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*.