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A SONG FOR OLD FRIENDS. 41i earth to tlie longi of the poet KeionmU in a deathlm tune, Though hearts be upon or below it Though the wlutor be hern or the June, Of the niiinlicrlcim uniigt tbitt are riutfiutc, 'lift the eaileuce of one aong How For the April Hod mid the living and dead The friend of I be Long Ago. i Bing the charrni of the u'iimoiue Molly,' And the grace of Madeline fair .The heart of Hue Ibnt was jolly. And Jeuu with her glory of buir. Sing of John and of Jim and the fellow, Confessing we did not know That 10 much of ure gold the boom ild hold Of the friend oM-ong Ago. The red of the Anril' ll,imiilnir '' By the whipir of npringtime funned, lauuot mine where the gloom i cutuuiu Ing But they'll know and will understand! They will know of oue heart that la yearn mg :s VoT tllft flt fltir'i irnmttlitt' ulnar And tjiolr dust, long allll, It will tremble anil uirill The friend of the Iug Ago, Naahrille American. ATTACK OP LUMBAGO. "Ah!" exclulmed my friend Thorler, the eminent physician, throwing down the evening paper, 'which he had Just been perusing, and delivering himself In hi mom sententious nuiuner. "How many complete comedies, uud tragedies for tJiu mutter of tJiut, muy often he latent In (wo or three eoiiiinonpluee line or prlut!" "And what, pray, most sapient phil osopher, Iiiih evoked from you thut pro. fouud sentiment"", I Inquired, laugh ingly. "The concluding sentence In thla obit nary Dot Ice of the blHliop of X," he snld, taking up the paper agnlu and reading iilond the passage: '"He mar- rled, In 1SIMI, Margaretta, .third daugh ter of the Inio Joshua Barker." "Indeed," I suld. "And Ih It a com edy, my philosopher, or a tragedy that lurks In Hint very simple historical 1111 noiinccment?" "IJmph! A coiiuHly. At any rate the comic element prevail." "You knew the bishop lu hi young day, I believe?" "Intimately, nnd his wife, too. la fact, I myself was a spectutor of the . little comedy which resulted lu their marriage." "You were?" "1 wus," wild Tborley, with on Im presslve air. I saw that bo whs burst ing to tell u good atory. We were by ourselves lu a corner of the club smok ing room. There lire men from whom. In like circumstances, I should have tied lucontlneiit, pleading an Immediate engageineiit. Hut Tborley was nn ex cclletit raconteur nnd I bad nothing particular to do for half un hour. I therefore lay buck In my chair nnd re garded lilm encouragingly. "I believe," be went on, V'thnt you would tlud the story rather diverting." "Then, by nil means, let me hear It," I suggested. And, nothing loath, he began: "It nil happened more than thirty years ngo," Thorloy said. "I need hard ly sii y that the bishop had not, In those days, attained to episcopal honors. lie wan, In fact, merely, the vicar of Pom borough, where 1, a youngster, was carrying on my flint practice, and whore Jin rgiirettu's father was brew ing Indifferent U'or. Hut even then bis reverence was a cleric marked out for 'future preferment, no less by his aris tocratic connections than by his In trinsic personal merits. Nor by that do I, menu to. Imply that these merit s were Inconsiderable. He was decided ly Intellectual, an eloquent preacher, n good organizer And his bodily pres ence contributed an appreciable quota to the effect of thosiMnmlltles. Ho was tall, Imposing dignified. Calm uutlior Itntlvencss sat uiMMi his pladd und am ple, forehead. Solidity and weight Dwelled In the undulations of his capa cious waistcoat. Severe tnorul recti tude hi-lped to stiffen every line of his upright nnd stately bearing. Evoa npurt, therefore, from his Intrinsic self be made a splendid llgurehead for the Hplrlttml life of the, parish. I suppose Ills ngo must have been about 40, though ho looked older. And ho wna a continued bachelor. So much so, lu fact, that the single ladles la I'embor ough, of whom there were many, hard ly regarded the vlcnraa n matrimonial ly possibility; albeit, with bis high con nection and good prospects, ho would have lieen nn excellent spec for the best of them. "Not thut he was a boor or a bmtiU ntlsogynlst or anything of that kind. Very much the reverse. He mixed free ly lu the social life of the place. Ho enjoyed the company of ladles, nnd, Indeed, in Ills sanctified way, was quite a proficient flirt. Hut to that deeper, lasting BoJiUment which leads through courbdilp to wedlock he wua entirely strange, and I honestly believe that the bare idea of matrimony bad never crossed his mind. "Now I will revert for a minute to the Barkers. "I have said that Joshua Barker, the bead of thut family, was a brewer of Indifferent beer, la spite of the qual ity of his malt liquors he did a large business, having many tied houses, ami waa worth a considerable sum of mon ey. Bui then be waa the father of fourteen children, so that hU One In come was somewhat discounted. I shall not have much to say about any of them, excepting his eldest "daughter, Margaretfa, whom I knew botter than, any of the others and who waa a great friend or my wife's. In raet, the young lady spent a great part of her time at our house. And I waa glad that she did o, for my wire, bavin only lately been married to me, and having come from a bouse full of brother and La ter, waa In need of a congenial com panlon. . ! 'Margaretta waa a handsome nd prciMxtMeHHlug girl; though even In those days she showed some slight ten' dency toward that richness of form and feature which she has since abundant ly realized. You have never met: the bishop's wife? Ah, well! She J has long measured a good rorty-flve Inches round the waist nnd Is now the jkis (lessor of four chins. But In her girl hood alio wus pretty and fascinating, and slight, uud not a, few local bloods were enamored of her. These local bloods, however, were all of the pleb plebliui, uud Margaret til was a girl of aspirations. Mho wanted to escape altogether from the sordid vulgarity of I'eiuborough society ami to blossom Into some more Delect and fushlonuble sphere. Thus, at least, she rrequeiitJy confided to jny wife, who, womanlike, aided und u bet ted her In this ambitious folly. "My wife waa talking to me about Morgarettn one day. She was deplor Inur the fact that there was no well born and bred youug men lu I'embor ough to marry the poor girl, and re move her Into that higher circle In which she was so well qualified to shine. And I said, laughingly: " 'There's the vlcur. He's splendidly eonueeted. Why shouldn't she make a match of It with the vicar?' "It was simply a little Joke of rolue, But my wife (to whom this was evi dently a new Idea) took It quite serious ly. " 'To be sure,' she cried, clapping her hands. There's the vicar. I wonder I have never thought of htm. Of course, he's the very man.' "I laughed aloud at the eager serious ness with which she said It. ' "My dear,' I told her, 'I was only loklnir. You don't suiMKise that the vicar would look at Murgurettu, do you?' ' " " 'And why not?' demanded my wife, bridling. 'Margurettu Is good euotigh for any man.' " 'Perhaps bo,' I observed. 'Far lie It from me to depreciate Margaretta. Hut you see, my dear, the vlcur Is not ii marrying man. lu fact, for all ills flirt ing proHMislties, he la us confirmed n bachelor ns 1 have ever come across.' "'It la a crying scundul that such man should be a bachelor,' exclulmed my wife, lu nn Indignant tone. 'I call It outrageous.' " 'Especially with girls like Margaret ta about,' I suggested, slyly. But my wife wus in no mood for Jesting over this affair. , '"I wish you wouldn't make joues out of everything,' she retorted, quite crossly. 'It Is scandalous that the vlcur should remain a bachelor. It ought hot to lie allowed. Everybody admits that it Is the bouudeu duty of a bene ficed clergyman to marry. Look what mi invaluable help a wife Is n a par ish! You can't deny thnt, en you?' ' 'Certainly not, my dear. It Is quite Indisputable.' 1 assented, for It was after dinner. 1 wus spoiling for my nnp, and It wus my hope Unit If I al lowed my wife to Bllence me In argu ment she would let the discussion drop. Wherein, to my great thunkfuluess, I was not deceived. Hut although no more was snld on the subject Just then, this idea which 1 had so lightly mooted and which my wile hud Jumped at with such eager ness was uot allowed by Unit persever- ng angel to rest. The keenness with which she threw herself Into her new scheme, the energy with which she set herself to execute It, excited my su preme wonder and amusement. No lit tle dodge whereby the vicar nnd Mar garetta might lie brought together was too barefaced for her; no little pretext wus too tllmsy. She Inveigled the rev- reud gentleman Into little dinners, luncheons, teas, picnics, at which it was Invariably managed that lie should be brought Into close proximity with Margaretta. She made them partners at tenuis and croquet, lit whist and four-bunded chess. The vlcur evident ly enjoyed all this as a pastime for Margaret ta was very pretty. But while he flirted with her, decorously and as a clergyman should, and even" some- lines went rather farther than a cler gyman should, he never weut, nor und nay Idea of going, to the length which Margaretta pined for. "You, my dear fellow, are a married mau, aud you know the ways of wom en. You will, therefore, feel no sur prise to hear that neither Miss Barker nor my wife thought for a minute of being content with these niiprnctlenJ flirtations. Nor will it cnuse you the smallest sensation of wonder to be In formed that the entire bhiine for the vicar's declining to toe the scratch was shunted ou to me. 'If I had been half a man,' etc., 'If I had cared a fraction af a straw for my wife's eace of mind,' etc., 'If I bud been at all like some oth er husbands she knew,' etc. However, you, being married, have all this, of course, at your fingers' etids, so I will not go Into that pnrt of It Nor will I dwell upon the piteous accounts given me by my wife of poor Margnretta's breaking heart, and of how she was pining and wasting away, and qualify ing for curly quarters In the local cem etery. That Is au okl story which I will take leave to skip, aud will resume my narrative after an Interval of two or three months. One morning I was gent for In my professional capacity to visit our vicar. The complaint from which I found Mm suffering was of quite a trifling nature, being noUilng more serious than an at tack of lumbago, aud not a very severe st t nek at that, for he waa DerfecUv free from pain. In most postures, anil waa only very violently grlpied by Uie malady when attempting to rise after stooping or kneeling. Still, of course, this was sufficiently Inconvenient to a clergyman, aa It precluded his taking part In the church services, and he was particularly anxious to be well again by the following Sunday. "Now, there's no doubt about It, lum- fcago does give rise to some very rldlc- to smile on him as blandly as hereto uloue situations. In fact, the patient's fore. ' movements when trying. If you under stand me, to sidle round that particu lar posture, In which be knows that he will be gripped, 'and to gain the desired perpendicular by dodging, so to speak, the muscle of his own back, are often extremely grotesque. Take It, also, that the patient Is one who prides him self on the dignity of his deportment -as our vicar did and this grotesque nesa Is appreciably enhanced. Indeed, what could be a funnier sight to see than dignity struggling with lumbago? I, myself, though hardened by profes sional experience, have often derived the bugest amusement from It. Aud 1 certainly did so In this case, , "Our excellent vicar was extremely sorry for himself, He gave me a graphic account of the torturing agon ies which he had endured, In trying to rise from a kneeling posture lu church where he bud been nuddenly seized and how It had taken him good live minutes to regain his feet. I prescribed some of the usual remedies, and prom ised to call again in a day or two. When 1 reached home the first question my wife asked ine was: " 'Well, whut Is the matter with the vicar? "'Only a touch of lumbago,' I an swered, "Then he will be unnblc to attend the parish couversiizlue this evening, I supiKise?' " 'Oh, no. I have told him thnt he may keep all his sociul engagement. Church Is the only thing tabooed, b cause the poor man cannot kneel, or rather when he kneel cannot get up again.' "Oh! I am glad that he will be there this evening. The parish couversiizlone without the vicar would be quite the I pluy without Hamlet, would It not?" "'Yes for Miirgiirettn, 1 replied, Jestingly. "I said that on purpose to draw my wife. But the shaft missed. She seem ed, Indeed, not to even have beard my remark, and I saw that she hud sud denly fallen Into one of her absent .It. Soon afterward she left the room and went upstairs, humming a tuae, a thing which she always did when she wus enveloped In a brown study. "We both went to the parish conver sazione that evening. It was one of a series of functions held quarterly by the vicar and the church warden to promote sociul Intercourse and friendli ness between the members of the con gregation. These gatherings took place at the town hull, ami consisted of tea uud coffee, twaddle aud flirta tious, for which last-named amusement various alcoves lu the lobbies and pass ages were not Inconvenient; th more so, as the wild lobbies and pussages were but Indifferently lighted. "At this particular function every body, of course, was present, Including Margaretta, her parents aud other adolescent members of her fnnilly. My wife bore down upon Margurettn the moment she appeared, nnd I saw them soon engaged lu n whispered conversa tion In a corner of the tearoom. I did not observe them again for some little time, being Just then tackled by a wealthy and hypochondriacal old lady one of my best patients who Insist ed on recounting to mo a long history of ull thut she hnd suffered since our last meeting. I was Inexpressibly Iwrod by this tiresome old person. But I could not offend her, so was obliged to listen. Aud when at last I was free from her wjilch was uot for twenty minutes I noted, with u grin or amuse ment',' that Margaretta (aided, no doubt, by my wife), bad made her pounce, and was lu the act of sailing out of the tea room niKMi the urm of our stately vlcur, who did not. Indeed, seem at all loth to lead forth this beauteous damsel into the greater seclusion or the dimiy light ed passage's. "I looked round for my wife. Ah! There she wus bobbing and nobbing with old Joshua Barker, uot three yards from where I stood! I'reseutly I heard her say to hi in: " 'IWt you think this room rather hot, Mr. Barker? Shall we go out Into the lobby for a few minutes?' " 'Certainly a good Idea,' answered the brewer, offering her his arm. "And off they weut my wife throw ing me a- meaning but mystifying glance over her shoulder as she passed. That Bhe wus up to some mischief 1 could see plainly. That this mischief was lu connection with the vicar and Margaretta I could conjecture with tolerable certainty. But beyond tiiat general impression, I was quite in the dark and, being detached Just then aud seeing nobody about with whom I hnd the least desire to converse," I strolled out myself Into the lobby with the Idea of seeing ir possible what my wife's little game was. "Aa I sauntered slowly along one of the side passages, I heard Uie sound of murmured conversation ou my right. Glancing lu that direction, I descried the vicar and Margaretta seated lu con tiguous chairs, screened by a big palm. They were too much taken up to have observed me. Ami, I am half ashamed to confess it, but I did a low thing. I slipped behind a brawny plaster Her cules, which stood adjacent and played the eavesdrop!!. ' "The vicar yitJ bendi chwe to Mar garetta, utleriD.,- many . -titty speeches but nowise commuting lmaelf and she was listening with hebjVer ng col or and downcast eyes, eve.- sud anon, however, rail:ig those retires and darting at hlin glances o'. Slant ten deruee, mount, doubtles-. to' evoke something from his Hj tnon practical than these eiujy comnJlmenta. Once or twice I balf though' that a declara tion waa coini-tix; but ou each occa sion be pulled himself up Just At the critical point, and turitod what licked Ilk being a proposal a mcrelplece of flirtatious rheto . It mnt lhave been uncommon! t&ataTzIng for .'Mar- j garetta. But she keit her head and hr temper aJm!rWrp an J cotutuoed . . "At last having, aa I supposed, ! en up all hope for that occasion, since I waa not then aware of the wonderful resourcefulness of woman Margaretta suggested that they should bo rejoin ing tUe others. The vicar agreed. They rose from their scats, and as they did su, Margaretta, happening to glance down at her particularly neat HtUe toes, uttered a sudden ejaculation, " 'Oh! Iook! The ankle strap of my shoe bus cowe unbuttoned. Ohl dear! I I If It would not be presuming too much upon your kindness, Mr. Travers, I-I ' " 'Don't mention It. With pleasure,' murmured the reverend gentleman, as he sank gracefully upon one knee aud proceeded to negotiate Uu strap rouud her pretty aukle. "'Ha! my friend,' I chuckled to my self from behind my Hercules. 'In the gullaut Impulse of the moment, you have forgotten your lumbago. Faclll descensus! Sed revocure gruduml "I did. For as the vicar, still obliv ious or hla lumbar disability, guyy es sayed to rise to his feet In the usual way, lie was suddenly gripped and pulled back witJi a asiuodlc jerk. He made another effort and another, adopt ing that gingerly, feellng-your-way sort of movement which Is so eminently characteristic of lumbago. It was a supremely ridiculous epectucle, thla reverend dignified parson fixed on oue knee and vainly trying to sidle upward. I was within nn ace of betraying my presence by bursting Into a roar of laughter. Hut 1 Just managed to con trol myself. . . ,r " 'Oh, please get up, Mr. Travers!' murmured Miss Margaretta, blushlng ly, affecting to be Ignorant of the true state of the case. 'Oh, please get up! Somebody will see you.' " 'I I will you give me your baud?' gasped the vicar, desperately. "She did so, lu the prettiest confu sion. The vlear clasped It with all the fervor of lumbago. "Then It all -came about more sud denly than you would believe. For there mood Joshua Burker and there stood ' my wife, as though they had dropped from the clouds. And Joshua was shaking the' still kueellug vlcur by the hand and saying: " 'Congratulate you, my dear vicar, congratulate you! I ought not to In trude just now. But 1 was passing, by Jove, and couldn't help seeing and my feelings us a father got the better of my discretion. You have wun a treas ure a treasure, sir,' etc. "At the same time my wife was kiss ing Murgnretta, who hud covered her blushing fuee with her hands, and God blessing her aud heaven knows what beside, looking the while ns Innocently pleased aud happy as a gttileless clilld. "It was splendid sport for everybody except the vicar. And he poor man I was more taken aback and flabber gasted thun anybody I have ever seen. He never attempted to expostulate ot explain. Perhaps he meant to defei the difficult and disagreeable task uutil he could perform It by letter. If so, the delay was fatal to him; for, before the evening was over, everybody pres ent had heurd or the engagement, und the vicar had run the ganUet or a hun dred congratulations. By ueeeptlng those, without repudiation ns he did he simply gave hlmseir away, and ren dered any ruture explunnUou impossi ble." "He must hnve been extremely weak minded." 'TerhupB. But then, you see, he wns In an uncommonly tight corner. He hud been flirting lu a risky way with Margoretta, und It was quite natural that she should misunderstand what occurred. Under those circumstances, to disabnw her would have been a delicate tusk, from which any man might well be excused for shrinking. At any rate, he did shrink, aud the couscquence was the little biographical circumstances which has evoked the story." London Truth. Refused the Wrong Beggar. "I never refuse the plea bf a beggar," says a leading member of Congress. "You must not use my name and adver tise me as a philanthropist, for I am not. It Is simply a matter of necessity with me. I am obliged to give some thing to every beggar or I could not sleep at night. I made a bad mistake once, and I would rather give occasion ally to the unworthy than to ever deny assistance to the worthy. "Once upon a time I was In St. Louis on business. It was winter, and you know how cold that town can be when It tried hard. 1 was out on the street at 11 o'clock oue bitter night when a chap struck me for a dime. He was poorly clad, looked hungry and sick, and I ought to have handed out Uie money at once, but I wna Just brute enough uot to do It. He followed me a hundred feet, begging and pleading, nnd I finally threatened to have him arrested. He turned away with a sob In his throat, and I went on to the hotel. 'There wna a big snowstorm that night, and uext morning they found blm In a drift, frozen stark and etlff. I saw the body and recognized It The pale face wns pinched and drawn with hunger and suffering, and the eyes were wide open as yours great big blue eyes, sunken buck In their sockets, and staring at me In an awful way. Yes, sir, they seemed to be fastened on me alone, and to follow me aa I moved. When I beard car drivers, draymen, bootblacks and newsboys saying how gladly they would have given the poor wretch a quarter to buy lodgings and food I sneaked away, feeling that I was a murderer. It hurt me more than I can tell you. I don't wait now to be asked for alms. I give to some who aw, no doubt, undeserving, but I take my chances on that. That thing rests like a murder on my conscience, and nothing like It shall happen again." St Paul Globe. . '' ' v ' '" " - Y . PETTICOAT OF FLANNEL. A FLANNEL, petticoat used to be a flannel petticoat, no mutter how much you euibrol lered It. But now It Is made lu ways that were never dreamed of lu the dnya when flannel skirt nciklng wus on art. The newest ones show yokes of white taf feta, to make the waist smaller. Wash silk la used and the flannel, which is very fine, Is gathered on the silk yoke The principal trimming Is ribbon. This is used for strapping the senuir'. nnd lor decorating the top of the ruffle. When Inee is put on the finnn?' Is wit out underneath aud the fe strength ened with coarse thread stitches, put on Invisibly. Kuflles of ribboi lire set underneath the skirt o .hep flounces of white needlework. Ther-i Is a pat tern of hand embroidery upon every Paunel skirt, but It Is done as a finish to the ribbon and lnee, and not aa the main trimming of the skirt. The Rluht. of n Yonna Wife. "Before everything else the young woman has a right to expect from her husbauil tenderness, sympathy and fultb," soys Ruth Ashmore, writing lu the Ladles' Home Journal of "What to Expect rrom a Young Man." "But sometimes,' In his eagerness to mnke nil llfo fair to her, he fancies she Is a doll, and uot a woman. And a doll Is a very selfish toy; It demands careful treat ment nil the time, and It gives nothing but a pretty appearance In return. It Is the foolish wife who expects Infalli bility in her husband. She forgets that there is u difference between the housewife and the house moth. She should expect from her husband polite ness at ull times, nnd a certain gentle ness that every man, possessing the real Instinct of a man, glveB to a wom an. But she should uot expect from him too much. She has no right what ever to nsk of him permission to live a lnzy life herself, and to give up all her days and years to vain und Idle thoughts. When the wife can make her husband's home-coming a Joy, his home-staying a pleasure and a delight, and his leaving home a sor row, then, and then only, can she ex pect a great deal rrom him." ( Coiffure for a Narrow Face. The hair should be dressed round to suit a long, narrow face. It is always best to show a coil or eo from the aide behind the ears; also endeavor to fill up the nape or the neck as much as pos sible. For a sharp-reotured race al ways avoid dressing the hair right at the top of the back of the crown In a line with the nose, ns this so accentu ates the severe outlines. Dress the hair low or else quite to the crown-top to meet the fringe. For a round face narrow dressings are becoming and can be taken well down the neck. New Calling for Women. The Parish Council of Langley, near Slough, has received an application from a woman for the post of slaughter-house Inspector or the town of Colnbrook, under their Jurisdiction. She was recommended by two local residents as well qualified for the post, but the council preferred to reappoint the present male Insiiector. In the ad joining Parish of Iver a woman baa acted as registrar and vaccination of ficer for several years with the greatest euccess. Westminster Gazette. RMicnlora Font-far. Women are more often too short than too tall Height, they think, must be gained, and consequently the rldlcu lously high-heeled shoes are decided upon. They do, undoubtedly, give dig nity as long as the wearer stands still, but when the wearer Is In motion they dt stroy grace, even In a room, and de form the feet Thus women are made to minister to a very short-lived fancy. Americas women, as a rule, have too small feet, which do not add to tkelr beauty. .The better shape a' foot is the mailer It will look, but In the dispro portionately sroal' foot there is always THE NEWEST FLANNEL 8KIHT3. Involved an awkward gait. The foot of a large woman should be larger than the foot of a small woman or a slenderly built woman, and usually to her uuueeessnry sorrow she ha a large one. The foot In length should be the length of the ulna, a bone In the forearm, which extends from the lump In the outer jMirtlon of the wrist to the elbow. Of course the ulua Is longer lu tall people, and to be grace, fill the foot should be also. Varrylnc a Man to Re'orm Him. "The most subtle and deceitful hope which ever existed, aud one which wrecks the happiness of many a young girl's life," writes Evangelist Dwlght L. Moody. In the Ladles' Home Jour nal. "Is the common delusion that a woman cun best reform a man by ninr rylng hlin. It Is n mystery to me how people can be so bllned to the huudr(da of cases lu every community where tottering homes have fallen aud Ikoo cetit lives have been wrecked, because some young girl has persisted in mar rying a scoundrel In the hope of saving; blm. 1 have never known such a union, and I have seen hundreds of them, re sult in anything but sadness aud disas ter. Let no youug girl think that she may be able to accomplish what a lov ing mother or sympathetic sisters have been unable to do. Before there Is any contract of marriage there should be convincing proof that there has been real uud thorough regeneration." Teaching; Ianubter How to Phoo. ' A practical mother has determined on , another "course" for her daughter. She has taught her how to shop. It takes costly experience often to show wo men the pitfalls of the shops. The sta ples or dry goods, housekeeping lineus, blankets, regulur grades of dress goods, as serges, flannels and the like, the long list of white goods all such and many more have distinctive characteristics, useful knowledge of which should be acquired before attempts to purchase are made. The rage among women for "bargains" tempts even the most repu table merchants to keep "seconds" in stock It Is valuable to know them at sight and to reject or accept them as may seem expedient. Invention for Toilet Tables. A new Invention for a toilet table, whereby we may see ourselves as oth ers see us. will doubtless be greatly ap preciated by both men and women. It is on Uie principle of the triptych mir ror, but the glosses ore arranged-on long, movable arms, aud on swivels at the top, so that they may be turned aud moved lu every direction a most i INVENTION FOB A TOILET TABLE. convenient arrangement, whereby a fashionable, woman may watch her maid arrange her hair on the sides aa well as In front, while she Is seated in front of her dressing table. After the task Is completed, she can view the back, front, and sides, all at the same time. . . Strawberry Ambronla. Pile a pretty glass dish with alternate layers of strawberries and powdered sugar.. Pour over them orange Juice and claret In the proportions of the Juice of two oranges and one gill of claret to one quart of berries. Let them stand on the Ice an hour before serving. - A Unlreralty le--ree. The Countess of Aberdeen baa re ceived the degree of doctor of laws rrom Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Lady Aberdeen Is the first woman In the Dominion who baa been thus distinguished. The Relf-?nfficiency of Peanty. Whatever is in any way beautiful hath Its source bf beauty In Itself and Is complete In itself; praise forms no part or It So It Is none the worse nor the better for being praised. Marcus Aurellus. Flower-Fprlnkled Coraave. Some of the new French corsets show tiny forget-me-nots, "Quaker la dles," or wee rose-buds on their white ground. These corsages are also trim med with dainty ribbons and white lace. Why Ha Waa Gooi. Mrs. Cobwigger I hear yon were a very good little boy while I was out Freddie Were you out ma? Why, I thought yon were In the next room all the time. Xew York Journal. l4 B pSI (I!