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a THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, SATURDAY, MAY 2i, 1913. THE ARGUS. PubllshaJ inTlr at 1854 Beeona ars ua. Rock Iil-.nl (Entered at tha poatoQce as second-class matter.) Xck lalaad Mrmkrr of the Aasat Pi BY THE J. W. POTTER CO. TERMS Ten cer.ts per week, by ear lier, ta Sock Island. Coraplalnta cX delivery service ahould be made to too circulation department which should alao,be notified In every Instaacc vber It' U desired to hare paper discontinued, as carriers have no authority la the premises. All communications of argumentative character, political ofr religious, mast bave real namt attacked for publica tion. No sura articles will be printed Crr fleUtlcis sljiturea. Telephones In all departments: Cet tril Urlon. West 145. 114. and .145. Seturday, May 24, "!913. Royalty come high. The kaiser . ding present. mree emperors are in a,erua louay , drawn toother by the wedoing of the , Kaiser s aaugnter anu it of famliy reunion1 at that. is a sort President Lowell of Harvard says the misspent college careers axe con fined to the youths who have no pur pose in lire. Also that the gayety of college days doo3 not tpoll the student mho is "working his way through." .By a new device bottles containing poison are provided with a bell, but Borne persona are hard of hearing. The safest rule is one of invariable caution. Accidents in taking a wrong dose number many thousands a year. Latest revlsed estimates of the ag- j gregate revenue from the income tax! and that is to get behind every move put the total ct tl00,000,f00, or about ment for the retention of the park. It ' $30,000,000 more thin the previous high estimate. Experts figure that residents of New York will pay one fifth of the tux. If you are so frrtunate as to pos es an automobile remember that there is a patriotic duty imposed upon you next Friday. Let the old goldiers who cannot walk in the Memorial day parade have the ute of it for a couple of hours. Veterans remember that 50 years ago there were no automobiles, tele phones or aeroplanes, and nearly all guns were muixle loaders. The mod ern improvements are many, but there can be none in American cour age and righting tenacity. wm: to wkar srnv h ats One of the must momentous ques tiona now bothering ::en la when to wear the average clti- his straw hat, if he haa one. Men are prone to poke fun at tlio wonieu fur being eluves to fashion, but it requires no inirrofccopic investigation to discover trails of this human weakness iu the masculine makeup and the etraw hat question emphasises this conclusion. Quite a number of citizens have al ready purchased straw hats and have I worn them. Others are pulling for un favorable weather so the can make their r hiny-brimmed derbies tide them overTlntil straw hats uro so universal ly worn that no comment is thus cre ated. The economical citizen who bought a straw hat at the regular sale lft summer haa long since sought the cieaners nd bad li!t fky pieca burn lnhcd and is well satisfied to make it ro the rci'e until the dealers again cut the rrVen. Tiie bent advico on the straw hat question would ha that t.iose lu have straw hats wear them whoa the m earn er is r'ght. When the weather is not rik;ht HubttliutcMhe fe'.t or the derby lid. And in the ncantime always keep in mind tru'.t Ruck Inland merchants have the best cr.d most stylish line cf straw l.uti than run be found an where. FACTS A LOt" T GOOD HOARS. "The Good Iloadsi Yetr Book for 1913." coaiplled and r-hilshed by the American Highways association, pives these facta about the French reads and Klvc3 a va?t deal of other Infor mation couct-ruiu fcood rcais. For example: Missouri has 4.715 miles of ir.iprov ed muds, which Is 4 4 per cent of its total of 107.9:3 miles of roads, im proved and unimproved. Kansas, with 88.S02 miles of public roads, has im proved only 374 miles, or 0.35 per cent. But Indiana hi-.s 24.955 miles Df Improved highways, 36.7 per cent Of all its public road 3. The percen tage ln Massachusetts la higher 56. S per cent. Lut that is because tr.e tats la smaller. It lias S.C74 miles of Improved roads. New York has 15,592 miles of good roads out of a total or 79. 79 highway mil as. Indiana and Massachusetts repre lent the two leading methods ct road construction by locality and by state. Massachusetts has built niott ct its roads by state c!d, or even wholly at itate cost. Indiana's greater mileage (though at smaller cost) hae been constructed at local expense by the benefit of assessment plan. Ia Indiana, if the owners of a ma lority of the acres of land within one tile of a road propated to ba improved petition the county court for its Im provement the court airiai.es the sost and then assesses benefits and lamagee to the land within two miles f the road. The urip tour miles aide pays all the co&l This Indiana law differs from the tew Missouri special benefit district .cad law la Cat ail the authority is with the county court Instead of betnti divided between the county court an3 the local district commissioners. The principle cf payment, however, is prac tically the same in the two laws. Among the nations the French are the greatest road builders. France has 520, OSS miles of road, and of these 3i5,COO are improved highways in the connected national department ara vicinal systems. These roads of France ' represent an investment of 1,100 mil-j lion dollars. They are the chief fac-1 tor in making France, relative to Ks j population, the wealthiest country In the world, with its wealth the most generally diffused. LEST VOL' FORGET. . Deep as is the concern manifest all over the city over the status of Is land City ball park, and deep as would be regret everywhere expressed should the only available place left in the city for out-of-door athletics disappear, it is very much to be feared that the people embracing so large a percent age of the population who are Inter ested in baseball, are indifferent to the gravity of the situation. 'They may not be indifferent in feeling, but they do not take the purpose of the park owners to dispose of the property 1 . . . . , .v fall of 1911 after an all summer strug gle against the inevitable the Rock Tlarwl VtncoHall Aaanpfntlnn flnnnnn(Ail determll,atlon t0 aDandoa lt8 xhree ye franthiRe unleEg otherB ln Rock Island should come forward and as sume it. there was that inclination to discredit the Intentions of the hold ers of the franchise. Rut when after repeated warnings, the association did finally forfeit the trancU;i(i rcucn surprise was expressed Island will see the revival of profeS' It, but it was too late. This experience may be repeated ln the Island City park proposition unless something is done, and that very soon. And if the present park is abandoned it will be a long jtlme before Rock Island will se the revival of profes sional baseball. There is a duty Incumbent upon ev- ery lover of the game ln Rock Island, may be that the city will come for ward and save i: as a last resort. The municipal commission could hot make a more popular move, and those who are interested, not on'.y in the legiti mate sport of professional baseball, but in athletic diversions and exercises for the advantage of the school chil dren and the amateur games and pas times, should impress upon the mem bers of the municipal commission their feelines in the matter as have a num. ber of the civic societies of the city including the Industrial Home associa tion, representative of all the labor organizations. The commission will do the right thing if the people desire. There is no doubt of what the people desire. The only thing is to make uU desire known and settle for all time the ball park and athletic field question. Let the people own the property. I KILLS BAD MOROS? I totittxt a ifrnT' Captain Louie J. Van Schaik, Washington, May 24. Captain Lcuis J. .Van Schaick, U. S. A., has Just been presented with a congTes eional medal of henor for distinguish ed gallantry in action, the highest mark of honor that the government can bestow upon its soldiera. The occ6loa for which he Is re warded was in the Philippines when at the head of a detachment of sixteen men they came upon a large band of Moros while passing through a ravine. Realising that If he gave the crder to retreat his men would be shot down with ease from the sides of the gorge, he ordered them to charge 'and led them Into the flgbt. Three natives fell os a result of his revolver fire. Hi pistol empty, he dismounted and engaged the enemy with hla revolver for a club. Tho enemy was routed and the fight won. Jcne ct his elx teen men were killed although several. Including hlmielf, were severely wounded. Captiin Vsa Bchalc' leaves Wash- inp'on e hortiy for d"ty at the Pre- , ridio at San Francisco j'-X. - ' r- - - ' v " r f f i The Genial Cynic BY CHAELZS GRANT MILLER. QUEST FOR HAPPINESS. "1 wouldn't hare run away from home if I had been treated like other girls if I had been allowed to have a little fun. I wanted a little happiness and I had to go away from home to get it." , These are the words of a 17-year-old girl who ran away from hose to the city, was arrested, and sent back home. She was only a slip of a girl, with an innocent face, well educated, honest-hearted. It is only another of the many, many instances of the sorrowful mistakes that both children and parents often make mistakes which renders impossible that happiness for which we are all searching. The simple story teaches a big lesson. The home, of all places in the world, ought to be the source of truest happiness to parents and children alike. It ought to be pervaded by an air of perfect confidence and understanding. ssA -J But it too often fails in it3 mission, and its members are driven out in to the world on a quest for what they think is happiness. There is a volume of pathos in the simple statement of this young glri that she wanted happiness and that sh e had to go away from home to get it CAPITAL COMMENT BY CLYDE H. JTAVENNER. CONGRESSMAN FROM . THE FOUR TEENTH ' DISTRICT. (Special Correspondence of The Argus.) Washington, May 22. If the Filipino people secure their independence from the democratic ad ministration, the first statue to go into the hall of fame of the Philip pine republic ought to be that of Manuel L. Quezon, the senior commis sioner from the is lands who sits in congress. Quezon" is a bun dle cf live wires charged with dy namic energy. Al- mrvof i IV. M J J I ne nas ceta csr.j lag on the cam paign for Philip pine independence since he first came to congress as res ident commission TAVCNNER er four years ago but with such good success that, the democratic party wrote Philippine independence in its platform for a third time at Baltimore last year, and the administration is showing every indication of carrying out this policy at the earliest possible opportunity. The passion for freedom is not nee born in the breast of Quezon, who at the age of 33 already has a distinguish ed career behind him In his native land. He has fought for freedom on the Philippine battlefields. But lately Quezon haa been finding by experience that his pen is mightier than the sword. He was a second lieu tenant in Aguinaldo's army before he was 15 years old. He rose in the ser - vice to the rank of major. Now he has gone into the wholesale business of creating friends for Phil ippine independence. And he has done this by starting a magazine called "The Filipino People." It Is getting a wide circulation, not only in the arch ipelago, but in this country. From cover to cover it is an appeal for self-government for the Philippines, and almost every word cf it Is writ ten each month by Manuel I... Quezon. When Quezon came to the United States four years ago he knew only a few words of English. He at once re- alized that if he were to attain influ ence in congress he must be able to make speeches on the floor of the house in Englibh. He tcck up a study cf the lansuare. The other day one of the house stenographers told me that of all the men in congress judges, lawyers and learned men used CITY PRIDE This is the story cf a city that has decided to QUii being backward about coming forward, or "The Race of the Cities." The city is East St. Louis, Illinois, which is 70,000 strong in population and a million strong ia eplrit. On Monday, May 12, the germ cf a new idea inoculated the blood of East St. Louisans, and today a Commercial club of 1,075 energetic men attests to the initiative and enterprise of the sturdy little metropolis on the Missis sippi. Here Is how it happened and whyi Men active in the civic life of the community felt the need cf an or ganization that would promote all in terests. With these men to feel was to act. The Commercial club's mem bers decided to attain a membership of 1,000. The task made several gen tlemen who wear their future for a coat tail laugh ln their sleeves. The "live" fellows used their sleeves dif ferently. They rolled them up and got busy. At the city hall on Monday evening, May 12, 1,500 persons gathered in ar-swer to the clarion ca of greater East St. Louis. There we, speeches by thoEe who could speak, ahd a few by those who could not, but ai: were gathered in a common cause and all understood. "The Greater East St. Louis Get To gether" meeting then and there be came an historical event. The plans for increasing the Commercial club's membership were formulated, and 1,500 enthusiastic, civic fans went to their homes to thick hard and work harder tor the success of the Com mercial club's membership campaign. About the same time t&at East St Lcuis was preparing to hurl a civic pebb'e into the brow cf the Goliath of !e?txtTi &er big brother, St, Lcuis, on to public speaking Quezon uses the most perfect English in his remarks. He not only speaks perfectly, but with great effect. He is always listen ed to with great attention. At the conclusion of his first speech he re ceived an ovation, and Speaker Clark summoned him to the speaker's stand and- congratulated him. Quezon is on the Job all of the time. v hen lie is not engaged in Washing, ton, he Is out traveling over the coun try, lecturing in churches, schools and public buildings. The keynote of all his work in the United States Is tho Immediate recog nition of the independence of his peo ple. Quezon's eernestnees, ability and patriotism have done much to pn mote the cause of his people. With his forceful logic, his magnetic per sonality and his young, attractive fig 1 tirn incrAt Vi oi ti-W 'n Vt I a Vi a ri4laa n ex A W wa-111- " Aits uai U'lbHIUU orintal quaintness which makes it the more effective, he mounts a platform before an American audience and de livers a speech directly appealing to the heart and mind of his hearers, con vincing them that his people are capa ble cf governing themselves and are desirous cf obtaining their Independ ecce. At the convention at Baltimore he appeared before the committee on res olution to got into the platform a plaak for Philippine independence. The com mittee had decided to give every per son who appeared before it only three minutes, but Mr. Quezon interested his audience to much that he was al lowed to speak as long as he wanted, and after being frequently interrupted with applause in the course of his re marks, he was very heartily congrat ulated. The democratic platform eon tains tha plank desired by Mr. Quezon. The culmination of Mr. Quezon's life ambition will be the enactment into law of Congressman Jones' independ- enca bill, which would give the Fill pino complete independence at tha end of eight years. Sptakiag of the bill, Mr. Quezon taid: "My people are all for it. Even the moEt conservative Filipinos have expressed their approval." Just above his desk in the house of fice building hangs a very pretty flag a flag of red, white and blue, but with only three stars in the corners of a white triangle, in the center of which is a big round sun "That is our flag," he would explain tr vmt 'T Vi a H-roo etnra rmrcBPtit t Vi o nf t ,n ,k vic i,i. 1 .J .4 V. AU.J f IUC JUJ Mil Ml ago and the island of Mindanao a -id its adjacent islands, and the sun in the center represents the bond of na tionality welding them together. We are "prohibited to display it ia the is lands, but, thanks to God, that law does not govern our doings here." THAT WON the other side fit the Mississippi, was holding a f 3.00 per plate banquet at which it wag decided to raise the membership cf the Business Men's league frcm &50 to 4,000. Three hun dred St Lou-leans attended and pledg ed themselves to obtain the necessary memberships. Et, Louia has 750,000 population; East St, Louis had 70.000, but then, said the buoyant East St. Louisans, "Jack the Giaat Killer," was a hun dred to one Ehot until he delivered the gocds and victory la always to the f fellow who-get3 there first. A bit of municipal history then fol lowed which stands unique ia the an nals cf civic enterprises ln the United State?. Little East St. Louis chaliens ed big St Louig, to a membership race. Said East St Louis with a confident smile, "we will obtain a membership of 1,000. Said St. Louis, "we will obtain 4.000." and then a St. Louis news paper offered a big silver trophy to the city that should win in the race. East St. Lcuis won. The race bsgan Tuesday. Those hustling East St. Loulsans bent every muscle and energy to get away to a flying start. The tallies registered 225 new members oa Tues day, the first day; 221 0n Wednesday, 200 cn Thursday, and 423 on cloa.ng day. Over the line with 75 member ships to spare went the eager-eyed bur.ch of hustling, bustling workers. It was a victory to put the red blood in the veins of a wooden Indian, a triumph to warm the cockles of the most frigid heart. To Make Things Better. It's good to be cbeerfoJ. tmt one way to make this old world better is for the fellow that can't sing U stop trying. Washington Post 1 1 BBMHssniBEHSKKZHJ&HsssMHnBBLfl THE SLAVE. With wtary brain and aching heart He greets another day; i He sadly stumbles forth to start ! upon his weary way: Th sun may shine above his heed and scented breezes blow. But what mean fc. blue skies to him that Need compels to go , To labor where no sunsMne falls, .1 Shut ln by cheerless, dlnsy walls. ' , Estranged from all but woe? J c 'The day Is done," !w sadly slghsj '"Vhat has it broug-M to me? The sunset's glow Is on the Ales Why should I turn to see? 1 I am condemned to live and toll the heavy hours away : TomorrSw I shall still be where I started yesterday; By circumstance to service bound, I must pursue cheerless round, And hurry to obey." , i t- THE LOVER. The tunbrams play across his way, Asd .blossoms that are sweet Come drifting from the trees to stray About his eager feet: He hurries onward hopefully where du ties claim his care. And, claims the pleasures that arise from faithf-il service there And ln his heart he hears along? A little of the West Wind's song. And all bis world Is fair. 1 "How fair the day has been." he cries, What evening's shadows spread; "How rich a glow is ln the sMes, How fair the wny ahead! Sweet mmss have sweetly haunted me through all the splendid clay. And Hope Is !al!!nsf bravely while I hur ry on my way To smiling lips and loving arms My path is through a land oi! charms Where friendly fairies play." Cheated. After the guests were gene the bride locked over the wedding presents very carefully and then sat down, and be gan to weep. "Why, my darling," exclaimed the groom as he gathered her iu his arms, "what is the matter It seems to me that our friends have remembered us very handsomely. I don't know of a single one of them who hasn't given something, and most of the presents are very nice cnes, too!" "Yes," 6he sobbed, "b-b-but there are I no t-t-two alike, and I had been co- counting cn the f-f-fun I would have raking duplicates b-back and getting i money ct themi" SUSPICIOUS. "What makes you think the doc tor didn't know what was the mat ter with you?" "He didn't tell me to come back in a few days. I think be was afraid it was a severe case of some kind, and wanted to get rid of me." Higher Education. They rent their boy to college. It cost them dearly, too; They saved and speculated. As happy parents do. He was a splendid tackle. His fame spread everywhere; Men gazed upon his picture And marveled at his hair. Their boy was graduated, And, oh, it makes them sore To hear him cay "I done it," Just as h did before. Great Orator's Finish. He went to college, took the prize For oratory, and Then from rear platforms talked to all The people in the land;--And twice he missed the honor that Had erstwhile been so dear Hark! You may hear him talking stilL He's now an auctioneer. His Mean Condition. ' "I don't understand your reference to Bardaiey as 'a man of "means.' He tried to borrow a dollar from me yes terday." "He always means to do something worth while, only he never does it" As She Saw it The handsome hospital nurse who married an old wealthy man the other day was very happy la ber reply to a friend who asked why she wedded inch a f.)SKiL "I thought I might a well be engag ed ln m:rticg one oid man us a da.. en." The Daily Story SURPRISE BY CLARISSA MACKIE. Copynmtea, 191J, xy Associated Literary Bureau. A succession of darkly wrapped i forms scudded up the snowy path to Mrs. Teter Weldrake's side door and disappeared within a brief glimpse of i ruddy lighted room. Each time the door opened fo admit another arrival .there were much laughter and noisy conversation before the door became a dark blank again. "Everybody here?" demanded Mr. Weldrake. emerging from her kitchen, large, beetle browed and commanding of aspect She was dressed in a stiff, black taffeta silk skirt of generous width and a white lawn waist. She wore a large white apron, and as she came Into the sitting room there hov ered about ber a defined odor of fresh ly made coffee and recently fried doughnuts. "Everybody here?" she repeated, re viewing the chattering groups of wom en and the awkward men hovering about the door. "All except Althea Laden and her mother," spoke up a young girl. "They oughter been here by this time. I saw them drive away from their house long before we left." There was an embarrassed silence before Mrs. Weldrake answered: "Well, we needn't wait for Altbea Laden and her mother. They ain't coming." She vanished Into the kitchen. "Not coming?" asked the girl who had spoken before. "They wasn't asked," whispered a woman guardedly. "Not asked?" echoed the girl. "'Tisn't likely, is it?" giggled a wo man with a nod of her head toward the kitchen door, and the girl, glancing at Mrs. Weldrake's daughter, Stella, nodded understanding!?. "Althea Laden wasn't asked, to the minister's surprise." The words ran around in low murmured disapproval, for Althea and her mother were village favorites, and the invariable "Why?" and its answer followed. All of the! women already knew that the Ladens had not been invited, but under the stern injunction of Mrs. Weldrake, none bad dared to break the seal of se crecy imposed upon the especially in vited, for this surprise on the bachelor minister of Thornvllle had found its in ception ln the brain of matchmaking Mrs. Weldrake, and Althea Laden was not to be invited. Fat, good natured Stella Weldrake and pretty Althea La den had always been warm friends, and according to Stella's discriminat ing parent that stout, amiable damsel was quite outrivaled by Althea's more delicate charms; hence this surprise party, from which the Ladens were omitted and where Stella was expected to shlue undimmed and perchance cap ture the minister's unsuspecting heart. "It's 9 o'clock," announced Mrs. Wel drake, bustling into the sitting room arrayed ln warm shawls and with a knitted "fascinator" over her iron gray hair. "I guess we better be going. 1 see a lamp lishted in Mr. Whitney's study." She lifted a window curtain and peered across the snowy fields to ward the parsonage. "He don't sus pect a thing." "And, so far as I know, nobody else outside this room knows about the sur prise." added Mrs. Dora Hatch trium phantly as the party trooped forth, each one bearing burdens of toothsome viands. Big Peter Weldrake brought up the rear with a steaming can of cof fee. The surprise party creaked across the snow with much smothered laugh ter mingled with deference ns tbey ap proached the parsonage from the path across the fields. A greeu shaded lamp beamed from the study window, but there was no sign of the minister's dark, well shaped bead outlined against the bookcases. "He's stepped out a minute," breath ed Mrs. Weldrake honrsely. "Most Hkely's he's locking the door after Jen nie Plumb. That's why I waited till 0 o'clock, after she'd got the dUhea done. She's mortal slow." "There she goes now!" The group stood huddled by the back porch watching the bulky form of the black woman who came in by the day to "do" the minister's housework. When Jennie Plumb bad tramped out of sight the surprise party tiptoed care fully around the path to the front door, Mrs. Weldrake lending and her bus band bringing up the rear. A dim light burned in the hall, but save for a green glimmer from the study beyond the parlors were quite dark. Mrs. Weldrake rang the bell once, twice, three times, without re sponse. "I guess Mr. Whitney ain't to home," whispered a doubtful voice. "That's all the better." snapped back ' Mrs. Weldrake. trying the doorknob. j "This door's unlocked, and we can goj right in mid give him the surprise of bl life. The wompn heaped their wraps in the ball in the manuer of those who were accustomed to the business of surprising unsuspecting persons ln their homes and bore their bundles of refreshments kitchenward. their mouths rounded to shout Surprise!" at the hapless minister if be should prove to be ln the bouse after all and should come npon them unexpectedly. The men. feeling some compunction at t)il Invasion, bans; awkward! about the front door as If ready to make a sadden exit la case disaster should overtake their more intrepid women folks. Tbey might understand and enter into a surprise party upon one of the laity, but this encroachment open the minister's privacy was more novel than enjoyable. Dora Hatch bad flitted from room to room and returned to announce thjit there wasn't a soul In the bouse, but that Jennie Plumb was outshining her self its a housekeeper, for Uie who! bouse was la epple pie erdur. "Hren Cowers in trery room carnations at 50 cents a dozen from the city," she ended. You don't suppose be snxpected. do you?" asked Stella, who looked like a M jUnit cud white baby in a white muslin rowd with blue ribbons. "I don't know who could have told him." said Mrs. Weldrake decisively from her executive position before the kitchen range. "I don't believe any body would be mean enough to tell about it.". The fifteen women vociferated their innocence from tale telling, and those who were mnrried exonerated their husbands, and those who were yet un chosen defended their sweethearts. Stella Weldrake looked troubled for a brief instant and then shook off what ever oppressed her mind and smiled across the room at Timothy Weed, who had peered bashfully ln at the door. Timothy blushed and drew back, but he had answered Stella's smile with a very betraying one, if any one had seen it Mrs. Weldra'ke blew out the light in the kitchen, and ushered the snrprisers into the back parlor. "Now, all sit around as quiet as mice, and when he comes into the front ball the hoys will light the lamps and all the rest of us can boiler 'Surprise!' and I guess he will be surprised. It was pretty good luck having him step off down street just at this time." Mrs. Weldrake was feeling satisfied with herself and the result of her planning. She had maneuvered the men out of the front hall, out of their overcoats, relieved them of their hats and mar shaled them into the back parlor. Sev eral of them were stationed with matches held ready to strike at the critical moment so that the full nature of the surprise might be revealed to the astonished and delighted minister on his return. AH at once there came the sound ol sleighbells tbat stopped before the door. The front door opened and closed lin geringly. Then the three lamps were simultaneously lighted, and thirty voices screamed "Surprise!" at the thoroughly surprised minister. If Mr. Whitney was surprised the owners of the thirty voices were equal ly astonished, for their cries died on their lips, end they stood staring fool ishly at the minister and bis compan ion, Althea Laden, who had not been Invited to the party! Altbea stood in the doorway looking very lovely in a long pale gray cloak, beneath which showed a white dress. There were white flowers in her golden hair and on her breast She looked like a bride, and it suddenly dawned upon the sur-1 pri8ers'party that Althea Laden was a bride. Xobody looked at Mrs. Peter Weldrake. Mr. Whitney recovered his self pos session and stepped forward. There was a look of serene happiness on his fine face, and his dark eyes glowed warmly as be thanked them. "My friends, it seems that my mar riage to Miss Laden has become known to you, aud out of the warniness of your hearts you have come to bid her welcome as my wife. 1 shall ever re member this occasion with the great est Joy." "Married?" interrupted Mrs. Wel drake. arising with a magisterial nlr from the chair into which she had fallen at the first shock of the surprise that bad come to her share. Mr. Whitney smiled and reddened and went on with his little speech of thanks, unconsciously stripping the surprise party of Its motive and view ing It In the light of a carefully pre pared welcome for himself and his bride. He explnjncd that a public mar riage would have been In order at a i later date had not Mrs. Laden rrfcoii summoned that very morning to the bedside of a dyiug relative In the west and he had urged an immediate mar riage with Althea, who was to be left behind. They had nil driven over to Meadvllle and been worried by a min ister there and bad then seen Mrs. La den off on her western Journey. "The bride cake must come later," be ended with a smile. Of course they all came forward and kissed Althea aud congratulated the minister. They were heartily glad of the marriage, for Althea was a fa vorite, and It was something of a dis tinction to be one of a surprise party tbat bad turned Into a wedding party. Mrs. Weldrake held herself well In hand, brushed Althea's cheek witb her lips, majestically accepted their thanks as the organizer of the party and led the bevy of ladies who were to serve refreshments. As tbey made their way homeward that evening Mr. Weldrake felt a strange sense of defeat. The minis ter's brief Interest ln Stella had been her only hope tbat that babyish girl would ever be married. Her husband trudged besldd her. swinging the empty coffee can n.ith r Stella was walking In the Timothy Weed. At the front door the Weldrnfces turned and looked back. Young Timothy Weed had bis arm around Stella's capacious waist. "I guess you'll have a wedding on your hands after all before spring, ma." chuckled ber husband as they went Inside. And Mrs. Weldrake blnshed thot be had understood ber scheming, but ate felt straoselv onrnfertpd. May 24 in American History. 17riO Stephen Clrard. founder of Oi rard college. Philadelphia, born: died 1F81. 181f-Tbe Savannah, pioneer steamship aero the Atlantic. sailc( from Kn vnuimh for Liverpool. Length of trip, twenty-four duya. 189.V-Hon, Hugh McCulloch. aocretart cf the L'nlted States treasury (r ' , mz ISnsX diet; hnraj b0V Cramplng the Bank. Cashier U lady rushing check for 13t How will you have it mnilam. j Rcld or notes? Lady Oh. all gold. lease. If you've got it London Punch, i i 0