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Show MINT FOR LATE STAYERS. CUstom Borrowed from the Boers te Get Rid of Bores. - In South Africa candles are nsed for lighting purposes In the homes, nnd when & young Boer maiden hat gontlemon Visitors, the mother sticks l a p'ln In the candle, ami when It hat burned to the pin tho callers under ., stand that It is. time for their ds pnrturo. Mrs. Early," society matron o Washington, recently made a visit to the TransVaal, and was Impressed with the custom or tho Boers that sho dotormlnod to introduce It laU hor own homo. Consequently the eleo trio lights were removed and candles substituted In tho drawing-room. Mr. Staylate, a frequent though not nlways welcome caller, was one of the first visitors to call after the In auguratlon ot the new custom. He witnessed the placing ot the pin Is ,x tho candle by Mrs. Early, aad aftei '.-... sho had gono ventured to inquire: - "Why, Miss Harry, doen your rootle ' ,J er stick a pin In the candle? t j "Oh,' rcsionded th young womn . J with an air of apparent innocence, "mother learned that In Bouth Africa aa a way of sending homo tho Boors." Harper's Weekly. |