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SEPTEMBER 8. 1908.
THE SUNNY SOUTH
FIFTH TAGS
American Women of Brains Dominate j
^ All Phases of English Life ^
e •.4. e«- e e.- e-«-•.» «
HE recent deaths of Ladv 1
Curzon and Mrs. Craigi©'
leave a gap In the ranks
of the distinguished com-)
pany of American women ;
who are constantly taking j
a leading part in the ac- j
tivitles of London, but so j
surprising large and proml- I
ltent is the colony of Amer- ■
lean women in t he English
metropolis that others will 1
quickly take their places.
In the last decade the
lU-gliters of LTncle Sam have taken such
conspicuous place in London life that |
ey have come to be accepted as lead-
a. In art. social life, literary work,
tilantliropie movements and even in;
ose important political functions -syith!
tich the wife of a. BritisTi peer or poli-
•ian must concern himself, they hate
en foremost.
Every notice and comment on the death;
Ladv Curzon contained the statement j
at c: great part of the extraordinary po-|
ical success of her husband resulted j
om her tact and ability.
Similarly other American women In
ondon have exhibited .the ability to ex-
ud intelligent aid.
Three of the most select of England's
ikes depend largely on American wives
advance their interests at court awl
dally. The duchess of Marlborough
ts Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt. She has
led her place with skill and judgment,
id is an especial favorite of England's
ig. The Vandenbilt millions have been
ressed Into service o aid the cause of
‘f husband, but .they have been expend-
1 judiciously.
No one would have imagined that Miss J
elenu Zimmerman had those great so-J
al qualities that would make her an !
vimirable helpmeet for the duke of Man-j
lester, but she has carried the fortunes!
that young Englishman forward at
hound.
Similarly Miss May <1 or lot has been
cognized as a leading factor in j.ng-
sh social life.
in addition to these women are Lily,
tehees el' Marlborough, who afterwards
arried Lord William Beresford, was the
daughter of Commodore Price, of Troy,
and Consuelo, dowager duchess of
Manchester, is a native 01 Louisiana.
REAL FICTION.
Among other politicians who have
A . erican wives are the Hon. Frederick
ifluest, son of Lord Wimborne. I-auy
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*
•.■e-^e-^-e-^-e-^-e-^e-^-e^-e.-e^e-^-e^e^e
Mrs. Arthur Paget.
wlto are moving heaven and earth in the] Company, is appropriately married to an
cause of suffrage for their sex. She is | American lady.
coming to the United Stakes late this! It would be quite easy to add many
mouth to repeat in Diis country the work j other more or less conspicuous names
she has done in England, 'which consists! to this list, but it may be noted as an
iu organizing social and political clubs j interesting fact that a curiously large
for women. 1 number of journalists holding important
That delightful atmosphere of liters-1 positions on London newspapers are mnr-
ture that hovers over it he select life of
Izmdoii has, had the effect of attracting
there many foremost American women
with it he gift of writing. Mrs. CraJgie,
writing as John Oliver Hobbes, was a
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is spend-
Uerbert, widow of Sir Michael Herbert, ing in London , !he fortun6 won her by
the British ambassador at Washington. "Little Lbrd Fauntleroy,” and Miss Ger-
is an American lady, as are .the wife of { trade Atherton, a native of San Francisco)
-:r Henry Howard, the British minister} and author of ihe ' Aristocrats,” finds 1
The Hague, and 'the widow of the Into London a most congenial home and work!
■fir Clinton Dawkins, the famous finan-1 place. But it is not alone among those
uer. | women who actually write that London
Every woman in this notable galaxy! finds its American population enlarged,
v esteemed as having the insight into j ltJi > Gilbert Parker and Anthony Hope
mi'll.? life nd the courage of action thatj have American wives who play no small
1 f,ts net from (being a mere shadow of! part in the literary activities of the cap-
.ar husoamj into a factor in every blg| ltal.
movement. i ACTRESSES, TOO.
in England there are far greater op-1 Many American actresses have settled
par':unities, politically, for t he gentler sex j permanently in London, and some of
lain in America. It is recognized that, them have become proprietors of their
sheha* a right to be hoard on the hust- owri theater s. The wife of Forbes Rob-
luge and at every election for parliament ,, ,
she Wne«,( prwln^t .rarx. , lovely Gertrude Eliott.
ried to American ladies.
In no case have these women from the
United States (failed to adapt themselves
quickly to (whatever sphere liaippened to
, be theirs. If it was politics they quickly
masterful figure, whose death cast gen-i sent their husbands to the fore; if society
eial sorrow, (but a number of American thev gave superb entertainments, sump- Peruvian brood 'for whom the girl was
literary luminaries still survive.
When Cupid
and the Priest Conspire
on the High Seas
AVE Skippers the right to
‘H marry con les on the high
seas? Well, I reckon,"
said a man who makes
frequent 10.000-mile Jumps
iu selling bridges and
structural steel.
The topic was started by
a case of a young woman
who sailed from New York
the other day for Trinidad,
British West Indiee, to
meet and marry her young
man, a Michigander, work
ing down there. To avoid the British
n arriage law, which requires a two
weeks residence before the ceremony
tan be performed, the young woman er-
ipected her betrothed to meet her In a tug
cutside the three-mile limit of Trinidad,
and the skipper of the ship upon which
she sailed was to tie the knot.
"A skipper can do plenty of things
that a lot of 'people don't know he's en
titled to do." went on the man who goes
up and detwn the seven seas selling steel.
“He can arrest yoi^ for one thing. He
ran bury the dead, of course, and I be
lieve there have been some skippers
who’ve baptized yung tins born qri
beard their ship.
MARRIED ON PACIFIC LINER.
"But they certainly have got the mar
rying power. One reason why I know
that is because I've been present at
thr*e deep sea marriages.
"First time was on board the Colima
of th^. Pacific Mail line in IS93. Among
the passengers who came aboard at San
Francisco were a hustling young min
and a sprightly clever girl, neither of
whom had ever clapnet <yes on the other.
“ The young man had been living at
Mazatlan. Mexico, for a couple of years,
acting as Mazatlan. manager for an
American shipping firm. The girl hal
been acting as governess in a wealthy
Peruvian family living at Callao 'for a
couple of years. She, too. had been vis
iting San Francisco with the whole Peru
vian 'family and was on her way back
to Callao.
“They happened to be made messmates,
being placed alongside each other at the
table, and it didn't take one-eighth of an
eye to see that they were hitting it off
with each other mighty slick and fin
from the time the Colima left the Faral
lones on the horizon's rim.
PERUVIANS LOSE GOVERNNESS
“The third day out the mother of th<
Aunt Julia Calls on Her Niece
By HELEN GRAY.
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH,
AKJOKIE ALL1STON seat
ed herself at the sitting
room window with a sigh
of relief. She was not in
the best of spirits. The
children had just gone off
on their walk and the qluet
hours that would elapse be
fore their return she felt
would 'be grateful to her
nerves.
She folded her hands In
her- lap and looked idly out
of the window. Some one
visiting them. My! but what a perfect | the children. Marjorie, where are ti e
complexion she has! and how she dresses!, babies?"
She reminds me of you at the time you ^ hey went out to walk just a few
were married. Poor deair, you've ha-i ! mh " UeS f ’ e,ore you < * me "
., . , j ! You don t mean to say so! Whv I
worry so over the children. I don't won- , met them and didn ’ t know them . Tho?e
der you ve lost, your looks; but men never , three little dug-ups I saw a couple • J*
think of that. They would rather talk to j blocks down? Marjorie, there Is some-
a pretty stranger any day than a wornout i thing the matter with this house. i
wife. You mustn't mind my speaking} wouldn’t stay in it. you’ll all be corpses
plainly to you, dear; Dan is only a man} befoue -the year is out. What: You've
after all, and It Is altvays best to be on | bought the house? You certainly haven *
the safe side, jveep an eye on him. He inherited th e Allison taste, Marjorie.
passes the Sargents' house several times
a day and she’s always at the gate. '
“I don'-t happen to b e of a jealous na
ture, aunt Julia," said Marjorie calmly,
at the same time feeling somewhat un
comfortable.
"I know you ain’t, dear, but then dread
ful tilings do happen, and I'm sure I
"Yes, isn’t it terrible?'' de chine over silk, trimmed with real lace.
"Her husband met that fascinating and her diamonds were like stars. After
actress in about the same way. Marjorie, al! romance doesn’t count. When a wife
what is the matter with those muslin cur-1 has to wear shabbv clothes she soon
was coming up the garden path, a large,: , lon ' t kno w what you and the children
T , oman, wearing a purple dress, j -would do for a sup isn't if Dan did prove
r f '" ! B no "! -Taking who It was; she; untrustworthy. 1 suppose you've been
was in for an attetmoon's chat with Aunti ^ a(j! n g . about S a, u h DangerfleW s di- day. They sav
Jul.a. She was debating whether or not vorce suU .- 1 was dressed q
she would excuse herself when the ob
ject of her thoughts stood in tlie door-
we y.
"I Just walked right iu like home-
folks,’’ suid the lady, laughing effusively.
“How delightful it Is to see you again,
dear. Why, M«trjoilp, how pale you look’!’' 1
“I've been a little under the weather
•recently.” Marjorie answered pleasantly
as tiie two seated themselves in comfort
able dockers.
"You mustn't lose your roses, dear.'*
giis..- . Aunt Julia. "It was your bloom
ing complexion that caught Dan. you
know. People say he was just about to
propose to another woman when he met
you. You certainly were a beautiful girl
In those days, Marjorie. How is Dan?”
"He's well, thank jou. Aunt Julia; he
just left the house a few minutes go."
“Oh, yes, 1 remember, I saw him down
the street in front of the Sargents. He
was talking to that rich widow who is
There Is nothing architecturally ae£
thetic about this place, and It's on an our
of-the-way street, too. I am afraid perm
pie will be putting you on the degenerate
list.
"By the way, did you see Modjeska
when she was here? No? Why everybody
was there. Mary Hinton, your old rival,
was the most stunning woman in the
crowd. She hasn't lost her looks at all,
and her husband is growing richer every
• he Is crazy over her.
n a magnificent blue crepe
tains?"
"I don’t know. Aunt Julia, except that
they are not very fresh.'
"I should think they were not. They've
done duiy ever since you’ve moved into
this house. Let me see. that was eight
years ago this month. Mine have been
loses her husband's regard. Have you
been getting anything new lately, dear?
Haven’t had time? I’d take it. It’s a duty
you owe youYself, dear. Everybody is
wearing those pretty little silks with the
bolero Jackets; haven’t you any? No? I
s\ippos e you put most of your money thin
renewed several times. Ain't it easy to spring into applique shirt waists,
run down at the heels, dear? 1 notice; "Sages alives! Marjorie, if itjsn't near-
the house needs painting badly and the} ly 6 o’clock. I've been here the entire
children have made holes in the matting. \ afternoon. Well, goodby, dear. I'll try
You must try to keep up better else! to run In soon again and"—sotto vose
people will talk. 1 overheard a remark} "I'll pass the Sargents' on the way and
the other day that was not very com- look in. If I should happen to hear any-
plimentary. No. I won't tell it to you. I I thing, you understand, I'll let you know.
don’t believe in being a tale-bearer. Don't' Goodby. dear. My love to Dan and the
ask me, dear. It worried me very much, | babies. ’
and I shan't let it worry you. You’ve got} And Aunt Julia whisked herself down
enough on youir shoulders with Dan and 1 the walk.
er’s wedding ring' suspended around her disobeying her mother's mandate about “They'd been sweethearts In the r
neck by a tiny chain ad she used that getting married while in Japan. I youth, although when their respectiv
ring for her own wedding. All that was
needed to make (lie thing realistic was """ ‘"'l., ‘ ‘, ' dentally in Vera Cruz on this winte
some feminine weeps, and these eventu- 1 *y ,/ 01 ta * n P' an chor was due j tl .jp
tbe the space for a sailorman to be married, i
the :
pair of you in a figure of 8 knot in a: ‘ They explained their reasons to the
jiffy.’ | skipi, er, all right, and even if their rea-
“Tlie suggestion made an instant hitj sons hadn’t been so good the skipper
West, wt
She is an
and will
Hall a tyen American Uraim ^P^pWA Iul '.' Anderson quit a place of JofUest
Lady Cuvztv have performed notable j importance on the American stage to re-
teavs if- r 0l ‘ 'S. I Sla « Oenesieve
The most cqiniguished of these is per-; Ward and Mrs. James Brown Potter have
haps Mrs. J<xpt, Chamberlain, who, be-' been there so long as almost to be re
lore her marrUc in ,863. was Miss Mary pardod as nallve .*
iindlcou, of Yshington. All through
me stormy puo life of her famous jingo; ’ ls ' >soar Derlnger. a busy and tal-
husband, Mrs hamberlain lias been} onted London journalist, novelist and
staunchly at Lack, and to the credit; playwright, mother of Esiue and Vera
of "Joe' It n.u-be said that he makes Beringer, was born in Philadelphia
n< The°lovely M^^of New ^.rk.) -P^atlvcs uf
mat(c art are justly regarded as leaders
the brilliant galaxy that really makes
ndon Hie foremost theatrical city in
the world. Their interests are not con-
lined to actual (performing, but they are
In the front of every public movement
for the bGlerment of the stage, the help
of needy Thespians and other proposi
tions that call lor concerted action.
John W. Mack ay, the "Bonanza King.-
probably never expected that the wealth
u massed in western mining would b->
spent in London, nr t!*.it his wife would
eventually be one of the leaders In bril
liant entertainments in the English met-
lopolis. yet now the Mackay home at
Carleton house need fear no competition
The beautiful Mrs. Arthur Paget, wlvi
was recently seriously injured, and Mrs.
Bradley Martin, are tiwo other American
women who are noted for the splendor
of their hospitality.
Musically one of the most influential
American women in London is Mrs
owns 40 OOO acres a priceless collec- Ronalds S lie maintains a salon that
m of pictures, ie d Miss Bradley v, Pars alI the best singers and virtues'.
Martin. The cot of bgmont is a j-f Pr daughter. Mrs. Ritchie, is a talented
southern lady, 'bohter of Marwick amateur, who wrote (he hook of
Howell, of South :na . The earl of "LAmcur," the ballet performed at the
Essex, who serv< h -the yeomanry Alhambra with genuine success,
in .South Africa. h[n S second wife a Lady Bfcrgot, whose husband was a
New York lady, ‘lughter of Beach lord-in-waiting under the last govern-
Grant. The counv oxford is also ment; Lady Deerhurst, whose husband
a native of New Y s j s countess is the eldest son of the Earl of Coventry;
of TankervlUe. T ntess of Suffolk Lady Donoughmorc. whose husband held
is the late Lady C, s jster, and her office under Mr. Balfour, and who is
- * ■ — —-i 111.
first became -htife of Lord Randolph | (|l
«. vurchlh She it only advanced the (
jntere.su of her >band, but lifted their
s in .till he now apies tlie line post of
1, der secretary the colonies. After
• he death of L Churchill his widow
became tie brief George Cornwallis
is tty years her junior,
it.oue her young husband,
ever t content till she has
advanced him t< jaist which she be
lieves connnenBU with his power.
A former Kngl.an, liberal of might,
£lr William Har< married uji Ameri
can, daughter o-tley, the historian,
an d his son, L> Harcourt, has folr
lowed the same tpie, perhaps reason
ing that the help ait her obtained from
' is American wif-ured well for what
would come to hi
six chesses.
There are six can countesses in
the peerage. Thi of Craven, who
was business, they showed as much
knowledge of how to get the English
pound as though it were the great Ameri
can dollar they were after; and similarly
In art. literature or the drama they went
instantly to the fore.
Li ndon makes no secret of its obliga
tion to these women, and admits that
much of value would go from its life
were the American wives, mothers and
maidens withdrawn.
gether and painted the opportunities of
husband was one o Curzon's A. D. credited with being one of the cleverest i fered by this particular firm in colors
C.’s during his vlCy j n India. men In the house of lords; the Hon. Mrs. I that fired the ambition of every mat
Lady Cooke, whCg ]lPr marriage Cecil Baring, whose husband is Lord
was Miss Tennessee 0 f New York, Revelstoke’s heir, are all American. Sir
Im one of that gTOk; n g-iish women Baclie Cunard, of the Gunard Steamship
Mrs. Forbes Robertson, Nee Gertrude Elliott.
tuous, but marked by good taste; if it governess began to look blue over the
prospect, plain enough, of losing that
governess. Fourth day out liets began
to be laid in the smoking room, with no
takers, that there'd be a marriage on
board the Colima before she made lor
first stop, Mazatlan. The reason why
there were no takers was that the young
man had been seen sevral times In ear
nest conference with the. skipper.
The young man. it appeared, wanted
the ceremony performed two or three
days before the ship was due to fetch
Mazatlan, but the girl wouldn’t listen to
that proposition. Her idea was a mar
riage just before the ship reached Ma
zatlan. They were both Protestants and
as such as they preferred not to be mar
ried by a Catholic priest In Mazatlan or
yb the Mexican alcalde. The Peruvian
family wanted to see u«e girl safely mar
ried before letting her go.
"We pulled first sight of Mazatlan at 3
o’clock in the afternoon and then all
the passengers were mustered in the
main cabin to witness the ceremony.
There wasn't any flubdub or superfluous
trimmings about it.
TEARS AT THE WEDDING.
"The skipper brought out his little
book and read the lines in his tremend-
i ous basso profoundo. The girl had been
“DON’T PAINT THE ROSE.”
The general manager of a New Eng
land manufacturing company wrote to
the president of his old college a few
years ago, asking for t-he names of some
oif the seniors to whom he could give po
sitions in his office, says H. J. Hap-
gnod, in The World Today. The presi
dent. in ihis desire to serve a prominent
alumnus, did not merely send the names
but instead called the senior class to
‘‘Piddles, me lad. and how much of I mates died they hadn't resumed the foi-
Japan will we be in in an hour from mer relationship and had only met aeci-
weeps and these eventu-, this? for the call to up-anchor was due!
! in half an hour. ‘The open sea—there’s
of the the space for a sailorman to he married, j DEEP SEA MARRIAGES APPEAL
„ . ,' Fetch the girl aft and well have the: ijnu.
Peruvian children for whom tne bnde . _ .
had been governess broke out. Thu
couple had no sooner been pronounced
man and wife than she fell upon the ; and tlle B t .igj e ] lft dn't pointed her nose } would surely have married them upon
girl s neck and after kissing her mo3t 1 ggaward before we f'l got the word to their mere request, for I've a notion that
aflectionatelj performed the necessary assembly In the main -'nloon 10 witness most skippers have a sneaking fondness
feminine wedding walling to the queen's the marriage. It was a simple affair, the for marrying folks. The middle-aged 'pair
taste, in which she was fervently joined girl using the engagement ring she'd ! wanted to ‘have the knot tied at sea so
by al! of her brood, who were broken ■ been wearing for several years. ; that their children, who were to meet
hearted when they learned that they SKIPPER KISSES AND BLUSHES. ; them at the New Orleans pier, would
were going to lose their governess. 1 "The bride put her face up to be kissed [ ,iave 110 chance to get away with wha:
"The big skipper, of course, claimed j by tbe skipper when the words were fin- | ever grouch they might have coming over
the immemorial priveliege of splicers on } ished and he resp onded to the challenge j the marriage.
land and sea. He stood up straight, jj n a sailor-like way, blushing, at that, the 1 “They made a mighty handsome and
squared out his chest, pulled up his color of a Tahiti niollusk conch while he : distinguished looking couple. A s the first
sleeves and glanced around with an ex- I made good. | subscribing witness to the marriage ex
pression that meant just as plain as "The other and final marriage at see titieate, which had been elaborately pre-
... ... , . . lne olneI aIlu nna-i oiauiagu aL si-c pared and pen garnished by the purser, it
words, oh, its a scorching sin and a , that I happened to look at was on a was my pleasant privilege to—well, if any
shocking shame, the kind of salute I'm 1 steamer running between New Orleans of you fool youngsters imagines that there
going to bestow upon this bride,’ and and Mexican gulf ports. I got on board j isn't just as much fun kissing a rosy-
then he wrapped her up in his boacon- ot Vera Cruz. There were a lot of tour- cheeked woman of forty-odd a s there is
stricter grasn aim her- ,p- I( i -n-ne let m ists 011 board. I in kissing the immature kind you're used
... , ^ y, s -t ii, "One of them was an elderly hotel [to you'll learn different when you come
s Huge Drown beard. keeper of New' Orleans, a w idower with ; to yea.r s of discretion, that's all.
“It was a nice incident, that marriage. ! children. Another was a buxom woman; “Something fine, flowing, sentimental
and 1 11 bet a hat those two young folks not. entirely past middle age, a widow and appealing about a. deep sea marriage!
are as happy a pair of brier birds ana ' wlth S row ' n children, who was traveling , That's the way they all struck me. I'd
iu«i much it, with her maid. None of Us understood like to've been married that way m.v -
. - each other a( . j be t j me w hy this elderly pair wanted seif. But. God bless me! I’d never see.,
Oday as they were on the day of their t 0 be married at sea, but it came out the sea nor anything bigger in the water
wedding. I like to hope so, anyhow, later that the children of both of them line than the Ohio river at Kentucky
MARRIED LEAVING JAPAN were opposed to their getting married the j when I got married So what chance
“Second deep sea marriage that it came!
my way to witness was on board the
Belgic. Yokohama foir Sa,n Francisco,
in 1895. The young man who figured in
this sea wedding was a steamship en
gineer who had been taken sick while
serving as assistant engineer on a Jap
steamer running between Yokohama and
Hongkong and had been sent to the big
marine hospital in Yokohama.
' The lever that held him stayed along
with him for nearly three months. Rut
maybe he hadn't been in much of a hurry
to convalesce, for upon hearing of his
illness the girl to whom he was engaged
in Vallejo. Cal., had drawn her savings
out of the hank—shed been teaching
school in Vallejo—and hustled to her
yoting man’s side as fast as ship could i
carry her to help nurse him at the Yo- j
k'lliiinta hospital.
“The girl's mother back In Vallejo, if!
appeared, was dead sore upon the idea |
of her daughter marrying a man
followed the sea for a livelihood and he
second time.
had I?”—New Y'ork Sun.
Death Wavered While Man and
a* Crocodile Fought *
S he stands on the edge of
the little lake and blinks
under the glare of the elec
tric lights “Alligator Joe”
looks a big fat, harmless
man. That seeming half-
tacre of bare skin that i ,•
covers his arms looks flab- tail appears witl
claim—and by that time the man hag dis
appeared agajn. You see that he is jerk
ed down, too, and you mop the perspira
tion from your forehead. After that they
come to the surface rapidly. Now the
crocodile is seen and the man is missing.
Now Joe's head appears for a. breath and
is yanked under again as the animal s
1 a Vi
MIS
slap.
fore tlie girl had left Yallejc
by dangling out of the
armholes of his jersey, and
the simple, childlike smile
that he directs toward you
is conclusive evidence chat
he is not the man you
w'ho | would pick out to have a fierce struggle
with a crocodile.
,, , , , . ,, , for Ja P an | The man next to you savs: “Come on
the last thing the. old lady had said to there micte,- w m , ,
, ... .... „ mere, mister man lets be up and ric
her—this came out In the course of the T . , ,
1 and Joe. seemingly having ex
ilian',
die \
San Francisco;
that young man you're
m’re in Japan I'll never
home and when he got strong I ' 1! 'P Ms armpits, and you judge from his
o stand the trip he and the girt I looks that Joe is getting nervous. H.»
long vi
” 'If j
going ti
forgive you.'
"Tiie young engineer was returning to
San Francisco to take a job on a steam
boat on the San Joaquin river so as to
be near
enough t
sailed on the Belgic.
USED HER ENGAGEMENT RING.
"The skipper of the Belgic knew the
young engineer and he rallied him about
the situation before the Belgic got her
mud hook up.
“ ‘Bad job. my young matey.' the skip
per said to him with ponderous solemnity,
'this thing of jamming up and down the
world with a young woman and no chape
ron. I'm surprised at you. a seafaring
man, too, that ought to know and respect
the—er—the viewpoint of straightfor
ward folks in these matters! Tush, tad,
why not bring the giil to me and let tne
marry you:
I m g,
t hausted all his breath In the unheard
speech, steps carefully into the edge of
the lake. He advances a few feet with
out having made a ripple in the water.
Always Ids eyes are searching the sur
face of the water intensely. Now he ii
“If Joe gets one of those, he's a goner, ’
■you think, and you move forward tier
vously to watch the next struggle on the
surface. They are fighting hard now,
and each time Joe comes to the surface
he looks very tired and you can hear
him puff for wind. Up they come again
and roll over each other in the water.
FIGHT IS FINALLY ENDED.
You can only see Joe's feet kicking des-
I pe.rately In the air and then the croco
seems to be staring fearfully into the
darkness of the water, and you begin to
worry for him.
PREPARING FOR BATTLE.
He stands still now. and your nerves
twitch as you watch. Suddenly you see
him move slightly, and following his
steady gaze you see right before him the
two glaring eyes of a crocodile resting
on top of the water. Joe is looking at
them very hard, straining his very eye-
sockets. And the crocodile is looking
with equal intentness at Joe. As this
tableau continues several minutes you
cannot help but think of the size of the
le class to secure a position with them.
As a result the general manager was
overwhelmed with applicants and select
ed six very capable men. At the end of
two months tlhe entire six came to him in j wearing for many years her dead moth
a. body and announced that they were
going to leave because the opportunities
for advancement were not as represent
ed. On investigation the general man
ager found that the good old college
president bad practically guaranteed that
their salary would be fully doubled in
two months and that before the first ye.ur
was over, they would be earning from
$2,000 to $2,500.
The next year, wihen the general man
ager wrote the president concerning
more men. he requested him to send only
their names and college addresses and
on no conditions veil them anything about
the work and the opportunities for ad
vancement. “If It is necessary,” lie add
ed, “to paint the rose or perfume the
violet, I prefer to do It myself and thus
avoid any (possible misunderstanding "
"Tiip young engineer gloomily told the j jaws of the crocodile you saw in the pen
Belgic s skipper that he'd wanted to mar-j near by.
Joe suddenly makes a feint as If to
ry the girl in Yokohama, with the Ameri
can consul to perform the ceremony, but
that the young woman didn't feel like
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES.
(From The Chicago News.)
; Teacher—What is the first step toward
1 the digestion of food?
Bright Boy—Hiring it off.
Mamma—Did you cry when you fell
down and soiled jour new dress?
Small Dorothy—No, mamma; but I felt
| awfully damp inside.
Sunday School Teacher—Why did the
I Lord command us to love our neighbors?
! Little Lillian—I guess it was 'cause wo
j can get along with most everybody else.
I Elmer had seen his mother drop ■*
I nickel in the contribution box at church,
r.nd when she .proceeded to find fault with
the sermon on the way home he said;
“Well, mamma, what could you expect
for 5 cents7'’
ge Coruwallla West.
A Cleveland professor declares that, tha
time 1s coming when no girl will permit
herself to (be kissed without first dlsln*
feeling her lips wlt>h a carbolic atomizer.
Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain.
dile's tail slarpping after them. As you
sit fascinated you realize si'inehow that
they are nearing' shore and finally you sc
“Alligator Joe’s" head come up near the
bank and hear him gtisp to the man
standing near. “The rope! quick!’’
He disappears again, bit' when be
comes to the surface he brings with a
mighty jerk the half open jaws of the
crocodile, soon followed by its blazing
eyes. Joe is riding it now. and as he
pants for breath lie maks a lunge and
grasps the head of tiie animal and
bends it back by main force. He
catches the rope as it is thrown to him.
•circles it about the crocodile's neck and
makes another half hitch around its
nose. Infuriated, the crocodile makes
another iast effort to shake his captor
from him. but the. man on the shore
pulls hard at the rope ami soon there
is exposed to view twelve feet of strug
gling, untanned handbag leather and a
very large man who shakes the water
out of his eyes like a dog. The man
1? wearing that child like smile just as
he was at first, and as they tie the
crocodile's nose and tail together and
place him on a large wheelbarrow you
suddenly discover that your heart is
beating much louder than al! the noise
of the park, and you sit dazed.
AIN’T SO HARD. SAYS JOE.
"Alligator Joe,"dripping and breathing
heavily, is standing near as you rise
weakly and start for. home.
"How in the world do you do it? '
you ask him.
“Why, it ain't so hard," Joe says,
with his Siindccnt smile. "Ah. jus'
wait till ah gets a good chance an
then ah jus’ dives foh one o' his foaJ»
} legs an’ grabs it. Then ah swings
I mah otheh ahm around undehneata
him an' ajj hugs him tight. All aii
| got to look out fall is his jaws an' his
] tail an’ when all gets out o’ breath
} tindeh wateh, all jus’ kicks us both to
i the suhface and takes a blow' and goes
undeh with him again. It's jus' a mat-
teli of tilin’ him out."
And you thought ‘'Alligator Joe" was
fat! You look over his 300 pounds again
and glance at the crocodile. Then you
come to the conclusion ■ that you were
mistaken. Joe is not fat. He is
simply great, big. solid and strong.
And he also has nerve.—Kansas City
Star.
move toward the crocodile—but the ani
mal is no longer there. As Joe shifts his
position uneasily your memory of those
huge jaiws makes you squirm. The wa
ter is calm again except for the head and
nrint of Alligator Joe protruding patient
ly near the center. Again he waits, and
before long those crocodile eyes come to
the surface once more, and the gazing
contest is renewed.
JOE AND OROCKODILE DISAPPEAR
It seems an hour that the man and the
animal are looking into each Ollier's eyes
and you are almost tired of watching
them, when there is the sound of a splash
In the water anu neither Joe nor the
crocodile is in sight. There ls hardly a
ripple on the surface to show where they
■went down, and your heart stands still
I as the seconds pass and the peaceful
surface is not disturbed. You begin to
tihink what you'll testify before the coro
ner's jury. Y'ou are sorry that the thing }
was started anyway.
Just then tiie crocodile’s huge tale
swishes to the surface and slaips the wa
ter with terrific force. Y'ou look in vain
for "Alligator Joe,” and your mind la
immediately made tip that the man has
'been worsted in the struggle and lies
helpless at the bottom of tiie tank. Then
the water churns and "Alligator Joe's"
head is seen, but is suddenly jerked under
the water agstn.
STRUGGLE UNDER WATER.
“He’s still alive!” the man next you
Bhouts. "but lord! what a fight he must
be having."
You wait for another glimpse of Joe's
head. This time he comes to t lie surface
I position* rcr our sradu»t<Mi tsiudcnts can rnt»r an* tii
wil»h a pphitter <n water and ne seems to | morse school otr t tlf o ft a fh y £o.
be actually sitting upright and riding on Wi ‘ *
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