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CARLOAD OF HOGS STOLEN. Nebraska Man Arrested at Jamestown, N. D. Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 12.Grant Smith, who is alleged to have stolen a car load of hogs valued at $900 from Tekamah, Neb., was arrested here by Sheriff Eddy. Smith's capture came about in a peculiar manner. A broth er of the sheriff in Nebraska was here to attend the carnival and met Smith on the street. He knew of the theft of the hogs and notified his brother. Smith will go to Nebraska without requisition papers. The theft of the hogs was accomplished in a clever manner. The animals were in a yard, and it is claimed that Smith drove them into a car and sent them to mar: ket. PLAGUE OF MOSQUITOES. Dakota Town Overwhelmed by a Dense Cloud of Night Pests. Toronto, S. D., Aug. 12.For a few hours an evening or two ago the resi dent* of Toronto, S. D., had reason to believe a section of New Jersey had temporarily been moved to South Da kota. About 9 o'clock in the evening, without the slightest warning, a dense cloud of mosquitoes settled down over the town and for a brief period were practically in complete possession. Great numbers of the pests were de stroyed by men and boys lighting newspapers and burning them. Those not destroyed left the town as sudden ly as they came. The next morning the sidewalks were covered with dead mosquitoes. TROUBLES OF A PASTOR. Congregation Is Angry Because He Makes Some Money on the Side. Kimball, S. D., Aug. 12. Because Rev. T. A. Miller, for some time pas tor of the Methodist Episcopal church here, painted and papered a saloon building, he has been compelled to re sign his position as pastor. His salary was not sufficient to support him, and he has on week days been spending his time papering and painting build ings. He was looked upon by mem bers of his flock as a very industrious man until he papered and painted the saloon building. Then the members of the church held an indignation meeting and decided it was time for him to retire from the pastorate. GIBSON MUST GO. Mining Claims on Reservation Are Worthless. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 12.In the in junction suit of M. F. Gibson vs. Indian Agent Anderson, Judge Hanford of the United States circuit court handed down a decision upholding Agent An derson in expelling Gibson from the Spokane Indian reservation, where the latter has located mining claims. '.Gibson contended that under the gen eral law he could locate claims previ ously to the president's proclamation withdrawing the land and hold them fin spite of that order. The ruling in volves much valuable mining property, i claims to which are now declared worthless. ELEPHANT INJURES MAN. Picks Him Up and Throws Him Across Circus Ring. Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 12.Venus, a big circus elephant, attacked a stable man just before the evening perform ance at Ellensburg. The elephant got dnto the pony yard, and James Stacy picked up a rawhide whip and began to beat the huge beast, which, instead of retreating, became enraged. As r.he man turned to go the elephant encir cled Stacy with his trunk, suspended him aloft for a minute and then flung nim to the ground on the other side of the ring. He was picked up and found to be seriously injured internal ly. RIVALRY OF TOWNS. Herreid Scores a Point Over the Mound City Settlement. Herrled, S. D., Aug. 12.This town, which was established as a rival to Mound City, has again scored over that place. Presiding Elder E. P. Hall has advised that the Methodist church building and parsonage at Mound City be removed to this place at once. During the past few months numerous buildings, including a hotel, have been moved from the old town to the new, a distance of only a few miles separating the towns which are engaged in this interesting fight to a finish. TWO MINERS KILLED. Lives Crushed Out While Rescue Was at Hand. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 12.John Ma gie, one of the two Finnish minors im prisoned by the cave-in at the Cbis holm mine Saturday evening, survived until the rescuing party reached him, but before he could be taken out Hie timbers settled in a lesser cave-in and literally crushed out his life. The body, bruised beyond recognition, was 'extricated from the fatal pit seven hours later. The body of Matt Huodeo has not been recovered. RED CROSS BUREAUS. What Miss Barton Plans for Western Mining Regions. Butte, Mont., Aug. 12.Clara Barton is planning a chain of Red Cross bu reaus to be established in the large cities of manufacturing and m'nlng sections of the Northwest to aid the injured, according to information de ceived from Boston. It is planned to [have bureaus at Butte, Portland, An (aeonda, Seattle ^okane and Salt l*fce. HOW NOME WAS NAMED. Insignificant Error Which Deter mined Its Appellation. There is to be a considerable rush i for Nome next mnth, if one may be I lieve what one hears among mining men. There is no more sensational Ism, but plenty of effort and inten tion. Men are going there who have thought over the situation very seri ously since the wild craze of a few years ago, and they will go prepared for hardships and disappointment How was Nome named? By a man on the Herald, one of the Franklin rescue ships. When tne manuscript chart of the Cape Nome region was constructed attention was called to the fact that the cape had no name by the insertion of this"? name?" i^i* interrogation point was inked In by i draughtsman as a "C." and the "a" in "name" being indistinct he interpreted is as an "o" hence "C. Nome"Cape Nome." This little ro mance occurred in 1853. What's in a name? Nome.New York Press. "JACK HARKAWAY" COMING BACK Story That Thrilled the Boys of a Gen eratlon Ago. For a regular thriller commend me to "Jack Harkaway." Thirty-five years ago this sensational bit of Ac tion exercised a greater influence on the character of the average boy of 10 to 15 than father, mother and the Ten Commandments. It was devoured by millions on both sides of the water. "Jack" was the ideal of the youth of all English-speaking countries. I see that it has been started again for a long run in a periodical that claims 1,250,000 circulation. Bracebrldge' Hemyng died in 1901. He wrote not only "Jack Harkaway," but forty-odd volumes of readable fiction, yet you will look in vain for his name in "John- son's," "Appleton's," "Chambers'," the "International" and the "Standard" cyclopedias, and in the "Ridpath Li brary of University Literature." The editors of all such works seem to make it a habit to leave out just what one wants to know.New York Press. Mayor Cleared the Sidewalk Himself. They tell a story of Mayor Studley in New Haven that is characteristic He was walking along Church street one day when he found the way blocked by a "hog" of a builder who had filled the sidewalk with cement and planks, forcing everybody out into the street. The mayor picked up the planks himself and threw them into the street and rolled the cement after them. He left word with a near-by po liceman that if that sidewalk was obstructed again the builder would be arrested. Some men can do that sort of thing without diminishing their dig nity and greatly to the increase of their popularity. Studley is one of those men.Waterbury (Conn.) Amer ican. Plague of Wolves. Wolves are still the scourge of the Russian peasantry. During the present winter they have succeeded in de stroying 16,000 head of cattle in one district of eastern Russia alone. In the governments of Novgorod, Tver, Olonetsk and Archangel and in Fin land these animals are met with in great numbers. The frequently be come such a plague..that the govern ment orders them to be hunted down by entire companies of soldiers, who surround the woods in which they dwell and afterward shoot them down in considerable numbers. Doom of Buzzard. The buzzards that have long infest ed Vera Cruz and served a useful pur pose as winged scavengers are doomed. A London firm is putting in a modern sewer and water system. The birds have become so numerous that they are a pest. The protection of the municipality has been removed and when the new drainage system shall be completed the city will be rid of the pest, the numbers of which have already been reduced somewhat by catching the buzzards and placing them in wocden cages to be taken to the sea and drowned. Opulence at the Capital. Old-fashioned residents of Wash ington deplore the fact that social life I there is taking on many of the objec i tionable features which characterize the "rude and rich" New York set. It it believed that some ot this is due to i the fact that the president hails from New York, the Roosevelts being allied with many families notable on Man hattan island. Opulence at the capital is making great display in equipages, luncheons, dinners, dances, etc., and its coming to be understood that now adays money not only talks, it howls. The Prodigy. The infant prodigy had thrown her self on the floor and was vigorously biting holes in the matting, while her toes drummed a quick march of fierce anger and her shrieks rent the air. "What in the world!" exclaimed the prodigy's keeper, in alarm. "Here is a newspaper account of me which neg lects to say that I am 'utterly unspoil ed with all my popularity,'" wailed the prodigy as it continued to scream and kick.Los Angeles Herald. Chance for Every Old Thing. WantedMr. Edgar Hogan wants a wife. He is not particular about what kind most any old thing will doan old maid or some brisky young miss. Any unmarried lady that wants to get a husband should write Mr. Hogan, or see him at his office or home. His postoflice is Bethany. His office is anywhere on the square at Bethany. His home is on Big Creek, five miles north of Bethany.Bethany (Mo.) Owl. They Are Sought by the Smithsonian Institution. Eight hundred night herons are wan dering free about the United States, each wearing on one leg an aluminum band inscribed "Smithsonian Institu tion" and a number. If any person shoots one of these birds he should write to Paul Bartsch, biologist of the Smithsonian, telling where it was and how large was -the bird. The night heron is one of the most beautiful of the aquatic birds of America, but scientists know less about it than they are satisfied with. Last year Mr. Bartsch discovered several breeding places of these birds on the Potomac in the District of Columbia. Recently he visited the place with several as sistants in the night and the 800 aluminum bands were fastened to the legs of as many young herons. Science is anxious to know how long the night heron lives, where it spends the win ters and how much of the country it covers in its wanderings. It is be lieved that by the time a few of the numbered aluminum bands have been reported some of these facts will have been established to the satisfaction of the ornithologists. Cleveland (O) Plain Dealer. THE RAINFALL IN ENGLAND. Cyclonic Disturbances Had Little Ma terial Effect. Fortunately for the south of Eng land the cyclonic disturbances, which this year have been more than usually numerous, have kept fairly regularly to their normal track, say's the Lon don Chronicle. This course has tak en them across Ireland and Scotland, and as a result the rainfall account in these two countries is now much ahead of the average. Scotland north has had an excess of nearly ten inches the surplusage in the west and east being nine and five inches, respective ly. Ireland has beaten the average by between fiVe and six inches. The south of England has had but a trifle more than its usual allowance the eastern counties, on the other hand, being nearly an inch short. Advancement of Women. At a meeting of the English Wom en's Liberal association a letter was read in which the daughter of George Meredith, the novelist, said: "My father,. George Meredith, wishes me to say that it heartens him to see women banded together in union. What na ture originally decreed men are but beginning to seethat they are fitted for most of the avenues onen to en ergy, and by their entering upon ac tive life they will no longer be open to the accusation men so frequently bring against them of* their being nar row and craven. Much more he could Bay, but he has short time at his com- mand." A Good Place to Stop. He really ought not to have gone Into the Latin class that day. He was called up first, and read as far as he had prepared. Then he skirmished on a little farther. This is the way it went: "I, Ulysses, saw her (Dido's) heavenly form advancing like a god dess in the sunlight. I sprang to ward her, and she welcomed me. Her hair fell down upon her shoulders like the sunbeams on Olympus.' Her eyes shone like two jewels of the sea. II threw my armsmy armsabout about herher neckneckandand that's as far as I got, professor." Philadelphia Ledger. The Butcher and His Hat. "I always thought it paid to be po lite until I got into this business," re marked a prosperous retail butcher, "but I find that it costs me about $25 a year. My trade is with nice people, and when fashionable women come into the shop I have to tip my hat to them. A butcher's fingers are always more or less greasy from handling the meat, and in about a month a new hat is no longer fit to wear. Grease is about the only thing that won't come out of a derby, and I will be the hat ter's best customer until the weather grows warm and I will be able to go bareheaded." Production of Nitrate of Soda. The annual report of the Nitrate Association of Chile, which controls the world's supply of nitrate of soda, shows the production in 1902 to have been 2,982,522.80 pounds from sev enty-eight works. The nitrate beds are near the surface and are worked as stone quarries. It is anticipated that the immense amount of nitrate I the United States now gets from i Chile for use in fertilizers will ulti I mately be supplied by factories mak ing it by electrical process from the air, as is being done at Niagara Falls. Etiquette of the Feud. "There's just one thing, sah," ob serbed Col. Gore of Kentucky, "in I which we are away behind Turkey." "What's that?" Col. Bullet asked, quickly. "Well, sah, after a general I killin' the pone always sends a polite note of apology to the survivors of the massacre. If we could only end our feuds in that way, sah "But we can't, sah," exclaimed Col. Bullet, i excitedly, "for the simple reason, sah, that when one of our feuds ends no body's left, sah, to apologize to!" The World's Rarest Bird. To find the rarest bird iu existence you must go to the mountains between Anam and Loas. where there is a cer tain kind of pheasant. For many years its existence was known only by the fact that its longest and most splendid plume was in much request by mandarins for their headgear. A single skin is worth $500, and the bird Irving would be priceless, for It soon dies in. captivity. STATISTICS OF N'GHT HERONS A WAITER'S RECEPTIVE BRAIN Used to Quick Orders, He Becomes an Automaton. "I believe that there is no work In the world that makes such machines of men as does the business of waiting in some of these 'quick lunch eating places,'" said the business man. "The brains of the waiters seem to work like phonographs. What they hear in the way of orders given them is seem ingly registered and reproduced with out any apparent mental activity or realization of exactly what the order means. The other morning, for in stance, I overheard this dialogue and monologue in one of these restaurants. Two men seated at the same table gave their orders to the same waiter. "'Bring.me a couple of soft-boiled eggs and a cup of coffee,' said the first man. "'Same thing tot me, waiter,' said the second, adding in a Jocular way, 'but be sure the eggs are fresh.' 'All right,' was the reply. "And a moment later his voice came from the back of the restaurant: 'Soft boiled for twoan' have two of 'em fresh!'" A GATHERING OF ARTISTS. Commingling of Great Voices Made the Windows Rattle. Now that the operatic artistsor most of tnemhave gone abroad, Mr. Campanari is desolate. His comfort able apartment has for several years been a favorite trysting place for many of the song birds during the long New York season and Mme. Campanari serves spaghettiEdouard de Reszke can say how well. The singing giant used to forego almost any other grati fication of the palate to enjoy the Campanari Italian paste, together with strange sauces, anchovies, bovoli, fag ioli, and caviare, like the fellow in "Cynthia's Revels." "Alas!" mourns the versatile and semper paratus baritone, "what Sun day suppers they were and how Ed ouard and I did sing and how the win dows rattled."New York Mail and Express. The Editor Ate Too Much. The editor and wife had another iiquare meal Sunday on account of having received an invitation to dine at the hotel. Perk said he was afraid we wouldn't accept, but we did. For the benefit of our lady readers we will state that they had chicken and the stuff that goes with such a layout, and strawberry shortcake and lettuce. Our wife wore her blue and white and looked real dear. Mrs. Perkins had a new skirt and looked tod sweet for anything. The editor wore his Sun day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday, Saturday suit and was sick all night.White (S. D.) Leader. Razor 150 Years Old. Charles Morton of Bardstown, -Ky., is the proud possessor of a razor that is something over 150 years old, but is in a splendid state of preservation, and is far superior to the razors of modern times. The razor was former ly owned by Judge Veneble of the col ony of Virginia, and who was a prom inent patriot. Judge Veneble was ap pointed judge of Kentucky county by Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia, Kentucky then being a county of that commonwealth. The razor was made at Sheffield, England, in the year 1751, and is very heavy, the blade being ex tremely thick and broad, with a large wooden handle. Trees and Novels. Nine successful novels recently pub lished In the United States had a 'total sale of over 1,600,000 copies. Since the average weight of each book, sold was probably twenty ounces, a little calculation will prove that these 1,600,- 000 hooks contained approximately 2,000,000 pounds of paper. A manu facturer of paper asserts that the aver age spruce tree yields a little less than half a cord of wood, which is equiva lent to about 500 pounds of paper. In other words, these nine novels swept away 4,00 trees and they form but a small part of the fiction so eagerly read by the American people. Monument to Rjmsey. An effort will be made to secure an appropriation from the West Virginia legislature for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of James Rumsey, who. it is claimed, was recog nized by George Washington as the in ventor of the steamboat. The pro posed memorial will be erected on a high cliff of the Potomac river at Shepherdstown, overlooking the spot where it is ailege 1 that the first ap plication of steai. tc purpose of marine propu'.sic.i v. z* ...ade.Scien- tific American. Demand for Rolling Stock. The exceptional activity in Cava dian railway circles, with the a ".nit- ted scarcity of rolling stock and mo tive power, has led to a large number of orders being placed by the railway companies for new equipment with both Canadian and American firms, and the facilities of the companies have been taxed to the utmost to fill these orders, while the Canadian Pa cific has had to go to Scotland and Saxony in order to obtain the loco motives required by the road. New to Londoners. The Londoner will be greatly an noyed by innovations when the American electrical cars are running in the Metropolitan underground and tu'penny tube railways. The fare will be five cents for any distance there will be no first, second or third class: the high speed will be over sixty miles an hour, and the twenty second limit to stops will give him a Chicago education in movemenL His Momentary Lapse of Deference Cost Him High Position. It does not pay to laugh at kings, at least in their presence. On several occasions where men have been given to levity before monarchs it has been amply proved that this is so. It was awkward for the confidential adviser of the czar of Russia, not long ago, that he was unable to control his im pulse to smile. On the occasion in question the czar was tired and in an unpleasant frame of mind. His foot slipped on a wolf-skin mat. There was something so funny about it that the confidential adviser lost control of his features. That laugh at the wrong time cost him his high position and a salary of many thousands of dol lars a year. WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY. --L'Kample' cf -the {.-.competence of Brit ish Officials. A somewhat curious waste of public money has just been .brought to light by the report of the British Committee of Public Accounts. Recently the war department built a store for the am munition of the navy at. Gibraltar, costing 42,000, to be charged to navy votes. The store was found too damp to keep ammunition in so it was converted into a cold meat storehouse for both army and navy. This was done at the expense of 47,000, in cluding the cost of freezing machin ery, etc., making a total expense of 89,000, of which the army pays only 23,000, although each department re ceives the same accommodation as the other. Stamping Out Use of Opium. When the Japanese took possession of Formosa they found there a popu lation more or less addicted to the use of opium. It was decided to abol ish the practice by degrees. Only those who have suffered from its ef fects to the extent that it occasions intense pain to deprive them of their pipe are now permitted, by a special warrant which they are obliged to procure, to continue the use thereof. To newly commence opium smoking is strictly forbidden, or even continue it unless it can be shown that absten tion is impossible. A government monopoly of the article" was expressly established to facilitate the final ex tinction of the habit of using it. In the Wrong Place. A well known and popular physi cian, whose belief in the future ac cords witn that of the late Col. Inger soll, had occasion recently to perform a surgical operation upon a man not select in his language. After etheriz ing his patient the operation was suc cessfully performed. When the effect of the ether had passed off, the sub ject, looking wildly around the room exclaimed: Wnere am J,?" The doc tor replied, "Oh! you are all righL" "But," said the man, "I may be all right, but where am I?" The doctor answered jocularly, "In Heaven." The patient responded: "If that's so, I'd like to know what in you are doing here!" Recklessness of the Motorist. That the motorist can not help reckless driving was maintained by a French savant in a recent meeting of scientists in Paris. The furore steals on them. In setting out they intend to go at a moderate pace, but as they warm to the work they must rush on faster and faster. The flying landscape through which they tear forward produces the kind of giddi ness which Arabs say takes hold of them in the fantasia. In this state motorists would run down those nearest and dearest to them as un hesitatingly as though they were so many animals. Is Richest Woman in World. Mrs. Mary Louise B. Owen of New York has become the richest woman in the world through a decision of the California courts awarding her the title to 40,000 acres of land in Mexico valued at $50,000,000. Her husband, Col. A. K. Owen, secured a grant of the land from the Mexican government in 1872. This grant has recently been affirmed by the Mexican courts, while a dispute between Mrs. Owen and rival claimants in this country has just been settled by. the California supreme court in Mrs. Owen's favor. The Hungry Lion. A little boy was being shown a pic ture depicting a Roman arena, in which there were a number of Chris tian martyrs. A pack of lions were in the act of springing upon their vic tims. "It isn't fair," said the little fellow, excitedly. "No, my son," agreed his mother "it isn't fair all thosejfeig, hungry lions "But," in terrupted the young hopeful, "there's one poor lion that hasn't got any Christian." Will Be Credit to America. Eugene H. Lehman, the young Col orado college student, the first Amer ican to be awarded a Rhodes scholar ship at Oxford, worked his way through Yale, where he got employ ment as a tutor at $1 a day and wheeled an invalid in her chair for 25 cents an hour. His credentials showed a higher percentage than those submitted by twenty other stu dents. Morgan's Gold Dinner* Service. Pierpont Morgan has a gold dinner service, said to be worth $80,000, which was presented to him by Will iam H. Vanderbilt when he (Morgan) made an extensive sale of New York Central stock in Europe. It is a re production of a service in the British royal family, but the Morgans are not fond of display and seldom use it. Subscribe for the Pioneer. HOW HE MIGHT LOSE. Millionaire Could Not See Why He Should Buy Burial Lot Not long ago a prominent financier, whose most prominent characteristic, according to the popular opinion, is close-fistedness, was the recipient of a visit from an agent whose line it is to solicit orders for burial lots. On emerging from the private office of the moneyed man the agent was met by a colleague who had been waiting for him, and who inquired anxiously as to the success of his in terview. The agent shook his head regretful ly. "No go," said he "he was afraid he might not get the full value of his investment." "What could he mean by saying that? Confound it, a man must die some time, even though he is a mil lionaire." "That's what I told him," replied the agent, "but he only answered, 'Suppose I should be lost at sea?'" SWISS PASTORS KEEP INNS. Are Forced Thus to Supplement Their I Scanty Incomes. A note from Geneva states that a fortnight or so ago a Swiss pastor bought an inn at Ufhusen, a little vil lage near Basel. This is said not to be an exceptional case. In the can i tons of Upper and Lower Unterwalden and Uri many of the clergy are propri etors of 'inns. The reason for this is that the priests are so badly paid that they are obliged to supplement their incomes by other means. Their aver age income in Switzerland is $125 a i year. The establishments under their control are said to be models of their kind. .The priests have succeeded in reducing drunkenness in their par ishes, for they attend on their custom erf in person, refusing to serve those who they consider have had enough. "The Author Of "Have you noticed," said the tall girl, "that in several new books the writer is described as 'the outhor of' and then follows a list of books begin ning with the one immediately pre ceding the present production and run ning back to the earliest period? I have in mind now the case of Mrs. Ward in particular. 'Lady Rose's Daughter' is by the outhor of 'Elean- or,' 'Tressady' and 'Robert Elsemere.' A year or so ago the previous books have been enumerated in chronolog ical order, 'Elsmere' heading the list 'Eleanor' ending it. I wonder if that way of putting the cart before the horse is a fad among publishers these days, or is it merely a coincidence that I have noticed several cases of the kind within the last few weeks?" Coroner's Jury's Qualified Verdict. During the landlord and tenant dis turbance in Ireland some years ago a certain property owner was discov ered lying dead near a village of which he was owner. The coroner's jury, knowing full well that the man had been shot down by "the boys," were nevertheless loath to further in vestigate therefore they rendered the following verdict: "We find the de ceased gentleman died by the visita tion of Godunder suspicious circum stances." Philadelphia Public Ledger. Faking Used Stamps. Rogues in this country are gener ally about as artful as we desire them to be, but evidently they have some thing to learn yet from the heathen Chinee. In West Java Ah Sin man ages to cheat the postoflice very in geniously. On sticking a new stamp on an envelope he smears the stamp on the face with paste or a thin glue. This takes the impression of the de facing stamp at the postoflice, and can easily be washed off, so that the stamp is once more serviceable. Heaven Had Its Limits. There was once a Boston woman, says Congressman Powers of Massa chusetts, who had afternoon teas, be longed to a Browning club, fell ill, and finally died. When she had been in heaven some days her husband called her up through a spiritualist. "Well, my dear," inquired the husband, "how do you like heaven?" "Very well," she replied. "We have afternoon teas here, and also a Browning club. But, after I all, Henry, it's not Boston."New York Times. Bits About the Moon. If there were a "man in the moon" the earth would look sixty-four times larger to him than the sun does to us on earth. The surface area of the moon is about as great as that of Asia and Australia combined. Once in twelve and a half years there is a "moonless month that it, the moon has no full moon. The last moonless month fell in 1898 and the next one will fall in 1911. Amethysts in High Favor. Amethysts are in high favor. Some times they are set in gold, but oftener I in gun metal. They are seen as sash i pins, belt buckles, long chains, as well as in the tops of purses and wrist bags. One woung woman is the envy of her associates by reason of a superb heart-shaped locket composed of a single deep hearted amethyst which she wears dangling from a gold snake i chain. Consequences. Once on a time a Prudent Girl met a Frivolous Girl. "Don't you know, my dear," she said, "that if you con tinue wearing a veil that you will spoil your eyesight?" "I saw that in a medical journal," replied the Friv olous Girl, "and I would have followed its advice only I happened to read in my Beauty Book that if I didn't wear a veil I would spoil my complexion."