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-?jHv v.. . , Sunday Rest Is Gone Sudsy. from Mac ? at wrt Dor mi aad lOit. ku bienai the busiest day of the week. So atty so detj people lire la the sabarbe that the *Vt*k week-ead paHlei have be> eoae aa established wtca la thla ooaatry, aad the gaaata arost be mini . Dtaaers, at homss aad musft eales. not only la ton bat oat of to^ra* bftfe beeoaie the regdlatloa mofd of satertalnssent tor that .day. ; ffW, too. la the day aow select ad for rspalrtag atraata **<| altering ear tracks la the busiaeep sections, which It Is impossible to do during the rash aad crowding of the week. The old-fashioned Saaday has dis appeared?that slow, easy-solas day of vest aad family reanlpp, when charch aad a coed, solid dlaaer were the oaly distractions, aad Sunday papers were of assail Import Simple pleasures. ? aad yst how restful t The city's growth and the open Ins of aew aad convenient routes by the trolleys are In a great measure re sponsible for the change, aad the truthful excuse is given that Sunday Sa the only day that oae Is free to ?I sit. But have the majority this ex cuse, or is It the feverish rash after excitement and novelty What would the Pilgrim Fathers have to ssy If they saw the very vani ties they had turned from in the Old World becoming, dally more estsb lished la the New? Think of the aus terity of the Puritan Sunday ? the long Journey to chvek, tht tag, tedious wnrta-an< It omot be ?<a dered at that a reaction ikoald ensue. Then came the Sundays of the last century? the Sundays when the bfreah tast was deferred to aa hour later than on week days. Oh. the luxury of that extra hour's sleep! The regula tion Sunday brenkfast of hot bread or griddle cakes, and the haste to he ready la time tor church, for to church or meeting one meet go. un less able to give sosm plausible ex cuse. The children *11 went to church, too. In thoss days, and If the sermon seemed endless and far ueyoad the comprehension of such youthful lis teners there was nlways the oocapso satloa of dropping the bright penny on the collection plate, or watching poor old Mr. Blaak nodding gently and waking with n start at regular in terrain. Sacrilegious amusements without doubt, but compensating In a measqjre for the penance of sitting still, which Is so Irksome to the young! How much the children en Joyed being allowed to keep on their best clothes In honor of the day! Light literature wus tabooed, only to mnke It more enjoyable during the week, and there was the solace of knowing that If story books were for bidden. lessons, too, were laid aside. Childish and simple this sounds now. yet how restful that Sunday routine In modern ears! ? Philadelphia Led ger. Filipino All Saints' Eve All Saints' ere is celebrated In the Philippine* In a stranfce fashion, says a writer In Upplncotts. It Is gleefully hailed by all the gay young blades of the Tillage as the callnanan or chick en stealing festa. as on that night It ls*oonsldered perfectly legal to steal every feathered thing you can lay hands on. Young men and boys as semble at midnight, often to the num ber of 100 or more, and, dividing Into bands of eight or ten, each band hav ing a duly appointed captain In com mand, proceed to take toll of every ben roost In the neighborhood. The expeditions are attended with plenty of excitement and even danger, aa the fowls roost either In the branches of trees or under the elevated floors of the houses, which are usually high enough from the ground to per mit a man to pass to and fro under them In a stooping position. To gather the chickens from the trees is an easy task, though one or two yoaths are often treed by an Irate householder with blood In his eye and a bok) in his hand, but the onslaught on the roosts under the bouses Is the supreme test of coolness snd courage. Dark figures steal quietly to the at tack, and the crucial moment comes wh6n hands are laid on the feathered victims. One or more Is sure to gfve the alarm, and the awakened family comes flying pell-mell to the rescue, armed with knives, club*, stones, even guns If It Is lucky enough to possess them, and the next few minutes are filled with enough excitement to satis fy even the most adventurous spirit. Squawks, cries, curses, kicks, squeals, the sound of rapid blows and running feet fill the night air, while the feath ers literally fly. The glory of the raid consists In getting away with the chickens, and usually two or three sglle young fel lows engage the angry owners while the rett of the party get away with the loot. A party of six young men at Binangonan on All Saints' eve, 1902, returned from their midnight ex cursion with forty-live chickens and turkeys, several geese "and many bruises," to quote the leader of the band, who proudly exhibited a black eyo, a sprained wrist, and a face seamed and scarred with many scratches, all received In the "battle of the hen roosts." The Old Country Store rd know It by the alght of it. I'd know it by the smell; I'd know It by the sound of It, and know It mighty well. I'd know It Ir you set me down nt rald nkhL 'mid the scent Of coffee ben and sugar bins and coun try butter blent. With eyes shut, I can smell again the prints upon the shelf Amid the hickory shirting? you could do the same yourself If you had lived among them In the days when life was bleak And all you saw was In the town? say every other week. On that side is the candy? I can see it , now. and oh. How good those striped sticks used to look in days of long ago! On this side is the muslin, with blue trade marks printed on. The bleached uoa unbleached side by side; and here's some slasy lawn And dimity that wouldn't sell (they'd bought it by mistake); Some blacking, fans, and currycomb*, with hoe and garden rake. We used to carry in the eggs and butter, and we'd buy Our sugar, tea. and blueing and the con centrated lye. We used to wander back Into the small room where they kept The "coal oil" and the axle crease? 'twaa hardly ever swept; But there It waa we found the scales and weighed ourselves and said It wasn't like the steelyards out In our old wagon ahed. 'Twas there that In the spring time pa would buy us all straw hats, The 10-cent kind made out of straw they use for making mats. In fall we got our footgear that must last the winter through, . For pa said: "Them's yer winter boots ? ye've got t' make 'em do." I've been In houses mercantile that cov* ered blocks and blocks: I've seen the clerks tljat swarmed around in bevies and In flocks: I've seen the elevators; but I cannot make It seem I.Ike anything substantial, for 'tis noth ing but a dream. To me the real "store" will be. ai long as life shall last. That smelly country village place I knew there In the past. With Just one cleric to sell yon things some fellow that you knew. Though sometimes on a circus da7 tnere'd be as high as two. No fun to "do th' tradin' " like I used to, any more ? How clear is memory's picture of that "ren'ral" country store! ? Strickland W. Glllilun In Leslie's Weekly. Kick Spoiled the Story There are people who maintain that i Mr. Dash, the architect, Is grossly un truthful, but I do not hold with them. The gentleman is merely enthusiastic and imaginative, and his geese, not content with being swans, insist on being roes. He went out to supper one night not long ago with his friend George, and a capitalist whom he hoped to have for a friend. It was George's party, and George begged Mr. Dash to confine his talk to yea, yea, and nay, nay, and so not prejudico the desirable capitalist. "Now, when you begin to exagger ate," said George, "I'm going to kick you, and when you feel the weight of my foot for heaven's sake whittle your story down." Mr. Dash promised. All went well till. In the mellow time aftor the sup r per. the capitalist began to talk of his stock farm. This reminded Mr. Dash of his second cousin's farm in Penn sylvania. "Joe has one of the finest barns In the county." he said, warming to hie tale. "Indeed, it's cne of the finest in ftie state, or in any state. It's 400 feet long" ? here George delivered a well aimed kick ? "nnd ? and 6 feet wide." Naturally, next day there were mu tual recriminations and back talking. "You've killed yourself with that, man now for keeps," sneered Georg* "Four hundred feet long and six feet wide!" "It was your pig-headed tomfoollsh ness in kicking me at the wrong time," Insisted Mr. Dash. "You spoiled it all. If you'd kept your feet to yourself I'd have made a well proportioned barn of It, anyway," ? Washington Post Learning How to Shoot I believe practice with the rifle the true way to learn to shoot best with the shotgun. The old idea was that shooting a rifle made you too slow with the shotgun and that the shotgun spoiled your rifle shooting. There Is something In the latter, but not much In the former Jdea. If one trfere shoot ing continuously .with either and should Suddenly change to the other, he might not at once do as good rtf/oot Ing as If he had tried both; It might take a few days' practice to get used to the new conditions. But rifle shoot Ing can Injure shotgun shooting only by making one too slow; and my ex perience Is that one cannot be so In jured except temporarily. By beginning with tho rifle y*>u eli minate at once most of the trouble from exoUemont. because you know you can rarely hit a flying bird. If It makes you slow you will And little trouble In becoming quick enough. The man who beglnH with quick shoot ing and becomes a good shot after the expenditure of barrels of ammunition does not become so by virtue of mak ing a machine of himself. It Is be cause In making a machine of himself he unconsciously acquires the habit of seeing the gun and, game in the same quick glance wh'lch he would not , do at flrat. A quick shot thua be* comes accurate with time; and a show shot will become quick with time and wljth far less practice. There is no reason why one should not learn in one season to get sufficient enjoyment out of the gun if one will but remem ber that the pleasure is not In the size of the bag or In the cleanness of the score, and never was. ? Out.lng. The Same Thing. ?Prof. William JamoH of Harvard, la well known for repartee. Not long ago a sophomore who thought he was ?*trem.ely wise expressed some athels- j tlcal views. "Ah," nald the professor, "yon aro a free thinker, I perceive. You believe In nothing." "I only believe what I can under stand," the sophomore replied. "It comos to the same thing, I sup pose," sf?ld Prof. James. ? Woman's journal. Maine's First Legislative Act. In rummaging nround at the stab house, nt Augusta, Mo., (lie other <!ay someone came nrroas tho very flrs! 1)111 pasr,ed by a Maine legislature. It was an act to crcate the Augusta Union society. The bill was passed June 7, 1820. The object of tho soci ety was, according to the petition which wan preaentod to tho legisla ture, tho "suppression of vice, im provement of morals, cultivation of benevolence and tho diffusion of urc ful knowledge." TUB STAR IN THE WEST. wKi WhojAlkMbaMMai? JfcyW h spirit wi* tMr m. Hot* to tho war's akrill taghi blmt Look to tko HppKu buitr Aid otreomiag mtfco woott Work far Um OvKbhMlort s teSSA gUr ia tho This star that _ * ? Artkar thai grows dose. ia tho Atlantic* TRIBULATIONS OF JMOUES. By C1AUPE COUTUKJUU f-wew TNinumnuwHui f. mtchii. A 8 JicqoM pot tbe bom to the cart his master aald: "Vatln wlU glv* you sixty francs for the coif. under stand. Take care you don't lUtftt 111(0." "No fMr if that- replM Jacquee confidently. ? he tied the calf fast and started on his three leagues' Jour ney from Etrlcourt for 8L Quentin. Arrived at the city he went straight to the batcher Vattn. delivered the calf and received the stipulated sixty ?h*?0?;. A? he dr?ve ,w?y he noticed that the clock Indicated a quarter to nine, and said to himself that he would iw 5?' t1*0* to the farm by dinner time. He drove slowly along the street. Iteering into the shop windows. One 52* the "Vlnsse Soeurs. Modistes attracted him so strongly that he drew up to the curb and halted to .east his eyes on the msrvels dis played In the window. There were hats and bonnets of wonderful com plexlty and rlotons colors, and ribbons of rich velvet and glittering satin. w hat especially aroused his admira tion was a big straw hat. patrlotlcallv adorned witu blue-bottles, daisies and poppies and broad green ribbons. He dismounted and stood before the win dow. with bis eyes and mouth wide open Some day. he thought, he might Ii?,? ?.t0? bUy *uch a bnt for Clemen tine. His moutli expanded into a broad smile as he conjured up the picture of her pretty face framed in this work of art. and thought how pleased she JTin? t0 receIve *uch ? gift from him. Clementine and he were em ployed on the same farm, and. If not jet declared lovers, were in a f-?r ?-ay of becoming such. His revery was rudely Interrupted by the pressure .of a heavy hand on his shoulder. He turned and saw his old comrade, Ze Pbyrln. and several other people, men i^llh|0inen:Jrl10 b"d ,*?i>Pe<i and were laughing at his astonishment on ? fSIFi kn?W you wlth ,hat thing ll^1?,JacqUea- Pointing to the oth over !h, TbeD W* *xe* w*ndered ?! ?>n?Pany. The men wore high hats and frock coats or dress Vinta*e8; tbe women L. k.^reS8e# and ?^awls em broidered wlfti flowersv whUP fivi Wa# droS8^d entirely in kiUI. wore a wreath of orange blossoms snd a voluminous veil ??Y*red??g,Partyr' Mid Jneqnea ' ^ the bridegroom '? responded Zepbyrln with s laugh Coin.wl'ho,. Weareiologtolunjl,: eon. Jacques declined, ssying that fuslS? bc bom? br f??" "But I can't go Ilk* this," s?ld Jacques. pointing to his rough blouse 8h?e8" Then *** bridegroom ?came angry, ?ut still Jacques shook J "Si iTm" "" and y\acious little woman, tdltt ber hus J1."" "?? "? the gentleman evidently did not And Jacq^eiG?ni? Tbl* dec,ded tin? rp. ? 1,e nccepted the In vita - its march0 r ' proce8",on resumed cart O ;IaCqUe8 fo,,ow'nK with his , On the way Zephyrin told bi? Jacques joining tliem. The cart will be handv If anv of n? act n tired" Tlie brlrte,'rol"V?Pp; Men was received with approval EJ ? ? nigh? 8lvl TPre ?binl,,?- u mid nignt. No sound was heard in th? f ( sorted street except the fiolsy rattling of the cart over the stones. JacmiM *f?ed a devious course out of the ? Ini,ttered .'ncoherent words Whlcb "Tile cair. Then lie felt his leather nurso nn'y 20 of remained. He was. quite RUVe, for he had counted the money several was?n n n tbe "Kl,t of 1,18 ,n"tern. It was an easy sum to count, for the purse contained Just one 20.fr.ne piece ' This is how It came about. After luncheon he had been for going home! ew hours late, what was that? He oouhl explain j, tllc m?t"e'r Bood-humored. But taking a whole day off was a very different matter "aedMm T comn?nloni IV*. ' '? ?ta.r. the ladles employed Ee b T ","IK"V' """? ?'?> dually the bridegroom brought forward a ??'?oslhle "W'ncnt. The party eourt^road ?'r B",M" ?? urt roail. lo accompany it to that point would no. delay Jacques greany and then he could ?? ' Jacques yielde<l. At Kstrecs they found a village festival in progress. ? ?wide had circulate freelv at lmichdon and on the way out. so 'that Jacques was in no humor to refuse Jo dance a quadrille. After the quadrille came a poll?, which a lady of his p .4.t nr gged him to dance with her wn?/l rt,nnCe(, " wa,t* nnd more waltzes and more polkas. Dancing is thirsty work, and after each dance the thirst was allayed? partially. Jacques orgot al about going home and spent 0 ''ay at Kstrecs. He also ZT'/r wwn' wl,nt ,lttl0 mo"*y ho had of his own. and then he began on 1.1s master's. The money went rapUUy woui,,n? ww it. lul 7 rnrt nnd 'etunied to the drew ^ ,"ntl *lU"lng- '1ncW , n " n ong he passed the mil liners shop and saw the gorgeous bon net again. Holding to a sudden im pulse he slopped the horse, handed tlie reins to the bridegroom and rushed Into the shop. When he came out he had a bl# payer parcel in his bands aud twwtj franca 1cm in Ais pur*. He atood his companion's ry with food humor, hot at dinner/Bhieh was the Mxt eTcotaa the pnvAm?, he drank recklessly to drown hls^Lorse. When the P?rty broke ?p hla ^Epanlons had to help him lntp the ca^H Hence, as haa been^A be foond himeelf driving home^flAt midnight in a rery cloudy frame of mind. A* he drove on the weather became cloudy, too. The atara vanished, the wind blew and' presently the rain fell in torrents. Jacques bad become slightly sobered and thoroughly wretch ed. Every few minutes he -started at what seemed the plaintive cry of the calf lying bound behind him as In the morning. He turned and saw only the fiamboysnt hat. Then be thought of his almost empty purse and trembled at bis master's wrath. With unsteady hands he drew tho purse from his pocket, took ont the lonely gold piece .'and stared at It vacantly. The wheel struck a stone and the coin slipped from his fingers and fell into the gut ter. He dismounted, thrust his arm In the mud and groped for the treasure In vain, a gust extinguished his lan tern and left him In darkness. He be came panic stricken. He foresaw dis grace, arrest. Imprisonment. Even Clementine would turn from him. He had Just crossed the bridge when be stopped. He would end it all. With a last vow to Clementine on his lips he rushed to the canal and leaped into its waters. Clementine, knowing that Jacques ought to have been back by noon, had been worrying about lilm for the last twelve hours. What could have hap pened? The dread of accident alter nated with another dlaquleting thought. There were plenty of pretty girls lu the city. Perhaps Jacques had been en snared by one of them. He went to the market every Saturday. Very likely he had a sweetheart in St. Queutin. Then her jsalouay would vanish and her anxious fears return. At supper the farmer noticed that Jacques was absent. He went to the stable and found that the horse and cart were missing also. Coming back with a black scowl on his face he swore a round oath and cried:, "The scoundrel has bolted with the money." There was a profound si lence. Everybody knew of the attach ment between Jacques and Clemen tine. The poor girl cowered in a cor ner, hoping to escspe notice, but the farmer spied her and sneered: "So your lover Is a thief." These cruel words haunted her after she had crept to her garret over the stable. Jealous though she was, she could not believe them. Jacques was honest, she was sure, even if he were uufaithful. She toeSed un easily on her pallet until the clock struck eleven. Then she got up and dressed. She would go in search of Jacques. She would bring him back, alive or dead. Slipping away noise lessly to the road, she went in the di rection of St. Quentin. Her pace soon slackened to a walk, but she plodded on, mile after mile, resolved to go all the way to the city if necessary. She kept on through the furious storm which soon burst upon her, stYifnhig her eyes ' to see the dreadful thing which she now regarded as a certainty, Jacques lying by the roadside, bound and gagged, bleeding, dead perhaps. But she saw nothing until her weary limbs had carried her to the bridge, where she came upon the empty cart. I with the horse asleep between the shafts. Climbing into tho cart, she peered and groped about until she found the woman's bat. Ah, lier Jeal ousy had not been unfounded then, and she had eoine this weary way only to make certain her lover's treason. The long hours she had passed in anguish he had spout in the society of his city sweetheart An indistinct sound, coming from un der the bridge, startled her and intensi fied her jealous anger. They were under the arch, on the towpath? where Jacques had stolen his first kiss! She sprang from the cart and ran down the bank. As she did so a sharp, de spairing cry for help came from a little clump of hushes by the water's edge. It was Jacques' voice! She ran to the spot and found him half buried In mud, water and tangled gross, battling for life. Clementine waded out to him. and after much effort succeeded In dis entangling him and bringing him ashore. They fell Into each other's arms with exclamations of "Jacques!" "Clementine!" She tiiought no more of the tell-tale bonne' and he had forgotten his theft. But w :>r?n the first flush of the Joy of meeth'v and of rescuing and being res cued. ' iid passed, Clementine asked: "How did -It happen? And the woman? Where is she?" Jacqnes did not answer. The only effect of her questions had been to re call him to reality, to his crime and coming disgrace. "And thcTfct!" Clem entine persisted. "Whose Is it?" I Jacques stood stupidly wagging his ' head. At Inst he exclaimed: "I have eaten the en If!" "What?" site asked, staring at him. "I have enten the cnlf!" he repented. "He has gone crazy!" thought Clem entine. Tnklng bin arm she helped him up the bnnk nnd Into 'the cart, placed herself beside him and began to drive homeward. Jacques continued to mutter: "I have eaten the calf!" in a voice which grew weaker with each repetition. Soon his head drooped for ward ard he fell asleep, .Clementine mM the opportaatty to take up tk? fatal bonnet and nnalno It She tK most screamed with ?hiIm and Joj when aha read on the wrapper: "Made moiselle Clementine' Barron. Ktrl eoort.** Now ahe understood everything. Jacquea had stolen, hot for her. How could she refuse to pardon hla^ espe cially aa he had so soon repented to yie point of suicide? 8 be draw from her pocket the little- purse that con tained nil her savings, and. aha king the slssper rigorously snd laughing through her tears, cried: "Jacques! Jacques! Wake up! The calf baa come to life again!**? New York Globe. $sm During the past >?ar the Imperial Cancer Research Fund discovered thirty cases of cancer In fish. The baby Chego Just added to th% London Zoo was caught In the ? fries n Gaboon, and is regarded by naturalists as coming between a gorilla snd a chlmpanSee. An armor-plated motor-car carrying a quick-firing field gun is being con structed at the Daimler works. In Wie ner-Keustadt. It will be so arranged that It can be fired in all directions, even over the head of the driver. Professor Garcia, of Madrid Univer sity, has Invented an instrument which may solve the problem of wireless telephony. He states that he has been very successful In reproducing the sounds of vsrious musical instruments at a distance of over 1500 yards, but he has not yet been able to raske the sounds of the human voicc sufficiently distinct to be intelligible. The diffi culty lies In finding a sufficiently pow? erful microphone. A new system ot laying asphalt roads Is being adopted in London. Instead of paving the road with one homo geneous mass of the paving material, which means the closing of the thor oughfare for a prolonged period, the nsphalt is laid In slabs. In the same manner as paving stones. The asphalt slabs are previously hardened, so that all it is necessary to do Is to !ay them down on the prepared foundation, and cement them Into position with tar. By this system a road can be reopened for traffic as rapidly as it Is paved, while a further distinct advantage is ob tained, ns owing to the us? of the tar at the joints, the surface of the road way is less slippery than in the case of large unbroken stretches of asphalt paviug. UntllBtatflert W?j of Advertising. There is a common and unpleasant practice on the part of certain small tradesmen of hiring newsdealers to insert business circulars betweeu thu leaves of the dally papers sold In their neighborhoods. They are thus enabled to reach possible customers without ad vertising in those papers aud without use of the malls. This may be shrewd business. In one sense, but it is undignified and un derhand to sneak one's goods into a house under false pretenses. And it is an irritation to the reader to have to shake out half a dozen sheets, vary ing from the size of an ash barrel dodger to fnll pages, before he can get at the news for which he bought the paper. If he Is one of the greedy readers, whose appetite Is satisfied with noth ing less than half a dozen papers, his office or parlor floor Is well littered with Vhose Intruding advertisements before he is through with his rending. Buyers might do something to check .this business If they would signify to the news venders that they prefer newspapers to circulars, and retjulre th"lr papers "straight." ? Brooklyn Eagle. The Opening of the Nrtton. A young man entered his employer's ofllce with nervous steps an<*. downcast mien. "I regret to inform you. sir," he faltered, "that a near relative of mine departed this life yer.terday morn ing, and the j-.lek-ofT? I mean the fu neral, ?Sr," he hastily added, stammer ing over the frightful mistake ? "will take plnce this afternoon at U o'clock precisely. May I absent myself from the olllce for an hour or two, to pay my last respects to the dear departed?" "Certainly, Brown? certainly!" ex claimed the generous employer. In an unusually enthusiastic ton? of voice. "And. by the way," l:e added, "there will be another regretful ceremony at the end of the week. Business is dead ?at any rate, as far as you are con cerned?and the klck-jfT? I beg your pardon, I also mean the funeral? will take place at the moment you have drawn your salary. There is no ne cessity for ine to mention the nnnie of the dear departed In tilt's case. I be lieve," ho Anally said, as poor Brown sadly sneaked away. ? Birmingham (England) Post. Not Ho Al>aent-Mln<1*d. In his "Scottish Reminiscences" Sir Archibald Gelkie tells o" a Scottish workman who, when the ticket-collect or came around, began to 'umblG in ail his pockets for his ticket. The official, when his patience was exhausted, said he would return for the ticket In a few minutes. When he came back he noticed that the mnn. who was still fumbling In his pockets, actually had the ticket be tween his lips, and he angr'.ly snatched It away and departed. "What an absent-minded man you must, be," said a fellow-passenger, "not to remember that you had the ticket in your mouth." "No sac absent-minded as ye wad think," was the retort. "I was Just tubbln' oot the auhl date wi' my tongue." Mr. Krncer's Fortune. The value of the fortune left by the late Mr. Kruger amounts to no less than ?750, 000. In addition to the ?25, 000 bequeathed to various societies In Holland, the ex-President has left sums to all the funds opened after the Honth African War for the support of the widows and orphans of Boers who lost their lives. He has also made bequests for the maintenance of the Dutch lan guage.- London Mall. FOR THE MOTHER. Knickers are to be worn again by girls this season and again with the full skirts they take the place of a petticoat. They are sometimes made of the materials of the frock, but are generally of flannel or silk. Wheu made of a material that Is not washable they are fitted with an adjustable lin ing of thin cotton material, if not worn over the ordinary knit underwear. The latest school coat ends a few Inches above the knees, which Is long enough for warmth and not too long for comfort In walking. It Is cut In circular form, flares gradually from neck to hem. and tbe sleeves are am ple. The frock is generally confined loosely with a stitched belt. Flannel waists are worn more than for a long time, and the new flannel comes in beautiful pale colors, with hair line stripes, small checks or a small Persian design, and also plain. It washes like cotton and is just tbe thing for wnlst* of bretclle frocks. There Is a variety of slinpes In bre telles, but, tlie simplest and most pop ular Is quite narrow at the waist, is buttoned to the skirt band, and grad ually widens to about four or five inchcs over the shoulder.? Philadel phia Inquirer. ADMIRE AMERICAN FASHIONS. In spite of the fact that many Amer ican young women go to Paris to get their trousseaux, Princess Cecelia, .'ho on Kaiser Wilhelm's death will probab ly become Empress of Germauy. be cause of her approaching marriage to the Crown Prince, is ordering a large part of her outfit in America. She Is said to be one of the best dressed wo men In Germa: , and, whereas. Teu tonic belles until recently have not i?een* noted for rty'e. the** i?ave made such progress since the century's #*nd that the compliment is uot an empty one. Princess Cecelia is especla ly cliche In regard to her footwea.*. She has much smaller feet than those of the average German woman. ;.nd insists on a glove fli for her shoes. Every Loot, snoe ard slipper fo- her trous seau is bei.ig made In th> United States, a firm having sent a special representative there to take the meas ure of her foot. The Princess Is also li-vlng .1 her summer shirtwaists made here, and has ordered most of r.er ha in from a New York firm. She is said to greatly admire the dressy styles of the Amer ican women, and especially approve; of the manner in which our women wear their clothes.? Newark Advertis er. A READING CORNER. Another effective arrangement is to turn an angle in a room with the as tlstance of the piano into an invitluj reading corner. When converting a corner of this kind into a cozy nook the position of ti e piano from the musician's standpoint should be taken into consideration. No matter how a> i. stie the setting, no detail in a room can be a success unK :e It adequately fulfills the purpose for which it is in tended. and the reading corner is 110 exception. To place a couch or settee with Its back against a piano is altogether wrong. The piano moy make an at tractive screen If properly manipulat ed and form an excellent background for a seat, but the performer's advan tage point is lost. Then another ob jection is that when playing or sing ing is going on a coucli placed against the hack of a piano must necessarily be left vacant, for it is hardly an un mixed pleasure to listen to music with the drum. of one's ear against the pi ano. So the ideal way to put up a corner of this character is to draw a well tilled bookcase quite close to the back of the piano, with a luxurious loung ing chair placed near it In a position where the light from the window may reach the reader.? Bridgeport Tele gram. WOMEN FLORISTS. Women florists! Why not? Yes. in deed, why should not women try their band and artisticality at this business as well ns men, and it seems rather strnnge that It lias not been tried long ago. It has now become quite a fad to employ women decorators, and they have proven to be n great benetlt in this kind of work. There is great pos sibility of them overstepping the bounds of popularity and making the male portion feel rather out of place. At a' recent wedding the decorations were most superb, and the hostess took great delight in making known the fact that a woman decorated. She also added that "as tunny times us I have had the house decorated, It has never looked so beautiful as now." The work may not be exactly genteel, and yet It is equally us much so as many other occupations. Women should know how to tie effective bows 011 bouquets and such like, sud many little touches might be added which prac tical mon would not think of. Bridal bouquets and ail of the flowers pertain ing to the nuptial mass must needs be effective and artistic, and ns has been said tlthp again, only women are capa ble of obtaining the effects which are finite necessary for this occasion. In view of the fact that the female por tion of the population have undertaken almost every branch of the wage-earn ing proposition It is not surprising that they should readily take to this part of It. CRINOLINE NOT RETURNING. Although the women of fashion have received several severe r.nd uncalled for shocks regarding the return of crinoline, the verdict has proved false, for which they should be duly thank ful. But In Its stead there are all sorts of clever substitutes, which, while thoy certainly do give a most graceful out line to the silhouette, are very for re moved from the grotesqueness of th# much-dreaded crinoline. Some women of daring hare appeared on several oc casions gowned in garments which! looked suspiciously as though they, were very much " crinolined," hut any, farther than a few daintels who or* seeking for novelty nothing haa been done. There Is a certain claas of women who have been trying to lead the fashion instead of being a follower, but the end Is always Inevitable, and they never get beyond making them* selves ridiculous, conspicuous ana the cause for much comment. It is true that gowns are not as llimsy ns they, * might be. but Dame Fashion hat* brought the change about in her most tactful manner, and It is not felt to any great extent. There Is a really, ! delightful latitude In styles of this sort, and women who hare heretofore found it difficult to dress becomingly, have at last fouud a vast variety tar select from. A noticeable fact is that crepe de chines have an Increasing rogue, and it is no wonder. They, make up beautifully and :iiiow of the greatest scope for trimming and using original and novel desigus.? Washing ton Times. THE NEW G'.OVF.S. "A pair of glores for every gown and half a dozen extra pairs iu neutral tones," is this season's motto for the up-to-date woman. For every fabric woven iu this season's fashionable tints giovemakers have dyed a kid to match. Sometimes the saopper tinil* herself bewildered, as in the case of a mixed fabric, where the gloves come to match both the background and the figure. For instauce, a new French button suiting shows a parrot-green silk dot ou a dull brown ground, and the glovcmakcr offers Loth the brown and the green tint in kid. As a rule, the well-dressed woman selects the more quiet color, leaving the vivid tones, such as green, orange, rose or sapphire blue to her sister who likes startling effects. However, with the new, striking tints, such as burnt to mato. onion brown and the peculiar amethyst shadings, the self-tone gloves must be employed, ns no other coloring seems to toue well with the suiting. There seems to be 110 hard and fast rule In the matter of length for street gloves. American manufacturers are offering both one aud two butlou gloves, and from Paris come quantities of the threa button length. The one button glove can be worn only when the dress and coat sleeve are very long. Neither Foster eooks nor clasps appear 0:1 the smartest gloves, and large pearl buttons arc u^ed instead. The athletic girl clings to natural . toned chamois for early fall wear with \ her jersey or golf vest, tnd later will employ the heavy, kr.it gloves, which this season will come In sll the popular tones for suits t and jerseys. The tailored maid is now wearing goat skin or mocha, but uer fr.vorltc winter glove will be the reindeer kid. She does not permit the top of her gloved to turn back, r.s her brother still does, but she button.* it snugly around her wrist. In the evening gloves the sixteen button length has almost supplanted the thirty-two button mousquetaire, partly because elbow sleeves are in favor, and partly because Dame Fash ion lias decreed that fcr a short spaco between the short, puffed sleeve of Jeweled epaulet effect and the end of ^ a glove, a tempting glimpse of marble white or dimpling pink flesh may be seen this winter. The white gloves fo- evening wear have a rival in pale evening shades to match the glittering silks and delicate ( diaphanous weaves. Palo yellow will be much worn with white, as well as yellow evening gowns, and a iicaV white evening glove shows a lining of delicate silk to match t.ie frock, and even the depeer shades, such as Amer ican Hcnuty red. burnt orange and gay plaids. These gloves are presumably for theatre wear, and ? 'ill do away with the muff, a source of annoyance in the playhouse. Fcr ovenlng wear black glace has entirely supplanted the * more supple suede, which is rather un fortunate for the woman with largo hands or stout arms, and very few: white 'uiede gloves are being sold. The woman whose hands pcrrplre should avoid the pnle-tlnted evening gloves and cling to white, as the deli cate colorings fade in the hands of even the most expert eleaners.? Wash ington Star. 1 % Til* Newspaper A<1. Kcillcltor. Tl-.e newspaper nd. solicitor, to In sure success in his particular line, must be a student of human nature. As we are told that the proper study of mankind Is man, so the proper study for the ad. solicitor Is the business mail and his business methods. The knowl edge necessary to successfully solicit K ads. Is of such a character tlint it in only by those that possess the faculty, of studying systematically the many methods practiced In the operation of commercial life that success is at tained. The solicitor must not only * possess n thorough knowledge of cir culation, rates, character nnd Held of the particular paper which he repre sents, but also in like manner all other newspapers Issued In his Immediate vi cinity. In the operation of business It is found necessary to practice par ticular methods In particular iines, and. the expert solicitor will pursue certain methods that will prove successful in certain Hues. The method that will produce good results In one case may prove an utter failure In others; hence the necessity of a general knowledge of the character of the particular busi ness for which ou advert Isetnent Is solicited. The solicitor must be thor oughly honest In nil Ids business deal- ? Ings. lie must posses* and cherish the good will of the people with whom he comes in contact, value his honor, and reputation above all else, and by his conduct prove himself worthy of the confidence of busiuesg men.? Press and Printer. -?