go to town,
You'll see the raging river.

* * *

The speaker of the House of Commons, who, "trembling slightly with
emotion," declared the sitting suspended, needs in his business the calm
of the late Fred Hall. While Mr. Hall was city editor of this journal of
civilization an irate subscriber came in and mixed it with a reporter.
Mr. Hall approached the pair, who were rolling on the floor, and,
peering near-sightedly at them, addressed the reporter: "Mr. Smith, when
you have finished with this gentleman, there is a meeting at the Fourth
Methodist church which I should like to have you cover."

* * *

In his informing and stimulating collection of essays, "On Contemporary
Literature," recently published, Mr. Stuart P. Sherman squanders an
entire chapter on Theodore Dreiser. It seems to us that he might have
covered the ground and saved most of his space by quoting a single
sentence from Anatole France, who, referring to Zola, wrote: "He has no
taste, and I have come to believe that want of taste is that mysterious
sin of which the Scripture speaks, the greatest of sins, the only one
which will not be forgiven."

* * *

"What is art?" asked jesting Pilate. And before he could beat it for his
chariot someone answered: "Art is a pitcher that you can't pour anything
out of."

* * *

It is much easier to die than it is to take a vacation. A man who is
summoned to his last long voyage may set his house in order in an hour:
a few words, written or dictated, will dispose of his possessions, and
his heirs will gladly attend to the details. This done, he may fold his
hands on his chest and depart this vexatious life in peace.

* * *

It is quite another matter to prepare for a few weeks away from town.
There are bills to be paid; the iceman and the milkman and the
laundryman must be choked off, and the daily paper restrained from
littering the doorstep. There is hair to be cut, and teeth to be
tinkered, and so on. In short, it takes days to stop the machinery of
living for a fortnight, and days to start it going again. But, my dear,
one must have a change.

* * *

JUST A REHEARSAL.

[From the Elgin News.]

Mr. and Mrs. Perce left immediately on a short honeymoon trip. The
"real" honeymoon trip is soon to be made, into various parts of
Virginia.

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LAME IN BOTH REGIST