The Exeter Times, 1921-2-10, Page 2ends Fragrance
to the simplest meal
pftrr.3 WhOteSOrne and delicious.
• Send us a post card for a free sample, statiag the price you now pay
and it you use Black, Green or Mixed Tea. .Addrese Salada, Toronto.
Had you, a our O'ClOek on that
Winter's afternoon, chanced to pass
tt certain shabby house on Lower
Xarvis street, you would have been
ienrielneed by the haunting melody of
a violin Had you, emboldened by your
fa...ciliation? entered this uninviting
ou.se, you woulcl have perceived it to
e a lodging -house f the meaner sort,
at one time the home of one of To-
ronto's millionaires, but now fallen
into decay and evil days. And had
you, still hunting- the source of the
magical music, climbed the rickety
;stairs to the third floor back, you
would have come tip= adventure and
aeon romance. -
"A light-housekeepie apart-rnent"
the place was called by Mrs. O'Toole,
the landlady, but this was flattery of
the grossest kind. A small room and
tiny alcove, both nnpapexed and
both begrimed. exhibited the marks
of many yeas and smelled musty—
that was all. The. only -window faced
the north and opeeee upon an alley.
A bleak and cheerless place it was.
'With a bleak and sordid outlook. In
earlier years it had been a servant's
room.. It now provided Mrs. 0*Toele
with $8 a week—some weeks..
Yet here romance dwelt with ad -
Venture.
• The cold half-light of the winter
dusk which filtered grayly through'
the window, -outlined a man of un- I
eettain age, who sat in the dark cor-
ner and dreamily played his violin.
He touched the instrument tenderly,
lovingly-, as a mother caresses her
child, a far -away gaze in his deepset
ey.es„...a.....emeetheal exaltation illurninge
starved face.
He was, You inig,ht, say, a pathetic -
looking little man—nyeagre and desti-
tute, like the room. His coat and
• trousers were frayed, his shoes patch-
ed, and his soft shirt and flowing tie
old and worn.
But his obvious poverty seemed
glorified by the witchery of the music
Ile made. As the seductive strains of
the violin quivered on the air, he be-
came a poetic figure, not a pitiable
one, and the unadorned walls of the]
equallid chamber were bmight with,
ennehine and birds. Such ,was the
musician's 'necromancy.
A poorly clad young woman, pos-
eseing indubitable beauty of faee,
emerged from the alcove (or kitchen -
tete, as Mrs. O'Toole called it) and
"Nol" he declared, with quiet em
phasis, "For me, nothing. For you
all."
He went silently out through th
shadows and closed the door noiseless
ly behind, him. For a space she stoed
as he had left her, staring mutely a
the violin, a vague and formless a
ject against the wall. Her expression
was a mixture of pain and anger. S'he
murmured to herself, "He cares more
for it than he does for me . . . . .
more for it than he does for me."
Her eyes filled, and. she winked
them. Her throat contracted, an 1 she
swallowed hard. Her fingers worked
convulsively. Her gaze never left the
violin. "Cares 'more for it than he
does for me," she repeated. That mad
refrain • hammered. lin her mind; and
jealousy -swept her, wave on flaming
:Melissa's Accounf'Book.
"J3nt if you're going to pay him. by meant hours of time. There were
the. hour, with pay 'and. a half for over many things to be counted it one kept
iiumF•iel: of niPals prep'ared. in a year
time, he Should bring his own dinner track of posts, and Melissa decided it
and go home to supper," Melissa "ob- was high time, to begin,
jeeted. Dan eame in „from the barn with a
"He'll de nothing. of the sort,". Dan pocket full of eggs -which he laid on
bellowed. "D'you think I'm going to
have the neighbors say we let the
hired man sit out in the barn' and
eat a cold lunch, while come 111 and
fill up on a hot dinner? He'll eat
right here at this table. What does
a meal amount to, anyway?"
Melissa said nothing though she
could have told a great deal about the
cost of a meal. If Dan. wanted to
board the new elan in addition to giv-
ing him double the old wages, let him.
She still thought if the farm hand
was going to institute factory meth-
ods as to hours and pay, that meals
should be recognized as amounting to
something. Five years ago a meal
might be regarded as a trifle, hilt
hardly to -d ! ll r
ayMelissaeo ced eve
- the breakfast table; eight eggs, two
each for Dan and for Father and
e Mother Tompkins, who, although they
_ did no heavy work, still ate heavily,
and one each for Danny and herself;
muffins took two more eggs and
doughnuts also two more; then there
were fried potatoes, a generous half-
pint of cream, a quart of milk for
coffee and oatmeal and a half -pound
pat of butter that had simpler melted
away on the hot rauffins. Just for
eggs, butter, milk and cream'reckon-
ed at -prices on the farm, she was
"out" two or three hours' pay for the
man. This was just for the family
alone and a hired man—well, Melissa
had -never seen one you could call a
light eater.
She wondered hove mueh the muf-
fins and doughnuts cast. She had
never thought about it before but if
she was to Illak4 Dan seethathe was
really paying more than he agreed
to pay, she must have cold, exact
figures ready. Suddenly it came dear
to her that this was what keeping.
accounts *as for. She had only half
listened to a recent club lecture on
farm accounts. Of course she "kept
track" of the butter -and -egg money
but it seemed a feolish waste of time
to eount the turnips and carrots and
cups of flour one used. In view of
her present -bunking, farm account-
ing took on a different light. -
Another thing occurred to Melissa
as she trundled the kitchen wagon,
loaded with dishes, into the kitchen.
If men and women who went out to
work by the any were worth such
high wages, -what was she worth?
CouM not the time she spent in eook-
ing for a hired ellen be charged up
to him? Dan always argued that one
more did not make any difference;
you only put on an extrt a plate and
boiled another potato. But that extra
plate and extra potato, said Melissa's
thought to her, multiplied by the
, wave.
Wearily, from the far end of the
• alley'came the call of a junk peddler
; who approached in creaking cart,
• making his last efforts for the day.
The unpopular malady, more com-
monly known as stomach-ache, may
roughly. be divided into two general
categories; the sort that is eaused by
overeating and the kind that comes
from not eating at all. Milo, emerg-
ing from the slovenly roomingehouse
was acutely aware of a stomach-ache
' of the last-named spehies. His inter-
ior was an aching void. He paused,
irresolute, in the unelean street, a for-
lorn, little figure in the wintry snow.
And then he turned up the collar of
his thin summer coat, turned down
the brim of his shapeless hat, and
started an the direction of the down -
own district.
His destination was a theatrical
booking agency on Queen street. He
had called here often of late, and had
never got beyond the boy who guard-
ed the managerial presence from un-
desirables. His ragged clothes his
worn-out shoes, his hangdog air of
indigence, these things were against
him.
Entering now he was fully prepared
for the usual rebuff, "Mr. Bloom's net
in." Out of his special desperation
he was also prepared to circumvent
this transparent lie. But it was un-
necessary. The war had hit the book-
ing agency, and the suspielous lad
had been supplanted by a sympathetic
young woman, who at once admitted
him to the manager's offiee. He
went in gratefully, hat in hand his
face at once apprehensive and deter -
rained. On a table lay a violin and
tWO DT three other musical instru-
ments. Mr. Bloom, a large man, sat
at a large desk signing typewritten
lettens with a large signature. He did
not look up, as Milo entered, nor did
he acknowledge his caller's presence
by so much as the 'flicker of an eye-
lash. For a matter of several min-
utes Milo stood beside the table wait-
ing silently
• At last the big man, still signing
letters, greeted him in no friendly
way:
"Well? What is it?"
(Continued in next issue.)
Which?
Suppose upon thy right hand stretched
a road,
Shaded by trees and very fair to see,
Bordered with flowers and ever ver-
- dant sod,
And one should say, "I give the
choice to thee
Between this road, which thou must
tread alone,
And this, which lieth here upon thy
left,
Narrow and cheerless rough with
inany a stone,
Arid and waste, of trees and flowers
bereft --
erode looking at the man in no agree-
able manner.
"Milo." she said, sharply, "I'm
lumgry."
Not heeding her, apparently ob- I
livious of her presence, he soared
glier,intasly aloft on the wings of fancy,
a.rd poured out his soul in the exqui-1
si:c melody.
She moved toward him, lifting her
Listen to me! I'm hungry,
beng,TY, d Yon hear? And we haven't
a tiling to eat, Not a thing! Not
eeen a crust of bread."
The music died away in a sob of
desparr, pnd instantly the chamber be-
came omy a desolate spot in a cheap
tr.:enema-house, and the violinist, only
a dejected little man, pinched and
p051111055.
sat staring dully at the floor;
tha tight had gone from his face,
i'neently he t-uelsed the violin under,
he, chin end placed the bow upon the '
Er):1)', and looked up at her witbi a
::ble attempt at cheerfulness.
• e, c still have each other. Is it not
101 F11:1 .
"1 ve had my fill of that" she re-
f t enjoying his banter.
"11iglit now I'd like something more
sr'obanbiai ililo, we've simply got
to not .,oniething to eat, somewhere
Cna1w. If wd Alit, we'll starve to
dos h.
Obviously the problem devolved on
him. Sighing, be rose from his chair
and put away his beloved violin. He
handled the instrument as if it were a
/wing thing, He fondled it and
stroked it and, before he enclosed fit in
its silk -lined case, he -bent and kissed
it eveeently.
All this wa.s silently remarked by
the watchful young woman, Her eyes
flashed, and her hands, hanging be-
side her, clinched spasmodically until
her finger -nails dug into her palms.
She was suddenly on the verge of
tears.
You care more , for that old
he accused, struggling to
eoritrol her trembling yoice, "than you
do for m -mel"
Evidently he was nsed to this Sort
of thing. At any rate, he accorded, it -
1)0
rtotice; but hong the violin in its
accustomed place near the window and
stood gazing at the snow falling out -
Then he signet/ again, and taking
Ws faded hat _from a nail on the wall
he started toward the door.
'Where are you going, IVIilo?"
"To find food for you," he said:
'substantial feed."
'Aren't yoti hiseserry, t/Ooi 14119?"
Yet, listen! If the latter choice be
thine,
Love's self shall walk beside 'thee
all the way—"
Wouldst thou accept that, fellowship
di vine,
Or choose the easier path? Beloved,
say!
An Ingeniotts Invention.
With an ingenious tuning device ar-
ranged in the form of a small book,
and using a walking stiek as a mast
for the antenna wire, a British officer
has contrived a rattle -receiving set of
extreme simplicity and portability.
By opening the pocketisize book to
greater or less degree, and varying
the antenna length, reception Is ad-
justed to wave lengths between 300
and 2,500 metres. With this equip-
ment, using a regular head telephone,
messages have been reeeived from eta -
lions more than 500 miles distant.
Minard's Liniment Relieves Code, e
the table. His face was one scowl,
"I told you those hells did not pay
for their keep," he growled. 'They
have cleaned up all that mash
bought last week and here's a dozei
eggs to show for it. I'll wring every
darn neck before 'Christmas."
"A dozen eggs a day from fifty
' —
hens isn't so bad in November," Mel
issa protested as she rescued the roll
ing eggs.
• "If you got 'ens," Dan agreed.
"Yesterday there were exactly two
and in -another week we wont be get-
ting any. And no* I've got to pay
out twenty-five or thirty dollars- more
for feed."
Melissa vanished into the living -
room and jotted down a few figures on
the calendar. Dan was extravagant
in his statements, so she decided to
mark down evhat lee" would actually
pay. She must find out what those
eggs cost.
"How about an apple pie for din-
ner?" Dan stuck his head through the
door to suggest. "That fellow will be
here and for Heaven's sake don't let
him go anvay and say he didn't get
anything- to eat!" Dan had a reputa-
tion to sustain!
Melissa had Untended to make sail-
or's duff as it took only five minutes
0 stir up. But the cooky, crock was
empty and the last douglanut had just
gone to the barn. with Dan. She might
as well make a morning of baking. In
that way she could replenish the pan-
try and begin at once to figure an the
actual expense -of the food they ate,
The cost of the ,apple pie was easy.
Twenty-two large Northern Spies
filled a peck measure, so dividing the
price of a bushel by four, and that
again by twenty-two gave %Per the
cost of an apple. Sex to a pie Was easy
to reckon. Her college extension chart
told her that the half clip of lard she
used was a quarter of a pound, so
that offered no hard problem. To
find the cost of the flour she had to
work with paper and pencil. Further
study of her ehart told her that one
cup of flour weighs one-fourth of a
pound or four ounces. She -used a
cup and a half to a Pie, or six ounces.
There were 196 patnitis "of flour to the
barrel. Dividing the cost of the bar-
rel by. 196 gave her the cost of a
pound; from which it was easy to find
the cost of six ounces.' Added to this
was the flour for dusting board and
rolling -pin, the pinch of baking pow --
der and salt and the cinnamon, plus
the fuel for baking, and her labor.
Not counting interruptions, it took
her exactly one-half hour to get the
pie into the oven, and s.he "donated"
the time spent in 'watching it after
ib was there, When Melissa • totaled
up the cost of that pie she Anui more
than ever convinced that it was vitally,
essential to keep track of costs,
It was au interesting morning to
Dan's wife, who, until now, had never
given thought to the eCOTIOMICide
of her housekeeping, She had taken
it for granted that women did certain
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INDUSTRIES FAIR.
thingsbecausetit t cl it.
Now ber nund was taking brand new
wasted etfort in housekeeping? There • GROWING
questions: Was there a great deal of
were se many- things she wanted to do
for which she had no time. If you , •
reckoned time as valuable as money BIG /NCREASE IN BRITISH
and planned to spend it wisely, could EXHIBITS.
you manage to get tune for something
, besides cooking and cleaning and sew-
ing? She wondered if some of the
Held This Year n Three Dif-
ferent Sections, at London,
Birmingham and Glasgow..
time spent 'in dishwashing could, not
be saved. And there was bed -making
--were all the pets she gave te her
,pretty spread* and cases necessary?
She meant to find out. -
(Continued: -next week..)
'Women! Use "Diamond
Dyes?'
Dye Old Skirts, Dresses, Waists,
Coats, Stockings, Draperies,
Eveiything.
Bach _package'ef "Diamond Dyes,"
oontains easy directions for dyeing
any article of evnal, silk, cotton, linen,
or mixedegoods. Beware! Poor dye
streaks, spots, fades, and ruins ma-
terial by giving it a "dyed -look." Buy
"Diamond Dyes" only. Druggist has
Color Card. '
Waterproof Shoes.
The United States Bureau of Chem-
istry has worked out a method by
which anybody eau make his shoes
waterproof unless they have holes in
them.
The chief reason why shoes ordinari-
ly are not waterproof is that -the seams
admit moisture. Thus the feet get
damp and the wearer is liable to catch
cold.
An occasional use of castor oil en
shoe uppers will help to make them
waterproof, but too much should not
be used lest it interfere with the
"shine." Much hater, especially for
use in winter, is a mixture of twelve
ounces of tallow and four ounces of
cod oil. Melted together by moderate
heat, the Estuff should be applied warm
and thoroughly to the edge of the sole,
and the welt, where footgear is most
liable to leak,
The sole can be b -et waterproofed
by letting the shoe stand for fifteen
minutes in a shallow pan containing
enough of the grease to cover the sole.
Thus protected, one need not wear
overshoes, which, whiTe they keep
water out, also keep perspiration flu
Moreover, they are cold in. winter and
hot in summer.
Art is the specific. We have' little
to learn of apes and they may. be ;eft.
The chief consideration for us is, what
particular practice of Art in letters
is the best for the perusal of the
Book of our common wisdom; so that
ner we may escape, as it were, into
daylight and song from a land a
fogehorns.—George Meredith.
Indications are that tho British In-
dustries Fair is to he clecidedly larger
and more cOnaprehensive this year
than ever before, says a Lend= des-
patch, It will be held in three sec-
tions, at London and Birmingham
from February 2 to March 4, and at
Glasgow from February 28 to March
11,
Last year the London section of the
fair was held in the Cryetal Palace,
but because of the increase in the
number Of exhibits it will be held in
the White City this year. The idea of
having the Glasgow section open -a
week later is to give buyers 'and visi-
tors an opportunity to visit all three
sections of the fair without being
rushed.
As in the past only British manufac-
turers will be allowed to exhibit, and
only their awn wares. No Cluplica-,
tione will be permitted. Attendance
will be by invitation only, which in
New York may be obeened from the
British Consul -General, 44 Whitehall
Street.
Exhibits Have Wide Range.
The lines to be exhibited. in London
are books, cutlery, aliver, jewellry,
watches, clocks, haberdashery, glees -
ware, china, earthenware, stoneware,
-paper, stationery, stationers' spa -
dries, printing, medical and surgical
instruments, leather for the fancy
geode, boo -It -binding and upholstery ,
trades, brushes, brooms, toys, eporting
goods, scientific and optical Tinetrus
reents. photographic --itipplice. drag.
-musical instruments, furniture and
basketware.
At Birmingham lighting fixtures,
cook stoves and utensils, general hard-
ware, tools of all descriptions, Metal
furniture, saddlery and harn.ess-, fire-
arms, fishing rods and taekle, ma-
chinery beltings, India rubber goo -ds,
weighing and measuring appliances,
paints, architectural metal works,
steel and hemp tope, cordage and
string.
At Glasgow textiles of all descrip-
tions, ready made clothing, including
hosiery, hats, caps, boote, shoes and
gloves; Carpet and upholstery ma-
terials, foodstuffs, prepared and pre-
served; beverages, chemicals and
with clearer minds and livelier mane dyes.
Improved Pocketknife Has
Novel Features.
1FORESTS OF CANADA ARE SOURCE OF RICH
A new knife is made in varlet:la
REVENUE types, from the long, heavy hunting
knife to the tiny watch-chain-Imifee It
\ may be best described as a device
wherein the blade, when in use, is
• held rigidly in position, and yvhett not
in use, is completely concealed. 'When
closed, the kalife Is dustproof, and can
be made waterproof if desired. An
important improvement, from the
angles of utility- and manufacture, is
the elimination. of the steel back -
spring, which constitutes a large part
of the cost of the ordinary pocket-
knife. Also, blades are interchange-
the- simple method cif un-
screwing the pin -holding the blade, an-
other blade can be quickly substituted.
Thus a hunter can, in, a moment, sub-
stitute a skinning blade for the °ran -
ark blade in hth knife.
4. - , :Z., SwbvV
Canada's 225 million acres of mer-
chantable 'Limber is the Second largest
asset of her natural resources wealth.
The bulk of this timber is within easy
reach ,of tbe tidewater. Nova, Scotia,
New 13runswick and. 13ritisla Colurhbla
can almost duinp their logs in the
oceans while Quebec and Ontario
have t:lie St. Lawrence River for a
path to the sea.
In /908 the greater part of Canadian
lumber exports went. ciut le the raw
state, only a little over one-third was
manufactured in Canada. The nert
ten years saw a strong and continued
increase in Indus trial d evelopment
and by 1917 the tables' had quite turn-
ed, In that year more that 70% of
Oanaida's lumber exports were mane -
featured and less than one-third left
the weary in a raw state,
Dyer increasing demand for pulp-
wood and paper is responsible in large
measure for this rapid developnaent.
American imports of Canadian pulp-
wood (all ltintle) for four months, end-
ing ditly 31st, 1920, amounted to $20,-
839,881. According to latest statistics
Canada' S available Supply of pUlpwood
is 901,000,000 cards and covers 350,000
square miles. Over a third of this
spruce and balsam stands in the east-
ern provinces, convenient to the east-
ern states with their many news-
papers and publishing houses. It le
estimated that, at the present rate of
°lifting, this supply will hold out for
62years, Strict cutting regulations,
wise censervation and reforestation
Plans are looked to 10 pre -Vent the an-
stilillatiOn of Canadian forests end him -
hexing ledustriea.
British. Columbia's woode are at-
tracting mach foreign capital. Ameri-
can Money is going into new pulp and
paper 1111118 on the Pacific Coast. _Ap-
proximately, 85% of all capital invest-
ed in the paper pulp industry in Cana-
da ,is American. An English syndi-
cate is building a $250,000 furniture
factory in British Columbia. Box fac-
tories 'flourish ail over -the province.
The small fruits, vegetale, honey and
poultry ranches of the southern part
of the province need countless •crated
and boxee for getting ,their producetto-
market. British- Colinnlefa's strategic
situation for 'shipping toq)adido Coed
parts and 'the Orient, ite numerotast
good harbors and the tau that the ell-
Inate permitall the year round lama
hoeing have not been overinakocl by
capital seeking Inivestment,
Minard's Liniment for Burns, etc.
Who Was Responsible?
"Daddy," piped the little darling, "is
the sea a mile deep?" Daddy, Wleen
was also an editor, glanced up irrit-
ably from it huge pile ot manuscript.
"I don't know," he snapped. The lit-
tle one looked disappointed. A little
later she inquired: "Is the moon really
made of cheese, daddy?" Again came
the response: "1 delft know." An-
other look of disappointment, another
eilence, and another question: "Do
cannibale use postage stamps?" No
less savage than the cannibals them-
selves 'wee the distracted manuscript
reader as he roa,refl for the third time.:
"I don't know." "Well, I say, daddy,"
ex:claimed the youthful inquirer, very
seriously, "who mode you an editor?"
During one period, of seven years,
over 8,000 earthquake shocks were re-
corded in Japan,
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GARB OF, MAN WAS HIS
INSIGNIA OF OFFICE,
Ancient Fashion Books Were
'Handed Down Tlirou'gh Suc-
ceeding Generations.
In necient days fashion had a grave
significance, and the fashion books of
the tailors and dressmakers of 'the
very early period were as sacred and
dignified as the -laws of the 1VIedes and
Persians. The garb of man was his
insignia of office.
Through a recently discovered
manuscript of the' history of costumes
of China, the "Made-to-order" raiment
of Oriental antiquity has come to
light. The costume of the dragon.
was a court costume W0111, only by the
Sons of Heaven oE the Celestial Em-
pire. All around the border of the
flowing robes of these ancient emper-
ons the mighty beast 'cavorted, while
his flaming eyes gazed toward greens
mountain slopes resplendently cover-
ed with yellow flowers and prehler
toric beasts. This was worn wheat
votive offerings were made to the
honorable ancestors.
The princes employed the Mountain
motif with its guardian dragons, while
the stars, sun and moon in plenipoten-
tiary raiment signified high rank and
great dignity. Those occupying a
lower eung on the court.ladder satis-
fled themselves with embroidered
flowers and lesser beaste
Man to -day signifies his dignified
stationin life by a glacial manner and
judicial bearing, but it is difficult, so
the French say, to tell a Canadian
gentleman in evening dress from a
waiter in a restaurant, as he does not
wear tne modern European stamp of
hirsute adornment
•
From Generation to Generation.
The ancient fashion boOks were not
monthly and weekly publications,
gotten out to -day and forgotten to-
moiro-vs by a fickle public, but were
heeded clown from generation to geae-
ration. On the haed-painted pages of
rhase Eitle folders tee tile costumes
a: v215is by coartler., wth direction3
tor the malting of each robe. If a
Prince of the blood found Isis reception
robe a bit frayed around the edges he
prepared a stately document for tile
court tailor, whose business it was to
search through the fashion archives
for the design, cut and color of thsele
potentate's station and rank.
Even in the time of- the Emperor
Ming, itt the epoch of Yung -King, 75-58
B.C., that obedient servant- of his an- -
cestors ordered the savants of the
ingctorn to search through ancient
costumes, palatings and rnanuscripte
for the laws govereing the costuming
of a proper court and commanded his
imperial designers to hold strictly to
the designs of these books. Silk in
those ancient days was a fabric- for
the court alone; the people were pro-
hibited by "Sumptuary laws" to in-
dulge itt the honorable contact with
its soft folds. There is hardly a wo-
man. to -day in the civilized world ivho
does not "wear silk in some form or,
other, There is hardly a design of
ancient court -s, whether of mighty
prince or lowly servitor, which has not
served the demands of modern Das-
hion,
Silk and fashion are closely linked
throughout the centuries. Modes
changed to conform to the new fabrio
as it was brought into each country.
There were the ladies of Greece who
first discovered. that the heavy Orien-
tal fitloric,s Telild be unravelled and
rewoven, like their linen garments, fu,
to filmy, translucent materials of won-
drous beauty.
Ornamental silks were not intro-
duced into Europe until 500 A.D., and
with them came the influence of By-
zantium on the styles of the day. It
was through the wars waged by the
fanatical crusaders that silk weavers
were brought into Italy, and the fame
of Venetian a,nd Florentine fashions
spread abroad. ---
When silk reached the courts of
France, it lent itself to the caprices
of the favorites of the Louis and
changed its folds from clinging grace-
fulness to the bouffant taffetas of the
later pet iod. For the sake of fashion,
improvements were made in looms
and mechanical details, as the modern
manufacturer of the twentieth cen-
tury has invented a printing machine
v,-lfich will run off sixty yards of sira
it minute in as many as eight different
colors,
Iii a Class by Himself.
An Irish drill sergeant was instruct,
Ing some recruits in the mysteries of
marching movements, and found great
difficulty itt getting a countryman of
his to halt When the conurimand was
given.
After explaining and illustrating
several times, he approached the rte -
craft, sized him -up silently for a few
minutes and then demanded his narae.
"Casey, sir," was the reply.
Casey, did ye iver drive a
mule?"
"Yis, sor."
"What did ye SaY When you wa,ttLe
him to stop?"
The sergeant tamed away and
Mediately put his squad in motion*
After they had a?1vanee t dozen,
yards or so he Itawied ens at the the
of „his lungs; '"Sexte4 bait, Whoa".
Omey I" .,