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THE Mo^SMBT PL ILL. A MATTER' OF iCAUTION Br M. M. WILLIAMS #»»»«««« <##»»»###»*^< »»»» »»»*###^ <Ck 1ISI, by McCIure Newspaper Syndicate.) "It's your manner, Marjorle--so dls- • tact and stand-offish. A man needs encouragement If he--well, If you expect him to get anywhere," the very new Mrs. Gordon said to her maid of honor, with the accent of supreme wisdom possible only to supreme Ignora. ance. Marjorie's answer was a soft chuckle. Alicia's role of .experienced matron diverted her amazingly. Stepsisters, close friends notwithstanding, • when Frank Gordon had come mooning after her, she had engineered the . transfer of his facile affections to hfer housemate so deftly, so subtly, neither ;of the newlyweds suspected her agen- ,'cy. She had foreseen how It would be --Alicia with her liquid nature, taking form from what It fell Into, would try /to live up to the Gordon dignity, part- : ly in loving obedience to her Frank, . but more through her own aspirations. As a first fruit, she must marry off v.Marjorie--she would miss her, of course--but a solitude of two was en- • ticing. In the honeymoon year even the best-beloved terium quid crowds a .dovecote, no matter how roomy. "You are really prett^?' Alicia went on patronizingly. "Prettier than I am" --this without conviction. "But then you are older--twenty-three almost-- besides--" stopping there embarrassed, and looking away. "Besides, I'm almost a pauper with a fine feeling for the fine things money buys,** Marjorle supplemented, not bitterly, but with darkening eyes. "Maybe -- you are right. Maybe I ought to be advertising myself in the 'object matrimony' class. But, somehow, I just can't see it. Lazy as I am, work looks better to me." "Marjorle!" Alicia exploded. "You know that's out of the question. Frank will never allow it People will say, oh, dreadful things. We must consider our position. But you are joking-- you most be. There is nothing you can do." "I am a mighty competent cook," Marjorle said, slowly, pulling herself together after the Explosion, which had ^ hardened her nebulous consciousness of need into something imperative. Until the moment of speaking, she had never thought of her cooking as an asset. Now, by a lightning calculation, she reckoned It, plus a bond or two, a few sticks of furniture, and a right good will, as a provision, wholly ade- . quate for independence. The house was Aljeia's--work there was Impossible. Further the countryside already was suffering a plague of tea rooms, wayside inns and booths of home-made dainties, aimed at motorists beginning to be booth-shy. But somewhere there was a place for her-- she must find it--the sooner the better. Next morning Alicia read tearfully a scrawl which ran: "Don't fret, honey-- gone to seek my fate--not sure yet whether It will turn out a fortune or a husband. Tell folks what you please-- you can make them believe anything, you lie so dellclously. You'll hear from me through Judy--she knows everything-- and won't tell. Be good to yourself and keep Frank In his place until I come back. Love and all the rest of It, from the Wicked Marjorle." Judy knew everything, through having been the door of hope. "Dem Warrens people ober to Pine Hill done come yere tu leern what weall doin', and wus.ragarln' an' chargln' case dee couldn't git no cook ter stay wid am--not since Jlncy, Judy's sister, had been wrested from their kitchen by sudden matrimony. Oh, yossum, dee paid all right--'most anything wus asked nm. But de ole lady she wus cranky as a ram's horn, even befoh she * fell and broke so many bones. Den de two trained nurses and dat dar ramrod- legged man, her son, even wusser. Dey wus sho'ly too much ter any plain wukin' ooman. Maybe er lady mought stand nm. Miss Mahje better run 'long ober dar, light an' make begagement, 'pendln* on Judy ter send on her suitcase-- and keep her mouf shet ter everybody." Marjorle nodded--she was beyond speech. But she hugged Judy tight, and ran away trying hard to whistle. Si* hours later, on the edge of sundown, she wag in the Warren kitchen, saying to herself as she glanced around: "Tuesday of creation week couldn't have been a patch on this." The ramipd-legged son had fetched her to the door, waved a helpless hand at the spectacle within, then vanished murmuring he would make it worth her while to stay. Faith may move mountains, but virgin ignorance can give it three in the game. If Marjorle had known half the week following taught her she would never have adventured Into the Warren household. One nurse was a kindly Incapable--so was the remnant elderly maid. But the head nurse, Miss Snickers, made up for both by abuse of the permission even head nurses have to be hateful. Small wonder when she had marked down the ramrod- legged one as her special prey and saw in Marjorle a potential rival. Especially after order came out of chaos and meals were no longer penances but full-fed delights. The tongue-tied Mr. Warr^fi had no need to praise them orally-- the smacking of his lips was sufficiently convincing. Also and further he began almost to thrive to an extent which moved Jim Leslie, his Imported scientific farmer, to say, grinning at Marjorle: "If you keep this up you'll be able to get blood out of that turnip." Casual contacts with this person, who did for himself and came into the kitchen only to briQg fruit and vegetables, were Marjorie's main alleviations. She knew she was a puzzle to him--also that he found study of it fascinating. Audaciously "she had no fear that he would recognize in Joy, the Warren cook, the Marjorle Joyce Millburn he had danced with casually at the senior prom five years back. Then he had been slight--now he was tanned, mustled, almost burly. Yet she fancied she would have known him without hearing his name. His manner towards her was friendly---kind yet touched with a fine respectful chivalrous reserve infinitely refreshing. Upon a sweltering late August twilight the scent of ripe grapes enticed Marjorle to the long arbor which ran down the main garden walk. She was very tired--but happy--hadn't she a hundred dollars to show for her month's toil? Crabbed old Mme. Warren had mouthed angrily as she paid It --John was a fool--no good girl could be so heartlessly extortionate--with sickness In the house--and so little to do. John had checked her peremptorily there--later, In the hall, he had apologized almost timidly for his mother-- she was so old, so 111--she would never be better--he knew, if she did not, what a godsend Joy had been to them. He had looked even more--Marjorle smiled wryly, remembering his eyes. Possibly the memory helped to send her out of doors recklessly conscious that in the arbor she risked encounter with Leslie--he had a theory that grapes should be cut while sunwarm. "I'll let you help if you are very good," he called gayly as she came within range of his lantern light. Hanging directly overhead°lt hung revealing white Illumination upon her lifted brow, her round throat, the small quizzical curl of her lips. Instantly he knew her--as Instantly he dropped grape-shears and basket, leaped from the ladder and caught her hands, saying: "Want a prize idiot? Here he stands." "Any proofs?" Marjorle asked saucily. "A whole month of it--I ought to have known you at .the very first," he said hushedly, falling back a pace. Miss Snickers was advancing majestically upon them, leading a reluctant captive--Mr. Warren--and brandishing a letter as though It were a dagger. As she came close she thrust the letter upon Marjorle, hissing: "By special messenger--he's waiting for the answer." "He is--judicious," Marjorle answered, taking the missive, which was addressed: Mis mArjoRy Joy-Mllbun. at Plnehill warrens. Saying ceremoniously: "Excuse me," Marjorle broke the seal and read, "You come back HomE, uNc Dan is done Found he-self. Say ef I Dont find you quick, he'LL Kill me. I'm In dEe Kyar down At de big Gait--you come wid de sHofEr--make him Tote you Close." "You are going? of course?" Leslie said. He had read shamelessly over her shoulder. She nodded. Miss Snickers interposed. "Not until your bags are searched. I insist upon that--for my own protection. A person sailing under false colors is capable of almost anything. I do not propose to jeopardize my good name--" "She is not going if I can help It," Warren almost shouted, clutching Marjorle's arm. "Stay--as my wife. I loved you the minute you came." Miss Snickers screamed and promptly fainted. Marjorle brushed past her, saying to Mr. Warren: "Thank you-- but it's no.". Then ran toward the back door. Leslie reached it ahead of her, held it shut and said in a shaken voice: "Marjorle, I've loved you five years without knowing it. I know all about you. Uncle Dan's finding himself will make you an heiress. So I--I--It seems I had better tell you. I've got a million in my own right--and expectations--" "Why tell me?" Marjorle asked prim ly, but with dancing eyes. "Just as a matter of precaution--so I won't be set down as a fortune hun ter," Leslie answered, possessing himself Of her hand.. DESTITUTE SEEKING RELIEF IN JERUSALEM Mohammedan women and Christians, ail hungry, ragged; children and beggars, gathered at the relief headqnav* (era opposite David's tower In Jerusalem, to receive food and clothing. in i i i1 I i • ' i m 3,000 Men Join Army Weekly At Present Rate of Enlistment the 254,000 Personnel Will Soon Be Filled. SOLDIERS HOW LEARN TRADES Military Organization Becoming Vast Trade School--"Earn While You Learn" Is Popular--New Re-' crulting Policy. European Flowers. An authority on botany estimates that the number of species of flowers cultivated In Europe Is 4.300, of which 420 possess an agreeable perfume. Odors are most likely to be found In flowers, having white or cream-colored petals, then yellow, red, blue or violet In- order. ALL RIGHT TO BLEACH HAIR K;;v Itattr York Magistrate Settles Question i Which Has Long Been More I . er Less In Controversy. ... f ... • » H thy right eye offend thee pluck It out. If your hair is not the shade you dote on bleach It, color it or cut ft off if you wish. Whose business is It? A mother-in-law recently accused her daughter-in-law, a handsome young blond, of bleaching her hair--using peroxide on it. A magistrate had to settle this matter; and the newspapers jnade much of it, and one would think from perusing what they had to say there is some law, statutory or un written, that makes it almost a felony to discolor the hair. Nothing of the kind, declares the New York Telegraph. Many women bleach their hair, and'it Is quite all right If they wish to do so. Darkhaired girls and women and those With black hair frequently turn the color of their locks to that of a brick that of yellow field corn. That is their affair and no one has a right to complain. Many folk twit those who have thus Improved on nature, but they will do so no more--the trate has settled that. 8oot In the Chimney. Soot accumulating at the bottom of chimneys is often the seat of a smold ering fire and also introduces consld erable explosion risk. A simple, inex pensive and successful device Is sug gested for removing the soot. A hop per bottom is built Into the stack, and the bottom of the hopper Is connected to the suction of a steam Jet con veyor of small diameter, which dis charges Into the ashbln or pit. The usual steam-jet conveyor used to re move ash and cinder will not work satisfactorily In removing soot from the base of the stack; small diameter pipes are necessary to secure the high air velocity needed to remove the fine, flaky particles of soot. Similar con veyors are used to remove combustion BRh«s from the back passes of boilers bat, with henna. And red-haired la-1 and so«t from breechlngs, flues and sometimes change their color to | economizes. 0 IMIPMWMP-* VM9MWOOP Washington.--Surmounting the Inroads of demobilization, the recruiting campaign begun early this year has brought the total strength of the regular army to within 35,000 of the 254,- 900 personnel authorized under the national defense act of 1916, according to latest war department figures. If the present rate of enlistment Is maintained throughout the year, and nearly 3,000 men are being accepted weekly, It will more than balance losses through expired enlistments, furlough to the reserve and other causes. "* Most of these enlistments, recruiting officers report, are by men anxious to take advantage of the army's vocational education, an "earn while you learn" system, to fit a soldier for a trade by the time he leaves the army. Last year 75,000 men were accepted who never before had been In the service. Nearly half of the enlisted men are going to school, and the army is becoming not a "university in khaki,** but a vast military trade school. Much of the Instruction In technical subjects Is given not by officers, but by civilian teachers, lent to the army In many cases by corporations desirous of employing trained men at the expiration of their enlistment. The war department has received communications from concerns who have sent untrained applicants for employment to the army for a year's enlistment and trade Instruction with promises of Jobs at the end of their service. Farmers, musicians, stenographers, masons, bookkeepers, pharmacists, mechanics of all kinds, wireless and telegraph operators, printers, gas engine experts, even embalmers, are among the vocations taught. In large cantonments barracks are being transformed Into machine shops. laboratories and school rooms. At Camp Dodge, la., where the Fourth division Is stationed, there Is a 200-acre farm where army students do practical work in agriculture and stock raising under the direction of Dean C. B. Waldron of the North Dakota agricultural college. A committee from the Chicago Church federation visited Camp Grant, Illinois, the home of the Sixth division-- the "Sightseeing Sixth," as its members in France called their dlvl sion, which hiked from one sector to another without getting Into action. The committee Inspected the division's Schools and returned to Chicago, reporting, "the aim of those who have this work In charge is to train men so effectively that at the end of their three years in the army they cannot afford to re-enlist." Teaching Pharmacy to Men. At Camp Pike, Ark., the home station of the Third division, which won Its spurs at the Marne, a building has been erected to house the school of chemistry. Training In the dispensing and manufacture of drugs will be given, also Instruction In the use of the microscope for the detection of Impurities in drugs. Students who show the necessary proficiency will be given special tutoring for the examinations of the Arkansas state hoard. Formerly, to learn a trade In the army, a man had to be assigned, to the ordnance or signal corps, the air service or motor transport corps. Soldiers, in such combat branches of the service as the Infantry had few opportunities aside from fatigue duty, drill, guard duty and "bunk fatigue." In the "new army" men In all branches of the service not in the field have opportunity to learn trades of their own selection. Following demobilization, when thousands of men chose to remain in the service, few recruits were obtained by recruiting depots. The recruiting service overlapped to some extent, parties sent out by regiments and divisions allocated to certain states competing with established recruiting stations. Then the new system of vocational training was instituted, followed by a drive for recruits beginning the middle of last January, and the recruiting service was properly co-ordinated. Enlistments rose from 1,800 for the week ending January 24 to 2,800 acceptances weekly the latter part of March. At present one-third of the army may be enlisted for one year, about 85,000 men. Add to this 55,000 three-year enlistments expiring^ annually and the total number of men leaving the service annually Is 140,000, figuring on the authorized strength of 254,000 under the national defense act. The present i-ate of enlistment should yield 145,000 annually, a surplus of 5,000 over expiring enlistments. "The campaign begun January 19 of this year has been successful In every respect," said MaJ. Samuel A. Greenwell of the recruiting publicity bureau, which sends out recruiting leaflets to all army recruiting stations. "The personal contact work of the general recruiting service and the parties sent out by allocated organizations followed the same Instructions. They did not beg for recruits, they did not offer to send men around the world on a Cook's tour, and they did not tell prospective recruits they would be fought for by eager employers offering fabulous salaries. They received imperative orders that under no circumstances must they 'oversell' the army's attractions to obtain a recruit; they were told that the army wanted a very high class of young men, men who would appreciate and take advantage of the training and at the same time make the kind of soldiers that should represent our country. "At the beginning of the campaign many civilian organizations offered their assistance. Chambers of commerce, Rotary clubs, American Legion posts. Veterans of Foreign Wars, ministers' associations and others did valuable work in arranging meetings where their own members and officers of the recruiting service explained the plnns for the new army. Governors and mayors Issyed proclamations calling attention to army activities in their states and cities, and in many cases set aside special dates as "Army weeks.'" Many branches of the service are over their authorized strength, pending possible Increase by congressional action. The motor transport corps, the need of which was demonstrated In the war, Is 160 per cent above authorized strength. Chemical warfare 122 per cent, medical department 150 per cent, quartermaster corps 112 per cent, and signal corps 126 per cent. Offsetting thlB surplus, the Infantry is but 75 per cent of authorized strength, cavalry 81 per cent, field artillery 71 per cent and coast artillery 52 per cent Strength of Combat Units. Restoration of the army to a peacetime basis shows many apparent differences In the strength of combat units such as infantry regiments. The national defense act provides for 65 infantry regiments. Including the Porto Rlcan regiment, totaling 88,000 men, an average of 1,350 to the regiment. During the war an infantry regiment numbered over 3,000 men, and some emergency, mast be maintained at over peace-time strength. The Eighth Infantry, stationed at Coblenz and on the right bank of the Rhine, has 115 officers and 2,950 men. The Fiftieth infantry, also in Germany, has 75 officers and 2,330 men. Just back from Siberia, the Thirty-first Infantry has 89 officers and 3,100 men. The Twenty- fourth infantry,« along the border in New Mexico, has 52 officers and 3,485 men. With the infantry only at T5 per cent of authorized strength, and the necessity of maintaining a number of regiments above a peace time basis, many regiments are far below the average strength, particularly the regiments back from France and made up when they returned, of casuals, of replacements and men enlisted only for the emergency. T^e famous First division, now at Camp Taylor, Ky., has only 5,000 officers and men. The men of all the Infantry regiments of this division wear the French fourragere looped over the left shoulder. The present strength^ of these regiments are as follows: Sixteenth infantry. 35 officers 642 men; Eighteenth Infantry, 37 officers, 680 men; Twenty- sixth infantry, 33 officers, 649 men; Twenty-eighth Infantry, 84 officers, 626 men. 8ome War Divisions. Down at Camp Travis, Texas, is the Second division, which had the heaviest casualties of any division in France, and took one-quarter of the prisoners and artillery capture*! by the A. E. P. The marine brigade is no longer with this organization, and no Infantry brigade has yet been assigned to its place. The total strength of the Second division is 211 officers and 2,056 enlisted men. Like the First division, the infantry regiments of the Second are proud wearers at the fourragere. The Ninth Infantry, which fought in China and took the village of Vaux in a brilliant attack in the Chateau Thierry sector, has 8 officers and 372 men. The Twenty-third infantry, which fought alongside of the Ninth in 1812, in the Civil war and in France, has 39 officers and 331 "men. The Third division, which fought at the Marne, St. Mihiel and the ^rgonne- Meuse, has L13 officers and 2^K5 enlisted men at Camp Pike, Ark. The Thirty-eighth Infantry, which repulsed six German regiments and took 600 prisoners at the Marne In July, 1918, has 36 officers and 312 men. The Thirtieth infantry, which stormed Hill 204, west of Chateau Thierry, has 47 officers and 228 men. Of the other Infantry regiments of the Third division, the Fourth has 39 officers and 352 men, and the Seventh 34 officers and 278 men. The Fourth-division, thrust into action for the first time near Chateau Thierry, Is stationed at Camp Dodge, Iowa, with 245 officers and 1,577 enlisted men. Strengths of Its Infantry regiments are: Thirty-ninth, 31 officers, 136 men; Forty-seventh, 83 officers, 133 men; Fifty-eighth, 31 officers, 120 men; Fifty-ninth, 31 officers, 133 men. In battle for the first time at St. Mihiel, the Fifth division is at Camp Gordon, Georgia, with 206 officers and 2,186 enlisted men. The Sixth division, which boasts of having done more hiking than any other A. E. F. division. Is now at Camp Grant, with 277 officers and 3,227 enlisted men. The Seventh division, which arrived In France in time to hold the left bank of the Moselle river until the armistice, is at Camp Funston, Kansas, numbering 243 officers and 2,246 men. The total strength of the seven tactical divisions now stationed In this country, each of which would have a wartime strength of 28,000, Is 20,770 officers and men. UNKNOWN TONGUE TO HIS "Gynecologist" Was Altogether Tee Much for the Hotel Waiter, So He Mode It "Dentist." Down In Park Row, In a place where a broad and generous liberality marks the observance of the wartime prohibition law, a dozen sporting writers gathered, Just casually, the other night. Inevitably, they began to remember and recount the funny things that happened In Cincinnati an^ Chicago. And, of course, the discussion proceeded to the point • where some one had to decide what was really the funniest tiling, and finally It was decided that "Hype" Igoe's story, which was credited to Manager Hawks of the Gibson house, was entitled to the prize. In keeping with modem methods, ttey have, at the Gibson, a system whereby employees of the hotel are furnished with Information about what. Is going on In the house. It is advantageous for the employees to be fully Informed, anyway, and It Is de- TO ASSIST com Movement for "Mixed Clutaf |§h City of London. The same factor comes Into play among sirable that they may' be "able to h»- f^he skll,ed craftsmen who wish to attelllgently answer questions which may be addressed to them by the guests. Therefore, a bulletin Is posted •t the bead waiter's desk In each restaurant and at other places in the hotel conveying general Information which employees should have. Two guests arriving In the dining room for breakfast one morning, noticed a number of individuals at other tables wearing badges, "Who are those people with badges on?" one of them asked the colored waiter. * "Jess- a minute, boss," replied the waiter. "Ahll fln' out foh you In jess a minute." The waiter hustled over to the bolletin board with a confident air. He studied around uncertainly. Tfiere wasn't another waiter In sight and the dining room was all but deserted. He gave the bulletin board a pained and regretful glance. This Is what wac posted there: "Convention this week of the National Association of Gynecologists, Obstetricians and Anesthetists." The waiter returned to the table where he was serving nnd busied himself assiduously but silently with the dishes and silver. After he had put each knife and fork in three new positions, the questioner at the table said: "Did you find out who those men are with the badges on?" "Oh, yes, boss," he replied. He had the air of one who has just casually overlooked a perfectly trivial matter. "Yes, boss," he said, as he polished a glass and held It up to the light tc observe the effect, "dem are de--den are de dentists*"---Cincinnati Tlmee Star. Finding Lost Radium. Radium Is commonly employed to the form of a tiny speck of its bromide salts, Inclosed in a glass capsule, says a writer In the Electrical Experimenter. Inasmuch as even $500 worth, If dropped on the floor, can hardly be seen with the unaided eye, much trouble has been caused by such accidents. In some Instances large sections of flooring have neen removed and reduced to ashes, so that the lost radium could be recovered by electrical and chemical means. If the approximate locality In which the loss occurred Is known, a specially constructed electroscope will indicate the spot where the radium lies. The electroscope Is made with a long, cylindrical body the sides of which are protected with heavy lead. "Bungalow" Really "Bengalees." The English word "bungalow" comes from the Hindu word "bangla," which really means Bengalese, but which refers to a Bengalese thatched hut. The British officers In India, being unable in out-of-the-way stations to obtain lumber, frequently built their houses of bamboo. The original form of the bangla or bungalow consisted of a large and lofty room with double walla of bamboo, with canvas partitions to form the bathroom, storeroom and bedroom and having a wide porch surrounding the bangla. The bungalow has been modified In this country until Its Bengalese ancestor, the onestoried, single-roomed, porch-surrounded bangla would not recognize Its American descendant. Infantry regiments, because of the atlon. Gives Till It Hurts. New Castle, Ky.--A case of rare unselfishness has been brought to light here. When the families of Noah Pettit and Dave Roberts, near Flat Rock, were 111 and no help came, their food gave out. Qulntis Razos, himself poor, supplied their larder until his, too, was bare, and he himself faced, stasjr- DEMAND SAME PAY AS MEN British Women Government Employees Carry Red Tape Nl London March. London.--A girl clerk whose arms and body were wound with red tape, has just led an unusual procession through Whitehall street, the home of government departments, to draw public attention to the demands of women in government employ for equal pay and equal opportunities with men. She was followed by a large number of women employed in the civil service. each of whom carried a poster, while all were linked together with red tape. Inscriptions on th*e posters were. "Fair Play for Women" and "No Favoritism in the Civil Service." How the Mayor Proved Hla Case. Elwood, Ind.--There's no doubt in the mind of Mayor John G. Lewis that he ruled correctly when he ordered a young son of Ell Butler Bent to quarantine because he had fee iwaajipox. The mayor was called In to decide the question when Butler was arrested on a charge of bringing the boy to {own suffering from the disease. Now the mayor has the smallpox. No 8weets to the 8weet. Morgantown, W. Va.--Students at West Virginia university won't stand for the increased cost of ice cream, soft drinks and refreshments, and have gone on strike against high prices. Resolutions calling the strike were pre pared by • girl. + i-$ i • uteXt •"» T. Wonderful Natural Bridge. The natural bridge is one of the chief natural curiosities of the United States. It Is situated in Rockbridge county, Virginia, 115 miles west of Richmond. The bridge spans a deep chasm, through which a small stream flows. It is composed of a hard siliceous limestone In horizontal strata and Is the remi ant of the roof of a great cave which formerly covered the gorge. This remnant now remains in the form of an arch 215 feet high. The span of the arch is from fortyfive to sixty feet and the thickness of Its crown is about forty feet, while its average width Is sixty feet. A public road passes across It. When a Traveler Returneth Home. When a traveler returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath traveled altogether behind him, but maintain a correspondence by let ters with those of his acquaintance which are of most worth. And let his travel appear rather in .his discourse than in his apparel or gesture; and In his discourse, let him be rather advised In his answers than forwards to tell stories; and let it appear that he doth not change his country manners for those of foreign parts, but only prick In some flowers of that he hath learned abroad into the customs of his own country.--Francis Bacon, Lord Vei Preserve Roosevelt's Cabift. Theodor* Koosevelt's cnbln, which he occupied when a cattle rancher In Nort'.i Dakota from 1883 to 1886, and which now stands In the state capltol grounds In Bismarck, N. D.. will be placed in the Liberty Memorial park, which will form part of the new capltol grounds. The Bismarck branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution has formulated plans for the careful preservation of this historic little structure and will at once erect a strong fence surrounding It pending Its removal to its permanent location. The cabin originally stood near Medera, N. D. Method Has Been Suggested to Che||| Decline In Marriage Rate, Which Is Viewed With Considv «rable Alarm. v Social reformers, bishops, clergyman and physicians are continually remind* Ing us that In Eu~!and we ueed "more marriage and earlier marriage." The postponement of the age of marriage among men until thirty or the beglft** nlng of middle age is not a healthy social sign. In the middle class this deferment "* of wedlock is attributed chiefly to the increased difficulty In earning a sufficient income to support the family. tain a fair financial position before they undertake the responsibilities of parentage. We find, therefore, that early marriage Is the custom chiefly of the unskilled workers, casual laboreca and the very poor.' The economic qucftion Is ngt tilt only barrier to early marriage and moire' marriage In the great middle clash ; Strange as it may appear, a vast nuiflk ber of men and women who wish (0 marry cannot find mates. Even tit these days there are a multitude -of men who have very few women acquaintances, and a still larger host ot women who rarely enjoy the society of men. We are apt to forget that a large proportion of the Inhabitants of * the big cities are practically "strangera in the gates." -Their "homes" are a bedroom In the suburbs, a boarding house or a little lock-up flat. They are country Immigrants to the large towqfc and in many Instances they have not$» single acquaintance In the place. If we are really in tarnest about the decline of the marriage rate and the deferment of matrimony, we should set about facilitating social Intercourse be* tween the sexes. The first practical step is the provision of "mixed clubs* under municipal control. Clubs, as they exist now, are simply internment campe for men or women, and there is a* doubt that they tend to a further sef»' regation of the sexes. It Is true that there are clubs in London where men and women can meet. But we require a very much larger number in the metropolis and In all parts of the provinces. My own experience of mtxed cttrtM Is that they undoubtedly promote mat* rimony. They are a pleasant meeting place for young men and women after the days' work. It Is appalling that. thousands of youths and maldena should have nowhere to foregather hi the evenings and no choice between tha lonely lodging and Mie streets. I would suggest also that every municipality Phould establish a marriage bureau and provide candidates for wedlock with Introductions.--From Continental Edition of LondoA" Malt. Nickel Coins Again. An Innovation in currency has ben made by the Indian government which has coined and Issued nickol 8-anna and 4-anna pieces. Two-anna and 1-anna pieces have been in circulation In India for many years; but hitherto no nickel coins of a value equal to the new Issue have been la use In any country--In fact, the 8* anna piece Is credited with being the highest-valued coin struck in base metal in the world. Its recent sterling exchange value being 1 shilling 2 pence, or 28 cents, at normal valuet. The Indian government was Influenced In Its decision >o Issue the new coins by the high pplce of sliver, and It ta probable that one result of the lnn» vatlon will,be to cause the 8-anna silver coins to disappear.--Brooklyn Eagle. Wlsdcftn of William Penn. Be sure to live within yonr pass; borrow not..neither be beholden to any. Ruin not yourself by kindness to others, for that exceeds the due. bounds of friendship, neither will a true frleud expect It Let your Industry and your parsimony go no further than for a sufficiency for life^ and to make provision for your children, If the Lord gives you any, and that In moderation. I charge you help the poor and the needy. Let the Lord have a voluntary share of your Income for the good of the poor, both in our society and others, for we all are his creatures; remembering that he that glveth to the poor lendeth to the Lor4 --William Penn. Praised and Eaten. As a bride I entertained my aesr •Inlaws" ot dinner. In trying to turn my heavy rolled roast In the pan on the oven door the pan slipped and the mast rolled all over the kitchen floor before I could grab it. I hastily washed It, buttered it, and got it into the oven again, then got down on the floor to scrub up the grease. As I was scrubbing, in walked my motherin- law, whose cries at seeing me scrubbing in my silk dress while preparing dinner brought the rest of the company. I stood the teasing until after the roast had been duly eaten and praised, and then coufesaedw-^||g change. Care of Books. Rftp • chemical duster 'n the draper of the library table to poltafc shelves, and a tin box of so-called magic paper cleaner for the books. It Is not necessary to spank the books together or flap their covers.' Lay the book under treatment on a paper to catch the little black rolls of soiled dough, and go over binding and Using to the cover as well as the edgea of the leaves. Keep a roll of transparent adhesive tape handy to mend torn pages or anchor loose sheets. ICvery music store carries It. To Clean Silver Easily. , To clean silver in the easiest possible way, put a piece of aluminum Into an enamel bowl (never use an Iron one), add two quarts of boi'lng water and two tablespoonfuls of washing soda. Let silver stay In water flaa minutes. Rinse In warm water antf dry with clean cloth.