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the miiden queenly,
ves about serenely,
i+rinely tall,
ch prefer her small,
it small ones greatly,
t the large and stately,
ptious. fortunately;
i admire then all.
rv...v .ike girls with animation,
Such as shine in conversation.
These the golden youth enthrall
At a party or a ball.
Quiet, shy ones have their inning:
Some consider them more winning.
As I said in the beginning.
Really, I admire them all.
Fair or dark and big or little?
I don't care a jot or tittle.
-"N x* ;?i. 1 .1 .11
^ jnuiir wun inc ikis goi uie can:
At the feet of each I fall?
The demure and the vivacious.
j. Fmart. coquettish, sweet and gracious?
Jl?or.e is barred. My heart is sDacious,
Bless the girls! I love 'cm all.
?Chicago News.
MAKING
jn A SHOW
By D. J. FINLAY.
^ -*0*^. HAD always a greater re3|
Y gard for uiy Uncle George
I than for any of uiy relay
tives. Tlio reason for this
was. doubtless, that he was
more- communicative and
companionable than any relative outside
of my immediate family. He
would sit down and spin yarns for uie
by the hour whenever we were together;
but there was one subject on
.which, for a number of years, I had
failed to draw him out; and that was
often a matter of serious thought to
" me, and I determined to find a good
apportunity to get at the facts in the
case.
One evening, as we sat together in
my uncle's comfortable mansion. I
found him in a very communicative
mood. and. to my astonishment, he
broached the subject which I had
promised to bring up.
"My dear boy," said he. "I suppose
you have often wondered why I remained
an old bachelor?"
"Yes. uncle," said I. in an airy, offliand
way which did not at all betray
the depth of my curiosity. "I am sure
you must have had ample opportunity
to see the cream of society and make a
suitable choice of a companion."
"Well," said he. "I will tell you; and
story may be a good subject for
your dreams of future speculation.
"When I was a young man I was
rather fond of making a good show in
society.* At times this was performed
on a very, limited capital. Shortly
after I settled in New York I made the
acquaintance of a beautiful and estimable
young lady, Miss Clorinda Swan,
and I lost no time in paving the way
for a matrimonial alliance with her.
"One evening the subject of conversa.
tion between us ran upon operas, and
the upshot of it was that I invited
aL. a J -
- v/iviiuua iu go 10 iue Academy 01
Music the next evening. As I have
?aid, my means were then rather limited,
and now I had just enough left
to pay for the tickets, but no surplus
for carriage, supper and et ceteras.
With these I determined to dispense, as
I thought my fair Clorinda was too
L sensible to be affected by the loss.
"Fortune favored me at the start:
the evening was fine and the weather
dry, so at the appointed time I made
my appearance, dressed in the best I
could afford, and waited patiently for
Clorinda. She soon put all my fears 011
the carriage question to flight by as uring
me that she preferred walking.
?""We chatted gayly on the way to the
Academy, and were in due time for the
performance, which was the opera of
'Martha,' with a popular prima donna
In the leading role. Of the perform
ance I need not speak. The opera
was all that we could desire, and was
rendered most admirably,
i "When the performance was over we
. descended the stairs amid the gay
h throng, and soon reached the sidewalk.
But. oh,, horror of horrors! It was
raining! What was I to do? To gel
carriage, without having a cent tc
jr for it, made my blood run cold
^CKtny thought occurred to me in a
^sV^Vand in a nervous whisper 1
r- % ** she had rubbers on
I " * ^^smay, sne answered:
r ^ ? oots are very light, too
- ^Cy'not think of walking. W<
^V-^et a carriage.'
"Of course, there was nothing lefl
W * for me to do but to face the music
f and I hailed one of the many drivers
who was anxious to get passengers
I assisted my fair Clorinda to a seat
and in a few moments we were whirl
ing along through the rain. Hardlj
had we gone two blocks when Clorindt
said she was hungry, and asked m<
to stop aivl get supper. My feelings
can easier be imagined than described
as I thought of my empty pockets
and tried to reason lier out of eatim
so late at night. All my arguments
. were fruitless, however, for my deal
Clorinda was not to bo thwarted.
"Thinking that fortune might be
friend me by some means then a rays
tery to mo. I ordered the driver t<
stop at the nearest restaurant. We en
Bte tored a saloon and took seats at a tabl
ggg| the centre of the room. I deter
PkI Jto eat as little as possible, bu
inda was not by any means so del
e, and quietly took the liberty of or
.ng what she wanted. In vain
zed around to see if by chance tin
^foon contained an acquaintance.; but
* to my dismay, not a familiar face wa
visible.
"As you may well imagine. I was no
in a hurry to leave the table, but m;
companion began to show signs of rest
. less anxiety to get home, so I though
. I had? better start and have it over a
soon as possible.
"I had formed many plans of how
w- was to pacify the cashier at the desk
but the wretch had more human natur
In him than I imagined.
"While walking down the saloon
turned to Clorinda and suggested tha
she had better go out and get into th
carriage while I was settling the bi!
and buying some cigars, which I wanl
'ed to take with me. To this, fortunate
ij. she made no objection.
"J. walked 011 till I came in front 0
the smiling individual who was wail
iug?for my cash, and with as bold a
k * . air of innoceuee as I could assurcn
^ ^ Pv ~
I told Mm I my pockctbook
In thg^iurry of getting ready
foi the jMZktre, but I would call next
i clay and settle the bill.
" 'Too thin a story to pass here, sir.*
he ejaculated. 'We do a strictly cash
business.'
" 'I don't want to be bullied about
such a trifle." I continued: but the man
had completely changed into a hog by
this time. and. coining out from his
place behind the desk, he looked wicked
enough to choke me then and there.
"T will call a policeman and have
you arrested.' he said, in a menacing
tone, loucl enough to be heard by all
the people in the saloon.
"My Mood boiled at the insulting
manner of the man. and I lost all control
over my actions.
"(iet out of my way and let me pass,
vou red-lieaded scoundrel.' I said, as
I made a dash for the door.
"A perioral scuffle ensued, and I bek
lieve I was giving him a few well
aimed blows, when, to my horror, a policeman
rushed in and collared me as
roughly as if I had been a Qiadman.
" 'What's this all about?" he demand'
ed of the clerk, who was blind with
rage.
" 'Arrest that man and take him to
the station house, and I will go down
and make a charge against him.'
" 'But let me explain,' I cried, in a
loud tone.
" 'Explanations at the station house,*
said the officer, as lie dragged me into
the street, where a crowd of idlers
had already gathered to see the fun.
"As I reached the sidewalk I saw the
carriage drive off at a rapid rate. I
learned afterward that Clorinda became
alarmed for her own safety, and
promised the driver a liberal reward
if he would drive her to her father's
house. This made mftters worse, for
it looked as if she were ai accomplice
of mine, and fled for fear of arrest.
, "Imagine the state of my feelings as
I was marshaled through the streets,
with a dozen rude boys yelling all
around me! When we reached the station
the usual preliminaries were gone
through. The saloon keeper appeared,
and made a charge against me of
'swindling, and deliberate assault without
provocation.'
"I told my story, but of course. It
went for nothing, as the policeman
gave his evidence in affirmation of the
charges, and I was hustled off to a
cell, to pass the night in thinking over
my troubles.
"In the morning I telegraphed to a
friend downtown, who soon came to
my assistance and paid a fine of J10
nnl.'/>/v l.^nACA/l nn
? 1IH.1I lUf i'UIIVr JVOUVf ilXJ|7VOCV* Vil
me. I went Lome to my boarding
house, and. as luck would have it. the
people in the house were ignorant of
my adventures during the night. I
suppose they thought I had been on
a spree, but they said nothing, and I
did not enlighten them.
"That evening I made up my mind
to call upon my dear Clorinda and her
parents, for the purpose of explaining
ray conduct. All through the day I had
been framing excuses which were, for
the most part. lies and equivocations.
When I reached the door, my heart
beat so strongly that I felt my courage
giving way, and I stood on the stoop
for several minutes before I could summon
sufficient courage to ring the bell.
"When the girl came to the door, I
asked if Miss Clorinda was at home?
She said. 'Yes,' and politely asked me
to 'take a seat in the parlor.'
"In a few moments the servant reappeared,
bearing a card with the comnlimonts
of her mistress. I glanced at
the card, and on it was written in a
clear, delicate hand:
** 'Have you sot rubbers on? Have
you the money to pay for your supper?
If not, I will lend you the necessary
supply. C. S.'
"I made a dash for the door, and was
soon in the street, fearihg that the
father might appear and kick me out
oC the house.
"And now. my dear boy, do you wonder
that I am still a bachelor? My advice
to you is?beware of sailinp under
i false colors."?New York Weekly.
The Grandmother'* Art.
There is the art of being a grandmother?one
of the most agreeable
I and useful of a woman's accomplish'
ments. . It has the joys of motherhood
| without its responsibilities. The
grandmother at forty is only the beginning
of a g-nndmother. At sixty
she has a small store of experiences of
whooping cough and college "scrapes"
and love affairs and weddings on
which she may draw as occasion re[
quires, but at eighty the accumulation
is really splendid.
t The grace and repose of the grandmother
preserve ideals for the younger
[ generation which the strenuous demands
of the world too often force the
mother to neglect. The art of staying
at home and yet keeping a traveled
. mind and spirit is not acquired before
t seventy.
"What are you going to do with your
. leasure?" asked a friend of a woman
of seventy, who was resigning some
of her lifelong duties to other hands.
; "I aiu coins to Have it.'' replica tne
1 wisp old woman, "and that will be
enough pleasure for the next ten yfars.
By that time I may want to do something
else with it."?Youth's Companion.
1 Voluntary Imposition.
General Sherman once had occasion
? to stop at a country home where a tin
- basin and a roller towel on the back
t porch sufficed for the family's ablu
tions. For two mornings the small
- boy of the household watched in siI
lenee the visitor's efforts at making a
e toilet under the unfavorable auspices.
but when on the third day the tooths
brush, nail file. wLlsk broom, etc., had
been dnly used and returned to their
t places in the traveler's grip he could
y suppress his curiosity no longer, so
:- boldly put the question: "Say, mister,
t air you always that much trouble to
s yo'se'f?"?Lipplncott's.
I Not a !Ua?terplece.
A Scotchman who had married a
e widow noted for her plainness, says
Harper's Weekly, was accosted by his
I employer:
t "Well, Thomas." said the latter, "I
e hear you're married. What sort of a
II woman is your wife?"
t- "Weel, sir," answered the Scot.
!? "she's the Lord's handiwork: but I
cannot say she's just His masterpiece.'^
f
t- There is no meat trust in Australia,
n There mutton sometimes sells for as
i, little as two cents pound.
? ?
Koatl Money!
9 ^NDER Section .">3 of the
New State Highway law
^ nil moneys collected for the
J repair and construction of
highways In any town are
paid to the supervisor of the town, who
is the custodian thereof, and is accountable
therefore, and who gives a
bond for the faithful disbursement and
safe keenlnsr of this monev. The mon
eys collected and received by the supervisor
are paid out upon the order
of the Highway Commissioner for the
repair and permanent improvement of
the highways of the town in such manner
as the Commissioner of Highways
and Town Board may determine and
direct. The Attorney-General has given
it as his opinion that under this
statute the Town Board as a whole
has one vote as to the manner in which
such highway money shall be used on
the highways and the Highway Commissioner
lias another vote, and that
there must be an agreement between
the Commissioner and the Town Board
before such money may be properly expended.
The Town Board and the
Highway Commissioner, in passing the
resolution as to the expenditure of the
highway money, are governed by the
following statutory regulations: First,
each mile of highway in the town must
be taken care of prior to June 1 in
each year. Each mile of highway must
have the loose atones removed once in
thirty days, from April 1 to December
1. Each mile of aighway must have
all waterways, ditches and culverts
opened and kept in order. The main
highways receiving the heaviest tratlic
in the town are entitled to more money
a mile spent upon them In their maintenance
than jthe roads having a lesser
amount of traffic going over them. A
road district having a large assessment
and contributing largely to the road
fund, but with light travel in that district,
is not entitled to have spent in
that district all the moneys raised for
road purposes in the district. Many
town boards try to satisfy each road
district by expending in that district
an amount of money equal to the
amount that that district contributes
to the road fund. This treatment is
not contemplated by the statute and is
not good business for the town. The
payment of the road tax in money is
primarily for the purpose of creating a
fund large enough to lirst take care of
each mile of highway in the town as
above described, irrespective of the assessed
valuation of the property adjawnt
trt that mile of hiehway. and. sec
ond, to place upon the highways having
the greatest traffic the greatest
amount of money per mile for their
maintenance, because this directly benefits
all of the taxpayers in the town
who have to haul their loads to market.?New
York Tribune.
Draining Maaaachnsetta Roadi.
Nothing nas occurred to change the
opinion of the members of the Massachusetts
State Highway Commission
regarding the use of Telford foundation
for road building. No return to
this method will be made. On heavy,
wet soils a centre V shaped drain has
been substituted for the side drains
and telfording. This idea of preparing
the foundation is unique, and will be
of interest to other road builders. The
report says: "The earth i9 loosened
and thrown out toward the sides 60 as
to give a Y-shaped trench, with its
greatest depth in the centre of the
roadway. Narrow trenches are cut
through the sides of this centre trench,
at intervals of fifty feet or more, con
Meeting its lowest part with the gutters
on the side, and placed at a depth
and slope thoroughly to remove all
water. The centre and cross trenches
are filled with field or wall stones, the
depth of this stone varying from twelve
to eighteen inches in the centre, and
from six to twelve inches on the sides,
the thickness being dependent on the
character of the soil in the sub-grade.
The tops of these stones are given a
crown to receive the surfacing material."
Earth, gravel or broken stone is
then spread in the usual way. This
method of draining has proved entirely
efficient, and so the question of cost
between this method and telfording
with side drains becomes the determining
factor.
The average cost of side drains on
twenty contracts made in 1903 amounted
to forty-seven cents per foot. In
1900 the average cost of telfording on
twenty-eight contracts amounted to
32.7 cents per square yard. Thus, the
cost per lineal foot for telfording, with
two side drains was $1207. or S3.S
cents for telfording and one side drain.
In building the V-shaped drain about
one-quarter of a cubic yard of earth is
excavated and about one-half a cubic
yard of stone is placed for each lineal
foot of road. On seventy-three contracts
the average cost of excavating
was 43.9 cents per cubic yard: for the |
stone in place the cost averaged 70.7
cents a cubic yard. Thus, the cost for
the drain is 49.2 cents per lineal foot
of road. Comparing these prices with
those for telfording, it is evident that
a saving of 77.4 cents per foot of road
is made over telfording and two drains
and 34.5 cents per foot over telfording
and one drain.
A Wealthy Waif.
A smart motor-car with a young man
and a pretty woman in it recently
drove up to a tiny tishing village on
the Brittany coast and stopped at the j
roadmender's cottage, which- was
empty for the time bring. The young
man sprang out with a large buudlc.
left it in the house, jumped into the
car again, and drove off rapidly in the
direction of Brest. The roadmender's
wife, on reaching home, opened the
bundle and found therein a healthy
baby about eight days old. Having
babies enough of her own. she put the
unwelcome Infant out of doors, and
calmly left it there. A p-.asant woman
passing by, hearing the child cry. took
pity on it and carried it to her home.
Undressing the baby she found ?2000
in banknotes pinned to its clothes, hut
not the least indication as to its identity.
She is going to be a devoted
second mother to the child, while the
roadmender's wife bitterly repents her
uncharitablene88.?London Telegraph.
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TRAININC THE BABY.
Bovr til* Walter* Frnmlly B?c?n to 1> I
cipltnc Their OfT?prlh|f.
After Mrs. Walters had "read up"
be subject thoroughly and tabulated
he results of her investigation. in her
nethodicnl mind, she told her husband,
?ays the Chicago News, that she was
;oing to make a change with baby.
We have been making a, mistake
A'itlihiin. Last night after dinner v.'e
ilayed witli liiui and rocked him for a
ru!I hour. Te-night ho is to bo put to
jed and left to go to sleep by him>elf."
Walters, nho is an extremely youthMil
father, was about to say that
ooking the baby was "part of the
*un." Fortunately he realized in time
:hat this was not likely to meet with
he approval of his wife's more serious
nind. so he suggested instead that
in by might cry.
"We must be prepared for that,"
Mrs. Walters said, gently but firmly.
'For a night or two he may cry very
nml. But conscientious parents will
lot neglect the best good of their chi.'.iron
because of a few tears."
Mrs. Walters did not give her reso.ution
time to cool. The baby, dimpled
iiul cooing and ready for his evening
rrolio. was put to bed and the door
closed upon him. At first he appeared
to regard this as a new feature of the
50me. From the next room his parents
jould hear occasional interrogatory
jurgles. Then there came a faint wail,
then a flood of invective in baby language.
?
"lie's calling us names now,' -said
Walters. "I'm glad he takes that Vack
rather than the plaintive."
He had hardly spoken when an earsplitting
shriek sounded from the next
iw?m Witters snranir from his seat.
but his wife waved him back.
"This is only what was to be expected.
Robert," she said, determined,
though pale. "He will cry hard tonight,
and possibly to-morrow night.
By that time lie will have learned his
lesson. All the authorities I have consulted
agree that It is impossible for a
healthy child of his age to Injure himself
by crying."
Walters suggested that it would have
been better to accustom him to the
change gradually. On this point, too,
his wife was firm, quoting her authorities
with irritating readiness. The
Walterses are a harmonious couple,
but this time they came near a quarrel.
"There, he's quieting down at last,"
said Mrs. Walters, triumphantly, and
she was right. Baby's frantic outcrie?
had given way to pitiful sobs. Presently
these also ceased, and Mrs. Walters
smiled across the table at her husband,
who smiled back. Both were so
relieved that the ordeal was over that
they were inclined to overlook whatever
might have been unpleasant in
the past.
"Now, you see, he's asleep. I'm going
to take a peep at him.
She stepped lightly across the room
and opened the dooi of the bedroom.
1DPI1 SlLll? UlltfrtU (l duiwo oivri*
shrieks compared to which baby's recent
exhibitions were as nothing. With
a bound Walters was at her side, fearing
he knew not what.
The baby layon the floor, a big lump
on his forehead, caused by hitting the
floor when he fell out of bed. He was
sleeping peacefully in spite of the fact
that there were undried tears on his
cheek.
Have Fan at Home.
Don't be afraid of a little fun at
home. Don't shut your house lest the
sun should fade your carpets, and your
hearts, lest a hearty 'augh shake down
some of the musty old cobwebs there!
If you want to ruin your sons, lot thorn
think that all mirth and social enjoyment
must be left on the threshold
without when they come home at night.
"When once a house is regarded as only
a place to eat. drink and sleep in. the
work Is begun that ends in gambling
houses and reckless degradation.
Young people must have fun and relaxation
somewhere; If they do not
find It at their own hearthstones it will
be sought at other and less profitable
places. Therefore, let the fire burn
brightly at night and make the homestead
delightful with all those little
arts that parents so perfectly understand.
Don't repress the buoyant spirits
of your children; half an hour's
merriment round the lamp and fireside
of home blots out the remembrance of
many a care and annoyance during the
day, and the best safeguard they can
take with them into the world Is the
influence of a bright little domestic
sanctum.?Chicago Journal. x
An Inspired Idiot.
Iteuben Fields, the Johnson County
mathematician, who is considered by
many to be an idiotic wonder, stopped
at a hotel in a small town in Henry
County recently. As usual in such
places, there were a number of drummers
on hand: there was also a meeting
of some medical men at %Ac place
who used the hotel as headquarters.
Cne of the doctors thought it would
!>-'? nnite a ioke to tell Fields that some
of the M. D.s. liad concluded to kidnap
hint and take out his brains to learn
how it was ho was so good In mathematics.
He was then asked by then
what ho was going to do about i:
Fields replied: "I will go on without
brains, just lika you doctors arc doing."
?Oak Grove (Mo.) Banner.
A Delphic Utterance.
As capable of varied interprcta'or
as the utterances of the ancient or.- les
was the speech made by a Swiss iwtfun
taiueor who accompanied the Stutfield
and Collie exploring expedition through
the Canadian Rockies.
They found it necessary to ford Beai
Creek, and Hans did not enjoy it. al
though lie faced it with exemplar?
fortitude. Once safely across, he
turned and surveyed the stream
gravely.
"Several times you cross it." he said,
enigmatically, "but yet once is the las.
time."
Hlltlnc Ant*.
As nearly every one is bothered once
In a while with ants, the remedy ad
vised by the Garden Magazine will be
iinercsting: Boiling hot water poured
into the holes will destroy large nuni
hers of the ants. An effective remrdj
is bisulphide of carbon poured Into tin
holes. This quickly evaporates and the
heavy vapor penetrates the lowes
depths of the runs, l'our in two table
spoonfuls at one spot. Bisulphide o1
carbon is iuflammable. so that it slioule;
be kept from fire or sparks tof fear 01
Ignition.
"
Veil*.
The draping of the liats with colored
veils has not yet arrived. Whether the
season will bring back the fashion is
doubtful. For traveling the double
veils are still worn. Fancy face veiis,
which were elaborate in design, are
ignored by well dressed women. The
best is of tine, plain net, with a few
v?ivei uuis uvcr uir BUiiatc.
There should not be more than two
or three over thfe face.
The small hats of the day lend themselves
well to veils, but there is a
growing tendency away from having
the face covered. The invisible hair
nets are worn loosely over the whole
head to keep the hair in place.
For real protection, women are more
apt to wear a colored chiffon veil to
match the hat. No matter what the
veil, it is usually fastened with a
fancy pin at nape of neck and at edge
of hat
How to Tint Lace*.
A secret worth knowing it: how tq
tint laces, chiffons, silk or crocheted
buttons, feathers, slippers, gloves, etc.,
to a gown shade. The process is
vouched for by the National Dressmakers'
Association, from whose journal
it is taken. The materials required
are oil paints in tubes and gasoline.
The gasoline is placed in a porcelain
bowl and the paint is dissolved in it.
The work has to be done quickly and,
of course, in a flreless room. Mix the
paint to the required shade in a saucer,
comparing it wi(h the goods till the
right color. When the exact tone is
reached mix with the gasoline and
dip the lace, or whatever is to be dyed,
quiekiy before the paint falls to the
bottom, as there might be a spot of
bottom. Do not let the goods touch the
paint there. A hairpin comes In handily
to hold the edge of the goods.
Shake out quickly and pin up to dry.
It is well to make a few experiment^
before risking costly material, but the
process is really not at all formidable.
The Blander of Economy.
Women have a good many sins iaid
to their charge, and extravagance in
dress is one of them. But there are
some instates in which this not wholly
feminine failing is commendable. It
was recently stated that in times of
financial depression men invariably
curtail their expenditure in dress,
whereas women go on arraying themselves
just as if nothing had happened.
This certainly counts one to them. It
may look like foolishness and heedless
extravagance on the face of it, whereas
it really goes a long way toward saving
a situation. Economy is a mistake at
such times. To begin With, appearances
must be kept up. To advertise
financial depression Is disastrous. It
is always distinctly encouraging to
have seeming evidences of prosperity
before the eyes. Again, if eveiybody
began cutting down expenses, as men
iriT-orinhiT- dr, Hfroetlv' stneks fall, there
would soon be little or no money in
circulation. Clearly women are in the
right?are they not invariably so??and
men wholly in the wrong in this matter.
Tailors and outfitters answer emphatically
in the affirmative. They
droop and pine, while drapers and
modistes flourish.?Indianapolis News.
Marriage Obligation* Mutual.
What part shall the husband play in
the drama of domestic economy, beside?
being the worker and provider?
Shall he help wash the dishes? Or
-1 " L ' * - Ar. rlinnoi* onH
snail 11? eui ma ui umu?.i uuu
retire to his club for the rest of the
evening, leaving his wife to the questionable
enjoyment of her own society?
No! to both questions. It takes two
persons to make a contract binding,
and in marrying both assume responsibilities
which should be carried out to
the best of their abilities.
These words from ''The F'dsoner of
Zcnda"?"If love were all!" would
make a good text for a marriage sermon.
Love isn't all?it .never has been
?and never will be.
The happiest marriages are those
where the duties they bring have been
conscientiously carried out. It isn't
a question of money! Where do jou
find happier fathers and mothers than
those who have ten or a dozen children
to care for and educate?
They married when they were quite
young?a mere girl and boy, perhaps,
and It has been a long struggle for
both to make both ends meet. But
they travel "hand in hand the long
road together." Unity of interests
J makes everything easy aud pleasura
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Winter Millinery.
Headgear grows more and more picturesque,
says the Delineator. One
of the quaintest designs is the Victorian
bonnet, with its wide brim flaring
up and out, a mode that is widely
becoming.
Ail flower ereations are having wide
popularity this season, though appropriate
only for theatre or matinee wear.
Xot only Is the toque frame covered
with flowers, but the Louis XIII. and
marquise shapes also are adorned in
this manner. Moss-roses, dahlias, vlo
lets and chrysanthemums are chiefly
i seen, roses perhaps being most in evij
deuce. The flowers of darker hue are
usually in conventionalized colorings,
while those of paler tints are more
strictly after the natural flora. The
all-feather hats are smart for all except
very dressy functions.
Felt hats are fashionable in spite of
the demand for those of velvet, the
handsomest being of atin felt. Fur
hats are made attrae 'e by floral
trimmings. Old rose is h "avorite color
in millinery for evening year and both
1 felts and plumes are *4hown in it.
riumes are in high favor for the fashionable
Cavalier hat. Brown, perhaps
more than any other color, is seen in
the large Cavalier models, though the
1 new rich greens that sometimes shade
' down to brown or to tea rose are also
' used. The sweeping paradise plume
adorns many of the handsomest of the
1 season's headgear and is frequently, the
.only trimming. . . '
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Plain DreiMi For Charch.
There is one section of the dress reform
which pleases many, and that is
the new fashion of dressing plainly
for church. The Sunday dress has
really gone out of fashion. is no
longer considered proper to wear one's
best clothes to church. The "best"
clothes must be laid away for worldly
pleasures, for the theatre or circus, and
the plainest gown, cr, in fact, the
every day outfit is to be worn on Sun*
days. Women of the East have leaned,
gradually toward this, and for some
time it has been noticed by strangers
that they look exceedingly plain when
attending church.
The light, fluffy and elaborate toilet
has been relegated to the matinee, the
reception and afternoon tea by the
smart women of the East, and in its
place is seen a quiet, unattractive
gown, which perhaps costs large sums,
but which is not at all conspicuous.
Of course the dark costume cannot
worn for church in warm weather,
but the styles of the dresses worn are
quite as simple and plain as they possibly
can be. The simple, plain, white
linen suit is quite popular for worship,
and these are anything but fancy in
their construction. As black is always
worn during the hot days black is conspicuous
among the church .goers ever
in summer time. For many years the
clergy have deplored the fact that
women bedeck themselves too elaborately
when attending services, and
perhaps through their persistent advice
and preaching the reform has
come abopt?Newark Advertiser. t "
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Pongee Walita.
"The woman who i? not looking for
waists that are high In price can find
the most charming things at a very
reasonable rate. There come lovely
pongee waists in the natural tones, or
what is called pongee color, also a pale
wood, or a light tan. This "color is
usually becoming and it goes well with
any dark skirt Suspenders are worn
with we smrt waist dy wose wijo ?*.t?
novelties.
The navy blue pongee waists are,
many of them, accordion pleated. Little
accordion pleats are laid all across
the front, and, upon a slim figure, they
are certainly pretty. .
It 19 a bad season for the woman
who wants to tub her shirt waist every
day of her life. She aims to be masculine
in her cleanliness and into the
tub her shirt waist must go every day.
' But, ir sne jooks into tne hnin wajat
question well, she will find thati6he
cannot always tub her waists and that
her 6hlrt whilst trunk will contain very
few waists that are meant for soap
and water. ?v.
Pongee waists are hardly made to be
washed nor are the handsome waists
of embroidered wash taffeta, nor the
wash satin waists nor the waists made
of the other so-called handsome washable
goods. But the question of soap
and the shirt waist is one over which
each and every woman must struggle
individually.
The woman who fs going to be very
English will find many opportunities
awaiting her. There are the Madras
suitings, which come in heavy weight
and in pale grounds, that are admirable
for shirt waists. These are in cream,
palp blue, light pink, tan, lilac and tne
faint shades of blue and gray. Nothing
could be neater than these suiting9
and they make up very well Indeed in
shirt waists. ?
The golf materials of the year are
linen, cheviot, heavy white canvas
suiting, pique and even denim. .The
object is to get a material that will
not grow limp and there can be nothing
too heavy for the purpose. There
come linen goods, thick as a board,
and just the thing for the golf field.
With these go the knitted caps, or the
stiff white linen sailors, and thus the
golf girl is pretty on the fields?Brooklyn
Eagle.
Foulards are passe. They have not
the slightest chance for being worn.
The polo turban or ''Tommy Atkln"
hat has taken quite a hold on the .women
of to-day.
Womon'Vho are skilled in embroidery
are employing their talent for the
decoration of shirt waists.
A vagary of fashion which is half
amusing and half vexing has developed
in connection with the eccentric curves
of some of the new hats.
At the hair dressers they are offering
all kinds of little bunches of false
hair, curls, knots, pnfTs, braids, with
hairpin attachments to wear under hat
brims.
For walking, the skirts are sometimes
four Inches above the ground. They
are stitched about the hem a great
many times, and are very much like
the rainy-day skirts.
The suede shoes, in colors, are popular.
They are extremely so with the
woman with a pretty foot, and they
greatly enhance the costume of one
color, when one-color schemes are carried
out.
Poraee is quite as much favored this
spring as it was last, and it comes in
such pretty colors, and they make up
in such pretty styles that women cannot
resist having several to hold the
summer out.
An important characteristic of the
season will be the profuse use of embroidery
around the neck, on narrow
revers, on vests and cuffs, especially on
cloaks and on tailor-made garments of
the dressier sort.
The buttoned-in-the-back lingerie
waist causes much woe by coming unfastened
at Inconvenient times. The
bright woman Iearr.s to cut off the
small pearl buttons as soon as the
waist comes f'-om the shop and to substitute
the more ^xpeqsive but reliable
i embroidered or. crocheted button. These
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The Russian Government has sent to
the California University College of
Agriculture specimens of the- famous
"black earth" of European Russia, 4
which is showing signs of deterioration.
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In the Trinity Rlvifc, Southeastern
Texas, where many pearls hate been
found, although apparently none of *"
very high value, lives a species of mussel
the shells of which are sometimes
five inches in length.
One of the most important engineering
problems waiting for solution to- -2
day, says Railway and Locomotive Engineering,
is a practical method of
using crude petroleum as the explosive
in internal combustion engines.
Inventors are now turning their attention
to the smaller details of the automobile.
One of the most recent patents
is applied to a wire frame -arranged
to sweep the rubber tires. This,
it is claimed, will avoid many punc- . 2*
tures.
Many of the officers of steamships ^
running to Boston, Muss., are afflicted
with a new eye disease which, for want y
of a better name, some of them call the
"fog eye." It is an inflammation
caused by peering into the fog, and, JH
while painfni, it soon passes away. *
The British Museum has approved
the suggestion that phonographic records
be made and preserved of the
voices of prominent singers, orators,
actors, etc., and the performances of
instrumentalists, now that the inde
structible nickel record can be made. Vr %
These will be stored in the musenm \
and not used until the next generation*
STRANGE PEOPLEi
A Newly Discovered Bece Similar to the
Cliff Dwellers.
Is there to be fonnd in the wild fastnesses
near Maguarichic, Chihuahua,
iu the Sierra Madre a remnant of the
ancient cliff dwellers who have remains
of their houses high np on the
cliff from Colorado through Arizona
and New Mexico far southward into
Mexico? Has such a remnant been '
found, or is the story on a par with
such tales of that of the band of
"striped horses" in a "beautiful valley" i
in the Sierra Madre and that of a remnant
of Apaches in a deefc inaccessible \ %
gorge called "The Hole" in the same
range in that State? The last two L ' I
mentioned stories have been exploded, A
but during tne last two weeaa mere
have come in stories from Ma guar- \ I
ichic, a small mining camp three days* C J
ride from Mlnaca, that a peculiar wild ,/
tribe.that build their houses high up /
In the cliffs had been found near there./
The story comes from Bon Good, atf
honest miner of that camp, in no wise
versed in anthropology.
The story as given la that M!r. Good
has seen the people and their dwellings.
Tlie people are said to be email
and swarthy and entirely different . \
from the Tarahnmaris Indiana and
Mexicans of that section. Their mode
of life is extremely primitive and they,
are very timid, avoiding contact with :
other people. They will molest no one unless
their houses or property are disturbed,
and then they will fight. Their
arms ore bows and arrows. When a
stranger shows up among them th?y
flea to their dwellings or the brush.
They cultivate small patches of beaus
and corn in the canons and valleys
near their homes.
Their language Is entirely distinct
from any other and their vocabulary
is small, probably 200 words, according
to a Roman Catholic priest. Father
Mariano Guerrero, who is said to have j
been among them. This priest saya "
they have at some time learned some- 4
hinsr of the Roman Catholic faith, and ?f
recognize him as a priest He says
they will allow him to approach near
enough when alone to bless fhem.
The Mexicans seem to know practically
nothing about these strange people
and take no interest in them. Around
Maguarichic many skeletons are found
in the caves in the mountain sides,
apparently Indicating thay they ma;
have been much more numerous up tc
the time of the advent of the Spanlards
and later.?Mexican Herald. ~'
, Character Is Csrtalsa.
Did you know you can tell a good
deal about character from window curtains?
A woman who has been running
around hunting a housemaid says
she knew as soon as she saw thejfront
of a house whether the person within
who had advertised for a place would s
answer the purpose or not. There
were houses with dirty curtains ot X.
cheap lace, looped back with soiled and
tangled strings; houses with filtiiy
window panes and no curtains at all;
houses where the curtains made a
feeble effort to keep up with the
tawdry style and houses where the
glass was clear and the curtaics poor
but SDOtiess. And in all cases the in
mates bore out the first Impression.
"The woman I finally got," sh? 6aid,
"came from a house where the shades
were green and pulled exactly ev?n
distances across the spotless window
panes. And I knew before I went'ln
how orderely the room would be. ahd^
how clean and neat a person she woqld
be herself."?Pittsburg Dispatch.
On tlie Lift. '
On one of the old turnpikes yet remaining
in the South a big touting
car had twice rushed through the ga:e
without paying toll. The third time
they made the attempt the tollman
8huf his gate, and brought them to a
stand. With indignation the half
dozen occupants of the car declared
they were "*1 od to ride fr r.
"Look r boan^said the
spokesmr; carriage,
cart or by 0:10 beast, li
cents: evrrwraditioiial toast. 2 coat.?.'
We're not drawn by any l^asc at ail."
"No; but. here's where ye corns In,
sab." ropiled iUe gunnl of the highway.
pointing' to another clause, a*
follows: "Every half cozen bogs, 4
cents. An' three times four la
twelve," be added.
The twelve cents was paid.?Harper's
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