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SUNDAY MORNING.
OLD-TIME FAVORITES.
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By James HauraU Lovoll* ■' ■■
Tho name of this poem is German, and means the same as the French "An revoir*
(till i see von again), a parting phrase devoid of -the solemnity of the English word
,>*Bwe*reU," wi not quite equivalent to the once, and sometimes even now, solemn
“good bye.” It is pronounced approximately “Owf vee-der sain.”
The little gate was reached at last, With hand on latch, a vision white
Half hid in lilacs down the lane; Lingered reluctant, and again
She pushed it wide, and, as she past, Half doubting if she did aright,
A Wistful look she backward cast, Soft as the dcwa’lhat fell that night.
And said-—'Auf wiedersehen!” She said—''Auf wiedersehen!”
The lamp's clear gleam flits up the stair; ’TiR thirteen years; once more I presa
I linger in delicious pain; The turf that silences the lane;
Ah, in that chamber, whose rich air I hear the rustle of her dress, ■
To breathe in thought I scarcely dare, I smell the lilacs, and—ah, yen,
- Thinks she—"Ani wiedsrsehenf" I hear—“Auf wiedersehent"
Bp9£- ■■■' Sweet niece of bashful maiden art!
The English words had seemed too fain,
■CpST - Hut these—they drew us heart to heart,
Kf&j'-. Tot held ns tenderly apart;
■Bate-?.-.-jShe said—“Auf wiedersehen!"
IN THE TRACK OF THE TOW.
By Albert W. Tolman.
lAM what many people would call
a “crank” about the salt water.
Among the pleasantest hours of my
life are those 1 pass alone ln my
little rowboat on Long Island Bound.
Nothing gives me greater delight than
to paddle out a mile or bo from
shore, and there lie ou my oars dream
ing, mare'og the play of huh and wind
"bn (ho water, and watching-the vessels
and steamers glide by.
In July and August, IWB, I passed
a few weeks lu a Connecticut shore
town not many miles east of New
Haven. To this city my skiff lmd been
iseiit down l>y steamer front New York,
niicl l bad rowed her from New Haven
harbor to the mooring lu a cove near
luy boarding place. The Joy of that
afternoon in Hie free air and sunlight
can be tpprceiaieil only by a man who,
like myself, had been poring over
Tciiser columns In a back office for
eight bourn a day for ten months. A
crescent of big blisters adorned each
* of niy palms at the end of the trip,
tint: my nerves were tranquil and 1
§|pi}l like a log that night.
The next day the thermometer regis
tered between ninety and 100 degrees,
and up to 3 o'clock in the afternoon It
was too warm to do anything but
drowee In n hammock under the <‘P!)te
tree* behind the house. 1 got afi early
fifigtggr, ami htsl before .••misc-t pulled
out info the atbmtl Soon 1 was beyond
*Mit> free-tops set rip to mark the bouu
flpklqs of the oyVter beds.
The vcvati-r was unruffled. East and
‘'west doVn Cither shore to Hie horizon
moved a long, broken procession of-
earners, staining the cloud*
Sky with their black smoke. The
'Tew snlfinSTtraft lu sight were niotldil*
less, tbclr sails hanging Idly ln the
Still air.
i Farther and farther out T pnddlod,
the soft dtp of the oars sounding pleas
antly in niy ears. The sun dropped
below the horizon; the red of the west
darkened and disappeared, and It was
night, with myriads of stars refleeted
on the glossy blackness of the sound.
Lumps began to sparkle along the
shore, while masthead lanterns and
red anil green running lights told tho
position of moving steamers whose
hulls had become' Invisible In tho
gloom.
I stopped rowing and established
myself comfortably on my back ln the
bottom of the boot, pillowing my head
ou the bow. The cool darkness, the
salty fragrance of the ocean air, the
gentle motion of my skllf, and the dis
tant sound of bells and whistles from
passing steamers and tho land all In
duced a peaceful drowsiness, which
soon lap?' ,’ gradually and Impercepti
bly into a tk camless sleep.
I must have been unconscious for
two or three hours when the rooking
of the boat awoke me. Cramped and
stiff from my slumber lu the night
air on the unc*’shloned boards, I start
ed Up to t. ' iujwlf enveloped by a
- thick nifsu, high, covered the sound
like u blanket. It was not very deep,
fo? the stars shone faintly through it,
but ail other objects were cut off from
Vmy view There was no wind, but an
can well, rolling In from the east,
■ as istirrisg np unite a sen.
without' ft watch, I know
that- it mUht Tc well on toward mid
. night. lV dawned on me that 1 had
cstefcen and still was In a very danger
ous .position, not because I expected
any trouble in finding the land, but
f’lw eSdae 1 was in the track of tugs and
Tjteimer*' I shiver.-d at the thought of
HHpsril to will ! I had been exposed
While asleep. Beneath that shroud of
fntst my skiff was invisible to a look
out. and might have been crushed
Wke mi egg shell by some steamer’s
iow without a soul ou board being
i||pie wiser Tor It.
|; Shipping my oars, I listened to the
whistles speaking to one another
through the fog. The general course of
the vessels was east and west. If,
‘■jWitlmut endangering myself, 1 could
merotu-h a tow of barges near enough
;*<’ which way they were heading,
jlpcYWild then determine the quarters
of the. compass; for If the boats were
/-lo.a U-! i \> would he
way back to New York.
Oo 00-ooh! The Increns
i'Yng loudness of a whistle to my left
aN&-fhat tug was swiftly approach-
SkSbg. Lying on jny oars. 1 waited, pro
glared to row forward quickly or back
tcwnler. as might be necessary. Nearer
Hp ’ nearer came the tooting, and I
bear ihe nivli ,-f n.t'.-. b, ne.-uii
SPibe vm-so. n prow, and tho puff, puff ot
Mpnat. Suddenly, twenty feet away.
£ appeared a black stem, nosing rapidly
Bpffifcwgh the fog. It was a little tee
Hb for comfort As the tug swepi
by t ay, nnw glimpse of a tow-rope
draggle? the stern, and judged
from lit'ilj' "that she probably had
two coal-Ye & barges behind her. I
could voices of the men
on board growing fainter ln the dis
tance.
Another black phantom passed; It
was the first barge, loaded low lu the
water; after her at on Interval caine
another. As they were loaded I knew
that they were heading cast, and
that the shore therefore lay In front
of me. I settled myself on the thwart
and braced niy feet for the row in.
Bo interested had I been lu my cal
culations that | had barely noticed a
confusion ot whistles that occurred
shortly ufler the passage of tho tow.
Hence I was altogether unprepared,
After my third stroke, to hear another
boat approaching through the fog from
the opposite direction. I backed water
vigorously, just in time to escape be
ing run down by a tug that was mak
ing Ihe water ily ns she dashed west
ward^.
1- cfijgirt fiio splash of a rope, and
jvaltciJ. Boon ciune the huge- hulk of
nip limply liurge, rising hiffLabove the
water. It passed so near that I backed
,-another strobe to be but of the way of
tbjTwne which I felt sure was follow
ing it. Soon I beard another tow-rope
whipping the surface, and a second
barge the size of tho first swept by.
I listened for several seconds, but bear
ing no further sound, X bent to my
oars again, feeling sure that there
were no more barges.
I had gone perhaps thirty feet when
something .struck the bottom of my
skiff. A large cable rose squarely
beneath the boat, snapping It Into
the air. As my boat dropped back
It: fell stern first and capsized, throw
ing me out. When I went under I
lost my grip of the oars, and on coming
to the surface again I moved my hands
frantically about In the hope of find
ing them.
Two or three inches above the water
my fingers encountered something
round and wet, and closed about it like
a wise. It was the cable which had
capsized me. A third barge bail been
towing after the other two, and Its
hawser had proved the cause of the
disaster.
Higher and higher It rose, lifting
ine above water until I was only waist
deep. The waves rippled against my
body ns I was dragged along. I caught
n last glimpse of my oars and water
logged boat drifting away In tho fog.
Then they were swallowed up aud I
was loft clinging to the sodden rope.
I did not dare let go of it to attempt
to regain my skiff. Indeed; so con
fused was I that the Idea did not enter
my head until the chance was gone.
The hawser began to sink again.
Lower and lower It fell until I was
submerged to the neck. Deeper It
went, and deeper still. I had no choice
but to let go, unless I wished to be
dragged under. I released my hold
and was left struggling lu tlie waves,
paddling to keep afloat.
Should I abandon the cable and
strike out for shore? I was not n
strong swimmer, and the laud was a
mile or two distant. To start for It ln
that fog would be suicide, ns I should
soon lose all sense of direction and
circle aimlessly about until I sank.
My only salvation was to keep near
the rope, so that I might grasp it when
It rose. Once let un* lose that, and I
should drown of be run down by
some passing boa t. I*
Up came the hawser again with a
snap, catching me violently across the
chest Regaining my hold 'Mth diffi
culty, I was lifted up, up, until only
my legs dragged in the water. Then
down I sank again, till the rope passed
below my reach lu a line of phosphor
escent babbles. This could not last
forever. If, after the cable had sunk,
the barges should make a turn aud pull
It from beneath me, so that I could not
regain my hold when it rose, my posi
tion would be serious indeed. Every
time I let go those twisted strnmls my
life hung ln the balance.
I saw that the only thing for me to
do was ts make my way at once to one
of the barges before my strength be
came exhausted. The boat behind was
of course the easier to reach, for she
approached me a little every time I
let go the rope.
Splash to the right! Splash to the
left! The hawser was rising again.
Once more it lifted me Into the air.
: Before It sank 1 had worked myself
some feet toward the barge. After it
was gone I paddled in the same direc
tion. Again aud again I did this.
An easterly wind was rising and the
vater was growing rougher. The fog
rill clung to the surface. Far up and
down the sound the whistles blew eon*
tlnually, some faint and distant, others
louder and nearer. My fingers were
numb from clutching the coarse
strands.
At last I knew that I was drawing
near the barge. The cable no longer
sank beneath my reach. I could hear
the rush of water before the prow.
And now the rope was above the sur
face altogether. High In the air above
me a blunt stem loomed through the
mist. It was the barge at last. with,
the cable rising at a sharp angle and
disappearing over Its bow.
Wearied by my efforts I felt that I
could never climb thnt steep slope
without help. I shouted, but my voice
could not lie heard above tbe rushing
foam. Despairing at last of attracting
tlie attention of anyone on board, I
saw that my only chance wag to as
cend the hawser. I was fairly strong
in the arms, and had It not been for my
previous struggles the feat would have
lieeu an easy one. In my present state.
It seemed a tremendous task; but I
had no choice in the matter. My life
hung on my power to lift myself hand
over hand. If I let go, the barge would
ride over me like a marine car of
Juggernaut, drowning me at once. I
began the ascent.
The rope- tightened, lifting me so that
my toes barely touched the water.
Again it grew loose, and I was sub
merged to the waist. I was now fairly
In tlie spume In front of the boat.
Inch by inch I drew nearer. Once
more tlie hawser tightened, and I hung
suspended over the surge boiling be
fore the prow. It slackened, and I
was thrown against the stem.
This continual motion was my worst
trouble. Had the rope been perfectly
si 111 I could have climbed much more
easily; but It was a dead lift, and
every Inch cost, me untold agony. Over
and over again I gave up all hope or
being saved. Then I would resolutely
put out of my mind tho thought of the
entire distance, and focus my whole
attention on the handhold Immediately
before ine. When by a heart-breaking
effort I bad gained that, I fixed niy
aim on the next, and so on. Thus little
by little I progressed, crawling upward
with snail-like slowness.
At last I was almost up to the
“chocks'’ through which the hawser
ran; but my strength was utterly ex
hausted, and I knew that I could never
clamber on board. With one supremo
effort I raised myself so that my head
caine for an Instant above the bul
warks, and looked Into the eyes of a
deck-hand who was not more than
three feet away.
The consternation and terror on the
man's face would have been ludicrous
under any other circumstances. For
a moment we remained staring at each
other. I was too weak to speak, and
he was too frightened. Then I began
to slip back, still clinging desperately
to the hawser.
The end of a boathook reached cau
tiously out over the bow and moved
down toward me. It caught the back
of my shirt and I did not mind that It
pierced through and drew blood. In
deed, I did not know It, for at that In
stant my finger* relaxed their hold, and
I lost consciousness. I afterward
learned that my preserver would have
been unable to get me on board but for
the opportune assistance cf another
bargeman.
I spent the greater part of the next
day ln a bunk on board the barge at a
coal dock ln Hoboken. But the follow
ing morning found me little the worse
for my adventure, and I went back
to Connecticut that forenoon for the
remainder of my vacation.—Youth's
Companion.
Not Fat Wrong.
The story is well known of Eliot’s
translation Into the Indian language
of the passage from the Bible, “Tlie
mother of Steer* looked out at the
window and cried through tlie lattice.”
Not knowing tho Indian word for
"lattice,” he tried to get the Indians
to help him out. and described a wicker
framework. The Indians thought they
recognized his meaning, and gave him
the word. Afterward Eliot found that
lie hud made the mother of Siseta
cry though the eel-pot. A, similar diffi
culty lu coaxing a definition from the
untutored was met by a school-teacher.
She was trying to Spike the children
define the word “bovffii-.”
"It applies to nu umtnal,” she said.
“Can any one tell me vfrliat animal?”
(There was the alienee of confessed
ignorance. The teacher began to throw
out leading hints.
“The animal that gives us meat,™
Still silence.
“And shoes,” she added.
No light broke on the twenty puzzled
countenances.
“And tho straps thnt you carry your
books ln.”
“Ol* I know,” cried a young voice,
with explosive eagerness.”
“Well. James, what animal is it?”
“Father!”
A Finger Bowl Lea-end.
To be denied the use of a finger bowl
at meals Is one of the penalties people
have to pay for the privilege of being
invited to meet English royalty. It is
a piece of antiquarian lore and dates
back to the time of the pretender.
Then the Jacobites used to raise their
glass over the finger- bowl in order to
drink to the king. The reference was
obvious, for they meant to “the king
over the water,” although they did not
dare say so.
Borne people have declared that the
Jacobites used to drink from the finger
bowls themselves to “.Charlie across
the water,” but this is a needless as
persion on the followers of James 11.
Hood men and true, they were no more
in tlie liablt of drinkiug water than the
rest of the people of the time, and tlie
drinking vessels in those days were
sufficiently large to obviate the use
of finger bowls as we understand them
to-day., - “
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
A HOLY NATION.
Bet Liberty run onward with the years,
And circle with the seasons; let her
break
The tyrant’s harshness, the oppressor’s
spears;
Bring ripened recompenses that shall
make
Supreme amends for sorrow’s long ar-
re ars;
Drop holy benison on hearts that ache;
Put clearer radiance into human eyes,
And set the glad earth singing to the
Clean natures coin pure statutes. Let us
GAINS MADE BY LABOR
In the current Issue of the American
Federatlonist, the official organ of the
country, a brief resume is given of
the work of each of the past twenty
cne conventions of the American Fed
eration of Labor. It shows a continu
ous growth since the first convention
was held In Pittsburg, Nov. 15, 1881.
At that convention the name “Federa
tion of Organized Trades and Labor
Unions of the United States and Can
ada" was chosen. This was changed
at the Columbus convention, in 1886,
to the present title, the American
Federation of Labor. The resume is
good reading for the student of the
labor movement. It shows the ob
stacles that have been surmounted In
tho onward march of labor for the
RAILROAD TRAINMEN OFFICIAL
William G. Lee, first grand master
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train-
WHIIam G. Lee.
ORGANIZATION OF EMPLOYERS
Employers of labor In Toronto,
Canada, have formed an association
for the protection of their Interests.
The objects of tbe association as set
forth by the by-laws are briefly as fol
lows; “To protect tb© members In
their rights to manage own busi
ness ln such lawful manner .as they
may deem proper; the Investigation
and adjustment ot any difficulties
arising between any of the members
and their employes; the adoption of
a uniform, legitimate system whereby
members may ascertain who Is, and
who is not, worthy of employment;
to endeavor to make it iwssible for
AN IMPORTANT VICTORY
Another important victory for or
ganized labor hag been won through
arbitration. It Is the advance In
wages and improved conditions secur
ed by the street car employes In their
controversy with the Union Traction
company. The men have won a sub
stantial advance in wages solely
through their organization, and their
future course will be watched by
union men with interest. It has fre
quently happened in tbe past that a
union was organized for a specific
purpose, and when that purpose was
accomplished It was allowed to drop.
The Chicago Federation of Lal>or,
through its adoeaey of the policy of
conciliation and arbitration, has re
cently been instrumental ln settling
a number of strikes and of averting
several threatened troubles. Among
tho troubles settled through arbitra
tion may be cited the street car con
troversy, the strikes of the rubber
workers, stable employes, clothing
makers, garment workers, wholesale
grocery employes and others. Some
of them were settled- after strikes
had been called, but in the case of
ENGLISH WOMEN’S WAGES
r- -
"jviiss Jessy M.- S. Gray, factory in
spector for Islington, tn her annual re
port refers to her visits ln the abodes
of the heuseworkers, in the London
Telegraph. “With few exceptions the
women who have spoken to me on
the subject complain of the prices
paid for their work. As an example
of cheap work I found an artificial
florist making violets for %and. a
gross, each flower having to pass
HOPE FOR NINE-HOUR DAY
Through conciliation and a mutual
agreement with employers, the iron
molders hope to establish a national
nine-hour day by Jan. 1 next The
movement was started In St. Louis on
July 1, when an agreement was made
for the iron molders of that city.
The national convention of the iron
molders held at Toronto last July ap
proved the plan adopted at St. Loulb,
and instructed local officers when
cleans©
The hearts that beat within us; let us
mow
Clear to the roots our falseness and pre
tense,
Tread down our rank ambitions, over
throw
Our braggart moods of puffed self-con
sequence,
Plow up our hideous thistles which do
grow
Faster than maize In May time, and
strike dead
The base infections our low greeds have
bred.
amelioration of the conditions of the
worker. Many measures advocated
by the federation ln its early days
have long since become laws, and tc
those who fret at the apparent 6low
progress being made, it should be a
source of encouragement. All great
movements must necessarily move
slowly, but when the delegates to the
twenty-second annual convention
assembled at New Orleans Nov. 13,
and looked back over the progress
made In twenty years, they could say
truly that their efforts have not been
ln vain. The eight-hour bill, tho anti
injunction bill, and the prison-labor
bill have not yet passed Congress, but
they will by persistent and intelligent
agitation.
men, has been a member of the ordei
since 1889. Previous to his election
t<s the present office in 1895 ho had
been a delegate to several conven
tions of the trainmen. At the time of
his election Mr. Lee was a conductor
on the Union Pacific railroad, has
been re-elected at all subsequent
meetings, and since taking on the
duties of first assistant to Grand
Chief Morrissey has been instrumen
tal In making the wage scales on
nearly all western lines.
6,300,000 French Women at a Work.
More than 6,300,000 French women
work for their living. Most of these
outside workers (more than 2,700,000)
are employed in forestry or agricul
ture, Including women land owners.
Industrial occupations claim nearly
2,000.000 more, the cloister 120,000,
the theater about 32,000 and the lib
eral professions 138,469.
any person to obtain employment
without being compelled to join a
labor organization, and to encourage
Such persons to resist this compul
sory method of organized labor; to
protect its members In such manner
as deemed expedient against legisla
tive, municipal, aud political en
croachment on their rights.” Any
one employing five workers ts eliglblo
to membership.
I admire the fellow who succeeds in
borrowing ail that be wants. He has
the nerve that converts Itself Into
hard cash.
If the street car men are awake to
their own Interests they will stand by
their union more firmly than ever be
fore, as, although their wages have
been fixed for the next eighteen
months, unless they have a good or
ganization at the end of that time
they may be unable to maintain the
conditions just secured.—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Women worship money, but the man
who stands for it gathers the foggy in
cense to himself and smiles a self
satisfied, hard cash smile.
ARBITRATION WINS
the street car men especially a strike
was averted. In the cases where
strikes were called most of them
were, of short duration. This success
has given the newer unions con
fidence in the central body, and the
advice of its executive board is gen
erally asked for before radical action
is taken.
A woman’s Idea of a dutiful hus
band is one who will stay at home
and look after the baby while she
spends the afternoon shopping.
through her hands four times. This
woman said she made on an average
of 9d. a day. An ordinary price for
making men’s long silk ties is 4d. or
sd. a dozen; making paper bags, 4d.
of sd. per 1,000; making tucked
blouses, 2%d. each; ladies’ long jack
ets, Sd. each. The women take out
and carry back the work to the shop
or warehouse, and provids their own
machines and cotton.”
making agreements to make every ef
fort to have inserted a nine-hour
clause. A number of local agreements
have been entered into for’a period ex
tending several months beyond the
time limit set for tlie inauguration of
the nine-hour work day, but all of
them have a provision that the agree
ment will be no obstacle in the way,
if the movement is taken up nation
ally.
Shah Caught in Cupid’s Net
Beautiful American Girl Captures the
Heart of Persia's Offered to
Make Her His Wife
The Shah of Persia has fallen in
rove with a fair American girl and
asked her to become one of his wives.
One would think he had quite enough
already. But no, “the King of Kings
has succumbed to the charms of Miss
Miss Courtney Thomas.
Courtney Thomas —or Mile. Coumey,
as she is known on the concert stage
In Paris—and he has prostrated him
self at her feet, her abject slave.
And this is how it all happened:
His majesty, accompanied by his
suite, attended a performance at the
Opera Comique in Paris, and was de
lighted beyond expression, not only
with the voice of the young singer, but
with her personality, for at the mo
ment Mile. Courtney is one of the
most beautiful women in Paris. Tall,
straight, with an exquisitely moulded
figure and raven-black hair and bril
liantly dark eyes, hers is a beauty that
may stand all tests.
"I would like to meet Mile. Court
ney,” said the Shah, after the curtain
had rung down on the thrilling scene
In the third act of Manon Lescaut, in
which the heroine Induces her sweet
heart to fly with her from St. Sulplce.
"She has a wonderful voice, but I
would like to hear her sing ln another
place.”
With such a dignitary as the Shah
of Persia, who flngs pigeon-blood ru
bies and pocketfuls of diamonds- to
those who tickle his fancy, a wish is a
command, and before noon the day
following Mile. Courtney had received
a note from the secretary of the Shah
inviting her to come to the Elysees
Palace the next afternoon at 5 to sing
for his majesty, bringing with her
somo music she liked best.
Mile. Courtney accordingly betook
herself, with an accompanist—and a
chaperon—into the Shah’s presence.
After presentations had been made the
music whs handed to Muzaffer-Ed-
Din for him to make a selection. Look
ing over each piece carefully Ifce finally
—s t .
INTERIOR OF PERSIAN HAREM.
drew forth "L’lran” (Persia), by the
composer Duval, saying. "I should like
to hea. your interpretation of this aria.
Let me see how you enter into the
spirit of tbe music.”
Mile. Courtney sang, throwing all
her soul Into the rhythmic and dreamy
strains of the Persian harmony, and
Its swinging, vibrant tempo. At its
finish his majesty stood up, and clap
ping his hands vigorously cried:
“Bravo! Bravo! I never expected to
"" The ShaK.
hear that music sung so by one out of
my own country. Your voice seems
admirably suited to the weird strains.
My dear young lady, you cannot please
me better than by singing this same
song again.”
The request was gracefully complied
with, and then Mile. Courtney sang
twb more pieces—a selection from
*‘The Pearl Fishers” and an aria from
“Grflfeldis.” When the numbers were
completed his majesty clasped upon
her arm an exquisite souvenir brace
let, composed of Persian cameos sur
rounded by emeralds and pearls.
And then, as if he were about to
say his adieu, he abruptly changed Ids
mind and commanded once again to
hear “L’lran.”
"The King of Kings” knows no re
straint, but does just as he pleases on
the spur of the impulse.
So she sang again divinely.
“A bracelet of triffes that I have
just given you is cot enough for your
voice like a nightingale, and your hair,
which has more of the glorious black
than any in my own nation. Come,
come, come back with me to my own
country. I will make you my wife.”
The Shah already, as far as the
latest statistics can be ascertained.
Including the wives allowed him by
his religion, has 300 recipients of his
favors In his seraglio. Mile. Courtney,
it may be assumed, in her embarrass
ment, said in French, which she
speaks very cleverly; “I will always
be a sister to you, sir, but the religion
of my country compels me to refuse
the distinguished honor of being your
royal consort.”
And so It was that Miss Courtney
Thomas threw away one of the
chances of tier life —that of becoming
No. 301 to his imperial majesty, “The
King of Kings,” to devote herself to
The Crown of Persia,
her art and the one particular happy
man.
The French are not lenient to people
who speak their language badly, or, as
they call It, with an accent.
It Is. therefore, a triumph In two di
rections when an American girl BingS
at the Opera Comique and captivates s
Shah.
It is such a triumph that has been
won by Miss Courtney Thomas, upon
whom f he Shah has east the eyes of
desire.
She made tip her mind five yean
ago, when she went to Paris to study
singing, that she would conquer her
Missouri accent, which on all sides
they told her was charming in Eng
lish, but execrable in French. And she
did it. .
The Shah of Persia has no crown,
properly speaking. His ceremonial
headpiece is a high gold brocade cap,
adorned with diamonds, feathers and
pendant ropes of pearls.
Our picture of the Interior of a Per
sian harem Is from a snapshot taken
surreptitiously by a European lady via
kor.
\ Glass Eyes for Animals.
Wass eyes are now made for horseaj
catland dogs, as well as for
be ink. Those animals usßfHjSLj
:ln man. and i-ral tufl
th%p at the same
(•no is about
r- b<-,
aud : ' amPI
f the s>- &%k
■ m m
A Mir."" ™ an 1|
his lHj
grave of his first
Ho waited ■’
before he made reqne^H^^H
Nor Honey?
English law, it is said, will no&
mit a candidate for office to
glass of milk to a voter. But
icar. candidate roti! *hink ;.
milk when seeking votes. Jf
rJH?
Has Had Enough gBM
Oov. Candler oft! 'A
of office soon
hereafter stay out of
boys wil! let him."
DECEMBER 28