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? correspondent: aE
C "I read over the jokes in 'Undei w<
** the Spreading Chestnut Tree' ever} "r
month. This month I found one
which seemed very funny to me." he
"That was bad enough," say th? he
editors. "But when a member oi
fyour own family, so to speak?Well
here's what happened: Fc
" 'Here's a peach of a story,' said ly
;n the "Chestnut Tree" man the othei ?e
-11 day, 'but I have a feeling that we've I !
re- printed it before.'
*o?J. " 'Is it really very funny?' Hl
ota " *Yes> ^ really is.' e(5
iuia " 'Then I don't believe we have.' ' ve
tide
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p - Future Captain of Industry. n{
iei?t "Please, sir, have you a match?' he
^ asked the small boy of the hurryinj
d Pcucstriau? u, I uave UUL, biiapjjei
ick, the man. "Then buy some," er
?? claimed the boy as he held out s Wl
' at handful of boxes. He did business hi
pie! ?London Globe.'
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The Difference.
At one time both Montague Mat
)rk thews and Matthew Montague were
fc" member^ of the British House o; re
ae Commons. Mr. Matthews was a big ^
powerful giant of a man. Mr. Mon5
a tague was thin and emaciated. Th?
n s Speaker frequently confused the two ^
?? "I can't understand it," said Men- e<!
ia tague Matthews. "There's as muct j "
n" difference between us as there is I . \
r tween a horse chestnut and a chestnut
horse." ? Everybody's Magazine r
Keep on Trying. j w
>rs' A litle girl who had a live bantam J si
ire presented to her was disappointed at i
idy the smallness of the first egg laid by s<
ing the bird. Her ideal egg was that of 111
to the ostrich, a specimen of which was is
on a table in the drawing room. One
the day the 03trich's egg was missing 01
from its accustomed place.. It was oi
subsequently found near the spot h
[er, where the bantam nested, and on it S
o t* Tt/ifVl t Vi Q b
eis *> <XZ3 oiuta a. ui " uu mv. kes
words: "Something like this, please w
I i Keep on trying." ? Dundee Adver- * '
tlaer. ^
KNOWLEDGE.
tree tasks Love set me ere he went
away?
And though he should return nor soon
nor late,
'et must I learn his lessons day by day?
These three*, to dream, to suffer, and to
wait!
?Charlotte Becker, in New Era.
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The Thief. |
By Mary F. Hurley. f
He looked in through the open win)w
and saw that the kitchen was
npty, as he had hoped, and that the
ick door also stood invitingly open,
fter a moment's hesitation he cauausly
entered the unguarded house,
s soleless shoes giving no warning
! his approach, for a tramp who
id walked many, many miles seldom
is other than the upper wrecks of
>ots.
Slinking against the wall in his
ul rags and dirt, he crept through
ie narrow hall to the foot of the
aircase, where he paused and conlered
the doors leading to the dif
rent rooms. He wondered wnicn 01
e closed doors disguised plunder or
thind which might be lurking capre
and the strong arm of the law.
was too risky.
He drew in his breath between his
llow teeth and decided to try the
drooms?they were safer at this
lur. With noiseless feet he ascend1
the stairs and tried the door at the
(ad of the staircase. It yielded readr
to his plundering hand and disased
a room?a woman's room?
apty. His greedy eyes flew from
le object to another, seeking the
ost valuable as well as the most porble.
It was with satisfaction that
s noted the pocketbook lying on the
esser, the silver toilet articles and
at the brushes were silver mounted.
Completing his survey, he turned
om these articles and looked at the
antel between the windows. He
arted toward it; then deciding that
held nothing of value, retraced his
jps. Again, as if drawn by a kind
fascination, he turned and walked
? to it. The first object to meet his
es was the picture of a woman's
ce in a small old fashioned frame,
d at the sight of it he staggered
,ck ana saook as 11 suaaeniy su-ick- i
with palsy. A piteous moan esped
him, and something fell from
e mist in his hollow eyes, from
lich the wolfish look had vanished
his first tear in many years.
Standing there he had forgotten
s purpose; it was recalled to him
the sound of a woman's singing
she opened the door. The song
is suddenly hushed as she looked
ward the mantel near which stood
e tall, gaunt figure, its rags a unirm
of color from rain and sun, its
irning eyes staring at her.
She was a tall woman, and stood '<
her full height facing him and 1
jndering if he knew how she was 1
ambling. She did not cry out, 1
ough he expected she would after t
e first horrified convulsion of all 1
ir limbs. ?
"What are you doing here?" she 1
ked in a quiet, controlled voice. i
"I came to steal!" he answered <
larsely.
She looked vaguely around but saw
(thing disturbed. Her brain was
isy thinking she was in his power;
at her husband would not be in yet;
at she did not dare call for assistice
and wondering if the self-acsed
thief had a weapon.
"I'm not going to take anything.
haven't touched a thing," said the
inted voice as she rema'lned silent.
"I meant to steal."
She looked at him again. Now
e was not at all afraid.
"What stopped you?" she asked
Imly.
"It was all that stopped me. I
uldn't do it with her eyes on me."
3 pointed to the picture on the man- 1
I. J
She looked at him in surprise, and
she did so he thought her eyes
oked large enough >to hold an inLite
charity and believe him.
"I was a gentleman?once!" he
id, standing there before her in his
th and rags. "Disgrace, shame,
inger, have made me the thing I
q." His voice was hoarser than it
5uld be some day when he pleaded
lot guilty" at the bar.
It was evident that having spoken
! was going, for he started toward
sr, then stopped and said, as if in
stification:
"You don't know what hunger is.
>r about a week now I've had hardenough
to keep soul and body toither.
If I were the thing I look,
should last out better."
"I will get you food," she said,
er voice was the voice of social
[uality that she would use in conrsation
with a guest.
"No, no," he said, shaking his i
sad emphatically. Then, hesitating,
s asked:
"Does she live here?" motioning
ward the mantel.
"She is dead," gently answered the 1
oman by the door, wondering at '
s question.
"How long?" came in a husky 1
hisper.
"Four years. Several years ago :
)T youngest son forged her name,
;d from home in disgrace and has 1
)t been heard of since. She never
covered from the shock and died a
oken hearted woman. Her last relest
was that if he ever returned or
his whereabouts ever became known
; be given the picture which interits
you so much, for she fully for?
V, 4- V, ? * Vim '
IV c ill III auu mat uci iw f v; j.vyi
id never wavered."
The tattered figure stood as if petfied
for several seconds after the
oman by the door had finished
>eaking.
"I think you had better go," she
lid kindly. "I'm afraid of your
leeting some one. I'll see if the way
clear."
She opened the door and looked
ut. She thought, with a mute apolgy,
that it gave him time to reach
er purse on the dresser if he chose,
he fancied he did linger a moment,
ut when she next noticed the purse
as untouched. Her back had been
iirned to him and she did not see his
asty step to the mantel.
"It i3 all right," she said In a lowered
tone that gave her the feeling
that she was the thief. "Go quickly."
"Yes, it's all right," he muttered
softly as he passed out.
She watched the ragged, fluttering
shadow pass down the stairs out of
sight, then closed the door. She sat
down suddenly in a chair and her
knees trembled from the reaction of
her fright.
"I'll put that picture a\Fay," she
thought, and forced herelf to rise.
When she reached the mantel the picture
was?gone.
"Well, that beats all," she said
aloud.
Then the color came into her face,
and her eyes grew a thought wider
with memory. That instant's pause
while she had stood at the doorway
hoping that the thief would help himself?had
he not done so?
Then the possible meaning of his
last words dawned upon her, and she
wondered if he had come into possession
of his own.?Boston Post.
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j Peanuts and Sleep, j
?
?
Recently a friend who had heard
that I sometimes Suffer from insomnia
told me of a sure cure. "Eat a
pint of peanuts and drink two or
:hree glasses of milk before going to
jed," he said, "and I'll warrant you'll
ie asleep within half an hour." I did
is he suggested, and now for the benefit
of others who may be afflicted
with insomnia I feel it to be my duty
:o report what happened, so far as I
im able to recall the details.
First, let me say my friend was
ight. I did go to sleep very soon
ifter my retirement. Then a friend
vith his head under his arm came
ilong and asked me if I wanted to
juy his feet. I was negotiating with
aim when the dragon on which I was
iding slipped out of his skin and left
ne floating in midair. While I was
considering how I should get down,
i bull with two heads peered over the
idge of .the wall and said he would
laul me up if I would first climb up
md rig a windlass for him. So as I
vas sliding down the mountainside
;he brakeman came in, and I asked
lim when the train would reach my
iestination.
"We passed your station four hunIred
years ago," he said calmly foldng
the train up and slipping it into
lis vest pocket.
"At this juncture the clown bounded
nto the ring and pulled the centre
pole out of the ground, lifting the
:ent and all the people in it up, while
[ stood on the earth below watching
nyself go out of sight among the
:louds above. Then I awoke, and
!ound I had been asleep almost ten
ninutes."?Good Health Clinic.
An Item of the Future.
A reckless aviator, who is said by
i number of eyewitnesses to have
)een greatly exceeding the speed
imit, ran the end of his aeroplane
;hrough a large plate glass window in
;he sixty-seventh story of the Cloudand
building yesterday afternoon and
leriously injured Miss Bertha Dalington,
who happened to be sitting
lear the window when the crash oc;urred.
Hastily backing away, the
>perator of the flying machine succeeded
in escaping, but not before
jeveral people had noticed his num)er,
which was C4257. It is shown
>y the city records that this is the
lumber attached to a machine belong,
ng to Henry H. Hodge, the millionlire
popular song writer, but it was
ixplained by him that he supposed his
Iyer was safely anchored at Watson's
iviating station, where it is always
sept when not in use. At the station
t was said that the machine had been
:aken away by a man who had not
nentionea nis name, ail irresponsive
ittendant having rented it to him
jecause all the machines that were
kept for hire happened to be out
when he called. A1 H. Wingfield,
manager of the station, declared he
tvas sorry the accident had occurred.
?Chicago Record-Herald.
New French Academician.
M. Rene Doumic, who has been
ilected to Gaston Boissier's seat in
:he French Academy, is a Parisian
jy birth, and was at school at the
Stanislas Lycee with M. Henri Lavelan.
Adopting the profession of a
pedagogue, he became professor of
hetoric, first at Moulins, and then,
for fifteen years, at his own old
school, where he had M. Edmond
Rostand for one of his pupils. A
iterary controversy with Brunetiere
Drought him an invitation to join
:he staff of the Revue des Deux
Vlondes, and he made a great repulation
as a witty lecturer. He ha?
lectured, by invitation, at Harvard,
md he has just finished a course of
popular lectures in Paris on George
3and and her work.?Westminster
Gazette.
Monkey? as Coin Testers.
In Siam monkeys are employed bj
the leading merchants to detect bad
coins, writes a correspondent. A
traveler the other day told me tha*
the merchants have monkeys whicfc
possess a remarkable faculty foi
judging good and counterfeit coins
by tasting them. The ape sits be
side the merchant and receives thf
coin after it has passed through thf
man's hands. After putting it in its
mouth the animal will drop (;he coin
if it is a good one. into a cash bo?
near by, but if it is a counterfeit it
will make a remarkable clatter anc
give it back to its master. Siam ha?
a vast amount of spurious coin. I was
informed, and the monkeys in this
way perform a very useful commer
cial service.?London Chronicle.
Fish Famine.
The mention of out-of-the-wa3
dishes recalls to a correspondent s
story of a hungry Irishman who en
tered a restaurant on a Friday morn
ing during Lent. "Have ye ana;
whale?" he inquired of the attendant
A surprised shake of the head wa;
the only reply. "Have ye annj
shark?" This time an emphati<
"No!" "Arrah, then, for the love o.'
htvin, bring me a noice, underdone
steak, for It's toired Oi am askinf
for fish."?London Chronicle.
I
P'aking a Lawyer.
Miss Amy Wren, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., Is making good as a lawyer.
Judge Chatfield, of the United States
I Circuit Court, has made her receiver
| for a business firm. It is said that
i she is the first woman receiver in this
i part of the country, and that her
fees will amoi'nt to at least $3000.
Nature's Concert.
i
"If you would hear a beautiful
concert," said a country loving wornj
an, who had been exercising after
J an ice storm, "walk in the high tufts
of grass and listen to the exquisite
I chimes and tunes given out With the
J falling bits of ice shaken from the
| blades and stems. Each, as it strikes
| the glazed snow, gives forth a fairyI
like note, and I have walked over
I two fields out of pure joy in my discovery."?New
York Tribune.
Don't Let Them Know It.
One of the best known women in
society, who is remarkable for having
no enemies, laughingly said not
long ago that she attributed her popularity
to never letting those she
disliked know of it by any word of
i hers. "I avoid discussing any un|
pleasant person/' she continued, "and
I also never join any social club
where a member is included that I do
not care to invite to my house. By
this means I am free to do as I
please, and I also never offend my
own friend3 by having persons that
I know they dislike at my house
when they are there, as that is quesI
tionable hospitality." ? New York
I Tribune.
Thin Goods Pleated.
Though Empire and Directoire
models still prevail, some of the cotton
and thinner linen goods are
made with pleated skirts, quite high
^ ? ? * ? ? -in-i a x?
| oi course, tne pieats suitiieu iu ui
the line meeting the short body portion,
and so neatly and smoothly arranged
over the hips that they give
the impression of a plain skirt.
The bordered goods and the flouncing
are materials that lend themselves
well to this manipulation, and
the style is one especially becoming'
m j Caramel Sauce.?An
"3 o J fashionei batter pudding
C3 o. \ lowing: Mix .together a i
CCS 2 1 a bay leaf, a piece of len
*Sjg ?? | Let it boil five minutes.
C3 s ing pan two tablespoonful
2 S them until they become
?3 ? ( cupful of boiling water, i
Cm, ~ ) melted, add .the syrup af
S3, a ) lomnn rind and cinnamon
to growing girls (whose figures are,
of course, immature) and to slender
women. The waist may be plain, but
the effect will be better if a few
pleats are set on the shoulders.
The Load Dress.
Girls sometimes blame young men
for insults or bold advances, when
their own dress or conduct invites the
j same. The modest dress and plain
hat is a protection to young women
in cities. It is related that certain
working girls who reside in suburbs
often wear Deaconess bonnets, or the
uniform of some order. Others wear
the cross around the neck as meml
bers of the order of King's Daugh|
ters. These things are a bulwark of
defense to young women if they are
* - - - ? i??-i
j brignt am. oeauutui. w LlCII xiuuiau i
! male hyenas stand on corners?when
j young girls pass, let the girls look
I straight ahead and attend to their
own business.
Loud dress and hat are bad. I recall
a family of girls and their conduct
was questionable. They always
wore the loudest and most brazen
hats. If the fashion said "big hats,"
| theirs, were the largest. Peculiar colors
were always their choice and
when mutton leg sleeves were in
I favor, theirs were broader than others
wore. II is a fact that modest women
will wear modest dress. It is an illustration
of one's nature.?Lillie Rice
Stahl, in the Industrial Farmer.
Old Fashioned Women.
The old fashioned woman sui-nte*
and just as we had fancied the "new
woman" was having it all her own
way! 'At least one man says: "Wo|
men have a habit of toying with a
| biscuit in public and getting really
I busy, so to speak, only in private.
Readers of 'Pendennis' may remember
Thackeray's remarks on that
point. Then, again, there is another
aspect of the matter. Women do not
I assail chops and steaK3 witn me iurj
! of the male, but they rage like devouring
locusts among ths things on
the counter at a confectioner's shop,
which the average man will nc-t touch.
As a character in a contemporary remarks
with some sadness: 'Even
Ethel, when she's let loose among the
| marzipans and meringues, simply
j clears the counter while waiting for
i "a cup of tea and a plain biscuit,
j please." ' An interesting light on
| women's methods regarding food is
i thrown by a passage in a recently
published book. It has frequently
been noted that women, when alone,
dine on a cup of tea and an egg. This,
| according to our author, is not due
| to fairy refinements of soul but to
j pure slackness. Women grow so
j tired of ordering food for their famI
ilies that, when relieved from that
| duty for a moment, they simply canI
not be bothered to order anything for
| themselves."
I Is he right??Philadelphia Record.
I Mrs. Vanderbilt's Chinese Blue.
I Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt is one
I of the few fashionable women who
j do not devote half their lives think|
ing of something new to wear. It is
i her rule to give hersalf almost com|
plctely into the hands of her dressmaker
with regard to her attire.
Probably her chief interest is the
big string of show horses of her husband.
She is essentially an outdoor
woman. Occasionally, however, she
nDDlies an original idea to her. ward
Hi
robe, and her latest expression In
this direction is a frock of Chinese
blue. She takes honest pride in this
gown, and not without reason. Chinese
blue is the rarest and most beau-,
tiful blue known, and it is only for
the woman with no limit to her expenditures.
Chinese blue comes only
from China, unlike many of the alleged
Chinese silks, and its rarity is
due to the fact that it takes two years
to dye it. The gown is of the finest
possible texture and its material
ranks as one of the costliest and at
the same time most attractive manufactured
In the world. The process
of dyeing the material has been a
secret with the Chinese for many centuries
and it is seldom any of the
finished product is exported. Mrs.
Vanderbilt obtained her blue 8ix
months after she had placed an order
with a Fifth avenue firm. The
frock is of the princess design, and
as Mrs. Vanderbilt says, "It is almost
too lovely to wear."?New York
Press.
The Hearty Grip Again in Vogue.
In a recent London paper it was
said that the fashion in handshaking
was changing; that the weak-armed,
weak-minded, "elbow-shake" was going
out, its place to be taken by a
more hearty and natural gesture.
Hurrah for Dame Fashion! For
once she is engaged^in a good work.
What could be more discouraging
than to go up to a person, beaming
with pleasantness and good will, and
be met by a lackadaisical grasp of
the hand and a forearm motion, suggestive
of a severe chill. It is enough
to dry the springs of brotherly feeling.
But it was fashionable, and so,
in the words of a famous old lady,
"it had to be did."
The manner is passing. Let ua
speed it on its way. When it is quite
gone, and it no longer has fashion's
approval to back it, then let anybody
try it, and they will be met witti
a rebuff that will show clearly enough
what people have been thinking all
along, and have not dared to say.
At most it was a chilly and unsocial
mannerism.
A man is known by his handshake,
v
excellent caramel sauce for old
;s and sweet custard? is the folcupful
of water, a cupful of sugar,
aon peel and a stick of cinnamon.
While, it is cooking put into a fry?
Is of sugar and one of water. Stir
a dark, rich brown. Add half a
" * ?* 1 Anflfalv
ina waea me uaiauici uao cuu??i;
ter removing from it the bay leaf,
t. Send hot to the table.
perhaps. And yet we hesitate to believe
it, because of the really nice
people whose manner of shaking
hands leaves much to be desired.
The "next most annoying" variety
is the person who shakes your hand
for an inordinate time, until you become
conscious of the fact?wonder
if he is ever going to stop, when he is
probably wondering the same thing
and don't know how, and finally you
fairly jerk your hand away, followed
by slight embarrassment on both
sides you vow inwardly that hereafter
you will bow and smile only.
There is a third species, less feeble,
and less disconcerting,, but genuinely
painful. That i3 the man and woman,
too, nowadays, who seizes your hand,
wrings it, until you imagine you hear
the bones grind against each other?
and if they are a stranger you hope
- ? ? i*
tney aia not see you wmuc, auu *?.
they are not strange you hope theyv'
did, and then drops the hand with a
final jerk. It aches for hours, and
again you decide to bow and smile
only, but you don't. As a form of
friendly greeting it has taken such
a hold upon us that we shall probably
suffer and be strong, for some time
to come.?New Haven Register.
Ribbon watch chains are quite the
thing just now. '
Coats for girl3' suits are plain and
almost straight.
When you cannot afford to buy
jewels use beads.
New gowns from Paris have corsets
made in them.
Plumes are only rivalled by flow
ers as na.l gtuuituic.
Wreaths and garlands are among
the fancies of the day.
Jet buttons are so much favored a?
to?appear on white linen rigs.
Many of the blouses are tucked ali
over, bodice and sleeves alike.
The fichu is one of the pretties*
finishes given to the modern gown.
The elbow sleeve with full ruffles ii
sometimes seen on evening gowns.
Do not over-trim a baby's dres^
It makes him look fussy and unattractive.
The fashionable old-rose shad*
seems to be becoming alike to thosa
of light complexion and to those who
are dark.
Nutmeg brown is a color very mucli
like the spicy blossom, and will be a
favorite, while every shade of taup?/
will be used.
For a young girl a strip of heather*
bloom is quite as satisfactory as silk
to wear under sheer frocks, and much
more girlish.
Buttons will become popular on
cotton and linen gowns and will re?
main almost a necessity on silk and
heavier fabrics.
White pearl buttons in every variety
of carving and some with a
Frenchy decoration of gilt lines and
flowers are seen.
Parisian styles are seldom adopted
just as they come to us, but are flri?
modified. This is true of the fashion
for jet. By contrast we are using W
moderately.
' i
Undoubtedly.
"Do you play any instrument, Mr.
limp?"
"Yes, I'm a cornetist."
"And your sister?"
"She's a pianist."
"Does your mother play?"
"She's a zitherist."
"And your father?"
"He's a pessimist."?Tit-Bits.
Wilbur Wright has gained twenty3ve
pounds In weight during the last
Ave months. He thinks that aviation
aas something to do with it.
The University of Heidelberg has
received from a foreign benefactor
Interested in the advancement of science
the sum _of ovgfr $30,000 toward
the foundation of a radiographic
'jwtitute.
British cocoa firms have decided
aot to use any more cocoa from the
Portuguese Islands of Sao Thome and
Principe because of the ill treatment
>f the natives laboring on the plantations.
Though Swansea. Wales, is in the
heart of the Welsh anthracite coal
field, stoves suitable for burning it V
are conspicuous by their absence.
THE1R~SKIW~TR0UBLES CURED.
Two Little Girls Had Eczema Very
Badly?In One Case Child's Hair
Came Ont and Left Bare Patches
? Cntlcura Met with Success.
"I have two little girls who have been
troubled very badly with eczema. One of
them had it on her lower limbs. I did
everything that I oould hear of for her, but
!t did not give in until warm weather, when
it seemingly subsided. The next winter
wfcen it became cold the eczema started
again and also in her head, where it would
lake the hair out and leave bare patches.
At the same time her arms were sore'the
whole length of them. I took her to a' _
ohvsician, but the child grew worse all the
time. Her sister's arms were also affected.
I began using the Cuticura Remedies,, and
by the time the second lot was-used their
?kin was soft and smooth. Mrs. Charles
Baker, Albion, Me., Sept. 21, 1908."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props.
if Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
Australia is twenty-six times larger than
the British Isles.
Rheumatism Cared In a Day.
Dr.Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism radically
cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action is remarkable.
It removes at once the cause and the
disease immediately disappears. First dose
jreatly benefits. 75c. ana $1. At druggists.
The smallest quadruped in the world is
the pigmy mouse of' Siberia.
A CURB_FOR FITS.
The Treatment Is to Accomplish
What Science Has Been Struggling
to Attain for Centaries;
The intense interest that has been manifested
throughout the country by the won- '
derful cures that are being accomplished /
| dailv by epilepticide stili continues. It is
really surprising the vast number of people
who have already been cured of fin and
nervousness. In order that everybody may
have a chance to test the medicine, large
trial bottles, valuable literature. History of
Epilepsy and testimonials, will be sent by
mail absolutely free to all who write to the
Dr. May Laboratory, o? rcari ocreet,
Nctv Sfork City. I
The epilepticide care is creating great
public interest^ u well as among Doctor*,
Student*. Hospital* and visiting Phyaician*.
The Apple-Tree Fleet.
"The humorists 'long shore call
them the 'apple-tree fleet,'" writes
Holman Day, "because their skippers
intend to keep them on the sale side
of the seafaring?or seafearin', as tho
aforesaid humorists insist; so carefully
on the safe side that they do
not venture off shore far enojigh to
lose sight of the apple trees." The
"apple-tree fleet" consists of certain
antiquated coasting vessels that run
cargoes from Maine ii\to the New
England ports. Many of these relic* '
date for nearly a century; one of
them, the Polly, was a privateer in
the War of 1812. Many are the
amusing stories which the author
tells of these ships and their skippers.
One Captain Shibles sailed from
Thomastown with a cargo of lime, but
found a dull market in Chesapeake
Bay. "I know what I'll do," said
Captain Simeon Shibles to nimseii.
"I'll put on my best clothes and go up
to Washington and see ""esident
Jackson." The captain dtu so, was
admitted to the White House, and,
with his "plug hat" under his arm,
thus delivered himself: "President
Andrew Jackson, Esquire, I have
called to pay my respects to a man I
admire, and to say that I shall continue
to vote for you as long a? * uve.
And not to take up any more *?r yout
valuable time, I want to ask you if
you have any use in your business or
in the business of the United St?tei
for a cargo of Maine lime." The
President bought it for the navy yard.
?Haroer's Weekly.
LIGHT BOOZE
Do You Drink It?
A minister's wife had quite a tussle
with coffee, and her experience Is Interesting.
She says:
"During the two years of my train-L
?t. !1? nterVit HlltV I
log as a nurse, wuuo UU Ui^uw ?? ?? I ? _
became addicted to coffee drinking.
Between midnight and four in the
morning, when the patients were
asleep, there was little to do except
make the rounds, and It was quite
natural that I should want a good,
| hot cup of coffee about that time. It
stimulated me and I could keep
awake better.
"After three or four years of coffee
drinking I became a nervous wreck,
and thought that I simply could not
live without my coffee. All this time
I was subject to frequent bilious attacks,
sometimes so severe as to keep
me In bed for several days.
"After being married, Husband
begged me to leave off coffee, for he
feared that it had already hurt me almost
beyond repair, so I resolved to
make an effort to release myself from
trie nurciui naou.
"I began taking Postum and for a
few days felt the languid, tired feeling
from the lack of the stimulant,
but I liked the taste of Postum, and
that answered for the breakfast bev- I
erage all right.
"Finally I began to feel clearer
headed and had steadier nerves. After
a year's use of Postum I now feel
like a new woman?have not had any
bilious attacks since I left off coffee."
"Ther?'? & Reason." Read "The
Road to Weftville," in pkgs.
I Ever irad the above letter? A.
j new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full of
I human interest.
-- ML