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Show BUY IT AT HOME flVCSMMV! UiATAim-v I I Msvr, fttktp VPAMUAin e.wv a vw wta. rm poen. saw; it I S.B.K3SER teektUKt n tsvmadt & 7u imr try esouT ON TWJ H4 &TICK O' CetP a &m8ffBCMS3t7pa She' a gradual of Vamar And her knowledge la Immense, thouKh beautiful and stylish. Is full of common sense; can talk In French and German, reads Homer In the Greek, And 'tis worth jour while to listen When It pleases her to speak. And. She She She r Wedding. The geest the had arrived; preacher had taken on a solemn look ; the wedding cake had been placed on the table, and everything was In read iness for the ceremony. was pale but beautiThe bride-to-b- e ful, and there w as a wistful, eager look In her great liquid eyes. She nervously tapped one of her dainty feet upon the floor, and ever and anon she sighed a tremulous sigh. The prospective groom stood at the side of the woman he loved. Ah, he, But it needed no too, wa beautiful! trained eye to discover that he was impatient. Hi breath came to quick, uneven gaspa, and he clasped and unclasped his hands continuously. Why did they wait? What mysterious spell waa upon them and. holding them back? The guesta cast inquiring glances at one another, and occasionally shook their heads. The preacher yawned; the clock upon the mantel ticked and ticked, and atlll they waited. The situation was becoming ember rasslng. The bride bit her Ups, and the groom seemed about to - say something, when suddenly the sound of hurrying feet was heard. In another second a breathless messengei had burst into the room, with a tele gram announcing that the bride's p tltlon for divorce had just been k granted. -- A Revelation. "Tea, air, said Jordan, "Tva come to the conclusion that I amount to something, after aU. There have been times when I waa disposed to believe that I waa a mere cipher In this world, but I can never have so small an opin- ion of myself again. . j "What - has caused this -- sadden change in your estimate of yourself?" T have just beea talking to a politician who wants my vote. j Not Always. Clarence It la always the unexpect od that happens. I exCharley Oh, t don't know. pected Old Burnstead to fire mo out when I went to ask him for his daugh ter. ' Clarence Well? Charley Well, that's Just what be . V did. , -- .Unrefined Cruelty. Young Novelist Ah, sir, I am high ly flattered to 'hear that you take my hook to bed with you and road it there. -- Old Scrumpy Tea, Ive been troubled with Insomnia tot a long tint anil I find one of your pages much better than any medicine tho doctor - 4 can give.-- ' , , - Jib Knows On. Yes, air, 1 knog one woman who keep a secret V explain. My wife and I have been married for ten years now, and aha baa never yet consented to tail me how It la that she Is always i heed of money. hiblts a burning candle In every window; the peasants' dwellings ere littered with clean straw and the cattle in their stalls have extra supplies of food. A popular observance is to arrange inverted saucers around the festive board one for each guest under which are placed Each perobjects bearing slgniflcsqt meanings son in turn raises a saucer. May be It has covered a piece of red ribbon that presages a wound or some bodily injury; or a coin, riches; or a key, for a girl the token of her direction of some household, for a within a twelve-montboy the entrance on a commercial career; or a piece ot fuel, which tort ells death or a ring for matrimony, and so forth The Christmas Buck visits every home In Finland He is an old man with long white hair Hedrlvea and beard and heavily Clad in-fhis team of reindeer over mountains and frozen lakes and enters unannounced each doorway. He makes a circuit of the family and inquires whether the children have been good or bad. Before leaving he throws down klapps for all. At Twelfth Night fhs "Star Boys make-the- ir They are flve young men In fancy appearance dress. Three represent the Three Holy King of the Epiphany, one Is King Herod, snd the last a goat with hoofs and boms They enact a legendary play which has for its finale the death of Herod, whilst the goat Is thrust outside the Wherever they go they collect alms for door. poor people who have no Christmas cheer. After the gayetles of Christmas two months elapse during which one ie able to restore ones digestive organa, and then comes lenb A disdiet le Mines and caviar; the tinctive which sre eaten former the large thick pancakes fVltb butter, lour rresm snd --mm iuteW. Atmto-Lea fresh water fish le much esteemed lake ' -it le called It Is canght in nets'aunk through holes in the Ice of rivers and lakes. H Is boiled On Easter Eve' everybody eats bard in milk. boiled eggs. The first of May Is an ancient festival of genand eral obyance, especially by students Helof In the meet parks public youths. They singfors'.' the capital, and in country markets to the spirit places, and there sing old of sweet drink Then deeply they of spring mead and consume vast quantities of struvor tarts snd then they dance nnd rich to their hearts' conmaiden buxom with flirt tent. Midsummer day Is of universal observance Birch trees are planted at all the In Finland house doors and twigs of birch sre stuck nil over every room. The sun sets In the eve nl eleven o'clock, nnd rises In the day at two. Due iea& . rtnzJiM kinlng those three brief hour the young people mouotsin-ssdle big fires. All are bent on' dancing around nnd. la sacred, b ashes, after burning, are carefully preserved, k r when sprinkled oa above the blazing embers. They call tha fires t , kokko. love's flame." the ground they descry 4 ck or the reverse la wooing. Rye harvest Is a very Important season. On laborer-farmerwith their the first day the Ijind tenure and land lirvlce In Finland present many interesting fef res. The more salient wives and families, foregather at the mansion of They are divided Into squads the points are actual survi Is of federal limes The class of peasant wS 1' may be called "la one man, two women snd three . children. To I" r r.f rmer" con lists men who receive no each eoued la assigned n certain area wherein wages. They occupy but us b 'longing to the the man cuts the crop, the women chock nnd landowner, which they m required to keep in the children glean. They work from four In the nsk-grants of seed repair. The morning until eight at night, with intervals for which and other necessaries, sol f pfertaln breakfsst snd dinner These mesle, together tbs laborer-farmer- s cult! for their own benewith the supper at the end of toll, are substnn fit. They have free sccef to the forest for fuel Hal In every sense. They are provided gratis r In return they are and for lumber for repel) snd are eaten at long tablet by tha with their obliged to work forythe placed In front of the mansion, whereat the own famines and borsei On holdings, where and hla family serve. After supper all kale-waithere la day, the laborer rmers are allowed to join In singing tha plaintive national song, make bricks and to earn 1 at they can by sales and then a happy time Is pasted with their gains to their ! games and dances ; paying so much per cent landowner. The rye crop, which provide the Finns with Many laborer-farmer- s quite well off. and. their staff of life, does not dry In ordinary seawhllet they retain their m ua.as peaeants. their sons In the fields. It is consequently carried to one and daughters are H to excellent schools the rias. or barns, and laid on racks and rafters. and ca rn jaent afl commercULemployand lre kindled br each corner much-lovements. This class of met mat not, however, be d and tbe crop. imparting a permeates latThe fr confounded with the peasantry. The country peoples diet, conflavor peculiar ter. although generally Jfrorer. have superior sists chiefly of talkumma. a sort of porridge civil rights and form an 0 de of the realm with made of rye. This Is carried, when well set. In direct representation in I Finnish parliament. hlrcb bark knapsacks. It. 4s also baked hard and In Finland was first occuF ' by the Russians bung in great round, thin cakes, with holes la 1809. Alexander L grr ed the Inhabitants the center, from the ceilings of the houses. Their Autonomy under their ax1 ut laws and Institufavorite beverage Is coffee, which they brew to Fincurtailed tions. Recent events ha greatly brandy Is a Honor much perfection. Corn-rynish liberties, but like 1 patriots the Finns esteemed bv all classes snd sometimes Indul ged abide and stag: In to excess., t , t The greatest refreshment of the Finn Is he "Land of a .TjkouM Lake. bath; every homestead has n bathhouse It ' Where faith and 5fi are ours, 'If bath" their unfailing remedy In sickness our Paat wrongs Inep powers. death comes fall." "then and nay, they brandy For us tha e sre stone ovens wherein wood In the ,iu1h fires are kindled snd every orifice is closed Like other folk, the FliH rejoice la festivals After the fire has burnt itself out buckets of religious and profane. CMIstmas Is tha greatwater or shovelfuls of snow are dashed upon the est of them all Ever so tfng before the eve of and red hot stones Dense clouds of embers with ai! crowded the Nativity the stores people Into them the bathers plunge. choosing klapps, gifts forlkmlly and friends. In -- steam arise and Is twitched with birch rods, and The whole body market- each town and village thl follow 'then massage and rubblng.down thorough thrietmn of place becomes a. pine forest full with soap ' As the bather quits the bathhouse treea for Christmas thus. If sousings of cold water or snow are administered, plum pudding they do not rejoice In Mef-ansometimes a bender Into deep snow la preferred! same the all dishes they have their seasonable Then- for n while to cool they nil sit on benches Int fisk, dried cod. soakel in brine and boiled to in the open air. and then they resume tbelr a Jelly; wltl It. they, cat a aortof pease pud-din0Cfi bsthrln com-mo- n -cornea cTothesr:During'lirveirTTme fellow then and 8moked roast pork work is done; Sl-after are taken evening every a rice pudding full of slmonde the more Few moods you get the more Mppy months you wjlf' in winter the Saturday bight tub eufflcee more and weird -he can astounding and spectacles clotted with have. Plum tarta, served paste for the traveler than, when driving to night qnae-ters- , cream, fora the dessert he suddenly come upon the family t bath. On Christmas Eva xck house and cottaga ex-h She can read the hieroglyphics On the tombs along the Nile; She can hold disc ourse on physics In an 'interesting style, But, In spite of all her learning, She steps backward from the car. And she always stops and wishes When she sees a shooting star. Marvelous. Thomas Tou and I have remarkable wives. Harkins jDo you think so? Thomas Tea. Tou know when my wife and 1 were at your house, night before last? Well, my wife had on a new dress, and nhe and your wife talked about it nearly all the evening. Harklna I dont see anything remarkable about that It waa the natural thing for them te do. Thomas But kohl on! Tour wife didnt aak you who made It, find my wife didnt tent j voooq - MIC Land of Many Waters is the poetic designation of their beloved country most cherished by the people of Finland. . Mountain ranges and forest stretches bold and verdant are interspersed with valley , and waterways fragrant meadow-land16 summertime the foam and spray of rushing torrents hang sparkling dew drops on the golden s whilst the vaporous mists of the marshlands wave fairy rainbows among the russet fruit of the bronsy basels. The greenest of green moss and the most tender gray stone-wospread softest carpets for the feet as with the hand are plucked the sweetest wild flowers. "The Thousand Lakes of Finland, placid In the sun- mhbUt. W,hlPPi t0 fury b' f1Prec,ou nt a. pine-needle- folk-song- puff-past- e rt a svj&xr storms, .tnra cast by benefl-!iPO- h n h001 ot Nature. The eye serenity of the panorama till the ear catches the Impressive thunder of the cataracts and waterfalls. A trip la an experience at once novel and thrilling. Light boata, too frail they look, push off boldly Into the rapids, manned by sturdy young 'no red flaeeel shirts. Mouthed felt bats and leather boots far up the thigh, 'singing snatches of plaintive folk-lor- e as their craft clear rock and boulder daringly. The long wooden paddle thrown out behind and the supple oars dash showers of crystal water over the traveler. Groups of d women and children toss cheery welcome all along the course whilst the crafty boatmen take vigorous pulls at the ubiquitous cigarettes. Winter, brings about a marvelous transformation- Ti uc, the rude 'storins etpend their fury-upothe coast but the deadly blls-tartears away Naturee beauty spots. Wben the "Lady of the Snows has spread her glittering mantle far and wide peace, white and everywhere from every bough and wave and frost diamonds sprinkle on the ground. Above all and everything the gfreat horiton la flashed with the das-tlin- g Northern Lights giving promise of life and constancy. Spring, which aaw vegetation leap like magic out of the melting snowa, la awiftly followed by brief and brilliant summer, and autumn cornea on npace, ready, so It seems, to be devoured by the greedy frost king. Seed time and harvest' hold to rvslsttbegrtp of k.,. Forest work peases,, and. the. short day , of winter over, old and young essenihje in the homesteads long common room and together weave and spin, sad read and smoke, and dance and ting. Certainly by sledge and ski and skate distances are covered, and happy school children glide hither and thither, sometime scurrying home for fear of wolves. ' The Finns came originally from the Altai mountains They took possession of the Land of Many Waters' away In the seventh century. The language spoken by the country people hat a similar origin; It Is an unique tongue, soft and sonorous, not unlike modern Italian. The, people of the eastern province, touching upon Russia, exhibit the Mongolian type thick Ups, high cheek hones and narrow eyes The Inhabitants of the' western province are mostly of Swedish, origin and speak the Swedish language. Tha word "Finn" means wtxard. Among their la the tradition that a trinmany superstition : ity of splrtta preside over their deetlny "Ukko," the spirit of the air; Tapo." the spirit of the . threat, nd -- Abte. the spirit' of the lakes. The delights- - river-lake-lan- d white-kerchlefe- bare-legge- d - n rock-boun- d d -- - land-owne- Isnd-owne- n land-owne- ind-own- land-own- t, 5 1 ter-gove- -- e -- 5 bath-hous- -- snow-covere- overy-iome-kee- d pa d g. T - he-smoh L r Wt DCGCiCNti ViQt PC HARO t Dottw Seem V wots rwAK aY HtAPWAY |