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v GASTONIA GAZETTE t i PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYh GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS. $1.50 A TEAR Ef ADVANCE GASTONIA, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 14, 1013. NO. 19. VOL. XXXIV. THE LATEST EVENTS III GASTOHIA'S SOCIAL CIRCLES r; RECORD OF LOCAL SOCIETY HAPPENINGS AND D0IN6S OF GENERAL INTEREST HEWS OF THE COUNTY SHORT LOCAL ITEMS THE ilOVEHENTCJFJASTON PEOPLE Personal Items About Gaston Folk and their Friends Short Item About People and Things That Art of Interest to Gazette Readers Condensed for Their Convenience Today is St. Valentine's Day. Did you get yours? late B. S. A. Aderholdt. Mr. John R. Rankin, city clerk, has been confined to his room at the Allgood house with an attack of ill ness. About the scarcest article on the Gastonia market just now is dry pine wood. It can hardly be secur ed ,at all. Misses Nell McLean and Hallie Torrence expect to leave next Friday for Spartanburg. S. C, where they will spend the woek-end with friends. Mr. R. A. Torrence, of Lincoln, Neb., was In Gastonia yesterday. He Is on a visit to his father, Mr. R. A. Torrence, at Charlotte, and hlB sis ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. At East Baptist church Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock the pastor, Rev. J. J. Beach, will preach on "Christ's Suffering Our Example." and at 7 p. m. he will have for his subject "The Refuge of Lies." Gratifying news conies from Raleigh as to the condition of Mrs. Claude A. Eury, who recently under went a serious operation in a Raleign hospital. She is getting along un usually well, her physicians say, and her friends have strong hopes of her early restoration to complete health. On page six of this issue will be round a large display advertisement of an auction sale of land to be held at the old Aderholdt home place near Crouse on Saturday, March 1st. The farm has been subdivided into four small tracts and will be sold by Messrs. D. W. Aderholdt and M. R. Rudisill, agents for the heirs of the Howard A. Banks, of Hickory. Mr. W. L. Ormand, of Bessemer City, was a business visitor in Gas tonia yesterday. Mr. Ormand Is one of Gaston's leading chicken fanciers and his Barred Rocks are as pretty a lot of fowls as one will see any where. Mr. Ormand has been in ttie poultry busineps for twenty years and is one of the best posted men on the subject In this section. At a special meeting of the city council to be held on Tuesday night, February 2fth. at 7:30 o'clock, bids will be opened for the new Issue or $70,000 of municipal bonds. The bond Issue has been well advertised and it Is expected there will be a large number of bids to be passed upon. The regular meeting of the city council for February was held at the city hall Tuesday night. The session was a brief one, only a few matters of a routine nature being transacted. On account of the absence of City Clerk John R. Rankin, who is con fined to his room by illness, no ac counts were passed upon. A special to this morning s Greensboro Daily News states that an appropriation bill which passed Con gress yesterday carried, among other items for North Carolina, an appro priation of $20,000 towards Gasto nla's postofnee building. This -mount. It Is presumed, will be avail able during the current year for the purpose of beginning actual work on the building. Knox, the 12-year-old son of Mr. W. L. Whltesides, who lives on route one, a mile and a half west of town, was bitten on the arm last Saturday by a stray mad dog. The canine was killed and its head sent immediately to the Pasteur Institute at Raleign for examination. The Institute re ported that the dog was afflicted with hydrophobia and Mr. White sides left Tuesday with his son tor Raleigh where he is now undergoing treatment. The father is expected to return home today. The union service at the Luth eran church last Sunday night was very largely attended and the serv Ice was both Interesting and Inspir ing. The church was filled to Its ca pacity. The congregations partici pating were the Lutheran, First Bap tist, First Presbyterian, Associate Reformed Presbyterians and the Main Street Methodist congregations. Music was furnished by a choir com posed of members from the choirs or all these churches. One feature oi the music was a selection rendered by a quartet from the First Presby terian church. Rev. Dr. J. C. Gallo way, pastor of the A. R. P. church, preached the sermon. Rev. M. A. Ash by Is the new pastor .of the Lutheran church and under his guid ance this congregation is taking on new life. To Give Ron Supper. The Ladies' Aid Society of the West Airline M. E. church will give a box supper at the Trenton school house on Clay street tomorrow night. The proceeds will be for the benefit of the church and the public it cor dially Invited. An effort ia being made by the to bacco raisers ot Rockingham county, to defeat the anti-cigarette bill now pending In the Legislature. Rev. Dr. A. R. Shaw has resigned the pastorate of the Tenth Avenue Presbyterian church, Charlotte, .which he has held for seven years, to accept the chair of theology In the Southwestern Presbyterian Uni versity, Clarkville, Tenn. . THE GENERALASSEMBLY STATE MAY PAY DEBTS WITH BONDS Liuqidation of Indebtedness, Fur nishing Six-Months School Term and Providing for Charitable In stitutions Will Require Bond Is sue What Our lawmakers Are Doing at Raleigh. Following is a brief resume of the work of the General Assembry this week up to yesterday: MONDAY. The House adopted a Joint resolu tion by Representative Young or Harnett for the appointment of a commission consisting of one Senator and two Representatives to investi gate the books of officers charged with reporting and collection of in heritance and schedule B and C taxes of any counties Dhey may see fit and report the findings to the General As sembly. The people are looking to this General Assembly, the resolu tion declares, to find a way for six months schools, without crippling our State institutions. It also states that for 1911 $9,000 was collected in in heritance taxes the .-tate over and for 1912 only $6,000: that certain counties have not returned any sched ule B and C taxes, and others gross ly inadequate amounts. Chairman Doughton of the Finance Committee said the committee is see ing to it that new revenue and ma chinery bills now being framed are being provided with ample "teeth" for the enforcement of these and oth er tax regulations. Representative Kellum introduced a bill to authorize the sale or beer :n Wilmington, if approved by a vote or the people: the annual license tax to be $2,000 on each saloon, and of ficers to have right of search, and if any other intoxicants are found, own ers shall be guilty of misdemeanor and license forfeited. 'Kellum has assurances from numbers of members that they will Join in fight for the bilr and to have their counties included, in the Senate Senator Wakefield of fered a bill to amend the i-'tate Con stitution as to when electors may vote without being able to read and write. TUESDAY. The Senate Committee on the Cor poration Commission and the House Committee on Public Service Cor porations held a public hearing on the several bills providing for super vision by the Corporation Commis sion of all public utility corporation now now controlled by the commis sion. The principal objection urged a gainst the bill of Senator Jones and the others was the use of the ex pression "actual value" with refer ence to assessment. What the pow er and transmission company men preferred would be "true value." The .committee took no action, ad journing until next Monday after noon at 4 o'clock. The subcommittee to redistrict the State into 20 judicial districts anc? arrange the terms of court for the several counties will meet in tne Senate Chamber next Monday at 3 o'clock. All persons having any In formation or suggestions on the sub ject ae Invited to be present and give the committee the benefit or them. Senator Mason is chairman for the Senate and Bowie for the House. The Senate Committee on Propo sitions and Grievances will report ra vorably Senator Bryant's bill re stricting the sale of cocaine, eucaine or mixtures of either. These three drugs are not now under the ban of the law. The bill contains searcn and seizure machinery and makes possession prima facie evidence of violation. Representative Clark's bill to pre vent the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in North Carolina received Its death blow at the hands of the House Committee on Public Healtn after that committee had been stormed with protests from the to bacco Interests of the State. WEDNESDAY. The Senate killed by a very decis ive vote the Kellum House bill to put husband and wife on the same footing in seeking divorce on Bibli cal grounds and the Stewart bill al lowing divorce after five-years sep aration. Senator Ivie introduced a bill for the settlement, registration and transfer of land titles after the man nerof the Torrens system with ma chinery in the Superior Court in stead of a special land court. A bill by Senator Weaver would abolish joint tenancy between hus band and wife. Evans of Bladen introduced a bill to have the Governor appoint a com mission of three business men to In vestigate during the next two years the question of selling all or part or the State farms and using the State convicts on highway construction in the various counties. The House voted down 64 to 4 8 the bill to make Sabbath desecration a misdemeanor punishable by $50 fine or 30 days in Jail, instead of merely a penalty of $1 for each of fense. Representative Clarke introduced a joint resolution to the effect that farmers of this State are paying an nually $7,000,000 tobacco tax, shift ed by manufacturers on to planters, inflicting great injustice on the far mers and enabling the, tobacco trust to prevent farmers from organizing to manufacture their own tobacco. (Continued on page 5.) ENTERTAINMENTS 1-X)R MRS. HOEY. Quite a number of social events have been given during the past ten days complimentary to Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, who has been the attractive house-guest of Mrs. R. C. Warren and Mrs. Frost Torrence. Among those who have entertained for Mrs. Hoey were Mrs. G. W. Ra gan, Mrs. S. A. Robinson, Mrs. A. A. McLean and Mrs. J. D. Moore. Mrs. Hoey leaves today for her home In Shelby. MRS. DURHAM ENTERTAINS. At her home on South Broad street Thursday morning from 10:30 to 2 o'clock Mrs. S. J. Durham en tertained at a sewing party, follow ed by a four-course luncheon In hon or of several visiting ladies. To each guest was given a beautiful souvenir basket filled with bon-bons and tied with ribbon and red hearts embody ing the Valentine Idea. The guests were Mrs. A. L. McClellan, of Rich mond, Va.; Mrs. E. V. Mellon, or Charlotte: Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby; Mrs. D. A. Garrison, Mrs. Stella Scofield, Mrs. W. L. Balthls and Mrs. Walter Ramseur. DINNER IN HONOR OF MRS. McCLKIXAN. Mrs. 3. N. Boyce was the hostess Wednesday evening at an elegant ten-course dinner given in honor of Mrs. A. L. McClellan, of Richmond. Va., and Mrs. R. Grady Rankin, the hostess' daughter. The center piece was a beautiful silver basket tied with tulle and filled with violets. The hand-painted place cards werr also in violet desiirn.The guests in cluded only the families of the hos tess and of Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Me rcian's hostess. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Boyce. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Garland, Mr. and Mrs. R. n. Rankin, Dr and Mrs. S. A. Wilklns, of Dallas, Col. and Mrs. T. L. Craig, Mrs. McClellan and Mrs. E. W. Mellon. WEDDING T YORKYII.I.K. Invitations reading as follows have been received in Gastonia: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jackson request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Marjorie to Mr. J. Alexander Bigger on Wednesday afternoon, February t wenty-sfxth nineteen hundred and thirteen at three-thirty o'clock At Home Yorkrille, South Carolina. Mips Jackson was with the Thom son Mercantile Company here last fall, till after Christmas, and made many friends during her stay hero. The groom-elect was formerly with the First National Bank of Gastonia and has many friends here and In the county. The announcement or their approaching marriage will be a matter of Interest to all their friends. FRIENDLY MATRONS WITH MRS. MASON. "The Friendly Mal.ons and a num ber of invited guests were mo6t de lightfully entertained at a trail par ty given by Mrs. O. F. Mason at her beautiful home on oouth Oakland Street yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. Besides the members of the club, the list of Invited guests in cluded all the ladies who are guests at the joint house party being given Mrs. J. V. Harper and Miss Marie Torrence, as well as Mrs. A. L. Mc Clellan. of Richmond. Va., Mrs. E. W. Mellon, of Charlotte, Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, Mrs. H. B. Moore, Mrs. Bismarck Capps and Mrs. W. H. Poole. Trail was played at ten tables, the score cards being in the shape of red hearts, and score being kept by Miss Violet Rankin and Mifs Ruth Mason. After the game re freshments were served, the Vaien tlne idea being carried out In these. The hostess was assisted by Miss Hallie Torrence and Miss Katherlne Mason. STUDY CLUR WITH MRS. REID. The regular meeting of the Study Club was held Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. J. P. Reld at her home on South Broad street. The subject for the afternoon was "Way Down South," and. Interesting papers were read by Mrs. D. E. McConnell on Florida and its Fauna; by Mrs. La Far on Old St. Augustine, Its past and Present, and by Mrs. J. M. Sloan from Cable's "Old Creole Days" and Grace King's "Balcony Stories." A paper by Mrs. Frank L. Wilson on Louisiana, the People, Ancestry and Customs, was read by Mrs. Joe 3. Wray in Mrs. Wilson's absence. Mrs. H. B. Moore led the round table discussion. The re freshments served were suggestive of the tonic, being Florida fruits, Creole pudding and black coffee. Each guest was given a beautiful hand-painted Valentine as a souve nir. Besides the members ot the club Mrs. "Bismarck Capps, of Lynch burg, Va.: Mrs. Stella Scofield. or Los Angeles. Cal., and Mrs. Haltb cock, of WTadesboro, were present as Invited guests. AUCTION BRIDGE AT MISS McLEAX'S. Among the numerous social affairs given In honor of the guests at the joint houee party being given this week by Mrs. J. V. Harper and Miss Marie Torrence, none has been more enjoyable than the auction bridge party given Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock by Miss Nell McLean at her home on South Broad street. The score cards, which were of a Valentine design, were punched by little Miss Annie Ervln Nichols and the prize was won by Mrs. R. A. Grimes. Those present were Mrs. Pugh Ward and Mrs. H. D. Harper, of Kinston; Mrs. W. K. Davenport and Miss Irene Wheat, of Gaffney; Miss Madge Webb, of Shelby; Mrs. R. A. Grimes, Miss Sallle Martin and Miss Ruth Abernethy, of Hickory; Miss Lottie, Kluttz, of Chester. The house party guests, and Mrs. T. a. Wilkins, Mrs. J. Lean Adams, Mrt. E. W. Gilliam, Mtb. S. R. Clinton, Mrs. W. E. Nichols, of Chester; .Hisses Johnsie Adams and Jennie Pegrara. After the game an elegant honffe luncheon was served, th hortfss being assisted by Mrs. ID. V. Gilliam and Miss Johnsie Adams. MUSIC CLUR WITH MRS. RALTHIS. The regular meeting of the Music Club will be held next Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. W. L. Balthis at her home on Ches ter street. The subject for the meet ing is Johannes Brahms, and the fol lowing program will be rendered: 1. Chorus. 2. Round Table Discussion, led by Misses Pearl Gallant and Lowry Shuford. 3. Instrumental Solo by Mrs. A. C. Jones. 4. Vocal Trio by Mesdames Lew is Balthis, Hope Brison and W. T. Rankin. ". Instrumental Duet by Mes dames B. II. Parker and F. D. Bark ley. t. Vocal Duet by Misses Marie Torrence and Jane Morris. 7. Violin Solo by Miss Lillian At kins. X. Instrumental Duet by Mrs. B. T. Morris and Miss Carrie Morris. 9. Vocal Solo by Mrs. H. B. Moore. 10. Instrumental Duet by Mrs. Rutter and Mrs. Pursley. 1 1 . Chorus Practice. S. AND O. CLUR WITH MRS. W. C. DAVIS. Wednesday afternoon from three to six Mrs. Walter C. Davis was hostess to the S. and O. Club and a large number of invited guests at her home on South Broad street. The Valentine idea prevailed in the decorations, red hearts being used everywhere. Trail was played at twelve tables, the score cards being in the shape of red hearts and the tables also being numbered In the same way. Mrs. R. B. Babington and Miss Ixuisa Reld kept the score. On each table was a heart-shaped box of delicious mints. After the game an elegant salad course was served, the hostess being assisted by Miss Virgie Davis. Mrs. R. B. Bab ington and Miss Eleanor Reld. Among the invited guests, beside the club members, were Mrs. A. L. Mc Clellan, of Richmond, and Mrs. Ed Mellon, of Charlotte, who are the guests of Mrs. T. L. Craig; Mrs. S. A. Wilklns, of Dallas; Mrs. R. A. Grimes, Mrs. F. A. Henderson, Miss Ruth Abernethy and Miss Sallle Martin, of Hickory, and Mrs. H. D. Harper and Mrs. Pugh Ward, of Kinston. who are the guests or Mrs. J. V. Harper; Miss Madge Webb, of Shelby, Miss Irene Wheat, of Gaff ney, S. C, Miss Lottie Klutzz, or Chester, S. C, and Mrs. W. K. Dav enport, of Gaffney, who are the guests of Miss Marie Torrence; Mrs. F. P. Rockett, Mrs. A. J. KIrby, Mrs. G. C. Andrews. Mrs. I. A. Campbell, Mrs. A. A. McLean. Mrs. G. W. Ra TOn, Mrs. Walter Ramseur, Mrs. S. J. Durham, Mrs. A. E. Woltz, Mrs. R. Grady Rankin, Miss Zoe Latham, Mrs. E. D. Atkins. Mrs. John O. Ran kin and Mrs. J. D. Moore. RECEPTION AT MRS. HARPER'S. In honor of the guests of Mrs. J. V. Harper and Miss Marie Torrence at the joint house party being given this week a brilliant reception was given Tuesday afternoon from four to six at the home of Mrs. Harper on South Marietta street. Upon the ar rival the guests were greeted at the door by Mrs. L. F. Wetzell and were shown Into the parlor and presented to the receiving line by Mrs. S. A. Wilkins and Mrs. O. F. Mason. In the receiving line were the hostess es, Mrs. Harper and Miss Torrence, their guests, Mrs. R. A. Grimes, Mrs. F. A. Henderson, Miss Ruth Aberne thy and Miss Sallle Martin, of HieK ory; Mrs. H. D. Harper and Mrs. Pugh Ward, of Kinston: Miss Irene Wheat and Mrs. W. K. Davenport, of Gaffney: Miss Lottie Kluttz, of Ches ter, and Miss Madge Webb, of Shel by; Mrs. C. R. Hoey, of Shelby, who is the guest of Mrs. Robert C. War ren: Mrs. A. L. McClellan, of Rien mond; Mrs. Ed Mellon and Miss Ma ry Neal Mellon, of Charlotte, who are the guests of Mrs. T. L. Craig. From the parlor the guests were shown by Mrs. A. A. McLean, Mrs. Fred Srayre and Mrs. S. A. Robln sdn Into the dining room where cof fee and sandwiches were served by Mrs. W. J. Clifford, assisted by Miss es Johnsie Adams, Jennie Pegrara, Lillian Watson and Sarah Mellon. The guests were next shown Into the LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS Newsy Letters from Caret te Corres pondents Here and There Over Good Old Gaston What Our Neighbors Are Doing in the Var ious Sections of the County Per sonal Mention of People Ton Know and Some You Don't Know, RKLMONT BOYS BITTEN. John and Robert Freeze Taken to Pasteur Institute. Correspondence of The Gazette. 'BELMONT, Feb. 11. John and Robert Freeze, sons of Mr. R. A Freeze of this community, aged 17 and 15 years, respectively, left yes terday afternoon for Raleigh, where they go to take the Pasteur treat ment for mad dog bite. Sunday afternoon the elder of the two boys was giving some water to a bulldog owned by the family, whlcn had become vicious from having been tied. Without warning the dog sprang upon htm and bit him twice The smaller boy was aiding the other In his efforts to resist the attack of the dog when some of the saliva and foam from the dog's mouth Infected an open sore on his hand. The dog was killed and its head sent to Dr. Shore at Raleigh for ex amination. A message was received here yesterday afternoon that the ex amination showed signs of hydropho bia. The two boys left yesterday af ternoon, accompanied by Mr. .1. W. Armstrong. An unfortunate feature of the occurrence Is the fact that the father of the hoys Is 111 and has been so for several weeks. MISTAKE THAT IS GENERAL Too Often Time Is Wasted Consider ing Difficulties Instead of Per forming Allotted Task. When a hard thing Is to be done the natural inclination of most of us is to allow ourselves to think on the effort necessary to do it. instead of going ahead and doing it. And here we make one of the most common mistakes In our lives. When one Is confronted by a severe task of duty which seems almost be yoDd one's powers, It is fatal to pause to consider its difficulties. Never mind how hard It may seem, nothing can be tolerated in the mind except the consideration of ways of accomplishing it. The secret of accomplishment lies In the answer of the urchin who was asked if be thought he would get the woodchuck for which he was ener getically digging: "Get him? Why. man, I've got to get him; the minis ter's coming to dinner and there ain't no meat in the house!" It is a wise economy in dally life to train the mind to take the attitude of determinations) the beginning; to be deaf to the self which insists upon dwelling upon difficulties, and at once to bring into action the self that Is determined to succeed. Most persons have had the experi ence of looking back over an accom plished task with amused surprise at the exaggerated Idea they entertained of It beforehand. Do the thing first and consider Its difficulty afterward. NEW IN THE TEXTBOOK LINE Italian Meant Well, But His Knowledge of American 8choolbooks Was Small. One morning. Just as a teacher up in Harlem was entering her school, she was met in the hall by an Italian leading his little daughter by the hand. "She wan go school," said he po litely, indicating the little girl. He pushed the child forward. "She wan' go school," he repeated, with many bows. "She has book, ' pointing to the book under the girl's arm, "an' she wan' go school." "I see," said the teacher. "You have brought her all prepared. Can she read?" The only response from the father was a shake of his head and a reitera ted, "She wan' go school." Whereupon the teacher took the book and looked at it. It was old and worn, and neither a reader nor an arithmetic. It was a social directory of the year 1909. library, where a delicious ice course was served by Misses Annie and Nell McLean,' Katherlne Mason, Hallie Torrence and Mary Ragan. The house was most beautifully decorat ed throughout In cut flowers and potted plants while in the dining room the color scheme of the decor ations was yellow. During the af ternoon a large number of Gastonia ladiea called to meet the visiting la dles and the occasion was a most pleasant and enjoyable one to. all who attended. WORTHY OFALL PRAISE; THE MARINE C0RTCJLORI0US RECORD . Less Appreciated Than Is Deserved the "Naval Army" Has Fought the : - Battles of Uncle Sam In All Qi ten of the Globe. Considering the part he has played In the world's history of warfare., there is no fighting unit less under stood, less appreciated, or even learn known than the marine. Having takes, his share In the making and obliterat ing of maps since the days of . tne Phoenician galleys and the biremea of the Grecian maritime states, at least five centuries before the Chris tian era, down to the present day, the) . chroniclers of the glories of arms el all civilised peoples have mentioned him In many a stirring passage. And yet, today, a very large part of tbm population of maritime nations, and certainly of the United States, do sot know what a marine really Is. They have fought at Tripoli, fzs Mexico and In the FIJI Island They were on the Job In Paraguay, at 'Harp er's Ferry, at Ktsembo, on the west coast of Africa, and in Panama. They. fought the Japanese at Chlmonosektl the savages in Formosa and the forts! in Korea. They suppressed seat poaching in the Dehrlng sea, and pro ' tected the lives and property of American citizens in Honolulu, Chill and China. These and many mora) things have the United States marines) accomplished. The navy has in the marine corner a little army of its own, which, with out causing international complica tions, without even attracting undue attention, It may pick up and more) ' to some disturbed center In a foreign, land for the protection of American, lives and property. These "soldiers) of the sea" move speedily and unos-'. tentatlously, frequently nipping revolution in the bud before the world at large knows that there ha really been any cause for concern. They are the first men on the ground in the event of trouble with S foreign power snd the first men 1b battle in case of hostilities. Great mobility and facilities for quick no tion are required of the marine. They are kept in readiness to mora at a moment's notice. In many of the actions in which they have en gaged they have had to contend : against great odds in the way of su perior numbers. i.' , Aldrldge says "before a single Tea sel of the navy went to sea a corps) was organized." and from that a de tachment of It won, on the Island of New Providence, one of the Bahamas early in 1777, the first fight In th history of the regular nary. In this) noteworthy engagement the attacking; party, consisting of 300 marines and landsmen, under Major Nicholas, cap tured the forts and other defenses of the enemy after a struggle of a few hours, and secured a quantity of stores and British Sannon.- Kansas City Journal. Ideal Home Life. There are two of life's best rants that are much unused In oar modern life. The first is the kindly simplicities of frequent familiar so cial Intercourse, and the other, the confident trust that embraces every one concerned in our home life; but until we improve In both these things) the Christmas spirit will mourn ore Its Imperfect work. We think we can- ' not ask our friends to call and see QS unless we tire ourselves to death pre paring a dinner or a tea for them snd our act and thought Is an unla tended reflection upon the quality" of the friendship we profess. The per son a I attraction ought to outweighi the pleasures of the table, but the. fashion makes the visits both infre quent and formal. The children need more than anything else a home at- mosphere where love shall so domi nate that reserves shall be impossK i I ble, for when love shares its posses sions it takes wise care that there shall be no evil to alloy Its priceless) worth. Mother's Magazine. j Telephone Comedy. ' "Hello!" The voice at the far end of the line was sweetly feminine. "H-h h-hello." he answered, some what dismayed. The voice had takes, him off bis guard. He had expected to hear one gruffly masculine. ' He was not allowed time to explain. "Hello; how are you? I have bee waiting so patiently for you to cal . Where have you been all this time. ,. I He hated to end it. By this time he had collected his scattered wits. "Excuse me. but may I ask to whom r I am talking?" "Why Why, what number vers yon calling?" "I wss ringing for police sabstaUosi No. 1," he said. "Why, the very idea! Then you re - not the one I was expecting," she . said. . ' Click, went the receiver. Be gar the number to central again. . Subscribe to Toe Oasette f