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TH E M AD ISO N I A N
he Valentine
. - m ITILBVM. A NESBTT
In days of old s TalmtfaM
Was mada of parchment, fold on fold.
And in quaint languara: "I am thine,"
Wu the soft message that It toid.
Twas written in a stately style
And ornamented with a scroll.
And rowed bar beauty could beguile
A monkish souL
Then later came the flowered things.
Bedecked with cupids and with doves
Which bore upon their spreading wings
The burden of undying lores.
Ah, such impassioned lyrics, too, .
Concealed from undesired gazal
Twas the accepted way to woo
In those old days.
Again the fashion changed, and then.
Milady fair must hare a fan.
Or fine remembrance sent her when
A valentine she needs must scan.
Anonymous yet deftly sent
So that she knew the source full well.
And cheered or crushed the sentiment
The gift must talL
Once more the fashion changed, and so
The Talentine was changed likewise
Into a thing of sheen and show
Meant for a lorely lady's eyes.
It told of how the sender felt
When he was pierced by Cupid's dart;
The Valentino Trhereon twas spelt
Looked like a heart
Today another style is here; '
The man who fain would woo and win
Assures the lady that she's dear
With quite a grim, sarcastic grin.
He sends a Talentine today
Sans lace, sans flowers and sans Terse
He speeds a missive on its way
Shaped like a purse.
LOVE IS NEVER BLIND
Little God May Do Strange
Things, but His Eyesight Is
of the Best.
BEFORE Miriam became engaged to
marry Fred she had heard much
and read more about love. "Love"
is this; "love" is that; "love" is the
other thing. "Love" gives all; "love"
demands sacrifices; "love" spells hap
piness; "love" means misery, and so
on through a long list of possible and
'Impossible conditions.
Being a perfectly normal man, Fred
had certain faults.
Some of them were glaring, but Mir
iam, if she saw them at all, forgave
them because she loved him. "
A friend said: "Miriam, I don't see
how you can endure Fred. He's so
full of faults. But I Buppose love is
blind and you don't notice his short
comings." Then it was that Miriam consulted
Aunt Anna.
"Is love blind, auntie, dear?" said
6he. "Or does it give one an insight
into the real charm and goodness un
seen by others?"
"That depends, child, upon the kind
of love, and also upon the individ
ual. "Surely from the many 'misfits,' the
many unsuitable matches we see, I
am inclined to say that love is not
only blind, but deaf and dumb as well.
"You remember, my dear, Jim Mer
lin, an avowed worshiper of beauty,
married Ellen Short, one of the home
liest girls in the village.
"We see beautiful women marrying
perfect frights coarse, ignorant men
and one scarcely can pick up a pa
per but one sees a story of an heiress
eloping with a chauffeur or groom, a
boy marrying a woman old enough to
be his grandmother, or a sweet young
debutante selling herself to the an
cient millionaire."
"It seems to me the; only way we
can acount for these vagaries of senti
ment is that Cupid has suddenly been
struck blind, or a long-distance tele
scope enables him to see charms and
perfections in individuals that are quite
invisible to the rest of the world," re
plied the younger.
"Miriam, you have often said of your
own frieads: 'I cannot tell what on
earth she sees in that man to love;
he's such an impossible person.' No
doubt some of your friends say the
same thing of you and Fred.
"Thus we go on pondering over this
mystery of love love that comes with
out invitation, and sometimes goes we
know not where.
' I think, dear, the truth of the mat
ter is that love between a man and
woman is purely a matter of attrac
tion, and that neither eyesight nor
judgment plays any part whatever.
"We love or we hate by instinct It
is not a matter of head, but of the
heart.
"A woman may observe In a man
every admirable quality, yet she can
not love him; yet the man who pos
sesses many faults which she plainly J
sees may win her love without even
trying to.
"Men, you know, are curious , ani
mals. One may pass by a woman who
is endowed with all the virtues, the
accomplishment and the charm of
femininity, yet will marry a crude lit
tle butterfly of fashion with no claim
either to good looks or wisdom."
AT THE VALENTINE BALL
Forgotten quite are all his clubs
Where spades are spades, all right
He's given Belle a diamond ring
And hurts are trumps tonight
CUPID VALENTINE
My name is Cupid Valentine,
I pose in wintry weather,
And artists call me Trilby 'cause
I pose "the altogether."
When Mary Ellen at her tub
Receives a loving line, .
I whisper low in Mary's ear:
"John sent that valentine."
And when I come the poet grips
His pen and tears his hair,
And writes a sugar-coated "pome"
Unto his lady fair.
And when I chase the skating girl
In Cupid's usual dress,
The cold compels me to regret
My hapless "Trilbyness."
TIME FOR LOVING THOUGHTS
St Valentine's Season Should Give
Rise Only to the Holiest of the
. Sentiments.
In Oriental countries a garland of
Cowers is flung over the garden wall.
Everywhere, all over the earth, the
day, whether called St. Valentine's or
not, is honored with the most beautiful
sentiments the giving of a gift of
love, without the thought of a return,
or even of a recognition of the gift.
Let us, then, be worthy of this an
cient meaning of the day, and not de
grade it by sending Billy verses, or
ugly pictures, as valentines. There are
so many graceful and tasteful things
that we might do instead. There is,
of course, always the pretty, dainty
valentines of paper, but I know of
nothing so appropriate as a few flow-
ers. Our climate does not let many
of us find wild flowers by St. Valen
tine's day, but we can all grow a few
hyacinths in a sunny window, or have
a window garden of geraniums and be
gonias. Little baskets can be woven
of dried grasses, or of crepe paper,
which, when filled with green leaves
and a few blossoms, will be expres
sire of the real sentiments of St Val
entine's day. Exchange..
. Pretty Oldtlme Custom. '
In colonial days, In this country,
the day was not called ' St Valen
tines, but it was observed. People
made dainty little baskets, filled them
with the earliest of spring flowers,
like the trailing arbutus, and hung
them on door-knobs or bell-pulls. In
the old engravings which are found
in the greatest profusion around
Richmond, Va., and Philadelphia, one
can often see the little maid of that
time in a "scoop" bonnet, a flowered
muslin, and demure little black mitts,
slipping up to the old door, with Its
knocker and wide "door-seat," to
hang the little basket' of flowers for
some friend, .
(By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evening-
juepartmeni, ine xaooay tsiDia institute.
Chicago.)'.
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 15.
CHRIST'S HATRED OF SHAMS.
LESSON TEXT Luke ll:S7-5t
GOLDEN TEXT "B not deceived: o
Is not mocked." GaL 6:7.
This is a strange breakfast episode
(to "dine" means literally, to break
fast). Jesus accepted three such
invitations from the Pharisees and
was accused of being a glutton and a
wine, bibber, Matt. 11-19 Luke 7:36,
39, 44. In this instance we are told
plainly (v. 54) why he had been asked
to this feast At a later time, e: g.,
during the Passion week, Jesus deliv
ered a special discourse against the
Pharisees (Matt 23) in which be re
peated many of the things we study
today.
Must Be Clean.
L False vs. True cleansing (w. 37-
44). The orthodox Jew is very punc
tilious to avoid ceremonial uncleanli
ness. In Christ's time this ceremoni
alism was at its highest .development
To be defiled was far worse than to be
morally unclean. This Pharisee "mar
veled" that Jesus was not likewise
concerned with his outward acts (v.
39, se also Matt. 23:25, 26). To have
a clean cup and platter was more im
portant than to have a clean heart
In a fra'gment of Gospel found at
Oxyrhyncus, Jesus is reputed to have
said to a Pharisee: "Thou bast
washed in waters wherein dogs and
swine have been cast and wiped the
outside skin which also harlots
anoint and beautify, but within they
are full of scorpions and all wicked
ness. But I have been dipped in the
waters of' eternal life which come
from the throne of God." Pious plat
ters, presented in pride, must be in
wardly purified.
Jesus pronounces three "woes,"
griefs that like an avenging nemesis
hang over men of such a character.
(1) A "woe" against those who make
a show of tithing the common garden
mint and herbs and at the same time
avoid the weightier matters of just re
lations to their fellow men and love
to God (v. 42). We are not to neg
lect our churchly duties at all, but
these cannot be substituted for
righteousness (see Micha 6:8). (2)
A "woe" against those who love the
places of pre-eminence (v. 43, cf. Matt
23:6, 7). This spirit has not departed
from the church after a lapse of. cen
turies. It is unchristian, unchristlike.
The great one must be the servant of
all (Matt. 23:11, 20:28, John 13:14, 15,
Phil. 2:5-8). (3) (v. 43), The third
"woe", is directed against hypocrisy.
To touch a grave was to become un
clean, and hence they were white
washed to give men warning. Many
Christians are without beautiful to be
hold, yet within full of dead men's
bones and all manner of uncleanliness.
The Three Woes.
II.' Real' vs. Sham Lives ( v. 45
54). The lawyers were the theologians,
the expounders of the Mosaic law. Ev
idently the words of Jesus produced
great conviction. The word "repfdach
est" (v. 45) means "to entreat spite
fully," and the probabilities are that
he spoke to Jesus as if to rebuke binu
Jesus at once pronounces three woes
upon him and his class. (1) A "woe"
because they laid burdens upon others
which they themselves would not even
touch with one of their fingers (Matt
23:4). That is, they added to the law
minute and troublesome details,
which they declared to be more im
portant than the law itself. (2)
(v. 47) A "woe" is pronounced upon
them for honoring the dead prophets
and at the same time rejecting and
persecuting those that were living.
To honor dead teachers, to praise the
prophets of the past, those whom we
cannot endure while living, is a form
of hypocrisy which costs but little. It
implies that tad they lived in the days
of their fathers their conduct would
have been indifferent, yet they are with
the living prophets, following the ex
ample of their fathers. God foresaw
this (v. 49) and the faithful minister
of his word must expect a like treat
ment (Mk. W:29, 30). (3) (v. 12) The
third "woe" was pronounced against
these religious teachers because, pos
sessing the key to knowledge, they
neither entered themselves nor would
they allow others to enter; "ye enter
not in yourselves, neither suffer ye
them that are entering is to enter."
(Matt. 23:13. Am. Rv.). These law
yers, theologians, were professedly in
terpreters orthe law that law which
was the foundation and bulwark of the
Jewish nation. In fact however, they
had so obscured and "explained" that
law as to leave men In darkness.
Supposed to lead men Into truth, they
were shutting them out of the truth.
What a terrible indictment of many
of this present age.
We quote from the letter of a Wis-,
consin business man: "The average
man is Interested In the teachings of
the Bible. If the Bible cannot stand
upoa its own feet, i is foolish to bol
ster it up by any personal ideas. We
make too many apologies for Scrip
tures and do . not statd squarely by
what it teaches." Npt a few who oc
upy the position of teachers obscure
the truth of God and they shut wen
out of a real knowledge of him. Jesus
thus replies to both Pharisees and the
lawyer,' that character is not a gar
ment to wear, but It la the Inward fur
nishing of the heart
COMBINATION IS GOOD
Nesting Boxes and Roosts Are
Arranged Together.
Secret Places Afforded the Hens and
Perches Are in Position to Allow
Necessary Fresh Air to Cir
culate Without Drafts.,
I think I have studied out and made
a perfect combined nesting and roost
ing box, says a writer in the Farm
and Fireside. The nesting boxes are
of easy access and at the same time
so secret as to please the hens and
make them very secure from thev hens
learning that pernicious . habit so
often learned in the winter, of eat
ing their eggs.
The roosts are in a position to allow
all possible fresh air without draft,
and at the same time allow protection
from a severely cold night The third
important advantage lies in the fact
that it is made so much in section as
to be moved with ease. Every part
is perfectly accessible, so as to be
easily oiled or whitewashed, to pre
vent and remove disease or lice.
The foundation is a bench. A, 15
Inches high, which allows the hens to
use the floor space beneath, so that
is not wasted; 25 inches wide and as
long as desired, conforming to the
space available and fowls use it Re
member the nests E should be 15
inches square, so the length should
be an equal multiple of 15. The nest
boxes should have a door, B, to turn
down, in front, with sufficient open
space in cracks to allow the hen a
little light, and yet dark enough to
encourage them in hiding their eggs
and also to discburage the idle hens
from hunting after the newly laid
eggs. ,
The hens enter at C, at back right
(or left) hand corner, at the' end and
into an alley, D, that runs back of
Combined Roosts and Nests.
the nests E and opens into each. On
top of the- nest is a cleated cover of
matched boards that carries an open
faced box without top or bottom, that
sets on the cleated cover and in turn
supports a cleated cover. In this box
is placed a roost of two poles nailed
to 1 by 3-inch strips, 24 inches long,
for supports. At the front edge of
cover is fastened a piece of burlap or
strip of blanket to turn down on very
cold nights after the hens are at roost
Large fowls need a cleated beard set
slanting in order to walk up to the
roost. A small box should be set at
the entrance of the nest boxes.
PROPER HEIGHT FOR ROOSTS
There Are Many. Disadvantages in
High Roosts Eighteen Inches Is
Considered High Enough.
The perches for fowls should be
low. Eighteen inches above the floor
is high enough. , There are many dis
advantages in . high roosts. First,
fowls of heavy breeds are almost cer
tain to injure their feet when they
fly down from a high perch to a hard
floor; this is the way. most cases of
bumblefoot are caused.
All perches should preferably be
built so that they will not touch the
walls at any point When they do so
it is much easier for lice and mites
to thrive. The fewer creases or
cracks, wherein lice may find a lodg
ing place, about the perches the bet
ter, and if they do ont come in contact
with the walls of the building at any
point the insect pests will have very
little opportunity to hide. Then, if
the roost poles are ' thoroughly
drenched with coal oil or some other
liquid lice killer frequently, all vermin
about the perches may be kept in
check.
Pure Bred Poultry.
Despite the constant preaching of
experts, it is safe to say that most
of the chickens of the country "are just
chickens nameless. It would be Im
possible to classify them as breeds,
There are some farmers who claim
that crossbred or "aobred" hens lay
better, and consequently pay better
than thoroughbreds.
The farmer who keeps pure-bred
stock can also sell a uniform product
when he disposes of surplus stock, old
hens, broilers, roasters, etc. A mixed
crop of chickens presents an appear
ance of inferior quality, and will never
take the highest , quotation.
Another advantage of keeping pure
stock ' Is that one can sell eggs for
hatching at a timo when market eggs
sell for the lowest prices at a very
reasonable figure.
" Fertile Turkey Eggs.
It Is a noted fact that if the gob
bler Is present during the time of lay
ing the first clutch of eggs, the sec
ond clutch will be fertile without his
presence. ;
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ABSENT-MINDED. ,
Two men met during a gentle show
er at the northwest corner of Penn
sylvania and Washington streets. One
had his umbrella up, the other carried
his in his hand, evidently oblivious to
the fact that he had an umbrella.
"Hello," said the oblivious one,
"what are you doing with that um
brella?"
"Your umbrella?" " .
"Yes, no doubt about it. I know it
by the handle. There's not another
like it in town."
"Oh, there isn't," said the accused
one, smiling extravagantly. "What s
that you have in your hand?"
"Eh? Why, that's my umbrella,
said the oblivious one. "I I forgot
that I had it." Indianapolis. News.
The Young Husband.
"You're an old married man. What
do you do when your wife begins to
scold?" '
"Encourage her. I talk back dis
creetly, of course. I say tantalizing
things. I make foolish excuses. I
stammer and get husky."
"But doesn't that make her a good
deal madder?'
"Of course it does. That's the inten
tion. I want her to get so mad that
she won't have any voice left to ask
me for money."
"Gee, I wonder if I'll ever get as
hardened as that?"
GOOD CHANCE.
. Salesman Your own husband
wouldn't know you in that coat.
She Oh! that's fine. I'll follow him
today and see how he conducts him
self. Mistaken Identity.
Professor Beanbrough was jubilant
"Ah, ha!" he cried, as he rested on
his shovel. "Look what we have un
earthed! I believe we have discov
ered the remains of some herbivorous
amphibian of the order presioeauri!','
Farmer Sodbuster took a good look.
"Nope, you're wrong, prof." he said.
"Them bones belonged to a hog I bu
ried there two years ago last fall."
Ready.
A woman's prepared
For any old fate.
If ehe's dressed in style
And her hat is on straight.
Observing Popular Tendency.
"Is this play perfectly proper?"
"Yes, ma'am," replied the man in
the box office. "What made you doubt
it?"
"The string of automobiles in front
of the theater. I never heard any
thing against the piece, but it's getting
terribly big audiences for a proper
Play.".
Only Practice.
"Am I the first man you have loved
this season?" asked the hotel clerk.
"Almost," answered the girl.
"Who got ahead of. me? You have
only been here an hour."
"I had a slight flirtation .with the
driver of the bus as we came from
the station."
Undying Friendship.
The . great financier was almost
ready to pay his last account. A friend
hastening in met the physician.
"Is he very ill?" he asked anxiously.
"He is," replied the physician. "I
fear that his end Is not far off."
"Do you think," he asked hesitating
ly, "do you think he would recognize
me in his last moments?" -,
"Yes, but I advise you to hurry. The
best places are rapidly being taken."
Life. " ' .- . '
. ' : We Wonder, Too. ""
Exe This magazine cayB that in
Japan the styles In woman's clothes
have not changed in 2,500 years. -Mrs.
Exe Gracious! I wonder what
the women there find to talk about
when they meet?
Honeymoon Over. ;
Mrs. Newly wed Oh, Jack," you
haven't eaten halt of my biscuits. Real
ly, we have to throw away bo many
scraps we ought to keep chickens.
Newlywed Chickens! You mean os
triches. " ' -l:' '
In the Chorus. ;
"Gwendoline says she ': married an
angel." -
"They all say that."
"But this one was the backer of the
show." .
VALUABLE STUFFING.
Custodian (of natural history muse
um) This collection of stuffed ani
mals is valued at many thousands of
dollars.
Visitor My! What are they stuffed
with?
Wants Trouble.
A pessimist ' hunts trouble.
Thinks letters are bills,
Sees every drawback double
And even chews his pills.
It Might Have Been Worse.
Harry Lauder told an amusing story
the other day of two Glasgow wom
en who met in the street and began
to discuss the domestic affairs of a
newly married couple. '
"Aye, Mrs. McTavish," said one, "so
Jeanny's got marriet?"
"She has that, Mrs. McAlpine," re
plied the other.
"An' how"s she gettin' on?" the first
woman wanted to know.
"Oh. no sae bad at a'," was the re
ply. "Thefe's only one thing the mat
ter. She thinks she could hae got a
better man. Eut then there's aye
something."
Not Dreaming.
It was in Capel street that our good
natured maid-of-all-work, Molly, once
related to her young mistress a most
marvelous dream she had had the
night before.
"Pooh, pooh!" cried the latter at its
conclusion; "you must have been
asleep, Molly, when you dreamed such
nonsense."
"Indeed, I was not, then," replied
the indignant Molly; "I was just as
wide awake as I am this minute."
The Shamrock. "
WISE BANQUET COMMITTEE.
First Guest There are eight wine
glasses at each plate, but the menu
doesn't mention a word about w ine.
Second Guest Ssh! That's the
menu you take home to your wife.
Willie Caught 'Em.
With "Willie raises she no row,
"Willie's sweetsome sister;
Real nice to "Willie Is she now.
For the fellow kissed her.
Really Unkind.
Jones was reading the paper, when
suddenly he snorted and addressed
Mrs. Jones:
"What tomfoolery, Maria! It says
here that some idiot has actually paid
a thousand dollars for a dog!"
"Well, my dear, those well-bred dogs
are worth a lot of money, you know,"
answered his wife.
"Yes, of course, I know that! But
a thousand. dollars! Why, It's a good
deal more than I am worth myself!"
"Ah, yes! But then some dogs are
worth more, than others, , you see!" .
Imitation.
"Imitation is the sincerest flattery,"
said the ready made philosopher.
"Well, replied the unemotional per
son, "of course the imitation five-cent
piece Is an expression of admiration
for a regular nickel But it Isn't anv
compliment to the innocent bystander
it gets passed off on."
Time to Leave.
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"I said to Miss Perker, 'Will you be
my wife?'"
"And she said?" -
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