South America is the white slave market of the world. She has black slaves in gold mines and rubber camps of the interior, and white slaves on the coast who have been brought from every country of the world with promises of marriage or respectable employment. The white slaver is the Devil’s missionary who lays nets which Lucretia cannot avoid, and gives baits and bribes which move Penelope. Babylon had a marriage market for her women; Rio has a girl’s slave pen, over whose portals is written Dante’s Hell motto. “She has been in South America,” is the living epitaph of many a poor girl dead in trespasses and sins. * * * * * Suggested Motto for Newlyweds “Another Good Man Gone Wrong.” * * * * * His Protecting Prayer A celebrated revivalist came to address his flock, and before he began to speak, the pastor said: “Brother Jones, before you begins this discourse, there are some powerful bad negroes in this here congregation, and I want to pray for you,” which he did in this fashion: “O Lord, gives Brother Jones the eye of the eagle, that he may see sin from afar. Glue his ear to the gospel telephone, and connect him with the central skies. Illuminate his brow with a brightness that will make the fires of hell look like a tallow candle. Nail his hands to the gospel plough, and bow his head in some lonesome valley, where prayer is much wanted to be said, and annoint him all over with the kerosene oil of Thy salvation and set him afire.” * * * * * Happy Though Married A learner at golf was surrounded by a large and interested circle of friends. After missing the ball several times, amid the laughter of his pals, he turned and said: “I must apologize for this rotten performance, but I can assure you that no one feels his misses more than I do.” And still they laughed. * * * * * “A worm may eat of a king, a man may eat of a fish that has fed on the worm. Thus a king may run a course through the guts of a beggar.”—Shakespeare. _Questions and Answers_ =Dear Whiz Bang Bill=—I have been going with a red-headed girl, but as I am leaving school I want to get rid of her. I think, too, that she uses henna. I’m enclosing a further description. What would you advise me to do?—=Iowa Rah-Rah.= I’d suggest that you publish a want ad in the Whiz Bang as follows: To Whom It May Concern: I cheerfully recommend my old girl to any young man wanting a suitable dating companion for next year: She is a good dancer physically and morally. She is a good looker. She is a good listener. She isn’t too good. She is an excellent pedestrian, in fact, she will always say she likes to walk, although she is not prejudiced against a car. She is a woman of deep emotions whom only you will be able to thrill.