A present now and then of a kimono
to the maids, of toys and sweetmeats to
the children, a day's holiday now and
then granted to the theater or tho wres
tling match are richly rewarded by such
bright faces and unmistakable warmth
of welcome on arriving and of good
speed on Kiug as repay you tenfold.
Respectful as Japanese servants are
and they never speak except on their
knees and faces they like to be taken
into the family conversation and to sit
sometimes in friendly ahaudou with the
master and mistress, admiring dresses,
pictures or western novelties and listen
ing sometimes to the samisen and koto
as children of the household. Edwin
Arnold in Scribner's.
A Swell Meal.
4
First Shipwrecked One I'm hungry.
Is there anything?
Second Shipwrecked One Nothing
but a few more rolls. New York World.
QUEER LIBRARY FREAKS.
Funny Kequeots For Books That Amuse
and A maie Employees.
Once in awhile the clerks in the pub
lic library get hold of a good joke
through the ignorance of people who
come there to take out books. It was
not long ago that a woman who was
anxious to join the Daughters of the
American Revolution came there to
look up her family history and get her
facts and claims ready to submit to the
committee on membership. She went
about it in rather a queer way. After
looking about aimlessly through the in
dex for a time she discovered "Lossing'a
Family History of the United States."
She wrote her request for the books o
one of the cards provided for that pur
pose and was quite indignant with the
clerk who handed it to her because it
did not contain what she wanted.
