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pr>. THE OPTIMISM OF NATURE. JAUES M'ABTHUB. Ah, what do the lone waves say, In tljeir low surge-sob on the beach?? ' "*.We kiss the shore as we may, And gladden as far as we reach; And, bending low down, hangs many a spray. The blessings we give to beseech." And, sweet flowers, we ask of you, What returns lor the storm's rude blast ?? im*. j_i_i c i ,i 4* ,?ve annK 01 111c sun ana tne uew, When the frown and the terror are past; ,We lift up our faces, cheerful and true, And smile on the world to the last." Ye stars of the distant sky, We ask why ye twinkle so bright. Methinks I hear your reply, "Our home is a region of light; We beam with a radiance pure, from on , high, To lessen the gloom of the night." Thej* hail us from every side, And our visions of life expand; Sweet voicings!?thev're near to abide, Their missions could we understand. As angels of good they're near us to guide With touch of a magical wand! We may not dispel the cloud, Nor the lightning's scathe avert; With troubles we may be bowed, Though ever upon the alert; But why should our folly the soul enshroud, Or fear from the right divert? Fond nature, so kind and so true! She treats us with never a slight; She 6nangles the nichts with dew. YYtUvtis uui aucLuvug wuu Her bicssings, her gifts, her rewards are not few, r'In all and through all to requite. ?Success. I THE WARDEN'S RECRUIT ^ ? * La true story. ? By John Dickinson Sherman. <2, IN Pekin, upholding the dignity of the Stars and Stripes, there is a young United States marine with an unusual history. The warden of a State penitentiary is willing to guarantee that the young marine will serve his country faithfully and well. William Simmons is not' the marine's name, but so we may call him: and this is his story?the true story of the value of a kind word: Simmons's boyhood was passed in the slum districts of the West Side of Chicago. His companions were ruffians and thieves, and in time he became the leader of a gang, and a bold and reckless criminal. His history during his young manhood is written In the blotters of tbe West Side stations and in tbe records of tbe criminal court Two years ago a series of daring highway robberies raised an unusual outcry. Simmons was under suspicion, and thought it best to leave Chicago. He hung about a town in Indiana for several weeks. Then the safe of a storekeeper was blown open one night and several hundred dollars taken. A week or two later Simmons was caught at Fori Wayne in the very act of opening a safe. He was sentenced to tbe penitentiary for one year. Simmons did not make a model convict. At first his sole thought was to break jaiL After two weeks of planning he assaulted a guard with a file and made a desperate effort to escape, hut w(is nvpprinwprwl nml nunished bv confinement in the dungeon. When, after a reasonable time, he was brought back to his cell, he was far from being subdued; he was as ugly as a caged wild beast, and refused to wors. Back he went to the dungeon. In the meantime the warden had kept an observant eye on the young convict had seen that he> was Intelligent, and resolved to appeal to his reason. After Simmons had been long enough in the dungeon to quiet down, the warden went to him and said: "Now see here, young man, you are gaining nothing by acting like this. You are no fool, and you can reason the situation out for yourself. You've no chance at all along your present line. If you are ugly, you've got a bad year ahead of you. I've been watching you, and I believe you have some better traits than you have shown. Why not try the other tack? I want you to live up to the rules of the prison and behave yourseif. It's a much easi er proposition man tue one yuu vc mapped out. You turn over a new leaf and the guards will treat you well. .What do you say Y' Simmons finally agreed to give the warden's plan a trial. Before long he became one of the mode) prisoners of the institution. He kept his temper, worked well, and was respectful and obedient. Jtrle attended to his own business strictly, and made no attempt to curry favor with the officials. When it came time for Simmons to leave the prison, the warden had him brought into his private ofllce.' "William," said he, "your time will be up to-morrow. You wili get a decent suit and teu dollars. I suppose you will go back to Chicago. The ten dollars ought 1o keep you two weeks, and in that time you may get something to do. Now here's twenty dollars more; it's a personal loan. It will take care of you auotlier month, and 3n that time you surely ought to get a job of f:ome kind."' "But why should you lend me twenty dollars?" asked Simmons. "Wp'.I," replied th; warden, "I think you have the making of a very decent mau in you. I'm afraid you will be tempted to go back to the old gang if you don't get work, and I want to give you a chance. You've got six weeks' leeway, and if you do right j. _ (*> 4lwi* 4imn you cau get ;i urw stun m mat mm;. And whatever you do. don't get caught sterling in Indiana." Simmons did not say much cither then or the next day. when the warden saw him off at the station. He made 110 promises at all. A few days later came a lot tor that brought mingled grief and hope to the warden's heart. The letter was from Chicago, and siatcd boJdly: "I fell in with the gang last night. This won't do. 1 am going to get out of here. Can't reform in Chicago.? .William Simmons." l?'or the n^xt two weeks the warden watched the Chicago newspapers anxiously. That tue young fellow had b'-eu tempted he was sure; he dreaded lest he had fallen. His only hope was that Simmons Had lied rrom temptation and had left Chicago. At the end of the fortnight a letter came in the familiar handwriting. The warden drew a long breath of relief to see that It was postmarked in Annapoli6, Maryland, but he was not prepared for the news that it contained. "I have enlisted in the United States marines. I may never be an officer, but I am going to try and be a good soldier. Yours, William Simmons. The warden filed away the letter beside the other with a feeling of thankfulness. He knew that Uncle Sam keeps a close watch and a strong hand on his fighting men; moreover, the young fellow was out of the reach of his former Chicago associates. That was the last he expected to hear from William Simmons for some time; but in less than two weeks came a third letter, which the warden opened with the liveliest interest, for it was from San Francisco. It said: "Got here to-day. Leave for China I to-morrow. Coming through Nebraska a young woman at a station pinned a flower on my coat. You can't imagine how it affected me. Will write from tlie otner siae 01 tne worm.? w mmui Simmons." "God bless that young woman!" said the warden to himself. "She may be as bomcly as a hedgerow and as ignorant as a Sioux squaw, but she touched the right chord in his breast. The man who has the courage to fight for his country and can appreciate a flower from a woman's hand is on the right road. I believe in my soul the boy is safe for all time." And when the warden put the letter with the others there was a moisture in his eye that Is unusual with officials of State penitentiaries. True to his promise, Simmons wrote from the other side of the world?from Tien Tsin. The letter was a long time in coming, but it arrived at last. Like all the other?, it was short and to the point. It lead: "I was on the firing-line yesterday and didn't run. We leave for Pekin in a day or two. Enclosed find $25. Thanks. I'll never steal in Indiana or elsewhere. I'm cured. Gcd bles3 you.?William Simmons." The warden now reads with great interest all the army news from China and the East. If some day he should find among the list of dead the name of William Simmons, he would grieve sincerely. He is sure, at any rate, that he will never see that name disgraced, and he hopes that some day ho may again grasp the hand of the man whom his own kind word saved from a criminal's end.?Youth's Companion. The Passport in Russia. The train slows down as it crosses the frontier, and creeps gently up to the platform of the first station on Russian soil. Furtively peeping out of the window, you behold a number of stalwart men uniformed in the Russian style, and wearing the peculiarly Russian top boots. The polite conductor comes to the compartment and bids you get the passport ready. After a few minutes of waiting, during which anxiety is not diminished, an officer in smart gray-blue uniform -1 - -1 r comes along, awenueu uy a &uiuica with a wallet. He demands the precious document, and, noting its foreign origin, casts upon its possessor a keen, searching glance. Then he looks for the all-important visa or indorsement of the Russian official in the country of issue; and on finding it he passes coldly on without a word. All this is very formal and impressive; you feel as a prisoner feels when the chain of evidence is tightening round him; your thoughts wander hack to the past, and you wonder whether any indiscretion of your insignificant youth may not now be brought up in testimony against you. The utmost care is taken in the study and registration of these documents; every Russian must have his passport; every foreigner entering or leaving the country must have it, too. Whether native or alien, you cannot move about the country without the document; when you arrive in a town it must be submitted to the local police; when you leave that town the police must indorse the passport with their sanction to the journey. The system gives the authorities the firmest hold over the people; and -wise is the stranger' who complies carefully with every part of the formality.? Chambers's Journal. Monkey ami Sugar Cane. Some years ago, when in charge of the Mauritius Government railways, trains of sugar canes, loaded In opensided trucks, were worked over a section of the line from the plantations to the usine centrale, some miles distant, and the three first miles of the single-line railway passed through a forest with trees quite close to the rails, up a very steep gradient and around sharp curves. When the first down passenger train from Port Louis had passed the crossing station the loaded cane train was dispatched toward the summit. In the meantime, some monkeys in the forest had timed the passage of the descending passenger train, and had fixed sentinels, who signaled to their expectant comrades oil trees tlie approach of the cane train. As the train went crawling up the incline a troop of monkeys sprang upon each wagon, ten forming the train, and threw off quite a goodly number of canes, which were gathered up as the train slowly passed onward. These depredations became so serious that the planter appointed a watchman to patrol this "length," but the "malgaches" have a superstitious dread of killing a monkey, which they term "di monde meme" in Creole. The looting of these trains by these marauders was, however, ultimately stopped by other means.?The Spectator. A Victor Hugo Museum. Thanks mainly to the munificence ot M. Paul Meurice, says the Westminster Gazette, Paris is about to be provided with a Victor Hugo Museum. The house which is to be used for the purpose is the one in which the poet lived from 1833 to 1848, and in which much of his most successful work was written. Amonir the treasures with which the building will be stocked are a library of some 5000 volumes, a large collection of drawings made by Victor Hugo himself and a number of bronze and marble busts. Under present arrangements the museum will be formally opened on February 2G, 1902. This date is particularly appropriate, inasmuch as it is that of the centenary ?f the poet'* blrib ' I 3? New York Citv.?The box Eton makes the very latest form of the popular jacket and is much liked both for entire costumes and separate WOMAN'S BOX ETON. wraps. Taffeta, tucked and plain, black and white, Is much used for the latter purpose, but etamine Is somewhat newer and more durable, and Is attaining great vogue. The May Manton original, from which the model was made, is of the open mesh lightweight tucked material in black, with revers and applique of cream Cluny lace over white, but cream makes a charming -warm weather wrap and if peculiarly effective over the muct worn white gowns; and entire costumes are made from linen and duck as well as suitable silks and wools. The jacket is simplicity Itself. The backs fit smoothly and the fronts hang from the shoulders, without darts, in box style, the upper edges being extended and rolled back to form revers. The sleeves are cut in coat Btyle, but flare becomingly at the wrists. To cut this Eton for a woman of medium size, three and a half yards 3f material twenty-one inches wide, three and a quarter yards twenty-seven Inches wide, two and one-eight " T ZM .WOMAN'S TU yards thirty-two inches wide, or two yards forty-four inches wide, will be required, with three-eight yard of allover lace and two and a quarter yards of applique to trim as illustrated. Woman's Tacked Blonso. Tucks not alone hold their place, but gain in favor month by month. Both for the odd waist and the gown made en suite they are held the smartest possible finish and are seen aiike in thin diaphanous materials, silks and soft wools. The charming blouse illustrated in the large drawing is adapted to many uses, and is equally appropriate for the costume and the separate bodice. The original is of white lawn, and is worn with a tie and belt of blue Liberty satin; but fine madras, grass linen, Swiss and all similar fabrics, India silk, crepe de chine, taffeta and the like and all soft wools are equally suitable. The back Is smooth and snug, with two groups of tucks that are drawn together at the waist to give 11 becoming, tapering effect. The fronts are tucked in three groups and are rendered unique by the extension on the right edge, which is closed with small pearl buttons in groups of three. The 6leeves are in bishop style, tucked nearly to the wrists, where they fall free to form becoming puffs. To make this blouse for a woman of medium size, four yards of material twenty-one inches wide, three and three-eight yards twenty-seven inches wide, three and a half yards thirtytwo inches wide, or two and a quarter yards forty-four inches wide, will be required. "Smart" Gloves. White gloves have been in vogue for many years, and bid fair to remain fashionable for some time to come. This season the smartest white glove Is of heavy dogskin, loose fitting and fastening with a single large pearl button. It is known as the coachman's glove. Another popular glove, o"" very much the same style, ia the gray glace kid, stitched in white or gray and fastened with a large silver button. For dressy wear one has embroidered gloves matchiug the dainty colors of one's costume. For evening wear, long embroidered gloves are especially fetching, and the design, which starts on the back of the hand, is carried around the arm in graceful lines to the very top. ltows of fancy buttons, reaching from wrist to shoulder, ornament some of these long gloves, glittering rhinestones on those of black, turquoise buttons on the white suede. In replenishing one's glove box for the season one should i have (besides the white gloves) ampla i space for the pale gray, pale fawn and i biscuit shades, as well as for wash ; suedes in white and tan for morning " wear.?Good Housekeeping. The Louisine SllK Sauh. Nursery fashions are more permanent than the modes of older women, but still a few fleeting changes are perceptible now and then. For instance, the question of sashes is always of interest, for a little maid looks her sweetest in a white dress with a blue sash. Gr-sgrain silk, watered silk and satia have all had their day. This summer Dreference is shown for tlio T.rmisinp silk Sflfih. A Drettv Soft weave. The sash ribbons used by little children are not very wide. Flowered Mnslln. A pompadour flowered muslin gown has a pretty finish to the sides of the front of the waist There are box pleats of the muslin on either side of the white-tucked lawn vest, in which are three broad bands of cream lace insertion set across. The upper part of the vest is outlined with a broad ! collar, which has applications of lace. ' This collar is of sheer white muslin, 1 which is particularly pretty over tlia flowered muslin of the waist. [ A Pretty Plqne Frock. i A pretty pique frock for a child has ' a coarse lace yoke of guimpe, a turndown collar edging it frilled with ! lace, and through the collar, which i is cut in deer slits, buttonhole stitched, a ribbon is run and tied in the back. Similar slits are cut in the lower part of the waist of the little frock, which ! has the skirt sewed to it without a : I belt, and through this a narrow waist l Tlbbon is run and also tied In the back. Charming Neck Chains. Mexican opals make charming neck j chains, pretty, limpid things. Some of the stones are deep red in tone, oth1 ers almost white, a3 they show in difi ferent lights. Each stone Is set in a , gold band, and the whole necklace is . a liquid rainbow of light. Quite dif; ferent is the necklace of Australian J ^ , CKED BLOUSE. opals. In the other the stones are almost flat, and in this the opalescent beads, showing charming soft green ana Diue tones in tueir musy uepms, are long and egg-shaped, -with a line of rock crystal running through the centre of each, ite whole very dainty and attractive. Child's Wrapper. Simple wrappers that can be slipped on when the room Is cool or during convalescence are essential to the comforts and well-being of the children as they are to that of their elders. This pretty little May Manton model can be made to serve such purpose and also as a bath robe when made from suitable material. The original is of dotted dimity, in blue and white, but Scotch and French flannel, flannellette, lawn and various fabrics are appropriate. The back is seamless and laid in four tucks that give a yoke effect and provide fulness below. 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