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A gridironed field that huge stanc ? With a great grim gallows at eithf A bullying wind ?nii a fright?ned' And a leather ball that goes danci - The boar bas struck aa oin for t And it's Tall, there, fall, lad. You're snatching ac the ball, lad, That's not the game at all. lad! Again, now-that's well done! Quick, now, quick, man, lron't lie there like a sick man .Lively! That's che trick, man, A-sprawl full-length on the short 1 They watch the handling of kick : -And the slippery dummies s?ueak As each in lus turn the tacklers sp And the veteran may shirk but 1 'While it's "Scoot, now. scoot, lue l^eave your feet and shoot, lad, That's the way io. do it. lad. .You're learning, learning fast ?ow. get low, man. AI us tnit be 60 slow, man'. That's the way to go, man. you"' Hark now lo the whistle's silver c; *"Jjine up!" nnd the centre takes t The signal? follow, clear and quid For run and line-buck, punt and t While the coach trots close besii . -And'it's " You end, stay there ! Tackle, auder way. there! Guard, you spoiled the play, there Don't stand like timi and wait! What are you about, man? Can't you hear ine shout, man? You might as well be out, man, ??"o the days go by and with encli i i'orues something new for thc mei )lut one great leeson is still the sai UH team-play only that wins the ; Xothins s done bv ow? und one, For it's "Side by side, there! Let the fullback guide. I here! Half, dop't run sn wide, there, Xever go alone! "Hard. now. hard, man Tackle, stick to guard, man!" And the,boys wbo leam thc jess By ESTHER SE] .There is one thing you mustn't forset. Brother Tom!" "What Is that. Emma?" ""Dont forget to go to the help nafliee. and send me up ? cook. The new gili ls good lor nothing, and the .old one can't do everything. Young, .or cM, man or women? I don't care, <<rnly send me op a competent cook by X? o clerk this morning." .""Don't look so desperate, sis; I'll remember iL I want things in pretty good style for Maxwell; he is used to it-is fond of good dinners, and I griess i'll send you np a good, smart man cook, Emma." **I hope Mr. Maxwell won't expect things too nice; 'but i'll do my best -fa. other matters. Tom, if you'll only, provide some one .capable ot serving ?Wt' good dinner." Mr. Thomas Maye disappeared with * reassuring nod. He had a pro "werbiaily bad memory; pretty Emma Maye know H v?ry well, yet In this .desperate emergency she trusted him. Dangerous; hut what could she dc? "firing the two years she. had had 'Charge of her widowed brother's ram t?br? they bad been blessed by the mont -nkill'ul of cooks;.but Joan had taken - Afaasey to get married, and her place X?SOI ?bsss?ly supplied by one who soon proved Incapable. At this june - tere Mr. Maye received tidings that hks deceased wife's favorite brother, Arthur Maxwell, just returned from Europe., would poy him a visit. ^ The Maxwell family were noted for *rher.- wealth and good "breeding-, and . Arthnr especially -was 'distinguished Cor his agrseahility. JRrom the first, Emma had been rrex-vcus over the responsibility of '^feater?aining this elegant young man. ?rhom -she trad never seen. She Wus "oTcZy and .accomplished; but she could: net -cooi-she had never tried. Certainly, it seemed task enough for ? yarang lady of twenty to superintend M. family consisting of her brother and herselT, two boys and their tutor, two little girls and their nurse maid, with two other servants. But though arfauaa, It had been well performed. The house was the perfection of frfgfiwE and- taste, the children well qr-****** and Emma was much beloved SK ?er brother's family. To him she .Thad beta devoted, Ia sickness and IreaUa. and he gratefully Intended, tc ssake ker tasks as light as possible j Bat 2re had a proverbially bad. mern- ? ?ry, and, unfortunately, Emma had . been obliged to trust to it .It was half-past 7 o'clock when Mr. Maye went down town. He took noth fas u?n& a enp ot coffee at 7, and | lunched at his favorite restaurant, at ll. At half-past 3 the Mayes dined, and Mr. Maxwell was expected by the 3.10 train. There!" sighed Emma, when, two hours after her brother's departure, the boase was in its usual exquisite order, and the viands and' flowers sent np for dinner;* "if Tom doesn't forget, and if he sends np a good aoofc. everything will be nlee enough." She did not dare consider the pos sibility of Tom's having forgotten, or that of the cook not coming for any other, reason; but when, precisely at IB o'clock, the door bell rang, a secret weight was lifted from her heart. She ran herself to answer the au rn wi ons. A medium-sized, well-dressed, mod est-looking young man stood at the entrance, and she brightened at sight of-bim. *"I am very glad yon are so punc tual: I was afraid I should be dis appointed," leading the way to the kitchen, without an instant's delay. .Let me see-:10 o'clock. I shall have to set yon to work at once to prepare a first-class dinner. We are ?expecting company from New York, ??ar cook has left me, and I do not myself kno.F anything about cooking. What Is your name?" relieving the yoong man of his hat, and hanging it as high ont of reach as possible. His reply was rather faint, but she thought she caught it. "Mac? Yon do not look like an Irishman. But it doesn't make any difference. Are you a good cook?" Tba smile of the young man was rather puzzling .ra <lo my best," he said, pleas antly. .Yon see there's nothing in the hat cold chicken," continued ls defend, ?r end, sky . mg by he doughty football men, pick up.your feet and run!" Drown grass and pass, and swing' rin? the xdvice he must work, I, re sol the knack at last." , ?ill. he ball. rici:-: de, to each error open-eyed. as half a second late!' in tura t to learn, me. came! but by all in unison! [ir,' "if ;on may use it when they're grown? -J. W. Linn, in St. Nicholas. ooo RLE KENNETH. Emma, unconsciously wringing her hands as she continued to address the new cook, who certainly listened very attentively. "But my brother has sent up some pigeons-to be roasted, I suppose." "Yes'm." "Can you make a celery salad?" "I think I can." "And mayonnaise sauce for the, cold chicken?" . "Yes'm." "Can you make a French soup?" "I can." "Oh, well, I guess you ?111 do," be ginning to look relieved. "Be sure the vegetables are not overdone, and the coffee good-my brother i3 very particular about his coffee. And we will have a Florentine pudding?" with an inquiring look. "Yes'm," readily. The new cook was already girding himself with one of the white towels that lay on the dresser, and casting a scrutinizing glance at the range fire. Quite reassured in spirit Emma was turning away, when she stopped to add: "I will lay the table myself to-day, Mac, and fill the fruit dishes and vases; but if you give satisfaction, I will intrust ion with'the key of the china closet, and you will have the entire care of the table;" and with a gracious nod the young lady withdrew from the kitchen. She piled the fruit dishes with rosy pea^, golden oranges and white grapes; filled the vases with roses, lilies and ie ms; set clusters of dainty glasses, filled with amber jelly, arnon- the silver and nhina, and then, with a sigh bf satisfaction at the re sult, ran away to dress. "I'll not go near the kitchen to even smell of the dinner. I don't know anything about cooking it, and will trust to luck. I have an idea that Mac is real capable-is going to prove a treasure., His dress was so neat, and he was so quiet and respectful," concluded Emma, leisurely arranging her hair. Her pew dress was very becoming, and fitted the petite, round figure so perfectly that Emma felt at peace with all the world. "I have heard that Mr. Arthur Mas well is .ery fastidious in the matter of ladies' dress," mused Emma, twist ing her head over her shoulder to see the effect.. "I wonder what his first impressions ot me will be? I should like to have poor Ally's brother like me." At length the last bracelet was clasped, the last touch given, and re tiring backward from the mirror, with a radiant face, Emma turned and ran up to the nursery, to order the children dressed for company, and also to speak with the boys-and flirt a little with Mr. Vincent, , the tutor, who was always at her service for this exercise. There was a delightfully savory odor pervading the house when she came down and set out the wine and ice, and made a few amendments of the table. Before Alice died she had painted an exquisite ebony ring for her brother, and this Emma placed with the napkin ; designed for Mr. Arthur Maxwell, thinking how ar tistic and pretty; everything was, and deciding! that the gentleman's first impression must be pleasant. I She looked at her watch-five min j utes past .3. Then she went softly to : the end of the hall, and listened to I the lively chatter in the kitchen. Sh? could hear Mac chatting pleasantly C-^V S<a^ C^5>- C^-??<^-G<^<?<3^3 \ SHORT BUT T ; < 9 lt was five minutes before r $ Superintendent had spent an ho 9 Ohio school, and just before th A man of the local school comm! ? them. * "Children," he said pbintin V go out from the school in abo ? gang of men who are now shove! 0 They are earning thirty-five dol a "Beside them is a time-keep 0 "At the head of the train i 9 dred dollars, and over him is a : A dred. ? "What is the difference be ^ Get all you can of it." with the little housemaid. Nanny, and all seemed to be well in that di rection. At 3.10 she repaired to the drawing room and took a seat overbooking the street. Carriages came and carriages went, but none stopped at the en trance. The little girls came down; the boys and Mr. Vincent came down. Mr. Maye's latchkey settled in the door, the dinner bell rang. "Not come?" asked Mr. Maye, at sight of Emma's disappointed face. "No," she pouted; "and such a nice dinner!" "Very strange!" he mused, leading the way into the dining room. "I hadn't the least doubt-Why, my dear felldw," seizing by the shoulder the new cook, who, acting also as but ler, had just placed the soup-tureen upon the table-"my dear, dear fel low, why, how is this? Emma de clared you hadn't come!" That young lady grew as white as the tablecloth, and grasped a chair for support. . "That Mr. Arthur Maxwell? I-I thought it was the cook!" "I came earlier than I expected, -.nd in time to make myself usefui to .Miss Emma," laughed Mr. Max well, divesting himself of his white towel and bowing with exquisite grace to that young lady. The cultivated accents, the am brosial locks of the bent head, the clear, eloquent, beautiful, eyes-oh, why hadn't she known? How could she haye fallen into such an error? "I was so terribly anxious-I didn't look at you twice. Mr. Maxwell, I hope you will forgive me!" stam mered Emma, as red now as she had been pale. "There is nothing to forgive, if my dinner turns, out well," he replied, laughing. "I learned to cook when I was a student in Paris-a French man taught me. I have been rather proud of my culinary skill, but I am a little out of pract?celo w, and am not quite sure of the Florentine." "Emma!" cried Mr. Maye, "what does all this mean?" "Why, John, you promised to send me up a man cook." Mr. Maye clasped his hands tragic ally. - "Emma, I forgot lt!" "Well, Mr. Maxwell came, Just at 10 o'clock. 1 thought he was the cook; I ushered him into the kitchen among the pots and pans. I ques tioned him as to what he knew about cooking. I urged him to make all haste and serve the dinner; and and I called him an Irishman!" sobbed Emma, hysterically. ."No offense, Miss Emma. My grandfather, oh my mother's side-! Major Trelawny-was an Irishman," observed Mr. Maxwell, coolly. "And since I have done my best, won't you try the soup before it is cold?" The others stared, , and Emma cried; but Mr. Maye laughed laughed uproariously.' "The best joke of the seaEon! Sit right down, everybody! Emma, you foolish girl, don't cry. Arthur doesn't care. And as for your Flor entine-Arthur, tell Nanny to bring it on. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, you know." "Miss Emma won't cry when she tastes my soup," remarked Arthur, ladling lt out. promptly, with an air | of pride. And then they all fell' to tasting ' and praising, and urging Emma to ? taste and praise, until she laughed and cried all together. But Mr. Arthur was so delightful, so winning and so witty, so kind to his agitated young hostess, and he'd cooked such an excellent dinner from the pigeons to the pudding, ev erything was perfect. By and by Emma was herself again. This has taught me a lesson," she said. "I will never be so desperately situated again. I will learn to cook." "Let me teach you," said Arthur. He did. And Emma taught him to love her. There was a wedding by and by. "The blessed result of my misera ble memory!" Mr. Maye said.-Sat urday Night. A Test For Coal Gas. Do you suspect your hot-air fur nace of leaking coal gas into the heat flues and into the house? A simple and effective way of testing for this trouble ls to throw upon the furnace fire a large wad of-cotton which has been saturated with oil of pepper mint and thickly sprinkled with sul phur to make lt burn quickly. ; Close the furnace door tightly -and have some one who has not smelled the prepared cotton wad try to detect the odor in the rooms above. If it is found you will need a new drum for your furnace without delay. Pear-Shaped Balloon. . Pear-shaped balloons are the fash ion in Belgium. The point is up ward, the base of the balloon ls spher ical. It is claimed that, balloons of this shape pierce the air vertically with far greater speed than the ordi nary spherical balloon. Consequently they are steadier. Also the upper pointed end prevents the accumula tion of moisture or snow on the sur face, which frequently weighs a bal loon down and destroys its power to rise. 1 Let Cs Overcome Afflictions. Let us set all our past and present afflictions at once before our eyes. Let us resolve to overcome them, in stead of flying from them, or wearing out the. sense of them by long and Ignominious patience.-Lord Boling broke. 0 THE POINT. \ \ ; loon. The Mayor and ?.he State ? ur talking to the children in an $ e stroke of the gong the chair- c .ttee was called upon to follow p g toward the window, "as. you A ut two minutes'you will see a " ling cinders into a railway train. ? l?rs a month. r er earning thirty-five dollars. ? s an engineer getting one hun- 0 superintendent getting two hun- ? tween these men? Education. ^ 0 For Your Chile f STAYING UP LATE. One evening when my bedtime came I didn't want to "go, So mother said I might stay up Por just this once, you know. And so I stayed and stayed and stayed, Through all the night, I think, And never went to bed at all Nor slept a little wink. Bat when at last the sun arose, A-shining warm and red, I found I had my nighty on, And was sitting up in bed. -Alden Arthur Knipe, in St. Nicholas. A HOME MADE DOLL HOUSE. * It sounds very ambitious to make a doll's house as well as all the furn iture at home, but lt ls not at all dif ficult, and a very delightful way of amusing one's self and others as well. It will certainly prove a most fascin ating ocupation for the long dull win ter days.. . The doll's house should really be made first so as to have a place to put the furniture in as you finish, it. There are several ways, of making the doll's house, and we will describe two of these. To make it in card board you will want four small hat boxes all the same size, and of as strong a c?rdboard as you can get; these can be had at a draper's shop for a few pennies. They are then glued together two on top of each other, so that you have four rooms. To make them firmer it is a good way to put a piece of millboard between the two top and bottom rooms; this must pf course be glued on; it makes the Coors so much stronger; also cut a piece of the millboard an inch big ger all around to go on the top of the house; this makes the eaves, and the roof is then put on to this. The roof Is made of two straight pieces of cardboard joined together, with the two, ends also glued on. The best way to join them Is to glue a strip of coarse tape on to the two pieces of cardboard, forming it into the right shape and gluing the two side pieces on in the same way. The next'thing is to,paint the house; it must be sized first or the paint will sink in too much; then paint the roof, the two sides and .the back. The roof looks best in black with a white chimney pot. The front part of the house, which opens, is made with two pieces of millboard glued togeth er to make it stronger; they should be cut the size of the front of the house; any stationer will do this for you, as it is rather hard to cut your self; this ls fastened on to the side with two small hinges. The windows and door are drawn in before the front is painted, and these are done last; the door might be dark green with the panels picked out in a light er shade; the windows are painted gray to represent glass with white lines across to divide the panes of glass, and curtains may also be paint ed to give it a more home like and furnished appearance; these could be ( titer white or yellow. The house mid require two coats of paint but ed not be varnished. When the "?T??Tquite dry the rooms ar? to be ered each a different color, and n- the furniture can be made to tch each room. The ceilings ! mid be all papered in white; the wtfdroom carpet might be of some pretty chintz, the dining-room and drawing-rooms of some thin serge or any other suitable, material you may have; you can get samples of floor cloth in paper which do splendidly for the kitchen; most drapers have this and would give you a piece. A more elaborate way of painting the. house ls to first put on a good thick coat of white paint, and when this is dry to put a thick oat of red paint over this, and before this is dry to mark out the bricks with a piece of stick pointed at the end. This requires care, as you must not put your hand on to the red paint, but it looks very pretty when finished. To make the other doll's house you would want a sugar box from the grocer's or a good sized soap box, then you put in one or two shelves according to the size yon want your rooms to be. The shelves are made of a much-thinner "wood, .and it ls ?best to get a carpenter to cut these out the correct size; then nail some .thin..atrlps of wood on the two sides and "back of the house on to which you slip the shelves and fasten them down firmly on to these with nails. Partitions can .be put between the rooms if thought necessary in the same way that the shelves were put in. The lid on the box does for the door, and the whole must be sized before painted, and then proceed in the same manner as for the other house. This makes a stronger house, but is more difficult to make, and the other way is a very good one, and cannot be broken very easily.-The Girls' Own Paper. HOW THE DOLLS HELPED ISABEL Monday morning in vacation is hor rid. Isabel thought so as she rue fully eyed the bis pile of breakfast dishes. Washday mr.mma always did the dining room and kitchen work, while Janet was busy in the laundry, and always in vacation time Isabel had to help. To-day mamma had some extra work, and it was Isabel's task to wash and dry the dishes all alone. "They're just mountains high! " she declared. They weren't at all, though I must confess that there T/ere a good many of them. When mamma had called to her the dishes were, ready, Isabel was busy playing with her numerous fam ily of dolls. Very reluctantly she laid Gertrude Maud back into her bed, and covered Gladys Emily carefully in the doll carriage, and started with, lagging footsteps toward the kitchen. She filled the big dishpan with hot water, and gave the glasses, then the silver, their morning bath. Some how the large kitchen seemed lonely without either mamma or Janet, in spite.of the fact that thc sunshine was streaming in brightly through the windows. Then a sudden thought came to her. "I'll bring the dolls out h?ro and i make believe they are helping me." she said to herself. So Gertrude Maud and Gladys Emily, and the smaller dolls, : letty and Lillian, arid black Alice with her apron and turban, looking very much fitted for her task, were all seated in a row on the big table, with their backs against the wall and their feet sti?king out straight in front of them. Then Isabel began her game. "The plates you shall wash and wipe," she said, addressing Gertrude Maud, " 'cause you're the biggest." So Isabel carefully washed and wiped the plates, and placed them iri front of Gertrude. , "And the cups and saucers belong to you, Gladys. Ee sure to do them nicely," she said. Then they were done, and piled on the table by Gladys. The smaller dolls, Hetty and Lil lian, had the little butterplates and oatmeal dishes to do. It was great fun. Isabel made be lieve that they didn't want to do them at all, and then had to scold them a little and remind them that such tasks had to be done by little girls, and it was well to learn how to do them properly. Black Alice had the frying-pan and j oatmeal pot to do. But the next time Isabel had the dishes to do alone, and the dollies helped, Gertrude Maud did the pans, " 'cause it doesn't seem fair, just 'cause she'3 black for her to do the hard part always." When mamma came in and saw the row of dollies and the nicely washed dishes, she was much pleased with Isabel's little game of dishwashing and dolls.-Woman's Home Com? panton. IN OLD HOLLAND. It was an Englishman who said: j'The children of Holland take pleas ure in making What the children of England take pleasure in breaking." If he had seen the Breiben School of Laren he could have made a newer and a better proverb, says St. Nich olas. Every bright day four little Dutch maids sit on the benclr before Mev rouw Kosta's door and Janike teaches them to'knit. Anna, who is ten, clicks her needles fast and even ly, but Wilhelmina, who is only six, crooks her fat, pudgy fingers pain fully round the yarn and sighs. She knows well that it is necessary to be clever to live in Laren, for Laren, let me tell you, is a most dis tinguished place, very different from the rest of Holland; and Wilhelmina knows it is quite mountainous there, for it is thirteen feet above the sea. But to be clever it is necessary to knit heels as well as legs of stock ings; so she keeps at it, while, inside the cottage, Mevrouw Kosta ls spin ning yarn on a big spinning wheel, and you can bear the cheerful hum of the bobbin. When the sun sends out long, level rays across the flat, green fields, and the windmill throws its queer shad ow down the hard, white road, Wil helmina's and Nettje's plump legs carry them home with a right good will, their wooden shoes clattering down the road toward the sunset, aa the long Dutch twilight begins. An improved aiming device for heavy guns makes it possible to keep the weapon trained on a moving tar get continuously, without regard to the rolling of the vessel. According to Indian Engineering, plaster of Paris may be used as a flux for melting scrap metals containing small amounts of iron. About five pounds of plaster are mixed with 100 pounds scrap, and, when melted, the whole is stirred. On cooling, the plaster is removed by a blow with a hammer. The iron is thus removed, and the flux, being neutral, does not attack the crucible. An interesting item of astronomical news is that of the discovery of a new ring of Saturn. It is stated to be a dusky ring surrounding t?e well known bright ones. It was discov ered at the Geneva Observatory. A correspondent of the London Times calls attention to the need of an automatic recording speed indi cator for railway trains. Both of the most recent important fatal railway casualties in England were.undoubt edly caused by excessive speed at points where the regulations required a slowing down. Engine drivers be come reckless and disregard rules, safely at first, but ultimately meet with disaster. If thc record of speed during each trip were to be submitted to inspection there would bo less dis obedience and greater -safety.- Pos sibly the recording speed indicator has been Invented, but it appears 'not to be in use anywhere. The many uses and Inflammable character of celluloid have led to an active search for substitutes. The new material of C. Troc^uenet, a French inventor, is a mixture of cel lulose, asbestos and the organic mat ter contained in oyster shells. The cellulose is obtained by treating sea weed successively with acid and alkali and washing. The asbestos is ground with petroleum oil, while the ground oyster shells are treated with hydro chloric acid and the insoluble residue is bolled with water, washed with weak alkaline solution and collected on a filter. The mixture contains from fifty to sixty-five parts of cellu lose, two to twelve parts of thc oiled asbestos and twenty to forty-five parts i of the oyster shell substance. The j mass 1- treated with formaldehyde, suitably colored, and then pressed into any form or object for wh.'ch cel luloid can be used. lippier THEIR MRS. BLACK A PROFESSOR. Mrs. Agnes Knox Black, v/L?? of Professor C. Charleton Black, of Bos ton University, has been appointed to the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts of the university as Shaw profes sor of elecution. Mrs. Black succeeds Professor Malvina M. Bennett, who recently resigned. Mr3. Black Is a Canadian and well known as an elocu tionist. She was graduated from the University of Toronto, afterward tak ing a course in Philadelphia. She was at one time head of the school of elocution of the New England Con servatory of Music and later connect ed with .the Emerson College of Ora tory.-New York Sun. THEIR OWN HAIR PRETTIER. The American lecturer who tried to persuade the women in his audience the other day that their, own hair was prettier, not to say less obstructive to sight than their spacious, hats, ig nored the warnings of history. No matinee hat of to-day is so high as the lofty headdresses worn by Marie Antoinette, which were the despair of poor, simple-minded Louis XVI. But when deprived of all possibility of being able to see a perform ance'at the opera he presented his wife with an aigrette of diamonds, In the hope that it might supplant a headdress forty-five inches in height, the Queen promptly had the diamonds incorpo rated in a new headdress which was taller than all its predecessors.-Lon-' don Chronicle. ECONOMY. An economist of world-wide re nown tells us that lt is the men who earn the major portion of the wealth of the world, but it is the women who spend the major portion of the wealth of the world. Think of the power that should lie in that. . It . is safe to say that there is not one successful business man who does not know exactly the expenditures'? and profits of each department of his business. He knows just where tp Increase his outlay and where he ought zo retrench. You never see a business -man search aimlessly through books and papers for an ad dress or a letter. He knows where it ls and wastes no time In getting it. One reason men accomplish so much more financially and the re Chocolato Pudge.-M, of sugar, one pinch of sc butter the size of an eg scrape the chocolate. M a little in water it will rn; the fire then, and beat ui on a buttered platter. If to this rule, putting then off the fire. suits of their labor loom up bigger is because they waste "very little timo through lack of bystem, says Jane Howard Latimer. Women are more or less creatures of nerves, because their time and energy and thought is wasted on non-essential things, caused in most cases by an entire lack of system. How many women know how much to spend each- year to supply their families wlf:h food? How many women know how much is spent for fuel? How many women know how much of the husband's income is spent for clothes? In other words, how many women know some of the essential things which are given in'o their hands to keep wisely and du-, pense Judiciously. You will all agree with me, I think, that these are lead ing questions; and, in looking about you, I think, too, you will agree with me that few women are prepared to reign wisely and with justice in their own kingdoms.-New Haven Reg ister, i PRYING WOMEN CAUSE TROUBLE Curiosity makes more discomfort than many another more censured trait. It is equally trying for the pryor and the "pryee."" To bother about what is none of your concern is distinctly vulgar. The well-bred woman waits until news comes ber ' way^-^does not go on a still hunt for it. The curious woman may not mean impertinence, -but rarely falls to be credited with it There is no greater impudence than to seek to know what others are trying to conceal. Curiosity ls a malignant growth; once get the germ and soon it will affect the most trifling affairs of life. There is nothing too insignificant to escape the peeving of the Inquisitive. As a distorter and magnifier noth ing is In the class of curiosity. It Im agines dagger thrusts In pinpricks and cannot rest happily until suspic ions are verified. The curious woman ls not only a nuisance to her friends, but is thor oughly unhappy herself. To go through life with the belief that everyone has something to. hide from you is misery.- - . . .. - - The curious worhan need not think to conceal her falling, the prying'look and roving eye is an unmistakable placard. Over-inqulsltiveness defeats its own ends. The curious woman misses many an interesting blt of news that people keep to themselves rather than gratify her morbid desire for knowl edge that is none of her business. New Haven Register. KATE BARNARD'S MAYOR. While matron of the United Provi dent Association "Kate" Earnard be came the controlling spirit in the po litical life of Oklahoma City. She was the only one who could vota the slum independently of the sa-, loon, and, if need be, against tho sa-j loon. "Hello, boys! Where are you going?" she would say to a group of ? barroom bums towed to tho polls by i a saloonkeeper. And while the sa loonkeeper looked on helplessly sho would remind them that she had sent John's little girl to school and had nursed Tom's wife through the spell eu CS of pneumonia and had found a de cent suit of clothes for Jim, and had got *vork for them all-in fact, had helped to raise the wage scale for work on the ? *ets from $1.25 to $2.23 a day. And then she would tell the boys that they must vote against the bad candidate for Mayor and for the good one because the good one was a friend of hers, and the boys would follow her meekly to the ballot box. Thus she elected first a Republican Mayor and then a Demo cratic Mayor, each time by a majority of 700.-American Magazine. GOWN OF AMBASSADOR'S WIPE. Though she^s of American extrac tion, Mme. Jusserand, wife of the French Ambassador in Washington, is a Parisienne of Parisiennes in manr ner and tn dress. So her gowns may be taken as the newest expressions of the views of French modistes. She ls wearing street suits that are far from startling. One is of London smoke-color?d camel's hair, with j plain skirt and folds of silk braid. The coat is a modified Empire, braid-, ed heavily, and shows on a pale lav ender crepe bodice, with silver and? black embroidery. Mme. Jusserand's hat for morning Is a stiff, walking shape, with a great bow of black taffeta caught with'a dull black buckle and a few loops of jetted lav ender velvet. In the afternoon she wears a head covering at least a yard across. Her hats ar3 almost always, black, Directoire or Gainsborough, . and worn at a rakish aigle which few. women can imitate with success. Mme. Jusserand always is clad cor rectly in the respect that the articles of her outfit match to the last detail. Shoes, gloves, veil, fan, parasol and small neck ruff distinctly accord with one another.-New York Press. Some charming little red slippers have twin rosettes of red silk and . crepe. Unlike the coat sleeves, those for frocks may be of a different material, ' If they match the dress in color? ater?ais: One cup of milk, one cup >da, three squares of chocolate and, g. Put the soda in the milk and ix all together till when you drop ake a ball in your fingers. Take off itu it Is stiff paste, and then spread desired, add a cup of chopped nuts i in just before you take the fudge For 'tailor-mades ruchlng of linen, pleated tiny and extremely narrow in fact, just a line-is fashionable. In fur neck pieces the flat stole ls accorded a second place by the shawl shaped capes that end at the waist line. < ? The walking suit that typifies the 'Directoire adaptations bas a coat which escapes the skirt.hem'by an inch. A new chain girdle in various color combinations such as white and gold, blue android, taupe and gold, ls very pretty. - '. A stylish shoe suitable for formal afternoon functions has a patent leather vamp and uppers of dull black kid. A smart coat is fastened across the waistcoat with frogs of green corded silk, slung from the buttons on the mitred cloth. Blouses, coats and Indoor frocks carry long sleeves. With these will be worn the two-button glove in heavy or light kid. The gauzy frock will ask for but tons of satin, tho frock cf satin or silk or meteor crepe de chine for but? tons of. its own fabric. Those who cannot make Princess ' lace are buying it, for it is one of the " most fashionable*laces of the season Tor trimming handsome gowns. The bias-striped one-toned mate rials which one finds among the broadcloths, prunellas and serges, are ideal for women of stout figure. The fashion of decolletage is worn more now. For afternoon wear the high neck is correct, but after sun down the decollete is the right thing. For .tailor-mades cloth and silk covered buttons 'are more used than anything else, although braid and silk piping buttons are aiso in great favor. An Uncrushable Toad. An experiment was recently made in the clay testing department of a machinery .company at Bucyrus, Ohio, in which a toad was placed in a twenty ton brick .j ress and was four ... times submitted to a pressure of ii> OOO pounds without injury. The question at issue was whether such a pressure would kill the toad or whether .-Ita ability to cownress It self was sufficient to allow it to coma out of the ordeal alive. The toad was first placed in a lump of granu lous clay and the whole pressed into a brick. After the huge press had done its work the solid brick wa* lift ed from the machine and tho toad winked its eyes contentedly, stretched its legs and hopped away.-Popular Mechanics. Detter Dressed Oxford. It is strange how sartorial fashions change, even in conservative Oxford, Three or four years ago it wa3 quitt .tho exception to see a junior membef of the 'varsity dressed otherwise than In a pair of gray trousers and a tweed coat covered with many perfectly use less leather buttons. Thc coniforta? ble but somewhat slatternly garments are now almost obsolete.-Oxford Varsity* f