And the theater was a bit darker than usual.
She made her way to a seat, removed her hat, and started to pin it to the back of the seat in front of her, all this with her eyes fixed on the opening scene of “The Avenging Hand.”
A man sitting in front of her jumped like a scared cat and yelled, “Wow!”
“When I jabbed the hatpin through my hat, I must have missed the back of the seat,” explained Mrs. Percal.
“What did the man say?”
“Oh, mercy! Please excuse me.”
Expert Rider Postmistress.
Miss Marion Carterett, of Elko, Nev., champion woman “bronchobuster” of Nevada, who won her spurs in open competition with cowgirls from all over the West in the kicking contests at Elko last year, has been appointed postmistress at Deeth. Miss Carterett’s appointment was confirmed last month, and she has assumed charge of the office.
Death Rate in Large Cities.
The death rate after the age of forty is increasing annually in Chicago and other large cities in spite of sanitary modes of living and greater protection against communicable diseases. The expectation of life after forty years is less than it was thirty years ago.