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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1913.
THE ARGUS.
Published dafjy at 124 Second sve
liue. Rock Inland. (Entered at the
ptofflc as cecond-class matter.)
Rack Island Member of the Aaaorlated
Vrrm.
BY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
TERMS Ten rent per week, by car
rier. In Rock Iolar-d.
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lie made to the circulation department. ,
which should also be notified In every i
instance where It 1 desired to have '
par'r discontinued, as carriers have no i
authority in the premises. (
All ron-.mijr.l"ations of argumentative !
rharaeter. polltt'-al or religious, must '
have real nane attaei.-(l for publlca- !
tlon. No irh articles will be printed
-rr fictitious Igrfb.tjres.
Telephones in all departments: Cen- j
tral rnlen. West 14',. 1145 and 214;
I'nlon Electric. 1145. '
ta cTsfog) council l
Saturday, February 15, 1913.
Governor Hlpa.se of South Carolina
declares he will not attend the in
augural ceremoni'1. Now everybody
fchoulr go.
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In Japan me Btone the premier,
In England he i. stoned by women.
Can it be we are going bark to the
afone age.
A Missouri legislator has introduced
a bill making It a misdemeanor for a
wife to rifle a husband's pockets. What
a horrid man.
!
Still, if Wisconsin elected T'nited j
States n-tiators by direct vote. rnc 1
ke SirphMiGon would have to put out
more dough.
Colonel Koosovelt shouts no com
promise or alliance with the republi
can party. Yet in Main? the 1). m.'s
allied with the g. o. p. 'and elected
a standpatter senator and in Illinois
they are ready for any old deal.
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The UoeUford Star ask why J. ;
Plrrpont Morgan does not buy Mexico
and end the trouble. Who knows that
he does not already possess most
of it? Maybe that is the cause of
the rebellion.
The li rat. und paramount duty of
every cue of the !7 democrats in the
general assembly at Sprluglle'd Is to
vole for James Hamilton Lewis for
I'nited States senator. He is the
chelc of the primary and the choice
of the democrat in the general elec
tion and to fail to nt:i:i-J by him would
be to betray the party.
JUKI' NOT A I'dlM blll II KIIO.
Cotiresninaii Mann, who proposed
!o erect u monument to Jeff Uavis, got
(scat hn afur. if his object was
to attain pub icltv. (Jrand Army posts
are writing from day to day and adopt
l"u resolution iic.l.t off t'ie inn) (!
bouncing Manu ami Jeff an 1 every-
- thing thereto p-i t.i inir.c. Mr. Joffer- '
son Dnvia occupied a vi ry u'lwelcomc
- position In a flight that fail -d. (Jrneral
. 1 ee, (Jeiieral Sumewall Jackson ami
n.uny others who went to ;ie frout
ii I'd idled red Mckh) for in" cause are
held In fo-,..l an 1 h-ioe t 'collect ion
by hcir northern iippiuie,,'.; and are
acclaimed bv Cram! Army men.
Kilt Jen" I ,iis, will' ' ! I lieu- of the
glamor f pii.vsii 1 Oee-N of d,.r;io; '
tuchi''; in Vi!i. h... b ! .;'?.e. i's i
t'ie rch-rebe'. vhc lieelt. ,i , veil ll.f '
own cause lh" lat ii'."men! and at
tempted lj tbcape :n woman'.- ;iUir. .
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W ATI i:v
M I'.OI'S.
t. i : v M i in
V. .1 il
part
"r .i! " bll
i cr crops u Lu y.
Of 1!..
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- ir"
Ij'mI p
eeausi! of
:.!! f.'Cil-
:; admit
pill''-'.' to
:e Hsl.e.l
p y cf ibis
orn'rv e:
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ick ( f
,l( ';:'.te I '.;!'.
', ilies. Tii it raii:o.,
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that I hey ii r, e l.o: t r.e e,
handle all the t- a!', c they
to haii'!!'j. al'hotich lh
v have a bled
rolling i-u 1;
'o'. T...' olivi
ne the Inland
rt Ly bjat a
u Koo-I Ii.;1. t,
wi'hii: i'ie
(His remedy
wan-1 v. ay b
greater qu.
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m. t 1. mo.,
is n impri
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::Uty of out
atiE'.ial crops ;
to tht big marke'.i.. in ever;- country
in Kurope the importance of iuUnd !
waterway as a means of moving the'
rops is recognized and millions of i
dollais are spent every year on them, i
No country in the wor.d is so well I
rapplled with stream that can be'
made arteries cf traffic as th Cnited I
'atcs, yrt gome ( f the ir.ORt important '
i f the rivers in this country have been '
neglected. The loss of a part of the !
rrnna nnnitnllv frneA rt InQajmafa i
transpcrtatiou facilities adds mater
ially to tb cost of living. Judge
Knapp. h'ad cf the commerce court,
in a recent speech in Philadelphia.
said: j
"It is a matter of common knowl- i
edge that the output of traffic for the j
fiscal year 1907 exceeded the carrying j
tapacity of all our rail and water;
lines. Now, with the rapid increase
of popu.ation and an equally rapid in-
ttease ln productive efficiency that is
to say. with a greater army of work
ers, better cultivation of the soil and
fluer Industrial organization the out
put of that year outbt to be doubled,
and will be doubled. In another de
cade, if only we can provide for its
prompt and proper distribution."
This Is one of the most serious prob
lems confronting the American people
today. The railroad are nan;, but
! if very evident that they are unable
to handle all Uie traffic.
They will not be Injured ln the
kail if the inland waterways are utll -
ized to their fullest capacity, for there
1b business enough for both.
PKI7.KS IOK SCHOOI, INDLS
1U1AI. WOKK.
"One cake, loaf of bread, f...ncy pil
low, fancy apron, hemstitched hand
kerchief, three ears yellow corn, three
ears popcorn, cuiart of nev.- wheat,
largest and best head of cabbage."
This signifies neither a church sa'.e
tier a cf-un'v fair, but s:p-."1 ?:!itv
it ?n a cour.ty shere industrial wak
in recognized by regular training in
he j iiMic schools an I rewarded bv
prizes a th end of the year. The
work is done at home under the direc-
j ticn of parents as well as teachers, ac-
cr.rf'ir.c to ir. formation received at the
1 TTito:1 'ri.ic hnroQii rif cr ui 1 1rTt
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exhibit re-cent. y held at Goshen, lad., I
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where products such as these are i
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shown., represents a school and home
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movement that Is going on vigorously
1 in many parts of the T n;ted States. It
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ityp.fU-F tlie awak'-ned interest In In-
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custr:;:! training that has come to sup-
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ril.niort in t'i fin!- nr trio f rartihnnQ!
wor'.c of the public schools. It means
eloper connection than ever before be-
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nr: rif tno ti'iIim-. ernn-ila It mno n
! twefn fchocl and Iif.
huK.nrcs n; n rr this Indiana
cour.ty showed their
ovo.i tr.p.r mtrtht in the':.
school industrial exhibit by furnishing
prizes for the bfest products In each
class. The Erst prize for the best loaf
of broad baked by a school girl was
a pold ring, and the second an Axmins-
1 ter rug. The girl who served the most
j dpli( lous luncnoon of our dieUe8 waa
rewarded wlth a ..gavorv roa8ter
j Boyg from ,he B( hoo, whQ ghowed
!the most business-like commercial pa-
Pt checks, notes, etc. and wrote
the bet eompi'sit ion on "What a high
school gradna,p should know and be
able to do," were presented with sub
scriptions to local newspapers. The
winners of the corn club exhibit were
pivf,n th privilege of a two days' trip
to Purdue unhersitv; and there were
many other premiums awarded for
products actually made or grown by
the school children of the county dur
ing the year.
The Field of Literature
Scribner's for March.
11. C. Dwijiht, who contributes to
the Marin Si-ribncr an artk-le on "The
d'ar.li ris of the Itiisphnri's," is the son
and grandson of writers and was
born :md brought up in the east which
he describes fo picturesquely and ac
curiiU'ly. He lias been in Constanti
nople ulrnof t i (intiiiuously since tlit'
rev uliit ion of the Young Turks.
Captain ltostron of the Carpathia
has never before given an authorized
account of his rescue of the Titanic
survivors. There will he his remarka
ble tiar'M'ive. written with the blunt
i direi t -ss of a sailor. It will be ac-i
' companied by some striking photo-i
1 graphs taken by a passenger ou the
ICarpnthiH. j
Tl.e a!ley of the Mississippi is do
scr;le,l by l'r Fi'lent I'in'.ey as "The
Valley if the .'ew Democracy," where
men have for a century been working
out the pio'leins of Ann rican social
and im:-::-'
ai.il ( i.tlm
w::s borr. i
peptile.
ui liTe. It is an inspiring
lie lb-tine by a man who
1 brought u; among t!io?e !
COUPLE FIND CHINK
THIEVES EFFICIKVT
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Mrs.
A. Pattern
j (Special Correspondence of The Arg-u )
I San Francisco, Feb. 11. Although
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Ichinese burglars may employ peculiar;1161 bur81-ar ,ullel bis .victims in-
methods in the pursuit of their voca-
tion, the efficiency of these artists ls
not questioned by Dr. and Mrs. C. O.
Patten, who have Just arrived here
from Hongkong.
During the 18 months the San
Francisco dentist and his beautiful
19-year-old wife remained in the orient
they experienced two rebberies which
left them without a s'ng'.e one of the
valuable presents they received when
jthey were married here Just before
'sailing for the fsr east,
i The wedding of Miss Lottie Porter,
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WHY HE TOOK LESSONS,
Here's a young man who succeeded
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in business simplv because he learned
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to cook before he started out. He
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i"1 a cnei, tuner, in iaci, ne a a
stove ealesman.
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' His father owns one of the largest
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stove factories in the countrv. The
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jouug man aspires to be a member of
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I "Certainly' said Dad, "but you must
j earn your way first." Then he eug-
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stoves are poor and people are 'hard
to change.
"Before you go," suggested the fath
er, "better take some cooking lessons.
Go to the best cooking expert In town
and get her to show you how to use
our range."
So the young man called on the
cooking expert and she said she'd take
him for a pupil if he was really seri
ous about It.
The boy said he was serious.
A few dnys later he went for his
first lesson. While he stood by, the
cooking expert made one of her fam
ous jelly rolls and some milk biscuit
and roasted a piece of meat. He
watched closely and the next time he
came the cooking expert did the stand
ing by, directing his every move, of
course.
"When I come again I'll go it alone,"
he said.
HE I.KlltVEIt QI ICK.
And he did just that. With the
cooking expert for audience he made
jelly roll which waa ready to cut in
CAPITAL
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
cosi;Ri:s!iMAX-Ei.ECT from the J
r r i ht kk NTl l district.
(Special Correspondence ti The Argus.)
Washington, Keb. 13. Three million
dollars i to be the saving to the peo- j
as tne result of the !
fact that Congress- j
man Ben Johnson
of Kentucky is
chairman qT the
house committee
on the District of
Columbia. He dis
covered that the
people in tlio
states are paying
one-half of the
taxes for those
who reside in the
Distiict cf Colum
bia and, until he
began to make a
fight in congress
i hey did not kuow
it. Even some of
'ht; members of
CLYDE H.
i digress did
know it.
HOI
TAVE.HMER
The practice of
the government standing one-half of
the 'axes for residc-rts of the District
of Colun.bi '. is an old one. It lias
i. en gciuii en for years. Custom is
1 a l.ard tiling to break down. Hut there
i ,
: !? tea .y no 'more reason why the peo
I pie of the sTats should bear half of
1 I'ie expense of m-.un'aiiring the D.6
ri 1 ef Cci'imbia than there is why
'.hey si. oi. Id p iy ':i.!f of the ta:,rs of
the retidef.t s uf the capitals of fctates.
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ft m
m e o.u po..cy oi i no government m ; tern on his road or travel in the dark,
fand ,c:ieha!f of the taxes makes j while he pays hig proportion of the
Washington a tire place for tax dodg- j rost t0 put pieotric ligh's on the rural
ing millionaires to build their palaces, j rout,.s, which load out of the city of
It might only m- exi.eeud that whon J Washington to the limits of the 70
Mr. Johnson b-au his fight pressure i squal-e miles which constitute the Dis
would be brought to bear on him to trict of Columbia.
force him to uban-ion It. It was. The -The scnool chnd back in the states
great newspaper of Washington played j ls KjVPn desk rocm ln itg humble
him and rldicuW him; the senate ephoi at a con of a do;iar or two.
set i.sc ; up ag:-.i:s; aim. lie was op
posed cr. the floor of the house, r.nd
he had to fight, and fight hard,' for
every inch of headway he made.
IVTEOEST OF THE PEOPLE.
But Mr. Johnson took the attitude
belie of Winnemucca, Nev., and daugh
ter of Dr. W. S. Porter, to Dr. Patten,
a graduate cf the University of Cali
fornia, at the St. Francis hotel in
July, 1911, attracted considerable at
tention. The young couple received
Jewelry and silverware presents val
ued at thousands of dollars.
All of these valuables were taken
along when Dr. Patten located hig
practice at Hongkong. One morning
the Pattens overslept. They aweke to
find that with the exception of Mrs.
Patten's wedding ring and engage
ment lings and a gold locket she waa
wearing, all of their valuables had dis
appeared. Strange odored nunks stuck about
the floor made it clear that the Chi-
l" Qrrp "wp WUUP ne - a
lew weens laier ur. fatten a omce
was robbed of $800 in gold.
The Pattens then concluded to let
others enjoy the prosperity of the
orient and return to America.
To Star and to Starve.
Charles Mathews, the English actor,
once went to perform at Wakefield,
where, owing to the depressed state
cf trade, the drama received no sup
port, ne was afterward asked how
much money he hsd made at Wake
field and replied. 'Not a sbimn." ."Not
SI
24 minutes from the time he lighted
the oven and milk biscuit, and then
he roasted a piece of meat and finished
his feat with a casserole. Everything
was as it should be and he was as
pleased as a boy with his first pen
knife. An hour or so aftet he had left, nla
father called the cooking expert on
the phone and asked if it was possible
the boy had done so well as he said
She rep'.ied that the best way to prove
the matter would be for father and
mother to come and see for them'
selves. So, at the fourth lesson there
was an audience of three. And every
thing was done as well as the teacher
herself could have done
"Well, that is wonderful," said the
mother. "I never would have believ
ed it, had I not seen." And she fell
to tasting her son's Jelly roll, which
was delicious, and his biscuit, which
were equally goed.
ORDERS FLOWED IV.
After one more lesson, for a few
finishing touches, the young man start
ed off to Europe.
At first he didn't get a warm wel
come from the dealers In southern
France and Italy, but when he had giv
en one or two exhibitions of what he
had learned from the cooking expert,
he began to get orders
Those people had never before seen
anything like what he showed them
They looked upon his results as al
most miraculous. In a short time he
was the talk of the trade, and dealers
flocked to see him do his "wondalr-ful
cooking.
Of course, they wanted stoves that
would do work of that sort! Of
course, they wonted to know the way
to make such admirable "zhelle-roll.'
Of course the young salesman showed
them how, and when he came back to
his native land he brought so many
orders for gas ranges that, even if he
hadn't been a member of the family
he would have been made a member of
the firm.
COMMENT
that he was sent to congress to serve
the best interests of all the people and
'not for the purpose of perpetuating
! soft snaps for the 'wealthy of the
District of Columbia. Mr. Johnson,
after a hard fight, succeeded in strik-
jng more than three millions of dol-
iars ou, Df tne last appropriation -bill
for tne District of Columbia.
"The people back in the states are
taxed to carry on their locai city, coun
ty and state government; and, in ad
dition, are taxed to pay one-half of
all the municipal expenses of the city
of Washington," declared Mr. Johnson.
"Congress quarrels and fights within
itself over the question as to whether
cne or two battleships shall be built,
and without batting an eye or asking
a question votes the price of a dread- j
naught to Washington each congress.
v mows oi the old soldiers are com
pelled to fight and scramble for an
$3 or a $12 a month pension, but the
widow of .1 Washington policemm is
paid a pension of ?."0 a month and
no questions asked, while the $3 pen-
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4 . j .. if I'J ..i same i.i.. u .-.
said cf the old soldier himself.
TK IIER ItKAKS HER MIAIti:.
"The county school teacher' bears
her part of a tax burden in order to
pay the pehool teacher $1,800 for teach
ing 2S0 hours in the schools of Wash
ington. The school child back in the
rtates bears its proportion of tax at
home for school books, and then pays
a tax to buy school books for the
child of the mi lionaire who lives in
Wasiiinptcn. The farmer cn the rural
route in the states must carry a lan-
while that child bears its proportion of
tax which is imposed upon the Amer
ican people to give desk room costing
$1,210 for each child which has enter
ed the school age during the last five
years in the city of Washington."
a shilling?" repeated" hTs qnestfoner.
"Why, I thought you went there to
star." "So I did." replied Mathews.
"But they spell it with a 've' ln Wake
field." Dad'o Disgrace.
"We dined ont last evening. Pa db
fraced va as usual."
"As t how?"
"Got to the end of the dinner with
three forks and two spoons still un
used." Pittsburg Pos
Tho Cuckoo,
fa the middle aaes the cuckoo was
thought to be a god who took the form
of a bird, and It was a sacrilege to
kill bim. The Romans were less super
stitious and more practical. They
caught him. killed him and ate him
and he'd no bird conld be compared
with bim for sweetness of flesh.
Hit Moan Comment.
"In three months from now," said
the man cheerfully, ! expect to own
nay own home."
"How long." inquired his cynical
friend, "is your wife expecting to bo
to way?" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Thre Is no greater mistake in tbw
world than bting discontented. W. U.
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Backward, turn backward, O, time, la
your flieht!
Give me conceit again, just for tonight:
Carry me back to the dayi when I wore
Loud clothes and, in fact, was a gay
sophomore:
Smooth from my forehead all traces of
care.
Cover my poll with a thatch of dark hair;
Put all the doubts that assail me to sleep.
Give back the self-love I neglected to
keep.
Tired of the hollow, the base and untrue.
I long to be somewhere around 12,
With the boundless conceit that enlivened
me then
When I fantled I wielded a masterful
When! ''thought that the things which I j
wrote were sublime, I
And was eure that my fame must endure !
through all time
When I proudly believed that my wisdom
was deep
And that genius was resting when I went
to sleep.
I
Turn backward. O, time, for tonight.
for
by
won't you please,
And let me be gladdened
ecstacles?
I
youth's I
Permit me to have the cock-sureness of
yore.
That I had when I strutted, a proud
sophomore.
Believing I knew all a mortal might
know.
And sure I was chosen to lead here be
low; Oh, put all the doubts that perplex me
to sleep.
Give back the conceit I've neglected to
keep.
Horrible!
"Dear me," said Mrs. Gidney as she
laid the book aside, "what a terrible
situation. The hero has just spilled
the last drop of water from his can
teen and he Is out on the desert.
pcrnaps hunareds of miles from the
nearest oasig- What could be mcre
awful?"
"Having his last match blown out
before he got his pipe lit and being
hundreds of miles from another," re
plied Mr. Gidney after blowing out
a few more rings.
Friendly Advice.
"I have," he said, as he laid his
book on the reviewer's desk, "publish
ed this volume of poems simply for
my own satisfaction and amusement."
"Then " advised the critic after he
had v hastily glanced at the opening
lines, in which "claim" waa made to
rhyme with "grain," "I would urge you
to take the entire edition and keep it
carefully within the confines of your
own library."
His Fear.
"And don't forget when you go
downtown today," said the wife of
the millionaire who was being tried
for juggling with tho books of the
great institution of which lie was the
president, "to get 'Three Weeks.' "
"I'd be mighty glad to do it, Maria,"
he replied, "but, between you and e,
I'm afraid I'll gef about five years."
Our Provincialism.
"Deah me." said Miss Spreadton
after she had lived in England for
three months, "how provincial ypu
Americans are. When I began to
smoke my cigarette awfter dinner in
Chicago some of the women present
actually looked as if they thought I
was doing something unladylifie."
Hardships of the Rich.
"Thev sav old Gotalotte was DrettT
hard hit during the recent panic."
"Yes, poor old chap; I'm mighty sor
ry for him, too. He is so hard up that
be, can't afford to emoke anything bet
ter than three-for-f.'ty cigars?"
What It Was.
"It is possible," paid the speaker,
"that some of you have heard b8
story I am about to tell, but "
"Possible?" interrupted a little man
away down at one of the tables in the
farthest corner; "it's a cinch."
Greatness.
"Pa, when is a man. great?"
"When he really wants to keep out
of the way of people who take snap
ajaotfl." Testmg a Mat.
Put on your hat and all outdoor re
palla. says the Iindon Chronicle, and
then go where you can stand between
C strong light and a bare wall. Notice
. onr silhouette and note the propor
tions and symmetry, if these sre not
artistic or satisfactory, throw eway
the bat and buy another.
The Argus
A Blue Ribbon By F. A. Mitchel.
Copyrighted. 1913, by Associated Literary Bureau.
Harry Spangler, a light hearted young
man of twenty, opened the front door
and went out for a walk. He was im
maculately clnd a silk- hat, a light
spring overcoat, gloved and carried a
cane. There Is always a weak spot
somewhere about us, and the weak
spot In Mr. Spangler's attire was one
frayed shoestring. He had not gone
far before it waa dangling under his
heels. He stopped near a stone stoop
and, putting his foot upou a lower
step, was about to tie it when he
discovered that It was broken. Not
only was it broken, but broken In the
middle, and In order to right It he must
take it out, readjust one half of it and
throw the other half away.
To do this necessitated sitting down
on the stone step and taking off his
shoe. Looking about him to see that
no one was near to see him In such an
undignified position he dusted oft the
step with his snow white handkerchief,
seated himself and went to work. Hav
ing withdrawn the string lu endeavor-
lug to get It back In place he discover
ed that the metal tip had been flattened
and would not go into the holes. The
cut end would not go In without the
skill of a needie threader. He suc
ceeded, however, in doing the Job
wheu he discovered that the string
could not be tied, one end being made
shorter than the other.
Mr. Spangler was sitting there look
ing nt the shoe when along came a
young lady a couple of years his junior,
dressed as Immaculately as he and
withal very pretty. She endeavored
to repress a smile at the situation,
which she took In at once, then In the
kindness of her heart began to feel
over her corsage, her shoulders, for
something with which to replace the
broken string. Finding a narrow rib
bon she detached It and handed it to
the handicapped man, but the look of
despair In his face at being able to in
troduce It into his shoe so affected her
that, taking off her gloves, she Intro
dueed the ribbon with her own deft
?"gPr IIary Put, n the shoe' tled
tne uls of the ribbon, then rising
shook the leg of his trousers down over
it. He was profuse in his thanks, lift
ed his hat with a bow he had often
practiced before the glass, and the girl
who hud succored hln passed on. All
thnt was left of her was a blue ribbon.
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sixteen inches long.
When Spangler returned to his home.
he took the ribbon out of his shoe, j
smoothed et:t the kinks and contem- j
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girl whose charming person it had dec
orated nifl whose fingers had placed It
in his shoe. Then folding It two or
three times, lie ran it through the but
tonhole of his coat, tied it ln a bow
knot and vowed he would leave it
there till ' he' Should meet the donor
again.
Mr. Spansrler'a mind was not so full
of important subjects but that there
was room for a pretty girl who hml
given him a smile for himself and a
ribbon for his boot. Whenever he
looked at the ribbon, remembering
where it had been, lie was distressed
to think that it had descended from its
position in lie neighborhood of violets
to rub'. .i.'iiinst malodorous shoe
bbiekin.: It kept fresh in his mind
that pink anil white complexion, those
eyes of the heaven's own blue, those
c.ils of blond sliininir in the sunlight,
that dainty figure, displayed by a fash
loiinhty cut costume.
Spangler never went out on to the
street without wearing I he ribbon tied
in a butterfly knot in his buttonhole.
Several months passed without bin
meeting the donor again, when one
Cay, turning a corner, be came sudden
ly upon her. She passed him without
ii'iy sign of recognition whatever,
though he caught her gaze momentari
ly fastened on the ribbon in bis but
tonhole. Notwithstanding thnt it would
not have been etiquette for her to no
tice a stranger, even though she had
succored him in distress, he felt hurt
that she hii'l not shown some evidence
of having met him before Hut she i
passed on in nmong the Ihrong. and he
f'.iil not know that be sliouhl ever meet
her again.
Hut hopeful, he continued to wear j
the ribbon. Kvery day for a year he j
turned the corner where he bad met
!mr. fiinoying that she might have oc- i
casion at times in pass that way: yet
saw her there no more Hut one gala
day while standing on a curb where n
crowd bad gathered to seft a procession
, pass he turned, anil there in a window i
! with others was the girl who was
haunting him. He stood looking up at I
i lir for some time, but whether she
se.w him or whether she was ignorant j
i of his presence he could not tell. At j
i any rate, she ignored him. I.oath as i
he was to leave her without learning :
something by which he might trace
her. he felt obliged to move on lest she
consider his stare an Impertinence.
Spangler fit that the girl had an nd
vantage over htm aud was holding on
to it. A ma a cho wishes the acquaint
ance of a lady must find the means for
an introduction There Is among re
fined women that gateway which must
he passed before the two can have
anything In common. If the lady !a
about to sail ror tne otter side of the
world and the man she would like to
kuow elands lieside her, it is a point
of honor, or pride, or coquetry with
her to leave it to him to break the bar
rier between them.
Such was the present case. Spang
ler, could be have learned who the la.Iy
was or where she lived, would have
moved heaven and earth to find a mu
tual friend to introduce him. Hut he
could not attach himself long enough
to her to get any Information about
her. Once while chatting with a friend
on the street she passed him, and be
asked the friend If be knew her. Had
the reply been definitely in the nega
tive Spangler would have accepted the'
inevitable. It Is not the inevitable that
oubles us; we recover from it vtrj
Daily Story
soou. It ls the might have been- the
slip 'twixt the cup nnd the Hp. Spang
ler's companion gave him excruciiiMnff
sgouy by saying that he had met the
lady, but for his life he could not tell
when or where, what was her naiae or
where she lived.
"Think." said Spangler.
His friend thought, but with no re
sult. "You're stupid as an owl," snapped
Spangler. "If 1 had met a girl any
where I would surely le able to recall
something by which she might be iden-
iinea.
It seemed as if fate were determined
to tantalize Spangler. lie saw the girl
ho wished to know on a trolley car.
lie tried to board the car. but it whs
going at a breakneck speed. One day
he was sitting in a railway car, just
leaving a station, when an Incoming
train passed him. At a window he
saw her Just long enough for her to
lower her eyes from his to the ribbon
in his buttonhole. Then again she waa
gone. On uuother occasion, while on a
ferryboat, he saw her standing on the
deck of another boat going the other
way. Yet never In any of these meet
ings did she show the slightest recog
nition of ever having seen him before.
Spangler had a bosom friend, to
whom he told his story, mentioning
the fact that, though the girl on pass
ing him never failed to cast a momen
tary glance on the ribbon ln his but
tonhole, she also failed to show the
slightest recognition of him, not even
permitting herself nu amused smile.
"I'll tell you what you do," Bald his
companion. "The next time you pass
her pull the ribbon from your button
hole and wave it about your head
ecstatically. Try her on that, and if
it doesn't break the Ice the next time
ki.a it and weep over it"
Spnngler was much comforted by this
Idea; but, lover-like, he despaired of
ever meeting the girl again. And be
didn't that Is, he didn't pass her ou
the street or ln a railroad car or an
automobile. Bat fate was waiting to
give him a far better opportunity than
any of these. One evening, being In
vited to a dance, he donned his spike
tail coat his low cut white vest
with eighteen carat gold buttons, and
appeared on the scene, quite ready for
any conquest that might present Itself.
He had no sooner appeared at the doer
of the dancing hall, his thumbs in his
trousers pockets and bis neck stretch
ed to see over his inordinately high
shirt collar, than he espied the object
of his udoratlon careering with her
head over her partner's shoulders in
the two step.
He had his ribbon ln his pocket ho
never wore it where it would attract
attention, though lie always carried it
with him und on seeing his inamorata
he whipped it out and tied it lu his
buttonhole. Choosing a partner, he
sailed into the dunce, steered her to
ward the lady be desired to impress
and had the satisfaction to see her
eyes fixed on the ribbon as she passed
him; but, as at the oilier meetings,
her face was us impassive as a marble
statue.
"I'll break through that if 1 have to
disgrace myself to do it," said Span
gler. And. going into the geiitkliieu's
dressing room, he took the string from
one of bis low patent leather shoes
and tied the ribbon lu it in a butterfly
knot of great beauty, t'u re-entering
the bail he found the revelers forming .
for a square dance. File ling his part
ner, be led her to the set in which tha
girl whose attention be " ished to at
tract had taken position nnd establish
ed himself as her vis a vis.. She ignor
ed him ns completely as ever. While
standing still his trousers' covered Ills
blue ribbon shoestring.
The music struck up, and the head
couples moved forward und back.
Spangler on advancing raised his be
ribboned foot and swung it in grace
ful curves. The young lady opposite
stood her ground, but the rigidity of
her faeo showed signs of givlug way.
As Spangler receded he left the dec
orated shoe ns far forward ns possible.
On turning corners be held it high,
hopping around on the other foot.
The g"al was won! The lady who
had furnished the ribbon aud laced
his shoe burst into laughter.
There were more explosions during
the dance, and when It was finished
and Spangler led his partner to n sest
near that of the girl whose reserve he
had conquered the latter gave film il
smile that said plainly. "Come and
t-pcak to me." He approached, saying,
"I leg of you to suggest someone to
introduce me." To which she replied,
"A man needs no Introduction to n
girl who has tied his shoe." ami
straightway made room for him be
side her.
Spangler ln telling the story, which
lie does on every pos.-iole occasion, al
ways ends with the uorii-;. "It Isn't
much of a yarn, but It Illustrates what
obstinate creatures girls rre." Where
upon his wife adds: "GirU are queer.
I suppose, and 1 daresay I was at that
time as singular as the rest of them.
I admit 1 greatly enjoyed throwing
Harry oflf. but when le- !id the shoe
string n-t Villi my blue ribbon la a
ballroom -it was too inu:h for rnc."
Feb. 15 in American
History.
1S0.V-The captive United Slates tijg
ate l'bi!':l-lp!iia t .tally destroyed'
by i.eiibinnt ;!eplieii iieeutur am;
u body of I'nr.ed Miitci: mjuiicii It
the harbor of Tripod.
l&irs-Tle Cnited Slates baniebi;
Maine wrecked by a u-y?rious yt,
pliedou in the haiiior of iiavar.a
J ollieers and 'J'.-t of the crew lost
their lives
mrK Original models nrfd patterns ol
the United Slates battleship Maims
destroyed by fire at the Hroolclyu
navy yard
li4 Mark A. Hanna. United States
senator from Ohio, died: born laU7,