Show 7I In Friday was a biff day at Saltnlr and the number of pretty girls on the dancing floor and In the waves was rvppalllnc to tho few young mon who were fortunate enough to be there The man with his eyes whin open and his ears pricked up could see and hear all kinds of funny things In the first place J Is a cosmopolitan cosmo-politan crpwd that goes there Arry and Aarrlct mix freely with Reginald and Maude and tho washerwoman with her family or seven or eight cats at the same table with the banker who has a growing family of one The Man About Town went Into the water first because the crowd seemed to bo there Guy aint that a peachy ankle said I a youth In an undertone The lady pulled her skirt hard In hopes It would go down but it didnt and the water war shoal Oueetec Ito cold shrieked a youngster of six RemembwrlnK that you dont feel so cold It you yet your head wet hlio went all under and emerged howlIng Mama my eyes and nose ow wow oh mamma take It out She was oul taken hole and fresh water applied Good afternoon lie began Pardon I me may I help you Fist fixed the button but-ton and then as she thanked him she sum sumYour face i8 very familiar How do you spell your name 1 wonder If It Is the same as the ono I know BO well Bemis Be-mis oh yes didnt we meet somewhere Yes I think we did Are you Alley or Julio bait he anuwcrud as he rose lo the Im Julio she answered Julie Man ton You know my brother dont you rise Ice was broken or the watfr had a ripple perhaps would be better and the young man began to reckon his cash to sec l how he would come out If he suggest ed dinner after the swim Oh how lovely Mamma wants me to learn to swim and you are really willing to teach so stupid n girl na 1 1 Tho Man About Town wanted to butt In hen and Lake the mans place but he couldn sec how hed do It gracefully So the other fellow put his arm around the waist ot the beauty while the Man About Town looked for a dub and she moved her arms and feet a little Then she rested for she thought Willie wan tired Willie wan a stayer for sure and during the whole nf tornoon didnt pet a bit tired NeIther did the gIrl but the Man About Town did and made sorrowful but hopeful tracks tot tIme to-t dancing pavilion looking for better luck and a pretty gIrl Would you doc the favor he asked of a tall brunette dressed In lowing stuff 1 should think not I dont know you from Adams valet My husband Is I rom log thin way so you hotter not tarry answered the haughty beauty The Man Abut Town took nor advice and hied himself to a corner After a while he made another effort Pardon me ho began as hf stopped In front ot a dainty blonde wont you dance this waltz with me Thankth awfully but I dont make a thucthelh of walthlng and I novor thaw you before No sir tjhe lisped and the Man About Town went away relieved Next time It was a stout girl with an ap plecheeked dimpled face He changed his tactIcs How do you do he said In surprise Im awfully glad to see you They shook hands the girl a little mystified How Is your mother and the little brother broth-er Lots llnsh this wait Allow me as he placed his arm around her 181 They glided around a turn and also broke Into his conversation by saying Please take mo back now I Is four thirty and my husband Is duo In five min utcs Thank you so much v Goodbye This was the last straw and he started homo with he firm determination to get a girl next time In the city If you arc from the East and go Into a barroom and drink a gloss of vhisky you pay the regulation 15 rents Then inaybc you drink another glass and nn you are accustomed to doing hand out a dime The booze clerk will look at you as if you are a freak and say Dont KO mister mis-ter 5 cent more please You EO resent this and call his attention to the two foraquarter custom and ha gets back at you with a horsolaugh and says You dont buy em at the same time It dont go Then you are apt to get personal and say things A place on Second South has lilt the right scheme Every time you buy a 15 cent drink the man hands you a yellow check which says 2k When you buy another 15cent drink you hand this check over wih your 10 cents and get your two drinks for a quarter That beats the poker M chip scheme People are comulalnlu bitterly about thi bad asphalt sidewalks on Main State and some of the side streets In many places they havo broken through and left rough holes with japed edges the top be ing u mere shell while the body of the walk is scan to have degenerated Into amass a-mass of dust Cud gravel That Isn t asphalt paving said a man That Is just n shell All the asphalt I ever saw was six Inches dotn and would nl carry L truck and Its team Same here echoed another Ive lots of It but I seen ut never saw any as thin ao that An engineer who han put In Immense quantities of asphalt In large cities explained ex-plained the matter to tho Man About Town You see he began the stuff is put on about six Inchon thick and wot just wet enough to quake when It Is pounded Then It Is covered with sand an Inch thick and kept wet ten days That is required by tho city engineer in his npcclflcatlong But you cant turn a hone on the bot tom of the asphalt so tho hot dry cround juicks all the molsturo out of time backing glound and It turns to nothing but dust and broken stone and does not form a solid mass as tho top doea The result is Your shell which will lust awhile amid which can b easily broken In anl Beforu the walk Is laid the rrround should be wot with hose till it will take no moro water Then Instead of Kticklnjr irom the paving material It will give out water to it as it dries Then you yet a real pavement tlt Fresh carp today read the sign Ouo of the cafes on Main street can tired t i lIve carp In the Irrigation oitch one day this week They woro alive and Ii 1 al 111 rood healthy condition and when added to the aquarium in the window all lo swim around us if they had not been fish out of water Ish It was surmised that they came all the ni way from the aourcy of thu wiiUr sunplv to the city through the irrigation ditches |