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 upon. This means rapid traveling, by railroad and steamship, and sightseeing in the towns with the assistance of a guide. The estimate includes the purchases a traveler is compelled to make, and cannot be reduced much unless you travel second class, and deny yourself many things. At Palermo, we hired a guide, and drove about nearly all day in a new two-horse carriage, with liveried driver. The expense was considerable, but we saw dozens of things that those who did not take a guide and carriage, failed to see A stewardess on the "Canada" has enormous feet. She is rather a pretty woman, but her feet are much too big. Americans have smaller feet than any other race There is a young man on board who has a tremendous lot of hair, which he never combs. There is something peculiar about him, and today we found out what it is: he is an artist There is a woman on board who left New York in February, a bride. She said to me today: "I'm not happy; but I'm as happy as married women usually are, and am content." I've been thinking about the statement, and have almost concluded that she is a smart woman. Isn't she smarter than the woman who marries, expects to be happy, is disappointed, and becomes sour over her disappointment? I see that Edward Bok, editor of the Ladies' Home Journal, is offering prizes to husbands who will write the best articles under this title: "Why I Wanted My Wife to Become My Wife." The prize articles will be written by sentimentalists who will write, not the truth, but what the editor wants. The husbands who know the truth about marriage, rarely tell it A man on