Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

AN EMPEROR'S POEM. Evcry cducated .Ja;anes :s sposed to >e proiclint in wrh: : n ii.- biu,!ii indic i:, o:e o t > ;!.. e m s The pol A :ct ? i h c. ir .- ' r"i:- i : l s b k t,)"1 he ])r r o m-."+.. I "i peror o; m It :r- tr:ms:tei ny .\r thur i.:ovd i'Jr tC indeien,l!'t, by w-hose permi.--A>nit is i:re ::se : W:IDOM's GO AL. i:Y ]IUTSU IT:. his MijeFty the Eaipero, of .Japan. The v;ater placed in on:et. howl .,r cup Changes its form to its rece;-ta.e: And so our !"astic souls take various shapes And characters of good or ii. to 6t The good or evil n the friends we choose. Therefore he ever careful ;n your choice of friends, And let your soecial love be given to those Whose strength of character may prove the whip That dr:ves you ever to fair wisdom's goal. AMELIA AND TiE BABY. By C. H. AKER. AO$ OIN JACKSON uncon se":o.3:y ncreased his pace o 0 as his home came in sight. V2 He walked quickly up the | l ittle path. glancing in throtgh the sitting-room window as he passed. The warm red Iiiiker of the firelight dan:(ing on the walls looked cozy and inviting. in pleasing contrast to the cold and daaip out of doors. "Ah! it is good to be home," thought John as he tapped at the door instead of ringing. "I expect Amelia is wait ing for me-sitting in the firelight so that she can let me in the minute I knock." And he pictured to himself in cheerful anticipation his wife eager ly awaiting his home-coming, sitting in the cozy firelit room. To his sur prise there was to his twice-repeated knocking. "Where in the world can - Arrelia be? She always runs so quick ly to let me in!" And John was forced reluctantly to ring the bell. "Where is 'Mrs. Jackson?" he asked the maid as he walked into the empty sitting-room. "Upstairs with the baby." answered Mary. "Is there anything wrong?" demand ed John a little anxiously. "Oh. no, sir. He's as merry as a king-the darling-I don't wonder Mrs. Jackson can't tear herself away:" John was cold and tired and he could not help a feeling of disappointment stealing over him. He glanced at the fenter-no slippers were there. and it was the first time since their marriage that Amelia had not put them ready. He slowly fetched them. chauged. and flinging himself into an armchair en joyed the pleasant warmth of the fire. Presently he got up. "I must go up and see what Amelia is doing." he said. "and give the little man a kiss before he goes to sleep." And he went upstairs. ".Is that you. John?" called Amelia: "do come in here and look at baby. Doesn't he look a cherub?" John went into the night nursery 'where his wife was standing near the little cot. "I thought you were lost," said he. Amelia was too engrossed in the frolics of her little son to notice her W bilbalci or the shade of disappoint muent which crossed his face when she did not turn to greet him. John put his arm around her waist. & "Give me a kiss, little woman?'" Amelia kissed him hastily-then stooping over the cot she lifted out the little crowing bundle of humanity and -kissed it nassionately. "Nowv give 41a31v a kiss." she cried, and John sol emnly saluted the little roseleaf cheek. "Non' come and dre'ss for dinner. lThe little chap ought to be asleep by lcw. "In a minute." answered Amelia. -"You go and get ready. I shall be down by the time cook is ready.'' A little later John was again waiting fo' AXme!ia d)wnstairs. iDinner' was ready waiting-getting cold. and John was hungry. Presently Amelia called over the bgtnisters: "I say. John dear, begin without me: I shall be down in a minute or two. and don't want any soup." So John sat down alone and began his meal in solitary state. lie was more than half through before Anelia put in an ap pearance. "I wish Mollie would come: I want to tell bet' several things." thought .lohn. But when she did come down. the things were left unsaid. She chat tered unceasingly about the baby, all be had done and looked that day. and ais the little man had only had ope birthday there was b)ut littjegrariety~ in his daily proceedings.'sohn listened patiently. He wayv:fevoted to his little son, but he ?a{ a vague feeling that A\nxdia-might at least take some inter . est in his own doings during the day. "Baby can imnopolize her all dany." t :cizht he. "I think it my turn in the Dutring the necxt fewv months a curi Uecr wvhole life seemed wr'apped up in her little son. It was not that she 10-:O. bet' husband less. but if it wams a 'K:-' betwe-en JTohn ernd the haby ha. ws ne've:' the onei t. he le'ft. .oi:n' uikly not icel t he chane Hec II ]h::i been u'edl to tr*eat his wvife as5 his cohurn. talking his hii'nemss a:ffai's oVeCV' ith her,. and often rely'ing on her Mc ujtivc feminine ju!dgmen':t for a dIe c; sion on deb)ittable point s. Gratdually,; hoever. all this was (changed(. AmP l:a was too eager to talk of hiahy's li 1: Oir5 to listen to her husband. so lie tamost unconsci:ousy gave tup the atttent to confidLe in 1:cr or to ask her Amelia was sitting on the s:unds at Atlantic City r'eading-a few yards off was baby with his (devoted playmate amnd nurse. The latter was making sand pies for the little man to break down as quickly as she turned them otut of his bucket. "I've never read John's lettetr." suid denly thought Amelia. with a sudden twinge of conscienice. "Poor' old n'ar, I wonder how he's getting on ini town all by himself. It will remindl him of his bachelor days before we were married. Still. I simply couiln't leave baby here with nurse-I shou:d miss him too dreadfumlly." in the early spring John Jackson's little heir had hiad an attack of whoop Ing cough, and on his recovery the doc was an on 1riend of John's. and ,eing the dir!cti? of affairs in that house i!. li:ll ilOp l to Imaen Ima'tt(rs by is sur :on. iIe th :>.ht that once r:o h we'e downl at the .wa sile, .mi(-ha wouldl be fr"ed from the u:eon sos .iavery into whilh she ha(d sliipped. an1 John vTould once more enjoy his l:o:e life. What was hi dismay on 'aliing a few days later to find the house deserted, except for John and the cook! Amelia opened and read the letter. Its contents occasioned her no small surprise. They were as folows: "My Darling Wife-I'm sorry to in terrupt your holiday. But. after the first few days. cook's bebavior has been, to say the least, mysterious. She always seems to be out. so you may imagine that matters are not very sat isfactory here. I have not said any thing to her. as I know you think very highly of. But I certainly think you had better come home as soon as you can and put matters right. I do not think I had better interfere. As for leaving baby, h, cannot be in better hands than he is with Mary. "Yours ever. "John." "I cannot possibly (o:ne home." said Amelia to herself. "How stupid John is. I shall go in and write to him at once, and tell him I cannot possibly leave baby. He must square things ill) with cook himself." So she went indoors and wvro e to John. telling him of her decisionl. A week later, what was her dismay on receiving a wire from Dr. Cary: "Come home. Your husband ill. Cary." was the curt message. Amelia w"ag thoroughly frightened. "What can hav? happened':" she said. "I hope it isn't some accident at those horrid works. Some one is al ways getting hurt there." She hastily packed, caught the first train back to town, and drove home in a hansom. A sensation of fear of the unknown stole over her. What if John were seriously ill! The telegram gave her no clue, and wrapped up as she was in her little son, she had not allowed her self time to think of the possible seri ousness of affairs at home. On receiv ing the telegram, after her first alarm her whole attention was given to baby's welfare in her absence. Dr. Cary met her at the door of the house. "What has happened?" she asked anxiously. Dr. Cary took her quietly into the little sitting-room. "I fear your husband is very serious ly ill," he said gravely. Then in a few words he told her of all that happened in her absence-of the advantage that had been taken by the cook of her mistress's absence. How she had gone out each night-often leaving John an ill-cooked dinner or none at all. How she had come home late and lain in bed the next morning, and let .ilhn go dowitown to his office without his breaM ast. And how she had put damp sheets on his bed. The result of the month's discomfort and nealect was that John was lying seriously ill with double pneumonia. "And I am an old man." said the doctor. "May I give you one word of adviceT' Amelia looked up questioningly. "What Is it?" she asked. "If your husband pulls through let him, see that he is first in your affec tions. Lately you have given your whole being up to baby, and your hus band has been left in the cold. Of course. I know it has not been so in reality, but appearances have beeni against you, and your husband has lately had a disappointed look that you would be the first to resent." * * * * * * * John .Tackson' s recovery was v'ery slow. Thanks to the devoted nursing of his wife and the skill of Dr. Cary the lung attack did not prove fatail as i had threatened. At last the day arrived when he was pronounc'ed sufficiently conv'alece ut to be allowed downstairs. He was lying in a sunny corner with Amelia sitting sewing by his side. "It is indeed good. dearest, to have you downstairs. It really looks like recovery to-day," she said. John smiled and then said: "Do you know, Amelia. I am almost sorry to be getting all right again:" "Joehn dear," exclaimed Amelia. "whatever for? It must have been a horrid time." "I thoroughly enjoyed it." said John gravely. "I am such a selfish brute, Amelia. and never so thoroughly enjioy myself as when I feel I am indiput ably first in your e,&es" 'John." de said at length. "you al ways w'ere and always will he indis npalbly first. I don't know why I got so stupid over baby just before you were ill. It is over now. I don't love aby any the less, but I shall be more sensible now. Will you forgive me for -for-? "There is nothing to forgive." said John gently, as he drev: her tow'ard him and kissed her.-The American Queen. Divorce. A lawyer making a specialty of di vorce cases was recently consul!ted by a womani (desirous1 of bringing action aginst her husb>and for separation. The lady related a harr'owing story of her' i-trratment at tac hands of her hoetjer half. Indeed. the lawvyer was so imtpresscd byt her r'eeltal of woes tat for' a moment he was star'tled out of his usual professional compnosure. Madam:'' lhe ec(laimed. ''from what o say, I gather that this man is a perfect bruite! Whruo h applicant for divorce "Si', I shall consult another lawyer. I came here to get your advice as to a divorce, not to hear my husband abused :"--Harper's Weekly. A Lock For Speech. IIistory records sundry ethninal pro ceeings repjorting the aftixing of pad locks to a human being's mouth. In Hungary this was the celesiastical punishment for uttering blasphemy. The same crime was punished in Spain by tearing out the culprit's tongue. in France by braiding the tongue, ir Holland by piercing the tongue witL: nails, etc. In the ancient grave a padlocked human f'ace wvas discoverec recently, and a few (days ago it was put on exhibition in the Nationa: Museum in Budapest. The staples were driven through the bony part o1 the face at both sides of the mouth. Antiquarians say the lock is datec r.m the end of the sixteenth century. Capital For Poultry nalsing. 1 One advantage that pouitry keeping a offers to the man who owns a few ri acres is that it requires no great tl amount of capital to get into it. Any Y man who knows how to go ahead with t< the work cnn make it succeed. even fi if he has no capital to start with. The b, best capital is a thorough knowledge n of the hen business. This can be ac- a quired by working among the liens c daily. No other way will impart it to a man. The hens will pay for the im provements as the plant increases in size, if the man behind it is going n ahead rightly. . . .......ti Starting a CreAmery. Recently we have had several in- tl quiries about organizing creameries, ti and herewith give the views of.1'rof. a Washburn. of the Missouri Agricul- i tural College. on the subject. He says: a "Whenever the milk from at least four hundred cows cannot be guar- is anteed within a radius of five miles, p the creamery had better not be built. tl The cost of making butter will be about six cents per pound. and no far- tl mer company can stand such expense. it If live or six hundred cows can be o, secured in the fivc-mile radius, the h1 cost of making a pound of butter can be reduced to - or 4 cents. which is t( a probable basis of business. and the d, creamery will benefit the community. tl A good little creamery that can handle it this amount of business can be built and equipped for $2000 of -2300, if the a community will let the 'creamery pro- V tuoters' alone and buy an outfit of some is reputable manufacturer. If a cheese k factory is preferred for the same num ber of cows, it ought not to cost more b than $1000 or $1200."-Indiana Farmer. q a. A Handy Bag-Holder. a This can be made by the farmer him self, and at no expense. It is nothing t more than a hopper, with hooks upon d y a b ji .1 a T - ri -lc vhch to hang the bag, fastened to a Il irm standard. This arrangement will h 'nable a single person to fill the bag uickly and casily.-Indiana Farmer. f 1 tl Sheep Notes. Breeding ewes should never be ex g posed to the cold winter rains. i The farm becomes clear and fertile g Ihere fiocks are kept on it and suit-1 ably pastured. If the ewes are kept too fat before ambing, they will secrete too much ~ nlk and this will cause caked bag. J When there is plenty of good pasture t Es the best and cheapest time to pre- cI pare sheep for market. . In the average Merino sheep the best ~ fleece can be expected at three or fourt rears, after which deterioration natur lly followvs. I Sheep. to fatten we:1 and readily,h ~hould be fed regularly twice a day, norning and night. A littie copper mixed v:ith their salt, will b)e goodt for breeding ewes and eding wethers. Unmerchantable wool is any kind Ii that for any reasou cannot be intelli gently quoted or valued because of some sp)ecitic defect. 1 3e economy of feeding an 'ti1 growth of the stock alike reg -re that i the work of mutton mahii be not de ferred wholly until baMycather.t Proportion of.aumnus to Soil. A bulletin of the Delaware station says: Trhe a m9unt of humus in differ ent soils variet greatly, far more than Cs any oNiVconstituent. in many cases gi t a fraction of one per cent. and in C thers more than half of the soil by weight, even as much as three-quar- b lers. These very rich soils, the so- p called black earths, are of course ex- d. ~eptios,. due to dead vegetation accu- rc nulated through many years. it is ft iuestionable whether mere mounds of uch decaying vegetation are properly P: to be called soils. The famous "black E' earths" of Russia average much less A han 10 per cent. of humus. The h; rairie soils of the West run over 5 ci >r cent. Excellent agricultural scils it ontain less than 2 p~er cent. More ti han 15 per cent. is considered detri- -tl nental as affecting the water-holding ti oer of the soil unfavorably, and robably in most cases even much less ~ than this will be harmful rather than ti beneficial. Most or our common farm 0 land in the East ha:s less than 2 per' a ent. Only in exceptienal cases, such c is5 mariet gardens. truck: patches and P the like, is this amoutnt exceeded. n A Contrne.t in Farmn;:-. ni The follo)wing from The Blooming- p toni Pantagraph needs no comment. p The lesson is so plain that all can seeg it: I) Here is a vivid object lesson in good !c rind poor farming contrastedi, seen last c; fall. On one side of the highway stood a a field of great corn already maturedi and promising eighty bushels per acre. h It was almost a model field. Jlust across the road from it was a field or ti very poor andI immature corn that n might make twenty-five bushels per n are. Why this difference? The s original character of the soil was the n same. b)ut the soil was not the same s at the beginning of the season last f spring. One field had been well farmed and was rich in fertility. The f. other had grown corn almost continu ously for over twenty years; it had t received little or no manure or fertili- f< zer and the land had not been in pas- 1 ture. Then the preparation of the n ground and cultivation of the crop s were much less thorough and timely d in one hield than in the other. And lb the difference between the two crops p Is itself more than an average central . linois crop--tifty-tive bushels per are. Thorough farming and sensible >tatio-l of crops and preservation of ie fertility of the soil really pays. robably some such object lessons are > be seen in every neighborhood. In- a, elity about scientilic farming does o: t pay, and must fall of its own si eight, as these differences in yleld 13 e seen and understood in every lo tlity. Mutton Chars. Sheep need particularly good care in h; inter, especially as we come on to- tt ard spring. No good ca:re now, no on ue lambs later. ai Sort out the little potatoes and give rr en to the sheep as a change of ra- p on. Watch them eat these, and rest c< ;sured that you are putting dollars t, to your own pocket while the sheep -e putting down the potatoes. Clover is splendid feed for sheep. It rich and sweet-provided it was -operly cured. Musty clover is worse ian good clean timothy. b When you clean the leavings from ie cows' mangers, take it out and put S in the rack for the sheep to look rer. You will be surprised to see 0 )w much of it they will eat up clean. e Sheep should wear their bells in win r as well as in the summer. In fact. b >s are fully as apt to get among eem when huddled in a yard as when I an open field. Talk much with your sheep when li nong them. They should know your si ice every time they hear it; and it ft well worth while, too, to speak in a t( indly tone every time. tl Do you look for early lambs? Then E ) sure to give the ewes good warm sl aarters every night from this on. If u 2ything is discouraging it is to go out s 1d tind nice lambs chilled to death. c If your sheep run in the same yard at the cows must occupy part of the y, have an adjoining lot into which )u can let them run while the cows e o>jt. This will keep them from ing chased and perhaps fatally in- e o lred by the cows.-Farm Journal. a Where and How to Spread Manure. a I have used a manure spreader for >me time and think it is as important f n implement on the farm as a cultiva r or plow. One advantage of the 1 )reader is that It is a labor saver, but would not advise purchasing a )reader for that value alone. 1 con der the real value of the spreader in the way in which it handles the anure. t I use the manure as a top-dressing. a his gets the elements of the manure ght to the roots of the grain, none is t st, and I get results the first year. plowing manure under one will S ve to wait until the second year, 0 hen it is plowed on top again, be- 1 re he will get much benefit, and by t Lat time half of the value of the 1 anure has seeped down in the a ound. Using manure as a top dress- f g I put it on only half as thick to t the same results per acre, and in Is way make the manure cover twice many acres. Another advantage I find in using anure as a top dressing is that it ulhes the ground and helps to re in moisture, while I have seen many e tss in v-ery dry weather where anure did more damage than good hen plowed under. I prefer using ' e manure on wheat and oats after ~ wing, and on meadows. By the time s get ready to use the field for corn 1s ive It in good condition. It is almot possible to use manure for top dress- i (g for the reasons that, first, it cani >t be spread evenly, and, second, ird chunks cannot be torn apart, bile with a good spreader the manure riddled and spread evenly. A man with a small faS a reader as well a Jfy~ one, for the 'ason tlM neat least doubles the Ii 1I1i'Dt the manure. H e will have to U more careful, however, in purchas g a spreader, as he is usually limited c( one team and needs one that runs e: ;h t.-Correspondent Farmers' Club. --ir Important Test in Feeding Cows. Here is a summary of a most inter ting test in feeding cows by the Vir nia Experiment Station, which should >mmand the attention of feeders: 1. That cost of producing milk and tter can be greatly reduced by re- P acing part of the concentrates in the b mily ration of the cow with some ughess rich in protein, such as al- i lfa or cow-pea hay. it 2. A ton of alfalfa or pea hay can be u: oduced at a cost of 53 to $5 per ton, hereas, wheat bran costs $20 to $25- te s a yield of from 2 to 3 tons of pea is iy and from 3 to 5 tons of alfalfa gi t be obtained from an acre of land. is easy to see the great advantage e utilization of these roughn.esses, inS t place of wheat bran, gives the 1 iryman. t 1. In substituting alfalfa hay for heat bran, it will be best in prac e to allow one and one-half pounds alfalfa to each pound of wheat bran, c d if the alfalfa is fed in a linely iopped condition, the results will :ove more satisfactory. 4. When alfalfa was fed tinder th elIt Lost favorable conditions, a gallon o fl ilk was obtained for 5.'7 cents and aa mund of butter for 10.4 cents. When u ?a hay was fed, the lowest ecost of ai ihon of milk was 5.2 cents and a n >und of butter was 1.4 cents. In 14 calities where pea hay grows well. it n be utilized to replace wheat bran, c d in sections where alfalfa can be rown it can be substituted for pea my with satisfaction. 5. These results, covering two years'a sts with different sets of cows. fur- h ish proof that certain forms of rough ess rich in digestible protein can be bstituted with satisfaction for the ore expensive concentrates, and iould lend encouragement to dairy b irmers. . These tests Indicate that with al tif a hay at 510 a ton and wheat brand t 20. the saving effected by substi iting alfalfa for wheat would be $2.80 ta r every 100 pounds of butter and 1.8 cents for every 100 pounds of iik. The farmer can thus afford to ll his milk for 19.8 cents less a hun red than he now receives, and his t utter for about twenty-two as com- a ared with twenty-five cents a pound. .indina Frmea &o?USEHOLD AFFAIRS CREA-1 FOR FILLING. Heat two and one-half cups of milk, 1d one-quarter cup of flour, the same sugar and one beaten egg and cook ven minutes. Flavor and when part cool use as a filling. INDIAN CUSTARD. To seven-eighths cup of cornmeal add alf a level teaspoon of salt, one-quar r cup of melted butter, one cup of olasses, two level teaspoons of ginger, ad pour on four cups of scalding hot ilk. Mix and pour into a buttered adding dish. Now add one cup of )ld water and stir lightly, then bake vo hours or more in a moderate oven. MEAT 1SSOLES. Chop any kind. of meat or poultry ne and moisten with highly seasoned ravy, and to two cups add one well eaten egg. Heat all together. Roll me rich paste ve-y thin and cut in nunds. I'ut a teaspoon of the meat on ie-half of each round, moisten the lges, fold over and press together. rush the tops of all with an egg eaten, then bake and serve hot. CREA-1 CAKE OR PIE. Beat the yolks of three eggs very ght, add one cup of fine granulated igar and beat again. Add one cup of our sifted with a slightly rounding ?aspoon of baking powder and add ie stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. ake in one round tin and when cold it with a sharp knife and spread ith filling between. It is better to lit the cake than to bake in two tkes, which gives more crust. INDIAN PUDDING. Scald two quarts of milk and stir in ne cup of cornmeal mixed with aough cold milk to make It pour. Cook ne hour in this pan set in another of oiling water like a double boiler, then dd one cup of molasses, one level aspoon of cinnamon, one level tea poon of salt, one cup of sugar and >ur eggs, all beaten together, and two iblespoons of melted butter. i'our ito a buttered dish and bake one hour lowly. DAiNTY I'OTAiTO SALAD. Press four common size- boiled pota >es through a ricer and season with dressing made from a saltspoon of ry mustard, a level teaspoon of salt, Lie yolks of two hard boiled eggs, a ew drops of onion juice, four tea )oons of olive oil and two teaspoons f vinegar. Mix smooth and mold the otato in small cups like after-dinner ups. Set away to chill until ready to se. Lay three cones on a iettuce ieaf d serve with more French dressing r those who like. PEACHES IN BREAD BOXES. Urain the juice from a can of aches, add half a cup of sugar and se for a sauce. Cut round pieces om slices of stale bread. Beat two gs, add two tablespoons of milk, dip e rounds of bread into it and fry like ughnuts in deep fat. Put half a ach on each round of bread and a oonful of beaten cream on the peach; ~rve one to each person with a little uce poured round. If a teaspoon of ink- or red jelly is laid on the cream gives a fine garnish. Salt is not to be added to oatmeal ntil it has boiled about fifteen min Cork car-pet makes an excellent floor vring for the nursery and is very isy to keep clean. Salt and soda, a pinch of each, put tO tepid water, makes as fine a den frice as one could wish. A lump of butter droppea. into boll g molasses or :naple candy will pre nt it from running over. A piece of charcoal thrown into the t in whlich3 onions, cabbage, etc., are iled will absorb the unpleasant odor. The yolk of an egg gives richness to e milk you pour over asparagus; beat well, add butter, salt and pepper as ual. A handful of salt, thrown into the pid water with which straw matting wiped up. will make it look extra esh and clean. A piece of lace or thin muslin, 'arched and put over the holes or o-n places in lace curtains will show ry 'little and improve the looks of me curtains. To preserve the eert tint of lace in undrying put it through thin starch )Iored with tea or cotfee or simphlly nse in tea or coffee water. For old c tea gives the best tint. In order to keep things from burn g in an agate boiler place copper ating on the b)ottom next the fire d have this protecting metal extend > n the sides about an inch. An ounce of alum stirred into hot ilk makes a fine bath for parts af tdI with rheumatism. The curds hieh form when the mixture gets ld make an excellent poultice to p)ut on the parts over night. Oblong heating pans of tin or nick-el, h small alcohol lamps underneath, e a decided convenience for the usehold. There is room for a small Lace inside on which food may be Laced to keep warm for folk-s too late r regular meals. A hot water bag is not a thing of auy, even though its utilitarian lue be undeniable. Place a cover rer it, though, of white flannel, eider wn or crochet wool, and it at once ~sumes an ornamental air without in e least detracting from its useful Brazilian ants make little gardens in t tree tops and sow them with pine pple and other seeds. The gardens e found of all sizes, some containing single sprout and others a densely amw ball na large na a gr.ns head Delicacy For. Boudoir Sets. For the dressing table are displayed receptacles in every possible shape and size needed to hold the numberless smali accessories of a woman's toilet a large roll for veils, a smaller one for different length pins, hat and common. and a still smaller one for needles; boxes in every conceivable form, dia mond shaped for jewels, heart shaped for buttons and semi-circular foi neck wear, and square for handkerchiefs, and a deep. oblong one for gloves. There are also innumerable little sil ver affairs with handsome chased covers. which hold milady's perfume, powder, cold creams, etc.. and all help to make the dressing table look ex tremely dainty and attractive.-ew ark Advcrtiser. Things to Forget. If you would increase your happiness and prolong your life, forget your neighbor's faults. Forget the slander you heard. Forget the temptations. Forget the peculiarities of your fr:emis. and only remember the good poin's which make you fond of them. Forget all personal quarrels or his tories you may have heard by acci dent. Blot out as far as possible all the disagreeables of life; they will com?, but they will grow larger when you remember them; and the constant thought of the facts of meanness will only tend to make you more famidar with them. Obliterate everything disagreeable from yesterday; start out with a clean sheet for to-day and write upon it only lovely things.-Trumpeter. renting Evening Gowns, Not every evening gown one sees In New York City is part and parcel of the wardrobe of the woman who wears it. One woman costumer in the city is getting rich by renting out fluffy crea tions of mousseline and tulle by the evening. From .10 to .50 she asks for the renting of handsome ball gowns. Her customers are by no means restricted to women of limited means. "I rent gowns to plenty of women in the city, women of means, too," said she, "but most of my trade comes from women who are making brief visits in the city. "Waldorf patrons are my best cus tomers. Say a woman comes here on a visit and wants to attend the opera, or is asked to a dinner and needs evening dress. She comes to me and I tit her, from top to toe, all for a comparative!y small sum. "I supply not only the gowns them selves, but all the accessories. It's a great boon to women, and now that I am known, 1 can scarcely fill my or ders between Thanksgiving and the beginning of Lent." Personal Detail. It has ben said, and not without rea son, that one shoumld always be trying to beautify oneself. Your little daugh ter will be grateful i the years to come if you keep yourself youthful and pretty, for a yo n'- c ab buoyant-hearted hother Is a blessing and a joygirl who knows the mea0ft the word appreciation, says JL'entlewomnan. She will- also be grateful if you will look after her own little beauty ills during days of her babyhood and girlhood, when a little careful attention means so v-ery, very much. For instance, the ears need care. For outstanding ears there is nothing so etrective as a little cap made of tapes. The mother who fails to teach a child to take proper care ot those little white pearls ini her mouth is often responsible for a beauty die feet that the girl and the woman who drags after her like a shadcw all her life. So it is with the hair, the coin plexion, thle hands and the finger nails, the walk, the carriage, demeanor, man ners. While an unclean face is a real privilege of childhood and too much scrubbing becomes a bore to the family cherub. it is a fact that no youngster should be permitted to go to bed with out a facial tubbing. A dainty little complexion brush used with soap and warm water will not only cleanse the face completely and perfectly, but it will keep the pores in a refined and healthy condition. Feminine FideHity. increasing Demand for Women in Positions of Trust.--The increasing tendency toward the employment of women in positions of trust by finan cial institutions is thus explained by the president of one of the largest banks in the country. "Trhe feeling is gaining ground that womevn are on the whole more honest than men. A eon siderable numb)er of women are now rendering satisfactory service as camsh ilers and tellers, handling large sums daily without loss or error. (':e of the most conspicuous t-aits in the feminine nature is tidelity to trust; speulation; the chief pitfall of de faulting emuployes. does not attract wo men as it does men. Cards and drink also drag down many a male em lloye, andt these again are more par ticularly masculine vices. Some of the largest banks in New York are emploing women in positions of heavy responsibility. Banking is a business in which men no longer have moooly. "As to the question whether women are by nature more honest than men, certain masculine critics aver that wo men have gained that reputation only because they are subjected to fewer temptations to steal than are men. But is this the case? What occupation offers a more severe test of honesty than dlomestic service? It is impossi e for a mistress to lock up her be longings from her servants, and op portunities for pilfering are numerous. Yet stealing is comparatively rare. The majority of business men are con vinced of womens idelity in responsi ble positions and her ability to dis charge importatnt duties. Never were there such opportunities for capable! energetic women as now await them i the hncincc world.-HosekveeDer StlffQitocks and Cuffs. A smartly'lored :na;d should have deft fingers, indeed. so endless must be her supply of linen fc:- collars and cuffs in order that it miy never be otherwise than immaculately clean and fresh. Frills and tabs of accordeon and side pleating, tiny linen buttons, French braiding and embroidery and the English eyelet work. together with the new and striking combinations of linen and fagoting are the distinguish ing marks this season on all of the lined finish for neck and sleeves of the tailored bodice, while a r,arrow edge of ruching tops off the linen itself. Half sleeves and pleated chemisettes are smart for the V-necked puffed sleeved waists. Cut:. whether the straight band or the iare, are from four to six inches in width'aud show the same design of heavy embroidery for pleated tabs as d13s the accom panying collar. For wear with earing curs 'the rounding sal:or collar stands high above the neck anjd is fastened through embroidered ltton holes by a long, narrow tie. Stocks of fagoting :::id jinen in odd windings have long trr.ngular tongues extending nearly to the waist line. These tongues are also built of fagoted linen folds and are sometimes tinished with a ruling of Valc:ciennes., Bands for the wrist and neck can be made very stunning by a design in white or colors done in the Russian cross stitch on heavy white canvas. Baste a piece of scrim on the canvas and by the help of a cross stitch pat ternbook a clever girl can work out her own design, pulling away the Serim thread by thread, wnea the pattern is completed. A coronet or a pair of Mer cury wings is particularly decorative, and initials in English script, embroid ered in white thread are unique and unusually effective.-Zcected. Separate Wa'l ts. A shirtwaist or separate bodice is not smart-it has been popular for too long a time to still re:ain its vogue but when one comes down to the point with a cloth suit a waist of some dif ferent material is an absolute neces sity. A cloth waist is extremely use ful, but it is apt to be altogether too heavy to wear constantly. and there must always be provided a pretty. waist of silk, crepe de chine. chiffon or chiffon cloth, matching the color of the costume. A pretry waist for a cloth costume in moleskin brown was of loulsine silk, trimmed with straps of the cloth. The silk was tucked all around in clusters of three, each row of tucks about three inches apart. There was a small round yoke of Irish point bordered with a strap of the cloth about an inch and a half in width. There was another strap down the centre over the hooks and eyes. The sleeve consisted of four puffs of the silk, the two above being fuller than the lower ones. There was a deep cuff consisting of a band of lace finishing on cach side with a cloth strap. About the collar and cuffs 1 -with a coft white ruch n.Awide '- f the loth completed~ this waist. Another effective shirtwaist model was in deep cream satin. This also had the small yoke and deep cuffs of lace, but the slceves and waist, In stead of being tucked. were shirred. There was a band of siiirring down the centre of the waist, and over the stitch ing were added tiny loops of gold rib bon. Over the shoulde:'s were laid six narrow satin ruchings. finished at each end with the gold bowknot. _These ruchings started fror. the yoke and were just carried over the shoulders. The back of the waist was laid in two wide inverted box picats. The sleeves consisted of a wide puff, with a band af shimring down the centre, and a deep lace cuff finished with a band of gold ribbon. A chiffon cloth waist strapped with loth of the same shade, coinciding also with the color of the cloth cos tume, is always smart, it is generally easier to procure an erac~t match for broadcloth in this chiffon cloth than in any other material. besides which it wears unusually well for so soft and clinging a texture. While 'laborate waists are fastened at the back, all smart flannel waists and the majority of simple silk and loth bodices are hooked or buttoned in front. Practically every other style of waist still fastens in back. Save for schoolgirls, fiannel waists are no longer seen for any cccasion whatso ever, and yet one or two waists of good washable flannel will be found very useful to wear in the morning or when off on a skating party or at any time when it is desirable to save the exnensive silk waist. A flannel waist, however, must never be worn unless unlined bodices are becoming. When an unlined waist is becoming to the* tgure, it is well to provide one's self with some few simple waists of silk or crepe de chine. The~se can be worn with a well-fitted separate lining, and made in this waly thme waist can be cleaned as often as desired. Fashion Hints. E new spangle is in pendant form. Shaded aigrettes are a millinery nov elty. There is a genuine craze for hand embroidery. Caracui is one of the furs favored for young girls. Ermine, sable, seal, baby iamb and Siberian squirrel are employed for the fur cravat. Taffeta, both plain and in chan'ge able effects, is the underskirt material par excellence. Gold spangled robes over a founda tion of gold tissue and silver and pearl embroidered robes are worn in Paris. The long pear shaped spangle Is es pecially in demand. The other forms are round, oval, square or triangular. Buttons of brilliants, the more ex pensive variety rivaling the diamond in brilliancy, are the leaders in th6 nt ton wo'ld.-'