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THE SUNDAY OREONIAN. PORTLAND, 'APRIL' 22, 1900.
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Her Xew Spring Gown.
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At the organ the organist sits.
And the technique's & corker, considering
How lovely her new Spring gown fits.
Detroit Journal.
SEASONABLE WAR PAINT
Golflnfr, nidlnc, Bntblnfr, Boating,
Tachttnic and Onlluc Wear for
Ye Summer Girl.
NEW YORK, April 16. The Summer
girl's golfing wardrobe shows this year
much that Is odd and new. Here are a
few of the Hems:
Old-fashioned poke sunbonneta and
"shakers."
Khaki hats, thirls and skirts embroid
ered In designs of thistles and golf clubs.
White pique hats, shirts and skirts dec
orated with soiling emblems.
Skirts of mottled green and brown, peat
scented tweed.
Shirts that run the whole verdant gamut
from sober olive to flaunting pea green.
Golf capes in a greater variety of plaids
than were ever before seen.
Low shoes whose soles are studded with
rubber disks.
Chamois and buckskin gloves that but
ton at the back.
And silk and loosely woven fine wool
stockings with Scotch plaid tops.
The Summer girl usually provide) her
self with golfing clothes of two widely dif
fering varieties. There are clothes to be
worn when she goes In "for the rigor of
the game," and there are other clothes to
be donned when, for reasons known only
to herself, the game Is but of secondary
Importance.
The girl who aspires to be a champion
wears plain gray or brown golf chevlo;.
This Is often a double-faced material, re
versing to show mingled shades of p!nk
and white, faint green or baby blue. The
skirt of the serviceable golfing draw Is
cut Just four Inches from the ground. It
Is strictly tailor made, and is trimmed
merely with rowi, of stitching or with
strapped seams. It la cut with tne prevail
ing box plait at the back, and Is sometime
tucked or laid in Sat plaits at each side of
the hips, though quite as often, on ac
count of the cloth. Is Is left plain.
With such a sklrt Is worn, according to
the weather, a shirt waist, a sweater or
a jacket and mannish waistcoat.
For Golflnjr.
The Jacket is usually an Eton or a short
double-breasted coat, and may be of the
same tweed or cheviot as the skirt, with
plaid cuffs, collar and revers; or It may
be of Lincoln green box cloth, with plaid
or scarlet trimmings. Sometimes an open
blouse, with waistcoat and vest. Is worn.
For warm weather playing there are
new xkirts of khaki, mercerized canvas,
pique, burlap, duck and jean. From pres
ent apperances khaki wl.l be much seen
on the links, both in its natural color and
In dark and light blue, and In scarlet wUh
strapped seams In white and wniie snln
waists.
The girl to whom golf Is play, not work,
and to whom for some mysterious cause
a coquettish costume is of prime import
ance. Is planning to appear, maybe. In
a most elaborate khaki outfit. Her jacket
and shirt waist are trimmed with bread
bands of dull, bright Persian embroidery,
her neck scarf Is of Persian silk, and her
iat Is a Persian handkerchief eo draped
as to look like an Aunt Chloe turban.
But oftener it Is the white pique dress
that promises to the golf amateur the
most Interesting posslbl.Ulcs. Skirt and
waist are embroidered with Frenchy bow
knots, and en the "head there may be tied
a lawn and lace sunbounet, decked wltn
flowers, or else maybe a barrel-shaped
".shaker," plaited of fine straw and trim
med with ribbons, like its quaint proto
type of the old days.
The golfing nats of 1M0 are as varied
as the costumes. For very warm days
there are khaki hats that are cool and
attractive. Those are trimmed with military-looking
cords and straps, or some-
times with straw bands and bows. Khaki
felts In Alpine shapes are good form for
cool days. Then there are new chip and
rough 6traw sailors that are trimmed
with bright-colored handkerchiefs and
wings.
For Riding.
But the golfing mold Is not the only
Bummer girl. The girl who rides has ap
peared again with the Spring, and for her
benefit there are new saddles, new whips,
new riding boots and new habits of many
descriptions.
The short safety skirt Is still the ap
proved model for horseback use, though
the smartest habits are perhaps longer
than those of past seasons. Loose-fronted
coats with bright ted waistcoats are
seen on some of the women who canter
through the park on these bright morn
ings, but far more Jaunty are cloEe-fictlng
Eton or cutaway coats that sometimes are
cut low to show the waistcoat and home
times button up the front to the email
revers that turn back Just enough to show
, a bit of the white linen chemisette and a
' trim tie. Riding coats with short basques
and coats with the postillion back are
among the accepted styles.
Gray, brown and black are the favorite
colors for riding habits, and sometimes
. large silver buttons, stamped with the
lamlly crest, fasten the coat. Derbys and
silk hats are worn
These things apply to the immediate fu
ture. As the days grow warmer, cloth
skirts will be replaced, as they were last
Bummer, by their facsimiles In cut and
- shape In lnen and the popular khaki. A
severe shirt waist and sailor hat will com
plete the Summer riding girl's make-up.
And the bathing girl!
Her suits are already prepared for the
summer beaches. So numerous and eo
fanciful are they that one Is puzzled to
-know whether they are destined for the
water or merely to afford a pretty picture
on the tanas.
The Bummer girls of 130Q will bathe ln
serge, flannel, taffeta, grosgralu ellk, shapes and styles of the leather parts, as
brllllantlne and alpaca, and their suits will Is true of almost everything. grea:ty
range In price from a modest $5 to a larger change, and the old bit of silver somehow
$30. .doesn't seem to fit In Well. Then, after
Bathlnir and Boating;. I their first usefulness Is over. Is the time to
The smartest bathing costumes havo take thn to a reliable Jeweler and liavo
large sailor collars, bretels, fluffy fronts, them mnde lnt0 a Picture franw or Har
vests and stocks, and are Just as elabo- I ..in,. .. , ., ... ... -v
rate as house or street costumes. The ' L'"a??"ont ?n readily follow tht
skirts are box-p'aited and have the fash- ,"erJ" wh ?h lnioae- Blth J lh!
lonable flare. With many of them cor- . S.ff'S i! i" be "mc"bei?- a.r.e
sets are de rimieur moulded In the shape of a right angle,
a w ?.tSr'm.i ., m ' wltn one 13e longer than the other. They
nf th. hrJ?KSe tf n? S5. ,? form- therefore, when placed together, the
?h. w,. n ff"!i m "h n ' rlht &a beln "MOM. In position, a
" u" $lI bl"': T''hn a" rectangle which Is Just the shape desired
2SS.T AJThL! S t0 "''round a cabinet photograph. Usually
SSSr, 1.S! nnrf ,. ,H JL" waist they " P!X!ted "P00 kgrOUnd Of
fo.ds of blue and white trim both waist tome r,ch had f , , - crimson
a"2 .rt'.,C?.rT?.0n?nK WUh Jhe b,ue 'or blue, and have the back so arranged
and white dotted stockings and head ker- that they may ataJ. uprlght,y. Sucn
i .u . . . ,, . . ... t frames are never hung. Where the two
But the girl of all girls this coming pIcCes come together a little soldering Is
Summer wl.l be the boating girl. For skillfully placed so that the Joining Is al-
the yachting and the boating maid the ' most Imperceptible.
prettiest of all the Summer costumes have i
been provided.
Of course, there Is the usual assortment
of blue serge and flannel suits, with big
! white collars, some trimmed with red and
some with white, for cold or windy weath- (
er; out it is ior tne aays on wnicn mo oe ot nearly the same width throughout,
sun will shine strong and scorching, when l and the design a prominent one. "They are
even the deck of a yacht will be a hot j then placed around a mirror on a back
place, that the most beautiful display has j ground ot gay velvet and very often ar-
neen prcpareu. i
One of the smartest boating suits shown
Is of silky white serge, with the skirt laid
In narrow box p'.alts. at each side of the
front and with narrow panels of blue let
In near the bottom. I
The bodice Is a blouse affair, box-plait
ed like the skirt, and having a sailor col
lar embroidered with anchors and decorat
ed with blue stitched bands. The vest
and elbow sleeves are trimmed with blue
also, and there Is a long blue cravat and
a belt of blue. The hat is a short-backed
sailor, with a blue band.
YactatlnK nnd OntlnsT.
A chic yachting costume Is of white
French duck. A deep hem, headed with
hemstitching, trims the bottom of the
skirt, while all the horizontal seams arc
htmstltched also.
The bodico Is a blouse whose wide tail
or collar Is formed of hemstitched squares,
the cuffs matching. There Is a prettily
shaped frcnt piece made of smaller
squares, v.i.h shaped collar and white
tie with loose sailor knot in front, and
there Is a hemstitched belt as dainty as
possible. The beauty ot this ccstume is
that it can be put into the tub and
washed; there Is nothing about It that
the most malevolent laundress can injure.
And for the girl who by and by will
take to the woods, to fish or to camp
or to climb, there are shown already the
most business-like outfits, with short
skirts and high boots for wading streams.
Indeed the, "dual personality" Is likely
to be strikingly exemplified by the Sum
mer girl of 1). who will go about all
day In rough-and-ready apparel, shirt
waist and sal.or hat. only to burst upon
the view at dinner a vision of flufllness.
chiffons, laces and ribbons. For the dain
ty frou-frous exhibited for tho other sell
of the athletic girl are this year more
than ever beguiling.
ELLEN OSBORN.
FOCKETnOOIC OIIXAMEXTS.
Various Pretty Cues to Which They
Can Be Pnt.
"All must feel In a measure grateful,"
says the Philadelphia Inquirer, "to the
genius who first conceived the Idea of (
utilising the sliver ornaments of worn- I
out pockctbooks 'and bags with which to I
IX HIDING DRESS.
make picture frames. Indeed, many ot
these pieces are really things of beauty.
both ln design and hand modeling, and
nave been no small item in tne original
cost ot the card case or pocketbook. It
has always been felt to be a pity to sell
them for old silver, when so little Is real
ized, and a made-over book Is exnensltre
J and seldom thoroughly satisfactory.. Tho
-The fancy mlrrore that nrn tn.-uln mi
of these bits of silver are also extremely
pretty. For them, however. It Is neces
sary to have at least four pieces, and
tney nre prettiest when the corners arc
rounded. It Is also desirable for them to
ranged to stand uprightly. A quainter
Idea Is. If one has the means, to attach
to one a handle made out of one of the
old silver knitting needle cases which
were used by our grandmothers, and
wnicn. upon occasions, were so discreetly
tucked by them In the front of their
bodices. They are very long and shaped
like a small cornucopia, extending Into a
little curve at the downward end.
"For the handle of a mirror of such de
sign as those made from the pieces of
sliver, nothing could be smarter. Ot
course, not every family has one of these
needle cases In readiness to put to such
a use. but they can sometimes be found
and bought for rather a small price at
one of the antique shops, although they
are now becoming scarce. Such mirrors
nrn artistic and luxurious and appear wpli
when lying upon a drawing-room table. A
visitor Is sure to pick It up and examine
It while nrranglng her veil and pince-nel
to perfection before she Is greeted fcy the
hostess.
"Bag clasps also can be readily made
into mirrors and, being quite large, but
two of them are required. In fact. It Is
amuElng to note how many women are
now choosing their pockctbooks and simi
lar articles with an eye to their later use
fulness. "They also do a good deal of 'saving up."
One woman buys always the same style
of pocketbook and so accumulates a go'd
number of identical pieces of silver. She
says: 'Like Gilpin's wife she has a frugal
mind.' "
CITES IIEALTn AXD BEAETY.
Exercise ln Moderation Produces
Symmetry of Flunrr.
The day has gone by when It was con
sidered unmaldenly for girls to Join In the
outdoor sports of their brothers. The bi
cycle alone has done wonders In the evo
lution of the sportswoman. The wheel
ln moderation Is an excellent exercise for
a healthy woman. Ridden to excess It is
bad for anybody.
One great Item In making exercise bene
ficial Is the enjoyment one gets out of It.
says the New York World. There Is no
better bcautlfler In the world than a brisk
walk ln the keen, snarktlnjr al:
But think
bright, happy thoughts; forget tho small
pin-pricks and worries of everyday exist-
1
ence; enjoy the motion, the scenery,
I everything around you. How your cheeks
, will glow and your eyets sparkle after an
-hour or so of light-hearted exercise!
Now and then a woman will have an
Idea that exercise destroys the symmetry
of the figure, by enlarging the ankles and
waist. Lade 'of exercise U what enlargts
tho waist. It readers the tip and toustjjong and should alternate light aad dark,
, miserably lifeless and flabby. Exercise
L develops beauty alone- all It lines, imoart-
ing rcunded fullness and toning down un
healthy, superfluous flesh.
Nothing is better for the general sym
metry and health of the figure than the
steady practice of light gymnastics. The
woman who wishes to Improve her figure
snouia exercise every morning on getting
out of bed before bathing for about 12
minutes. If there is any special physical
defect she ticsires to remedy, such as
a narrow or hollow chest, round shoulders.
dow legs or too much avoirdupois, she
should give particular attention to the
exercises which counteract that defect.
It is very easy for the woman who has
never been through a regular gymnasium
to take a lesson or two. just to learn tne
different exercises. Then she can run
through them alone every morning for a
few minutes. The Umo will be profitably
spent.
For women who have the opportunity
to play golf, tennis, cricket, ride horse
back, or even follow tho boys over the
moors, much artificial exercise Is, of
course, unnecessary. They cannot fall
to find health and beauty where so much
pleasure lies.
rm.xcE db roix. dixxer.
Xovcl Use of the Klnetosrrnph nt n
Parisian Banquet.
The Prince de Folx. who Is one of the
heads of the ancient ducal house of Nc
alllcs, has Introduced a novelty In the art
of serving great dinners. At & hanquet
recently held In his palace. In the Avenue
du Bols de Boulogne, In Paris, the courses
were announced by klnctograph. Instead
of by bill of fare, as customary. The
Prince adopted this new scheme with a
view to reminding his guests ot the
amount of danger and work Involved by
catering to their palates, but society re-
fused to see the point of his argument,
and. says the New York Journal, ln re-
porting the Incident, turned his sermon
Into a Jest.
The banquet-room was steeped In the
low, soft light of a few candles on:y, when
the ladles and gentlemen sat down to the
repast. A white silk screen hid the great
wall facing the table, which was p'aced In
tho shape of a horscshoj. After th
Prince's house chaplain had pronounced
grace for all his 50 guests belonged to
tho Catholic aristocracy the screen sud
denly lit up and there appeared on Ij
smooth surface a scene from the Brittany
coast, showing a number of men anJ
women try Ing to save themselves ar.d their
oyster Irons from a storm which was about
to swamp their boats, while walling chil
dren and old women stood on shore, wring
ing their hands and crying to God for
mercy. Artcr the guests had taken Ir
this scene, the electric lights went up,
GOLF GIRLS OF 1000.
and they found their plates loaded with moderate cost benutlfully decorated ma
most delicious oysters on powdetel tec. ' . . . ,,,,, .,,! .mi, ,,.
The second course. saSo soup, was pre- teriali whIch u,d c05t sm,a" fort"ne
faced by a scene from the Island Pf Su- j they were bought ready-painted. One
matra, hundreds of half-naked coolies, I clever girl designed and painted the en
drlvcn by the whips of cruel oversesrs. j tire front and trimming of a bodice on
gathering the corn by cutting and splitting Tiack moussellne de sole. The design Is
palm stems under a broiling sun. In the , popples and light, featherj
next picture, the royal sturgeon which and there a butterfly
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cost the lives of two brave fishermen out
in the storm to earn their unbuffered
bread. Before the roast was served, the
ladles and gentlemen had' to make a tour
of .an abattoir patient. Inoffensive ani
mals killed and cut up before their very
eyes, men In blood-stained garments, re
volting detail.
The pictorial bi'.l of fare made known the
cook's readiness to bring on the pheasants,
by two scenes King Henry pronouncing
the wish that every Frenchman have a
chicken ln his pot at least once a week
and an actual photograph of the poor
'quarters ln Paris, where the miserable
dine off dog steak, washing It down with
fusel. Dessert was ushered In by similar
grewsome scenes poor, ragged children
searching the ash barreV for food, while
the dogs of the rich dine luxuriously off
Dresden and refuse to eat grouse Unless
it Is served ahead of season.
"It will be seen." comments the Journal.
"that Prince de Polx's sermon lends Itself
easily to burlesque. Inasmuch as It Is but
necessary to substitute lovely and Joyful
scenes from life for those he selected. It
Is announced that many fashionable dames
have already gotten up lists of pictorial
bills ot fare. In which the clas-Uc as well
as the more recent school of p.ilnt;r, are
represented by some of their master
pieces." SEW CSB FOR RE31XAXTS.
nibbonn, Silks nnTVelvets In "Crniy
Qnllt" Devices.
Old ribbons, silks or velvets, no 'matter
how badly worn and soiled, can be utilized
to make beautiful portieres, couch covers
and nurs. having a rich Oriental appear
ance. The process Is much like that of
making rag carpets, familiar to our grand
mothers. The silk or satin should be cut
Into strips a little more than one-half Inch
wide. or. If thin, a little wider. Velvet
or other heavy material should M cut a
little narrower.' The pieces should not be
bright and somber. The heavy pieces
should be distributed so that they will
not predominate In any one part. The
ends of 'the strips are sewed together
firmly, but It requires only a few stitches
to do this. When the rags have been
sewed they should be wrapped loosely,
about a pound to a ball.
The tails, when one has enough, are
turned over to a weaver, who will work
them up Into rugs or curtains of any size
desired, using a silk warp of one or more
colors, according to taste. The hit-and-miss
arrangement suggested will produce
a mixture of well-blended colors. If reg
ular stripes, are preferred, as they often
are, for a border, rags of one color should
be sewed together so that they can be
used advnntagebusly In producing stripes
of the required width. A fringe of slashed
silk to correspond with the colors In the
portiere usually finishes the bottom.
Nearly every one has an accumulation
of old silks which could be used for ns
other purpose, but would make up well in
this way. Old neck ribbons, belts, sashes,
petticoats, linings, waists, silk stockings,
anything so that It Is silk, can be worked
up effectively In this "way. Woolen goods,
prepared In the same way, make more sub.
stanttal rugs: cotton or linen cnes are
nice for bed and bathro3in3, since they Can
be washed readily.
AFIUCAX FlOWEnS.
Ixina Exceedingly Popular Jnst Xotv
In London.
Great enthusiasm, says the Chicago
Tribune, was aroused when the women
bidden to attend the royal drawing-room
at Buckingham Palace. In London, re
cently, appeared, carrying bouquets of Af
rican lilas. The substitution of African
flowers for the usual hothouse roses ap-
pealed to the patriotic feelings of the
crowds gathered about the palace, and
each of the guests who carried them was
greeted with hearty British cheers,
The ixla Is a genus of bulbous plants
' containing about 23 species, all natives ot
South Africa. The flowers grow on spikes.
either single or branched, and are found
In many colors, from pure white to dark
red. The leaves are narrow and slender,
They may be cultivated either from seeds
or from, cuttings, and are extremely at-
tractive 'when grown as pot plants. When
bulk) are used, they arc planted In the
Fall and the pots are covered with ashes
during the Winter, little water being re
quired until tho flower spikes appeal
above tho (surface of the ground. Then
they must be given plenty of both light
and water.
Iland-Pninted Dresses.
It, has become quite a fad lately among
artistic girls to paint their own dresses,
nnd by so dome thev are able to have for
having spangles for eyes and on the wlnga
Tho spangles are. ot course, seweu on.
and they add much to the brightness and
pleasing effect of the whole.
Worn with a dress like that described
above, a pretty butrfly In the hair
would look exceedlgly f'ch'g.
This should have a head and body of
black chenille, eyes of spangles and wings
of black moufstllne de sole stretched on
wires, bent to the proper shape and paint
ed and spangled so as to make them the
beautiful things which butterflies' wings
ought to be
Silk Petticoats Tabooed.
Ought girls attending a high school to
wear silk petticoats? was the weighty
question discussed recently by the trustees
of a young ladles' seminary In Tambow,
Russia. One of the teachers had formally
complained that he could not Instruct
his pupils properly, for the reason that his
attention was constantly disturbed by
tho rustling of their silk petticoats.
Tho trustees pondered over the matter
carefully, and as a result a stringent or
der was Issued prohibiting the pupils
henceforth from wearing ellk petticoats
during their attendance at school. Tne
girls, it Is said, are highly indignant at
the order, but the teacher who complained
la elated, as he is satisfied that he can,
ln future, give full attention to his work
ln the classroom.
Remnants Xot Economical.
It Is not always economy to buy up
dress remnants at a sale. The length Is
seldom lone enough for use, or It Is yards
too much, and on opening It at home sun
marks or dust stains are often discovered
that go through several breadths. For
a blouse or skirt these remnants may be
of use, It carefully examined, but for a
frock It Is far better to buy fresh ma
terial and to geUust tne number of yards
J required.
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From Phantom Land.
A passenger came from Phantom Land.
Ho and oho! but a tight was he!
YHh a voice that wa merely a loud demand
For something to eat. or to drink maybe.
A passenger came from Phantom Land;
A Queerer and quainter you never have seen.
With a "mite of a foot and a bit ot a hand.
And I vow h9was only an eating machine.
But lt'a ho and oho! for the passengers, all!
Pudgy and funny and dimpled and small.
Who know Juste enough for their mammas to
to thtm. wherever they be!
A passenger came from Phantom Land.
HIa baggage forgotten and left behind.
He hadn't a atocklng In which to stand.
And he couldn't have stood If he had, you
mind;
He hadn't a coat to hi bleioed name;
He hadn't a garment: he hadn't a thing.
But worse than all that and I count It a
shame
His hair and rls teeth he'd forgotten to bring.
But It's ho and oho! for the pemengers queer!
The little, wee despots, we welcome them here;
The greater the tyrant, the more he la dear
Here's to them, wherever they be!
A passenger came from Phantom Land.
The customs officials all passed him by;
He hadn't a thing they could touch on hand
There's never a tax on an animate cry.
But one there was greeted him. greeted him
here.
With a klsa and a praer that the Father
heard.
For theae little passengers t!tl are dear.
Though pudgy and useless and quaint and ab
surd. So It's ho and oho! for the passengers wee!
They are dear unto you nd they're dear unto
"me.
Each care that they bear Is a blessing, you
God bless them, wherever they be!
A. J. Waterhoui; la Examiner.
SHOULD LEARN TO COOK
Slarlon Foster "U'aalibnrne Advocates
Joint .TrnlnlnK of llojn nnd Girls
ln the Culinary Art.
Mrs. Marlon Foster Washburne raised
much comment, says the New York Jour
nal, by her talk before a recent session of
the Woman's Club In Chicago, and in
which she advocated that boys should be
trained to cook as well as girls. Quite a
little ripple of breezy discussion was cre
ated by the speaker's novel plea for co
education ln the domestic sciences, a ripple
which gradually widened Its circumference
to Include the parents and eaucators oi
Chicago generally, and even Instructors
ln the East.
"Yes, I think it a very good plan for
schools and educators to begin to train
small boys to cook and to understand the
domestic machinery," Mrs. Washburne
said. In reply to a question: "The idea
Isn't really a new one at all, you know.
t.. ..) t-ia nm iniirhf together that
way ln the Froebel school In Germany,
und the results aro most sausiaciur.
Domestic science for both boys and glrld
will form an Important part of the curric
ulum of the new Chicago Institute, the
school organized by Mrs. Emmons Blaine.
They will be trained together from the
kindergarten up, through all the higher
grades of the Institute. The boys will be
taught to cook and sweep and dust with
i. ni.ia wViiia thA irtrls will share the in
struction In manual training with the boys.
"The same plan ot dual worn was put m
operation in a little kindergarten on the
West Side, and It was thoroughly effect
ive and successful. Once every week we
all went down In the kitchen and learned
how to cook. The children, of couree.
thought It was the greatest fun Imagina
ble. The boys were as eager to try It as
the girls, and they learned just as easily
and just as thoroughly. Why. all boys
love to cook, or men either, for that mat
ter. It Is the delight of their hearts to
concoct some rort of a culinary dainty
ln an amateurish way. of course, to be
sure or to manipulate a chafing dish.
"My Idea, therefore, has this object in
view. It does not aim to train boys and
men to become efficient and valuable ser
vants, but It endeavors to give the mascu
line sex as well as the feminine a good
knowledge of tho economics of household
management, that the man may bring to
the service of his wife and home his busi
ness habits of mind, engendered by his
business training. That Is the point of
view exactly. Domestic management
should bo run upon a business basis. Just
as a man's down-town interests are run.
Partly from natural aptitude and partly
becau a man begins early ln life to
The Boatlnir Girl.
train his mind on business principles, the
man Is better able than the woman to
place the household management on a
common-sense, economical running basts.
"I do not see why the man should not
be Interested ln the domestic sciences and
the application of those scientific theories
to the special practice of his own particu
lar domain, as well as the woman. And
he will be Interested, too. If he has ben
trained to comprehend their meaning. He
will be able then to solve many a domestic
problem and to disentangle many a compli
cated household puzzle. If he knows how
things should be done, he can direct others
how to do them, and should the houso bs
left without servants and at the same
time his wife be 111 In bed. he can descend
Into tho kitchen and cook her an appe
tizing meal without being forced to the
necessity of calling In his mother-in-law
or his sisters or cousCns to help him out
of his emergency. It is high time that
men should be able to conduct their own
household managements without the aid
of their feminine relatives.
"That Is one -object of training boys to
cook and to understand the system of
domestic economics. Another result likely
to develop from such training Is the remov
al of the little sting of degradation which
now seems to cling to the profession ot
domestic usefulness."
HARD LOT OF YE SPIXSTER.
Sister Ilannnh.Ylcldeth Up Ghost Af
ter Much Tribulation.
And there came to dwell In the midst
of them, one Hannah, even Hannah the
Spinster.
And she took counsel with herself, say
ing, "Lo! these many years have I min
istered unto my brothers and my brothers
sisters, and unto the wives and husbands
thereof: yea. even down to the next gen
eration have I ministered unto them; yet
have I uttered no complaint.
"And now, by reason of mine Infirmi
ties, which are many, and mr years, which
number nigh unto three score and ten,
my fingers are losing their cunning, and
all my former skill Is passing away; there
fore will my kindred cease from seeking
me In their day of need."
And It was even ro that Hannah came
among a strange people and rested from
her labors for the space of eight dajs and
eleven hours.
And there arose scon after a cry among
her kinsmen, and Abigail, her sister, said:
"Arise, my son, and we wl.l go up to the
land of the Camdeniles, even unto that
land which Heth over against the great
city of Philadelphia; there will we seek
thine aunt, even my sister Hannah, for
are we not ln need of new raiment, even
thjself and myself? Yea, my son, and
for thy fvUr sisters also. It Is, therefore,
but meet that that o d maid, which Is
Hannah, should fashion our garments;
for, havir.g neither husband nor family
of her own. her feet are. Indeed, set ln the
ways of idleness, whLh Is a snare ot tho
deviL"
And again it came to pars, after a little
season that a second voice arose which
said: "Woe is me! for a great illness Is
upon my household: even a great fever
hath visited my children, so that my
time is consumed with my wading all tho
day long.
"Therefore will I haste to the land of
my husband's kinswoman, even unto the
house of Hannah will I speed, and pour
Into her ear my lamentatiocs, that she ba
moved to give me old.
"For what of toll hath fallen to her lot?
Husband and family hath she none, so
that her Id eness Is a continual reproach
amorg her ever-t.reJ Mnspeople."
And thus did their cnes lor succor con
tinue to ascend fiom time to time, until
the years of Hannah had reached three
score and ten and three, and the hairs ,
of her head were verily numbjred.
But 'have ye not heard, my people, how
it was tald by those of olden time, that
the back of the camel is severed ln twain
een by that straw which must needs be
the last?
So even so was It with Hannah, who
yielded up the ghost ln the seventy and
th.rd year of her eartniy existence.
Then straightway did her klnspeopie for
get her, and no man Inquired the p.ace ot
her sepulture; neither also did any wom
an; for of what avail Is a dead spinster?
yea, even a multitude of such?
For having no husband nor family ot
her own, how unacquainted was Hannah,
with the trials and tribulations of life!
and what burdens did she have to bear,
excepting those of her kindred, whos
souls down to the succeeding generation
numbered one score and ten and thirteen
and two?
And I. who bare witness unto these
things, did marvel greatly, and. ponder
ing them well in my heart, did say unto
myself: "Verily, the way of the spinster
Is hard; yea, verily!" New York Sun.
EASTER CUSTOMS.
Sex llolldnys on Which Sluch Rough
Pluy la Indulued In.
Easter Monday by long prescription 13
the men's holiday, and Easter Tuesday tho
women's, ln some countries. Tha sexes
have a right to play tricks on each other
Interchangeably. Thus In some parts of
England men "bind" the women on Easter
Monday, and the women the men on Tues
day. Binding consists ln stretching a
rope across the highways and catching
ln the tolls wayfarers of the appointed
sex. who are not released until they have
given some small sum to be laid out ln
revelry or ln pious uses.
"Lifting," however. Is more common
than binding. In Imitation of the sun,
supposed to rise' on Easter Monday ln
three leaps, ftKS men '"lift" the women oa
Easter Monday, and tho women return
the compliment on Easter Tuesday, tho
victim being lifted three times, and then,
either kissed or let off for a considera
tion. The lifting is sometimes done by
means of a chair, sometimes by the lifters
Joining their hands at the wrist, so as to
Improvise a seat, upon which the person
to be lifted Is placed, and at other times
less decorously by the lifters taking hold
of the victim's arms and legs. In ancient
times husbands had a right to beat their
wives on Monday, and the latter retaliated
on Tuesday.
That all these practices had their root
In some common custom ln tho remote
past Is evident from the fact that similar
rites are found today ln Germany. Thus
ln many villages the boys go about flog
ging the glrla on Easter Monday, ln re
turn for which the boys must give them
fish and potatoes on Easter Tuesday and
provide the music for a general dance.
TURKISH W03IDX.
Possibility That They May Be Al
lowed PrlvlIeKe of Travel.
There is a good deal of speculation Just
now ln Constantinople as to whether tha
old and rigid rule prohibiting Mussulman
women from leaving Turkey 13 to ba
broken at last to suit the demands of tho
t!m.- Turkish dlDlomatlsts have always
found It difficult, and generally Impossi
ble, if they were Mohammedans, to tako
even one member of their harem with,
them when proceeding to a foreign post.
The Turkish Minister at Stockholm was
tho first prominent evader of the law. He
accomplished his wife's presence ln Stock
holm by a ruse. She Is an Egyptian prin
cess, and as such enjoys rather more lib
erty than Turkish women. He could not,
however, tell her to proceed direct from
Constantinople to Stockholm, as thU would
not have been allowed, but she took her
ticket to Alexandria, on the pretext of
paying a visit to her parents. Once out
side the realms of Padishah, she proceeded
quietly on her Journey.
Of course, as every one knows, tha
Turkish Ambassador at Washington
brought his wife with him to this coun
try with the permission of the Sultan, but
only after Ave months of pleading and
under many restrictions as to her con
dpet while here. But then this conces
sion shows that Turkey Is progressing,
and that the women of the harem havo
brighter outlook for the future,
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