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doings orwoncH ..i-7r '"SUM Mother Wisdom. rorhaps a bit of personal experience may be interesting to some one. I am one of the many busy mothers and , housekeepers whose work Is never done, and finding awhile ago that the monotony of my life was causing me to grow morbid, I tried to think of some way In which I could vary my . work, and thus get the change which was so evidently needed. Before the children came I had taken great enjoyment In music and English literature, but both had been sadly neg lected of recent years, owing to other ; demands upon my time and strength. I therefore decided that every morn ing after the chambers were put air ing, the dishes washed, and the chil dren started for school, I would sit down at the plnno and practice for fifteen minutes on some of the pieces which I had played years before, as 'new pieces would be discouraging. Then, after dinner, I cleared the to- ' ble, and before attacking the army of dlNhes which always awaits the house keeper's unwilling hands at that hour, I Iny down onthe couch, and Instead of raiding the dally paper, whose rec- , ords of murders, suicides and defalca tions Is so depressing, I selected one of .the poets' whose works had given me much pleasure In my school days, and spent half an hour In his society. The result after a few days was noticeable. While at work on the dishes before mentioned, strains of music from the practice of the morning, or a thought from the poem read at noon, would float through my mind, affecting me so pleasantly that I have decided to con tinue the custom indefinitely. If we wish to train our children aright, we must have beautiful thoughts, but as the springs In the mountains would fall to supply the brooks were It not for the rains, so our springs of thought will become ex hausted unless they are occasionally replenished. ( Bible reading with the children for Ave minutes every morning smooths things for the day wonderfully, and they grow so accustomed to It as to ask for It themselves if It should by chance be forgotten. Better by far omit some of the end less dusting and putting to rights than to starve our minds by neglecting to use some of the beautiful things God has given us to nourish them. All may not cure for poetry and music, but we all can appreciate a half -hour's rest, and most of us like reading1 of some kind. A complete change of thoughts Is what Is necessary If we are to rest. I hope some tired mother will try the plan mentioned, and reap the benefit which will surely come from It If she Is persistent. Mrs. Marian L. Ward In Home Science Magazine. Housework Good Exercise. There are plenty of women who scorn hoi! ne work but are devoted to gymnasiums. Now the best of all round, Indoor exercise Is to be found In the manifold duties of housekeep ing. Bedmaklng, sweeping, dusting, even cooking, bring more than one set of muscles Into piny, and none of them Is more destructive to the beauty of the hands thnn gymnasium work and outdoor panics. We are not odvocat ing the performing of all the homo Uu ties, without assistance of any kind. but of parts of them. Of course If you have a liking for the work, and the strength, do It nil If you want to, but this Is not advisable unless lack of money Is the Inducement. There are so many ways in which time can bo profitably spent Woman Gets Qjnd Appointment. The United States War Department lias announced thut Miss Floy Gllmoro lias been appointed Assistant Attorney Uouerul for the gov eminent in the Phil ippino Islands. Miss (illmore Is a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs, A. M. Gllmoro of Klwood, lnd., and is -4 years of age. She was graduated from 41... I .1 1 I iiu lit w m uwui VI the University of Michigan and ud niltted to tho bar of Indiana two years ago. She went to MISS QILMOKK. the Philippines as stenographer, and by good work has won a distinction never before attained by a woman. For Those Tiresome Moments. While you are arranging the parlor Just have a thought for the visitors who might sometimes wait to see you, and carefully refrain from putting every object of Interest beyond their reach. Of course, as a careful host ess, you" never mean to keep callers waiting; but If they come when the baby Is on the eve of dropping to sleep or you are In the midst of plan nlng dinner with the cook, you must delay a little, while they are reduced to staring out of the window or to an luvoluntary effort to penetrate some magnificent household secret. The family photograph album Is us ually regarded as a BUtllclent resource In moments like these; but Is there pot something akin to Indelicacy In allowing BirauKern uuu uiuiuurjr u-' lata $82 qualntances to turn over the likenesses of our nearest and dearest perhaps to criticize them with the freedom of un famillarlty or the Indifference natural to a lack of personal appreciation? The late magazines, a book of good engravings, a household volume of poetry, photographs of foreign scenes, and a dozen other things are all good aids to the occupation of stray min utes. Moreover, they often suggest to the visitor and the host topics of con versation more profitable and Interest ing than the state of the weather or the history of the kitchen. Philadel phia Inquirer. The Bavins Women. If we are to believe the old proverb which says that "saving's good earn ing," then the earning capacity of wo men always has been greater than that of men. Oh, the saving women of this world! The women who sit up late making over last season's clothes to save buy ing new ones; the women who stealth ily tiptoe across the floor to turn down the gas when papa dozes over his news paper; the women who darn huge holes In basketfuls of stockings; the women who have a cracked teapot or old pocket book Into which they drop stray dimes aid quarters, taking the ccumulation to the savings bank with guilty secrecy; the women who wash out pieces of carpet to -make them ap pear fresh and new, who turn the trimmings on their bats and clean their gloves with gasoline, and cut down the clothes of Willie, aged 14, to fit Jimmle, aged 10. Bless them, every one! There Is another sort of saving which might properly be termed hoarding. It consists In laying down rugs to prevent the nap of the carpet from wearing, In putting paper covers on prettily bound books, In locking up the little girl's French doll. We read the other day of a woman who made a plush cover for the rosewood piano, and a linen cover for the plush, and a newspaper mat for the linen. We hope there are not many women like her. In this sort of saving there Is often an admixture of folly. There Is yet another kind. Saving car fare at the cost of an exhausted body, saving lunch money and "skimping" the table, Just as If you could cheat nature without Incurring retribution; saving the price of eyeglasses at the cost of Impaired or perhaps destroyed eyesight; saving money earned by.ttie severe overtsralnlng of ' mental and physical powers. Woman Is not al ways wise In her economies, we fear, but the verb "to save" Is certalnlv feminine. Philadelphia Ledger. Most Mary a German, Mary Schmidt, of Peoria, 111., whose rather left her a fortune on condition that she marry a German, has already received a score of offers from eligible young men of the Kaiser's domain, but she has not made a choice. One of her most ardent adm'rers is a young Frenchman, and it Is whispered that Mary may yet con clude that wealth Is not really neces sary to happiness after all. MAHV SCHMIDT. When to Accept. Discussing the all-important subject of proposals, the author of "How to Choose a Husband" remarks: "The first thing In choosing the husband is to realize what sort of man you ought not to choose. My advice to all girls Is, first, to refuse at all hazords the man who proposes at a dunce, because there Is a glamour about a ballroom, nnd men often say at a dance what they wish unsaid the following morn ing. At picnics, what with washing up, carrying baskets and opeuing bot tles, girls canuot only judge of a man's character, but It will be quite safe to accept a proposal made at one, espe cially if It is made before luncheon." Enaily Done. When an aggravating little hole sud denly appears In an agate or porce-lalu-liiied stew pan, do not throw It away as past redemption. Take one of the round-headed paper fasteners, such as lawyers or teachers are In the habit of usiug to keep the sheets of a manuscript together, push the two level Hap-cllps through the hole from the Inside, bend buck on the outside, then laying the bnsln oil a hard sur face, hammer the round head down flat on the Inside. It requires but a mo ment's work and your dish is as good as new. A, Wedding Ureakfuat. A wedding repust served any time before 1 o'clock would be called a wedding breakfast. The usual menu for a simple wedding breakfast is any cold siloed fowl, with creamed oysters or a salad on the same plate; a variety of thin sandwiches, and then ices or frozen pudding with small cakes and coffee. No Chance to Talk. Mrs. Gumma Does your husband ever talk of his mother's cooking? Mrs. Gobang Not a word. His fath er died of dyspepsia. Brooklyn Life. iSk mm PINK TEAS AND YELLOW DINNERS ARE NO LONGER IN FASHION DROP the pink teas and the yellow dinners and all such colored fads. They are no longer the style In Paris. Those who give dinners and teas there have returned to the normal and sane Ideas of eating nat urally. Freak foods and freak decorations have been brushed aside together, and things of the season must be eaten In season. It Is now the fashion to have everything In season, the flowers as well as the food. Forced hothouse plants and vegetable' are to be avoided, as well as Imported, meats. Spring flowers are chosen for spring luncheons and dinners. Just as summer flowers are chosen to decorate summer tables, with the vegetables that are In season, and consequently at their best. The elaborate ribbon and lace accessories which formerly adorned tables are entirely dispensed with. The table cloth Is of rich damask, handsomely embroidered, with the napkins to match, and decorated with a center piece of seasonable flowers, encircled with a wreath of green foliage or vine. Masses of silver and gold are left on the sideboard. Only one knife and fork are placed for each person, and changed for others with each course, but the rows of knives and forks on each side of the plate are scrupulously avoided, together with all kinds of specially shaped knives and forks. Invented by the Jeweler to create a want, but which are to be dispensed with; even the oyster fork Is made to resemble the ordinary fork as much as possible, and many smart hostesses do not even use a special fork for oysters. ..As for the finger bowl, It has completely disappeared from all smart tables, and Is caricatured, even In the salon, under the title of "Julie's Bath," a picture by Jean Veber,' showing a big, fat woman washing her hands In a large finger bowl after dinner. Chicago Tribune. HOW TIRED TRAINMEN SNATCH SLEEP. A VERY DANGEROUS BED. A tired man can sleep anywhere, and stories have been told of men sleeping on horseback or while standing, but the railroad man takes all sorts of chances to catch forty winks, sometimes risking his life when tired out with long hours of work, The picture, a snapshot, shows how a tired nrakeman rested. The train, a long string of gondolas, loaded with coal, was moving slowly along, one of a long string of coal trains which were moving close, and of course slowly, nnd the tired brakie had stretched out on a corner of a steel car, his head resting on his arms and supported on a brake wheel, while his feet stuck out over the side of the car. A about as he passed failed to arouse htm, and when the photographer swung aboard the caboose the conductor explained It all by saying: "He's used to that kind of thing, and, besides, he hasn't been In bed for thirty-six hours." WANTS NO MORE BIO GAME. New York Hnnter Satisfied after See ins an Klephant in a Nightmare. There are a few big game hunters In New York, men who travel far Into foreign wilds every year or two and risk their lives hunting elephants, tigers and Hons. It Is a pastime as expensive as It Is dangerous, yet there Is a fascination about it that is seldom satisfied. As a rule the real hunters of big game are modest about their exploits. In fact, they seldom mention them ex cept to each other. One man, whose specialty has always been elephants, met a fellow whose supreme Joy In life Is to send the leaden burden of an express rifle into the shining coats of man-eating tigers. "I hear you had a narrow escape from a mad tusker," said the tiger hun ter. "Tell me about It." "Nothing muoh to tell," returned the other modestly. "It was not the fault of the gun and I aimed true enough, but there la no telling how to kill a mad elephant for sure. This one would not kill and came at me like an express train. Well, I owe my life to a black man, but It's the last time." "You've had enough of elephant hunting, then?" "Not on account of my narrow es cape, however," said the other hunter. It was something that happened wheu I was coming over on the steamer. I cannot get the horror of those mo ments In the jungle out of my head and occasionally suffer from night mare, In which a score of elephants charge on mo and I'm trampled Into a grease spot. I decided that a long ocean voyage would clear the cobwebs out of my muddled head and booked a passage on the Colorado from Hull. "Early one morning I was waked from a most terrible nightmare bv a noise on deck. I turned out of my bunk to investigate. Looking out of the porthole the first thing I saw was the body of an elephant floating on the surface a few rods away from the ship. It was quite too much for my dream strained nerves and I keeled over. I'm afraid my elephant-hunting days are over, for I've quite lost my nerve." "And the elephant alongside?" ques tioned the tiger hunter. "Was that Just part of your nightmare?" "No. Strange as it may seem, the elephant was real, as we learned after ward. It was the decomposing carcass of Jingo, the pet of the London zoo, They were shipping him to New York on the Georglc, you remember, when he died from a broken heart, and t'jey burled him at sea. He would not stay burled, however, and floated to the surface and our ship overtook him." New York Tribune. A WEST POINTER'S PRIDE. Few Mea Who Qo Wrong- Are from Ills Institution, He Says. --nenever an oineer or the army 'goes wrong' these days the graduates of the Military Academy glance into the register to see If he is a West Pointer," said a graduate of the Insti tution. "It Is an Interesttag fact that what they find In almost every In stance Is graltfying to them. Once in a great while a man who was educated at the Academy is found Implicated In some dishonorable transaction, but for the most part It Is the men who come Into the army under the Increase of the past few years, who are working under charges leading up to courts-martial. "It , Is not strange, for during the four years we are at the Academy at an age when character Is molded, we are taught that honor Is the most sa cred thing to a soldier. Any boy who will lie, or who will do any other dis honorable act Is Bhunned. In fact he cannot remain. The corps of cadets teach each other integrity, and it be comes so thoroughly ground Into us that it becomes a part of our future lives." Speaking of the desire of some offl- cers to get rich quick, which has usual ly been the cause which leads" to their downfall, an officer of high rank said: "Our poverty Is a badge of honor." He did not mean that an officer should not be saving, or, if legitimate opportunity offered, make an Investment, but he was speaking particularly of the few officers who had made money by ques tionable means, and who were willing to accept questionable favors for them selves and their families. Now, some officers have been fortunate in inherit ing money, others have married wealthy girls, and a very few have been fortunate in investments, but the very rich officer is an exception. . BiUiurd Balls from Potatoes. A material that can be carved may be made out of peeled potatoes, which are prepared for this purpose by being first blackened for thirty-six hours in eight parts of sulphuric acid to one hundred of water; it is next died with blotting paper, and then pressed. The French now manufacture pipes, In close Imitation, It is said, of meer schaum, from this novel substance. A heavy pressure gives a material so hard that good billiard balls In Imita tion Ivory can be made from it. Rather Rtrenuons. "That new neighbor of mine told an acquaintance that I was a jabbering Idiot," said Meeker, "so I started out to make him eat his words." "Good for you," said Naggsby. "And did you succeed?" , "No," replied Mooker In tones redol ent with sadness. "He proved to be one of those strenuous chaps who would rather fight than eat." Woman, Lovely Woman. He Don't you think that Miss Gti gerly Is rather artificial? Shei Indeed she is especially her hair and teeth. Don't spend all your time making promises. If you would retfin your friends It is up to you to glvs an oc casional performance. MtHI I I i I I The Treabtesotn Candle. - This Is a very amusing and sur prising lluslon. A little previous prep aration will be required. Cut a piece, say an Inch long, off the end of an ordinary wax candle, and Into the bottom of this drive the blunt end of a fine needle, so that only about half an Inch of the pointed end pro trudes. A candle must be placed in an ordi nary candlestick, and this must be plac ed beforehand upon the table. Pre vious to going before the audience, palm the prepared candle and then en ter the room. Borrow a tall hat, and, while walking toward the table, force the needle through the crown of the bat, keeping the piece of candle cov ered with the hand, so that no one can get a glimpse of It. When yon are within a foot of the table pre tend to stumble, and, as If by accident sharply knock the bat over the can dle which la In the candlestick upon THE TROUBLESOMB CANDLE. the table. It will now appear to the spectators as If the candle has been forced through the crown of the hat. Light the piece of candle and bring forward the hat and the candlestick together. Tell the owner of the hat that you are very sorry Indeed for the mishap, but that accidents will hap pen, etc. Ask him whether he will take the hat home as it is. Naturally he objects. Continue to argue with the owner of the hat as long a it seems to amuse the company, and then state that you will try to repair the damaged hat, at the same time blowing out the light of the candle. Return to the table, and, while your back Is turned, deftly take the pre pared piece of candle out of the hat. and place It in your waistcoat pocket You must now take care to keep the crown of the hat turned away from the audience; or It will see that the candle no longer protrudes through It All that now remains to be done la to order the hat to become perfect, lift It off the candle and return it to the owner, quite uninjured. Foolish "F" Fancy. Forty fragile fairies, Fluttering, fleecy, frilled, From fancy faience flagon Forty frail flacks filled. Forty, filmy fairies, Flying fast for fame, Flew forty-five full furlongs, From foliage-festooned frame. Flew for friendly foxgloves, Fluttering freshly fair, Forty flickering fireflies Furnishing fitful flare. Four fierce, fuzzy foxes, Fleet, finessing, fat, Frightened fairies fearfully Fireflies fell fiat Forgetting friendship, fairies, Foolish, fickle, fond, From foxes' fangs fled falterlngly For fine fern's feathery frond. Famlohed faleens, foraging, Frantic foxes fight; Flapping, feasing, frustrating Foxes flee (forced flight). Franciscan friar, fixing Fish for Friday's fry, Flourished flaming flambeau Frightened falcons fly. Furtive fairies, finding Foes ferocious flee, Frolic forward fearlessly, Following fancy free, Forthwith fly for foxgloves Find flowers frosted, frayed, Flapping, frail, funereal. Fairies falter, fade, Finally fall fainting From fear, fatigue, false fright Finishing full fatefully Fairies' foolish flight Youth's Companion. The Coal Seattle's Revenue. There was once a tin can who was well born and of noble family, for she had been made of a piece of tin from the roof of the richest man in the town. So she kept aloof from the other menials In the kitchen. The coal scuttle tried in vain to open a conversation with her. The can said pettishly after the third or fourth" attempt: "Please do not converse with me. am not Interested in the gossip of the laboring classes." The honest coal scuttle, deeply hurt, turned his broad pleblan back on the tin can and did not notice that a small boy of the family picked her up and began to bore holes In to .her with a gimlet. He was trying to make a clock out of her, although no one would have suspected it At last he did not even suspect it nimseir, ror tne tin can looked almost as much unlike a cloc'i as she looked unlike a tin can by that time. So he threw her Into the coal scuttle and trotted off. "Alas!" said the tin can sadly to the scuttle, "alas! We are all prey to ill fortune sooner or later, ore we not? 1 ' aL I I I I I I t M I I I I III r Little Stories and Incidents that Will Interest and Enter tain Young Readers I think I met you some time ago, sir, in better days.'' The coal scuttle did sot reply. He got up with a snort and limped to the garbage barrel Into which he hurled the tin can with unnecessary vehe mence. There are about two hundred morals to this story. The most noticeable one Is that even a coal scuttle has tender feelings and loves revenge. ' Btory af Klnc Mwiril TIT. An Interesting story is told of King Edward VII. in the People's Friend. It Is to the effect that his majesty, while staying as a guest at a certain country mansion, visited the village school unexpectedly and began to ask the children a few questions. "Nowv my young friends." said King Ed-' ward cheerfully, "I dare say some of you can tell me the names of a few of our greatest kings and queens, ehr. With one accord they cried out: "King Alfred and Queen Vic toria, sir." Just then a tiny slip of a boy, to -whom the schoolmaster had whispered something, stood up and raised his hand. "Do you know an other, my boy?' asked the king. "Yes, your majesty King Edward VII." His majesty laughed, and again ask ed: "What great act has King Ed ward VII. done, pray?" The boy low ered his head and stammered out: "I don't know, your majesty!" "Don't be distressed, my lad," said the king; smiling: "I don't know either." To Clean and Polish Shells. A young reader of St Nicholas asks the editor the best way to prepare shells for a collection. The answer Is given In the St Nicholas: First, wash clean of mud, etc. An old toothbrush will be an efficient aid. The soft parts are easily removed af ter soaking a day In weak alcohol, or the specimen may be placed In a small kettle or other receptacle suitable for the purpose and covered with cold wa ter. Bring to a boiling point Shells should not be put into water already boiling, as the sudden change of tem perature may crack them, or at least Injure their polish and general ap pearance. . After removing the soft parts by the aid of pin, crooked wire, or small ' tweezers, polish with brush or cloth. Shells that have a skinlike covering may have a very small quantity of vaseline rubbed In to prevent them from cracking when dry. Rub off all extra vaseline with a piece of flannel. Orlain of Foolscap. Every school child knows what foolscap Is, but I doubt whether one in a hundred can tell why It is so called. . When Oliver Cromwell be called. When Oliver Cromwell be came Protector, after the execution of Charles I., he caused the stamp of the cap of liberty to be' placed upon the paper used by the government Soon after the restoration, Charles II., having occasion to use some paper for dispatches, some of this govern ment paper was brought to him. On looking at It and discovering the stamp he inquired the meaning of It and on being told, he said, "Take It away, I'll have nothing to do with a fool's cap." MENTAL STRAIN IN NURSING. Only the Boat of Health Prevents Nervous Breakdown. An inquiry held by the Birkenhead coroner concerning the death of Annie Morgan, a nurse recently employed at the Llscard Nursing Institute, whose body, In nurse's uniform, was found on the beach near Rack Ferry pier, elicit ed the sad fact that the deceased had committed suicide. Miss Morgan, who was 45 years old, had pursued her pro fession without break and had enjoy-. ed good health until about fifteen months ago. At that time she was greatly dis tressed by the death of a patient whom she had been nursing for seven or eight months, and her mind began lo fall. During the remainder of 1902 she was unable to follow her occupa tion, but at the beginning of this year she seemed better and resumed her work. A few weeks ago, on returning from a case, her manner was strange, but the matron of the Llscard Institute said that as. she spoke rationally she did not consider it necessary forci bly to detain her. She visited her sis ter the next day, and was not seen alive again. It Is very seldom that a nurse succumbs, as this poor wo man evidently did, to the strain Im posed upon her by the performance of her duties, but we doubt whether people who are so quick ' to criticise and find fault with nurses realize that their work is often exceedingly distressing to the mind as well as ar duous to the body. From the fact that there are not more terrible col lapses like that of Miss Morgan the Hospital comes to the conclusion that, generally speaking, matrons training probationers pay adequate attention to their physical equipment for the career they desire to adopt v No Wonder. She My parrot says some awfully, clever things. He And who taught'lt to talk? She Oh. I did.