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Show ,-lwltllltlttlttt T " j HOWE ABOUT 1 j By ED HOWE j ft , , , , , , , i i , " I Copyright by The Bull Syndicate. Inc.) I know of a married man who acted so well throughout his life that I like to point to him with pride. He was a good boy at home and at I school. Went to work as sopn as was nat-aral nat-aral and proper, and prospered. Married at about the usunl time, and was a liberal and respected husband. hus-band. Early In life he was useful to Ills town, as his Institution was one of the kind to which citizens pointed point-ed with pride; It gave employment employ-ment to a large number of men at good wages, and his product was s great convenience. All the time he was accumulating money, and. when he died at thirty-nine, thirty-nine, left the best home In the community com-munity and the greatest fortune. The widow Is still beautiful at thlr-ty-seven. I love to tell the story to the ladles, they so enjoy It. "In my town." a miin writes, "there Is a famous scandal. The other day one of the parties to It told me all the details. I did uot learn a single new thing: gossip had supplied every detail. de-tail. With all their viclousness the gossips had Invented nothing." A man attacked a womuu's devotion to her church. "Yes." she replied. "I attend church entertainments and church services, and I like the women I find there better than those I find elsewhere playing cards, dancing, and smoking cigarettes." . . 1 thought the answer very good. There may be objections to church entertainments, but not so many sb to affairs where the saxophone, the bottle, cards and cigarettes ar exploited. Those of you who do not attend church are In vlted to try It. and see If I am not right The stories told of great men lire usually Interesting, hut I often duuht their truth. ... It Is told of the elder Dumas that he always kept In his apartment a bowl filled with gold coins, and Invited his friends to heir themselves. . . . Most of the big stories are untrue, but what's the dlf ference, so long as they are Interest-Ins? Interest-Ins? Since we wish to be amused, why worry ourselvps over a small matter mat-ter like truth or probability? Nearly everything peddled around to attract attention Is Invented, or greatly xag gerated. I o |