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j. } 9 Member of the United Press. Published dally by The Star Publishing Co. Mother In t} pringtime I SHE 1 ler « HER so well now. SHE is not dea hough the grass above I n tha INeT “ t i ” } brea he art begat beatir x t nt } the for him, toiled for him f aw for him, went hungry He did not unde }—ther at, almost superhu man task asked of HER by the Crea wr ¢ i he see—then +that the heart-break SHE ed would have crushed father and mother t her burden with a saintly smile and a And yet SHE t patient soul that 1 angel a heavenly HER now appear as ne Maker to guide through being SHE had crossed temporarily placed here by the terrible mes! f an earthly | the darkened valley of death to bring into existence sees HER now. With eyes of memory he watches HER pass to and fro by his darkened bed, smoothing his aching holding his feeble hand, murmuring ‘My boy!” He sees HER with frail, tired arms and wornout body bend brow ing over her daily tasks w ile he, unmindful and unheeding, romped in the mud in child sh play He sees HER toiling, toiling, toiling, throughout HER never ending days~—and he didn’t understand HER wan face greeted him when he tu and he remembers now that MOTHER gave him the sbled from mb er’s arms- choicest bits from their scanty loaf, He sees HER from his little bed sewing and darning and ironing “for my boy.” And then there grew a time when SHE was too weak to longer struggle with the burden that wrote the deep wrinkles upon her face and marked her body with wearied seams of pain and lifelessness Then when HER work was been led hour by hour, day by day, week after week, through all those long days—HER only ray of sunshine, “MY BOY!" ong, God-fearing and man-lov- done—when that tiny baby had into the world of manhood, a st ing man—SHE lay down the hie SHE had lived for him, and went to her glorious reward. What though HER hands were shapeless and rent with the disfigurations of toil? To him they always were and always will be softest and whitest and best. What though HER body was bent and faltering? To him SHE is still the most beautiftt! of all. ‘Therefore, on Mothers’ Day, when so many have the blessed privilege of laying at living MOTHERS’ feet the flowers of love, other multitudes will with him live over sweet memories of days when MOTHERS walked by their side, and he will wear the white flower for HER—for HER to whom he owes his being, his life, manliness, and hope of meeting HER in the great here after. ; So upon the threshold of this dear day, while the fragrance of the unpicked flower links itself to his tender memories, he writes these lines for the mother awaiting him upon the other shore. —— POINTED PARAGRAPHS. leulmiy. “if nme man owned all the - real estate in existence it would be It isenly the expected that fuile to! too ensy to assess taxes.”—Wash ington Star. ng aos itish—with Bvorybody ts selfish—w pacha quanto of | Will fortune never come with ‘Oeeastonalty a ar tells the truth both hands full? Shakespeare because he thinks ft isn't = How a woman does hate to be told that she is “well preserved’ “Not exactly,” It's a waste of time trying to tetk/ton. “She wants the opportunity to a woman with her first baby. of yoting if she wishes. Then she It keeps the wife of a self made | will do as she Hikes about it.” man busy making alterations. Washinggon Star. A gossip belfeves everything she _ hears and takes the rest fer granted. It's easier for a woman to run Up & bill than it is for her husband to pay up. Anyway, wenever heard of & th “So your wife wants to vote?” Ring in the thousand years of peace Tennyson. “My new hat ba» driven my hus band to drink.” young couple who couldn't foot a} “Whiskey ?" ehaperon if they were so inclined. “No, cocktails. This hat has a rooster on {t."—St. Louis Star Beware of the man who pats you om the back. He may be trying to escertain if coin jingles in your Clothes. WISE AND OTHERWISE. UPSTANDING ROOSTER Cholly--Well, | hear that you and Grace are to become life part- ners. George—Yes, she puts in the cap- ftal and I put in the experience. Boston Record. “Did he face his illness with a heart?” “Yes; it was bis liver that both- ered him.”—New York Kvening Telegram. Food for reflection is frequently too rich for a delicate stomach.— Dallas News. “Do you think I can stand an op- eration, doctor?” “You know your financial condi- tion better than I do.”-—-Houston Post. Mjsfortunes should always be ex pected.—Johnson. The other man’s philosophy was never meant for our circumstances. Florida Times-Union Almost as human as the charac ter of Chantecler in Party faithlessness is party dis-| rooster honor.—Grover Cleveland | Since this particular rooster was a me |tiny, fluffy chick, he has Mrs. Browne—My dear, why do) around the barnyard, head up snd you say I am extravagant in giving |pack straight. This peculiar char @ dinner right after Lent? acteristic has saved the rooster Mrs. Towne—Oh, everybody will] from the ax, as the owner, a poul: have such frightful appetite: Bos-|try dealer, refuses to sell him ton Transcript. from Waterford, Conn A oe REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR, We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.—Dekker. Important men who really aren't ar about it The more money a man could in herit the more he could act as if he made it by his brains. A girl gets #0 excited about betng gaged she forgets what a good time she had before she was Fond Mother--Jobn, John, that child bas got your watch in her mouth, and will swallow it! Jobn (bachelor + brother-in-law, and very fond of babies)—Don’t be in the least alarmed, Mary, I've got hold of the chain, and ft can’t go far—Scraps. Some men are such natural born ars they will pretend they would All are but parts of one stupend-|rather go to a church fair than a ous whole.—Pope. “Bo you don't want the earth?” said the sueering acquaintance, “No,” replied Mr. prize fight she will stop sneering about how other women can't get anything to Dustin Stax, | fit their Ciguees. Rostand’s | great drama of the barnyard is this | strutted | the most anxious to tell you all} A woman never gets so fat that THE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE i | BY GILSON GARONER RUDAPRST, Hungary May 6. Munt tell you about being mistaken for & prince of the royal blood! It wan great Furst” ts the word The How Kid’--as we call Hear anand T are “Furats” of | the royal American blood. i was this way: We had arrived at the} Spanish riding hool in Vienna, Of course, we wore about two laps be-| hind T Kn automobile being only 90 horse.power—and when we | jarrived we were up against a new! Austrian dialect and ven kinds of imperturbable doorkeepe | But we wer Nliged to eateh up. If T. R. should decide to ride one of the horees, and the horse hould leap through a fifthstery window we would need the story Bo we worked our German to the limit, re sulting finally 1 an second tie ndmission to} the gallery From here | | we could see the royal box and sev eral of our o we jaisted. We her that we jwere “Mit Herr Roosevelt, en suite Suddenly a great Jight dawned Jupon him. “Sie sind Furgten?” he inquired. Retng an Austrian, he |kaew that no one except nobles or children of the royal family could [he traveling on suite with a king jand surely, this must be the king of Amertea Yursts? Sure,” we replied. Members of the royal suite | You should have nm the conse ncn! = Profoundest ay joa! | eat stupidity! This way! Through id phalanxes of uniformed fun i kios, right into the royal box, where we touched elbows—actually touch ed elbowe—with genuin Haps burgs. They made the horses come and eat sugar out of our hands and bow four times every time they passed us. T. R. wan delighted when we told | bim about it, and the Yellow Kid/ has worn his tile a full inch fur ther back on his head ever since. And speaking of the kid—Hearst forgive me for seeming to advertiso| his outfit—history demands some! record of the time he impersonated Kermit, It happened on the after.) noon of our second day in Vienna. when the colonel was taken out to see the hunting exposition. Kermit didu’t go. The Kid caught up and} dashed into the ring, top ha’ carema and all. A few strongar boys began to beat him back. Mit Roosevelt,” urged the Kid, with bis insinuating smile. “Ach Gott! Dieser Wagen! Wass helee! Mein Heber Kermitt Roosevelt’” And a cleared for the Yellow Kid. ‘My African experiences? Oh, they were nothing—oh, nothing at all,” modestly replied the supposed | son, “And then, besides, there is the Seribuer contract. You know they don't like to have us talk, But if you will clear away « few of thence rubber necked people ft will take an other photograph of my dear pab pah!" And It was so. From the ridiculous to the sub-/ lime! Kermit's modesty. In all seriousness, it is most admirable. The boy did excellent work in Af tea. Cunninghame says so. So does Dr. Mearns and the others. Even the colonel admits it, But =| mot one word (except the snake! ROOSEVELT AND ONE OF H LEGS AT A STATION ON THE story) will Kermit utter on the ub ject. Traveling with him tow for nearly two months—tn all thie ‘Theb mate shaking down procesd witch such travel necessitaten—the news | paper men have failed to elicit ome hunting story or personal réeminis ence. The boy ix shy—quite ‘no He does not care for dress partie, | and whenever on the grand tour he could sidestep « king or an #m peror, he did so. He iw livety nnd full of fun, strongly tmbued with Americaniam, clean- minded and de cent, without being « prud® oF a prig. This te bis firet visit to Bu rope, though he haa seen much of Canada and the American west. He thinks now he will come to France soon, just to acquire a good speak ing knowledge of French—taking ep in some amall town, but he says he regrets having to spend the time outside of tie United Staten | And while on the snbject of Americaniam, I have noticed a} growth of that sentiment in the} mind of the colonel. “The more! 1 see of forcign lands,” he says, | the more | think of my own coun: | try.” And he tx applying this to} oar foreign marriages. He docs | mid the child, “but you've eaten It Of 500 school children of Ludiow, | Mase.. between the ages of 8 and 15, son who's @ Miss Rereech mamiga has the door for! Yeu, kept the wolf from ye x by her singing. Prot. Digga: No wonder! The British museum cont . books written upon oy: shells, bricks, tiles, bones, ivory, lead, sheepskin and paim leaves. A bright little princess was at one ot King Kdward's heons Once she made bold to interrupt You must be still,” said King Edward At last the king said “Now we wn to you,” jad.” was 4 bug in your only 15 had toothbrushes. Bhe Wit! champagne bleach people’ hair? He: I've seen people made light | hemded with tt | Investigation showed that about cent of the peo Pe. per terabucg have defectiv Poof for reflection is never fat- | toning. Examination of the teeth of 157,- 361 schoo! children shows that 96 or cent have diseased teeth, says Prof. Jessen of Strasburg. 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You'll be alongside of Secretary Ballinger’s model suburb at Lake Ballinger, near the Golf and Country club and on @ good automobile road Frankly didn’t want « little tim if we weren't tired, after 22 years of active business, and to play ourselves, you could not buy « foot of this land for three times present pri But we're patting up some brick buildings, and trying to arrange for @ fixed income and some leisure, and that’s why this opportuntty ts open Comb the north end over with « finetooth comb, find aoything else approaching this opportunity Interurban trains leave Fifth, between Pine and Pike, every hour. y car, from 8 a. m. on throughout the day, and get off at Echo Our representatives will meet you An soon as the roadbed settles, the running time will only be 40 minutes ° 168 PARTY STRETCHING THEIR INTERNATIONAL RAILROAD, now eee RS te 98s Take enough money along to secure what you want when you not hesitate to breathe publicly and] can get tt fervently a prayer that no 4 | Title absolutely perfect; abstracts to all purchasers, as well as ter of his may ever tempted to| expert legal opinion contract for a foreign title in passing 1 wou'd say that I have observed ho symptoms on the . 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The company showing the best record on Washington business in 1909. rhe company with re-insurance reserve and cash surplus which, based on past ex- perience, is more than five times the amount needed to pay losses to expiration of all policies in force, or 33 per cent more strength than shown bythe ten largest stock com- panies in the United States, with their average loss ratio. The company which is noW paying out more than $100,000.00 annually in cash divi- lends to its policy-holders, Here are the present rates of cash dividends in the various departments: Annual payment dwelling and farm department a 8+ seesereccievecceees co per cent Three and five-year paid-up dwelling and farm department , or stele .40 per cent ' Brick building department ....... Poe eeeececseces eoccetcs wecsienes + -40 per cent PUMA ODE RPON ERE 5 oe ig pi sis 50's 1. sha Cased ta oahie x cave 40 per cent Sprinklered risk department ...........+¢ goon ei tosses . 40 per cent Factory department .. 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