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Show T New Year s Fantasy Dy PHILIP KEAN Irai7 Prtm HE long line or people stretched down the winding walk In front of the Oovrtlakl, b Aanol tad LI White House and tbrougb the gate and out Into the On New Year's Btreot. day all the world might come and shake hands with the president, and It seemed as if half the world had availed Itself of the privilege. Marcla Marks felt almost overpowered by the tBougnt of the honor that was before her. Marcia 'iad not yet learned to shrug her shoulders at high She position and august officials. had been In Washington only three weeks. That she was soon to have a peep at the wonders of which she had heard so much seemed like a part of the fairy lore which she bad loved as a child. She wished that there was some one who might share her pleasure. But she had made no friends, so she shifted from one foot to the other, moving forward slightly as far up at the other end of the line people were admitted through a magic door. , It was very cold, but Marcla's beart was warm. For the first time In her life she wat earning money, and she was sending part of It borne. Then, loo, she bad a new bat. which was a -- Wont You Get In Here With MeT" great cause of bapplnes. It was the drst really lovely hat that she had tver possessed. She did not dream that bcr exquisite blonde beauty framed by the big hat was attracting 'the attention not only of the pedestrians but of the occupants of the autos and of the carriages that drove slowly in line toward the other entrance, where a privileged few were admitted at once to the blue room. Marcla feasted her eyes on the pretty gowns, and for the first time as she stood there In the cold a little bit of envy entered her heart Why shouldn't she ride In luxurious comfort? She bad beauty and youth, and loved a good time. But even aa the thought entered, she put It away. Wasn't she lucky enough with her $60 a month and her new .bat? And once more her face was bright, and she held ber head high. Then suddenly she gave a startled glance under the brim of ber bat, as the door of a great motor car opened and a voice said: "Won't you get In here with me?" The woman who spoke was beautiful with the beauty of old age. Under ber wide hat ber hair was white, but she held herself with grace and dignity. "Oh," Marcla faltered, and the lady said, quietly; "Get In, my dear. I will explain later." So Marcla, followed by the eyes of the crowd, ttepped Into the wonderful ear, which went slowly up the driveway. Then the beautiful lady turned to her with sparkling eyes. "Was your grandmother Martha WlthcrspoonT" she demanded. "Why yes " The beautiful lady clapped her hands. "I knew it the minute I laid my eyes on you," she said. "As you stood there with your head held high In that haughty little way, and with your blue hair It was as eyes and your If my dear school friend had come back to me." "Grandmother Is the dearest thing," Marcia said, "and as pretty as ever." "I lost track of her," the beautiful lady told ber, "when I went abroad years ago, and when I saw you t wasn't going to run the chance of not finding you again so I made you get In. and made you lose your place In the line." "Oh. I don't mind that," said Marcln. "I can go back to the end and wait" "Indeed, you won't," said the beautiful lady. "I am going to take you right along with me to the blue room I am to stand behind the receiving line, and you shall meet tho president and go on to the eattt room, and wait from me there." "But 1 am not dressed tor that," Marcla demurred. "I am going to play fairy godmother, nd put my wrap on you. Your gloves are all right, and your hat. and you shall have my violets, and presto! you will be a young lady of fashion." Marcia protested, but for Just one moment the curtains of the closed car were drawn, as the wrap was slipped from the fairy godmother's shoulders find transferred to Marcla's more slon-ite- r ones, and then the crowd, looking red-gol- The Bright u Mistletoe l Dangerous. Echoes cf Munchausen. Acknowledgment. was lui thius in Lis Nebuchadnezzar absent-mindetraveler Few people who know mistletoe a owe an was It "You will admit that you accustomed style. who had lately taken to ballooning. only as a desirable feature of Christgreat deal to your wife?" "All flesh being grass," he reflected, mas decorations understand that the "I should say so." replied Mr. Cum-ro"Yes," be observed Impressively "It must be Beef a la Mowed." "this The of machine, was a fearful Journey. "I wouldn't be Invited to any plant la a parasite dangerous to the And chuckling hoarsely, he took ao life of trees In the nglons In which her receptions or musicales if I wasn't a thousand feet up, and no more balPuck. it grows. It is only a question of married to her." last, headed straight for Siberia, and other chaw. time, after mistletoe once begins to the rarefied air well, you know as Kindly Intentions. well as I do what effect that has on grow upon a tree before the tree ItDisqualified. man who enjoys seeing a woman "A terriwas self will be killed. The parasite saps Her My brother won first prize in a balloon.. Yes, the peril the life of the infected branches. For- that amateur guessing contest, but ble." Then the old habit was too in wars is a urine "I don't know about that" replied. tunately, it is of alow growth, taking they ruled him out as a professional. strong for him. "The wolves detected years to develop to large proportions, Him A professional? our presence. A deeperate race en- Miss Cayenne. "One of tbe kindest but when neglected, it invariably ruins Her Yes. lie's omployed in the sued. We felt their hot breath on the husbands I know takes his wife to set all the emotional plays," all trees it reaches. government bureau, you know. nape of our necks." London Globe. . on saw two exquisitely gowned women, side by side, the younger one blushing beautifully over her bouquet of violets and valley lilies. The rest was a dream to little Marcla the entrance Into the brilliantly lighted rooms, the music, the rustle of silken gowns, the presentation to the president She drew a great breath of delight, as she settled herself finally In a corner of the east room. But there was more to follow, for In a few moments the fairy godmother sent the prince. He was the nephew of the beautiful lady and be was to take care of Marcla. And he did take care of ber, most graciously, and he talked with her as If she were a princess Instead of a very shabby little girl, with her shab-line- s covered by a borrowed cloak. "Aren't you warm?" he said to her once, and Marcla said, hurriedly: "Oh, no." But when he said again; "I think you'd better let me take your wrap," she laughed and confessed: "It's your aunt'a cloak, and I wish you could see what a very shabby little suit I am wearing under It" And the prince said the cloak wasn't any prettier than the bat, and that the hair tinder the bat was the prettiest of all, and just then the beautiful lady came along and asked: "Have you made trlends with my boy, Marcia?" "I think be Is lovely," she said, and blufhed prettily. She was carried off to dinner with the beautiful lady, and the prince went, too. And when Marcla took off the cloak he said be liked her In her simple little suit "Only you must still wear the violets, jecause they match your eyes." It was all very dear and delightful, but that night when Marcia went home to her poor little apartment she told herself that of course, she must not expect anything more. It was a New Year's fairy tale, and that was all. But the beautiful lady came every day and took Marcia out with ber, and often the prince was there, and at last, one day, Marcla said: "Dear beautiful lady, you must not, you are spoiling me for everyday things." But she did not say that the real reason for ber protest was because of the prince. He was such a charming prince, and she felt that for ber own peace of mind she must not see too much of him. And as Marcla withdrew more and more, the prince one day demanded of "Where's our the fairy godmother: Cinderella?" "She Insists," the old lady smiled, "on sitting in the ashes. She says we are too fine for ber with our pumpkin coaches and our palaces." "Humph," said Uie prince, "I guess we will see about that" He thereupon sought Marcla In ber shabby Largest of Whales. The largest whale of its type of which there is scientific record was captured recently off Port Arthur, feet Tex. He measured sixty-thre- e in length, and was estimated to be about three hundred years old. Captain Cob Plummer, mate of a United States pilot boat, sighted tbe monster In the shoals off the Jetties, and the crew of his vessel captured tbe mammal. The huge body was towed ashore, exhibited and much photographed before being cut up. Pretty Good Definition. We hear some funny things in Fleet street sometimes, and the following Jeflnltlon of the height of aggravation, y a gentleman in rather shaky boots, whom we encountered In a hostelry the other day, struck us as being particularly choice. "The 'eight of haggravatlon, gentlemen," said this pothouse humorist Betting his pewter on the counter and looking round proudly, with the air of one about to let off a good thing, "the eight of haggravatlon why, trying to ketch a flea out o' yer ear with a pair of boxln gloves'-j-Londo- Two Very Old Ladles. Planting Wedding Oaks. Princess August Wllhelm, wife of We have heard a great deal lately about long-livepeople, but It is prob- the kaiser's fourth son, has set herself able that the oldest two people in the the task of reviving one of Germany'! world today are Frau Dutklevlts and oldest customs, that according to which another old lady namd Babavasllka. newly wedded couples immediately afThe former lives at Posem, In Prus- ter the marriage ceremony plant a cot sian Poland, and was born on Febru- pie of oak saplings side by side In a ary 21, 1785. She is therefore one park or by tbe roadside of their nahundred and twenty-fivyears old. tive town. The town of Mulchausen, In Thuria The latter, however, is nine months her senior, having been born In May, gia, is the first to respond to the prla 1784. cess' appeal. A municipal official ap Sbe is still a fairly hale old woman, pears at the church door after every and for nearly one hundred years wedding and invites the bride and worked in the fields. Her descendants bridegroom to drive with him In a cap number close on 100, and these now riage to a new road near the town an4 make her a joint allowance. She lives there plant oak saplings. at the village of Bavelsko, whose The tree planting Idea was started neighborhood she has never quitted by a former elector of Brandenburg during the whole of her long life. She with the object of repairing the rav remembers events which happened at ages caused by the 30 years war. Ths the beginning of last century much elector forbade young persons to marmore clearly than those of tbe last ry until they had planted a number oi 40 years. Dundee Advertiser. fruit trees. d e. two-wheel- ed well-know- n ' An' Alaskan Luncheon. Runners of woven Indian basketry, with white drawnwork dollies at each of tbe 12 covers, were used on an oval The dollies were mahogany table. made at Sitka. In the middle of the table a mirror held a tall central vase of frosted glass, surrounded by four smaller vases, all filled with white Tbe edge of the spring blossoms. mirror was banked with the same flowers. Four totem poles were placed on dollies in the angles made by the runners. Place cards were water colors of Bankers and Bank Notes. Four men, three of whom were connected with brokerage concerns in the Wall street district, were discussing United States paper currency and the "We disappearance of counterfeits. are ao sure nowadays," said one of the party, "as to the genuineness of bills that little attention Is paid to them In handling, except as to denomination." To prove his assertion he took a f 10 yellowback from his pocket and, holding it up, asked who could tell whose portrait it bore. No one knew, and by way of coaching the broker said it was the first treasurer of the United States. Again no one knew the name. "Why, It's Michael Hillegas," said the man proudly. "But in confidence, I'll tell you, I didn't know it five minutes ago." New York Tribune. Vivid at Least n Dr. Hiram C. Cortlandt the theologian of Dee Moines, safl in a recent address: apartment "Thomas A. Edison tells us that he as she was radiant face Marcla's thinks the soul Is not Immortal; but welcomed him. ("But you must not after all, what does this great wizard come again, "she said, when be was know about souls? His forte Is elecleaving. tricity and macuinery, and when he "Why notr talks of souls he reminds me Irresist"Because," said Marcla, which waa Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held ibly of the young lady who visited tbe not a real reason. "I shall come as often aa I please," salted nuts, and tiny Indian baskets Baldwin locomotive works and then held bonbons. The soup spoons were told how a locomotive Is made. he said. " 'You pour,' she said, 'a lot of sand Then Marcla stood up very straight of horn, several of the dishes used and talL "I am only a shabby little were made by Alaskan Indians, and into a lot of boxes, and you throw old stove lids and things into a furnace, Cinderella," she said, "and I must the cakes were served on baskets. The menu was aa follows: Polsson and they you empty the molten stream a la Bering Sea (halibut chowder), into a hole in the sand, and everybody Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po- yells and swears. Then you pour it avec out and let it cool and pound It and tatoes Julienne), snowbirds auroraborealls (roast duck with Jelly), then you put It In a thing that bores river turnips, Tanana holes in it Then you screw It toShungnak beets, Skagway bash (salad), Fain gether, and paint it and put steam in banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar- It and it goes splendidly; and they take it to a drafting room and make ranged on Individual dishes around central mound of powdered sugar), a bluep rlnt of it But one thing I foarctic slices (brick ice cream), Circle rgotthey have to make a boiler. One City delights (small cakes), Klondike man gets inside and one gets outside, nuggets (yellow cheese in round balls and they pound frightfully; and then on crackers), Nome firewater (coffee). they tie It to the other thing, and you Woman'a Home Companion. ought to see it go!'" Against "But You Must Not Come Again," 8he 8ald, When He Was Leaving. work, and I haven't the time to fritter and away with fairy godmothers wear who gardenias." princes Then he looked very sober and asked: "Do you think I fritter away my time?" "Yes." Marcla told blm. "I do." "Well, tomorrow I am going to work," he told her. "They have orAnd I dered me to the Philippines. shall be gone six months." "Six months V Something in her voice made him say sharply: "You caref Marcla tried to say: "Oh, no." but ber Hps wer9 white and her voice shook. Then the prince gathered her into his arms. "You shall go with me, little Cinderella," he said. "From the minute I saw you in jour fairy godmother's cloak. I knew you were the one woman." were the one man." "And I krew . you . ... . . . .. i sne oia aim inter, uui suuieuuw come never would It felt that really true for It seemed only New Year's fantasy." 1 1 rxxxxxrxxxxxxxxxxxxrxx v) j & The New Year la out a mirror of tbe years that are past, and It may bring before you all that Is best and brightest helpful and heartening, truest and holiest or It may sum up for you all that Is debasing and dishonorable you, alone, can determine these thlnirs. vexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The folly of casting pearls before pork lies in that we ought to begin with pumpkins. well-know- s. Observe we said MANY cases not til. Wouldn't that knowledge be a comfort to those who fear a surgeon's knife as they fear death? Rat Bounty Excites Merriment. Seattle, fearing the introduction of bubonic plague by rats, has offered a bounty of ten cents a rat This moves Tacoma, safe from Infection from the sea, to raucous laughter, and the Ledger says that the bounty, "though not intended for rodents of Tacoma, Everett, Belllngham and other populous and busy centers, has been finding its way Into the pockets of nonresidents of Seattle for rats. But the Joke would be on us if it were found that our rat population had found its way into tbe Seattle census." non-reside- Iq-an- y Holidays In the States. Washington's birthday is a holiday In all states. Decoration day in all states but Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,' North Carolina, 8outJi Carolina, Tennessee and Texaa. Labor day Is observed everywhere. Virtually every state has legal holidays having to do with its own special affairsbattle of New Orleans in Louisiana, Texan Independence and battle of San Jacinto In Texas, Admission day in California, and ao on. Mississippi Is like the federal government in lack of statutory holidays, but by common consent Independence day. Thanksgiving and Christmas are observed. A new one is Columbus day In a few of the states. ; e Too Ardent a Lover. Georgotto Fontano, an embroiderer who lives in the Rue Sevres in Paris, has found herself condemned to a month's imprisonment for what seems to her a harmless act She was going home from a concert a few evenings ago when she decided she would like to see her fiance. As he happens to be a fireman whose station is in her own neighborhood It occurred to her it would be very easy to summon him to her side by breaking the glass of tbe fire alarm and sounding a call. She did so anr In a few moments fire engines came from several directions, all laden with firemen, of course, but alas! her fiance was not among them, and more than that all the firemen were angry, and before she knew what had happened she was taken to a magistrate, who proceeded to make the course of true love run unsmoo&)y by sending her to prison for a month In spite of her tears and protests that she thought it would be a simple way of bringing her fiance to her side. An Unnecessary Confession. A hearty laugh was occasioned al the Birmingham police court by a prisoner who gave himself away in a very delightful manner. The man was thi first on the list, and the charge against him was merely one of being drunk and disorderly. He stepped into ths dock, however, just at the moment when the dock officer was reading out a few of the cases which were to com before the court that morning, and a guilty conscience apparently led him to mistake these Items fcr a list of hit previous convictions. He stood pasSlve enough while ths officer read out about a dozen drunk and disorderlies, but when he came te one "shopbreaking" the prisoner ex claimed excitedly, "That was eight years ago, your honor," Everyone began to laugh, and the prisoner, realizing the blunder he had made, at first looked very black indeed, but finally saw the humorous side of the matter, and a broad smile spread over his face. His blunder did not cost anything. Til mrmiugnam Man. 1 Suit TJiat for Libel the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Gave a A disagreement about advertising arose with a "weekly" Journal. Following it an attack on us appeared in tblr editorial columns; sneering at the claims we made particularly regarding Appendicitis. We replied through the regular papers and tho "weekly" thought we hit back rather too hard and thereupon sued for libel. The advertisement the "weekly" attacked us about claimed that in many cases of appendicitis an operation could be avoided by discontinuing indigestible food, washing out the bowels and taking a predlgested food Grape-Nut- , Takes Himself Seriously. Nicola Tesla, dining by himself la a hotel's great dining room, takes a table where be can be seen. Throughout his meal he wears a deeply stiv dlous, a completely absorbed, attitude. He may bring to tbe table a portfolio These he may filled with papers. scan with prolonged solemnity. event, he alts an eloquent tableau ol profundity. New York Press. English Women Smoke Pipes. Lightning Change. The latest fancy of the woman-smoke- r The Manager Can you make quick is a pipe not tbe tiny affair changes and double in a few parts? that suffices for tbe Japanese, but a The Actor Can I? Say, you know good-sizebrier or a neat meer- the scene In "Love ' and Lobsters," schaum. The pipe Is boldly carried where the hero and tbe villain are along with a gold card case and chain-pursfighting, and a friend rushes in and For some time now the cig- separates 'em? Well, I played all arette has given place to a cigar, three parts one night when the other small In size and mild in quality. two fellows were ill. Women aald they were tired of the cigarette, and wanted a bigger amoke. Not Altogether Dead. -- London Mali Mr. Robert Butler of Marlborough, England, has had the; peculiar experience of bearing his death announcCripple Rides Bicycle, George Anstey, aged 12, a cripple, ed. He was attending tbe poor law of Leicester, England, is one of the conference at Exeter when one of most remarkable cyclists in the coun- the delegates moved that in consetry. Both his legs are withered and quence of tbe death of Mr. Butler, useless, but the Leicester Cripples' which they all regretted, another genGuild has provided him with a tleman, whom be named, should be pedalless machine, with a appointed to fill his place aa one of padded tube covering the axle bar. the representatives of Wiltshire on Acroes this he lies face foremost, and the central committee. Mr. Butler with wooden clogs strapped to his rose from his place on tbe platform hands he propels himself along the and announced to the conference, streets and roads in a marvelously amid much amusement, that, so far rapid manner. He has complete con- as he was aware, he was still alive trol of the machine, his hands acting and In good health, and would be as pedals, steering gear, and brake pleased to continue in the office if tbe combined. conference desired. The "weekly" writer said that was a He. We replied that he was ignorant of the facts. He was put on the stand and compelled to admit he was not a Dr. and had no medical knowledge of appendicitis and never Investigated to find out if the testtmonal letters to our Co. were genuine. A famous surgeon testified that when an would not operation was required Grape-Nut- s obviate It. True. We never claimed that when an operation was required Grape-Nut- s would prevent It. The surgeon testified bacteria (genual help-e- d to bring on an attack and bacteria was grown by undigested food frequently. We claimed and proved by other famous experts that undigested food was largely responsible fer appendicitis. We showed by expert testimony that many eases are healed without a knife, but by stepping the use of foed which did not digest and when food was required again it was helpful, to use a predlgested food which did not overtax the weakened organs of digestion. When a pain in the right side appears It is not always necessary to be rushed off to a to Bring Out Facts and at the risk of death be cut. hospital Plain common sense shows the better way is to stop food that evidently has not been digested. Then, when food is required, use an easily or any other If digested food. Grape-Nut- s you know it to be predlgested (partly digested before taking). We brought to Court analytical chemists from New York, Chicago and Mlshawaka, Ind., who swore to the analysis of Grape-Nut-s and that part of the starchy part of the wheat and barley had been transformed into sugar, the kind of sugar produced In the human body by digesting starch (the large part of food). Some of the State chemists brought on by the "weekly" said Grape-Nut- s could not be called a "predlgested" foed because not all of it was digested outside the body. The other chemists said any food which had been partly or half digested outside the body was commonly known as "predlgested." Splitting hairs about the meaning of a word. It Is sufficient that if only one-hal- f of the food Is "predlgested," It is easier on weakened stomach and bowels than food in which no part is predlgested. To show the facts we Introduce Dr. Thos. Darlington, former chief of the N. Y. Board of Health, Dr. Ralph W. Webster, chief of the Chicago Laboratories, and Dr. B. Sachs, N. Y. If wo were a little severe in our denunciation of a writer, Ignorant about appendicitis and its cauae, it is possible the public will excuse us, In view of the fact that our head, Mr. C. W. Post, has made a lifetime study of feed, food digestion and effects, and tho conclusions are Indorsed by many of the best medical authorities of the day. Is It possible that we are at fault for uggesting, as a Father and Mother might to ne of the family who announced a pain In the aide: "Stop using the toed, greasy meats, gravies, ralnco pie, cheese, too much starchy d Splendid Chance food, etc., etc.. which has not been digested, then when again ready for food use Grape-Nut- s because It is easy of digestion?" Or should tho child be at once carted off to a hospital and cut? Wo have known of many cases wherein the approaching signs of appendicitis have disappeared by the suggestion being followed. No one better appreciates the value of a skilful physician when a person Is In tho awful throes of acuto appendicitis, but "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Just plain old common Bense Is helpful even nowadays. This trial demonstrated Is pure beyond question. u is partly predlgeSTga. AppenqiclUa geuerally'baa food. ft la nof always necessary U la beat to stop all food. Grape-Nut- a rise from food undl-gsste- d to operate. When ready to bTjlFTgedlng use a predlgested food. it la palatable and strong In Nourishment. It will pay fine returns in health to quit the heavy breakfasts and lunches and use less food but select food certainly known to con- tain the elements nature requires to sustain the body. May we be permitted to suggest a breakfast of fruit, s and cream, two soft boiled eggs, and some hot toast and cocoa, milk or PoBtum? The question of whether Grape-Nutdoes or does not contain the elements which nature requires for tho nourishment of the brain, also of Its purity, will be treated In later newsGrape-Nut- s paper articles. Good foed Is important and Its effect on the body la also Important. "There's a Remaon" Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd., Btttl Cr.k, Mick, i |