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TH BRIGHT LITTLE GIRL. Her blue tye they bcuiu and they twin kle, Her lip hnve made mulling mure fair; On check ami mi brow there's no wrinkle, Hut tlium-uud of curU In Iiit hair. She's tittle you don't wUh her taller: .liiNt liiilr ihroiigb the teens u her uge; A ii'l liuliy or liul.v to cull her Were uiiii'tliliiK to puzzle u ni;i'! Iler" walk U fur lietler tlinn ilinn'lii; She Npenkii n h nnotlier might Mini;: Anil all liy mi imioreiit cliiincitig Like lambkin mill bird In the rinjr. Unskilled In the aim of the city, She' icrfect In imtiirnl grace; Khe's gentle, mill truthful, mid witty. And ne'er upend a thought on her face. Her fiiee, with the line (flow that's In It, As freh nx im apple tree bloom And. O. when wlie conic, in u minute, Like KiiiiheuuiH. she brighten the room. An taking In tnlnd n In feature. How ninny w ill nidi for her Kiike! 1 wonder, the HWeet Utile creature, What mirt of a wife iilie would make. -William Alliiighiiin, In New York Her- uld. A 1-1 "1 I J 1B eve of visiting her city eou litlle village beauty, Maiuie StevetiH, iniide elaborate jtreimrnllouH, She did not want them to think her countrified mid wns even tempted to bleach her brown bnlr yellow because the town politician's wife snlil It was the proper thing among the "Upper Ten" In the city. , The twin cousins went with their father to the station on the day Mainlu was expected. While they stood there arm In arm, eagerly watching the travelers as they filed past them, Grace exelulmed In a low tone: "Oh. Gertie, look at that dreadful girl!" The next moment the "dreadful girl" came up to them nnd said, with ensy self-possession: "Isn't this Uncle Will and the girls?" Grace nnd Gertrude managed to mur mur some words of welcome and then they took their seats In the carriage and were driven home In horrified sil ence. Having arrived, they left their mother to look after their guest and fled to their own room, where Grace threw herself upon the bed and gave way to tears. "Oh, It's loo bad!" she moaned. "And to think I was afraid of her being coun trified! Why, the greenest country girl that ever lived would be better than this!" "And she Is here for the winter!" cried Gertie, wringing her hands. "What are we going to (Id V I should be ashamed to be seen In puble with her!" "Uncle W ill" had escaped to the office us soon as possible, but Mrs. Stevens could not escape. In sore perplexity she attended to the wants of her young guoRt, ami was as courteous as possible, but she wns secretly filled with dismay. In very I nil It, what were they to do with her? At lunch the mother and the daugh ters were conscious of the look of well bred surprise on the faces of the serv ants, but Mamie talked ami laughed, nnd felt thai slut was iniikliig a tine im pression on her relatives. When she retired that night a satisfied smile was on her pretty face. "I think I have shown them that we nre not unite out of the world, If we do live In u little town," said she. Tho next morning she came down In nil the glory of her new silk dress, and greeted her cousins with: "Well. I am ready to start on my round of sight-seeing this morning." ''Hut not lu that dress!" exclaimed Grace, in spite of her mother's warning look. "This dross? Oh, certainly! This Is my street dress," Mamie replied, with airy complacency, willing to show them that she could afford nice things as well as they. "Isn't It too bad?" cried Gertrude, tearfully, wheu they went to their own room to prepare for their outing. "And Just think how quiet mamma has al ways kept us and how she has never al lowed us to associate with girls that made themselves conspicuous!" "l!o patient, girls," said the mother, with an attempt at comfort. "She seems to be n bright girl; perhaps she may soon discover that she Is not showing good t:iste." So the girls went with their cousin, and de oted themselves to her enter tainment, but It cannot be said that the experiment was a successful one. Wher ever they went people cast looks of sur prise and amusement at Mamie. In their sensitive condition the sisters no ticed these things with unusual quick ness, and perhaps gave tlicm undue prominence. They had worked them selves up to a nervous watchfulness, and wheu they were passing through one of the parks and saw a group of their schoolgirl friends approaching lis though to speak to them, with a horrl Ued glance at each other they turned sharply down a by-path, not quickly enough, however, to avoid bearing one of the group say: "Who can that be with Grace and Gertie?" "Looks rather 'freaky,' doesn't she? Where do you suppose they picked her up?" came to them In the clear, high tones of Fannie McGregor, the sareas- On I lie rIiis the tie Klrl. whom the whole school dis liked and feared. . Manila lind lieeu watching the swans, nnd tli Hliurp speeches hud fallen on deaf ears. Kho could not understand why the nixie hurried Iiiiiiih at such a rale when Hhe wn In Hie midst of lie iileiiNiire. She wrote to her mother that night: '"Grace and Gertie nre nice-looking girls, Inn n w fully prim mid dull mid not ut nil HlvlUli. I dress a grout deal heller Mm n they du tn.VHclf." For an entire week the sisters took their cousin here and there, doing their lieKt II H hostesses to entertain till guest; Iml at the end or that time tiley rebelled "I eim't endure It uny longer," Grace fried. throwing herself on the floor at her mother's Hide und leaning her head liiriilnst t lie motherly knee. "Uteres no hope of IIh getting any better, iimiu urn. (iertle and I nre worn out. hat do you think she did with that pretty, simple dress you bought her? I'ut It nwny In her trunk nnd wore that dread fill, loiid-lookiui: Milk Into the streets again: t lien t nsKeu tier wny Hue didn't wenr the new dress he mild) 'Oh, thnt'H ho plain: 1 shall wear It about the hoii.se.' " That's JtiHt the trouble," sold the quieter (iertrude; "she's no satlslled Mth herself. She rather look down on uh, 1 think. She anked me yesterday If we ever went Into 'sure-enough' soei- ety.' " They all In nulled, but Grace grew so- ber presently and her cheeks reddened. What shall we do?" the girls asked of their mother, and "what shall we du?" the mother asked of her husband, ml no one seemed able to answer. Mrs. Stevens felt a delicacy lu talking to the foolish girl, hccntlse he was her husband's niece aiid not her own. Mr. Stevens was a man who shirked un pleasant things, and this was certainly unpleasant. "And yet I don't like to have the girls go around with her," he said. "Some body ought to talk to her. Suppose we send for aunt Uebeeea?" 'Oh, Will, the very thing!" cried bis wife; so aunt Kobeecu was sent for and came. Nolmdy told aunt Itebecca anything, but the bright, sharp, little old woman, sitting In the chimney corner with her knitting, found out everything there was to be learned lu loss than two days, and within a very few hours bad the opportunity she wanted. Mamie was left nlone with her. It Is easy to see that you rule your mother, Mary." she said, with a sharp glance up over her glistening specta cles. Mane Stevens could iilwnys be pulled around In leading strings by anybody that chose to take the trouble, and I reckon you've got her under pret ty good control." Why, mint Uebeeea! What makes you think Hint'.'" cried the astonished girl. "Why, your mother's a lady, my dear," said the merciless old woman, "and If she'd had her way she'd a-seut you out looking like n lady." "I always look like a lady!" exclaimed Mamie, the blood rushing to her cheeks, and she rose to leave the room. Sit right down there, Mary," said the old huly. "I've got a lot of things to say, an I might as well say 'em right now. No. you don't look like a lady with that flashy silk on, and those high heeled hoots, nn' your hair nil faded out as It Is. A lady-like young girl won't dross in things that'll make people stare nt her. If you'll open your eyes you'll see your cousins don't tlx themselves that wny, an' I guess their mother is a pretty good Judge of what's best for girls." "I consider myself just as good as Grace and Gertie!" said Mamie, with an angry toss of her head. . 'That's just the trouble with you, Mary." retorted the pitiless old lady; "you think too well of yourself. You've come up here tliinuing you are very Hue nnd stylish, and trying to ape city manners the best you know how. What ir tilt y you've caught up only loud nnd flashy things instead of things that nre really kidy-like. Can't you see how dif ferent these girls nre? Can't you see that they dou't like to go out with you because you nttact a kind of attention no young girl should want?" Mamie started up again In a passion of weeping nnd tried to escape from the corner where the old lady had her fenced In. "Let nie get out!" she cried, stornilly. 1 am going straight home! I wou't stay here another day!" "Well, Mary," said the old lady, de liberately, "you can't get off before 3 o'clock, anyway, and I'd think It over a little, j ins visit should be n great thing for you, but you'll have to take n new start, sure-enough nice people don't like 'made-up' girls. They may overlook a great deal of 'put-on' lu so ciety women, but they like young girls to be simple nnd modest. Go and think It over, now, Mary. You've got plenty of sense, If you'll only use It, nnd you can see for yourself that you're mlght- y out of place in n house like this." The little old woman went on with her knitting us complacently as though she had been having the most pleasant conversation in the world, while Mamie l'.ew to her room and locked herself In. What wore ber thoughts there, what ber anger nnd mortification, what dreadful battle she fought with herself, no one knew. Two hours afterward aunt Itebecca saw her slip out of the bouse, nud the old lady's eyes sparkled when she noticed that Mamie wore the pretty, simple gown that Mrs. Stevens bad given her. After a while there was her step In the hall, aud she came quietly In swing ing her hat by Its ribbons. Her cheeks were flushed' and her yes sparkling, nnd they sparkled still more at aunt Rebecca's cry of surprise. "Yes; I've been to the halr-dresser's." she said, "and he said the only help for my hair was to cut It all off, and It would be all right In a month or two, so I had It cut. And I'm going to begin over again! Aunt Kebecca I really am. I've been awfully conceited, I know, but you've cured me of that, I think." Aunt Itchcccn's spectacles were moist, ) and she looked on with delighted eves! while Grace aud Gertie, at the first ! glimpse of .Mamie, rushed to her audi hugged her with Joy. "Hy the way," asked a lady of Mrs. Stevens a few weeks later, "who Is the lovely glii I have met several times with Grace and Gertrtlde? Shu Is so sweet and modest looking. I have been anxious lo meet her." And Mamie overheard the comment and went to lay her head lu aunt Ue beeea's lap. "I wonder what becomes of girls," she said softly,' "wheu they nre left to go their owu way, or when they wou't listen to older people, and go their owu way, anyhbw?" And it ti ii t Itebecca smoothed the brown hair lovlngjy. 'I am glad you listened." Lord Kelvin. James Thomson, the father of the eminent Lord Kelvin, wus the sou of a farmer In the north of Ireland. He had few outward advantages, but his In born thirst for knowledge conquered all the dllllcultlcH, and he became a thorough mathematician And professor of mathematics lu the University of Glasgow. Lord Kelvin, though uot ruiiuii.ii, in wi iii.il i ii iiiiiitYiinoo ui wim-i actor regarding which It was said. "Of hlldlsh. Is of that chlhlllkeness of char such Is the kingdom of heaven." A writer lu Good Words sketches the dis tinguished professor as follows: He has one strange peculiarity. While the higher mathematics tire as easy lu hlin as the alphabet, he often appears puzzled when a sum Is presented to him In ordinary numerals. A question of imple addition placed In this way on the board will sometimes lend to the query being put to the clnss or to an as sistant, with a certain funny look of helplessness, "How- much Is that?" Ills power of abstraction Is extraor dinary. He Is never without his note book, which he carries In his pocket nd produces nt the most unexpected times. v I have seen him when on a visit to a country house, lu a crowded drawing room, with nil the jabber of conversa tion going on lu full flood, sitting with his note book, nnd tilling page after page with intricate calculations, seek ing the solution of some problem which awaited Investigation. He can do this In railway carriages, and lu a storm at sea, as calmly as In his library. He will get himself prop ped up lu the corner of his cabin nud set to work, and become so absorbed as to be unconscious that there has been a gale blowing while he was at work.' ' And yet, If recalled to ordinary life by some passing questioner, his gentle face lights np with Interest, when oth ers, more self-conscious than he, would display Irritation. Indeed. I never knew a mnu loss self-conscious. . He Is absolutely without affectation or any thought of self-importance. He will converse with a nobody lu a man ner so respectful nnd attentive ns to make that nobody Imagine that he him self has been delightfully Interesting and eveu informing to IiOril Kelvin. This arises from the simplicity nnd sweetness of a great nature. Any Old Place Would lo. A short man with red whiskers, shambling gait, nnd the remains of a jag, wandered Into the Midland -last evening and nsked for a typewriter's studio. lie lives lu Kansas,, not far from Topekn, nnd had been here at tending the football games. Luck had walked on the same side of the street with him In the matter of bets, nnd he wanted to stay another week. But his wife expected him home, so he was In search of a typewriter to send home a letter to serve as nn apology for his non-appearance. "Kansas City, this date, ninety-six," he muttered to the typewriter. "I have that." "My dear wife." "Yes." "Very Important business will re quire my presence In Osawatomie for a few days " 'Let's see," Interrupted the artist "How do you spell thnt Osawatomie?" "Spell It yourself. It's your type writer." "I can't." "Can't spell Osawatomie?" he asked In disgust. "No." "Then I'll go to Fort Seott."-Kansa City Journal. Would Talk in French. Fred Homer, a successful English ndapter of French plays, while dining In a hotel somewhere In the "prov inces," nsked In most Impressive fash ion: 'Teut-on fumer lei?" To which the waiter replied, wearily: "I don't under stand a word of French, sir." "Then, for God's sake, send me somebody who does!" shouted the Irate adapter. A Bee's Wright. Careful weighing shows that nn or dinary bee,' not loaded, weighs the five-1 thousandth part of a pound, so that It fifty.tou hammer of shipbuilding es tab takes S.rtXibees to make a pound. Hut laments, some of which weigh as the loaded bee, when he conies in fresh from the fields and flowers, loaded with honey or bee-bread, weighs nearly three times more. Speed of ihe Hurricane. It Is said that a hurricane holds the best time on record for one mile, cover ing the distance In half a minute. Then a balloon has done the mile In forty i seconds. The third place Is held by a ' railway engine, In 63.77 seconds. The State of Illinois has used this j year more than 4,000,000 barrels of j beer. OUTGENERALED, Costumes Were Not In tbe Contract, but 8be finally Got Them "I've heard a good deal about coer cion," said the man with a heavy mus tache and a big gold watch' chain, as he leaned over the desk of a Washing ton hotel. "Hut It's my opinion that the public In general dou't know what coercion Is. Just wait till you get worn en lu politics; then you'll lind out some thing about It." "Have you ever had any experience with women In politics'" Inquired the clerk. "Xotr with women In politics. But I've just hud experience with a woman lu business, which shows how quick the, sex Is In recognizing an advautuge aud how heartless It can be In making use of It., I ruu a dime museum. One of my chief attractions Is a bearded lady. About two weeks ago her husband came to me and suld that she, wan ted some new costumes; that she was tired of trying to keep up appearances with her old ones. I just laughed ut him; but he assured me that she was In ear nest. I told him to tell his wife that we weren't paying her milliner's bills. He went away and came back with tho message that she wasn't going to be put off; that she wanted three new dresses, and that she wanted 'em mndo by the most expensive modiste fii town. 'What'll she do If she doesn't get 'em?' I nsked. 'She's awfully set In her own way, lie answered; 'I slioumu t no sur prised If she resigned right off.' I - taK,,w, ' Mm again and told him that I had a contract with her for the sea- sou, which It would cost her more to break than she could earn lu six months." j "That ought to have settled It," the i clerk remarked. I "It didn't, thuugh. In less than ten minutes he came back to my olllce In a run. 'You've got to compromise some how,' he said. 'You've always been a friend of mine, nnd I don't want to see you get the worst of It.' 'She enn't get around that 'contract,' I answered, be ginning to feel a little apprehensive. 'She Isn't going to try to. She says she'll stay her time out and appear every afternoon and night ns she agreed to. Hut when I left her Hhe had her things on, and you'll have to ruu If you want to catch her; by this time she's half way to the bnrber shop. She's go ing to get shaved.' "Washington Star. Entitled to the I'rize. Some years ago there lived lu Eng land a certain bishop who Vas extreme ly pompous, nnd very fond of Impres sing upon the minds of the poorer peo ple the evil of doing wrong. As they never seemed to do aught but wrong In the worthy mnu's opinion, It some times became irksome to these people to hear him constantly admonishing them to do right. One of the bishop's habits was to visit the miners n short distance from his city, and his presence grew familiar to these tollers. During one of his calls 'he found a group of them talking together, nnd nfter a few preliminary words on his customary subject of doing right, he nsked them what they were talking of. " "You see," said one of the men, "we found a kettle, nnd us has been er-try-Ing who can tell the biggest lol to own the kettle. The bishop was duly surprised, and read the men n lecture In which he Rpoke of how strongly the offense of lying had been Impressed upon him wheu he was young, nud how he had never told a lie In the whole course of his life. He bad hardly finished when one of the men cried out: ' "Gl'e him the kettle, Jim! Gl'e him the kettle." Harper's .Uound Table. Knew the Ililrie. At one of the recent revival services held nt noou In Old Epiphany Church a ragged, unkempt tramp walked In, apparently supposing It to be a charit able soup establishment. When he saw his mistake he started to go out, but wns stayed by one of the evangel ical workers. "Stop with us," he said. But the tramp persisted In going out, saying: "I'm In de wrong place." "No, you're not," responded the evangelist; "we nre glad to see you." "But," said the tramp, "youse are all strangers ter me." "That may be," replied the other, "but we are all servants of the Lord, and the Lord, you know, went among strangers." "Yaas," sententlously add ed the tramp, "and they didn't do a thing ter him."- Dumfounded by tho display of Biblcal learning, tbe gentle man allowed the tramp to pass, and when outside the door he was observed to sigh deeply and walk rapidly away with the air of a man who had Just es caped with his life. Hammers. Hammers are represented on the monuments of Egypt, twenty centuries before our era. They greatly resem bled the hammer now lu use, save that there were no claws on the back for the extraction of nails. The first ham mer was undoubtedly a etone held In the hand. Claw hammers were in vented some time during tbe middle ages. Illuminated manuscripts of the eleventh century represent carpenters with claw hammers. Hammers are of all sizes, from the dainty instruments used by the jeweler, which weigh less than half an ounce, to the- gigantic much as fifty tons and have a falling force of from ninety to 100. Every trade has Its own hammer aud Its own way of using it- Fro;s. Were It not for the multitude of storks that throng to Egypt every win- eTe ,vouIJ 00 liyin ln P0,M Inr,s of the countrJ - ry in- mutation frogs appear la devastates swarms. Daisy Is beginning to show that she Is not one by writing her name Dalcey." COMPLETELY LORE OF '.i; WEDDINQ RING. SOMU curious Information wi'l bv uiienrthed by anyone who under takes to explore the history of the wedding ling. Fur Instance, among the Anglo-Saxons the bridegroom gave a pledge, or "wed," nt the betrothal cere mony. This "wed" Included a ling, which was nlaced on the maiden's right hand, where It remained until, nt the niiirrlage, it was transferred to tho left. English women nt one time wore the wedding tint: on the thumb; many por traits of ladies in Queen Elizabeth's days are so depicted. .In. the reign of George III.. brides usually removed the ling from Its proper abiding place to the thumb as soon as the ceremony wim over, lu Spain the gift of a ling is looked upon ns a promise of marriage, and is considered sulllclent proof for a maiden to claim her husband. It Is a custom to pnsvS Utile pieces of bride's cake through the wedding ring, und those to whom these pieces nre given place them under their pillows at night to dream of their lovers. These "dream ers," ns they ' nre called, should bj drawn nine times through the ring. Many brides, however, nre so supersti tious that neither for thnt purpose;, nor nt any other time, will they take the ring off their linger after It has ouce been placed there. Novelties In I'in Cimhlons. A pincushion always seems to All a want uo matter where It goes. One novel design has a top made of cotton and covered with browu velvet to repre sent a cattail. The leaves are of crino line, covered with satin, and the stem Is of coarse wire, also covered with ribbon. The leaves can be bought for a penuy or two nt auy store and will cost less than ribbon for covering paste board or other stiffening. Another odd little trifle Is the pea pod pincushion. It Is 4i Inches long by Vj In the widest place and Is covered with bright green CATTAIL rj-VCUSItlOJf. sntlu drawu smoothly over pea pod shaped pieces of cardboard. The cush ion proper, which stuffs out the burst ing pod, is also covered with green satin and has peus painted down the center. Loops of green bnby rlbboa are fastened at the stem end. A coal scuttle pincushion Is made of copper colored 'velvet. ' Inside It Is a black satin,' cushion for pins. Then comes n cigar pincushion of giant size. This should be covered with brown sntiu of the right shnde nnd must be tied round and suspended by yellow china ribbon of narrow width. Care of the Hair in Youth. Wheu girls are young it Is far more Important that care should be used lu dressing their hair than when" they have attained the years that are sup posed to bring discretion. Hasty comb ing often breaks the hair, making It rough aud uneven. Wheu It becomes matted brush out ns much of the tangle as possible, and with the fingers care fully separate the hair Into strands be fore using the comb. . It is a mistake to think that girls' hair should be cut often In order to make It grow thick. It makes the hair coarser, but not thicker. Weak, thin hair Is a sign of imperfect health, and Its existence should set a mother to a careful examination of her growing girl. She is not getting proper food, Is not sleeping enough, or In some way her normal vitality is not being kept up. It is also a mistake to wash the hair too often, as It makes it dry and brittle. One of the best cleansers and strengtheuers for thin hair with a tendency to fall out is rosemary ten. All preparations for the purpose how ever, should be used with the utmost care to the end that no injury be done to either tlie hair or scalp. fmart W- in :n of the Time. Xo word which is applied to women is go often misused as "smart." It is tak en to mean almost anything from a tricky, scheming woman to one who Is dressed in becoming fashionable style. "There Is no very perceptible outward and visible sign about the smart wom an." says an English periodical "except tbe general impression which diffuses of being well groomed without and within. Actual beauty does not enter Into debate. She Is np to date and up to snuff, and that is just what society love and cherishes in its bosom. Her toilets, however simple, are Irreproach able aj to style and fit. The smart TI- woman will d.v.'iitate a homo with .f nnnii equanimity i. i hough she were chasing cats from tint tiles. Her only love Is i lie reflection of her own face, 1 ln echo of her own .ambition.. If it flirtation menus .vdvar.cemcnt she will go lu for It tooC: fin.) nnd, and If It falls slmii ((f her oxiic-ctnflons she will drop It like a roasted chestnut." For Toilet Tlilntu nnd Mrdlctnc. .Medicine bottles nnd toilet thin;: have a v.uy of olljctins In obtrusive nud Intiiiivemc-jit array on the wash stand. A ne;l llltle liomo-mndu culiiuet obviates this. It Is node out of three empty cigar boxes ut-id on the plan of a bracket. Take three boxus nnd strip tlicm of all labels by veuking them lu bolllnj water. The lids you will, not want. When the boxes are cleun, bet them nside to dry, and when In a lit slate paint them with ebony enamel or green water stain, -or, If you like, slzo them first and follow on with a coating of walnut or mahogany sntlu. The color chosen should corteapond, If possi ble, with the turnouts of the mini. Ap Uly two coatings of paint, letting one qrj mm, A AIEDIC1NB CAUI.VET. dry before putting on the next. Where the boxes nre Joined It Is unnecessary to apply nny eclor whatever, nnd, Indeed, the glue will adhere all the better If there la none. Notnlng can bo simpler than the nrrnngemeut of the cabinet, as the boxes require no cutting and no shelves. All yoii have to do when you have prepared them Is to glue one box endwise between the other two, which nre fixed upright. These two end boxes should exactly accord ln size. The center one may bo larger or not, Just as you choose. The easiest wny of fixing little curtains upon the boxes Is to gather the silk upon three bands of tape, securing these bands to the wood with tiny gilt pins. Possibly you may have some soft silk by you which will answer the purpose; otherwise get three-quarters of a yard. Measure It Off accurately before cutting It, taking the height aud width of your boxes and allowing ns much fullness as posslble. Chlcugo Chronicle. , Itonmln'X a Society Hud. Not infrequently It happens that when a girl Is ou the eve of making her fashionable debut members of the fam ily indulge In such a vast amount of preliminary pulling that they overshoot the mark. Then Immediately after her first appearance, when she comes down to receive a mciulng caller, the hitter Is appealed to lu a whisper: "Isn't she lovely?" Theu dear mamma falls upon her child and there Is nn audible oscula tion, resembling the sound that Is pro duced by the big brother accidentally treading on the pet kitten. One sister whispers to the old friend of the family, summoned to welcome the bud from school: "Djd you ever see such eyes, such dimples, nnd her figure, Isn't It rnvislmigly beautiful?" And so it goes. Miss Bud, fed upon the Intoxicating fumes of family ndoration. wonders when she goes to the first assembly ball that the men don't cripple one another lu the mad rush to claim dances, nnd when many of the young gentlemen who habltunlly haunt the house, nre visibly absorbed ln other buds, the sparrow-on-the-housctop feeling comes over her. Fad for Cut GIubo. Cut glass conies next to gold and sil ver (Indeed, nt present It rather ranks nbove tfie latter metnl) in value for wedding gifts. Among tho presents re cently received by the daughter of a ten times millionaire nnd the prospective bride of nn equally rich mnn was a barrel of cut glass, and it was reckoned AN F.XQC1SITK VINAIGRETTE, as worthy a place among the best of the magnificent gifts. The cutting on one beautiful little vinaigrette in this ware is unusually rich and very artis tic. The rosettes on the sides have centers that alone are worth examin ing, and the rest of the surface is cross hatched. The fineness of the cutting Is remarkable. The stopper and neck are of gold, the fornjpr being exquisitely chased. The tiny empire fan dangling from a chain puts the finishing touch on a evening tailet i