THE SHARK A COWARD. 1 He Will Always Sheer Off From a Splashing Swimmer. A POOR little flabby two foot shark that I saw cast up oa one of the Jersey beaches the other ?laj brought a lot of shark memories back to me." said a youngish middle-aged man wbo ltat pot in a number of cruises, boy and ma a, in the nary. "I bad Quite a few abark experiences when 1 was on the old line of Gorernment packets, and I fonnd tbem out. I'm Just aa much afraid of a sea tiger now as you'd l>e of a ship's kitten lapping con densed milk out of a wardroom saucer r.e of those sixty-foot long and two f< r?i wide canoes with the outrigger ar rangement familiar In the South Hens, and in the bow of the canoe and direct la* Ihun was an old liuic juiccr of a quartermaster from a British trading sctioqper in the harbor. " 'Splash, ban' keep a-sptashlng, bleat y'r blaaln' hejeballa f r a Yankee pup heejltr bawled the old llme-Jolcer at mo aa the canoe approached where 1 waa In the middle of the' semi-circle of waiting aharka, and with thai 1 be gan to alap and kick the water like a aea skate fooled in the mudhook chains. , "I waa a lot rattled, bnt as the canoe approached I noticed that all of the natives that weren't helping to pnll the canoe were leaning over the side and alapplng and churniug the water with all their might and main ntul making all of the noise out of their counten ances that they knew how to. That settled It. The sharks dispertcHl like a bunch of stampeded mountain goats ami I was hauled Into the canoe anil bawled at by the old Uute-juiccr lor my bloomlnk Yankee heejlocy until we pulled up on the bench. "That was when I first found out by actual experience, what every deep going sailor in the South Sens knows, that the shark is the worst coward that swims and that he Is twenty times more afraid of a splashing human be ing in the water than a water mono a sin Is of a howling small boy iu nu inland creek." ? Washington Star. AMERICAN FURNITURE IN BRITAIN Sound Scolding For tht Naughty Yankees WIm Invade Them. The presumption of America iu sup posing that the Old Country Is to conic to her for furniture Is amazing. It is also, to those learned In furniture, rather amusing. The simple reason Is that American furniture is not good enough. It runs too much on the lines of what trade journals on the other side poetically term "very attractive lines in mission fitments"? gaunt, ungainly designs worked out by machine in cheap woods. | Perhaps the Idea that England is a [dumping ground where lubblsli way be shot is not yet eliminated from tho American mind. And yet several ex periments of that kind have ended sadly. A good many years ago cheap American cycles were almost hurled in our faces. Now one of the rarest birds on an English highway is a cycle made anywhere 6ut in England. Another attempt of a less serious character was made a Utile while ago with bedroom suits. They were not particularly cheap, but to quote an ex pert. "the design was bad. the work was bad. the effect was tawdry." and the American-made bedroom suit is not In demand. Of course England does import furni ture from America. Of the ?700,000 ($3,500,000) worth of cabinet-ware which came from abroad in ll?OCi Amer ica sent a larger part than any other country? ?250,000 ($1,250,000) worth. America and France arc indeed the only countries which send us as much as ?100,000 ($500,000) in the year. But those figures represent goods of a totally different kind. The French furniture is highly finished, elaborate work ^ the American cheap and machine made. In one solitary "line** can the Americans claim the hulk of t lie Eng lish trade. The roll-top desk was orig inally an American Invention, and for some years an American monopoly. Hut a desk Is now being produced In England which in price competes with the American-made article and in qual ity. according to experts in the retail trade, is distinctly superior. For the plain fact is that the English cabinet-maker has no competitors. Even the finest French work, which n:? doubt comes nearest, is a bad second. In "finish" the Frenchman can hold his own, hut in the actual cabinet-making, the putting together of the article, lie leaves much to be desired. The Ger man workmanship is not bad, but the design is heavy and clumsy. Omitting cheap machine-made furni ture? the only class apparently within American ken? the bulk of It Is not. made In factories at all. I. More. In a smnll West Side restaurant that caters to persons on economy bent the bill of fare is headed by this no tice: "Regular dinner? Men, twenty-five cents; women, fifteen cents." "How is this?" asked a chance cus tomer belonging to the sex most heav ily taxed. "You charge us fellows ten cents more than you do the women. What have we done that we should be so discriminated against V" "You eat more/' was the plain re joinder. "It doesn't cost nearly so much to feed women as men, but we are the first concern in this part of town that has l?een brave enough to say so in plain print. Many foreign restaurants have recognized that fact and have regulated their charges ac cordingly. Hoarding houses, too, are well acquainted with the masculine appetite, and satisfy its longings at a premium. "However, If the male border is sub ject to excessive charges, he always has the satisfaction of knowing he gets his money's worth. Walters in institutions of that kind are required to report In the kitchen whether an order is for a 'lady* or 'gentleman,' and the cook dishes up in proportion to, the capacity of the diner. "Some cheap restaurauts have adopt ed the plan of serving 'ladylike' por tions at rock bottom prices, thereby en* abling the man with an appetite to> double up on his order ami preserve a fair ratio between the cost of men's, and women's meal*. But we like our plan better. It gives everybody a fair show and prevents confusion."? New York Press. Wide Field For Weoklies. The dny of the weekly literary home niul farm paper has Just begun, aiul in my opinion then? never was a better dny for the right kind of weekly papers than to-day. In raying this I wish you to remember that the weekly paper that eomes to the family filled with able editorials and feature articles, Ac tion and poetry, and has departments for the women, for the farmer, for the mechanic, and especially for the little ones? a paper that is clean and leane toward a higher ideal in journalism than does the present sensational daily ?Is the one I refer to. . , . These papers will always be factors In our national growth. No matter how many improvements are made In the malt service, they occupy a place not Ulled by the average dally, and the better the weekly Is made along the lines set forth the more certain it is to main* tain a high place.? W. T. Moore of the Indianapolis Sentinel. Munirr 1>ok?. "Alaska dogs are getting the worst fare they have had since the early days In that country," wild Robert Pas chal!, who recently returned from Daw. son. "They arc eating anything and everything they enn find now, when a few months ago they were living on the best of dog bacon, an inferior prod uct that was shipped north just for dog feeding. "You see. this packers' Jrtrflto was beginning to bo felt even by the dogs. The dog bacon that was formerly shipped to Alaska for feeding the pups In now in general use, and the dog* have to hike the best they can get. I guess those dogs up there are glad It is the end of the strike."? Seattle Post lntelligenccf. i Queen of Greece and Russian Admiral* The Only Woman Admiral T HE remarkable contingency that a woman Admiral may coinaiuiiil the fleets of Russia before tbe ending of the war with Japan has pre?emed Itself to the minds of those who are Intimately acquainted with the personal affairs of the rulers of the Old World. Should all other Admirals of the Russian Navy perish, it would lie within the power nud right of Queen Olga of Greece to claim com mand of the ships that remain to that Nary. Not only does she rank as full Admiral of the naval forces of llussia, but she Is a good sailor and as thor ough a naval expert as are many of the Captains who are her subordinate In rank. The possibility of a Roadicca of the sea coming to the succor of the beaten forces of the powerful Empire of the North, already has been the subject of more or less amused comment iu the MOROS IN AMERICA With Sultans of high and low de gree, accompanied by their harems, with Moliamedan liifcli priests ami tbe rigid rules of this fanatical religion, and with political plot and counter plot revealing all the subtle qualities of an Oriental race. 110 s|>ot at the World's Fair holds more of the strange and interesting atmosphere of a far off corner of the world than the Moro Tillage. Philippine Kxpoaitlou. Here the dignfled and polite Datto Facundo, who visited the President In Wash ington, stands at the head of forty Samal Moron, the ever-steadfast friends of Uncle Sam, while housed In another end of the same village are to he found the hostile I,nnao Moros, bitter enemies of their Samal cousins, and a race which has never been sub jugated by either Spaniard or Amer ican. It lias taken the utmost diplo macy on the part of Frederick Lewis, the manager of the villages, to admin ister tbe affairs of the two races, so that the spears of the Samal Moros are not hurled over the hamlxto fence at their neighbors, or the wicked bolo knives of the tanno* do not tlnd a lodging place in flie patriotic breasts of the Samal Mofos or Sea CSypsies. The village of the latter, built on l>nm? l>oo poles over the waters of Arrow head I>ake. offers the most character* istically striking village at the Fair. GROUP OF LANAO MOROS. Sultans (left to right), top row: Sultan SunKud, Sultan Pltulean, Sultan AmbuloiiK. I>atto Asume. Bottom row: Datto Maratml. Mandae, bright Moro Interpreter, the lost Snltan neniasanky. l'rlest Ilajali Mudn Lumbayangui, In wbotorii on that day. The authorities, however, refused to sanction the lat ter. and now the Swiss < Jovernniont Is considering proposed laws for the pre vention of such christening eccentriel tles.? New York News. HAMOAN H< l?')IR .1 IN TIIK AMKltlCAN 8F.RVICR. ? By comtci) of 'flic ludcpeiulent. New York City.? Tucked coats worn ( (With belts that confine them at the j back and sides are exceedingly Ikv i coming to young girls nnd are among | misses' tucked ooat. the latest and most attractive ukhIcIs shown. Tills very excellent example is adapted both to the costume and to the general wrap and to the many materials of the season, but is shown In a uilxed brown velvet edged with fancy braid. The long lines of the front, provided by the tucks -which pass over the belt, add greatly to the style and make a specially noteworthy feature. The sleeves are the new ones that are full at the shoulders aiul are j finished with roll-over cuffs. The coat is made with fronts, back and under-arni gores, and is linitdied at the neck with a simple roll-over collar. The sleeves are full and are pleated into bands thai are concealed by the cufTs. The belt is adjusted over the back and fronts to the centre tucks, where it passes through open I the first place In llnoc cornered, the beaver skirt being most deftly manip ulated. The brim is likewise shaped, pointing -well at the front. Voids of brown tulle cover the bandeau and the edge of the brim is decked with two tiuy brown taffeta pleating* with three rows of mat beads lietween them. The two outer rows of Iwads arc brown, the centre one being, no. not orange, bat u delicate apple green. At the left front, on the under side of the brim, is a brown bird, or rather, the fore part of a bird. From this bird sweep* a splen did paradise plume which shades froAi soft brown to delicate apple grcen.\ It is a chef d* oeuvrc. ??Knlckrm" For School Glrla. * For school girls plain serge and Scotch plaids will be the favorite ma terials. l*p to fourteen years the choice ' of make is Wtween the sailor suit and the Russian-blouse frock. Cirlf from eight to fourteen years vvir knickerbockers for school ami play time instead of petticoats under their dress skirts now: the practical side of this fashion lias rc<>om mended It to most mothers who have the comfort of their children at heart. These knlck erlmckers are made to match the dress; in winter of serge, in summer of ging ham or linen.? Fashion Number of Harper's Bazar. I ^ For llrMkfRit. A pretty matinee set seen recently had the Jacket made in bolero shape. This, like the skirt, was trimmed with quantities of fluffy lace. Kllt?xl Skirt With Ilouad Vttkc. Skirts that arc pleated below ft smooth fitting yoke are among tlje smartest of all smnrt things for the coming season and will be worn for all street costumes. This one is pe culiarly chic and attractive and is so arranged as to give a plain effec' at the front, which is always desirable. As illustrated, it is made of cheviot in mixed shades of brown and tan, trimmed with handsome brown braid. A Late Design by May Manton. lugs loft for the purpose and is closed invisibly. The quantity of material required for the medium sl/,e Ik live yards twenty Beven Inches wide, two and three fourth yards forty-four inches wide, or two and one-eighth yards llfty-two Indies wide, with one-half yards of velvet and one and three-fourth yards of braid to trim as Illustrated. 1)o?il>t hktht with norsD voki, yard* t wonty-m-von Inch' * wide, IIy? ntiil one-fourth ynrdn forty four Inched wide, or 11 vo yard* Ofty-two Inches wide.