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31 BY PAFL WEST. ETHEL, trots in wid box under her fin one day. an says: "I vaster see kin yous appreciate somepin reel- we II. she says. "Don't be droppln do bomb 'round says.

"Tis no he says, rippln the paper off an' drsggin oat -pair 6 them kicks wid the two-story heels. -Aia't 'them the he art-teaser ahe says, haadla one o' 'em to me. "Samples she says. "an, youse'd never t'lnky I paid lessen ft dollars fer 'em." she says. "1 never sat the orice o' no thin no guy give I "Ill saw the heels off a little if you aia't bjectln." I says, -an wear 'em some day when I don't mind twin follered by th' admlrin' mob." I aays.

"Youse!" she says, grabbin' the kick. I bope youse didetrt think they waa yourn?" "Oh." I says, givtn' 'em anuther peek. -I wasn't noticln' the size at least. I says. I only wear number elght-an'-a-haff' I -ays.

youse!" ahe says, seeln I'm wbistlin' fer her goat "But ain't they reel pash. though she they made for you speshul?" I says. "No," she says, "the gerr.mun what pushed the xart told me they waa bulit for Gabby, only 3 cuulden wear 'em, they bela' 'she says. "Maude Adams an' Eva Tanguay Is bot' o' them bin crazy fer to try 'em on, he says. she says, "but he woulden' leave 'em do It.

him bein' willin fer to wait for some lady what cocld do 'em Jurtice." she says. "The gemmun says," ahe. says, "he'd almost gave up hopes o' anoybody takin 'em off en his hands." she saya, "till I come up the alley Jus by, she says. The mut!" I says. "If he'd of painted ESSE SUMPTER.

who lived in Eagle Pass. Texas, for many years, came to Eagle Pass with the United States troops in the war against Mexico to 1848. When he first located there the men on the frontier had great sport catching wild horses, says the New York Sun. "At the same time," said Sumpter. "great herds of mustangs roamed over the prairies bordering on the Rio Grande valley, and the breaking and taming of them for sale was a lucrative business.

Before being tamed the mustangs had to be caujtt. and to accomplish this two" methods were employed, one known as walking and the HUNTING other as driving. "To make a drive twenty-live or more men were engaged. First, a short corral made of mesquite pickets braced on the outer side was constructed. This corral was of a peculiar spiral form, with wide extended wings extending from the gate and la which the horses formed a whorL The purpose of the spiral was to prevent the mustangs that entered first from following the fence until they returned to the gate, where they would have Jammed with 'the rest of the herd still coming In.

with A the inevitable result of breaking down the stoutest fence and the escape of the whole -lot. "Bot directed by the spiral continuatloa to one of the wings into the corral, the mustangs, as they entered, would circle 'around to the center, forming what the Mexicans call a Temollno or thus relieving all obstruction at the gate and too great pressure oa the fence. Some of these pens were very large, capable of holding 500 horses, so that the necessity for the ingenious spiral arrangement Is quite evident. The wlnga were "run out 60 yards or more and at such angle that the distance spsrt at the ends waa the same as their length. "Beyond the wings and aligned with them mea were stationed on norseback .1.000 to 2.000 yards apart, according to the lay of the country.

The whole length of the wings, with their human extension, would be seven or eight miles, with that distance between the end men. Everything being ready four, or five men would go out to round up the mustangs. Having- gathered a herd the drivers would direct them toward the wide gap between the last two stations. As the mustangs passed Into the big funnel the men on the would in and Join, the herders la directing them toward the pen. Once corralled the mustangs were lassoed singly, dragred out ORIGIN OF, THE BECAUSE aa Inventor sat dowa to devise a klndvof contrivance to enable the deaf to hear, we ar Indebted for the dictograph, the little mechanical detective that did so much toward breaking dowa the defense of the McNa-marss, that baa been- used successfully fa trapping criminals and thai constitutes our latest weapoa agajnst crime, Th dictograph is an Innocent enough looking apparatus.

It doesn't differ much from a telephone. But where a person has to talk straight into the transmitter of a telephone one has to speak merely above a whisper where the- dictograph transmitter Is exposed, and the words can be heard faithfully reproduced 111 any other room connected by means of a wire receiver. It is no more than the magnifier and transmitter of tiny sounds. A small, round rubber box with apertures to admit th sound waves to a peculiarly constructed vibrating disk takes la the conversation of the room and passes, it along to the maa at the receiving end. The success of the dictograph is based on Its extreme sensitivity, suid therein Is foe secret of its construction, for the tusventor- of the device i has declined to exr'MtJ tho Inner workings.

1 In la If 'em red he could of sold 'em. to the mayor the city," I Says. mayor!" she says; "What' he-be "Ferryboats, I says, duckin' the box they'd came' In. "8 that 'she- says, reel pleasant 7 like. The' nea" Insult offen youse an' It'll be the typewriter youH get.

1 was only klddln," I says. "They're swell kicks. Put 'em on," I says, "aa Jeave aa see how yoo handle 'em, I will not," she says. "I'm savin 'em fer New Year's evpn.T, she says. "They're oofs, all right." I saya.

"but even at that they'll never be heard over all the flih horns an rattlers!" "Huh." she says. hope youie wasen' t'lnkln' my busbind would be allowin me fer to mingle wid the common herd that night." she "ways." ''Aw," I saya. -nobodyd kick." gotter table at wan the most notorious caffays In town." she rays. "Fine fer Ed!" I says. Tin about time he was doia' somepln to support you," I tays.

-I congratulate him." 1 says. "He'd ought- er be pick la op a pocketful e' tips that I says; "not to; say" nutbin'o' 'the left-over eats on th" plates." I tays. "My Gawd!" she blats. "CalHa" my. husband a waiter We're gointer set-st the table, not wait on It." she says.

"Oh. 1 beg yer par don." I says; "I certainly do. Mebbe 111 take run over an see youse. then." I tays. "If I kin break sway from me own party at the says.

"Where'll yours beT" I says. "Chlldses the Chop Sooey palace?" I says. "Annyhow," I says, "don't be thrpwia that red paper sway offen the bundle." I says, grabbin into the waste basket fer It as gettin me bead ducked by her. "I wanter cut it up for ccmfetty fling In the cang's eyes, I yw. i "MUed wld a little pepper.

Mil be line." I says. "An I mustn't be fe'rgettln to borrey a couple nails offen the car- pioter," I aays. "fer to stick la the end o' the tickler I bought." "Indeed!" the bona says Jus' then, him bavin' slipped la t'rough the letter slit or somewhere widout me seeia bim. couiden' help overbearln' yer remarks," he saya, "Bill, about mixta pepper wld yer confetti an nail la yer tickler. I s'pose youse has reference to New Year's WILD HORSES.

and quickly I can't say gently but at any rate subjected to the domination of man. "I waa engaged ia the business several years, had a number of mea regularly employed and hand-led a great many mustaaga. The biggest herd I ever saw brought Into the wings waa In a drive I made near Congo Springs. I had twenty-eight men engaged. Twenty-four were posted on the wings, twelve on' each side, while four men went out to make the drive.

Mustangs were unusually abundant, and the drivers got together several big bunches. Along aboct 5 o'clock the great herd entered the wings at high speed and closely bunched. Whea the gate was reached the Jam was such that the ponies began to climb, over one another. "The crush was too great, and only ninety ponies had entered wbea one of the wings gave way close to tbo gate. But all of the Immense herd had become engaged la the wide extending wings of fenelng snd men and continued to pass through the break.

Until 10 o'clock that nigbt the great stream of horses rolled by la un-1 broken line at a thundering gallop. I estl- mated the number of mustangs that passed out the gap at 8,004. at the ground next day one would have thought that a division of cavalry had passed over It "Among the ninety captured were sev eral mansos, or bioken horses, that bad leen stampeded from some camp or ranch by the mustangs and had remained with them This was a common occurrence la those days and a source of much annoyance and loss to ranchmen. According to the law at that time the manaoa thus captured had to be advertised and the owner could recover them by paying half their value. The driring of mustangs was then a recognized occupation, and those engag ing I it had to get out a state license costing $1S.

"The other of capturing mustangs waa by walking them down, as It was called, though at the beginning of the chase the gait was anything but a walk. The Idea waa to keep th ponies oa the move day and sight until they became completely exhaasted from continued exertion and lack of food. To' carry out a walk six or eight mea. all good and hardy riders, would form a party. Some watering place frequented by a bunch of mustangs would be selected, sad here the psrty would lie Is wait, pitching camp early In the morning so as to have 'their horses well rested whea the strenuous work of the chsse began.

DICTOGRAPH. The whole apparatus weighs little less than oa pound and can be carried in ooe's peckat without aay Inconvenience. other day; the dictograph had a chance In a New York court whea a female fortune teller was oa trial for attempted extortion. The court was a bit puzzled whether to admit the dictograph evidence which had accomplished the woman'a arrest. Finally the Judge decided to try th dictograph himself.

The apparatus was pat under the Judge's chair, a detective waa put at the other end of the wire la an ad- Joining room. A conversation carried on lnj the courtroom was neara oy so aeiecuvo the room adjoining by means of the dictograph aad that settled the point. The reliability of the apparatus waa established the court's mind." Was Long-Headed. He asked her in yearning, pleading tones he, could not give her aa engagement ring as a Christmas present. But she comes of a thrifty aad far-seeing family which never loses Its presence of mind.

darling." she softly "I will take the ring Let Christmas bring Its happy surprises Just as usualM eve. he -1 says. "Jess a UttU fun, b.oss," I says, "1 woulden' Jab nobody hard," I says, try In' ter get out the bole. coarse not." be says. "Jes the reel carnival wpeerit." he aaya, "which makes flags so plesssat on night, nights," he says.

"Blowln fish horns later th ears deef old ladles." he says, "an' Jolly little diversions like them," he says. "That's what was tellin' him, Mr. Had-ley." Ethel butts In. breathia on them shoes her'a an' sblnin them on her sleeve, fer to make a hit wid the boss. I "It mlghten be a bad idee if youse was to forbid him to go out on th streets that night, fer It's perfectly diaguatia'." "I t'ink our" young triea' kin take care of himself." the boss says, wlnkia' at me.

"However," he saya, "seeia that th' glad occasion la Wednesday night," he says, "aa" r. Mustangs are very regular la their habits, and about o'clock the expected bunch would appear. The ambushed mea would remain quiet until the wild horses satisfied their thirst, experience having taught that they had less speed and endurance after drinking than before. As sooa as the bunch started back from the water hoi the two hardiest riders la the party oa the toughest poalea would rash out and with a yell aad cracking of whlpa stampede the mus Away the mustangs would break In a wild gallop. Keeping up this Initial raa usually for seme miles, the two men ia pursuit would keep ia sight, taking advantage of the wild herd's tendency to curve la Its course, and when finally the mustangs would stop to blow rid quickly upon them and again with yell and crack of whlpa them off oa another run.

Oa this break the run 'would be shorter, aad so with each successive run. "The mea doing th 'walking would fellow the mustangs, mostly, at a gallop, throughout the night aad the succeeding day, ia no wise dlrectlpg their course, but keeping them constantly moving. As mustangs la running always move la something of a circle their pursuers In follow ing them would hav to cover much less ground. Yet. aa noted, for the first twenty- four hours the moat hardy riders on long' winded mounts were required to keep la touch with th riderless ponies.

"During the afternoon the mustangs invariably wheeled tewad their aecuatomed watering place, arriving taet despite their all night scamper at the usual hour. A gala they were permitted to drink to their fill. Coming out from the water with distended stomachs, they would be Inclined 11 dowaC but no rest now for the tired beasts Two fresh mea tf the party would rid out, frighten them; hang oa their trail and keep upMh same tactics as th day be fore. The second day's task waa mac easier, yet required constant and occa sional hard riding. At the end of twenty four hours tho bewildered mustangs would again appear at the watering place, when.

after drinking, they were set upon ty th last pair of men. 1 By tale time "the pursuit had Indeed become a walk. The thoroughly tired mus tangs would make very short breaka and at walk. But these wild scions of proud Arabian ancestors were ha-dy and gam. and it aometlmes required a fourth shift of pursuers to subdutr them.

Finally, how ever, weariness aad hunger would ao over' com the mustangs' greats fear of maa that when they halted to graze whip and club would be needed 'to mov -them. Wherever the breakdown occurred a pen was buKt, into which the exhaasted and now thoroughly, subdued poalea' wer driven. as easily aa work oxen. "Mustang catching wns aa exciting sport, or business, as you may choose to call it, strenuous and not devoid of dan ger, as Indians made frequent raids through the country ia those daya.Whil building a pen preparatory to a drive about forty milea east of Eagle Pass our party got out of meat. Taking Augustia Floras, my major domo, along, I rod out svra! miles from looking for deer.

found a bunch, and, while following them trying to get a shot, a band of Indians' suddenly galloped out of a stretch of thick wood, to OQr fcnd cam at wKk a yell. We brok for camp and, having a good start aad better mounts than oar I felt no uneasiness. "We wer easily outfootiog th redskins when Augustin cklled to me that Tali hers was falling. I was riding under rein aad my own escape was certain, but to abandon companion under sack circumstances was altogether against th frontiersman's Kotini a dens chaparral thicket to th right. I changed my course toward it, calling oat to Augustia to follow m.

his horse giving oat as we reached tha cover. ran Insld and welt tbla to eorctsl oanelvM completely. 1 was wonderin woulden' It be a lovely Idee for th' free of as to formylate a sort o' J'int res'lution regardla th' ings we'd oughter be swearin' off on fer th eomin' year the' Lord, nlneteen-fourteen. Oh, woulden' nr JCtbel sayai "Whadda youse say. Bill be boss saya.

ligbtin' wan them loag seegars o' blssen an settln back oa hia chair. "Fine fer tbem as needs It. boss," I says. "I faiIto comprehend youse," he says, kinder shettia' his eyes like he do when he's dlggln' at yer. "Well, boss." I says.

"I fought only them as had anything bad fer to swear offen' could do It," I says, "aa as fer as I goes," I says, "I ain't got no bad habits nor nutbla," I says. "It gives me he says, "ladles aa genu, fer to be loterjoocla' Master William Doody." he says, "th perfeck yoof." The thicket wss a small one, covering little more than aa acre or ground, so that the Indians were enabled to employ their usual 'tactics of clrcliag around, getting In closer oa each turn. Our arms were muzzle loading rifles, breach loading magazine guns not yet having come Into use. "Under such circumstances It Is best to hold off from shooting aa long as possible, aa the object of the Indians Is to draw your fir prematurely, then rush In and dispatch you before you can load. Thus by refraining from shooting the red devils may often be held off indefinitely.

Old frontiersmen say that an empty gun has been the salvation of many a maa puraued by Indians. These facts were present la my mind as I lay la the thicket and watcht the savages circle In nearer and nearer to our cover, uttering warwhoopa and making Insulting gestures." Finally a gaudily dressed feHow, wbo seemed to be the leader, made common Indian dare, and aa be did so presented so fair a mark that my sportsman's blood overcame my prudence. Rising to my knees to get a better view, I pulled down oa "At the crack of my rifle be gave a sharp yell, wabbled a moment, and fell forward, but held himself on by throwing his arms i around his pony's neck. His nearest com. anions galloped up to him at once, and soon th whole band was gathered around him.

After aome lively gesticulating they 11 started back toward the timber from which they had emerged. From the excite ment and the retreat I Judged I had got the 'heap big Injun' of the bunch. When well away and I had reloaded Augustin de cided to take a crack at them, the Indiana at the time lying almost fiat oa their horses, according to their habit when re treating. Flores was a splendid shot, aad notwithstanding the unsatisfactory mark presented, evidently hit his man. as he was seea to clap hia hand to hia back, straighten up and then receive assistance from a companion.

"We lay In th bushes all night, but next morning felt assured that the Indians had decamped, aa In their raids they were constantly on the move. Quite securely thou followed, their trail back to the woods, came to where they Jiad camped, and there found blood stains wher two bodies had Iain on the ground, dead or only wounded we never knew, Flores. poor fellow, several years" afterwards waa killed and scalped by Indiana while he waa on his wsy from his ranch to Eagle Pass." he says. "He don't needer drink, chew, turkey trot or do nuthln he shouldea, setcb aa associate wld delirious companions," or somepln like that, he says, "like wan Iizy Kati," he says. boss," I says.

aszy ain't setca a bad guy!" he aays, wld a wink at Ethel, "they are others. However, I was sujjcs' youse could Improve the New Year be seeia. less that young gent. aa. It might not bs setch a bad Idee.

Pers'nally," he says, "I am willin. fer to make a few sicrftice hits meselt," says, "an I'm gointer swear off smokln' fer th' entire year." be says. "As fer Miss Ethel." he pr.j; "fur be It from me ter sujjes anny- thln'. but "I hate to be mentlonln It, boss," ssys. "but if youse oa'y knowed the time wait ed "Aw.

Mister HadlejC" Ethel "I don't spend more time before that glass than most, ladles, but I Twould be wort tryin'," he ssys. "Bill; would youse kindly remove that little cabinet wld the mirror on It an put it la my room?" Sure, I says. ihat won't do no good. What I meant she kin carry In her handbag an put it on her cheeks anny time." r. Ithel lets out a holler an' the boss coughs, but he knowed what I meant, so I was square wid that skirt for makia' re marks about, me on New Year'a.

eve. That night I had the time me young life, comin near bein' pinched two or free times, an' It was hard work Jaaulln' outer the hay nex morula', but I done it, aa' I was down merry aa bright. do I Dumo Into tbe flrat tin but Iit.t Kt! "Happy New Year, Shrimp!" he says, an I'm Jcs' gointer open me trap an" wish him the same, when I remember. "Out me way youse!" I says. "I gotter swear offen speakin' to youse fer a year!" "Who told youse so?" he says.

"Me boss." I says; "Me boss told me th' same- about youse," he says, "an I wasen" gointer notice youse after- this. But youse kin wlsht me a "Happy New Year. can'tcher?" "Aw, take it!" I saya. So we shook fins an I goes upstairs. la a couple of minnuts la comes Ethel, lookln' as faded as a Sattidy night head lettuce.

"Happy New Year, old scout!" I says, an she gives it back. Then the first fing she does Is sashay over where her lookln' glass uaeter was. "April fool!" I says. yer swore off, an to agreement Is the first wan- o'. the bunch that breaka the new law is th' office liar fer th' whole SHIELDS OF THEIR ANCESTORS.

(Coetlnued From First Page.) facetiously insists thst M. J. Faberty Is not a Milesian at all but by descent a Cromwelllan Roundhead and that he will hie charges against him aa such with the Irish Fellowship Club. Strange to say. the harp figures but' little on Irish escutcheons.

The only Irish family that has it for crest Is the famous bardic one of MacCurtln, for centuries noted scholars and linguists, especially la the latter capacity, as shown by Hugh MacCurtln, who published, an Eng-lifh-Irish dictionary In Paris in 1732. and the late Jeremiah Curtia." native of Wisconsin, author of the "History of the Mongols," transistor of Sienkiwicx and ac knowledged greatest Oriental -linguist rf modern times. Crultin. modernised Cur-tin, means "small hence the crest. A worthy representative of the clan in Chicago Is Lawyer John Curtin, one of the best living; suthorities on Brebon law, on which Is based much of the law of the land.

A Munster elan of note was that of O'Leary. which owned the district still called from them. Ivcleary, where th ruins of their castles bristle between Macroom and Gougane Barra. A talbot or hunting dog, symbolic of courage and fidelity, and a wild boar, of daring and endurance, distinguished their shield. Ia Chicago a chief representative of the elan Is the genial -'John D.

O'Leary of; the Clogher branch, well 'known for his experience In annually directing flights of tourists to various parts of the globe. The Lelnster family of Havana gh descends from Donal Caomhonach (the Gentle), son of Dermod MacMurrogh. last King of Lelnster. who died In 1171. Their chief representative' In Chicago la Judge Marcus Kavanagh of the Superior court, who says: "Yon will notice that most of th mot toes oa eoats-of-arma ar In Norman French or Latin, while mine la la the an cient tongue ef th grand race, signifying "Peace and Plenty.

Still that lUelf la ne the original motto of my house. Peae Follows Fighting, It used to be. until soma oa a gentle-minded cleric, pr-hap toned down the savage --old slogan. year," I ssys. "Th' bof o' youse make me sus.

t'But I kla sUnd It. It ain't," she says, "like aa If I waa wearte a bunch false hair like mos wlmmen." she says. An'-jea' then the Boss come la. Hones. I acver seen but one' party lookln' rockier, an', he'd been hit be aa automobile cemta' past aa goln' back.

But ho was game, an'- after he'd said' "Happy New Year" aa chipper aa he could, be slips me a whole haadfal seegars an' tells me fer to give 'em to the starter, bim havln' forgot. So we started the year. Well, It was runny. I aia't sayla' I hated Inr Katz, but up to now I could of got along all right -widout kissia' him goo4 night or aoyt'ing. but on the level.

I 'begun to get as lonely, fer that tadpole! -An' as fer Ethel, 'twas a scream. The boss would holler fer her, an' that poor dame'd hop up an dive fer the place where that glass'd oughter be. ponndin' her oslermoor to shape It up! Then when I give herthe laff, she'd go clean off her tracks aa bat Into Ahe boas cave lookln-fei; trouble. Youse'd hear 'epi goln' tt in there, an' then she'd come out lookln' like a cart load o' lemons, an the boss'd call me in. he says, one time.

"What's the matter wld youse? Why doncher hep when I call? Will 1 baveter be sendln' fer th' gard'ner?" he says, tappin wld his knuckles on th desk, nervous-like, "fer to be pry in' youse bp be th' roots?" he ssys. "Say somepln?" he boilers, an I looks "round fer somepln fer to maul him wld if be starts bitin'. -Yesslr! No. sir!" I says. "Here!" fie aays, rlppln a bill offen a roll that would stop th leak In the dike.

"Take this an' go out an bay me $5 wort that chewin' gum that takes away th taste fer tobaccer. he aays, an' I ducks. Ethel's bangin away at her machine like Yet I like better the more ascient motto of the Kavanagha, for nothing In this world worth having waa ever gained without a battle battle with the living world or a fight with Its' physics'! forces. The stingy old world will keep for Itself anything worth while until one throws the miser down and wrenches the thing sway. For example.

It may be Imagined that the girl who tonight will win a small fortune by a few boors singing in grand opera Is getting her wealth pretty easily; but what she wins tonight is only the spoil of many a hard battle to win her vclce fought, agatnat herself and-the world, and often fought, no doubt, in loneliness, distress and perhaps despair. The man who Inherits money and land gets It easily himself, bat the battle was fought by hia father, and If he and his children are. to hold oa to the inheritance tey must be ready to put up a stiff battle against the crowd that later is going to throw them down and take It away. So I say that 'Plenty Follows Fight-irg Is the better motto, and, if It were still a day of emblems and mottoes, I would paint It oa my shield and wear It as well as I could in my mind, for it la a brave, stimulating slogan." The line of Donal regained the ancient crown of Lelnster until one of them took It with him to where It waa lost dur Ing the revolution. A "garb" or sheaf of corn, the emblem of plenty, is seen la the arms of the Kavanagha and of mos of the other clans de scended from Can ire- Mor, monarch of Ire land A.

D. J20. To the Murphys It a specially appropriate one, Jhey being the most plentiful and numerous Milesian clan today, both ia Ireland and la Chicago. The Cork branch, which moved down there after th Invading English got troublesome la Lelnster, and whoa chief representative la Chicago Is M. W.

Murphy, most racially genial and generous, took unto themselves four sheaves and four lions more than aay other family has in amplification of the Ideal of plenty. A feeling lurks lp. England that, Americana are pretty dens as to coats of arms, that their idea of them Is that they are foreign curios thst go In th marriage mar- I wiflli you could sec wLat we male out of cliy. Twould give you a real surprise. Tke thing tkat we make are sot pretty and outV Ixa sure tkey would open your jeyef.

We male little disKa iancl teapots and cup. And. vases and tzbUs and ctairs. And monkey) and popdles. like we saw one At one of tic Dig county iairs Sometimes we make? ladies' with wonderful clothe? And hats trimmed with feathers and flowers.

put them all out in the sun when they're done letthem hake slowly for hours. often male funny old men with tall hats And spectacles over their And whiskers, that Joan? like a hiUjr oafe Beard And collars and- furmy bow tics, SCULPTORS. the hated. It, an' I says, when I gets out there, "Well, fer heaven's sake." I says. "I guess we better be sendla' ia a hurry call fer the silly cart fer th' boss." "Don't talk to me," she says, "or I'll stab youse wld th' earaseri" An', that-makes me go up la th' air! "I bope ysr choke, th two youse!" I says.

Well, eatin' lunch widout me frien' Izsy wasen' nacheral. I dlden' have no appetite, ao' I fit wld th' dago ao' all, an' whea I come back I was as ugly as a drum major some guy's lammed wld a err. I pulls mo bat down over me nos when I our dump, an' goes la lookln' fer some guy to be aayin' aomepia to me. when what fink? I opens the door, an who's ther. sittiaMn me seat, bat Izzy Katz.

"Happy New Yeir, Shrimp!" he says. that so?" I says. "If th boss ketches youse In her It'll be 'Best In G'wan out wldr. youse!" says, grabbin' him up. "An' holy smoke!" I ssys, gettin a sniff.

"Some guy's been in here wid si see gar! If th' boss smells that," I says. -uiern nsveter oe. caiiin" th reserves. Where's that grouch of aa Ethel?" I says, poekin'- in her room. Aa' believe me, I near fainted, whea 'there she Is, wld her lookln' glass back oa the wall, makln' her hair over.

"Happy New Year, Bill," ahe says, turn in 'round wld a smile. An' before I kla get me breaf, outer his room comes th' boss himself, wid 'a seegar In his mouf that woulden' go under Brooklyn bridge. "Happy New Year, Bill!" he says. "As youse see. Us all over!" he says.

'Tve sent fer fries' Mister Katz," he says. "I've returned to the shine o' th' office th' glass in which to see her own fair smiles, an." he sayk. blowln' the room full smcke, 'Tve fixed things so's I kin Ulk to meself widout insultin' meself, an the world rolls right, oncet more. "Fine, boss." I says. "Here's the chewin gum youse told me to be buying youse." so' unloads th whole bunch five dollars' worf on the desk.

"Keep It." he says. "Save It fer th poor fool party." be saya, "that makes New Yesra res'Iutlons aa' sticks to 'em." be says. "He has my Vet with titles and coronets and old castle's. And. tills feeling is occasionally stimulated by some traveled Briton.

Some years ajj ne Crampton was English Ambasaador aLVVat hlngton. He cent his carriage to I repaired. On calling to inquire about lr to ran the story with which he convulsed bis country on, his return he noticed tew-cral vehicles with his armorial bearings on them, aad the carriage maker explained: "Some of our citizens saw your carriage and liked the pattern on it, aad reckoned they would bare It painted oa theirs aa welL" American 'escutcheons are superior to many' English ones Is thst they have the halo of antiquity. There are no coats of arms invented over here, aad about the only English one that has reference to America is what was granted to the family of General 7 Robert Ross of th En grub army for his exploit la burning the capltol of Washington 100 years ago. after defeating a small American militia force at Bladensburg.

It shows a hand tearing dowa the American flag from a broken a laff. The family calls it elf, by royal license, Rots of Blcdensburg. Ea revanche, a returned American tells what he saw among European nobility in reduced circumstances, with regard to th "boast of Some titled families bsppened to share the building in which he waa staying. Oa the return or departure ct aay of the hoi arlstoi whea out driving he noticed a servant coming or going with a pair of carriage 'doors under his arm. The pathetic fact developed that each decayed nobis family had its own carriage doors, emblazoned with, its own coat of arma, and that one carriage did for all! It may be that the bearing of crests or coats of arms on automobiles, aa nowoa some hotel conveyances, delivery wagoni and stor windows, may become th correct thing In this great republic.

There is copyright on each things, save allegedly for those used aa trade marks la which connection It may be mentioned that Lord Tennyson, poet Iaureat of England, had his coat of arms painted on. his milk cans when he took up th dairy business ss a slde'issue. As for mottoes, they are publli property. COLEMAN SHERMAN. We make little girls with their hair in long raids.

And dresses of ribbon and lace. And when they are dry so the paint will not run. paint them a dear little tace. -v We make little hoys dressed in sailor hoy suit -Vith hats on their little round heads. I We make little dressers with mirrors of tin And rocking chairs, tables and beds.

We have all the clay that we ever can need; It grows, as you know, in our yard. It's just like' the clay that you buy in the stores Except it's a little too hard. Now if you are thinking modeling in clay, Don't buy it. whatever you do. Just come' to see us, and we'll take you outdoors.

And dig you aDushel or two. MARTHA r..