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THE MAID WAS NO FOOL.
Gentlemanly Intruder with Thievish
Intention Compliments the One
Who Foiled Him.
Thieves, if the adage may be trusted,
have a fine senes of humor. This is the
story of one who was enough of the
fine gentleman to recognize ability and
admire it, even when its possessor had
foiled his best laid plans for generous
loot.
One afternoon a few days ago the mis
tress of one of the most beautiful of ths
new houses along Riverside drive went
out in her carriage, with the information
that she should not return for several
hours at least. About four o’clock ths
i bell rang, and the maid went to ths
door. Opening it, she found, smiling in
a polite and friendly manner, a tall, dls
i tinguished looking and well dressed man,
who requested the privilege of seeing
Mrs. Blank for a moment on business of
Importance.
“Mrs. Blank has gone out and left no
word as to when she will come back,"
■aid the maid.
“Has she been gone long?” Inquired
the polished stranger.
“About two hours,” said the maid.
“Unfortunate,” murmured ths
stranger, in a vexed voice. “It is soim*
portant. May I come in and wait for a
short time? She may return.”
The maid led the way into the recep
tion hall and bade the elegant stranger
be seated. He settled himself comforta
bly, and looked around with critical in
tentness. Bric-a-brac, objects of art,
rare bronzes ornamented the tables and
the mantels. The maid sat at a respect
ful distance, with her profile severely
outlined by a window. Fifteen minutes
passed. The stranger stirred uneasily
in his deep chair. He spdke:
“I beg pardon, but I think It will hard
ly be possible for me to wait longer. I
shall therefore leave a message for your
mistress. Would you mind providing
me with paper and pencil?”
Hie in a.iu uuweu respeuuuuy auu
touched an electric button. The polite
stranger watched her with interest. An
other maid appeared.
“Annette, this gentleman desires to
leave a note for madam. Will you please
get paper and pencil from the study?”
She returned to her polite attitude
near the window. Her profile was re
markably well defined. The pencil and
paper were brought and handed to the
oolite stranger. Ha did not begin writ
'ng at once. He paused, as if in though1
Then he looked long and keenly at the
silhoutte of the maid against the win
dow. and wrote briefly. The note was
inclosed in the envelope and sealed. He
rose to his feet, and with a profound bow
handed it to the respectful and attentive
maid.
“Kindly give this to your mistress.
No, it will not be necessary to leave my
card. She will understand perfectly.”
He bowed and was gone. The maid
watched him until his smooth silk hat
disappeared from view.
A few minutes later her mistress re
turned, and the maid handed her the
note. “A gentleman left it, madam,
asking that I should give it to you im
mediately you returned.”
Her mistress handled it curiously, ob
served the address with some doubt and
opened the envelope. She read care
fully twice and then looked Inquiringly
at the maid. “What does this mean,
Mary?” she asked. “Here, read It”
Mary took the note and read it She
imiled alightly as she handed it back.
“He means, madam, that be did not
•njoy his stay, I think.” *■
The note read:
“Mrs. Blank.—Dear Madam: A complete
ttranger takes the liberty of informing
you of what you are probably already
aware, and with great pleasure attests to
Ihe valuable fact that your maid is no fool
“Her profound admirer,
“A FRIEND OF RAFFLES.”
GARB OF BRITISH TROOPS.
It Is Reported That Officers Are Very
Much Dissatisfied with Their
Uniforms.
But, for some inscrutable reason, our
soldiers appear to think their uniform
is a badge of shame, or, at least, of
servitude, says the London Truth. Any
self-respecting officer, so far as I can
see, would rather die at the head of a
forlorn hope than go to a theater Oi
testaurant or a private ball full of reg
imentals. A noncommissioned officer
who sees a brother warrior privileged
to walk down the street in plain clothes
turns sick with envy. No soldier of
any rank seems to consider that uni
form can enhance his attractions to
the female eye, and the only way in
which I have ever heard of its being
used for this purpose is by the humble,
impecunious private, who charges a fe
male admirer so much an hour—t-rfo
pence, I believe, the usual fee—fo*
walking out in company with him.
What makes this the more strange is
that it Is entirely peculiar to the Brit
ish army. In every foreign country
soldiers—and officers most of all—seem
to be extremely proud of themselves
therein. The effect of smart military
uniforms in brightening up a crowd,
whether out of doors or at any evening
assemblage, is undeniable. As a mere
matter of aesthetics most people will
agree that It would be a decided Im
provement If uniforms were worn in
England as they are on the continent.
And from the merely professional point
of view I cannot help thinking that it
would be of advantage to the army if
soldiers of all ranks were expected to
take more pride In the king’s livery,
and not encouraged so much as they
now are to consider it a privilege to
appear as civilians.
Pneumonia Kills Thousands.
During the months from November to
April one-fifth of all deaths in the large
cities of the United States are from
pneumonia, while but one-ninth art
1ms ooasumptioa.
NEED ALL-ROUND EDUCATION
Daaire for Physical Development
Comes to Parents Slowly—The
Views of One Mother.
It Is a curious fact that the desire for
physical development for their children
comes to many parents more slowly than
that for intellectual development, says
Youth’s Companion. It is pretty well
acknowledged now by everybody—from
the illiterate immigrant to the “poor
white”—that “book-learning” is a good
thing for the children. But the schools
in England meet the same opposition as
those in America when they try to put
the development of muscle on the same
basis as that of memory. Many a school
principal has listened to protests sub
stantially like that of the good woman
who carried her views of education to
the grammar school-teacher:
“I want ye to teach me girl readin’,
writin’, and 'rithmetic,” said she, “but
she ain’t t’ larn anny more of thi3
physical torture. If it’s Jumpin’ she
needs, I c’n teach her Jumpin’ meself!”
Presently we shall make good our re
turn to the Greek system, which in
cluded music and gymnastics as essen
: fcials to education, and so produced a
wonderfully balanced creature—with
body, mind and spirit in such due pro
portion that no one could overtop the
other. The professional athlete, the
puny scholar and the religious fecluse
are each the result of the separation of
one department of education from the
others. The symmetrical man is the re
sult of the well-considered union of all
the departments.
INCUBATOR ON DESERT.
Birds in Vast Wastes Cool Their Eggs
Instead of Giving Them
Warmth.
Many a person who has watched a
mother robin nestling patiently on her
eggs in a blossoming apple tree has
wondered how the little creature or her
ancestors ever learned mat tne ion*
process would cause the eggs to hatch.
A greater puzzle is set for them, says
the author of “The Land of Little Rain,”
in the great desert, where the same birds
have learned to cool their eggs instead
of warming them. In the unsheltered
nests of the sandy plains it becomes nec
essary to keep the eggs from cooking.
One hot, stifling spring in the Little An
telope, a traveler had occasion to pass
and repass the nest of a pair of meadow
larks located unhappily in the shade of a
very slender weed. The birds were never
sitting except at night, but at midday
they stood or drooped above the nest,
half- fainting, with pitifully parted bills,
spreading their wings between the sun
and the eggs. Sometimes both of them
together, with wings spread and half
lifted, maintained a spot of shade In a
terrific temperature. Their patience
was in this case rewarded, for the com
passionate traveler at last spared them
a bit of canvas, which she mounted over
the nest as a permanent shelter.
JAP COMPANY FOR ARMY,
Majority of Sandwich Islanders Hail
from Far East—Are Organizing
Militia Command.
It may not be generally known that
the United States army of the future
will include a command of Japanese
soldiers, but this is a fact, claims the
Mew York Herald. They will not come
from the armies which are fighting in
the far east, but will be enrolled from
our Japanese citizens In the Sandwich
islands. It is needless to say thgt a
r$ry large portion of. the population, of
the islands, and especially of Honolulu,
Is composed of this nation. They are
found amqng the bankers, merchants
and professional men, and are included
among the wealthiest residents of the
city. One of the principal schools of
Honolulu Is attended exclusively by
Japanese children, and here has been
enrolled a command of cadets which is
to be mustered into the United States
militia as soon as its members are old
enough. It is drilled by a former Japan
ese army officer, and although organ
ized but a few years ago, this battalion
has already attained a high standard of
efficiency. It is frequently seen on
parade in Honolulu and attracts much
attention.
“SMART SET- AT RAT PITS
Fashionable Society Women at French
Resort Enjoy Revolting
Spectacles.
The latest attraction for the “smart
set” at Aix-les-Bains, France, is a rat pit
where fashionable foreigners gather on
Sunday afternoons to witness rat and
dog fights. At a recent fight the grand
stand facing the ring was packed with
screaming women, who seemed to
revel in the proceedings. Inside the
wired ring was a man who let out so
many rats for each dog. Some of the
rats were already so feeble that they
could scarcely crawl, and had to be kicked
toward the dog that killed them. Scores
of rats were left half dead, and lay
writhing, while the well-dressed sight
seers shrieked with excitement. H. V.
Barnett, an Englishman, who was pres
ent, ventured to protest against the cru
elty of the affair, and was promptly
turned out by the police.
Mountain Air to Blame.
A new guest arrived at a New Ham
shire farmhouse where a Boston gentle
man happened to be holding forth on
the piazza, says the Rochester Herald.
The newcomer was much Impressed by
the speaker’s fluency. "I declare," he
remarked to the landlord, “that man has
an extensive vocabulary, hasn’t he?"
The landlord was mightily pleased.
“That’s so," he said. “That’s what
mountain air will do for a man. He
ain’t been boardin’ with me but two
weeks, and I know he must have let his
waistband out much so four timsa."
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