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JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE. if for the little while ,T!iat life haa left to me, fair fortune' mile t Could rent upon mo: If my closing dnya Could be like tliiii October,, all ablaze W'ltb gold ami scarlet; if 1 only might Have hands both of silvery' delight, And ull tlint wen It h can buy, or wealth refine, CoM be ut my command ' at-wish of mine, , Just for a little while! My child, take w hat In given to-day A little money for a little way. If for the little while That life ha left to me, the Muse's smile Could ret upon me; if my closing day Could bo like I Ilia glad morning, all ablnxe With 'sunlit fleldfand mountain tops of thought, . .!' My poems be In every uiiiKUflge sought; If all that noblest genius can combine Could come together at some word of ' mine, -, , Just for u little while! , . My child, take w hat Is given to-day A little knowledge for a little way. ' If for the little while That life Iihk left to me, full tiiHiiy a mile On land or tea. to east or went or north. Across the world, I could at lust go forth; If I might mount the heightM of Orecce or Home, I ii mead of climbing little bills at home; If I might nil the Alpine mountain" view, Inwtead of watching shadows ou Mt. Blue, .luxt for a little while! ' My child, take what is given to-day " A little climbing fur a little way. , t If for a little while . ' : I I could bo rich; if pile on pile Of gold or gem could be at lust my own, To take mid keep, or to be let iiloue; - If I could have enough to give away To every sufferer, bid the wanderer stay ' And eat mid drink IiIh till; If every eye jooked up with gratitude an I paused by, .Inst for a little while! My child, take what is given to-dny A little help for a little way. any good to pile up money wlieu b bus uo one to upend It on," Here hi reverie wua cut abort b.v tbo entrance of a clerk who bunded him tin envelope, snylug: "A boy Just brought tbl." - i wo puier dropped from the en velojic as be tore It open. The first Mas a lint, Including n loaf of bread, kjiu toes, crackers, dried beef, and a few other articles. He glanced ov'eij ip and onned the other. It was Lilian's uote: "Dear Mr. Davis: A little girl In my roiu Is crying becuuse she bus hud no breakfast. Her name Is Agues (!rig- ory, itnti nor tuotber Is a poor widow who live on the third floor of No. 4 Hampton street, Please so'tul the thing ordered at once. I will come In after schoorand pay for fhehi. And. Mr, Davlsi; please give good weight. Truly yours, ,. UI.IAX H.MSLl." , Mr. Da'v.lif 'had been u friend of the Snell family for years, and It was not the first time, that I.lllau bud appealed to him for liclpln her charitable work. Ho that wits not the reason that so strange a look came Into bis honest brown eyes. , . "Agues Gregory, uud lives ou Hamil ton street," be murmured. "It surely must Ik Margaret' child, Good God! Margaret ' und her child wonting bread!" A half hour later Mark Davis was making bis way up the stairs to the floor upon which Mrs. Gregory's rooms were situated. His knwk ut the first diKtr was answered by a red-fuce woiiinu. "Mis Gregory, Is It you air, want In'?" she asked sharply. "And It's no I If for the little while That life has left to me, affection's smile Could rest upon me; if my closing days Could be, like starry evenings, ull ablaze With blessedness; if lips I love could say "It la no good to be with you to-day;" If all that heart can hold of happiness Could bo my owu, unfathomed, measure less, ' Just for a little while! My child, take what is given you to-day A little loving for a little way. Julia H. May. 0001) WEIGHT. Lillian Knell, teacher of the first grade In building No. ,'1. public schools of Windsor, turued quickly from the blackboard whereon she hml lsen ' drawing n pert wreu swinging on a spray of clover. "Who Is crying?" she ticked, In a sweet, Urtn voice. "It Is little Agues Gregory," volun teered a dimple-faced boy who sat near. Miss Snell crossed the room and bent over the child. "Agnctt, little sunshine lassie, what Is It? Cun you not tell uiu all about It?" Sobs wore Agnes' ouly reply. Miss Knell kissed her gently, then went back 1o her work. When It was finished and the children all provided with work, she lifted the sobbing child and tender ly carried her to the teacher's desk. Hwe, somewhat removed from the curious little ones, Milan set about soothing her pupil. Agnes wns a pretty fair-faced child of 0. She had sunny blue eyes and her hair, a golden chctdmit, curbs! about her face and neck. Her clothing was clean, but well worn, and Milan no. tlced tbo gaping bole lu the tiny shoes as well us the thinness of the faded dress. Noticed It with a symimthetlc thrill of the heart that throhltcd with something of the divine spirit of moth erhood toward tlu children lu her euro, Agnes' story was soon told. Her widowed mother bud had no breakfast for her little ones. "I don't care so much about myself, MUs Suell," the child went on artless ly, "'cause I'm mamma's brave girl, but when little brother Royee wakes up be will be so hungry, and be Is only 3 yours old. He does not know be mustn't cry." A little more questioning and Lilian learned that some one owed Mrs. Greg ory for sewing, also Unit she 1ionh1 to have dinner ready when Agnes cume home. Lilian looked out Into the driving storm of u January forenoon. She knew Mrs. Gregory, and her heart ached for the pale young mother. MUs Suell was quick of thought and action. Ten minutes later Agues was In a warm cloak room feasting In the dainty lunch Mrs. Suell bud prepared for her daughter's midday meal. The young teacher bad wrltteu a note and a list of articles of food and was at the door of the room across the ball. The teacher, Florence Fox, listened sympathetically to Lilian's story and to the suggestion that her own 12-year-old brother Is? called from the sixth grade to deliver the note. "Of course, Frtd can go," she cried, "and, Lilian, you say you have writ ten to Mr. Davis the circumstances aud asked him for good weight. I'll send an order to Cousin Hugh for a half cord of wood, tell him tbe story, and ask him for good weight." A faint crimson flush stained Lilian's check, but she warmly thanked her friend ami hurried back to her work. .Mark Darla was a stout, geulal-faeed man of 38. He sat In his otllce, his morning's work at his book Just fin ished. Through the open door he could see brisk clerks stepping about In the grocery store from which the office opened. There was an odor of spices, co (Tee, fruit and fish In tbe air. "Eight hundred dollars more profit this year than laat." tbe grocer said to himself. "Somehow It don't do a man bad news you ulr after brlnglu' her, hojie." "I wanted to deliver some groceries a friend bus sent her." The clouded face cleared as If magic. "Heaven s uiessin lie on you neuu, tneul JJIs Gregory, she s gone out, but I've her key here, and will nil lock the door. That's her by, and swate child he Is." Mark eagerly looked al the pink and white face of the loy. He held out great golden orange, and' little Roye sprang for it, his childish laugh echoing through the room. Then the grocer followed Mrs. Douovan to the home of Margaret Gregory. It was a bare place, but clean and neat. Mark sighed as he noted the signs of object jKverty. While the de liverymn.ii was bringing up the parcels, Mrs. Dona va n volubly explained that Mrs. Gregory had gone to try to ge money due her. The wurm-hearted Irish woman had surmised that fortune was ut low ebb with her neighbor, partly because of little Itoyce's unusual fretfulness, which hud been quieted by u huge slice of bread aud butter. "She's worked her precious fingers 'most to the bone," she concluded, "but work's scarce, and I don't know what's ever golu' to become of her and her babies." Tbe wood soou cume. Florence's half cord bud been re-enforced by a whole cord, perhaps because she had written her cousin that the needy widow was a protege of Miss Knoll's. As to Lilian's order for groceries, Mr. Davis hud added to it a sack of flour, a bam, coffee, tea, sugar, apples, cookies, cheese, canned fruits and meats, and a big bag of candy. Mrs. Donovan went back to her own room, ami the wagons rolled away. Mark hastily built a tire, then sat down to think how best to explain the liberty he had taken, Tbe bare room faded from his vision as he sat there. In Its place conic an old couutry garden overgrown with roses uud clematis. It was Jnue, aud the air wan heavy with the sceut of many blossoms. Ky his side was a beautiful girl In whose curls the sun shine seemed entangled. He bent low er, and the rose-rod lips of bis com panion murmured, "I love you, Mark." Still lower his head sunk until his lips touched the ones that hud uttered the swet words. A start, and he sut upright, glancing around him, That was ten years ago. He was poor then, and Margaret, beau tiful Margaret Henson, had been the only daughter of a wealthy home. So their engagement had been forbidden. They parted, vowing eternal constancy, A year later Margaret became the wife of Vance Gregory, but It was not until mouths after that Murk learned of the treachery aud deceit ' Unit hud been employed to urge lu to that step. It was too late then. There was nothing to do but to endure. He bad known for some time that Margaret was a wUlow and lived In the city. He knew nothing of her poverty, supposing that her uieans were ample. To go to her now with a story of love had never occurred to him. She knew nothing of what had parted them. He could not blacken the memory of the man who had beeu her husband, the father of her children. He sprang to his feet. There was no need of an explanation. He passed out, pausing for a final word with Mrs. Donn van. "Tell Mrs. Gregory the tilings came from the teachers at No. 3." "To be sure, Mr. Davis," responded the woman, who bad recognized Mark, "I'll tell her all 'bout It. And many the lilissln's of all the saJnts rest on your dear bead!" Murk hurried away, leaving a shin ing sliver dollar in Itoyce's band. It was only a few minutes after his departure that a thinly clad woman came tolling wearily up the stairs. It was Margaret Gregory. The woman who owed her was out of town. The needy mother had applied at several places for work, only to meet with re fusal Then she bnd gone to a store and begged for credit, but In Tain. She had reached the end. There was but one way open. She would ask Mrs. Dona van to give ber children their din ner. When she bad rested and con quered the bitter rebellion In ber heart she would go eat again and apply to the city for charity. Murguret Gregory was proud. She was already faint for the waut of food, yet she turued In loathing from the thought of a meal obtained In that way. It would be worse Hum death, but death docs not come ut one's cull,' and there were her bubles, A dry sob burst from her litis three disputed inches And What They Have la !o with Lawyer's Advice. "Many foolish cases ui-.( brought Into he courts," observed all old lawyer. "My advice to my clients has always ei, been been lo keep out of the courts. I passed Mrs. Donavau's door In silence. She must have a moment to herself Is-fore she could ask charity of one so Kior as her kind neighbor. Hurrying! ou, she pushed open her own door Uprej croi remember a case In which one neigh bor was Involved lu u dlstrekslng con troversy with another. The nelghlior who was sued for damages hud built a house on a corner lot, and wheli the A bright fire was blazing lu the crack-! ''"" '" erected the other nelghlior ed smve. Mrs. Donaviiu had prepum! discovered that It had encroached tion potatoes for the oven and cut slices alsiill lliree IiicIicm of bis laud. They ready, for frying from the ham, The i '""I words aud the mail who had opeti door of the wood closet showed a ,lie house hired me lo defend him huge pile, while the table was heaped .'" 11 M,lt I'i'ouglit by the other man. high with food. , Well, after much trouble. I brought For a moment she stood ga.lng wild- ,,l,',n 'K'lher and tried to procure a ly around her. Then she dropis-d on , set I lenient out of court. They argued ber knees, unit with a shower of tears wllu ulwsert each oilier and would relieved her overwrought nerves. . ' " agreement. The land was fhe next day's mall brought a letter worth r, root; three Inches there from Margaret to Mr. Davis. The i i"1'" worth about f la.nii. writer had gone to Miss Snell to thank 1 l;ll,,nt he had better s-t. habit, w her. From the young teacher she had ' ",'- ,vas right; be wouldn't. So i show fo learned of Mark's connection with the ""' ,'"M' WH "hugged along lu one affair. court and then another for over a vear. It was nu earnest, gruteful letter. When finally my client hud lost the blotted here uud there with tear si a I lis. 'ase had cost him about twenty times Ihe amount of money Involved and much menial worry, caused b.v hard feelings. It was Tolstoi's story of the two neighbors who hud a filMing out over nothing ull over again. They lived Nio accepted his generosity; for her children's sake she could not refuse charity. She referred to the frlendslilii that had existed between their parents. ml .Mark was glad that she was too womanly a woman to even hint ut the ; Hiereu Iter ou constant enmity, never speaking to each other ami heartily de testing each other, while their children were mired to foster this feeling. One felt that he hud been robbed, and the other that It had cost him a great deal of money to get what was his. It was as near a feud as might well exist In a relation they had once borne to each ither. When he finished reading the letter his heart was light, for he un- lerstood that Margaret knew of the reachery that had blotted the sunshine out of his life. Mark went straight home and told Cro ncMle Hiding. NDOl'BTKDLY much of the j ml Ice against the use of tbe ross-saddle by women arises from the vague and Indefinite Idea that women who thus ride ure attired In trousers or "tights" or hideous bloom ers or some such uiifeiiilnlne dress. Many express great surprise ou first sight of a ludy rider tastefully and be comingly cost limed In a cross-saddle habit, as the appcurunco presented Is so different from that anticipated, says the breeders' Gazelle. A capital Illustration came lo light at the Kansas City horse show lust September. Mrs. H, I. Colegrove of Chicago, the In ventor of tbe best-ftttlug cross-saddle on the medal offered ut that for such a costume. An old-time twiddle-horse man ftluii Missouri mani fested much Interest In the tulk about the "new-fangled" style of riding for wonieu, and after Mrs. Colegrove had been at the show for u couple of days I he asked her "when she was going to put on her queer riding clothes." only to be unitized by the answer that she had been wearing the costume for two (lays! The habit Is so made that wheu the rider Is dismounted It appears like an ordinary street dress. . . and will not bo concealed by art. But the frown caused by superficial trou bles should not be entertained by tbe fuce for (in Instunt. We should strive to look as plcasaut as possible for tbe suke of others; a corresponding cheer fulness of teniperument will Inevitably result and always to the sweetening of our nature. Wo cannot afford to go about with gloomy faces. To depress others Is not for us; our work Is to cheer, lo raise up, to comfort, but we shall never do tills unless we cultivate 4 a pleasant demeanor and cheerful tern- per. It Is a duty to put care, worry and fret fulness behind one.. '.- ' , , Ills aunt, who was also his housekeep-' civilized city, only Instead of the dag. Greek Giirb for Cycllnir. Among the suggested costumes for (he wheelwoman Is the gnrb of the Greek rifles. .The uniform Is striking er, nil about It, Mrs. Kverts was knit ting Is-fore the open coal tire. She was u bright-faced old lady with soft white hair and a serene face. When he had finished she laid down her work and sat. for a long' lime, gazing Into the dancing flames. ger thrusts of a genuine, bona fide veu- i delta, there were the more dangerous weapons, venomous tongues, which gave utterance constantly to sneers, slander ami backbiting. 'Then-lifter, each was Jealous of the win r Munj'i iil.T III irjI'MTU (It'll Oil "flie only daughter of my old friend, versify sought his rival's family. The Kcbecca Henson, In .want of food." she Innocent us well us the guilty and ob suld, a Hole of pain In her voice. "Mark, I stlnate contestants suffered, and'lt was you and I both have plenty of money..1 altogef her n detestable piece of busl There is room lu this house, and In our; ness. So I uin ever In favor of settle liearls.forMargaretund her babies. But! ment out of court, Just as I believe lu she Is proud. Go and a.sk' her to come and sew for me. Tell her I am lonely and usk her to bring her little ones to brighten me up." Mark bent to kiss the placid face. "Thank you. Aunt Klsle. I see you un derstand." A few hours later he knocked at Margaret's door. He saw that the years had changed her. The wild rose bloom hud faded from her arbitration to settle the (rouble be tween nations. One Is us essential (o the happiness of the domestic circle as the other Is to the well-being of the government. Woman's Soprano Voice. The scientist who discovered In the human larynx the anatomical reason why woman has n soprano voice und 1. 1 , , . ' iii.iii a mian 1,1117 t u o u ni.iiiuu. luio. cheeks, tears had washed the Joyous i, ,.,, ... ,,,,,,,,' , ' ... 1 - 1 1.. . 1 1'ninia Seller. She was a German, born ngnt rroni ner utile eyes, yet It was surely, the Margaret that he hud loved that stood lK?fore him. She met him frankly and with undis guised pleasures Her voice trembled when she undertook to express her gratitude. Murk made light of the whole affair and Insisted on talking of their childhood days. The fruit and nuts he brought proved nu own ses ame to the hearts of Agnes and Royce, and they were soou on the best of terms with the caller. Margaret was very grateful for the offer of work. She hesitate! a little over accepting Mrs. Everts' kind Invi tation, fearing lest the children prove nn annoyance. But when Mark drew a touching picture of the loneliness of his aunt she gladly consented to come. It was arranged that the carriage come fee the Gregorys the following after-uoon. One morning, two months later, Flor ence Fox tripped across the hall of No. 3 and eutered Miss Snell's room. "Of course you ure going to the wed ding receptlou Thursday evening," she began. "I think It Is such a lovely mar riage, don't you?" ''Indeed, 1 do," Lilian replied wa ral ly. "Yes, I am to go In the afternoon and help with the decorations. The whole house Is to be lu greeu and white, smllax, ferns, roses and carnations. Mrs. Everts says Mr. Davis cannot do too much for his bride, 'our dear Mar garet,' the sweet old lady calls her." Aud I believe It all came about from your begging him to give her good weight," Florence cried, merrily. "He Is obeying your request In an extrava gant manner. And Llllun, Is not that pretty pearl ring and the beatific ex pression on cousin Hugh's face the re sult of my efforts along the same Hue of charitable work?" The bell rung then, and the blushing Lilian was spared the necessity of a reply. Hope Daring, In Womankind. I In Wurzburg. Left a widow with two children to support, she resolved to be come a (eacher of singing, but sudden ly lost her voice. Then she determined (o find out why; also to discover If pes' slide the correct method of singing, so that others might not lose their voices. For this purpose she studied anatomy. She dissected larynx ufter lnrynx and spent -years In her search, trying to find for one thing why women's head tones could reach high C while men had no soprano tones. At length her search was rewarded. She discovered under the microscope one day two small, wedge-shaped cartilages whose action produces the highest tones of the hu man yoice. She niude her discovery public, ' it excited great attention among scientists. Her own brother, a physician, praised the treatise in the highest terms till he found his own sis. (er had written 11. Then he dashed It down, saying In a rage that she would be better attending to her housework. Mine. Seller's portrait, a marble relief, Is In possession of the American Philo sophical Society of ' Philadelphia, of which she was a member. She wrote, among other books, "The Voice In Sing ing" aud "The Voice lu Speaking." She died In 1880. American Ship. Do you know that but oue steel ship was ever built in America and that she was the last full-rigged ship ever built here, and that her name is Dirlgo? That but two steel ships ever Hew the American flag, and they are the Dirlgo and Kenilworth, the latter de nationalized? That the Clarence S. Bemeut, May Flint and Tillle E. Starbuck are the only Iron ships afloat flying our flag? That the Anuie Johnson and Archer are the only Iron barks having Ameri can registers and that both of them were built in Engiaud? That the Josephine Is the only Iron schooner afloat that has Hie right to ball from an American port? That but eleven steamers flying the American flag trade between America and Europe and that they are the St. i-iouis, St. Taul, New York, Paris, Penn sylvania, Iudiou.i, Ohio, Illinois, Cone- uiaugh, Miami and Metteawan, and that five of them were built lu Eng-land? That most all the best steamships In our merchant marine were built on the Delaware? That America has not 3.000 vessels going to sea, and that all steamers. sblps, barks, barkentlnea, brigs, schoon ers and sea -going coal barges are In cluded, and that this Includes the At lantic gulf and raclfic roasts? Phila delphia Maritime Journal. lied Hum and Gowns. ' The red hat worn by the cardinal as a badge of distinction Is not really a bat at all, but a tight-fitting skull cap bearing a strong resemblance to the Turkish fez, but without the square cut crown and tassel. Red hats were first bestowed upon cardinals by Leo IV. at tbe time of the nieetiug of the council of Lyons, in the year 12-15. No one knows exactly why red was select-" ed for a distinctive budge to be worn by such a dignified a person as n car dinal is or should be, unless it Is that which has always associated the colors red and purple with kings, queens, e.n perors and other royal personages. Originally a red gown was as much a part and parcel of the cardinal's attire as the red hat, and this being the case, it la altogether probable that Leo bad the Idea of letting it be understod that henceforth bis cardinals should rank with kings, princes and other poten tates. In truth, a cardinal should prop erly be styled a "prince of the church." At a great many of the old-time gath erings of royal and ecclesiastical dlgnl- tarles the cardinals took precedence of royalty of the very bluest blood. Tbe Sky. The different colors of the sky are caused by certain rays of light being more or less strongly reflected or ab sorbed, according to the amount of moisture contained In tbe atmosphere. Such colors do, therefore, portend to some extent the kind of weather that may naturally be expected to follow. For Instance, a red sunset Indicates a fine day to follow, because the air when dry refracts more red or heat-making rays, and as dry air Is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in tbe horizon. A coppery or yellowy sunset bas been advocated as a fairly successful way of prognosticating; fix your eye on the smallest cloud you can see; If It decreases and disappears the weather will be good; If it Increases in size rain may be looked for. CVCLl.NO COSTIMK A I, A ORCC. aud handsome, and when adorning a pretty American girl with the bicycle habit would undoubtedly attract as much attention as the most vain could desire. The effect Is to be noted In the picture showing a girl thus dressed. - Pnme New Beauty Hlntn. A Chicago woman, who Is uo less cel ebrated for her benuty than for her walk and apparently spontaneous poses, has Imparted a few' hints on ac quiring grace.- It appears from the confession of this candid woman that grace of figure Is no more spontaneous than Is, as n usual thing, beauty of face. She herself has acquired both, and she frankly tells at what cost. To acquire poetry of movement, she says, go to the theater and study the best actresses. Literally study them. More can be learned In one evening from a graceful woman like Miss Ellen Terry, who has really no other beauty, than from hours of practicing before the mirror. The mirror work should come afterward, wheu the principles of graceful motion and pose have been mustered by observation. The secret of a good walk Is even simpler. Find a poem with a particularly graceful rhythm and say a stanza or two over and over as you walk. A rhythmic wulk will necessarily develop as the re sult. A girl who walks with poetry in her mind and on her lips will show poe try in her..walk. For a beautiful face the recipe Is not so new, though it Is the one that ever holds good. Read good books. These will lead to habits of mind which cannot but leave their imprint on the face. It Is a rule that bas never been known to fall. Jewelry end Trinkets. Pie dishes show antique silver mounts aud ch Inn linings. Reeded glass Jugs with silver lip and cover are used for claret. Crystal marmalade pots, resting on silver troys, please the eye. Seirl rings for women come In varie ties of bloodstones, Jasper, onyx, etc. Chocolate spoons with decorated Dresden handles have sliver gilt bowls. Among popular sets. In cases, are t'lo child's spoon, knife fork and napkin ring. ' ' ' ' ' A rabbit's foot, mounted In gold, is evidently a popular charm with botn sexes, , Hand engraved trays with pierced borders arc in deumud, and come la several sizes. The most popular bracelet Is flexible, being In gold chnlu pattern, with gems set In at Intervals. American Puffi-asiata. Miss Anthony lately paid a visit to Frances Wlllard In Castile, N. Y. Miss Anthony is as bright and active us she was fifty years ago.. She celebrated her seventy-seventh birthday the other day. She Is us eloquent as of old and Is now engaged upon a certain Impor tant, literary work. Miss Anthony ac counts for her remarkable health by the care she takes not to overwork and not to worry. She never reads or writes before shaking, but saves all her force for the platform.' Rev. Anna Shaw, a stanch White Rlbboner and suffragist, has her home lu Philadelphia. She is one of tbe wittiest speakers that ever lifted a voice for equal suffrage. She was boru on St. Valentine's day fifty years ago and Is not ashamed to own to ber half century of useful life. To Get Rid or Moaquitoee. A correspondent writes that last year she was almost compelled to give up working In the garden by reason - of mosquitoes, but a happy thought sug gested itself.' Getting some kerosene oil she smeared the fences near which she had to weed and trim ber plants. and to her delight the Insects took wlugs and departed, not to return till the odor of the oil had entirely gone. A second application rid the garden of them for the season. L'et In Hand Shakes. Tills 13 tlie very latest way to shako bands: Two persons meet and clasp hands In the ordinary way. Then, still holding hands, there Is a perceptible pause for a few seconds, and each Is apparently Inspired by a sudden Im pulse to make the greeting more cor dial and less conventional. As though by an afterthought, the two drag each other closer and give each other's hands a hearty squeeze. Jin, Marie Cummins Remlck. Newest Handwear. The extravagant use of gloves is probably at Its height just now, for there must be one kind for driving, an other for bicycling, another for shop ping aud still others for calling and evening wear. Those of light-weighted buckskin suede will be proper for driving, and gray Is the preferred shade. Gloves to accompany any par ticular costume should thoroughly har monize. Tbe two-button length Is the thing for driving, bicycling or In games or sports, and the correct color is either tan or gray. Reatlese Children. To keep a restless child quiet in church, an English paper advises, pro vide him or her with two plncusb Ions, one full and the other empty of plus. "Tbe process of taking all the pins out of the full cushion and stick ing them Into the empty one Is," It gladly says, "an absorbing employ ment, and one which does not quickly poll. It has the merit, too, of being noiseless." Imagine a cburchful of children quietly occupied thus. A cross father is not a pleasant thing to bare, but the effect la wholesome. Canae Hard Features. A curious and often saddening story may be formed from the faces of tbe women one passes on the street One woman purses up her Hps, another screws ber eyes into unnaturainess, while a third will wrinkle up her fore head and eyebrows until she looks ab solutely ugly. Tbe trick is an uncon scious one. but It Is none tbe less a trick and a bad one. There Is no reason why a woman should look forbidding and bad-tempered just because she Is annoyed about something. Deep-seated trouble bas a way of writing Itself upon the face, whether we will or not Sickness, too, bos its own handwriting. (New President o' the Chicago Woman's Cub.) Brooklyn Women DUcnrl Blrrta. The members of the Civitas Clnb of Brooklyn have set their hearts and heads against tbe wanton destruction of birds to gratify the feminine desire for fine bats. The Civitas includes in its membership 200 young women and matrons from cultivated Brook lyn's most cultivated circles and has also a long waiting list of would-be memhers in sympathy with its aims. Tsz nn R-fhelors anl Fp'natera. The legislators of the Argentine Re public Introduced a law which says that every male from tbe age of 20 to 80 shall pay a monthly tax till be mar ries. Celibates of either sex who with out legitimate motive reject tbe ad dresses of him or her who may aspire to her or his band must pay the sum of 500 plasters for the benefit of the per son refused. Tnllor-"a'e Coita. Tbe English tailor-made coat baa no gathers at the top of the sleeve. It bas a little fullness, which Is arranged In small dart seams covered with fancy braiding. Many of the coats are elab orately braided, and several different kinds of braid are used on one garment. Fprinar tarpei ecrabbiaa. Many bonse cleaners do not know that an old carpet scrubbed with com mon yellow soap and hot water and afterward with clean cold water will be wonderfully Improved. ,