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I p0 you EVER THINK, L ti ' tb,nl, hcon,e by ir ,11 w n l I" l'"" ' 'ou na 1 o both rule out in th lair, pluiuod Wk Jlu ""' n',,rtr' n,,Tur r'Je bi:k' L, ,, ,.ver think you strive for gold 1, . ?i J n""1'" lmn'1 c,,n', d""ur h"ld' I ., tutf und "" unJ ,inch nJ ",,,, Und wi 'H I""1' " " wbu0 we ruacb tllu r ,.Vi r IWiik M ,l" ly "lP J .. ,, r,f gel 1 wli'n ik llriucr grn-p J' , . hiw.ry lifiirl of tlin world wero fed to vour dvinir tied? J'1"" -L. A. W. Bulletin. F0UNJ)i:i OX FACT. "Ur. Rogers, did yon say?" I " .11 -- MIL. 1 y, sir; a tuiJ, niiuuiu ugeu K1 u" n rillllllMa UII BUIIUUti Jj could roculluct uo aoquuiutance of A-li Ullll 10 aUUp iu uviv, i ram ui UjO flilU eniereii ui; niuuy win , ., .,mji!itn stranger to me. lie wan tan, kcvii 40 1U11 o0 years of ago, rather ami very ungnJur lu his move- - ..i.n i....j ....... t I, II1 WUIB U eilUl . Ul'Ulll, jitJy bald mid hud decidedly pleasant taroJ. When lie smiled, his eyes med to sparkle and ho exhibited two -t'llciit r.iwn ui nuiii. 'I am ufiaid I um quite unknown to i," lio bciu. bowed my head aud woudercd what It coming next. But yonr name as a rising young jtelist inxl writer of short stories in, course, familiar to uie." Vlio could he be? I began to huve iious of publishers and editor clamor 1 ut my door for contribution)) from ppn. Wax he about to give mo a , jfcmiiMtion for a new serial? Porhnp ; j represented Kome leuding magazine, i vl was prepared to pay sums undreum , of fur my tilled uf love and ad veil ' t Or wan he only Home newspaper Jervicwer bent ou satisfying the curi iiy of readerH rcsiiectiug my opiu pti und manlier of life? f 'Pray bo wutod," I said. AVe cat facing one another on opposite : is of the hearth rng. It was n cold, fl November day, mid tho briglit fire it burned iu the grate was comfort . Mr. Rogers took from his pocket a i pv of a popular magazine und held it c a his knee. 'Capital story thut of yours!" ;"Wbich?" I asked. jf'Tliat lust one in here," he said, tap 't'i the covers of the book, "tho story lllcd 'Tho Mystery of Rowner's Mill.' " ?'I nm glad you like it, but roally" i'A spleudid Btoryl Rathor daring lugh." I' Daring?" f'Yes to publish a story of real life I mere fietion. " t'l don't understand what" 'But why did you make Maud a dark girl? Uf conrso Che was fair, ns you iiuow. Her real nanio was Mubol, but tliat d(K'.u't matter." J' You are o,nitu" 'Still, you have hit off Maltby to t" J'Tlie story, I nssure, you, was" J'Writteu under pressure of time? V, I have no doubt of it. But your do- (iplini of the old mill is exact. Row l Mill is, of course, Radford's Mill, i WB ." fAllow me to explain" Jynite uniiecessary, I assuro you. r were perftvtly justified iu ehuliging ' f lianie. But that passage iu which J ft deseribo tho uet of vengeance on .' ijltby is remarkably powerful und no f irato. Ah ! hero it is : 'Seeing his vie t il powerless, Jasper Gore, with tho nirongth of a giant, seized him in his arms and for ono moment held him above his head iu front of tho open win dow. Then ho hurled tho wretched man into space. Down, down ho fell, until, with a splash that was tuandiblo amid the roar mid rattle of the mill, Maltby disappeared iu the deep water of the race, nmi was instantly buttered to a (bapeless mnsn by the huge revolving water wheel !' " "But burely you know" "Oh, yes; I know every inch of the piaco. Of course you uie a little bit rough on me." "Ou yon?" "Yes; you see, Jasper Gnro" I rose to my feet. So far I had hardly bean nblo to get a word iu edgeways. I h id not tho slightest idea what ho was f'riviug ut. lie was exhausting my pu tleneo. Look here, Bir," I shouted warmly, "I haveu't yet the pleasure of knowing woo you are. What the will you kind ly tell mo what you uro talking ubont?" "Why. my dear sir, I am talking 6'iout thiH story of yours called 'The 1 Jttery of Rowner's Mi 11. I was just t ng that you have made me other- ito Jasper Goro" f Gore is ono of my characters. I nn darstaud your unmo is Rogers 1" The mau leaned back und roared with laughter. I tank into iuy chair iu a tato of exasperation. "Excuse uiy laughing," he raid, "but when you put on that innocent air it is irresistibly funny. What does it mutter which name I uso, Goro or Rogers are thy not one und the same? What was aier? You took my real name, Rogers, t'fceted the last two letters, transposed t;4 others, and then you hnd it Gore 1" f was now quito out of temper. 'fl don't know what yonr object is," I iid, "iu coming here and talking this uetseuse. The ttory is pure fiction a iiaiplo creatiou of my own brain from beuming to end. iSo far us I know, the characters never lived, thn incidents acr huppened, the mill described nev ''lad any existence except iu my own imagination. " i My visitor watched me as I ("poke, ud a grin slowly broadened on his face, ntil he again burst into loud laughter. ''I should never huve believed it!" teeaiil "Believed what?" " Yon novelists, it would appear, are i steeped in fietion that you lose all re Srd for truth." 'What do yon mean, eir?" I cried in dignantly. f ' Is it necessary to explain? Here, in tyi magazine, I huve u story every e "Witial detail of which is actual truth, you coolly tell me that it was all I lived out of yonr owu hruiu I" 'Certainly. So it was," "Now, what is the use of talking that to me to me? I am Rogers Hi iters U Gore. I (call me by which iiflnip yon lite) um the man whose acs n ili s.-ribed iu this story. " "Di you mean to sit there and toll w that you actually committed a crime wmieal with that I have described?" i"Preoiely. I eaj the story is true in "try essential detail. Every action of plot, every motive of the characters, ! all the description of places, and even portions of the diulogue are absolutely true. I say uguin I am Jasper Gore I" Imagine my findings I Never before iu the histoiy of fiction writing had so remiiikubli a thing happened. Some oc cult power had clearly keen at work ou i my brain and directed me to write a ' story fouuibd ou fact in a degree that was Hmply marvelous. The situation wus so dxt inordinary that it stivjgereil me. I was hero face to face with tho murderous rulllan of my own creation, i What was to be done? I glanced ut the bell ut his elbow. "Never mind the bell," hesaid. "Wo shall not wuut to ue that. Listen to me!" ilo brought his chair toward me nntil our knees wero nearly touching. With his hands on his thighs und his body ' brut forward he fixed his penetrating eyes on niino. "I have told you that I am Jasper Gore. But that is only ono of the names under which unthors have used mo iu relating my exploits. You are not the only writer who has employed my deeds in fiction. You havo read Blandfurd's novel, 'Tho Red Witness?' Well, I am Paul Vurnliam, the mail who poisoned his brother and threw tho body into tho limekiln. You huve seen thn story iu . the last number of The Masterpiece Magazine culled 'The Coso of Roland i Wier?' I am Roland, the man who stole the bonds mid stubbed to the heart the : only witness to the died. Why, the stains of tho crinio are still on my bunds." I shuddered visibly, and cold sweat ' was ou my forehead. j "Metaphorically speaking, "he added with a smile, "I suppose you huve read" "Stop!" I cried. "Whut is it you want of mo? Why do you come to tell j me all this?" ' "I came to make a proposal. I am a mau of muny deeds crimes, you would j cull them. The world is getting too hot 1 for mo. lam iu danger from the sleuth hounds of the law. Shelter me; hide me, und I will give you material fur soma of the most thrilling stories that ever were written. I ran keep you going for the rest of your life with fuets, sir, facts ! "The Rowner's Mill affair I don't know how you got hold of, but it was not obtained fairly. But I will not say anything about thut. Stand by me, and I will make your fortune and your ever lusting fame. Is it a bargain?" To accept such a proposal never en tered my mind for one moment. My only thought wus to get this dreadful creature out of my house, whether whut he said was true or not. How wus I to do it? Just then my servunt knocked at the door and entered. "Here is a gentleman wishes to see you, sir." "Say you are engaged," said Rogers, rising from his chair und gruspiug me by the arm. But the new arrival bad already en tered the room. "Excuse me, sir," he said. "I have come for our good friend, Mr. Rogers. He lives with us at X ." X I knew to be tho pluce where a certain couuty lunatic asylum stands. I saw everything in a flash. Ho handed Rogers over to the care of another man in the hall, and the poor fellow went us meekly as a lamb. Then the uttendunt came buck to me. "I hope he has not alarmed yon, sir. He escapod two days ago. " "Well, he gave me an unpleasant half hour. The man seems to be steeped in crinio." "He's all right except on that point. Ho fancies that he is every criminal thut he reads abont iu the story books. We traced him to yonr house, und 1 expect he hus been pitching a lively yarn about some of his doings. Ah ! I thought so. But, bless yonr heart, sir, the poor fel low wouldn't hurt a fly." Nevertheless, he hud knocked me off my work for that day. London Tit Bits. ShkUnprare la Landau. Shakespeare "came to Loudon," en tered, in fuet, into eternul fume through its gates. Why he cumo, or precisely when, is largely a mutter of conjecture. Over this, as over so much of his life, lies a veil thut ho himself never chose to lift. That he was poor is certain, and highly probable that he was quite un friended. Whether he had any conscious nets or persuasion of his almost mirueu Ions gifts we cun only guess. The im pnlsa that led him thero cannot have been altogether due to chance or whim, but that he could have foreseen the splendid result is ultogether impossible. Like many a less gifted mortal, he sus tained the struggle of hope uud fear. The first folio of his plays sells today for a large sum of money, but let us iniiigine a romance worth 20 islunds of treasure. Suppose some one, wrenching away a shaky panel iuan old house in Warwick shire, came upon a concealed cupbourd, lnv. thick with the dust of 800 years, a roll of manuscript, curled aud yellow with age. And suppose that, on unfolding it, he found it bore the title "The Life of Me, William Shakespeare. " Here surely would be a record of un paralleled interest and chiefly the chap ter which should tell of how he came to London. Think of what that step was to him, consider the power of his mind, imagine it at the age of 60, looking back with calm unruffled insight on its own history as a drama, ond then reflect what he, Shukespeare, could say about that youthful entry into London, and how depict it. A king's ransom could not buy tho chapter, and a temple would be a poor place to house it. Chumbers' Journal. CROSBY'S SCHEME. New Tork Mao Has an Odd Ilanfrr Nlf Dl Srhpma. Naval officers attached to the light honfe board, the hydrographies service oud the warships in commission, as well as life saving service officials, are inter ested in a plan suggested by Colonel John Schuyl. r Crosby of New York for conspicuously marking the dangerous points on the ocean, gulf uud lake coast line. The scheme is to rauit, in a most 1 prominent place ou iiwiihm" i tious and houses of refuge, large, white ' Roman numerals, so as to be visible i from the s'a as soon as the stations can I be. distinctly seen, thereby euubling the seafaring community to definitely locate I their vessels in tempestuous weather, 1 particularly in winter, or after a period of foggy weather, when observations of the sun are not easily obtained. HE RAN3 UP ANOTHER. I A tab., Man'. Funny Kuwrl.not With a Far Krfktrr. Sometimes things happen to men who art perfectly nober. This one happened on a north bound "limits" cur. 1 c C"r wa" cruw,'"d. and when Schiller street was reached, tho lady who sat just about amidships was unable to attract the attention ,,f the conductor to have him sigual so she might get off. Mr. Sauburu is always gracious, al- j ways suave, always courteous. He saw wiiuiy in Qistrens, and he believed in neipiug nis neighbor. So he reaclind nn to Uie cord and rang the bell. Of course it was the wrong cord, and the arrow ! on the face f the rash register moved i up from 63 to fifl. Ir f imt i. . , it is not recorded that a conductor vOTfitUtA , i. I "lu,mul1" ever lulled to notice it when this sort of blunder occurred. Aud so the conductor. far away as he was, out of sight of the passenger a signal, began to edge his way forward through the crowd, veuue- auco threatened by bis manner. Of conrso the pasengers tittered, and Mr. Sanborn should have turned rod. But he didn't Ho awuited the approach of the col lision with the same suavity. The lady in whose behalf tho harm was dono hud left him to his fate and was edging to the front dour as the car came to a hiilt. "Who rang up that fare?" demanded the man with a proper grievance. I did, 'manfully replied the culprit. Pa ftr,H ,.v..,i .!, i. ....... iYiead T-U., in y ot . r if. as he expected, the conductor inigh not be fluent with English. ,ri, , .. . The representative of corporation w. t, . lost no time. He expressed various opinions, all tending to a harmony of result, of the mau w ho would do such a ! consummately idiotio trick as to ring up a fare instead of pulling the sigual j boll. Of course from his point of view . it was a stupid trick. The conductor j who would be so stupid would have troublo iu maintaining his standing with tho authorities of the line. But Mr. Sanborn wasn't a conductor and didn't want to be. He accepted the ; situation, and when the conductor i reached the eud, he was reudy. "You'll have to pay thut fare," con cluded the conductor. "Very well, I can do it." said Mr. Sanborn, handing a silver dimo to his assailant The latter fished around in his pocket for the nickel that was due in return. Then came Mr. Sanborn's revenge. "You moykeep the change," he said, with the same unfailing suavity. "I want to ring it uguin." And ring it again he did, to the do light of the sympathetic passengers, who had before enjoyed the situation and now found their pleasure multi plied. But the dumfouuded conductor squeezed his way back to his domain of the platform and muttered, "Well, I'm duruod. "Chicago Record. A Famous Hook. Concerning the milking of that most popular of all child's biMiks. "Shork Headed Peter," Its author. Dr. Hoff mann, of Frankfort, tiermuny. tells this story: He hnd been searching high and low for a suitable picture book for his two-year-old boy, but In vain. At lust he purchased n blauk copy-book nnd told his wife he was going to make a picture-book for the boy "ono he cun understand, and In which the tedious morals 'be obedient,' be calm,' 'be Industrious,' are brought home In a manner which Impresses the viiiinir chllil. no Knew limning ot drawing, lint he set to work and pro duced the gruesome picture of all the naughty boys and girls which every body knows. His child was delighted, and when some of his circle of literary friends saw It they urged him to have It published before the boy spoiled It, and a publisher said he would brine It out. "Well." wild Dr. Hoffmann, "give me eighty gulden" (about J'.'.'il, "and try your fortune. Don't mnke it expens ive, and don't make it too strong. Chil dren like to tear books as well as to read them, and nursery-hook ought not to be heirlooms. They oi.'ght to hist only a time." An edition of fifteen hundred was quickly sold, and now one hundred and seventy-five editions have appeared In Germany and forty In England, and It has been trunslaied Into Russian. Swillsh. Danish, Dutch, French, Italian und Portuguese, ,) It bus penetrated India, Africa and Australia. Hhe Heads to Have. 1 study advertisements, und I know where and when ond how to purchase the household supplies. My husband used to laugh at me for reading adver tisements so carefully, and he has Ion if since learned that I save many dollars every month, says a writer In Woman kind". I know of no better way to prac tice economy, and do you know It Is a wonder how soon you learn to detect the real from the fulse. Intuitively, ul niost? I do not think I have ever bi-en "taken In" by an advertiser it; there Is always something ubout the false ones that repels me. You hear u good deal nowadays about the "practical pages" of magazines and newspapers, but for me the practical pages are those containing the business announcement of reputable houses. The housekeeper who takes advantage of these practical hints In those pages shows a great deal more common sense than does the one who tries to furnish a seven-room cot tage with a lot of soap boxes covered with denim worked In fancy stitch, and to feed her growing family with never ending reminiscences of the meal that went before. To the economical house keeper the advertisements are the most Important part of any publication. A Woman Aatroooiuer. Miss Mary Proctor delivered her one hundrodth lecture on astronomy recently In Cooper Union, from the samo plat - form on' which her dl...nn..h nolle vear aao on tne same uruueu i.j science, aiiss rrocmr s success i" pleasing to those who gave her ennoni aaemeut at the outset or ner career. was Mr. George W. Child who stum Miss Proctor on tho road tosno-ess, ji as he started scores of others. Her e.J rience ought to be a leson and imp tion to others of her sex who havoftis talent and the ambition to strike mil for themselves in a new field of etideof. I rpmeniber Mis Proctor first l'are di.tinctlv. She considered It a ( failure and she wa almost discoi and readv to give Up, tint a lew of cheer from Mr. Child ami psva her new heart. Sh tnnUun n, gained confidence in herself amis n v alnne among women in ner tuwmji new. New York Letter. WOMAN'S WOULD. HOW SUZANNE KEYSER WON THE MEDAL AT THE INSTITUT RUDY. Toung Old MnUU-IMxTluilnatliin Afalnat Women -A Hum-uliU Woman Itartx-r. Idral lrt-M of tho Working Woman. The Limit of Woman' Work. Philadelphia hus many people aud many things to In' proud of, but it is riot generally known that on of its fair daughters has won such distinction as lias never before fallen to tho lot of an America!). This voting woman, not vet 22 years of age, is Miss Suzanne Kev ., , ,. , ... , r' tlm daughter Mr. Charles S. i- . . . Keyser, the well known awv. r. So . . ., . . ,. I01'"11. ' 1,110 l''' unusual hon- 01 flW ,m,Ml1" uf c,r,'K' '"'r most intimate acquaintances are aware that she, an American born and Knglih speaking maiden, went to France, and in Paris, its literary and urtistic eentir, won the medal for dramatic utility ut the Institut Rudy against at lmt 1100 competitor, all of whom were French. How she won tho medal which never 1h fore has crossed the ivean u told by her in a bright, pleasing fashion, essen tially girlish and very winning m its titter absence, from any truce of egotism. "I have always loved to recite, aud to be trained by some member of the ! v oiiieu.e rraueai ( oniedio rraneaiso seemi d to be the fl"" TT "T """" T, I? , T i" iT . i""" P T j ""fl 1 at . 1 , lil,"u1,'1 " ""'J f'r i what I had alwavsbeeti dreaming alsmt. , " - Therefore on morning we went to see St'ZANNE KKVSKIt Dnpont Vernon ut the theater, aid I told him I wanted to become one of his pupils. He looked me ullover, shnpged his shoulders, guvo uie u little pise of jKietry und said, 'Como to my hoo to morrow and recito that to mo. llVhen tomorrow came, wo went to si4 him. As I entered ho said iu a sort ofwitrou izing fashion, 'Don't bo frigf cued.' Up to that minute I had no tlstught of being frightened, but just t lit u big lump cume up iu my throat Wlieh had never been there before. Fori miuuto I felt I was going to brouk dim, but I conquered the feur and did jbo best I knew how. When I wus Ufongh, ho rose, kissed mo ou the foMicad and called mo his pupil. For a rar I stud ied with him uh, ho was sb li a niun, the best and cleverest te: world. Rucino Moliere jer in l lie if tho poets and drumutists 1 lived wi constantly, eel in my each day being more 1 I yKnchi vt conim W, my course went to the with him was concluded, Institut Rudy as a so of finishing uud the time touch. A year more the came for mo to go hoim Ou Thursday I said goodhy to my feftw students, as I expected to sail on Safcrilay, and Hack to tho pension that hup" been my homo for so long I went to liish my pucking. The old ludy who keiit. und whom I hud always supposeY disliked mo, was very affectionate, k&ug mo on both cheeks, nnd I could aw see that she was more than ordinuriftexcited. " 'Put on yourjest gown, mude moiselle,' said lijnd I, puzzled all the while ut her dfaeanor, obeyed. My astonishment wf greater when we started oft iu a liiffe, tho bus or tram being usually Risfc enough for us. Soou wo drew np at be Francaise; but, in stead of going it the front way. I fol lowed her to tlitagn entrance. Hero my teacher nn I no. und kissing me on tho foreheud d. 'In thri'o miuutes. niudemoiselleisju are to make your dutint. ' " Y'ou can flaagine my feelings as ho told me whuiado, und after I had gone out before ttj vast audience und given a tragic scot from ono play, a bit of comedy fro another and finished up with tho ltt:.o iss'in I had first recited in Puris IM as though I was the most dismul failtre in tho world. There was an awful iiieuce, and no one seemed to look at nur care ubout mo. Then all of a audi thero wus a great chipping of hundi is a man stepped forth und handed p this medal. I didn't know it was to mo and didu't want to take it, but tbn M. Vernon cume to my side and iu I midst of tho enthusiasm told mo hohe had entered mo in tho coin petitidl without my knowing it, how the Jrges were not willing thut on Amejii should compete, and the con-ditlJbs-as to have mo go on totally un prciJipd to muko things fair in iheir own Binds. Vtt- ttf,"r in ,!"'lr 0WU lunfagc, and becauso they really jn:'gud mutie best, tho medal was hiumed to aivimeriean girl, whom every one. etrthe judges, up to that moment had rVded as French. " Philadelphia OeS. toung Old Maid. , - . I I... a( . ran smart weil'ling a n- v ao it suddenly occurred to mo thut the m.inentlv lovely bride walking uuu the uisle was not u day under DO years Irf age, and yet she ba, ..ever oeen T tm " S i. ,,fi iifiinaii. und tho term maid" would Imve Is. ti us likely to be applied to the man ut her side u to her self, aud I could not but think how notably in this regard "the old order changeth, giving place to new ' Muidem who huve passed their thir tieth year may now claim that they rep resent the lunst perfect and advanced trpenf muideiilnHsl and l's k down upon n'.rl who marry before 2.". us very much more akin to savage", for it i a wo 11 known fact thut the age of marriage ad vances with civilization. Among ths Australians and other savage girl marry at 11, 10 or even year of age; among semlcivilized Egyptian, Hin doos, etc., the age ia from 12 to 14; southern Europcun marry their girl between the axw of 13 and 18, while among the nations who lead modern civilization the age ia a constantly rising one fiom 17 or 18 i f 60 years ugo th-i average bus risen to lietweeu '.'I and '.'.V Aud does it uot follow, by incvr.iMe logic, that girl who wait until 2s or ho am forerunner of u still higher civili zation? It is not only a fact that women marry later iu life than they used, but It is equally true that everywhere the more mat uro wcu.i.n is to the f,,rn. The young und inexperienced bud has ceased to be the reigning quei n i f the hour. She ha leeu forced toyieldhcr place to the muturer woionn, the woman of cut tivated mind ai d manners, of brouder experience and Wider knowledge. All thi is only the natural result of evolution. With Inr deeper interests. Wider outlook, enlarged sympathies, she scarcely feel lls relentless march of tho years, and witli all the new light upon her phvsic.il care and condition ho can easily look ns venng asshefiids. Kongo pots, w igs and Juir dyes havo happily gone their way, and fresh air, excrete, baths und diet havo taken their place. New York shii. DlM-rinilnallon Agaliut Women. It is uot diji.ult to find an excuse for tho refusal of tie men of Massachusetts to givo the l.Jlit to women. So h ug us the iiiusm's if ('male cili.eii of that or liny other stale urn indifferent on the sutftage quest i in their fathers, husbands and brothers vlll not insist ou loading them with jcltical burdens or duties. This may or nay not bo the best ixdicy, but it harni'iizes with human nature and is likely o stand. The advocates of equal suffnua should see, in recent events iu Nev York uud Massachusetts, that their wok lies among the women ; that a desire for the ballot on the part of n iiiajoritMif thn women is a condi tion prcccdcit to their getting it. Ap peals to li'ilslatures, to constitutional convention and to party conventions will have Idle effect while tho women rcniaiu in r don't euro state of mind. Hut the fact that the women of Mas sachusetts lo not vote except for school utllcers is not a good reason for dis crnninatiig against them In public em ployment!. Indeed their exclusion from any partripaucy iu making law, as sessing tises ami deciding what amount of moiiry shall be excnilcl for this, that und the other purpose ought to in spire tin voter und their offleiul agents with a tosiro and puiposn to carefully gnard tho right und interest of the nonvoting sex. But it doe not appear to havo douo so. Ou tho contrary the women iu all parts of tho state are treated unfairly in tho onti public em ployment iu which they ure and always have been conspicuously successful that of a teacher. Justice demands thut a woman bo paid tho same wage a a man for teaching iu the public school. It is not just to pay women only f IS per mouth for work in public schools for which men receive 1 128. Exchange. A 8ueeaaful Woman Ilarber. Mrs. Anno Howard ha opened a bar ber shop near tho Brooklyn bridge, where ull tho work i dono by women dono most delicately and delightfully. "I believe it would be a gmsl idea to havo a couple of colored women to txil ish boots, tcHi," sho said to a Now York reporter. "As sisiu as men get over tho strangeness of it they like to havo a woman tako care of them. I learned how to shave out west, whero most of tho new idea come from these days. I havo two shops iu Chicago that ure do ing a good business. Iu one of them, while I was winking thero with four others just before coming oust, we took iu (125 a week, and tho business is growing. "I am going to open a shop in New York beforo long that is, us sisiu as I um well started here. Reuts are so much higher over there iu any locution thut I should cure to have that I thought I hud better be settled ill Brooklyn first My trade here is better every day. Wednes days und Sut unlays I um very busy. I shall havo two more women here within a week or ten days. Of course it isn't as easy to find really good women barbers as it is to find men, but I know so muny thut I shall not have any trouble. "Tho men in this business don't like tho idea ut ull, and every now and then I roccivo uiiotiymous letters from somo man burlier or other. All 1 huvo to say for tho writers is that whilu they wero writing they were not doing anything else, und thut theyhuveii't dono me uny harm. " Philadelphia hus a collcgo for bar ters, where women are admitted. Some of them better tuko Mrs. Howard us an example and sturt out for themselves. Philadelphia Pre. Ideal Ureal of tba Working Woman. Mr. Martha Strickland is not only a lawyer aud a lecturer on purliamcutury law, but a warm udvis ulo of physical culturo aud correct dress. Thi talented woman, who is yet young uud charming und graceful, curries out her idea re garding correct dress in an artistic aud picturesque way thut is decidedly pleas ing, even to very fustidious js'iiple. In uppeurunce sho is of medium height und plump. Her face is full, the ex pression pleasant, with a mouth aud chin that denote firmness mid strength. Her eyes ure of deep blue and light up with unimatioii when she talks, Recent ly when asked to give her idea of the working woman's costume she said: "Theideul dies of tho working wom an would banish the skirt, but even it such abolition were possible we would desire for all other occasions to retuiu the skirt. Tho masculine idea in fjml nine dross is ono which is thoroughly inartistic. It is troe men's dress is more oouviinient than thut of women, but this is it solo advuntiige, for it Is hopelessly ugly, and why women thould imitate it in any respect I cannot Imagine. They huve not adopted its utilitarian features, but have taken those which are most nndcsiruble. Naturully tho corset is an obstacle In the way of dress improve ment, by wearing hxsie, plain waists, which ia a slovenly fashion, not an ar tistic one. It was a bud expression of a g'ssl kind, und the corsetinl figure has this advantage, thut it is a good expres sion of a bad kind. So we prefer the smooth flttingcorseted waist of the two, for we all like skilL" New York World. Tba Limit of Woman' Work. Now como the question, What should be the limit of women's work? Where should they druw the line? This, at any rate, It is safe to answer, "At that point where their work ceusctodogoil." A soon a a woman feel she is in a posi tion in which the best aud nubleat of men ci uso to look upon her with rever ence, tin ii she may be sure sho has over : stepix d tho limit of womanly dignity 1 and rei re, and that there her influence I will i'i t W pure, elevating uud noble, j Tin te is plenty of real work for all of us to d. i beyond the sphere of home, in lli" liehls of art, science und literature, I und ulso, like Florence Nightingale und I many other bravo women, as nurse ami c uifottcrs of the Mck, I he wounded and j the dying. j Women's iiillueiico i sometime said i to be greater now than in past times. It is mote palpable certainly, but I doubt whether more potent, for, us we know well for cent ia ics, the hand that rocked the cradle ruled the world. Tho differ ence is thut nowadays women uro not content to work quietly a mero wire pullers. Instcud they like to seo und bo (i-eii, und to have the credit of their till 'ds. Tho (dd idea was that "men tunst woik and women must weep," but tho newer idea that women should work, tiKi, uivordiug to their talents und op portunities, seem morn rational and healthy and i calculated to make them weep less. I-ct them give over weeping by ull means, but in all their work let them rciiicmts'r that "woman is not un developed man, but diverse," and therefore not to try to bo like men, und also not to think that nothing is too high or too sacred for them to meddle With. Homo Notes. fnuallty. Mr. T. P. O'Connor, a member of tho English house of commons, has view upon un ideal society. In hi perfect na tion men uud women will enjoy social and iHiliticul cquulity. " Whut I want to see, " say this ardent champion, "is that women should bo placed in such un economic position that marriage will not bo entered into by her as tho last uud the only menus she ha of getting a livelihood. Every woman should bo taught tube self supporting if she belongs to those who have to live by their ow n exertions, iiiid.imlocil, whether sho dis s or not, she ought to learn to help heiself, for even settled facts may disappear. In the wealthier classes wo man should be given the highest educa tion sho is capable of receiving, so a to be un intellectual companion to her bus bund if she desiro to havo ono uud to herself if she cluxisotolivc alone." But tho admirable common sense of theso i statements is suniow hut counterbalanced ! by thn fact thut in Mr. O'Connor's ideal ! "every girl will be married at 17 und evciy man ut 21." Jnurnall.ru at Wellealey. Welloedey college should produce some brilliant addition to tho journulislio rank within a few years. One of the courses in English offered during the junior year i iu newspaper work. It i for students who huve douo superior work. Fractico in reporting, condensing editing uud writing of editorials, topic and reviews, with tho study of current events, inukes this half year's work of great value to those who have proved their ubility for it. iav All Her fe-anty Having. Miss Curolino Rustud of Whitehall, Wis., a Scandinavian spinster, (15 years of ago, has turned over to Banker J. O. Melby (200, nearly ull of her scanty earning for the last 12 years, to bo sent to tho suffering missionaries uud Ar menians in Turkey. The old lady insist ed ou making thn donation, und so Mr. Melby forwarded the money to tho Lu theran Missionary society ut St. Stravu gar, Norway. Chicago Times Ucruld, Ir, Joaeulilna Cuuln. Dr. Josephine Cuuin, gold medalist, Bishops, lSiuT), ha been one of the few 1 successful candidates for tho degree ot I L. K. C. P. ut Edinburgh, taking high- 1 est honor after a sojourn there of three months. Dr. Cuuiu is ut present in Puris. Miss Helen Culver has giveu (1,000, 000 to thn University of Chicago. It is ulways grutifying to the friends of equal . rights when coeducational colleges und ... i i.: al I I univcrnuit'a niv niun ic'iit'iiiunijr iuju.uj bered, espociully by women. Thn rage for luce iu woman' finery extend nowadays literally from heud to foot, for luce slippers and low shoes mado of stiffened net uud trimmed with luce rosette urn shown for ballroom Vi.iA tn.titiiviiii' at tit 1 t it tf In ntuiiw tiifl i llu UllliUlv'n fi't at mat : j und witter will clean thn dirtiest frying puns su thut rinsing uud wiping ure all that will be Hooded. Use a wire frame for boiling potatooi und see how much of vexation it suve uud how satisfactory the result. The Dea Moines Wom-u's club baa (1,000 iu ita treasury. WRIT ONASPObL. r" Latter by Fartorjr Ulrl That Ended la a ltouiantlo Wedillng. Eugene Greeu of Syracuse visited his sister ut Turuwissl, N. Y., last October and, incidentally, fished for tiout iu the bnsik. He procured a spool from hi sister on which to wind hi line, aud was surpiised to reud ou the wimkI, "Whoever finds this will confer a favor by writing to Miss Lenu Drukn, Willi muntic, Conn. " Greeu concluded to writo to Miss Drake, uud ho received a prompt answer. They exchuuged photographs, uud finally met and renewed the pledges muiln iu writing. Green proposed murriugn and was accepted. They were married at Willimuntio the other day. The shopgirl become the wife (of a well to do gentleman through her writ ing ou the spool. Wanted It Out. An old highland sergeaut in one of the .Scottish regiment wu going hi round one night to seo thut ull the lights were out iu tho burrick room. Coming to a room where ho thought ho saw a light shining, he roured out, "Put (Sd thut light there I" One of the meu shouted buck, "It's the mune, sergeant I" Not heuring very well, the sergeuut cried iu return : "I diniia cure a tucket whut it is I Put it oot !" Scotsman. Illiut rated. "The burning question," exclaimed Rivers, bringing hi fist down hard ou the table as he took a fresh start in the discussion of the labor problem, "the burning questiou I" "Got a match about you?" Interposed Banks, biting off the eud of a cigar and yawning dismally. Chicago Tribune. WOKKIIEIlOal- HOW THE DIVINE BERNHARDT KEEP YOUNO. Slie lletast Mawaga and Lotion Waars Loom Oowiii and No Coraeta Fond of Cycling, hut Not ot Walking-Hats Cold and llevel In Hot Hatha. Bewitchliigly clothed in a violet vel vet gown, with an auroolo of tousled hair, in w hich borrowed glint of sun shine shone amid strands of spun gold, liernli'inlt, the synonym for perpetual youth, answered thn catechism of a re porter the other afternoon ou bow to keep young. "There I no secret to divulge. I know not how I grow younger, as yoa say," naively declares the fascinating Bernhardt. Then, with uplifted gazo and a clasp ing ot tha bunds, sho continues, in ac cents most adorable : "Dieu maked me us I am and Diea keeps tuosa I have my art. I woik work work. Ill work I tako my great est pleasure. It i a tonic, a dolicioua preventivoof age. I sltep. I never drink wine. I act. There you have it all. In such atmosphere I have my daily being. "God is good to me aud through bis goodness I remain young. "The secret of keeping young I" re peat tho madamo. "I do not kuow. I wish I did, and then I might tell you. "Do I employ tho services of a mas sense? "Non, non, I detest tho massage. This und this, and so, is horrible," she declares, as she deftly kneads her cheeks w iih the points of her lingers, makes a liiouo uud suys "Bah!" So much for tho theory upon which women ou the shady sidn of 80 have been wont to depend. This disposes of one pet idea with which many women uro imbued. Massage is not betieliciul, since Bemhardt's appearunce is contra dictory evidence of its being esseutiul. "Is there no lotion you number among your toilet articles?" suggests the reporter, with bated breath. "Me! Lotion for tho face! Indeed no. Wuter, hot water, and plenty of it Nothing else could he so good. It keep tho complexion clean and clear. " "Well, thou, do you uot advocute cold baths?" "Nevaire, nevaire do I use cold water for a bath. I detest cold wuter. It is not good. I like it very hot" And by way of emphasizing her remarks Bernhardt pounded her kuee with vigor. "Do you attribute your good health and vlvucity to exercise?" queried the reporter. "Exerciser' exclaims she. "I take none. Do I walk? Mais non. Tonjoura a voiture. Nothing could tempt me to walk. I abomiuitte such means of loco motion. I ride everywhera I am too busy to spend time in wulking. It ia so much easier to ride. Tltno is very valu able, and a day goes so quickly," ssyg the Bernhardt as she glances furtively at the tiny watch which dangles from the well equipped chutelaiue pin at her side. "Do yon advocate so called skin foods?" pursued tho reporter. "No, indeed. I kuow nothing of them." "Do yon bolieve iu cosmetic?" "Cosmetics! They are without favor. I want none of the so called beuutiflers." "Are yon purtiul to bicycle riding?" " Ye, " suys madamo en th uslast ically. "I think the bicycle very agreeable, but I do uot ride iu winter. I ride many miles in summer and alwaya in the country. "I wear a full plaited skirt and a Jer sey bodioe on my wheel No bloomers for me. "I hate the cold," vehemently asserts Bernhardt. "I love summer. I am de voted to its warmth. Winter is cold; it ia bleak, little suushiue and much bit iug wind." "It has been said that you are going to buy a yacht, the salon of which ia to be fitted up aa miniature theater. Is it true?" "Ca, ce n'est pas. I am a wretched sailor. I could do no work on the seas. I abominate tho water. It has no attrac tions for me. An ocean voyage i terri ble. I would never tuke a wuter trip for pleasure," "Is there no advice yon can give wo men as to how to retuin their youthful appearunce?" persisted the inquisitor. "Do vou think thut 'rest cures' is myth?" "Frenchwomen do not take the 'rest cure. ' I have no time for such a thing myself. It might be good; from experi ence I do not know it. I rise ubout noon, I take a hot bath, I have my dejeuner and then to the theater. "I have no favorite roles. I am do voted to them all. I design all my own gowns and prefer to do It." Mme. Bernhardt ha decided opinions in mutter of dress reform, and this is what the says on the subject: "Tight dresses uevaire, if yon would be graceful. Always wear loose, cling ing garments, if you would be artistic, I wear no corset, nor do I commend any substitute. Be free, easy; do not tight ly gi'th yourself about, and the poetry of motion Is soon acquired." "No high heeled shoes, then, ma dame?" wus interposed. "Oh, yes, not too tull, though," an swers the trugedy queen, with a capti vating shrug of her shoulders. "Just so greut as yours," concludes mudume as she draws aside her skirts and discloses to view a dainty foot, fine ly proportioned, lu bronze slippers, with hoels three inches high. "Auothor demonstration of woman's inconsistency is furnished," aha luugh iugly remarks, "Of American actresses I know so little, I've seen so few. Wary Anderson Is the greatest. Next to her I consider petite Miss Marlowe the beat. She is charniante, pretty and so clever an artist." One day, Bernhardt thinks, she will be great "New York World. The Kur.i..'uu powtia avoin to oe taking turns lu seeing how close to the airhole they can skate without going through the Ice. Those South African Boers are a very economical, frugal people. They didu't waste any ammunition on Jameson's men lilt) killed. '-'7 wounded, Undo Mose "Dut dorg Is ma best friend, an' I wouldn't sell 'um fo' nota fn" Van Pelt-'TU give yon fifty cents for him." Uncle Mose "He's yo dors;." YoDkers News.