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ed aristocracy,
were causing a great deal of quiet am
usement to the older guests, amuse
ments which, as time went oa, became
more general, affecting even the wait
ers and other servants, who discussed
It among themselves and awaited de
velopments with the same amount of
interest as the person whom they
nerved.
Miss Kennedy was a coquette. Every
one but a few of her intimate friends
would tell you this without "hesitation.
This fact, however, should not have in
terested the guests to any great, extent.
Coquettes of all ages and degrees of
beauty were not uncommon at the
Westminster. But the trouble was that
Miss Kennedy was different from the
ordinary run of coquettes; so decided
ly different, in fact, that the amuse
ment furnished by the young men, of
which amusement Miss Kennedy was
the indirect cause, grew into specula
tion as the guests tried to explain her
peculiar actions and the strange in
fluence which she wielded over young
rniui. Influence she certainly had. Nev
er in the history of the Westminster
had so many young men fallen so des
perately and uncompromisingly in love
with one girl. It seemed Impossible for
them to know her simply as a friend,
in fact, platonic friendship seemed
quite out of the question so far as
Miss Kennedy was concerned.
It. was quite inexplicable. She was
good-looking, of course, but then tliye
were numerous girls in the neighbor
hood, and, indeed, some at the West
minster no less fair, who never in their
careers had caused such general furore
among a gathering of young men.
Her enemies said that her heart, If
she had one, was as cold and as tm
pei'Tlous as steel. If this were not so
how could she lead man after ma-i
keeping his hopes at fever heat,’
Her enemies; thought this cruel. Her
dear friends, however, thought othe>-
wlqe. They said that If she really wts
as cold as steel then her sweet smiles
and her sincere and winning manueis
certainly belled her. If men insisted
on becoming so enamored with her,
wan It her fault? And if her sweet anc
sympathetic disposition and smiles—
which she bestowed on all alike, were
misconstrued by some ardent though
deluded admirers, would she be cen
sured when, as time went on, it be
cause her painful duty to dispel the
hallucination? No; they thought she
was rather to be pitied. One of her
philosophical friends, a young law stu
dust, hit the nail on the head when he
said that lirauty was not the essential.
The real thing, he said, that appealed
to men was the knack of appearing
congenial and sympathetic; in short,
to understand a man and have an
adaptability to various natures; to give
woight to one's opinions and to exhibit
other flattering marks of attention and
respect which could not fail to impress
the average man. Some girls feign
this, according to the law student, but
Miss Kennedy was innocence itself, and
her interest and sympathy for her
friends came not from duplicity hut
from pure goodness of heart. The law
student might just as well have kept
silent, however, as lie had already been
voted a great, bole, and no one ever
paid any attention to what he said.
At all events so many of the young
men at the Westminster had fallen
prey to Miss Kennedy’s charms, only,
to rise sadder and wiser, that it tin
ally got so that whenever a fellow be
gan to avoid the usual evening gath
ering on the veranda,, the boarders
merely nodded wisely and said noth
ing, while the young men hugged one
another in ecstacy, and when, after a
week or two, perhaps longer, perhaps
not so long, he began to mingle in with
the crowd, and with a saddened face to
take up once more the old order of
life, the boarders smiled again, while
the young men, most of whom had
been through the same course, welcom
ed him effusively, and he, though sore
and sour, joined them while they
waited for another unfortunate. The
prospective unfortunate was generally
designated as "next."
And so when the depot hack rolled
up the winding driveway one August
afternoon and a rather good-looking
young man nllghied and walked up the
steps, a genera! smile flashed over
the faces of the older guests, while the
young men. chuckled joyously.
"Gad, another victim." chuckled a
stout, young man of the name of Jud
son. "All we've got to do is to get
the mintrodueed and then watch for the
fun, Eh, boys?"
"That's just the idea," assented Gil
bert. Chcuncy of Amherst. "Every fel
low must make it his business to see
that they meet as soon as possible
and” —
“Oh, yes. set them together," Inter
rupted Ooldthwaite. 'You will get hold
of the wrong man or rather the-right
man some day, and you won't have
half the fun you expect. He will win
her."
"Ho. ho. Goldy's gettiug nervous,”
jeered several “He is afraid of his
chances. Never mind. Giddy; a man
with your figure iieed never fear a
rival."
Stout, good-natured Goldthwaite on
ly smiled, lie was, in fact, an enigma
to most of tne boys. He had eaily fal
len prey to Miss Kennedy's charms
and. strange to say he still remained
In her good graces. Someone from
PHTotber hotel said he had known
in New York. Goldthwaite was very
.close mouthed and would not talk of
his affairs. He sail clung tenaciously
to Miss Kennedy, and although he had
witnessed the downfall of many he bad
never berm in a position where he
could experience their sensations. His
friends unkindly said that this was be
cause (Rlduiwaitc did not know when
he was rebuffed or squelched. How
ever that may have been, he seemed
perfectly happy and said nothing.
Some time after the arrival of the
newcomer a number of the boys were
lying in hammoess enjoying the cool
ing breezis from Hie Sound and dis
cussing plans for bringing the "next”
to his fate, when the sound of merry
laughter In the direction of the hotel
caused them to look up. What they
saw caused involuntary ejaculations of
astonishment to escape the lips of the
ydung men in the hammocks, for there
coming down the steps togelher, were
the prospective victim and the very
young woman they wanted him to
meet. They appeared to be on excel
lent term for so short an acquaintance,
and this fact, struck Cbaunoy so forci
bly that lie rose in his hammock and
gazed at them with curiosity.
"Humph!" he grunted. “Someone
seems to hsive got ahead of us. How
ever, it’s just as well. And now." he
added, slapoing a companion on the
back, "all we’ve got to do is to push
tilings along gonlly and watch."
That evening at b-uner the boy* all
met him. and found, among other
things, that he was a lawyer, arid riiat
he lived in New York City, Miss Ken
nedy lived in that city, so did Coldtli
waita. He was a very interesting, self
reliant sort, of a man, and he was pro
nounced a very promrsing victim. His
name was l.awrenco.
By Ihe end of the week things wo re
progressing splendidly. Lawrence nail
paid attentions to Miss Kennedy iu
a way that exceeded the wildest
dreams of the hopeful, and he lnd
surely become entangled in the meshes
that, had captured so many youth.'ill
hearts, in the morning he accompanied
her to the beach or sat under some
shady tree while she read, and in 'he
afternoon they went driving. Of ev; u
ingt they took long walks in the moon
light. or sat together on the port'll.
Goldthwaite managed to get in an oc
casional tete-a-tete or a moonlight
stroll. In short, he played a very m
cellcnt second violin with a complais
ance that dumfounded his comrades.
“The best part of it is.” said Curtisi
one night, "we did not have to do .
stroke of work in getting them togeth
er. He seemed to take to her as soon
as he saw her and now they are aa
thick as thieves."
"Who introduced them?'' asked
Goldthwaite. "1 have been trying to
And how it occurred and the circum
stances for a good while, hut no one
seems to know anything about it."
“That's so,” said another. “Come to
think, it does seem a trifle strange that
they should be seen hobnobbing so
thickly an hour after he arrived."
"Well," said young Dwight, "how
ever they may have become acquainted
or whoever introduced them, one thing
is certain, they know each other now.
So let's not worry about such a trif
ling matter, but. look forward to that
glorious day when the Hon. John
l.awrenco will go around with a face
as dark as a November landscape and
vainly wavering between the pistol,
arsenic or a clime."
"Just as Charley Dwight did." inter
rupted Chauncy, with a grin.
"Oh. there were others,” retorted
Dwight. "At any rate, 1 give him an
other week before lie lands on his back
on the cold, cold world with a hideous
realization that life is not what it
seems."
“Hear, hear!" cried several, and
then, as the strains of dance music
reached their cars, they adjoined to
the music room so fully assured that
the end was near that even the most
sceptical could not but smile gleefully
as l.awrence and Miss Kennedy glided
by to the nine of the latest popular
waltz.
But os the time went on. things be
came serious. The week allotted for
the downfall of Lawrence passed, and
still another week elapsed. The young
men began to get worried.
"Say. Jack," growled Dwight to
Chauncy one Sunday night, "this thing
does not seem to go off as smoothly
as some of us have been pleased to
think it would. Here's two weeks
passed and no change. Moreover,from
all appearances there, does not seem to
be any likelihood of any change ex
cept for Hie worse—worse for us." he
added.
That young Dwight voiced the senti
ments of the entire crowd was very
evident. His sentiments were accepted
as disagreeable facts by every one. The
guests smiled significantly.
“We have got to smash things some
how." said Grey one evening, as l.aw
rence and Miss Kennedy strolled
down the driveway. "This game is too
one-sided, i fail to see where our fun
comes in at all. It is time to make
some on our hook. We've got to
make him ridiculous, make a fool of
him by some practical joke. I tell you.
fellows, we've got to do something.
We can't let one man beai a dozen of
us, can we?"
“All right,” grinned Goldthwaite.
"You bright boys get together and do
your prettiest and I’ll look on and ap-
his (lam mg stolen
from his satchel ilfiTMßtHir Iby a
pair of dusty l.awrence,
however, bore these indignities with
the stoicism of an Indian chief.
The end of the three weeks brought
with it the time of Lawrence's de
parture, but strange to say there was
little happiness among file young men
over that fact. They had come to
the conclusion that Lawrence had won
out.
"We accomplished absolutely, no
thing, " said Chauncy.
"Nothing,” said Grey. “Yes, w’e
have; we have succeeded in bringing
them closer together. If we had kept
on much longer we would have had
them engaged. That i3, if they arc not
engaged already.”
“Oh, don't let that worry you,” said
Dwight, wdo became angry when any
one spoke of Miss Kennedy being en
gaged.
The boys were all seated in the sum
mer-house near the winding pathway.
Lawrence was to leave on ihe 10 o’clock
train, and it was already 9 o'clock.
Miss Kennedy and Lawrence had not
lieen seen for some time and Gold
thwaite was also missing. There was
no moon and it was quit dark. Chaun
cy and his companions sat silently in
the summer-house, every man puffing
gloomily upon a pipe. There came a
sound of laughter from the porch and
a second later three persons came
strolling down the driveway. One
was Miss Kennedy, the other two
were Goldthwaite and Lawrence. One
was walking very near Miss Kennedy.
He was Goldthwaite. I .aw re nee seem
ed content to fall into the background.
He carried a. dress-still ease in either
hand. As they reached the summer
house. Goldthwaite looked back at
Lawrence and said;
"Say, Jack, it was blamed fine of
you to turn in and help Edith and me
out the way you did. The boys would
have killed me had they known that
I was engaged to her before she came
here, but we were not. quite ready to
announce it at ftrst and did not dare
to afterward. You'r a good actor.
Lawrence, and I see no harm in your
flirting witli a girl even if she is your
sister-in-law. You came at the right
time; I could not. have kept the secret
much longer. We will follow you to
the Jay after tomorrow."
Ti en they passed on to the depot.
The summer-house remained as
dark and as quite as the abode of the
dead. Far Into the night shone the
glow of tlie embers in a dozen bull
dog pipes, and when the damp mid
night breeze began to set in from the
Sound a line of ghostlike ligures stole
silently and sullenly from the summer"
house and went to bed. New York
Evening Sun.
THE RATTLESNAKE.
A finllant < ;*nf Wlio Alwayi ( hnN
ISifon* Hw I- it?lit*.
Tlie rattlesnake, probably the mott
deadly American snake, is really a
gentleman, ns snakes go. He nevet
eats his own friends, as most other
snakes do. and he always plays fabf
and gives warning before Ik; strikes
In the early pioneer days, west of tlu
Rockies, rattlers were frequently eaten
by hard-pressed travelers, and theft
flesh is said to be as good as chicken
Great skill must he exercised in catch
ing this snake, if lie' is to lie eaten, a;
lie has a trick of biting himself when
cornered and so committing suicide
and In this e ase his flesh is as deadly
as his bite.
The maligned pig, who is known by
those who properly understand him te
he a really brave and intelligent little
beast, regards rattlesnakes as the
greatest luxury and attacks and kills
them with absolute fearlessness.. On
a California ranch a certain field was
so overrun with rattlers that it was
practically useless. It was fenced in
and a pair of young pigs turned into
lit. The pigs grew fat and sleek, and
in a short, time they had gobbled up
every last rattler. Piggiwig has been
known to attack the largest and most
deadly snakes and come off victor in
the fight.
Apropos of the well known fact tHat
a rattler will bite himeself and com
mit suicide rather man fail into the
hands of his enemies, the tale is told
by hundreds in the far west that a
little bird, a native of the Rockies, is
extremely interested in the extermin
ation of the rattler. So far as is
known, this bird dees not feed upon
the snake, but is actuated solely by
motives of benevolence in ridding the
world of -these dangerous reptiles.
Seeing a rattler asleep or sunning him
self on a stone, this thoughtful and
energetic little body flies off and re
turns with hits of very prickly cactus
which the bird places in a little circle
around him. When the circle is quite
j complete the enterprising bird, eaget
to see the results of ice toil, swoops
down and runs his bill into the sleep
ing snake, which starts to move away
only to encounter the cactus, ovet
which lie cannot crawl. He turns
about and strikes the cactus again
Finding himself unable to escape, he
‘ bites himself and dies by his owr
deadly weapon. Louis Globe
, Democrat.
A Qiiffffr Worn.
The Italian peasantry have a liort
j called the serpentine, which is mad*
1 of wood and leather and has six tinge:
j holes.
■ ISUOYKL
Wwis ll - of all
IpORKMEN.
jjfOVpl at One ScO'M*
H?j< till an !>- ti
B|S|il<litY l,l*lll-4,l*lll-4
Plmii
Of all workmen
which years been devised
to assist in performing
great undertßlngs probabljwie most
wonderful aAt he monster stjpm shov
els. A mimnct ,of / these giants with
their arms of Stee/ and tireless mus
cles, have been in 'service for years
past, but the increasing variety of uses
to which the steam shovel has lately
been adapted has directed an increas
ing degree of attention to this import
ant family of time-saving and labor
saving machines. Simultaneously new
demands have been made upon the
manufacturers, and the new recruits
in the army of inanimate shovellers
are each fully one-third heavier and
correspondingly more powerful than
the old type.
Already these machines have some
surprising achievements to their credit
in making excavations for railroads
and canals. Thus far, however, one of
the principal use's of the steam shovel
has been that of handling raw material,
such as coke, coal and limestone; un
loading from railioad cars, transferring
from stock piles to furnaces, etc.
Practically all of the steam shovels
in use throughout the country are of
one general type, inasmuch as the
shovels are designed for almost con
tinuous service at the hardest kind of
work, and, from the nature of things
and the undeveloped portion of the
country in which they are often em
ployed, must. not. only be subjected to
all kimis of weather, but also receive
but scant care, every effort is made to
have them of staunch construction —
in short, as nearly unbreakable as pos
sible. In the construction of the up
to-date steam shovels there are em
ployed steel beams, steel and iron forg
ings arid steel plates and castings.
Comparatively little cast iron is used
in any part of the machine, even the
gearing being of cast steel and the
shafting of hammered steel. Tin- parts
arc joined with a filling of white oak.
To manipulate the monster scoop
that does as much shovelling as a force
of 1(HI men naturally requires consider
able power, and this is furnished by
half a dozen engines. There are a pair
of swinging engines, a pair of revers
ing engines and a pair of thrusting en
gines. so that every motion of tlie pon
derous shov'd is accurately coni rolled,
rhj water tank connected with the
shove] and the storage bio lor fuel are
of sufficient capacity to enable the
largest size shovel to be in operation
continuously for fully eight hours.
There is a wide range in the size of
the scoops or buckets, of steam shovels,
according to the work for which tiiey
are intended. In some instances a
shovel is fitted with a bucket which
will not bi-id more than one or two
tons, but as a rule the capacity is such
that from four to “Ighl tons of mater
ial are lifted a( every scoop of the tre
mendous in..Lal arm.
Steam shovels, in order that they
may be moved quickly and economical
ly from place to place, are mounted up
on extra heavy trucks that are of
standard gauge, and. in the main, very
similar to those which support the larg
est freight cars. It is thus equipped to
travel as the railroad cars in the load
ing and unloading of which it may be
engaged, or if it is desired to transfer
the shovel from one place to another it
may lie hauled as an ordinary freight
car.
One of til" remarkable attributes of
the modern steam shovel is the ability
of the great, ungainly machine to lift
masses of material above its head, so
to speak. Almost any of the steam
shovels now in use. will dump ma
teria! 16 or 17 fee*, above the
level of the, rails on which the shovel
stands, end some of them, which have
exceptionally long arms, will lift the
huge dippers 20 lee. or more above
the track. As might be expected, it is
necessary when constructing a machine
which is to perform such work as this
tc provide every possible safeguard
against tlie constant wrenching amt
twisting which are inevitable, particu
larly when the dipper is operated rap
idly. To minimize the strains it is the
custom to place cushions of wood be
tween the steel parts of the machine.
Probably the most interesting steam
shovels in the world are to he found
on the "Mesaba Range." one of the five
districts which go to make the Lake
Superior mining region. Here they ren
der possible in its present scale of mag
nitude tlie so-called "open-pit mining,
the shovelling of iron ore directly from
its natural resting place in the earth
to the railroad cars which are to carry
it to market. An "open-pit" mine is
nothing more or less than an immense
hole in the ground, perhaps half a mile
square. Into this railroad sidings are
run. ns they might he into a vast
quarry, and in some of these mines,
where fully a million tons of ore is
(alien out each year, there is in opera
tion simultaneously anywhere from
half a dozen to a dozen of the large
shovels.
The type of shovel most extensively
used in mining operations is 40 feet
in length and nearly 10 feet in width.
The boiler is nearly 5 feet in diameter,
and the boom or arm of tfc> shovel
ranges in length anywhere from 25 to
30 feet. Such a shovel weighs more
than many a locomotive, and costs
from 57,000 to SIO,OOO. It is in the iron
regions, previously mentioned. that
the most remarkable records of rapid
loading by means of steam shovels
have attained . Asa rule five trips of
the dipper are required to fill an
ordinary freight car, but so rapidly Is
the long arm raised and lowered that
It ip accounted slow work if mere
than five mjnutes be consumed iu
loading a car, and not frequently cars
are fully loaded and pushed out of
tne way of the shovel at the rate of
one every two minutes. From eight
to a dozen men are required to
operate a shovel of fair capacity, and
by steady work they can place fuliy
7000 tons of ore aboard the cars in a
single working day. In order to
make such a record as this, however,
it is necessary that the men have an
opportunity to work on t.ie side of a
pit or mine, where it will not often be
necessary to resor. to blasting to loos
en the ore, so that it may "slide down
to the 3hovel, and it is further essential
that a locomotive be constantly at hand
to shift the cars as rapidly as they are
filled, thus preventing delay.
New types of steam shovels are to a
considerable.ex.ent displacing the fam
iliar locomotive crane in many manu
facturing establishments. Some of the
machines put to such use are operated
by electric motors instead of by steam.
Numerous improvements have of late
been made in steam shovels in general.
One of these gives greater latitude of
movement to the dipper. The old-fash
ioned steam shovel dipper was limited
to a verticle thrust, but in the newer
machines the big scoop is not only
enabled to revolve in a complete circle,
but the dipper is fitted w'ith a sliding
trolley, to which is suspended by an
adjustable arm. and about which it ro
tates. Indeed, the present mechanism
even renders it possible to remove the
dipper entirely and make use of the
machine as a locomotive crane, in the
new-style machine ail the movements
are controlled by levers so arranged as
to be operated by one man stationed
on a platform at the front of the ma
chine. Within’ the jiast year or two
many steam shovels have been ex
ported fo Europe, where they are com
ing into extensive use for railroad and
canal excavation, as well as for trans
ferring material in manufacturing es
tablishments.—Philadelphia Record.
CUAINT ANT CURIOUS.
A curious coin used by the Gauls
about, 2000 years ago was soaped like
a horseshoe or the capital te.ter U.
and was about a quarter of an inch
thick and two Inches across.
Pennsylvania was originally seLled
by Swedes in 1027. They were forcibly
subjugated in 1 J 55 by the neighboring
Dutch of New Amsterdam (New York),
who themselves passed under English
rule in 16G4. Philadelp.iia and Penn
sylvania proper were founded by Penn
in 1682
A St. Petersburg medical student, M.
Kolomalzeff, has just completed a cu
rious scientific experiment; he has
hatched out a turkey’s egg by carry
ing it aboin for 18 days under his arm.
In consequence of liis success quite a
crowd of people in St, Petersburg are
now endeavoring to hatch out geese,
hens and ducks in manner,
it is a healthier occupation than hatch
ing plots.
The dwarfs as v/cll as the giants are
caught in the net of French compul
sory military service, and the last con
scription has brought out a recruit of
very diminutive size. His name is
Francois Finns; he comes from Mont
meiilan; his a light is three feet three
inches; he weighs only four stone
three'pounds; he cannot carry a flag
or keep step with his comrades, but
trots after them as they march
through tae town.
At one time, if a Japanese girl mar
ried a foreigner, she was Instantly de
capitated. A Portuguese was proba
bly the first European to marry a
daughter of the land of the chrysan
themum with impunity. He went there
?.n years ago. and felt in love with a
Japanese girl. Her parents warned
her of the fatal consequences of mar
rying him, but she persisted, .with the
result that the Mikado decided that
she must be beheaded. However, after
a correspondence of over five years'
duration between the Portuguese and
Japanese governments, she was per
mitted to live.
The horses of the Pilgrims were all
alike in form and size. After cutting
down trees and sawing logs of suitable
length, the men dragged them by hand
along the ground—for there were no
horses or other beasts of burden—and
laid them one upon ano.her, thus form
ing the walls. Probably the chimneys
and fireplaces were of stone, crevices
being plastered up with mortar, made
by mixing straw and mud.
paper taking the place of glass for
windows. At the best, these log-houses
were poor makeshifts for dwellings in
the severe winter along the bleak New
England coast. For furnishing these
simple homes, the Pilgrims had
brought over such articles as large
arm-i hairs, wooden settles, high-posted
Ini's, truckle-beds for young children
and cradles for babies. The cooking
was done in a big fireplace. Here ihe
housewife baked bread in large ovens,
roasted meat on iron spits, which they
had to keep turning in order to cook
all sides of the roasi alike, and boiled
various kinds of food in large kettles
hung over Ihe fire.
Next to being manly is to appreciate
manliness. Next to being womanly is
to appreciate womanliness. There is,
indeed, a measure of the high quality
in a man or woman that makes one re
cognize it when exhibited in another.
It is the lack of the high quality ;hat
makes one undervalue it as it stands
out in its commendableness. In view
of this truth, we must remember that
we disclose ourselves by our estimate
of others. —Sunday School Times.
A STOR^BH
From Panama to dan KraneUco Bay,
An overcrowded steamship sailed away.
The third day out, a husky miner came
Up to the clerk, and, calling him by name.
He said- "Your ship is crowded, sir. n heap
Too much for me; find me a place to sleep.'
The clerk responded, with a stately smile:
“Bleep where you’ve been a-sleeping ail the
while."’
“It kayn't be did,” the miner answered
quick.
“I slept upon a deckhand who was sick;
He’s convalesced, and now, since he ia
stronger,
He swears he won't endure it any longer.
—The Argonaut.
HUMOROUS.
Hoax—Fm going to take a walk
Joax—Well, be careful to put it baeff
when you are through.
"Experience is a dear teacher.
“Yes, and she "never le.s your dad
pay tne tuition either.”
"I have only the most distant rela
tives.” "Has the family run out?”
“No; they have all become rich."
Nell—l saw Maud Newrichtod|y.
She was dressed to kill.
I suppose, that’s the rea^^B^Ar
me dead.
Blobbs—Wigwak is always going
>aw about something. Slobbs —
right He’s even going to marry K|f
gill named Sue. p|
“But why did you encourage hifl
if you didn't want him to
"Because just at that time there
wasn’t any one else to encourage.”
Tailor (to mother who is buying a
suit for her boy)—Do you warn the
shoulders padded- Littie Boy—No,
mamma: tell him to pad the knicker
bockers.
Helen—l have just refused to marry
Mr. Gingcrlev. Edith —Oh! Did he
propose? Helen —Well, I can t say
positively, but that is bow I con
strued bis incoherent remarks.
A little boy was aske l by his Sun
day school teacher why a certain part
of the church was called the
"Because it is where people
their names," he promptly aiiswer^Bg
Mother—Your schoolmaster iau'l
such a mean man as you make
noticed his son has all the toys he
possibly want. "Wfiy those are what
his father takes away from lift other
boys.’”
Teas—Don't you really believe in
dreams? less —No. indeed, it’s super
stitious to believe in dreams, and, be
sides, it’s a bad sign when you be
lieve iu them, for it usually brings
you bad luck.
"What is the original idea in this
novel of yours?” asked the publisher.
“My hero and heroine hate each other
so heartily.” said the long-haired and
wistful-eyed young author, “that they
marry for revenge and make eath oth
er miserable for life.”
Thavnoo —Hello. Bieeckerstreet!
Have you any engagement for this
evening? Bieeckerstreet —No. Thav
noo—Then come over and join us in
a select little luncheon we are going
to give to Jocko, the most entertain
ing ot'ganoutang you ever met.
MODERN AIDS TO NOVELISTS.
Manner in Which the Popular
(olivet Their W:tt#rittl.
Just as rapidly as the public
mauds anything in large quantities!
nature supplies the mechanism which .
will gratify the want. At the present!
time there is an insatiable market fori
historical novels of all sorts and kinds. I
When, therefore, the historical novel
ist sketches out a plot, he would, if
left to himself, require several months
of hard study in some large library in
order to obtain accurate material and
local color. Creative genius does not
enjoy research and investigation.
What he does, therefore, is to make
a plot or, scenario of his story and a
requisition for material. This will in
clude a description of the towns and
cities and the times wherein the story
is placed, pen pictures and anecdotes
of any historical characters introduced
into the piece, and a brief collection
of the sayings, jokes, poems and pop
ular songs of the period. Ho t ben goes
to the libraries and interviews several
professional bookworms, who have
lately developed this work into a rec
ognized industry. These patient pur
veyors of information are known in
the libraries as "the shadows of the
novelists,” who employ them. Their
work is pleasant, but monotonous.
Long practice has made them familiar
with tlie books, so that they know ex
actly where to turn, which is nine
tenths of the battle.
One of them, a middle-aged but
bright-eyed Daughter of the Revolu
tion, who has become a spe<ialist i:i
this field of work and calls hn self “A
Searcher for Novelists."showed me hot
order book and chatted with me about
her work. "Mr. X , who is run
ning a serial story in Barker's Month
ly, wants ten jokes about General
Israel Putnam. I sent him 18, trom
which he will select 10. If I had not
done this, he would have growled and
declared that any schoolboy could
have gotten these from a Fifth Read
er.’—New York Post.
flow He Restrained Applnttae.
Among the puns treasured in the
minds of Harvard men is one made
by Edward Cummings, formerly a pro
fessor at Cambridge, and now associ
ate pastor in Dr. Edward Everett
Hale's church, in Boston. At. the
close of one of his lectures Professor
Cummings was roundly applauded.
Presently the stamping and shuffling
of feet were added to the other ex
pressions of approval, and the flooor
of the old Massachusetts hall shook
noticeably.
"Gentlemen! gentlemen! ' exclaimed
Professor Cummings ia a tone of mock
anxiety, “I fear these premises will not
bear out your conclusions."