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ENGLAND SHOCKED BY THE
FACTS ATTENDING THE AR-
REST OF MRS. DYER.
Overwhehning Evidence •—‘ The Woman's
Method of Work.—Since Arrest Mrs. Byer
Becomes Delia Defiant.
Not since the terrible murders in
Whitechapel has London been so shocked
and interested as it has been during the
last few weeks by the wholesale murder
of infant children, for which Amelia
Dyer is now awaiting trial.
, A coroner's jury found the woman
guilty of wilful murder some days ago.
Already there is overwhelming evidence
connecting her with the murder of sev-
eral children, who were strangled and
• thrown into the Thames, after weights
had been attached to their bodies.
t, If the police are justified in assuming
—as they do—that many of the children
whose bodies IMMO been taken from the
river, or who are still mysteriously miss -
sating, met death at the hands of the 7no-
torious baby farmer or her accomplices,
, the woman is a murderess hundreds of
' times over, and stands in the front rank
of the unique criminals of the age,
So conclusive is the evidence already
In hand that it is thought no defence,
unless it be one of insanity, will be pos-
sible.
The woman =mewed for gain, pri-
marily, but there is in the history of her
crimes a suggestion that she was in love
• with the appalling work which made her
•irich. and so found &made pleasure in the
wholesale disposal of her victims. •
While no correct estimate of the num-
ber of babies she killed can yet be made,
because the inhuman parents who bar-
gained with the baby farmer are natur-
ally anxious to conceal their guilt, the
police believe that her victims will be
numbered by hundreds.
The police have succeeded in securing
the evidence of several mothers, among
them being Evelina Edith Marnon. Tes-
timony which she gave at the inquest ;
made plain the ingenious manner in
which the Dyer woman secured unfortu-
nate children and the money of mothers
who were ashamed. to own their relation- ,
ship.
Mrs. Dyer carried on her business of
murder in several places, notably in ,
Reading, where she and her alleged son-
in-law, Arthur Ernest Palmer, lived to-
gether, and in Bristol and London. When
she and Palmer were arraigned in the
Reading Borough Police Court she de-
scribed herself as a nurse, and Palmer
Raid he was a commission merchant of
Mayo road, Willesden.
The police toward the end of March
received information which on investiga-
tion led them to believe that a connected
series of horrible crimes had been perpe-
trated, and on April 4 they arrested Mrs.
Dyer.
When arrested she was living at No.
45 Kensington Road, Reading, Reading
Is a borough about thirty-eight miles
to the southwest of London, situated on
410he Kennett River near its junction with
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lug off, testified that he had seen several
children in the house, some of whom died,
while others,the woman told hirn,she had
taken to Loudon, The boy did not un-
dersiamd the curiosity with which he was
negarded when the significance of his
evidence became plain.
The prisoners were remanded, and, be-
fore they were rearraigned the prosecu-
tion had a definite charge the murder
of a child named Marron and another
named Simmons, both of which were
found in a bag Then it was that Mrs.
Dyer's plan of campaign was made clear.
Evelina Edith Mamma, a single wom-
an, who lived in Cheltenham, testified
that she answered an advertitement ne-
lating to the adoption of a baby, which
she saw in aBristol newspaper in Feb-
ruary. The advertisement as signed
"Mrs Scott," whose address was No. 45
Kensington road, Oxford road, Reading.
MRS. DYER.
the Thames. Mrs. Dyer was generally
reputed to be very pious. Over the door
of her home was a figure of Christ, be-
neath which was the inscription: "Suffer
little children to come unto Me, and for-
bid them not, for of such is the kingdom
of heaven."
Alas! The little children who were
suffered to come to this terrible old ogre
found the way only too soon to the king-
dom of heaven.
It has been proved that since Christ-
mas :twenty children were intrusted to
Mrs. Dyer's keeping and that only four
are living. The others have vanished.
Prior to Christmas many other children
who had been placed in her charge dis-
appeared.
• An old crone known as "Gfannie,"
who Mm & Dyer picked up in a Bristol
infirmary, fell into the hands of the po-
lice and "peached" in the hope of saving
what remained of her miserable life.
Mrs. Dyer was first charged with the
murder of an unknown female child, six-
teen months old, whose body was found
floating in the Thames. The date of this
murder was believed to be about March
20.
An autopsy proved that death was due
to strangulation, and on a piece of paper
found in the parcel in which the child
, was wrapped was found an address which
sirled the police to Mrs. Dyer's place in Ca-
versham. From there she was traced to
Kensington Road. •1
As soon as Mrs. Dyer and her son-in-
law were safe in custody the Thames,
near Cavereham Weir, close to Reading.
was dragged. Another body was found,
with a piece of tape tied abeut the neck,
. and a little later a bag containing the
bodies of two infants and some bricks
was fished up. In the River Kernet, at
Reading, still another body was recov-
ered. In every case an autopsy proved.
that the infant had been strangled before
it was thrown into the water.
Pt:liner was charged with being an ac-
cessery after the fact, but while evidence
against Mrs Dyer began to accumulate
at once, the man was not directly in-
volved.
Mrs. Amelia H. Sergeant, of South
Eating, Who recognized one of the hod-
iea gave evidence tending to bear out the
suspicions of the police that Mrs Deer
Was a Woman of many names and many
residences She said the body in question
was that of a child of Lizzie Simonds,
who had loft the infant in her cam La-
ter on she read an advertisement inserted
by one who wished to adopt a baby, and
as a result she intrusted it to Mrs. Annie
Hardiatg, of Kensington road. She
thought Mrs Harding and Mrs Dyer
were identical. She paid $50 to have the
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binaTis•s Maroon's experience was like
that of many other mothers. The woman
sat her trap for women Who give birth
to children they dare not aeknowledge,
hut which they were not Wicked enough,
to murder outright.
She wrote always in the vein of -
kindly,
lonely Christian woman, and as
a rule her reward was $56 end the clothes s
of the child, to which she promised to
be a Mother, and which the usually de-
spatohed as soon as it was in otatehes.
She was bold to the point' of madness in
disposing of the bodies, and it is that
• among other things which suggests ins
abnormal mental development which en-
abled bar to gratify a desire to kill as
well as a wish to grow rites by her fiend-
ish occupation.
But once the police were on her trail
her very boldness proved her undoing.
Paper in which dead infants were
wrapped, for instance, was identified by
a railroad clerk as that 'containing a
package which had been delivered to the
prisoner.
• The woman had little or nothing to
say after she had listened to the terrible
accusations made against her. She
affected stupidity.' Palmer was silent,
realizing that little tending to directly
implicate him had been' and aced.
]ars. Dyer, however, was not slow to
realize her position. Defiant at first, she
seen assumed a hangdog expression. On
April 13 she attempted to hang herself in
her cell, knotting her shoe laces =out
her neck. She was detected and Saved,
In all probability, for the geneses. .
She has been accused ,of child murder
four times during her life, bat on pre-
vious occasions proof was wanting.
riglatly constituted persons. ' still give mach breadth. to 'the shoulders
• TrrE 110Usn.
She received the following reply under
date of March 20
"Dear Madam—In reference to your
letter as to the adoption of a child, I
write to say I should be glad to have a
dear little baby girl, one I could bring
up and call my own First, I must tell
you that we are plain, honest, homely
people, in fairly good circumstances. We
live in our own house, and have a good
and comfortable home. We are out in the
country, and sometimes I am alone a
great deal.
"I don't want a child, for money's
sake, but for company and as a home
comfort. I have no children of my own,
and a child with me will have a good
home and a mother's care. we belong
to the Church of England, and although
I want to bring the child up as my own.
I would not mind the mother coming to
see it at any time.
• "It is always a satisfaction to a mother
to know that her child is going on all
right. I only hope that we come to terms.
I should be glad to have the baby as soon
as possible. •
"If I could come for her at once I
would not mind paying my fare one way.
I should break my journey to Chelten-
barn at Gloucester, where I have a friend.
Kindly let me have an early reply. I can
give you good references, and any ques-
tions you may care to ask I shall be glad
to answer.
"I am, yours respectfully,
"A. HARDING."
She wrote in turn, asking for full par-
ticulars, and saying that if she parted
with her child she certainly would wish
to visit it. She asked also about terms,
and on March 25 she received the follow -
in g
"My Dear Madam—Your letter just to
hand, and I shall only be too pleased for
yourself or any friends to come and see
baby and us. We don't have many vis-
itors out here in the country. I should
really like you to know that the pretty
child was with some one who would re-
ally care for her, and you would feel
more comfortable, I know, I promise
you faithfully that if you will send her
to me I will do a mother's duty for her
and bring her up as my own. When you
come afterward you will see I have done
my duty. Dear child! I shall only be too
glad to have her, and I will take her en-
tirely for £10. She shall be 110 further ex-
pense to you. I am, yours ever faith-
fully, "A. HARDING."
True to her promise, Mrs. Dyer "took
her entirely." That meant that, the sin-
gle woman was not to be troubled in af-
ter life by specters of the past. Mrs. Hard-
ing, or Dyer, called on March 81 for the
baby.
She signed an agreement by which for
$50 she was to take care of the child and
rear it as her own. The agreement ran
as follows:—
"I, Annie Harding, of No. 45Kensing-
ton road, Oxford road, Reading, in con-
sideration of the sum of an, paid to
me by Evelina Edith Marnon, do hereby
agree to adopt 'Doris,' the child of the
said Evelina Edith Marnon, and to bring
up the said child as my own without any
further compensation over and above the
aforementioned sum of £10.
"As witness hereunto we have this day,
the thirty-first day of March, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and ninettasix, subscribed our names.
'`EVELL.NA EDITH MARNON.
"ANNIE HARDING.
"In the presence of Martha Dostriett,
widow, of No. 28 Manchester street, Chel-
tenham."
Mrs Harding took Doris with her that
afternoon and Miss Marnon accompanied
her on the train as far as Gloucester. At
Gloucester Mrs. Harding bade her good -
by and teak the train for Reading. Miss
Marnon received this letter on April 0: --
"When I got home last night a wire
was waiting for me saying my sister was
dangerously ill, so I came this morning
My dear little girl is a traveler, and no
• mistake. She did not mind the journey.
• Slept all the way. I shall stop now till
Saturday. Shall write a longer one next
time. Yours, with love,
• "A. HARDING."
In a few days the mother wrote to Mrs.
Dyer's address asking for news of the
baby. She received no reply. On April 11
she was led to the district mortuary,
where lay the bodies fished out of the
Thames. One of the dead children was
hers. There was a mark about the neck,
where a tape had been knotted by the
person who strangled it The bag in
which the bodies were found the witness
identified as one which Mrs Dyer or
Harding had carried on the day she called
for the child.
The police discovered in pawnshops
and in Mrs Dyer's house more than
three hundred pounds of baby clothes,
WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPH. NEW YORK LETTER.
Shows Vs wiahneueatraiReausinarather A eneee.escal season for THaphonous Ten..
Peed big His Child. tiles Assured.
The new system of multiple photog-
raphy, whereby a great number of .1m- anNapeswae.YeoargklowMwayitI1O—daAlilntythaendelebgeaanulb-
pressions of the earns person or objects r-
are taken Jana moment or so of tinie, gandies with an 'Widen
tiful exhibit of midsummer attire; o
exhibits life to us in a very natural and iable French ac-
cent; batistes, linen lawns, Marie Ante -
realistic manner.
This is one of -the most interesting I nette muslins with silk warp and satin
g designs; fancy ehiffons zephyrs, chain -
the oldsfashioned photograph represented eessful season for
features of this wonderful invention, for brays, and so ort "ad in'finitinn,"
human nature in the most unnatural dainty diaphans
these
ous textiles is already assured, and the
manner possible,
prevailing styles in dress can be most
It is notoriously difficult to look pleas- beautindly and advantageously carried
ant when sitting for a photograph. The out in these soft, sheer fabrics.
subjects of instantaneous multiple pbotog- 1 The contrasting tones of layers of
raphy do net have the same difficulties, chiffon over chiffon are delightfully
for they aro either ignorkint of what is shown in a
I going on or they are not requiredto pose. blouse made of cream chiffon
over rose-colored chiffon, producing a
I A more pleasant example of a multiple shadowy shot effect Another blouse of
photograph could hardly be found than white chiffon over pink is trimmed with
the one which is reproduced in the Sun- a rosetted collarette of Venetian lace and
day journal. It shows us a father feed- chiffon pleated up around the boulders
tug his little child, whose mother, seated in long Vandyke points, front and back.
on the other side of the child, looks smin f A corn Rower silk blouse is made up
ingly on. , 1 with pleatings of yellow mousseline de
It is a delightful little scene of do- soie edged with Honiton points, the in -
mastic happiness. It is a photograph that sertion lace neat band having pleated
touches the heart When such results as fans of muslin falling from its lower
this can be produced by one of the won- edge. The sleeves and belt are trimmed
ders of modern science, we must not ac- 1 with Honiton insertion over yellow ales.
cuse that science of being neglectful of Very elegant blank and white gowns
t e ea ' i.. of life. are made with rich black skirts, the
The father is evidently a man of the waists made of jetted and spangled net
poor class, otherwise he would not be over white satin front and 'back, and the
photographed in Ids shirt sleeves, and in bodice has wide revers of white moire
the wt of feeding his child. But this
conduct is what endears him to u& The turned back to show the full front These
revers are draped with the other revers
, man who can take such evident pleasure of black mousseline de sole. The collar
in the simple but worthy act of feeding and draped belt are of salmon -colored.
. his little child most be truly happy, and miroir velvet. The Mijority of waist
the sight of happiness is grateful to all
' models, in spite of their reduced sleeves,
1 By menus of this wonderful photo -
THE FIERCE MAGYARS. by means of full flaring collarettes, fie=
' geaph you may follow this gentle action
Learn it 1 ti t it 1 i Y frills on the top of the arm, and short
TheY Made Their Peet Appearance hi
MungarY a Millen' une ,Ago.
In coma:talon with the approaching
Millennium exhibition, Peet Vambory,
of the Buda-Posth university, delivered a
lecture air Vienna on the origin and de-
velopment of the Magyar race, to which
Ii,' has for many years devoted special
Study.
Prof. Vambery began by stating that
there was a scarcity of trustworthy Mk-
tosical evidence relative to the earlier ori-
gin of the, Hungarian nation. All that
Was kilOWn On the subject had been de-
rived from a Byzantine and an : Arab
writer. According to them, the Magyars
were a tribe of Turkish nomads, who,
being dr -Ivan front their own trerritory by
the encroachments of their more power-
ful countrymen, wandered westward Mid
eventually reached Hungary by way or
the Lower Danube in response to an invi-
tation of King Arnulph of Bavaria, who
needed their military assistance against
the Slav king of Moravia. For nearly a.
-century the Magyars settled In Hungary
and continued their primitive- mode of
life as warlike nomads, undertaking per-
iodised raids to all parts of Europe cad
eapturing numerous ptieeners; these they
employed in agricultural parsuits, while
theMagyars themselves remained the
dominant race. Toward the close of the
tenth century the Magyars embraced
ram s um p on o s cone us on. an
. wavy pelerines, more or less elaborate in
, see nor only the raising of the spoon, effect. These small shoulder capes, not
with the food, and the gradual turning more than a quarter or three-eighths of a
of the man's head as he brings the spoon
' lieu the child's mouth, but also the ten- yard. deep, simply adorn the neck and
shoulders. They are richly lined and
' derness wire Ii aecompanies the actiongive a pretty finish to any outdoor cos-
• The youngster looks up happy and mil- . tune&
ing, and the mother is equally so. Black velvet, lined with white or
1 The photograph is a fine study for a mauve satin, is a favored style. Although
I lover of human nature.
I the huge balloon effects have all van-
ished from the bodices for spring and
A. " limey" Entertainment.
sn "Riley" party was reoently held by summer, the top of the sleeve is still the
one of our church charity organizations. Place for the displa,y of elaborate and
dressy decorations of every description,
It proved a decidedly unique affair and
quite a profitable one also. The decorta and a popular mode for the short, stout
., tions of the church parlors consisted woman who longs for the new wings
; mainly of paper,which was most artisti- that all are wearing, but who dare not
; eolly entwined about pillar, post and venture upon the ultra sort, is the triple
circle of closely-gethered velvet -bound
, picture. A large picture of jeanes Whit-
eomb Riley 'was placed upon the wallshoulder frills deep on the upper portion
facing the entrance, and over it in past- of the sleeve, arching outward and thus
board letters, covering a portion of the too great eviath
,
"When the frost is on the pumpkin, and narrowing to a point on
of arm
a each side on the under part of the sleeve
And the fodder's in the shock. and ending on the very top of the shout -
Almost all the young people who badder in a full twisted rosette of the silk
gotten up the entertainment were deessed ; or other dress geode, also bound with
to represent Riley's characters, and soy- : velvet Velvet bindings are mentioned
oral of the most important presided over provisionally, as the same idea can be
the booths At one, which was literally , carried. out in silk, satin or brocade, but
covered with paper flowers, "sLizabeth ' velvet is the most effective aurl also the
Ann, she can cook best things to eat," , most becoming, and velvet ribbon makes
sold cakes and pies. At another Riley's' a more delicate binding than piece velvet
' poems and, photographs wore sold, and The round full waist in blouse or sur-
ut still anot let le y man 0 plice effect, the jaunty, open jacket hod-
- 1 • "T1 taggec
A MA.GYAR Or THE YEAR 896.
Christianity, and, blending in one politi-
cal body the various technical elements
which had become resident in Hungary,
constituted the Hungarian nation. For
centuries the Magyar minority continued
to rule over the non -Magyar majority by
sheer force of their warlike and govern-
ing characteristics. By the aid of their
liberal institutions and the hospitality
which they extended to foreigners they
succeeded in maintaining their suprem-
acy through all vicissitudes. From these
Asiatic nomads the present Hungarian
nation descended. •
Prof. Vambery then went on to say
that Hungary had invariably 'formed an
insurmountable barrier against the bar-
barism of the East. Had it not been f or
the stubborn resistance offered by the
Christian armies of Hungary to the in-
roads of Turkish hordes, the progress and
civilization of Western and Central Eu
rope would have been retarded for.hun-
dreds of years. Indeed, it could be said
that Hungary had acted as the sentinel
of Western civilization, but in conse-
quence of its being in perpetual readi-
ness for war the intellectual conditions
of the country had. remained behind.
During the past two centuries this had
been remedied, and in all respects the
progress and development of the nation
had been remarkable. At the beginning
of the present century the Magyar popu-
lation of Hungary numbered only about
3,000,000. To -day it exceeds 8,000,000.
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'works for pa," knocked down apples ice with all its charming etceteras, the
A "New Law of Acoustics."
A "new law of acoustics" is said to
have been discovered by the professor of
harmony at the Paris Conservaborium.
The discovery is set forth in the follow-
ing terms: When, in a closed medium,
sound is propagated by the solid walls
as well as by the air, the walls
transmit grave sounds with more force
than shrill ones. The consequence is a
difference of velocity in the sounds under
the altered conditions The professor was
led to this discovery by the transforms. -
tion which a piece of music, played on
piano, situated on the ground floor of
his house underwent on being heard on
the third floor, all the windows of the
house being shut and all the interior
doors open. The observation is regarded
as of practical importance in connection
with the acoustical properties of concert
rooms and theaters.
Not Much Sustenance.
"There is something, preying on my
mind, (lonelier know," said Cholly Gas -
Rn to lyfiss Kittish."
."Dear me," replied the unimpressed
girl, what a very innutritious diet it
has selected."
from an improvised apple tree as fast as „ picturesque sleeves, the full flowing
he could sell them. And among the pur- skirts and all the fascinating and artistic
chasers were "Little Orphant Annie," finishings of the summer toilette; the
"Granny's come to our house,"" The fish: frills, fraises, ruches, Marie Antoinette
lug Percy," "Max and Jim." "Fa and fichus, Sashes, bows, berthas and the
manual me, all three," and many others, like; are all seen at their very best
While all were busy buying and test- among the French creations already be-
ing the good things,'lug prepared for midsummer wear.
" 'The old band' marched in—
And stylisher am]. grander tunes; but
Somehow—anyway
I want to hear the old band play
Slob tunes as 'John Brown's body' and
'Sweet Alice,' don't you know?
And 'The camels is a -cumin" and
'John Anderson, my "
And the impromptu band played them.
Later in the evening some of the Riley
poems were recited.—Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.
Do 'wiles Talk?
An ingenious inquirer, armed with a
microphone, or sound magnifier, has been
listening patiently through long hours to
the curious noises made by house flies,
a-nd reports his belief that they have a
language of their own.
The language does not consist of the
buzzing sound we ordinarily hear, which
is made by the rapid vibration of their
tiny wings in the air, but of a smaller,
finer and more widely modulated series
of sounds, audible to the human ear only
by the aid of the microphone.
Probably this fly is perfectly audible to'
the fly ears, which, as every schoolboy
knows who has tried to move his hand
slowly upon them, are very acute.
The hope is expressed that, since the
heretofore inaudible whispers of flies have
been detected and recorded, some inventor
may construct a microphone which will
enable us to make out the language of
the microbes, and so surprise them in
tItteor.rrible secret of their mode of oper-
Early Exercise for Growing Boys.
I have noticed a tendency to permit
children to sit up much later than is
good for them, the natgral result being
a too prevalent fondness for the bed in
the morning. If a boy wants to keep
himself in prime condition, to grow up
strong and vigorous, let him get up in
the morning rong enough before breakfast
to have first ten minutes* of • brisk work
with in pair of light wooden dumbbells,
then his ()old bath, and afterwards a
sharp walk of fifteen minutes. Any boy
who will follow this plan will discover
before many weeks that he is easily
superior to his classmates in almost any
athletic work he undertakes, while head-
aches and other ills too common to grow-
ing lads will be tudinown to him.—Harp-
er's Bazar.
A Surprised Cantrasman.
A French paper tells the story Of a
lady wbo entered one of the cams of a
train holding in her arms a dog This
was against the rules. Dogs must be
paid for if they travel on trains in
France. 'The traimnan announced:—
"Dogs must be paid for."
"Not mine," said the lady.
"No exception can be made,' Madam"
P1 always carry it in England."
"You cannot in France, You must
give up the dog' and pay."
"I will not pay, Can I leave the dog?"
The guard hold out his hand and took
the dog; it -was stuffed!"
Shameful Poverty.
"Mamma," said little Helen one day
on returning form school, "sonic little
girls asked me to -day if I had any little
brothers and sisters and I just ran z•tway
without saying anything."
"Why did you do that, &art Why
didn't you say no?"
"Because, =amnia, I was too ashamed
to tell them that we were so poor that I
was the only little baby we had ever had
at our house"
Gown bra Young Girl.
• Underdress of pale -groan dimity, with
over -blouse of grass linen iii open em-
broidery; the over -blouse, fastened in the
back, is made to give the round, baby -
waist effect, and is just short enough to
show the waist girdle of pale -green silk
which finishes the under bodice. India
silk, swivel silk, grass linen, batiste and
lawn dresses, with upper blouses of all-
over embroidery or lace, are very effec-
tive made in this style.
A New Vienna Lace.
Vienna guipure is the name of a new
lace, worked entirely in buttonhole stitch
over fine cord. The design is traced on
cambric—a very' fine material is not
necessary—and this is tacked on enameled
cloth, to keep the work fiat. The outlines
of the design are run or stitched with
coarse cotton or cream silk, and the but-
tonhole stitch is worked over this ,and
over a couple of strands of fine cord of
thick silk; cream silt is used for the best
work, and it is the most effective. The
whole of the design is then filled in with
close rows of buttonhole stitch, worked
one into the other, and the connecting
loops are worked and inter -laced at the
same time. The different forins in the
design ate connected by loops that are
not worked into the cambric, but lie
over it, the cambric being afterward cut
away trona underneath. The buttonhole
stitches are worked into the cambric to
give firmness,
Goslings With Hens.
Six eggs of geese under a hen are suffi-
cient, and the hen will take good care
of them. The best place for them is on a
grassy plot, as they are very partial to
green. food At first they should be fed
mashed potatoes thickened with ground
oats and ground meat, three times a day
the first week, twice a day the next two
weeks, and once a day until they are
feathered, as they will soon learn to se-
cure their food. Give plenty of drinking
water and provide dry quarters at night,
but do not allow them on ponds
Only a Plagiarism.
"You stole this man's overcoat?" said
the justice inquiringly.
" That's rather a hard way of putting it,
judge," protested the playwright,
"How would you put it, then?" asked
the justice.
"I think it would sound a little better
if you said I plagiarized it
Evening Post,
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GOOD LUCK OMENS.
It's lucky to have a stray dog follow
you.
Nevei chase a black cat. If you do you'll
drive Away I Lick.
It's lucky to put on your left shoe
first
A waxt or mole on the left side of your
neck is a good omem it means riches
It's lucky to bump against a stranger on
the streets. It means Slant you will unex-
pectedly hear of good new&
II you would have good luck through-
out the day, baffle yonr evil genius by
saying the toile wipe; is immediately
tater rising in the morning: "Let this lie
my lucky day; lec all my enemies fail."
Say these words quickly.
'Write the cabalistic word "Bedooh" on
a piece of paper. Then hide the slip in a
secret pocket It -is au East Indian word,
midis said to be the best good luck charm
that can be carried.,
Cross your fingers in your pocket when
your see a cross-eyed person. It will keep
you from losing your good lack.
To see a stork is always a sign of good
luck. To caress one means great happi-
ness.
To see a shootMg star is an especially
happy omen. It signifies that goad things
are in store for yon. Fortune will soon be
lteock Mg at your door.
To be seated inadverently between a
married couple at the table means that
you will be married within a year if you ,
are single.
To find a piece of jewelry is said to be a
very Welty omen.. It means riches.
It's lucky to sneeze in the morning *be-
fore r6ing.
Get a check or a mei of money Monday
morning, aud you wili have a prosperous
week.
To see a funeral in your dreams is a
lucky omen.
If you should happen to put on a stock-
ing "wrong side out," don't worry. It's a
mighty good omen.
6'ee the new moon and make a wish.
You'll be sure to get it.
Should you find an unopened letter on
the street, make up your mind that you
will shortly bear pleasant news.
Avoid ills of the head by writing "Ru-
ihbad" on the crown of your hat.
To drive away rheumatism steal or beg
a potato and always keep it with you.
This is supposed to be better than the
horse chestnut superstition.
If your right ear tingles, some one is
talking good about you, but if it is your
left ear, then depend on it that an enema -
is at work. To counteract the influence
of his evil words bite your little finger.
Don't spare it; every twinge you give your
little finger your enemy will feel on his
tongue,
DON'TS FOR THE SUMMER GIRL.
Don't giggle.
Don't listen to scandal.
Don't defy public opinion.
Don't play on the hotel piano.
Don't believe everything you hear.
Don't sleep all day and dance all night.
Don't walk on the beach after 12 at
night.
Don't form lifelong friendships in three
days.
Don't bave "heart talks" with every
man you know.
Don't have your dancing gowns made
too decollete.
Don't show too lofty a scorn, for the
chaperon theory.
Don't read "Harry's" letters aloud to
your girl friends.
Don't go rowing with the young man
who tips the boat.
Don't refuse to marry' a good man if you
get the chance.
The Benefit of Silence.
If the effort be not made to clothe
thought in proper language, it will be
at the expense of the former; for words
not only form "the link between the ob-
ject and the memory of it," but thoughts
=associated with words very soon die
away from the memory. What, then, is
the remedy? The cultivation of delibera-
tion and originality, and the encourage-
ment of occasional silence. To do this is
sometimes difficult, for it implies the
mending of long -existing habits, and in
some measure the very loss of individual-
ity; for many of us are apt to take
refuge in conversation behind phrases
mid tricks of speech that have served us
well in the past. Good listening is con-
ducive to expressive speech, and the
‚words that are formed from violent im-
pressions are not those betokening the ex-
ercise of clear thought.—"The Perils of
Small Talk," by Allen McLane Hamil-
ton, in Cetury.
When a girl's hair is`streight these days,
it means she didn't have time to comb it.
elle a rain • was sice we gavel*? Cadent/
When she was a Claild,the cried tor Caster -i&
When she became Mist., she clung to Caster -:a
When shehad Children, eliegave them eastera
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