THE RAMBLER 
The: difference in the weather in 
1912 and 1913 was never so forcibly 
noticed as that of Evacuation Day, 
March 17. Last year it was so warm 
as to make any superfluous wearing 
apparel cumbersome, while this year 
in Boston the mercury was flirting 
with the high figures on the thermom- 
eter and the Elevated had all their 
open ‘cars in operation. The cold 
weather of March 17 this year brought 
ice instead of warm breezes, although 
the clear skies and sunshine made it 
admirable for the Evacuation Day 
celebration in poe Boston. 
There is hardly a new idea or 1m- 
provement or time and labor saving 
scheme sprung on the market that 
som “cutie” of a joker does not get 
busy with a riddle or conundrum that 
can be associated with it. Now the 
much talked of Parcel Post is having 
‘a joke sprung on it which I must ad- 
mit is a celver one. 
You just simply say to an unsus- 
pecting one, “Well, I understand that 
you cannot send any Parcel Post 
packages to Washington.” Then if 
you listen intently you will hear the 
come back, “And why not?” Then 
you will feel that you have earned 
the privilege to spring his reply: 
“Why didn’t you know that he has 
been dead for many years?” 
Oo 8 
Someone had told her that in Mas- 
sachusetts lengthy hatpins must be 
tipped at the point with corks. She 
was on a train coming from New 
York. As the train approached the 
South Station she donned her pre- 
Easter hat, inserting three long hat 
pins. Then she reached into a paper 
bag, drew forth three gum drops, 
jabbed them on the pin points and 
departed smilingly. — Exchange. 
Oo 2 0 
Some of the county papers have be- 
gun their regular springtime comment 
on the late appearance of the robin. 
While it is true that what might be 
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termed the spring migration from the 
southern parts seems to have been 
somewhat delayed, yet as a matter of 
fact there are and have been all win- 
ter a great many robins hereabouts. 
Some years writers will announce with 
great gusto that “robins were seen in 
town today.” There is nothing sur- 
prising about that, when as a matter 
of fact, whole flocks of them may of- 
ten be found all winter long in the 
deeper woods around almost every 
city or town. Some of the local bird- 
observers have already checked up the 
arrival of the bluebird, blackbird, 
bronze grackle, meadow lark, song 
sparrow and while some were first 
seen several days ahead of last year, 
the average time of arrival is remark- 
ably near the same date year after 
year. 
Breeze subscription, $2 a year. 
A woman hates to feel that she is 
old enough to be justified in lying 
about her age. 
A girl’s idea of a tightwad is a 
young man who carries his small 
change in a purse. 
An ability to cry on sight has got 
many a woman through the world 
easily. 
