WORKING WOMEN INCREASING.
A MANUFACTURER who gives
employment to a large number
of women and girls cites a few
reasons for the preferment shown the
fair sex. He says that women are more
adaptable, more reliable, more easily
controlled, neater, quicker, more indus
trious, careful, polite and docile than
men. "Furthermore," he continued,
"where men and women are in other
respects equal there Is one point of su
periority on the part of women that
count heavily, and that is sobriety.
Taking this In conjunction with the
fact that employers are more and more
making It an absolute condition of em
ployment, It will be seen that women
possess on advantage that Is very
marked. The advantage of being will
ing to neewt smaller pay Is an unsta
ble equilibrium, but the advantage of
habits of sobriety is a stable equlll
brlum, and sober men possess the same
advantage."
The percentage of Increase of women
In all gainful occupations since 1880 is
48, while the percentage of their in
crease In mechanical Industries Is near
ly 03. Among the gainful occupations
In which women are engaged to the ac
tual number of 4,000,000 are those of
pilot, sailor, locomotive engineer,
plumber, machinist, workers in Iron,
steel, brass, lead and zinc; boiler-maker,
nail-maker, furnace-mnker, roofer
and slater. Although as yet women are
not fouiid In rolling mills, blast fur
naces, nor In any of the occupations
that expose the workers to excessive
heat, It is probable that there will be
inventions before a very long time
which will relieve all such labor of
many of Its sieclal hardships, and the
entrance of wonen will follow.
term they were married. Her sister
came to leach the next school year.
When the term was half over this sis
ter resigned and married, and sent for
another unmarried sister to take her
place as teacher The third Miss Husch
taught In the school the latter half of
the term, but three days after the term
closed she was married to a business
man of the town."
linrrcd Out by Their Beauty.
Many reasons have been advanced
for the exclusion of foreigners who
uniiL'lif to take ui) residence In thia
country, but so far as records show
none has beeu barred for the same rea
son as now operates to detain Ella and
Agnes FroiiHdorf at the Immigrant
landing In New York. The girls are
ulsters from Hamburg, and came to
America hoping to find nt least a tem
porary home with their uncle, S. V. Do
Yough, a New York importer of
wealth. On their arrival the rich mer
chant went to meet them nnd was at
once Impressed with the Idea that the
Fair Sex to He Gloried.
What woman hns done from the time
when she began exerting her wiles on
unsuspecting Adam up to the present
day Is going to be told in a book. It
is to be written by George Willis Cooke
of East Lexington, Mass. He has beeu
collecting material for it during the
last twelve years and estimates that It
will require three volumes of 500 pages
each to develop his plan In a satisfac
lory manner and that It will take three
or four years to bring It to a satisfac
tory conclusion. The wo'k Is being
conducted under the auspices of Julia
Ward Howe, T. W. Higgiuson, William
T. Harris, commissioner of education;
A. F. Chamberlain, Clark University;
Edward Everett Hale, Ednah D. Che
ney, William Lloyd Garrison, Philip S,
Moxom, I). D.; Hattie Tyng Oris wold,
Caroline Bartlett Crane, Mary A. Llv
ermore, Nathan Haskell Dole, Frank B,
Sanborn, and several editors.
Hook for the Theater Hat.
The theater-going woman has always
strongly objected to taking off her hat
In the theater for the reason that no
place has been provided where it can
be stowed away without danger of In
jury when It is off. To carry It on the
la) throughout the performance Is
more unfeasible Idea than if it were a
baby, and to place it under the seat la
only to tempt, the fate which falls up
on the unluiDDV chimney-pot of her
male escort. A solution of the difficul
ty takes the form, however, of a newly
Invented hat peg, which is screwed
to the back of the seat In front, aud
being telescopic in Its formation, ia
drawn out when wanted, and forms no
obstruction when out of use, and, joy
of 1ovs! there is a mirror at the tor
mlnal knob, whereby the fair lady ma
adjust her tresses and her treasured
tile and go forth again with a clear
conscience and at peace with all men,
When twilight bells are ringing sweet
And evening echoes greet me.
My happy heart seems singing sweet
Of some one who will meet me.
Of blue eyes 'neath a golden crown;
Dear eyes that watch and wait,
And little footstep pattering down
The pathway to the gate.
Though sad the toil in barren soil,
Though fortune has not found me,
I know that night will bring me light
And twine two arms around me.
And let the day be gold or gray,
What thought so sweet as this,
It drifts and dreams my darling's way,
Who keeps for me a kiss.
Oh, love of life, and strength in strife;
Oh. 1ov to sorrow given.
O, dear child eyes that make life's skies,
And earth as sweet as heaven,
I still can bear with grk'f and care,
And face the storms to be.
If love, the comforter, will share,
The crust, the crumbs with me.
Baltimore American.
"if Mm 1
THE WELCOME HOME.
A SENSE OF HUMOR.
IVE me," said I,
"before everything
a sense of humor."
"To him that
hath?" Inquired
Arabella.
"Well," said I,
modestly, "I hope I
have. But I would
desire even more."
She smiled. "You
may smile young
lady."
"I'm not smiling."
"Look In the
glass."
"I don't want to
grow vain."
Perfumes and the Nerves.
It may uot be generally known, but
It Is nevertheless a fuet, that the per-
fumes which are the most pleasing to
the senses are not In all cases helpfu
to the nerves. Ambergris, for Instance,
Is positively offensive to many, yet It la
said to possess a wonderful power of
clearing the brain and driving away
those evil spirits knowu ns the "blues."
On the other hand, attar of roses, with
the suggestion of glowing suns and
gorgeous eastern colors, predisposes
one to tears, a rami ouor oi iihlsk
as a tonic, while civet brings drowsi
ness of soul, for which the best anti
dote is the pungent odor of sandal
wood. The fragrance of the citron and
aloe wood Is as soothing to nervous
people as I'ar-olT music.
IltA AM) AflNKS rilKNNmmP.
roHiionslbllltv of hiking after two
girls was more than he could under
take. Mr. He Yough wants them to
return to Germany and promises 1o
send them money regularly after their
arrival there, "but," says he, "beautb
fill as they are I cannot assume char
of them; they are too beautiful."
The representative of Austro-IImi-jrury
found them places as governesses
In a Brooklyn family, but the head of
this household acknowledged that
they dlil not prove what he wanted he
would discharge them. This Is one of
the contingencies to provide against
which the Immigration bureau was
formed, so the girls may yet have to
return to Germany.
Fruits for the Skin.
Fruit acids will cure most skin dis
eases anil will Keep me complexion
clear when medicine 1ms failed. Ap
p'es will relieve a torpid liver, and the
stillowness which results from It.
Plums and peaches will correct acidity
of the stomach. Grapes will stimulate
digestion. Oranges supply food and
medicine for the throat, and berries of
any kind will cure cases of skin erup
tion. A good physician declares that
the best skin and blood tonics are made
from fruit acids. Girls with pallid
complexions want strawberries; If nt
to be had, substitute bananas; but of
all fruits, the apple stands unrivaled
for all general purposes of diet aud
medicine.
Con Aiiuie Their Maiden Name.
A decision which will be of interest
to women all over the country w;i
rendered by n Cincinnati Judge a few
days ago. It Is that a woman has the
right to continue in business under her
maiden name after she Is married If
she so chooses. The Judge lu his opin
ion said that a married woman's legal
name Is thai which her husband bears,
and that as long as they are man and
wife she can have no other surname,
ntiwniliiir for business imrposes, when
run iisMiime her maiden name, or
any other name, provided, of course,
that there Is no Intent to defraud.
Hcurcity of Women.
Young women are still scarce In Ida
ho, ami bachelors who desire to change
their conditions of s'ngle blivsseduesjt
are plenty. As a result of this condition
of alTalrs school Imards In that Slate
have dillli ully In securing teachers to
conduct their schools. There are about
ten unmarried men to one unmarried
woman In Idaho.
Dr. William C. Whltewell. a druggist,
and the Mayor of Salmon City, Idaho,
gives the following Incident as a sain
ple'of the way school ma'ams are woo
ed and won In Idaho:
"A charming young lady, Miss Kitsch,
came from Iowa to teach lu the public
school lu Givensvillo," he says, "but
before she was there three mouths she
was engaged to a prominent man of the
towu, and at the close of tu school
Mine Worked by Women.
It Is an uncommon sight In this conn
try to see young women mining coal
from the Imwols of the earth. Such
sight, however, can be seen any day In
Pennsylvania. The Ma honey valley
near Shamokln, boasts of a coal mine
worked entirely by women. There aru
seven employed, and they are all relat
ed, being the daughters of a German
miner named Hans.
Toilet Odd li ml Kudu.
The favorite sleeve Is one closely tit
ting with a crisp little puff at the shoul
der; another Is a modltted mutton-leg,
smooth tlttlng from waist to elbow
with leaf point nnlsh or flaring tabbed
cutT falling over the hand.
A new sleeve shows the forearm very
close, buttoned nearly Its entire length
on the outside, with three upstanding
tucks between the buttons, or three
rows of Milan braid Instead of th
tucks. This arrangement reaches
the small shoulder puff.
Upright trimmings on half-large hat
are a loose velvet draped about th
crown, with a bow on the left frotn
which three or the tljis or a cluster o
feathers rise. Full velvet crowns an
found on hats of every kind for ch
dren, misses and ladles, but for 3 yen
old girls the choicest headgear Is the
Bengallne Unmet.
The season's lint a are distinctively
dlnVivtit. A very iH-eonilng Idea Is for
the slde tllted hats to have an ostrich
feather under the brim, resting on the
hair. All large hats have the turned-
up effect on the left side, nnd a favor
ite way to trim Is a half long ostrich
fivither sweeping back from a rosette
of velvet, and a steel buckle In the
front, and a smaller feather aud bow
uuder the left brim.
"Then look."
"Evidently there Is some joke In your
remark, if I could' see it. But you
know I have no sense of humor."
"Then you should cultivate it. It is
a remedy for half the Ills of life, aud
when you are my age you will realize
it."
"When I am my grandmother!" I
am 33 and she is 20.
"You wouldn't make that remark if
you had any sense of humor," I retort
ed, crustily.
"But I haven't, nnd I don't see that I
should be any better If I had."
"I admit It Is difficult to Imagine any
Improvement In you."
"Is that humor or sarcasm?"
"Oh, well! Humor Is er well, It's
er "
"Ignorance of Itself?" Arabella has
plenty of humor, you know.
"Humor is a kindly appreciation of
foibles and Incongruities. And "
"I don't appreciate the kindness.
How can you feel kind to people when
you're making fun of them yourself?"
"I don't see any difficulty. Why, I
had au example this morning." I
laughed at the thought. "I've half a
mind to tell you."
"Oh, do!" Arabella Is as curious as a
woman.
"It was rather confidential, you see."
knew that would excite her Interest.
"But you might trust me." You may
have noticed that the more attractive
a woman Is, the more she emphasizes
the first person singular. Arubella al
most puts It In capitals.
"In strict confidence?"
"Yes of course."
"Well, a nice young fellow, whom
you know, came to nie this niorumg,
and "
"Who was It?"
"That Isn't material.'
"Oh, but It Is, though! Very ma
terial."
"But, my dear Arabella!"
"If you will not trust me we are on
distant terms." i ve Known ner since
she was In short frocks.
'It really Isn't relevant to the point
of humor."
I don't enre anything about the
point of humor."
"Oh, well, If you don t want me to
tell you "
"But I do. There" a a good Tom."
"It was Ted Naughton."
"Oh, how interesting. I like Ted aw
fully, don't you?"
"Yes oh, yes, certainly. I do, but I
don't see why Arabella should."
"Now, tell me.' She clasped her
bands round her knees and cocked her
pretty head expectantly on one side.
"Well," said I, laughing, "poor Ted
Is In love."
"With whom?"
"I didn't ok."
"Is that your sense of humor?" She
looked nt me as If I had made a pi am
pudding without the plums.
"I don't see that It matters."
"Not matter! You don't care who It
Is!"
"Why should I so long as he's satis
fied?" "Well!" Words seemed to fall her,
which Is rare with Arabella.
"Anyhow, she seemed to be the usual
kind. There never was anyone like
her, according to the love-lorn Ted.
She was beautiful, amiable, accom
plished, gentle, saintly lu shjirt, per
fect. They all are lu these cases, you
know."
"So they should be to the lover."
"Of course they should." Why, It's
Just what 1 think of Arabella.
"Where Is the humor?"
"I'm coming to it. Poor Ted, It
seems, is very diffident lu the face of
such wondrous charms. He Is burn
lug to avow his passlou to the young
lady, but he doesn't know how to pro
ceed. So he came to ask my advice."
"What do you know nliout It?" Ara
bella sat bolt upright, and put the ques
tion like a sword thrust.
"Nothingexcept a vague general
Idea. But he evidently thought I did."
I had a little exHrlence, but, of course,
I wasn't going to tell her.
"Did you give him the benefit of your
vague general Idea?"
"Oh, yes, poor beggar! Indeed, I put
It into concrete form for him. It was1
very funny."
"You are so humorous, you see.".
Somehow Arabella seemed a bit cross.
"Please go on."
"We weut through quite a little re
hearsal. I assure you. They were to be
gin with the weather, of course. Ha,
ha!"
"Very humorous, certainly."
"Then he was to make some remarks
about the weather, not mattering
where she was Of course, she would
blush and look down." Arabella
laughed.
"I don't suppose she would."
"She ought to. according to the laws
of the game. Then he was to take hold
of her hand and ask If she would make
life all, fair weather for him and so
on.
'And, then?"
Oh! he'd be able to go on from there.
He's not a fool, you know, really. He s
a very fine fellow, as a matter of fact.'
"Did he do it?"
"I expect so. Anyhow, he came back
beaming like a sunflower, and threw
up his hat when he saw me at the
window; so I concluded they'd settled
it.',' I chuckled.
"So that Is humor!" Arabella strolled
over to the window, and her lips quiv
ered as if 1 had hurt her.
"Why, whatever is the matter, Bell?"
"I call It mean horrid cruel," she
cried, stamping her little foot angrily,
"to make game of a man when he's In
love. I don't see that It's a subject for
humor at all."
"But, my dear Bell !"
"Miss Murison. if you please." And
we had always been such chums!
"I think that If humor Is making ridi
cule of the most sacred thing In life,
one lis better without It," she contlnu
ued. "But I do not ridicule It, Bell. There
was an element of humor In the case,
all the same."
Arabella twisted her handkerchief
round her fingers. Did she think that
I had no serious affection for her, I
wondered? Perhaps I had better tell
her.
"Let me tell you something serious,
Bell," I said', going close up to her. But
she suddenly interrupted.
"You do not know her name?"
"No. But If you want to know I'll "
"I know," She turned upon me with
her eyes flashing. "And I know that she
Is a very proud aud happy girl."
Good heavens!
"So perhaps we had better close the
subject," she said. I felt as If the room
was going round me. I had made a pet
of her, from the time she was 10, and I
thought that she and all the family un
derstood that I was only waiting for
my promotion this year. But she must
never know now, or she would be so
grieved for me for a very kind-hearted
little soul Is pretty Arabella.
Well, my dear," said I, slowly, "I
didn't think It was you, I confess. But
Ted's a good fellow almost good
enough for you, even and I congratu
late you." I spoke so unsteadily that
she must almost have noticed It, so I
tried to laugh it off. "When you were
a little girl, you know, you promised t6
be my sweetheart, so I feel a bit Jeal
ous" I felt nearly mad, to tell the
truth. "Perhaps the best amends I can
make is to ask you to choose your own
present. A piano or a necklace and
bracelets or anything you like." Well,
well dear me! I couldn't pretend
cheerfulness much longer. I must be
off. "God bless you, little Bell!" said
I. "He's a lucky fellow." And I made
for the door.
Just as I was taking my hat she rush
ed down the stairs In her most reckless
fashion, nnd ran right Into me, so that
I had to catch hold of her. "I believe
I have a sense of humor," she said
breathlessly. "It was young Sis he
proposed to not me. Hadn't you bet
ter go nnd offer her the piano?"
It was Ted and Sis who caught us ten
minutes later, and my arm was rouud
Arabella's waist. Black and White.
P-!-
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their Wives and
Insurance is a
Should not be permitted by
Mothers to 2:0 uninsured.
cash appraisement and finaucial acknowledge
ment of a valuable life.
H. G. COLTON, Manager .
Massachusetts Mutual
312 and 313 Chamber cf Commerce
PORTLAND
Life
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She Didn't Want Much.
When Andrew D. White, now Uni
ted States ambassador at Berlin, was
our minister to Germany, nearly twen
ty years ago, he received some queer
letters from Americans, nsklng for his
Influence In their behalf In court cir
cles, says the Youthful Companion.
Perhaps the funniest of all was a
very mandatory epistle from an old
ladv living lu the West, who Inclosed
lu her letter four patches of white mus
lin, each some U inches square.
"We are going to give a fair In our
church," she wrote, "and I am making
an autograph quilt. I want you to get
me the autographs of the Emperor, the
Kmpress, the Crown Prince and Bis
marck, and tell them to be very careful
not to write too near the edge of the
squares, as a seam has to be allowed
for putting them together."
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Not Exactly the Words.
Irish orators frequently discount
their own rhetoric through an imper
fect appreciation of word values. A
Home Kuler was haranguing on En
glish terrorism, and nrter drawing a
picture of liableg siH'artnl on the points
of bayouets, etc., he concluded: "If
that's your civilization you may keep
lt. I call lt most Improper." This re
calls the story of the Westerner who,
having been absent from Dome for a
dav, returned to find his house and
family swept away by a cyclone. Look
ing around him lu amazement he ex
claimed, "Well, 1 call this redlc'lousl"
The poor fellow had used what he con
sidered the strougest word In his vo
cabulary.
Katinit Contest.
An eating coutext U to be held at
Taint Lick, Ky., between two men, one
of whom has a record of thirty-two
hnrd-bolled eggs aud a dozen onion.
It U pleasant to see this sort of friend
ly rivalry succeeding the toll gale war
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