has lain in that locked drawer eight
years. Wait!” as be started to open
the papt-r
D m t read it till JQU are
In your own roum. 1 hffve suffered
enough tonight.**
lie turned and tenderly kissed her
and went to his room
Hastily lighting the gas. he looked at
the envelofM* “For Jack** wa< written
on It In his mother’s writing, but the
yellow sheet he took from it was lu his
father's hand and ran thus:
Mr.
Pringle’s
Plot
By ALICE E. IVES
ACK. don't you think you're
rather young to marry?”
Mrs. Pringle’s voice bad a
hopeless ring, as though she
fully realized the futility of the ques
tlon, for uo man ever yet thought he
was too young to be happy.
“Well, mother, I’m twenty-five, just
one year older than father when be
was married.”
"Twenty flve! I can't seem to be
lieve it.”
“The first birthday I remember was
when I was six. At least, you told
me I was six. Now, If you started me
wrong"—
"Jack, I believe you would joke
about a funeral!”
"But this Isn't a funeral; It's a wed
ding ”
"It seems almost the same to me. I
dare say I’m selfish, but—but I do
wont to keep you a little longer.”
"Ob, you won't talk that way when
you see what you’re going to get In
exchange. Sibyl Is the dearest, sweet
est little girl In the world.”
"Of course. I knew she woukl be.
That Is what kept you so long In Bos
ton."
"Yee, I— I suppose It was. She is
coming here next week to visit her sis
ter, Mrs. Tredway.”
“Well, Jack, dear, If you love her—
It is the way of the world." And Mrs.
Pringle went quickly out of the room
to bide her tears.
Jack was both grieved and surprised
at his mother's reception of the news.
He had expected rejoicing and congrat
ulations Instead of a lament
He was the only child, and his moth
er was a widow.
Sibyl Bassett, "the dearest girl In the
world," arrived the next week, and
Jack, going about In a beatific dream,
did not notice that as time went on hie
mother grew more and more depressed.
sibyl, bright sensible, kind soul that
she was, one day noticed Mrs. Prin
gle's eyes fastened upon her with an
Intensity positively tragic In Ita
wretchedness.
“Jack, dear,” she said to him as soon
as they were alone, “I'm afraid your
mother does not like me.”
“Not like you! She adores you!”
The fever heat enthusiasm of the
lover was not, after all, very convinc
ing to Sibyl. With something of the
wisdom her name implied, she shook
her head dubiously.
"She may have told you so, but I
surprised her today looking at me as
though I were a second edition of the
vampire.”
“Now, little woman, that's all lmag
luatlon. The truth ta mother doesn't
want me to marry any one, but since
I am determined she has told me she
would rather It should be you than any
girl she has ever known.”
"Well, If that's all,” cried Sibyl, “and
it's a sort of abstract proposition, I'm
not going to give you up for any wo
man living—that is, unless you say so.
I am going to promise to divide you up
a little with her if she won’t feel so
very sorry."
Mrs. Pringle's attitude did not
chauge. The gloom seemed rather to
An Oxford Bank Note.
"Nothing has happened — that la,
nothing new It happened a long time
ago. I never bad the courage to tell
you. I must tell you now, and It la
killing me."
“Tell me. mother: tell me!"
She rose from the chair where he had
gently placed her and took an envelope
from the desk.
"Don't blame me. dear, for not show
ing you thia before. As long as there
seemed no Immediate need of It why
should I darken your life? I prayed
that tite time might never come, but
now I should be a guilty woman If I
did not give you the letter. I found It
among your father's papers after he
died. He never told me about It. It
Who« Ku«BB Bfoa BtlppaB
Knots and Miles.
One of the things which it seems
difficult for the public mind to grasp
ta that there is u decided difference be
tween the knot and the mile. It is
certainly about time to have It thor
oughly understood that the two are
not the ssuie tiling. It seams easy
enough to remember that a mile la ouly
about 87 per cent of a knot, the latter
being approximately B.<>83 feet in
length, while the statute mile measures
5,280 feet. Three and one-half miles
are equal, within a small fraction, to
three knots. The result of this differ
ence, of course, is that the speed of a
vessel in miles per hour Is always con
siderably larger than when stated In
knots, and the confusion of the terms
sometimes gives rise to rather remark
able claims of speed performance.
When a twenty knot ship, for example,
is lightly mentioned. It should be re
membered that this really means a
little over twenty-three miles. Similar
ly with higher figures, which are often
glibly enough stated, the difference be
tween the terms Is worth beariug In
mind. It will help to guard against
the forming of ridiculous estimates of
a vessel's capabilities.
Walnuts air«l Butternuts.
happened Y*
An
Alt the shopgirls In the car envied
her when ate swept up the alale In her
Immaculate white suit and kodak held
daintily by a strap.
“HBe la going off to the sea or wood
lands," Miey thought, "while w* have
to work tn the stuffy stores.”
The woman In white seemed too dig
nified even to glance at the passengers,
My Dear Son- It Is my duty to tell you, who were admiring her enviously. She
though ths telling tears my heart In toyed with the kodak and gazed sud
twain, you must never marry. An ac
cursed thing is the inheritance of my denly out of the window. There was
family.
Insanity invariably appears in much speculation as to her destination
the third generation. If the victim of this
"I bet she la going to catch the boat
curse remains unmarried It may not up the Hudson," said one of the girls
come until late tn life, but it is a singular
“Nothing of the kind," said another
fact which has been a puule to the doc
tors and scientific men that marriage Is ' She la going around to oue of the Jer
sure to hasten It and cause it to assume sey coast resorts.”
the most horrible form, which is always
“I believe you are all wrong,” spoke
to murder the being most beloved.
My great-grandfather killed the mother a third. "8tie la going down to Rock
of his child when the babe was but two away or Brighton Beach.”
days old. My father attempted my moth
While they were all conjecturing
er's life, then killed himself. The real
something happened. The strap slip
facts have never been made public, but 1
Out
know, and I feel that I must preserve you ped and the kodak flew open.
from becoming a murderer. Toy are the rolled an apple, a ham sandwich and a
third generation. For God's sake, h.wl half of a pie.
The woman in white
what I have said! My poor boy! ir i
only could have died before I had been turned redder than a tomato, and the
shopgirls giggled. Their fair excur
- i:.. -Led to write these words.
YOLR HEARTBROKEN FATHER
slonlst was ou her way to work Just
the same as they were, but was too
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
proud to carry her lunch in a box, so
A HINDU WIZARD.
she conceived the idea of placing It ii
the bogus kodak. Without stopping ti
His Trick That Pusslsd ■» Oesldow- pick up the remnants of bam and ph
lal Master of Magic.
she hastily closed the kodak and lefi
Some of the tricks of the Hindu wiz the car.—New York Globe.
ards are past understanding, according
to an occidental master of magic who
Alasl
was speaking of his oriental rivals.
"Of course.” said the young man who
This Is what be says be saw a Hindu bad been singing loud and shrill, "I am
wizard do in a club lu Lucknow .
only an amateur In music."
"He took a bourd and placed it on
"An amateur,” responded Miss Cay
four glass goblets, thus elevating it enne pensively, "Is oue who pursues an
from the floor. A youngster sitting on art purely for love of it.”
the board wus requested tv place bis
"I believe so.”
bands together, palms up. Then the
"It's the way of the world," she add
Juggler took a glass of water and pour ed, with a little sigh. "We are so often
ed it Into the outstretched hands of the unintentionally cruel to those we love.”
boy. In the meantime the t»oy had been —Washington Star.
mesmerized, and hla attention was fix
ed on a point Indicated by the magi
Eeiinouiicnl Thought.
clan. Gradually the water turned green
“Ob, George," said Mrs. Youngman,
In color and then developed into a Jelly “my canary bird's dead!”
which Increased in density until It be
“Yes?" replied her husband. “You’re
came as solid as a stone. Out of the not grieving much."
center of this appeared the head of a
“No. You see, I can have it stuffed
snake, which gradually developed un for my hat next fall, and then the rest
til In the place of the water there ap of the hat won’t cost so much.”—Phil
peared a hissing reptile. I was amazed, adelphia Press.
I can assure you, but the trick was not
yet completed, nittlng the reptile upon
the head with bls wand, the Juggler
took It up carefully and placed It back
In the glass. As we looked It became
transformed Into a Jelly, which In turn
melted Into a greenish colored water.
Clearer and clearer tieeame the fluid
until it was of Its original color, and
then the Juggler placed It to bls Ups
and drank the entire contents. This
was the most wonderful trick I ever
saw performed, and It Is as mysterious
to me today ns It wus then.”
The city boy on a visit to the country
Is often puzzled In trying to distinguish
black walnuts and butternuts In the
green state. The leaves are almost
alike, being compound and having a
variable number of leaflets arranged on
a long stem. The butternut stem ha«
from nine to seventeen leaflets, and the
black walnut from fifteen to twenty-
three. The teeth on the latter are larger
and sharper than those on the butternut
nnd lack the fuzzy stem, but the real
distinguishing feature is the odor. Hav
ing once smelled the crushed leaves of
a butternut and a black walnut, a per
son can never fall to know them there
after.—St. Nicholas.
deepen. But Jack, swimming In a sea
of bliss, was utterly oblivions to other
conditions. He-- was not selfish; be
was In love.
One day he confided to hla mother
the Important news that Sibyl bad
named the day. It was just three
months ahead.
That evening when be returned he
found Mrs. Pringle waiting for him.
h was no unusual thing for her to be
up when he came home, but to find her
trembling and with a drawn, white
face and tear stained eyes was some
thing to pierce him to the heart
"Mother, dear," he cried, taking her
in his arms, "what la It? What has
CHOICE
The Clarendon Press once made a
bid for printing the notes of the Bank
of England. It was many years ago.
when the forger was abroad In the
land, and it was desired to make bis
task more difficult. A sample Oxford
note was adorned with a number of
unintelligible quotations from out of
the way languages -Arabic, Optic and
others. ft was thought no forger
could produce them, and an elaborate
argument was given In with tha sam
ple note to that effect. Nowadays any
note may be copied by photography,
and the unique quality of Its paper Is
the security of the Bank of Kugland
against fraud London Sketch.
Th« President*« Salat«,
MISCELLANY WOMAN AND f ASB1ON WASHINGTON LETTER NEW SHORT STORIES
«♦ D«lv Ln»«.
The advaucviiarisi of WRtuan by leaps
and bounds continues. First, we bad
the women's clubs, thi-u the women’s
hotel, with bell girls and “lady" porters,
anil later the Wouiau's DoWutown
Lunching club. There is one New
York young woman, living lu the vi
cinity of Madison square, who Is still
ages ahead of the rest of fcer sex in
the race for equality with man. She
wears men's shoes, a four-lu hand tie
and a dress that Is as near au ap
proach to a suit of clothes as the laws
of dressmaking will permit. She car
ries her umbrella as a tnun would his
cane, anti her walk Is a clone Imitation
of the Harvard "strut.” The other day
oue who passes constantly through the
park on her way dowutown saw this
concrete example of advanced woman
hood sitting ou a bench writing a let
ter Instead of reading the paper while
she had her shoes shined. The passer
by looked by Instinct, as It were, for
the cigar in her left band, but that for
tunately was reserved for a still more
remote period of feminine develop
ment.—New York Post.
A m Attractive GafMrat.
Nothing appeals to the dainty «roman
more surely than tasteful negligees,
This one ta made of white lawn with
trimming of embroidery and can be
utilized either for the hour» of relaxa
tion in one's owu room or for the fami
ly breakfast table, being essentially
graceful and becoming. The material
and the embroidery are both attractive
Maker« of the Northwest.
Their one care is a constant watch
for opportunity, and their rule of honor
Is respect for every other man'» right
to try They laugh when they win, be
cause success In a successful country
need not be taken too seriously. They
laugh also when they fail, because fail
ure amid so many opportunities Is lu
dicrous. They are crude, and they
meet their social problems In their
wives' names. Their optimism Is the
optimism of plenty. Their conceit
grows out of their achievements.
The New Yorker scornfully says:
“Why should I go west? I have every
thing that is worth seeing right here In
New York.” To this the American re
plies, "Yes, everything except the Unit
ed States of America.”
“You think you are the whole na
tion,” says the New Yorker.
"No," says the American. “I'm only
a part owner. But I know my country
and my partners. You don’t.”—World's
Work.
TASTEFUL NEGLIGEE.
St. Louis Seek! a Million.
Dobbs -Imagine jilting me for a fel
low like that. But I expect the attrac
tion was his money, not his face.
Blobbs—You must be fairly wealthy
yourself.
Hurd Place to Fill.
New Nurse— Please, mum, I can't do
a tiling with the baby. He cries all the
time.
Mistress—Well, I declare! How stu
pid of me! His other nurses were col
ored girls. You’ll find some stove pol
ish lu the kitchen.—New York Weekly.
Coaroaleat.
“It Is a great comfort to have a
child about the house,” said the man
of domestic tastes.
"Yes,” answered the unfeeling
wretch,
When company comea that
you don't care for you can make It re
cite.”—Washington Star.
All Willing to Be Lattarda.
"We must all die some time,” said
the sympathizing friend.
"True,” replied the Invalid, “quite
true, but 1 have noticed that there are
some things in which none of us Is
seeking precedence.”—Chicago Post
Appealed to Hla Better Nature.
“What did you say to the lawyer
about breaking your father's will In
your Interest?"
"I told him I hoped be would allow
me a reasonable per cent on what he
got out of it.”—Baltimore News.
ir Not, war Nott
“Waxhtng" the Blood.
Many strange things go to the laun
dry, but It Is surely novel to conceive
the Idea of putting one's blood to the
wash. However, It appears to be not
only possible, but practicable, and Dr.
Roux of the Pasteur institute has Just
laid before the Academy of Science an
apparatus Invented by Dr. Ripin for
this highly singular purpose. The ap
paratus had sufficed to "wash” one-
fourth of the blood of a dog at one op
eration without any mishap. It Is
hoped that the invention will render
practicable the elimination of plasma
from the blood In certain affections.—
London Globe.
The Handkerchief Sleeve.
Pretty kimonos always offer an at
tractive field for the woman who can
construct, and one of the prettiest
summer arrangements !s achieved In
the handkerchief sleeve. It Is a large
square of the material — say white
lawn—bordered with colored lawn or
trimmed with a straight edge of em
broidery. The square should be as
large as a man's largest sized hand
kerchief, and the circular piece for the
armhole Is cut a little to one side of
the center so as to leave the greatest
length of the sleeve on top.
In tlie French Style.
Long walsted or French dresses are
very generally becoming to little girls
lu addition to being lu the height of
style. This one Is unusually attractive
because of Its big yoke collar, with
wide frill, and Is made of Persian lawn
combined with embroidery, but it Is
suited to almost all childish materials.
The yoke collar Is a feature, and a
most attractive one, but nevertheless
Is not obligatory, as It can be omitted
and the plain yoke substituted. In the
case of the lawn there is no body lln-
Probably No Mistake.
A deserter from the British army
was Identified recently by the follow
ing tattoo marks upon him: A cross on
the left forearm, with the words, "In
loving memory;” a Jockey with two
flags, Buffalo Bill, a heart on the back
of the left hand, a horseshoe with
crossed whips, a cross with the figure
of a soldier leaning on It, a pierced
heart, a heart on the right forearm, a
,|j heart with clasped hands, a soldier and
u girl.—Indianapolis News.
"Did you ever notice bow beautifully
Parson Gummidge arranges bls neck
scarf?”
One ot Menellk's Proclamations.
“Yes. But of course a man who can
Emperor Meneltk has had occasion
tie a knot should be able to knot a recently to Inform his people that he
tie.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
has coined a new Abyssinian dollar.
This not very exciting information was
A Total Lo««.
given in a proclamation full of oriental
"I think that 1'11 be married on try r Icturesquenees. The following are
birthday," said Miss lomtney.
only a few of the minor flourishes:
"What,” exclaimed Miss Frocks, "Hear ye! Hear ye! May God strike
holding up her hands In consternation, discord to the enemies of our moun
“and lose one entire set of presents!”— tains and bills! May he strike discord
Detroit Free Press.
among the enemies of our Lord Mene-
11k! May he strike discord Into the
Are Hla To.g. Silver Fluted Now f
enemies of Mary!”
"What a dainty, artistic little house
A Menwter Ma*.
keeper Mrs. McWhiffler Is!”
What Is probably the largest mount
Dainty! I think so! The Ice man
York is that In the of-
says she wanted him to deliver their ed map in New —
Ice wrapped up In wax paper.”-Indi flee of « big express company in
Broadway near Rector street The map
unapolls News.
covers the side wall of the first floor
Opt« Aecouat.
from floor to celling and half the
Harris Did your summer trip cost length of the building, which extends
you much this year?
from Broadway to Trinity place. This
Battlsou—Can't tell till my country makes it probably 18 feet high and
cousins have made me their winter more than 100 fest long.
visit.- Boston Transcript.
The pmklMit'a salute consists Of
tw<*nty-ou« grata, and why thia partlcu
lar uumber was bit upon baa been the
cause of much speculation. Ona aolo
tlon, mure clever than probahie, la that
when the Revolution took place the as
tlon was considered able to shift for It
aelf: hence twenty one Another Is that
the figures of the year uf the 1 >eela ration
of Independence. 1770. when added to
Pnscled.
gether make a total of twenty-one. The
Before Ralrpla« Were laveate«.
"Ah. your language! Eet-ees so diffi
royal aalute tn England la also twenty
Mr. Blinks I see by this paper that cult”
one guns, having been originally seven,
"What's the matter, count?”
which number fired three times far th* hairpins were Invented In 1545 and—
“First zls novel eet say ze man was
three political divisions makes the to Mrs. Blinks—Dear me! How ds you
suppose women buttoned their shoes nnhorsed.”
tai
and unlocked trunks before that?
"Yes?"
A Great Tenth.
“Zen eet safs he was cowwd "—Pitts
Not J«alou«.
«
Prestige Is a fickle thing, ha pg
burg Post._____ __________
"Is she Jealous of her busband Y'
gain and hard to maintain. Tha Btr
A performance at the Municipal thea
“Oh no. not at all. She often per
chant or manufacturer must routtauo
teg. at Halle, Switzerland, had to be
mits
him
to
sit
In
corners
and
talk
to
his leadership as an adv erf tear or ba
suspended the other,Bight while the po
will surely drop front the public mind ladles who are not generally referred llceman on duty was ejected. He bad
to as good old souls ' “—Chicago Rec
—Mobile Register.
fallen asleep at his post, and his loud
ord-Herald
snoring disturbed the audience.
Hemeoabercd HI« Falllag«.
A Cincinnati mau was describing the
dinner In London that admitted Joseph
H. Choate to the society of the Old
Benchers of the Inner Temple.
"Mr. Choate " aa In hla best m<>Bd."
he said. "With epigrams, witticism«
an<l anecdotes be kept the table iu a
continuous roar.
"Perhaps he made his most telling
impression with a story a Is mt an Im
poverished young Irish geutleiuau, the
Hou. Denis Bellow.
“He said that Mr. Bellow, driven
forth by poverty from his father's es
tate, went to IxMition to seek his for
tune.
"He had been a gay, convivial blade,
and tn the little home village lie was
mlss<sl There was not a poacher uor
a roisterer within ten miles that hadn't
a soft spot for Denis iu tils heart.
"Word one day pussed about that up
at the castle news had been received
of Dents. The village at once lieeaiiie
Pabllo Prlntlag laseatlgatloa.
and practical, Inasmuch as they laun
der admirably well, but there are
many pretty flowered batistes, organ
dies and the like which muke exceed
ingly attractive garments of the sort,
and wash silk also is much used, while
trimming can be lace frills or almost
anything that may be preferred, while
It may be well to add that for the cool
er days or for the trip to the mountains
or the seashore chailie, albatross and
the like are much to be commended.
For the medium size will be required
4% yards of material 27, 8% yards 32.
or 2% yards 44 inches wide, with 7\4
The Flight ot a Swallow.
yards of insertion and 2^* yards of em
Unless swallow stories be like an broidery for frills.
glers’ yarns, a bird belonging to an
Antwerp gentleman has just estab
Reda Mach In Vogae.
lished a record. A flight of homing
The reds most In vogue Just now are
pigeons had been arranged from Com- the tomato and geranium colors. The
piegne to Antwerp. The swallow, red of the gardenia Is also worn and
caught by the gentleman from a nest the matchless red of the camellia.
under bls own roof and duly marked, These shades are seen everywhere and
was sent to Complegne and given Its lu everything, but particularly Is the
freedom with the pigeons at 7:15 red of the geranium worn a great deal,
o’clock in the morning. At 8:28 that says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
sume morning the swallow returned to
The most popular red for gowns la
Its nest at Antwerp. It had covered cerise. This lovely French shade, fa
the distance between the towns of just miliar to all, comes In cloth of so soft
under 148 miles In one hour and eight and lovely a tone that It fairly pleads
minutes, having, therefore, traveled at to be purchased. There Is a cerise
the extraordinary speed of two miles cashmere which cannot be equaled for
and some three hundred yards per min loveliness. It makes up very well In
ute. The first pigeon to reach Its cage, deed with a deep green and Is very
also at Antwerp, arrived there only at ladylike when subdued with dark
11:30.—London Telegraph.
green leather and with dark green
bands of stitched cloth.
That St. Louis Is getting ready for
the coming million population is shown
by the official report of the building
commissioner for the mouth of July.
Such a showing, calling for the erec
tion of buildings that would make a
fair sized town, is striking evidence of
the fact that St. Louis lost nothing, but
gained tremendously in prestige and
in industrial and financial strength, by
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The month's building record Is not
only remarkable as compared with
that of last year, but is the biggest in
the history of the city.—St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
!•(» ciai Correspond« nr« ]
Th« treaty making machinery of two
great Bstlons is lu motion. The process
of drawing Japau and Russia together
for the purpose of securing terms for
the settlement of the preseut war has
many Interesting side features, chief
of which is the marked contrast it pre
■tents between the modern and the old
tashloued methods of adjusting serious
luteruatioual differences.
The telegraph and the cable have
revolutionized the business of making
treaties, lu the days wbeu commuul
ration between nations was limited to
sailing vessels negotiations dragged on
for mouths and sometimes for years
before an agreement could be had.
Before the period wbeu friendly pow
ers took up the diplomatic troubles of
contending nations, flashed a few ca
bles around the world and presented
peace terms of a nature satisfactory to
both sides lu a controversy the gov
ernments had to resort to strategy and
submit to uo end of bard labor and ex
peuM to accomplish their euds. In the
short space of a week President Roose
velt sounded Germany, Great Britain
and France as to their attitude ou the
question of peuce lu the far east.
Last winter congress authorized the
Joint committee ou printing to make
an investigation during the recess into
methods of printlug public documents
at the government printing office aud
to report to congress upon lta meeting
at the following session. This Joint
committee, of which Senator Platt of
New York la the chairman, was sup
posed to take up the matter of all use
less expenditure In printing duplicates
of government reports, to look Into the
nature of the material that Is being
printed at the expense of the govern
ment and to report its recommends
Hous for curtailing such expenditures.
Early In the summer the chairman
called a meeting of the joint commit
tee to meet In New York city, but up
on a failure of the members to show
up Senator Platt decided to allow the
matter to go over until the cool weath
er of the fall, when It was said he
would call the committee to meet In
this city and go to work In earnest and
probe the methods pursued in the or
dering of printing.
It is now assured that when the com
mittee does get to work It will find
enough to occupy its attention for
quite a time. It will be face to face
with the Increase of the government's
expenditure for printing from $3,500,-
000 iu 1808 to $7,000,000 at the present
time. This doubling of the govern
ment's printing bill has alarmed mauy
of the leaders In congress lu view of
the deficit of the treasury aud the rec
ommendation of the public printer that
the government printing office be en
larged by replacing the old building at
the corner of North Capitol and H
streets with a modern seven story
building to correspond In general style
with tile newly built part of the office.
The Capital Pro Tern.
Oyster Bay, the summer capital of
America, Is entirely devoid of social
life so far as the president's family Is
concerned. The Roosevelts, big and lit
tle, are taking life as people should In
"the good old summer time.” Mrs.
Roosevelt has bad several Intimate
friends from time to time as bouse
guests, but there has been no formal
entertaining. The entire family de
votes Itself to riding, driving, boating,
tennis and other outdoor sports, and its
dally companions are members of the
numerous Roosevelt clan who arc sum
mering at Oyster Bay. The president
has divided bls time about equally be
tween work and pleasure. Iu the Inter
vals of labor be goes off on little
Jaunts, the last one being a camping
out In the woods party, when he cook
ed his own meals and bathed In the
bracing waters of the sound.
Department Women'« Home.
A movement started some time ago
among the women employees of the
government printing office for the es
tablishment of h department women's
home Is spreading to the other govern
ment departments, according to Mrs.
Arvilla McDonough, who Is ou the
board of directors and actively engag
ed iu the work. It Is stated that in all
probability the home will be opened
some time this winter. The idea Is not
to establish a charitable institution In
any sense, but It Is simply to give the
women of the departments who have
no homes and live in rooms a place to
live and have the comforts of a home.
A minimum charge will be made for
room» and board, and sitting rooms,
parlors anil libraries Will be provided.
Patriarch« of the Senate.
DKESS FOR LITTLE GIRL.
Ing used, but the model will be found
practical for the dresses of cooler
wenther ns well as for those of Imme
diate use, and when cashmere, cballle
and the like are the materials chosen
the lining Is In every way desirable.
For a child of six years will be re
quired ,3\ yards of material 27,
8 yards 32. or 2% yards 44 inches wide,
with one-half yard 18 inches wide for
the yoke and 1»* yards of embroidery
and 2 yards of banding.
Got the Mooey.
Sada Yacco, the charming little Jap
anese actress, Is a great favorite In
Paris. She 1B, moreover, exceedingly
frank, appnlllngly so, as may appear
from the following Incident which her
friend, Loie Fuller, Is telliug Just now:
Mistress Sada was Invited to tako
part In a private performance given by
President Loubet. She was delighted,
and so were the host and bis guests,
the Loubet pleasure promptly taking
the form of a magnificent Sevres vase,
which was presented to the fascinating
oriental by the august donor himself.
A smile was bls reward—that beam
ing, childlike smile which only a pret
ty Japanese girl can properly achieve.
Sada Yacco recognized the gentleman's
good Intentions and gave him full cred
it for them, but she is as practical as
she Is grateful, and this Is what she
said:
“Very sorry, very sorry. Not take
vase to Japan. Too far. Get broken.
Take money. Very sorry.”
While the onlookers gasped, she
beamed on the president all over again,
sweetly, serenely unconscious she had
done anything out of the ordinary.
And she got the money.—New York
Times.
How Webster Hung the Scribe.
When a boy on his father's farm
Daniel Webster seems to have had the
usual furm boy’s dislike for work. It
Is said that he was helping his father
mow a field when the old gentleman
noted, with some Irritation, that Dan
iel was forever stopping, looking off In
to space, fussing with his scythe, etc.
“What's the matter. Daniel? Why
don't ye keep mowing?” he asked.
“This scythe don’t hang right”
**8bo! Get the right hang ou It and
hurry up.”
Daniel surveyed the refractory tool
a moment nnd then calmly walked to a
neighboring apple tree and hung it
over a branch.
"That's about the right bang for It"
he remarked as be scooted out of range
of the paternal wratb.—Detroit News-
Tribune.
The United States senate is regain
ing Its youth. When the long session
adjourned, little more than a year ago,
the number of frail men In that cham
ber who walked about with uncertain
step was a subject of comment by
many observers. Statistics then show
ed that sixteen of Its ninety members
bad passed the allotted three score
years and ten. Seven of these In a sin
gle twelvemonth have ceased to be
members of that body, four by death
and three by retirement, and of these
lie Made a nit.
three one ha« already died. It Is doubt
It Is usual to divide up the time de
ful If so great a thinning out of the
aged men ever before occurred In the voted to the "missions.” or religious re
senate. Those who died have been vivals given In Catholic parishes. Into
Quay of Pennsylvania, Hoar of Massa periods for each class of the faithful—
chosetts, Rate of Tennessee and Piatt me week for the married men, one for
of Connecticut. Those who retired on the single men and the same for the
March 4 who bad passed the age of women. In one of the large uptown
Mventy were Hawley of Connecticut, Churches In which Jesuit Father
Gibson of Montana and Stewart of Ne O’Donovan led the band of preachers
vada. No new man has become seven he made an Instantaneous hit by the
ty In the year nor has any seventy manner in which he announced the or
year-old man been elected to the sen der of the exercises.
"The first week,” said he, “will be
ate. The nine members who possess
this distinction now are Morgan and i for the married men, the second for the
Pettus of Alabama, Platt and Depew unmarried men. the third for the mar-
of New York, Frye of Maine, Proctor [ ried women and the last”—then he
of Vermont, Cullom of Illinois, Allison paused for a moment as be said—"for
the unclaimed treasures."—New York
of Iowa and Teller of Colorado.
Times.
CARL SCHOF1BLD.
Row to Eaprsaa It.
Where He Pat It.
"I'm so sorry supper Isn't ready."
said Mrs. Dinsmore to her husband
when be came In. “I attended the
meeting of the sewing circle this after
noon, and I couldn't *t away.”
"Hemmed In. were yon?” asked her
husband.
McBluff- See here, sir, I beitere
you're the man who on the efoadwl
ear last night deliberately stuck your
umbrella In my eye! De Stuff Do you
know, I was wondering what had be
come of that umbrella. You've brought
It back, have you?—Cleveland Leader
The Beat War.
Absolutely Necessary.
Barber ¿hall I take a little of the
"HE HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE BAR."
excited, and a deputation of a half
dozen or so w as soon on Its way to see
the old lord.
“ 'My lord,' said the spokesman, 'is
it true ye’ve got news o' yer soil
Denis?'
“ 'Aye, true enough. News at last,
boys,' said his lordship.
“'Faith, then, an' phwat might the
bhoy be doin' up In London?' was the
next question.
“ 'He has been called to the bar,'
the lord answered proudly.
“The deputation looked at oue auoth
er, for the phrase was uew to them.
Finally In a loud whisper one said:
“ ‘O1 don't know phwat thot manes,
but from phwat O1 remember of the
bhoy he didn't want no callin’.’ ”—
Pittsburg Gazette.
What Irritates Hlwi.
Mother- Willie, you must stop asking
vour father questions. Don't you see
i they annoy him? tVUlle—No'm; It ain't
my questions that annoy him. It's the
answers be can't give that make him
mad —Philadelphia I«edger.
“To Cadge."
Na»—I don’t see why Miss Mugley
end« of your hair off, sir? Customer- should want to marry him with all her
Y sb . I think you had better take it off moBey Dick—I guess she had to. I
at the en<M unless you can get it out of don't believe he'd have taken her with
tte* middle.—New York*
out-lt.—Philadelphia Press.
“To cadge" Is “to sponge on or live
opon another." The "cadger” may as
sume to. lie more respectable than th*
plain beggaft but the difference be
tween them Is barely perceptible.—
Chica gorTrlbtine.