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trthente trf >, mm one UU fight so well? food he swallows he follows? .'daily dish, ^unseasoned fish? the kind of hash, silken sash? of tea-and-water ited for slaughter? the fan i geisha girl W**? ?< Or perhaap the secret' tlee '* tiHJ la his dsffjr exercise. Does jin-jiUa'a gaaae iaspart Fighting rnuclrt to hi* oeartl he strengthened bi Make* the Jappjr Makes him daily victor where Foola and heroes only dare? i. i? Unenligbtehed t wonld aJf,'' * * "Looka sa though he'ft built that w?.f ? ?Wallace Irwin, in the Globs. ?00?LJ By^lw De Lonyay. v was alrua^? gnwlug (fork; the tea hammptl gay iS In the samotraTt and a freat lire sparkled In the] IRtpt'n hearth. A ffroup of Cf Th? Story M Told mt tu ??<lap?* la the Prtwat Ita,]^ ?huh a ..aJf: gentlemen was fathered around Aladame .Vila Okolitmnyl. the mistress house, discfettLug Um subject <fe4tiucarnation. Madun^ Okolicsaiiyi, tie hand somest of Cliea fell, lay ndlihalantiy bock in her easy ebair. was dressed la a beautiful soft irhlta juu terlul, anflhhad large, drejlliy. feut brown e>flr . In ber dark flair' gome freshly gathered lilies of the rallev nestled tfmjdly. ; * ' "Well.Twho will tell us a story to convince Os alir* asked CoufeteM Rol ls, holding ber tiny nez-retrowfe still higher la the air than was lW^ront. I doa't bettere In reincarnation," said a p6eg?- "It la impossible tbat one should eyer- not even once during a lifetime?rem em har oue'f . pre-axls tence?thah f*r a#ay past." "Wby uot^* ventured tbe fashion able critic. "If one knew to wbat end one Was hem again, life .would cease to be a trttl. Tbere would be absolnte ly no aMMh in the second life, and it would be**iearly impossible to tall?1* "Thero you are wrong," interrupted <be low, e^n voice of Adam Doross lay. TllfWiw be had remained silent In his corher, and only listened to the various opinions of tbe company. "You are wroffg*' he repeated. "Just the fact tharoae remembers, that in one's heart of $prts there always exlata a longing for all tbat was sweet and de licious la one's former existence?just tbat mad men miserable." "Wbat F curious idea!" hald oue of the ladJe^ Ada OfctUcsanyl laughed hysterical ly. "Are jfm one of those who remem ber?" shaasked sarcastically. He leaked at her; be gazed into the fathoml** depths of her dreamy eyes. ii ud let Me (taaca rest for a jnoment on tbe beauty of her rich chestnut hair. mi I6!;" heiIU'^rid' ***** * **"**? ? ? ?perkfpe: wiich I shall nerer forget.* " ' ? v "II a de l'aplomb!" cried the little Countess, shrugging ber shouldera. "He site In his eofnot" nil the after noon like an old grumbling bear, and now lie ridicules us. But mind, sir," she added, turning to him with a bright smile, "If you wish to be forgiven for your reprehensible conduct, it shall only be ou one condition; you must tell us that Interesting experience." Ada in Dorosxlny moved back Into the shadow somewhat frightened. "This Is pure cruelty." said be. hesi tating. " ?Ve have heard so many thrilling tales on this subject to-day that mine would surely prove a fail ure." "Ah, you only want to get out of It! But that won't do. We have suffered enough before now because of your heartless cynicism; now it is our turn to make you suffer. Au?, dear," cor. tlnued she. turning to tbe lady of the bouse, "do make him tell us that story T' "Please begin It." said Ada. but her: voire sounded cold and hard. 'Must it be?" he asked playfully. "Well, be It so. then. Only, I warn you, Countess Kolla, that my story will be anything but Interesting." He left the place where be had been sitting, and leaned with his back against the mantelpiece. The flamee threw small, flickering lights upon the foreign weapons hang ing about upon the walls; the nctskes of Ivory, tbe sumtiral swards, the krla from Malay and the Scotch claymores that had been brought homo by Ada's husband from his various travels abroad. "A thousand years ago," began Adam Dorosslsy, "everything was different from what it Is nowadays. The roada had not been superseded by the rail ways; and the air was not dirty from the breathing of flying giants. Thus it happened that I, a knight, found myself one daj iitttog upon the back of a dark chestnut mare, at the en trance of a white marble castle, tbe many towers ?f which reached abovo the top of the gtgattlc cryptomerlas. "The gre^t portcullis was faatened; the drawbridge which had to bo let down from the luslde was drawn up and the two marble Hons ncsr the gate seemed to have been pctrlflcd Just In tbe act of springing. "Tho people of those days very sel dom went to pay cach'ather a vlsli and I could give no other sign of my arrival, so I tuned my harp and began to play and sing. The notes of my song went flying to the pointed towers ilke *o many white doves: and as If f>y some inngic the iron gate rose and the sliding bridge of tho entrance, studded with silver nails, fell down before me. I paseed through three or four court yards; In each of them a fountain was throwing its silvery siream Into the air; then I turned to the left and cnine Jn view of a large stnlfcase.' I re leased the bridle of my home and raised the visor of my helmet. And this was what I saw: "On the floor In the centic of the large open hall a beautiful queen was jUtlng amidsi ber 1*4* m waltiig. *he had a dress of a#ff,' [***., cflag Jng aister la I that loolM ftasalfng white la tho sunshine, and la her dark, siifry l?Jnir a bunch of lilies of the valley Oas nestling. J "Upon each side of the stslrcase young cavaliers and knights thronged. Their dresses were beset with spark ling stones and mine was ilusty from the long Journey. "Two ? servants brought a velvet cushion, and placed it at tbe feet of the queer. I knelt down upon it and gave her the message with which I had been seut to her. "She was very kind to me. She took my hand in her tiny ones, anil bade me rise from my kueellug position. She had a sweet, bewitching voice, which went through me like music. But I kept my eyes bent on the ground, for I feared that her great beauty, which had already taken away all my courage, would take all my senses away, too. "The- heralds at that moment blew their trumpets, and the queen motioned me to her side. She desired me to tako part in and to be her companion at tt?e great dinner. "We went into another large hall that -was quite open on one side, over looking the mighty sea. In the middle of it there stood a table, which was nearly breaking down under the weight I of rich silver; vases, bowls, goblets and dishes, all of the most beantlful and gorgeous designs. Upon one of the latter?as was the fashion in those days?was placed the head of an ox wreathed with laurel. Near each dish stood chalices of artistic design for the golden juice of grapes. "The queen broke off a piece' of white, delicate bread, gave It to uie, and iioJided some afterward to the Her hand tresbled as she hel&ftbo gigantic goblft, which was fillet wttb a sparkling; ruby colored win$ to her Hps. She o*Jy drank me draught of it, then she gave it to tuo. A sweet surprise came upon me. I sought the spot which her red mouth had touched. I pressed mj hungry Hps to it and drank the whole contents at one draught, and I became quite in toxlcated. i *'18vory thing I saw,appeared the co^ of roses?the sea. th^ air, the huge .lines of pillars arourid me. the smiling faces of the elderly knights, the sweet, childish face of my queen, as she bent her lily crowned head over her plate. "'Sing us a song,' said she. sudden ly; 'relate us something about your far a way country and its beautiful women. Hast thou a lady love?' " 'No,' said I quickly, and our eyes met. "Then silence fell upon us. I got up from my place, a noble page brought my harp, nnd lo! through the strings some trembling lilies of the valley were wound lovingly. This brought a storm of Joy into my heart. I looked up. The brave cavaliers and young knights alike were angry with me, but the la dies smiled and awaited my song. And so I, the poor, penniless messenger, began to sing of love to my queen. I told her everything 1 felt and all that I did not ciare 10 utier iu words. "I sang from my inmost heart, and II felt that I was understood. The knights became red with envy, the hands of the Isdies dropped to their laps, and tears gathered in their eyes; and I saw that my beautiful queen was pale?pale as the lilies in her hair. Iier large, dreamy eyes became intense with emotion and her sweet, small lips trembled. "I could sing no longer. I broke off with a harmonious chord In tho middle of the song. "The wild swans, which lingered along tne margin of the sea in a long, white, broken Hoe, answered me with a loud shriek. "A storm of applause broke out around me, goblets were freely emp tied. ond everybody wanted to shake rati (Is with me. Down at our feet was heard the mnrmur of tho sea; the sky was nearly white, except for some pink clouds on the borlzou. Tho noble gen tlemen went upstairs one by one to discuss their horses; the ladles sat arorind tho ball and began to slog an old spinning song, foil of sadness and sorrow, " 'Come,' said the queen In a low voice, as she touched my arm. "We wont down into tbe garden. Tbe air was heavy with the smell of fresh jouug grass and the fragrance of roses. We wandered hand In band pp on the lawns llko two tlmld, dreaming children. The radiance of the sun faded slowly away, the moon rose wrapped In her silver dress, ond yet neither of ns spoke. A sweet, warm breeze came from above. The roses drooped their purple liendo down to us; flrst I hey gave a caress to her soft, warm cheek, then thejr touched my lips coquettish I Jf. I felt like a hero. 1 bent down ray head like the roses above us. and pressed my feverish, burning lips to the snowy wbitsueso of her hand. And she, without** word, put her arms around my nc<*. The iooob shono into her eyes, and 1 saw n greaf unfold happiness inWfc vel vety depths, flow long we sot upon the grass^bank I never knew. Timr went by as quickly as a wave of the open hand. "Suddenly from far off there come the sound of a horn; at first It was low nnd waning, bnt larih- Oft* it became stronger and loud. A ftklver ran through the delicate tamo of my love clasp or my arm*. "'He calls me.' she said, sorrowful- j ly. In a toue of resignation. 'Leave mo .?forever. I ran ncAko^i^aiinrhov Iearnest too late. GooaoyJs "She mwa. ftepped ! back and lift tfco <1eSp<Mil?g j ^shadows f "A grea shuddered! a^flt^aroM; tfca tal* trees d jfid Mht their proud fiends nearly to nfer^Hrand. A thunder storm broke out; infernal noiaea Oiled the air; awful, walling voices were heard In thevdlstancp; a gigantic black Cloud bong over the ifloon llkfe a drap ery of mourning. I blew my h#ra In order to Signal her that I was near, and tnat she need not be afraid. But It gave no sound. I threw It away au grlly, and. like a child whose dearly cherished toy bad been taken away. I screamed her name In rage and despair into the dark, merciless night. Then, seeing that everything was In vsln. I threw myself headlong down upon the wet grass and ? wept in my helpless fnr.v and RorroW. > ? . " I ? . "The whinnying of my horse brought i me back to ray senses. I did not won der atUts being there, but mounted up- { oaf it. began again my search for my 1 dear lost lady love. But again I failed, j and when at last morning cauie?a j pale, foggy. colorless morning?I found | myself in a wide open field. A curl- ' ous sparkling light sprend over the ' whole landscape; the leaves of the trees and the grass looked as if they had been burned up in an unseen fire; everything was shriveled up and hung disconsolate in the cool daybreak wind, and yonder in the furrow an old peasant drove his plow deep in the heart of the earth. " 'Where is the white marble eas tle?* I asked, and he looked at mo amazed. " *1 have lived here for twenty years, but I have never heard as much as a rumor of any white castle,* he an swered, doggedly. "But, seeing my desolation, be put his hand upon my arm. " 'Don't indulge in dreams, young knight.' he continued; 'they are never realized in life. Look, the only conso lation of existence is work. Do as I do, and you will learn to forget ?* "I did as he bade me. I broke my sword In two ileces and made them into a plowshare; I wound r rope from tho strings of my harp, put it upon the neck of my horse to use for a halter, and began to plow. "All the rest of my life was spent In hard work, and yet I never learned to forget." He broke off. "I should very much like to know what possible link there can be be tween this story and the visionary sufferings of your present day exis tence?" asked the critic, ironically. "Let US say you really went through ?11 that; this time you live In quite a different milieu, where yon are not ex posed to those pleasures nor to those temptations as In the former one." * "Let bim finish his story!" cried Countess Rolla; "it's impossible that this should be the end. What next?' ? Only, the lsdy of the house remained silent. She hid her face behind her hands, and as she leaned a little for ward a spray of lilies from her hair ,fell at the feet of Adam t)oros*lay. "What next?" repeated he. "There is nothing else to tell. In this second existence my whole time has been spent in search for that acarcely known and lost sweet lady, and when at last I have found her. now, as In the past, she is the wife of another man. "?The Lady's Realm. To an electrician one-horse power is 74C watts. Scientists estimate that there Is en ergy enough in fifty acrcs of sunshine to run the machinery of the world could it to concentrated. From measurements made by r. Bachmetjew we learn that the tem perature of an insect may he varied within wide limits without doing harm to the insect. A new Swiss watch contains a i\nj hard rubber phonograph plate which calls out the hours loud euough to be heard twenty feet away. Sentiment; can bo added by having the words recorded on the plate In the tones of a dear friend?as those of a man's wife or children. The new arc lamp of Andre Blondcl, the French engineer, claims three sub stantial improvements, vis.: One of. the carbons contains certain sails that increase the luminosity; the positive, carbon in the direct-current lamp's is placed at the bottom, and a reflector, encircles the tipper carbon. The ef ficiency is much increased by these fea tures. The light can he varied consid erably and made much whiter than the ordinary arc, and the light Is very brilliant and economical. The experiments cf C. Cutton. a French physicist, havo shown that pbosphoresccnce is Increased fcy tho action of a magnetic Held. Phosphores cent substances prove very sensitive to magnetism, but only when the field is not uniform, and an Intense but uni form field lias no effect. The magnet has even bceu made to "net upon the eye. Objects In an obscure clianibe" wero dimly seen, nnd they appeared to be come brighter when the magnet was brought near the eye. The X-rays, which also have this effect, were care fully screened off by lead foil. Ear lier attempts to And out whether a strong magnetic field nffects the hu man body have given only negative re sults, and even a mngnet large enough to admit the head between tho poles showed no Influence. The Amrrlrin lUr, According to the United States cen sus In 1800 there were 80,030 members of the bar in the United States, or one to every 098 of the population. Accord ing to the census of ItXK) the total num ber was 114,703, or one to every OTO of the population. Hlnea 1000 there has bees a very considerable addition t* tk? Diimhar of Uiwv*r? CHfe&REWS DEPARTMENT: ViYfrM 'MifflV 1 dreimed." Mid little Mofir, And voice a we-tilled yet joyous, "1 dreamed last night "That I went off ?dr*ewheie, And there I found Green gruot and tre?t> and (lowers AH growing round.'' ? *' ? % . *? ? t fI "For all the signs, wherever We had to pas*. . faid: "l'ieaae* 4ve?, <rcaKy tiuiv) Ke?p oti.tiM tfriMfin * ; j j *And in the beds of flowers Along the w.ilkf, Ainonjj the pinks or panaie* Or lily utaiks, ?'\V ere &ign?: 'Pi<Ji nil the llowera Vow wish to,' child: And I dreamed tli.it the |>o'.ieeiiiun Looked down and snii.eil!" ?Kmilic 1'ouN'son, in St N!e';n'.as. A PAHLOR THICK. This Is a neat and effective trick to perforin before a company of men. women mid children, from whom yon cau borrow the few materials you need. These are a silver half-dolhu*. a large wire hairpin, a heavy rftig :tnd a 1011:4 hatpin or "stflckplu." Bend the Jialrpin Into the shape ?hewn In the picture. Force the hnlf dollar Into the narrow book 011 one end of the hairpin, which hook ou have pinched well together so thai it will grip the coin tightly, and bans the ring following day we saw tome flying flab and al*> some porpoises, that came wituiu ten feet of the steamer. The runny part about the porpolaes was that they seemed to run a race with the IVnuaylvania. as for fully a quarter of an hour we saw them swimming bard. Jumping in the air, but still keeping < up with us. Out' day our big. Jolly captain asked | uij sister and myself If we would like I to see tin' captain's bridge, and we : gladly rtcceptiHl his invitation, aa we ' had never been up there before. When ( we were at last on the bridge we saw ? away in (in distance sonic smoke and. i upon watching it a few minutes, we "?.iiv a smokestack appear, and then a few minute* later the whole upper part ot a steamer which was coining from Europe and yolng to America. When at l.v-t the strainer passed us. ouf steamer ami the other both ran up tbigv ami signalled to ?a? h other what kind of weather they hud had When we at last reached Plymouth, JIngluud. (lie steam it stopped, ami those passengers who wero going to get off there wrre taken from the IVnn sylvania on a small steamboat. We had expected to sot off at Plymouth, too. and then go to Lomlon, but as my motlicr was taken nervously sick we had to go right on to Hamburg and' gave up our long looked tor trip. Two days after we left England we THE APPLI A slant had tried to eccnre.froui the tree of life an apple for bis bride, but failed, and at ldst met a prince, who undertook to overcome the many obsta cles and secure tbe euvetc-u prize. Af tor many adventures he was suece*#* fill, and with the apple received the power to accomplish whatever lie un* dertook. Find the giant. ? Brooklyn Eagle. on the other, more open book. Now balance the coin nt a point near its edge and in line with the two hooks, on the point of the hatpin, which you hold vertically in your left hand. You can nearly always make it bal ance on Home point, but to make the trick effective the pin should be very near the edge of the coin, so if the ring is not very heavy you may have to bor row another one and slip it on the hook beside the tlrst. Or you can use a light ring and substitute a quarter for the half-dollar. Now, If yon blow asal ist the ring lite ?whole affair will turn on its pivot, and by giving a good puff every time the rlag comes around you can make it ?pin very fast and keep on spinning a long time. If the hatpin Is very sharp and of very hard steel It will gradually bore a hole in the coin. Indeed, it is possible to bore clcar through a soft coin In this way. Cf course you should practice t!iis trick before trying it in public. Then, if the ring is a brass one and the coin your own you cau give your merry-go TUB NP.IOLilIt t'O'.N AND KING, round to (lie youngsters. who will have lots of fiiii with It.?New York Mflll. A LETTHU FHOM OKHMANY. Hclnbeck, near Hamburg. Germany. Dear Little Mou ami Little Women? Now (hat I have at last arrived here In Germany I will , write you a lett^j- to tell you what kind of n trip I !i?d over, ami also how I like Germany. ax 1 know that sotne of the Tribune's Little Men ami Little Women would like to know what one'of their friends Is doing. ' The Pennsylvania, the stenmer 1 cntne over on. took exaetly two weeks to eross, l>ii t at> we had a very plea Kant voyage, this did not matter much. About five days after ?e loft New York 1 saw a large whale in the dis tance, and It was very interesting to ?ee how he spouted op the water. The arrived lioro safely, niul, dear Little Men aiul Women, .von woulil envy me if yon liad an idea how lovely it is here in the country, with the lovely forest right in front of the lionse we are staying at. I live quite near to the place where lJismarek used to live in the summer. Last week I went to Hamburg, which is a half-honr by train from here, and had the honor to see Emperor William, the Empress and also four of the princes, who seeuied very gay. The Emperor was going to the horse races here in Hamburg. Yesterday I again saw n king in Hamburg, and that was King Edward of England, who had beeiv with the German Emperor to the yacht races at Kiel. I was ten feet away from him, and saw him very well. I think, and so will you, that I have had great hick In seeing both of th?se persons. As this letter is very long already, I will have to say good-bye for the sum mer. Hoping thnt you all will have a pleasant summer, yours truly.?Olga Maria KolilT, in the New York Tribune. SWEET TOOTH OF ANIMALS. This love of sweets is very common in our animal neighbors, from the bee to the horse. If you want to please a borse try giving him two or three lumps of sugar. Not only the bees, but the wasps, flies, butterflies and indeed nearly all Insects, are censplcuonsly at tracted to sweets, and it Is this sweet tooth which leads the insect to visit flowers and thus help them to produce seeds.?From Nature nnd Science, in St. Nicholas. Hhonlil 1*?y tor 1'nMIcily. Ncwspaperdom. Hint excellent Neun York publication thnt is always giving good advice to editors and publishers, has persistently advocated liist news papers charge their own towns for tho publicity they may give them. Many cities that do not half support their pa pers want those papers to give a great deal of free publicity to the cities and do an enormous amount of fchoutiug for tile cities for nothing. Of course, every paper should support its homo town, but if the town refuses to sup port the paper, then it l< inconsistent to expect that the paper should sup port the town. If a newspaper has any money to give away, it should give it to the most deserving. A newspa per's space is Its money. If the town is in need of charity. It would be a wise thing for the publisher to pull up stakes and get out. It Is scarcely pro per that a pi per should give Its money to a <ity. This Is certainly a correct view of the matter. However, as many papers seem desirous of giving their space away to nil kinds of enter prises, It would be better fof them to give It to the home town* FOR INFANTS. Smart bnbies are wearing superb traveling coats of white twilled silk. These coats are extremely long, cov ering the entire robe the infant 1h wear iug. They are embroidered with white silk In small bouquets over the whole surfm'e of the silk, and regularly spaced off. A light sheet of wool wad ding liv!) between the outer silk and the inner lining, whieh may be of pink, bjuc or pure white.* A large eider lap pillow, rover-'d with finest of linen fabric, trimmed with real lace and hand embroidery, must be kept In har mony. so far as the color of bilk slip, under the lawn fitted cover, and its narrow rihbon bows, if they are used, must correspond In shade as well.? Vogue. AS TO WOMEN GENERALLY. Sometimes it seems as though young women are the most frequent offenders of good taste in the matter of loiul talk and in personal conversations in public places. They tell each other about their affairs as though it were all public properly, and use names of other people in an uncomplimentary way when they do not know but some friend of the people they are talking about is sitting right beside them. It is sad but true that girls' talk Is us ually of a frivolous nature and that they are exceedingly careless in their conversation. It is a mark of ill-breed ing for a young woman to talk loudly on the street, in street cars or other public places, or to air her personalities or mention names in such places THE MOSLEM GIRL. The Moslem girls comes to know her charms and beauty at an early day, and at the age when the American girl would be in school or playing with her dolls this oriental maiden is thinking of jewels, rich gowns and lovers. Al though she does not marry as young as the Illndo girl, she begins early to sigh for fringes of pearls and diamond earrings. A writer says that in her rose-colored veil with bold spots the Moslem girl is the prettiest picture you ever saw. With gazelle eyes and Asiatic graces she Is full of ardor and naivee at the same time. She runs like a fawn at the apprqpch of a stranger, but when unobserved her laughter rings through the house, and the in stinctive coquetry of her smile shows that thv "ourdah" Is a necessity. FLOWER GOWNS IN LONDON. The smartest dressmaker's shop in London has invented a novel way of exhibiting gowns. The customer goes Into a small room which is dark when she enters. "I will show you now," says the saleswoman, "the dress we call the poppy." As a tall, dark girl enters the room a shade of reddish light falls on her. The gown is of various shades of red silk voile. The wearer, who is black haired and of the type to which red is most becoming, walks languidly up and down the room. "Or if you prefer to see something in yellow," the saleswoman suggests, ?'we hove the jonquil." The lady in red fades away, and the light Is extinguished. Then from be hind the draperies there eoiut-* a shaft of yellow light to Illumine the figure of a tall, willowy girl clarl in n diaph anous silk in various tints of yellow. In the same fashion other gowns are exhibited on these sublimated show girls, who come and go to display In the most attractive way these essen tially English dresses. This new shop, elaborate as It Is, has none of the daintiness and beauty of the smarter places in Paris, lint the idea Is said to have met with suc cess and the shop has prospered. TO HAVE PEARLY TEETH. Early neglect is the chief cause of ugly teeth. From the time when the little bones peek through a pink gum, the teeth should be carefully treated. The mother who Is wise begins blush ing her baby's teeth very gently as soon as tlit re aro enough of them to brush. Previous to that the mouth Is Swabbed with a bit of clean, sterilized linen. To brush the teeth after each ureal is to follow a good rule, but with women of business it Is not always convenient. However, nothing should Interfere with the morning grooming and the thorough brushing lust before going to bed. Neglect will not only cause the teeth to decay, but will make the gums Weak and unhealthy. Twice a year tartar should removed and cavities filled by a capable dentist. Co!d wifer should never be used when one Ia rinsing the mouth, and toothpicks must be shunned. All foreign substances cat! be removed with dental floss. Pow ders . containing coarse, gritty sub stances are extremely harmful. Do not crack nuts or bite thread with your teeth. They aro not made after the plans and specifications of Iron pincers cr steel nippers.* See to it thnt yon use only a pure antiseptic powder, also that after each cleansing all of the powder Is rinsed away. Keep your brush clean and ?very week dip It Into llstering or a strong solution of boric acid. THE WOMAN OF THE WEST. The social picture of the Middle West ft* a whole, however, presents the sexes occupying different Intellectual and moral planes. There the woman Is indisputably the mistress In all that makes for culture?culture In letters and in art: the man is king In his own active realm. Each Is ino*t deferential to the other in that other's sphere. The books on the shelves, the pictures on the walls, ore of the woman's choice or selection. The man speaks uf her literary or artistic tastes, usually of both ?combined, -vltli the reverence that Is due to her superior Intellectual and spiritual gifts and acquirements. She s the hostess, and the host stands ap propriately behind her.. She l? the In* structed, ami leads the Intellectual movements of her town. The book flub, the Dante club, the entertainer of the lecturing or the traveling lion, is the woman. Ofteu the clergyman as sists*. but she. tlirough her Influence over the surrendered man, has selected her clergyman, and on her he mast connt for the success of himself snd of his work. She 1* indeed generoua and gracious, and welcomes with Joy every man who -strays from business into the company of hooks snd pic tures. into homes which slie lias nuide. They call lheir houses homes oTIener than tlr? Kast. ui;?* these homos be il-.c 'a^*** of the woman. Iter education is likely to he more virile 'ban that of her Kastern sisters, because ii is acquired at seliools and where coeducation of the sexes is the rule. Her domination in the home ami her primacy in tlie higher life, as we are inclined to call it, are seen not oi.ly in ilio more obvious so cial affair", but in ill" "lenient of seri ousness which marks most life in Ihis midway of ?he country.?Harper's Mara^inc. .\ IM.KA VOll !>1 It'P. Ii is a recollection of his own afflic tions :is a child that a collvge professor makes a plea for dirt. Children, he avers, are tortured by the madness of mothers. They are not only scrubbed with cruel frequency, but are re strained from wliolesonie play by the threat of punishment for soiled clothes. Nature, he maintains, lias had a good purpose in implanting in every normal child a fondness for dirt, and the con stant efforts to defeat this purpose must have a deleterious Influence on the character, lie considers it a grave invasion of the rights of childhood to insist that the human young, who are in a state of barbnrism, should look like angels on parade. "The laws of nature," he declaims, "can not be con stantly violated with impunity;" chil dren who have the possibilities of a tine manhood &.re perverted Into vatn and finical peacocks by the diseased desires of mothers for unnatural clean liness. That this desire for excessive clean liness Is in truth pathological Is af firmed by a medical writer in the London Lancet. lie describes It as a hatred or fear of dirt, and has no donbt that It is an Infectious germ disorder. The woman whose highest ambition la to be regarded as the best housekeeper* who makes all enjoyment of the home Impossible by her eternal vigilance in the matter of dust; whose mind seems Incapable of entertaining any other idea than that of absolute cleanliness, is obviously afflicted with this malady, which is called mysophobla. That the disease is extending is beyond a doubt. What has been called the force of ex ample Is In fact the effect of contagion. It is chiefly because of the conse quences to the children .that the sub ject Is considered worthy of attention, but there is little hope that any appeala to mother love will be effective. FASHION NOTES. White hand-woven pongee is one of the choicest fabrics. Wash fabrics of all kinds are im mensely fashionable. Trimmed skirts are the rule; the plain skirt an exception. Even the simplest little afternoon frock Is simple only in effect. Pure white Valenciennes lace Is used to an unprecedented extent this sea son. On the whole, the toes of shoes are more pointed and the heels a trifle higher. The distinctive modes are modeled upon those which the Louis periods produced. Shirring* and cordings, atich as were the delight of olden times, are most fashionable. It Is infinitely easier to make an ef fective trimmed skirt than it is to mako a plain one. Dolly Vurden silk mulls are a desir able material and form a close rival of the printed nets. Linens and ginghams and muslins of all sorts and colors are trimmed with bands of solid color. There never was a more favorable time to wear anything that one "hap pens to have on hand." New hat models show the nodding Prince of Wales' feathers at the left side of the hat or almost directly in front. White Brussels net Is one of the dain tiest of the summer fabrics and is one of the most popular for both the fancy blouse and the entire gown. While dressy gowns have extremely full skirts, growing fuller all the while, the smartest tailored effects show the fullness only around the bottom. Those to whom the loose blouse with drooping bertha trimming is not be coming will select the newer draped bodice which has the effect of the high girdle. Traveling Comfort*. A pillow shaped like a small bolster and covered with dnrk sateen Is a great comfort for a long Journey In a day coach. A pillow of this shape fits Into the window ledge and will serve as an elbow rest, as a head rest, or will ease the weary back, says the Indies* llotue Journal. A combination pil low and bag Is a good thing. A long piece of denim or cretonne is sewed together part of the way and stuffed for a pillow. The portion that is left open Is turned up on the side oC the pillow and sewed at ea?-h end, leaving a pocket Into which book, fancy work or a wrap may be tucked. A strap of the same material is fastened at one end to carry It by. A little railway comfort is a khaki colored bag large enough to hold one'* daily necessities, to be bung on a book by Hie car window. It saves tho fre quent opening of the lnrge traveling bstf. and may contain book, work, writ* [ lug pad and toilet article*.