Blank saw Mrs. Brown and rushed to
shake hands with her and say :
"Oh, Mrs. Brown, are you here?"
"Yes, I am here, but I did not expect
to meet you."
"Why, you see, I am going to Join
the new league and I am getting ready
for It."
"Is it the Woman's league where we
pledge ourselves not to bny a hat or a
garrqent costing more than $10?"
"Xes, that is the one and I am going
to Join It, too. I am getting ready for
it."
And they entered the store together
and each bought a dress marked down
from $80 to $48, and 520 hats and coats
that cost over $60 each. They went out
feeling that they could stand by their
pledge.
"Take One."
"Oflice Window" of the Dally Chron
icle of London was once told a pleas
ing litUe anecdote 'of Dame Agnes
Weston, the friend of sailors, concern
ing jam tarts. Some lady helper at a
sailors' rest had been mistaken enough
to hand the sailors tracts while they
were having a meal. Miss Weston ad
vised that some better method should
be adopted. The tracts were then
placed in a pile on the buffet counter,
with a card Inscribed, "Please take
one." A sailor with a sense of fun
transferred the card to a dish of Jam
tarts, and, as the rush to the buffet be
gan, the servers were amazed to see
sailor after sailor lift a tart and walk
away, while the tracts remained ln an
undiminished pile. Christian Science
Monitor.
Non-Combatant Tanks.
Not all army tanks are destructive
of human life. Those of the sanitary
corps are dangerous only to germs.
