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"HERE SHALL THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIDED BY GAIN" The Pioneer ESTABLISHED 1882 WIERE DRUGGISTS FLOURISH. How the Business Is Run in the South American Republics. Latin Americans are great believers in medicines and, due to the scarcity of physicians, are obliged to "doctor" themselves. Pharmacy is consequently profitable. With the exception of modern Europe, Canada and the United States pharmacy is practiced in other lands of the world much as it was in the United States seventy-five or a hundred years ago, and this is particularly true of the republics to the south of us. The individual druggist makes his own pills, extracts, tinctures, infusions and pulverizes his own crude drugs. Soda water fountains are few. The usual rubber goods, toilet articles, soaps, perfumes, instruments and sundries are carried. Each druggist makes a line of his own specialties which he pushes. In addition to the standard drugs and medicines, he also carries remedies and medicaments known only in his immediate vicinity. They are mostly of Indian origin, compounded from roots, herbs or other ingredients, produced only in the country where he lives. These find a ready sale among all classes. Superstitious ideas are prevalent, and these are frequently taken advantage of by the unscrupulous. One pharmacist made a fortune selling Indians, half castes, and whites, for that matter, too, "pink love powders" and "white love powders." The white love powder was pulverized sugar, while the pink love powder was made of the same material colored. Indians would walk hundreds of miles to buy this precious powder.-Leslie's Weekly. THE GARDEN OF EDEN It Is Said to Have the Most Trying Climate in the World. The chief peculiarity about Kurna is that the natives believe the place where they live is the exact site of the garden of Eden. The climate of Kurna is acknowledged to be the most trying in all the world. The heat is terrific in the summer time. It is claimed that the British government has a record of 159 degrees in the shade upon the bridge of a boat anchored in the river at Busrch, a little to the south The missionaries at Busreh tell of nights when the thermometer registers not less than 125 degrees. British sailors bound for the Persian gulf in the summer time usually desert if they can. Perhaps in Arizona the thermometer rises nearly as high, but there is the dry air, while in the Persian gulf it is exceedingly moist. The Europeans at Busreh must pass the days in underground chambers, or serdaubs, while a native boy pulls a huge fan, or punkah, suspended from the ceiling to keep the air in circulation. The nights are spent on the roof, for it is impossible to sleep below. In the winter time the air seems exceedingly cold, for the marshes are filled with salt, and as the wind sweeps over the plain the moist air is peculiarly penetrating. Frequently the Arab, benumbed by the cold, falls from his horse.—Christian Herald. Where Plato Taught The famous academy of Plato was in a suburb of Athens, about a mile north of the Dypilium gate. It is said to have belonged to the hero Academus; hence the name. It was surrounded with a wall and adorned with walks, groves and fountains. Plato possessed a small estate in the neighborhood and for some fifty years taught his "divine philosophy" to young and old assembled in the academy to listen to his wise words. After Plato's death in 348 B. C. the academy lost much of its fame, but the beauty remained for centuries after the great teacher was no more.—New York American. The Margin of Leisure. A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. What are threescore years and ten hurriedly and coarsely lived to moments of divine leisure in which your life is coincident with the life of the universe? We live too fast and coarsely, just as we eat too fast and do not know the true savor of our food. We consult our will and understanding and the expectation of men, not our genius.—Thoreau. Inducements to Matrimony. There prevails in some parts of Brittany a curious marriage custom. On certain fete days the marriageable girls appear in red petticoats, with white or yellow borders around them. The number of borders denotes the portion the father is willing to give his daughter. Each white band denotes 100 francs per annum; each yellow band represents 1,000 francs a year. Volcano Made by Man. At Brule, France, is the most remarkable volcano made by man. Originally it was a mass of coal, millions of tons. One day about a century ago the coal caught fire, and it has never ceased burning. The summit of the smoldering mass has a genuine crater. Paradoxical. "There was a funny thing about that counterfeit note charge." "What was it?" "The grand jury found a true bill in the case."—Baltimore American. The grandest of all human sentiments—what is that? It is that man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep. Sounded Queer. A man in telling about a wonderful parrot hanging in a cage from a window of a house which he often passed said: "It it cries 'Stop thief' so naturally that every time I hear it I always stop." He couldn't understand why his friend began to laugh.—Atlanta Journal. Specifications. Tom—Do you know what I am going to buy you for your birthday present? Kitty—No, only I'm sure it will be something new, stylish and elegant and awfully expensive. You dear, reckless boy, you!—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In Golf Terma. "Yes, I am learning to shave myself." "What progress?" "Oh, I can go over the course in 110 or thereabouts."—Louisville Courier Journal. Wanted to Know. Mrs. Newrich-I am determined that Clara's debut shall pass off with great eclat. Newrich-What's eclat, Maria-expense?-Boston Transcript. Presently the present will have gone, never to be recalled.-Lucretius. Royal Nicknames Louis XIV. was "Le Grand Monarque." His court was the model for European princes. Louis Philippe was the "Citizen King;" at one time he was "King Smith," the name he assumed when he escaped from France. Mary, queen of Scots, was the "White Queen." Mary of Modena, wife of James II., was the "Queen of Tears." The "Nine Days' Queen" was Lady Jane Grey. Christian III. of Denmark was the "Father" of his people. Somewhat Confusing. "And how is grannie, Brian?" asked the kind friend. "Oh, she's better," replied Brian. "The day before yesterday the doctor said that she might get up the day after tomorrow, and yesterday was tomorrow, and today is the day after tomorrow. So she's up today!" Collapse of kind friend.—Exchange. Guaranteed. "Are these eggs fresh?" inquired the skeptical customer testily. "Oh, yes, sir," replied the attentive but inexperienced waiter reassuringly. "They were taken out of the incubator this very morning."—Richmond Times Dispatch. Girls. Just Girls! Ethel—Jack saw your picture on my table and said you looked so young in it. Marie—The flatterer! Ethel—He thought it must have been taken a great many years ago.—Boston Herald, SATURDAY. SWANS TAUGHT TO SWIM. The Black Necked Variety Are Afraid of Water When Young. You're acquainted with the provesbial phrase, "Like a duck takes to the water." That may apply all right to ducks, but there are some water birds which have to be taught to swim, just as we do. They hate the water at first just as much as a boy hates the bath tub. One of these birds, which takes swimming lessons from its parents, is the black necked swan. The swan babies are called cygnets. They are hatched in an elaborate nest which the parent swan builds along the edge of a pool. The little cygnets are able to walk and run as soon as they are out of their shells, but they can't swim. So the mother swan takes them for a little ferry ride. She puts them on her back and starts out across the pond. The baby swans, frightened at first, soon get used to seeing water all around them. One day the mother swan turns her long neck and gives her babies a gentle push into the water. Such a scramble and splash! The babies flounder around and try their best to get back on their mother's dry feathers. Finally they learn that their feet are webbed paddles, given to them for swimming purposes, and they are able to glide over the water as gracefully and as easily as their parents.—Philadelphia North American. ANCIENT FLOATING PALACE The Wonderful Ship Built For Hiero, King of Syracuse. The antiquity of ships may not be gauged, for in Genesis it is recorded that ships were even old on the Mediterranean in the days of Jacob. Fully 1830 years before Christ, Ammon built long and tail ships with sails on the Red sea. Ninety years later the ship Argo was built, "the first Greek vessel which ventured to pass through the sea without sight of land, being guided only by the stars." The wonderful vessel built for Hiero, king of Syracuse, excited curiosity and wonder. The craft was constructed under the direction of the celebrated mathematician, Archimedes, by a shipbuilder at Corinth, from wood cut on Mount Etna. Her decks were paved with small and odd tiles, on which were depicted with wonderful art scenes from Homer's "Iliad." On the upper deck was a gymnasium containing gardens planted with many kinds of shrubs, with walks between them overshadowed by vines and ivy, the roots of which were nourished in moistened earth. Near this apartment was a dining room dedicated to Venus, paved with agates and precious stones. The walls and ceiling were of cypress, and the doors of ivory.—Argonaut. No Law's Delay Here. In Perak, in the Malay peninsula, lawyers find no business, for a modified form of trial by ordeal decides all disputes. In place of the legal practitioner the pleader is a native boy who is assigned to one or the other of the sides and is given a bamboo tube, in which is sealed the pleading of the person or party whom he represents. When all is ready two stakes are driven into the bed of a stream, and by aid of a bamboo pole the heads of the two boys are submerged at the same time. By grasping the stakes they are enabled to remain under water for quite awhile after their natural inclination would bring them to the surface, but at last one of them gives in and, releasing his hold of the stake, comes to the air. He is immediately seized, and the tube he holds is cast aside. The other lad is led ashore, his tube opened, and the document contained therein stands as the decision in the case. Postmen In Faroff Dava. Postmen have a very respectable antiquity. They were known, the Sunday at Home points out, in the faroff days of King Hezekiah's reign, some 700 years before Christ. In the thirtieth chapter of the second book of Chronicles we read that "the posts went with the letters throughout all Israel and Judah," and, further, that "the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh." The postman of old was a swift runner, who received the letter from the sender's hand and carried it direct to the person to whom it was addressed. FEBRUARY 12. 1916. TWO FACED JANUS. He Was the Ancient Sun God as Well as the God of War. Poor old Janus! Do you know how shamefully posterity has maligned him? You have heard all your life that January was named for the Roman god Janus and that Janus was the god of war, hence the first month of the year must be turbulent. Or perhaps you have gone deeper into the significance of the first month's name and have been told that it was given the honor of heralding that gory god because he had two faces, one looking into the past and the other looking into the future, as the first month of the year naturally would do. But through it all you have held rigidly before you the fact that he was the patron, the devotee, perhaps even the instigator of war. As a matter of history, Janus was a venerable and thoroughly established deity before the little band of Trojans carried eastern culture to Italy, when the primitive Italians had not begun to suspect that war was an institution which called for a "goat." War needed no justification or excuse. Men fought because that seemed the only thing to do. As for Janus, he was their greatest sun god. He presided over the rising and setting of the sun, and hence he was the god who looked after the propitious beginnings and happy endings of all undertakings. He was represented with two faces, which looked to the cast and the west. His temple in Rome was closed only in time of peace, and as there seldom was peace it was usually open. Hence he was called the god of war.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat TRIBUTE TO THE MULE With All His Faults He Is a More or Less Noble Character. The mule is singularly free from the ills to which horseflesh is heir. He has more days' work in him in 365 consecutive days than any farm animal or farm engine. He requires less feed when at work than any horse that can approach his capacity, for when he is idle he can forage successfully where the draft horse finds the picking too slim. He takes pot luck with any owner cheerfully and keeps fit upon it. In peace the mule is man's most faithful servant, although the gentlest of his kind is not entirely free from original sin and the oldest may experience unaccountable sporadic outbreaks of devilment. In war the mule retains his character as a hard toller, a good scout and a homely figure about whom the poets and painters at the front do not grow enthusiastic. Although he is unsung when living and not greatly honored, he is not unwept when at thirty or beyond he lies down, sighs peacefully rather than regretfully and gives up his Spartan spirit. If there is a hereafter for animals the mules' paradise is a series of Elysian fields with fences that only a good jumper can clear, with colts to chase, with something alive and preferably two legged to kick and with plenty of rough, plain victuals and a few goats to play with in sportive moods and negro drivers not brutal, yet not too indulgent, for human companionship.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Portuguese and Codfish It is an interesting fact that the fishermen of northern Portugal started and developed the fishing industry on the "banks" off the northern coast of America, and, though they now send fewer ships, their taste for salt cod from Newfoundland is unabated—in fact, it is a national Portuguese dainty. It is found in every little grocery shop, hard and brown as a board. A number of Portuguese have made their homes on the islands to the south of the mainland of Massachusetts, and there the dark eyes of the Iberian maiden, raven locks and a certain picturesque element in dress are not infrequent. This connection with Portugal dates back many years, the ships of Marthas Vineyard bridging the distance over sea and returning with Portuguese crews.—Exchange. The Hint Gentle. She—I wonder what makes the baby so wakeful? He—Heredity. That's what comes of you sitting up at night waiting for me to get home.—Phila. delphia Ledger. SWAYED BY THE WEATHER Some Persons are Greatly Influenced by Climatic Conditions. Weather influences on man may be roughly divided into two classes—vis. those which are direct and obvious and those which are the more or less indirect and obscure. The influences belonging to the second class have been during the past decade or so the subject of immense research. Some persons are pronounced "meteoropaths," abnormally subject to "weather neuroses." Friedrich Nietzsche was one par excellence. Such persons, as a rule, are more specifically "cyclonopaths." The passage of cyclonic depressions accompanied by certain characteristic types of weather is reflected in their sensation and in the mode of operation of their bodily and mental functions. The gross change of barometric pressure pertaining to a cyclone, or "low," is not in itself an important factor in producing these manifestations since it never exceeds that experienced in the ascent (without the effort of climbing) of a good sized hill. Indeed, many "lows" do not expose us to greater pressure of changes in the course of twenty-four hours than we experience in a couple of minutes in riding to the top of an average office building.—Baltimore American. A GREAT DESTROYER. One That Is Actively at Work Every Minute of the Day. I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world. I have destroyed more men than all the wars of the world. I am more deadly than bullets, and I have wrecked more homes than the mightiest of siege guns. I steal in the United States alone more than $300,000,000 each year. I spare no one, and I find my victims among rich and poor alike. The young and old, the strong and weak, widows and orphans, know me. I loom up to such proportions that I cast my shadows over every field of labor from the turning of the grindstone to the moving of every railroad train. I massacre thousands on thousands of wage earners in a year. I lurk in unseen places and do most of my work silently. You are warned against me, but you heed not. I am relentless. I am everywhere, in the home, on the streets, in the factory, at railroad crossings, on the seas. I bring sickness, degradation and death, and yet few seek to avoid me. I destroy, crush or maim. I give nothing, but take all. I am your worst enemy. I am Carelessness.—Holyoke Transcript. Natione That Left No Sign. There are two great nations of antiquity whose inscriptions cannot yet be read—the Etruscans and the Hittites. The Etruscans occupied a part of Italy corresponding roughly to what is now known as Tuscany. The Hittites at one time occupied a part of Palestine and united with the Canaanites to resist the invasion by the Israelites under Joshua. The Etruscan and Hittite inscriptions have thus far resisted the attempts of scholars to decipher them, though no one knows when some one may stumble on a bilingual inscription which will serve as a key, just as the Rosetta stone, discovered in Egypt in 1799, served as a key to the Egyptian hieroglyphics. In the new world the so called Maya inscriptions, found on the ruins in Yucatan, are also a puzzle to scientists.—Christian Herald. Not An Epicure. One afternoon a sad eyed hobo rambled up the garden walk of a suburban home and meekfully tapped on the back door. "Lady," said he in a tearful voice to the woman who answered his knock. "I hain't had a thing to eat since last week. If you would only give me some bread or"— "Mary," suddenly interjected the woman, addressing some invisible person, "bring Towser out here at once." "All right, dear lady," said the hobo in a resigned voice; "even dog meat is better than starvin' to death."—Philadelphia Telegraph. It is a great step in the interpretation of life when we have discovered that all events are ultimately spiritual-Brierley. --- In a certain section of the lynching South, Negroes are turning white. "God works in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform." A white man the other day to get a sound limb, had a Negro's bone grafted to his decaying one. Truly, a strong touch of nature makes us all akin. Bishop Walters has nailed President Wilson down on all fours. It's terrible. The Bishop has published Mr. Wilson's own letters of love and promises. No wonder Henry Watterson said what he did and left for Florida in 1912. The old method of meeting in a state convention to nominate delegates to the national convention is clamoring for original supremacy, and it's right.. Let the convention be held, and may the patriotic spirit never wane, for it makes us political neighbors. The way it looks to us, the President would really rather have a war by staying in the White House, than going out with his once avowed only one term. If the war can only be started before next June, his chances, judging the future by the past, are good to stay there, for we never have changed Presidents while a war was going on. Some congressman has offered a bill to make it a crime to sell gasoline for more than fifteen cents a gallon. If that can be done, why not make it a crime to sell beef and pork for more than 10 and 12 cents a pound? If the gasoline proposition can be made a law, put coal back to its old price and every other necessary commodity the poor need and must have. As an exhibition of effective team work, and a hearty cooperation on the part of a Republican and a Democrat, we refer our readers to the unusual spectacle of Republican Leader Mann and Speaker Champ Clark standing in the halls of Congress and crying out in steniorian tones for preparedness on the part of the American nation. Two great men, and when they speak, every true son of this Nation should be aptly attentive. Trapped again. Our President opposed preparedness, but now tenaciously advocates it. In 1912, he said relative to the tariff; "I will not have any tariff commission playing Providence to me." And in his Indiana speech last summer he said there was no need for the establishment of a tariff commission, because of the Federal Trade Commission, and by such creation his party had given the Republicans a black eye. Changed again and is going to appoint a tariff commission. What is he, a political weathercock? Is his solace in that "wise men change, fools never?" The coal production in West Virginia is so nearly inexhaustible that the present generation, at least, need feel no alarm on that account. The soft coal deposits of the state are estimated as capable of affording a yield of 100,000,000,000 tons. At the present time, the production runs about 70,000,000 tons per year. Even if this average should be increased to 100,000,000 tons per year, or a matter of about thirty per cent, there is enough coal in our mountains to last seventeen centuries. So, if there should remain a demand for coal during the coming centuries, the industry will continue to be the mainstay of the state for many hundreds of years. Not so many years ago a national coal strike took place and tied up everything. Before it occurred you could get siftings for a dollar a ton; the run of mines for $2,50 and lump coal for $3.00. Soon after the settlement of the strike, siftings went up to $3.00; run of the mines $4, and lump $5 a ton. These advanced prices were forced on the poor consumers for the sole purpose of making them pay back to the bosses all they had lost. Another "dig-in" is on. Jno. D. Rockefeller has had a strike on in the far Northwest and lost enormously. To reimburse himself, gasoline has doubled its last year's price, and the end isn't yet. Talking with his agent the other day he said: "What can you or this country do with John D. Rockefeller? You'll pay his price, or you won't get gasoline. What does he care for Congress?" Is this a one man government? THE BETTER THINGS It is better to lose with a conscience clean Then to win by a trick unfair; It is better to fail and to know you've been, Whatever the prize was, square, Than to claim the joy of a far-off goal And the cheers of the standersby, And to know deep down in your inmost soul A cheat you must live and die. Who wins by trick can take the prize And at first may think it sweet, But many a day in the future lies When he'll wish he had met defeat For the man who lost shall be glad at heart And walk with his head up high While his conqueror knows he, must play the part Of a cheat and a living lie. The prize seems fair when the prize is on But save it is truly won You will hate the thing when the crowds are gone. For it stands a false deed done. And it's better you should never reach your goal Than ever success to buy At the price of knowing down in your soul Edward A, Guest in Detoit Free Press. SPECIALISTS IN CHINA. They Know to a Nicest / Just Where Their Work Begins and Ends. The Englishman knows how to serve, and he knows how to be served, says Isaac Taylor Headland in "Home Life In China," but in the matter of service and serving even the Englishman must take a second place, for the Chinaman has specialized service such as has never been done in Great Britain. We sometimes think we are specialists in the west. We have our eye specialists, a kind of servant, of course, although I simply use them to illustrate what I wish to say here, but they often combine with the treatment of the eye that of the ear, the nose and the throat. They have not got down to a last analysis of specializing as the Chinese doctor has. A man had been shot with an arrow, the head of which was buried in the flesh. He tried to pull it out, but the skin had closed over the head, and he was not able to do so. He went to a physician to get him to remove it. The doctor promptly sawed the shaft off close to the skin and then demanded his fee. "But," said the sufferer, "the head of the arrow is still inside." "Quite right," said the doctor. "I am a specialist. I deal only with outside diseases. If you want the head taken out you will have to go to another specialist who cares for inside allures." WON BY DARING WIT. Story of Czar Paul, His Sacred Snuffbox and a Wager. Czar Paul's snuffbox was as sacred as the imperial crown itself. No one was allowed to touch it. Kapioff wafered that he would take a pinch out of it. One morning he walked up to the table which stood near the bed on which the czar still reclined and boldly took from it the majestic snuffbox. Opening it noisily, he inserted his fingers, and, while Paul I. was watching him, in stupefaction at such audacity, he sniffed up the fragrant powder with evident satisfaction. rogue?" exclaimed the czar excitedly. "Having a pinch of snuff, sire. I have now been on duty for eight hours, and, feeling drowsy, I thought it would keep me awake, for I would rather break the rules of etiquette than neglect my duty." Paul burst out laughing and merely replied: "That's right enough, my lad, but as the snuffbox is not large enough for both of us you can keep it for yourself." Reptiles Are Shortsighted. According to a naturalist, serpents, in spite of their reputation for alertness, are very shortsighted. Some of them cannot see more than a yard or two in front of them. Other reptiles are similarly deficient in sense of vision, and the authority asserts that a crocodile cannot see a man at a greater distance than six times its own length. In respect of hearing, many reptiles are even more deficient than in sight. Some serpents are deaf, the boa, it is said, being unable to hear any sound. The term "deaf adder" consequently expresses a fact. In one respect some reptiles show singular acuteness. They have an unerring instinct for water and in dry weather will travel straight to it, even when they are at such long distances that the mystery is how they could possibly become aware of its locality. The Seal's Sense of Smell. The sense of smell possessed by the seals is very strong and will invariably wake them out of a sound sleep even if you come upon them ever so quietly to the windward, and you will alarm them in this way much more thoroughly, though you be a half mile distant, than if you came up carelessly from the leeward and even walked in among them, they seeming to feel that you are not different from one of their own species until they smell you. The chief attraction in these animals is their large, handsome eyes, which indicate great intelligence. They are a deep bluish black, with a soft, glistening appearance, and the pupil, like the cat's, is capable of great dilation and contraction. Wheat and Flour. It takes about four and a half bushels of wheat to make a barrel of flour, but different wheats vary from this estimate. A hard wheat produces more flour to the bushel than a soft wheat. 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It supports the best and back and gives the figure the youthful outline which fashion decrees. BEN JOLE (DEAN JOLE) BRASSIERES are the daintest, most serviceable garments imaginable. Only the best of materials are used—for instance, "Walohin", a flexible boning of great durability—absolutely rustless—permitting laundering without removal. They come in all styles, and your local Dry Goods dealer will show them to you on request. If he does not carry them, he can easily get them for you by writing to us. Send for an illustrated booklet showing styles that are in high favor. BENJAMIN & JOHNES 50 Warren Street Newark, N. J. Mrs. Ella Ransom who has been ill for several weeks, has so far recovered as to be able to be out. --- Mr. Grafton Roman and wife, and Mrs. Harrison McGill were baptised by Rev. Carter on Sunday at the Ebenezer Baptist church. Rev. William Pannell of Washington is assisting the pastor Rev. Thompson with the revival which is in progress at his church. --- A feature of the woman's day exercises at Mt. Zion M. E. Church on Sunday, was an address by Miss M. Helen Adams of Washington D. C. Miss Adams represents Miss Nannie Burroughs' school for girls; is a pleasing speaker, and is giving her time and talent for the social betterment of the race. The Woman's Chorus rendered good music and was enjoyed by all. The body of Mrs. Edith Hall Mallory who died in Honcoie Falls, N. Y. was brought here, for burial, and laid to rest in Mt. Hope cemetery on Monday last. The deceased was born in Berkeley Co., and was for many years a resident of this community. Mrs. Mittie Dorman and Mr. Anthony Hall, her two children, who accompanied the remains here, and ten grandchildren survive her. The bereaved family have our sympathy. WANTED - A live solicitor and collector for Health and Accident Insurance in Martinsburg and vicinity. Address: Moores Agency, Room 1100 Kan. Nat. 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PARRISH, 95 Camden Street, Boston, Mass. Miss Ovington Succeeds Miss Nerney. Miss Mary White Ovington, the well known social service leader in Brooklyn, has been appointed secretary for the time being of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People. Miss Ovington succeeds Miss May Childs Nerney, who resigned the position at the January meeting of the association to enter another line of work. Miss Nerney had been secretary for three years and a half, during which time she rendered valuable service to the organization. She knew the work thoroughly, and it was with regret that the association accepted her resignation. However, on account of Miss Ovington's deep interest in the association, coupled with her knowledge of its aims and needs, the work will not suffer any setback. Miss Ovington is one of the vice presidents of the association. Laughter. Laughter begins either with the mouth or the eyes. 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