s'V ir-V yrt ."!---; SpS S?r - " -V 'dressing room as he divests him self of the protecting shin guards. He has not suffered, and even his mental anguish, from the very na ture of his temperament, is pain less. He is amiable after business hours and sometimes even ani mated. His relaxation is grand opera 'and he will listen for hours to amibtious productions like "Lohengrin." contentedly eat . ing peanuts all the whjle. Among his friends, who are le gion and then some, Adolf is known for a naive way of express ing himself. That is to say, he generally expresses himself by freight. For instance, once he had to run for a boat in order to reach another city where hehad an en gagement to appear oh the funny page. He just made the boat, be ing pulled on by the captain as she swung clear. "You had to sprint for it, didn't you?" said the captain. 'You are breathing hard'. Adolf replied, "No, captain, on der contrary, I am pantless." However, in the final analysis his meaning is always plain, as in the case where he speeks of spats as "vests vich dey vear on shoes." Among other things Adolf is a bon vivant and a good judge of goose flesh. o o A CONFIRMED TASTE. "I'm blest if I see what Blab kins finds to admire in that Miss Jorkins," said Hinkleigh. "Why, she's wholly made up." "That's it, I guess," said Hark away. "Blabkins always was crazzy about fiction." Harper's .Weekly. "SCARLET 'FEVER BABY" " TO.WED Msmmm?r X 53HflMWras3 - t iM? l " J mccis , iWW6n This is Miss Marthena Harri son, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Russell Harrison and- grand daughter of the former'prcsident, Benjamin Harrison, whose en gagement to marry -Harry' A. Williams, jr., of Norfolk, Va., has just been announced. She will b.e remembered as the "scarlet fever baby," of the white house because when she was ill there the" mansion was under, quarantine. , ! 'o o , ' Well Known Characters. , The Rent .Collector. The Plumber. , The. Janitor, MMttmimaMl