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Accomodatoin Fanny Got the Thanks Most People Give You for Helping Them. s HEN, that memorable after- v noon at Mrs. Elliott’s tea, Mrs. Frederic Scott Dibble ried her eup over to the sofa and sat down in the sight of the whole company to drink tea with Fanny Wheeler, Fan- ny's 3 g soul soared and her heart with joy. = Fof to be noticed thus publicly by the great lady seemed to her to be the very cap sheaf of human ederic Scott Dibble was a very great lady indeed—as millions of moncy, same sixty years for culture, and French gowns could make her.- It is true that back in the old, old days before her husband got to be president of a famous bank she had cooked her own dinuers and been glad to have dinners to cook. But nobody remembered this now, or, if they did, refrained from mentioning it. She condc$cended to recall certain atquaintances and went about to theif houses or asked them to extravagant garden parties. For three months the people who knew her and those who longed to know her were under a tre- mendous strain. Of these latter folk Fanuy Wheeler was one. Fanny Wheeler had come to town from nowhere. She always - Had been poor; she had no prospects. Her hus- band kept the grocery store. But Fanny had ambition. She was a climber by nature. First she climbed into the good graces of her neighbor, Mrs. Hallam, and then by way of Mrs. Hallam she climbed into that select organization known as the Woman's Club. And now by way of the Woman's Club it seemed that she was about to climb into the fa- vor of Mrs. Frederic Scott Dibble. Fanny went home with her head in a* whirl. Sam found her flushed and pal- pitating when he returned to supper. “Oh, Sam!” she cried. “I with you could have scen her things and her pearl necklace! If a single 6ne of her dia- monds had dropped in my lap you could give up your old grocery store and I could be a lady for the rest of my life.” “Pshaw!” said Sam. He smiled at her (Hrnu"h his spectacies. Sam was usually to show enthusiasm, ed Fanny to have her way. get some of her trade,” he 5e just-about keeps Bauks go- v was a thousand miles above just then sailing in the iay (‘—» ‘\« Mis d ik car plied Sam. But Fanny did not hear him. When two weeks later Mrs. Dibble in- vited the Woman’s Club to a luncheon at Green Flat Fanny went in & new gown that made her look at once young, unsophisticated, and refined. Fanny was amazingly pretty, with lots of animation. Life began to be a feverish delusion for Fanny. She worshipped weaith and the' things of wealth. She looked upon Mrs. Dibble as being beloved of for- tune, to be at once respected and rever- ed. Her own life and pleasures dwin- dled as Mrs. Dibble expanded before her. She would have laid down her best frock for the great lady to 'walk upon. Mrs. Dibble vmhout doubt had taken . an ifmmense fancy to Fanny. She found in Fanny's exuberant youth and joyous beauty an exhilaration that was benefi- dal as well as delightful. It seemed she could not have enough of it. “She began to take Fanny out in her car, to ask her to the house, to call upon her. Soon Fanny found her whole time engaged.’ She fretted if she did not héar from Mrs. Dibble and anxiously imagined that she had fallen from grace. When she did hear she was too excited to attend to minor maiters. She neglected her housework. Many a night ‘Sam came home to ‘get his own supper. “l've been with Mrs. Dibble all after- noon,” Fanny would sdy, “and I'm tired and headachy. I don’t care for supper. ‘We had cakes and ices. Oh, get any- thing you like! Only let me alone.” Oncé Sam attempted to get further information. “WWhat did I do? I played bridge with her. She always wins. She's so clever at cards. - Oh; I'wrote a few letters for her, too. Her social secretary failed té please—Mrs. Dibble objected to her per- sonality and so dismissed her. She is expecting another _ secretary in a few days.. Until she arrives I hive offered my services to Mrs. Dibble. She will send - her. car for me at 10:30 cach moining. I shall lunch with her and re- turn at 4. Oh, Sam, isa't it wonderdul 2" “Hum!” sneered Sam. “How much will you get for it?” ° Fanny flushed. “Sam Wheeler, you degrade fricndship when you get a com- mercial value upon.it in this way. The word pay has never passed between Mrs. Dibble and me. It is the last thing I think of. I'm only happy to be of serv- ice to her” L Sam rubbed his chin thoughtfully. T've heard of such things” he said in his low voice. **\Vhat things?” Fanny's tone had an edge. Sam sighed and shook his head. “Nev- er mind what. Bug it's all right, Fan- v." he said, For ten days Fanny was comnletely ar Mrs. Dibble’s beck and call. Every aft- on she came home tired and peev- morning she overslept, while der for his soli- tary bre m was silent. Somcuhu anny caught him looking that' made her more irrit: as. Two d y came home at noon. She walked into the house, sur- prising Sam, who sat drinking cold tea d cating bread and butter .and ham, h he had brought boiled and sliced from his own store. “I didn’t hear the car,” he remarked, glanci up. “Forgot ol off her hat, then sat down at the table and burst iato te: “Great Scott, an!” Sam gprung up o his arms. She leaned * she said. “I nd she—called is. And the house- t's the way she always talked to her secretary. I let her un- derstand that 1 was no secretary. 1 wasn't getting a cent of pay. I just did it to favor her. And—then I came home. Oh, Sam!” “What, dearie?” “I ought to have known better. It served me right. I thought she was what she seemed, and she’s just a hot- rid old, tempery woman, for all her money. Pve—I've put up with every- thing these last ten days just to keep in with her, and now—" “Never mind,” said Sam. me left.” Fanny flung her arms about his neck. “Thank heaven for that!” she cried. G PR . Coal Bins Bulit Like Silos. Four big cylinders of concrete, pic- tured in Popular Mechanics, are the bins of an mnusual type which a progressive coal dealer has provided . to hold his supply of fuel. Each of these silo-like reservoirs is 18 feet in diameter and 50 feet high, and has a capacity of 1,400 “You've g=t 'I‘he.devil continues to do business i © at the old stand whether we are will- ing to give him his due or not. m-‘hhuh is~not - businesses .ofyChina: of theswealthiest ns-—comafinpnnd world but he is also mifldwfinfl They are filled by an electrically driven conveyor which discharges the fuel into the top. Extending .over the four bins is a single wooden roof, which houses the hoisting machinery. False bottoms, six feet above the ground, per- mit wagons to be driven directly beneath the reservoir, so that.they can be load- ed by gravity. —_———, Transforming 2 stocking into a doll is the feat that has been worked out by an ingenious woman of, Canon City, Col., who has been given 2 patent on her stunt. " She severs the feet from the stocking, and, after painting a face on.the heel, {lis it to the shape of a head covered by a large cap. The leg of the stocking is slit'in two places, and a few stitches transform this to the legs and arms. These are also filled with rags or other suitable material, and a few finishing - touches transTorm, the old sock into a very ac- ceptable doll. famausruler tin, Asia. | igpelight. of «Man * ralers rank above alk th thatumuious and land,, thexGaekwar of Baroda, Nitam of Hydembad and-the Ma- ,ono He owns Ba- lute ruler over the people, subject, of Qflfle, to the mildly restraining hand resident. His jewels wsold- for many. millions of Wil unquestionably-in the eds of millions, and it is pos- sible ithat it may be equal to the tre- mendous fortune of Rockefeller, . A recent book published by an Fng- lishman who spent a year with the Gaek- " war at Baroda shows why the wealthy ruler is so’ popular with all who meet him. He fs extremely progressive and has done morc than any other Indian monarch to improve methods of educa- ‘tion. He has eagerly installed modern improvements which are more hygienic than the antique devices regarded with awe by the natives. He is, and perhaps this-is most responsible for his success in retaining respect, absolutely without pretense. his ideas in accordance with accepted thought, be it traditional or radical. He started, for instance, to read Tolstoi’s “Anna Karenina,” which he had heard highly praised. He was bored by it but he did not attempt to conceal the fact. ‘Then he tried" “Alice in*Wonderland” and liked that book of nonsense so well that he demanded at once to hear “Alice Through the Looking Glass.” He was 30 pleased that he recited aloud the im- rbl poem. “You dre old, Father lilliam,” and ordered that the two books ,should.at once be translated into Mahrattl, the language of Baroda. He carries this attitude into all his rela’ tions- with his subjects, commending- at onee anything that he thinks will im- prove the health and happiness of his people and reproving any official who thinks of his private welfare before that of the public. Li Hung Chang’s wealth flowed from many sources. He owned thousands of acres of rice fields which he compelled the “soldiers under ; his command to work; he made huge sums by contract- ing for provisions for the Chinese army and navy; he was one of the controlling directors of the syndicate which. had a monopoly of the salt industry; he was the principal owner of the pawn shops which are one of the most im; t {ahd opened ® up ‘several profitalite He does not attempt to shape "’;f.a info . the backward mines. ] Few Ameri, can amulti-millionalreadvn been:interested in. somany anfiwerdhigt| business transactions.and nevedagaing) such tremendous odds, yet L I Chang was also for 40 years ' th&m able and the most prominent. statesman' in the Flowery Kingdnm He was born.in 1822, the same, yean with General Grant, a coincidefics’ o! which ihe often spoke, for hn;“‘fi Grant more than any other man e ‘his| period. This adiniration wassredfito cated, for Grant, after his memonghlel trip around the World, said: “I have met four great-men, Bismarck,-Bencone- field, Gambetta and Li Hung Chang. .J am not sure, all things. consitfesed, / that Li is the greatest of the four” The father of the future Chiness| statesman was a poor man, unableitd do| much to advance his sop’s earcer. As a. boy, however, Li took the examinations| which would establish him in the literary, caste and stood first among 15,000 com-|- petitors. This enabled him to study. at| Hanlin College, where he won.an envia-| ble reputation. His services in quellin the Taiping rebellion were rewarded by high dignities, and in 1869 he was madef a cabinet minister. He held almost:ine numerable offices_thereafter, butthe| i one was the viceroyalty' off , the province in which Pekin isl located. Li Hung Chang was a curious ,camwe pound of contrasts, if we try to jutigel him by our standards. He cosldibe ag sympathetic at one moment-as‘the 'most tender-hearied woman, and at the next| as cruel as the miost tyrannical. Romény! emperor. A man brought beldre hisafi ont a charge of tampering/withus_ tolpe graph wire pleaded for: clem: ising that if he were imt,hvam‘ never do wrong care that you do'y” dered the man to bemuduu Yet during the jterrible faminmuo he supported, 1,000 persons 4 his own purse and’ performed able deeds of succor. His attitude toward western as strange. Aguinst a prej hardly be estimated. he- exented 'al) | great influence to- introduce Into¥Ch all modern inventions and ress. Yet he clung tenaciousty ¢ ways of his ancestors in m of dress and in-many superstitions, condemned the Japanese unre: for their adoption of western custoras | and dress. “Are they ashamed of the!r; ancestors?. Why should they to dress like Europeins?” ‘he-us)