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X $RlWiM ry*iT& lie McHenry Plaindcalcr Published by F. a «CKS£1NER. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Keep cool and you will be cooL Also, bash the pest that rocks the boat It must be great to be skinny in hot eaCher. (H LED IN AIR RACE THREE AVIATORS DEAD, FIVE INJURED IN WORLD THRILL­ ING EVENT. 200 SPECTATORS ARE HURT Do not overwork yourself taking hot weather advice. More popular than others are hot waves with broken backs. Now the man who sleeps out of doors finds it easier to make converts. There ought to be a Nobel prize for the personage who invented shirt waists. About the only time the women are good listeners is when the preacher Is talking. Million People Watch Tragic Start of Flight From Vincennes, France, to London and Return for Prims Totaling $94,000. New York complains of a shortage Of water, despite the fact it is sur rounded by it. Detroit's team loses a game on rare occasions to prove that its players are merely human. Chicago is now advocating air baths. A short time ago one of its citizens died in a bathtub. A New Jersey man who ate pie twice a day for 89 years is dead--gone to h^s desserts, as it were. After college professors reach a certain age they don't Beem to care what they say about women. There has been discovered one of those old-fashioned baseball games in which one team scores 20 runs. At the Hoe library sale "The Swan Book" brought $21,000. Its new owner would not read it for twice that London dressmakers now propose a gown with a detachable train. Hub­ by, we presume, will be the switch­ man. However, the aviator who threatens to fly up Broadway will not be the only high flyer on that wicked thor­ oughfare. "The earnings of the average New York lawyer amount to about $1,000 a year. "Earnings" is a diplomatic way of putting it Stealing a base on the rest of the country, a Massachusetts school Is using batting averages to stimulate In­ terest in mathematics. New York has Just sent $2,000,000 of worn out money to Washington. The fellowB the New Yorkers took it away from were probably sent to the hos­ pital. A New York miser committed sui­ cide because he was lonesome, and yet you can hardly blame people for not wanting to keep a miser's com­ pany. A western railroad has placed on Its rails a car reserved for women only, but the women do not after all prefer an Adamless Eden on wheels. Don't be discouraged if the results you get from your garden make it seem expensive. The price put upon Madison Square garden in New York Is $3,500,000. A chewing gum famine is threat­ ened in Chicago as the result of a strike. Our old-fashioned notion of nothing to worry abou' Is a chewing gum famine. Paris.--The beginning at Vincennes of the greatest race through the air ever witnessed was tragically marked by the death of three aviators and the injury to five others, one probably fatally. Over 200 spectators were also more or less injured. Sixty airmen had been entered in this contest of whom fifty took wing, in spite of the catastrophes with which this, the greatest of European cross­ country flights, was inaugurated. Ten of the competitors were obliged to abandon the contest for one rea­ son or another before they flew be­ yond the confines of the park. The dead are: Captain Princeteau, one of the most distinguished French military avia­ tors. The motor of his monoplane, which had been acting balky before the start, exploded in midair within a few minutes after his craft left the ground. The benzine poured over the aviator, burning him to death. M. Le Martin, Bleriot's favorite and most skillful pilot It was known that the steering gear of his craft was not in order when he started. Getting be­ yond control almost as soon as he rose, the monoplane collided with a great oak tree. The motor fell on the aviator's head, crushing his skull. M. Lendron, one of the most popular airmen of France. He had flown 70 miles when the fuel of the reservoir of his monoplane exploded. The ma­ chine was entirely consumed and the aviator was burned to death. The injured are: M. Gaubert, who entered the race under the name of Dalgar. He had been an officer in the French army. The aviator was found senseless un­ der his machine in a wheat field near Villars-Coterets. His injury will probably be fatal. M. Billie, whose monoplane crashed to the ground a mile from the Btart and was entirely wrecked. The avia­ tor was painfully injured. M. Morison fell near Gagny; M. Mor- in near Chevron, and M. Loridan near Charlevllle. Their craft were wrecked and the aviators were badly shaken up, but their injuries are not serious. The scene of the start was the same park In Vincennes where the late French minister of war met death in the Paris-Madrid flight start four Weeks ago. Here, also, Laffort and Pola were killed in the wreck of their Antoinette monoplane last December. In spite of these warning tragedies the mob of spectators, numbering 1,- 000,000 persons, surged on the field be­ fore the start. It was while driving back the throng that the spectators were injured more or less. The European race is for a purse totaling $94,000. The course leads over France, Belgium, Holland and England with two crossings of the English channel. The end, as the be­ ginning, is at Vincennes. The total distance is about 950 miles. On ac­ count of the favorable topography of the country it was predicted that this would be the most successful as well as the least dangerous of all cross­ country European races. Nearly all the famous aviators of Europe were entered and made their starts. For America especial interest centers in little Roland Garros, the hero of the Paris-Rome flight, who started in spite of the contrary ac­ tions of his monoplane. KNOX SHIFTS BLAME TRACES PAYMENT DAY PORTRAIT; TO HAY ADMINISTRATION A canvass of the co-eds in Chicago university shows that only two per cent of them are planning matrimony. That's all right; there's no need to h^rry the girls. There are a great many unreason­ able persons in the world, but few are more so than the JCew Yorker who stabbed a deaf mute because he failed to reply to a question. A Boston street car conductor found a |6,000 necklace on the floor of his car. And we thought that women who wear $5,000 necklaces al­ ways rode in automobiles. A Brooklyn woman who is 101 years old attributes the fact to her habit of arising every morning at 6 o'clock. Many feel that getting up at 6 every morning is enough to make anyone old. Professor Sargent of Harvard has it figured out that flowers will reform bad boys. The next time your youth­ ful son pours water into the gasoline tank of your automobile, hand him a $6 bunch of violets. "Let the baby squall by all means." says Professor W. A. McKeever of the Kansas Agricultural college, thereby proving that all the massive Intellects have not been coralled by the eastern universities. STRANG HURT IN KENOSHA Rear Tires of Car Blow Up and Ma­ chine Goes Into Fence, Injur­ ing the Driver. Kenosha, Wit.--Louis Strang, the old seasoned hardened racer of the Case team, furnished the thrills for the crowd of Kenosha speed bugs at the opening of the new Kenosha motordrome. Fortunately, however, Kenosha pulled off a race without a fatality and while Strang is at the hospital suffering from a broken right arm and a dislocated ankle he was not fatally hurt and may be back in the game before the end of the pres­ ent season. Strang was driving in the first race on the card when his rear tires blew up and he went through the fence with a force that tore out 40 feet of the fence. The 50-mile race started with half a dozen men entered, but when It finished, DePalma was driving alone in his class as all other entrants had been forced out on account of tire trouble and broken clutches. DePalma drove a credlt"ble race, making the half century in 57:46. fit Louis has provided a farm home for the horses of the city departments -when the animals grow too old and Infirm for work. Appreciation of any kind of past usefulness In public work Is so rare, either in man or beast, that this grateful act to faithful four-footed servants does credit to the city's pub­ lic spirit and generosity. U. 8. Exhibit Opens at Turin. Turin.--The American pavilion at the international exhibition of indus­ tries and labor has been inaugurated. The building is 600 feet long and is a substantial structure. The United StateB has the largest government ex­ hibit here. The decision of a District of Colum­ bia court that street pianos are ve­ hicles confirms the long entertained and widespread suspicion that they are.not musical instruments. I II P' Luther Burbank Is said to be trying to develop a better strawberry. There Is a stronger demand for the Improve­ ment of the strawberry box. A Harvard professor says women '.Are near the savage state. It would be Interesting to hear the other side mt the story. Kate Shelley 8erlously ill. Boone, la.--Kate Shelley, who pre­ vented the wreck of a train carrying 300 persons, has had a relapse, and her condition now is extremely criti­ cal. Indiana Judge Expires. Laporte, Ind.--Judge George W. Bee man of Starke county, one of the best known Jurists in the state, died, aged sixty-six years. Death resulted from blood poisoning, which developed one of his toes which was frozen last winter. Report Americans Slain. Washington.---Two Americans, Pat­ rick M. Lennon and a Dr. Foster, have been killed at Alamo, in L*ower Cali fornia, according to dispatches re­ ceived by the state department. Tells Committee If Receipt Has Been "Doctored" There Will Be Va­ cancies in Hie Department. Washington.--That the scandals that have turned up in the state depart­ ment cannot properly be laid at his door, Secretary Knox made clear to the Hamlin committee of the house, but belong to past administrations. He explained the $5,000 payment to young Mr. Hale, which Elihu Root contracted for, and the affair of the Rosenthal portrait was traced to the administration of John Hay. At the same time Secretary Knox resented what he regarded as an Inti­ mation that perjury had been commit­ ted by some of the present clerical force of the state department. Hie committee has not succeeded In solv­ ing the riddle in connection with pay­ ments made to Albert Rosenthal for the Day portrait end the recovery of the voucher for that payment. Secretary Knox gave the committee the original voucher and the explana­ tory memoranda attached to It. Ac­ companying the latter was a receipt from Rosenthal which the latter has no recollection of giving. There was a letter from Consul General W. H. Michael, former chief clerk of the de­ partment, written in answer to Secre­ tary Root's request for Information, In which Michael says the balance of $1,600 was given in cash to Secretary John Hay and used by him in connec­ tion with Chinese affairs under Mr. Rockhiil. "Don't you think," asked Mr. Ham­ lin of Secretary Knox, "that this re­ ceipt was prepared since this hearing began ?" "Are you charging anyone with per­ jury?" remarked Mr Kn<vr "I am not, but I think this suspi­ cious," said Mr. Hamlin. 'If you can ascertain," retorted Secretary Knox, "that since you got your letter from Rosenthal *that some one in the department fixed this up there will be some vacancies." I may do Secretary Root an injus­ tice," said Davis, "but I think he said the voucher was in two parts. This is all one document" Secretary Knox--"I gave it to you in the shape in which I received It" "With these papers Is a letter signed by Rosenthal referring tfl a portrait of Secretary Day. It Is signed March 22, 1906, and addressed to no one. Do you know anything about it?" asked Hamlin. "Nothing," said Secretary Knox. As soon as this affair developed I ordered a search for the voucher. I found the affairs of the department in an chaotic condition. I have reorgan­ ised it and will endeavor to install business methods." CAME A LONG WAY TO SET IT BIG PARADE OF SUFFRAGISTS More Than 40,000 Women March Through the Streets of London for the Cause. London. -- The great "pageant of protest" by the suffragettes to­ day was the biggest parade of wom­ en ever organized in the world's hi* tory. It was five miles long and more than 40,000 persons were in line. Every suffrage society in Eng­ land and many from other countries were represented, as was every pro­ fession anc. occupation which women have entered. Women who have won distinction In their own lines were present in large numbers, among them Mrs. Her- tha Ayrton, member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and Miss Ethel Smyth, Mus. Doc., the English composer who occupics an unique position among musicians. Miss Eliza­ beth Robins, author of "The Convert" and "The Magnetic North," led a large contingent of women writers. The best known and most popular actresses headed the division that represents the 4tage, and In the rankB were found many women play­ wrights. The women who have -^on university honors marched wearing their academic robes. GR0SSCUP HITS SHERMAN ACT Chicago Jurist Declares Anti-Trust Law a Failure--He Proposes New Remedy. Iowa City, la.--Judge Peter 8. Grosscup of the United States cir­ cuit court of appeals of Chicago de­ clared the Sherman anti-trust law a failure, in an address before the Uni­ versity of Iowa and proposed a new method of dealing with trusts. He said that the act, as now interpreted was an ineffective remedy in the Just complaint of the ordinary man against monopolies. He declared, further, It should be replaced by a law "squared to the fact." His proposed plan was that state and federal governments should regulate dividends, the nature of business determining whether Btate or national regulation should be ap­ plied. He also declared in favor of federal charters for big corporations. Admiral Badger Gives Reception. Cronstadt, Russia--Rear Admiral Badger gave a reception on the battle­ ship Kansas to officers of the Russian navy, the German ambassador to RUJ> sla, other diplomats and a number of persons from the American and Brit­ ish colonies at St. Petersburg. Plague Kills 83 More at Amoy. Amoy, China.--Eigthy-three deaths from the bubonic plague and seven deaths from smallpox were reported in this vicinity during the past two weeks. Rush to Lend $30,000,000. London.--Subscriptions to the Brit­ ish portion of the $30,000,000 Huk- wang railway loan to China were opened and immediately closed, having been oversubscribed. The issue was quoted at a premium of 1 per cent New Heads Credit Men. Minneapolis, Minn.--Harry New of Cleveland was elected president of the National Association of Credit Men at the closing session of the all* teenth annual convetnlon of the or­ ganization here. BLAST WAS TERRIFIC riNmWt ' t fctLS TAFT BILL FOR CANADIAN AGREEMENT 18 CERTAIN TO PASS 8ENATE. ROOT AMENDMENT TO FAIL Republican Leader Issuee Statement Claiming Sixty Votes In Favor of the Compact--Many Senatore Are Prepared to 8peak. Washington.--Chairman Penrose of the senate finance commltte In con­ ference with President Taft confirmed the report that sixty senators are ex­ pected to vote for Canadian reciprocity and predicted that within two ^seks a date for a vote would be agreed on. Later Mr. Penrose Issued a formal statement In which he said: "A careful canvass oi the senate shows that 60 senators--two-thirds-- are In favor of the measure. The can­ vass also shows that more than that number are against the Root amend­ ment In speaking of prospective progress he said: "We will make rapid progress on the reciprocity bill within the next two weeks, and at the end of that time we ought to see ahead a date for a vote on agreement. Many senators are now prepared to speak on the measure and others are getting in readiness, so there Is promise of reach­ ing a vote with more speed than has yet been shown." The following foil shows the Root amendment to be certain of defeat: For the Root amendment: Bailey, Clarke of Wyoming, Crane, Dillingham, Dixon, Dupont, Frye, Gal- linger, Gronna, Heyburn, Johnson, Jones, La Follette, Lodge, Lorlmer, McCumber, Martin, Nelson, Oliver, Root, Simmons, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sutherland, Warren. Total, 25. Against the Root amendment: Bacon, Borah, Bradley, Brandege, Brlggs, Brown, Bryan, Burnham, Bur­ ton, Chamberlain, Chilton, Crawford, Culberson, Cullom, Cummins, Davis, Fletcher. Oamble; Gore. Guggenheim, Hitchcock, Johnston, Kenyon, Kern, Lea, McLean. Martlne, Myers, Nixon, O'Gorman, Overland, Owen, Penrose, Percy, Perkins, Polndexter, Pomerene, Rayner, Reed, Richardson, Shlvely, Smith of South Carolina, Stephenson, Stone, Swanson, Taylor, Terrell Townsend, Watson, Williams,/Works. Total, 61. Noncommittal: Bankhead, Bourne, Bristow, Clapp, Clark of Arkansas, Curtis, Foster, Llp- pitt Newlands, Page, Paynter, Thorn­ ton, Wetmore. Total, 13. Absent: Smith of Maryland, Tillman. To­ tal. 2. Necessary to defeat Root amend­ ment, 46. Mormon Head Is 8ubpoenaad. Washington.--The Mormon church's affiliation, connection and sympathetic interest with the sugar trust is to be probed by the Hardwick sugar investi­ gating committee. Over the protest of Senator Reed fmoot, the Mormon representative in the senate, the com­ mittee haa issued a subpoena com­ manding the attendance as a witness of Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church. BrookMne Quits the Air Game. Quincy. -- Walter Brooklns an­ nounces that he has quit the flying business for good. He will devote his tune iu the future to his orange grow­ ing and gold mining Interests, which he has acquired in the west Calhoun Honored by Chinese. Peking.--The ministers of the Wal Wu Pu gave an elaborate luncheon for W. J. Calhoun, the American minister, who departs via Europe for America upon a three months' leave of ab­ sence. Senate Plane Big Postal Probe. Washington.--The senate passed the Bourne resolution authorising an in­ vestigation of the postal system of the United StateB and to determine what changes are necessary in the present'methods with especial atten­ tion to the possible establishment of a parcels post Closes a Bank. Jefferson City, |fo.--The state bank­ ing department took charge of the Citizens' bank of Maoon, Mo-* Which has a capital of $40,000. EXPL08I0N 18 FAR .GREATER THAN WAS 8UPPO8ED. Twisted Masses of 8teel Revealed as Water Is Lowered May Inter­ fere With Removal of Hulk. Havana.--That the shattering of the hull of the battleship Maine, expressed by the mute testimony of steel ribs bent apart decks upheaved and hurled far from their original po­ sition, bulkheads crumpled like sheets of paper and apparently Inextricable and hardly identifiable masses of con­ struction material, Is evidently far greater iiiuu supposed, was revealed as a result of a superficial observation made possible by the lowering of the water level In the cofferdam a total of seven feet On account of this unforeseen reve­ lation all plans heretofore proposed for dealing with the ultimate removal of the hulk have become merely conjec­ tural until a considerably greater amount of water has been pumped out Colonel Black of the engineer corps, said that he had reason­ able expectation of lowering the water a total depth ef eighteen or twenty feet within three or four days, which would make possible a fairly complete exploration of all portions of the ship, except the bow, where men were like­ ly to have been on the night of the disaster. It is probable the searchers may be able to enter the officers' quarters in the after structure in a day or two, where they may find the body of Ensign Merritt, the only officer miss­ ing, the body of Lieutenant Jenkins, the only other officer killed, having been recovered from the torpedo chamber shortly after the explosion. WIRELESS AIDS 200 BANKERS Effects Rescue In Lake Erie Boat Acci­ dent for First Time In History. Buffalo, N. Y.--Two hundred mem­ bers of the Michigan Bankers' associ­ ation, who started on a pleasure Jaunt from Detroit on the Detroit and Buf­ falo line steamer Western States, reached Buffalo on the steamer city of Cleveland after having been trans­ ferred from the Western States follow­ ing the disabling of that boat in mid- lake. Wireless telegraphy was responsi­ ble for the quick rescue and it was the first time In the history of the great lakes that the wireless was put to such a practical test. The Western States was disabled by the bursting of a cylinder. STOKES OUT OF HOSPITAL Millionaire Hotelman Shot by Two Women Last Week Removed to His Summer Home. m New York.--W. E. D. Stokes, the wealthy proprietor of the Ansonia hotel, who was shot on June 8 by Lillian Qraham and Ethel Con­ rad, when he entered their apart­ ments for the alleged purpose of se­ curing letters he had written to Miss Graham, was removed from Roosevelt hospital to his summer home at Long Branch, N. J. Vanderbiit Yaoht Burned. Red Top, Conn.--The launch Vag­ rant, owned by Harold Vanderbiit, son of W. K. Vanderbiit, which was moored beside the John Harvard, was burned. Mr. Vanderbiit was badly burned about the face, but his eyesight is not impaired. Curtln Heads fowa Bankers. Mason City, la.--E. J. Curtln of Decorah was elected president of the Iowa State Bankers* association. Ce­ dar Rapids was chosen for next year's convention. Big Forgery Charged. Atlanta, Ga--Warrants charging forgery have been sworn out against J. Wylie Smith, secretary and treas­ urer of the Commercial Loan and Trust company, who disappeared, leav­ ing behind an alleged shortage in hla accounts of $150,000. Twenty Die In Storm. Trieste, Austria.--A storm of hurri­ cane force raged during the night, causing many deaths anu(l much dam­ age to shipping. The bodies of 20 vic­ tims had been recovered at this point GREAT RECEPTION MARKS SIL* VER WEDDING FETE OF PRES­ IDENT ANQ WIFE. PRESENTS W0RJH A FORTUNE Immense Crowd Offer Congratulations to Couple Beneath Trees on White House Lawn--Perfect Wcath- Attends Function. Washington.--The silver wedding celebration of the President and Mrs. Taft, the second that has been held in the White House, came to an end with the reception on the White House lawn. Invitations had been sent to close to 12,000 persons, and while the offi­ cial count of those who shook hands with the president was not given out, It was estimated that at least 5,000 persons were present. Never in the history of the nation probably has such a function been held in Washington. The diplomatic corps, the United States Supreme court, the senate and the house of representatives, the departments of the government, the men who are high in political affairs of the coun­ try, the army, the navy and every walk of life almost were represented. The cool, clear night, that fnade a reception in the open air possible, prevented the crush that the White House for days had been afraid of and made the reception not only bril­ liant and unusual but delightful In every respect. The guests would have filled the White House to over­ flowing, but the White House grounds are ample and there was no crush and no confusion. Possibly 15,000 people crowded about the iron fence that surrounds the grounds and looked longingly at the electric display, the splashing fountains and the gay throng within. The cards said the reception would begin at nine o'clock, and promptly on the hour, to the strains of the wed- Ing march, the President and Mrs. Taft came slowly down the staircase of the White House, preceded by the six presidential aids and followed by the cabinet. Out through the red room to the rear portico of the man­ sion, down the broad steps and out onto the lawn, which had been con­ verted into a veritable fairyland, the procession marched. They took their stand beneath two trees Just about the center of the lawn, whose branches were Joined by an electric sign flash­ ing "1886-1911." The guests entered from the east front, passed through the corridors beneath the White House and out to the lawn. Down the winding walk they passed in two lines to where the president his face wreathed in smiles, was waiting to meet them all. The reception was just as informal as the president could make it. Those who could waited in line for hours to shake hands, but many slipped out of the line and sought the shaded walks, the chairs waiting on the grass or wandered at w<II through the lower floors of the mansion. The presents that numbered in the hundreds and whose money value ran high into the thousands, attracted many, while others turned to the, east room whose polished floor echoed to the tread of the dancers. Preparations had been made for 6,000 guests and the refreshment tables in the state dining-room came as near groaning as a perfectly good table can come. The president and the members of his family with the cabinet and the aids were served on the east terrace, but the guests found their refreshments in the state dining- room. Mrs. Taft surprised even those fa­ miliar with the improvement in health that she has shown br remaining by the president's side in the receiving line all the evening. She wore a gown of white satin, brocaded with silver flowers, with a court train. Miss Helen Taft, who was near at hand, wore a gown of pink satin with a tunic of pink chiffon. DEALS PACKERS FRESH BLOW Federal Judge Carpenter, in a Six- Word Edict, Denies Rehearing to Indicted Beef Men. Chicago.--"The motion for rehear­ ing is denied." In these six words Judge George A. Carpenter in the United States cir­ cuit court brushed aside the latest plea of the indicted packers, ruling that they must plead to the indict­ ments charging them with maintain­ ing a conspiracy in restraint of trade. The packers based their right to the rehearing on the ground that the criminal provisions of the Sherman act were not definite enough to war­ rant the return of indictments or prosecution for an alleged violation of Its inhibitions. They also argued that the restraint alleged vat "reason­ able," and referred to the Usited States Supreme court decisions in the Standard Oil and tobacco cases. „ Advance In Rates Delayed. Washington.--Advances in the mini­ mum charge for the transportation for freight in single packages and In small lots, proposed by the railways !n classification territory to become effective July 1, were suspended by the Interstate commerce commission until October 28. Aged Cousin of*Taft Dies. La Crosse, Wis --Abner Lewis Taft a cousin of President Taft, died at hfs home at New Amsterdam, in this county, aged slxty-flve years. New Republic Proclaimed. Lisbon, Portugal.--A constituent assembly organized with 192 deputies ratified the government's edict formal­ ly proclaiming the republic of Portu­ gal, the abolition of the monarchy and the proscription of the Braganza dr nasty. E*»U. S. Senator McBride Dead. Portland, Ore.--George Wycllffe Mfr Bride, former United States senator from Oregon, died at his home here of a stroke of paralysis. He was fif­ ty-seven years old. A MARVELOUS RECOVERY. N©w ft Chronlo Invalid Perfect Health. Regained Ilr«. Ray Trusner, 30 West Third St., New Albany, ind., says: "Kidney disease had rendered me a chronic in- vs ^ is? in bed unable to move hand or foot. My right limb was swol­ len to twice normal site, i looked the picture of death and >my case puzzled the doctors. The kidney secretions were high­ ly colored and scald­ ed terribly. Marked Improvement fol­ lowed the use Qf Doan's Kidney Pills. In six weeks I was a well woman. My friends and relatives marvel at my recovery." Remember the name---Doan's. For sale by druggists and general storekeepers everywhere. Price 60a Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. WISE BROKER. Jiggs--That marriage broker was to get 10 per cent, of the girl's estate for arranging a match with a French mar­ quis, but he did better than that--he took it' all. Wiggs--How? Jlggs--Married the girl himself. Couldn't See the Resemblance. They have been Joking Assistant Treasurer James A. Matthews of the Guardian bank, on his resemblance to President Taft, and Mr. Mathews has Bteadlly refused to be annoyed there­ by. So the Jokers subsided and the |oke died a natural death. Until the other night, when Mr. and Mrs. Mathews dined together with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harmon and their little daughter, when the Taft resem­ blance was revived. Turning to young Miss Harmon, Mr. Mathews asked whether she, too, thought he looked like the president. Dorothy studied long and earnestly. Then she answered: "Not In the face. Uncle Jim."-- Cleveland Leader. The Old Gag. Miss Lillian B. Rowe, at an adver­ tisement writers' dinner in Denver, said of the harem skirt: "It will soon be so widely worn that the old gag, perpetrated in the '40s on men, may profitably be revived for women victims. "Some sharper, you know, will re­ vive the gag by advertising in the Ladies' Own-- " 'Send |1 and learn how to keep your harem skirt from becoming fringed at the bottom.' "Thousands of dollars will pour in, snd to each victim the sharper will reply: " "Wear knickers.'" The Worth of the Voice. How wonderful is the human voice! It is indeed the organ of the soul! The intellect of man sits enthroned visibly upon his forehead and in his eye, and the heart of man is written upon his countenance. But the soul reveals Itself in the voice only; as God revealed himself to the prophet of old in the still, small voice, and In the voice from the burning brush. The soul of man Is audible, not visible. A aound alone betrays the flowing of the eternal fountain. Invisible to man.-- Longfellow: Hyperion. First Aid. George Ade, at a luncheon in Chi­ cago, paid a gallant compliment to a well-known actress. The actress wore a harem skirt of the new flame color and Mr. Ade said to her: "It Is pretty. And what an odd color It Is! Tell me the name of the color." "Flamme de Vesuve--flame of Vesu­ vius," the actress answered. "Be Jabers," said Mr. Ade, "ye make a vurry purty crater." WANTED TO SLEEP Curloua That a Tired Preacher Should Have 8uch Desire. • minister speaks of the curious ef­ fect of Grape-Nuts food on him and bow it has relieved him. "You will doubtless understand how the suffering from Indigestion with which I used to be troubled made my work an almost unendurable burden; and why it was that after my Sabbath duties had been performed, sleep was a stranger to my pillow till nearly daylight. "I had to be very careful as to what I ate, and even with all my care I ex­ perienced poignant physical distress after meals, and my food never satis- fled me. "Since I began the use of drape- Nuts the benefits I have derived from it are very definite, I no longer suffei from Indigestion, and I began to Im­ prove from the time Grape-Nuts ap­ peared on our table. "I find that by eating a dish of this food after my Sabbath work is done, (and I always do so now) my nerves are quieted and rest and refreshing sleep are ensured me. "I feel that I could not possibly do without Grape-Nuts food, now that I know its value. It Is Invariably on our table--we feel that we need It to make the meal complete and our children will eat Grape-Nuts when they cannot be persuaded to touch anything else." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Michigan. Read the famous booklet, "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's s Reason." E u r r i - * a S t h e a t t e v e A •ae appears trom tia» to tin They •re (t.mlM, trn®, a«4 (all *f kaaaa