The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1905, Page 8

THE THE SANFRANCISCO CALL JOHEN D. SPRECKEILS.. letor ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOFAN McNAUGHT.. BLICATION OFFICE... +» ... Manager .. THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO | TUESDAY.. MARCH 25, 1905 proposed vernme ts, habi lly point to it as a cgislation to the advancement of I'he real motive of those wh destroy representative government. They care but little what takes ts place or whether it is better or worse. The proposition is an in- | the future. ack upon our whole pol could not be formed cs fell through lack of de lative bodies. They had a L o T | 4 th sed t e an engine with no governor. The prolonged life of the English Government and its present | prospect of perpetuity are due to THE REFERENDUM. to the perpetuity of our institutions. HE advocates of the initiative and referendum, by which it is to practically abolish the legislative branch of the|geekers atter wisdom shared in the t at once, to be eventually followed into disuse by the system that will. put government ediately into the hands of the good people, who -will use direct righteousness. 0 are behind the movement is to litical system. When the fathers to-day, they had in mind several Many of the early velopment of their representative _egislature consisting of only one t left out a check and balance, the lack of which finally | ture, e whole governmental machinery to knock itself to pieces, | the evolution of a parliamentary system composed of two houses, and imposing checks and balances dice. In the evolution people, by representat: their Government. nst party and hectic legislation, as well as against corruption of that system there has been a ion, impress themselves broadly n our Government was formed all the lessons of the past | e known to its founders. They knew the perils of direct legisla- SAN FRANCISCO CALL. TUESDA MARCH 28, 1805 | : # QUEEN OF DIAMONDS . i ! | i HE usually cheery face of Mme. Fontaine, “Palmist and Card Reader,” was overcast. Even | | I | the invitingly clean little room | where Madame received the anxious | pervading gloom. A crudely drawn | hand covered with cabalistic signs had | become detached from the wall and | lay unheeded in one cormer; the cards {by whose aid coming events were evoked were pushed carelessly aside. It was evident that misfortune had fallen upon this falthful priestess of Nora McCabe had always been a | wonder at ‘“cuttin’ the cards,” and it s Government and put it under a written constitution SO | was when Pat McCabe died (an event which the cards neglected to mention), leaving her with five little children, that Mme. Fontaine had sprung into | existence. Having an average amount of quick Irish wit, and more than an average understanding of human na- Nora had prospered, and as Mme. Fontaine she avolded tragedy and dealt mostly in romantic and glowing gen- | eralities. But of late the fates had not shown adame the consideration due so faith- ful a follower. There had been a fall-| ing off in the number of people who came to explore the misty paths of the future under her expert guidance. Four of the children were too young to do | much besides consume unlimited sup- enlargement of the electorate, until now through the fran- | plies of bread and butter and the day had been before Jimmy, the eldest, . n brought home with a broken leg. short, the outlook was serious. “Though it isn’t always ye can ex-i pect to he havin’ the luck,” sighed | Nora, stooping to pick up the hand n. They were aware of the dangers of a single legislative cham- | that pointed a mutely protesting finger Wt they knew has been s rect legi well by g fo-reformers, by the nteeing that kind of government The structure they built is pu idum and initiative. The p: of its constitutionality. For one its intended work and it s under which man has ever agitators the by the founders of the G on is the only State that e initiative and referendum. It was used to obstruct mbia River, a project un isportation rates. <Next it w i up the Lewis and Clark 1 that interesting and public now omn, in the shape of ssed by the Legislatu rnment and institutions. Oregon has made the unplea t citizens nor the n State has also dis covered th: € had the attempt succeeded. tated by Mill, to the effect that a Therefore They properly called it re- to every State. 1t in peril by the "proposal of the eople adopt, directly, their funda- tal law and amendments thereto. They vote directly upon propo- 1s to issue bonds as evidences of public debt in certain cases, 1 otherwise they entrust the business of government to their rep- | itatjves, whose work is subject to review by the courts, which more than a century this system has created the greatest free insti- existed. Now come the ferment- | the uneasy and the restless spirits of the , with a proposed change, which entirely destroys the system overnment. has adopted the new-fangled plan | It has been invoked three times e and every time for a bad, obstructive and destructive the railway around the Dalles of iversally approved as a regulator as used by industrial agitators to position at Portland, and to su spirited enterprise as to make it The third nse of this new holding up the general appropria- re for the support of the entire sant discovery that it is not the t useful who invoke this power to obstruct. at it is invoked not against bad measures, but against good, that are necessary to the commonwealth t enhance its honor and its rinority, by petition that is 3 yjects and, as in the bill, can paralyze the government e funds necessary for its operat: Site blic keeping of agitat vill soon succumb when publi urbance 'A?\‘E strain. the advocates of the plan as dange to destroy government. Behind and all of the fanatical plans for place among American States. A easily obtained, can delay impor- case of the general appropriation itself, by preventing it from using ion. is is the first result aimed at by the advocates of the system. oys all stability in a State, and puts its affairs and its very ors and demagogues. Order and c affairs are subjected to such dis- But it is useless to point out these results to rous to government, for they wish them stalk socialism or anarchy, a new social condition, in which property, government and even the family, shall have no part nor place. The sore experience of Or reformers anything. wt Legisla to give them the opy power they have secured can be su to reprecentative government. cause them to prevent the sprea other commonwealths. egon will not teach these pseudo- They have done and are doing in that State they wanted and intended to do when they induced the ortunity. It is probable that the ccessfully used to prevent a return But the case should appeal to men | of sense, who esteem our representative form of government, and; d of this political pestilence into THE NEXT NAVAL BATTLE. I }\\ it, Admiral Nebogatoff’s Upon the outcome of the meetin SSIA'S Baltic fleet, accordi ng to a recent dispatch from Suez, has now passed through the canal, and the last component of squadron, has sailed southward. g of this now completed fleet of Rojestvensky’s with Admiral Togo’s warships the fate of Russia in her war with Japan to a large extent depends. It is probably the playing of the Czar’s last stake before the terms of peace are de- cided upon. the Japanese armies are successfu The result of the coming contest for naval supremacy | in the Far East will be of interest to neutral powers, because the | longer Russia feels encouraged to. extend the war, and the longer; 1 on land, so much greater reason will Japan have for the permanent annexation of Manchuria. Un#il the test of battle come show of being superior to the Japanese. The Russians have twenty Subsequently s the Russian fleet will make the battleships and cruisers, nine of which have been built since 1900. Japan in order to cope with it will gation and gunnery to her oppon to do this. waters, and Togo certainly has that superiority’ which should be | attributed to greater practice in tl enemies. shifted from the land battles, whe the expected always happens and consequently excitement ceases | about the outcome of, the moves, to the coming sea fight, wherc} Russia’s material superiority will have to use superior skill in navi- ent. She can almost be relied on he art of destroying his country’s Interest in the great game will certainly now soon be | re Japan's proficiency is such that put such a handicap on Japan’'s <kill as will tend to equalize the chances. Whether a Russian victory would be productive of peace by | which the snails will not pass. preventing Russia from continuing the war out qf mere national pride, or whether it would cause her obstinately to prolong hostili- ties, is very questionable: but that a big Japanese victory would bring things to a swift finality is far less open to question, and is | for five the best prospect for peace now above the horizon. The Russian people might be less keen te acquire a Congress if they |time the State knew more about the United States Senate.—Kansas City Star. — Dowie hopes to raise the dead; when he dies it is hoped he won't leave his secret, if he has it, behind him.—Houston Chronicle. 1t is announced that Admiral Dewey has the grip. of that, he never lost it.—Baltimore American. e —————— Ae to the House mileage grab the Senate decided that it would be con- structive pocket picking.—New York World. at her from the corner. Quite unconscious of the radiant pic- of Isaac Newtons would prove unable to govern |ture she made against her dull sur- slation, or, in the language of our modern | [o% ‘initiative and referendum.” gave to us representative government and a Congress of two | es, each a check upon the other. ican government and charged Congress with the duty of guard- | ndings, a girl, tall, graceful, tailor- ade, came swiftly along the shabby | street. If her courage almost failed her, she made no sign as she walked | | steadily on. All the girls had been to | Mme. Fontaine. Had she not told Mar- garet Doane that she would be married | within a year, and was not Margaret | even now on her wedding journey? To | be sure she had told Louise Henderson | the same thing, and there was not | even an admirer in Lou’s horizon, but | then every one makes mistakes some- | | times, and Louise always was hopeless. She did not really believe in it. Oh, dear, no! but she did so want to know | if John really were very angry. He might have known she did not care for | that stupid Captain Carstairs. | With flushed face and trembling but | determined fingers, she pressed the button under the card bearing the le- gend ‘“Mme. Fontaine” and soon stood Guaking inwardly, but outwardly se- rene, before the door of the modest | little fiat. Eleanor Robinson was called the prettiest girl in the Westchester set, and more critical eyes than Madame’s would have brightened at the radiant vision she made as she entered the little room, and with shining eyes bent eagerly forward over the well-known table upon which Madame's experi- enced fingers had already placed the queen of diamonds. “That's yourself,” explained the woman, as she deftly shuffled the cards, “and this,” laying a heart above it, “is good luck to yourself an’ yer wish, an’ here’s an offer, an’ a foine offer it is, with money, too. It looks | like a marriage offer an’ 'tis from—" | But whom it was from must forever | remain a mystery, for a shrill voice | from the next room called Madame and in her anxious haste Nora overturned the little table, and the fortunes of the queen of diamonds came to an igno- minious ending on the floor. “I'm that worried I don't know what I'm doin’,” said Madame as she came back, and half crying stooped to pick up the cards. “My Jimmy has his leg broke, an’ him gettin' along so nice, an’ Mr. Chetwood sayin’ his wages should be raised this Saturday comin’.” “Mr. Chetwood!” interrupted the girl in a strained voice, and Madame’'s keen eyes noted the warm wave of color that flooded her face. “Yes, miss,” she returned, “Mr. Chet- wood, the lawyer. It was a foine place for Jimmy, an’ him likin’ it an’ gettin’ {into Mr. Chetwood's ways. An’ now { his leg’s broke, an’ no knowin' when he'll git another place,’” she added de- jectedly, and in spite of herself a tear splashed on the recovered queen. The girl rose. “I don’t believe I care | to have my fortune told to-day,” she said nervously. “I—I've changed my mind, but I shall come to see you again,” she said, her blue eyes sweet | with sympathy. She took a bill fmm“ 9 e - ANSWERS. \ | SALUTE—S. 8. C., Oakland, Cal. | Saluting in ancient times with two fin- | gers was a mark of respect. | DENTAL COLLEGE—E. L., City. | No recognized dental college has even- | ing classes for students in San Fran- | cisco. KILLING A TREE—E. B. M., San | Jose, Cal. Possibly you can kill a tree | “without cutting it down or cutting the bark,” by setting fire to it. SELF-EDUCATION—H. 8, City. 1If the correspondent will state along what line “a lady of 18 wants to edu- cate herself” this department will tell her what books would be most useful. The question asked is too indefinite. MRS. MAYBRICK—A. O. 8., City. | Florence Elizabeth Maybrick was tried |18 Liverpool and in August, 1889, was sentenced by Justice Stephens to be punished by being executed for the murder of her husband by poisoning. ' that sentence was| changed that ‘“‘said Florence Elizabeth | Maybrick be kept in penal servitude for the rest of her natural life.” | SNAILS—Subscriber, Alameda, Cal. She will have the advantage of maneuvering in familiar [ I there are snails in a garden bed a way to get rid of them is to place cab- bage leaves in various parts of the bed at night. The next morning the inner partsof the leaf will be full of snails which can be easily destroyed. Séver- 1 applications of leaves will rid a bed of the pests. To keep snails out of beds surround the beds with a board edging to stand five inchés above the ground and occasionally coat the beards with a paste made of train oil and goot. This will form a barrier over DELINQUENT TAX DEED—Tax- payer, City. After a county has sold a piece of property to the State for non- payment of taxes, the State holds it years, during which time the one against whom if was assessed, but who falled to pay the tax, may re- deem it. At the expiration of that must advertise the property for sale and sell the same to the highest bidder at auction for a eum not less than the amount of the delinquent taxes and penalties and when so sold the Tax Collector must execute to the purchaser a deed of the But, for the matter E_;M.g‘- entire interest in such property. is is an absolute deed and after it has been delivered the one who owned the land prior to the sale for delinquent | redeem it on vpayment ’ taxes cannot of tax and penalty. BY MARGARET RICHAKDS. McCabe,” he said pleasantly, “so I shall depend on you to send him back as soon as possible.”” He took some bills from his pocket and continued, “1 want vou to take good care of him. No! No! That's all right!” as she tried to thank him. “You may pay it back when Jimmy wins his first case, or you might tell my fortune.” He laughed good-humoredly, looking quiz- zically at the weird hands decorating the little room beyond. Madame gasped. Her warm Irish heart was full of gratitude to the two who had been so good to her. If only she could do something for them. He watched her with amused inter- est as she slowly spread out the cards on the little table. “Ye have success to yerself and yer wish,” she began in the time-worn formula; “an’ there's a light woman, the queen of diamonds,” she added, her “She’s tall almost as yourself,” Nora went on. her bag and laid it on the table. “‘Take these, too, for Jimmy,” she said, loosening the violets from her furs, and with a smile and a quick little nod she was gone. It was hours later that a tall, broad- shouldered man knocked at Madame's door and inquired for Jimmy McCabe. A few minutes later John Chetwood was holding Jimmy’s grimy little hand and smiling down on the little freckled face that grinned back at him sheep- ishly. ““We cannot do without Jimmy, Mrs. * GOOD NEIGHBORS. The magnificent estate of George Vanderbilt, Biltmore, with its 9000 acres, incloses a little plat owned by a negro which no money can buy. The old negro lives contentedly within sight of the Vanderbilt mansion. He has been approached repeatedly with offers to sell, but his reply is always the same. “I've been bothered all my life with bad neighbors. Thev break my fences and steal my melons. Now, Colonel George here don’'t disturb my chickens or my fences. I know a; g00d neighbor when I see one and I'm l going to stay here.” eyes fastened on the cards. John Chetwood threw back his head and laughed delightedly. “I thought it was always a dark woman,” he said. “She’s tall almost as yerself,” Nora went on, “and it's like one of the saints she is, with her sweet face and eyes as blue as—as blue as violets,” she con- tinued. The quick start of surprise John Chetwood gave did not escape Mad- ame’s shrewd eVes, and she went on rapidly: ‘“‘She loves ye—there’s somethin’ come between ye—but she loves ye. Never mind} what's been, say I—go to her; she’s'waitin’ for ye. I see the weddin’ card.” John Chetwood rose abruptly. “That’s a great fortune. We'll have to look into that, Mr. Jimmy?"” he asked, but his laughter was forced and the lines on his face deepened as he ran lightly down the stairs. He hesitated outside the shabby Ilit- tle flat. She lived to the north. A few blocks to the west his friends were waiting for him. He had tried to keep away from her; it was evident she cared for Carstairs, and he would keep his disappointment to himself and let no knowledge of it shadow her. Mrs. Francis Carolan will be hostess to-day at the St. Francis Hotel at the Jecture to be given dn “The Merchant of Venice” by Edgar Abbott of Boston. Next Tuesday the subjget, “Hamlet.” will be given at the homé of Mrs. Wil- liam G. Irwin on Washington street. These addresses are attracting much attention from soclety and the intel- lectual cults, on account of their in- structiveness and because of the pur- pose for which they are given. The California Woman's Hospital as bene- ficiary incites the deep interest of all, and has no less an indefatigable worker at its head than Mrs. Francis Carolan, through whose efforts this course of reading has been arranged. o e Charles H. Lombard was host at a delightful reception on Sunday after- noon at his home, on Piedmont street. The guests included several exponents of the various art branches, all of whom formed an assemblage of con- geniality. Among the guests were Dustin Farnham and Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Jackson (Maud Gifford) of the Vir- ginian company, Mr, and Mrs. Richard Walton Tully, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Morrow, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Graupner, Mr. and Mrs. M. Keating, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Watt, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brewer, Mrs. ‘Wynne, Mrs. Mazes, Mrs. Otto Bendix, Miss Lalla Wenzelburger, the Misses Holden, Miss Gertrude Gates, Signor Ventura, Eric Julihn, Barnett Frank- lin, C. P. Neilson. P The recént return of Lieutenant Emery Smith from an army station in the East has been a matter of con- gratulation to his family and friends. What could that woman know about it? Nothing! Queer, though, about the violets. No; of course he didn't believe it, but he squared his shoulders and turned to the north. (Copyright, 1905, by E. M. Doane.) That any might be given the opportu- nity of welcoming the young officer, a tea was given on Sunday by Mrs. William Henry Smith and Miss Belle Smith in their Pine-street apartments. HIS WILL IN RHYME. ‘“We get some queer wills here,” said Deputy Registrar Stroup of Har- risburg, Pa., a few days ago. “But here is onelthat beats anything I have ever seen since I have been here.” Mr. Stroup produced a small sheet of pa- | per, which contained: When my wife's a widow, of me bereft, She shall inherit all I've left; And when she’s finished her career It then shall go to my daughter dear. “This document was duly attested as a will and was received for probate. It came from the lower end of the county and will be the guide in set- tling an estate.” e « ODD BITS et Unie g ’ — TWAIN’S LATEST. Here is a new Mark Twain anee- dote which, among thousands of its kind, has-a peculiar ring of genuine- ness. Some years ago Mark Twain's home in Hartford was invaded with scarlet fever. The disease raged for some weeks, when heroic measures were taken to disinfect the house. “We had a fumigator so strong,” said Mark Twain, “that it took all the brass off the doorknobs and all the tune out of the piano.” A French suggestion for preventing automobilists from ‘‘scorching” is to forbid the use of masks and goggles. CULLED FROM THE NEWS OF A SHARK| AS DANCER His Sharkship|{He Will Da ce Tackles the Any One to Wrong Man. a Finish. JOHN GINDER, CHALLENGE Street Commis- has been is- sioner of Tren- sued by Pro- fessor Arthur ton, N. J., has been doing to a man- eating shark what Samson did to the lion, according to a letter received from Palm Beach, Fla. It is said in the letter the shark at- tacked the Trenton man while the lat- ter was bathing in the surf with Walter Phares and F. P. Holz, also of Trenton. Holz and Phares, being expert swim- mers, made for the shore, but the chark made for Ginder, and the latter, seeing he could not escape, dived and seized the shark by the Jaw. Being a Hercules in strength, Ginder broke the jaw of the shark and car- ried the “man-eat- er” ashore. Rickards, a Liver- pool dancing mas- ter. He is desirous of attempting to create a world's record of endur- ance, and invites any rival to come forward and dance if necessary the clock round. In France a pro- fessional dancer recently pirouetted for eighteen hours 'without stopping. This feat Professor Rickards will try to eclipse. “I shall take my food while on the hop, so to speak, he said recently, “and have ar- ranged to wear a special suit of light material, laced in- vtead of buttoned o as to permit of its being tightened or loosened, ac- cording to my re- quirements, with- lout stopping. “I have no doubt The jaw has over e‘fi,‘ '{,‘,’ "':':él;".iz seventy teeth of|by some master of assorted sizes. the art in London.” ‘ F ) Mrs. Shopper—Dress ‘ goods will be much higher this win- P ter. é Mr. Shopper—I'm glad of that. I never did like these decollete costumes. TRENTONIAN |CHALLENGES ~|FRIENDSHIP BREAKS JAW | FOR RECORD | BUREAU IS ROOSTER IN |FIVE YEARS FIGHT WITH | PRISONER IN | STILL 600D POLICE JOB THE LATEST A TROLLEY| OWN HOUSE| FOR JERRY Something for|Naturally, the|Servants Make $300.00T) Heir the Lonely Car Proves Count’s Life Wiil Stick to Folk. Victor. Unhappy. Force. BATTLE to the finish between a trolley car and a young Ply- mouth Rock roos- ter caused excite- ment in avenue C, Bayonne, N. J., the other day. A flock of Plymouth Rock fowls were forag- ing in the car tracks. Hearing the car, the hens wisely fled. The rooster, however, used his legs and wings in a race with the car. From Twenty- fifth to Twenty- sixth street he managed to Kkeep ahead. Then the motorman put on full power. Chan- ticleer turned ab- ruptly, and with every feather raised high pre- pared to defend himself. He was HE FRIEND- SHIP BU- REAU of Lon- don has taken upon itself the task of supplying the lone- ly people living friendless lives in lodgings with friendship by means of corre- spondence. At first the lone- ly men and wo- men who seek friends through this bureau meet like partners at a masked ball. In their anonymity lies their safety. In the beginning the candidates for frlendship are known to each other only by a letter and a num- ber. Should corre- spondence after a time lead to a de- sire on the part of both members for a personal ac-|about to spring at quaintance, the|the motorman anonymity is|when the car bong fides ex- changed, and the|feathers and fric- friends are intro-|caseed chicken in duced to each|/a humble home other. close by. FRENCH count, it has just been learned, was kept prisoner in his own house in Paris for five years. His jail- ers were his two servants, who 'wanted his prop- erty. The noble- man is Count de” Sampigny d'Is- soncourt. He is 60 years old. His servants were an old man and his 'wife, who had been in the count’s service for twenty years. ‘When the police broke into the house a few OLICEMAN JEREMIAH BARBER of the Tenderloin squad, New York, who recently feil heir to $300,000, says he will “stick™ to the police force. The reason is that he loves his job. “I'm going to stay,” said he. “In one year I shall be eligible to take the examination for roundsman. I don’t why I should quit. I like to work and I like this job. Other men have days ago they[$300,000 and still found the count|keep in the har- and the two serv-|ness. Why ants. The count declared that the couple had pre- vented / him from leaving the place. They had further compelled him to take doses of ether, and to make out a will leaving to them the whole of his propety, the estimated value of which is over $200,000. shouldn’t 17" The legatee is the most modest pa- trolman in the West Thirtieth- street squad. He is algo one of the handsomest police- men in New York. In the four years he has been on the police force he has never had a charge preferred against him. HER VIEW. Fargon—You didn’'t object when I kissed you last night in the dark! Miss Flirter—No; you see T looked at it then in an entirely. different light. — T——————"——————fi*._) & A_FEW EARLY MORNING SMILES « A SPANKING. Smith—I don’t believe in these faith cures brought about by the laying on of hands. Jones—T do; I cured my son Tommy of the cigarette habit that way. 4THE SMART SETP> BY SALLY SHARP. | I Assisting were Mrs. William Wilshire and Miss Hennessey. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. M. H. de Young, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Spreckels Jr, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Dibble, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Gerstle, Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Mes- ser Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Drown. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gerstle, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Searles, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Chenery, Miss Helen Wagner, Miss Virginia Jolliffe, Miss Gertrude Jolliffe, Miss Helen de Young, Miss Constance de Young, Miss Lily O'Con- nor, Miss Elizabeth Cole, Miss Florence Cole, Miss Roma Payton, Miss Grace Spreckels, Miss Jane Wil- shire, Miss Ethel Patton, Miss Edith Simpson, Miss Dickens, Miss Pearl Landers, Miss Jennie Blair, Thomas Eastland, Isaac Upham, Em- erson Warfleld, Jerome Landfleld, Wil- lam O’Connor. Mrs. John Thomas Porter and Mrs. Fernando Pfingst received a large number of “callers yesterday in their apartments at the Pleasanton. They will be “at home’ again next Monday. o L The United States steamship Perry was the scene of a pleasant informal luncheon yesterday, when Miss Jessie Tuttle, Miss Cochran, Mrs. C. S. Coch- ran, C. S. Cochran and Captain Tuttle were the guests of First Assistant En- Miss Cobb, Miss Wilshaar, Miss Hers, | gineer Lewton. Mrs. N. T. Messer entertained several guests at an informal tea yesterday afternoon. P Miss Elsa Draper is expected to re- turn home in a few days, after spend- ing the past fortnight on the Draper ranch in Oregon. . . General Shafter is spending a few days In town. & & <8 Mr. apd Mrs. Joseph Duggan (May Nolan) have returned from their wed- ding trip and are residing at 2027 Pa- cific avenue. ot THE SMILING FACE. We've formed a new society— “The Order of the Smiling Face”; An honored member you may be, For every one may have a place The rules say you must never let The corners of your mouth droop down; For by this method you may get The habit of a sulky frown. If playmates tease you, let your eyes A brave and merry twinkle show; For if the angry tears arise They're very apt to overflow. If you must practice for an hour, And if it seems a long, long while, Remember not to pout and glower. But wear a bright and cheerful smile. The rules are simple, as you see; Make up your mind to join to-day. Put on a smile—and you will be An active member right away. , —Luey Foster, in St. Nicholas. BOY AND MOTHER. I think that one of the most pe- culic 1y sweet affections is that exist- ing between a big. sturdy boy and his mother, says a writer in the Dallas News. Did you ever notice it? See with what pride the little woman seems to regard her boy. Apparently she feels as safe under his care as If he were a glant hero. And see with what tenderness, though awkwardly (and in the pres- ence of others timidly), he caresses her. She seems to say: “Here is my joy. and maybe my protector and support in years to come.” And he: “This is my dear little mother. Iam going to do great things for her when I get to be a The boys may tease me for kissing ., and really I'd rather they didn’t see me do it, but I love her—a heap better even than she thinks.” He is not always prompt in obedi- ence to her commands, but she doesn't worry, for she knows that she omly has to convince him that she is trust- ing him, and her wishes will be com- plied with. She is patient afdd considerate; he is tender and strong. Such a boy will never break His mother’s heart. She seems to feel sure of this. Only such a boy can have such & mother. Only such a mother can have such a son. I take off my hat in respect, love and admiration for them both. In them lies the hope of the nations. WE LIKE SUGAR. That Americans are the greatest candy-eaters in the world®ls a familiar fact, but that the national llking for sweets tends generally to all articles containing sugar in large amounts is not so well known. . The consumption of sugar in the 27; Germany, 20; ‘Sweden, 20: Italy, 10, and Spain, 6. The consumption Qf sugar i the States exceeds in @ year 2,500,000 tons. and it approximates the total consumption of sugar on the whole European continent—equaling that of all Europe, exclusive of Great