ay aside his glasses,
faintly tinted blue, and put on instead, not the rose-colored specs of
Dr. Pangloss, but a glass that blurs somewhat the outlines of men and
things; and these he may wear until midnight. The only objects which
this glass does not blur are children. Seen through blue, or rose, or
white, children are always the same. They have not changed since
Bethlehem.

* * *

A very good motto for any family is that which the Keiths of Scotland
selected a-many years ago: "They say. What say they? Let them say." It
might even do for the top of this Totem-Pole of Tooralay.

* * *

A frequent question since the war began is, "Why are there so many damn
fools in the faculties of American universities?" Chancellor Williams
of Wooster turns light on the mystery. Eminent educators who are also
damn fools are hypermorons, who are intellectual but not truly
intelligent. He says of these queer beings:

"The hypermoron may laugh in imitation of others, but he has no original
humor and very little original wit. The cause for this is that original
wit and humor require unusual combinations of factors; but the very
nature of the hypermoron is that he does not arrange and perceive such
combinations. When the hypermoron does cause laughter from some speech
or action, usually he resents it. But when a normal man unconsciously
does or says something laughable, he himself shares in making sport of
himself. Though at times amiable, the hypermoron invariably takes
himself so seriously as in a long acquaintance to become tiresome."

* * *

THE ENRAPTURED SOCIETY EDITOR.

[From the Charlotte, Ky., Chronicle.]

The lovely and elegant home of that crown prince of hospitality, the big
hearted and noble souled Ab. Weaver, was a radiant scene of enchanting
loveliness, for Cupid had brought one of his finest offerings to the
court of Hymen, for the lovable Miss Maude, the beautiful daughter of
Mr. Weaver and his refined and most excellent wife, who is a lady of
rarest charms and sweetest graces, dedicated her life's ministry to Dr.
James E. Hobgood, the brilliant and gifted and talented son of that ripe
scholar and renowned educator, the learned Prof. Hobgood, the very able
and successful president of the Oxford Female college.

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THE MISCHIEVOUS MAKE-UP MAN.

[From the Markesan, Wis., Herald.]

It is a wise man who knows when he has made a fool