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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL- FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1907,
i TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
By FRANK P. MAC LKXyAN. -
Entered July 1. 1875, as second-class
1 matter at the postoftice at Tope, Kan,
under the act of congress-
VOLUME XXXIV Mo, 21
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P THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
The State Journal Is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the run any
telegraph report of that great news or
ganisation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jonr-
ral building over wire for this sole pur
ses.
School begins Monday. Don't make
"too much fuss about buying new books.
These chilly mornings are a re
minder that it Is time to worry about
h eoal famine once more.
Bat than. Mr. Rockefeller doubtless
needed that mileage. He probably
os not travel on a pass any more, and
tt takes money to buy railroad tickets.
A. great many Indiana newspapers
are being sent over the country boom
ing Fairbanks for president. Does this
Indicate prosperity for some Indiana
. newspapers?
When the Alton finally takes Its im
munity bath, it is to be hoped that a
tittle carbolic acid will be added to
,the water, and that plenty of soap
!will be used.
An eastern Judge has decided that
betting on horse races is not gam
bling. Which is, of course, correct.
There is no gamble in it. As a rule,
you are certain to lose.
Garden City asserts that the wheat
!bett the beet beit. the cantaloupe belt,
and the pie belt all overlap in that
locality. How uncomfortable it must
be to live at Garden City!
, The teaching of English is compul
sory In Japanese schools. We trust,
however, that Japan will not demand
that we reciprocate by teaching Jap
anese in American schools.
Aocording to the Scott County
News, the wheat acreage will be
doubled in that county this year.
Westward the course of the wheat
belt takes its way,' ho matter what
happens.
Doubtless Artist Earle now begins
to realise that there are a large num
ber of ordinary people in this country-who
do not sympathize with Af
finity and who throw bricks at Tem
perament. Now that Richard Mansfield is
dead, some people are mean enough
to remember how he treated his lead
ing ladles. But they should also re
member that he probably acted that
yny because he was a great actor.
Gardener Lathroo evidently likes to
refer to the Santa Fe as "the child of
Kansas" when he is out in this coun
try. It is a peculiar falling of children,
however, that they frequently get to
feeling that they are bigger than their
parents. '
Uncle Joe Cannon warns congress
against making any mistakes the com
ing winter If the Republican party Is
te be successful next year. And Uncle
Joe's idea of a congress that makes no
mistakes is one that does Just what
.Its speaker tells It.
i "It's a good thing to be reminded
ince In awhile." says an exchange,
"that the old constitution is still there."
And likewise that amendment about
not taking property without due pro
cess of law. The trusts beg of you not
to forget that.
Some of the newspaper paragraph
are are having fun with the late Sul
tan Asia by referring to him as Azwaz.
However, American statesmen who
find themselves in the sultan's post
tlon will continue to be known by the
rsnerlc term of Hazblns.
4i inw yours ago Saratoga was the
most noted Society resort in America.
Today Society goes to Newport, and
Saratoga is famous chiefly for its
horse races and its high-toned gam
bling house. Even Society deserted
It when It went too strongly for that
sort of thing.
The attorney general of Georgia Is
going to have a busy time during the
next year or two. with a stringent pro
hibitory law to enforce. If Kansas did
not need him so badly at home, we
might loan Georgia Fred Jackson. But
we may need Jackson for governor one
of these days.
... Uncle Joe Cannon says he will obey
the call If his country summons him
to the presidential chair,' and he has
the attitude of a man who has his ear
glued to the receiver awaiting the call.
But Uncle Joe might Just as well let
somebody else use the line. That call
will never come.
Senator Depew has Just returned
from Europe and the New Tork pa
pers assert that he brought some new
stories back with him. Is there no
tariff on Imported European stories?
KUst jour .American story Inventors 4
come In contact with the pauper la
bor of European story tellers? Uncle
Joe Cannon ought to have this rem
died.
WALL- STREET'S SURPRISE.
It must be something of a surprise to
Wall Street to learn from such undoubt
ed authority as the agents of the New
Tork Central that the country is not on
the verge of "67 different varieties of
ruin after alL
WaU Street has felt itself hanging
over the brink of the precipice for somo
time, and as it fondly Imagines that it
is the whole country, tt naturally infer
red that the whole country is going In
the same direction that Wall Street
itself is headed, and that it will strike
bottom some time, maybe, with a dull,
sickening thud, or something of the
kind.
Perhaps Wall Street cannot be blamed
for this error, because its point of view
Is extremely narrow. It cannot see
west of the Hudson. It imagines that
Jersey is on the frontier and that the
Bronx is in the wilds of the north. What
Wall Street doesn't know about the re
sources .of this country would fill an
unabridged dictionary, with enough left
over to issue an 8 o'clock extra edition,
But now comes the New Tork Central
Wall Street knows something about
the New Tork Central and it certifies
that the country is not only all right,
but that it is swimming in prosperity
up to Its eyes. The New Tork Central,
in accordance with its annual custom,
asked reports on financial conditions
from its 138 commercial agents through
out the country and without exception
all these agents have returned the most
glowing reports of business conditions.
Naturally Wall Street cannot under
stand it. It knows that these New Tork
Central reports are usually correct. But
with nobody buying its watered stock
and inflated securities, with money
scarce and Interest rates high, with its
automobiles going over the bargain
counter and the prospect of the soup
house staring it in the face the coming
winter. Wall Street does not see how the
country can be prosperous. Heretofore
when there has been any money In the
country, all Wall Street had to do was
to press the button and the country
brought its money in. Now the country
says it is too busy, and for Wall Street
to go chase itself, or to get out and work
if it wants to eat. As a matter of fact,
the country is investing Its funds in its
own business instead of buying Wall
Street's gold bricks and undigested se
curities. No wonder it is hard for the
brokers to realize the situation.
THE REFORMATORY TROUBLE.
While comparatively little of the evl
dence in the reformatory investigation
at Hutchinson has reached the public.
it Is to be hoped that there will be no
disposition to apply a coat of white
wash to anyone concerned. If condi
tlons in the reformatory are not what
they should be in such an institution.
let the blame be placed where it be
longs, whether on the board of man
agers, the superintendent, or the en
ployes, and may there be a thorough.
housecleaning wherever necessary.
The personal differences between of
ficers or employes are something the
public is not interested in, except as
such differences might affect the influ
ence of the officers over the inmates,
but the state is Interested in knowing
whether the reformatory Is conducted
to really reform the inmate's or only
for purposes of punishment and re
venge.
The state of Kansas has several nun
dred thousand dollars Invested In that
Hutchinson reformatory. Its object is
to educate and train boys and young
men who have made a wrong step
who, through wrong associations or a
sudden temptation, have committed a
first crime. If the object is only to
punish such offenders, they might as
well be sent to the penitentiary and
avoid the necessity of a reformatory,
but if a special effort is to be made to
get them started in the right road
again, those who are over them should
be men specially adapted to that kind
of work and men who will exert a
helpful influence instead of a wrong
one.
Stories that have come from the insti
tution for months have Indicated that
the reformatory might be improved.
The fact that a boy not yet out of his
teens killed himself in the streets of
Topeka rather than go back to the
reformatory, from which he had been
paroled, was not a very flattering
recommendation for the manage
ment.
The stories of excessive cruelty and
that records have been changed to
cover up the real cause of the death
of one inmate, stories that have Just
come out in the present investigation
are news to the public. They may
be true and they may not. If that
story about changed records Is true, it
would appear that some of those in
authority ought to change places with
the Inmates.
At any rate, the Hutchinson re
formatory should be made a real re
formatory institution, and Governor
Hoch should see that the officers,
from the directors down, are men
who will command the respect of the
boys under them, instead of arousing
their contempt.
DREAMS.
An extremely commonplace subject
which is understood but little. Is made
the topic of an article by Dr. Woods
Hutchinson in the American Magazine
for September. This elusive subject of
dreams, with the impressions and pre
sentiments that they bring, have for
ages been the cause of much specula
tion, yet scientists still know compara
tively little of the real workings of the
mind in some of these' dreams. Others,
however, are easily accounted for.
"Some of our common dreams," says
Dr. Hutchinson, "seem to be directly
traceable. Slipping down of the blankets
is followed by dreams of Arctic relief ex
peditions or falling Into snow drifts. A
gas-distended stomach, pushing up the
diaphragm and compressing the lungs,
produces dreams of 'something sitting
on your chest," or dramatic struggles
against other forms of suffocation.
"The common, single dream that of
falling, falling, falling from a great
height to wake with a ' gasp of relief
Just as you are about to strike and be
dashed to pieces, is probably due to
the general muscular relaxation and
falling of the head, arms, and limbs
which accompanies settling down to
sleep. Careful studies have shown that
it almost Invariably occurs during the
first forty-five seconds of steep. -A slip,
or change of position, of a sixteenth of
an inch is enough- to suggest the idea
of falling to the brain. It 'does the rest,
and provides out of its swarming store
house of Images the precipices, flights
of stairs, giddy mastheads, and other
scenic effects. If the impression is not
vivid enough to wake you, you "strike
bottom' with a delicious sensation of
restful warmth and repose. Just such as
your tired body is getting from Its
'downy couch.
"The next common dream, which we
have all bad scores of times, which, as
Dickens quaintly said, he 'was sure even
Queen Victoria, with all her royal ward'
robes full of clothes, must have also
bad, that of suddenly finding yourself
In publkj half-dressed, seems almost
equally traceable.
"The dreams, and we can all recall its
mortifying vividness, is usually assoclat
ed with insufficient, or displaced, bed
clothes. This gives our drowsy brain
cortex the idea that we haven't suffi
cient clothes on. Our arms and shoul
ders being completely covered by the
close-fitting upper half of the nightgown,
the impression of unprofectedness comes
most vividly from our unencased lower
limbs. Our well-trained modesty takes
furious fright and hlnch illae lachrumae.
hence these weeps.' "
JOURNAL ENTRIES
As we understand it, Walter Well-
man is the Happy Hooligan among
explorers. He has a hard time get
ting started.
The Parsons Sun believes that
"Richard Mansfield was a theatrical
genius who might have been more to
the stage than- any man of his time
if he had possessed suavlter in modo
among his gifts." Why In creation,
then, didn't Dick buy a little with that
xsuu.uuu rortune of his? Looks like
he could have afforded It.
The army worm Is Injuring the al
falfa fields In Harvey county. Colonel
Coburn should see that It Is court
martialed at once. '
1 Some people talk entirely too much
in English alone, so It would be fool
ish for them to learn other languages,
too.
We find It extremely difficult to
worry about the coal famine as much
as we did before natural gas reached
Topeka.
JAYHAWKER JOTS
Iola now has a dozen automobiles,
which it figures are enough for a
"club."
- H. J. Hagny, former editor of the
Wichita Beacon, is spending the sum
mer in Europe.
It costs five dollars to ride a bicycle
on a sidewalk at Concordia. That town
evidently believes in making people pay
for luxuries.
Here are two items which the Em
poria Gazette always makes a special
point of running at this season every
year: "The girls who have come to at
tend normal this year are the hand
somest set of girls that ever attended
the school." "The football prospects
this year are brighter than -ever before
in the history of the institution."
A Labette county farmer, according
to the Parsons Sun, got up one night
last week about midnight and heard
the cows in his corn field. After he
chased the cows out of the field, a
happy thought struck him. As the
heat had been very oppressive in the
day time, he thought he would har
ness up his team and plow until break
fast was ready. After breakfast was
over he went out and plowed again un
til about 9 o'clock, when he unhitched
his team and went to the house, think
ing he would He around in the shade
during the remainder of the day. About
this time a near neighbor with whom
he had been swapping work, appeared
on the scene and wanted him to come
over and stack hay for him the balance
of the day, and of ' course, he couldn't
refuse. It was nearly dark that even- ,
ing when they finished and tne eariy
riser was about "all In." He says that
was about the longest day he ever saw.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago New
Short lives make merry undertak-
ers.
All praise is more or less treacher
ous mostly more.
Eating is one expensive habit every
body seems to have.
No. Alonzo. armed chairs are not
classed as hostile furniture.
How to work an embroidered slip
per First catch your boy, ana men-
A man la seldom aa indifferent to
his wife aa he thinks she is to him.
The three best cards in the game of
life are industry, honesty and sobriety.
Manv a man does things he
wouldn't do Just because his wife tells
him not to.
Owing to the present style It's rath
er difficult for a woman to laugn in
her sleeve.
rvntiti nre-fer woman patients be
cause a woman Is naturally Inclined
to keep her mouth open.
The man who lives with his wife,
mother and mother-in-law can give
pointers on the practical working of
the "rule of three."
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Oysters are opening up for business,
irven the burglar shouldn't take too
much for granted.
Th cold, gray dawn of the morning
after is really blue.
The poet's lays do not necessarily
Indicate that he is lazy.
Few people can rise In- the world
without feeling uppish.
No man can add to his stature by
standing on his dignity.
In the matter of talk a woman only
gives In when she gives out.
An Irishman named Patrick should
have no difficulty in getting his meals
down pat.
It makes some people unhappy to
think that other people are not as
happy as they are.
When an eloping couple run away
In a balloon it Is a difficult matter to
follow them jjjk ... i
KANSAS COMMENT
SAME OLD FOOLISHNESS.
The dispatches yesterday announced
that a woman lion trainer had been
lulled bv th lions she was training.
Why a sane and Intelligent person
would want to go Into an iron cage
with a lot of ferocious beasts and
drive them from one part of the cage
to another to demonstrate their fool
hardiness is a mystery. The ultimate
end of almost all of them is a terrible
death, torn to pieces and mangled by
the vicious brutes, but still every year
we find the shows and summer resorts
supplied with this character of enter
tainment, and people go and stand
and look in a semi-horrified state of
mind at thei woman - dressed in
gorgeous apparel enter the cage with
a wnip and begin to lasn me growling,
ill-natured and fretful beasts. Every
year the same story is written about
the . lions killing the trainer.. It is
true that aa- long as people are willing
to pay -to see- this kind of a perform
ance there will be women foolish
enough to try to earn their living in
mis precarious manner. sauna jour
nal. .. ,
."- WHY IS IT?
Since the report of passenger earn
ings In Minnesota under the. two-cent
fare law shows an increase in earn
ings and the roads in Kansas still re
fuse to lower the passenger rate, the
popular idea must be revised. Before
the report was received from Minne
sota It appeared that the railroads
were selfishly opposed to a reduction
of passenger rates because they feared
it would reduce their revenues, put
with this additional light on the mat
ter showing that a two-cent fare ac
tually increases, the revenue, the only
logical conclusion that remains is that
the railroads are actually sacrificing
an increase In their profits to keep
tne people of this state from traveling
too much. Salina Journal.
"PARTY aIdVANTAGE.''
Curtis says he Is in favor of tariff
revision, "but not until after the next
presidential election." Same old par
rot quotation. In favor of tariff re
vision, but not until after the next
election. When pressed for the rea
son he favored delay of action that
would benefit the people, Mr. Curtis
replied: "It is purely a matter of
party advantage." That is the sort of
public servants we have. They con
ceive It to be their duty to serve party
first and if it ever becomes convenient I Morgan's Boston syndicate they ac
to do something for the people which 1 quired, through a lease, all the West
cannot in any way injure the chances End consolidated roads and their fran
fnr napfv cTir,uo thon nmilmM It la 1 chlses. and the Boston Fllevntorl nnll-
possible for the people to get atten-
tlon. Mankato Advocate.
FROM OTHER PENS
TAFT AS A STUMPER.
For a heavy weight Secretary Taft is
a good deal of a sprinter. He gets about
filling engagements to speak as nimbly
as Mr. Bryan did in his younger days.
A speech in the morning, another in the
afternoon, and a third at . night, with
several receptions thrown in, do not tire
him at all. Here Is food for thought.
If he Is nominated for president next
year will the secretary make a tour?
If Mr. Bryan runs again he is almost
certain to Swing around the circle, as in
his former campaigns.-- This will be a
sort of challenge to the opposition, and
an effective stumper like Secretary Taft
might be tempted to" accept it. And
with both candidates abroad hunting
votes snakes 'would be waked from ocean
to ocean. Washington Star.'
THE PICTURE POSTAL CARD.
The picture or souvenir postal card Is
probably doing more to make the world
known to the untraveled than all the
geographies and gazetteers. There Is
scarcely a village anywhere in the do
main of the Postal Union that has not
had its picture taken for a postal card
impression in black or white or in
colors, and thus its humble fame has
been carried over seas and introduced to
the four corners of the union. All the
aliens and prodigal sons cannot return
for the old home week celebrations, but,
thanks to the man who invented the
picture postal card they may be remind
ed of the old home scenes at an expendi
ture of a few cents. New YorTc Sun.
GREAT ISSUE OF THE DAT.
What an awful menace the nature-
faker Is to the' republic has been too
little understood. When President
Roosevelt had ' his first talk with a I
magazine Interviewer on wolves' fangs I
and caribou fawns It was regarded as
one of those passing diversions to
which . high statesmanship conde
scends. But now that, with his own
pen, over his own signature, he has
pointed out the perils of the hour, it is
time for all decent citizens to rise to
their duty and avert the crisis. New
York world. -
THE STATESMAN'S BREADTH.
The governor of New Tork is not only
a clear-headed, practical executive, but
he has the statesman's breadth of
thought in discussing principles of gov
ernment, and also in directing the ap
plication of these principles to the end
that the people's interests may be se
cured at every point.-r-Baltlmore Sun.
PRETTY NEAR RIGHT.
A Harvard professor who has been
figuring on the matter says it costs
about $25,000 to rear a middle class
boy In this country. Any father who
Is buying shoes for a lively youngster
will take the professor's word for It
without foolish questioning. Chicago
Kecord-Herald.
BEST IN THE SHOP.
It cost the United States $2,554,970
to maintain order in Cuba during the
fiscal year recently ended. Well, we
may at least have the satisfaction of
knowing that it was a pretty good
brand of order. Chicago Record
Herald. STOCKING UP ON ISLANDS.
Having an insatiable appetite for
islands, the United States government
is about to buy three more, situated In
Panama bay. Besides, it is cheaper to
purchase those already there than to
move thtther any of the numerous
Islands that we have on hand. Chi
cago News.
LONG-KELT WANTS.
It remains for some lover of hu
manity to start a crusade against the
collapsible "gocart," the springless
lumber wagon In miniature, in which
the unthinklne mother Jolts her help
less Infant over the Jagged pavements
and uneven sidewalks, to tne peril of
its little bones.
HARMONY OF THE DEMOCRATS.
There Is nn nnfiinlon among real
Democrats, but there Is much confusion
among those Republican "safe and
saners" who parade as Democrats in the
hope that they can run it to suit the In
terests of privilege and monopoly.
Johnstown Democrat, I
A FRTBSTD.
Hf'" ?t an awful stubby tair, " "
Most time he's full of fleas;
if far.'?.an lopped over and
He a full of dog disease:
He can t go In the kitchen 'cause
He makes such tracks, you see.
But I can't help but like him. for
He is so fond of me.
He's all chewed up from fighting, which
A dog was made to do;
He smells some when it's rainy, but -
His heart la good and true.
And if I go inside he waits.
All morning if need be.
Until I'm through, which shows that he
- fa awful fond of me.
He ain't a very fancy dog.
Nor very much for looks;
I never saw a dog like him
In any of my books;
Sometimes he gets the mange until
His hair comes off, but he
Don't seem to care for beauty if
I let him follow me.
I only need to pet him and "
He wags his tail and barks.
And me and him together go
On lots of Jolly larks.
Sometimes he chases chickens or
A tomcat up a tree, . .
But I don't ever whip him, 'cause
He is so fond of me.
I don't know where I got him. but
He must nave been growed up
Before I can remember,' for
He never, was a nun.
And maybe folks don't like him when
Their cats go up a tree.
But I can't help but like bun when
i- Know he s fond of me.
New .Tork Times.
Boston's Elevated System.
The street railwavs of Creator Rmtnn
have been merged into a single great
corporation: but the munlr,!
retains the effective control that In
heres in the possession of an indispen
sable link, in fact the keystone of the
system, the subway through the heart
of the city. This merger of the fr.rrr.or
city and suburban companies was h-
sequently crowned by the acquisition.
ai a. nominal price, by Mr. John Pier
pont Morgan, prompted by his Boston
associates, of the then apparently val
ueless, unworkable charter for the
Meigs Elevated railway. This charter,
bought for a song, because h
with its queer mechanical system and
with certain provisions for the protec
tion of public rights -and abutting pro
perty, making it impossible to construct
it where city real estate has great
value, was' found to have a m-ecimis
Joker" embodied In it In the provision
securing the irrevocability of any loca
tion once given It. This "Joker" had es
caped due attention in the framing of
the law in the midnight of the last day
of a session of the legislature. With
I this $200,000 charter in the hands of "Mr.
way company, thus began to receive
C dividends at the rate of 6 per cent on
I a capitalization or ten million dollars
1 long before any train had been run
over any part of its elevated struc
ture. New England Magazine.
A Felicitous Aside.
Senator Beverldge, describing
campaign wherein he had out-gener
aied a rival, said:
"When It became plain that victory
was mine, when my opponent's face
began to grow darker and more for
bidding, I smiled to myself; I could
have muttered to myself some such
felicitous aside as that which came
from the small boy who was being
spanked
."In the course of . his spanking the
boy's mother paused to say, in sincere
tones:
'Trm m.r thla V,,,..t- -via -
than it does you.'
"And thereupon, in his odd, face
downward position, the boy winked
and muttered to himself:
"'I was afraid that hard board I put
in the seat of my trousers might injure
her delicate hand."
Why He Was Tired.-.
A man alighted from a train, and
after walking labbriously up the short
flight of stairs which led to the wait
ing room, stopping a few times on the
way to rest, he looked round for a
place to sit down. His wan. thin face
heavy eyes, and general appearance of
weakness and dejection attracted at
tention, and a kind old gentleman ac
costed the stranger and asked if he
could be of any assistance,
No-o, thanks," the young man
drawled out; "I'll get along If I take
my time about it.
"Are you 111?"
"No-o, I'm not 111. But I feel as if
I. were completely done up."
. "Been In an accident?"
"No-o. I'm Just, tired; that's all
Thanks; you may call a hansom tor
me, if you will. Don't believe I could
ever walk out to the tramway. I don't
mind if you carry my bag. I'm so
tired." i
"What's the matter with you?"
"Oh, nothing much; I'm Just re
turning from my holidays. I'll be all
right in a week or two." Tit-Bits.
To Balance.
For more than a week the teacher
had been giving lessons on the dog,
and so when the inspector came down
and chose that very subject there
seemed every prospect of the class dis
tinguishing Itself on brilliant essays
about our canine friend. Things were
progressing quite satisfactorily, and
the master was congratulating himself
on tne trouble ne had taken, when.
alas! a question was asked which mad a
him tremble for the reputation of his
scnoiars.
"Why does a dog hang his tongue
out of his mouth?" asked the Inspec
tor.
"Yes, my boy," he said to a brlght-
looKing ma wno neia up nis hand.
while the light of genius was In bis
eye.
"Please, sir. It's to balance his tail!
And the teacher groaned in anguish.
Not In Sherlock's Class,
To Frederick Kohler, Cleveland's
chief of police, a reporter submitted
the other day an idea for use In the
war against male flirts that Mr. Kohler
is waging.
"Your Idea Is novel," said the Chief.
laughing, "but, from the practical
point of view, I am afraid that there
is not much in it.
"In fact If you'll excuse me vour
Idea reminds me of a remark that is
Imputed to one of my Cleveland
sleuths.
"They say that this man, examining
Jeweler's window that had
smashed In, muttered to himself,
sagely: -
By gosh, this is more serlona-rhnn
I thought. It's broke on both' sides.' "
His. Stock Out.
The sea's voice In. the night w in
finitely sad, and, as it were In fear nf
brooding deep, they clung together
even more closely,! more convulsively,
than before- . .. , - i ..
Dear, Tie said, "dear, how can von
be sure you really love, me?"
"Oh, Cyril' she. replied and there
was that r m ner - sweet voice
which moved hira to the soul. ."Oh, I
Cyril, since I have known you I have I
quite come to admire protruding J
arsi,r . ..s ui,.-r:
THE EVENING STORY
Romance of a Geranium Leaf.
(By Mary W. Mount.)
His friends declared that Herbert
Wyndham would one day be recog
nized as a great artist. "Genius will
out," they insisted, grieving secretly
over the undisguisable poverty which
alung to man and-studio. .
They were Jubilant in this declara
tion when Miss Ruth Greville sat to
him for a portrait. She was the first
butterfly who had drifted from the
gilded realms of society into the ob
scure studio in Herkimer street. With
her came a breath of luxury from a
world which had long become a stran
ger to Wvndham.
Her parents arranged with the ar
tist for her sittings. Now and then ail
three turned and looked at her, set
tling between them the pose in which
she was to be painted. The girl her
self said little. She appeared sweetly
anxious to have the portrait painted
exactly as her parents pleased. Of
personal vanity she seemed to have
none. Wyndham stirred with keen
pleasure as he noticed her apprecia
tive scrutiny of bis pictures. She evi
dently understood something of art.
Wyndham saw behind the roses and
lilies of her face, in its frame of curl
ing hair, a mind to be explored. He
was eager to begin the portrait.
When he did his hand was unsteady.
To the excitement of a first profitable
order of the kind he had longed for
was added the excitement of painting
a face whose kindling beauty baffled
while It enchanted him.
Some unformed Idea of delightful
chats' about art had lingered in his
mind, to be brushed aside like a cob
web at her first sitting. She was cold,
with a calm serenity which held him
aloof as effectually as some impassa
ble barrier. Nothing of haughtiness
tinged her manner. It seemed merely
not to occur to her that any social In
tercourse could exist between an aris
tocrat in Elm-wood avenue-and a dwel
ler In this small studio at the top of
thre flights of dingy stairs. Her very
youth took off the sting of this Inso
lence of weaitn. tsne was so entirely
unconscious of It.
Perhaps this Impalpable barrier of
reserve might have been brushed aside
to some extent had Wyndham been
less sensitive to it. He met her unre
sponsiveness with like reserve, her un-
communicativeness with silence.
But as he painted in the lines ot
her graceful figure, and the bloom of
her face grew under his hand upon
the canvas, he was acutely conscious
of every lovely contour and tint, mad
ly rebellious that this girl, with her
wide, Intellectual brow and sort, sym
pathetic eyes, never vouchsafed him a
single unnecessary word, never looked
his way with an even momentary sym
pathy.
"Your hair baffles me!" he declared
one day, laying down his brush. Some
thing in his tone startled her. "Are
artists always so intense?" Bhe asked
herself.
She raised her hand to the ripples
of her pale brown hair, where golden
lights shifted and changed with i
warm glow as alluring as It was Im
possible to express. Her violet eyes
widened.
"Shall I change my position?" she
asked
He rushed Into an explanation of
the difficulty of painting light In hair.
She looked interested but made no
comment. j.-.-
Wyndham saw that her observant
eyes noted every makeshift in the
studio. It hurt him to feel that she
comprehended every particle of the
poverty of his life. This hurt the more
when, toward the last,- he thought that
he surprised a look of pity in her eyes.
He hardly expected her to tell him
at parting that she meant to send all
her friends to him to be painted be
cause he did it so beautifully. But she
did, and she kept her word. Wynd-
ham's friends said that luck had come
to him in a golden spoon.
To Wyndham, sitting alone in his
studio, poring over a delicate sketcn
of a beautiful girl, with eyes of tender
est sympathy and golden lights in her
curling hair, luck seemed to have de
parted. All that was left of those
weeks of poignant emotion was this
secret sketch of a girl whose soft eyes
looked Into his with an expression
which tne living eyes had never worn.
This, and a leaf of rose-geranium
which she had dropped upon the floor,
She had missed it when she left, for
he saw her glance at her dress and
then about her, as though seeking
something. In a little memorandum
book In an Inside pocket he kept it
where he could peep at It whenever he
Jotted In a date or looked up a refer
ence.
One day the glory of life seemed to
flood his world again, for Ruth Gre
ville came to his studio. A charity ba-
zar was to be held, and she had
charge of the art table. She wanted
a picture for It. and she thought he
might contribute some little sketch,
He promised more than that. He
would superintend the erection of her
stall and decorate it himself. She won
dered at his enthusiasm. When he
refused payment for the work she was
embarrassed. This had not been what
she Intended. Nor did she realize till
long afterward that a busy artist oou'.d
not spend two days overseeing the
erection and decoration of the most
beautiful booth In the baxar without
some pecuniary loss.
She was charmed with his work and
unbent to be gracious although she
had first cast a startled glance at the
distinguished-looking man in evening
clothes who approached her. when
Wyndham became a purchaser at her
stall. "
Because he read her thought so
well, he made but a small purchase
there a trifle decorated by her own
hands. She saw him spend freely at
another booth.
After that Wyndham removed to a
better studio. He would try to forget
her, he told himself. He did not suc
ceed. Every frou-frou of silken skirts
upon his stairs made his heart pound
expectantly. One day she came.
He hoped she had not notioed his
pallor and nervousness when he wel
comed her. He feared she had for a
sort of wandering . Interrogation
flashed over her mobile features.
She wanted to have an engagement
made for some work, she said.
His hands still trembled as he pulled
out his little book and turned over its
pages. From between them there flut
tered a rose geranium leaf. A flood of
crimson rushed to his forehead. His
eves of guilty consciousness betrayed
all the story of his love to ner glance
of swift Inquiry and comprehension.
He saw that she recognized the leaf
but he could not conceal the tender
ness with which he picked It up.
It was such a pretty leaf so won
derfully formed he stammered
apologetically.
She looked at him bravely, a flush
fading from her own cheeks, and ex
plained her errand as though the lncl-
dent of the leaf had meant nothing to
her. But as he wrote down a date
there suddenly rushed over her the re-
membranes of his faithfulness, bis
proud dignity In poverty, his modest)
in hard-won success.
. She paused upon the threshold and
held out her hand.
"Won't you come to see me?" she
asked simply. Her eyes were filled
with a light he had never seen In them
before. In their depth, he read sur
render. "Come soon," she added, tremulous
ly withdrawing her hand, "for I hav
long wanted to say this." (Copy
righted by E. C. Parcells.)
HVM0R OF THE DAY
Stella So you kissed the young parson
in the dark hall, thinking It was yeur
mother. You must have felt awfully
take" w yu discovered your mls-
,'i'ieJr?.h"lpL W.hy' t9lt I"" a Friday
remnant at a Monday bargain sale. Chi
cago News,
Teacher Yes, Freddie, the tall of the
comet is t.000,000 miles long
Freddy Geel There wouldn't be no fun
tyln a tin can on the end o" thst-llnl.
an Herald.
"T'" MrB- Muey. "I always try
to retire before midnight. I don't like to
miss my beauty sleep."
"Really," said Miss Knox, "you should
try harder. You certainly doot gat enough
of it." Philadelphia Press.
Father (Impressively) Consider our nu
merous captains of Industry and keep in
mind that nearly all were the architects
of their own fortunes.
Son Sure! But you don't see any of
them exhibiting blueprints of the details
of construction. Puck.
"I have always noticed." remarked the
man who comments on things, "that when
a man begins going down hill it's a migh
ty hard matter to stop."
"True." replied Senator Badger. "For
you can always count on a good-sized
crowd shoving behind." Milwaukee Sen
tinel. The Modern Racing Seat. First Blue
Jacket (watching a close finish) Crlckey.
Bill! Look at 'em bumping one another
Second Bluejacket Garn, ye silly. You
wouldn't make much of a shape at steer
in' any sort o' craft If you was sdttin' on
the bowsprit like them little chaps.
Punch.
"Yes,"" said Cassidy, "the poor lad's
glttin' along purty well."
"But," said Casey,- "I thought ye said
he was mortally injured."
"So he is, but his hurts ain't quite as
mortal as they thought at first." Phila
delphia Press.
Bacon I see this paper says there Is
no kissing In Japan, except between hus
band and wife.
Egbert But It doesn't say between whose
husband and whose wife. Yonkers States
man. "My dear,"wrote the love-sick man, "oh,
that I might feel again the press of your
hand."
Three months later when the letter waa
read In court he realized that he had been
writing tor tne press. Detroit Free Press.
"Who Is that youngster?" asked the vis
tor to the sanctum.
"That." replied the editor, "is Just the
new office boy."
"Oh! I thought his face seemed famil
iar." "Perhaps it Is, but his manner is more
so." Philadelphia Press.
The Kid Pa, what is an automobile
meet?
The Dad Anybody that gets In the way
of one is automobile meat. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Old Crookybo I think we'd better have
the passage and staircase repapered while
I'm laid up, Mrs. Grimage.
Mrs. G. (his housekeeper) Lor", sir;
ain't yer better wait and see ow yer goes
on fust? Them Coffins do make such
work with a staircase wall papers.
"You have some ugly customers at
times?"
Yes. but things even up.
"How so?"
"I have lots of pretty ones." Pittsburg
Post.
Landlord Sir. the other tenants will not
stay in the flat if you insist on playing the
cornet.
Mr. Toots I m glad of that. They were
very annoying. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Jones Do you feel that when your
husband is away from home he is think
ing of your
Mrs. Smith Tes. He thinks of me, and
that's why he stays away. Judge.
Fop!"
Yes, my son."
A man that manages a balloon Is call
ed an aeronaut?"
"Yes, my boy.
"And a man who runs an automobile Is
called a chauffeur?"
"Yes, my boy.
"Well, what would you call a man who
runs a phonograph pop."
Oh an unuesiraoie citizen, my son.
Yonkers Statesman.
GLOBE SIGHTS.
- From the Atchison Globe.
Back-pedal when you find yourself
talking too much.
Nearly every social pleasure a man
has costs him either gray hairs or
money.
A woman using face powder is like a
man drinking whisky: Everybody knows
It.
Being patient has ,lts disadvantages.
The laziest person the writer ever knew
was also the most patient-
If you are unable to find good canta
loupes, here Is the trouble: You are so
old that cantaloupes no longer taste
good.
When a girl of 16 gets a letter written
by A Man, she uses the envelope for the
next six months as a book mark.
There Isn't one letter In a hundred
that has any sense or purpose In It, yet
postmen all over the country are heav
ily burdened with them.
'I've done nothing today," said a re
porter late this afternoon, "but take off
my hat to women. That's about all
that's going on these hot days."
Sav what you please about hospitality.
there are an awful lot of people, who,
when asked If they have company, say:
'No, thank goodness."
What becomes of all the fine clothes
bride receives? If she does her own
housework, within two weeks after mar
riage, she begins to look as tough
around the house as she ever looked.
Perhaps one reason there wasn't so
much purposeless spooning in the days
of long ago was that coal oil in tnose
days cost one dollar a gallon. Does this
go m the account for or against John IX
Rockefeller?
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New Tork Press. 1
A mighty poor way to amuse girl
Is not to flirt with her.
What a woman likes about dreams
is that sometimes In them she . has
curly hair.
The more times a man gets his en
gagements broken the greater danger
he is In that his luck will turn.
- You can tell when a pair are on
their honeymoon by the way they try
to fool each other that everybody
doesn't know It.
A good thing about visiting people
Is to stay so long that you won't have
to go again because they won't ask
yon.