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T HE English papers nre making a great complaint that letter writ ing In the tight little empire In becoming n lost art They lay this to American Influence, the American never being much «»f a letter writer, and In these days *»f haste much given to substituting the telephone for the pOMt. If this be true. England has much for which to be grateful to America, for If there la one vice III the world that ought t'» In' aupprraeed It la letter writ. |ng. and Instead of moaning over the, decadence of the lluent correspondent ~we‘ ihouTil"an 1*« oiroiir lrnceK *mrs.«.trnr Ileaven for voiichaaflng tia personal aalvatlon. and tlellveiance from our friend « For If there la one thing In the that we have all repented In Mackcloth and ashes It In the Indiscreet letter, the comproinlalng letter, the allly een- tlmental letter, or the angry letter that we wrote There used to be a tearful old pour entitled “The J«etter That Hhe l#o«»ked for Never fame." Alaa. what floodm of weeping and THE VAGRANT A T 10 O'CLOCK sharp THa police, judge entered hla ofllce. He took off hla fur coat, whk»h wan cov ered with enow, carefully amoothed out hlw gloves. warmed *l»l»-l»i>d« for g few momenta ht the open fireplace fnfl aaf down to work at Ida dewk. gnashing of teeth might have been Moved If the letter that did come had never been written. It la always the letter that we wrote we regret. Never the letter that we didn't write. Nothing to Koop Any One From Boing Entirely a Foot. To the human mind life preaenta no other temptation so imddloua and deadly and dangeroua na the letter. If you nre talking to a perron there la a whole code of danger signals to warn you that you are going pm» far or too fast and had better put the brake upon your tongue A~ tong nf anrprtae nr contempt In the listener's face, or the uplifting of an eyebrow, or an inadvertent nolle about the lips—and you catch your* aelf up In time to anve your life. Not no with a letter. You alt down with a ream or »*» ot pa|»er and a quart of Ink, and there In nothing to prevent you from making seventeen hundred klnd.v'of a fool of yourself. You may brag, you may boaat, you may complain, you may reveal ear re t n that you have aworn to keep, and riot a hair of an obstacle la put in your way. oh. be euro that letter writing is one of the wlien of the evil one to get us Into trouble; and, If there had been anybody on earth for Eve to corre-" Mpond with the seri»ent never would have bothered with that apple. He would eltnply have given her a quire of b«>*t bond and a fountain pen and sat bat k quietly while she did tin rest. Dancers Ever Present in Putting Our Thoughts on Papor. For the Insidiousness of the thing rumen In Its easiness, and the opening It gives to us to express a mood, and this is purtlcuhFrly fatal to women. We have had a spat with our hus bands, and for the minute life In all cinders, ashes anti dust, and we wonder hat we. ever saw In such an unrea- i tunable, cantankerous, unsympathetic, unappreciative dolt of a man to make us marry him anyhow. Forthwith we put pen to paper and pour out our souls In confidence to j mother, or a stater, or an aunt—conil dences that we would jlvi dollars t< recall by the time the postman has DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER TAKING LONG SEA VOYAGE FOR A SERIOUS ILLNESS gotten the letter around the blork. Or Sarah hurta our precloue feeling, by not Inviting u. to her bridge party, and we aolara ouraelvea by .Ittlng down and writing a long, conddentlal letter to Jane. In which we eaprea. our unbiased opinion of Sarah, her huaband. her children, her taate >r dreaa, her piety and her general man nara and her moral*. Impoeeible to Deny That Which Wat Set Dawn In Black and White. And thereafter, when Sarah ha. more than evened metier* up by a.klng u. to something far amarter than her oro- nlbua bridge, we live In perpetual fear at that ifitfr to jm cropping up like a spectre at tha feast. It we had only said It, wc might have denied It, or laid It to Jane's memory, or trusted t<» Jane's forget ting, but there Is no possibility of dis owning our written words. Then there are other letters that we have written to n person with Whom we were angry, Oh. the things we said, the bitter, cruel, unforgivable, un forgettable words that we put down on paper. And written words are 10 much DOROTHY DIX. M.JIertrl* had the reputation of he Ing a very energetic but rather stern judge. He wus about forty years old. bis hair was already quite gray. There wera those who said that the reason he devoted so much time and energy to his official work was that he did not know how to peas time when at home at the tide of an old ugly w ife, whom he had married for her money. He lived In a araall unfashionable street near the • church. In an old house, the door of which opened only every two weeks to admit the few people Invited to hie regular dinner parties. The judge had little by little become used to this emp- ~ • ty me. as tn the tyranny r»F Ms WTr«r who continually reminded him of the money she had brought him. only when on the bench he tried to make a name for himself. As he had felt like an autocrat In his office, he was ulwnvs glad when the door closed behind him In the morning. -Is anything new?" he asked the court clerk. "No, nothing of Importance. There Is that trial which is continued from last week, a small theft from a laundry, and the arrest of a vagrant." "Bring the vagrant in here. A man wan brought In. He was dreaaed In rags, tin one foot ho woro what was left of an old oboe; the other he had evidently Inst tn the anow. It was Impossible to make n guess at his age. Ills face was covered with dirt, and Ids imp and Ward was full of ici cles. It was noticed, however, that he carried himself with a certain dignity In spite of Ills miserable clothing. Judge Hertrlx looked at him with disgust, moved a little away from him and ran Ills eyes over the reports. The policeman wrote that he had picked mm up uncan*ilous. frum cold uu unc of the bam hen In the park And when he had been .brought buck to con- ~ ' actbUPIIssB bad ahsahUrtv refused to disclose Ills Identity or give any in formation whatever about himself, so he had been arrested. The officer who had arrested him remarked disgusted ly: "There Is nobody who can make Ihaf fedow -talk o single-w—Hb- — "Well, we will see.- replied the Judge, drily, and began to qucMtlon him. "What Is your name?" The prisoner shrugged his should- •ra. and Instead of replying, asked In a rather sarcastic manner *‘I do not tee why Hint should be of any Interest to you." "Well, the court must know who you arc, and if I- rut her suspicion* that you refuse to give any Information. It will , not help you, however, 1 am sure, ns I ahall »*e able to make out who you ure ‘from the police records." The man bent Ills head, and *nhl In a voice which expressed the utmost helplessness, "Well, there Is rcallv no . reason why I should conceal my name, aa I have neither relatives n«»r friends." Ami with a certain dignity which surprised the judge not n little, he added: "So Just willc down -Louis Artnand Gautier d'Orcleres, forty* •Ight years old " "Your occupation?" "What Is the uar. Judge, of asking me that, when you see that I am h tramp?" The man's voire, was so unusual that ft aroused the Judge's curiosity. "From when* did you come, and where were you going when you were arreated?" / "Upon my aoul. I do not know, hut do you really believe that a man Ilk** I has any certain destination? lust auppotc that I am a philosopher, stud ying the problem of lu»w long a man can go without food and not ille." Th« volte was not that of n man who Is dissatisfied. Ills words had nn al most amused expression, without any tinge of bitterness "How have you become poor*"- "Is It really necessary that 1 should tell you that? Well, if 1 must. I must I am a victim of love" "I must n»M you not to consider ibis a Joke and to retpeinb* r that you are addressing the court" "You asked me and I answer vou Women have made me what 1 am The miserable creature you see tM-f.or you now has loved much 1- knew nothing but love, and 1 cannot remember that • 1 have ever had nnv rate or sorrow caused by anything but lovA Women have taken from me all 1 had and giv en me all they had to give. That I** my whole story " "Well, what more*" asked Hertrlx with an expression of pft> In hi* voice, and almost forgetting that he wits a Judge on the bench. "You probably think that 1 am boast ing anti that I do not look, very much like a lover. But It was not at wavs thus. I was Well educated, falrl) go.si . looking and cared foi n- thing hut women. Others have other meat |n»«- slons Mine was eternal, and took In not many lv> not i*eiicve that I led .in Immoral life. 1 did not love the bodies, but the souls of the women, whoa* biases I sought and received. I guv« my whole fortune to fulfil their wishes I tall you. Judge, for me woman was everything; ahe wus the only and the highest being In all creation. Wheb I DIALOGUES OF TIIE DAY. By WEX JONES. 'ICcl!,—thank gaodn»«»,—my )->*>- .. vtT for another y»ar." *ai<l Santa fltiu*. with a nigh of relief. i««. *nd my huey Hint Ju.i mining eald the water wagon. •'The new Ruritanian ambaaendur la • great man," eald the foreigner. "What haa he done?" asked tha Washingtonian. •'Hone! lle’e written the greateet bnuk on 'The American Syotem of t'en- Irlpcta! Government.* He's written a tot of other thing, 'a* Well, anti hla name le known In every university In the world. Isoldes, lie'e a trained diplomat." "And how le he equipped to fulfil hie duties In Washington?” "Why. I've fust told you." "Hut you haven't sold a word about Playing tennis or cutting grislier." sold tile Washingtonian. "Tour old mummy will be a dead one here." "Tah!" growled the Teddy Hear. -Boo-hoo!" wept the Dolly. "Margaret won't look at you any longer." sneered the Teddy near. "Hoo-hoo!" erled the Doll. -'Never mind, Dolly," eald Noah from the door of tale ark. "Teddy Hear will be dead and thrown out when you're In Margaret's arms again. Ill* fur coat won't button and unbutton like your clothes." And Sheni. Ham and Japheth and Mrs. Noah and Meadamea Bhem. Ham and Japheth acknowledged the wisdom of their skipper's remarks. harder than epoken word*. When we quarrel with a person face to face we unronsrloualy make allowance for ex citement. for temper, for the mad fury of the moment, but the written Insult la deliberate, premeditated, with malice aforethought. Let no one. aa they value thatr own peace of mind, ever" send a letter writ ten In anger until It la u week old. So ahull they save themaelve* aome of the bitterest regrets that one can ever know. Supreme Folly of Writing Words of Burning Love and Affeotion. Aa for the fatly of writing love, let ters, let the breach of 'promise suit* apeak. Who tTiat ha* read UM flUHIVir beginning. "My own preclou*, darling uodlum. woodlum, I aemla oo nine mil lion billion kisses, anil I wonders !f oil I* thinking of your llty. onlay-toot sy-wootsy aa ahe la thinking of her laddie boy," hut haa resolved that noth ing on earth could tempt them to write a letter to one of the opposite sex that registered above the freeitng point? Hut woe Is ua. There comes an hour hen we ure bubbling over with senti ment, and the paper Is handled, and WOMAN OF RANK AND TALENT MAY NOW RETURN TO SOCIETY - AFTER YEARS OF ABSENCE those things that we blush ever after recall. Nobody realises It, but the-- la a -mils black man" In the Ink . that urgea ue on and on to write thin,, that our sense of humor would have saved us from saying—things asinlr Idiotic, drivelling. And the worst part of It all la ih tl letters have a fiendish way of film - into the wrong nanae, of using op.. j by Ihe wrong people, and of being e\,. r . lasting. Dhl you ever come upon a trunk f u -j of old letters In a garret, their »rlti. n words of gossip, of slander, of reerlmi. nations, of foolish sentiment, sllll aliv. long, -long- after the hande that-i^h written them were duet? The hnu,., from which they came and to which they went may have been deal roved the Iron and etael of the cabinet | n ‘ which they were kept rusted, awav. t .• the little scrap of paper survive). , monument to the folly of some India, crest letter writer. ‘.'What la written le written," the Koran. Happy those who ha... written Ihe fewest letters. They have (sent to regret. FOB THE ELEVATION OFDOWNTRODOENSEX Tli* American friends «*f the OuchesN «*f Manchester, formerly Miss Xl«*1«»n Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, whose picture, with that of her oldest clilhl, In herewith given, will regiet to learn that her grace In scilously III mid In now taking a. long yachting voyage for the benefit of her health. Hhe has not l»ee» well wince Ihe hlr:h of her third child, and the doctors declared that only n long sea voyage would restore her to health. WHEN THE BABIES GOTO BED By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. WIIKN THK ItAlttKS 3 col head Vee Willie Winkle runs through the town, *1 stairs mid downstairs, In Ids night gown. Peeping in the windows, tapping at the lock: “Art the tmbtrs In their brds; for lt'» past 10 o'clock." A merican children *ion*t go to bed early enough It is nn un- usual sight to wee a 5-ycur-old *hll»1 sitting up un late as V or lu iVI. ck. They should have their supper at ft 3'\ and 7 3t» should find them tucked In l*c*l and fast asleep. There Is nothing that so stunts u hlld's growth as Improper food, lack of fresh air and lack of sleep. , me a good position, hut rould I waste my time standing ot a desk making entries Into dusty an) „ uninteresting t*M»k**. \\ hen m> hen**t I full of S glowing dentil'** And then sous I bought a pin for my beloved. n when 1 "hull be In my gra\»\ women will no! h*ave me. The Oiit«h!e world no longer exists for me I i» gret nothing, and I do not think that 1 have |mhl too dent tv for the hApplm-*** which I have enjo\ fd Shadow v fortm follow me « them. 1 see 1 go, | N|*eak olllx them, amt I live In the memories of tin- past. The pnM Ihe-* tn me. It would have been very raw for me to commit suicide. Hut 1 did not want to. I mn happy ns I can l*e with my shadows of the |*ns|, and I am afraid that when I enter Into the other world I shall forget all about them Now. Judge, that »•* all that I can tell about myself, tki with me whatever you please " The Judge sat silent, resting bis « bid In bl- hand He thought of his own life, Ms empty cheerless life lit the cold rooms of hi* home, the walls of which wen* coxeied with ugh paper, of Ids *lt ted-up. gossiping win and he saw before hi- eyes i V wm Id tilled »llb a if y>wk v .*ue eh*!dr*a g* happln*s- and Jo> that lie had nwjcr ,,,, mirong. healthy men and w«unen. known and In his heart lu rmlotl t ie y.»u must see that they get plentv of vagrant who sto**d before him nn«l *li" no>v * •ltd not know where he could t*ass the, They cannot *lo without It any more coming night. than a tlower can *lo without air and Ami In a v*dn which surprised thc iU(ltrr policeman and »b rk» «>f the c.»urt. lie > You will have more leisure to talk sahl 'I lease tell the warden of the . .ivff the tlay's doing** with vour hus* prison »-• treat this man as well as the hand If y.»u get the children In bed rule- will allow him" -early. It N all a matter of habit And because he could tmt help feel-l\fter a week ot s<* of going to bed Ing a desire to heor hir talk «*f love, Its ] ,. ar |v thev will not l*e able to keep A child should never eat meat or heavy food of any kind at night. Bread and milk, u lightly l*o||ed egg. bread and Jam or soup* light cereal I.** hearty enough for any child. All growing children should have from ten *«> twelve hours' sleep evary night. Their active little bodies get no rest through the day after they outgrow the HgH when they take a midday nap. The child who Is allowed to sit up late has Invariably a meager l*ody and a wan. pinched face. The color Is bad and the eyes lack luster. I'lilhlri-a listen to much conversation that Is not Intended for childish ears and grow precocious und old-fashioned. Their sleep In never natural, and they nre |*ecvl*h all day. ' The early |*urt of the night Is the be.-t time for sleep, and sleeping lata In the morning will not make up for lack of sleep In the fore part of tha night. To take a young child to the theater Is positively wrong Its little lunga • ""'Ot Stand the Impure air, and the effect of the excitement Is most Injuri ous to Its nervous system. It Is hard for the parents to alwaya have to stay at home, hut there la neatly always an obliging friend or tdative who tna> occasionally be called upon to stay with the children while the parents go out. School children should he In bed by y oYloeh ('hthlren up to the age of It should he In bed by S:.10. Their sleeping rooms should he prop, erty ventilated, no draughts, hut plen ty of fresh air. The bed coverings should be warm, but light. Hnd during the winter flannel nlghtgowna are ad visable. Young children are restless sleepers and toss the coverings aside during the night Pajamas made in one piece, with flannel so. k- attach*d to the leg.-, will keep the restless little limbs cov- | D1NKELSP1EL ] ON XMAS CUSTOM (Copjrlght, 1906. by American-Journal Ki.wu- luer.) Home. Recent I v Ifeln lleber I/>oay: Va blf reeelfe*l t.»nr letter from Vooster, Hass.* fare EerTiNiswr •auce for tier guoae should be Vo*mter snm s- for der gander comes from und re vns glut you ... . Cbtiatrasa lunch. It res now on us ralt full force der lint>|>r season ven poor nape's Christuias pre».-nt vaa blrilug apt^ecblesa Isehlnd der piano us. I Handle vaa on der vay to der grocer s i.. get s mesa of mlttlstoA to docoratlon 4-r parlor. I*et me tell yos, I/ioey, dot der uilst let. tree Is s second cousin to der bautlMfizi.- tree vteh »•* mnuy itwplr Unlf atocst uuter. Iter uilatlet«N* tree vaa luwentloucd i»y a bashful young innti for der purpose of ki« lug a bashful young girl veu needer \uu of detu vaa looking. But. neferderlenst. It rat a great Idea Your cousin, t'horge Yateshnuser, vns nf«'r to our house last efenlng und ven he mu- leedls hunch «*f tnlstlotoo atiapeusliiiif<| from tier rluindelnhra ilia face got red im-i lie looked carelessly anoint der parlor t.» vns dare n young lady hiding In-iiin-l fwrwltore ila*n be t«H*k me ould In der hutllug iry und runted to know mlt tears h •yes vedder kissing vaa a habit or n dl- Tho Countess of Tankervlltc, formerly Mins Van Marter. of New York, who has for aome years lived the life of a recluse at one of her country houses, has at last decided to return to society, and Is now look ing about for a tow f n house In I*ondon. Lord Tnnkervllle Is owner of the celebrated estate of Chllllngham, In Nortumberland. Both he and his wife arc finished musicians. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX She Says That the Physically Blind Need Our Sympathy and Help No More Than Those Whose Moral Vision is Defective. H f.*r.J and the It.ipplncMs which tt nt- ,%* If added lb I- not t“ be * »n- j - ■it'd .* ptiH.iMi-r >* t. but I- simply t«* di to Id until I - an tinl-h examining bi them in lied until you are ready to dr*-**!* them. . Early lied hours for the hahies means id tin* normal bed hour. l*ctter health for them «nd greater Instead - f t***c\ l*h. dull-eyed chll- c*«mf*>rt for you It* wise and l»*-gin \»tl be sw*H't-tem|H*red and tight away t.» make tl»** lied hour a . ... - - - — few minutes earlier every night, until one day 1 found that 1 had nothing left him, and dc* hie wlmt puutidmuni ht They max wake u little eat her in the tint--onsetotudy the ihlhlren will go to ■ Obaoluu-ly nothing. With a last ten Ueacivce, If any." itmiumgM, but a t«»> or bj will keep bed at u reasonable hour. Miss Nora Hlnteh. whose \*lctura here appears, is following In the footstep** of her dlstlngulNhed mother. Mrs. Harriet Stanton match, and her grandmother. Ell*- abctU JCflJlv Stanton. In working for the erevation of the down trodden members of her sex.* She Is taking an active part tn the new Woman's Trade t'nlon League. Miss lllatch Is a civil engineer and In employed by the city water de partment of New York. (Copyright, 19M. by American-Journal Examiner.) OW universally kind and thought ful people are to the blind or the very lame. No one la ever so busy or so Worried or so out of temper that he cannot stop to show a little courtesy and consideration to a blind man who Is groping his way along the street or through a room. most selfish of us seem to have that Impulse of sympathy and helpful ness toward the blind which causes (*vpli‘.J»orn blind to think the world Is such a kind place. Well, now If we only pause and nshler the truth about humanity w« III reallxe that everybody Is blind, \Vh«H»ver Is going wrong Is blind, for surely no one ever deliberately want ed to go wrong. The most disagree able people on the face of tlte earth and the nw*t wicked and the most selfish are all blind. Think of them as think of the poor fellow with his cane and his hands groping tn front of him as he walks. Show the same sympathy, the same desire to help them to go right, and what a different feeling you will tlnd growing In your heart, utul what a dlf. ferent world you will be Instrumental In building. To be sorry for anybody Is u step toward spiritual education and a link In universal hrotherhoml. Instead of being angry and disgusted at the stu pidity, the selllrdmess and the sins of human beings, we ought Just to he sor ry for them That Is the first move to. ward helpfulness. Most of us me angry and disgusted nt other people and very sorry for ourselves That is a waste of sympa thy Never he sorry for yourself. Regard your sympathy as a glass through which you may behold the heart of humanity. I)«» not turn It upon yourself While you are looking at your own troubles some one may go by who needs your attention, and blind and lame. you will lose an opportunity to be kind and lead a blind man across the street or to restore a crutch to a crip ple who has fallen. You would even risk losing a train or being late to an Important engage ment to do an act of mercy auch ns that. . You would he ashamed to |en\*e the cripple where he could not reach his crutch or the blind man lost in a labyrinth. We are all of us needing the crutch or a kind word or look or thought, and all of us are needing n hand to lead tis Into the right parti. Yet how we push and crowd and Jostle one anoth er. How we sneer and criticise and condemn so long as we db not see the blind eyes or the missing limb! What it pity that It Is only the physl. cally disabled w ho appeal to ua! There was a mnn horn.without logs who begged upon the streets, and everybody poured-psnnlaa Into his cup. so that he was enabled to buy himself three houses and to get drunk and to divorce one wife and marry another a gentleman of high society. Yet people continued to pour money Into •i hnf nefer Tot tieen killed," set Chert:'-, 'mid I donn'd Intention to In* Hide)** p\ i- Ident 1 step uuter der mistletoe und u bur Indy of der girl sex rntches me dare ml? der goods. If such should be rnjr bitter futi ded l vlll croaa my lingers und Im* lirnfe n.» matter vot happens, but I vould like t*» iisk you. I 'nele I Milky. eouUI VOU please felie-d •ler mistletoe front der riiNiufeliibrn l*ef<.re I vns led like a lamb to der butcher s of fice." At die happy Christinas season I vnuld hats, I«oooy, to repent der vonl* vleh I inei.. tlotted to your eousin, Cltorge Yatesliauser. Hueh a young rheut Is n discredit to tier glorious flag vlch liore him. uud he puts ob structions lu der pathrny of llteratore n.v« It lu der uisrrlnge license. •e betide der girl of der fair sex tl. li looks upou auch a man mit her goose-g.-i.- eyes v»»* she stands firm but reluctlonary unter der mistletoe tree. 1 toll Charge dot dor man dot vould touk her time to apenk a harsh rord altonld kit ing Is some relation to a gooos-festher. und be rill find a Inpater naiad rooattug s*»m« vnre on his family tree. He la-det klud of a Lolled prune dot vlll kiss n pretty girl urn! den vslk away to a cool ’spot uud try .to;figure ould rot dtt tt- tnsto like. lie has a month on him like nn open v!h dow. rtcti Is nnsueukable, und it tolls n.»t, ■. tit r iltieH It Bjitu. lie Is tier kind of a sour persimmons doi uuter der mlstleto*' tree und ^en brlui ylug slolddshly. uni It Aero; man w the p< m the street was nn able-bodied hope business waa crushed by er of a corporation, apt! he had a mother and a nick ulster to nupport. and he could not afford the luxury* of even one w |f«. He lav awake nights trying to plan how he * nild win success in life, and he grew inile and hollow-eyed, and no •»ne offered him a word of pity or Itoured pennies or kind words Into hla i‘«r cup. An«l by and by he broke town with the nervous strain and died. Perhaps a little sympathy at the light time would have given him cour age to battle »*n to success. Just think about these things a little ns you hurry along your way, and do not save nil your sympathy for the to p.v saying slolddshly. 'i*ook ould, der niituiuii leaves vlll fall on your linlr." • But to drr ehcamdnc hlaahntist-vM U 4**.*- In der vorld so delightsome ns n vlllliu klsseress, vedder It be under der mlsiletm- tree or unter der bamboozle tree? Kissing Is tier oldest monopoly In der vorld. mlt der eggsreptlon of tier Btrnnd'd Oil Company. I (louuM know, I*ooey, who vaa der fnlrst mnn to remoof a kiss, but I hnf my sns pletons. Anyvay, I donn'd dink der author *»f •!• r fslrst kiss s|K>ke much ahould his vmulcrful disrofery. He kept der secret lacked up In Ins hoosum, like der circulation of der blood. lie vns afrnIt to tell It because he knew dot efesy mnn In der community vould steal hla patent rights. Votefer he set nhould It, be set It quietly and auonumssMssly. Mouietlug tells me. Looey, dot It vn* Ids colla bora toresa dot gafe der Idea a vay uud made It public property. lien fen Liras dot cotinhoratoreai. aprend professions In dla vorld. und <ter spread professions In dlsvorld, und dt r eight-hour law doan'd effect IT. VciiTTcr hear of a strike In der kissing Industry I ter only vay to ilearrlptton a kiss Is to took vun, und den mlt a qTtck liitard breath any, Py rhlmmlueddy, history should re|ieat Itself." lieu iNH-onte a repeater. I (loan'd mean der kind of ktaslng vt*h arises ven two vlmtnen part mlt each udder it der atreet comer to took a pertlamne hurner on der open-fare atreet cars Hot looks like klaatng to der apectators. but to der ylmnien vlcn handle It It like ptittlug s saucer of Ico cream back to ' *r refrb hern tor. It Is der kind of a kiss rich arrives smil ing nt der fare, but before some vun n - der boll it leaves Its card oad hum- s der rcnl kiss la vea vun says, "l it llcln* did*," uud der udder aays ditto—«<**• lllumiel, l/Arr. Vot a bHsafiilneaa. I'ud der n*»lee vlch goes mlt a rcnl k.»«. I-'MH-y, dot Is der sveetest inooslc lu d»r »n*i. IHt you efer heer«» a eow ven she lift* her foot from a muddy roa<V? Veil, d"t • A kiss Is der cocktnll of der soul und der litigglsliness dot goes mlt It Is *b*r cl»*;rr* Your mother Ims yust nskisl me. I how It Is I know so much n I mu Id *11" kts-' - pltziiesN. but I yust Itsikcd nt her unit •'Voinnn, to der wlctlm belongs *ler si*do She I* now mlt n lend pencil trybu: flgur** It ould Is din s comldlinent or hir » Ih*vu lending s double life. Younamlt I"*,- To Ba Expactad. "Hoar are the hm-kwhent cakes this nmrn- log?" nskeil the landlady. “Not soy to«» goml," replied the gro> • >> Inuinler. ••They tn ate flat." •Taste flat!" snapped the landlady “it- ' ore tint, of I yon expeef* we're going ' make them look like erwu puffs?' — 1 ne»e land Press. Lika Matt Campaigns. ••What watthe fcaturs of the Caban —• > **The rlgnra," replied the al*aM»l'jal» ,, l veteran. wTio wns deeply Interested lo l ‘ tics.—Clevdaod lYess. Couldn't Be an Employee. "That fellow over there acta at th'»".- e owned t?il* hotel." "Insulted A Question. ‘My wife thinks she will never flu*! 1 better cook than the one we now lu*e 'ilumpb-uh—er—any. what would V* rail your wife, a pesalmlst or an op”* ailst? -Cleveland Frees.