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SUM TOTAL Just laud enough to till, And food, starved months to fill, And faith to lind God's will. For more than these hath none? Sweet toil from sun to sua, Sweet rest when toil is done. Ambition is but vain, Pleasure handmaid of pain; Fate follows in her train. An humble life?then creep The shadows over Sleep And Silence, dim and deep. ^ A A A A AA A A A i Tiie Ttawii of tlie Professor. ! The professor was young and he looked still younger. He was ashamed of his juvenile appearance. He felt that it consorted poorly with his serious calling. To be professor of English literature at an old and well endowed college at twenty-seven was a ; fact to be proud of, but the professor | felt that his age was not a thing j ' * J 'J a/1 5 t"> fVia fo POC i Iliat snouiu uc uauuicu iu. www of the undergraduates?nor in the faces of his grave and reverend seniors of the faculty. So he decided to assume the characteristics of an age more in harmony with his official dignity. He affected black garments of severe cut. He wore straight band collars with narrow black ties. He decked his head with a still hat of unusual height of crown. Added to this outward semblance of severity to temperament, the professor cultivated an artificial manner of speech and an angular gait, both tend- j ing to convey the impression that he was a person of mature contempt for the glibness and friskiness of youth. The professor was a born actor, and he somewhat enjoyed this make-believe existence. After a while it became second nature and was no longer a task. There were times, of course, when he longed to throw off these artificial shackles and be his true self again?and this longing was especially strong when pretty Mabel Benham rallied him on his mournful air. Pretty Mabel never seemed to have the proper appreciation of his dignity. She was in the senior class of the woman's collee annex of the university, and the professor boarded with his mother. He had come to the city with letters of introduction to this estimable lady, and she had promptly offered him a home. "I wonder," said pretty Mabel to her mnthpr nfter one unusually elevating course of dinner talk, "how long it took Prof. Philips to acquire that labored style of his?" "It doesn't seem quite natural," said her mother. "But I think he enjoys it." He had been with them nearly four . months," when one afternoon somebody. rang the bell. The maids were busy elsewhere, so Mabel opened the door. She found the caller was a handsome young man, very neatly dressed, and very correct in deportment. "I beg your pardon," he said, as he gracefully raised his hat, "but is this tile home of Mr. Jim Phillips, I should say Prof. James Phillips?" "Yes," replied Mabel, "but the professor is out just at present. He has gone to the public library, but will return soon. Will you come in and wait for him?" "Thank you, I will," said the stranger. "I have come all the way from Chicago to see Jim, and I can't afford to miss him." He followed Mabel into the parlor and took the seat she pointed out "Jim and I are old chums," he went ont. "We were quite inseparable in college, but during the last few years have drifted apart. Is he well and happy?' ,"He is well, I'm sure," replied Mabel. TBut I'm afraid he doesn't look quite as happy as he might" And the wicked girl indulged in an inward giggle. "That's strange,' said the caller. "What's the trouble? Isn't he giving satisfaction?" "Oh, yes," replied Mabel; "everybody says he's a rising man. You know he's one of the very youngest professors in the country." "It can't be financial difficulties," said the stranger. "Perhaps he's in V: - love?" "Oh, no," said Mabel; "he's much $ too dignified to think of anything so trifling." "Jim Phillips dignified!" cried the stranger. 'Pardon me, but that's too Y good!" And he laughed merrily. ^ray excuse me," said Mabel, as she backed toward the door. The stranger straightened his face and arose as she left the apartment. But as she passed down the hall she heard him softly laughing again. "Mother," said Mabel as soon as she reached her parent, 'there's an elegant young man in the parlor and he's come all the way from Chicago, and he knows everything about the professor, and calls him Jim, and laughs at his being dignified, and we must ask him to stay to dinner." "But, really, dear," said the mother, "the professor might not like it." "I'll take the chances," cried Mabel. "Don't you see? This is an opportunity HPHn<r + Vio voil rif t V> e> nrnfoccnrV lUi CUV ? VA CUV yi V1VUCV1 o past." And she darted back to the parlor. "If you have no other engagement," she said in her prettiest manner, "my mother would be pleased to have you remain to dinner." 'My only engagement is to meet my old friend,' said the stranger. "Pray thank your mother, and tell her I accept her invitation with much pleasure." Just 'hen a latchkey rattled in the door and the profesor entered. He had to pass the parlor on his way to the stairs, and hearing a slight move- I inent he looked in. 'Why, Billy!" he cried, and sprang forward. And the last thing Mabel saw as she slipped away was the two men wildly shaking hands and thumping each other on the breast. They had quieted down when Mabel and her mother came to announce dinner. but the professor colored up when he saw the ladies. "Mrs. Benham," he said, "permit me to pres'-nt my friend, Mr. Gilbert. Miss Benham. Mr. Gilbert." Then he added hurriedly: "Mr. Gilbert and I dine at the hotel this evening." 'Sorry to disappoint you. dear boy," | said the newcomer, "but I have an- ! ?ther engagement." "May I ask where?" inquired the professor. "Here," replied the newcomer, as he followed Mrs. Benham to thn dining- j room. Then, when they were seated, lie turned to the hostess. "Madam," he ! aid, "am I to infer that you have a prejudice against the p?ople of the j ftage?' "Certainly not," the lady replied. ""But why do you ask such a question?" "Because Prof. Jim Philips here ' qutte neglected to state my business," said the newcomer with a quizzical i smile. "And, naturally, I argue that j he either is ashamed of his friend*} j profession, or else he wished to spare : your feelings. But I shall not spare his. j It is right for you to learn just what i company he keeps. Know then, j madam, that I am an actor and a play- j wright." Mrs. Benham's eyes brightened. "You are not Mr. William Gilbert, of ' 'Shirley Hume' fame, are you?" she I asked. j "The same, madam." "This is an unexpected pleasure," said the good lady. "We have heard j so much about you and your wonder- j fully succesful play. 1 am surprised that the professor has not mentioned j you." "So am I," said the newcomer. "I am grieved. If a theatre hadn't burned and thrown us out of a three nights' engagement I couldn't be here. And just think of it! If it hadn't been for Jim i never would have thought of making the stage a profession. He led me into it. Jim is the best amateur actor our old alma mater ever roofed, and be gave me the first part I ever learned in a little farce he wrote himself. Did you not, Jim?" A smile struggled across the prefes sor's face. It deepened, and then he j laughed merrily. And William Gilbert } laughed, too, and so did Mabel and her \ mother. And then Mabel caught the ; eminent actor's merry eye. "I beg your pardon, professor," said i Mrs. Benham, "but you don't mind our J laughing, do you?' "Not in the least," replied the pro- ; fessor, with a cheerful grin. "I take it j as a compliment to my actor friend. ! It's his business to make people laugh, you know." "I declare," said the actor as they left the table, "I haven't enjoyed a j dinner so much in I don't know when. Here I've been on the road for five- j months and haven't dared to crack a make-believe smile, much less the real | article. I tell you it's a relief to get j the risible muscles in working order again. I'd have walked all the way j from Chicago for an evening like this." j They were back in the parlor, and as i the actor-playwright finished his little ; speech Mabel caught his eye. "I'm afraid," she said, "that the professor has permitted your presence to make him forget a promise he gave to mamma this morning." "And what was that, may I ask?" inquired Gilbert. "He promised he would finish his i talk on "Unorganized Charity as a | Wrecker of Spontaneous Sympathy' ! during the dinner tonight." "Dear, dear; does he run 'em in ' serial style?" inquired Gilbert in a tone J of mock solicitude. "But, there, it's too ; late now to cry over wrecked sym- i pathy. The profesor and I will walk j down to the hotel, get my travelling j bag, enjoy a good cigar and presently j reappear and make an evening of it. Do I hear any objection?" "Does the professor really smoke?" said Mabel with lifted eyebrows. ,kDro^f /I/-\r?'t V*a oioT-> n/-l of on v jl i uv/u c wg aotv/uioav.v* ut uuj ? j thing concerning my cloudy past that | this alleged boyhood friend considers ! it pleasant to reveal," said the professor. The two men were not gone long. They came back in the best of spirits, ! The professor was laughing merrily as they entered, and mother and daughter ; in the parlor, awaiting their return, 1 smiled at the unwonted sound. Then ensured a most delightful even- | ing. Gilbert took possession of the ! piano and proved himself a player of I remarkable resources. And the professor sang some astonishingly amusing j songs, for which Gilbert told funny ! dialect stories, and he and the profes- ; sor had a shrieking sidewalk con- I versation iu an awful German patois. "You didn't knew you were enter- i taining a vaudeville angel unawares," j said Gilbert as he glanced at his watch. | "What! Why, it's midnight! Here, this ; precocious phenomenon must be taken to bed. Say good night to the ladies." And they shook hands all around. As Mabel let her hand rest in the j profetssor's she softly said: 'I think your are ever so much nicer when you J are your real self." . wnen me iwo men came uuwu lu j breakfast the next morning the profes- i sor was wearing a collar with bent ; corners and a dark blue tie. "Mr. Gilbert presented me with these," he said when he saw the ladies' I amused glances. "I'm wearing them for his sake." "How little it takes to make some j men look handsome," said Gilbert as he stared at the professor with his ; head very much at one side. "I will be I back here for a week in May," he presently added, "and I hope to see still ! further improvement in my honest, but ! misguided friend. I will send you a , box, madam, if you will agree to pro- j vide a chaperon for James. Another thing, 'there is but one sure way to .j prevent his lapsing back to his frozen i fossil state." "And that is?" "To keep him thawed out"?Cleve- J land Plain Dealer. * PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Virtue consists in action.?Dutch j proverb. Love grows with obstacles.?Ger- j man proverb. He who would rest must work.? j Italian proverb. j Praise the sea and keep on land.? 1 French proverb. Dress slowly when you are in a . hurry.?French proverb. The bad man always suspects knavery?Spanish proverb. Many shun the brook and fall into ! the river.?German proverb. The unfortunate know who are their friends.?Italian proverD. Favor oft avails more than reason or justice.?Portuguese proverb. If you would have your work ill ' done pay beforehand.?Italian prov- ! erb. A good word quenches more than a cauldron of water.?Portuguese prov- } erb. Couldn't Get Within Range. "One of these guns can throw a projectile 16 miles." "It wouldn't do me any good. My : mother-in-law lives 30 miles from here."?New York Press. A Sad Spectacle. Hewitt?There warn't a dry eye in ! the house when I had finished my re- ' marks. Jewett?It's enough to make any- 1 body cry to see a man make a fool of himself.?New York Press. The OptiiniBt. Grandpa?Well, Horace, we haven't j caught any fish; it's hard lines. Horace?But we had good luck dig- > gin' worms.?Chit ago News. Out of 452 members of both houses of congress 238, or more than onehalf, are college graduates. ? Covering* for Polished Table*. If the summer coverings for polished tables are made at home, it should be remembered that a close fitting cover of some soft fabric of the flannel variety should first be fitted over the polished top and corners. The domofc flannel or white out In* flannel is su'l a' lo for the purpose-. This prevents the stiff hoiland from scratching the surface, as might ctnerwise be the CO'se. The high finish of the piano top needs similar protection. Caro of Krushes and Combs. A girl's idea of neatness is sometimes like the ostrich's idea of coll cialment?he will hide his head in the sand and rest in the comfort that ho has eluded observation. Often girls who wash tTieir hair persistently give never a thought to the care of the brushes and combs. A specialist sajv3 that hair brushes should be washed once a week at least, and if used o:t hair in which there is much dandruff) twice a week is not too often the Ifnbber riant, v.uen in good condition a rubber plant is one of the most elective el house plains, its dark green, glossy foliage being particularly decorative. But it is or appears to be in many cases a difficult mailer to keep o plant in full foliage, and bereft of its lower leaves, with scraggly stems topped by dull, yellow spotted leaves, it is far from being an object of beautj. An authority suggests the following method of caring for the plant and guarantees successful results if the directions are faithfully followed: "Every spring the plant should be repotted in good soil, each time in a larger pot, and during the summer months kept in the shady part of the house, away from the sun, and watered daily. In winter the piant should be kept in a light place in the house, but should not have too much sun. Once each week the entire pot should be thoroughly immersed in a bucket or tub of water and allowed to soak over night, giving the water ample opportunity to soak to its centre. Next morning tako the pot out of its bathtub and allow it to drain a while and do not give it any more water for two or three days; then let it have a drink each morning, until time for its next bath. By carefully following this plan fihe large, glossy leaves will acquire a beautiful lustre and there will be no trouble with falling leaves. Uottle-WnRhin? for Lace. The dainty laces that are so thin and delicate that they are popularly known as "spider-web fabrics" will require special care In renovating and cleaning. In fact, it is impossible to wash them without injury by any of the usual methods of laundering. The plan of bottle washing is the oaly safe me thod of cleansing them in the hands of any one but a professional; and, indeed, it is claimed that this is the method frequentJy employed by professional lace cleaners. Whether this is true or not, the method has proven peifectly satisfactory for the housewife who is the possessor of laces too delicate to be given into the care of the laundress. Select a smooth round bottle and wrap the lace around it as tight as possible without injuring the lace?this will prevent Its wrinkling in the washing. Se that it is smoothly and evenly rolled and baste the strips together by taking a few stitches here and there after it is on the bottle to hold it in place. Wrap a piece of old muslin ever it, baste this in place also, then tie a string around the neck of the bottle to hung it up by. Now let tnis go through the washing, boiling and rinsing waters, as you do the other white clothes, squeezing and working it with the hands carefully to prevent it becoming deranged. Kang it on the line, and when quite dry take out the bastings and unwind the lace. It will be as smooth is if ironed, and will have the appearance of new lace. Several thicknesses of it may be wrapped on the bottle if care is taken to keep it perfectly smooth, as one would wonder how the washing can penetrate to the under layers of lace first wrapped around the bortle; but when the soaping, the boiling and the rinsing have been thoroughly done, the lowest layers of the delicate lace will be as thoroughly cleansed as the outside wrappings. Maple Ice Cream.?Scald one and a half cupfuls of milk, add one cupful of hot maple syrup; add. this slowly to the yolks of two well beaten eggs; turn all into the double boiler and cook until the consistency of a soft custard or thick cream; strain, then add one tablespoonful of vanilla and one pint of cream freeze. Scalloped Tomatoes and Rice.? Wash half a cupful of rice; let it soak for two hours; put in the bottom of a baking dish a layer of stewed tomatoes, then a sprinkle of the uncooked rice; season with salt and pepper, then another layer of to- I matoes and rice, and so on, until the dish is full; bake for 30 to 40 minutes in a quick oven. Pineapple Sherbet.?Peel and remove the eyes from a medium sized pineapple, then grate it. Put in a bowl with two cups of sugar,add the juice of two lemons and one orange, the grated rind of half the orange and one quart of water. L,et it stana two nours and run through a fine sieve. Put it in the' freezer and when partly frozen ad the whites of the eggs and finish freezing. Scotch Shortcake?Cream one cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar, add two eggs veil beaten; one teaspoon of vanilla and work in gradually one pound of sifted flour; turn the dough out on a floured board; roll out; cut in rounds or squares; ornament each with strips of candied lemon peel or sugared caraway seeds; put them in ungreased tins i and bake in a moderate oven. I 1 Salmon Curry.?Chop fine half a medium sized onion and fry in one tablespoonful of butter until a little browned; add to it the liquor from the can of salmon and half a cup of water; simmer five minutes, strain and return to the fire; add half a J tablespoonful of flour rubbed smooth in a little cold water, one teaspoon of curry powder, one teaspoon of lemon juice, salt and peper to taste; when boiling add the fish broken in large pieces, BIG BARBECUES. Editors and Mayors to be Entertained at Atlanta'6 Fair, Atlanta's big Fair will give two great barbecues in October, one to all the editors and the other to all the mayors in Georgia. The editors' 'cue will be on Saturday, October 11th, and the mayors' on Tuesday, October 14th. Everything at the fair will be frt-e to the editors and mayors. Secretary Frank We'.don says that the fair will spend $500.00 a day on frefe attractions and amusements. One of the features will be a man carrying a woman on his shoulders and riding a bicycle across a wire 100 feet above the ground. There vail be a trained bull which is a crack pistol shot; acrobats and performers, fireworks and a midway that never sleeps. This year's fair will try to bring out the largest and finest exhibits of cattle, swine, sheep and poultry ever seen at one show. There will be races j every day and fireworks every night. - i Increase In Cremation* Cremation is one of the oldest forms of disposal of the dead, yet it is a form ! that lapsed from use for centuries. It ! appears to be in process of restoration, j True, it has made but little head I against the custom of burial, yet there is an increase every year in such proportion that we may look for a wide adoption of it within the next quarter century. There arc in this country but twenty-six crematories, yet this is against but two eighteen years ago. and the number of cremations i3 2,500 or more a year. When statistics were first collected on the subject, eighteen years ago. the annual cremations numbered sixteen. It is because they are common and have so ceased to be an occasion of comment that an impression may have been created which is contrary to this fact of growth, but the truth that about 14,000 incinerations have occurred in the United States, which, added to the large number in Europe, certainly indicates an increase.?Brooklyn Eagle. A Woman's Temper* "A woman's love may grow cold," says the cynical bachelor,' "but her temper will remain as hot as ever. ? Philadelphia Record-. Ask Your Dealer For Alleii'a Foot-Ease, A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Soro, Hot. Callous, Aching. Swearing Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen s Foot-Ease makes new ortight shoes easy At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed Fbee. Address Allen S. Olmsicd, LeRoy, X. Y. The man who admits his own weakness lias lose half the battle. Rev.H.P. Carson, Scotland,Dak.,says. "Two bottles f Hall's Catarrh Cure completely ?*ured my little girl." Sold by Druggists, 75c. Procrastination is a word that carries wait I"1TS permanently cured.No Ilts or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nervellestorer. Atrial bottle and treatlsefree Dr. R.IJ. Klixk, Ltd., I'Sl ArchSt.,l'hila.,Pa. The lawyer doesn't believe thcit every man is entitled to his opinion. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, re'duces Inflammation,allays pain,cures wind colic. 25e, abottle The horn of plenty can easily be blown in. Piso's Cure cannot be tot) highly fipokeno! be a cough cure.?Ji W. O'BniEy, S22 Third Avenue, N>, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,19DJ Spruce grows nearer the arctic regions than any other tree. wirawvrMTr-^iftflt; 'r. . I Gray Hair j 1 " I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor 1 for over thirty years. It has kept my scalp free from dandfuit and has prevented my hair from turning gray.>'?Mrs. F. A. Seule, Billings, Mont. There is this peculiar thing about Ayer's Hair , Vigor?it is a hair food, not a dye. Your hair does not suddenly turn black, B look dead and lifeless. g Butgraduallytheoldcolor | comes back,?all the rich, I dark color it used to have. 1 The hair stops falling, too. g $1,W a bottle. All drarfsts. I If your druggist caunot supply you, 1 J -- ? ? ?* U?\ M Hrl fcBirt AVnrOCfl M DC LIU. UO UJIU UUllrti UllU n w ?n vuu C you a bot :lo? P?o aure and give the name ?j I of your barest c:iprc88 offlre. Address, E C * J. C. AYEIt CO., Lowell, Mass. fi " 1 iiiriir>tKr*T>*r?rM' Bilious? Dizzy? Headache? Pain back of your eyes? It's your liver! Use Ayer's Pills. Want your moustache or heard a [ beautiful brown or rich black? Use Buckingham's Dye 50 ctt. of druggist*or R. P. Hall ScCo., Nashua,N.H | _ m_ _| ^ t _ |_| | _ | . - | ,-| To say tbat 1 am surprised at their action will convey but a slight idea of the value I set upon Ripans Tabules. I derived immediate benefit and to Ripans Tabules am. deeply indebted for feeling as I do to-day. If the people of this country knew the efficacy of Ripaus Tabules for stomach and head troubles they would be relieved from many afflictions. At druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, j 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. | !?. Dmnteti Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold fn bnlk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something jast as good." mnnm ww m n ^w~nrr? S M IBI ^ fcW// fofI ^ nsff ^hTa ll* j M Ccst Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use H UJ in time. Sold by druggists. Pi ^P?ffii!SliH!iiaidUfe!li!P|gl foK V/OMAH'S n Securing AVuvy Hair. A simple contrivance for producing soft waves in the hair is made of rubber in colors to match the shade of the hair. It is flat, about a quarter of an inch at the widest part. At one cvd is a tiny knob and at the other a small ring, while through the centre runs a narrow slit. Through this opening the strand of hair is drawn and the hair wound alound Ihe Curler-. A rubber cord loops intG the ring and is pulled j over and caught on the opposite knob; i Tha u.-aviftpfcQ is secured lfiuch more quickly than by other methods, and the rubber does not in any way injure the hair-.?New York Sun-. fuiiimer Huts. There are some exceedingly sm&rt hats in a shape that looks like tlie oldfashioned shepherdess shape, trimmed with flowers, folds of tulle, and light taffeta ribbons. These are very attractive, as are also the hats of pink heather made over pink tulle. There are two sizes in smart summer hats, one much smaller than has been worn for some time, and another rxaggeratedly large* The small ohe is worn off the face, and is like a toque in shape, and there is something of ihe French bonnet about it* The large hat is flat, sometimes has the brim turned up at one side, is quite short at the back, and and is very elaborate In its trimmings. The pretty bow at the back of the hat is not nearly so fashionable as it was, and is now rarely seen excepting made of lace or velvet, for, strangely enough, velvet is coming In as a fashionable summer trimming.?Harper's Bazar-. Sii? Bemembnrs EfiiiL Frobabiy Mrs. Coe of Loudon is the only person living in England who has personal rfecOllections of Charles Lamb, says the New York Mail and Express. More than seventy years ago she was a little girl living at the Widford water mill, and because of her quickness in catching a mischievous idea she was a ! great favorite with the genial essayist Some of her recoiiections Mr. E. V. | Luca^, the wel-known Lamb scholar, I has transcribed as the result of recent | conversations with her. She remembers Lamb's affected conviction that her hair curled only by artificial means, and his repeated warnings at bedtime that she must not forget to put it in papers. To beggars, she says, he always gave just what his hand hapoened to draw from his pocket, Hd was fond of treating the village children to candy, his favorite confection b?ing 'Gibraltar rock." Here is a pen picture of him as he appeared to the child: His clothes were rusty and shabby( like a poor dissenting minister's. He Was very thin'and looked half-starved, partly the effect of high cheek-bones. He wore knee breeches and gaiters and a high stock. He carried a walking stick, with which he used to strike at pebbles. He smoked a black clay pipe. No one would have taken him for what he was, but he was clearly a man apart. He took a pleasure in looking eccenkric. Smart Outing Mode*. Outing gowns are such a prominent part of the feminine wardrobe just now that a few of the very latest and most correct suggestions are inters estihg* Of course; all outing gowns these days have a short skirt, not an unbecomingly short one, but just the right length for comfort. Side and box pleated models are the li!test, but those with tucks, so stitched that they stimulate pleats while being perfectly flat, are most popular. These tucks run almost to the foot of the skirt, where they are allowed to flare. In materials, pique, linen, galatea, j denim and duck are the m&st favored wash fabrics. Wash silks; so much I 1-r.r.lop than the <atiiff that nppd sfnrrh. yet bearing laundering quite as well; make ideal outing suits. Pongee, so fashionable this season, is also found among the desirable fabrics for outing and is now to be had in sb many attractive colorings that i many very smart suits may be made j from it. Gray, dark blue or tan pongee ; piped in white both looks and is delightfully cool. While many outing costumes, exceedingly swagger ones, too, are made perfectly plain, yet braid in two or three flat rows is a much used garniture. Hercules braid is used on the woolen stuffs, while any one of the innumerable kinds of wash or cotton braids are used on the "tub" gowns. Broad for the moment is better style tnan stitched bands for trimming. But* ! touch, are all small, and are of pearl, | silver or gilt The Home Instinct in College Girls. The home-making instinct is delight| fully evident in the social life of col| leges for girls, writes Jeannette A. ! Marks in Good Housekeeping. All the ! little Sunday evening suppers in their own rooms from which .?ey rise saying: "Well, hasn't this been quiet and ! homelike!" and all the attempts to | make home out of one or two rooms, I are evidences of this instinct. SoI ciety houses or society rooms are simply larger efforts to make larger homes. | As in the case with any home, these houses which the members of a socieyt build and carry on afford a wholesome problem; the economical making of an attractive place which shall be comfortably furnished and arranged. College girls frequently have means but seldom wealth. There is necessity for economy, and these unfledged home-makers learn to spend money wisely. They do not give five dollars for a two-inch bronze pug dog and ninety-five cents for a flimsy, spindlelegged chair intended for gilding. They discover that durability as well as expenditure is a part of economy. It is well that these homes are not controlled by the tastes of two or three members, but by the entire society. The advantages of such a republic are many; no bad taste, no eccentricity, no extravagance of furnishing can predominate, and at least a "happy medium" of good taste is the result. Responsibility for such a house, whether it be in the process of evolution or complete, has a direct educational value. The student quickly discovers that she has the latchkey to a house which is Old Dutch, or Renaissance, Italian, or Elizabethan, or colonial in 1 architecture. And she soon learns,too, I not only the characteristics of the architecture, but also of the furniture and general arrangements! ' Juvenile Modes. Silk collar and cuffs (preferably of white taffeta) are innovations on little boys' suits, but are a trifle too outre to be generally popular. Besides, one small boy would have their freshness marred in one wearing. Basket weaves in both wool and cotton stuffs are very fashionable for children's clothes. In summer top coats for boys, the shapes are loose and rather long. The middy reefer of blue or red and the tan covert box coat are the leading favorites. Black and white have a monopoly for leather belts for Rusian blouse suits for the diminutive man. While some mothers stil cling to the three-piece suit of knickerbockers, lancy-ruflled blouse wai3t and jacket, It is not worn by the children of upper thndom nor has it the smart appearance of the plainer Russian blouse style: Winte is the color fOr excellence of the season for girls' wear, and white gowns, white boats; white hats of cloth, pique or siil^ unrelieved by any fcolor, are the height of vogue. Smart little hats for very young girls lo wear with a white pique suit or coat are of white pique in a broad sailor shape, with narrow, small crown, and banded with black satin or black velvet ribbons, with long ends at the back. Khaki-colored linen, with a white collar and v/hite belt, makes an exceedingly smart suit for either a little boy or a little girl, Another attractive s'tyie is a white duck sailor suit trimmed with bands of light blue linen stitched on, and a black silk scarf. A black scarf is the correct thing no matter what color the sailor suit. Figured materials are not fashionable for young girls this year, except in flowered and striped muslins and thin fabrics.?Philadelphia Record. Why Wrtinen Like Fiction. Do women find in fiction the romantic element they crave, and perhaps do hot find in sufficient quantity in life? How otherwise are we to account for their devotion to novels, without which the story-writer would fare but ill upon the slim diet of an unfilled purse, and the publisher share the disaster? If Mr. Carnegie should be able to keep out of libraries, as he suggested, all fiction under three years old, it might safely be said that the women would be against him?which means that the they could net be done. Women like new fiction; they want the book that is "just out." If it is a historical novel, they feel that they are gathering information, Heaven bless them! If it is a romance, pure and simple, they forget over its pages the uomestic trials of the morning or the afternoon. It does them no more harm than has been done for countless generations. For women are nourished upon fiction from the dayfc Of their birth. Our girls are reared ih an atmosphere rarefied and cleared from all impurities. The world is shown them through a rosetinctUred glass. "Here, dearest, is a city, ft wonderful city of happy homes, of beautiful art, of heavenly aspiratoin. And these?these are men, noble, highminded beings who will always guide and teach and protect you. These other are women, lovlier than everything else." And so on. Fiction without discrimination is fed to the girl who looks with heaven-given trust into the eyes of her well-meaning teachers. And when she becomes a woman, the habit has sent its roots into her soul, and he she happy or pensive, she reads fiction. With men it is different.; They do not expect from life what women do. Whell they read novels it is to forget the rigors of business, to enter deliberately a region which they know does hot exist. But women can seldom quite believe that it does not exist. To therti life is romance. If it does not turn out Well, so much the worse tor life, and they turn to books, where the happy ending is fairly sure to be counted upon. In women's love for fiction there is something more than superficially apparent.?Harper's Weekly. Among new ribbons is one of crepe . de Chime. * Bands of cloth trim some stylish gowns of mohair. Sashes of tucked chiffon are dainty things to wear with thin summery gowns. Summer negligees of thin lawn are trimmed ttitli wide bands of Valenciennes lace. Short stole ends finish the front ot some of the round turn-down collars, the kind the grandmothers used to wear. A dainty accessory for the summer evening gown is a sash of tulle trimmed with lace insertion and finished with a lace fuifie. Black currants and their foliage are used for hat decoration, while a wreath oi heliotrope and white poppies makes an effective garniture for a black lace hat. Batiste comes with flowered borders and with borders of a contrasting shade embroidered in white. Gowns of this are usually made with a double skirt. Hop sacking is worn to a considerable extent and in the delicate tones makes an especially effective costume. Ivory tinted hopsack patterned with little bunches of violets represents one of the newest designs. A new wrist bag of silver has a round of silver bracelet to slip on over the hand, and from it two silver chains extend to the bag, which is long and narrow. Another peculiarity of the bag is that on tbe front of it and attaoched to the frame, is a change purse in silver. The smartest dressmakers are using woolen laces in profusion for all kinds of lightweight ciom gowns, luey are sometimes white, sometimes cream of sometimes match the gown in color, and are found in the form of inlets, yokes, trimmings, and even as whole coates mounted on satin or taffeta. It Is much like the old fashioned Yak lace, which might be used instead if one chanced to have any laid away. An Effective Way. "They say," said the young dramatist, "that I shall have to cut my play down, but I really don't know where to begin." "Why not start at both ends," his candid friend asked, "and work to=ward the middle?"?Chicago RecordHerald. People Killed by Beastii. Elephants killed 36 persons in India last year out of 22,393 killed by wild beaita, ; - * * . ~ " " " --.-S -> MOTHER ANI Cured by Pe=ru=na oi I V\ An Interesting Letter From? Mrs. M. K. Bousch, of; Richmond, and Her Little; Daughter, Pearl. j J Mrs. M. K. Bousch, Richmond, Va., writes: "I had catarrh all through my system for two years and could get no relief. 1 was advised to try Peruna, and 1 have taken five bottles of it and am well and better now th. n I have been for years. I can advise any one who has catarrh of any part of the body to take Peruna. ify little girl, who is eleven years old, had catarrh, but was cured by Peruna. Before I began to take Peruna 1 was sick all the time, but now I am entirely cured and all praise Is due Peruna."?31rs. M. K. Bousch. Miss Pearl Bousch writes: "When I waa Is the oldest and only business college in Va. own ing its building?a grand new one. No vacations Ladies & gentlemen. Bookkeeping,Shorthand, Typewriting, Penmanship, Telegraphy, &c. Leading business college south of the Potomao fiver/'?Phi la. Stenographer. Address, G> M. SmithdeaL President. Richmond. Va. ^MVomen Who Work B in home, shop or factory can 9 their work much easier if thej S comfortable corsets. The 1 Straight Front # Roy*! 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I FEVERISH CONDITIONS * AND COLDS CURED BY o CAPUDINE o V Sold by all Drngfltti. ? | MOHOMOMOMOMOMOMOMOROMOHOMO ff^Give the name of this paper when writing ?o advertisers?(At. 35. *02) gag"Si^St TliomptOB'i E? WkHr <T. ??y?M ) DAUGHTER I Systematic Catarrh; | + VAAAAAAA^AAAA>*A>^a^A/lAAAAAA/VW\WW^ 51 baby I contracted catarrh, and was doc5 tored by several good physicians, but none Sdid me any good. My mother was taking < Peruna at the time and gave some of it 5 to me, and I soon began to improve, and Sam now well and fat as a little pig. I am t twelve years old. The doctors told mother il had tne consumption, but it was only catarrh."?Miss Pearl Bousch. It is no longer a question as to whether r Peruna can be relied on to cure all such cases. During the many years in which Peruna has been put to test in all forms and stages of acute and chronic catarrh no one year has put this remedy to greater test than the past year. Peruna is the acknowledged catarrh remedy of the age. Dr. Hartman, the compounder of Peruna, has written a book on the phases of catarrh peculiar to women, entitled, "Health and Beauty." It will be sent free to any address by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.. I A A PRDDiV Easily made,at homf.l II" "1 rCHI/Al mailing circulars, \ocan-l | vflsslng. The Home Remedy Co., I I Ijlll Austell Building. ATLANTA, OA. g NEW PENSION LAWS * Apply to NATHAN BICKFORD, 014 F St* Washington, D, Ct * ?_ ^r,v. 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