Show J T i SOCIETY soC L t rp 4 i w L A AS ASH S It II WEDNESDAY March 4 f will In In another season and md while i It does docs not mark th til tho difference In r in tho West that 1 I It k 3 does in tho largo largi I Eastern centers an antho and l tho older civilize ci countries there is is more moro or 01 le less es a 0 cessation of large social ocial functions Tin Th sIx weeks of Lent aro o often J I and profitably spent by b man many who ir in no wa way connect it with religious religions ob ob- J ances The strictly Informal small smal affairs will wUl as usual be in order ant an and 4 the Easter brides will not bo ignored t It alto also gives those same samo InterestIng interestIng interest interest- r r Ing lag members of or society a good bood excuse 3 to withdraw from froni tho world and tc to devote ote time timo and energy to that allf all all- f absorbing subject the subject tho dainty trousseau trous trous- i seau Beau which in itself is far moro maIO Interesting In In- In I. I 7 cven even than bridge blIdge with all it its Hs fascinations S S Tho The two days s 's between no wand Ash Wednesday aro are far too short for the tho numerous social affairs that always mark marl the days In tho the South particularly at New Orleans tho the great festival of or Mardi MardiGras Gras means a whirl of excitement and wonderful festivities following the old time custom of or observing Shrove Tues Tues- da day Tho The festivals draw raw thousands of or tourists within tho the gates s-ates of the tho city where for twelve hours magnificent revelry reigns supreme S S S It is astonishing to what lengths one will go to save a n. library fine flue of or two cents The other day da a n. th tired looking J- J woman with a 3 small 1 child hanging hanging- on onto onto to her skirts dropped into a seat Inn in inn n a street car beside an acquaintance ic s saying I 1 did not want to go downtown downtown down down- town n today as I 1 have havo a n sewing girl girlin girlin in the house and am without a servant 4 but my library bool book is out today and there will be a- a afine fine on it tomorrow Her J r friend suggested that she paid out outten outten outten ten c cents In Sn carfare to go to the library and back which would pay pa the fine for five e da days S Perhaps the most remarkable remarkable remark remark- 0 able instance was that of a woman who ho called a district messenger and paid him to take back a book to save tho the two cent fine While the latter Jatter ma may not be an everyday occurrence it ia is' a well weIl fact that most people peo peo- i pIe pic make a strenuous effort efort to avoid that little fine finc and the street car epi- epi episode sode is a common one 1 When one stops to consider what a won wonderful institution and power a a. free ree r is and what aboon a aboon boon the pioneers would have havo coni considered considered con con- i it it it would seem that a much 1 larger Jarger penalty would be willingly paid v By Dy the tho way a with all aU the forethought ht and care expended in avoiding the payment payment pay pay- ment of fines the librarian stated state the theother theother theother other day da that the fines lines paid on books at tho public library averaged 80 SO a 3 month montii all of which without doubt were most grudgingly paid I 1 |