lSJ6U8L2 mm WEDDED TO A ROYAL RAKE . Few roral nersomiKes la Europe tie fcerve more sympathy than the queen t me IwiK'HIin, wiiuse uuauuuua cbi-u- nadcs with stage celebrities and others tiave nearly driven IiIm wife Insane. (King Leopold In IK) years of age, but C' hows Iltllo sign of abating the wan flloiiM behavior which him made his name a byword for years. At one time i - THE (JUKEN OP BELGIUM his excesses la Ixiudon landed him In a police court, and his inost gracious majesty hail considerable dilllenlty In escaping the punishment so often dealt out to plebeian roysterers a mouth In fall. Ills scandalous doings have caus ed untold grief to tils wife, whose tastes and habits are of a domesticated character. I lor majesty lias made ev ery effort to wean him from his un seemly ways, but has met with little or no success. I Don't for the Mummer Girl. Don't giggle. Don't listen to scandal. Don't defy public opinion. Don't play on the bote! pluno. Don't believe everything you hear. Don't sleep all day and dunce all night. Don't form lifelong friendships In three days. Don't have "heart talks" with every man you know. ' Don't read "Harry's" letters aloud to your girl friends. Don't go rowing with the young man Hvho tlps'ho boat Don't refuse to marry a good man If you get the chance. Don't tell your admirers all the se crets of your girl friends. Don't become engaged to more than two men at the same time. Don't put on your bathing suit unless you're going Into the water. Don't join sailing parties unless you can stand a little rough weather. Don't snub your mother or maiden tint In public. It doesn't look well. Dou't try to protect your complexion. Give the sun and fresh air an Inning. Don't sing, unless nature has given you a voice which will not cause others pain. Don't trust the gentleman who has married unhappily and wishes to tell you all alxmt It. Don't forget that half an hour of ex ercise In the open air Is worth more than all the nerve tonics In the market. Don't forget that the summer hotel veranda Is the happy hunting-ground f the most merciless gossips on earth. Don't waste too much sympathy on "poor George, working away In the hot city." George is getting along very nicely. I Don't make your willing slaves fas ten your shoestrings moro than seven times In the course of one day. The novelty wears off. New York World. Monker Pkln Card Caaea. Professor Garner Is not the only man who has found a new use for the mon key. The up-to-date Joweler Is fully equal In this respect. The Jeweler, to be sure, has turned the monkey to dec orative rather than philological ac count, but the service to the world at large Is still very great. This Is at once apparent when It Is stated that all the newest card cases are of monkey kin. They are ornamented with an applied decoration of enameled silver, patterned after the early spring flow ers. The blooms are life size and as like the original as possible, both In form and color. The effect Is very pret ty, as the flowers lie upon their leather background as gracefully as If care less band had flung them there. One Multi-Millionaire' Wife. Mrs. Krueger, wife of President Krueger of the Transvaal, who Is an extromely homely woman, docs nearly all her own housework, cooking meals, making her own tied and always tak ing a hand In the family washing. When her husband has "state guests" to dinner the good lady will trust the task of waiting on the table to no one, and donning a white apron she per forms the office of butler. Her hus band has a private fortune or $23,000, 000, but It's "Aunty" Krucger'a boast that they live on their "coffee money" a perquisite of $2,000 a year allowed them by the government Paved Money and Loat Credit. An amusing Incident occurred at a fashionable wedding In this city. One friend, who determined to save her money and credit at the same time, took a broken earring to a fnmous Jew eler of Slate street and ordered the little stone to be set aa a scarf pin. for mi ti&m ii ' if- w ' the groom. As she eagerly remarked: "It does me no good, and coming from such a famous establishment they are sure to prize It and think I paid a lot of money." When the package was re turned from the shop the wedding guest failed to examine her proposed present and merely dispatched It with her card u ml compliments. Imagine her disgust when strolling through the rooms where the bridal gifts were dis played to Unci a dozen people about her offering and each one smiling. For a moment sho hesitated, then pressed forward, and lo! there was the precious white satin covered box bearing the prized name, It Is true, but, slas! below, "From the repairing department;" and even worse than all, resting on the blue cotton beside the pin was an old broken bit of earring, returned by the con scientious firm. Chicago Chronicle. Jap Reform Their Dreaa. The Empress of Japan has discarded the picturesque costume of her coun try. Her majesty's wardrobe Is made In I'aris, and she has a decided prefer ence for tight-fitting, sniall-walsted gowns. The royal exomple Is followed by the ladles of the court, and state functions no longer present their form er polychromatic appearance. It Is a curious coincidence that the discarded Japanese costume combines all the latest Ideas on dress reform embodied by Its apostles here and In Europe. Part Her Huir on the fide. Flnffv Iuiiil's. and even the coquet tish waves that so graciously conceal the Imperfections of nn ugly forehead, are, as well as the girl thnt wears them, out of date. The mannish gin Is at the height of the fashion, and she Is astounding thousands of her prim mer sisters by parting her hair at tue side. Absolute severity and simplicity Is the motto of the nw hair-dressing. Twist or coll or braid or do whatever vou will with your back hair, so long as the result Is modest ami Inconspic uous, but under no circumstances must you venture to impart a feminine curl to the front locks. Royal Wheelwonien. Nenrlv all the members of the royal family of England are cyclists. Princess Victoria of Wales, the Duchess of Fire, Princess Louise, the Marchioness of Lome and Princess Henry of Batten- hori? nil ride and are enthusiasts. The Queen of Italy had her first bicycle lessons lust summer, but is aireaay aa expert. She required only twelve les sons to become proficient Whnt Women Are Doing. During the absence of three months of Rev. Mr. Cochrane of the Unitarian Church at Bar Harbor, Maine, his wife will attend to all his ministerial duties. Three different books have recently been devoted to Joan of Arc and a fourth Is coming. Mrs. Ollphant Is writing a history of the maid for "The Heroes of the Nations" series. Mrs. Frances Eleanor Trollope has just published the life and letters of Mrs. Frances Trollope, her mother-in-law, who wrote a book on American customs and manners that gave great offense. Miss Gladstone, daughter of the ex prdeuiler, who hffl recently accepted the presidency of tho Cutubridge Wom en's Liberal Club, made her first ap pearance recently at a largely attended meeting. There Is a woman dentist In New York who Is fast attaining popularity and fortune. She Is a German by birth, and has a large clientele among the singers and other musicians of her own nationality In the city. LATEST EDICT foil TUB TAII.OB-MADK GIRL. Late Spring Coatume. mi p HI w KISS ME GOOD NIGHT." Kin ro good nlitlitl Tbe day Is dona, Acroi Ilfu' bill tho uu bat vet; All, all, nave left me; ouly one Remain to lovu n or foriretf Wo Nturtvd ncuwnrcl, to lovu' luui!. Hmirt Kind with flowera, huu and light Loat in tux uurkutwH, now we tuiid. Kiwi mo good nlulitl Kim mo good iilifht! Our lovely year U folded up mid put away, Tho nilntH are round uh ami a tear Ik all tho pruy'r I huvii to pray. Why do I wk-jiJ I only know Life' awful mystery nriulit. You paujc, and I have loved yon ao. Klw Jim good nlulitl KIh me good nlk'htl No more be said. For u whut oim tomorrow bring? A ory of pain for what i duud? . Another Now Year' wing to alngf Time' Hliudow elnsti around na font, Our lamp of lovo 1m ntlll alight, ' Ob, that wo might rullv.i the paatl Kl" iuo good nlghtl Clement Scott. A WOULD BE FLIRT. "If a woman really is in love with ber hut-bund, she cannot expect to have a very good time at dunce." . So spoke the dearest little woman in all the world late one evening on re turning from a ploasaut entertainment given by one of our neighbors, as she sank wearily into one of the big sofa roshious tliut adorned the couch of onr room. I knew by the enrious way she had acted during onr short walk home that jouiotliiiiK was troubling her pretty bead, so I preserved a discreet silence fter the utterance of the above remark. She gave me a quick glance to notice the effect bf her words, and seeing me buuily engaged in removing a bunch of white curuatiuus from the lapel of my dress ooat she continued : "She may enjoy herself after a fashion, bnt in order to thrill as she did as a girl it is necessary to be interested more w less in somebody else. " , Still I kept silent, and gathering courage from pure luck of opposition she went on :, "If I were only able to flirt, I could get along famously. I huve often seen other women add this variety to their lives, and as far as I could ever find out no barm resulted. " "Pray do not abstain from any such snjoyment on my account," I interposed. "Don t flatter yourself, my dear," she aid. "I have the inner consciousness (hat I have tried and failed yes, failed ntterly." "Tried what?" "Tried to flirt, yon goose. Idetermin 3d to try it just as an experiment. I'll tell yon all about it if yon won't inter rupt me and will be real good to me for the rest of my life. "Yes, I tried desperately to imagine myself an ill treated woman; that I bated you terribly, and finally to make myself believe that such a person aa Geoffrey Gordon never existed, bat to what an end f Just as I fancied I was succeeding, yoa would bob np serenely Into visiou and there yon weald stay, no matter how hard I tried to forget yon. " Of late, after the many social func tions we had attended, 1 had noticed a disposition oa the part of my wife to answer only vaguely to my inquiries as to whether she had enjoyed herself at Mrs. So-and-so's mnsicale, or Miss Somebody's reception, bnt 1 never sup posed for a moment there was anything: ierious on. her mind, as the above some what gloomy expression indicated. So I turned all attention to aear what aught be called a confession. "Maybe yon would no be averse to being given an opportunity to ase my insuranoe money, or else a judge in the divorce court might be prevailed npon to render bis decision" But here my remarks were cut short by a demonstration that would hardly look well in words in fact, I should be it a loss bow to express such a mani festation of feminine protestation. W hen she had resumed a state that made intelligibility possible, she broke forth : "Now, Geoffrey, that is too unkind for anything. When I come to yon to tell you all, yon stand there and make (uu of me. Yon had better be careful, f oung man. It may be worse than yon inppose. Yon know what your favorite, wongreve, says : Beaven bath no rnge like lore to hatred toned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. "So keep real good till I have finished. "Yon see, before I was married, whenever I went to a dance, there was always some one four or five in fact whom I tboroiajhly liked, and on whom could oouut to speak to me before the evening was over aud with whom I jonkl have a pleasant chat and danoe. Bo, no matter how distasteful my pres ent partner might be, my anticipations were pleasaut enough to make up for the preseut. "There were certain men who per hapi were not actually in love with me (she said this witli a perfectly straight (ace), but who invariably felt disposed to drift in my direction, so that I was kept perpetually buoyed up while talk ing with the stupid ones aud absorbed ifter they did speak to me by delightful incertainty as to whut the future might bring forth. That, of course, was before t met you, dear. "When I go to daucca now, I seem to lose remembrance of the fact tliut I ntii married, and with woman's vanity I begin to be painfully aware tliut tbe very men who would havo stood on their beads had I asked it in tho pist 1 jould not count on now to take tliu least interest in me or to talk other than the dreariest platitudes. They were painful -ly polite, would advance toward iue with few commonplace re:u:irk. uud wbeu they favored me at a geruiuu with tome glittering trinket, for v.hi h 1 osed to be crazy, I felt as though :t rt an expression of charity, portray:r5 that, having made my choice, I must abide by it and not expect any very great exertion on their park "I drifted from bad to worse till 1 reached a state of desperation, and when I saw Airs. Sweetly gazing fondly into Dicky Robinson's eyes the other evening I said to myself, 'There Is a woman who really lives, and tho reason she does is because she forgets she is married. ' - "Then it was, Geoffrey, dear, that 1 tried to force mysolf to forget that yon Jmd ever orossod my path that is, of course, only when I went to some social gutheriug. You know yon are so fond of your cigars. "Next to do was to find some suitable one on whom I could bestow my ulTeo tious. Finally I thought I would try JUalcolm Wharton, whom I knew to be of excollent family and who three years ago would have given bis head to have stood Not I in my eyes. "It was at Mrs. Bcclcman's reception that I determined to make- my flirting debut. Ho, about 9 p. m., when I Itmiw you wonld be smoking with, the gentle men up stain, I purposely placed my self in tbe path of my erstwhile- ac quaintance, Malcolm, withj snob' a gra cious manner that at first ho was puz zled, and then, being of m gallant na ture, be soon approached me with an air of attention. I astonished myself by the sprightly, not to say flippaut, style of my conversation. My heart went pita pat from excitement, and I was constant ly rehearsing to myself, 'Now 1- must forget Geoffrey,' and so I went on and on, deceiving myself into tbe belief that I was enjoying myself. "Be beoame more and more confiden tial aud fascinating, treating me in tbe fashion that men who are devoted- to other men's wives ordinarily assume. I tried to be all animation and really thought that the way he twinkled bis nose in bunny fashion was quite inter esting. He persuaded me to indulge in champagne several times, and I even took bis arm to tbe supper room. There he was devotion itself and compliment ed me in the most approved style. After staying some time in the supper room I proposed we should go and hear the music, but he had evidently had too much champange or something else to be reasonable, aud so, to be consistent, I could but follow him wheresoever he led. We at lust found ourselves in the conservatory and were seated behind a clump of palms when his conversation, which was commonplace enough, bad a ring to it that sent the blood flying to my face. His voice sank almost to a whisper, giving me to understand how miserable he had been in his later life and how I could fill that gap of woe. Now and then he would look np in my face to see if there was any evidenoe of sympathy that he thought should be there. "At last I had accomplished the very thing I had longed for here he was at my very feet and now that I possessed it I shrank from it in disgust. Each word of his felt like ice being forced down my back, I could not find expres sion to my thoughts, words froze on my lips and 1 felt as though the eyes of the entire room were on me. Tbe feeling of disgust changed to one of mockery, and be, seeing the change in my manner, doubtless considered me serious and be came more effusive in bis remarks and manifestations of love. "The words 'what a fool you are seemed to haunt me, bnt still I had to Bit there in cold blood and let him go on making an utter fool of himself, for there seemed to be no way to stop him. "What I would have done I hardly know, for he had seised my hand as though he intended to crash' every bone in it I really think he would have at tempted to kiss me, when yon serenely entered the room, appearing as an oasis in a desert ol torment. "I wrenched my hand loose and walk ed over as calmly as I could to where yon were standing and greeted you as complacently as was possible. You re-. . . . . : j 1 meniDer tne nignt yoa were uu wurrieu about your stocks yoo did not notice my agitation. "There, now, don't yon trunk i ex piated my crime?" Of course there was out one way to assure ber she had. University Courier. lawn aad the Guide. The poet Emerson was never credited with being a handsome man, though people who knew him saw in his fooa his beautiful character and forgot to dis criminate between bint and bis appear- anoe. Years ago, when the "philoso phers" were in camp at Follensbee pond, in the Adirondacks, Emerson was one of the party, and his devotion to his stud ies and "worthless writin" seemed to several of the guides a great waste of time, which might better have been spent in hnnting and fishing. There was, however, a guide, Steven Martin, who. became perhaps the most noted that the Adirondacks ever pro duced, and who recognized in Emerson something of his real worth and upon, whom the poet made a great impression. "Steve," as he was familiarly called, was an observing man, and the poet's physical defeots, then undoubtedly more prominent than in later years, did. nob escape his eye, as may be seen from, the answer be gave to the question, of the writer of this paragraph, "What kind of a fellow was Emerson?" "Waal, sir.." said the old guide, "he was a gantlemaa every inch, as nice a fellow aa yon ever see; pleasant and kind, and a scholar, ( too, alius figgerin, studyin. and writin; but, sir, be was, I believe,, the all fired-: est homeliest critter for bis age that ever came into these woods." Troy ' Times. The Seed mt Beaaaw Chief Justice Cattlin (1571). from whom tbe Spencers, Rnssells and many of the greatest English families are de scended, when sentencing a prisoner convicted as a go between in tbe corre spondence between Mary of Scotland and tbe bishop of Ross, thus addressed him : "The good seedsman bath sowed in yon good gifts, but as it is said in the gospel, then came the enemy and he sowed darnel, cockle and noisome weeds. Such wicked seedsmen have been in England. If they had sown the right seed fur their own use, the seed of hemp, and felt of it, then bad tbsy re ceived according to their deserving, hemp, meet seed for such seedsmen. " Temple Bar. BURN AND LIVED IN A HURRY. file Satanic Majesty Called Down tne Man Wbo 11 ad n't 'lime. A certain man was bom In a hurry, was rushed through childhood, was crammed through school and college, and was whirled madly Into a cyclone of business, uud through the avenues of this he sprinted dally at n speed not altogether extraordinary In this oge but, nevertheless, dizzying. At his olllce a sign thrust Itself Into one's countenance, rending; "Yester day was my busy duy; but to-day Is worse." Once, to a woman, be shot out the words: "Marry m to-morrow?" "But thl Is obt-why not wait "Haven't time." Later he blurted out to her: "Marriage, falluref Divorce this afternoon! All fixed!" "Oh! oh!" said she; "can't yow le me try again Just for a w "Haven't time." An agent got Into the office behind the orders to the contrary. A consulting physician suit! to him: "You are all run down. The strain for years has been too much' for you. Rest of tbe faculties Is whut your con stitution demands. Let me beg of you to leave everything aud go' down' to Beachslde for a " "Haven't time, sir! . lluveii't time." Eventually two forms stood1 beside bis lonely bed. One, with liowed und hoary head, watched the Inst grains of sand gliding silently through an hour-glass, and he made ready with a keen and ready scythe. The other merely leered aud grinned and rubbed his claws, as .. washing at the grime on them. And this lust was a bail fel low, who meets many another hall fel low, being II. L. Satan, himself. He alone spoke. Touching the man who was on the bed, he remarked: "I say, old man, death Is about to carry you off and I desire your Ines timable company. Kindly take my arm and " Here the man Jerked himself up with the lust electrical ampere- In him. Scowling, he cut out two words: Haven't time." II. L. Satau wluked his mouth pro digiously: "Oh, yes, you have," said he, dryly; "you've time to burn!" Truth. MRS. ALBERT HERTER. Beautlfnl American Lady Who la Winning Kama In Paris Mrs. Albert Herter, the beautiful American artist and wife of tbe artist, Albert Herter, was the recipient re cently of very high encomiums at a brilliant reception In Paris, which was given In honor of the Spanish Infanta, Eulalla. Among tbe many distinguish ed people, Parisians aud other, who paid their compliments to the hostess and the guest were tbe artist and his wife. The Herter carriage' was called while the princess was watting for hers. When Eulalla's eyes fell upon Mrs. Herter the princess quickly asked: "Who Is that beautiful woman? I shall never forget her face." The In fanta was told that her beautiful lady was the wife of Albert Herter. "Oh, how lovely she Is," cried Eulalla, with spirit "Among all the people I ever saw she Is the most charming the most perfect." A recent number of Les lie's Weekly published a portrait of Mrs. Herter. Husband and wife are sharing honors In their art as well as In their social life In Paris. Their home life Is as Ideal as their tastes, popularity and' wealth can make. It and their, work, with brush and crayon' subtle) trained. Intelligent widely, differing In kind; holds almost equal rank, la salon, exhibitions. The; ar pronounced everywhere the happiest, most idyllic eoupie la Paris. Not la His Lion. The palmists tell ns about the- liae- of life, the line of fate and all the other tines," observed Mrs. Morconib, who was interested In the science, "but the palmist who wrote this book " "Have you been buying: a book oa palmistry?" observed Morcomb. "Why. yes." "Had your hand looked at, too, I auppose?" "I have." "What did It costr "Only S5." "Only $5. H'mt What did the palm ist say about your tine of economy?" "He didn't say anything. There any such line. Is there?" "If there Is," snorted Morcomb, "the palmist never sees it In the hand of anybody who visits him!" Chicago Tribune. Before Meet mg Queen Victoria. The names of ladies whj have never been presented at tbe Queen's drawing-room must be sent to the lord chamberlain's office a certain number of days previous to the ceremony, with that of tbe person undertaking to la troduce them to the royal presence. MRS. A&BKB3) HERTER. The soprano threw tbe Imsao Id the choir a loving naaer; Mie wiih Hiieb u pretty l-o. And they only met f ehanta. Brooklyn Kngle. Florence "What h the first thing you have to learm la gotf?" Marion -What to wear." ruck. She "Did you see the Ltl onarter while In rorlsY" H-"No; but 1 got several1 lead francs pitsswll et m." Truth. Ignorance, bliss; knowledge blister. She "When you married me yoa said, you were well off." He "1 was; but 1 did not know It.V-Vanlry. None Too Cordlal.r-The- Hostes-"I suppose there Is no use of asking you to'stay to dinner'" The Culler "Not In that way.", Cleveland1 Plnlu Dealer. Poetry Fed She (sentimentally) "What poetry there Is In tire!" He (sad-lyj'-yes; a great deal of my pretty poetry has gouo there." Harper Ba sso r. Just the Same Thing. "Soy, loan me $10 for about a week?" "Cim't", have n't got but five.'. "That'll do led me the five for two .weeks'" Chicago' Rec ord. The difference between a' somnambU" list and a messenger boy Is trifling: One walks In his slepp, and the other sleeps In his walk."-Phlladelphlai Press. As the lmrrlcaneswept the dertt andi upset a few yachtsmen -It' breezily re marked: "I eucss I can turn an oc casional sumnier-'salt' myself." Rich mond Gazette. Whsway "What Is meant by a pass ing regurd?" Juzby "The regard In which you're held by people who bow to you but dou't stop to speak." Rox bury Gazette. She "We've bceu married' four mouths, dear, and I haven't glveniyon a chance to try iny cooking yet." He "Why, love, you're not getting tired of mealready, are you?" Yonkers States man. Really Unjust "I have done notb Ing but blush nil day," complained1 the rose, "and still that idiot of a poet goes nn tnlklns of the modest violet as If there were not others." Cincinnati En quirer. Mulman "I often hear people speak about brain work being; so awfully hard! It doesn't appear to me so.' UUt-ter-.0f course not; to men. of your caliber brayln' work Is easy." Boston. Courier. Mama "Russell, stop teasing, your brother; I'm tired of hearing hlm.ory.,, Russell "It won't make any difference If: I do stop, 'cos if I don't tease him. he'll tease me and make me cry." Har per's Bazar. "How large were the diamonds?" asked tbe press agent, pausing la the writing of the account; for publication.. "About as large aa. chestnuts," conv fessed the actress, unwittingly. Minrj neapolls Times. Game- wardent-Loofc here. Don't; you know that, youi oaa't shoot deer Jpst now? Proudi amateur sportsman. Can't. I: (pointing; to. fine dead buck).. Look at that aud, see whether I can't. Boston Courier;. Wlnterbloomt-Doult you think, taB Is rather high' for oi tailor-made gown? Von. Blumer tells, mo his wire poia onlv S15U Mis, Wlnteibloom True, my dear; but she. got bers before 1 got mlnei Harlem. Life. . ToaoheD Can, aay little boy tell me whleh. la. tho- Longest (lav In the yearr Billy Some fellows, say the day be fore Che 1st mas ls and some say tn day. before the Fourth of July. Har per's. Round Toole. "I doa't betteve you know, wbo I am"" said Mrs. Gaylelgh to. Tommy. "Sov ma'am,"' said Tommy. "I doa't know who vou are. but 1 kaow who you was. 1 beard mamma totting Aunt Susoft."' Harper s Bazar. "Oh. Edttb! there's tho.t lovely es cort yoa had last summer, the Count- de I.usk. selling ribbons at the further counter!" "So It Is. Don't let us rec ognise him, dear. He will prefer to re main Incognito." Fort Jervls Gaaetta. "Sing?" 8a id the specialty artist to the manager, "I can sing to beat the band." However, on hla appearance, that afternoon it was noticeable that, the orchestra, as usual, had the better of the contest Indianapolis Journal. Mrs. A. I am surprised that your husband earns so little If be works as bard as you say. What does be do? Mrs. B. The last thing be did was to calculate bow many times a clock ticked In tbe course of 1.000 years. Philadelphia Inquirer. "What is all that row in the dining room?" asked the dime museum man ager with some Irritation. "It do be the glass eater, sor, said the Zulu chieftain. "He says th' cook give bint a cracked toombJer, an' be cut his toons; on It" New York Press. "My dear," he said to his lady love, "I've been busy all day not manual labor, yon know, but brain work, which Is tbe hardest kind." "Yea, In deed; 1 know It must be for you," and there was a tender look of sympathy In ber eyes which aroused him. Phila delphia American.