The Union Republican., October 21, 1904, Image 5

About The Union Republican. (Georgetown, Del.) 189?-19??

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For Inspectors,
First Election District,
Thomas A. Williams.
Second Election District,
William A. Dong.
THIRD REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
F'or Representative,
Joseph F. Willey.
For Devy Comt Commissioner,
Norris S. Short.
For Inspectors,
First Election District,
William T. Swain.
Second Klection District,
Henry K. Haldeman.
FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Charles W. Messick,
F'or Inspector,
John E. Phillips.
FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Robert S. Studley.
For Devy Court Commissioner,
John S. Cooper.
F'or Inspectors,
FirsJ Election District,
Marion T. Callaway.
Second Election District,
John H. Gordy.
SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Rufus D. Dingo, Jr.
For Inspectors,
First Election District,
Harvey M. Short.
Second Election District,
William D. Parker.
Third Election District,
Powhatten O. Downs.
SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
F'or Representative,
Timothy K. Townsend.
For Devy Court Commissioner,
John S. Tingle.
F'or Inspectors,
First Election District,
Henry Holt,
Second Election District,
Frank H. Simpler.
EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Henry O. 13 en nil lit, Jr.
For Inpector,
Horace ID Blizzard.
NINTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Henry Marshall,
For Devy Court Commissioner,
John R. King,
For Inspector,
John W. Rogers,
TENTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
F'or Representative,*
Henry V. Dvons.
For Inspectors,
First Election District,
William VV. Reed.
Second Election District,
William T. Atkins,
Third Election District,
F'rank A. Coverdale,
Assessors.
For Cedar Creek Hundred,
Nehemiah D. Draper.
For North West Fork Hundred,
Bartholomew M. Adams.
For Nanticoke Hundred.
Peter W. Conaway.
For Seaford Hundred.
George G. Spicer.
For Broad Oeek Hundred,
Francis G. Moore.
ForDittle Creek Hundred,
First Election District,
James K. Tull.
For Dittlo Creek Hundred,
Second Election District,
William R. Phillips.
For Gumboro Hundred
James S. Parsons.
For Dagsboro Hundred,
Rufus D. Stevens.
For Baltimore Hundred,
John C. Aydelotte.
For Indian River Hundred,
Abraham D. Betts.
For Georgetown Hundred.
^ Joshua T. Collins.
F'or Broadkiln Hundred,
Nathan H. Williams. •
For Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred,
David Coverdale,
NOMINATIONS.
UNION REPUBLICAN TICKET.
SECOND SENATORIAL
DISTRICT.
F'or Senator,
Harvey D. Spicer.
FOURTH SENATORIAL
DISTRICT.
F'or Senator,
Archie B. Dingo.
FIRST REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Charles I). Abbott,
l'or Levy Court Commissioner,
Joseph G. Davis.
F'or Inspectors.
First Election District,
George IT. Warren.
Second Election District,
Harry W. Jester.
SECON D REPR ESENTÂTIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
John T. Vandenburg.
F'or Inspectors,
First Election District.
Thomas Williams.
Second Flection District,
William A. Dong.
THIRD rkpkkskntative
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Joseph F. Willey.
For Dew Court Coimuissioner,
Norris S. »Short.
Inspectors,
First Flection District.
William T. Swain.
Second Election District,«
Henry K. Haldeman.
FOURTII RKPRKSKNTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Charles W. Messick,
Inspector,
John E. Phillips.
FI FT 11 RK PR KSKNTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Robert S. Studley.
F'or Devy Court Commissioner,
John S. Cooper.
For Inspectors,
District,
Marion T. Callaway.
Second Election District.
John II. (Vordy.
SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Rufus D. Dingo, Jr.
Inspectors,
First Election District,
Harvey M. Short,
Second Election District,
William D. Parker.
Third Election District,
'hatten O. Downs.
SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Timothy K. Townsend.
For Devy Court Commissioner,
John S. Tingle.
For Inspectors,
First Election District,
Henry Holt.
Second Election District,
Frank H. Simpler.
EIGHTH R1 • P R ES I <N TAT 1VK
DISTRICT.
Foif Representative,
Henr* O. Pentium, jr.
l or Inspector,
11 or ice E. Biizzard.
NINTH REPRKSKNTATIVE
^ I STRICT.
For Representative,
Ililirv Marshall.
F
F
First Klecti
F
P
For Levy C
t Coimuissioner,
Alm R Kins.
\v#r Inspector,
Jonn \V. Rogers.
TENTH \R KPKKSK XT AT IVE
jfjlSTRICT. ,
Representative,
y V. Lyons.
Ifrr Inspectors,
F'irstV.lection District,
Wiliam W. Reed.
Secoiu'l Election District,
Will
Ft
F
T. Atkins.
Thinj {Election District.
Fratjc A. Coverdale.
f Assessors.
F'or Co Jar Creek Hundred,
Nehimiah I). Draper.
F'or North West Fork Hundred,
Bartholomew M. Adams.
Fc
Nanticoke Hundred,
Pet»r \V. Conaway.
For -Seaford Hundred,
George G. Spicer.
For Broad Creek Hundred,
Francis CD Moore.
For Little Creek Hundred,
F'irst Election District,
James K. Tull,
F'or Little Creek Hundred,
Second Election District,
William R. Phillips.
Ftr Gumboro Hundred,
James S. Parsons.
For Dagsboro Hundred,
Rufus D. »Stevens.
For Baltimore Hundred,
John C. Aydelotte.
For Indian River Hundred,
Ahraham D. Betts.
For Georgetown Hundred,
Joshua T. Collins.
F'or Broadkiln Hundred,
Nathan H. Williams.
For Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred.
David Coverdale.
he
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to
NOMINATIONS.
PROHIBITION TICKET.
SECOND SENATORIAL
DISTRICT.
F'or Senator,
William H. Rodney.
fourth si•; x atc> r iad
DISTRICT,
l'or Senti tor,
George Burton.
FIRST REPRESENTAT! VK
DISTRICT.
For Regtest -it tat ive,
George H. Teas,
of
cd
|ih
For D vy Court Commissioner,
Nathaniel D
I
Frettvn.nn.
For Inspoc :« r
First F.kction District,
Second Klection District,
SECOND REPRESENTATT VF
DISTRICT.
Fc
Representative,
Joshua T. Kinder.
• F'or Inspectors,
F'irst Election District,
Second Klection District,
THIRD REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
F'or Representative,
Aithur Hitch.
For Levy Court Commissioner,
William S. Kenney.
For Inspectors,
First Election District,
Second Election District,
FOU RTH R E P R I '.SENTAIT YE
DISTRICT.
F'or Representative,
Henry C. Lewis,
For Inspector,
F'ir.st Election District,
FI FT 11 REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
Representative,
Rufus K. Elliott.
Devy Court Commissioner,
William J. Riggiu.
F'or Inspectors,
F'irst Election District,
F
Ft
Second Election District.
»SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
I'or Representative,
William T. J« ,
For Inspectors,
First Election Distrct,
c
d
Second Election District,
Third Election District,
SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
Representative,
Zu doc D. W illiams.
For Levy Court Commissioner
Samuel W. Pennewell.
For Inspectors,
First Election District,
u
F
a
o*
Second Election District.
a
EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
WolseyC. Hopkins.
For Inspector,
First Election District,
N INTII REPR KSKNTATI VK
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
Harry B. Miles.
Ft
Devy Court Commissioner,
George Roland Messick.
For Inspector,
First Representative District,
or
oli
TENTH REPRESENTATIVE
DISTRICT.
For Representative,
William E. Chambers.
For Inspectors,
First Election District,
George H. »Shaffer.
Second Election District,
Third Election District,
<lr
or
F'or Assessor,
For Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred,
John W. Marshall.
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS.
,n
When an elector is ready to vote,
he should enter the passageway, au
to the election
board, if challenged establish his
right to vote, and enter tiie door of
the election room; when admitted,
procure from one of the clerks a
ticket that has the initials of the
clerks written
of the back, and i
black lead pencil fi
lle should then, if he s
request the Voter's Assistant to go
with him into a booth and the said
Voter's Assistant shall assist him to
mark, alter, change, scratch or fold
and of cacli
other, and shall also, when request
ed by tiie voter, read over to hint the
names of the candidates on the ballot
the left-hand cor
indelible
the other clerk,
desires it,
bis ballot i
his pros
for
to
vhich he desires to
vote; if the voter
should not desire the help of the Vo
ter's Assistant he should go alone in
to a booth and
.m
ark his ballot
vi tli
the i
desires tu vote for all the candidates
eliblc black lead pencil.
If he
of
ï party and none other he shall
ig two li
k-yhere in the
lark
take a
rit It the said pet
* s ! f.
-il a
large square
above the title under which ;
s of the candidates of
the vote shal
closing the device and
' l ,ri,, t- ' a
cd tiie
} ,c I
counted f<
all the candidates
nderi v
not 1 1}
all the candidates of .
that title; but if the vt
wish to vote fo
er dues
he shall a
one party,
liefere j
ike u
•itli
c ' osi »l- r :
:il ii
the
id pe
square
|ih
: and above the title
rider •
•s of tiie
which are printed the un
a ml elates ;
ajuiity of who u he dt -
d shall erase the j
der tin
ies of thost
title for whom
candidates
î
he does
ot wish t<
ami if lie do.«
to
lit*
place . f thorn
tes It
he do
ised:
shall in that
es of the
under other t
ho wishes to
stead and for the sa
his
lit:
candidates
le or titles for
»tern the place and
office and posi
rhoi
tion as those
-hose î
es he has
erased; the vote shall then be counted, >'
for all the candidates
those names wlt
have not been erased under that title i
above which the square enclosing the \
device is marked with two lines cross
ing each other as above stated, and
for tho
I
candidatcs. if thpre be
titles,
any such, under other title
whose names have been writen as be
fore prescribed.
If, by accident, an elector tears,
mutilates, defaces or spoils a ballot,
he should go at
G» ru the same, explain how the acci
dent occurred and ask for another bal
to the clerk, re
lot.
Before leaving the booth he should
fold It is ballot
the clerks,
so that
that the initials of
the back, will show,but
part of the face of the bal
When he has mark
e l and folded his ballot, he should
leave the booth, deliver the pencil to
the clerk from whom he received
it, and hand the folded ballot to 'the
lot can he seen.
Inspector, who will put it in the bal
lot box in his presence.
lie should then leave the room and
thirty " feet away from the
polls
24.
Any person who shall
re a ballot
'e or attempt to re»
or pencil fro
the election room.
it ive in his possession outside of tiie
clecti
such ballot
pen
or counterfeit,
c 1, either g
d iriug the election, shall be guilty of
isdenteanor, ami
convict!
thereof by indictment, shall lie lined
u >t less than two hundred dollars and
not more than five hundred dollars
may lie imprisoned for a term not
t less than
coeding two years and
lectio
The Sheriff' shall make
32.
tiie ballot boxes and the tally lists
a id all < titer papers to te delivered to
the several inspectors conform to the
requirements of this act.The Inspector
o* the trusty pen
for bis servie
•ceiving and delivering at the place
f . holding' the election î
aforesaid
tbc packages containing the ballots
a id pencils jjshall rccieve two dollars.
»Section 33.
If any
not
persi
to do shall enter
herein authorized
r attempt to enter the election room,
attempt to enter within
the entrance to
shall remain
or enter,
the railing leading
the election room,
within thirty feet of the polling
place contrary to the provisions here
inbefore made, he shall be guilty of a
,'iction
tnisdeme:
thereol be fined not more than two
, and
hundred dollars.
Section 34. If any person shall
induce or attempt to induce any elect
or to write, paste,
oli h»s ballot the m
otherwise place
of any person
device of any kind
rhich to
- any stgi
^distinguishing
indicate
ark by
how such
effector lias voted, or shall enter into
any other tiers
<lr attempt to form any agreement or
cpnspiricy with any other peisott to
induce
or any electors to
tingnishing mark
lot, whether or not said act be ct
riitted or attempted to be committed,
such person so offending shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and
viction be imprisoned for not exceed
attempt to induce electors
place any dis
his bal
a
ing two years.
Secti«
situ 11
35. If any pers
attempt to induce any elec
,n du ce
i««n officer to violate any of tiie pro
s of til is act,
-bother
ot
Ältch election officer shall violate
attempt to violate any of tiie pro
is of this act. such person so
offending shall be guiltv of a mis
demeanor, and on conviction shall be
Imprisoned for a term not exceeding
live years. It shall be the duty of
each Inspector to distinctly read this
and the proceeding section to the
Section officers at the opening of the
polls and each member thereof shall
In
hereupon take an oath that he has
not violated and will not violate the
provisions of said sections.
Section 36. Any person who shall
during the election remove or destroy
any of the supplies or other
placed in the bouths, as
aforesaid, or delivered to the voter
for the purpose of enabling the voter
to prepare his ballot, or shall during
ove, tear down or de
face tiie card printed for the instruc
tion of the voters, or .4hall, during an
election, destroy or remove any booth,
railing or other convenience provided :
such election, or shall induce or
attempt to induce any person to com
:h acts, whether or not
itted
.m elect»
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1
I
I
i
cun '
, l ,r ' s * j
onths ]
it :
' a „v such
at
tempted tu lie
î itted, shall
I guilty of a
shall be punished by i
meut for no' less than six i
v
1 1}
.
ore that
j
Attest:
JAMES H. WRIGHT,
: llerk of 11,.: Peace o f Sussex County.
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•
'•But you »
i't
make a
••No," replied the !
lacliii e
j llvCJ
that will think."
-, •'and I wouldn't if I could
î if I thought it would think a
ry
1 1
Ijj-nplo .In."
to do it for tiie.
Mrs. Vet
on Greene Why on earth
husband to cut off
Perle
do
get you.
vhiskers Mrs.
his
Smiftiau
wouldn't have hi
•orid. I want hi
and get the
to let them gr
-stem.
is
Cast your bread uopn the water and
•ill real .2 how many people are
1
all out of his
>' ou
wlt fur duuyh.
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"ENGAGED
M
I "She's engaged again." r. marked
Polly, nodding her head nit the au
burn-haired Downing girl, who wont
sailing by in Abbingdon Dare's new
cart.
"It's his fifth or sixth trial, too
isn't it?" I asked, shaking out the
reins and tucking the rugs uwikfTol
ly's infini/tostimal toes. "Some people
zer get serious."
Polly looked meditative.
"Well," she remarked, Jabbing the
pin into her lint more securely, "that
depends on what you mean l y 'serl
s ' An engagement may be serious
without ending in matrimony " I
" Serious for it he one who gels ipft?" I
I asked, snapping the whip viciously I
over the back of the roan. |
"Nonsense! One always
bo married when one gets i
That's what makes it an engagement.
Otherwise It would be merely— er —
that Is—"
ans to
guyed. I
"Merely whnit'?" I inquired, looking
up sidewise under Polly's hat.
"Oh, a flirtation, or
'affair. Bui
a real l>onalide engagement is nothing
less than a dress r<d^^rsal
for matrimony. Sometimes the origi
nal rehearsing company are mar
ried at
more
I
•e; but generally tue lead
and dhe leading lady are
changed several times before you can
find two who just lit the opposing
roles."
ing
"Why, Polly Lee. r
surprised.
I
suppose all your engagements have
proved invaluable experience. Doubt
less
m this
, is proving—"
"Invaluable experience," acquiesced
Polly, nodding her feathers; "oh. yes;
Invaluable. I've learned everything
about *the stage business of manag
ing a
. with
as lead
ing
engaged to
since I beer
Ft
Instance, before then. I
you.
usod to take the center of tire stage
'd let a man t il
tension,
like a groom or
me all aliter
understudy beside
, while I displayed
a WMtT iu
my accomplishments
stead of letting him show oft with n
fottr-ln-hund
a tandem, while I
played the part of limelight and kept
up with the applause. Why, what are
you whipping 'that hot*
"Was I?" I snapped, a bit startled.
It was the off horse, and it struck
that he
I
re off than usual that
alten
wondering." I snapped,
"how many rehearsals l*t took '.is^ike
you
many rehearsals before you graduated
at nty expense."
"I haven't graduated yet," remarked
Polly.
letter perfect—
hi.
1 jumped. "Oil!"
"The eommenceme
exercise^
rt
til you go to tie ,-^2
the curtain rolls up and theJj^iSjuy
or the comedy or the melodw
iu real earnest."
commence
That is when the rehearsals
"i
6l
set the date foifthe
commencement exercises, PoJljtfc, I
pleaded softly.
"Have y<
'I y
"W
du
regard for etiquette,
Mr. Heavy feather ?" remarked Polly.
"That
ms Mrs, Gndsliy Victoria, and
r you."
she se
"Saw
what?"
"Saw you looking at me thaL-way
and drying to get hold of my hind."
"1 didn't!" I said indignantly and
ambiguously.
"A girl's first rehearsal for matri
mony." went on Polly, ignoring
"usually takes place when she is
about seventeen. She is exactly; like
a young actress making her in
Juliet. She plays with tire, but with
out poise or method. She rants und
rages and overdoes. There is noth'ng
subtle about her. If she should mar
ry the
time she is madly in love with—"
"Well?" I had to prod Polly.
just then we turned a corner In the
circle and the auburn-haired Downing
girl and Abbingdon Dare Hushed past
us. and Polly turned to stare after
a
that she thinks at that
to
of
them.
"Well." she went on, "there would
bad a smash-up as. there
who sold y
this team of horses hadn't tried them
In harness together before he muted
Now. suppose both of those
were off horses."
I smiled comprehendingly.
"It takes
make a girl letter perfect in the lit
tle game of matrimony. The first
time a girl falls In love all she. knows
is that he is a good
waltzer and wears the proper collars,
that his hair curls at tho. edges, and
that he doesn't tread on her frprks."
"Was your first leading man like
that. Polly?"
he about :
would be if the
them.
rehearsals to
several
at
about
"No—that is—I've forgotten.
they're all alike. The girl who
rips her first love has
fore iter,
part in i
ruent s' not ice.
about handling a mu» i
does about handling a
But
tar
of
life lesson be
lt's like taking the It-ading
difficult play at a f 'W ino
She knows a.
elt
a small boy
And a
our
are
of
to
be
the
guiv
that is badly handled is like a
gun. Tiie first thing he does
off'—off to another girl."
to go
""UM he do that, Polly?'' I said
looking at her sympathetically.
"Who " said Polly.
"Yout; first leading man. He must
have been remrfrkalily clever. Was
he good looking, and did he
er mar
r
ry any
Polly looked at
"it's this wny, you
on. "A girl gets
tive
him.
wither! ngly.
she went
:h a good perspec
when she's engaged to
After, she is married she is
close to the footlights to take a
tional view of him. She c
>s to
think then. She merely feels and she
is supersensitlYe to
does and says. Now, when j
1,een » few times j
1 am that what a man has eaten for
rerything be
have
'
luncheoA has more to do with his
temper than the subject of conversa
tion. Y
learn to keep quiet and
play a still part when he Is doing any
au- tiling serious, like reading the polltl
*-al news or strapping a trunk. You
can tell an off horse at sight, and if
you are an off horse yourself, you
choose u conservative nigh horse,
the if you are a nigh horse you ;choosje>
somebody with dash and go.
"You find out whether you were In
tended for the center of tho stage or
only to play understudy. You learn
the to speak your lines properly and fol
low your cues. If you were destined to
play up to a star, you luy in a lot of
nice little things to say to him that
I will encourage him to take the eeu
I ter of the stage and make him feel
I happy in the limelight. Or if you
| were born te be leading lady, you
—
to learn how to keep your leading
I the background
feel his Inferiority
seconds. You find out whether you
aging your
company or whether you need a man
in
without making him
sent playing
e capable of
ager. And yet the average girl frets
and pines when she is going through
her little rehearsals, like a small girl
who is
le, to practice iter musical
She di
exercises.
not realize that
cry time her heart is broken she
is one step nearer marital happiness.
Oh. yes, being engaged is a wonderful
experience," and Polly sighed as we
took anol her turn about the circle.
"Anti doesn't the man get any ex
perience, Polly?" I asked
ed down the
stretch.
"Not a bit. A
experience, anyhow—"
.lust at Dial moment
Abbingdon Dare and the auburn
haired Downing girl driving slowly
homo in the new dogcart. We bowed.
"Why," exclaimed Polly, "I didn't
know that you knew them."
"The auburn-haired. Dowtdng girl."
I remarked meekly, "was my first
leading lady."
Polly jumped.
"And," I went on, "if our first lead
good looking—"
Polly turned and stared after tho
couple in the dogcart.
"Well." she remakred, thoughtfully,
"A^bbingdon Dare is rather hand
some. they say, and he—•"
"What?"
? dash
the home
I
never lean
by
upon
I
ing
my first leading
accounting for tastes,"
"Wat
"The
I remarked.
"None," said Polly,
hair,
ton Post.
is
"I hate red
Helen Howland, In Washing
Gume Fish In Africa.
A trader in ivory and rubber writes
follows of sport
the Kafue River
"Every morning at day
got up and scanned tho
glasses for game.
in Africa:
break
plains with
Often our boys called us first to say
that a herd of water buck or hartlicest
was grazing in sight, especially If tihe
out of meat. The river
'•«•Ml! I»
full of fish—barbel, bream, pike
and tiger fish. The bream were by
far the best eating, but the tiger fish
and big barbel gave the beot sport.
Spoon b3dt, with strong pike tackle
and a stiff bamboo rod,
was required, and trolling behind a
du gout paddled by natives we could
soon make a bag. The tiger fish fight
gamely, and, breaking water repeat
edly, very often succeed in shaking
tJhe hook from their mouths. Barbel
up to eighty pounds weight, and
tow a oanoe along
all that
a heavy one
the surface at. some speed."
Esquimaux.
Bible of the
The Esquimaux now have their own
translation of the Bible, which ha3
taken 150 years to complete. The
Norwegian pastor, Hans Egede. who
went to Greenland in 1721, toyvard the
close of his life began the work, which
completed and published by the
Bible Society of Denmark.
Breech-Loader Not New. *
The breech-load.ing gun is not,, as
many persons believe, an invention of
modern times. There is
the shop of a Dublin gunsmith, a
breech-loading rifle that was offered
to the British War Office at the close
of the eighteenth century. It was re
jected, it is said, because it took too
much am-munitipti.
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First Railway in Iceland.
The first railway, in Iceland prob*
Eng
ably will be begun soon by
llsh company recently formed for the
purpose of working the sulphur mines
at Theisstareykir, in the north of Ice
land. The mines
miles from Huavlk, the nearest har
bor, to which the proposed railway
will run.
about
•enteen
Filipinos' Grasshopper Confections.
The Filipinos eat large quantities
of dried grasshoppers, «and also pro
confections.
pare, ther
Game of "Scents."
A favorite game among Japanese
children is what is knorçn
"game of scents." •
At entertainments corresponding to
our Christmas parties various pastilles
are burned and the youthful guests
are asked to give a name to the dif
ferent kinds.
A variation of the game is to
sprinkle handkerchiefs with perfume
and make, the children say what each
perfume Is. A
of the game of scents would be the
"game of tastes."
Don't you boys and girls tiling
Think what fun it would be for
to he requested to sample a large
assortment of sweetmeat
give each its proper name.
The girl who eats onions isjiot to
be mentioned in the same breath with
the girl who doesn't.
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