Show IDOLS FOR FOIL LUCK Gods of Wood and nd Stone That Ensure Preservation of Beauty Do uDo you keep anything by you for good luck was the serious inquiry of a sunburned maid of another whom she met at the ribbon counter Why of course replied number two with witha a comprehending smile mine is tt a adear 3 dear delightful Chinese so to speak It was given me by Fred my brother who had it of a reconstructed Boxer Fred is invalided home from China where one night in Pekin he overwhelmed a sallow allow little villain in by sheer force of his two strong arms His captive proved to be an ler who was so charmed with Freds prowess that instead ins l ad of being handed over to the authorities he foe was easily converted Into a laun iaun d an uSo So successful did my brother pier per persuade suade Fu Won Wons Von that the future of ofa a Boxer was a dark one indeed that when he got his wound and was about to start for home Fu Wong asked for fora a farewell interview As a tender tes testimonial te of his regard and r urina urination tion he pressed on his Oils captor th tl dear dearest dearest Eai est little carved figure fi re of a secondary but none no e the less powerful Chinese god who has particular influence with the powers Dowers that make pigtails grow Fred is becoming touchingly bald and the sight preyed evidently on Fu affectionate nature so he pro pre presented seated the cunning ivory hary deity along with some prayers Drayers written out In Chi Chinese nese Cese Characters Skepticism is I re regret regret regret gret to say one of the few flaws in my ray brothers character so when he the was unpacking his kit he threw the ivory image and prayers into my lap and said I might try his powers on my hair which is falling dreadfully Now of course laugh con continued continued continued the narrator but since that scrap of ivory came Into my posses possession possession possession sion c my combings have been hardly over All AU summer I poured on tonics and things while a resent present and a future seemed only more and more Imminent and it amazing interrupted num number number number ber one But just look at that please and she drew from her pocket a finy Liny faded silk bag and from that a curious disk of silver having some odd characters engraved on It My dear How perfectly fas jt t tg ng g What is it Why I bought it of a Spanish gypsy S sy at the Paris fair a strange creature who tells fortunes She seemed awfully struck by the lines in my hand and said she would wo ld do for forme forme forme me what she do for or anybody an least one phase of the difficulty It has reduced the servant girls u flightiness to a minimum she can not change places once a week the year around aroun I IFor For or when she moves the government g I i I t tI t I l I Ic c J 1 q I I 1 z lj i I II f fa TEE SHRINE AND iND TRIBUTE I a has spaces spares for all sorts of information about the new girL You must write down her full name where she came from whether married or stogie single her trade whether hether cook chambermaid or waitress her birthday and year he her nationality her religion region her own home and if married now how many urany minor chil children dren she has where they are and who their guardian is The government al always always ways looks out well for the children and sees that they ey are provided for comfortably this being the more necessary necessary necessary essary because many perhaps most servants sen ants are married women with typically large families At the same sam 1 time that bhat this blank goes in the She girl must also send end a blank reporting her change of place Having done all this you must see that the girl Irl pays I her ner regular gular fees to the insurance or death fund so that She may not become a public charge in case of her death or disablement All this ceremony ce ony tends to make it difficult for a oa girl to move about or 01 for the master to discharge her with small cause Should it be at any time for the girl to leave leae there must be more dealings with the police polite The householder now buys a green blank or card on which he reports with the same completeness o ot of description description tion Uon the departure of his servant And there must be no delay in any an of these ceremonies else the police who have hav their fingers on every man woman and child in Germany and know just where here each individual should be at any given guen time will begin making inquiries and ant If you Ou have not reported you y u are taken before the magistrate and fined All thus this tends to prevent the rapid circulation of servant girls so familiar In to every ev ry American householder which the Claras followed the MageS and ana the Katies followed the Claras Clams in ir swift succession Nor do the German Germ I c ci i U iF THE IDOL PICKED TIP VP IN PEKIN |