Life — March 23, 1899 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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Ir seems her husband had been ont very late, celebrat- ing—It was one of those holldays—and as he came home tn the rose flush of the morning he thought it would be acapital Idea to take a hath on getting home. First of all—and most tmportant—tt would contradict any wrong Impression as to hts condition, and bis wife sometimes had wrong tmpressions when he had been out all night. We women are $0 suspicions! But he went boldly to the bathroom and was soon splash- tng around as gayly as a canary, In fact, be created such an unusual commotion that his wife woke up and went to see what was the matter. Suddenly he saw her gazing through the door with a look 80 cold and contemptuous that {t strnck a chill to his very heart. Buthe made a dive for the soap and went oa indus- triously with bis ablations. “What are you doing there, Peter?” she asked htm, He made the effort of his life to seem debonair aud per- fectly sober. “Can't you see what I'm dolng, my dear?” he answered, with another prodigtous splash. “I'm taking @ bath Don't you think would be a good Idea for you to take off your underctothest” she asked him, with: « frozen inflec- tlon, as she passed out of sight.— Dramatic Mirror, A Teacten In @ primary school recently read to her pupils “ The Old Oaken Bucket.” After explaining It to them very carefully, she asked them to copy the first stanza from the blackboard and try to Illustrate It by drawings as the artist Illustrates story. Pretty soon one little girl handed in her book with several Ittle dots between two lines, a circle, half a dozen dots, and three buckets. “Ido not understand this, Bessle," said the teacher; “ what {s that circle?” For national London, I Newsdealers In Great Britain. | ern Bros| are now showing in their 3 Ladies’ # Cloak Dep’ts their first importations of Spring and Summer Wraps & Capes Bolero, Blazer and Eton Coats, Driving, Golf and Traveling Garments T S°6GORS AT NvLLy ‘The Inter- Sream's Bullding, Chancery Lane, “Oh, that's the well,” was the reply. “And why do you have three buckets?” “Oh, one ts the oaken bucket, one fs the tron-bound bucket, and the other ts the backet that hung in the well.” But what are the Iittle dotst* “Why, those are the spots which my Infancy knew." Argonaut. Tax fact that early impresstons linger long in the memory needs no proof, but an Interesting tilustration of It happens along now and then. “There are men,” sald Jones, * whose simple personality 1s more persuasive than any oratory could be, who can impress you more powerfully with a gesture—a wave of the hand—than If they uttered whole dictionartes of words. Did you ever come across such a man?” “On, yes,” replied Brown. “My father was a man of that kind. I came across him, as {t were, quite frequently. It was when I was across him—across his knee—that a wave of his hand always impressed me most powerfully. Ah, yest "— Youth's Companion. Ava dinner party at which Speaker Reed and Ambassador Choate were present, the latter spoke of his share in drawing up the new constitution of New York. He sald It was a noble document, and In no part was he 80 much toterested as that which prohibited the members of the New York Assembly from acceptlug passes from ratiroads. In concluston he sald: “Lam happy to say that never in my life did I ride on @ rall- road pass.” One of the members of the dinner party looked at Choate with hearty admiration, and said: “Well, 1 wish I could say that.” HARPER AND BROTHERS: NEW YORK AND LONDON. | e Martyrdom of an Empress. lastrated. An Incident and Other Happenings. By Sarah Barn well Elitot. Expiritu Santo. By Henrietta Dana Skinner. CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS: NEW YORK. The Amateur Cracksman, By E. W. Hornung. In Cuda with Shafter, By Colonel John D. Miley. Speaker Reed looked atthe speaker In his whimsical way for @ moment, and then solemnly sald: “ Well, why don't you? Choate did."—Argonaut. “Tre simplest efforts last the longest,” sald the gifted lecturer; ‘look at Mary's lamb—forever embalmed in death. leas verse."? At this moment a tall stranger tn the andience suddenly arose, and tn a voice choked with hot emotion, flercely cried: “You're a lar! Then he dramatically stalked from the room, “Who was that man?” inquired the startled lecturer, “Oh,” said the chatrman of the lecture committee, * yoa mustn't mind him. He belongs to the commissary depart- meut."—Clereland Plain Dealer. Covxset: What Is your age, madame? Witness; Forty-seven, sir. + Married or singte?” “Single. I never bad an offer of marriage in my life, and If ft 18 of any Interest to the Court, | don't mind saying ‘that [ have worn false hair for nearly thirty years.” “Hem! That ts all, madame. There ts no use tn trying to shake the direct testimony of so truthful a woman as you are."—Exchange. EUROPEAN AGENTS—Measrs. Brentano, 57 Avenue dol’Opera, Paris, With 1 the Easter Flowers & send your Sweetheart a copy of “TAKEN FROM LIFE” The flowers will fade, * perishable. Among the Poet J. WHITCOMB RILEY delicate tint—with a white SON : . TAKEN FROM LIFE ; # || border, is particularly attrac. eet acca & tive. Now on exhibition at all ME. 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