Show Necessity is the Mother of Invention LORD CHESTERFIELD as everybody knows was a great man and like many great men was fond of horses His favorite animal was Black Beauty j There was something remarkable about Black Beauty for though he was dark as night he a tail that was the special pride of his owner k because it was decidedly sorrel Also Black Beauty was extremely fond of j molasses candy With two such distinctions distinctions distinctions dis dis- it is scarcely wonderful that Lord Chesterfield was completely carried carried carried car car- ried away as it were Indeed his j admiration had reached such a height that Lord Chesterfield had placed a E mirror near the stall that Black Beauty might admire himself One day my lord remarked confidential confidentially to his groom Dobson there is to be a horse sale on the Take good care car of Black Beauty My tailors tailor's attentions are becoming press press- t I ing Hear r. r Dobson heard and heeded For days 1 he brushed and curried Black Beauty until the animal looked as handsome as a horse possibly can One morning as he stood watching the creature gracefully move its tail to and fro it occurred to Dobson that the tail would be greatly improved if it were waved So he carefully combed it out braided it and wound it into a 5 most tasteful knot But alas for Dobson Dobson Dobson Dob- Dob son Black Beauty gazed a at t himself in inthe inthe the mirror with more than ordinary in interest interest in- in terest and then with a lack of discrimination discrimination discrimination nation quite unpardonable in one of t this his station mistaking the golden twist for a delicious chunk of molasses h candy bit it off and swallowed it before before before be be- fore his keepers keeper's very eyes Now what was to be done rIone Poor Dobson realized that a horse without a would never be he sold for a abig abig abig big price then too what would become become become be be- come of him Aye there was the rub I f c f Lord Chesterfield would discharge himon him himon ff f 0 on the spot and then farewell fare to all his i greatness Its a shame tt iW he lamented looking regret regretfully f u 11 y at Black Beauty It It was such a beautiful ful tail almost as auburn as my ladys lady's hair Whew Dobson looked as if a blight thought i had come to him A bright idea seldom seldom seldom sel sel- dom struck Dobson but wh when n one did strike it hit hard haid He walked quickly into nto the house held a hurried consult consultation consultation consul consul- t tation with Bettys Betty's my ladys lady's maid F R right ear a somewhat more lingering one with Bettys Betty's right cheek and watched her exultantly as she stole from the room Soon she returned with witha J a parcel which she gave to Dobson After complimenting Miss Betty in the 4 most approved fashion left cheek this time he returned to the stable l Here he undid the parcel produced K Lady Chesterfields Chesterfield's most luxuriant f switch and well how it happened is isa a mystery mystery but but Black Beauty was soon r adorned with as beautiful an artificial appendage as his natural one fort formerly formerly for for- t merly was t f r Black Beauty sold for a great sum of money As Dobson pocketed the five- five pound note his master gave him he het t muttered Necessity is the mother of invention Those words have become i s a proverb A mans man's sleeve coat-sleeve is out at the r. r n e elbow 1 b ow an and d h his IS w white h Ite s shirt h shows sows h f t-l' t plainly through the rip His wife has t no time to patch the sleeve just now so wi with th a Well necessity is the ther r mother of invention she carefully L pours a quantity of liquid shoe-polish shoe f on that white spot Excellent plan A person would have to look twice to l discover that hole If Necessity is the mother of invention invention r tion says the girl as her foot suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- n denly disappears in an upward direction and comes down again with the heel of pf h her r shoe sJ still i ll dusty v but Dut the toe quite clean Necessity is the mother of invention invention invention tion says the boy as he makes desperate desperate desperate des des- attempts to write a thousand one-thousand word essay He knows his paper is not creditable invention is doing her herbest herbest herbest best but the boy wishes her mother had reached Nirvana And so the old proverb passes on When some bad spirit suddenly tri trips ps up the heels of good Saint Peter and rushes through the door of heaven before before before be be- fore he can be prevented it is quite probable that he will crow suggestively three times through the key-hole key and warble airily II Necessity is the mother of invention Jean U |