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There is twofold cause for rejoicing over the prospect that we are to3mve a Municipal Bulging at last

of course that it is to be builtsecond that so desirable and

a site has been selected forThe location is central taking accountof the constant trend of the city in awesterly direction is easily

and in the line of the proposedImprovement of Pennsylvania AvenueIn the evolution of the Greater

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great and wealthy country Thilethe building need not be larger thanthe needs of the localcall for it ought to becomparable to structures of a likenature to be found in the capitalcities of other countries Thereshould be nothing cheap about iteither in material or design It oughtalso to fit in well with the othergreat public edifices already existinghere anti to be erected in the future

Washington has long expected thisconsummation It is to be hoped thatthe expectations cherished in regardto this public structure will not bedisappointed

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ENGLISH VIEW OF MOROAN The FinancierCompellIng Eye

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the world In these words aLondon financier described MrJ Pierpont Morgan who has

arrived on his annual trip to Europe saysthe London Express

Cobody but himself knows what MriMbrgan is coming for Nobody but

is in secret as to the fullextent of his plans He believes in thesudden onslaught in business mattersIt is stated variously that he is comingfor a holiday that he is coming to see

biy anything in the marketMr Morgan has some points of re

semblance to our own Mr Hooley butmore points of difference Like MrHoeley the American financUir plays forhigh stakes states precisely how much beintends to make and sweeps away smallermen by the breadth of his schemes andthe curt way in which be arrives at asettlement Unlike Mr Hooley he basthe knack of continued success

It is a futile business to try and compate hew much of a mans success is dueto character and bow much to abilityLack may be left out of the questionBst it is certainly true of Mr Morganthat character has iliad a good deal to doSwfth the amai3ng of his millions andtie growth of his power He is a bigman a masterful man and a curt manHe lets you see that he intends to havehis own way and that you must not wastehis time before surrendering

The Morgan eye is said to be a fear-some weapon The story goes that whenMr Morgan wants a new railway he callsup the president and glares at hum Thebewildered president shivers and sellsHang it said cne of them it that man

held only a singl share in a railroad hewould boss it The compelling eye andthe masterful mind are great things in

they have the necessarymillions behind them In his dealings

the outer world Mr Morgan hIsierce but no fascination for whichreason he is powerful rather thanpopular

His power Is that of wealth used ia-ceeeantly for the purpose of making morewealth The moves of the game are dazaingly swift and as confusing as a

In the early stages or a negotiatian you can generally be sure thatwhatever Mr Morgan la doing it Is notwhat 3 u think he is This faet causesfittttorJBgs in the financial devecot When

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THE MATTER OF POOR SPELLINGI reporieaI x sixty students ia an Eogltefe class at

JL yS5erth western UnIversity were able topass a simple examination ia spell

iag tfeeagh they have actually beestlwuabiag tile spoiling book the lasttwe months There is just a gleam ofencouragement ia this evidence that speHfag books are still printed but the stu-d Btc Jaber the sane dWadvaafages M the fftat eaiaa who imagined

had solved all the knotty prefcJeaN of fiaanee after two months studyThey did act begin early eaough in

the pitied ef application te thebeak too short for any time of life

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Instruction were sever better iiJtMtraiad than IB the aid Webster spelllug book Words should be tears Ingrettpe to Which is a similarity of

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What color are your eatpleyers eyesThe eyes of the man at the next desk

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America But r fur practical purposes heis richer than all the rich men Thecapital represented in the interests whichhe Steel Trust the rail-ways the steamships and theestimated at the amazing total of 200000800 He buys and sells again collect-ing large commissions on every deal andhe invests his own money In the concernsupon which be operates He Is the em-peror of commission agents and hismovements across the globe are as min-utely tratchad and recorded as those ofany other king

Mr Morgan is no fool He does nottrust to luck and be is not conceitedenough to think that he knows it allihrself His method of collecting astaff was like the rest of his operationsHe has eleven partners and every one ofthem Is a recognized expert In some de-partment of finance He appointed one ofthem without seeing him surely castrength of his established reputationand paid him a salary of 19009 a yearwith a share of profits With men of thiskind at his elbows Mr Morgan ices notseed to waste weeks on inqurles whenthere is a big deal in progress

He is s nina of few words and he waitsfor the other man to begin the talking-A young broker went to bins to borrow

200009 for a client Being warned abouttilL great oaans methods he said what heranted in half a dozen words and handed hii 2e list of securities to be de-posited He looked st me as if he sawclear through me said the broker andthen glanced wilily down the list Thenhe said Ill take the loan and handedme over to one of his partners Alto-gether I was in his room about a minuteand a half

There is another story about how MrMorgan this weapon of brevity Aman owned coal lands in Pennsylvaniawhirls he knew were necessary for one ofthe great mans schemes He went downprepared to have it out with Morganand to extract such a price as would makehis children happy to the third generation He was kept waiting for a longtime and then the man of millions cameout bulky and impassive and looked himcoldly in the eye 111 give you so muchfor your property said the big man atlast The impressed coal owner agreed onthe spot and walked out of the office

Finally he Is a man who builds uprather than destroys and although small-er men and weaker concerns may perishin the procees his object Is always toweld tottering interests together andmake them strong Competition is criminal be says when It destroys the in-terest on investments and that is theruling principle of big business life

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It is a pity that the discipline is soranch neglected now a pity also thatseveral of those unfortunate Northwestera students were so far demoralizedthat they spelled thorough thereThis was not a natural error becausethoro does not sound like thorough andit was clearly due to a lamentable infection from the falsely called phoneticsystem With that disease following upona neglect of the early education hoperaaet be absadeoed

For the encouragement of the spellingreformers Jefcn McDoaaM of the Westera School Journal has made a calculations by which be assures that atUte rate they are BOW if thepeople and press w uld approve the Eng

38 years this takes no accouat ofthe constant accessions to languagewhich anabera 25 ia the decade tramim to

the road of the spelling reformer is a RecordHerald

printed OR its face You have seenword a thousand times Write them outcorrectly can do this Also whatis the number ia the case of your watchHow leigh ia inches is a silk batHew maRT teeth have you

What are the words OH a zvelieeraans

How many iHtltess has the vest orshirt waist you are wearingHow many stairs are there in the firstSight at r ur houseHow many steps lead from the streetto the front of your bouse or flatany 1 2 5 or 10 bill you ever saw

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EFFECTS OF RECENT BENEFACTIONS

ON POPULAR EDUCATIONSo-

me men of doing great things for their development favorable conditions arid these are the men for whom the Carnegie and Rhodesgifts are meant n i

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beyond the limits of theelementary schools and high schoolsto the college

The extraordinary increase in thenumber of high schools in the lastdecade the development of State uni-versities and the change of publicsentiment toward the free collegeshere in Xew College of theCity of New York and the XormalCollege which now rest securely ona basis of popular evi-

dences of this tendency-As the college supplements the high

school so the university supplementsthe college Universities in the truesense of the word eannot at presentat least look to the State for sup-port For this season the gifts of MrCarnegie for an establishment atWashington of an institution thechief purpose of which is researchand the founding of the Oxford Statescholarship by Cecil Rhodes are tobe regarded as a natural supplement-to the public educational system ofthis country

In order to obtain a Rhodes schol

AT EVENTIDE

By ELIZABETH EIXICOTT

Through all the day we live for nowAt eventide we live for thenAnd heart and soul both backward turnAnd in the Way of Memory wendThe sun through yonder blue and cloudOf lovely colors noble grandBreathes swift his dying hour as tooBreathes out the soul of dying man

Like echoing bells at vesper hourRing out the chimes of olden daysAcross the bleak of other landsAcross the tide of other waysOHC note prolonged yet deathly sweetRemembers all the childish yearsAs In and out lisa shadows playAbout the shore and foaming weir

O childhood gay O innocenceThat knows no wrong norquestions whyThe Judas should the Christ betrayWhy those who love him fearing flyNo conscious evil frights the soulOf smiling infant fresh from GodHis way is bright fron Land of PunTo mystic golden Land of Nod

Within the note of childish daysAn angel cadence gently ringsAn echo of the songs the hostor guardian angels sweetly singAs oer the path the baby feetWill wander on its happy wayThey hover with calm folded wingsUntil the twilight shadows gray

Confuse the tired closing eyesAnd baby sinks In slumbers restAnd knows the flowers and thrilling songsHeard in the angels gardensThe branches bend to kiss the beamsHalfdancing on the purple wavesAnd through the wood the note of nightWith thoughts of peace our memories

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PASSING OF THE WHALER

T WAS Prof Agassiz the eminent nat-

uralist who made the prediction

i twenty yours ago that within fiftyyears the whale would become

and the prediction made may beverified In less time than he mentioned-In the yours gone by when great fleetswent out from the United tates EnglandGermany and Russia to bunt the whalein every sea even to within a few degress of the North Pole he was annuallyslaughtered by the thousand and onemight have safely predicted its total extinction If the fleets continued its workBut they did not Other oils came to bepreferred and In place of fleets vesselswent out only by threes and fours Thewhales have been given a quarter of acentury in which to restore their number It seems as it the respite cametoo In every known sea they havebeen growing scarcer year by year antthunting the leviathan of the deep is nowas uncertain as huntIng the elk of theforest

The hunting of the whale for his oilceased several years ago as the pricedropped to a low figure but there arequite a number of vessels pursuing him

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for the whalebone be yields This Isfound in the Arctic whale alone as noother species is thus supplied and hemust be followed to the frozen seas ofthe north There are uses for whalebone which no substitute can fill but itseems as if there would not be a poundof it to be bad In a few years In 1726

no less than eightysix whales were takenby the Nantucket fishermen and oldSouthampton L I was famous for thetaking of the whale as far back as 1669

when the catch off that port was twelveTo this day the men of Amagansett

put off from the shore to the stirring cryof There she blows The Americanwhaling industry has had some serioussetbacks In 1871 thirtythree vessels belonging to the Arctic fleet were crushed inthe and during the civil war the

privateer Sbenandoah capturedand burned a large HeeL There is prec-ious little romance left in the whalingbusiness as well as mighty little profit

Whale fiehiBg was about the first in

Off to the Woods

Off to the in the early SpringOff and away where the swaet birds singOff to the woods to a grapevine swingOft and away like birds on the wingOff to where the fresh green

tipsSpeak to our hearts with their budding

Call unto us and none jriiiy resistOff to the woods to make thore your trystOff to tho wopds ye or ye gayOK and away for the livelong dayOff to the woods make haste to obeyOff and awayoff off and away

Gertrude Okie Gaskill In The ChicagoLiving Church

Too QuickLady to bird fancier I must get you

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arship TIO man need become a sup-pliant for charity The youth whohas obtained his preliminary

elementary high school andcollegiate from the State not as amatter of charity but as a matter ofright as a citizen may enter intocompetition for one of the Rhodesscholarships offered as a reward ofmerit If he succeeds he enters intothe society of scholars which knowsno limitation of race creed or con-ditions

If I understand correctly the pur-pose of 3fr gift for theestablishment in Washington of aninstitution for research it will giveto graduates of our colleges and uni-versities an opportunity to pursuetheir studies far beyond the limitsset in other institutions The critical period in the life of a scholar orinvestigator is the time when havingreceived his university degree he islooking forward with hope to the ac-complishment of something in isisspecial field of work which will makethe worldAviser or better Often such-a man finds ifc necessary to take a

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dustry engaged in by the colonists Allalong the coast from Wilmington Delto the mouth of the St Lawrence it waspursued with great success During theyear 1842 fortytwo ships were sent fromthe town of Sag Harbor L L That townand Nantucket were the principal whal-ing the country Today there isnot a single whaler hailing from SagHarbor At the present time the ma-jority of alL the ships engaged in thistrade arc owned in New Bedford whichis now seat of the American whal-ing industry

Latest advices from the whaling fleetare woefully discouraging The catch fora twelvemonth amounts to thirtyninewhales best for one vessel wastwelve and three vessels had no luckat all During the present season onlytwentytyro were taken the others beingcredited to the season of 300 A fewyears ago there were 200000 pounds ofwhalebone in the American market andon October 15 of this year the supply haddeclined to 75G0 of which 64500 wereheld in New Bedford At a recent salethe price of whalebone a pound was quot-ed at 250 and New Bedford dealers sayit will advance to 4 a pound

The whale lives principally upon thedevilfish or ctopus and its mortal ene-

mies are the shark and swordfish Themeat of the whale tastes something likebeef but is coarser and has a strongflavor Ambergris is the most valuableproduct of the whalefishing industry

rarely found by whalers upon removingthe blubber of the whale The substance-is of enormous value and is found onlyin the sperm whale The largest quan-

tity ever found at one time wasfrom a whale by the schooner Watermanof Nantscket It weighed 640 pounds andwas sold in Boston for 7500

Whales are groat travelers For ex-ample the ship Catawba of Nantucketstruck a whale off the coast of Braziland twenty years later the same whalewas captured by the Andrew Hicks offthe Galapagos Islands In 1882 CaptainPaddock of the ship Lion of Nantucketstruck a whale off the River LaPlata forced to abandon In1815 he captured the same whale off theGalapagos Islands Penn Yan Democrat

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to wear out his youthful enthusiasmin teaching the rudiments of his

In Germany and in France uni-versity fellowship are provided forsuch men This is what the Carnegiefoundation will do for young men inthis country

Thus it seems to me that the effectof these gifts on public education willbe to supjplement the work of theState and to make it possible for anyman who has it in him to make him-self a scholar in the true sense ofthe word Men of genius make theirown opportunities but some mencapable of doing great things requirefavorable conditions for their devel

and these are the men forwhom the Carnegie and rhodes giftsare

have spoken of the effect of thesegifts on individuals there anotherside to the question The influence ofthe universities is felt even in thekindergarten As Dr William T Har-ris the United States Commissioner-of Education recently said it is important to conduct even the mostelementary education of the people-in the light of the highest and bestin human learning

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AMERICA SHOULD HAVE A-

NEW NATIONAL HYMN

By J PRAISE RICHARD

In The Evening Times of Apirl 25 Is an interesting and suggestive edi-torial on the subject A New National Not I trust your sug-gestions mdy stimulate some musician to compose amelody American in originanti commensurate with the richness and dignity of the poem My CountryTin of Thee

Pcrmlt ne to suggest further that a slight change in the first stanza ofbeautiful hymn needs to be made Let the word peoples be substituted

for thET word pilgrims I mention a few reasons1 IJrom the fact tbat Dr Smith wrote the poem in Boston in 1832 the

word had reference originally to the settlers at Plymouth Rock andadjaSont territory The word is too local It excludes the settlers at otherpoints along the Atlantic Ocean My ancestors were GermanSwiss and asslstedin the Revolutionary War to secure our independence The people ofVirgnia New York Georgia and the Carolinas were just aspatriotic as those of New England

2 With this change the poem appeals to every portion of our country recognizihglno North no South no East no West Bvery one under the protec-tion of the grand old flag will then be able to sitg with greatest pride

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peaceful vale of Cherry Creek andfrom the conies a roar asrows of a leak Thebatter grasps the willow club thepitcher strikes an attitude thecatcher gives his hands a rub theumpire with gluedupcn the andonce again the seasons on

Way up the telegraphic pole the eagersmall boy porches high and In thefence each knotty hole and they arcmany frames an eye The scorecard merchants voice rings out thevoice through all the winterthe peanut loudlykid guns andthat same cushion man is there to

our pantalettes from wear

The knocker with his noisy knock thekicker with his xnuHlsh kick the talk-er with his bally talk upon the seatsas flies are thick The ladies in theirsmart attire enthusiasm in theirare there bevies to admire andthe players to the skies andtheir dainty hands when one ofsome figure makes a run

The old excuses now are fed to bossesfrom employes lip The grandma onher dying bed the wire at home downwith la grippe Thatwill be spied beside

there the rick wife bT her busbands Side and bow thosewill blush and stare to catch theiremployers eyes lit up halfamused surprise

The game Is on the seasons here thestricken ball outs through thethe batters fan the ntmcsphere therunners round the bases tear theumpire calls the strikes and ballsputs runners out when they are innor heeds the rooters angry squallsthat they wIll kill him suro as sinThe seasons here the same old mussand on the saats the same old us

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BY HARKY ROMAIXE

You heart ma belle coquetteAs your glove

And I know youd pine and pout and fretIn the chains of a lifelong Jove

If we were married youd flirt with JimOr wheavrthe man might be

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OF THE GREAT NORTMWESTTo Miss S

By ANDREW ARMSTRONG

As the in glory leaves the languor of the EastWhen of evening settles over palace and bazaarAnd are burning dimly over revelry and feastAnd It roams the drawn by magic force afarTin It glows at oer a distant mountain crestLighting up the hills and valleys of the great Northwest-

So I dream the brightest glory the Levant has ever knownFwas the light of womans beauty in its highest brilliancy

When the shadows closed her ami the fame of ages goneLonely lit the fading grandeur and the passing pageantryMoved through depths of trackless distance dawning lastly in

itsthe vision of the maiden of the great Northwest

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OUTLOOK OF M C AIN THE TWENTIETH

ByE 0 SELBERS Assistant Secretary Washington Branch TM C A

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Christian the mostpotent factor at among youngmen for their moral physical andspiritual welfare The associationwill always remain true to the greatfundamental principles which havebeen so often reiterated at its greatconventions including the socalledParis basis which is the platform ofthe association movement throughout-the world and was adopted at the firsfrworlds conference held in Paris in1S55

This platform is that TheMens Christian Association y

unite those young men whoJesus Christ as their God and Sa-

viour according to the Holy Scrip-tures desire to he His intheir doctrine and into associate their efforts for the ex-

tension of His kingdom among youngmenTo

successfully accomplish this theassociation makes use of the gym-nasium educational classes lecturecourses socials in fact all of thebest of club life JTo moneyhas to supply the wantsof all young men make theYoung 3FeRTs Christian Associationthe next place to home or as it issometimes a home downtown

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The American work stands well tothe forefront and the history anddevelopment of tins movement in allparts of the world in past fiftyyears are but oregleams of the pos-sibilities of the future of the asso-ciation

There are in this upwardof 1700 associationsship well approaching 300000 whilethe property owned by the associa-tion in this country alone reaches22000000 The work has

probation commendationsupport of such men as PresidentJloosevelt President A J ofthe Pennsylvania JlailrondV PresidentM E Ingalls of the Chesapeake antiOhio Railroad Commander AYadhamsU S JT Miss Helen Gould Mr WK Vanderbilt Senator ChaunceyMDepew Samuel Spencer ofthe Southern Railroad Bishops Potter Hurst and Sntterleeand all theleading clergy business and profes-sional men throughout the lengthand breadth of the country

With the history of thcrpastv thesupport and cooperation Jfas those mentioned and the Increasedresources incident to successful

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THE BACHELOR GIRL OFTHE SHOP AND ISTUE5IO

first problem which confrontsbachelor girl in a big city atoutset of her wageearning ca-

reer is Where and shall Ilive the St Louis Star

are entirely selfdependent-on wages of 2 to 3 a For sucklimited purses there are two resources the homes tapper ted by charityprivate or public and the selfsupportedboarding houses which furnish rooms andboard at 250 to 3 a

The homos are the cleanerlighter and more wholesome but the rulesare rigid and irksome The greatest ob-

jection however is their savor of charitywhich to the independent American girlspoils the taste of the best bread in the

cheap boarding house Is much lessattractive Jt is usually In the mostcrowded section of the city and thenecessities as well as thetory rooms are furnished

So each struggler here at leastthe incentive of discomfort to push tierway up in the world as fast as possibleinto a little stratum of where shecan afford to or d weefc at low-est for her food and housing

For this sum live very cozilyThere are two doors ppsa to the sevcndollaraweek girl BeyoJd either Is

a spot fatistjrfeat rushing citypeace and homiUness will warm

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light Ourcan week and up a sun-ny room commanding a wide expanse of

cr three flights up perhapsshe can have marvelous housekeeping ar-rangements of her own a roomy settlewhich on loosening a peg may be turnedinto a table a couchbed Orientallydraped that opens to swallow her entirewardrobe a chiffonier which as asideboard and hosts of prettymakeshifts which lead double existence

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If she and a taste forshe can soon at small expansetiny wilderness to blossom as rose

What Is a bachelor den without a cozycorner Of course she must have one

She puts In a plea with fora couchbed with wire instead ofthe white Iron one and anOriental cover as well Sofa pillows next

For this purpose the possibilities otfivecent bandanna are endless She maybuy design from Persian to polkadot bright scarlets Shesews two for each slip Oad sheleaves open to take the pillow from atnight This oflo she ties together fordaytime use with of pretty ribbon

the India cheap and efas well as the endless designs

stamped on linen to be embroidered atodd

A screen may be constructedwith the aid of three brokcnTJanels frontan old frame a few yards ofchintz and a paper of tacks The hingesare bits of cloth doubled pp several timesand the band decoration sf thecrepe paper

Japanese umbrellas of Various sizessuspended open above the cozy corner orfrom the arch of a daorway add a quaintOriental touch They can be purchasedfor 10 or 20 cents The effect may beheightened by Japanese lanternsby string or ribbon from andoer arch These also may be had for 1020 and 50 cents

Then Miss Bachelor Girl tack afew folding paper fans or oddly cut palmleaf ones beneath her umbrellas or abovethe lanterns to hide the handles Thofans can be had for a few cents each

A wire frame for photos cast be boughtfor 15 cents or a larger size for 25 centsAnother pretty way to arrange orsnapshots Is to fasten them onlong streamers bright ribbon about twoInches wide acn hang them panelwise

or window casingsyou go on beautifying your little

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X HERE are some things which hapI pea so often in stories that they

have become part of the novelistsstock In trade his tools in fact

which heemployes as regularly as a car-penter does his saw or a burglar hisjimmy Occasionally they grow oldfashioned and are replaced by newer or morecomplicated articles warranted to standthe wear and tear of a few years usageThe tool box Is filled afresh and each In-

ventive artisan goes to work with thesame admirable apparatus

Brain fevers for example are no longerde riguer as formerly when no tale washeld to be complete without one

Forged wills too are growing rarer infiction grim family secrets nave almostpassed out of record and even Eliza-bethan houses with latticed windows appear to have fallen into decay

In their place we have cbeap restaurants cooperative workshops sermonsand lectures unabridged a new and notvery edifying type of clergyman an endless variety cf old maids and some intimate revolutions of poverty

One of these is the inevitable and melaHciHJly mortgage which has the samedisturbing prominence in American fic-

tion ia short stories especially that thelandlord to have in heartreadingEnglish tales

Of the two evils I prefer the landlordbecause he at least is flesh andy blood has

On the Use of the Word Get-

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a body to be kicked and a soul to bedamned We can say roundly with ilissBella Wilier I hate our landlord aridfeel that we are hating something nailsomebody But this dreadful mortgage

us out of irritation into despond-ency

In Western stories it absorbs all theproSt of the farmers toll and leaves himpoor soured and disheartened

In New England tales it generallycome down as a heritage cr trouble fromsome involved grandfather and seek gen-eration is bowed and bent under theweight of Its grievous yoke

In all cases the uncompromising touchof realism gives a pawful distiactiveneflto the pictures and seems to say laliner This Is called fiction but it Is thetruth Resist its power who

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farm toll MS about that happy Hthere Is a New England wamaa wfeasehome is really her owa tell us about thatprosperous spinster Give usa little

now and then to melt the icegild the unguarded moments we stealfrom time

AN ENVIED PLACE

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