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Show ! f I 1 I A Line c' Tvve or Two I I j ; 'Lord, what fools these mortals t-" m I 4 By 6. L. T. Tea. the Joys of indolence, as well as its evils, were considered by the ancients. "Ollm nescio," .as Kid Pliny observed, "For some time past I have not known the meaning of leisure, of repose, of that indolent yet delightful doing nothing, being be-ing nothing." But Pliny had mental resources, and leisure was not to bin dangerous thing. Too much leisure inevitably leads persons without mental resources into indolence, and indolence is next door to crime. Irish lasses discovered fraternizing with British soldiers, will be scalped by the Irish republican army, and their names published to the wurruld. Thus romance is introduced to lighten a dark situation. For Homto O'Montague will find a way to Juliet O'Capulei's balcony. Help! Help! j (From the Elgin News.) , If anyone knows of a good, reliable laundress who will' wash and iron at my home, for mercy sakes let me Know. Mrs. A. 0. Smith. "Unless there is a league of nations or something else equally as binding," Professor McLaughlin is quoted by the valued Post as saying. Six to one he did not say it. For add Purists' Primer: "Eciyalty as" Is English jazz." Slightly Scrambled. Sir: From "Giving Chicago a Square Deal.'' by the Chicago plan commission: "Great as these were fine as these wre courageous as. these were effective effec-tive as these were put together they do not compare with the importance of the big forward step about to be launched, and upon the success or failure of which hang? Chicago's destiny." Walking on the water again. F. G. W. "When we rend that President Wilson had congratulated a Republican governor we looked for a bulletin from Grayson, Ruff in and Stitt announcing a relapse; but. happily, Mr. Wilson is mending nicely. Add Judicial Literature of Golf. (Mr. Justice Buckley, in Haskell Golf Ball company vs. Hutchison, vol. i. Reports of Patent Cases. London; printed print-ed for His Majesty's Stationery office. 1906). The fascination of golf lies largely In the great variety of strokes and the consequent con-sequent difficulty of nsurtng success in all. or, Fpeaking for myself. In any of them. There is an irresistible attraction moment to have been at talned. only to be lost the next with bewildering suddenness. sudden-ness. Eye and muscle must be trained to a perfect obedience, and that an obedience, obe-dience, not to repeat the operation last performed, but to perform a new operation opera-tion varied according to the altered circumstances cir-cumstances of the case. Por success the golfer must master not only the tug and follow of the drive, but also the accuracy of the approach stroke and the nice judgment and perfect control of the putt on the green. More holes. It has been said, have been lost on the green than have been won by the length and accuracy of the drive. The ideal golf ball must be one which will assist, or, at any rae, not hinder the player in any variety of stroke that he has to make. The plaintiffs claim that their patentee invented such a ball in that it combines, as they say, two contradictory q jalities. namely, first a high resiliency in answer to a heavy blow on the tee, n.nd, secondly, a muffle upon that resiliency, re-siliency, so that the hall becomes rela-tivcly rela-tivcly inelastic for the purpose of putting on the green. As Shakespeare Said fFrom the Omaha Bee.) Clifford Outhouse, who had his name changed yesterday in the district court to Clifford Kelly, was married today By the Rev. Father Driscoll to Ruth E. Lewis. The eoai operators charge Mr. Gompers with inaccurate statement, seemingly 011-consctous 011-consctous of the commonplace that with accuracy of statement and statistics a labor leader, or a leader of any sort, would not get very far in his field. Inaccuracy In-accuracy is the life of trade, when you are trading in emotions. Problem of Commercial Conduct. Sir: What has become of the o. f. "Answers to the Anxious" column, which replied : ( 1 Edwin Booth first played the part; 2) To remove blackheads sec lAfwar to "Tesie"; (II Ask your mother about the young man. But what bothers me this week Is, a Wisconsin cuttomer mails us $5 for two theater seats, at $2.K0 a throw, but forgets for-gets ro inclose the war tax J. P. B. The Popocatepetl of Juxtaposition has ' been located by the Periscope of the I Daily New? s lithry page, to wit "Madeleine: An autobiography, with an introduction by Judge Ben B. Lmdsey Harpers). "The Notebooks of a Spinster Lady: 1S7S-Hh3 (G. P. Putnam's Sons)." You May Venture the Conjecture. Sir: "Monstrous Dress Sals." advertises adver-tises a Milwaukee stori. May T not bastard the guess that this is explained by the enormity of the styles? D. W. S. We are requested to page M. B. H. again, in behalf of N. W.. who alto has the honor ot being related to the somewhat some-what late Preserved Bartlett. Can it be that Bartlett's Familiar Relations are not especially interested in one another? Asides. K. L: No 6tanaae of "Our Country's Father" were omitted. They were numbered num-bered incorrectly. G.: The farther shore is alw-ays more beautiful. Jacque: Too sketchy. Needs details. "Attorftsy Booae Acts for Alleged Beer Kunners." Without compensation, if he's a good sport. A Daughter of Eve. (I-toni the Elgin News. The bride was gowned in white chrysanthemums chry-santhemums and autumn leave formed the decorations. The. worbl. reports Mr. Warburg, financier, finan-cier, is living in a fools paradlee. When was it anything else.' A pair of fools Marled it. |