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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1918.
THE ARGUS.
Published daily at H!4 Second ave
nue. Rock Inland. 111. (Entered at the
poeteftlee a second-class matter.)
Ravk lalaat Mrtaber af fhc Aaaorlatei
Preaa.
BY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
TERMS Ten c-r.ts per wwk, by car-
rlar, la Rock Island.
( Complaints of delivery service should
be made to the rlreulatlon department,
'which rhmild also be notified In eTery
Instance where tt in ov-ired to have
ipap-r dlcr,r.tlnud. a rsrrlers have no
authority In the premia.
All comrr.unlratlons of argumentative
character, political or rellaioue, mutt
have real name attacked for publica
tion. No mich artlclea will be printed"'
-rer flvt.tlou fiaturea.
Telephone In all department: Cen
tral fnlon. Wt 141.. 1145 and 2144:
I'nlon Electric, f.146.
Thursday, February 13, 1913.
A Boston man charts that his wife
attacked him with large chunks or ,
mart beef, and now he wants a di-
vorce. j
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An Arkansas murderer was hanged
in the belfry of the courthouse be- '.
cause the county owned no gallows.
However, h died.
' "Chicago Is the mo'lern Garden of
F.den," says a minister of that city.
When does he cx;ect the anel with
the flamlne swrd to appear?
They are moving In Cleveland to
break up the paving trust there. Won
ir if there will ever be a Ktart to
vniiixh the local pcvlng trust?
A Is Angeles woman 15 years old
la ahout to he married. Now we will
have to listen to a lot more from Los
Anpeles aiout its wonderful climate.
"Brunettes ar conservative and
aometlnieB gloomy," says an expert.
Probably that is when they see one
X their number who has been using
peroxide.
At least Edison's new kinetophon
cannot possibly be any more painful
than the efforts of the pianist and the
man lth the noi-makers to accom
pany the action of the moving pictures
Paul Allen,
announces In
prince de Clairmont.
loud tones from a ceil
.In the Tombs that he was the original
ff the hro of Elinor Glyn's "Three
Weeks." Of course, he is writing a
tiovel, too.
A telephone operator switched a
third party Into the line when a mar
ried woman and a .ui tr ior were plan
ning an escapade, aid three deaths
resulted, according to lluda Pcsth iis
patohes. The wearing of tights on the stag
by women is now prohibited in Mon
treal. It must Im admitted that the
horns ladies in some of the com
i anies that have cone there fr'uu the
i taten arc- uniiiou hat passe.
; ,the morning with a bad cold started.
With nos. el- i-ryinn war to the ' Imt that does not worry the porter as
I, t.lfe on the republican as well as the long as he gets his tip.
democratic lfirt). in his Lincoln day Hereafter the train crews of the
speech, it dries not appear from this, Wabash will have to visit the Pullman
distance ns if there viiis much of nn in- several times every night and satisfy
centivp for the republicans and the themselves that the car is properly
progressives gf t'ing together in Pprirg-' ventilated. Th porter will have to
field on I'nited Stait s senators or a ir ventilate and if he does not know how
other proposition.
HOW TH KY IM ir IN NOKWAY.
Since the adoption "f the constitu
tional smondment permitting the levy,
ng of an ir.io:ni' to, the possessors
of moderate or large incomes have
been p it on ihe anxious seat by the
.probability that congress will impose
;v tax on incomes that will affect them
seriously. These may feel their trou
'ilee less by comparison with the way
;iiey do nil in Norway.
The Washington Times says that In
Norway the plan has been been to levy
a it cent according to the size of
tlu. income, but beginning Jan. 1 of
tiiia year, a uniform tax of 6 per cent
is Imposed on ail Incomes, regardless
of size. In addition, a community or
o ty tax of about li) per cent is levied,
:raK.i.g a total of about 15 per cent
which everybody having an income
. must pay.
As an effect to this, a small portion
of each income is exempted from the
operation of the state tax by one
method ain tee community tax by
another. The exemption varies from
$161 on incomes up to $1,072. express
ed In terms of United States money, to
$482 on those over $2.CS0.
In the city of Chrlstlania taxpayers
are divided into classes for the local
leTy on income, according to the
number of persons dependent upon
them for support. For class 1, compos -
ed of the unmarried, the exemption is
small; for class 2, married persons
without children, there is a greater
exemption: and tbe variation contin
ue, for those who have rhildren. up
to the cumber of aix.
The new Norwegian law t much
more stringent in requiring state
ments of Income for taxation. Vo
der tha old system it was believed
that not a few persons of large means
escaped payment on the greater part,
and new blank which mint be algned
and art! fled call for information in
much detail. Incorrect statements
make the taxpayer liable to a fin or
four month imprisonment.
Tll-: Al.PIJtK ELECTRIC POWER.
Kvltrcr'and has an area of 16,97$
ft.utre miles 9.00(f square mile less
than the area of West Virginia and
a population of 3,800,000. Of the total
population engaged in definite occu-I
pations, 30 per cent are in agricul- I
ture and nearly 45 per . cent are in I
manufacturing. This difference be-
tween the number engaged in manu-I
facturlng and the number in agricul- j
! ture. in the fact of a comparative lack
of fuel and the necessity for import-:
! ing materials for machinery, textile :
goods and furniture, constituting the j
. tan 0f manufactured products, ia .
I made possible because of th growing j
' appreciation in the country of the j
lvalue of its water power. A Swiss ex-j
pert Professor W. Wyssling. estimates ;
that Swiss waters are capable of fur-i
. nifching 2,0T)0,0O( horsepower, of which)
between 600,000 and 700.000 horsepow-;
or nas aireaay been narnessea ana is i
I in actual use. !
Tnited States Vice Consul Harry A.
McBride of Zurich, in an interesting
report on Swiss hydro-electric power.
development, says that water power
i used extensively in the chemical
and textile industries and to some ex
tent in other lines ot manufacturing,
and that the hydro-lectric power thus
used is 3'JO.t'OO undr favorable condi
tions, varying to 230,600 at times when
the waters are low, some of the riv
ers being supplied by glacial waters.
Tj.f venr 7R2 electric nnwar nl ants in
nn-ratinn m Switzerland. 473 were
works purchasing power from other ;
plants and of these producing their
own Dower 233 were wholly or in part
hjdro-electric stations and the remain- i
jng -r steam or gas plants, i
There was an increase in one year ot j
108 electric power works. Power was
generate(j y 9 hydro-electric plants ;
for runnlne motors in industries and ;
for lighting. Thre were 182,67" pur-. Material Young chicken meat, one
chasers of electric power in 1910, of half; fresh pork; celery, two stalks;
which 141,996 were for lighting, 22.-1 bamboo shcots, one-third can; water
2"2 for heating and cooking and 194,-jnuts. three; mushrooms, six; chicken
419 for power. 'stock, one-half pint.
Overhead transmission lines have an ) rtensils Sharp vegetable knife, two
aggregate length of 4,604 miles, the ; sautepans, tablespoon, measuring cup.
longest single line being 4R2 miles j Directicms-Remove the meat from
and there are 3.896 miles of overhead a young uncooked chiclten and cut Jn
distributing lines and 448 of distribut- amount of
Till; A I II IX 1HE SI.EEPKB. j
J. E. Stumaf. superintendent of the
Deratur divisio nof the Wabash rail-
road, has issued an order instructing
train crews to keep an eye on the
Pullman cars and, when necessary, to
lend a hand in securing better ventila
tion. If the train crews obey this or
der the traveling public will bless the
superintendent of the Wabash. With
the assistance of en intelligent con
du;tor and a bright brakeman, the
porter may eventually comprehend
the rudiments of the science. All who
bave ever traveled In a Pullman know
that ventilation Is an unknown quan- i
Superintendent Stumpf. realiz -
tity.
ing
superintending, and has turned this
task over to the train crews and some
goo;l Fhould result from it.
During the day the passenger is
able to take care of himself, but at
night he places himself at the tender
mercies of the jiortr who. as a rule,
knows no more alout ventilation than
lie does of the weather in the moon.
As a guard'an angel he is not a great
siu-cess. When passengers demand
fresh air he usually has no idea how
10 procure it for them and, after they
have gone to sleep in the study atmos
phere, the porter curls up in a corner
near a steam pipe and lets the train
run itself and the passengers trust to
luck. The passengers sleeping in the
; poorly ventilated car may wake up tn
' he will be given instrv.ction. Mr.
; Stumpf's order is a Ftep in the right
imitation bv every railroad superin-
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i-vl V, ."flkt. 11.
The education of the Pullman porter
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is a work of mercy and if carried out
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is bound to have a rich reward in tne
hereafter.
TESTING A PICTURE.
i
, Tistot, tha Famtui French Painter,
j and His Critic
j An Interesting story Is told of
j Jacques Tlsaot, the great Prencb paint
j er. While In England be painted a
j beautiful religious picture and. meet
! ing a countrywoman, asked her opinion
1 of bis work. "It's a chef d'oeuvre,"
I she replied, giving a remarkably Just
' and detailed appreciation of the varl
j us merits of the really splendid paint-
ling.
j -Are yoa satisfied?" asked a friend,
; Tlsaot answered In the negative. He
. entirely repainted his picture, working
j night and day.
When finished he sent agaia for his
fair critic, who pronounced it ad
mirable and remained silently admir
ing It with smiling criticism.
"Are yea satisfied?" asked the friend
j again when the lady bad departed.
"So" replied the artist, aad he set to
j work for ta!rl tlm-
j """hen the Partsienne saw the new
' Painting she gazed at It for some mo-
ment with evident emotion and then
without a word sank softly to ber
knee aad began to pray.
"Are yon satisfied now?" whispered
the friend, and Tissot said Tea."
London Saturday Review.
Hannibal' Dewnfalf.
Th fat of Hannibal turned upon
th result of a promenade. It wai after
he had crowed th Alp and entered
Italy, with winter quarter established
at Capua. Hi residence was one of
the best houses in tbe cttty. and while
walking la the garden b beard a fe
male role singing not far away.
Struck by tbe teas f the voice, he is
sued an order that th singer should b
brought before btm. He we so greatly
lmpre4 by ber charm that be at
one attached ber to his household.
4iBtadxtf4M husband by beheading
the GErotE chop sm'. i
Through the courtesy of a manager
0f hotels and restaurants, I secured!
: the following recipe. To make chop j
j suey, Chinese goods are necessary, j Tne following dish I had the pleaa
and he quoted the following names juro of learning to make direct from
with prices: Soy or Chines) sauce, L -oman wno had snent many years
35 cents: bamboo shoots, can, 18
cents: Chinese mushrooms, per pound,
57 cents; waternuts. per pound, 15
cents.
Chinese mushrooms resemble our
fresh mushrooms, but are dried and
must be soaked in water until soft j
before using. Fresh mushrooms may ;
be used Instead. Waternuts resemble
onions; they are aometimea called
Chinese onions and may be dispensed
with entirely. Bamboo shoots are put
up in cans and look like raw potatoes
peeled,
chickex chop xey.
pork.
iboth in any preferred fat.
Some Chi
neee use a peculiar oil, but fats wejten minutes. Rub the flour smooth
are used to are preferable. At the
.same ume eauie m a separate pan in
celery sliced in thru strips, sliced
bamboo shoots, peeled and sliced wat
ernuts. and the mushrooms sliced thin.
When done drain all fat from both
pans, empty the contents of the two
THE JOY OF OWNING A FARM
Walter A. Pyer in the Craftsman
P'"" me joy 01 omne aim uiung;cay nau caien mio inelr
one 01 tnose srnau, ruggea iarms aowu 1
ea8t - JJVritln on "Tne Jy of 0wI j
i Well, in tlie first place, there is the
joy of ownership. The farm is ours.
Meadow, orchard, wood lot and brook
are ours. Banks may fail, cities burn,
stock exchanges go mad with panic, But I know that which I have learned
our acres will remain serene and un-1 that happiness and contentment are
ruffled, and out apples and hay will ' not built upon such things as may
stow just the same. As we walk take upon themselves wings and fly
across the stubble field or brown plow-' to the uttermost parts of the earth,
ed land. we tread upon our own ours -For you salvation may come through
down deep to the center of the earth :the revolution of society; for me it lies
and up to the blue sky. This is our ' in the owning cf a bit of brown earth
magnificent, elm; these are our stone; and the planting of a tree, together
walls. The wonderful forceB of life j with such service as I may be able to
that are evident on every hand are i render my fellowmen from that van
working for us, and within these gojtage ground.
acres, for us alone. They never strike, j If still you do not comprehend, go
they never ask for more wages, they iwith us some clear September morning
respond marvelously to the slightest i and stand upon our hill overlooking
attention. We are king and queen of a I meadow and orchard, wood lot and pas-
happy domain, where the only wars ! ture. Here are our vigorous young
are with the coddling moth and the white pines, drawing life and beauty
potato bug. In other walks of life ' from yellow sand. There is our low
you may scorn my poor abilities, you nestling farmhouse and our friendly
may spurn my efforts, you may insult j barn, with the lofty elms and shady
my low estate; on my farm you must 'maples, and the four stalwart hick
seek an audience with the monarch j cries beyond. Where the elders and
of the realm; on my own land I am 'willow shrubs wander down toward
beyond the reach of intrigue and bick- jthe ravine is our music making brook.
ering and jockeying for place; I ami
established.
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salvation. Thus far it, has not extend-
ed t0 the D00r habitants of the hills
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back cf ub the souls we are just now
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fighting for are the souls of trees
the old derelicts of a misspent orchard
life. They cried for food, and we gave
:them nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
I potash in the form In which they were
I best able to assimilate them. They
' were choked with the growth of years
1 of neglect, and with the saw and prun-
A CALL FOR
(Chicago journal.)
One part of Governor Dunne's in-
augural message which will have a
lasting interest, particularly to farm
ers, is that in which the governor
calls for the employment of convicts
in making roads.
In another article, the Journal win
explain some of the advantages of this
plan to convicts. For the present. It
is enough to point out its benefits to
the state.
Illinois has the richest farming
lands in the west and very nearly
the worst roads. Government investi
gations have proved that it costs more
to haul a bushel of grain from farm to
ranroaa stauon man rrom raarcea sia-1
tion to the market (f high freight
rate Increase th cot of living
which no on doubt bad roads In
crease the cost many times more.
To plan road work for con"lcts will
require both tlm and care. But
there should be no delay in building
crushing plant for convicts, getting
road making material ready. These
should be located near a plentiful
him: BetrlbntiM followed closely upon
the cowardly perpetration of the out-
; rsge. The baianc or tn winter was
i devoted to pleasure, discipline aad
I drills were practically abandoned, aad
j with th advent of spring the Cartha
j ginlan army was so demoralized by
tbe disslparion of the city that it prea-
tlge was lost and with It cam tha
aoifiii nt PuntinL
MrsJUicc 6rtfht2H Bide
pans together, add the chicken stock,
cover and allow to simmer slowly un
til the meat is tender, add salt and
just before serving stir In the follow
ing mixture: one teaspoonful of New
Orleans molasses, one tablespoonful
soy and a pinch of cornstarch.
Serve with a bowl of hot rice, tea,
wafers and a bottle of soy. Bread
and butter are not served with chop
suey. Pork always remains for other
kinds of chop suey, but other meats
may be substituted for the chicken.
chii.i ros car.ne.
1 11 A 1 V All LI N Cll JlUrw uuv ( b vm. 'A
Mexican cookery.
..vo anhatitntftfl ,
for our use oil in p'ace of lard. The
chili powder and chili beans used In
this recipe may be purchased at any
grocery.
Materials Round steak, one-half
pound; Mexican chili beans or canned
kidney beana, one-half pint; water, one
cup; flour, one-third cup; tomatoes,
one-half can; chill powder, one tea
spoonful; salt, one teaspoonful; pea
nut, olive oil or crisco, two tablespoon
fuls; bay leaf, one; onion, one; sweet
green pepper, one-half.
Utensils Large spider, food chop
per, vegetable knife, measuring cup,
tablespoon, teaspoon.
Directions Cut the meat fine in the
food chopper. Put the oil into the
spider and when hot add the sliced
onion. Cook until tender, but not
brown. Remove seeds and veins from
the pepper, 6llce fine and put Into the
spider. Now pour In the cup of boil
ing water and all the remaining in
gredients and simmer gently about
in a little cold water or milk, stirring
carefully so as not to break the beans,
and more water may be added If
needed. If the dried Mexican chill
beans are used soak over night and
cook as other dried beans until tender.
All measurements level.
ing shears we let the sunlight in. De-
witn cnisei ana cement we neaiea
them. A thousand plant and insect
enemies attacked their weakened de
fense; we fought their battle witli a
spray pump.
I do not counsel anyone to follow in
my steps; they are faltering at best.
where our strong Bob is being water-
j ed. The ripening apples hang thick
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j The hour of fruitage is at hand;
jthe spirit of fulfillment and aecom-
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Ipllshment broods over the farm; the
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'seed has brought forth fruit after his
kind; a great, God-given year is being
rounded out to completeness. And far
jover yonder, beyond the town with its
homes and its college towers, lie the
I mountains in their blue serenity, sym
bols
of the everlasting power that
brings the reasons
GOOD ROADS.
( supply of rock, and should be modern
in every respect.
By this one move, the cost of road
making can be reduced amazingly.
Crushed stone now costs from $1 to
$1.50 per cubic yard. The actual cost
of crushing it is abwt 30 cents per
cubic yard. About 1,825 cubic yards
of stone are needed to cover a mile of
roadway 14 feet wide to a depth of
eight Inches.
At present prices crushed stone for
each mile of road cents from $2,000 to
$3,000, depending on the locality. With
a atone crushing plant operated by
convicts, that cost can be cut to al
most nothing the board of convict
and the expense of their supervision.
GomI roads will raise the value of
farm lands, cheapen the city price of
farm products by eliminating waste,
increase the attractiveness of farm
life. Private capital engaged in crush
ing stone need rot fear state competi
tion, for Illinois roads need more
stone than p-lvate capital can aupply.
The state should be a unit In backing
' Governor Dunne's movement for good
! roads.
Caracas The protocol of the agree-
,ment settling the difference between
France and
Venezuela was signed
here.
Brussels, Belgium April 14 has
been selected as the date for begin
ning a general strike throughout Bel-
j gium by tha National Council of Work-
Itagmetvs organizations.
AN OPINION fROM
pimiioiiowr
There'a always something goln' on to
make tha cowards quake with dread
And aet around and talk about the dan
cera that are on ahead;
I'll bet you that when Caeaar tell tha 1
folks who kept the stores In Rome
Expected that the mobs would rise to
drive them out of house and home;
But things kept coin' right along, the old
world never swerved a Jot,
And In a little while the crowds went
back to worktn' and forgot.
When Cromwell got his dander up and j
I'll bet that lota of foika supposed the 1
world was goln' up tha spout: :
The radicals. I e'pose. were blamed for j
the changes that were made:
But England didn't go to smash; In fact
the rip-up helped a lot.
And in a little while the crowds went
back to workln' and forgot.
It's always been the same old cry; we
hear It every now and then;
Some man that ain't afraid ateps out and
doea thing for his fellow men.
And they throw up their hands and say,
because his way la strange or new.
That he has knocked the bottom out and
things will soon be fallln' through.
But gener'ly It happens that what needs
upsettln' gets upaot.
And when the crowds get back to work
the whole affair Is soon focgot.
I If t?wi uAKfk Ahll
I Ii I I icM IQ ft --iiafc-Ni jVi PI II.
1 fWffl'
1
Is it ever worth while to go out of : of the b,d' ,t9 fathers made of tissue
your way paper. Space was left In the center
To satisfy hate or exhibit your for m,y body' "nd 8t(,ck'Df of a p,rop
snlte j er eolr were provided for my legs.
,-. . . ,j t . . i The tall was a wonder. Beautiful
Does ever yield profit to darken . . l
day
That might, If
you'd let it, be
bright?
Is It ever worth while to incumber
your heart
With grudges that fester or anger
that burns?
Does the blow that you aim or the
pain you impart
Ever bring satisfying returns?
Foxy Papa.
"Why is it that you never tell us
any of tbe smart things your little
boy says? Surely, he must make a
remark once in a while that is worth
repeating."
"Oh, he says lots of bright things,
but I'm putting them down In a book
for future use. I intend some day to
write a novel with a precocious child
in It, and. besides, I find that the eas- j
lest way to keep my friends is to let
them think their children are so much
more clever than mine."
Had Never Triad Them.
"Have you ever," asked Mrs. Old
castle, "become interested in limer
icks? A great many people especial
ly In England eeera to be almost
i crazy about them lately."
no, replied ner Hostess as ens
toyed with her sixty-karat solitaire,
Tve never got hold of any yet. At
iner anytning like mesa pikid ripe
dives ?
Hl Son's Progress.
"Is m7 son getting well grounded in
th classics?" asked tha anxious mil-! On the night of the ball I was obllg
.llonalre. j d to carry my -costume to th building
1 would put It erea stronger than
that," replied the private tutor "I
may say that he is actually stranded
on them."
Settled.
"Young man," demanded tha girl's
father, "have you a settled Income?"
"Tes, sir. It has just settled $5 a
i week, but a fellow ought to be glad
to be able to keep his job at any price
now, you know."
Word to th Unwlae.
The man who believes his friends
will support him In his adversity can
keep from having his faith shattered
by not becoming the posseasor of an
adversity.
As Sur a Fat.
Tha man of woman who never
wrote a limerick 1 going to have an
! Important advantage when it becomes
sary to explain to 8t Peter.
Failed!
"The lart time I was in New York 1
entertained at dinner at a swell cafe a
country cousin. When we got outside
h said to m: 'Do yon know you ac
cidentally dropped 80 cent on the
table Just as you left? That thief of
a waiter tried to grab It but 1 beat
him to It " Atchiaea Globe,
Beoa
TTie Argus
A Practical Joke By Arthur D. Purdy.
Copyrighted, ltlS. by Associated Literary Bureau.
Sue Owlnne was known as the big
gest little deTll in B. We were all
young then and were Inclined to be
frolicsome. I was, so far as I know,
tbe only serious one In the lot. I sup
pose that this was the reason I fell
In love with Sue. Opposite take to
each other, and by good rights Sue
should have returned my proffered af
fection, but she did not.. At any rate.
I couldn't be sure for more than half
I an hoar at a time that shedid. She
would say something very sweet to
; me, raising me to the pinnacle of eo
i atasy, then cast me down by cold treat
; ment.
It seemed to delight ber to make me
miserable, and why I couldn't under
stand. I wondered why she didn't
play her pranks on tbe .rest of the
boys. I couldn't see that they had
1 ,nv AanA1lll aAvntlktra nrar Tn a 'n.
was I considered stupid. Why, then,
had she picked me out to torment?
Sue had kept me In a chronic state
of fret during the fall and winter, but
when the season was about to close
seemed Inclined t let up somewhat in
ber endeavors to make me miserable.
Oar set agreed to end the winter's
festivities by a fancy dress balL De
ciding upon or getting up a costume
was entirely out of my line, for I bad
no Inventive faculty In such matters.
In my dilemma Sue kindly came to
my assistance. "Leave It to me," she
said, "and I guarantee that yon shall
have one of the most striking costumes
at the ball."
This was not only a great relief to
me, but set me up with regard to her
preference for me. Had she not picked
me out among all the fellows for an
act of kindness? And when she told
me that she would make my costume
with her own hands I was proud as a
peacock. All she wanted wss a few
measurements. As to material, she said
It would cost little or nothing. I asked
ber what the costume was to be, but
eb wouldn't tell me, assuring me that
I 'would be much pleased with It I
really cared very little what I repre-
uuver ruuiweu or ueorge vtasning-
ton. I was quite content to leave the
whole matter to Sue, believing that she
would provide a costume in keeping
with my dignity.
The afternoon of the day on which
the ball was to take place Sue tele
phoned me that I had better come to
her house and try on my costume. I
did so and met with a surprise. There
was not the least doubt as to my caus
ing a sensation In it or that it would
be considered the most, striking cos
tume at tbe ball. I was to represent a
bird of paradise.
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yju "Hoi, irnuicwuin wnu me uou.v
out In the rear, resembling either the
tall of a bird of paradise or a rainbow,
whichever the beholder chose.
I confess I wns very crestfallen. The
prospect of disporting myself in this
gaudy apparel was especially dis
agreeable to me. I refused to use It
Sue had two or three of her girl
friends with her, who at once mani-
I fested great astonishment that I did
not appreciate it, and Sue herself look-
eil verv n-ineh nut nut that all her rron-
hI .honM have been for nothing. Be-
tweeu tbem thev nccecfled , p.
j suadlnr to mit It T did so and
I was no sooner decorated with It than
. they ail cried at once: "Spleudid!
Beautiful! It will be the finest thing
in tbe room! What an original idea!"
Well, I simply yielded my consent to
make a fool of myself, because four
Mt themseives to tne tasU of
forcing me to do so. Each one of
! them promined to make it easy for me
by their support, giving me tbe most
of their time and dances at tbe ball,
though how I was to sweep that thre
yards of tail around In a dance I did
not know, and they failed to explain.
We are any of us liable to do some
thing and afterward cannot under
stand how we were silly enough to
have done it and this was a case in
point with me. I knew all the while
that I should refuse to wear such a
j gtume, but I didn't have the stamina
n me to withstand these girls. Be
sides. I feared that if I failed to ap
pear in it after the pain Su had tak-
en in designing and making it I would
! break the thread that hound her to me.
j where It took place and put it on there.
Had 1 gone through the streets with it
on I should have been mobbed. The
moment I entered tbe ballroom every
ey was fixed upon me. The girls who
had persuaded me to wear tbe bird
stood by their promise to support me.
and all clustered about me, each claim-
: ing the honor of tbe first dance with
j me. though they all at last gave way to
Sue.
I shall never forget that dance. Had
I been tbe kind of a fellow to make a
guy of myself in order to afford amuse
ment for others I would have consider
ed myself to be covered with glory.
Being a quiet serious, studious, digni
fied person. I was In an agony. Every
turn I made In the dance, sweeping my
nine feet of tall behind me, excited the
laughter not only of those in the set
with me, but every one in the room.
The antics of th others to get out of
the way of my tall feathers were alone
enough to set the whole company into
a babel of hilarity. One couple after
another stopped dancing to look at me
till at last the set I was with was the
only on remaining on the floor, tbe
others forming ring around ns to
laugh at a. a. I made a break to get
away, but Sue caught m by tbe tall
aad held me long enough for other to
Interfere and put me back in my place.
And so I wrjn forced to make a spec
tacle of myself for the othera till tbe
end of th dance. Sue endeavored to
keep me stead by aa occasional fires-
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sure of the hand or some other method
of coddling me. But my mortification
and anper were gradually getting the
better of me. and, though I concealed
it I was vowing vengeance on her. It
occurred to me that no girl would thus
demean a man she felt any love for
and that she had taken this means of
showing her contempt for me.
By the time I had finished this first
dance I was ready to leave tbe room,
take off my bird costume and go away
lu anger. I think I should have done
so had not Dan Wilson, an intimate
man friend of mine, told me that but
one course remained to me to carry
out the joke as though I enjoyed It.
To give way to anger would only make
the matter worse. I saw the senoe of
this advice and resolved to act upon it
Having taken this resolution, I did
the best I could to play my part and
It might have been after all quite a
successful plot on the part of Sue and
her abettor had not her recklessness
spoiled it all. I gradually recovered
my equanimity so far as to dissemble
with her and conceal the bitterness I
felt against her for leading me Into
such a trap. Tosslbly this encouraged
her to go further. Having borrowed
a match from tbe box of one of the
men, she lighted the tissue paper on
the tip end of my tail.
Very young persons are not overbur
dened with common sense, and as the
little flame quickly spread it greatly
amused the company. Feeling a
warmth, I turned my head and, see
ing tbe flame, my body, in an effort to
put out the fire, giving a swish, that
fanned it Into a conflagration.
The laughter of the lookers on sud
denly gave way to anxiety, and sev
eral men rushed to my assistance.
But by this time the flames had ac
quired considerable headway, and the
task was a difficult on. My tall
feathers were all aflame and those on
my back were belug Ignited. A thrill
of horror passed over those standing
about me. The women, in their flimsy
costumes, drew back, while the men
pushed forward toward me. One, who
was dressed as an Indian, took a blan
ket from his shoulders and wrapped it
about me, while the others kept pluck
ing the burning tall feathers. This
saved me from death, but not from
burning. My back and my legs were'
seriously scorched. I was led out of
the hall, and I remember seeing
among the throng of horror stricken
faces that of Sue Gwinne. the very
picture of remorse and despair.
The incident finished tbe ball before
It had well begun. I was told after
ward that a few persons remained
and attempted to carry on the dances,
but tbe fact that I was known tq have
been badly burned took the spirit out
of tbe affair, and before midnight all
was dark which rhonld have been a
brilliantly illuminated scene of gayety.
It was a month before I left my
room. I confess I acted very badly to
ward tbe perpetrators of what though
Intended for an innocent joke, very
nearly became a frightful tragedy. Sue
sent me word of her dlKtress and beg
ged that she might be permitted to
do something for roe. But, believing
that her action toward me had been in
tended to be contemptuous, I did not
find it in my heart to forgive her. I
showed my spleen by making no reply
intercede for her, but I was adamant
It was not .the burns that restrained my
forgiveness, but the fact that my love
ho I considered hud been spurned.
Finally my chum Dan Wilson, whose
opinions bad great weight with me,
told me, that while Sue's act was to b
considered as foolish and reprehensi
ble in the extreme, the whole affair
had been conceived In a spirit ot mis
chief, and had no bearing whatever
on her feelings toward me, unless it
might be construed to indioate that
she was favorably inclined toward me.
He represented that the poor girl was
suffering Intensely tn consequence of
her act and my treatment of her was
little short of cruel. ,
So I wfote Sue that I had come to
the conclusion she had meant neither
harm nor disrespect In providing m
with a bird of paradise suit and firing
the tail feathers, and begged that aba
would not distress herself further
about it especially since my wound
were nearly healed.
This brought her to see me. Kneel
ing beside me, she took my hand and
wet it with her tears. I withdrew my
hand for the purpose of lifting her
face and made bold to kiss away ber
tears.
Any contemptible cause Is good
enough to bring about an understand
ing between lovers, and the ignition of
the tall feather of my bird of paradise
suit caused fire of another kind to burst
into flame In two hearts, mice and
Bus's. For once, and for once only, I
had the advantage of ber. But even
this occasion was short lived. We have
been married' hut five years and al
ready she has contrived to throw upon
me tbe blame of that affair. She says
that "had 1 not been such an uppish
sort of a fellow there would have been
no inducement for a girl to take the
upplshness out of me."
Feb. 13 in American
History.
1805 David Dudley Held. Jurist born
in Haddam, Conn.; died 1W.
1&43-Ou.modore Is;ia- Hull, Ameri
can naval hero, commander of the
famous frigate Constitution, died;
born 1773.
1897-John Itandoiph Tucker, a noted
Virginian, died; born 1:5. Gener
al Joseph O. Shelby, celebrated
west of the Mle-sLsMppl as a dash
ing Confederate cavalry command
er, died: born 1S31.
If you know how to upend less than
rou get you have tbe pnilosopUer
ateo.rra8hUa.