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POPULARITY. They blew and blew their Taper Bag, They blew with all their might Till suddenly their Bag blew up, And vanished out of sight. And then the Windy Thing was gone, Xor could a trace be seen. For not a single shred was left 0i what had never been. ?Brand Whitloclc, in Life |"HE* ENLIGHTENMENT*"] | : OF MRS. TUPPINS s 5 By GEORGE WESTON. ? HllltHtMIIIIOtMlteOSI* Curiously enough, Mrs. Tuppins hated the country and Mr. Tuppins hated the city. They could not agree ?at least Mrs. Tuppins could not, for it happened that the Tuppinses lived in the country, on the old Tuppins farm; and although this was an arrangement that suited Mr. Tuppins to a T, it did not suit Mrs. Tuppins to any alphabetical designation whatever. Mrs. Tuppins was city born and bred, while as for Mr. William S. Tuppins, 1 need only say that S stood for Silas. At the age of twenty-nine Mr. Wiliam S. Tuppins had left the farm to sek his fortune in the city; at the age of thirty he had returned to the farm, bearing no other fortune than Mrs. Tunnins. And as for his experience in the city, I will say no more than this: the morning after William returned to the farm, which the hired man and his wife had been running on shares, he went to his work whistling for the first time in a year, and when with a stick he scratched the backs of the little black pigs, and listene! to their grunts of ecstasy, it seemed to him that sweeter music mortal never heard. But as for Mrs. Tuppins, it did not seem that way to her at all. She looked with a sigh of regret at her high-heeled shoes and her long silk gloves, which were never intended for walking over bottom meadows or picking blackberries out of the briers. She missed the c. )wds and the lights and the shops and the cars. In short, sbe grew to hate the country; and she did not hide her feelings, either, as Wlliam soon found out. "Well," he said one evening, "the potatoes are all in." Mrs. Tuppins sniffed. "And the beets," he continued. Mrs. Tuppins sniffed again. "Too cold out here?" asked Mr. .Tuppins. "Shall I fetch you a shawl i or something?" "No." said Mrs. Tuppins, distinctly, "I'm not cold." "To-morrow," said William, "I think I'll start them putting a new lining in the upper spring." Mrs. Tuppins sniffed again, and when William looked at her he saw that her citified little nose was pointed most disdainfully at the poor old - country moon. "Why, what's the matter?" asked William. "William," she said "you know ; the way you like the country?" "Yes." "The pigs, the chickens, the cows, the horses, the hay, the corn, and the bam, and the pond, and the ducks, and everything?you know the way you like them all?" "Yes." "Well?that's the way I like the j city." That was how the difficulty began. William in vain argued that he was not worth his salt in the city; in vain he enumerated all the advantages of country life?the fresh fruit and eggs, the fresh air, and the milk and the cream ^nd the vegetables, to say nothing of the freedom from worldly cares. To all these eloquent arguments Mrs. Tuppins had a simple question: ' "William, you know the way you like the country?" To which William could only miserably answer, "Yes." "Well, then," said Mrs. Tuppins, "that's the way I like the city." Nott amonsr the fnwlc whirh <>hiir>V. ed about the Tuppins farm-yard there was a certain speckled hen known as Old Spotty, and whether or not it was because she took offense at this familiarity I do not know, but the fact remains that Old Spotty began to sulk and keep to herself. ."I can't make out what's the matter with her," said Mr. Tuppins, one morning, seeking for a subject of conversation that would be pleasing to Mrs. Tuppins. "Doesn't seem to take any interest in life at all. Just mopes round all day and pecks the other hens when they come near her." Somehow Mrs. Tuppins felt interested for the first time since she had become a member of the farming pop-s ulation. As soon as breakfast was over, she went out and looked at the disconsolate fowl. Old Spotty looked back at her disconsolately enough, and Mrs. Tuppins at once sought the advice of the hired mac. and began to pamper the hen. isow, even if one wished tOdo so, I one could not single out a hen from a flock and pamper that particular one?the other hens would see that no favoritism was shown. You could not, for instance, throw a handful of green stuff at one hen and expect all the other fowls to stand off at a respectful distance and watch the favored one with an envious eye. That is not the nature of poultry. So it happened that Mrs. Tuppins. striving to alleviate Old Spotty's disconsolation, pampered all the hens, with the result that they scampered toward her. clucking in friendly excitement. whenever she showed herself in the yard. This secretly tickled Mrs. Tuppins. although she pre tended the contrary. And here is another thing: one cannot keep going intp a barn to get corn foi the chickens without patting the horses and saying "So boss," to the cows. It is an utter impossibility, as every one knows who has tried it. And from patting a horse's back it is only a step to patting his nose, and of course one cannot :>at a horse's nose long before one begins to pass a carrot or two, and from that to lumps of sugar is the shortest of distances. So every morning that Mrs. Tuppins went into the barn for corn wherewith to pamper the hens, there , was such a whinnying and stamping ; 1 of feet as you never heard; and when 1 ;J Mrs. Tuppins came out at last with ! I'.er pan of corn?and was at once j assailed by her faithful but riotous hens?her face was as rosy as could \ be, and her eyes were as bright as rii.imnnrls. . / Another thing, too: one cannot ' keep going into a garden for carrots and greens without noticing things. One cannot enter a garden, for instance, with closed eyes and grooe i ori round to the carrots and come out the same way: r.nd especially is this true if there are six hives of bees in S1ZI the garden! *re So by degrees Mrs. Tuppins began 0 to notice the tomatoes, the plum- ,?a Kip trees, the parsnips, the currants, the " ? flower borders, the beans, the lettuce, e the raspberries, and all the other de- w w o lights that lay just back of the house. And when one get? so far. one pulls a few weeds, perhaps, or waters the flowers, or eats a few raspberries J while wondering if the plums will s'e soon be ripe. we When one is as bucolic as all that, Ch it is distinctly irritating to be set at mo naught by a cross old hen that keeps an< growing crankicr and crankier, and 8ix refuses to respond to scientific agri- na* cultural treatment. wo Old Spotty remained obdurate. She Wc seemed to think that they wanted her Ya to set, and she would not go near Un the coop. Then she apparently con- uul sidered that they were trying to keep en< her out of the chicken-house, and she ^o refused to come off the nest. Stil trying to pamper her, Mrs. Tuppins slipped a dozen eggs under her, and in due course of time Old Spotty was ser leading ten little chicks around, tio clucking at them peevishly, pecking joy at them for nothing at all, and look- the at them as if she had more trouble jn than enough. col Now one night, when this foolish a c fowl had been covered up in her little ?he triangular pen, the same being placed the near a similar pen which another hen not occupied with her five little chicks, ahc there suddenly rose such a commo- pat tion that Mrs. Tuppins ran out to see. hm All of Old Spotty's chicks had de- alv serted their peevish and pecking tha mother, and the other hen, whose j Tri family had suddenly grown from five to fifteen, was so puffed up with conceit that she looked double her nat- ] ural size, and could only with great I ^ difficulty see out of her eyes. J And they were the merriest fifteen +V10+ mfOf naanD/^ ! v?uitao taut vtwi pvvpvu pit* j i ing tag beneath the conceited hen's j ? wings, playing blind man's buff and j puss-in-the-corner and hide-and-seek 1 and similar games, putting their heads out from time to time, as if to take the air, and popping back in again, as if they had suddenly re- ; { membered a most urgent and delight- I ful appointment! But as for Old J Spotty, imprisoned in her coop and j seeing the error of her ways now that it was too late, she was almost fran- i tic. Such squawking! Such cluck- j ing! Such terrible threats to the puffed-up hen! Such anxious calls to ! | the merry iittle chicks! Finally one little fellow, that perhaps had not found a comfortable place, or had been "it" in the games j | too often to suit him, tumbled out of his new quarters and scampered back ! ~ beneath Old Spotty's wing3. And if t you had seen and heard the rejoicing PUI of that happy mother and the gentle *n6 way she cuddled him with her wing, dis and the tender way she clucked at him, 'it would have touched you as it ica touched Mrs. Tuppins as she went slowly back to the house. j *n "William," she said, after eating a . Pre ? " - 1 nfal very silent supper, you Know tne , v"" way you love the cows and the horses e^r and the chickens and the garden and j the bees and the woods and every- ' Nei thing?" "Yes," said William, miserably, once more. ?j "Well," said Mrs. Tuppins, with ; not cheeks that put the roses to shame, ma and eyes that left the diamonds sim- ; ply nowhere, "well?so do I!"? j He] Youth's Companion. ma : i The Emperor's Portrait. . When Mr. Charles Denby was minister to China a publisher wrote to V1 him asking him to procure a photograph of the Emperor of China. His fr.a reply, printed in a New York ex- J?1 change, shows that the pictures published as likenesses of the emperor no* cannot be trusted. Mr. Denby wrote a? follows: c 1 "It would afford me great pleasure a?c to send you a photograph of the em- 0 peror if one could be procured. After ?n making inquiries I find that his pho- v tograp'n, or portrait of any kind, has ^ never been taken." The Son of Heaven is not visible to any foreign eye except when foreign ministers are received in audience. On such occasions all cameras or sketch-books are absolutely forbidden. When the emperor goes out in his sedan-chair all the cross streets are barricaded with mats, and every door / and window by which he passes is closed. Should any one be caught I spying, death follows immediately. jg What He Meant. g "That was the year," said Mr. Jesse Sparbawk to the little group of lis- Vfl teners who had gathered to hear his ^ reminiscences of war times. ,:that > was the very year that my cellar was so unmercifully overflowed." "What do you mean by 'unmercifully overflowed,' I'd like to know?" demanded Mr. Potts, the town trial, from the outskirts of the group. "I /I 'f t*Ati n CQ?M30 " uuu u 5abi?vi JVUI ocuoc. "I mean," said Mr. Sparhawk, after a glare at the offendor who had thus arrested him in tha full tide of recollection. "that there was too much water for walking, an' not enough for boating. I sh'd think 'twas plain j enough." The Keeper's Program. The professor, according to a London newspaper, had taken a few of his pupils to the Zoo. While the lions were being fed he remarked to the keeper, with a view to his pupils' instruction at first hand: "If one of these gigantic and ferocious carnivora should contrive to emancipate itself and should hurl its prodigious strength into our midst, ] what steps would you take?" .c\ "Bloomin" long uns, sir," said the pat man; whereat the boya tittered. Handbag of Twine. n Sandbags and belts of fine white ven twine are the newest accesses for all white costumes. The bags are quite generous in 9 and exceptionally strong. Belts g ( dainty and quite lacy looking, g th launder well. An admirable 0 ture of the belts is that an invisi- g strip of elastic is woven into the ^ t, so that it fits the figure snugly r ;hout any drawing or strain on the e ven twine.?Philadelphia Ledger. t . t To Work in Barma. j Miss Nellie Ma Dwe Yaba. of Bas- e n. Burma, has completed a six eks' course in the Moody Institute, g icago. She planned to spend a s nth lecturing in the Eastern States t i then sa'il for England, to remain d months before returning to her E :ive country, where she intends to a rk as an organizer for the Young >men's Christian Association. Miss n ba has spent four years in the h ited States. She completed a e irse at Ann Arbor, Mich., before b ;erlng the Moody Institute.?New rk Sun. r e The Divorce Zone. t \ girl recently returned irom a 11 ies of visits asked not to be ques- 1' ned as to how much she had en- 1 ed it, as she had been living in > divorce none. "In every family those places, and I went to five onies,'' she said, "there had been livorce, and the one topic was the art hunger that had made one or t ( other seek fresh fields.' I could ; quite understand hy any woman i, >uld be 'hungry for love and sym;hy' when endowed with a decent p 3band and children, or why it was rays the most eligible bacneior t it was hungered for."?New York ibune. ii Elected Honorary Chairman. 0 Dr. Sarah Dolley, of Rochester, s elected honorary chairman at y i meeting which the women mem s of the American Medical Asso- L Beefsteak Pie.?Crust ^ | teaspoonful of baking pow ,55*^ i mix; one-quarter pound of Q 2 lightly with the fingers, V H water. Knead lightly, ant! ' | mainder of the lard on oni ?" ' / the other part of the ^ jj [ ly; roll out; roll and fold time the size of the deep p a u \ one pound of lean steak a I 3 j split carefully in two or th 5 i together one-half tablespoi 53 1 salt; one-quarter teaspoon [ ) ? i and roll up; set on end <u ( edges of which have been ^ a > in small pieces, mushroom m ? ( provement). Place the cn brush over with milk, pir { leaves 'cut out of the paste tion held in New York City for the j pose of devising means for educat- a the public in the prevention of ease. Dr. Dolley was the second h man in this country to take a medI degree, the first having been c zabeth Blackwell, who now resides England. She is the honorary c sident of the Women's Medical Soty of New York State, which eel- r ated her eighty-flr3t birthday last rch with a dinner in Rochester.? ii ar York Sun. * u Multitude of Mantles. rhis season is to be one of capes, coats. The old fashioned word ntle is revived. There is the cape e Ispagnole, the Cavalier cape, the ^ ary II. mantle and the Louis XIII. ntle. ' rhe latter is not a wrap, bat a .pery. It Is very artistic ana proes a way to continue using the r graceful scarf. Whether Marine La Croix, of Paris, really orlated it or not, is hard to tell, but name was given to it at the races ; long ago. t is of gold or silver tissue, of ffon. or gauze, in any suitable color, 1 may be bordered with a wealth decorous ornament. It is caught each shoulder at the back, drops en into folds that reach the knees s I then goes up the fronts and t Fashion Note. ^ The attractive feature of this pongee ? vn is the embroidery done in daisy * tern, in silk to match the material. 4 e wain and .sleeve effect is also aovei> - <a ' ^ AC lllii: so: leets the fastening at the shoulder. f01 ?Philadelphia Ledger. lue ac Old Enough to Marry. ch When a girl has reached eigSTeen. tie he is old enough to marry, says Dr. laughter, chairman of the council j an f the London Eugenics Education I tei ociety. Men and women of the best "it ypes should?for the good of the es1 ace?marry early, though not too *nf arly. The healthiest children are 't3 hose born when the mothers are beween the ages of twenty and thirty. 'he father should be a few years old- m? r than the mother. ' ,m< The trouble with the race, Dr. 111 daughter says, is that women don't ? elect their husbands with any ' hought of producing the best chil- J0 ren. They are looking for money, 0 aaterial comforts and all sorts of rtiflcialities enter into the selection. . "Rational choosing of mates does a ,ot exclude sentiment," he saya, and ,1C e adds that if mercenary motives are .. liminated the right sort of man will | _ e chosen early in his twenties. j Dr. Slaughter doesn't address any i ,1( ebukes to the men who marry worn- j n for a pretty face without stopping j fe o ask what is behind it, or to the aen?there may be a few?who are wooking out for the dot.?New York . .'ribune. . nu ; CO Marriage. m, Don't Marry? va For money?it may taice wings. ga For a home?the world is full of go hem. du For a companion?companionship Tl 3 as worthily attainable. ch For a housekeeper?you can em- cu iloy one. _ pa For pique?it will not mend mat- ch ers. m' For a nurae?the penalty is unlimted. m< To please your people?the nearest if kin do not know your heart. be To displease them?they care for ev ou. m' To have children?there are count- dr ess needy and worthy ones. fo Hi ? ?? ?? JJj for pie: Ten ounces of flour, a rder, half a teaspoonful of salt? lard, rub in one-third of/the lard and make to a naste with cold L roll out lengthways; put the ree end, not too near the edge, and paste over; press the edges lightup three times; roll out the last Vfl ?ie dish. To make the pie: Take md cut into medium-sized pieces; ree, to be as thin as possible; mix th anful of flour, one teaspoonful of ful of pepper; dip the meat in it to in a medium-sized pie dish, the tic previously wetted (kidney cut up s or oysters added are all an im- . ist on; make a hole in the centre; at ich the edges, and decorate with . Bake an hour. tu v w ~wvvwwwvvww is To escape a single existence?it is n honest and honorable state. i The school girl?time will. change : er vision. I a The too-ready girl?any man j ould win her. j Under brain storm?you will re- ' a over. | as With a sandwiched heart?you will ; ue it. j ha To spite somebody?you are stor- ! w< ag up trouble. i fo In haste?you will repent at leisre. ar And forsake other filial duties. ta But? Do marry where your heart inter- m, sts are tried and proved; steadfast nd immovable; constant and pure. I sj( 'hey who so choose have mastered I hemaelves and are the pillars of so- ; w] iety. "To thine ownself be true." \ so -Wyalusing. j m( ?. A rage for champagne color is on. j Gooseberry will be seen, particu- l arly In velvets. j ^ On some of the most fashionable I ed tockings lace monograms appear. na Emerald green is an exception to tir he rule for tones that might be called lull. of Dull, rusty-looking colors prevail, ur rith red as a brilliant exception to W? he rule. , pr Browns on the khaki and leather rder have been promised us for sev- ^ sral weeks. . at A particularly cheerful tone is fa: cnown aa ripo. cherry, promising a f0 )ig run for hats.-. Colored shirt waists have a double wi >leated frill made of two rows of it Valenciennes lace. th High tan shoes, the lower part nade of ordinary tan leather, the up- as >ers of high brown suede. The shoes ire buttoned. C Little wraps that end in dainty j loah anrla o n H fr*r\r\ t foha onH "havo . HP iugu vuuo uuu 11 vub uuu ?w ?c ikeleton body parts are one of the w] jeason's introductions. fr< Hats made of fine bastiste, quite ^ simply arranged with a band of velvet ribbon anound the crown, are en.- *E ioying a remarkable vogue. tii Mourning ruching is made of three ;o raws of pleated tulle, two rows of i in white with a row of black in be- j en o/oon Tt naof /trian lA^1/{nnr . w vvu. XV tv auu v*l lOf lUVAiU5> I Black velvet hats are faced with go :olored broadcloth to match the gown, m; rhis foretells an extravagant season, th lince the tendency seems to be for a of lat to accompany every gown. so A shade of red that will be fash- sh onable is terra cotta. It requires :are in manipulation, of course, al- ?r ;hough an all terra cotta hat. with a ! )lack frock, would be charming. On shoppers, rather than in the ha ihops themselves, a noticeable num- tr< >er of flower trimmed hats. All sorts un ind descriptions of flowers are used, ind most of them are evidently new, Ne i oo?99*0oe?? 9 Child Study as a Science. i**i?3Mao?Mia?a9*M*C3o The greatest discovery of recent ars is the discovery of the child, mehow or other there have alwaya en children in the world, but also, mehow or other, we have only now and out that children are human ings. The result has been instant tion; we have children's hospitals, ildren's laws, children's aid socies and reformatories, children's 'ic playgrounds, children's courts, d now Clark University, in Worces\ Mass., has decided to crystallize e entire child-welfare movement by iablishing a new department?an stitute for studying child-life in all phases. Dr. G. Stanley Hall, president of ark University, is the man who has ide this possible. According to o 5st instructive account of his work Hampton's Magazine, Dr. Hal}, flnde this plan is the culmination of an sa that has been growing In his ind for the greater part of his sl$tyur years of life. Work in the new child-life institute 11 begin this fall. It will form a sis for all philanthropic and educatnal movements in behalf of chllen. The effort will be to collect . data, now so scattered as to be inIcient, under one roof so that it may studied and worked with moBt efiHffnlv Ttioro mtll ha a Hhrorw tnr * UVt O H til WV ?-* 11V1 U1 J ll/A e collection cf books, monographs, ports, laws of different countries rtalning to children, etc. There 11 be' a child hygiene department, th apparatus used in schools and irseries, comprising the study ol ntaglous and infectious diseases, artajity statistics, the influence,.ol rious conditions of life, diet, dress, ines and work. Heredity, the laws verning birth-rate, social and inistrial conditions will be studied ten there will be % department ol ild anthropology, child lore, myth 3tom, belief, gangs, etc. Also dertments for studying subnormal ildren, juvenile vice and crime and oral and religious education. Dr. Hall considers that one of the r>st important results of the worfc 11 be to guide aright legislation in half of children. No provision is er likely to be. made by the Governsnt for the scientific study of chilen, and it is a sort of clearing house r accurate information along these les that Dr. Hall is founding.? impton's Magazine. WORDS OP WISDOM. A girl likes a fellow with a go to m, if he takes her along. Many a man thinks the world is all ong when it's really his liver. The pen may be mightier than th( ord, but truth doesn't always lie al e bottom of the ink well. Lots of young girls know entirelj 0 much long before their educa >ns are completed. Life is a good bit like a hurdle race which we are constantly jumping conclusions. As a rule a man is only ready tc rn over a new leaf when the old one full. If the Lord can see all our faults, il hard to understand where He gets 1 the angels. Many a fellow is willing to move iaven and earth In his efforts to wii girl when all that is necessary is tc k her to have him. The average man wants his club tc ive all the comforts of home anc mts his home to have all the com rts of a club. Considering how small some me: e, it is wonderful how they can con in such big opinions of themselves Some of those Tenderloin policeen are so fat that It's a wonder how ey can manage to squeeze in the le doors. . It really maker, little difference aether the earth is flat or round long as we can make both ends set. The girl who marries iu haste and pents at leisure shows a true ChriS' in spirit when she realizes that sh^ ,s probably saved some other gir Dm repentance.?From the "Gentle rnic," in the New York Times. HOW umiaras unginuieu. It is a fact not generally known at the game "of billiards was invent by a pawnbroker, William Kew b> me, who flourished in London soms ne in the sixteenth century. This inventive avuncular relative the needy used to employ his leise hours in wet weather when trade is dull by taking down the three lis which were the insignia of his ofession and pushing them about e counter of his shop with a yard ck, after the manner of the game as present played, and using boxes 9tened to the sides of his countei r pockets. Out of this was developed a table th a fence of slight elevation about to keep the ball3 from rolling on e floor and to enable the player tc ake what have since become k?iowc rtiioUJrtn aVirtfa ?i Chinese Barbers Don't Use Lather. "One of the chief trials of the aver ;e man is the way his razor pulls hen he proceeds to erase the beard Dm his face," remarked Julian V pperson, of St. Louis. "Some years ago I was in China id I noticed that the cunning barrs of that country instead of putig lather on the faces of their cusmers used a number of hot towels 3tead. I went through the experice and became a convert to th<= linese system. To this day when J i to shave, in lieu of soap I steam y face with hot water, and find that Is method takes all the wiriness out the whiskers far better than lather, that if the blade is reasonably arp you can shave without any tor re incurred in cne pumug ocess."?Baltimore American. The annual report of the Montreal rbor commissioners says that Monjal is now handling a greater volne of business monthly than any her North American port except !w York. ^^^^OTSEHOLD ^ Faded Cottons Made New. Faded cotton blouses, frocks, eti., can be made to look new If bleached white. Mix three tablespoonfuls of chloride of lime in three quarts of water, or double that quantity of both if required, and in this liquid stir about the garments until they are white. Then at once rinse thoroughly in pure water and starch and iron as usual. If preferred to have the garments colored, they may be dyed after they have been bleached, but the bleaching is advisable in order to get the fabric to take the dye equally, all over.?Home Notes. Packing Bottles. i - It i* nearly always a risk to pack bottles in a trunk. It is no uncom; mon thing to tie them all up, withmuch patience and a great deal of; string, and then, on unpacking the l'" trunk, find the side breadth of a perfectly new skirt decorated with ink ; or sticky medicine. To avoid any such distressing accident get an airtight tin can, -vsith a well fitting lid. A baking powder can will do, if there are not many bottles to be carried, or any kind of a can you happen to have handy. Put the bottles in this and r? n ttt /) itnf V* r\ f n ' a rt n V* atw Til Ifl Kiiuy oavvuuou uci rr ccu ciaoiai. xaiao will lessen the probability of their breaking, but if they do break, the sawdust will absorb the liquid Inside the can, and the adjacent clothing will not be ruined.?New York Press. Cleansing Suggestions. j To clean black dress goods try sponging it with cold tea. It is said that spots and stains disappear read| iiy- O ; A remedy suggested for a shiny ' coat is either turpentine or strong I coffee. To take out fly specks on gilt frames apply the white of an egg , with a camel's hair brush and they . will disappear. | To freshen rusty black lace, soak } it in vinegar and water, two tablennAAn#ti1a nf trlnofro i* o nf wof_ . syuuuxuia w ? y"", er, rinse and Iron, while still'damp, , between flannel. , Steel knives not in general use may , be kept from rusting by dipping them in a strong solution of soda.?Ainslee's. Try a Hammock. If you are short of room, why not I swing a hammock up in your sitting room or bedroom for the daily nap or the forty winks which every self-re. specting woman ought to allow her self? It may be taken down or put : up in a minute, is never in the way, 1 and if properly hung, is most comfor table. In arranging the ropes or hooks, have the head two feet higher i than the foot. This gives a comfor; table curve. If the ropes are used, have the head rope shorter than the , other. In this way there is less mo. tion of the body, which so many people object to in hammocks. A thin, t flat pillow adds to the comfort, but , even it is not necessary, if it is a trouble to stow it away. Some of the new hammocks have slightly raised sides to prevent falling out.?Boston 1 Globe. ' > . For the Seamstress. _ I j One of the most difflcult feats to . j perform on a sewing machine is to sew a straight line. Ordinarily any '.ittle deviation is not noticeable, but In the ease of a hem or tuck the jlightC3t irregularity is apparent. ' I At this point a Philadelphia man :omes to the rescue with a device for ' gauging the width of a hem or tuck ' to a nicety, and assuring two perfectly straight lines. This device consists Df a scale attachment which projects across the bed plate for a sewing ma1 ;hine and in the line of feed. This attachment, which is in the form of a I ; thin bar divided into inches and frac j tion thereof, has openings along it j for screws, by which it i3 fastened to I I the plate. When a half-inch hem is ! j needed, the bar is set to that distance | from the needle, and by keeping the i edge of the material to the mark on the scale, the width of the hem can i be kept consistent with the accuracy which only a mechanical device asi jures.?Louisville Courier-Journal. ; In The Kitchen. | Curried Veal Steak.?Take the 1 slices of veal and rub curry powder j on both sides before broiling in pan ' j with butter; season with salt and but ; ter and serve. 1 ! Tongue Toast.?Mince cold boiled I i. ..UU | LUiiKue uue, wet luruugu wnu lunts., :,l add to every, cup of this mixture the 1 | well beaten yolks of two eggs; let I simmer over a slow fire a minute, ' spread on golden brown toast well ' buttered and hot and serve on a hot 1 platter. Hickory Nut Cookies.?Two cups of sugar, two eggs, one-half cup of melted butter, six tablespoons milk. I one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one! j half teaspoonful soda, one cup meats ' i of the hickory nut. Chop and stir in j the dough. Flavor with almond. Bake i in quick oven. j Betsy Potato Cakes. ? Boil sweet | potatoes till soft, mash .fine, the.] add I some chopped bacon, make in small I cakes, let stand one hour. Dip in I Iteaten eerer. then in cheese crumbs ! and fry in the bacon drippings, which should be quite hot. Serve with a | slice of ripe tomato as a garnish. Green Tomato Mince Pie. ? One : peck of green tomatoes chopped fine, drain off nearly all the water, add six pounds of brown sugar, two cupfuls of boiled cider; boll four hours, then add three pounds of seeded and chopped raisins, one pound of chopped dates or one can of red sour cherries, two tablespoons cinnamon, two of allspice, one of cloves, half a nutmeg grated, a little pepper and salt. Boil half an hour after all ingredients have been added. Wlil keep all winter. MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS ATH YOUR SERVICE FREE. H Not a Penny to Pay For the Fullest^! Medical Examination. fl If you are in doubt as to the causeW of your disease mail us a postal re-H juesting a medical examination blank, which you will fill out and return toH us. Our doctors will carefully diag-H nose your case, and if you can bsH cured you will be told so; if you can-H not be cured you will be told so. You^B are not obligated to us in any way;^H this advice is absolutely free; yon are^R it liberty to take our adv|ce or not asHj you see fit. Send to-day for a medi-H :al examination blank, fill oat and eturn to us as promptly as possible. H ind our eminentdcctors wiH diagnose H /our case thoroughly absolutely free. H Munyon's, 53d and Jefferson Sts., B Philadelphia. Pa. H As a rule, no Sunday ia observed iraong laborers in Japan, but the first Hj ind fifteenth of every month and H jvery local and national holiday are H ;helr days of rest. ' CHILD ATE CUTICURA. 9 Spread Whole Box of It on Crackers H ?Not the Least Injury Resulted H ?Thus Proven Pare and Sweet. H A New York friend of Cuticura writes: u My three year old son and heir, after H being put to bed on a trip across the $- H (antic, investigated the stateroom and lo* Hj ;ated a box of graham crackers and a box H of Cuticura Ointment. When a search vu H made for the box, it was found empty and H the kid admitted that he had eaten' the H jontenta of the entire box spread on the H crackers. It cured him of a bad cold and H [ don't know what else." H No more conclusive evidence cop'd be H offered that every ingredient of Cuticura H j Ointment is absolutly pure, sweet and H I harmless. If it may be safely eaten'by a H young child, none but the most beneficial H results can be expected to attend its appfi- H cation to even the tenderest skin Vor'-H youngest infant. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Prop*. of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass. A Greater Need. I The Toang People's Weekly prints fl & pathetic story of a poor, half starved child, living la a city alley. Some one had given her a ticket to a free tea and entertainment. She was wild with delight, and waa running to tell her mother of her good fortune when she stumbled over a child orouched on the stairs, crying, She asked what was the matter.The child said her mother had beaten; tier, because she asked for some breakfast, and she was so hungry she conldj not help crying.'.' "Well," said the other child, placing the ticket in her hand, "take this and get a good tea. I've had no breakfast, either, but my mother never beats me." , , And she passed on, leaving the ticket in the hand of the astonished :hild. She Was Going Bathing. She was a very pretty girl clad la a diaphanous summer gown. She was going to the beach and she didn't care who knew it, for she carried her bathing suit in a most primitive fashion. It was simply inclosed in a bath towel and carried by a narrow strap. Shoes, stockings, powder, comb, brush, hairpins and other feminine necessities were not In evidence. 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