in husbands. She
is satisfied with a moderate amount of
love-nmking, and does not expect a man
to keep up to the high concert pitch of
his courting days. She knows it is no
sign that love la dead, because a man
wants to read his paper after dinner In
stead of talking Experience has taught
her that domestic bliss has its founda
tion in a clean-swept hearth and a well
spread table, and not a protestation of
affection. In a word, the differences be
tween her and a young girl, is the differ
ence between an amateur and a profes
sional, with th odds in favor of the
THE MORNING NEWS, SUNDAY, JANUAAY 10, 1897.
professional of the game of matrimony
as in every other game of chance. In a
matrimonial insurance bureau widows
must certainly be quoted as preferred
risks.
“It was a difficult matter to make up
my mind which to accept,” said the girl
with a practical mind,
"I understand that both are very bright.”
“Yes. They’re inventors.”
“There is something noble in that pro
fession. I cannot think without the pro
fouridest admiration of these men who
harness the giant forces of nature to do
the bidding of the human will.”
“Yes. That sentiment applies to Will
iam. He's at work on a flying machine
and anew >ind of electric engine. But
one can’t buy moquette carpets and din
ing room chairs with fine theories, you
know.”
“Aren’t you going to marry William?”
“No. I accepted John. He’s going to
be a rich man. He has an invention under
way for fastening on suspender buttons
so they can’t come off.”
When food scorches in the kettle, the
latter seems ruined beyond redemption,
but a possibly remedy is to take the kettle
at once from the fire and set it in a pan
of cold water. This treatment, oddly
enough, will, nine times out of ten, re
move the burned taste entirely.
One of the real Gotham girls, says Clara
Beile in the Cincinnati Enquirer, was go
ing over to Boston to visit an aunt, who
was ill and likely to leave an attentive
niece a few thousands. That hateful Alice
Dukes knew it, and said over her shoul
der during the dance. "So sorry you can’t
come to the theater party to-morrow
evening, darling, but, of course, you are
going to Boston.”
“Thanks, so much, Sweetsie,” answered
the Gothamite, “but I shall be there all
right.” ’
Then the slow fellow from Philadelphia
asked her if she wouldnt’ finish the two
step on the stairs and tell him about it.
"Well, you see,” said she, seating her
self comfortably in the turn of the steps,
“I am going over on the midnight.”
“Good gracious,” he broke in; "hadn’t
you better hurry; it’s 11:20 now.”
"Not a bit,” said she, and as he looked
at her bare neck and arms and the tulle
of her skirt she just laughed.
“Bless you, I have my tailor rig in my
dress suit case, and my maid will be at
the depot with it at a quarter to 11. She
will have my ticket, and my zig-zag, you
Knight Stands—Have you signed for ninety-seven?
Upson Downs—Yes. I’m going to be leading man in a blind asylum.
Sn <l.
Prowler Knight -My Imprlaorimuu a-. enuaej i.j u la
Mrs Charity—Ah, poor man. What kind of a fit was it?
now! i Knijjh'.—Coui.t'-i'fuit.
My baby had Eczema in its worst form.
The top of her head was as raw as a piece of
beef, the hair eaten down to the scalp by ap
plying tar poultices, and I thought if she over
got well she would be bald. The best physi
cian in the city attended her, but she con
tinued to get worse all the time, and he finally
admitted “ it was the most obstinate case he
had ever seen,” and that he was “at his wits’
end.” Someone suggested Cuticcra Hemr,-
dies, which I purchased and tried. In a few
days I noticed a great change. She continued
to improve, and to-day is entirely cured, has
a nice head of hair, is lively and hearty, and
the disease shows no signs of returning. I
send you her photograph to show her as she
is to-day.
J. B. JACOBS, 2031 Wilkens Ave., Balt., Md.
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Honors Warm bath* with Cuticiira Shat, penile
appliTation* of Cdticora (ointment), the greet skin cure,
and mild dnaea of Cut i cl: a a Resolves j greatest of
blood puriflera and hulhor curca.
Bold throughout the world. Potter D kC. Corp Sola
rropt.. Bouton. •• How to Cure the Worst Eczema," free.
BEAUTIFUL SKIN l '“ Z C L' Tl C U* l .A Pr .S UA th bT
know, the corkscrew cars, the jag things
with little rooms and the aisle all cor
ners. They’re safe, you can lock the room
up and have your maid in the upper berth
—I mean I can. My ball togs won't show
u®iler my long ulster, and a soft hut is in
the pocket of it. No one will ever see my
slippers, for 1 go down in a cab. Eh?
Oh. yes; there it is now! No, indeed, you
mustn’t come down with ijie; 1 have told
three men what train I was going on,
and at least four .of them are sure to be
there with fiowors and things. Good-by!
How do I get back? I get into Boston at
7 o’clock in the morning, don’t I? I shall
dress in my clothes out of my dress case
in the morning on the train, and pack the
ball togs; I’ll have all the morning to
mooze over an auntie, and time for a
lunch with a man or two besides. I'll
take the 1 o'clock flyer back, change rigs
in the cars, get here at 7:30 all dressed,
and show up at the theater in perfectly
decent time. If I think that Alice Dukes
is going to be too saucy, I'll get anew
ball rig in Boston, and show up in new
clothes, too. Ta ta!” And then the Phil
adelphia man went and had a pair of bot
tles to brace him up.
“I had a couple of amusing calls this
afternoon, ’ remarked a pretty hostess to
a New York Tribune writer, as she pour
ed out a cup of steaming and fragrant hot
tea for her visitor, and lifted thp toasted
muffins from the hob on the fire.
"First, Mary Van D arrived. You
know she lias been away from New York
for years, and, as was natural, we dis
cussed old acquaintances.
“ 'How sad it is,’ she observed, ‘to see
Tilly S . Such an old woman as rhe has
become. Her good figure entirely gone,
A Leading; Man.
with rounded shoulders and no waist to
speak of. When I saw that old woman's
back and the person turned around and 1
saw it was Tilly, I assure you 1 had a
shock! And why do you suppose she still
clings to her pinks and her blues—because
she found them becoming years ago? I
think a faded blonde with traditions of
wnat used to suit her too melancholy!’
“Well, it happened that Mary had not
been gone over ten minutes when Tilly
herself came In.
" ’My dear!’ she exclaimed, ’I have Just
met Mary Van D—. Such a wreck as she
is—so sharp and acrid and old looking!
And as to iter figure, she lias got the o!d
woman's back which is so unmistakable,’
she continued with happy unconscious
ness of the epithet having just been ap
plied to herself.
"'I wonder why some people go to
pieces so much sooner than others,* she
added, glancing at herself in the mirror
with great complacency. And while I
was amused at the humor of the situation
and chuckled inwardly, a sudden thought
made me w inoe. Doubtless I, too, have
the old woman's back and am just as un
conscious as they are!”
Personal beauty, says the New Orleans
Picayune, lias always been a letter of
credit which the world has hastened to
honor. Those who have come to us with
goodly forms and beautiful faces and high
spirits we have received with open arms,
asking very little else of them in the way
of credentials or performances. We have
never judged them by the strict laws that
obtain tor the less well-favored. The mis
deeds of the attractive child are passed
over with an indulgent smile. The beau
tiful woman and handsome man are for
given many things that another might not
do with impunity.
In sober moments of reflection we repu
diate this beauty worship, and say that
all is vanity. We speak of admiration for
intelligent minds and noble souls, but this
is merely a makeshift to salve over our
own wounded vanity. It Is not for the
saint or for the elderly and Intelligent
college professor that the smile springs
unbidden to our lips, and our hearts warm
even when they are personally unknown
to us. We save that for beauty, she of
the rose-leaf skin and starry eyes. It
it nature’s own tribute to nature.
No woman, at least, ever reaches a point
of philosophy when she is reconciled to
being ugly. It is no comfort to her to
hear that beauty is only skin deep, when
the skin is the perfect complexion of an
other woman. To her the marvels of the
fairy tales of modern science have brought
nothing more worthy of gratitude than
the hope they hold out to homely women
of bettering their looks. In olden times
the ugly duckling remafned the ugly
duckling to the end of the chapter. Now
we know that while the ugly woman
can never become a radiant beauty much
may be done to Improve matters. Intel
ligence and cafe in proper food, exercise,
masseurs and a careful and discriminating
taste in dress are all potent factors in de
veloping good looks, and in giving an im
pression of beauty where none exists.
Many a woman who is called handsome is
admired for her clothes and not herself.
Aside from these merely physical con
siderations. it is an Interesting fact to note
how much, the mind affects not only the
expression, but tho actual contour of the
face. Sometimes it seems to chisel harsh
features and coarse features into a kind
of spiritual beauty. The dull person is
rarely beautiful. Poets and romancers
have sung the wondrous loveliness of In
dian maids, and of the uncouth mountain
girls, who plow the fields and make moon
shine whisky Those of us who have been
brought face to face with these children
of nature have looked in vain for the ex
tolled beauty, and felt that another idol
had been shattered when we saw only
heavy features and lack-luster eyes. It
is owing to this metal refining that we
see many people homely and plain, in
youth, who in middle life blossom out
into a kind of Indian summer loveliness.
Ennobling ideals and thoughts grave lines
of beauty on many a face that but for
them must be hopelessly ugly. They are
like the light set behind an alabaster vase
that glorifies it.
Once We Played—
Once we played at love together—
Played it smartly, if you please;
Lightly as the windblown feather.
Did we stake a heart apiece.
O, it was a delicious fooling!
In the hottest of the game.
Without thoughts of future cooling.
All too quickly burned Life's flame.
In this give-and-take of glances,
Kieses sweet as honey dews,
When we played with equal chancea,
Did you win, or did 1 lose?
Was your heart then hurt to bleeding,
in the ardor of the throw?
Was it then I lost, unheeding,
Lost my heart so long ago?
Who shall say? The game is over.
Of uh two, who loved, in fun,
One lies low beneath the clover.
One lives lonely lit the sun.
—Mathilda Bllnde, in the New Orleans
Picayune.
Nearly everybody learns to do some
thing nowadays: The man or woman of
fashion usually plays on some musical :n
--strument or recites. The newest thing,
however, Is the mastering of the art of
the prestidlgitateur. Many of the swell
men have become adepts, and entertain
their guesis with tricks of conjuring. To
do this well a quick eye, a dextrous hand
and a ready tongue are necessary.
One of the best stories told of Du Mau
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Lloyds, as related by a correspondent:
“There was some years ago in Hampstead
road a pavement artist, now dead. Du
Maurier often dropped a coin into the poor
mart’s hat. One cold day the author of
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‘Trilby’ told him to leave his ‘pitch’ and
go to the model soup kitchen in Euston
road to get some food. Du Maurier, as a
joke, consented to take cliargo of the hut.
When the man was out of sight he pro
ceeded to wipe out the pictures of battle
scenes, faithful dogs, etc., and commenced
drawing portraits in chalks of the society
lathes and gentlemen made famous by
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and remunerated the deputy, and when,
an hour later, the man returned he was
pleased to find so much in his hat. but re
gretted that his work had been destroyed.
'This may attract some people, but it ain’t
art,’ he said to tho amused Du Maurier,
as he commenced wiping out tne society
males and females. ‘Now. this pleases
everybody,' ho continued, drawing the pic
ture of a soldier.”
This little bit of human nature found a
place in the Chicago Times-Herald: "Good
ness me! How badly Alice looks to-night!"
said the girl in pink to her companion, as
they seated themselves together in a
shaded corner of the ball room. "By the
by, tell me what Alice did to you. I’ve
been dying to know ever since you fell
out.”
"She acted like a sneak—that’s what she
did," answered the girl in pink, indignant
ly “You remember the night of Agnee
Kennedy’s party?”
“Yes, yes. What was it?”
"Well,” she said angrily, biting her lips
to keep back the tears which threatened
to follow the recollection, “she told me
that she wanted to apologize to Charlie
Stewart for something she’d done to him.
and she asked me to ask him to borrow
her fan for me or do something to get
him to speak to her. Well, I did it, al
though I hated to like poison, for I know
her ways with men, and after a little coax
ing he consented to borrow tho fan. And
what do you think? She kept him talking
to her until the german had been started,
and I had to sit it out until Arthur Browne
took pity on me. 1 felt so badly that I
nearly cried. And Charlie took her home
—the horrid tiling! Told me afterward that
he thought I’d been trying to give him
the cold shoulder, sending him over to her
when I knew they didn’t speak. Oh, but
I felt bad, Marie! I never felt so badly
in my life. And then Alice had the Impu
dence to come and seu me the next day
and tell me how sorry she was that she
eoudn’t persuade Charlie to come back to
me The detestable thing! But I gave her
a piece of my mind, then, and I more than
got even afterward."
She paused to catch her breath, and the
other girl gazed at her udmlrlngly.
"You clever thttig!" she exclaimed.
"What did you do?”
"Do! Why, I Just waited until I saw
her start downtown shopping—you know,
she lives across the street from me—and
then I hurried after her and caught her
just as she was getting on the car. So I
was Just as sweet as peaches and cream,
and she had to ask me to go shopping with
her. And that was Just my chance! When
I found out that she was going to buy a
new gown I thought 1 could die happy,
Marie. You see, Alice hasn’t much mind
of her own, anyway, and when she gets to
buying she’ll take the advice of anyone.
So I made her tell me (hat she could only
have this one new party gown this win
ter, and then I persuaded her to get a
violet silk and have It trimmed with yel
low lace. The gown is love.y, Just as I
knew It would be, and all the boys wonder
why she looks so horried In it. But oh,
Marie! you know how pinky her complex
ion is!”
“Yes, indeed, dreary," responded the
other girl as she stopped ecstatically, ”1
do. She looks like a combination of tur
keycock and beetroot to-night, and she
knows it. I wish I was as clever as you
are."
"Well, I think I did pretty well this
time," said the first girl, with a satisfied
smile, "so now I'm going to be sweet to
her uguin and make Charlie ask her to
! dance. She hasn’t been on the floor but
once to-night.”
Children used to be taught that yawning
was a breach of good behavior; but now,
if certain medical testimony may be cred
ited, It Is Incumbent upon parents to s<*
that the youthful members of their floclc
not only yawn when nature disposes
them, but even practice what may be call
ed the art of yawning. According to tho
results of late Investigators, yawning
Is the most natural form of respiratory
exercise, bringing into action all the res
piratory muscles of the cheat and neck.
It Is recommended that every one should
have a good yawn, with stretphing of tho
limbs, morning and evening, for the pui_
pose of ventilating the lungs and
strengthening the muscles of respiration.
An eminent authority asserts that this
form of gymnastics has a remarkable ef
fect In relieving throat and ear com
plaints.
This being the case, the revival of ait
old English pastime. Indulged In as a kind
of Christmas gambol In me early part
of the eighteenth century, might not be
out of place. The game was a yawning
match and was played for a prize, whlclt
In one instance on record, consisted of a
Cheshire cheese.
The sport began about midnight, when
the members of tho company were dis
posed to be drowsy, and yawning was not
altogether a forced act. lie who yawn
ed the widest and at the same time in tho
most natural manner, so as not to produce
tho greatest number of sympathetio
yawns from the spectators, was the win
ner of the cheese.
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