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BACH f. I want to ;:-> b'~k to 'Lindy's-Dack to th-- old faru phine. Where the f'iends I knew were true as lue :uid Ioverty no disgrace: I want to forget the sighing, the rush aunl 'the r:dtiety-hanag. The whistles toot. the rumbl inz cart and the ear hell's noisy el:ng. I'd like to go back a-roving in the drowsy afternoons, And drown the sounds of the grimy town in an ocean of clover I wa::nt t g b :w to *.n':1s-bac'k to "'Stuhtoe La.;l( Wjere it didlt take mnich of learnig to make folks understand Wher" th, :rasp ( a hai:nd was rugged. it the l:isp was tlrm and true. And Ie eves of the mn:111 heind them lookdl boInt :md frank at you. I want to steal off at twili:hit as 1 did whlen :1.m S sank low. And druInl the -ir'ams that were mine U) irea~n in th hazy after MRSI RF TY KATHA The house overlooked the river and the shipping. One saw always through the windows a delicate tangle of spars and cordage. There was a courtyard in front of the house with orange trees in tubs. a high stone wall, and barred gates shutting out the world. The bars were necessary. A great many idlers haunted the roadway out side and spent themselves in useless endeavors to bribe Matthew. the surly old porter. to carry messages or bou quets or jewel cases to his mistress. "Mrs. Ileggy is an honest woman." be would growl. "If she is a stage play er. Put up your guineas, sir." It was true that Mrs. Peggy was an bonest woman. and that piquant and unexpected fact but whetted the de sires and ambitions of her adorers and they numbered all the town's pretty fellows. Disappointed in bid ding low. some of these admirers were prepared to bid the highest. Rumor had it that one of Mrs. Peggy's rejected addresses carried a duchess' coronet. What if the duke was old and padded and wicked and had a glass eye. her stage sisters, to say nothing of more reputable ladies, would have given the world for her chances. Mrs. Peggy, though fate had made of her a stage player. hardly saw the world she lived in. Even though they called her the Comic Muse-and on the stage she was the wittiest. gayest. most iresistible thing alive, sparkling and glancing in the wild. wicked comedies of Van brugh and Mrs. Aphra Behn-she had no more of sin about her than a child or a daisy. and knew as little of the .world. She was learning a new part this gray day of November when the short afternoon was turning to evening. The great drawing room, and the fire had Lank low. Such a small, pale. tiredI face it was 'on which the gray light from the win udows fell. The eyes were glorious and would have maade a plainer woman Abhan Mirs. Peggy beautiful. The nose *was short and straight. the chin full and white. But Mrs. P'eggy had for gotten her rouge, and the face amid the brilliance of the powdered hair showed wistful and colorless. .She had theO part nearly by heart. Wh.en she was uncertain she had to in *cline her head to the light to catch the refieion upon the pages of her book. ~Tli.ere was not a sound outside. Snow a~-~s coming and at tense stillness hung on ev-erythin. Suddenly the gate in the courtyard opened and wvas shut to wvith a vio lence -of souud which startled Mrs. Peggy. She stood an instant listening. The fire fell in the grate and flames fol lowed the shower o'f sparks. There were footsteps on the stone stairs out side Mrs. Peggy's door. The door was fiung open and in rushed Matthew panting and blowing. With him came a stranger in a cloak, whom he half led, half supported. "'Mrs. Peggy, Mrs. Peggy." he stamn -mered in his baste: "see whom I have here, and the soldiers are after him. Hide him for heaven's sake, Mrs. Peggy." ,Mrs. Peggy flung down her book. "My lord, my lord 1" she cried, re ceiving the stranger almost on her pink satin bosom: "you are wounded. And there is the knocking at the gate. Keep them in par'ley as long as you can, Matth~ew. Into the powdering -eloset wvith you, my lord. and take care you do not sneeze for your life. I .shall be ready to receive them." She lifted the hangings of tihe wall. opened a door whlih no one would have suspected in the panelling, and pushed the wvounded man inside with gentle haste. Thea she flew to her rnake-up box. Her ma10id came in and began to light the candles. '-AII, all, Elizabeth." she said. "I want you to make me an illumination." The maid wenit on quietly lighting the candles in all the seonees and can delabra before the girandoles on the wall till tile room sparkled and shone lighter than day. The parley at the gate had ended. Ma.thexv's feint of <1eafaess which had served him often with Mrs. Peggy's ador'ers wvas done well. The gates were flung wide and there wais the steady tramlp of armied meni. the claniking~ of swords ini the courtyard below. -Do I took my best. e'hii?'" Mr's. Peggy asked in reply to her miid's startled lancees. -'Then go and pray. cild. Pray hard that I may be successful in my part. for if I fail I shall kill myself." She was alone when the officer came into the room; alone, and studying her part. Matthew looked over his shoulder with all the rosy hues of her face gone purple. 'It is another lover, madam." he said. "or so I conjecture. for I can hear nothing but their bawling. I told him you were busy. but he would force i wa. into your noeence"' --- I want to go back to ~Lindys-back 1liro' the stretch of years. I want to go ba'k to the boyhood track heyond the doubts anid fears; It eems but a step back yonder to the 1elds and the rose leaf rain A step in miles. but ah! the years ty're linked in an endless WaIt little of spoil I've garnered. what little the world has doied. I would barter it all. thrice over, to live in its sweet enfold. I want to go hack to Lindy's-where the while roads wind away O'er valley and hill :md dale and rill to the rim of distant gray: I want to get out in the open. where a fellow has elbow room Where he's never afraid to cross the street for fear lie will meet his dooir.. Unek to the fragrant or'hard and the cool of the grateful sod For that was a:i near. I reckon, as ever I've been Up God. -Milwvaukee sentinll-. 'EGGY. INI'F TYNAN. She stood about the centre of the room smiling. The white and gold train of her rose-pink satin stretched out stifliy behind her. Her stomacher was of diamonds. and above it her breast, like white velvet, was half hid den. half revealed. by the embroidered scarf which floated airily with her every movement. Her eyes were bright -is her diamonds. her lips softly scar let. The'rouge flamed in her cheeks. "\Te are in pursuit of a rebel, madam," the officer said. blinking as though lie had come into strong sun light. "A rebel !" shrieked Mrs. Peggy, and her shriek was like a little arrow of silver in the air. "But we are loyal people. I amn devoted to the King. Is it possible my servants-" "We have no warrant for any of your household. madam. but we have orders to arrest a notorious rebel who was about to make his escape from the har bor. 'In person.' reading from the warrant, 'agreeable, height 5 ft. 10 in., brown eyes. brown hair. which he wears unpowdered. Ilis name-" Mrs. Peggy uttered a second shriek. "Was not that the sound of oars?" she said. "He has escaped. This danger ous criminal of yours has escaped. Hark, there it is again:" Her charm ing head went sideways. "Oh, sir, while you are on a false scent in my house your prisoner is embarking." "I think not." said Ensign Trevor. "It is your agitation. madam. I hear nothing. I am very much grieved to have - disturbed you. but I must ask you to let my men iake a search." "Bid them search." said Mr's. Peggy lightly. "Let them leave neither hole nor1 corner unexplored. We wvant no rebels in this quiet house. wvhich con tains only womenfolk except for deaf Matthew at the gate. I hope he did not detain you, sir. Meantime, while your men search you will drink tea with me." "You honor me," said Ensign Tre vor. watc'hing her with honest, bewvil dere'd eyes and thinking that lie haid never seen anything so gior'iously beau tiful. HeI wvondered who she could be. He was a serious youth. sp)rung of an austere stock, and did not frequent playhouses. He supposed her to be a great lady. She handed him his tea in the tin iest porcelain cup, and while lie sipped it lhe grew more and more bewildered by her beauty. The house was a burrow of up-and down corr'idors and passages, and the search lasted a long time. Before it came to an end Ensign Trevor had drunk many cups of tea and was mad ly in love with Mrs. Peggy. He knew now what she was and was ready to swear to her honor and vir tue as he would have done to his sis ter's. "A play actress," he thought confus edly. "I wonder what my old mother would say. This one must be different if the others are not modest. She is as good as she is beautiful." M'rs. Peggy had been, indeed, a won derful kaleidoscope during the time, three-quarters of an hour or so, which the corporal and his men took to search the house. There were mo ments-quite long intervals of time when she- sat quietly, and the pale. Quakerish radiance came in her soft face, despite the rouge. Again-she had fancied she heard a sneeze in the powdering closet-she wvas on her feet acting a bit for the new play, singing a little song of shepherds and shep herdesses with a shower of notes in the air that reminded Edward Trevor of the falling of rose leaves. One mo meat she wvas flirting her fan at him, the next she was demure and pensive; nowv she lifted her train, and. revealh ing scarlet slippers~she danced through a bar or twvo of singing with the miost exquisite grace of movement. It pleased Mrs. Peggy to have fas ciinted the young man. It was certain that sh~e put forth all her ar'ts,, and they were many. "You should not be in the play' house," he said at last ini his bewilder ment. "When 1 look at you I think of apide blossoms and the spring. You should not be in that wicked place where every fool that pays his money can stare at you and talk hgzht of y'ou.' The natural color came undmer the rouge. "They may stare at mec." she an wered. "but the'y do not talk lighti ol me. I am a1 modest w~omanj. though lay aictress. As for' thme apple blos so:.>. I wouald I might be among thlei and never leave themu." Some one knocked at the door witl the butt end of a musket. and beint bidden enter Corporal Bunni came it and stood to attention. "We have searched the house, sir,' he sair, "and found nothing." "Would you like to search here? IMrs. Peggy said, springing up. "Come you must not let it be said that yot left any rooms unsearched. Creep un der the settee, corporal, if you please There is plenty of light. He can hard :y be hiding behind the tapestry." S he flow hither and thither: flingins the tiapestry aside. Once she stoon be tween the corporal and the door of the powdering closet. Fortunately. the good fellow wias not very sharp. As for Edward Trevor. he watched her !e im:in in a dreatn. Afterward they left the house with many apologies. When the corporal had eluinsily backed out througli the door Mrs. Peggy g::ve her hand frank ly to Idward Trevor. Ile took it and kissed it reverently. "Come again. sir." she s:aid. "I want to he:ir more of the apple blossoms. People do not t::: to n- of such thins." Ile eame again. Ile calme often. Matthew had orders to admit him of al. the inob of young -11ne . ;entlenen that prayed for adiitt:inee. They talked. he :nd Mrs. Ieg.;y how thev tilked: Ile knew in tine:all there w:is t0 know of her sinlple history how she Iand her mother. being very poor. had been befriended by the fa imous Mrs. George Anne Bellany. who wvould have little Peggy for the stage to lift them out of their poverty. But now, what was the good of it all. for the mother had not stayed to be made rich, and Mrs. Peggy's soul was sick of the footlights and the smell of oranges and s:Iwdust? "I have a niind to be a nun." she said. "Nay," he replied hastily. "But why not an hoinest man's wife? Let me take you home. Peggy. to the co' age in the apple orchard where I was born. I cannot give up my sword now, and you must lead a wandering life with me for many years to come. but there will be the cottage in the apple orch ard for us and for our children." "Why," she said, yielding herself to his embrace, "when I am with you I am among honest country things, though it were the playhouse itself." After a time he sat toying with her hair. "I thought you were a goddess that day I first beheld you," he said. "To think I should have won a goddess to stoop to me: Why were you so bewil dering?" "You wil'. not frown on me?" she said timidly. "So long as you love me best," he re plied. "Forgive me. Edward," she said, "but that day I cheated you of your prisoner, I hid him in the powdering closet over yonder. Afterward I nursed him for some weeks till his wound was well. and carried him to safety by the packet boat as my wom an Elizabeth. It was easy to dress him for the part. Can you forgive me?'" For an instant he looked gloomy; then his face cleared. "I am glad his capture is not on my hands," he said. "And, after all. you owed me nothing then. He is a brave gentleman." "Not a woman here," she said. "but would have died for him, from his lady to the meanest serving lass.' "Live for me." her lover said. Inen ing to kiss the impassioned cheek. The Tatler. The big trainshed seems to be a thing of the past. The initial ecst t of these gigantic structures, and that 1 of mainternece, grewv out of all *iro- 1 portion to the increase in the di- t mensions. The London Lancet notices the death of a woman from a scratch on. the nose, received while smelling a variety of primrose originally I brought f'rm central China. Th'e I Lancet says it is not the first case oc the ':inC. Among the many baking powder aduterations ma:' be mentioned ground stone. A powder of this description, recently pl- -.:d on the market, was enlarged under the mi croscope 120 diameters. The adul teration amounted to over twenty five per cent. 1 It is asserted by high authorities that neither heat nor long mainte nance of the requisite temperature is required to sterilize milk suspect ed of containing the germs of dis eases, such as tuberculosis. The ba cilli -* that terrible disease are destroyed 'by a temperature of 105 degrees in five minutes.] Root penetration in the soil has been tested by excavating about six feet so as to leave a vertical wall, and then spraying from a garden hose. The bared roots retained their natural positions. Rye, beans and peas each showed a matted felt of white fibres reaching down about four feet, wheat had extended 3% feet in seven months, and maize and, clover were traced to a depth of ten. feet in light~, rich soil. In your own home insist on hav ing a current of pure air through every room, night and day. Just as truly as the blood of the body needs to circulate in order to keep pure, and water needs to be kept in mo tion to prevent the accumulation of slime and filth, so the air needs to c:rculate to keep it free from impuri ties. Refuse even to go to church or a health lecture if the place is not well ventilated. Let us no long er submit to the ignorance of the masses. and we may in time be able to bring about a reform that will strike a death blow to these epi denic disease.-Dr'. D. H. Kress, in Health. The flying frogs of the Malays ap par to be mythical, but three tre snakes of Borneo, lately described to the London Zoological Society by Mr. R. Shelford, are credited with taking flying leaps from the boughs of trees to the ground. It is found that scales on the lower part of the body may be drawn inward so that the whole lower surface becomer is thus greatly increased, and experi ments 'ndicate that the snakes do not fall in writhing coils, but are let <own gently in a direct line by the parachute-like action of their pe-I cuar bodies. - - -_ For You Chhi IN SUGAR LOAF TOWN. rY NAPOLEON S. IoAGLANT. rhere's a Sugar Loaf 1ll in the tow: of Deerfield. All covered with frosting so !1<-'; It statnds by the side of a le:nzon: strealu. In which there are big ('hunks of ice Phat Sugar Loaf Hill is indeed veri high. To elimb it would take you all day 1or it leans ag:iinst the fair-away sky. Where the bright little cloud-bable: IlZlN. rlmnt Sua Loai Iiull is indeed ver: queer. With its sides of chocolate br' n. You could eat every day and neet never fear You ever could n1ibble it dowl. n the top of the hill a table is sproa Where the sky-gods uay coue dowi and eat ; 3ut the far-away view froia thi smooth table-rock In Uiself is a wond!er'ful treat. Iy this Sugar Loaf fill tall sugar trees grow. And when frost goes before a warn sun. 'ough the ground he yet covered wit. plenty of snow. Then will the sugar sap run. ind. if you are fleet. the runawa sweet Yoikcan catch and presently make. By the aid of some heat. some syrup t< eat. Some taffy, or nice candy cake. n Sugar Loaf Land there is plenty t< eat, In hunger no one ever begs: rhere are oceans of milk and a mount ain of sweet And the ground grows butter an eggs. -Christian Register. A LITTLE GIRL INVENTO:. That a little schoolgirl of fourteei ;hould invent something remarkablo nough to arouse the interest o1 rained engineers, something import nt enough to lead a government t( reat for its purchase, seems hardl o be believed, and yet it is what ha, just happaned in Belgium. The choolgirl is Ernesta Car:.on di Lusi .nd her invention :s a kind of turn able which will allow a vehicle t< evolve on its owu axis, so that it cat *everse its direction in a moment !very one who drives, whetbei orses or an automobile, is naturall: nterested, for the device will, it i4 aid, revolutionize the present meth uds of traction; but it seems odd thai t was a little .-:1 who first though1 f it. Ernesta. her mother says, was al. 'ays "contriving to make things ou nothing." Wher she was at thi ature ag~e of three and a half year: ;he made a pum out of brown )aper, cutting tae parts out and ticking them together he'rself. "Shb Iwas liked to ma~ke workable toys.' cr mother says of her. "arad <'elle eier interested her' r-ch." Ono thing she does lit~e is en :en. to ride. in a frirnd's automo ie. Her friendi's chauffeur. has ex aned the construction of the au mobile to .ier, but~ asid f:'omi that e one nas eve:' taught h":uyat. a bot machinery. But E:'nesta i 'eturally observam. One day on ti: ~ntwerp dock quays she notier!d the ~iuty there wans i.t turning soma ~eavy automobile wagons, and sh: aid, "A better way ought to b: und than that." She though Lhout it in the night. and came dowr he next morning with the complets cheme in her head. Her mothe: 'as inclined to laugh at "Ernesta' iew idea," but when the idea was ~xplained to sonte friends they saw ts value. A designer was sent for nd when plans were drawn accord ng to the child's instructions her no ion was pronounced perfectly work ble, and so a patent was secured ow, it is said, the little girl wil ,robably realize a fortune from hei 'idea." The Belgian Governmen1 'ants to buy it, seeing how import nt the method will be for militar: 'agons. In the mean time, Ernesta is de ~cribed as an unaffected little girl appiest when playing with her dogs ad rather puzzled that engineer! tnd journalists should be callini .ipon her to talk about her inlvention uvhich seemed to her, she says, "jus ne ot the little ide-.s which so ofte: ome to me. I didn't dream it coul' e. of real importanc?. "-New Yori Cr'ibune. WATER SCORPIONS. "Well, Ranat'a." said a scorpio o .s cousin, as they met on a fla tone in the brook one morming 'bco. is hunting to-day?" "Por, very poor," r'epiledI thl ousin: "I have had only one drn > bectie blood since sunset las "Look:" cried the fir'st scorpion there conmes a fine vwhirligig," an ff he hastened and neized the poo n~etle. Ranatra hurt ied after, hb the 11rst scorpion, being a greed: fellow, never offered him a sing1 I had a rather curious experienc 'esterday.' said Ranatra, "andi you will glance at my hack you wil see why I cannot muo.e as fast a~ u sual to-day. I w.:. h aring my nc on day nap), which I always take wit! e eye open, wheni 1 saw a jaca oatan approaching. "Ah, wha , delicious lunch: " thought I, an was just going to seize her when .-:that. she was peering about, en dently searching for something. waited, and do 'you, know, that fool ish creature actually misto.ok me fo a twig. and glued a couple of doze eggs onto my back. When she ha finished I sucked her blood and no [ am hoping the eggs wili hurry a:; hae:. Then what a feast of littl boatmen I shall have: WIIEN THE SAP RISES. Miss Carl. the American artis .. vh..Q <-s o~ n r~sidi nt of th: nger vdren2.. nimprial co--r at Pekin, wat pres et at a Chinese ceremony in honor cf the opening of the farmer's year. I ' lhe awakening of spring," she rccords. "th' day when the sap is supposed to stir floni its long sleep and to fel the frs. throes of re newed life, is commemorated in a pretty, homeiy c(-'"mony at the pal I ae. The radish and young shoots of lettuce. the first vegetables to fee! the benerit of the rising sap, are p.re nted in a :;iver salver to the i dowa~tr empress by a kneeling slave. t S kes of them,. and then gives I to the young empress and Ia dit:, to zaste of. 'hen her majesty raises the first rad. -. -.o her lips. the young em press. princesses. and ladies assem bled in her throne-room repeat the w ish for imperial happiness, which is sYnonymous for *national prosperity.' This wish is echoed by the high at tendants in the ante-cli-mber, and re-echoed by the slaves kneeling in the courts without, and still echoed : and re-echoed by t'e inmates of the palace. until the waves of sound reach to the outer walls. Then her majesty makes a wish that the sap may rise in such abundance as to t produce a fruitful season, that all t the people of the great empire may t enjoy peace and plenty. "Thus are these first fruits of the awakening of spring partaken of with a simple ceremony of praise and tnanksgiving. Thus are these home ly plants consecrated with wishes for the good of the country and the hap .piness of its rulers. "-Youth's Com panion. GAVE LIMPY A CHANCE. "Here. boy, let me have a paper.' "Can't." "Wh-' not,' I heard you crying i them loud enough to be heard at the city hall." "Yes, but that was down t'other I I block, ye know. where I hollered." "What does that matter? Come, I now, no fooling. I'm in a hurry." "Couldn't sell you a paper on this here block, mister. 'cause it b'longs to Limpy. He's just up at the fur dest dnd now. You'll meet him." "And who is Liripy? And why does he have this block?" "Cos us other kids agreed to let him have it. Ye see, it's a good run, count of the offices all along, and the poor chap is that l.me he can't g- around lively like the rest of us, so we agreet~ that the first one caught sellin' on his beat should be thrnashed. See?" .Yes, I see. You have a sort of brotherhood among yourselves?" 3 -Well, we're goin' to look out. for a iittle cove that's lame, anyhow." There comezi Limpy,. now. He's . a fortunate boy to have such friends. tTe gentleman bought two papers ofhim. and went on his way down-1 town, wonder'ing ho~w many men in business wvould refuse to sell their.1 wares in order' to give a wea~k, halt ing brother' a chance in the field. Rani' Horn. A FISH'S APPETITE. A .; e deea-sea fishes are 'r r'us eaters,. says Tohn C. Van Dyke in' his volume called "The Opal Sea." Th"ere being nothing to eat but the ife about them, they live upon each other. They follow the prey like pa"cks of waives, and in turn are fol lowed. - and succeeding band, in cesing in size as they decrease in num'bers. The herring eat the small er fish, even their own young. They ae harried by tho blue fish, until a taii of blood stains the water, while following the blue fishes come the insatiate porpoises. The cetaceans, especially, are wonderfully equipped for the consumption of small sea lifei en masse-'"one rorqual perhaps swallowing thousands of herrings at a single gulp." The seal's appetite is also phenomenal, "in captivity fifty or more psounds of fish being required daily by a single seal. After gorging himself he goes to sleep, floating on his back with flippers folded, his head bobbing up and upon the waves, as peacefully as upon a bed of roses." A FABLE FROM ESOP. A Nightingale once fell into the clutches of a hungary Hawk who had bcen all day on the lookout for food. -Pray, let me go," said the Nightin gale. "I am such a mite for a stom 1ach like yours! I sing so nicely too! Do let me go: It will do you good to hear me." "Much good it will do to an empty belly," replied the Hawk; "and, besides, a little bird that I have is more to me than a great one that has yet to be caught." The Phnilippinl. Pineapples. The Manila Cais.eNews states that with a rferentiai tariff cn the in portationi into thC United States of Philippirle producits there is but litt'.e doubt that the pinenpple carnmna in dustrv in the Philippines could be made oneofhemsprdci ta could be imrdu1ce. At the presen.. time some of the iinest pineapples ever grown are being culivated inl Bataanl and Bulacan. and even in the red clay soil of Benguet there are rowing plenty c f plants producmng this luscious fruit which is in so mu'ch demand in the United States. Te prouct improrted into the United tates isderived fromi foGy;;n coun tes, and it is only thg. size of the fuit a. Tnresenit growr'. ritd the tariff tat Xee' the iudustry ram ~suirifg g~eat propoKLtl'.s in. the Philippines. The Philipt'ifa'r .oa'-ppes now gro'wn 1are remarkably suitable for canning, as they are relatively free from rfibre.--nfited States Consular Re aport. I -Hai Cut as Penalty. vSome of the women arrested in S1the courst of the recent riots in Brit !isii Guiana were sentenced to have their hair cut. This is a legal pun ishment in the colony, tut the Earl of Eigin ha:, intimated that women ,1, are not agair. to be punished in this 'WOMEN'; TH .HTEIR FA% THEIR"' THEIR] ?EEKABOO TRIFLES ABBREVI- ev ATED. fI Diaphanous bust blouses are the ot test. They are designed to wear -itb the high-corselet skirts. Hence, S he skilled embroiderer has not wast- Iu d her time in making holes the size f a dime down where they'd blush inseen-if. that is, these lingerie ings ever do blhsh. Lest this ab eviated bit should escape its moor- ot igs, and creep upwards, creating an mbarrassing hiatus. .it is securely of ewed to a lining-like foundation of ne stuff that gces into a belt and h iolds it down. th fe NERV3US WOMEN'S COMFORT. There is no destructive disease of ar he nervous system, and all cases, be ven the most severe ones, are cura- fr le. Or course, neurasthenic women th an seldom cure themselves without nedical assistance, but, by a clearer fr omprehension of the nature of their mi [isease they can rob it of many of its errors and reduce their sufferings be o a. minimum. I have often noted ow frequently women who come to -e dejected, tearful and hopeless, eave me hopeful and with their re very well under way by the truth ul assurance that they are in no anger of either insanity or heart sease. If a woman once under tands this, a dread is lifted from er mind which goes far towards f elping her to good health again. :nsanity or loss of mind is never a :aused by neurasthenia, and though he heart may behave outrageously, tri t is not because that organ is dis- sk ased, but simply because its nerv )us mechanism is out of order.-Dr. se raeme Hammond, in Harper's m 3azar. c ca LACE AND RIBBON GIRDLES. se For a white dress the prettiest of ie many flowered girdles is made te -ith two ends, which hang ten or e: ;welve inches below the -waistline, like short sash, and are cut into' long xoints. But the pretty part of it is qt 1e way Valenciennes lace is put on. se :nch-wide edging is used and gathered sc o full that it frills into tiny jabots bl ill around those two long ends, the tr ut edges of the- ribbon finished in or L tiny invisible hem to make a firm dge for the lace to be sewed upon, pe iays the Philadelphia Telegraph. The ame idea can be applied to the plain ye ibbon, anything but duplicate shades, nt f course, to be avoided. But tha se tlowered ribbon is most successful, , e hemming more easily made in- s visible, and the lace bringing aut g cth the delicate colors of the flow rs and the white background in pret- sU E contrast. When you make your ye ;irdle-any sort of one, whether it In e a narrow one to match ycur skirt s ~-aist o- the wider ones which are dig- er aified -.th the name of princess- gi ok cut for the be:nig. Many a m ;irde is spoiled by the bone's spring- r g out intsead of gracefully curving th in, and followed the lines of the fig- to .re as it should. It a tight-fitting oat is worr. over a girdle wrongly 3oned, the lines of the coat are spoil- s d, and the girdle stamps its unmis- t akable lines upon it. HY EDUJCATE WOMEN LIK:Ei . MEN? at "Why try to make a man of her?" Ci as the main question put by Prin- eli :ipa William McAndrew of the Girls' be echnical School to the audience ull (mostly teachers) in New York City. 4r. McAndrew was lecturing, under he auspices of the public lecture bu eau of the Board of Education, on wa 'The Education of the Girls." and a e outlined the theory underlying the fir instructon in the city schools. He said in part: "The schools are not th chiefly for the mere repetition of ro facts, but to educate for efficiency. An efficient woman should be the ne production of the girls' schools. The Presidt of the Board of Education at declares that one rosy chieeked young 'woman with good digestion is worth more than ten anaemic maidens yc who have mastered the Latin gram aar. The men and women who are oanducting the schools want to grad- to uate the same kind of girls as intel- ui igent fathers and mothers desire; th girls endowed with p xA- health, good yc looks, good brains, good ideals, and co good prospects. We school people are pree to warship a system, for- ci getting what its original purpose was. H: ystems, curricula, and methods de sgned twenty-five years ago to pre-1 pare boys for life may fairly be view. ed with suspicion as means to fit fix the girl of to-day to become the ef- F icen woman of to-morrow. We are in ertainy not aiming to get our girls ready to be men. There are some t traits that the vast majority of people 'is agree up:on as being especialiy and w (siraly feminine: Sweetness, agree- 1cc a!enss, or whatever you are pleased in to call it; grace, beauty, gentleness,.p love ci home. skill in the care of ai :hildren. Why should not those in be charge of the education of girls at- bi .m~p to formulate a clear idea of in what the efficient woman is, and then rr devise the best daily exercises they T can to help each girl achieve that eZ- ti iciency?"'i GIISH FII IiENDSHIPS. IH The t:'rmf "man:'s gi usuall]y mnnsfl a girl who is all smiles a.nd sweetneCss hen in mnen's society and who is bored to -death by the society of her own sex. The rght kind of girl is usually pop- I ular with both sexes. The girl who h thinks she can afford to dispense -with a te friem~ship of other girls lakes a j2 great mistake. The habit of striking up a hetart-to heart friendship with every new girl u reet is a bad one. There is noth inn in suc-h friendships: they usuallyp nd d:mmiv~ and the dear frien~ds 'i EIR TADS, HION ,-.' , - FORK. lve into bitter enemies. Thai: comes )m being too contidential with each tier. What a girl needs Is two or three inch friends on whom she can abso tely rely-friends who will stand by r in good report and ill, says the illadelphia Bulletin. 'he girl who cares only for men will t take the trouble to be pleasant to ier girls. She Is not far sighted ough to realize that a girl can make more dangerous enemies than those her own sex. t stands to reason that girls will ve no love for the girl who snubs m and openly shows that she pre :s men's society to theirs. he girls you have grown up with e apt to prove the most true friends. iey understand your ways and can st make allowances for any little tilties of temper, etc.; they know best and the worst side of you. When you find the right kind of a end, be true to her; don't let petty sunderstandings come between you. Etemember that no girl can afford to' without friends of her own sex. A wide band of flowered ribbon th a group of tucks at each side rms the decoration of the skirt of ew linen costume. The same rib n is used for bretelles and -ist mming, but the girdle is like the irt. Polk-. dots as large as dimes are n on some of the latest scarfs for m; they may be novel, but by no -etch of courtesy or imagination a they be called attractive. The bright plaids are very neat and rviceable for school frocks, those th solid blocks of one color ex ding over several squares being pecially pretty for girls of school e. Bathing suits are marked by pl ant style and trim coquetry this 3son. The skirts are quite short, .rcely reaching the knees, and the uses are braid and ribbon mmed, with or without bretelles shawl- collar. The thin, supple voila which ap ars striped or plain in so many rrk or light summer gowns has ry much of the texture- of the old n's veiling. It is a fancy of the mson to make darkiveilings over ite or light toned foundations, ch as jade green, silver gray, tur ose blue or pale pink. Surplice -draperies of pompadour4 k are seen frequently in the de lopent of lov~ely Empire gowns. agine one of pale straw-colored k mousseline with the bust drap in pompadour in soft shades of ok, blue and straw color, with any soft frills of lace disposed aong the folds. This is a gown at any dainty lady might be proud wear. Mohairs in plaids and checks are ry fashionable for cool knockabout mer suits, anid bid fair to oust i plain colors from popular favor. Instead of the usual stitched box sat down the front, one new blouse simply finished with a narrow hem d sma.11 buttons and buttonholes. iffs, - -. buttoned, reach to the ow, and are cut in two deep points neath which the fullness of the iper is gathered. Stung. In the cross-examination of a. man called to the witness stand in recent trial at Pittsburg one of the st questions put to the lady was: "At what time in the night was it at you saw the prisoner in your "About 2 o'clock," said the wit "Was there a light in the room that time?" "No; the room was quite dark." "Could you see your husband at ur side?" "No, sir." "Then, madam," observed the at rney, his eye gleaming with tri ciph, "you .will kindly explain to is intelligent jury how it was that a could see the prisoner and yet uld not see your husband*" "Because my husband was at his .b," quietly responded the lady. arper's Weekly. 'ire-Fighting on Forest Reserves. The worst enemy of the forests is e. To combat it the United States >rest Service maintain a fire-fight g system. Only since February 1, 1905, have e reerves been under the admin :ration of the Forest Service. Tb rking .out of a system of effectiv ntrol of fire on the reserves is stilt its infancy. Even with the bes ~ssibe system of protection ther e bound to b~e wide fluctuation ~tween individual years. But it i ~lieved that under expert care th jury to the National forests can be .pidl,; and permanently cut down. rie irect loss from forcst fires in .e United States runs aanually into any millions of dollar:;, while the direct loss is beyond estimaate. arpers. 4.., Eiggest Mo:.-r Snyder, the biggost horse in the orld, is owned in Cleveland, 0. le horse is a Percheaanl gelding, saled in 1900. H~e is the tallest >rse in the world, standing twent) c hands (seven feet) and weigl 700 pounds-probably the hieavie 3rsc in d.e v:orld. There are eighty State, priva ad savings banks and trust co anes -ad thirty national banks