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j ' 11" » ' * v • 1 ; •T- V #«g Tt • !> - ' tn , -..-r,«-Wv-" . < • *. 1 \J WIFE. MM************************************************ ^-'*v-.V ; " KNEW LINCOLN IN YOUTH Aged Lady Now Living in California Times of Long Ago ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ » ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ » ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ » ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ » ¥ ¥ » » Twenty miles out from Los An­ geles, Cal., on the seashore road, in a humble, four-roomed house. Is an old woman who Abraham Lincoln was very fond of and who he teaslngly named "Quinine" 70 years ago, when, a store clerk In New Salem, he board* ed for $1 a week under her father's root Mrs. "Vienna Lyster has Just cele­ brated her 89th birthday, A stately old woman, she is still free of step and straight of vision, though her memory has begun to falter, recollec­ tion to waver and down the long vista Of years and day-marks of her girl­ hood are blurred. For twenty years, "alike to fortune and to fame unknown," the recipient of Lincoln's whimsical nickname has made her home in the whitewashed cottage in the little town of Burnett. Seventy-five years ago, in the sum­ mer of 1830, Lincoln released himself from parental care and started out to make his own way. This was soon after his people has removed to Illin­ ois, and the future President was then & gaunt, tali lad of little more than 21. The following year, just after his famous flatboat trip to New Orleans, he made his second and "permanent" appearance in New Salem, on the banks of the Sangamon river. Its population at that time probably did not exceed seventy-five men, women and children. It was one of the many "boom" towns of what was -then the Par Western State of Illinois. The ensuing five years, 1831 to 1836, cover one of the most Interesting peri­ ods of Lincoln's early life, when he learned the lessons of love and death and to rise above the bitterness of de- home to board, but reference to what meager data is extant indicates that it was in the winter or spring of 1838. "Lincoln was a great, big. hulking fel­ low then," says Mrs. Lyster, "full to the. chin with fun and always playing droll pranks on us girls. He was a clerk in Denton Offut's store when he came to us, and my mother charged him about $1 a week for his bed and board." The "us girls" referred to by Mrs. Lyster were eleven in number (rein­ forced by one brother), and a right merry crowd for a log cabin home, it may be guessed. In the order of their ages they were: Betsy Cameron, nicknamed "Isabelle" by Lincoln; Vienna, whom the future\ President preferred to address as "Quinine," perhaps because at 17 she could find a sharp thrust to answer his teasing with; Thomas lone brother in a wild­ erness of girls, called "Tam O'Shan- ter" by Lincoln, and Nancy, Jane, Mar­ tha, Sarah, Salina and Sorena (the twin3), Eliza. Caroline and Margaret. What clerk to-day would walk five miles daily between his store and his boarding house? Lincoln did it for months, striding from "Parson" Cam­ eron's log cabin in the early mornings to Denton OfTutt's general store, and back again at dusk. He loved exercise In the open, he was proud--may be at time a trifle boastful--of his physical strength and great powers of endurance, but aside from that, one cannot help wondering if John Cameron's merry houseful of buxom daughters may not have been a keener inspiration for those dally trudges than love of Nature and of spair. It was during this period that Mrs. Lyster (then Vienna Cameron) knew him, received at his hands the odd nickname of "Quinine," and be­ came a quiet observer of his court­ ship of her beautiful cousin, Ann Rut- ledge. One of the foremost men of the New Salem neighborhood was the Rev. John Cameron, Mrs. Lloyd's father. He preached in the Presbyterian church on Sundays, and, after the custom of those sturdy times, turned a shrewd eye to business during the week. He it was, indeed*who, with his wife's brother, the James Rutledge mentioned by historians in connection with the lustrum of Lincoln's life, laid out the town site of New Salem. At the time of Lincoln's advent In New Salem "Parson" Cameron with his wife and family--eleven daughters and one son--had his home in the proverbial log house of the period, a ifew miles from. town on the banks of the Sangamon stream, close to the Rutledge & Cameron mill. This lat­ ter combined the business of sawing timber and grinding grist. The mill, on a dam that jutted out a few hun­ dred feet into the river, was one of the last landmarks of the locality to crumble away. Lincoln for a short time was in charge of it. Mrs. Lyster does not recall the day Lincoln first came to her father's Nature's moods. Mrs. Lyster remember* "Abe" Strid­ ing steadily, but unhurriedly "home,'* gaunt shoulders drooped, shaggy head bent and eyes glued to the pages of a, grammar that he held well up as he walked. Awaiting him at the long tramp's end were the friends who. in accepting the )l-a-week board, had taaen him in and made him one" of themselves. "Lincoln, or 'Abe,' as we one and all soon came to call him was a member of the family as long as he stayed with lis," Mrs, Lyster says. "To him my mother was 'Aunt Polly,' " a fact borne out by historians. "Lincoln," says Mrs. Lyster, recal­ ling those rare days, "was a remark­ able young man for pranks. He had a nickname for each one of us girls, but I can only remember a few. One of his tricks was to pluck his friends by their ears--he was always dointf that. I have heard my father speak of seeing 'Abe' standing at a corner, or in the road, telling one of his droll stories or engaged in earnest discus­ sion, and, at a climax in the tale or conversation, stretching out one of his long arms, and gently pulling the lis­ tener's ear, instead of plucking the lapel of his coat. From more than one of us Cameron girls 'Abe' caught a scolding for not leaving our ears alone." TWO OF LINCOLN'S JOURNEYS Qeorge Markstone, an aged and re­ tired railroad man of this city, nar­ rated an instance when President Lin­ coln paid an engineer to not run fast. It was on the second trip that the president made from Philadelphia to Washington over the old Philadelphia, Willmington & Baltimore railroad. George Feeney, who died recently in Wilmington, Del., was the engineer of the train and Mr. Markstone was the brakeman. In describing the oc­ currence Markstone stated: "George ran so fast that when New­ ark, Del., was reached and the train stopped for water. President Lincoln got oat of the car, and walking up the platform where Feeney was stand­ ing, said: '(ieorge, take this and don't nm so fast, will you?' The president lhad actually bribed George to hold in his engine a bit. It is needless to say that the engineer did as directed." When Lincoln made his first memor­ able trip from Philadelphia to .Wash­ ington at the outbreak of the civil wa# oils Hft -the erased guard on the president's car. In tell­ ing of this historic ride he said: "The sleeper was attached to the. rear of the train and was empty. In order to allay the suspicion of the passen­ gers as to the cause of the delay, trucks were wheeled backward and forward bearing trunks and baggage of every description. After a wait of nearly half an hour a cab dashed up to the station and a man unattended quickly alighted. He wore a long coat, the cape of which was drawn over his head. It was Lincoln. "The doors on both ends of the sleeper were then locked and guarded, I was one of the three men who rode on that coach; Lincoln on the Inside, I was on the outside at one end, and another guard was at the other end. From Philadelphia to Baltimore, where I alighted. I stood with pistol in hand ready to shoot any trespasser. I was ordered to do so, and had the occasion required it, I would not have hesitated a moment"--Phllsdel* pfeia Telegraph. ILLI/fOIS JVEWS Chalet Hmim from ever the iUt*,ap«oUlly •sleeted for our road*** COLUMBIAN KNIGHTS ELECTION Illinois Grand Lodge Holds Annual Session and Names Officers. The grand lodge of Illinois, Order of Columbian Knights, comprising lodges in Chicago and other points through­ out the state, convened in annual ses­ sion at the Masonic temple, Chicago, and elected the following officers, the address being Chicago when no otheT town is given: Supreme representative--Charles W. Jordan. Alternate supreme representative for two-year term--W. S. Peavey To fill vacancy--John F. Kamen. Grand president--John F. Decker; Grand vice president--J. J. McMan- aman. Grand orator--Frank Gardner. Grand secretary---W. F. Lipps. Grand treasurer--L. H el wig. Grand chaplain--W. W. A>«ckman. Guide--M. J. Murphy.. Warden--F. L. Murray.' Sentry--D. Walker. The trustees are W. W. Sawyer, RockfQjg;. W, W' P*. A- Turnefw ' .*-« '• * •" • >' *. . PRIEST SkvtS YOUTHS 8tudents Had Been Precipitated Into Water When Ice Gave Way. Father Gilbert Simon lost his life at Peru in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue from drowning Cass Banin of Champaign, Charles Reuter of Chicago and Frank Christie of St. Louis, Mo., all of whom were students in attend­ ance at St. Bede college, a Catholic school one mile west of Peru. Father Gilbert was member of the faculty of the college. Some of the students of the college were enjoying the Satur­ day half holiday by skating on Hack- man's slough, a branch of the Illinois river. Twelve students posed for a photograph and this massing of weight caused the ice to give way. The ice was two and a half inches thick. Twelve young men were precipi­ tated into the water. Father Gilbert called to bystanders to keep away from the hole made and succeeded in saving three of the students before be was seised with cramp and jrejwiered helpless. r WOMEN ATTACK SMOKING CARS HUnoisans Start National Movement to Have Them Abolished. A Movement on the part of the wom­ en of the country to abolish smoking cars and smoking compartments in coaches on railroad trains has been taken up by the Women's Christian Temperance union of Galesburg. The union at its last session decided that smokers were annoying, unsanitary and altogether "nasty," and protested especially that tobacco fumes drifted from the smoking compartments when the car doors were opened. Commit­ tees were appointed to prepare na­ tional protests to be sent to every union in the country, with the inten­ tion of presenting a great petition to the heads of all railroads. tsx Ferrets Held Illegal. The Appellate court at Springfield has decided that the employment by county boards of supervisors of "tax ferrets" to hunt up records and ascer­ tain names of persons who have es­ caped assessment in former years Is illegal. The Appellate court holds that "the board of supervisors has no power in the absence of a specific grant to enter into a contract with persons to unearth property omitted for taxation in former years, since that duty rests with the board of re­ view and its performance, in case of refusal or failure to act, may be cong* pelled by action at law." Lumbermen Join Hoo Hoos. The ninth annual convention of the Southern Illinois Retail Lumber Deal­ ers' association closed at Cairo, and the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoos immediately took possession of the lumbermen and held a concatenation, at which fifty applicants were received Into the house. The dealers' associa­ tion elected officers as follows: Pres­ ident, John F. Wlhite, Marissa; vice president, W. G. Cochran, Marion; di­ rectors, P. T. Langan, Cairo; Robert Tate, Ridgeway; Benjamin Wright. Mount Carmel-and A. C. Ganen, Col- linsville. Scores Jury Which Acqulp!, ;- - After Arthur Handley, accused of the murder of Burton Mapes, a farmer at Prophetstown, had been acquitted by a jury, Judge E. C. Graves, who pre­ sided at the trial at Morrison, declared the verdict a miscarriage of justice. Judge Graves scored the jury, saying the defendant's own testimony was sufficient to convict. Mapes was shot last November in a cornfield after a quarrel over wages with who/ras Mapes* employe. Handle^, Prison Usher Is btflkfed. Samual R. Stirling has been dis­ missed from his position as chief ush­ er at the Joliet penitentiary. Convicts are said to have made charges against •him of tampering with letters sent to them. Warden Murphy says Stirling was discharged because he violated rules of the institution, but refuses to confirm the more serious charges. Stirling's home is in Bloomington. Capt. L. J. Hall, after thirty-five years of service, has retired from the assist­ ant deputy wardenship on account of poor health. Train Crew Rao* with Pafjtffc. Prompt action on the part of an Illi­ nois Central freight crew, a fast run with an engine for a physician-saved the life of the 7-year-old daughter of Thomas Conner, Kankakee. The near­ est physician was at Buckingham, five miles away. The engine made the trip at the rate of a mile a minute. PEOPLE CAN ENFORCE THE LAW Attorney General Says Anyone Has Legal Right to Arrest Violators. An opinion that reiterates bis for­ mer holding that the governor of Illi­ nois has no legal right to call out the state militia to enforce the dramshop act, was given to Governor Deneen by Attorney General Stead. The deci­ sion comes in response to questions recently submitted to the governor by R. H. Dolliver of Lockport. . Dol- ilver held that If the governor of Mis­ souri has a. right to declare the "lid" on that similar powers should be given to the governor of Illinois. The attorney general cites the difference in the laws In Illinois and Missouri and says: < "If Mr. Dolliver, and those who are criticizing the present administration, will candidly consider this fact, they will understand in part, at least, how the governor on this side of the river differs in his status from the one on the western side. "The contention that it is the duty of the governor to call out the militia to execute the dramshop act. when­ ever the officers of the city or county fail to or refuse to do their duty, merits no consideration, and I will not discuss it The criminal laws of the state are ample for the prosecu­ tion and punishment of violators of the dramshop act, as well as the pros­ ecution and punishment of violators of any other laws of the state." Attorney General Stead recites the laws that give citizens the right to go before grand juries with evidence against those alleged to have violated the law and says that the state's at­ torneys also have the power to file information against the violators. He also says that if officers are found guilty of neglect of duty, they may be removed from office. Atten­ tion is also called to the fact that any person has a legal right to arrest all violators fcnd may later prosecute the cases against the defendants. BRAVE SCHOOL FOR RAILWAY 8TUDY University of Illinois Announces Estab­ lishment of First of lt ̂ Kind. President James of the University ot Illinois has announced the estab­ lishment at Urbaua of a new school of railway engineering and adminis­ tration, said to be the first of the kind in the world. It will be opened for work in September of this year. The problems of construction and mainte­ nance of way will be treated in one di­ vision. The subject of power and its application and all that is ordinarily included in mechanical and electrical engineering will be treated in another division. The problems of operation, of organization, of financiering, rate making, and everything which has to do with the actual formation and man­ agement of a railway company will be treated in a third division. i Beard of Health Fees. Members of the state board of health have been drawing $10 a day for their services while engaged in official Work, without authority of law,- says Attorney General Stead in an opinion rendered in response to an inquiry by Gov. Deneen. The audit clerk recent­ ly called attention to the fact that the'members of the health board are drawing a per diem fee for the time spent in rating examination papers and making sanitary investigations notwithstanding the fact that the law provides that they must serve with out compensation. Members of the board have contended that long con­ tinued custom is equivalent to law, and that under this construction the btpjr# pen are entitled to the , Costly Investigation. Champaign county has lost on its investigation' of its county offl cers. Experts hired at $15 a day each found the officers about $226 short and the circuit court reduced this to $184. The investigation has cost $2,000. J. S. McCullough, state auditor, fortwen ty years county clerk, had a discrep ancy of $70 in his accounts for that period. His enemies asserted he was short a large amount. Big Prices for Fancy Hogs. At the George W. Seckman sale of Duroc-Jersey hogs at Mount Sterling, forty-three head of sows brought $4.- 000. The highest price for a single animal was $250 for a sow bred to Tip Top-notcher, which won first prize at the world's fair at St. Louis in 1904, he at that time weighing over 1,000 poundB. Mr. Seckman was of­ fered $3,000 for Tip Top-notch er, but refused it. Traveling Engineer Is Dead. Andrew L. Wheeler, a widely known traveling engineer for the Illinois Rail­ way company, died at Freeport after a severe illness. He was a brother of Inspector Wheeler of Chicago. Jefferson Democrats Meet. .The Democratic county central com­ mittee met at Mount Vernon and de­ cided that the candidates receiving the highest vote at the primaries shall be the nominees at the county conven­ tion May 3. The delegates and county chairman will be nominated by a mass convention In March. « . NATION'S DEFENSE Enviable Record of Andrew L. Wheel­ er, Dead in Freeport. Andrew L. Wheeler, till his death at Freeport recently traveling engineer on the Illinois Central, was a remark­ able man in many ways. Born in New Jersey in 1845, he came to Illinois in 1855, his parents locating in the vicin­ ity of Rochelle. He among the first to enlist when the call for arms was made, being but a boy and the oldest In the family. His brother, In­ spector John Wheeler of the Chicago police force, was not old enough to enter the service and remained on the farm of his father. Andrew Wheeler joined General Smith D. Atkins' regi­ ment, the Ninety-second Illinois, an organization that was in forty or more battles. Young Wheeler achieved a reputation for bravery that has often since been commented upon by his comrades. ^When he was mustered out it the end of three years he became a scout in the Sixty-fifth Illinois and made many 'perilous expeditions into the enemy's lines. After the war he became an engineer on the Burlington •and came here in 1888 when the strike was on. Since then up to the time of his death he was on the payroll of the Illinois Central, serving quite a num­ ber of years as traveling engineer. He was also an inventor and many of his devices have been adopted by the Illi­ nois Central and other llnes, * WILL OPPOSE WATER#*? BILL Gov. Deneen and Canal Commission­ ers Oppose Money Plan. The bill for the construction ot It canal from Lake MtcHgan to the Mis­ sissippi river, introduv d into con­ gress by Mr. Money ot Mississippi, was condemned as a pernicious meas ure by Gov. Deneen and Canal Com­ missioners C. E. Snively of Canton and Leon McDonald of Lockport of the Illinois and Michigan canal. It was virtually decided to ask the Illi­ nois senators and representatives at Washington to oppose the measure in congress. The features in the bill which are regarded as objectionable are those which call on the government to ad­ vance $60,000,000 to three private cor- {.orations--the Joliet. Ottawa and North St. Louis power companies-- and which give the concessionaires power to condemn lands owned by the state of Illinois with virtually no com­ pensation. The appotntment of a commission of three under the bill passed by the last legislature to inquire into the feasibility of constructing such a ca­ nal was discussed at the conference, and a list of names acceptable to the commissioners was presented to the governor; Death Dream Cornea True.. Noll Palmer of Sterling says ho saw bis father dying in a dream, and an hour later received a telegram ' ag- thA latter'8 death. Prisoners Escape from .Car, Two prisoners In charge of Shi C. W. Taylor of McDonough county en route to Joliet prison from Macomb escaped from the car at Dwight. * Stephenson County Conventicjî The Stephenson county Republican committee at Freeport voted to hold the county convention May 3 to name candidates for county offices and dele­ gates to the state, congressional • and senatorial conventions. Candidates who receive plurality votes In pri­ maries will be the nominees. Killed While "Flipping" Train- , Joshua McAvoy, a mechanic, while "flipping" a Big Four train at Bloom­ ington, fell under the wheels and was Jack the Stabber. . While walking from the railroad sta­ tion to a hotel, at Belleville, with her husband, Mrs. H B. Brown of Chicago was stabbed by a man who Mrs. Brown at first thought had simply Jostled her. From the circumstances the police are inclined to believe that it was the work of the mysterious youth known aB "Jack the Stabber," who has stabbed seventeen women in St. Louts recently. Blames Christian Science. * A kroner's jury blamed Mr. and Mrs. Silas Shepperd, farmers near Hennlng, for the death of their in­ fant son, alleging that they refused to secure medical aid. The parents are Christian Scientists and tried to cure the child by prayer during the ten days of its illness. Another child is sick and the neighbors threaten to use force to secure medical attend- anee. Severs Punishment for Theft. t In sentencing Willis Clark to four months in the county jail and to pay a fine of $50 on a plea of guilty of steal­ ing a pig valued at $2 Judge Craig in th'e circuit court at Mattoon stated that he was sorry he was not empow­ ered to send the prisoner to the peni­ tentiary. "There is too much petty thieving going on," said the court The jury at Murphysboro In the case of Douglas Bostik vs. Fred Jacquot returned a verdict In favor of the de­ fendant. Bostik sued Jacquot, who is a former policeman, for $10,000 dam­ ages alleged to have been inflicted when the latter fatally shot his son James while performing his duties. Jacquot mistook young Bostik ° tor a highwayman. Postmaster Drops Dead. Death overtook William Raymond, aged 72, who had just been appointed postmaster at Cortland, as he was ou his way from his home to take charge of the office for the first time. ; ^ Vespasian Warner a Donor. Vespasian Warner, pension commis­ sioner, has notified the people of his home city, Clinton, that he would do- rate $10,000 for a public library pro­ vided that the city gave a site and agreed to support the institution. The city will accept. < I want some ldud of a Valentino* To send to that little wife of nna% Wuc-'e waitaag at boms for m; Not paper Cupids and gilded dart* Nor silly verses, nor satin hearts, Bat something--let m see • VslsnHss r * i f , r - /*• I used to send her (loves and rings* % • • ^Rnnlinns and fin win fans snd thingSj § gpT""' "f? And kisses to her I carried. . f i' " I But, oh, it was all so different £b«*t Alas? could we only live over agahk | Time days before we married! Sqppose I send herabonchof pesia%p; Some violets or a box of roses-- ' A dollar apiece* you say? |>| Good Lord! She wo«dd ask-ewfcsr I meant By spending so modi on And flowery anyway 1 C By Jove! m get her some gloves! i|' what? HsC'rize? Great heavens, I have forgot! Now am I Dot a dance? Aht, that a man ihnnH grow so iiliipill Give me as inspiration, Copad! 1 seed to have them oncet I might write for her a Me iTiji mmj And I really would if I had the tk | And knew what L want to say; Bat the grind of work has dolled brain! . ̂ Besides I have got to catch a tnist * r V : I So HI write no rhymes to-day. ̂ *'v Ah, well 1 it u useless trying to thi»k! Bring me my check book and psa , : and »"lt- • < - - v Hang sentiment by the neck ' til mafs the use of St. Valentine's settle die thing in the same old WSffc . if WHfe a ferty-dollar check! . --New York P*tssfc FOR VALENTINE'S DAY The Heart Hunt and Other Amusing Games and ' Pastimes. - The first suggestion for a Valentine day party Is in the form of a heart bunt. Small paper hearts, red and white, should be hi#- den all about the room, with occasional chocolate or other candy hearts here and there. The object is for each person to search for the hearts, and the one who finds the greatest number of pa­ per ones, which are the real counters la the game, wins the first prize. The first prize should be something In the form of a heart, say a photo­ graph holder, a charm, a locket, or a bonbonnlere. Some of the hearts should be broken Into two pieces If candy ones, or torn if paper, and spe­ cial prizes offered to those who find the pieces that fit together. The player who finds moat hearts is supposed to be the one who will first be married. To the one who finds least, a consolation prize should be given. If a girl, a suitable prize would be a tea cup and saucer, or a worsted kitten, as she is destined to be an "old maid." A suitable conso­ lation prize for a boy would be a card -t- If yon have a Valentine day party you will serve refreshments, and thA 7' Idea of the day of hearts and lov* must be carried out as far as pot» sible in everything arranged. A very pretty 'way to send y*m guests to the dining-room is to bait some pink flowers in two separate baskets, pink carnations for the boys and pink roses for the girls, for pink is the special color of the god of lovo. Write beforehand on small cards ttm names of some famous lovers of hlb* tory and fiction, fastening the cards with the names of inen to the earns* tions and those with the names of women to the roses. Such names' should be selected as Romeo and Juliet, Orlando and Rosalind, Hamlet and Ophelia, Petrarch and Laura, Dante and Beatrice, Leicester and Queen Elizabeth, John Alden and Priscilla, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and so on. Then as each boy takes a caraaticpK and reads the name on the card, bs must find the card with the corre­ sponding rose card; that is to ssf» Romeo must find Juliet, Orlando muit find Rosalind, and so on, and they go to the dining-room matched in that way. :'41 The dining-room decorations shosM i! The King' of Hearts and the Fortune-telling Target. War Governor's 8ervant Dies. Henry Washington, . an escaped slave and Union army cook, who for years was body servant of the war governor of Illinois, Richard Yates, died Jan. 31 at Jacksonville^ f >' ;v ; Youths in Fatal FigM| . Jesse Lettner, aged 15, stalled John Moews and Charles Peterson in an encounter at Blomlngton. Moews died and Lettner was arrested and charged with manslaughter. All are members of respected families. , claims self-defense. of buttons, or a little work basket, as he will have to learn the use of them in his bachelorhood. Another game appropriate to the day is "Broken Hearts." Cut out f t red cardboard as many hearts, about •Ix Inches across, as you will have pairs of guests. Then, with sharp shears, cut each of these Into many small pieces, square, crescent shaped, wedge shaped, and so on, keeping the pieces of each heart separate from the others by putting them into an envelope. Now, from different colored papers cut small hearts, two of each, and put them into two bowls. The players then select one each, the girls from one bowl, the boys from another, and the boys then find their partners in the girls who have hearts matching in color those they have selected. The envelopes are then distributed; one to each couple, and they must try to put the pieces together to form a perfect heart. The two who first do this stand up and are crowned with red roses made of paper, as this was a classic honor bestowed upon Cupid, the god of love. If you prefer, the girl may be crowned with roses and the boy with a laurel wreath. This diversion is especially good fun. Get a sheet of heavy cardboard, twenty-five or thirty inches square, and draw on It as large a heart aB yon can. Then cut the heart out and cover it with white muslin to strengthen It; it may also be braced at the back by strips of wood. Around the edge of the heart paint S border in green, about three inches wide, which of course, gives you the outlines of a green heart. Inside this paint a black heart of the same width, and again a third in yellow, a fourth In blue, a fifth in red, and in the cen­ ter a bull's-eye of gold paint, leaving a apace of white unpalnted. " Having prepared as many arrows as there are guests and a gilded Cupid's bow of classic shape, set up the heart a8 a target at the end of a long room, from which you have removed as much of the furniture as possible. Dress a small boy as King of Hearts in a coat of turkey red, with knee breeches cut at the knees in points and covered with hearts of red paper. He should have a collar of three hearts, the points fastened to a band around his neck, and he should also have a cloak of hearts or covered with hearts. A crown of gilt paper, with a heart in the frost, will complete the costume. Cupid, the King, presides at the target, and, as each guest shoots his arrow, recites or reads one of the fol» lowing couplets, according to or hit; , £ V. "j*. *.* , . : : •- i§i U A ^ 4 ' Killed While Coupftn# Cirs. Franklin dore, a brakeman. 22 years old, in attempting to make a coupling In the W. C. t W. freight yards at Chester, fell under the trucks If your arrow hit the red, ; :_ You will very shortly wed. Bliould your arrow pierce the green o wedding bells for you. queen. When your arrow hits the tka_- Cttpkl takes a shot at you. If the arrow touch the t>lack. A true love you'll never laok. If tt chance to hit the whit% Too will meet your fats to-night. AS alone your years will mellow. Should your arrow meet the yellow. «the dart go wide astray, m will throw your heart away. Should it pierce the heart of gold. Jtav tor yfflji! .*•.Ar :*.u*i: "J: be in pink, and as far as posslbl# heart shaped. Pink crepe paper cam be effectively used to give the ships to all the dishes. The Ice cream should be served In heart ahaped molds or In the form of two dove* billing and cooing, and the creaflU might be pink In color. Pink hearts, with little love verses attached, shonld be placed at tbs guests' places, and these may be takoil away , as souvenirs of the evening: Following are a few verses that might be used: Oh. there's nothing half so sweet In 110#' As Love's young dream. --Moortt Pains of love be sweeter fur Than all other pleasures are. For krire Is heaven, and heaven la love. , --Scotte 'Tla better to have loved and lost -f Than never to have loved at alt -Tennyss* There's beggary in the love that can reckoned. ---Shake For toasts, those who rememt any other quotations about love recite them, or each guest might we* : . aloud, between the times of serving ̂ V;;' the quotations on the heart cards. ' • ' ^ Above the table a bow and an af» . row might be suspended, or a cupUfc. - V; or both. When the guests have come back from the dining-room to the parioft / ,! hand to each one a little lace edge! valentine, with a pencil attached b# j means of a narrow pink ribbon, anA on the back of which the.following1 questions are written. The answers ,> , to the question's all begin with tht " \ word "heart" or the letters h-e-a-r-ts . * 1. What does she take from «•? " 2. How do we greet her? »' ' , 8. By what do we sit? ; ^ 4. What, oftentimes; Is bar mm-;- - duct? j.; f< 5. What then comes to u! 6. How do we feel? ( s | J 7. Describe the catastrophef < * '* 8. What consoles us? 9. What do we become influence? The guest who answers most of the. questions should receive a prise--* silver heart-pin, an arrow shaped pa* per cutter, or a box of candy. Here are the answers to the ques­ tions: Hearts. Heart-ily. . , Hart-h. - Heart-less. Heartache. Heart-sick. Heart-rending. Heart's-ease. Heart-whole. *efv , fl ; J*:*? Custom Very Old ̂ < " ̂<* The origin of the valentine bast^ to have existed for a long time. Thst- originally the old maids asd beafcs ̂ tors would meet and all written on slips and domi and ose each drew was to bs Ms *r valentine for a year, sad tkst sftgKlfif these temporary engagai ' * 1 permanent. Later the drifted into the sending of first representing C**id wltk kla si ̂ rows at work, but tasr StSB 1% sending of horrible cstiestsns of - I sort or another, tstiXsd aa % joke on the else receiving Hi ,