at the next program would be," said Mrs.
Faran-Dole.

"The eccentricity of genius, my dear," remarked Mrs. Gottem-Allbeat.
"Genius is not tied down by rules of conduct of any sort."

"Well," said Mrs. Givu A. Payne, "I don't blame him for not wanting to
analyze this week's program. There isn't a bit of Bach or Brahms on it."

"Ladies," said Miss Ellenborough, coming forward with a gentleman who
had just arrived, "let me introduce Mr. Booth Tarkington, of Indiana.
Mr. Tarkington came up to attend the lecture, but as Dr. Dubbe will not
be here Mr. Tarkington has kindly consented to give a doughnut recital,
so to speak."

"Oh, how lovely!" we all exclaimed.

"Mr. Tarkington," added Miss Ellenborough, "is well known as the author
of the Beaucaire doughnut, the pride of Indiana doughnutdom."

Saying which Miss Ellenborough removed the screen that conceals her work
table and Mr. Tarkington, in an incredibly short time, produced a batch
of Beaucaires. They were really excellent, and we didn't leave a single
one. Mr. Everham Chumpleigh Keats poured.

After tea we all adjourned to the concert, which we enjoyed immensely,
in spite of the absence of Bach and Brahms. Not knocking Dr. Dubbe.

A LINE-O'-TYPE OR TWO

_Inveniat, quod quisque velit; non omnibus unum est, Quod placet; hic
spinas colligit, ille rosas._

--_Petronius._

_THE PASSING OF SUMMER._

_Summer is gone with its roses,
Summer is gone with its wine;
Likewise a lot of dam choses
Not so ideal and benign._

_King Sol is visiting Virgo,
On his Zodiacal way.
'Morrow's the twenty-third! Ergo,
Summer will vanish to-day._

* * *

Summer in town is a synonym for dullness. The theaters offer nothing of
importance; only trivialities are to be found on "the trestles." Musical
directors appeal only to the ears--chiefly the long ears mentioned by
Mozart. Bookstores offer "best sellers," "the latest fiction," and
"books worth reading" on the same counter; and the magazines become even
less consequential. Art in all its manifestations matches our garments
for thinness and lightness.

During the canicular period intellectual activity is at a stand, and we
should be grateful for the accident which tilted earth's axis at its
present angle; for when the leaves begin to fly before the "breath of
Autumn's being" we plunge into the new season with a cleared mentality
and a great appetite