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Show LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE. Quarrelsome Individual Attertr Man Has Much to Learn. ' "It's queer how little most people know about little things," said a quarrelsome quar-relsome man not long since. "Some day I am going to start a school where ouly the mlnutlno of 11 fo will be taught how to button the coat when you put It on, how to brush a hat, and so on. Not one In a hundred persons knows It Is a mistake to button tho bottom of a coat first. Tho top button but-ton Bhould be the first one, otherwise the shape of tho coat, even if it is carefully tailored, Is seriously affected. affect-ed. This llttlo pointer nlono would gavo many persons a lot of money. A hat should always bo brushed in tho direction opposlto to the hands of a clock. Otherwise tho pile of tho felt la taken out and the hat given a cheap, poor appearance. Of course, with straw this does not apply. In tho care of paste, too, It Is odd how lit le Is known by most people. The best wny to buy pasto nowadays Is'ln tho water-well Jars put up by all largo manufacturers. Then wken such a Jar is gotten keep tho well always half full of water. If paste becomes hard, too, fiom lack of use stir It wllu u stick until It has proper consistency. If obdurate add a little water. U still ohdurato nrter thlB add a little glycerin glyc-erin and water. This will put it l good condition. Altogether, If paitM only knew ruoio about tho little things of life and less of tho pretention and immaterial oneo, It would bo fr happier placo lo llvo In this oric we havo dvn hero," |