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A FROLIC AT THE FORD. .
Geography was horrible; the sweat we
failed it that f
Bespoke a common misery when Billy tig.
naloil Pat,
Two stubby, grimy fingers uplifting on 'the
sly;
Thereat a wink significant distorted Pat
rick's eye.
Then Billy turned to Cummins, and Har
vey, and Dopew,
To each ir. turu displaying the mystic fin-
. ... ... .;: gerK (WOi
And lastly condescended, while the other
winked in glee,
To show the mystic symbol to the least of
all to inc.
O ecstasy transcending whate'er the V
ture stored, ; , j ; ' v i
When Billy Imde me join him for a ttM
at the ford! '"' '
- ' ' ' ''
The hours till noon slunk by as if they
knew we -wished them past ;-
It seemed -as though they'd uever go
they did, of course, at lust
And O, how cool the wafer was, and O,
how tweet the joy
. That filled and thrilled the bosom of each
sweaty little boy,
When he had hung his trousers on the
, nearest m.;dy bouh
Ann shut his lips and held his nose and
l rfni'A tit "tihinw v' "
We ducked and splashed and wrestled, we
nonted, raced and tread.
And Billy Hupped his foot aloft while
standing on his head;
lepew had brought up bottom from the
center of the pool.
When Harvey said ho reckoned it wat
time to go to school.
"Gee will!-.!" soys Billy, first to quit,
"that's something I forgot;
An' as I live! my breeches are twisted in
a knot!"
Each rushed ashore and scurried to where
his garments hung,
Then sudden imprecations arose from
every tongue.
While we had wooed the cooling stream,
some envious sneak had gone
And tied our shirts nnd trousers so we
couldn't get 'em on.
"We're late," says Billy. "Then," says
Pat, "just take your time to dress;
We'll fix it so's to wander in at afternoon
recess.
An' cach'o' y must gather a bunch o'
purty flowers
An' give 'em t' the teacher er she'll keep
y' after hours."
.
The teacher worked for slender pay, to
' far as money went; '
She prayed and played and pardoned and
seemed to be content,
But when a boy that loved her contrived
to let her know,
flic looked ns If her gratitude was going
to Overflow.
'
I guess that the no matter what.
When we six boys marched In,
Each one of us a-griuoing from eyebrow
down to chin,
And slopped in turn before her desk and
laid our flowers down,
We saw two tears start sudden In the
; middle of her frown.
At I, the hist and least of all, went by,
with hair askew, , .
Sl) ttoo'd and said: "I love you, boys,
no matter what you do.",
"These flowers," whispered Harvey, "are
not so bud a plan."
".She's solid Kohl," said Billy; "she ought
t' been a man!"
A TRIBUTE OF SONG.
II Kit H Is no place
on earth where
litter helplessness
comes out so strong
ly, where the core
monies la btimtiu
use full bo power
less before the iwij
ottty of the occa
sion, ns at a fuueral.
It need not be that
one's heart shall be
Interested. The ob
sequies of a stran
ger, conducted with
nil the pomp and
Vanity of church nnd state, with the
melancholy rolling drum of the military
funeral, or the gorgeousness of the Ma
sonic regnllu apron all ure alike Inade
quate ami unavailing.
But onco In my lifts have I witnessed
a ceremony that was as grand nnd Im
pressive as the slleut, awful occuslou
that was ever given to the dead.
I will tell you of a funeral which lin
gers In my memory as the grandest,
most solemn, and befitting ceremony
that was ever given to the dead.
It was rumored umny years ugo that
A poor widowed woman, lending a hard
life of unending labor, was called to
part with the one thing dear to her
her only child. Mother und daughter
had tolled together for fifteen years,
and the only lilt of sunshine fulling
Into their dark lives was that shed by
their living companionship. But the
girl had always been sickly. Under the
heart broken mother's eyes she had
faded nnd wasted ttwny with consump tion,
and ut last the day etitue when the
wan face fulled to answer with Its
ghastly smile the anxious, tear-bllnded
eyes of the mother.
The poor young creature was dead.
For many months the pair had beeu
supported by the elder wouiau's sew
ing, and It was In the character of em
ployer 1 had become acquainted with
Mrs. Cramp and her story. By an occa
sional visit to the awful heights of nu
Knst Side tciicmcut where they lived,
by a few book nnd with some comfort
ing words, 1 bad won the love of the
dying girl. Her grateful thoughts turn
ed lu her last hours to the small num
ber of frleuds she possessed, and she
besought her mother to notify me of
the day of her funeral and nsk uie to
nt tend. ' i i mil
The i timuions reached me upou one
of the wildest days preceding Christ
. urns. A sleet that was not rain and a
rail that wat not snow cr.me pelting
. from nil points of Oik compass. A wind
that walled lo V ' " n bowled
In t&( street told how truly dreadful
for outdoor purposes was the weatbei
of tin day. I piled the glowing grates:
I nre ft closer the curtains and shut out
the j lsoui of the December afternoon;
I tur'i'ed ou the gas and sat down de
voutly thankful that I had cut ail con
neetitA! with the witched weather
wherjanliistallmeiitof It burst in on me
In Uie shape of Parepa Kosa. She was
Euuurosyue 'Parepa at that time, and
the operatic Idol of the city. Muffled
with tippets, flecked with snow, glow
iujj with the short encounter she had
had with the elements rushing up the
M.eps from her carriage, she threw her
Pelf Into an easy chair and proclaimed
the horrors of the outer world to be be
yond description. ,
.' , And even as we congratulated our
Vjves oil the prospect of a delightful
'-V together there came the summons
Jim- ma to go to the humble funeral of
the poor sewing woman's daughter. I
turued the little tear-blotted' note over
and groaned.
"This Is terrible," said I; "It's Just
the one errand that could take me out
to-day; but I must go." And then I
told Parepa the circumstances and
speculated on the length of time I
should be goue, and suggested means
of amusement in my absence.
"But I shall go with you," said the
great, good-heartd creature.
"Your throat, and old Bateman. and
your conceit to-night!" I pleaded.
"If I get another 'froggy' note in my
voice It won't matter much; I'm hoarse
as a raven now,", she returned.
So she rewound her throat with the
long, white comforter, pulled on her
worsted . gloves, and 'off In the storm
wo went together. We climbed flight
after flight of narrow, dark snirs to
the top floor, where the widow dvvlt in
a miserable little room not more ruan
a dozen feet square. The canvas-buck
hearse, peculiar to the $25 funerulj
stood In the street below, and the aw
ful cherry-stained box with Its rufllt
of glazed white muslin stood on uncov
ered trestles lu the center of the room
above. . . , '
There was the mother, speechless in
her grief, before that box a group of
hard-working, kindly hearted neigh-
bors sitting about. It was useless to
say the poor woman was prepared foi
the Inevitable end It was cold comfort
to Bpeuk to her of the daughter's re
lease from pain and suffering. The be
reft creature, In her utter loneliness,
was thinking of herself and the awful
fate of the approaching moment when
that box and Its precious burden would
be taken awny and leave her wholly
nloue. So, therefore, with a sympathiz
ing grasp of the poor, worn, bony baud,
we sat silently down to "attend the
funeral." : ;
The undertaker's man, with a screw
driver In his baud, jumped about In the
passage to keep warm. The creaky
boots of the minister belonging to the
?'J5 funeral were heard on the stairs
There was a catarrhal conversation
held outsldo lietween them as to the
enormity of the weather, ami, probably,
the baa taste of the deceased In select
lug such a had time to die was dis
cussed. Then the minister came lu with
a pious sniff and stood revealed, a reg
ular Stlgglns ns to get-up a dry, self
sutllclent uinn, Icier than the day und
colder than the storm.
He deposited his hat nnd black gloves
nnd wet umbrella ou the poor little bed
In the corner; ho shipped his hand vig
orously together; he took himself In
well-merited fashion by the eurs and
pulled them Into glowing sensation,
and after thawing out for a moment
plunged Into business.
He rattled merrily through some se
lected sentences from the Bible. He
gave us a prayer that sounded like pens
lu a dried bladder, and he cume to
ainen with a Jerk that brought uie up
like a pateut suatlle. lie pulled ou his
old gloves and grubbed his rusty hat,
and with his umbrella dripping inky
tenrs over the well-scrubbed floor he
offered a set form of condolence to the
broken-hearted mother. lie told bet
of her sin In rebelllug against the de
cree of Providence. He assured her
that nothl"; could bring the dead back.
My. nivclghed against the folly of the
world lu general, and this poor woman
In particular; nud then he made a hor
rible blunder, and showed he -didn't
know even the sex of the dead, by say
ing: "He cannot come to you, but you
must go to him."
This wns a settler for Parepa and
myself. We looked at the departing
minister In blank astonishment.
The door swung wide, we saw the
screw-driver waving In the air as the
undertaker's tnun held converse with
the clergyman. A hush fell on every
lsidy gathered In the little room. Not
one word had been uttered of consola
tion, of solemn Import, or befitting the
occasion. It was the emptiest, hollow-
est, most unsatisfactory moment I
ever remember.
Then Parepa arose, her cloak falling
about her noble figure like mourning
drapery. She stood beside that miser
able cherry wood box. She looked a
moment ou the pinched, wasted, ashy
face upturned toward her from wlthiu
It. She laid her soft, white hand ou the
discolored foreheudof the dead girl, and
she lifted up that mutchless voice lu
the beautiful melody:
"An gelt ever bright and fair,
Take in, oh, take her, to your care."
The screw-driver paused lu describ
ing an airy circle; the wet umbivlU
stood pointing dowu the stairs; the tv
nieu tvlth astonished faces were fore
most In a crowd that Instantly filled the
passage. The noble voice swelled to
ward heaven, and If ever the choir of
paradise paused to listen to earth's
music It was when Parepa sang so
gloriously beside that poor dead girl.
No queen ever went to her grave ac
compli tiled by a grander ccreiuouy, To
thlM day Parepa's glorious tribute of
fcoiu; rlngt with solemn melody lu uiy
men cry as the only real, Imprtuslv
funeral service I over beard.
BABIES IN INCUBATORS.
Uov
the Youngsters Are
Made to
IGrow by Science.
The Victorian Km Exhibition, now
open in London, does not possess au
exhibit of greater scientific Interest
than that of the infant. Incubator, and,
from a popular point of view, judged
merely as a sideshow, this invention
has proved immensely attractive in
fact, it is one of the most paying con
cerns at Karl's Court, medical men vy
ing with the general public lu their l
miration for this new contrivance for
saving life. The necessity for such a
thing Is shown by the fact that where
as lu 1880 ttie number of deaths regis
tered In (irent Britain as being duo to
premature birth amounted to 1,1)30, the
figure rose for last year to 2,534. It Is
also well known that a large numb'r of
deaths which are attributed to various
diseases are due. Indirectly, to prema
ture birth.
The two most Important considera
tions in saving the lives of prematurely
born or very weakly infants are, of
course, warmth and air, and these fac
tors are amply provided for In the neat
white metal contrivances which are
now to be seen. Somewhat similar in
ventions have been In use for some
time at the Charity Hospital, Berlin,
and the Paris Maternity Hospital and
the Post-Graduate Hospital, New York.
lhe first "couveuses" used In Paris in
1880 were a great Improvement upon
the old-fushioned style of wrapping the
Infants in wadding or in a sheepskin
with the wool adhering; but they still
left much to be desired, inasmuch as
they had to be freshly warmed three or
four times a day, and consequently re-
juireu unceasing and vigilant attend
ance. ! ' . . ,,
The latest Incubator is tho Invention
of Paul Altuiunu, and is now being ex
ploited In England for the first time.
Its great merit Is that It works auto-
tiiatieally, thus dispensing with the ne
cessity for Incessant watchfuluess; in
deed, the machines themselves ueed no
wutcblnir. and the infants have onlv to
be moved In order to be fed, a elreum-
siauce wmcn mey generally announce
lu the eiiBtomary manner, and washed
The temperature is maintained . by
means of a thermostat, which works
automatically. By an Ingenious sys
tem of levers communication is at once
established between the inside of the
Incubator una the boiler oufslde, which
Is heated by au oil lamp, gas or elec
tricity, so that, should the temperature
vary ever so slightly, it Is increased or
decreased us occasion may require.
Next to the warmth for the little pa
tient comes the question of air, anfl this
Is provided from the outside through a
pipe which conducts It to the Incubator,
where It passes through a washing, fil
tering and warming process before'
passing Inside. Ou the top of the incu-'
bator there Is a chimney so constructed
mat ii can oiuy rami au outlet tor invj
pure air. As a means of ; ji-o luiii,'
warmth of tire -necessary dep've nV. ?
nusoiiiieiy pure air, tnw wrr-i'm" , 3 ,j
perfect, and to totiku all tbuitf -"' j
there Is a staff of experienced i-uiue1
Facta About Postaxo Mam; it. '
111 this day and age we mol-den
stamp and nfllx It o our letters orfd
give it no further thought, adapting
the stamp us a iuatter-of-couio con
venience, and nuifiy persons, tf'ould be
wondrously surprised if they were to
be told that tlielf- grandparents uever
saw a postage sfnnip.
Henry Shaw, flic father of ".losli Bil
lings," purchasd tho first two sAamps
ever sold In th V nlted Htatus oh Aug.
(I, 1847. He bought ovj' each of the
five-cent staiiJi and th;Vu-eeni stamp,
these two denominations Ixng the
only ones put out at that tlaie. The
ten-cent stniiip he gave to Governor
Brlggs and kept tho flveceut one for
himself.
Of the fit stamp ever Issued Wash
ington's portrait was on (ho ten-cent
and Franklln i on the other. Since
that timethe various issues of the Uni
ted Statts stamps xvoukf ' furnish a
unique portrait gallery, showing the
faces of fo.'ty-elght ttwtod Americans.
Washington appear on.tweuty-flve Is
sues, -blle Hi col rs iictnre is' on ev
ery Igi'uft sini-e . : ii, v A-ept the Colum
bian aer'vt. I .
InlST.'p a law wn Nhased prohibiting
the use of tue pct'tralta of living men
on tho United Puleystamps.'thug plac
ing living men hi the7 tame position that
women occupied whether dead or
alive, for no woinan't portra l has ever
graced a stamp belonging ti the Uni
ted States, pj' tn1 or revenue.)
Of the two. hundred and nty stamps
which have Un issuisi ;.;he values
have ranged, from one tnt to five
thousand dollars. Five dollars is the
highest value among postage, stamps,
but newspaier fcvamp reach, the hundred-dollar
mark, whita a: revenue
stamp may rtprewnt five thousand dol
lars. I " i
Stamps wir put; on the market In
August, 1S4T, but veru so little used
that the govmnueunhad to pass a law
enforcing fepaym W of postage,
which went Into erTectt In 1836. Before
this, action was taken i scarcely otie let
ter lu a diizeh was fouud with a stnmn
utllxed. To-tlay the pAstorfices of the
cotintry sell
our bl'illonWnmps (eount-
lug postal cards, stamped envelopes
and stamps
nu kiuuni, vauieu at
aeveiity-llTe
single year.
(million doleiia, during a
ilin
1- r,
Irollcy Curt In (Slam.
They ure uj to date lu' Slam. They
run electric trams In Bangkok and the
king Is one of the largest stiarehoWers.
Tor some years the dwelhrrs U Bang
kok were coutent with tlie'l'vly horse
ns a traetlou-power for, li.Wr trams,
but the company promo' ; Vi the elec
tric engineer found thVr i, ay (u enter
prising Slam, and no-., ai ctrjc tram
way fluds lu slleut way V'roligh the
- I V
It rJuSsj'rom the
streets of Bangkok
lower tud of the town to nl i
nee, a distance of six mffosvi'he slisre
return a handsome dlvided, as much
as IS per cent, has been aid, but tin
average return is 10 or llfper cent. No
wonder his Majesty has jiiudsome jew
els and takes summer'tf y to the con
tinent. Pall Mall Uazefie,
J . .
ATCHISON GLO?E SIGHTS.
i .
Every scoundrel ll:ius a Slot of people
to stand by him. j ;
Kvery man thinks h is something of
a weather prophet.
A man who is not iwir.'.id can mate
a change, but tiiar.-led nian can't ,
All the average ij;in wonts Is an op
port unity to make a fool of himself.
The only way to keep people from
knowing your age U to move every
year: f ' '
Poetry is popnlar fir no other reason
than that every pevou has written
some. ; ' , ' i
i
Occasionally yon bisir a inau say he
Is tired of "notoriety." Don't you be
lieve it.
Every young man who gi.f s married
Is, according to the women, the best ot
the boys in his family. j
Money Is so hard tt earn fi Is a won
der that people don't stop experiment
ing with it af ter tliey get it.
Each party t' a marriage likes to
have it said of him tliat he was
"caufht," lii8feaa f that he) "made a
catch."
There are wi.-k'. unjuVt kicks
made thnt when i mfta kicks
with jus-
tic It doesn't 'o
tbe (kmsidera-
tiofi that is due it.
Why do . women think that little
waists are becoming?..' Everybody
kiows that a Utt' waist Is aj deform
ity, like a Chiuese woman's foot,
lit is not considered that a woman's
grief at lier husband' funeral Is what
it should be unless the doctor has to b
'called ti clvo her chloroform..
. v
Character in. Hats.
Noth'e how a man wears his head
gear, and you can make a pretty
shrewd guess as to his character. H
the hfit is perfectly straight and nicely
adjusted to Ids head, you are safe In
believing that he has a corresponding
slnifghtforwardnewi of character.. II
a hut slope at the back, Its wearer ha
good brain power;. tilted habitually for-we-i'd,
It. Indicates preponderance ot
the nuiter.lal nature.. The man who
pl-rtcos his hat on owe side Is self-asset;-ttve,
and has his vice Men who wear
pats too large for them are of a philo
sophic turn of mind, and wrapped up In
their own thoughts. Meu who go to
the opposite extreme are mincing, af
fected Individuals with, as a rule, au
Inordinate love of dress and any
amount of self-esteem. The man who
throws his hat on his head any how is
(i . -n;ChsH, h:i,ppy-go-lucky, Indolent
Vli.ii'1 ter. Tie generally has his bands
i .hi portals, and you can see any
n.iffioer of his genus lounging at the
kU'wv't corrte'i-s,,
How Work Altera Features.
-freryccupatlon more or less leave
Its Imprint on the face of the work
ers, and In the student, too, we hear ol
the "pale cast of thought." But som
work positively disfigures the workers,
and alters the features so much as to
render them unrecognizable In many
cases. The white-lead workers are
singularly disfigured, but they do not
satisfy the Inquiry so much as th
glassblowers. The exertion of blowing
glass by the bottle makers Is attended
with lamentable results to the workers.
The task of blowing often results, not
merely In distending checks, causing
them to become baggy, and when at
rest to hang down loosely, but also Id
cases the cheeks have been known to
give way under the continuous strain,
and positively break Into unsightly
gnshes, which become life-disfigurements.
Explained Hla Success.
Henry Miller, the well-known ranch
er, was busily engaged In counting i
big herd of cattle as they were driven
by him, when an acquaintance ap
proached him with the greeting:
"Hello, Henry!"
Miller kept on counting, nor daring to
even turn hl head for fear of losing
his count.
"Hello, Henry," repeated hla ac
quaintance, thinking he had not been
heard.
Still Miller kept on with his count
"Say, Miller, you needn't be so Btuci
up because yon are worth a few dol
lara," remarked hla friend, angrily. "1
knew you when you were peddllni
sausages on the street."
The rancher had Just completed hit
count, and, turning to hla acquaint
ance, said:
"Yes, by tarn, und If I don't have got
any more sense as you I be ellln
sausages yet." San Francisco Post.
Candid.
Lady (Interviewing housemaid)
did you leave your last place?
-Wbj
Housemaid Because the master klst
ed me, mum.
Lady And you didn't like it, ehT
Housemald-Oh, I dldn t mind It
mum, but the mistress didn't like It!
Clever Swindling Scheme.
Belgium swindlers have beeu past'ni
thin transparent paper over the post
age stamps they put ou letters. Tin
paier took the postmarks, leaving th
stumps beneath uncancelled.
Coat of Point.
Shabby Individual (to painter up lad
der) Hi! you're droppiug your palm
all over mc!
TaliKer (coolly)-Well, you want i
new coat of some sort, badly!
It is well cuough to have faith In hu
nuailrv. but It la much mnm imiv,.i.,.i
' ' " "'"'l iuui
I U "t humanity should bare faith Is
,Mt H8afe4H?
MADE THE BURGLARS FLEE.
AS trophies of her recent desper
ate encounter with a burglar,
Miss Ellen Zorn, of New Buffalo,
Mich., treasure a sandbag and a set of
false whiskers. The manwider got
away, but Miss Zorn has plfotographed
on her mind a good picture of the fel
low, and hopes to see the original ere
loug. She is the daughter of John Zorn,
a well-to-do nnd respected German citi
zen who resides a short distance out
side of New Buflalbi Miss Zorn Is 24
years old, of slight build nnd full of
courage. She was sleeping alone In the
lower part ot the house, when she was
awakened by a noise upstairs. She
quickly arose, aud on opening the door
of the room from whence the noise
seemed to come ran plump into the
arms of a big, black-bearded man. The
fellow aimed a blow at her with a sand
bag, but she dodged and closed with
hiuu Her first grab, woman-like, per
haps, was for his beard, which came
away In her hand. The man struck at
her repeatedly, but she escaped serious
lujury. Meantime she had seized his
throat In one hand and the sandbag
with the other, choking him so he could
hardly breathe. Then he dropied the
sandbag, which she seized and pro
ceeded to use vigorously on the unwel
come visitor. Upon this he Jumped
from a window and escaped.
No Opening for Women.
Mrs. Emily Crawford, the well
known Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Dally News, says that there ia no
opening at all for women Journalists In
Paris. "The manners of the country,"
she says, "are entirely against It. The
French press Is nt present In the hands
of a rough, pushing, scrambling set of
men. who guard their own rights most
Jealously against any Intrusion of wo
men. If a girl tried to force her way
luto a Paris newspaper office she would
meet with scant courtesy aud would
be looked upon ns an Interloper who
deserved no mercy."
This la the Way.
The woman who Is wondering how
she shall "do" her hair to be In the
latest mode can look at tills and be sat
isfied. It Is a style
just brought out In
London, and while
It requires a deft
hand it Is really
very easy to accom
plish, and the nov
el way in which
the tw hits are ar
ranged are at once
pleasing and be
coming. This year
there has been an
effort to make
women wear their
THB KEW TWIST.
hair on top of their heads, but it has
not beeu exactly successful. It la im
possible to adjust a bat at a correct
angle with an elaborate high coiffure,
aud In these busy days a woman who la
embroidering by her fireside one min
ute, scampering down to the grocery
next, receiving callers one hour and
out on the golf field the hour after has
uo time to dress her hair every hour of
the day to suit conditions she wants a
style which Is at once pretty and which
pormlts of a hat If necessary.
New Skirts.
There are several varieties of new
skirts one kind is plain In shape, but
much fuller In the back than those
which have been worn. Trimming Is
put on either at the hem or over the
hips. Tailor gowns have barrel-hoop
rows of silk braid from the waistband
to a little below the hips, similar rows
appearing at the hem. Designs of
many kinds, key border patterns, V's
and such are formed with Inch-wide
silk braid on many of the winter skirts.
Wear Masculine Garb.
Mnie. Dleulnfoy, the famous traveler
and archaeologist, is one of the two or
three women to whom the French Gov
ernment has granted permission to
wear masculine garb. She Is always as
correctly dressed as a Ixndon swell,
and she and her husband patronize the
same tailor.
Secret of Hcauty.
Probably one of the great secrets of
how to be beautiful lies In thoroughly
realizing what typo nature Intended
you to be, and then straiulng every
ucrve to be as perfect as possible In
that particular line. It takes all kinds
of people to make up a world and there
la no more certain way of courting fall-
MISS ELI. EN ZOI1N.
re thain trviivtrto1 wran yourself down .
or strekch yourself up to something
utterly autagonrstfe to your nature.
The Duh-h-doll ntylo of woman, with a
tip-tiltod nose auvf tfafe cheeks, may be
perfectly conscious- that hers Is not the
highest form of beauty; but woe betfele ,
her if she try to make it so by the os
trich-like, proceeding f clothing her
self In Grecian drapery and wearlug
classical lillet in her hair.
Has Twelve DresBiiinkem. '
It is well known that the German
Empress is an ideal housekeeper, a
well as an Ideal wife and mother, Her
dread of waste goes so far that the
suits of her elder children are cut down
to- fit the younger boys, aud her own
court dresses are altered again and
again-,, so. as not to be recognized when
they are- worn at any court functions.
Yet It i also reported that an army of
twelve dressmakers Is always at work
for the Empress, and that it Is tn
ercased' to over thirty whenever the
Empress is about to start on a journey.
New gowns would, after all, be tm ex
pensive, since the great Berlin artist In
dresses who makes the court costumes
for her majesty charges only about $7D
for making a gown of state. .
Ugly on the Wheel.
As a rule American women are pre
pared to blindly follow French styles,
but most of them hope the day Is Sir
distant when they are likely to see
their daughters and themselves ar
rayed In the unsightly plaited bicycle
bloomers to be seen dally on the Paris
boulevards. They accentuate all the
ungraceful lines and the prettiest wo
men look ugly in them. The rldera hi
Paris bend forward at a sharper angle
than they -do here and -this alone renders-them,
ungraceful'. It Is a matter
of wonder that French women are c
unnttractlve on the wheel, as femlnbie
France has always stood for chamw
and' style.
The Smelling Knltu Expression.
The constant use of smelling aalta to
aald by physicians to ruin the beauty
of women addicted to the habit
For the Nursery.
The newest convenience for tha
baby's boudoir is a big-bowled, long
handled spoon of yellow wood. The
bowl is a painting of a scene from the
land of farles or nursery ditties. The
classic cow performing her aerial feat,
Simple Simon, Little Boy Blue, Little
Nan Ettleoat and other familiar per
sonages ornament the bowl, whose
curling edges make a frame for the
gay little figures. All aloug the handle
of the spoon are placed brass hooka,
and when It Is fastened to the wall by
a larger and more solid hook placed at
the back it makes nn ornamental aim)
very useful little rack for the children's
clothes.
PetticoaU of Plaid.
Each year more care Is bestowed
upon the petticoat of silk. This sea
son the most fetching thing In petti
coats Is the one of plaid silk. The
Aiops are showing most attractive and
elaborately made garments of this or
der. One shown In a leading Broad
way dry goods house the other day
waa of green and black plaid, the bot
tomhavingadeepflouncedone In knlfe
pleatlng cut into points and set up over
anotherpleated flounce of black taffeta.
Silk petticoats can be hnd now In ai
the fashionable plaids and their cost
Is In keeping with their elegance.
To Remove Tan anil Frecklet,
Soap will not remove tan nor
fveckles, says the Ladies' Home Jour
nal. Bathe the face in warm water
and dry very carefully with a soft
towel. Do not use soap on the face un
less absolutely necessary. Never use
fnee powder of any sort- It spoils the
skin, by closing the pores. If y0nr
clilld suffers from sunburn, moisten the
face at night with cucumber Juice Out
a cucumber lengthwise and rub' It on
the face, allowlmr tha ini. ..
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until It dries off; or use a mild boJiiUot.
01 oa king soda.
Bernhardt' Hair.
Sarah Bernhardt'a hair Is
untvrijty
of a dark brown and Is far fritu luxu1-
ant. It Ik, however, stiff aail
ci-inkjj
and now that rt is bleached Ih revldleh-
7 ?OS
gol.l is picturesque and pa-tty; thh
golden aureole, which frames.' Iv
great actress' face, Is exceedingly lu?
coming, and she did well to n-fuae to
accept the Indifferent color conferred
on her by nature.
Keep Accounts.
Keeping household accounts is an af
fair, If not a necessity, s ill of tbt
greatest wisdom, says an exchauij. In
comparison with the small amount of
time and labor which the d' log so em
ploys the satisfaction of knuwln t
the end accounts which w'.il sho :.Lc
once where expenses can be h-Mi nsd u
entitled to respectful consideration. ;
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