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Sliib?,5-.c1.8?2. Consolidated Feb., 1899.
CORVAL.L1IS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1903.
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CHAPTER XII. (Continued.)
Oa her return from the ride, Winifred
went, as was her custom, to the little
sitting room, appropriated to i the use of
Madame de Montolieu. Lady Grace was
Bitting there, too. She kissed them both.
"You bring the outer air in with you,
my child," said the old French lady; "you
are as fresh as a new picked rose."
"Weljave had a good canter across the
common, dear madame it makes one feel
fresh. Did you both have a pleasant
' drive?"
"Yes," said Lady Grace, "and I find
you hare got the ponies into such order
that they 'are as quiet as lambs. At
least Evans gives you all the credit."
"He wants to see you drive them in
the park," resumed Lady Grace; "he says
with a new set of harness, and you in
the front seat, there would not be a more
elegant 'turnout' in London."
"Fancy such honor and state for a
farmer's daughter!" said Winifred, half
grave, half ironical. '
Lady Grace took her hand and drew
her toward herself.
"My dear, what ails you to-day? You
are not like yourself. I never hetfrd you
say these things before. Has Mr. Hast
ings anything to do with it? Your man
ner to him was most chilling. Did he
ever offend you?"
"Offend me? Lady Grace how should
he, 7' He was far above me when we met
before."
But her voice trembled, and she hur
ried from the room.
"Madame," said Lady Grace, "can you
throw any light on the subject do you
s know if anything ever passed between
them that should make her seem proud
and resentful toward him?"
.Madame de Montolieu hesitated.
"I should not feel justified in telling
this to anyone else; but you have her
interest as much at heart as I have. The
summer before last, when he first came
home, they met by accident. He was
handsome and fascinating, and, I believe,
. the .first man of ton and. breeding she
ever met with. No wonder, then, the
poor rouianfrc child fell is love wifh him.
Somehow fhey met again, -and he made
an excuse to call at the Farm, and she
was at home alone. I dare say he took
a fancy -to her, large-eyed, graceful child
as she was, and flattered and tafite to
.?ur Tusfii -of tiie worlil vili.- yiic- ciis-
took it for love for a romantic devotion,
no doubt, such as her foolish little brain
had conceived might be possible between
a great gentleman like the master of
Hazell Court, and her own humble self.
1 warned her I wanted to spare her the
heartache the misery that such a de
lusion might cause her; but, poor child!
she was so honest, so true ' herself, she
could not believe the man she worshiped
as a hero could be capable of what she
deemed baseness, and at last, by a cruel
lesson I am not at liberty to tell you
how she found that, while he was feign
ing love for her, he was, in truth, devoi
, ing his real attention to her cousin Flora,
ilt was a grievous blow. Perhaps his pres-
vence brought back a bitter remembrance,
and she involuntarily resented what she
deemed his inconsiderate cruelty."
"I cannot understand it," Lady Grace
said. "Twice to-day I saw him look at
her as I should have fancied a man could
. only look when he loved a woman dearly.
And yet you .may be right, for I remem
ber fancying there was a tinge of regret
is his expression."
' , ' CHAPTER XIII.
Lord Harold Erskine had never been
to stay . at Endon Vale since Winifred
had lived there, and this was the only
reason Lady Grace ever had to regret
her presence it kept the nephew whom
she loved away. Once, when she had a
letter from him, she read it, and sighed
heavily, as she .laid it down. Winifred
understood what the sigh meant. She
summoned up courage the next time they
were alone and said:
"I know you are unhappy because you
do not see Lord Harold, Lady Grace.
Please let me go away somewhere for a
, time, and let him come here, if he does
not like to meet me."
"I do not think, my dear, that he minds
. meeting you so much as that Ire fears
his presence might make you uneasy."
"Oh, Lady , Grace," cried Winifred,
"why should you why should he think
of me? Am: I not here from your kind
ness and charity? I was only too much
henored by his ever thinking of me; but
he will have forgotten me now," and why
should we not meet as if sutfh a thing
lad never happened?"
"Ivwill tell him," Lady Grace saidj and
she wrote to him that very day, begging
him to come.
The next day he arrived, to' his aunt's
great delight. The meeting between him
" and Winifred was cordial and unaffected.
The restraint wore off, and they relaps
ed into an easy friendship; at all events,
the young lady did.
Of course, as soon as Lord Harold
heard his old friend Errol Hastings was
at the Court he betook himself at once to
see him, although he was coming to din
ner the following day.
"I shall most likely sleep at the Court
to-night, aunt,' and we will ride over to
gether to-morrow morning. Of course,
he stays here the night?" - J
"Of course, my dear," and Lord Harold
rode off. The. day seemed a little dull to
Winifred after he had gone. She dreaded
( Feeing Mr. Hastings again, particularly
before Lord Harold; and then'she won-
, dered if her name would be mentioned
between the two men, and If so, what
they would say about her. Mr. Hastings
had an unpleasant recollection of Mr.
Clayton'a remarks about Miss Eyre's
flirtation with Lord Harold Erskine, and
an nncomfortable sense of the latter' a
present golden opportunities; and Lord
Harold remembered uneasily that some
thing had been said about Hastings and
Miss Eyre wandering together in the
Hazell woods. By- common consent, then,
her name was avoided as much as possi
ble, and the two men had plexty of otitr
NLYVA FARMER'S
DAUGHTER.
FORRESTER.
topics for conversation, until the next
day. The following morning Lord Har
old bethought himself of calling on the
Champions, and Mr. Hastings volunteer
ed to accompany him. They found Lord
Lancing and his sister playing croquet
with Flora and Reginald Champion, and
on invitation joined in the game. It was
curious enough that, although Flora look
ed handsome, and used all the arts they
had once thought fascinating, both these
men contrasted her unfavorably with her
cousin. i
The two gentlemen did not arrive at
Endon Vale until it was time to dress
for dinner, and only just appeared in
the drawing room as the gong sounded
for the second time. Sir Clayton gave
his 'arm to the old French lady. Mr.
Hastings took his hostess, and Lord Har
old followed with Winifred. They sat
side by side at dinner, and Errol felt as
if he could scarcely take his eyes off her.
She faughed and talked with Lord Harold
in - a low, almost caressing voice, Mr.
Hastings thought; and it made his blood
boil.
Errol had, of course, never heard Miss
Eyre sing. When they went into the
drawing room he said to her:
"I hear you sing very beautifally, Miss
Eyre. .Will you give me the pleasure of
hearing your voice?"
"I do not think my singing would give
you any pleasure," she answered, coldly.
"Yoh are, of course, accustomed to hear
highly cultivated voices mine is only a
rude, untaught, country one."
He drew back, wounded to the quick.
"Do come and sing, Winifred," ex
claimed Lord Harold.
Sitting down to the piano, she sang her
most touching, plaintive songs, one after
the other, with a pathos that went to the
heart of each one who listened. She nev
er sang more beautifully than on that
night, and Errol leaned -against the em
brasure of the window, where his face
was . screened from observation, and
drank im every tone of the voice, which
was not only beautiful in itself, but
which he loved. He never loved her be
fore or afterward as he loved her -that
night, listening for the first time to 'the
exquisite tenderness of her voice.
When Winifred finally left , the piano,
she passed close to the curtain, and Errol
caane forward. She spoke-on the imp&lse
of the moment. .f .n-iV-,';;;..!-'
'f;After ua!i,my , singing was not worth"
your thanks." . ' ;,;---..--
"You did not sing for me," he answer
ed, bitterly.
-Later, thinking over the events of the
evening, he found it an utter impossibil
ity to arrive at any definite conclusion
as to the feelings and motives which in
fluenced Winifred's conduct toward him.
Was his presence really hateful to her?
did she bear an unrelenting anger toward
him for his unworthy treatment of her
long ago? and had every vestige of the
love he knew she had once borne him
; died out?
"Bah!" he thought, "I am a fool for my
pains. Is it possible that I, who am to
all intents and purposes a man of the
world, should find myself eating my heart
out for' the love of a simple little coun
try feirl? To-morrow shall decide my fu-
I ture course of action, and if I see she does,
not care for me. I will school -myself to
meet her with indifference."
At breakfast- the following morning
both Sir Clayton and Lady Grace Far
quhar pressed him to stay antil the next
day, and he consented.
"And now," . said Lady Grace, "you
young people must gtf1 for a long ride this
lovely morning, and I shall shut myself
up with my husband and his learned
folios."
Lord Harold went to order the horses.
Winifred no longer rode the quiet old bay
horse, but a han'dsome chestnut Sir Clay
ton had bought for. her. Until the previ
ous day Winifred had never in her life
been provoking or a flirt, but of course
those qualities must have been dormant
somewhere in her heart, or they would
scarcely have cropped up like the drag
on's teeth at a moment's notice. The
whole ride through she flattered and flirt
ed with Lord Harold, and uttered little
malicious, biting remarks to Mr. Hast
ings, with the most naive, unconscious
innocence. - .
The ride must have been fraught with
considerable enjoyment for Errol, as ev
ery turning, every 'fence, . every heath
seemed to bring to Winifred's mind
some agreeable reminiscence connected
with her other companion. As they were
nearing the park gatrfs, a farmer" stopped
Lord Harold to speak about some busi
ness, and. Mr. Hastings and Winifred
rode on. Errol bent-down toward her
presently. ; . '
"Miss Eyre, have I no hope that you
will ever feel kinder toward me, than
you do now?"
"I have no unkind feeling toward you.
Mr. Hastings." , .
"Then shall I say less indifferent?"
"Can one help feeling indifferent?" re
torted Winifred. ,
He turned away, stung to the quick.
Winifred kept up the same demeanor
toward- Are two men during' the whole
ride; and then at night, when she went
to her room, she cried bitterly, and hated
and reproached herself unreasonably.
"I do love him I do. love him!"- she
sobbed to herself over and over again;
but the next morning she was as cold
and repellent to him as ever, .and would
hardly wish him good-by before he mount
ed and Tode away.
The afternoon's post bag contained two
letters in the same handwriting one for
Winifred, the other fbr Lady Grace. The
correspondent was Mrs. Clayton.
'"Dear Winifred" (she wrote to the for
mer) "Do ask Lady Grace Farquhar to
spare you to me for a week. Mr. Clayton
has taken a villa on the Thames for the
summer, and I am going to spend a few
days there before we go to town for the
season. I expect to be ; very dull and
quiet, so that if you come to me yon will
be performing an actual charity.''
The not to Lady Grace was coached
In much the same terms: "Do spare Wini
fred, and persuade her to come to me. My
husband and aunt have quarreled, and I
am so, terribly dull."
Mrs. Clayton received Winifred with
open arms.
"I am so glad you have come!" she ex
claimed; "your companionship will make
me forget half my troubles. We shall
have a tete-a-tete dinner to-night. Mr.
Clayton is in town."
Winifred had not been five hours in her
friend's house before she was aware that
Fee had made a miserable marriage; that
she had bartered all her possessions for
iA inadequate value; and that she almost,
if not quite, hated the man whose name
she bore. ' .
During the time that Winifred stayed
at the Cedars, she had plenty of oppor
tunity of observing how this ill-assorted
couple lived. Francis Clayton's manner
tJ his wife was in itself an offense, al
most every word he addressed to her con
tained a covert sneer, and he seemed te
find no greater pleasure than in thwart
ing her wishes and contradicting her or
ders. '
Winifred detested him, and was sys1
tematically cold and repellent in her man
ner toward him. He saw it, and laughed
secretly to himself.
"Little fool!" he thought, contemptu
ously, "she assumes these airs of virtuous
indignation with huge propriety. Per
haps the simpleton thinks that I am in
love with her!"
He redoubled his attentions on seeing
that they annoyed her. If his wife sat
down to the piano, "he would get up and
leave the room, or else exclaim:
"For heaven's sake, Marion,- don't make
that horrid noise; you have not a vestige
of voice left. Do get up, and let Miss
Eyre sing. Her performance is worth'
listening to. Come,-Miss Eyre, won't you
sing me something?"
"No, I will not!" cried Winifred, an
grily, one day, tears of vexation in her
eyes. "If you cannot admire the beauty
of Fee's singing, I take it as no compli
ment that you should praise me."
"My dear Miss Eyre, pray don't be
violent," said Mr. Clayton, with a ma
licious smile. "I am afraid your temper
is getting spoilt by Mrs. Clayton's ex
ample; mine has suffered already from
her baneful influence."
"I think she must be an angel to have
lived with you so long!" Winifred ex
claimed, in hot, angry championship of
her friend. She was not worldly wise
enough yet to abstain from taking- up
other people's quarrels.
Mr. Clayton remembered her' words,
and bore malice toward her for them.
(To be continued.)
MOSQUITOES IN LOUISIANA.
They Are Many and Active, and One la
-a Monster in Six?.
"You may talk about your mosqui
toes up-here In the North," sard a resi
dent of Bayou Sara, "but if you should
spend an hovuTor so fishing in some of
our Louisiana swamp bayous you
would wonder that you ever complain
ed ofairjwe
mosquitoes as an instrument of torture.
v'There are eight or nine different va
rieties of mosquitoes hatched in those
dark and noisome swamp bayous, and
no matter which kind samples you you
will wish it had been some other kind.
for it will seem that no other kind could
bite quite as bad as that one. There are
gray mosquitoes long, gaunt, wolfish-
looking fellows reddish-brown mosqui
toes, black mosquitoes of a bluish cast
and one that is nearly green. The one
that will strike you as the most for
midable is one we call a gallinipper
down there, and it resembles that
harmless insect both in size and make
up. It is easily half an inch long in
body, with, a spread of wing an inch
wide, and a kit in' which it carries its
tools that is as long as its body.
"This fearfully equipped Insect mon
ster has a saw, ft gimlet, a lance and
a suction pimp. As he can bore throug-h.
your boot and puncture your foot with
ease and dispatch, you may well imag
ine how much protection clothing or
gloves are against his assaults. Fortu
nately, though, this ; giant . mosquito
ltn't poisonous. The damage he does to
your physical comfort-is-done by his
boring and sawing and lancing of the
flesh. That hurts like pounding your
thumb with a hammer, and leaves a
spot that will be sore and tender for
days. . '
"All the remaining eight, varieties are
full of venom and vim to get it where
it will do the greatest harm to the
greatest number, but the worst of all Is
the smallest one of the lot This is a
gray mosquito, not more than an eighth
of an inch long, but every place that he
sinks his stinger in on you will instant
ly rise up as big as a hickory nut, turn
as red as fire and pain like a hornet's
sting. As the reservoir containing that
insect's venom cannot possibly be
larger than a fly speck, the virulence
of it nlay be imagined.
"The experienced person never goes
flailing in those mosquito-infected
bayous," continued the Louisianan, ac
cording to the New York Times, "un
less he has his head and face incased in
netting,, fixed on a light steel frame,
and with thick gloves on his hands.
Gloves, though, are no bar to the big
gallinipper mosquito's kit of tools. '
"Why does any one go fishing in those
noisome places? Because the fishing is
always good, while It never Is in the
open water bayous of Louisiana. Perch,
bass, jackfish, as the pickerel is called
down there, and other fish of fair game
quality are abundant Jn those dark,
sluggish, root-tangled waters, and the
enthusiastic angler is willing to - dare
the mosquitoes and other poisonous
denizens of those swamps to -abtain a
few hoars' sport : with his hook and
line," . . :
'" Pleasantry in Passing. .-. ' .
"Well,1 1 declare," remarked the thin
man, who was being uncomfortably
crowded by a very stout person, "the
trolley company ought to charge pas
sengers by weight," r ' : .". '.- - -.-. ( . '.;;.
' "Think so?" retorted the stout per
son. 1 "At that rate it wouldn't be worth
their while to take you on at alli"-iPhil-adelphia
Press. ' ' ,
The greatest firmness isthe great
est. mercy. ' '""'
LARGEST OF DEEP SEA FISHES.
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' Here is a drawing of the largest fish that ever came out of the lower
depths of the sea. It Is five feet long and was1 caught by C. H. Townsend,
of the United States Fish Commission, on board of tile government steamer
Albatross, off the coast of Chili. . It was drawn to the surface by a . trawl
(a big drag net) from a depth of 6,300 feet, or about a mile and a quarter.
By an unfortunate accident the fish was afterward thrown overboard, with
a lot of refuse, but luckily not before its photograph had been taken. In
color it was grayish, and its flesh was soft and flabby, like that of other
deep sea fishes, it had thick lips, email teeth and a projecting lower jaw. It
took three hours to pull up the dredge, a fact which gives a vivid notion of
the great depth from which the animal came. ,
Child Labor
in Chicago.
There are at least 15,000 children reg
ularly employed in factories and shops
in Chicago Probably the actual num
ber is much larger, for the State Fac
tory and Workshop Inspector has not
a sufficiently large force ' at his com
mand to make a complete and thor
ough Inspection. Of the 15,000 children
actually found at work many are ap
parently less than the legal age 14
years though in each case' an affidavit
Is required from? the child's parents
setting forth that It Is not less than 14.
In spite of the laws -wnlch are in-
CHILDREN AT WOBK IS A SHOP.
tended, to check and control the em
ployment of child labor, and in spite of
the work of the State inspectors, the
number of children employed in Chica
go has largely increased during the
last four or five years at least so far
as is shown by the reports of the In
spectors. Outside of Chicago the number of
children employed in the factories and
shops of the State is comparatively
small. " Three-quarters of all the work
ing children in the State are found in
the big city.
More children are employed in the
great department stores than in any
other single line of husiness. Alto
gether more than 2,500 children work'
in these great shops. Nearly 2,000 lit
tle ones earn their living in the garment-making
trades, nine-tenths of
them being little girls, while in the de
partment stores the sexes are almost
evenly divided. Something like 1,300
boys and about 150 girls are employed
in the metal-working industries, and In
wood-working 1,100 boys and more
than 150 girls. The big packing and
slaughtering houses employ more than
500 children and printers and publish
ers nearly as many more.
As an indication that many children
below the legal age of 14 years are
employed, it Is noted that the school
census of last year shows no less than
34,000 more children between the ages
of 6 and 14 years old In the city than
are accounted for by the returns from
the private schools and from the pri
mary and grammar grades ot tne puDiic
schools. The reports from the public
schools also show that during each
year about 7,000 children between the
ages of 10 and 14 years quit school.
Altogether there would appear to be
more than 40,000 children below the
age of 14 years who are not attending
school. These figures are, of course,
only approximate and may be some
what misleading, but. even after allow
ing for a large element of error, there
are left thousands below the legal age
who are probably working in one way
or another.
The difficulty of enforcing the law
which forbids the employment of chit
dren who are less than 14 years old
lies In the fact that the inspectors have
no" way of going behind the affidavits
which are made by the parents of the
children, and which set forth In each
case that the child is at least 14 years
Old, '"-?' :
Under the Illinois law any notary
public is authorized to grant affidavits,
and many of these officials issue them
on demand without at all questioning
the parents, who swear to the truth
of the statements made. In : other
States different means haTe been taken
to Insure a greater proportion of truth
ful affidavits. In Massachusetts, for
instance, all such affidavits are Issued
by the school authorities, in New York
by the Health Board; and in Detroit,
Mich., all affidavits must be obtained
from the State Factory and "Workshop
Inspector on duty there. " In each of
these cases the only officials who are;
empowered to grant affidavits are di
rectly Interested In seeing that the law
is enforced, and as a consequence it is
not so easy to evade the law.
in jew York State tne law goes
much further, and provides that no
child between ' the ages of -14 and 16
years shall be employed in any manu
facturing establishment unless it first
procures ' from the local Board of
Health a certificate showing that it is
physically able to do the work in
which it wishes to engage.
In many States also it is required
that children under 16 years of age
shall be required to demonstrate their
ability to read and write English be
fore they are permitted to go lu work
New York, Pennsylvania, Massachu
setts, Ohio and Indiana all enforce
such , a rule. Other States require
proof of school attendance, and In Ohio
the factory and shop Inspectors are
given the power of truant officers. In
Illinois there are no educational quali
fications of any kind required of work
ing children, though in some of the
larger establishments the lack has
been recognized by the voluntary es
tablishment of primary schools, which
the little employes are required or en
couraged to attend.
Another respect in which Illinois is
behind the other great manufacturing
States is in" the limiting of the hours
of labor during which children under
18 years of age may be employed. The
Illinois law provides that children un
der 16 may not be employed for more
than ten hours a day or sixty hours a
week, but it is found hard to enforce.
Meanwhile New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Ohio and other States
have passed laws providing that sim--
llaprotectibn' shaM bVT extended ? to
young workers until they reach the
age of 18, and in several cases, notably
that of Ohio, it is not lawful to keep
children under . 18 at work f or more
than fifty-five hours in any one-week.
Chicago Tribune.
ANTHONY HOPE, IT IS SAID,
WILL WED AN AMERICAN GIRL
The announcement in London that
Anthony Hope, the novelist, and Miss
Elizabeth Sheldon, sister of Susanne
Sheldon, the actress, will be married
has created a big sensation in London
society, where Hope Is one of the most
popular bachelors and heretofore re
garded as the most confirmed one.
Miss Sheldon is a beautiful Ameri
can girl7 and is said to have quickly
won Hope's heart. The wedding will
probably take place in the United
States.
Not Prepared.
The other night at a large dinner
in Washington, D. C, when Major
General S. B. M. Young was called
upon for a speech, the guests expected
that he would simply content himself
with a stereotyped expression of ap
preciation of the compliment, and af
ter a somewhat incoherent excuse
would- sit down.' But the general rose
to the occasion. . 1
"Gentlemen'," he began,' sweeping
his eyes over the length and breadth
of the banquet board, "I hope you
will pardon my expression of sur
prise. I have been caught in a cul
de sac. ,1 had not expected to speak
on this magnificent occasion. But,
gentlemen. If I had expected to say
anything, I should have spoken some
what as follow)9 " and at this junc
ture one arm of the old veteran plung
ed into the labyrinths of his coat and
produced a carefully prepared speech,
which he proceeded to read. The apol
ogy for his unpreparedness, and the
evidence of the painstaking way in
which he dressed his remarks in ad
vance were , too much for., the ban
queters, and he was forced to sus
pend his remarks until the uproar, was
over. '- . . ' -
A man who owns a Panama hat has
a new shape every time he gets it
wet. ,
Wisdom for Oirla.
One of the greatest mistakes a girl
can make Is to argue with herself that
a certain suitor is domestic by nature
and will make a good and attentive
husband because he prefers lounging
about in the drawing room of her fa
ther's house and paying her pretty
compliments to taking her out to thea
ters and concerts.
This Is the mark of the stay-at-home
lover and. the never-at-home husband
But for the mistaken notion that he
is a born "fireside companion," few
girls would put up with such a suitor.
Nothing so pleases an engaged girl
as to be escorted here and there by
her fiance. She Is In love, and is proud
of him. She has acquired a valuable
bit of property and wants to exhibit
it.
She likes to Imagine all the other
girls mildly envious when-they see her
out in public places with this big,
handsome fellow, like wax in, her
hands.
She knows that this Is the most tri
umphant period of a girl's life and
what is triumph without an audience
The fact about the stay-at-home
fiance is that he is lazy. He loves his
ease. After marriage. If he finds his
club more comfortable than his home,
this is the sort of man who will gravl
tate back to his club life after the
honeymoon.
. , At present he cannot bear to be out
of sight of the girl whose love he has
gained.
After his day's work is over, and the
Inner man has been fed and comfort
ed, perchance he sallies forth to her
home, but by no means to suggest even
a walk. No. Being there, there he
stays; and the drawing room contain
ing the family piano having perforce
to be given up to the engaged couple,
many are tne uncomplimentary re
marks passed by future brothers and
sisters-in-law, many the more or less
good-natured Jeers hurled at his
sweetheart's head afterward. Hearst's
American. .
Chic Tvro-Piece Enit.
Here is a very chic two-piece suit for
a miss of light green and gray plaid
gingham trimmed with bands of stitch
ed white linen. Both the gingham and
linen should be shrunken before mak
ing up. . .
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. Men at Women's Work.
One of the most Interesting features
of census records of the number of
persons above ten years of age occu
pied In gainful pursuits Is the revela
tion of tne number of men who are
doing work that properly Is within
woman's province. For Instance, it is
thenatural and inalieanble right of the
woman to teach school. So, too, nurs
ing ought to be peculiarly the task of
women; yet there are 12,291 male
nurses. It is indisputable that women
of more or less tender age ought to
monopolize stenography and typewrit
ing. Yet there are men bold enough
to intrude upon 23,553 positions of the
first kind and 2,753 of the second,
Moreover, such Is the fancy or the fate
of some males that 1,718 of them are
milliners, 2,116 are dressmakers and
4,837 are seamstresses. .
T Fnrniih a Girl's Room.
I furnished my daughter's room very
prettily at small cost. -. I had an Iron
bed, two old chairs and an old table.
I bought twenty yards of India linen.
at 3 cents a yardV For the .two
windows I made single window cur
tains with deep ruffles. Thls'requlred
seven yards. I also made a cover for
the bed, with a six-inch ruffle all
around, using ten yards. With the
remaining three yards I draped the
table, first making a foundation cover.
of five-cent lining,-which may be ob
tained in any color. I used blue. I
purchased a square mirror for $1.
This was not large, but good. I pro
cured a box -three feet long, eighteen
inches high and eighteen Inches wide
for ten cents. ' This I covered with
three yards eC ; dehn, 'which 'cost
fifteen cents a yard, making a very
nice shirtwaist box- and window seat.
I lined this box with a five-cent lining.
bought two and one-half yards of
chintz delft-blue predominating and
mad cushions for the chairs, . which
I jiaThafl enameled white at .cot of f b
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fifty cents. I fastened two iron
brackets to the wall, and placed a
board twelve inches wide on these,
making a nice bookshelf. The floor
of the. room I covered with a delft-blue
denim, which cost fifteen cents a yard.
The walls I decorated with prints,
halftones, and two watercolor pictures.
The mirror was suspended from a hook
immediately above the table, making a
dressing table. Woman's Home Com
panion. Nothing- Poetic About Mar.
Some men are never poetic; others
lose their poetic sense with the en
croachment of years. At least that Is
the opinion of a matron now past mid
dle life. "The only trouble with a man
Is that he loses the poetic side of his
nature as the years roll by," she re
marked. "Now, only yesterday my husband
took on the far-away look. I must
confess it recalled the delightful days
when he put all his talents Into tell
ing me how charming I was and. how
all his life was wrapped up .in me,
saying it as constantly and with an
many enchanting variations as even
a woman could desire. - ;
"For a long time I watched him In
silence. Then, at least, unable longer
to bear the silence, I softly 1 asked:
'What are you thinking about, dear?'
'I was wondering,' he answered, 'if
I shouldn't be quite safe in leaving
off my winter underwear?' Now,
wasn't that poetic. Yet that same
iconoclastic man Is brave enough to
complain at times that I have chang
ed." Exchange.
When Words of "W isdom Tell.
"Mother, dear," said a frank young
woman to her parent, who had just
been giving her a lecture, "If you
would only stop when you have . scored
your point and said what I feel is a
truth, you would make so much more
Impression, but you always go on and
on, and say so much that it puts us
both out of temper, and you lose all
the advantage you have gained." ,
Moral teachers always make a mis
take when they do not stop at th
right moment. Many a. truth would be
carried home to a culprit and do good
work if it were not diluted with dis
cursiveness to such an extent that its
effect becomes obliterated. But the
fact Is s tha tr; the generality of -people
talk too much about everything, them
selves, their affairs and their neigh
bors. Talking never does any good,
and it Is apt to do a great deal of
harm. New York Tribune.
Health and Beauty Hints.
Don't tip the shoulders from side, to
side when walking. It is, an exceed
ingly ungraceful habit. '
Don't bend forward when talking.
but hold the body erect, with the chest
well arched and the hips thrown back.
Don't bend over double when ascend
ing a night of stairs. Give the lungs
full play, for you need plenty- of
'breath.
Never fail to consult an oculist if
you find that your eyesight is growing
dim, or hesitate to wear glasses if you
need them. : ;
Never fail to wash the eyes every
night before retiring, so as to remove
any dust that may have gathered in
the lids during the day.
Don't wear shoes run down at the
heels and don't wear high-heeled and
narrow-toed shoes. They are the in
veterate enemies of grace.
Don't let tartar accumulate on the
teeth, for It brings a whole train of
evils In its wake. Have It removed
by a dentist at least twice a year.
Don t use a tooth powder which con
tains gritty, acid or Irritating sub
stances, as the first two act injuriously
on the teeth and the last on the gums.
Don't use one side of the mquth only
when eating, for then the teeth have
not all the same amount of exercise,
and decay sets in more rapidly on one
side than the other.
Don't fall to remember this rule-
that in walking you should carry your
self so that a plumb line, dropped from
your nose, would fall just an inch In
front of your great toe. '
Do not allow an. infant to turn
round that it may enjoy the fun , of
being giddy. Not only headache but
fits, stupidity and even madness may
be brought about by such practices.
The yellow complexion, which is the
surest symptom of chronic billious-
ness, will disappear, as will the cause:
Itself, if the victim, while bathing
in the sea, swallows plenty of 6ea'
water. . '-. - '
When trying on new shoes do so at
the latter part of the day. The feet
are then at their maximum size - Sum
mer footgear should be fully roomy,
for the heat is apt to make the feet
swell and tight shoes are the cause of,
much suffering. ' -. ;,.
To keep the hair in curl use a liquid
made as-follows: Take two ounces of
borax, one drachm of gum arable and -a
quart of hot (not boiling) water.
Stir this together ; tin the borax and
gum are dissolved and then add three
tablespoonf uls of strong spirits -, of
camphor.- Bottle and use for dampen
ing the hair before curling it.
When you feel fagged try the harm
less stimulant of hot milk. Heat the
milk tH a skin begins to wrinkle on
the top of It and then drink it in sips.
You will find It wonderfully refresh
ing when you are feeling "fagged out,".'
and It will do you more good than the
best beef tea, for hot milk is both
nourishing and stimulating, - whereas
ecf tea Is only the "ltfat.