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the PIPE DREAMS OF A SENIOR By Fred O. Ban lev. Dramatis persona*. [ || haway, A College Senior. , n A Brlerwood Pipe. . alia A Meerschaum Pip*. air,e*e*. , Most nierepnlabl* Porn Cob Pip* Bream One. Fire: day of college, 11 p, tn. t ~o< Dtek 1 * study overlooking college cam oua. l l.lt’ after a few momenta deltbera iak* Black Sue from It* oaae and !f i< it It meditatively. 1,1 girl, I am glad we are back where „ belong—you and I. Somehow neither t t u < look Ju*t right among pink ribbon* , i tea cups and all that I don't feel tight anyway Marm will put up, te of me. at thoae awell Joint* where *,I * fellow area is tennis court* and mu*. r. lie eolr gowns, ami all a fellow can t . n t* to take moonlight atrolU along the it ini lit h.mka. I tell yoo. Sue I'm dead a ,m fit and feel In her* like the frisky iamb* In spring time. Whoop!" Dirk esecutes a dance which contains i ovemtits selected Impartially from the ;x war dance anal the Spanish ballet, end Anally clearing the table # I lending lr, his Morris chajr with Sue In one hand at I Ms tobacco pouch In the other. Sue.” he continues, carefully filling hi* pipe. "I am ashamed of us. Any- Mr would think we were freshmen, and here We are grave and reverend seniors l>on t you let tne catch you at any more of those freshmen tricks!” He lights his pipe end settles down com fortahl>; that Is. with his feet out of the window and hi* head surrounded by sofa p Hows. nee mn mighty good to sea the fellows bi. k again. There's Carter, he's dona the continent, and Hand, lie's hewn doing the pretty at Newport. Too had about Hand— h.s tally wreak point There's Wheeler bad.' Guess he hasn't done much hut feed G rod sort, though. Wheler. He'll have l do a lot of training to make centre t Is year 1 say. Sue, do we want to play football this Kail? Iteuced lot of work and girl, and you'll be on the shelf three months and get covered with dust. I tti.nk a senior ought to rest. Flayed three years, and that's enough. Hanged If I don't believe 1 feci sort of old end rheu mattky now. and I've only been a senior one day. Carter said de'd have me be fore the faculty If 1 didn't come out. Well, i suppose we ll have to. for the honor of the college and a' that. Sorter have to go in and show the youngsters how to play anyhow. Pretty good sport after you get Into It, but devilish hard getting Into It." Sue. who never did get a chance In the first twenty minutes of a talk, now put* in an oar. Aye, Diokle." she purred. "It's good to get back where you have some atten tion shown you W hy. 1 remember once this summer I lay three weeks In that confounded drese suit case of yours. It wasn't tight. Dickie, and while 1 was gene you took to smoking cigarette*. That's why l acted so mean and wouldn't draw 1 Just choke up with anger wnen 1 see a man smoking cigarettes. 1 do. I can't help |t| I had some awful dreams, too. that week I was lying on the shelf. 1 dreamed you were In love, Dickie, jlo! No! 1 won't say any more, but it eras awful! Yep. you want to play football. Of course you do. You know that when you s~> the canvas suits and the gridiron that wild horses couldn't keep you from the Held. Seriat'd Ilka lo see the Marm? What, hemeelck? No, of course you're not. Why man. your a senior! Your Just sleepy, that's all. Purr-rr. Just sleepy, that's si! Purr-rr-rr. That's all That's all, all." Dream Two. Time: 11 p. m., January. Hcwio Dick's study, cosy and comfortable Open fire within: without, a howlli * blizzard Dirk takes Ramcaea from the maiitlepirre, and being comfort % bl) attired In hla pajama soot him self before the open Are. Raomw, my long: time friend, there may be handsomer pipes than you, but for a night like this there are no more romforteble ones. Beauty, Rameeea. la a vanity. Somebody wrote soma poetry once and said that, or something like It. cr something else. I am too lasy. Main eses. to think It up for you." Having tilled the cracked bowl, he ad justs his feel upon the mantel and care fully llghte the nicked • pine. It had been with him upon many a hunting trip. Wow! But this storm kt a buster! You seal 1 are durn lucky dogs; do you know I: Kameses?" but Raineses Is not much of a phil osopher. This storm reminds him. and • after a splutter or two In getting fair ly I tuning, he begins: Dickie, do you know where we wore ’hr last lime we heard the wind bowline •round the comer, and the enow and Ice Dr rune the window s, and the doors a tattling? Aye, we were way back tn the roods, we were, and that’s where I wish *’ were now. That's the only place for • man! Way back thirty miles from no • "re: (Kameres hod a despicable habit ol cmg h>w, ruatlc expressions when ex f ‘it. Thirty miles from railroads or road* of any kind ’eeptln' those the deer n **ke; thirty miles from noise and dirt • r.d contusion; thirty miles from re nt*.ra n' thirty mtls from women: "hen a fellow gets baek thar. alone with those tall, strong pines, alone with those frozen lakes, alone with mountains, he ' fer sticks out his chest end feels os tnoush h<> was a man It does a fellow t l to be out on one of them storms up 'Dr. don't It Dickie? These kind sorter mike a fellow feel like a pink end white lady I m thinking now of the time we got •'*< n the Bln Wlndem. n' ho or after ’ <d about given up we struck the !k- and knew the cabin was at me other " * But the other end was three miles ’ and the wind was blowln' hard, ersl • Ul f cold, and the little line ice. when r- stnick your face, left red spots. You •1 ’ me < lenchrd between your teeth ell the way so I know how It felt. You did *”1 that time. Dickie. I was proud of * c "*. 'nt I was. We were three hours, •no r ß a hard to do It with nothin' In m of VM . mmee morning but a crenra Y.'fT n ult. but we done ll: " then, Dickie, arter you had had •" lr f ‘idler in' I'm not sure but what ' gj *h!. nearer death durtn' thet pro *** ,r “*n you did a-crossln' the lake. You * 11 "rr.rndous. Dtrklet arter that sup* J" pleasure to sing to you set *,or* the burnln' logs. ’N’ then the " r unit wind seems to want to push :* r k ,r ”"> • cabin, thet aent the .* “J 10 er face til* It bled 'n' then frose ( p ‘ ,r °t" ’het very same wind ea what "’’ 1 0 Ire singing death songs to yer. ' • to slug vrr to sleep. The more t . windows, the more comfort > *'. ytu end 1, - n’ the more 1 want e ' ‘ ,n # to yet? You felt bigger ’n’ u '“an ten men then, atvl between c *' h "’rd out a road straight to auc n i*me I don’t exactly sen what w.tntw of those thlnge. myself, hut "* stn that night. Nothing was too “ lu ‘h for us! w r*, r ' ‘ ,M, ‘ r ’he logs had burned low. ir o. 1,1w * lust watchin* the sparks . U| " ,h * chimney. ’n‘ get alranld p. .. "and. Than nrter a while w*s , °* s •topped a rattlin', 'n' the la a ..XV"* ,un to a lullaby. 4 '“‘‘•by, a l-illabjr.**^ Skirts. This Is the Skirt house. Such a triumphal array of fetching garments has never before confronted Sa vannahians fabrics, de signing and finish incom parably ahead of any at tempt elsewhere. Walking Skirts* Rainy=day Skirts* Dress Skirts. 0 Genteel elegance rather than Hashy dowdiness, and cost little more than the shoddy sort. Waist Effects Demand only enthusiastic praise. In FLANNELS We display a variety of best goods that is surpassed not even in New Silk Waists V jP" and are ecstatic examples of artistic con quest —a hap py blending of style and taste. Superb Wraps, Cloaks, Golf Capes* Jackets, etc., in latest shapes and materials, elegantly made, and made TO FIT. Select line of FURS. SCARFS. Collarettes, etc. At Right Prices. 1 !■!&-' *ig - BMP j&fe Babies' 1 Outfits in elab ■n? H orate and cor iS" f rect selections. tfi. £Uf Short and Long Cloaks, 'V Caps, Mitts, Socks, Sacques, Stockings and Infants’ and Children’s Good Underwear of every de scription. PERRIN’S CLOVES For LADIES, the PREMIERS in all proper shade* and colors. Dickie's eye* alowly class, and the pipe grow* cold lo hli bind*. Dream Threw j Time: March, 1 p m Scene: Dick's study. Room In great dl order. Dick standing before the man tel In full evening dtesi. "Tv* been so bloom In giddy this even ing and I'm looking so bloomin' dainty at present that 1 think I will make love to Cleopatra took at her lying In oriental luxury In a bed of crlmnon silk' Gad! you are beautiful A gentleman In full evening drees should smoke no other. Bardon roe. sweetheart. If I HU you with plug cut. but I seem to be out of ambrosia, o' 1 don't know as ambrosia would smoke very well anyway.” For some reason Dick does not pot his feet on the mental, but stends with hts beck to the lire gaslng dreemily across the room. "Cleo. l're done It to-night. X confess It. I'll’out with It Ilk* a man I've been to a party, a party where there were girls -girls In pink silks dresses with chaper ones In black. I went there, k'leo. ami stayed one hour and forty minutes, and I rather think I acted like a chump It wasn't my fault, really. Carter asked me to go. begged It as a personal favor. '' so 1 went. I was out of training, and ought to have known better than to risk my neck In a scrimmage of that kind. But I didn't. Ck>. 1 went the whole length. First part of the evening 1 ran up against a stunner, a Miss Carrol. Miss Beatrice Stanley Carrol, and I'll admit, Clo. that I went under Ilka a bloomin' freshman debater. I did myaelf rather proud, too. Got off some pretty smooth things, could have cut loose easy, but Instead of that I Staved until the whole show closed and the light# were out. I even did the conservator! "m*\ and the two of us ait there hinting all round pretty things like two bloomin' turtle dove*. She seemed to be different from the other*. Clo hand somer and brighter and didn't scare a fellow to death, or bore him. Oab. If I got along with all of 'em like her. Id be giving parties myaelf!" Cleopatra had been lsxlly listening She bad Ism so long In her silken bed that It seemed good to get out ami be warmed up and talked lo again. She gave Ju*l the faintest, daintiest kind of a purr "Tm glad you went. Dickie. I m rather in favor of that sort of a thingmyaelf It does a great many good things to a THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. OCTOBER2I. 1000. Inner= Wear In inviting dis- \ play of best qual- ( fytjviSr > ) ities at a slight I IjMlTy/ advance on shod- \ dy prices. Corset Covers, 9 fli\ Underskirts, In wonderful variety of mate rials, including the very popu lar and successful Self-Conforming Skirt. Adjusts itself to the physical requirements or variances of any figure. No drawing strings or other drawbacks to mar the equality or regularity of the waist line. Insist on seeing them. A Hosiery Stock That meets every expectation* and surprisingly low prices. Neckwear Supremacy exists only here. Our selections of the latest and best for Woman’s Adornment leave no margin for criti icism. Competition’s best at tempts meets its Waterloo here. W miiin' -mi in in-"I ELK BRAND of Muslin Underwear Has exposed the barbarous mas querading of the alleged gar ments that prevailed before the Home*made Took the Field. ■TT n mill iifiTi-ri r.—TTßjrrrr Corset Climax exploited /, noted gIA KABO. f J tion of / fi * u l reand (\) real com * 'fWh attained STYLE M®* swoop. All shapes afed materials. See the NEW MODELS. B. H. Levy & Bro. man: broaden* him. smoothaa him, at It were. Now If you had been to more of those things, you would never think of calling me On It makes me feel like Rameses over there. No. No! Please don't you change, Dickie. Although It does sound abominably, I have got used to It. and rather like It from you. But If any one hut you took the liberty, 1 should roll off on to the floor. "All these years you have dreamed about nothing but football lialds and center rushes and tackle* round the end. It comes from associating with Him and Rameses. let me draw you a picture. Dickie, but first alt down and be comfortable. You can't aay preety things to a man unless he's comfortable." Dick draws the big rocking chair up to the Are and drops Into It "Supposing. Dickie, you have not only been 'ehy of the wlddles' but also or every, thing else In petticoats and have worked all by yourarlt until you havs achieved success. You are old and grey-headed then, and having had your fill years be fore your death you must sit and wait It la not pleasant to wait. Dickie—especial ly for death. "Behold: I make a prophecy!" "You will go for Realrloa—will go In. and win her. You will then And out what moonlit walks moan, and hundreds of things to which you are now blind. Every year you live will be happier titan the last, and the last of ail will be happier than any three. "Remember, far Cleopatra la a wls sard!" Dream Pour. Time: May, 5 p. m. Scene: Dick's study. Remain# of a spread about the room Dick looking very melancholy goa >o (he mantel and picks up Rameses. •Rameses. once before you helped me when lhe biller wind was blowing In my face and I had a tough fight to put op. Tv* got another to-night, old man. and you must help me again " Fining It. he carefully lights It and points with th* burning match to th# flowers and thinga upon ihw table ••you see those things. Rameses, the flowers, the china lea-cups and muffins? Tvs been giving a party. Kamw- a party W here ther* were girls aod chap erones. and where I had to put you out of sight. Don't splutter: It's th* last oaa 1 did It to get her hare, and .'her* Winter Underwear For Ladies and Children craves a hearing. All the better sorts are before you here. Stuttgarter Pure Wool Sanitary* in various weights, and in COMBINATION SUITS or SEPARATE, covers the questiou of HEALTH. £3 Then we V/ have many /f T/\ other good |(0 jo* 1 WOVEN \ {j A 1 and // \\\ KNIT U \\i SORTS R, Cheap (?) UNDERWEAR can’t be considered a very desirable purchase at any price at all. NIGHT ROBES. I=Suits “To Order.” WTliUrt/ : Ladies Who Desire ft \Vlj Tailor-made Suits IVtt To Measure Can select from at least 150 Samples of Excellent Fabrics, And have Suits made to order, of any style or de sign, however elaborate or exclusive, at From $25.00 to $75.00. B. H. Levy & Bro. Juniors. Tots —Wee Fellows —revel in endless opportunities in the BIG STORE. Blouse Suits, 3*piece Knee Suits, Hats, Caps, Overcoats, Reefers, Shirt Waists, m Leggings, Jfe. Underwear, Stockings, And most anything else in the Clothing line that is es sential to a very small boy’s Comfort and Happioess. Is Mlsa Bertrlee Stanley Carrol. You re* thoae flowers. Rameses. looking sort of weak and faded" That A the way I feel. I* never fell that way before—excepting once, the day 1 fumbled In the big gime. I fumbled this time, Rameses. but I can't take It out the way 1 did that tlnv i v burking through the Un* until lugged from the flefd. "I bav* been seeing a goo I deal of her lately. Rameses, and wo got lo b gulls chummy. I called her n.alrlc once, and got sat upon for If. Bui she looked ao darned preity while ah* w,* doing'lt that J said It again, and couldn't see her after that for a week, tiad! What bully timet aha and I have had together. Did I tell'you. Rummy, about the tim* w* went." Rameses went out. something he never did unless unsuxlly furious. Dirk, sur prised. after some trouble, relighted 11. "What'a Ibe mailer. Ranter* ? Yoti'r aeltng Ilk* th* devM to-night. Every thing is." "Wen, flammy. It la all over row. I thought somehow ah* wae different from th# others, hut they ar# all alike. Ram •*—all alike Hhe talked with me and lollted me. and when she wanted me lo Jump, pulled the string ar<! I Jumped Now htat she has got tired of her jumptne-j* k. aha has thrown It away, and got a little wooly lamb. I suppose If I am rotil at a will earn* hock and play with me aga'n. gh* Just th* earn* as told me ao to-ntght. But l'U ha burned If I'll ba ther*. Ram. ears'" Rameses had gradually been artlng bet fer during the latter part of Disk's talk, and now he was behaving as well as ho ever had In his Ilf*. ■'Dlckla. you make me tired to-night. Hon esily you do. tired and ashamed. Ther* are two thinga. my son. tba' will take th* atirflln out of a man qtMckar*n anything efae: clgarrettes and women. They ar* both beastly Dickie, but clg arrettaa la quicker Th* trouble with women. Dickie, la that you can't depend on 'am. and yet they will make you belie* oil the time that they really Is the only* thing that can h* depended on. ‘S' what a the bloomin' ua* of botherin' with ’em anyhow? The way I look a li Is Ilka this, Dickie; everyone has a whole lot of trou ble they can't help having, 'n' then strain there Is a whole loi more they can la. a If they're looking' for r. Now here's a choice lot, ail dons up lo a nea; package, Big Boys, Anywhere from 4 to 1(>, ought to be proud of our complete ability for solving their clothing prob lems. There is no stock so large or J so perfect in its possibility in Sa- Or Out of It. kjjjfc* . The Style, the /V,. Sttc or the Price ; w Are Always Here. R Mfjjf j No Guessing or > Piecing Out. U, J Our stock is &£& Practically Inexhaustible, knee Suits In endless variety of goods and styles, $1.50, $2.50, $3.50, $4.50, $6.50, $7.50 aud up wards. Sweaters, Collars, Cuffs, Etc. Our Youth's Lines Arc thoroughly full, and built on most fashionable plans. Grindstone Suit For Boys, is an outfit that makes “rough wear” pale at its impo* tency. Almost Indestructible. B. H. Levy & Bro. and tied with a pink ribbon, and Ta chuck full of trouble, and you know It ls, but a rmin can leave It alone, s,r a man can take It. Just as he wanta 10. and say I .what's the bloomin' use of taktn’ It? Ig® Vß *l* alone, and smash Cleo over Ihera. I believe to my aoul she l at th* root of lt. Dream Five. Time: p m Chi#* Day. Scene: Owl and Dragon club Room. Dick la lying bark In a large easy chair. In his cap and gown. Ukirg a rest from lha day's lalmra Through the open win dow he can see Ihe gayly droned groups of happy mothers and sisters'and the hur rying figures of capped and gowned sen ior*. “Tb* Mum" anl Mr* and Mias Carrol have taken porreoMnti of hla study In order lo dress for Ihe senior ball la>er 111 the evening Paterfamilias was unable lo remain for that event. He takei Bur from hie pocket. ’•Well, my dark faced laa>le. this bt very nearly th* end. Do you res'lxe that you college day* are over? Ilelgho! but they have been happy day*. Hue ami li Is well that ihle, the last, should be :h# happiest of them all. Do you know wbv this Is the happiest. Hue’ I honestly feel as though I ought to h.d* my heat when I tell you. You won't Ilk* It at flrst. but you've got to get used lo It. I am engaged, Bn*: engaged to th* pw.— l •at. hnndansneet—atop your rpullerlng’ Wail, l won't tell yon any more, only her name la Beatrice. I didn’t mean to do II ao soon, didn't think ! wood dare to, but she looked so stunning this afternoon In that gown, and It was su< h a shady, quiet piece and her eyes were sn bright ami her cheeko were ao red—well iheie were a hundred -reasons that an old fool like you wouldn't count. To tell the truth, flue. I didn't know I had asked her until It was all over with. It seems to me that this Is the flrst day I have actually lived—that Is, don't you know, I have ■ever realised before what a bu'ly old world thla th"’ "Stop! Btop!" begged Sue. "you will he quoting poetry next, or loud knows perhaps writing It! It Is horrible. Dlckt*. to see you this way: hut 1 have expected It for some time ever amce the spread. I will tall you something you never ausp* ted Rhe loved you. then. Yen. •he did, Dickie, for one* when you wasn't Overcoals, Reefers, Underwear, Neckwear, Shirts, Shirt Waists, Stockings, Socks, Hats, Caps, looking, she came up to the manta!, and seeing mo lying there took me up after looking all around the room to he sura no on* was watching T knew then, by th* way she handled me that It *. and hava been Worrying about you *v*r since. I must say. Dickie. ahe aeems to be a pretty good aort—one who wouldn't object to having a fallow like me In the house, though I shouldn't bum# her If she didn't want Rant**** "Well, you must put me up now. Dic kie. and take her and the Mum out lo supper, t mum begin lo get used to being neglected, and I'll he durned If It won't be almost worth It to hear Ramoses awear. "I wleh w* could hava had our lasi college smoko In the <4d room, Dick.a" POfIMIH.Y A NKW riUUM. Discovery ot n Plant In the Gnrdena of the t’nlverally at tflehlgnn. From the Detroit (Mich.) News-Trlbun*. A stranger In Ihe botanical world has bean discovered In th* beautiful garden an th* University of Michigan campus, at Ann Arbor. It centalna In ihe delictis vein* of Ua loaves and ail down Ihe sterna a sticky, creamy asp of a bright yellow color, whore chief Ingredient la poi son of ihe nature of opium. It may be that the Investigation now being carried on by the university upon this little alien and unknown plant will result In th* world receiving anew. powerful, and Instantan eous poison. This plant grow* low upon the ground. II comes up eerly In the veoaoo and look* much like a poppy Indeed, for this rea son. after If* discovery last year growing all uncared for and neglected. It was trana|4anied lo the "poppy family" flower bed. Where It came from or how It got to Ihe university no one knows It must however, have come from W sailing lon or the Biate gardens at the agricultural col lege In Lansing. But at any cate It did not get here by Intention, and It haa been classed a a "(?he|ldonlum," or commonly "Celandine." Ihe fact th*! It contained poison was not discover,d until very recently. In the. meantime ihe growth and seed formation showed that th* plant waa not Ladies’ Suits. Our READY-TO-WEAR TAILOR MADE SUITS represent the abil ity and judgment And They Fit. In all shades of Ladies’ Cloth, Homespuns, Cheviots, Venetians, etc. Single and Double Breasted. COAT SUITS, In Eton and Blouse Effects, From sls Up. Compare VALUES, Not Prices. Girl’s and Children's Wraps, Jackets, Golf Capes, Cloaks, Etc. f School Caps, Hosiery, Efc. Ribbons Not all moved yet. Ladies, you will regret not having some of these fine RIBBONS Prices-CLOSING OUT —in com- 1 parison with VALUES, merely nominal 25 Per Cent. Discount, or oo Whole Pieces 1-3 Off. Ladies’ Home Comforts. Eiderdown House Coats and Jackets, Wrappers, Dressing Sacques, etc. Every Day, Opening Day. of the poppy family, but poanlbly of aeme allied family. The seed pods form with cighl llllle flnger-Uke receptacles or, the top of a slender stem, and ahout the mid dle of July these open and then th* stems die and anew growth of leave* wm up. The plant is believed to bo Indigenous to Europe and Asia. Prof Julius r>. Behlotlerheek. hearing of . the yellow Juice In the pnppy-lfka plant, | determined to (ry Its effect on a frag! I Two drops of (he stuff. Jint aa It oos*d from a broken off bit of leaf, were put Into a liny syringe and oqulried Into tho unsuspecting amphibian. In a second lha fioor frog had passed from all troubia and , olio peed. dead. I 'oilld such an affect be produced on man? • s l’Tfflf® Thai ta th* queotton that chemistry I, to b* asked. Maybe tho yellow Jule* wilt Jump Into value aa a commercial proper ty to be used In amall quantlUew If ft haa th* earn* virtues as opium the pstn killer will sron be ao cheap that opiates will drop In price. Indeed, ther* la ho toll ing whal may coma of tho investigation now going on. , ■ a Wonders Will Sever Cotta*. I.lpptnsn Brother*, wholesale druggists, I Ippman block of this city, ana giving away free, a splendid regulator clock nearly 1 feet high, with calendar attach ment. also three doxen sample bot tles of Llppman'a liver pills, free, to the purchaser of three d<- to Dlppman * chill and fever tome. Thla elebr*t*d am* renowoad obitl looks ig sold with a positive guarantee "No cum, ao pay." and the price and atsa la tho same a* other standard chill tonics. This great ixpene* I* undergone simply lo Introduce l.iprman'a chill and fever tonic the heat In the world—ad. , * ■ A Deltslowa iamkr. The Herbert Spencer la an eDgatit cigar and ta truly a delightful enjoyment ta tonal* the turn** of thla One tobaoeo: If la evbilaratlng and delicious. Bee that the name of Herbert Spencer la on every wrapper of avery cigar, with out which none ar* genuine. Th* Herbert Spencer cigar* ar* only sold by th* bos of 10. Conchas at HU aod Ferfactas. U.HO at Lippman Bros., whole sale druggists, Barnard and Congress streets, of this city.—ad, 7