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PRINCELY PRIZES IN PRODIGAL PROFUSION $2500.00 FREE GIFTS TO POPULAR PERSONS SPECIFICATIONS MOTOR--35 horse power. WHEELBASE--116 inches. TIRES--34x4 in. IGNITION-Magneto and dry cells. AXLES-Front axle "I" beam with ball bearings. Rear full floating with ball and roller bearings. WHEELS-Artillery type, demountable rims and one extra rim. BRAKES-3 sets, both operating on rear wheels. STEERING GEAR—Worm and gear type with four full positions to take up wear. Irreversible. 18-in. solid walnut wheel. FRAME-Dropped pressed steel, channel section. GEAR RATIO--4 to 1. TREAD--56 in. SPRINGS-Front semi-elliptic and rear full elliptic with scroll ends. CONTROL-Spark and throttle lever at top of steering column. CLUTCH-Multiple disc operating in oil in fly wheel housing. TRANSMISSION-Selective type, three speed forward and reverse. HOW TO ENTER AND WIN A PRIZE It costs you absolutely nothing to enter this contest and win the $1,500.00 Marathon Automobile. You need not be a subscriber to the contest, but you don't need to subscribe to enter and win. To enter and win the $1,500.00 Marathon Touring Car, all you need do is call or phone to the office of our Contest Department, 8439 South State Street, Chicago (Phone Douglas 7877), and then proceed as directed. Send in your name on a nomination blank clipped from The Broad Ax. That counts 5,000 votes and starts you on the way to success. In each issue of The Broad Ax you will find a "Voting Coupon" good for Ten Votes. Ask all your friends to save them for you. It will surprise you the thousands of little "Ten Vote Silver" they will send in for you. Besides these "Voting Coupon" every paid Subscription for one year ($2.00) counts 1,000 votes. The fastest way you to get votes is to ask all your friends to give you a subscription if you are the Broad Ax, and then you get 1,000 votes on every one you can collect. You can collect from anybody else just as well as your friends, as there is no limit to the number of subscriptions and votes that you can get. Advertisements count just the same as any advertisement for your merchant or butcher, or business man who ought to advertise in The Broad Ax, collect for his advertisement and get the votes. You can get subscriptions and advertisements anywhere. Write to your friends in other states and make them subscribe to help you win. Advertisements is absolutely on the square and every candidate for these prizes will have a fair and equal opportunity. It costs nothing to enter. The time is very short, not more than seven weeks. In that short time you can win prizes worth many hundred dollars. 3rd PRIZE $100.00 COLUMBIA Office of Gift Depart. with DePriest & DePriest, 3439 State Street JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor of The Broad Ax, J. J. CARR, Contest Managers 图 Free For Popular Persons Any Man, Woman Or Child Can Compete "THE BROAD AX" GIFTS TO POPULAR PERSONS SECOND PRIZE:—STEPHEN M. MEYERS PLAYER PIANO--VALUE $650.00. This splendid instrument goes to the person who scores the SECOND HIGHEST VOTE. THIRD PRIZE:—COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH--VALUE $100.00. This high class talking machine goes to the person who scores the THIRD HIGHEST VOTE FOURTH PRIZE:—DIAMOND RING (Ladies or Gents) VALUE $75.00. Goes to the person who scores the FOURTH HIGHEST VOTE. SIXTH PRIZE:—WATCH OR OTHER JEWELRY (Choice) VALUE $15.00. Goes to the person who scores the SIXTH HIGHEST VOTE. ALL PRIZES DELIVERED MARCH 1st,1915. CONTEST OPENED November 1st, 1914 NOMINATION COUPON “THE BROAD AX” CONTEST I Nominate Address Signed Address Only the one Nomination Blank for each Candidate will count as 5000 votes. Names of persons making nominations will not be divulged unless so desired. CONTEST Ends on March 1, 1915 SEVENTH PRIZE:—Same as Sixth. Other Prizes SECOND PRIZE Stephen M. Meyers PLAYER PIANO Value $650. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 18. 1915. Other Prizes SECOND PRIZE Stephen M. Meyers 59 East Van Buren Street $1500 Fully Equipped Equipment Without Additional Cost CHIS CAR is fully equipped, not an extra need be bought —best grade of silk mohair top, side curtains, top boot, adjustable windshield, speedometer, best grade mohair Seat Covers, demountable rims, one extra rim, tire irons, tire straps, electric self starter, electric headlights, electric side lights in dash, electric tail light, cowl dash, pump, tire repair kit, tool kit, and other usual equipment. RULES of CONTEST AND WHO MAY ENTER Any man, woman or child may enter and win. The Broad AX reserves the right to contest the contest. Contested that no person can be barred from this contest if entered and accepted for ten days. Ballots will be printed in issue of THE BROAD AX. This coupon will be good for ten votes when properly filled out and the contest Manager before the date printed thereon. All ballots must be neatly trimmed or they will be rejected as informal. Postage must be fully prepaid or they will be rejected at the postoffice and not counted. No employee of THE BROAD AX nor a member of an employee's family can participate in this contest. That may arise when questions are raised by the Contest Manager, and his decision will be final and conclusive. THE BROAD AX reserves the right to alter any conditions pertaining to this contest, except the prizes, and the order of their distribution. The person who scores the greatest number of votes by the contest manager gets the $1,500.00 Marathon Automobile. The one who scores the second highest votes gets the $650.00 Stephen M. Meyers-Player Plano- Other prizes in like order, all prizes delivered on March 1, 1915. In case of a tie, Prizes of Equal Value will be awarded all tipping Candidates. 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Since her father's death she has been the leader in several philanthropic schemes unusual in scope and striking in their success. One of her most successful projects has been the vacation savings fund, out of which grew many projects for the benefit of working women. One of these is a lunch room and club for girls on Thirty-ninth street, New York. A second lunch service combined with a dance hall has been opened in the Strand theater building. The Lafayette fund, whose object is to supply emergency kits for the soldiers of France, is a hobby which has enlisted her interest as well as that of many other society women. The vacation war relief committee, in which Miss Morgan is interested, supplies work to girls who are out of employment. The work consists in the sewing of garments for the war sufferers in Europe. Altogether Miss Morgan seems to be a busy and resourceful woman and rather notable for the practical and original form of her philanthropies. MILLINERY NOVELTY. Conical Crowned Hat With Bugs Ornamenting the Bows. Pictured here is a very novel hat of delft blue moire ribbon, which is quilted on the foundation. The crown is a conical one. An erect bow rises 1 DELFT BLUE HAT. straight from the apex of the crown. The bow is held in place by fancy ornaments in the shape of jeweled bugs. This novel chapeau was designed by Ora Cne. Girdle Daggers. The new girdle fasteners are huge dagger shaped brooches like the old shawl pins. One with toazpes and dark brown enamel is in a mounting of engraved silver. Another has amethysts in graduated sizes in a row from its long, slim point to the head, which is an inch across. 1 Glove Bracelet. Glove bracelets are an innovation of the season and exceptionally popular. They are made in the old gate pattern or pointed and fastened with a clasp. Worn over the glove and at its upper edge, they hold the top of the long glove in place on the arm. Here is an attractive, economical and easily prepared refreshment menu for an evening function on Washington's birthday: Grapefruit Cocktail With Maraschino Cherries. Cookery Points Oyster Stews. There are many receipes for oyster stews. One must be careful about the length of time the stew is cooked. The special point is to achieve a broth that is piping hot and filled with plenty of oysters. The oysters must be cooked enough to be shriveled. If thickened with eggs or flour the broth must be smooth and creamy, not a pasty,umpy, curdled fluid. To avoid imperfections strain the oyster liquid to free it from sand and shell; rub together the butter and flour used for thickening until thoroughly kneaded and stir until smooth and even. Care must be taken in measuring the flour for a cream soup. One table-spoonful to the same quantity of butter or one ounce of each by weight will usually make a quart of cream soup of the right thickness. An excellent cream soup with oysters is made by heating one quart of oysters in their liquor, with enough cold water added to make a quart of broth. When the boiling point is reached rub the oysters through a sieve until fine, pour the liquor over the pulp and set aside where it will keep warm. Blend two ounces of butter with two of flour and stir until it bubbles briskly. Add one quart of hot milk gradually and when smooth add the oysters and liquor. Season with salt and red pepper to taste. Dishes For Lenten Eggs. Most of the novelty kitchen devices sold over American counters originated in Germany. German cooks delight in making many novel and special dishes in which to serve special foods. This is very likely owing to the fact that the German housewife likes to use odd shaped and gayly colored dishes on her table. In the breakfast eggs are the quaintest little dishes of majolica. Some of them are covered and some uncovered. Many of them rest over a dish designed to hold warm water and thus keep the eggs from cooling off. A design which is especially pleasing was an arrangement of twelve little nests in the shape of half eggshells grouped around a brown hare which was standing up quintially on its hind legs and which served a point of usefulness as a convenient handle to the dish. Another egg set arranged in much the same fashion had a little yellow chicken, life size, as the handle and center decoration. One covered dish was topped by a comfortable looking hen with her wings spread out as if she were sitting on a nest. In all there were perhaps a dozen different designs in this attractively colored majolica ware, which has the advantage of being reasonably priced. Baked Potatoes and Eggplant. It is better always to help the steam to escape from baked potatoes by pricking them either before they are put into the oven about three times with a steel fork or when they are nearly done and the water in them has a good deal expanded in steam. Once in awhile a potato will burst if this is not done, and this makes work as well as loss. And, speaking of bursting, there is no explosion on a small scale that is much louder or has a more complete scattering of substance as its accompaniment than from an eggplant which is not pricked in time, some time before it is soft. This sort of thing is perhaps more likely to happen if the vegetable is put in the oven straight from the refrigerator. In the course of baking the skin of this vegetable becomes drier and drier until it is stiff and hard as the hardest leather and as shiny as that called patent. The vegetable being so largely water, when this is thoroughly hot and begins to turn to steam, the cook should provide a vent; otherwise she will lose her eggplant, get a good fright and have a very mussey oven to clean. Cream Puff Shells Cream puff shells, which are not at all difficult to make, are a great help in arranging dainty meals. Not only for desserts and entrees, but for the main course at luncheon, they may be used to advantage. The shells, filled with a salad or aspic jelly, are something of a novelty, and as they lend themselves to attractive garnishing they have much in their favor. For desserts they may be used in many ways. Filled with ice cream, fresh or cooked fruit, topped with whipped cream or merengue or with any one of the numerous cold custards or a blancmange, they will not fall to find a welcome. Keeping Lemons. Lemons can be kept a long time without becoming dry if put into a jar of water with a lid. The water should be changed once a week if they are to be kept long. When used they will be quite as firm as when fresh and, if anything, more juicy. The juice of a lemon added to a pan of water will treensh wilted vegetables. Let them stand in it for an hour. Bolling Rice. When bolling rice add a little lemon juice to the water. This will give it a nice white appearance and make it dry and greasy. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 13, 1915. ```markdown ``` SPORTS HAT AND COAT. This sports coat of tan and white plaid worsted has huge patch pockets both above and below the belt. The belt is held in place by wide straps of brown cloth, which material forms the buckle and faces the collar. One notes with interest the new outing hat shaped like a souwester. The gown worn has a deep plait in front. LINGERIE COLLARS. Easy Way to Wash and Iron Thin Neckwear. See that the collars and cuffs are quite dry after washing before attempting to starch them. Place them in a clean, dry towel and have ready a basin of well made cold water starch. Mix the starch up well from the bottom, lay in as many collars as the starch will easily cover at one time and let the starch soak well through them. Squeeze them with the hands in the starch; then wring as dry as possible. Draw them out straight and lay smoothly on a towel, but do not put one on top of the other; roll each one separately between the towel. Leave for half an hour before ironing, but do not let them get too dry. When ready, to iron spread wrong side uppermost and iron first one side and then the other. Iron slowly at first, then more and more quickly until there is a glossy surface and the collar is dry. The right side naturally requires the most ironing, but the wrong side must be ironed quite smooth. Lift the collar occasionally when ironing to let the steam escape and dry the sheet under it with the iron. A teaspoonful of powdered borax in cold starch will give an added stiffness to linen. Travelers' Brushes Two flat clothes brushes packed into flat pockets of a leather case are gold in the shops. They are very convenient for the traveler, as they can be stowed away in the pocket of a suit case in an almost imperceptible space. They are likewise convenient for a man to carry in his overcoat pocket. They have black wood backs, and the bristles of one are gray, of the other white. The gray one is stiffer. WHAT A GIRL SHOULD RE- MEMBER. There are some things that a girl is richer for remembering and the poorer for forgetting. Here they are, and it is possible for most of us to acquire them without much expense; in some instances without any outlay at all. 1 GABARDINE AFTERNOON GOWN. An afternoon frock of sand colored silk gabardine, the full skirt gathered and plaited and hemmed with a stiff corded band, is pictured here. The bodice is long sleeved and high collared, the belt crossing in knapsack fashion over a tiny peplum at the back. Trimmings of dark blue embroidery and small self covered buttons adorn the frock. SPRING GARMENTS. Fuller Skirts Characteristic of the New Season's Styles. The fuller skirt is the notable feature of the new season styles. It is accompanied by simple bodices, with high neck, narrow shoulders and long sleeves. The waist line is either normal or raised, says the Dry Goods Economist, speaking of spring fashions. Suit coats include tailored and demi-tailored effects, with preference for the tailored. Tailored coats with belts placed at a high or slightly raised waist line are particularly strong at present. Flare effects are also emphasized. Separate coats have considerable flare at the bottom edge and are being shown in three-quarter length or slightly shorter. High waist line effects are very prominent, and belts are being freely used. Skirts of dresses and suits and also separate skirts include the circular and gathered forms, together with box and side plaited effects. Dress skirts include the ruffled and diered designs, together with a limited number of voluminous tunics accompanying narrow underskirts. Yokes are used on many of the new skirts. Bandeau: For the Hair A hair ornament that is very attractive and one that would make an acceptable gift is of rhinestones mounted on blue velvet. There is a narrow bandeau to go about the head and two curved ends that stand upright. They are all formed of a string of rhinestones held on a wired twist of sapphire blue velvet. HOW TO LOOK TALL. There are a great many things a girl may do which will add inches to her appearance. The first rule should be to keep the chin up. Dress the neck either low or with a very high, tight collar. The second rule should be to wear the hair dressed high on the head. Never wear a wide pompadour. Wear gowns with long lines. Short girls should effect long gowns whenever the opportunity presents itself. The short girl should avoid round trimmings, shoulder draperies and plaits. Her wraps should be long and narrow. Hair ornaments should be worn high and never large. Hats should be narrow, with some smart feather trimming-narrow and straight up in the air. Standing a great deal—well polised, not leaning against anything—will make one appear taller than one naturally is. Some women believe that stripes add the appearance of height to a short, stout figure. This is not true. Good form Neighborhood Courtesy "Some years ago we moved from our home town—the town we were born and reared in and where all our friends and kinsfolk lived," said the neighborly woman. "The new town was a railroad and river town. I thought we would soon have neighbors and in time friends. I did get acquainted soon with one woman, but she moved away. She recommended some other friends of hers to me. I intended to call, but never did, my boys, my work and my home keeping me busy. "After awhile I grew to be like the people around me, tending to my own business and making no calls. But I was lonely. One of my children came down with scarlet fever. We were quarantined. It made little difference, as no one had the habit of coming to our house, anyhow, or I of going to other people's houses. The third day of the quarantine I heard a step in the back yard and rushed to the door, thinking the deliveryman had not seen the sign. "It was my nearest neighbor. She had a dish of something in her hand. 'For the sick little fellow,' she said. 'I'm sorry I can't come in and give it to him myself.' I stood looking at her amazed. 'I hope you are not offended,' she said. "Offended! She never can know how good she looked to me." "We became friends after that. Through her I met other neighbors. We never tire of doing good turns for each other. It has made life a thousand times more worth living for me." Solving a Social Problem. A young matron who had asked six friends to luncheon suddenly found herself without a maid. She was equal to the occasion, however, and on their arrival said nothing to her guests about the very important missing member of her household. Before going to the dining room each guest was handed a ribbon bow, to which was attached a safety pin, and told to find her place by matching the colors at the places. It did not take long to appropriate the pretty aprons with the strings of ribbon to match each bow. They were made of large colored handkerchiefs, and the point forming the bib was pinned up by the safety pin and bow. Anchovy canapes formed the first course. After they were eaten the hostess turned to the guest at her right and said, "Look under your plate and do what the card says." And the little card bore this request. "Please remove the plates and bring in the soup." Amid much merriment this was accomplished, the bouillon being already on a tray over the gas, which was turned low. Another guest removed the cups and brought in the next course. Minute directions were on each card. The hostess did not find it necessary to leave the table, and the absence of the maid was voted to have made the party a great success. Every one declared that the aprons were the most acceptable of souvenirs. Etiquette of Mourning. A widow who intends to leave off her mourning in due time wears a crape bonnet and a long vell and crape trimmed gowns a year. After this dull black, suitably relieved by white and lilac touches, should be worn for a year. When two years have passed colors may be worn. As long as the crape vell and crape trimmed gowns are worn a woman should refrain from participation in all social gayeties. After six months a widow may attend concerts and matinee performances at the theater. When the crape trimmings are put off small dinners and luncheons and night performances at the theater or opera may be attended. Of course these are conventional rules, which she may follow if she wishes. They are not adhered to by every one. for people are becoming more liberal about mourning and are following their own inclinations regarding the matter rather than doing as some one else has done under similar circumstances. Lenten Entertaining Lent this year begins on Feb. 17. While the forty days which follow Ash Wednesday will be more or less generally observed as a time for fasting, still many informal luncheons and dinners will be given, and the ever old but not less interesting "Leenan sewing circles" will hold a conspicuous place among the entertainments of the paschal season. Knitting bees will also be popular. The day immediately preceding Ash Wednesday, known as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday, has been observed as a day of feasting since A.D. 250. In some sections of our country the carnival of the Mardi-Gras is held at this time, and much merry-making ensues, in which the pancake or shrove cake plays an important part. Returning First Calls. One should return a first call within three weeks after it has been made. After a dinner, luncheon or a card party one should call within two weeks after the entertainment. A party call is not necessary after attending an afternoon tea, but after a large reception a call is necessary. For the Children A Titled English Girl Who Likes Lawn Tennis. A Photo by American Press Association. Quite a noted tennis player is this little girl here pictured. She is an English girl, and her name is Lady Rosamond Butler, quite a high sounding title for one so young. In England, however, it is not at all unusual for some small person to bear a big name Lady Rosamond is very fond of rack et and ball and is said to be very skillful. Tennis is an excellent outdoor sport and is deservedly popular in this country. In winter, of course there is not much opportunity to play the game, as it is essentially a game to be played in the open air. Some folks have indoor courts and keep up practice all the year. Game of Tap Cat This is a common sport among boys more particularly in the country. It has a great advantage in being easily made with a common knife. The piece of wood which is called the "cat" is about six inches in length and from one and a half to two inches in diameter, gradually tapering from the middle to each end. The cudgel with which the game is played is about the length and thickness of a common hoopstick. The player, taking this in his right hand, strikes one end of the cat smartly, which causes it to rise in the air high enough to be struck before it again falls to the ground. There are several ways of playing the game of cat. The most common is to make a ring, selecting a piece of flat ground. One boy holds a piece of string that will make the circle required at the center, and another one takes the extremity of the line, and with a piece of chalk he walks round and forms the ring. The player takes his stand in the middle, and his bushy is to strike the cat outside the ring. Should he fall in doing so he is out, and the next player takes his place; if successful he judges with his eye the distance the cat is driven from the center of the ring and calls for a number to be scored for his side. If the number named be found to exceed the same number of lengths of the stick he is out. If the contrary, it does not he obtains his call. Some Hints on Fire Making. Some Hints on Fire Making. To begin with, dry wood must be used to get the fire started, and after it is once going you should mix green wood with the dry. Birch bark is about the best thing to start with, or pine needles and other things may be used. On top of the birch bark small day twigs should be laid. Around all this a sort of blockhouse of larger wood should be built. The whole fire should be built between two green logs about four or five inches in diameter, if such logs are easily procured. If not, the fire should be built inside a three-sided wall of rocks. The opening should be turned toward the wind. Never choke a fire by piling on too much wood. Grass is a poor substitute for birch bark, as also are leaves. A Potato Race Put ten medium sized potatoes in a pile for each contestant and about twenty feet away from each pile a pan. Provide each contestant with a teaspoon and at a given signal let all start to transfer the potatoes to the pans. The potatoes are not to be touched with either hand. The contestant who first gets the ten potatoes into his pan is winner. The larger the potatoes selected the greater is the skill required. Entries may be limited to men, women, girls under twelve, and so on. Country Gentleman. Politeness Pays. A little tramp dog met a nice little cat. 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Christian tradition asserts that Joseph was over eight when espoused and that he lived to be a very old man. The "upper room" mentioned in Acts 1, where the first gathering of disciples and converts was held after the ascension, may have been in the house of one of the apostles (of John or Mark, as some suppose), but the general view is that it was probably the upper chamber in a house the owners of which made K a custom to hire out such rooms for meeting purposes. This custom, it is claimed, was known in Jerusalem long before Christ. Waters of the Nile The waters of the upper Nile start to rise about June 15, reaching the greatest height at the autumn equinox, and then gradually subsiding until the following April. That the Nile should thus save the country from total barrenness and make it one of the most fertile lands of the earth is reason sufficient for the bestowal on the mighty stream of the name of "the most holy river" and that the good Mussulmans of Egypt should believe that it has its source in paradise. In ancient times the river had its appointed priests, festivals and sacrifices, and if its rising were delayed a single day they took the most beautiful girl they could dressed her richly and drowned her in the waters as a sacrifice to turn away the wrath of the river god and merit his favor. The quality of the Nile water has been highly extolled. Some have said that it is to other waters what champagne is among wines. The priest of Apis would not give it to the sacred bull lest he should become too fat. Aa Good as a Clock. When Rossini, the italian composer, who was noted for his punctuality, was director of the Theatre Italien in Paris is he used to attend the rehearsals every morning. Precisely as the clock struck 9 he came out of his house and hailed the nearest cab. Eventually a certain cabman noticed it and was at the master's door each morning. As soon as Rossini entered the cab the driver would look at his watch and then drive off at a good pace. This proceeding was repeated every day. Rossini often wondered whether the driver looked at his watch to see how much time he had to get to the theater. Finally one day be said, "My friend, why do you always look at your watch as soon as I enter your cab?" "Monsieur will pardon me," replied the cabman, laughing, "but I do it to see whether my watch is right."—Novellen-Schatz. Won a Title. December, 1854, when Napoleon 111 offered to send re-enforcements of 20,000 men to the Crimea if the British would convey them, the government was on the point of declining on the ground that no transports were available for such work. It was eventually decided to ask some of the great steamship companies for assistance, and at the next cabinet Sir James Graham announced that this had been done. "Mr. Cunard," he added, "can provide immediate transport for 8,000 men, leaving the question of payment to be decided subsequently by arbitration." "What is Mr. Cunard's Christian name?" asked Palmerston. "Samuel," replied Graham. "Sir Samuel," said Palmerston, with emphasis on the "Sir." And at the close of the war the ship owner was created a baronet—London Chronicle. A. Card Problem Can any reader, asks a writer in the Strand Magazine, verify and explain the following, brought to my notice recently? Deal out four whist hands, purposely making a misdeal—l. e., two cards to one hand. Pick up the hands, shuffle to any extent and then redeal—properly this time. It will be found in nine cases out of ten that one of the hands contains either a singleton one card of a suit) or lacks a suit altogether. I have tried this repeatedly and nearly always with the same result. Got Rid of Him. "I understand your wife is doing her own cooking." "You are mistaken." "But Jinx told me she was." "Oh, that was just for a little while! Jinx was making us a visit, and I guess she thought he had stayed long enough."—Houston Post. An Unfair Example Professor—If I fail to give a correct answer to any problem in mathematics that any one present offers me I agree to forfeit the sum of $10. Voice in Audience—Make the date of my wife's birth agree with her present age—Life Romance Versus Reality. For about three months she regards her wedding day as the greatest day in history, but later on she gets so that she regards pay day as the greatest day in history.-Cincinnati Enquirer. They who know not how to act agreeably, though they have learned many things, are still ignorant.-Cural German Women as Fathers German Women as Soldiers. Something like a century ago Prussia rose against Napoleon, who was already weakened by the retreat from Moscow, and with the help of the Austrians and also of a very large body of Russians managed to drive the French army over the frontier, after defeating it in the tremendous two day struggle at Leipzig. It appears that certain women played a prominent part in this fighting Seventeen daughters of Prussia were at the front during this momentous conflict. They were most capable as soldiers, able to command and able to obey, as well as being capable of standing the hardships of campaigning. To cite some instances, Maria Werder, a woman of Silesia, was allowed to serve as a hussar in the same regiment as her husband, who was a wealthy landowner. Elenora Prochaska is one of the better known of these heroines. She engaged, under the name of "Carl Renz," in the Light Horse when only eighteen and several poets have sung of her courage. A monument to her memory stands in Potsdam.—Washington Star Some National Flowers. Every one knows of the rose, shamrock and thistle as the floral emblems of England, Ireland and Scotland and the leek, though not a flower, for Wales. The sugar maple leaf is the emblem of Canada. Other nations and cities have all their floral emblems, and the lily seems to be the favorite. Italy has chosen the lily and also the city of Florence, known affectionately as "Giglio," which means lily, and the city itself is spoken of as "the Flower of Cities and the City of Flowers." France, of course, has the lily in the fleur de lis. Germany's is the cornflower, while Prussia's choice is the dinder tree, and the most famous thoroughfare in Berlin is known as the Unter den Linden. Spain's emblem is the pomegranate, and its wonderful city of Granada is named after that fruit. Egypt, with the glories of the Nile, appropriately chooses the lotus. Athens has the violet, while Saxony has the sweet scented mignonette—Pearson's Weekly. Court Humor. A legal journal gives the following instances of humor in German courts: In Berlin an ironworker was sent to prison because he had laughed at a policeman. It appears that as this man was proceeding along a street one day his disabilities were aroused by the sight of a particularly stout policeman giving chase to a dog. The offender was promptly haled to court and "sent up" for scandal. A German in attempting to board a moving train fractured his leg. After six months in a hospital he was discharged, whereupon the state railway department at once prosecuted him for "intrigement of regulations." He was fined a sum equivalent to $5. Upon entering an omnibus a man trod on the foot of a woman, who was so incensed by the incident that she remarked that he walked like a hen. For this term of reproach the lady was fined 20 marks. Fifteenth Century Artists Artists in Italy in the fifteenth century were little better off than small shopkeepers. This is shown by the dowries they usually gave their daughters, which varied from $1,140 to $2,080, and it is related as an extraordnary instance that Andrea Mantegna gave his daughter $2,000 at the time of her marriage, which was about the close of the fifteenth century. Michel angelo, Raphael and Titian were the only painters of the fifteenth century who succeeded in attaining a position of ease. Michelangelo at his death left about $48,000, besides some real estate to his nephew, Leonardo. Raphael's property was estimated to be worth $135,000, while Durer was worth at the time of his death only $31,650. In those days, however, pensions were frequently given to artists by sovereigns and cities. Thorn Hedge of Ypres. The town with the unpronounceable name, Ypres, once proved literally too thorny a problem for English besleger. When Henry Spencer, bishop of Norwich, led his troops against it they tried in vain again and again to pierce the mass of thorn bushes that lined the exterior slopes of the ramparts; hence the image of Notre Dame-de-Thule, "Our Lady of the Garden," in the Cathedral of St. Martin at Ypres and also the fair of Thuindag, fixed for the first Sunday in August in honor of the thorn hedge that saved the city. London Opinion. Educated Men. It is the worst of educated men that they cannot speak about any great question till they have read everything that has been written about it, for fear that some one should say, "But have you read Schwartzenburg?" Then, if they have not read Schwartzenburg, they are done. - Tolstoy. Real Power. Nodd—Do you think it is true that a great, nay a gigantic force, like the press of this country, is controlled by the advertisers? Topp—Why not the press? 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