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/ ST. LOUI NEW YOF FAIR Addison Steele. After a at Mahy Feature H. ADDISON STKKLK, n ^ j. well-known newspaper ami 2 "If 7JT Z magazine writer, oi New y IV| H York, recently spent a week p at the World's Fair. R?s wov turning liorne, he wrote thu following appreciative ac/?AIin# i-*f Kin > i - C 1 >? I- 1? 1 - ? ? wui,l?' ??* iui diiujrivii liiic, which should convince any reader that it is worth his while to see this greatest of expositions: In the expressive language of the day, St. Louis "Idis the goods." 1 had expected much of the Louisiana Purchase Imposition, for I had kept in touch with tin; making of it from its very inception, live yearp ago; but after nearly a week of journeying through this new wonderland I must confcss that in every essential particular it is far beyond my expectations. The biggest ami best it was meant to he and the biggest and host it is. The exposition, rumors notwithstanding, is <|Uite finished. Those who imagine that the Columbian Exposition remains the last word in the way of a world's fair should remember i. . i\\ that eleven rears have rolled by since Chi cago iuviicd all the nations of the earth t> come within her i,ates. These having hot i years of leni.ukaule progress the nv ie laei that if, is up to dale would p.ace t h? LfOtllS) 1I1.I Kvn.wil I.ill ill.. '-.1 II not only the ('olnnibian K.xpo.sition or I v.: but the 1 '.i l is rniv?T.-..il Kxposit ion of !:> ' ?the oniy other world's fair ot the jierioi mentioned. The great developnu nt o horseless vehicles, eertiin wonderful a I vanees in tlie licltl ot electricity, the wire leRs telegraph, tli. submarine boat and tin practicable living machine- all of wh:el are special features .it St. Louis are, foi instance, ma iters of the period tlit Chicago < vi-nt. I'o my 111 i:t?I, howexer, tin one distinctive feature which places il ahead of a!! oilier world'.-* fairs if the coin prehetiHive Philippine exhibit. Ahead a'.s< of any pr< viotis showing are the iiidi\; !nt buildings nt cs^ht of the foreign nation.aud, taking everything into consideration the archit< crural i i i landscape _a: deiiin; aehicvineir > are ill iter i.s tlicy ought t. be wit li the world older One of the <ji. a test, ind cert a n!y one o! the most agroable, <>f my many surprise. was tho supremo beauty ot' t lit* main vroii| of hiiildin/'i. For tho simple it i<>n thai tin' camera ii< s inn exist which <-.tni< take in flic vasi picture as tho eye s"os it the early vmv- of tin- group a hi! hurt an.I a l>it (hero gave a scan! idc i of tin scheme as a whole. Nor did the < ar!\ views of the ten individual buildings wliiil make up its component parts < 1<> justice t< their nobility of ai n: t uie and jifii' s a grandeur, Then a^rii in tlie ground plan: a.id hirilVcye >!. !: 1 ! . ??iii> pt>ss.l>li manner of showing r the fan-shaped u raiiKen-erit of iius gi'oiip looked stil. am unsatisfying. Far f>- >:>i that it is <pi:to a remarkable i:i its way a^ the I anions Coin of Honor of tin* 'oluinhian Kxpositioti. It o'ir reapi-ci n is i-vi-ii more n iiaoiu, ior in xtead of two gland \ si.is it nlrrtw a dozen The mnIn vi?sf i is. of course, the one !o <k ing ?|> the; I'laxn ..f St. LOui* wliosi GOLDEN CHA NS. 41. Mux Worn <>otili-n II itliilcufT Fur V? his. It will lie remcmIjcred, says tin Westminster tin/.. tic, that some year ago M. Max l%< gis was present.d I?y i group of Iaily admirers wish a |?ai: o golden liamlciitfM, in commcmorati >i of his arrest and Imprisonment in Hi groat enuse of Nationalism. Tin1 An ti Semite swore that he would wea the manacles us souvenir hiiieeh-ts to tlii! rem;)Int 1 it of his life. For s.?ui time he kepi Ids promise, ami then i was observed that lie linil abandon ei his decorative fetters. Why? \\a- i Infidelity to tlip cause, or what? I'er pie wondered, anil could get n<> sati? factory answer, until a few days ax there was a public sale of unredeemed pledges from the Mont ile i'iete. 'I'll golden liand'iilVs (weighing forty tiv grammes) were included in the eat;i logne, M. Ke^is having deposited thei with "inn Iillt!e" l'? relieve a tempi rary indigence, and having tieglei tc to recover tlii'in. To complete 111 Irony of the situation, they were pill ' '-> " I I ..'.f.,v\- vv till ' lluw Wl'.ll i?.i ( i? .. . thorn in !!< > str?ots of A tutors awl o biliits tIhmii to Mil liis friomlx. Or. !(:*!? mi I.I,. 1?. Dr. I'Mwiint Kvorolfo IS11I0 is now . ) I.l*. I>. of Williams ('olli'Ko, fro] w hioti liis faill"!' ijriiilmi I<I ji:< li y<?ars auo. Tlw doctor r<>ail :in ? \t?-;i< from liis paivnt's jcrinlna!i;i? aiMiv-s ffhh-l) <l\Ti It with tin* rjuosti<?:i "II: Thoro ll'-i-n ;> J Vo^r.'s.-'lvo Inr rov inont in Socl'ly in tin' l-n*t l-'ilt VoarsV" I)r >I:ijorosoty remark) flint a oonhiry ago tlio hoys np|>oar fo li?* w*r?-?!II:ii? with tlio smite pro '" us ui nro now <!isrus->oil. S "HAS THE *K WRITER FINDS BEYOND F.XPKCT A l Week at tlie Exposition, 2S---St. Louis Cool and P: crowning feature is the great Louisiana Purchase Monument?ami across tlie Grand Basin to the Cascade (ianiens. On the right are the Varied Industries and Fleetrieity buildings anil on the left the Manufactures and l'.ducation, these -with Transportation and Maohinery still further to the right and Liberal Arts and Mine* bei yond at the left?making up the body of the fan. For its handle the fan has tlio Cascade Hardens?rising in a grand terrace to a height of sixty-five feet above the Hoor level of the buildings mentioned and crowned by the great Festival Hall, the Terrace of States and the Fast and West Pavilions-?and the Fine Arts building directly behind. n * w In tlie architecture of the group there is no uniformity of style. The very liberal use of great columns g-vt\s the four buildings fronting on the J'iazn and Basin a '-ei-tain architectural kiiuliip, but the Mines building, with its two huge obelisks and somewhat Kgyptian aspect; the much* i turreted and belfried Machinery building; , ' the highly ornate Transportation building. | | ?IUI no Kigaiini- (imir.i aim |?y umi | , LACK OF MINKS AN I) MKTALLUll i I ' tli-? Romanesque Liberal Arts building | ) 1 liavo pronounced individuality. Yet 111 tin: ! i k'<-'"''ia1 picture all these buildings biend t finely.^ Nor is there .i: y clashing in the , ; ease ?>f tin' I'V'Mioh Ionic styic of tlie buildi ings i>t I .i.seaiii' (iurilrns. Twelve haiul> some lirii! 'i's a.-ross i!i>- wati?i a vs. which ) form a tigiue eight by running from ihe i 'Iranil I'.asin around l!io Kleeii it ity and j i Ivlueation buildings, further contribute to - j I lie architectural spiendor ot the scene. | Vr \ l!<n\s of (ill.*. l.ii'ue iii.ipies set <>IT lite i | Imilding.s '.'1 the main vista. .t.I< 1;im- j ' me ts:i: e.ib'y the beauty ->; tie picture j .mil tuniishiii/ one ot tho many liemotistra- i 'ions of the .superiority of this exposition i L i in the mat lor of lumlscapo ga. leiiin^. j rh..-n; are als-. many trees to -ei off the ; i [ >ti:or buildings of the uroup, shrubbery 1 j ami .small trees Itavo been used in profa- | sion around t lie entratm s ami til bridges 1 , ami then.' are i; .mlMinie .sunken ga i lens in : , two piaees. Tho laml>ia;ie lr< itmonl of > (ascado III!! is similarly lino > The Philippine foetion covers 110 has t : than forty si-von hitch. has lllit buddings < I ami some 7.*? ,<> )( I .catalogued exhibits, and > | renrosenls tut olll'av of ovr a m:!lioti ilol ....1/ ......I i .. 1... ..i I I > .1 ! van! Kntraiice in the M-ction i-> , free, iiui Iwenty-livo ci'iiis is charged to inlo tMrli of ? !??? :'?>tir native village.., which are intensely ;n?"i iiii;. The villains run ilon/ Arrowhead Lake, ami .the iuh.il.i i tants all have some way <u entertaining their v -it'll s. 'I h?* l^nrotles, w ho wi .ir as 1 little clothing as tlu' law nt even savage - lands allow ; llontoi s, Tiit^aiitlcs ami Suy lire in ?>iie villain', t in? la U ? ?-< 1 \\ 1 hit M il'ns and liogolios ill another; ill'- hlaek 1 Nt'ui'itos iii the third ami iIih civili/cd \'is* im\ ins, who havi> i i atlmli'- t hiireli ami a t theatre, in tin' fourth. \-. a in.it i ot < Il Ucatinli thi.s jjmmI encampment. nt ' in* "little brown men" is unit thing that nn American can ali'nr.l to miss. lCight of the numerous buildings of for ONE HUNDRED FOR AN EGG. * All 1 iiithin (innir Fowl That in Very Viil tlllble. 14 Not often does tlie price of u sltiul:' * egg <'!iiiiI> to $1(11), inn this I.s what was offered for each of the eggs ot' a eor( tain Indian inline lien, which was 1 | brought to Kngbtud sotno time ago. i' I'm nturios tli?' I ml isi n i;;iiii", or A/.ccl fowls, have boon tlio \ >-ry it pox I' iif I lie j^liuo bro??il, for t lit* ptirenoss of i' blooil ;iiii 1 poilitjroo Imvo been most 0 ruri'l'iilly prosorvoil for so Ion;; tiiiii t i the (Into of tin' origin til' Iii > rnro h;is 1 been lost in t!io pnst. i 1: is iilinost impossible to prorure ' spi'riiin>iis of !liii purest lilooil, lor t'toy ;ire tronsurod liy tin- Indian sportsman " :i t l In" Iiijjflios! vjiluo. >' A- i;;tmi" foul they nr?* scr??nt liyhte ?>rs. Those who have soon thorn in In ' ilia for tIn* line.>t biros nov< r roach i our ooldi'v limati's toll of tlioir prow n ess iiml un^OVe'-naMo oMioity in but 111'. >>1111 I 11 'J IJ II I a il I ?> .? > ^ > I' |?#| ,? '1 or ilea! Ii. 0 In AnnTicM, however. the fowls are seldom raisoil for li^'iiin;; pill s poses, ! ut for show, anil as pets ami 1 hohhie^ of poultry fanriers. 'lountry I. fe in Ameriea. A Mmlont KiiijIIiIiiii in . I.ike III.- ti\u!iti<ni;(| I'.uuli-Iifian. Ar " tlitir Si;inl??y. j ??*.ifi <il' West minster. >u -.vi.ro from his li.-; v.-it '.<> ! America an expression of amazement s* wliU-li only time oiiNI oil in- lie was '* a! onrO bosH I?y interviewers. wli as'.ioil tin* usual questions. "What N was tlio thing w li most impressed ' yon in AmoriciiV" was oil - of thoso. '' Without a moment's liositatlon Dean '' Stanley roplioil; "My own ijjiU/rnii I Argonaut. GOODS." t* . - ; u1 ' ^ WORLD'S iTIQNS :: Fvnrp?5c:f>i Amnromprtf rices Reasonable. cign nations would ulonc form an exDorit it?u worth the journey front New Yorn to St. Louis. Germany's building. Das Deutsche Hans, id a reproduction of Ciiarlottcnhurg Schloss, 450 feet long and finely located on an eminence overlooking Cascade Gardens. '1 lie interior as well us the exterior is a faithful reproduction of the palace; Gobelin tapestries, the old Charlottenhurg furniture and the Kaiser's wedding silver having been brought over for the superb apartments. Nearly a mile to tlic westward France has reproduced, at a cost of half a million dollars, the Grand Trianon, the building and great garden covering fifteen acres. Great Britain has a copy of the banaucting hall of Kensington l'alace; Japan, tno Shtshindcn Palai.4, one of several buildings in a characteristic nark, and China, the country seat of l'rince I'u lain. Italy has a superb' Gracco-Roman temple, Austria an architectural glorification of Moderne Ivunst, and B&gium a magnificent structure trom stit original ucsinn. F..csser reproduction of note arc the tomb of Ktinad-Dowlah. by Kast India, nnd the new liangkok temple, by Siam. PPPf u;y. The l'iko lias in tlie Tyrolean Alps the liiuMt ?,uiici,s>ioi? tii.it I have over seen. TJi-mv h .1 great S|iuro with many i)unint , htii'flings, t iittli village >tnot, and above 'lie .-.now r!ad inoim'.ain* whieli look very ....i ... > , . .i'o 'i t... laiiroad yet devi.-ed .11) >i Is several line j <>t' the Alps, ami there is a very ' ^I'tiuiiio1 exposition i>t the (theruimneruuu j lu.-Mon pl.'.y ui the little ehureh. The | t'iilV Dwellers' eoneesaon a!?o looks very j n uistie .it niijlit Tail. It i< elaborate in ar- , i ;i affluent. : . 1 1 l In- eoiirMn^, snake anil I i other il 'ii fs :>v t!f S > uhv.rsiern linliann j iiu?l;e i' anoihir o:' the I'ike show* wliieli -!: ..i.il ! "alien ;a by i la >.-vi!!" there , '.s a'i i(:? -m j ir.arioi!t-: ie i aire and some ,'ena:ne >;>a'i:s!i ia:ii in>;. I'\>r I lie r"st the i IV.< oll.'is :ii>i t \a:i' iy, ami as a rule thi' in!! money's worth is mven. The enormous .b-rr.-alein ami I >o.'r War eoiicessions are not on the I!;e. It is a case of dine at the (lerman Pa- ' \ Mon aad ?!ie at the K^po.Mtion. In ii ! i.itll'li! .M . leriie Kims', i aiMin,; adjoiniii i I) is I it'll!.-elie Il.ii's tin' best tood and i I U. ... . I... ... ' .... I.. :i>1111 <I, I ho ta'.ile lunch and dinner ' instill;? S-J and St. r> HiK'.-iivt'Iy. l"i???r<? in . also a !.i .ill" service. Kveiyihin^ eonsid- i I'lvil the pi-1 ate (! > excessive, and at ' least ono 'in' ii *li.>uld he taken there lor j the e\|h i en. e. Another should he taken at the T v ) e hi A!;.s. eiihi r outdoors or in 'he j;oiV'' ais dining ronn in the mountain- ! de 'i)i.' i .1 Kn urli restaurant in at i'aris, o:i 'lie I'iKe. Lower in prices and j ' in every ' . aiiinir io'e arc the two restau- ; i ints ! ,?:. I'i I : Mr... IJoicr in the pa- ] \ ilii.ns i- nle (iardeTi.4. The east one ' lias wai m1 no '""i and the west : "i: v. u . i . " ' i ""] ' I ' iinmny. I'i iii 1 ill otter de- ' !:i'i.)in ;. i..t r\ :i '.Ik- A ? : !> ur.11 building. riir.M! i>i"' nut ifci! .? !- . Ir.it time saving t i!?< for tin? i;.i\ri .-t. r!i?'.i' aii- in> end of ii'sl iii*1 ~ > lit .ii 1 in!i-.f- on tlii' grounds. ; THE SiL. NCE. OF BUTTERFLIES. TliU Invert Hi'iiriMi'tilH i> Truly Silent World. After ail. tlie chief charm <?f this rare of win^' il (lowers ilo".s not lie in their i varied :i!nl liriil'tani lieauty. not yet in their won |< rftil >eri"s of tram forma: tions, in th'?ir Imiiu' ami sordid caterpillar life, t!i if lotij; slumber in the i chrysalis, or the very brief period which < miprises their lienuty. their love ma!:ititf. their parentage and their death. Nor does it lie in the fact that we do not yet certainly know whether they lia\>> in the < aterpillar shape the In ulty of sij.;|it or not, and ilo not even hi:u? i lit* |ii tTinc ii.v <11 11 - i luuni m!;.-pinions (>ru:in in milturit.v. the ant n11;i? . Nor do-vs it consist in this? tli.it they of .-ill <T "Mtfil tilings huvo furnlsho 1 n::in with the symbol of Ills own Immortality. It rather lies in the fact ilnit, with 31SI !Ii<>ii* varied life end : activity. lii y represent :in absolutely 'silent \M>r).I. * \u ii,,. vnst array of i o.lern kuowledij > lias found i:o hullriflv which murmurs with an audible voice and only a few species which imn oven audibly click or rus11 * with t: * I r wind's T. \V. Hi>?;;ini foil, in Atlantic. i 'Mix IMuvh rlniii'* ''oiiiplitlni. A popular author, who has lately Inni'd to pla.N writing, has not sue h d in impress!- intinaKcrs with the availability of his productions, Not loiiix ago, thinking to get some useful pointers from the current drania, lie made an observation tour of lie theatres. "Well," he remarked to a friend nt the end of the evening, "I seem to bo th" only man alive who can't get ? poor play put on." Harper's Weekly. An OrlglnHl Suhjach 1 Oneofthe subjects taken up the other flay by the Progressive Health Club, a feminine organization of Chicago, was how to make husbands eat what they dislike. The Mmliuli NI jjht jjown. The modish nightgown is of the chemise order. It is made with low neck and short flowing sleeves and slips over the head. The neck is drawn ?il> with ribbon threaded through handmade buttonholes. Wom?n'? 'I rump Card. A woman's winning card is cheerfulness. She may be capable of countless self-sacriliees, Infinite tenderness 'and [ endless resources of wisdom, but if I slit- cloaks these very excellent possessions under a garb of melancholy she may almost ns well not have them, so far as the ordinary world is concerned. Wlirre \V??ii?t?n ? Heroic. The determination to do her duty at all costs inspires the society woman of to-day as much as it did the defenders of the British ting at Trafalgar. She goes into action with a grim resolve to dance and dine as all her friends ex?..w.f Tlw.i.?l. 1 I !?'.*? head splitting, ami she knows she is grewsoineiy bored. she will heroienll.7 go through her (lay's program, fortllled l?y the consciousness of having done her duty.?Ladles' Field. (I?ri;ninii I'lllow Top. Given a square of art canvas and some green, yellow, black and red^ braid one inny have a gorgeous pillow top. The canvas should bear a design of some kind in the centre, which can be embroidered in outline or cable stitch, and strips of the braid, which should he about half an inch wide, make a irav l>m*ilr>r Tliov mnv l?.? mi. plied willi machine stitching. Where the strips cross at the corners they should ho interlaced. basket-work fashion, ends throe or four inches long being loft to form a fringe effect. I.lngerln Hilt*. The lingerie hats of exquisite batiste or mull or lino Swiss embroideries and Valenciennes lace are lovelier than j ever this season, and innumerable changes are rung upon combinations of lace and flowers. Nets plain or dotted willi large chenille wafers are sinrrou ami pie.itcd into airy, hroad1 Nnnv.'d shapes and trimmed with Howers and soft silk scarfs. Shaded Hiraws ami straws of countloss now weaves are shown. Linen hats inset with law and picturesque ill shape an; among the new oU'erinns as woll as more severe linen models for | outinK rtiul mournir.j? wear. Cardan hum lies and llowor wreaths divide the honors, and there are many th-wors and hud fringes which are used pro I'll? ly. ( o-Uados, choux, rosi'lt-'s. mercury wings, enpid wings and <iiti!Is arc willed into service for the sailor hats. 'l'lie lWo<lt*rn Tioiisucdu. .>!> <>iw 111111*\n oi K 'liiii.; u ir'MiRscnr. nowadays to !:ist f? r years, and 11' they contemplated such a thing it would )n? 21 dead failure. A modi :-iv bride gets an out It t for immediate wear. In divss wo live from hand to mouth, nnd tin* gowns of three mouths ago arc like the ". snows of ye?tor year." Women of to-day reset thoir jewels almost a> often as they order fresh garments. There is ::<> saving in anything. They spend the money in quality. and not quantity. No bride nowadays has an Snjinoiise number of dross \s; she is content with her wedding gown, the more gossamer the more fashionable; a I envoi I ng costume for going away, j with a stole nnd muff to match; four j evening frocks, one black. <>i< > satin. i one lace aiul one a tulle or thin ball Kuirti; throe smart"!* day jiowiis and a tailor-made or so would sut1i"e a do/.en j of e.lch article < f underwear, and hall j a dozen petticoats of various sorts will pretty well complete tlio out lit. It Womiin the K<|ou! of Mnn? | Dr. Lynuia Ahhott. in the World's j Work, says 11>;it doubtless tlx* enlarge. I mont of woman's educational and in! dustrial opportunities lias boon iicioni} panlod by sonic Intellectual errors and some practical ovlls. The most serious 1 of those errors is the opinion that I equality of character involves Identity of function; that becuu.se woman is the equal of man, therefore she is to do the same thinsrs which he does. j Those of us who have >n i 111 rested I in claiming nu?I pros dip? for woumn tliis larger 1 ito il>> not deny tli<*? ?? are distinctive fcmiiiin - ami masculine spheres of artivit.v, a ad that oaHi sex renders the bust s ?rvice to so-iely within it s appropriate .* phere. Wiiat wo object to is the endeavor of the mala philosopher to evolve woman's sphere out of his own consciousness, and shut her up within it; what we insist on is that holh sexes shall have ofjual iiVM'lv and < <i*< > 1 largeness of life, and il::it Mich shall Hud its appropriate sphere for Itself. 'I lip Knu'litli Wlfo. I J ' 111 .111- u 11:1... i; 1 > I 111.11 I \ 11; X ; l u Englishman ae.'l making his country yoiw country." sayx ail American girl who has done this, "do begin itnme* <1 lately to tak" an Intoi'ost in polities. All the upper-class people being in polI ties in Kngland, tho woman v.ho is not posted shows h*?r.*elf n horr!b!e ig' nonunus, aiul it i.s dillicnlt lo cuU.ivute .11 ^ a tasto for public affairs when you have never before given them a thought." Miss Rose Kingsley. daughter of 11.1^0 T.r:..?oi,M> oit.x ...no 1.. iv i ii j , u inn j>iiu ? ua til this country a fe\y years ago lecturing upon art, said that the least educated of the English girls would be ashamed j to show the ignorance of politics of ; which an American girl boasts. All j English girls of to-day are expected to be well Informed in many linos, and politics is one of them. A bright Eng- | lish girl, .Miss I-yon, who recently mar- I ricd I.onl Acton, was noted for her ac- \ complisliments?among them a knowledge of art, music, languages and politics.?New York Press. 1'iirlri Keening Gown*, There are several dift'eront moile.* 1 for waists, some of which call for long flowing sleeves, and others that have oulv the hmul nvnr fl:i? slmiilili'is; ninl then the short sleeve drooping below. ' The long sleeves must be of the linest materials, unltned, a nil their length is only regulated by what is becoming, j The simplest of all evening gowns for summer, and which can be made up with very little cost, are the pretty [ dowered muslins and batistes that this ^ year can be bought for very little money, comparatively speaking. While a silk foundation is of course always satisfactory, it is not absolutely essential with these muslins, and many of the smartest are made tin on thin underskirts, either of the same eoior or of some contrasting color. A charming 1 little model for a (lowered muslin lias ; throe llounces with rows of shirring at j the lo;> of each ilonnee, and hands of j entre-denx and narrow lace on the edge of each flounce. The waist is in baby style with a deep bertha, the upper part of the bertha made of six rows of shirring, below which falls a square bertha of tlie tinest batiste and lace insertion. and the whole gown is exceed- ! ingly dainty and effective. Such a gown can be made at home easily? Harper's Ha/.nr. llacliKlor'n Ti'a Dixit. N (' n r o. li 1 I c' I I l{ II II p <1 il ,\ V Il r i: J i a it v < h 'I '1 s I ii h y i s p (i a gown that cost twenty-livo cents a : yard can look quite as stylish as cue that cost ten times the sum. Simplicity is tlio keynote of good dress, Hccontricity is always lad nste; do not strive for timisunl effec.s; be content with silipie giliish styles. 1 ;i linying n shirt waist, for instance, it is far better to choose one of lino lllillfl lill WUIIUUl JUIV I (HI Will H OJ1U | tSimt Is of coarse;' material ami cover. ?d wiih cDjirso '.ace. If you do your hair nealiy and never wear a hair ribbon unless it is fresh and unereaxvl; if your collars are clean ami your shoes neat an.I your dress couspiclt 'in only for its modest harmony, yon can bo a very pleasant object to gaze upon. it is better to wear :: > ribbons at nil than to wear crushed and soiled one#, .lust at present so many girls wear their hair turned tip in a braid and tied I with a black ribbon. In many caves the ribbon is dusty and shabby. The stylo is protty and becoming, but if you can't afford a fresh ribben don't wear 0:10 at all Miss Nettie Blackmore, Min-1 neapolis, tells how any young woman may be permanently cured of monthly painfc by taking Lydia E. Pinktiam's Vegetable Compound. "Youno Womex: ? I had frequent headachca of a severe nature, dark spots before mv eyes, and at my menstrual periods I suffered untold agony. A member of tho lodge advised mo to try Lydia E. Pinkhanj's Vegfetiiblo Compound, but I only scorned good advice and felt that my case was opelcas, but she kept at me until I bought a bottlo and started taking it. I soon had tho best reason in the world to change my opinion of the modicine, as each day my health improved, and finally I was entirely without pain at my menstruation periods. I am most grateful."?Nrttik IJr.ackmore, 28 Central Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. ? 95000 forfait If original of mboae letttr proving gtn jlnonats cannot b? produced. If thnro anything about your case anoui which you wouiu like special advice, write freely to Mrs. Pinkham. She will hold your latter in strict conlldence. She can surely help you, for no person in America can Hpeak front a wider experience in treating female ills. She lias helped hundreds of thousands of women back to health. Her address is l<ynn, Mass.: her advice is free. FREE SAMPLE Of "thk story of my tlFR AN3J WOUK," By liookorT. Washington. aBen.l tm yoor numo ?nd uK'.rnrvn. Wo want you to havo a copy of th1? autobiography of th? greatest Hvlnjc Negro for tho purpowa of Introducing it in yourt community. It is ? remarkable* oeilor, big profit; agents are making from S4 to $10 per Rt onc<> t"*' ^0'W J * nictioi>3a co,t Nulling Price 91.00. OIK Austell llutldlnsr. M i . - . u>y> i tiieclS x |?rnu..<.?i turi; Aw /V in joto 60 tl?>w. Trial treatment //?Sk given free. Not hitii?can bo fairer S# Write Or. H. H. Oreen'j $009, ? ' , SpaclillKi. Bo* B Atlanta, WOllIiD'S FA I It ST. I<OU1B, IjouNvUIa and Nanlivillfl Il'.itlrond. If you are gains to the World's I'alr yoa want the boat route. Tho L. .V N. is tho hortest, quiokeat aa<i beat lino. Three tralna dally. Through Pullman 8l??plug Caru and Dlnlnv C.nr* I aw i>?*a T<iiiinfa old dally. Got rates from your local ngent and iwk for tlnketfl via tho I?. A S. All kind* of Information furnished on application to J. (>. HOLT-KNBEOK. Dlst. Paw. Agent, Atlanta, (la. ? >4 Pincushion Swa!lovv?d Up 410 Needles. A lady In Ibis city, roarilng that a pincushion lliut 'nas been In vv for Koine time, on boing opened davelop* ad about 1 r?0 needles, had the curiosity to pull apart a pincushion that F,hc had been tialng for about twontyflvn years. She found by autual count <10 needles.?Hartford Courant.