Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Vf: . EVEI There is only a star in t On the .wandering wat Dies away in the ghost < Over the meadow and m ' Of the frog-and a dre 'Are the wren and. the r< Now rises the moon like Floating bubble jost o At the far keening call < . All the dark brooding fe Save the aspen so shyl I Or the hidden and hesitt Then the moon slowly v. Forest deepens as softl And the rivulet dreams < -"ft ?5H525EE25H5H5H5H5H5H \ss^ B* B^RTHA B?RI 'The minister lifted his head from the desk -where for five minutes it had rested. There was a tense ex pression in his usually trustful eyes, and a semblance of ' discouragement In the lines of his mouth. His voice, however,^ was very Quiet as he spoke to :he waiting committee. . "We've done the best we knew" it was evident that he was trying to restore his own wavering faith in the Great Arblter*-"we've dqne the best ? ?we knew and now we must accept the outcome whatever it may be. You say that the bank officials refuse to wait longer for what we owe then. aM-" "I will read their letter again," Deacon Mayberry said slowly, a sigh following his .words. "This is it-a cruel, though { daresay a businesslike letter: 'Trustees of Highland Church .'-.As our ultimatum regarding your pecuniary indebtedness to this cor poration we have the honor to make thjii proposal: If you will pay to this] bank the sum of $950 on or before Monday, the 24th inst., we will can-j eel your.whole indebtedness of $1000. Otherwise, this will serve as notice tha>, upon "the aforesaid date, the property will pass into the possession of the Baker Brewery Company.' " "It's an infamous thing," the min ister said brokenly, "yet it Is business. I suppose, as Deacon Mayberry sav^. They've given us three weeks' notice, and I suspect that they think they are I generous to offer to throw off that $50, but they don't know-they can't realize how cramped' the people of this village of ours are. We've done our best-$800 is what we have, isn't it. Brother Nutter?-but that won't save our church building-and Mon day it will become a storehouse of the brewery!" There was a smothered sob from the lips of the oldest man present. "We have depleted our b?nk ac counts, O Lord," he cried, falling] upon his knees, "but there are so few of us-only twenty-and we're all so far from being blessed with this , le company separated to their re spective homes. Zt wa3 such s-pitiful little house hold of faith. Situated in a rocky Kew Hampshire village, and somer what removed from the centre of the town, it had seen its members drawn one by one away, until so few were left that services could not have been maintained had not an aged and resi dent preacher tendered his ministra . tions free of charge, yet even so, the little church was sadly in debt, and as we have ieee, was now to lose its edifice. A ?olemn company it was, there-, fore, next morning that, much as it had ofttimes gathered to weep around the body of some dear member, met supposedly for the last time In the little church. Far different, however, wa3 a group ; that wet at the village tavern that morning. The "midnight special" had broken one of Hs driving wheels just au it was whirling into the little town, and now, perforce, the passen gers inboard the train were thrust upon the hospitality of the place un til the broken wheel" could ' be re placed. Naturally, perhaps, the tav ern attracted the larger number of those who Bought for entertainment outsit of the comfortable walls of "midnight special." "We've got to amuse ourselves somehow," declared one of the men who had tramped across from the sid ing where the big engine stood idly .. and sulkily.puffing. "Might go to meeting," suggested another of the group. The other - men laughed. "Meetings and 'drumming* don't seem to coincide," refharked a third member of the dapper commercial travelers. "Yet we might do worse," another ; said ter.tatively. "We fellows so sel dom haye a right, down good chance to be respectable churchgoers that'I move we go to meeting somewhere, as Blacl: here says." "Second the motion," laughed a tall, black eyed man, "and-I say, boys, let's get some fun out of it to give church folks the scare of their lives. From the looks of this place 1 ?;. doubt if money is a common commod ity in these parts, and I'd like to see what they'd say to a good, generous contribution from us. What do you say?" Rollicking Dick Prichitt, boot and shoe drummer, caught at the sugges I lion. "Great scheme!" he declared. ."The native^ will be astonished to see--let mesee-r-twelve-sixteen-twen ty of us men file slowly Into their j ?NG. he sky; era the breeze >f a sigh. arah comes the cheep ?am in the trees " ibm asleep. a frail rer the bili, >f the quail. .rest is still, y astir, mt rill. ranea, and the gray y as night, >n its way. . , _ _ 'illiam Griffith, in Hampton's Magazine. 5SHSHSaSE!SaSH5Hry ?HAM BARTLETT. ^53^ meeting house-that little one down near the bridge-and will be sure to think we're either a Y. M. C. A. or a crowd of young fellows out for a lark." ! "Guess they'll vote in favor of the latter and treat us accordingly," 'Chimed in another. "I think Butler's idea is fine. Let every man Jack of us all,put in what loose change he has. Every cent of it, you know, whether it's one dollar or ten. And if he hasn't any, or has less than a dollar, tax him a fiver. How does that strike you?" And then, as the church bell was ringing the score of young fellows.] marched jovially across the fields to the little church so nearly In the grasp of the brewery company that had decided Its proximity to the rail way, and its distance from the town, made it worth purchasing for a store house for their liquors. The worshipers in the little build ing saw the delegation enter the church with almost a feeling of re sentment. Strangers! and hardly a reverential class of strangers, either, take them as a whole, if they might judge by their appearance! They waited in uncomfortable suspense during the singing of the hymn, half expecting some unpleasant demon stration. Then came the prayer, and then the sermon. The traveling men who in those days antedating the forma tion of the now well known society of "Gideons," were seldom found within the house of prayer, felt their hearts grow t?nder as they listened to the simple eloquence of the old minister. Then the con tribution box was passed. The pews wherein the drummers were seated were at the rear of the church, they having declined to sit farther forward, yet when the deacon reached the first seatful of the young men there was but a pitiful showing in the bottom of the box. A moment later, however, the deacon stood transfixed with amazement, incredu lity and joy, as was returned to him eiiofl tn the hrim with contars. silver JP. laugn at me very evident astonish ment of the church folks. *And then-as the minister knelt in prayer which was choked with sobs, and while with one accord the con gregation emulated their pastor's ex ample, falling into the attitude ot prayer, the "drummers" stole'softly from, the building. "We'd best make tracks for that train," ejaculated Bob Needham as they reached the-sidewalk. Dave Taylor laughed almost hys terically. "We'd better make a driv ing-wheel," h? said, with a woeful attempt at punning. "Oh, I say! it's moving; sprint!" They did sprint. And the engineer, catching a glimpse of "them striking across the fields, obligingly slowed up until the last one had gained a footing upon the steps or platform of the train. At the church all was soon com motion. Some one tried to follow the strangers but gave up the at tempt when the "sprinting" began, O O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC ? One Must Be a Cold, g a Lawyer-Not Q s/\ 7*OU must run many a * O \/ afford to be numberei g I "You can not affoi Q * man to the opposing O In a courtroom." O These were among the "Do'i g Willard M. McEwen to the gra Q Chicago Law School at a banqi ? Egyptian room of the Auditori g "The lawyer occupies a vet O than in any other profession," O position he has himself first to ? all look out for No. 1. O "Why is it that you will b P older practitioner? Because ye 9 the service at a smaller cost oi ? fui, but maintain your nerve ai O "You must have experience 9j and you must run* a cold, nervy Q to be numbered in the down-a 8in you and that you are just a you must play the part. You Q country church mouse, but m O sight. g "Juries are often impresse ? juries desire to have some on O ways select the lawyer with tl S? determines a case at law. Yo O impression that you are giving i O on the opposite side. When y< H of the jury. I sometimes thi O per cent, better than the court. O "Study the style and mann g ask yourself, 'How do I stand o Jury?' Story books have much O tude of the lawyer, but you can g of a gentleman or too deferent: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC0001 o o arM returned to hti9 count the de nation left by tht?f ?Awhile guests Deacon Maybirrry" Announced tho amount of the ofi?erJag. It was one hundred and slxiy-?ve dollars and seventeen cents. Then, with quiver ing lips and trembling voices the oongregation stood to sing and to re ceive the benediction. The tune was Ware. Ah, how many times that little congregation had sung 'lt, yet never before with the spirit -which that day character ized the singing, broken though it ?was by the emotion which could not be controlled. All things are Thine: no trift have we, Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee; And hence with grateful hearts to-day Thine own before Thy feet we lay. Thy*will was in the builder's thourfit; Thy hand unseen amidst us wrought; Through moral motive, scheme and plan, Thy wise eternal purpose ran. Tn weakness, and in want, we call On Thee for whom the heavens are small. Thy glory is Thy children's good, Thy joy Thy tender fatherhood. Oh. Father! deign these walls to bless, Make this the abode cf righteousness; And let these doors a gatewav be To lead us from ourselves to Thee. The church-folk never learned the identity of their visitors, although the fact of their being drummers some how reached their ears and from that day no member of the little church -which from that time entered up on a new era of prosperity, gathering recruits for their Master's service from the byways of the town-ever .failed to pray for the commercial travelers. .of the land. Nor is it be yond belief that this may account for the existence of the association known as the "Gideons," which counted among Its early members fourteen of the "boys" who in God's provi dence, were the means of saving the Highland meeting house from becom ing browery property.-Congregation alist. TI FIC NDViTRJ Metal shavings and concrete con stitute a new paving material. A pneumatic milk can is a novel device to insure that milk reaches the consumer in the condition that it leaves the dairy. The can is filled, compressed air, previously sterilized, is pumped into it, and the cover is locked. An unusual means has been de vised fo: cooling the rooms of the Railroad Club on the roof of a down town office building. A glass cover ing has been built above the roof proper and over this a stream of wat er is kept continually running. The water is drawn off in copper leaders. The scheme has proved effective, for the water not only prevents the roof from becoming hot, but it sounds cool . - "- - i - ->--, Worn AS a -result'Ot vu? visit of the Sec retary of W?r and the Chief of Staff to the Isthmus, tentative plans for the defence of tbe Panama Canal have been adopted, which embody the following features: There will be three-batteries, located on the islands Jying^rom ten to fifteen miles from the Entrance; and other batteries will btr*piaced on the coast line near the mouth o' the canal. Six miles up the canal will be a battery for the de fence of the Pedro Miguel lock. There will be a military post at Culebra. The Atlantic entrance will be de fended by batteries upen the range of hills commanding the entrance. Al together, sixty of the highest power disappearing guns will be mounted. The Gunnison tunnel, which is part of a great irrigation project in West ern Colorado, is rapidly approaching completion, and will be the largest underground waterway in the world. It is six.miles in length and will carry 1300 cubic feet of water a second. Its cost will be over $2,500,000. >OC00000300000000000000C 00 o . Nervy Bluffer to Be 8 a Gentleman, y o - o cold, nervy bluff and eau not ^ I in the down-and-out class. o .d to be too much of a gentle- O counsel nor too deferential g o s and Don't's" given by Judge O .duating class of 1909 of the g tet held in their honor in the o um Hotel, Chicago. O ?ted position probably higher ^ the jurist said, "and in this y maintain and should first of ? e given business against the o ?ur client thinks he is getting O . fee. Take it and be thank- g id dignity. O and, perhaps, a little money, O . bluff, for you can not afford nd-out class. People believe r> little better than others, and O can not play the part of the S? ust reach out for what's in o O d with the counsel, and all ? e to lean on, and nearly al- cj ie best attitude. This often O u can not afford to give the S? vay to either court or counsel rj JU do that you lose the faith O nk a lawyer should be fifty g O erisms of the profession and O with this juror or with the ? to do with framing the atti- ?5 i never afford to be too much o al in court." g o " DOOOCOCCCCOOCCCCCCCOCCCCO THE RHYME OP THE j?AZY CHICK. Did you ever hear about the chick He was yellow and; fat, but very small Who wanted only to run and play? And wanted never to work at all? When he first waked up! at the peep of day, He wanted to play with the dewdrops bright: . . , I- -xu There was always somethrag to frolic with From morning t?V^fckneaa brought the His brothers, teriTi??WigSTiy chicks, Would scratch and^ea^s^nard as they And help Mother S^cklrVtfith all their might, As all good Uttle^chickens should. But the Jazy one I am telling about . Flapped his wee wings and was off to play. Poor Mother Speckle scolded and talked; He never would mind a word she'd say. Then she sighed, "Oh, dear, I must punish bim; I'll not scratch for him the whole day through, Or he will never learn to work at all. And when he is grown, what will he do?" Twas a long, long day for our little friend; It really seemed a week or so. It isn't much fun to-frolic about When you are sad and hungry, you know. And that night, all warm 'neath Speckle's wing, He made up his mind-that every day He would do his very level best To learn to work ashwell as play. -B. Brown', in Home Herald. A HORSE IN? A MARSH. One night while In the country we were suddenly awakened by the bark ing of our dog>^)vTSjot up and in vestigated, but could lind nothing wrong/, so we though* that perhaps he had heard some passing on the road, and again retired for the night. The following morning we again searched the barnyard and found that the horse was missing. We looked all over the grounds and finally found him stuck In the swamp. There were four men staying at the house, and they tried to raise the horse, but all their efforts failed, for he sunk deeper and deeper. They then went across the road and asked our neighbor for assistance. He, knowing the danger of. the swamp, re sponded immediately, bringing with him his son, a team of horses and two of his boarders. The eight men worked for about three hours, being in great danger themselves of slipping into the marsh or of being hurt by the horse, who was fighting all the while f?r liberty. At last their ef forts were rewarded,, for they suc nest from the attacks of other birds. The cat's name is Buff, and she is the pride of the residents of Broad street, Middletown, N. Y. The owner of the cat has several shade trees in which robins, bluejays, orioles, thrushes and an occasional wren hold forth. The other day there was a great commotion in the.trees, and in vestigation showed that-a cuckoo was attacking a nesting thrush. Buff was seen climbing craftily up the' limbs, and her presence only added to the confusion. -Her owner, thinking she was after the birds, gave her a sound cuffing. The next morn ing there was another rumpus in the trees and the cat was seen lying along a limb in easy reach of the setting thrush. The cuckoo, which ls too lazy to build himself a nest, drives less war like birds from theirs and takes pos session. This cuckoo was screaming away at the thrush and cat, and the jays were chattering in anger, which a pair of glasses held by the gardener clearly showed was directed at the thrush. The cuckoo flew directly at the thrush and the cat made a sweep ing thrust at him. Several times the bird renewed the attack, but each time the glasses showed that Buff drove him off. The cat retained her position until tte intruder gave up the attempt, and then she withdrew to the lawn. For the last three mornings the cat has kept watch over the thrush, and for two days has remained on duty while the mother thrush flew away for food for the five young thrushes that have been hatched. Other birds have discovered that the cat means no harm and they fly close about her when she is on the limb beside the thrush's nest.-Madeline W. Lane, in the New York Tribune. DRIVING POLAR HARES. A story is told of a boy in New foundland who had two polar hares which he one day determined to har ness to his sled. Gentle as the crea ture is, it had the utmost dislike of being touched and so it was a long and tiresome struggle for Master Tom before he could induce the hares to submit'to even the simple harness be had contrived. But at last it was ac complished, and with little Miss An nie, bis three-year-old sister, on the sled, Tom touched bis pets with hLs whip. Poor little Annie must have thought that she had suddenly alighted upon the tail of a comet go ing about a hundred miles a minute, for no sooner had the hares felt the whip than with one accord they DEPARTMENT! started. And, as the hare hf;s but one way of going, and that Is with a jump, and as Tom, to help matters, had headed them down a pretty steep hill, the sled was jerked from under Annie, who, being something like a very chubby barrel in shape, went after the flying hares as fast as she could roll, over and over. The sled, too, being free at the sec? ond jump of the frightened animals, was also on its way down the incline, while Tom, who had started to run after Annie, lost his balance, sat down, and was skimming along in the rear of the procession. When Tom picked Annie cut of the snowdrift, she was breathless with indignation and fright, but, re covering herself in a few moments, declared with an emphatic stamp of her foot, "Don't want to yide yabbits any more." Nor did she'have the op portunity, for Tom never saw his hares again, they having concluded, no doubt, that they were not fitted for that kind of work. Tom would have tried the experiment again with Annie's pet hare, but this that posi tive young lady refused to allow, tell ing her pet afterward in confidence that he was "a very nice yabblt, but not a good horsey."-Frank H. Sweet, in Northwestern Christian Advocate. RAGS. Rags Is the famous dog of a. New York engine " company. She was found in quarters on the return of the company from a fire on January 4, 1905. It was a terrible night, and a heavy snowstorm raged. One of the firemen heard the pup crying, and found her in the drawer of the house watch-desk, covered with a ragged coat. So she was promptly christened "Rags." . No one ever knew who put the dog In the drawer of thc desk. Certainly she could not have got there herself, for she was only three weeks old and not able to walk. She was too young to drink milk out of a saucer, so the fireman who found her went to a drug store and bought a baby's milk bottle. After a good deal of coaxing, Rags was induced to take to the nipple and to get her nourishment in that way. Just then a new alarm rang in. Rag3 was placed back in the desk, and when the men returned next morning at 8 o'clock Rags was fast asleep, with the empty milk bottle beside her. For the next three weeks the desk drawer was the only place in which she would go to sleep, Alfred M. Downes tells us in an article which he has written about "Fire-Fighters and OllV Uuco uy. -- the house, on the desk, until the com pany returns, and she will allow no one to enter unless he is in a uniform of some kind. The telegraph boys in the neighborhood found this out, and wuen the company rolls out they go in to see Rags, who thinks they must be all right, because they wear a uni form.-Home Herald. Chinese Secret Societies in Java. An ordinance just passed in Java falls heavily upon Chinese secret so cieties in Netherland, India. A fine of 100 guilders or three months, rig orous imprisonment is the penalty for every Chinaman found in posses ion of secret society documents or emblems or caught wearing the dis tinguishing marks of these organiza tions. Those who preside over the meet ings of such societies, allow meetings to be held in their houses or fail to inform the authorities of such meet ings being held incur similar penal ties. The latter also fall upon China men who recruit for these societies, supply them with money or give thsm help in any way.-Java Times. A Victorious Bear. A large bear made its appearance 1n the pasture of Masahore, Soyo",-: Kitami Province, and attacked a three-year-old bull which was munch ing grass. The pair fought to the death-of the bull. Two other bulls which were separately roaming about the pasture were attracted by the struggle and as soon as their mate was killed sprang upon the bear with their united strength. A desperate fight ensued for some time, but un fortunately it resulted in the fall of the two revenging companions after they had sustained severe wounds from the paws of the wild animal. The triumphant monster then took the first bull In his grip and disap peared into the valley, leaving his telltale footprints in the soft earth. Japan Advertiser. Different Sort of Family. "Look here," said the lawyer, "I en joy a ball game as much as anybody. But the next time you get off you mustn't tell me you are going to somebody's funeral. Nobody can have so many grandmothers and aunts and other near relations." "Our family isn't like the general run," answered the office boy. "Fath er was a Mormon." - Washington Star. Tho widow Is generally willing to exchange her weeds for a wedding bouquet. - r< MOURNING KERCHIEFS. The bordered handkerchief for the wearer of mourning is so difficult to find in a delicate tracery of black that lt has been abandoned by women of good taste, who will not carry those edged with conspicuous bands. The very best taste ls shown In the rolled edge held down by a crossed overcasting done with fast black cot ton. The four sharp corners of the fine piece of linen are curved and the edge rolled. The first row of over casting is then sewn round the whole, the kerchief is turned and a second row sewn round it so that the stitch ls crossed. Whenever these handkerchiefs have been given as a gift they have met with unusual appreciation. They are delightful work, and economical, too, since th&re need be no waste, the thirty-six-inch square of linen cutting into exactly nine twelve-inch hand kerchiefs.-Baltimore Sun. A WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT. There is a significance of encour agement to all women who earn their livelihood by teaching In the selection of Mrs. Ella F. Young to be superin tendent of the public schools of Chi cago. The choice has been made by a progressive Board of Education, and it places a woman in charge of nearly 6000 teachers and 300,000 pupils, making a school organization second in numbers only to that of New. York City. The choice illustrates the courage of the school bos.rd to follow its own judgment and to place a woman in a position for which she has proved herself fit. She has made herself worthy by individual advancement In addition to her routine work. She began teaching when seventeen, or forty-seven years ago. She has taught in every grade from the primary to the high school, and so has acquired the knowledge of experience. Al though she lacked the preparation of A Fruit Salad.-P every particle of the w lobes and cut each in fou kernels and blanch by move the skin, which is salad, and let the kernel stalks of celery as is co sistency, and mix orang then set on the Ice to ct crisp lettuce leaves on tl ture and serve with may a course in college, she made up that loss by work In spare hours, and wo.n the degree of doctor of philosophy in Chicago University when over fort?' five. She became professor of educa tion in that university at fif-y-four, and when sixty, was chosen, from among many competitors, to be prin icpal of the Chicago Norm?' r 2. 4 O. a 'a is ? A CS g ??? 'M 3 c pt that ? round lile sm- ni H y uv uuwtMviwiM ?. her re flective qualities, but she possesses them, none the less. I say the Bales woman, because aggressive shopping sems now to be mamly as between woman and woman. The masculine shopper is comparatively rare, and wishes he were more so; and as for the salesman, an innate gallantly to ward woman renders him less open to the accusation of Indifference and in civility. Since the discourtesy of some saleswomen is a fact too well established for argument, it behooves the world of women shoppers to con sider the reasons, which are nearly as obvious as is the discourtesy. For example, there Is always tc be found the one whose ill humor dates back to pay day and hinges on the small amount of her weekly wage, and the one who is sadly overworked. The new woman who does not know her stock is omnipresent, as is the care less girl who is not dependent on her position. There are, too, the victims of close confinement and bad ventila tion, the woman who has a heartache because of an il?-cared-for child at home and the one whose headache is the result of too frequent evenings out. We have always with us the sales woman of the bad disposition and the Ill-bred girl who does not recognize a gentlewoman. Closely allied and pa FASHION HINT. Tailored suits for carly fall show longer coats and pleated skirts. The one sketched here is a single-breasted, fancy serge ia dark blue, with self-covered buttons. 4 the tlc are the saleswomen who ea? deavor to conceal an Imagined Inter* iority by surrounding themselves with an atmosphere of superiority, and those who regard a trifling pur? ; chase as a thing beneath contempt. f The flippant girl whose "best S? young man" has just given her an ^ opal ring is as provoking to the tired . shopper as "the hostess" who ls en tertaining a friend across the coun ter. And here we reach the tiredness of the shopper, which ls part of the same story. As weariness takes pos session of her the. milk of human kindness ls crowded outland she for gets each and every one of the above reasons in a deslr?to get home. Since the purchasing power of American man has allowed Ameri can woman to be drawn into this vor tex of trade, she ?has outstripped the American Indian at his own game of "swap," and has fallen Into the hab its of all shoppers. She allows her self to be daily swept over twenty three acres of floor space and hoisted on thirty-seven elevators. But if she has still sufficient grip upon herself to think her shopping thoughts, it should be possible for her to recall this business back from the "ungen tle art" into which it is so fast de clining. The most harassed sales woman is likely to respond to fair treatment. Courtesy breeds court esy. The shopper who is not c nsld erate lays herself open to the accusa tion of the Ill-breeding she deplorei in her sister-woman.-New Haven Register. . Dainty pink parasols are embroid ered with flowers of lavender. I Ostrich feathers hold their own. are four juicy oranges, removing ! hite inner skin, then eeparate the ' r parts. Take on? cupful of walnut scalding with bolling water. Re I bitter and spoils the taste of the ls dry. - Cut in fine pieces as many ' nsldered necessary ?for proper con- i ;e. nut and celery cubes together; ! jol. When ready" to serve, arrange lie salad dish, put In the fruit mix- ' onnaise dressing. t but most of those now seen are curled. Medieval frocks apparently are leading back to the draped skirt. The pannier dress is coming back, to ihe dismay of the short women. > Tho newest coat collars are large nd affairs of Irish or Cluny lace."1"'" ight, old rose tints are genuinely sh colors for millinery purposes.. anufacturers are binding and in g nearly all'fin?'coats for next )r with f?r. ipes are'promised ? run, and ly- it seems that striped cheviots ) have first place. ie of the linens for tailored re so coarse and loosely woven ey remind one of burlap, few high collars are seen at all, the low lace collar and cravat having taken their place. Newest lingerie frocks from Paris show less lace sad handwork and more little ruffles and puffs. A new motoring veil is of very pale gray, showing a wreath in lt as large as a dinner plate with pink figures. Belt buckles in silver, in Japanese characters which signify good luck and long life, are among novelties. Fashionable women are using fewer tan .shoes for street wear than for some time, and have gone back to black. Long sleeves will be worn on all tailored waists, but the soft, fluffy, afternoon frocks will have elbow sleeves. V Many eyelet embroidered batistes, sheer linens and other transparent materials are seen over white, black or a color. . The old sewing silk veils are a boon for the travelers and sojourners at the seashore. They do not wilt like chiffon. Chemises are made mostly in the princess cut, fitting the figure most carefully and being long enough to do away with the need for an extra skirt. A handkerchief with a tiny colored edge is again given a conspicuous po sition in the patch pocket which has returned to the left side of girls' coats. . j In spite, of the rage for a yellowish tinge, peacock blue, all the dull rose shades, taupe and the golden brown are all in excellent style for linen S?wns- ^JUJ " -:k'kif Strange Hindu Beliefs. ?-'f The uneducated Hindu (and he ls in the great majority) believes that the ghost of a man killed by a tiger rides on the head of the beast that slew him to warn him of danger and to guide him to new victims. It is declared that God provides for the tiger's dally wants to the amount of one rupee a day; that Is to say, If .the tiger kills a calf worth six rupees he will not be allowed another victim for five days. Eating the flesh of a tiger is sup posed to give one great courage and alertness, but the whiskers must first be singed off the beast or his spirit will haunt the mau who fed off him and he is likely to be turned into a tiger in the next world. In a small Indian village in the in terior a villager was killed by a tiger. The police investigated the accidental death and rendered this verdict:. "Pandu died of a tiger eating him; there was no other cause of death. Nothing was left of him save his bones and some fingers, which prob ably belonged to either the right or left hand."-Washington Star. ^