was Passed. An another time he made a Speech
when the Alumni celebrated a Foot Ball Victory. Frequently he goes
Shopping with me. Last year he acted as Angel for a Musical Comedy.
The Driver of our Car is a Frenchman. And don't overlook the Fact that
for Six Years he has been a Stock Broker. He may fall at any Moment,
but if he does he will pick out a Haystack on the way down."

MORAL: The Wright Brothers were not the first to be Up in the Air.

BOOKS MADE TO BALANCE

Once there was a Husky employed to crack the Whip around a smoky Works
that did not offer an attractive Vista from the Car Window, although
it blossomed with a fragrant crop of Dividends every time the Directors
got together in the Back Room.

Most of the American Workingmen employed in this Hive of Industry came
from remote parts of Europe. Each wore his Head entirely in front of
his Ears and had taken an Oath to support the Constitution.

It was the duty of the Husky to keep these imported Rabbits on the Jump
and increase the Output.

He made himself so strong that he was declared In every time a Melon
was sliced, and when it came time to Scramble the Eggs and pull of the
grand Whack-Up, he was standing at the head of the Line with a Basket
on his Arm.

So it came about that one who started in a Thatched Cottage and grew
up on cold Spuds and never saw a Manicure Set until he was 38 years of
age, went home one day to find Gold Fish swimming about in every Room
and Servants blocking the Hallways.

He had some trouble finding Rings that would go over his Knuckles and
the Silk Kind felt itchy for quite a while, but finally he adjusted
himself to his new Prosperity and began to deplore the apparent Growth
of Socialism.

This rugged and forceful Character, to whom the Muck-Rakers referred as
a Baron, had a Daughter who started out as Katie when she carried the
Hot Coffee over to Dad every Noon.

When she got her first Chip Diamond and Father switched from the Dudeen
to Cigars, she was known in High School Circles as Katherine.

And when Pop got in on the main Divvy and began to take an interest in
Paintings, the name went down on the Register at the Waldorf as
Kathryn, in those peaked Sierra Nevada Letters about four inches high.

Katie used to go to St. Joseph's Hall once in a while with Martin, the
Lad who helped around the Grocery.

Katherine regarded with much Favor a Pallid Drug Clerk who acted as a
Clearing House for all Local Sc