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Poor Man Couldn't Rest.
Sh made up sofa pillows
Jiyi they spread like gorgeous billows
o cr the couch that held the 'natomy of him
the loved the best.
!She kept on adding- pillows.
Funny patterns, nussy wlllcws.
Pillows, pillows, pillows, pillows till the
poor man couldn't rest!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
RIOT IN RED FURBELOWS
Gorgeous Midsummer Girls Suggest
oy Their Brilliant Plnmnffe
ZIummlUET Birds.
NEWPORT, R. I., July 16. The type Of
the seaside cottage has changed.
Instead of the gaudy awnings and brill
Jant. bizarre furnishings once thought de
sirable, the whole scheme of icolorlng Is
soft, restful and dark, relieving the eye
after the glare of sea and sun and sands.
An effect of coolness and repose is the
one tniDg now sought for.
faubdued tones Indoors are the more ntc
essary because in matters of dress, the
Lmids-ummor riot of color Is already under
I way. The annual blaze of red demands
a background.
Furbelow-loving woman, unlike the
&audy lapwing and burnished dove, cele
brated by the poet, does not take on her
most varied crests and liveliest Irises un
til she feels the ripening influence of the
sun. But when pale Spring, with her
shadowy grays and watery greens has de
j parted, and the crimson poppy and swamp
Illy and the black-eyed susan are up and
I doing then feminine nature yearns irre
sistibly toward color, and plenty of it
v bene cr you take your horseless car-
I rlage drives abroad, to clubhouse veran-
I das, casino piazzas, sea beaches and
lawns, this fact Is patent, and, strange to
relate, the daring pellmell of rainbow
tones, which a month ago would have
; made the eyes water, now seems the most
natural and agreeable scheme of color
harmonics possible.
Today the Summer girl wears red.
In thf morning you will see her on ten
uis court or golf links, wreathing her
waist with a broad scarlet sash or crown
ing her white pique frock with a scarf of
black and crimson; or, for a round of vil
lage shopping, she will wear a striped
red and white gingham, a hat wound With
ripe meadow grasses, and, hoisted, above
ah3 a parasol of Venetian red cotton or
one of white splashed with egg-shaped
dashes of red.
Cherry Red Tulle.
In the evening she will turn herself out
In a cheerful little costume of cherry-red
tulle, with the all-Important hors d'oeu
;vre8 of an evening toilet, such as hair
ornaments, slippers, hose, etc., of the
same shade.
A gown of red gauze falling on a petti
coat of a similar color, with the danger
ous tendency to florid emphasis relieved
by a tambour pattern In blactc worked on
red gauze, is the type of costume an ethe
really blonde or richly brunette woman
carries off to advantage.
"About thiB time look out for the
red sun bonnet" should be the warning
displayed In the Old Farmers' Almanac.
Everywhere you see It on the beaches
where walks the bathing girl, tied to the
handle bars of bicycles, dangling from
the pommels of saddles wherever the
I Summer girl passes she trails gray scarfs
and wraps and ribbons.
Perhaps it Is at picnics and lawn par
ties that she Is most brilliant and be
witching.
At an outdoor reception yesterday one
could not help noting the hand-painted
muslin frocks decked with huge Jack
roses or gorgeous tulips, giving the cos
tumes they adorned much the appearance
of the Dolly Varden gowns of years ago.
The Louis Seize and Charlotte Corday
hats worn with these coquettish dresses
were picturesque enough to lend to the
big garden the look of being peopled
with humming birds.
An elaborate toilet worn by Mrs. Georgo
Gould was of pale pink crepe de chine, of
that lovely soft, glossy quality that is so
tempting and so quickly perishable. The
trailing skirt was decked with roses of a
brighter pink, which were in part painted
on the frabric and In part composed of
lace and artificial flower petals.
The bodice was flower trimmed also, the
blending of lace and chiffon, embroidery
tinsel and paint being too intricate to
admit description. The soft white chif
fon vest was outlined with deep, rose
colored velvet of the hue of an enormous
chiffon rosette that nestled under the
chin.
Mrs. Gould wore a garden hat of yel
low Tuscan straw, trimmed with roses.
She carried a rose-toned chiffon parasoL
Dainty Costume.
A dainty costume worn by one of the
Summer debutantes was of India muslin
of that peculiar yellow that that comes
with age or dye.
Her sash, rosette and belt were of
red Madagascar spider silk, almost as
gauzy as the web itself. Her quaint
fichu, of ruffled and embroidered mull,
was trimmed with rows and rows of lace
insertion with waved edges, and fluffy
lace rosettes were tucked into it at ir
regular and provoking intervals.
Bodice and skirt were arranged in clus
tered tucks, with a bewildering Inter
weaving of lace-trimmed rufles and
flounces at the bottom. The sleeves were
a lattice work of lace insertion, and the
parasol was a big, soft, white Summer
cloud.
One of the loveliest dresses In evi
dence was made of a transparent lily
white veiling. The graceful skirt was
arranged In three deep flounces, each
flounce side-plaited and edged with a nar
row line of white silk embroidery.
A folded girdle fastened with costly but
tons of odd design defined the waist, and
above It fell a small plaited bolero, with
silk embroidered revers. The quaint hat
was wreathed with water lilies.
A pretty costume seen yesterday at the
Casino was of a lovely tint of golden
green gauze. It is difficult to describe
exactly its effect, for, as a rule, the
dresses that make the greatest impres
sion at brilliant Summer functions make
the least show on paper, their beauty and
charm depending on subtleties not easily
rendered.
This dress had a flowing, open over
dress trimmed with flounces run with gol
den ril&Qi- .m ?'?7"g .faJ&i:,7VH.1r v2nc.jfrring& Xm jip&a &g flaiatinir sculptured,
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The waist -was wound with a wide golden-green
velvet girdle. The bodice, which
moulded the figure with a peculiar, airy
grace, had simple lace ribbon trimmings.
Povrder-Blne 3Inslrn.
One of the most effective costumes that
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Is wearing Is com
posed of powder-blue muslin sprinkled
with white. The skirt, simply gathered
at the waist, is encircled with rows of
handsome lace insertion and with bands
of the material set In a lattice effect
over white guipure. These bands are
stitched, of course, after the manner of
all such bandp, and they trim the skirt
In graduated widths around the hem.
The broad corselet of powder-blue velvet
opens over a lace vest, and an exquisite,
drooping lace collarette Is partly hidden
by a long black velvet tie.
Another Casino costume is of rather
bright primrose muslin, mounted upon
silk of the same shade of yellow. The
skirt Is fitted tightly about the hips by
means of little plaits, w. extend much
farther down the front than In the back,
so that the flare of the lower part of the
skirt Is adjusted as if by a shaped tunic
The skirt at the hem is trimmed with
white embroidery mounted upon palest
mauve muslin. The same decoration ap
pears on the corsage, whre It borders a
yoke In tucked white muslin and lace in
sertion. Just above the waist the slight fullness
Dress for n. Summer reception.
of the corsage is confined by a scries or
tiny tucks corresponding to those on the
hips. The sleeves have cuffs of the em
broidery. The white hat is trimmed with
white plumes. ELLEN OSBORN.
WEARING FALSE JEWELRY.
Done Nowadays by Some Fashion
able "Women Openly.
The Polish Princess who was supposed
to have lost pearls valued at 150,000 In a
London hotel and who later begged the
police not to trouble themselves about the
matter as the thieves had taken not her
original gems, but reproductions of them,
has been the subject of more- ridicule
than sympathy since her loss She seems
to have made the unpardonable mistake
of allowing herself to be found out. Few
persons believe the story that she always
wore reproductions of her Jewelry while
traveling, rather than risk the loss of the
real atones, and the opinion most fre
quently expressed condemns her for hav
ing called attention to the matter.
The wearing of false Jewelry Is one of
the things that women now do without
concealment, although the women of a
former generation would have considered
It beneath their dignity to wear a
stone that was false. It might bo that
an amethyst or a garnet was the extent
of a woman's Jewelry 30 years ago, or she
might have nothing more valuable than
a hair pin. But she was very much bet
ter satisfied with such things than she
would have been with a string of false
FASHIONS
VARIOUS NOVEL DESIGNS FOR USERS OF THE WEED.
The clay dudeen, smoked by the ordinary unskilled Irish laborer, la net particularly In
spiring in an art sense. There are many other forms assumed by the common clay pipe, of
which this Is equally true. Some of these common and for the roost part generally uncon
sidered trifles, however, have a story to tell us that is well worth heeding. They have in
tho past reflected the spirit of the times, and not all clay pipes ore lacking in art value.
In the group of pipes here shown, the two portrait pipes In what would be on a map the
southwestern corner are of Brooklyn, N. Y., manufacture. The light one represents P. T.
Barnum and the dark-colored one Grorer Cleveland. The twisted pipe comes from Holland,
and shows Mercury, with extended caduselns as a side bowl decoration. Keptune holding
trident appears upon the reverse side. All the other pipes are French clays. Tho one In
the upper left-hand comer chows a French cap as a decoration, glazed or enameled In white,
black and yellow. The pipe Just below Is the Shah of Persia, decorated In blue, green,
saffron, black and cerise. The English pug dog Is in national tints. The extended female
figure rests upon a blanket In white enamel. The parrot has -white plumage, with black
eyes, beak and claws. Immediately below the parrot pipe is Lo Dlable pipe, in flesh tints,
pink eyes, black hair and horns Next to it is Victor Hugo ra black and white.
On the pipe In the lower right-hand corner appears as decorations Les Trols Maudlts,
which are portraits of Bismarck. Louis Napoleon and Emperor "William of Germany. The
French goddess In Phrygian cap and flowing hair Is oa tho same pipe Just below. Just above
is a green llsard. whose tail entwines the plpestem and the body Is In the act of climbing
the bowl. The top of the acom pipe can be unscrewed, the tobacco put In and the top re
placed. A hole at the apex provides draft. Neptune In green and white glaze and modeled
In hijh relief rests among lily pods and leaves and cat tails. The stem of the pipe above It
Is the Eiffel tower In nlnk and blue. A hlrd'e eluw -raT th howl of ifc nin lrV nt t.
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pearls that came to her knees. The
woman of .today would rather have tne
false pearls, however, and the probabil
ities are that she would have rery little
objection to letting her friends know that
she was not adorned with the genuine
article.
Pearls In particular, says the New Tork
Sun, are very becoming to certain women,
in chains and necklaces they produce ef
fects that are not to be got from any
other kind of jewelry. It Is not in the
power of every woman who knows that
her looks would be Improved by a string
of pearls to pay the prohibitive price
asked for them. So with pearls began the
wearing of false jewelry which years ago
would have been thought inconceivably
vulgar and in hopelessly bad taste.
It Is not wholly economy that has made
these false stones popular. Women who
might own the genuine prefer to have
the newest and most becoming settings.
For less than the average jeweler would
charge to reset stones, it is possible to
buy the Imitations which in many cases,
notably pearls, are scarcely to be dis
tinguished from the genuine. A new view
of artificial Jewelry Is also characteristic
of the women who wear it today. They
do not as a rule intond that the Jewel
shall be mistaken for genuine stones.
Often the Jewels are worn by women
who could not begin to afford to pay
for such stones if genuine, and their in
tention Is not to deceive their friends into
believing that they have become pos
sessed of anything so valuable.
The Princess in London was supposed to
have remakably valuable jewels, arid for
that reason her exposure had its comic
side. If she had frankly admitted to her
friends that the pearls were imitation,
she might not have been laughed at. It
is more the custom abroad than In this
country for women to have valuable
family Jewels imitated, rather than run
the risk of losing the originals. But even
in Europe this is done only by persons
with whom Jewelry has a certain sig
nificance. Royalties, .for instance, who
wear Jewels to call attention to their
rank on certain occasions, may wear ex
act duplications In artificial stones of
their real possessions. But Imitation jew
elry under other circumstances Is likely
to. mean that the owner could not or did
not care to pay for the genuine. And
fashion does not nowadays look upon
that state of affairs as in the least out
of the way, unless there has been an
unnecessary attempt to make them seem
the real thing.
THE SUMMER TOILET.
Some Things That Every Vacation
Girl Should Have.
There are some articles which are gen
erally deemed necessary for the Summer
girl to have on her toilet table, and
thore are many luxuries the use of which
have long remained the cherished secrets
of a few.
No toilet table Is complete without
borax: it softens the water and removes
grease from the face without parching
the skin as ammonia is apt to do. Be
sure your cold cream Is made from vege
table fat, and that you keep a sufficiently
generous quantity on hand for Its many
different uses. A little cold cream rubbed
on the skin and puffed over with rice
powder will do much toward preventing
sunburn.
The wise Summer girl will have a small
bottle of fresh lemon juice put on her
toilet table every morning. It will draw
the inflammation from prickly heat, as
well as subdue a too ruddy complexion.
It will remove stains from the skin or
nails, and if used dairy with an orange
stick will hinder any growth of the cut
icle. Put In water It Is splendid as a
skin tonic, or taken Internally, two tea
spoonfuls in a glass of water every morn
ing, will serve as a mild purgative.
The victim of sunburn should provide
herself with lime water, which is effec
tive to relieve her misery, especially
when combined with linseed olL
Bicarbonate of soda Is very popular,
and may be put to many uses. It Is
good for dyspepsia or Indigestion when
taken Internally. Two teaspoonfuls In
a quart of water makes an excellent lo
tion to bathe any skin eruption, partic
ularly to soothe the Itching which re
sults from contact with poison ivy. This
same lotion used as a rinsing water is
splendid to make oily hair soft and
fluffy.
The list of toilet articles Is not com
plete without a phial of tincture of ben
toln. It softens the water, adds bril
liancy to the skin and imparts a subtle
fragrance to the person of the bather.
Pennyroyal is highly recommended by
IN PIPES.
experienced mosquito warriors who have
defied their enemies for years to persons
who dread mosquito persecution. Cam-
juur auu is euecuve in Keeping away
these tiny pests, as well as in soothtn?
their bites. A place should be found on
every toilet table for a piece of coco
butter, as it is the best known skin food.
All athletic girls must realize the value
of witch hazel for the strains and bruises
so frequent during Summer outings. Vio
let, lavender and almond toilet waters
are very much used, but the old fashioned
eau de cologne will always .be popular.
A tiny box of white vaseline, with which
to coax the growth of tho eyelashes and
eyebrows, should not be forgotten.
RIBBONS MUCH IN VOGUE.
Great Aid to Girls and Women of
Moderate Income.
Ribbons are much in vogue this year,
and there are 20 shades today to choose
from where there was one shade 20 years
ago. This inexpensive yet charming
adornment is Dame Fashion's mercy to
the woman of small income, at a period
of elaborate and extravagant dressing.
The girl who Is able to purchase the
most expensive embroidered or hand
painted ribbons will look no fresher, no
pretfier than her poorer sister, whose ar
tistically arranged bows cost but 25 cents
a yard.
A new garment, even though humble.
always appeals to us more than an old
one. But new dresses are not always
possible. A change in the color and ar
rangement of ribbons suggests a fresh
costume, and pleases the eye and grati
fies the pride. What pleases the eye rests
the mind; what benefits the mind benefits
TWO PRETTY
Quaint costume of muslin.
the body, and so Is conducive to health
and happiness.
It is wiser, says the New York Her
ald, to have two or three simple dresses
and a variety of pretty ribbons to choose
from than to put their value In one frock,
which must necessarily soon become tire
somely familiar as weir as untidy.
Keep each shade of ribbon ill one or two
pieces. With a little practice a four-,
five- or six-yard length of ribbon can be
artistically arranged, without cutting and
by using but two or three pins.
To handle ribbon is an art to master
which requires patience abd perseverance.
Everybody can tie an ordinary bow. To
make a four-loop bow do tiot tighten the
knot, but take first one end and then the
other and repass them through the knot
from their respective sides. Then the
knot can be tightened by pulling the orig
inal loops. "Many loops of different sizes
may be made in this way, always repass
ing an end through the knot from the
side on which it is.
To make an elaborate bow, when you
have only one end, is very confusing.
Make a loop and hold it just where you
desire the knot to be. The end passes
around to form the other loop and knot,
as usual. It will mk it easier to re
member that where your ribbon comes
from forms the other end of your bow.
Many loops are made by passing and re
passing that solitary end through Its
knot, always being sure to enter the
knot from the side on which It is. Tight
en very carefully the two original loops,
and your bow Is complete.
MEN'S BELTS NARROWER.
An Article of Dress Responsible for
Stomach. Troubles.
"Men's belts and stomach complaints
have duly arrived," remarked a physician,
as he pointed to tho window of a men's
outfitting establishment the other day.
"Men's belts have been getting narrower
for several seasons. This year an inch
is the proper width. Black and white
leather has succeeded the two and two
and a half inch canvas or tan leather
bands.
"A buckle with a slngleprong has sup
planted the two and three toothed affair.
Plain patent leather is the favorite ma
terial, though a linked effect in dull
black leather is growing "in popularity.
This belt Is made up of a series of V
shaped pieces of stout leather, reinforced
with a piece of leather on the back to
better withstand the strain.
"As soon as it gets warm men are prone
to discard suspenders and substitute belts.
To hold their trousers up comfortably
they pull in their belts, so that their
waists are constricted to an unwonted
degree. After luncheon or dinner the
genus homo feels a pain in the region of
tho hypogastrium," continued the phy
sician. "His stomach and abdominal
muscles are protesting against their re
straint, but Mr. Man just ponders over
what he has eaten.
" 'I don't think it was the cucumbers
or the ice cream, though it may have
been the lemonade, I had, doctor he
moans.
"The fact is, It's the belt, not the edi
bles, that ails him. If he'd loosen his
boa-constrictor contrivance after eating,
he wouldn't suffer any more- from his
Summer diet than he docs when he mixed
mock turtle and mince pie with his mid
winter Insults to his stomach. And, of
course, the narrower the belt, the worse
the Summer complaint."
CANES FOR WOMEN.
Quite the Proper Thing: for Modish
Summer Girls.
"Axe women to carry canes? That's the
question, says the New York Journal,
that the man who walked through the
shopping district the other day, idly look
ing in the store windows, wants an
swered. He saw a window arrayed to
tempt the Summer girl, and conspicu
ous among the novelties shown were
canes. Were they purely ornamental, or
were they made for the Summer girl to
carry? That's what this mere man wants
to know.
They were most remarkable canes from
the masculine point of view. In fact,
they were distinctly feminine canes, if
such a thing can b- imagined, That's
why this particular man who saw them
felt as though they must have been made
solely for the Summer girl's use.
iney were or woou, paintea in aencaie
colors, and had most elaborate handles.
One looked as If It might have been made
of pink enamel, the paint had such a
glossy finish. At the top It ended in a
round ball, and over this and reaching a
third of the way down the cane was a
network of steol. Another cane, which
was surely never designed for a man, was
painted pale green, and at the top was a
good-sized daisy, very natural-looking, in
deed, with a topaz for its yellow center.
Now the shopkeeper is very glad to in
form the man in question and any other
passer-by that the canes were made for
the Summer girl, that she buys them, and
that many canes have been made to order
to match special gowns.
DEMORALIZED BY A "PASS."
Economical Plans for Vncntlon Up
set by a Free Ride.
"It would not have happened," declared
the girl who was lamenting the wreck of
her plans for an economical vacation, to
a reporter of the New Tork Press, "If It
had not been for the pass. I had every
thing calculated to a penny and a suffi
ciently generous allowance made for the
accidental, when Uncle James turned up
and offered me a pass, a thing I had al
ways regarded as the half mark of envi
able distinction. His Influence or autho
rity or whatever was the source of his
ability to get passes did not extend far
enough to cover the whole of my Itin
erary. I had to travel two hours to meet
it, and almost as far after it had ter-
CONCEITS
Afternoon dress of painted muslin.
mlnated. It provided free passage, how
ever, for at least two-thirds of my jour
ney, and I was elated.
"There were special rates about that
time to the city, which was my desti
nation, which I would have regarded as a
Godsend ordinarily, but which, in the
pride"of my possession of a pass, I dis
missed from my notice.
"In view of the unexpected gift, I pro
ceeded to add to the purchases where
with I was fortifying myself for vaca
tion days. Little luxuries that I had
denied myself sternly seemed perfectly
legitimate under changed conditions.
"Moreover, when I had started, I found
myself committing unwonted extrava
gances such as taking a cab Instead of
the street cars to the station, letting a
porter carry my bag and feeing him
well. The stringency of my money affairs
ordlnarijy has precluded my riding In a
parlor car, but this time I decided to
have that experience of superiority, on
account of the saving I had made
through my pass.
"A woman traveling In a parlor car
could not eat a lunch from a box as a day
coach passenger might, so I patronized
tho dining car and buffet to the further
depletion of my purse.
"Before I arrived at my Journey's end
I felt apprehensive as to the success of
my economical methods, and I finished my
vacation In a much more democratic
fashion than I had begun it. But, even
so, I found that I had exceeded my vaca
tion allowance by $10, every penny of
whlih would have been saved had It not
been for that demoralizing pass."
JAPANESE WEDDING STAMPS.
Carious Mnrrlnpre Customs in the
Mikadoes Empire.
Japan has recently Issued a new series
of postage stamps that will be of great
Interest to philatelists. They Commem
orate the recent marriage of the Prince
Imperial.
In the oval frame Is pictured a low
table, spread with paper, the place where
all Japanese marriages are solemnized.
The table is decorated with bamboo
stalks and plum twigs and blossoms, and
at each corner rises a spray of pines.
The pine and the bamboo, being ever
greens, represent that in which there is
neither variableness nor shadow of turn
ing; the plum, on the other hand, stands
for that which buds? blossoms and fruits
for the good of man.
Tho decorations of the paper table
cover are tho crane and the tortoise; 6f
these the bird 13 symbolic of 1090 years
and the turtle of 10,000 years. Here sit
the bride and bridegroom and pass each
other cups of saki to the number of
nine, and so they are married, for the
nine drinks together symbolize the per
fect Japanese marriage.
This in Japan Is the emblem of wed
lock, and for that reason it has been re
produced in the commemorative stamp
Issue on the wedding of the Crown Prince.
At Just such a table, says the Chicago
Chronicle, sat he and his bride, and the
stalks of bamboo and sprays of pine and
the blooms of the plum all Joined In
wishing them both all health, wealth and
happiness without changing, and tho
crane and the turtle fixed a sort of gen
erous time limit to all the good wishes
hy suggesting that it might possibly come
to an end 5000 or 10.000 years hence.
That is the way the Japanese set forth
the meaning of the picture on the new
'stamp, and for confirmation they point
to the legend, which they stoutly aver i3
a statement of the name of the Prince
and the Princess and the date when they
sipped the nine cups of saki.
To Restore Faded Silks.
Faded silks can.be restored by being
sponged with wealc ammonia water and
afterwards rubbed with a soft cloth. Old
black silks are Improved by a sponge
bath of spirit and water, and cloth dress
es by being bniBhed with blue water.
After the gown has been beaten and
dusted thoroughly, dip the bristles of a
clothesbrush Into blue water and brush
the dress quickly. To remove grease spots
from a skirt of woolen or other material
use benzine. Unpick the hem or band of
the skirt and lay a piece of flannel or
blotting paper beneath the soil; above it
put a second piece of blotting paper, and
on this rest a Jaat iron until toe stain Is
, remoyed
JlwQMANfj
Made Him n Shirt.
More years ago than I shall name
I sought to win a good wife's fame,
I knew not how but all the same
I made a shirt.
I cut. I stitcher with many a. tsar;
Hollowed It out. both front and rear,
I carved the armholes wide, for fear
They wouldn't fit.
John's neck I measured to be true,"
The band must fit that much I knew
I'd heard so oft. All else I drew
And puckered In.
At last 'twas done. A worx of art,
Complete. I hoped. In every part.
"Come. John," I called with quaking heart,
"Try on your shirt."
I must confess It bulged somewhat
In places whero I thought should not.
But John, the brute, yelled out, "Great Scott'.
Is this & tent?"
And such behavior language, well J
He uttered things I'll never tell
I may forget them when I dwell
In higher spheres.
O woman of tho present day.
To you's Inscribed this tiny lay.
You little know the man you pay
Your homago to.
If his "true Inwardness" you'd know,
Have him your Idols overthrow.
And sentiment to four winds blow.
Make him a shirt.
From tho Llteranian.
WHINING AS A FINE ART
Fretful, Complaining Tactics of
Feminine Nuisance, Whose Sole
Thought Is of Herself.
Tho complaining woman was as bright
and cherry a girl as one would choose
to meet on a May morning. But when
she entered the state of wifehood and
motherhood, then did her troubles, and
those of all about her begin. She is now
an habitual Invalid; every little ailment Is
dwelt upoD with a tiresomeness long-drawn-out.
One cannot utter the greet
ing, "How do you do, Mrs. Painful?"
with precipitating a landslide of tedious
details, as to the "cricks" in the back,
which prevent her from rising up when
she is sitting down, or from sitting down
when she Is standing up. Or It may be
a realistic description of how she suffers
with sciatica in the foot, supplemented
by: "And the doctor says it 13 liable to
settle around my heart, and that I must
avoid all excitement; everybody around
mo has to bo so careful. But. of course,
tho baby had to fall out of bed this
morning, and I almost fainted, and If
Fred hadn't found the camphor right on
tho mantel-shelf, there's no telling what
would have, happened."
"Tho baby, oh, ho wasn't very badly
hurt Just a big bump on his head, and
a bad 'nose-bleed.' I was so ill from the
fright as to be useless, and poor Fred
had his hands full for a while, I can tell
you."
Poor Fred, indeed! The complaining
woman's ailment Is a mysterious one, as
a rule baffling all the doctors and the
wise old women. This, of course, marks
the Invalid, as one set apart for special
interest. The pleasure of describing her
recent symptoms to an attentive listener
is her height of enjoyment.
A Stock: Phrase.
"I never was so sick In my life,' is a
stockphrase of bers; and all the whllo.L . . , " ... , , . ., ,.
! , . ci, j . ,. rmountalns; others In quaint, vine-clad
she has such an appetite! She devours so
heartily tho delicacies sent In to her by
sympathizers that you venture to suggest
that her obscure malady Is a "tape
worm." So far from feeling the Irony
of that remark, she finds food in It for her
morbid fancy to feed upon. She regards
the idea with high favor, and has some
thing sensational wherewith to startle
all inquirers, until some one suggests
"cancer," or "recurrent appendicitis."
Then it is all off with the tapeworm. She
reads up on those maladies, and finds
to her pleasurable horror that she has
their every symptom, just as set down
In the "Family Physician." She can't
locate the cancr. but it is somewhere In
her "sj'stem," and will doubtless "break
out" soon.
Accordingly, every pimple Is regarded
with minute attention. That wart on her
left shoulder-blade is getting trouble
some. It Is In a position where it is al
most Impossible for her to get a close
look at it, but Fred must needs turn an
eagle eye upon it, at frequent intervals,
and report progress. As time rolls on
and tho wart remains a wart, and noth
ing more, she is as much disappointed
as relieved.
Tho complaining woman's husband Is
never safe for a moment. In the still
watches of the night; or in the midst of a
meal, he is more than apt to be called
upon, plaintively, to hurry up with a
mustard draught, or a hot Infusion of
herb tea, or any old thing that requires
trouble. And the queer part of it all Is
that, nine cases out of ten, the "Fred"
never grows weary or impatient, as the
years go by.
When, as a kindred theme, you Intro
duce your neuralgia to the complaining
woman, you find in her but an abstracted
listener. In fact, she Is so anxious to in
form you of her recent attack of bilious
headache that she can hardly wait for you
to give her an opening. When the time
does come, she rushes in at tho breach,
with:
Dreadful State.
"My goodness! I thought my head
would split last night. I was never so
sick in my life. Fred had to change the
cold bandages on my terdples every
five minutes, for three solid hours.
My temperature ran up to 103,
so j'Qujnav kngwx ts..wiia a stale
Harmony In bine and tan.
I was in. And all that time, tho baby
falrlv veiled lust to torture me, I do
believe. I suppose he was neglected, but
what could we do? Fred couldn't leave
mo long enough to run over ror .urs.
Goodwill, who is my main reliance when
I am sick."
If you find the complaining woman
looking well, and say so, you do her no
favor; like Dickens' "butler," "she is hln
jured in er most: tenderest feelln's." It
is no compliment to tell her she is tho
picture of health; she aspires to look the
confirmed invalid.
To find herself surrounded. In the un
hallowed hours of the night, by minister
ing neighbors who apply hot-water bag3
and drench her with stimulants, is to her
the acme of bliss. She is then so cher
ished, so Interesting!
So she fars along, her self-complacent
way, posing and lamenting, and over
drawing her sympathy account, until sho
becomes a by-word and a scorn for those
who read her shallow pretenses, and a
burden to her husband. And, In the end,
she outlives him and half tho robust
people she knows, for has she not had
the very best of care all the days of her
selfish, useloss life?
Her next-door neighbor, Mrs. Goodwill,
poor soul! contracted a cold from aria,
ing hurriedly on a bitter Winter's night,
and rushing over to Mrs. Palnful's InsuflU
clently clothed, and there to minister to
her for hours. Mrs. Goodwill's pneumonia
fortunately carired her off very quickly,
and she was unconscious of her suffer
lng for the most part. Mrs. Painful waa
grieved beyond anything. There was posl-.
tlvely no one else who could arrange
her pillows at just the right Inclination,
"and as for hop poultices, I don't knov?
what I am to do! Poor Fred is well
meaning, but so clumsy."
Hears the Trnth, for Once.
Mr. Goodwill came over one fine day to
say a few words to Mrs. Painful, who
was never quite so surprised in her life.
"The Idea! Who ever heard of such)
impudence? I'm sure I am not to blame
if Mrs. Goodwill was so careless as to
come tearing over here half dressed. I
suppose Fred made me out worse than
I really was, If that were possible, for I
never was so sick In my life."
Mrs. Painful never speaks to Mr. Good
will now; nor did Fred, who considered
his course unjustifiable, until he went
also on his way.
And thus, coddled by some and cen
.sured by others, the complaining woman
continues to Interest all. but chiefly her
self. 'And when her Fred, overtasked by
day to obtain means for the living and
the doctor bills, and by night attending
to her wants, suddenly collapsed in the
prime of his years, she Is ready to call
all the gods to witness that never was
there such an abused woman as she.
She must now sit up with herself and
watch the clock for pill and powder tlmo
and apply her own hot fomentations. The
consequence is that, thenceforward, sho
sleeps soundly, like other people, and
never ceases to wonder that she can do
so. But the baby Is growing up, and will,
no doubt, in due season, have his tender
sympathies strained to the utmost by his
poor Invalid mother, whlust he bestirs
himself In her service.
MARY C. BELL.
CHILDREN AT TIIE SEASHORE.
Sea Air nnil Bnthlnp: Good for Them,
"With Proper Care.
The Summer exodu3 of mother and child
has already begun. Some are seeking
Vinlfi 9-nA ctmriTtYi In tnt honrt et tc
farmhouses In the country, where the
children can wear old clothes, climb, ride
on hay wagons, fight hornets' nests and
eat green apples unmolested; and other
happy bands, armed with their little
spades and shovels, are on the way to
breathe the ozone from the sea. To the
mothers of those seaward-bound, a few
suggestions, taken from a writer in tho
New York Herald, are offered.
Too often little ones are brought home
ill In a few weeks, mothers declaring it
was the food, or "the malaria from a pond
back of the hotel," or "the bad drinking
water." More often It Is because tne
mothers have allowed their children most
Injudicious liberty. Sea air, with all Its
tonic effects and ozone, cannot digest crab
salad In the stomach of a 5-year-old child.
The diet must be watched. The sea bath
should never be taken Immediately after
eating, nor should children be allowed to
stay In the sun Immediately after a meal
or a sea bath.
The clothing of the child at the seashore
should be warmer than that worn In coun
try or city, for damp, foggy mornlng3
come, and piercing winds. Then long
stockings should be put on; for, in spite
of all the views on hardening children,
this custom of exnoslng the tender flesh
of babies to the cold Is all wrong. Flan
nal sacques. shawls and probably woolen
shirts for a few days must protect the
little bodies.
Children should be kept in the air as
much as possible. Babies are better in
carriages, but the walk in the nurse's
arms is very good, too. One of the best
exorcises in the world for both healthy
and sick children is playing in the warm,
dry sand in a shaded place. The sun at
the seashore is very strong and glaring,
and the eyes should be rested.
How happy the children are In a sand
heap! Their little muscles are expanded
and strengthened as they work over their
mud pies and focts and castles. The child
who has been denied the Joy of making
mud pies and serving them to loving
lathers and mothers has missed much
that is happy In childhood.
The hour for the bath Is the event of
the day. Children who are timid should
never be forced Into the water. They
should be dressed in a bathing suit and
allowed to paddle. Gradually, as they see
other children venturing In. they will lose
their fear and the bath will become a
delight. A child should never bathe long,
as the exhaustion following is intense.
Foolish fathers often carry shrieking ba
bies into the surf. Of course, the little
ones are afraid! The nervousness coming
from the fright undoes any good the salt
bath may do.
With many children warm water should
be used, as some little bodies cannot
stand the cold water shock. This is an
age of fads and faddists, and one of the
most hurtful fads is the Iffa that tho
cold plunge is good.
The seashore is recommended by some
of the great specialists on children's dis
eases. Dr. Holt, of New York, writes that
convalescents from scarlatina, measles
and eruptive fevers generally do well by
the sea. A French doctor reports the
cure of a case of scrofula of 10 years
standing. Tho child came to the sea
weak, almost denuded of flesh, with no
appetite, and Insomnia. Constant sea
bathing, good diet and sea air cured him
after a year, for the Winters by the sea
are quite as much to be recommended to
the sick as the Summers.
Children suffering from Potts' disease,
hip-joint disease and anthritls of the knee
all do well, gaining in flesh and Improving
In appetite without medical treatment.
Rheumatic cases, especially when chronic,
do well by the seacoast. The best results
will be obtained from baths given on al
ternate days, followed by thorough fric
tion of the body by a masseur or an in
telligent nurse. Warm salt water Is ad
visable in rheumatic cases. Children con
valescing from SjL Vitus' dance arc much
helped at the seaside.
Hard Lack.
The maiden strolled along the beach.
With sobs her frame was lurchin";
She cried, "There's not a roan In reach,
Not even a sea-urchin!"
New York World.
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