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MEATS:
Spaghetti and Beef. -•Take one
:pound of chopped beef and same
amount of chopped onions and fry
brown. Add one cup of spaghetti
broken in small pieces, then one
can of tomatoes, a litUlo red pep-
per, and one teaspoonful salt, Cook
half an hear.
Scotch Meat Pie,—Get good
round steak, cut into pieces, and
dredge with flour, Into a frying
pan put a little butter, a picec of
suet, and a small onion. When
hot, put in steak and fry brown
•quickly on both sides. Then cover
with water and cook slowly for two
'tours. Add more flour to gravy
if not thick enough. Put into a
baking dish, make a rich biscuit
dough for the top and bake, Pub
a cup in the center to keep the
•crust from -falling into the wavy.
Beefsteak and Onions. --Take a
thick steak (a flank steak is best),
chop thoroughly, dredge with flour,
spread with butter, pepper and
salt to taste, place in a dripping
pan or roaster. Cover with water,
cover closely and place in the oven
for about an hour. Slice onions,
and twenty minutes before meal
time spread the onions over the
steak and return to oven. If the
our with which the meat has been
'dredged does not make the gravy
thick add a little browned flour
mixed to smooth paste with water.
Keep enough water around meat
to. have a nice gravy when chase.
!Serve hot on a platter, either pour-
ing gravy around steak or serve
in a separate bowl.
BAKING.
Buster Brown't Delight.—Boil a
pound of sugar in two-thirds of a
• pint of water for twenty minutes;
.add a cocoanut grated and a'pound
of prunes stoned and cut fine, and
cook twenty minutes longer; re-
move from the fire and while still
warm stir in a quarter of a pound
of butter, the yolks of three eggs
well beaten, and a little candied
orange peel. Line small patby pans
with puff paste; pour the mixture
in and bake in a quick oven. De -
'aerate each tart with a tiny pyre-
mid of whipped cream meringue,
. with a candied cherry in the cen=
ter.
Delicious Cocoanut Cookies. —
'Creatn one-half cup lard, one-half
cup. butter, and two cups sugar;
"add one egg, two teaspoons vanilla,
and one cup of cocoanut. Add
enough our to roll and bake a light
brown in a moderate oven:
Old Fashioned Gingerbread. —
Use one cup of molassee, one cup of
sugar; one-half cup of frier; sheat
dripping, or lard, one-half cup of
warn water, three ,teaspoonfuls of
soda, and throe of cream -of tar-
tar, one teaspoonful of ginger, and
one of salt. Stir in flour to make
a dough that you can knead on the
board. Knead it a moment oe so,
then roll it out, put in small drip-
ping pan, and bake.
SALA.T)S.
Spinach Salad.—Mash to a paste
a roll of cream cheese and add the
yolks of three hard boiled eggs,
forced through a sieve. Add salt
to taste end a dash of cayenne; and
enough salad oil or nelted batter
to moisten: Measuie and rade; an
equal quantity of finely ehopped
• seasoned .spinach. 'Mix well arid
shape into balls. Arrange
iu lettuce nests and serve with a
French or boiled dressing.
Create Salad Dressing.—:tub the
yolks of two hard boiled eggs
through a sieve; use one dessert-
spoonful of clry mustard, one table-
spoonful of butter, one teaspoon-
ful• of salt, one-half pint of cream,
either juice of one lemon or two
tablespoonfuls of vinegar, and as
much cayenne pepper as can be
taken on the blade of a small pen-
knife. This is a good substitute
for those who do not like oil on
meats or vegetables.
DESSERTS,
Delicious Dessert. — To half
pound of dates add half poundc E
English walnuts shelled, three
tablespoonfuls of breaciorumbs,
one cup of sugar, six eggs beateh
separately, 'and one teaspoon cf
baking, powder, Put brew dorumbs,
sugssx, and baking powder ,in bowl
and beu,t in eggs, adding nuts and
fruit last. 'Brake twenty minutes
in: layer tins,Break up; pile .en
dish, and, eerie ' with whipped
cream,
Italian Dessert.—Melt a cupful
of .light• brown,sugar over, the fire
stirring' 'nee stem to prevent
burning. When melted add ones
'cup of blanched alinonds chopped
fine; remove quickly from fire and
stir until the sager hardens. Then
break into small pieces; whip one
pint of cream stiff ; flavor with va-
nilla; add the sugared tilts, mix-
ing thoroughly and „servo immedi-
ately in compotes. This recipe
should serve twelve persons;
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AROUNDAROUNDrHOUSE.
To keep top bureau drawers in
ing the lid of the teakettle, patting
a Ilat with egg beater over the top
end +otaring with a sns;; pan.
Ta have line in the kitchen well
oat, . i the way selr t the most con-
ver,iorat plate along the wall, put
tee s.erew rtes about. a foot will a
i half fs'.uu ceiling or in the laps of
window casing, allow about a yard
1 awl a half of nope to h,'aeg �hjwn
sides, tie rings in centre of each
and fastei on bail or hook, The
rope will sag" when let down; to
avoid this put weights near each
end, or, better still, pin baby's
wooden stocking farms to line with
large safety pins,
WIPE'S :BELAU YES G0 A.READ
In ;England husband's People Take
Serond flare.
Smart Afternoon Dress. Black
velvet tunic draped over light grey
satin and trimmed with silk embroi-
dery and buttons.
order, gather up the empty card-
board boxes around the house and
fit into the drawer, using the dif-
ferent ones for different articles,
as hair -pins, safety pins, common
pins, gloves, belts, veils, handker-
chiefs, tombs, and brushes. Then
there always is a place for every-
thing, and the drawer• cannot get
out of order.
In taking clown your storm win-
dows and doors, place a tag on
each, telling where it belongs. Tie
the screens up in a. piece of paper
and tie to the door or window they
came out of. Always set the screens
on edge, as they are less apt to
warp in that position.' Your screens
will la?t longer .and you will save
much time when you want to put
them up again.
,Ammonia rubbed on beds and
mattresses -will keep thein clean
and free froni bugs. A weelc.solu-
tion' of turpentine poured' down the
water pipes once 'a week will drive
the water bugs away.
Kerosene lamps are absolutely
odorless if, when not in use, the
wick is turned down below top of
shaft.
If you wish to shut off the view
from any window you can easily
and cheaply do it by dissolving in
a little hot water as mach epsom
salts as the water' will absorb. Paint
it over the window while hot, and
when dry you will have a good imi-
tation of ground 'glass. It -is excel-
lent for transoms, glass doors in
cupboards, etc.
If a window sash is loose take
strong clotb,•the length of the sash,
and aux inches wide, sew up for a
bag, leaving one end open. Fill
with sand and close the open end.
Laid over the sash the weight of
the sand will fill every crevice and
exclude the wind and cold air.
Newspaper for: Moths. The fol-
lowing is the w+ay.to-put' away furs
in the spring: Take the garments
outdoors whip thetui thoroughly
with a limber switch. Then comb
every inch carefully with:4 moder-
ately fine comb, Bang on line, and
air for half day if -the weather will
permit. Vold carefully and .tie' ilii
in two or three thicknesses of news-
paper. Put in a heavy cotton bag
and tie seeurely. Hang in clothes-
press or closet' after labeling With
a pasted paper slip, so not to be
disturbed until wanted.
For washing painted walls or
woodwork two tablespoonfuls of
baking soda added to a pail of waren
water makes the work easy.
To ,remove shiny spots from black
woolen garments place garment,
whether coat, trousers, or dress, on
ironing board; wring, a cloth from
water, spread carefully over; gar-
ment, then pass a hots 'flatiron hack
and forth just above the wet cloth.
as closely as you can without teueh-
ing its The nap will rise and the
shine disappear.
To Clean Carpets -•-•Use two ounc-
es each of salsoda and borax, ,one
cake of what soap dissolved in a
large bucketful of boiling soft
'water. Let stand until cool ;.then
add two ounces of, sulphuric othei1.
Scrub' the dusted • Cattier,. on the
floor with the warm fluid and wipe
clry' with . a clean cloth. This will
destroy, /nodus and c!- jean and
:iii•ighteal.the ,.carpet heanttifuil,y.,
When washing off a kitchen table
many people take a knife; and serape
off the particles that stay on, This
often ruins the table. The hest
way is to put some. course salton
the cloth and wash pff the table in
this way. It testees time table clean.
To steam a few cups of pudding
,. '
in a stns;; .;fish use a medium mixed
kettle; place a wire toaster over
kettle, Set the. cups ot' dish en I
er
it and povwith ru tum'or enameled'
begin, Toa biscuits or s'mxll slices
of take may be steamed by remora
In England, where the question
of preeedeitce is a vital one even
at family parties, there is a defi-
nite rule as to whose relatives shall
go first, those of the wife or tliuic
of the luasband. As a matter of
fact, says the Queen, precedeece
is gbnerally accorded to the rela-
tives of the wife.
There are several reasons for this
being so. The wife's mother is
taken in to dinner by her son-in-
law, the host, as he could not take
his own mother or his own sister.
Again, a wife could go in to dinner
with hor brother-in-law, but not
with her own brother when other-
men guests were present.
Concerning mare distant rela-
tions the case is different. A host
could take in his own married niece,
and the hostess her nephew, but
they would not do so if the wife's
niece or the wife's nephew was pre-
sent on the occasion. This because
of the preference usually accord-
ed to the relatives of the wife over
those of the husband.
It is essentially at dinner par-
ties that this question of preced-
ence.ha-s to be considered, but in
reality it comes to the front
throughout the day, not only at
meals, but on all •those occasions
where one or other of the ladies
must take the lead. For instance,
when a drive is propos'ed, either by
carriage or by motor car, the first
to enter the vehicle is a relative of
the wife, mother or sister, followed
by a relative of the husband, the
hostess entering last.
At luncheon the wife's mother of-
ten occupies the seat at the bottom
of the table.:in 'the absence of•the
host and.,'assists in doing the hon-
ors. to the guests. At tee she also
assists her-' daughter in helping the'
guests to all they require in the
way of cakes and break and bat-
ter, ' eta,•
At -dinner she is the first to be
helped, as the waiting commences
from the host's right hand, and
shuuld the guests be helped in the
order in which they are seated, and
they happen to be numerous, un-
less there are duplicate dishes the
relatives of the husband have some
little time. to wait in each course.
The signal for the ladies to leave
the dining room is given by the
hostess to the lady who is seated at.
the host's right hand, her mother
in a family party, and she is tho
first to lead; the way from the din-
ing roans to the drawing -room, fol-
lowed by the other ladies, the hos-
tess going last. The adjournment
for the night is made in a like man-
ner, the proposal being suggested
by the hostess to her mother, and
carred out as aforesaid. Thus it
will be seen that throughout the
visit the honors of the situation
are bestowed 1 upon the..: relations
of the hostess, and this by general
consent, ,
IN ItOBES AND SANDALS.
ilten and Women Try to Look Alike
in London's 'Freak Clnb.
Tho latest freak club in Lonclon
is called the Ethna. It has rooms
on a street just off Picadilly, and
here its 'men and women members
meet For intellectual atm verse.
The rule of the club d„mancls that
there shall be as little distinction
in the dress and appearance nt the
members as possible, and both men
and women don long flowing :white
garments of sacklike sivape end
sandals before they•enter the ,i'mtc
lighted rooms of the •;inb. Mort
of the men are :clean shaven and
a few of the women have short
hair, while those who leave long
hair twist their locks about their
heads as tightly as possible,
No introductions are ever made.
Any member is permitted to•'telk
to any other and to talk freely :and
openly on any subject. The object.
of the club is to foster free discus-
sion ,between" men and 'Women.
Visitors are ocoasionlll-t allosette
but .tliisv must of course -'wear the
flowing veleas end''sandlztls:
The membership is very. limited,
p
and a:positive requisite is intellec-
tual work .Of some sort: Mast el
the members are writer's,- otltets
are interested in social problems
and work ion committees, while
still others are members o Mae
great hand of men and women in.
London who seem alweys en the
outlook fol• the very latent thing
fads and fancies.
"Mother, in sendingant in
y
birthday invitations, shall I say,
'Your presence, is reguestecl'1"
"Of Of course not, imp deer; you
should say, ''i'aur' presents are re-
quested,' "
WILD ANIMALS AS PATIENTS
ONE .IIC'Lii UOLDS GOOD IN
ANIMAL 'KINGDOM
Elephants lavish the Tenderest
Affeetion on 'f1101'
Young.
It is curious to see ;tow the great
animal world is in many ways a
faithful reflection of our own --or is
it the other way about? At any
rate we find .that in the animal
world ,route babies are extremely
well and carefully looked after and
some have to shift at once for them-
;rolvc.s. Ansi, as with us, it depends
on the sire of the family.
The turbot, for instance, pro-
duces 15,000,000 eggs a year. And
we fincl that in the heart of Mrs.
Turbot, says the London Evening
Standard, reporting the lecture of
Dr, Chalmers Mitchell at the Roy-
al Institute, there is about as much
maternal instinct as you would get
out of a pebble. All these 15,000,-
000 alive branches, so to speak,
cause not the, slightest flutter of
pride or affection or anxiety in the
maternal breast.
ELEPHANTS' AFFECTION.
This unnatural mother is among
the most prolific of all mothers in
the animal world. At the other
end of the scale we, have the ele-
phant, and see at once, how strong
is the affection there between
young and old. "The greatest na-
turalist who ever lived, Darwin,"
said the lecturer, "calculated that
the average elephant lived a hun-
dred years and that in that time
Mr. and Mrs. Elephant had only
sic children, on whom they lav-
ished the tenderest affection." It
is a much prettier story than that
of the 'urbot.
And yet in spite of the small'
families natural among elephants,
if all the young horn to a single
pair of elephants lived on and on,
these in their turn helping to form
families of six every hundred years,
we -should at the end of 600 years
have an elephant family on , the
earth numbering 15,000,000, and it
would be impossible to move for
elephants.
In. the same way if a single ttu•-
bot, family all went on living, we
should be' able; to: ;walk across the
Channel dry shod. Nature has to
step: in ruthlessly. There •is in fact
a' "prodigious destruction" going
on among the youth of the animal
world. Nearly all young animals
are good to .eat, "just its a baby is
better than an old gentleman," and
herein lies the Spartan secret by
which r:ature, relegates all animals,
from elephants to turbots, to their
proper place in .
THE SCHEME OF THINGS.
Throughout the • animal kingdom
we find that the one rule holds
good: big families mean neglect
and email families mean care and
attention. The frog produces hun-
dreds of tadpoles and most of these
go to make a fine harvest for the
ducks. The toad produces a very
email family, and these aro all
fathered (for Mrs. Toncl is not at all
domesticated) until they are cap-
able of looking after themselves.
Often it is found among the lower
an -mals that the mother will have,
nothing to do with the upbringing
of the young. The.eeahorse, the,
sticiclebaok, :the toad, and the emu
are examples . where, the father
rocks the cradle. It is not a very
inspiring list, and throughout the
Higher animals the mother. takes
the place ii:tended for lues:
There is a moral here for these
rare mothers belonging to the high-
est animals of all who sometimes
try to shirk their natural duty and
ivho, without being so heartless as
the turbot, do not take the keen
interest they should take in the up-
bringing of their children.
At least let thesis do as the pen-
guins do, and take it in turns, so
that while Mrs, Penguin is ab the
club Mr. Penguin watches faith-
fully over the uniquo•e•gg at home,
and then in turn takes his two
hours off.
Handling an .alligator egg,
Chalmers Mitchell explained the
attitude of
THE MOTHER ALLIGATOR,
She is callous as long as the young
axe in the egg, but to seen as they
are hatched in the sand she bo -
haves tenderly to them: There is
a ashoi'y that when the eggs aro
ready for breaking the yonttgeteis
inside bark loudly, whereupon the,
mother alligator goes and scratehes
them lip.'.. •
• But it was hinted that to con-
sume either the egg or the story
would need a tolerably large pinch
of salt. slut the ,smallest alligators
da bark, and loudly, Mr. Mitchell
took two home one ,clay and put
them for the. moment in a small
bath in the sitting -room,
A lady visitor who called imme-
diately afterward and was lett in
the rooms for a eminent lied some, -
thing like hysterics when she heard
a deep :haying proceeding from a
tootba;tir,
Finally Mr. Mitchell gave some
hhslss en utile; annual's c -s pets, One
maust-always re:member that they
are wild animals and that no wild
animal can ever be trusted. The
dog has been domesticated through
hundreds of years, and, although
he might be offending many dog
lovers, heel all the spirit and con-
fidence knocked out of it, The cat,
ort the other ;sand, will only live.
with you on terms of perfect equal-
ity, ,and, unlike the dog, is not
grateful for beating. And all
wild animal pets, .&aid the lecturer,
are like the eat, only much more,.
50. .
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WOMAN'S TRAyELS IN AFRICA
question of I'reeedenee at Black
Courts.
Miss Olive Macleod, who trav-
elled through. Nigeria, the Merman
Cameroons and the French Congo
to set up a,• stone on the grave of
Lieut. Boyd Alexander, to whom
she had been engaged, told how she
had travelled close on "4,000 miles
in Africa, chiefly on foot and horse-
back, penetrating to many spots.
which no white feet had ever trod
before, says the London Daily
Mail. -
Wlaat struck one in her gossiping
account of her travels was that hu-
manity is very mueli the same be-
neath the surface all over the
world: A ;native sultan's court,
she said, reminded her very much
of a European monarch's. .. The
courteofficials had much the same
apportionment of duties and quar-
relled about precedence in the same
way. -
Black belles wear false tails of
hair and pads to make their own
appear more luxuriant. Even their
little children play marbles in the
English style. And when reform-
ers among us advocate certificates
of fitness for marriage they are
only pleading for a system which
obtsips. among many West African
tribes.
The young men of these tribes
are tested as -to their manliness
and endurance by being beaten
with strips of leather or by being
obliged to climb up the face of an
almost perpendicular rock. Unless
they satisfy the test they cannot
marry. No women would accept
them as husbands.
One very interesting point was
that the natives pick up English
quickly and regard it as "the white
man's language." If Frenchmen
and Germans cannot speak it they'
are not looked upon as "proper
white men."* So •general is `this
view that th: Geram officers and
sergeants are obliged to drill their
black troops with English words of
command,
NO BRASS BANDS IN ARMY. ,
Definite Proposal '1'kat They Shall
All be Abolished.
A despatch from London says:
The British army withont a brass
band—such is the doleful prophecy
of the Pall Mall Gazette. It says
that a definite proposal has been
brought forward that all the brass
bands of thearmy, exeept those
of the Guards regiments, shall be
abolished, and that the sole music
provided for the future shall be
that of the drums and fifes and
bugles, with the pipers for the Scot-
tish regiments. -
Some years ago fresh regulations
were made as to the maintenance
of regimental bands. The east of
them fell entirely on the officers.
The new regulations threw some of
the expense on the public purse.
But even now it is consicleredf that
in a modern, business army - the
officers should not be liable to this
kind pf expenditure. -
Every officer to -clay has to sub-
scribe one day's pay a year to sup-
port his regimental band, and that
does not cover all his expenses in
the matter; Take the case of the
Royal 'Artillery band. The public
grant is 04,500 a year, and the of-
ficers of - the reginient are called
upon to provide a further sum of
some $15,000 annually to maintain
their splendid string band.
The suggestion is thatif the War
Office put an end to this tax on the
officers as'not being in the best in-
terests of the service the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer is not likely
to provide the whole cost of the
military brass bands out of the
public purse. And a veteran re-
cruiting sergeant who catches his
men by 'the National Gallery de-
clares that the abolition of the
bands will pretty well ruin his
bucinees, • -
SHIPS OF THE FT3TUR1 .
Sit William White, a leading
naval architect, declared recently.
thou the, facts that tend to limit the
inerea.se in the 'die of ships at'o'
'ohiolly commercial,` ,Large ships
test morn to build than small ones,
and aro mare expensive to operate.
Moreover, they arc not ea 'sere of
obtaining their comp'enients of pas.,
wagers or cargo ;without <lelay, In
addition, comparatively few harbors
possess channels of sufficient depth,,
or docks large enough to accottimo--
date vessels even of the., length and
weight of the Mauretania, Sir Wil.
Barn believes tint althcnsgh large
ships will continue to ply between
n
a few favored ports forep•eeial ser-
vieee and even Mem ones may be
briflt, and
great bulla of reseal traf-
fic will ecntinue tc,: be rrtrried b
vessels of mecicrate
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUOY
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
FEBRUARY 11. -
Lesson V1.—The boy Jesus in elle
Temples, Luke 2. 40.52. Golden
Text, -2. 40.
Verse 40. 'The child grew --De-
veloped normally as a human be.
rnWaxed strong—lie was a heaths'
child, strong both physically and
intellectually, The verb wax is
still good English, from the Anglo-
Saxon weaxan, to assume by de-
grees a specified state or _condi
tion, (Compare the German wach-
son, to grow.)
Filled with wisdom—Literally,
becoming fall of wisdom. The wise
dom was a matter of growth as
much as was the strength of • body
and mind,
41. His parents went—Women
were not required to go, bat often
voluntarily accompanied their hus-
bands and eons.
The passover—Originally a har-
vest festival, which later -was ob-
served also as a memorial of the
exodus, Compare-Excd, 23. 14-17.
92. When he was twelve years
old—A time of special significance
in every Jewish boy's life, when in
a religious sense he revelled his
majority, becoming himself respon-
sible for obedience to the law and
for performing all requirements de-
volving upon adult males. In other
than religions matters, he still re-
mained subject to paternal over-
sight and authority.
After the custom—In harmony
with the custom. This required
that the feast be celebrated at
Jerusalem by all males.; .The priv-
ilege of attendance was, however,
extended to woman, This brought
about great annual pilgrimages to
the national capital at this special
season,
d3. When they had fulfilled the
days—Seven days, during which
they were required to eat unleav-
ened bread and to observe special
ceremonies prescribed far each day.
The first and seventh days were set
apart for- "a holy convocation."
Compare Excel. 12. 16-17.
The boy Jesus tarried behind —
Absorbed in the interest which the
wonderful services and ceremonies-
of the temple presented. -
• 44. Supposing him to be- in the
company—The caravan of friends
and neighbors who together had
journeyed from Nazareth to Je-
rusalem and who were now return-
ing in the same way. Men, WO"
men and children above a certain
age would quite naturally be in
separate groups.
A day's journey-Perhaps•not
more than six or eight miles would
be covered by such a caravan on
the first day of their journey.
46. After three days Counting
the first day's journey homeward,
a day's journey back to Jerusalem,
and another day spent in search
for him. in part among their kins-
folk and acquaintance (v. 44). and
in part after reaching Jerusalem.
In the temple—Probably in one
of the outer chambers which ad-
joined the eoliths of the main build-
ing, and in which the learned doc-
tors of the law conducted school
and held council. -
Teachers—Scribes and rabbis.
Among the-fainoue teachers of this
period, some of whom may - have
been present, were the aged Hillel
and Shammai, Rabban Sianeon,
Gymaliel, Joseph of .:lrimathea,
and Nicodeunmts.
Questions—On suhjeets pertain-
ing to the national religion, upon
which, as a wide awake and gifted
lad, he had meditated profoundly.
47. All that heard him—Including
the learned teachers of the law.
45. Son—Literally, child. A touch
of endearment as well as reproof
is evident in the words of Mary,
49. How is it?• --•Terns it surprised
not at their coining hack for him,
but at their not knowing immedi-
ately where to look for Min.
in my Father's house—Or, about
my father's hnsinctss. Literally, in
sir about the things of my Father.
The boy's question implies an ap-
peal to his past obedience and loy
alum' to his parents, as well es to
their supposes; understanding al
the fact that in a special sense his
was to be a life for Clod, leffirj s'
early training of her son without
doubt contributed Mich to incul-
cating, this conviction, which now
;is strersgthenecl and .clevified by
the enlightenment of the. Spirit,
61. Was subject unto them •-- A
fact specially mentioned by the
evangelist lest from what precedes
his readers might - infer the con. 1
teary.
52. Stature --Or, age,
Terser --Or, grace.
(In connection with this verse -
compare a'.Se eommeats 031 verse
40.)
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FIoPE JJEFERRED 1
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It all halips'a•ed eight years ago,
Katlse.rino-Jf!hevss (:,lie wasKitty
then; had danced five times wtt:r
Mr: Hubbard at atte Charity Ball.
Jimmy Vance, to wham she was
engaged, ma+.le .4, scenes• ; said if she
lomunt him she could not possibly
have given more than two dances
to any one man. They quarreled
and parted. -
Kitty lta-! loves! jimmy with all
her warm melee uE young girlhood..
After the quarrel she put him out
of her heart, or thought she had;
but somehow fur the, lent few weeks
Katherine, the woman, the self-
sufficient, eelf-reliant bachelor
girl, had remembered evenings
spent with her one-time lover;
jolly outings they had- taken to-
Igether, and all the , foolish but
beautiful air castles they had built
i1 while love's dream lasted.
i Now, with the dawning of a n.ew
year, Katherine felt terribly alone.
For the first tints, in her life she
ealized the passage cif time and
that she was greeting old,
1 Would rhe love again 7 She -
1 thought nut. - Men ,she hacl met
aplenty, but never one had e'tirred
1 her heartstrings as dear old Jimmy
had.
She wandered as .she sat before "
her unfinished work, if she would '
ever tee Jimmy again. Perhaps
i not. He had gone abroad, she had
I heard, and was in business in Lon-
don. Try as she might, she could
not work. A walk might do her
good—a brisk walk in the crisp air.
Twice •she. paced through. the
! little park adjoining the block in
1which she had her apartments;
, then started downtown in search
' of she knew not what.
Sha had not gone far when ' ewe
noticed coming toward her the stal-
wart figure of a man striding along
with a familiar swing.
"Katherine Ellison, as I live!"
exclaimed a big voice, and Kitty
found herself shaking ;rands with
the Jimmy of old. grown heavier
and handsomer. Greetings ex-
changed, Jimmy asked where she
was going. "Nowhere in purlieu-
lat.
urlieu lar. I'm just out fox' a walk."
DIFFERENT TE MPlsltATtllt.E.
1$tlrrl---""Pell. au manyour love is
gracing cols; sore; -lie won't look raja
faun) his paper."
,
Iir.la'n-- 1, at loll him his dinner
is cold and he'll jump six feet."
"Then come. with me—let's have
something -to eat—and a good old-
time chat." •-
"No, Jimmy, you come up to _my
apartments. There's a log flee--
and.
ire=and I']1 make you some tea."
"That's splendid! Shall I call a
taxi?"
"No, no. I .live quite near; the
can easily walk there."
Seated before a blazing fire of
hickory 1•ogs, with the tea kettle
singing and cigarettes at hand,
Katherine and Jimmy talked and
talked over old times.
She told him, too, of her work
and of the hope she had of come slay
becoming a successful author.
He told her of his business -suc-
cesses, of his plans for the future.
Always they would revert to the
days of their romantic love and en-
gagement. '
"Do you remember, Jimmy, the
first time. you kissed mei"
"Yes, and I remember the last
time; too—and the time you would
not kiss me."
"Jimmy, I—I'•m sorry. I ha
often wished I lead not been so
foolish --such a willful,:. unreason-
able girl. Can yon .forgive mar
Kathe:rineroo eyes were big ' and
soft; her cheeks pink in the fire-
light,
ire -light,' her golden hair fell in. fasci-
nating little ringlets over her tonu-
ples, and she ;coked very adorable
in Jimmy's eyes..
"Shire thing, Kitty. Of course,
I'll forgive you I have long ago.
G•ra•cious goodness, it's nearly 6!
I must hurry, but I want to thank
you for a very delightful afteracen.
Kitty ; ik has clone the good to talk
over old times with you; and I
want you to meet my wi'''t, May I
bring her to call some time soon;
Or will you have dinner with tis at
the hotel!'
'Why, Jimmy, 1 --your wife!
Yes, yes, of course, bring her to tea
with me an Thursday. I shall be
most happy to meet her. Goad -by,
Jimmy, good -by,"
As the door closes; and his foot-
steps sounded en the pavement out-
side, Kabherilie sank into a big
chair before her lonely fireside and
buriedher face in her bands,
EMPEROR'S EQUINE GUES'1'.
An animal belonging to the .iso-
inan Emperor Caligula was stns lei;
in a palace in a stall of marble„ fed
et an ivory manger' with gilded
oats, a:nd was guarded when asleep
by soldiers, And every day it went
to dine with the "Emperor. Wheat
another steal belonging to a later
Rumen .Emperor died, it was bullied
with royal honors, and a massae-
leatm was erected to its memory..
Yet another famine horse, of his-
tory belonged to Alexander the
Great. It would kneel to allow its
ni-ester to inount, acrd more than
epee it saved his life by- its fleet -
nese,