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Show HORSES WITH VEILS. " A Necciary I'rolectlou from tho rtlrs of Cotorsilo. Tho oddest things to bo seen lu tho streets of Colorado Springs nro horses decked with veils. Wo have Krown accustomed ac-customed to tho jaunty llttlo lints worn by many horccs In our towns to protect them from tho heat of the sun, bays tho Nntlonnt Issuo. Wo can ovon f-eo nn umbrella fastened over their bends without surprlso, but a veil (,'lvcs to tho noblo beast a dandyish look that Is very droll. Somo of these veils, belonging belong-ing to flno Baddies, are mere fringes of flno strips of leather that hang beforo tho oyesj others aro pieces of mosquito netting drawn tightly back nnd fastened like t woman's noso veil; but tho most stylish and altogether effective ef-fective aro of netting drawn ovcrn hoop which holds It away from tlio eyes, yot complotely protects them. Theso exaggerated poffBlos give tho (jrnvest horse a waggish look. Tho volls ore not worn for fashion's sake. They aro, Indeed, a stern necessity, neces-sity, nnd tho comfort, If not ovcu tho life, of tbo borso demands it. Colorado, Colo-rado, with all Us irrcat attractions, has ono plague the plague of fllos. Fllo of nil sizes, from tho least up to tho enormous blue bottle, ors everywhere. Most parts of his body tho horfco can himself protect It notdoprivcaol Ills tall, but his eyes ho cannot, and those dcllcato organs urn special objects of nttaolc by tho fly tribe. It Is tho loaht n man can do to provldo n protecting voll for his most fn ' -' Tnr Porn WiT.-01lrfl-"lfe had bon refused by all the girls In our set beforo bo aocepted hlra." Violet "So ho was wU shivkon bsfore taken?" Judgo. 6iib (nt the doff inow)-"Fvt) lookod Ml through the catalogue nnd don't sc any mention of the 'Ocean Orcy-hound.' Orcy-hound.' Do boo If you can And them. The Club. - . AIns. PoutADOT "What pretty now curtains you hftvol Where did you pet them?" Mrs. Pleatr"Easy onougli. Thoy are a couplo ot my husbands ' Ascot ties." Vogue. Accohiiibo to AonxEUXHr. Lnrageit Custoraor "Look here; what kind of a shop do you caU thltT I've been wult-1 wult-1 Ing bore ovor an hour, while my hat Is I being blockedl" Salesman "Yes, sir; -our sign outside says'. 'Illock your hnt whllo you walt.'"-l,uck. Til many hundreds of girl children who r bolng called Columbia this year will bear lu this name an Indication Indi-cation ot their age, which It Is poHdbto torn of them wUl uoV relish, In U years to oome when well, when they lire uot a young as thsy uwd to be-Demort's be-Demort's Mogstluo , ,,"- ' ..---- - hi i |