WOMAX AND HOME.
DEADLY FASCINATION OF THE SWEET
TEMPERED AND CLEVER UGLY.
ratting Away Winter Clothing Cnr I
of tlio Itabr lYinlrilno Toilet Lltll
Mldgrl Training "t ClilMrrn Hellei
In Orrrn rfitr nml Mini.
If I did not know girls better; If. I:i (net, I
'liad i wt been years ago a girl mviwlf, IshouK
tosiutno tliat Mister morn would find onl
rows on row of pretty girls on their knei
,'wltli thought on the litany and Iho book
(comnto!i prayer. Girb are human, thank
.heaven, very human, and It does my heart
good to have this last confidential talk 01
clothes.
. First, by way of moral, let mo speak of s
reflection I havo made or rather leen making
t(if morning. Luckily enough, tho captain
of the French mail steamer did not seo fit Vt
Hnistake North Carolina for New Jersey ot
1ng Island for hb pier. At a confluence,
'there lias oraw to hand a very preciou), Ion,''
'lookod for lrtxlt of magazine, Trench, an I
r ranch to tiMi very hut gasp. They nro md
tfufbtosi magnzi;ex in any wnm of the word,
but there b duo attention to womankind. A
French magazine, like a Frenchman himwlf,
"would be ill at isn far from femininity.
Women, old and young; belles, Iwautlful
and ugly, adorn these rages at they do out
own jirivate life. Ami thu thing that struck
me particularly, and that I am now utln?
for my moral b, "How a Frenchman deligbb
Jn an ugly woman."'
. Delighting is not necetsarily loving or
making lore to. It I a much mora subtle
and d'lkste form of admiration than mak
ing lore, thb delighting; much more.
The Frenchman itit the ugly woman!
picture and ttmuhi lief ore it in rapt adnifra
tion. lie dtnrfgas Iter gown, her wra and
her hat;, and walk around her with hk
hand on fail heart. It b hb ambition in a
way thatitoes IL He creates her and give
her her lxing. Then, like many anothrr
creature, be bti hr ns.
Wh2t luu I la to do with fashions! Evcry
thiny. I'rotty women, as a rule, can look
cut for thctnselres anil do. As whatever
tl:y wear look Weil on them, ninl thoy arj
frw to follow their own sneet will, it folloTri
that they do not yeuni for extraueoua al
vica IWhaps Uto ugly woman dous not
yni for it cither, but even so, .bo gets It.
Koiiiatimex li3 iu-ciU It.
Tiiealvico that I mean it not n complete
"Hook for Ugly Olrlt," but a general nwak
Milnjf totlii.'iKnibillUos of one'i)telf,nudado
termination to footer thov; poiuilitiea to
tliu utmoat. OxoJ skin; perfect kkln. Good
hair; ininmculato hair. Good eyes; clear,
healthy, happy eyes. Good mouth; clear
tit'tli and ii liuppy curl to tho cornor. Good
ilguro; tight gowi. Bad lijuro artistlo
(ror.im niid trust to luck for tua crazo to lait
Ou, an ugly oman U to Iwcuvlod rather
than pitied If he I:iiowk which xidu is her lx?
eUn. Ill tho ilrst iilacc, otlier wonifii won't
get Jealous of her, Minn as thoy do of pretty
women, without rhvmo or rca-jon. In tho
cecnnd plaw, Mio will lo forgiven her extn
caro for liorwlf, with n blunt thousht. ier
hajis unflattering "I'or thing, fho needs it
all." And last, but not Ica&t, If iho bo liu
man, kwhi a3 most of m arc, every triumpL'
will bo balm to her oul, doubly sweet bc-
caiua of tho disadvantages of tlio com?.
Auother thing, thero Is n deadly fascina
tioa about n B.vect teinjKjred and clever ugly
woman. You nro contiiiuully growing cool,
with ilw Ida.i that lit last tlio ito longer
ple-iMM you, thn growi-ig hot wheSi doubly
brilll nt her llashoi of fajciuation, liko .Ma
catilcy' ilashi-s of xilunce, provo utterly Irrc-
wtlibiL,
Oj, ho! do not pity tho ujly woman pro
vided hho Is wi.vj. Thow that lovo her lovs
her twhv na woll ai n mrroly pretty womar
it over Jovisl, and she I.uowh It. They nppre-
flaw t;u clovernc43 which can triumph ovc:
everything, and so does slie.
tUut when wo IIimI an ugly woman vho has,
ns It were, left all 1kio behind, whataro wr
.todol
It h unproiijl.hig sitiiatioii, h Ii notl Anil
nothing is to Ixs dono except talk! Talk ii
liko thu provci hial rain to than ugly duel;.
It m;iy, however, llko that, sat them awhile
later to pum:nj tjamselvtu.
Tho ono g.et nhstaclo in tho way of
would bo miH.iui. ry is tho natural c'tyniMsol
this yoiinj l.uitu :i. A girl ho has lwcn
lioote.1 n. by her brothers, and exciued and
apologized for ! tho femlnino mumbern ol
hur lioimdiuld, U u t to ba ovurhiirdoiioil with
coaifit; in faet.li.' Isnpt to 1m miytliiiig cite,
fnr.ii painfully bashful to light down bod
teniixTcd.
Hitu then wlH'conio In well n gowl dow o(
my ihiiiU panntn coiiiinon tito. Coininou
rmiso will do nioic loward innl.liij; ono' life
and lot ngrceahlo llm.i iiiiythlng else.
Tell mi ugly gill that tha nioro fho Riilks
aiiduilnklctt her foiehoad nnd draws down
tlio corner.! of hr mouth tin uglier ho will
bocotin imturtdly. TiOl her tho nioro blie
elulxiiutes her completion with nil mid whit.
tlio nioro thu world nill think n!io Irnn ta
Tell hor t'.w iiioim nIu c'mm nloiit lank and
disheveled thu moru palpabl wi!I bo tho tllf
feitiiicv U'twuoii her nml n gu 1 wIiomj fontuie
nnd el tlicH i ro equally rutilur. Toach her
that all tho world L no!) nhko, mul that uhile
ehohoixilf iuI mil's n fortclu p:ttty woiimn,
then ii every oibllity that llieronro plenty
of tooplo to whom mIic, if hIib would, might
8-"eui perfection.
Itaisu tier IdeaH of hrrwlf by any luonns.
1'Vitoherif neccMory, I ut In MmowMyot
uuotlier r.lvo hr n littlo comfort mid n little
t'Oiiiiiioii miis Then hIio will b happy, nud
avi.'I iwpny you.' trnjhlo l.y l4omiiiig cut
liko tlio ixe. Uoii rrnuclMM Chronicle.
1'iitlliiu Amu)' M Intur Clothing.
Tlio labor of putting nway winter olothlnjj
Iiccoiiiim Imrilur uncli )enr t tho nvurngt) city
liim-Leeir, fur moths gather thickly In the
cl huU, tniul.s and chOMta In Miiall houseti, mul
tKt'lnlly in tho IhiU nnd iiuitmuntri Hlileh
nro tint Iiuiiiuh of ho umny. Tho do r old gar
nils of our fldldliood with their lavender
scented i liutfbi nro no inoiv, oven tlio airy old
wardrobes tlmtitmld bo ojwmol to tlio nirnuil
Buiuliluo luivo glum plnco to dark nnd stulfy
littlo iMiitrhM, mid Miort trtiiiku nro lined In
stead of thu lung oakun tlnwta uhlch .jxTinit
tod ii (pjwn or coat to nut Its wholo length
mul not to lxj doubled tip nnd badly cwuisl
t hereby .
Tim is tho lxt season for Mittllng vlothm
closeta for tho summur. Every urtlclo kliould
bo nmiovol from them nnd tho walls cither
whttowushod or LaUoinliicxl and turpoiitlno
i uMkxI i.to tho wood work. Noc.-irpcUliould
Ixi loft on tin lloor, for It brwsls moths very
pilclily. If theiw nro two or threw hhelvw
theso should lw covered with iwwspniH'in anil
thu winter clothing placed tijoit tlwm nUo
vmpiKd In iniwspiipoin, thu printer's Ink
being iKiUonour to tho destructivo littlo In
becL AH Iho woolen clothlnjf khouhl bo put out on
tho clothe lino iu tho suiuhlno for noouplo
of hours and whipped froe of dust, all tho
p'j"LeU turiiMl iiisldn out and wall bnuhy.1
with it whUk broom. Thwi Into wu-h KH-tut
put u small plwM of cumphor. 'Jim dnis
skirts should lo tlll lio.1 Iwlttw out, foldod as
ic4tly in puMlbld, plned Iu n pllo with u
pijicr iMtnvcn cuch on, thru wrupjtwl la
yvjier and pinned so aj to Kxtvo no wiutlloi'
rLng for U entrance of the ractfaT Tm ttnat thdr hanii Into capatfotu pockets u
cvercoats should bo folded Iragthwis-. It is I P"oduced three Kicks of rhalfc. As many
very I -ad policy to foU ibem crosswise, ns a Pkft g Sw ere brought out and
mb or two In thb potion will mark them ' en l rar" lb """'j; Tire.l far
almost beyond help. Put & jriecc of news- ) fej?1 T?rk,. wh,tun tbc.
papain each leeve,by the coat on a flat djrWed eir ihinylla at the center of their
or taMe, awl foH it fourtoid so that the
edges will conn even with the center Main;
place the tleeves over each breast, taking
caro that the bonklers are not wrinkled.
Vests are eadly folded, bat trousers are mora
dlQIoalt than a coat, ami where a lousekceper
has many men in her boutehofl shn would do
well to take a few lessons in folding from a
tailor.
Clothing packed into a trunk fbould bo
1 well sprinkled with camphor. If the trunk
l ; Is old, a new lining of newspapers will often
act us a preventive azainst moth.
Families living in flats shook! provide
tlenjlv-s with two or three long oaken
cheats. Theso will be maile at reasonable
prices by any carjwnter, awl as they may lx
covercl and uv?d as otto.uars, tier need not
tako up as much room as the ordinary trunk.
New York Journal.
T.lttla SIlilgct'sllnBlns Fingers.
Mrs. Blanchard was entertaining som'
frienls in tlio parlor one evening when she
heard a small voice bo knew so well saving:
"I'leawj 'acuso mc, mamma. " 1 hen she saw a
little figure standing in the doorway iu wdite
gown, with tangll curls nnd bright eyes, too
bright for 10 o'clock nt night, thought Mrs.
Blanchard. Midget ran across the room tc
the refuge that had never failed her moth
er's ai m "Mamma, door,'' pleaded tho littlo
night owl, "I have just learned today how to
tell you I love you in such a boautffulNnow
wai'. Please, may I show you? I'm so 'f raid
111 forget by morning.'' Midget bekl up her
dimpled fingers. "Now, everybody do just
as I do." fho said, glecfally. "Hold your
thumlM together so, now the next -lingers the
wme way, but tlie net to that you mu't
double in tis-bt," She ht-ld licr chubby fingers
in this petition, the pjlms together, the
thumbs tight;y touching, i1m tlw forefingers,
but the second lingers folded !n so that her
rosy nails mid the dimples tliat stooil for
knuckles totirbeil, then the third and frth
fingeni l.wt at tlw tips as ihu thumb end
forefingers did
"Now," cried Midget, hi greet delight,
"how far can you go from nuiyer and he
parted tec thiiiiibs as far as tliey woulii go.
Troiv how far froni coot rami tlo forfclin
ger went apart. Tlien In suppressed glee
she carefully ezplalued : "You must kl; tlio
fokled fingers and go to tho lies?;. Now, how
far can you go from your dear, sweet
mnmiiiar she cried in great triumph. And
odd it wci that thoM) queer littlo third flncem
woulii not sejMirate, and tlromoio you tried
thoclotcr tliey tvero,not only Midget's tiny
fingers, but iaia's strong ones arvl Judge
Jliiis wrinkled ones. And as long as the
?5?o:id fingers nro held in bondage tho third
ouw will not wjiarate. Try it. Christian
Weekly.
A I'oo oT ISrllrs In Orvril.
A prolyl should lw ralseil ogcinst tho vivid
and unspeakably hideous shado of yellow
gree:i that b so largely u'e.l hi nevr costumes,
mid that makoi tho oniliuuo wearers resem-
bio co!onal loath African carrots. Any kind
of green, even tho palest and iiiKt delicate
hue, can only Ijo worn by women of n certain
typo those, for liiktance, who havo skiur,
lii:o ivory and reddUh golden hair. But when
It comes to tho startling emerald tints that
compos tho latent gowns a word of rcmon
fctrnuco Is not out of idaco. Tho color iUelf
U cstretnely beautiful on grass plot and lilac
hush, but it Is, nevertheless, horribly ugly
hen put Into material at so much a yard.
Thero is no woman living to whom it ii lie
ooniiug. Then thoi-o b something elo that
appoai-s to need morlinration sleeves. Tho
Jfg of mutton fcleevo li both picturesque and
piefty on n dim, youthful Ilguro. But Is that
any reas.:i why every other fat woman ono
incjts, young or old, ni tho ca30 might be,
should havo ridbuloiu pufTj standing out on
bcr shouldors liko incipient wingsl And then
wliat it thu meaning of thoso strango looking
p-itcheu that ninear at tho tops of so many
nr ns nctuleM'ript ornuminU, neither n puir
nor .i slash, nor et caaetly un Insertion, .Imt
a coi t of timid conipromixj in which all throo
haveashuro? It doe seem n pity that with
so muc!i good taiito overy where, and so varied
un assortment nf c-quUito fabrics from which
to chofMu iu tho shops, wo should bo com
pelled to sco thoso moiistrositle .1 procession
of groeii Ilguro., bepulTtKl, lcpatchod nnd,
what U more, Iwbustled. I'liiladclphia I'ress.
Don't Train Clillilien to 1!) I'usny.
A signal fidvautngd In tho treatment of
you;:g children or Infants is tho fact that thoy
do not ivmeniW or imagluo. Moro than half
tho dif.leiilty In treating the di'n08cf grown
leoplo licj In tho formation of thcorienby the
ixuu iit which n physician labors in vain to
bivnk down, and Ihmlly humor.'. It would
lw well for mother to remember this slmplo
truth. When n child has recovered from a
cold bo does not carry thu memory of it to
mako him suoeso ami tditvcr for several
wol;s. Wo know by tho thermometer that
it is sevirl degrees colder, and forthwith
pile ou moro clothing, stir up the fires nnd
fuel cold to tho marrow of our bones. A
child, l:i huppy uiiconsciousnoss, plays on,
and unless tlio chaugo bo severe catches
no cold. Bo n littlo wot t lint has ix'netruted
n x.'ron' Itool npiieaiti to mjiuu n suro token
of n bud cold, but if proiiy attended to
thou Id lunlio no mom ditt'erenco than n wot
hand. Bo careful how you give J 011112
children fussy U'.tii which belong to their
weary, heavy laileu older. They should lw
trained not to feel slight degruu of cold, not
to miiiil 11 cloud of dust coining Into their
ryes, or n slight bump or wratch tiny moro
than ns a inoro incident. A grumbling child
Un pitiful ohjoct, nnd tho habit unco formed
b Iiierndiaiblo. Uei-alil of Ilaalth,
Italian VerMM AmiM'leaii AVoinen.
I like tosto tho straight Ilguro of n Hum-
Lcr of ItnSjin women mid girls w horn I mut
fixim time, to tlmo In my walks nlwut town.
1 ho other dny a sina'.l procession of thueo ikxj-
p!o (Kishoil mo, each lionring on her head n
largo liundlo, ami most of l hum having some
thing in their hands. In their simple dross,
which wn, however, arranged with an cyo to
etlVct In form uud color, thoy mndo n very
plctuiVMiuonpiieiirnncc, mul much of this was
1I110 to their civet bearing. When 1 see tho
Hooping shoulders of so iniipy of our young
wmueii, mul oven young men. It seems to mu
that It would lw well for thoin to profit by
tlio csiiiupio or tiieso iictinvMiuo foreigners.
IVrlmiw It would Imi too much to cAiiect tho
sons nnd daughters of our wealthy peoplo to
exchange thodelightaof iliivlng dog cuts for
Ihu less easy nitifiietiou of shouldering
market liaskuts, but I nm Inolluod to think
Hint as 11 matter of health and good looks tho
latter would lw tho butter fur thoni. Boston
I'ost.
Hrcrrt of tlio IV111I11I110 Toilet.
A rcwrtiT Ultliig C'astlo gnixlen tho other
day saw nu Italian woman pull n big pUvo of
white chalk fnnu her jKvket, and, with tlul
aid of a small hand glass, nib the chalh sov
wnl tlinos along tin) xrt in her Jot IJnek Imlr.
It whs n new wHuklu, Im thought, nml suUo
iunt Imiulry among Uw recti hir olUcaru of
tho gartWn showul tlmt they, too, wciv in
Wttiu or tho liiiiovutton. I iter thivo
ItitliMii nialdww wbo hiv ilttliij iu grop
iiuuozou or iiioim of their country wouk a
""V" . " .
minutes beforo they wero satisfied that the
; furrow was Immaculate whiteness. Then
they re torn ed the chalk and looking glasses
to their pockets and settled down to admire
! ono another.
i It li a custom,'' said the famous Castle
garden bootblack, -that b followed by only a
small number of the Italian people. It cor.
rponds to the cbek painting of American
women. Tho Italians chalk tho part in their
hair to give it a notineahlo whiteness. It j to correspond with a gentlenian of Oneedcca
shows their glistening and oily black hair to i Hon, high mora! character and gentw.1 np-
belter oil vantage, anJ, according to a number
of prominent Italian physicians, preserves
and hardens the scalp. But few American
women Luow of the scheme, but I supposo
when they hear of it there will bo a regular
corner In the chalk market. r New York
Mail and Express.
Care of tlie Ilabj.
I think babies have stood enough abuse.
They're littlo aid all that sort of thing and
belplew, and they are made to enduro the
contumely that does not belong to them.
Why do people speak of a bouncing baby!
A baby usually of the ago to which that term
Is applied b about as far from bouncing as
it can well be. It b too Incarnation of limp
ness. "Isn't it a bouncing boyP asks tho nurse,
ecstatically.
And just at that moment tho little innocent
lump of human dough is lying with its thumb
in its mouth, perfectly limp. But thero h a
side hvsue. A souallinz baby has been tho
! destroyer of all romance of connubial bliss.
This effect b not produced by the baby, but
by the neighbors ul-jvting. And tho mother
( ir.ay suffer, but still allow the poor littlo
; thing to stand all tho Maine. It's n shame. I
' may object to a baby that wakes up the
Louse in the middle of tho night with crying,
1 but the baby crying Is not a patch ou the
mother soothing It. That sin-ply drives you
i mail, aud ihen ycu licar a heavier foot land
, on the H'-or and a hind of n rough sound, yoa
may look out fo.- tho father, whoeo attempts
to quiet tho child would wake tho seven
sleepers. If they'd only let tho child crv, it
I would soon get tired and go to sleep; but
; they l:ec sco.hing it until it gets wild staring
wide awako and howls for hours. Iavo tho
! baby alono and be good enough to apologize
in tho morning In behalf of tho baby for tho
' noiso you've mado yourself. San Francisco
Chronicle.
I'lrnnaiit Homes In Summer Drcso.
It has grown to bo the fashion to mako a
complete change cf funiiture, drapingj, nnd
the like, and to j.ut our homes in summer
appnrcl, to tnko up carpets that entirely cover
the floor, nnd icplacu with rugs. Thb veiy
much helps to keep tho rooms cool iu hot
weather, besides making them attractivo to
tho eye. Then, regarding matting, ono has
only to wall; through ronie of our large fur
iihhing warehouses in town to see for how
j small a mm a floor can lw laid with novel
1 and artUtic covering. Tho winter carpet
1 gains by tho summer rest, and will hast
longer. Or.o need not bo extravagant to
furnish rooms in good tasto fur the heated
I term, as, with thouseof nfew bottlesof stain,
1 tho Iloon can bo darkened; n few moro of
gold, bronzo or enamel will completely trans
form tho nppearunco of tho quaint old fash
ioned chairs relegated to Iho attic. Tho heavy
looking winter jiortleres may bo replaced by
airy ones of Madras, art lace, or timplo Not
tingham or scrim. Cushions, foot btooU and
divans can lw covered with dainty cretonne
In' gay Wnttcau designs, aud tho greatest
needful cr-cn?o of a summer room to look
most inviting for tho cntiro season would lw
tho purchase of a goodly,nutnber of low broad
easy chairs and rocker? of lattnu and willow,
to bo scattered freely in every nvailablo nook
and coi nor.
Ono Hour I'ach bay.
Every woman, no matter how Mtuated, if
able to leave her bed, ought to get 0110 hour;
If not moro, in tho open mr each day, walking
if possible. And in tho winter season every
living room should havo a strong draught of
fresh air though it for llvo or ton minutes
two or three times a day, even if tho weather
b Iwlow zero. Nervousness, headaches nnd
blues would dihnpjiear as if by magic if theso
rules wero followed, and instead of nn army
of helpless Invalids, swelling tho plethoric
purses of specialists, wo should havo active,
vigorous women, n comfort to themselves
ond a blessing to their families, and all by
tho oxorciso of 11 littlo common sense, which,
after all, b a twin sister to wisdom, Arkuu
saw Traveler.
Starch for IturiH.
Toko n littlo ttarch or arrow root, nnd
merely moisten it with cold wnter, and lay it
nu 1110 injured part, lliu must lio dono im
mediately, w ns to prevent tho action of tho
nlr uiwn tho skin. However, it may lw ap
plied somo hours afterward with good directs.
I learned this when n rcs.deut of Franco,
It may already Lo known here, but I hnvo
met, with none among my acquaintances who
worn to have hoard of it.
The old lemcdy, raw meat, is not nlway.s nt
hand, and somo children hnvo nu insur
immutable repugnnnco lo let it bo applied.
Journal of Lhumistry.
fiuvo Your Stops.
Havo thcni'thles must in uso conveniently
I bear. JJon t havo tho ihiU and kettles mid
other cooking utensils, generally tiod daily,
in 11 clout in ouother 1 00111 or at tho farther
coiner of ttw kitchen, away from tho stovo,
whtur, when tliey nro wanted for use, you
havo just so many stew t j take boforo you
gut them, nnd jut m many it moro to taku
when youuro putting them hack. Hnvo 11
small duMjt nenr the stovo or sink, whero nil
thow) nrtlcloe cun lw kept. Boston Budget.
Trent in cut of it boll.
A well known physician suys that a boil
should not bo allowed to progress jf it can lw
stopx.sl nt tho outset, as tho system is moro
likely to bo jwhonetl than ruliovcd by the
gnthorlng matter. Tho boll should lw pniiUwl
with iodiuo, ami will not amount to anything
if taken in Iho !ht stage Boston Budget.
Every ono minibus bravery, but many n
big, burly man is afraid of the woman who
tivmbUs nt tho sight of a mouse. Philadel
phia Herald.
In boiling meat for roup uso cold water to
ox tract tho julcea, but if the mtwt is wanted
for iUolf nlono plunge into boiling water nt
once.
A littlo Unseed oil brushed over faded green
blinds will, If thoy uro not too fnr gono, mako
them look almost iu good us now.
Do pot iwe ctvil oil lamps Iu IwIixkiiih with
wick tunml do wniow. Tliy ptwduco nsthnin,
liea i t dtwBSH, thiMflt diseatw, etc
By dlpiJnjt 1UI1 for nn Iiwtmit In iwlllujf
xntkr mucii of the uiUlculty In removing tha
scutes will Im uvwvotno.
Ball spruikhsl . r anything that Is buru
1.1 .1 the ttoo win pixxint uny duogroeabla
1. 1 -t.
A 3TATRDI0XLVL
A MAN OF "GENTEEL APPEARANCE"
SEEKS A LADY CORRESPONDENT.
Iloir the niter Was Tlltlen hy a Conple
of ?IlM-hlef Loving I'alr Ones A
Double Krrcnce rianned The Closln
Scene.
Em anil I have been having a splended
timent the expense of the matrimonial adver
tising ritizen. For several days we faw an
ud iu the paters asking some lady of means
fiearat.ee. It was easy to see the person was
hnpwunious ugly nnd in earnest. So to tbb
man we wrote. We told him a love'.v cbost
iUtry ol an early marriage to a grocer of
means, of an unfortunate illness and widow
hood. We said that, left with a large fort
une, we were being domineered ofer by the
deceased grocer's tnottier, who was seeking to
invest a large sum we hod 111 bank at present
in property out of town, and then gettin
(ws-ssiou of the widow and money. Tha
mother-in-law bad intentions of nil almost
murderous character. We were "not seekiu:
altogether to make a second marriage, but to
find some strong masculine spirit to counsel
and advise as in our great strait.
It was lovely how Veritas "bit at that
bait' We got a letter immediately, telling
"Cornelia" (that was the name we signed; to
!w firm; not to yield an Inch; to buy no proi
srty until she had seen him, Veritas, whowas
prepared to ,bs drawn and quartered iu de
fense of friendless widows with stamps. The
bole letter breathed a desire to get hold of
jut such a ble-ed fool as we had made Cor
nelta out to be.
Then we thought we woukl have a look at
him, so wo named the street in which Em
lives, and 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Thero is n church directlv opposite Em"
larIor window s. We mentioned tlie vicinity
01 me cnurcn a ine most seriuueu. lie was
to know the viidow by a handkerchief carried
in her parasol liaud.aml she was to know him
ly a uewtpnjvr in onehainl and a few flowers
111 the otlier.
in: hove is SIGHT.
At ." o'clock promptly we nearly fell
nit of the window as he hove in sight such
a cadaverous unhealthy looking ."jwctacle,
his seedy suit hru?lied and buttoned up, his
canfcy hair oikil till it split and showed his
scalp lehind tinder the brim of a sbockin
had hat. That liat alone settled hU status-
it was the style of lTy. The weed was rusty
and tho beaver bail been touched up with
a wet sjione. There were knees iu his winter
tiousers nud frhige on their lwttom. Tlio
lieels of lib shoes wero worn off one side till
he walked on tlie bias and altogetlier lie was
as flue a specimen of decay as jou could run
on in a weeK.
in ms nanu. wuicn was covered with a
black worsted glove, he lwre n newspajwr
roiled up like tlie truncheon of Hamlet s
ghost, and in he end of it ho had stucK n
uuucii 01 main.
As luck would have it, a lady in mourning
camo down the street. Veritas was 011 the
alert. She had no handkerchief in her hand
hut ho prnuccd up beside her nnd looked out
of his watery eyes at her knowingly. He met
110 encouragement, but he couldn't give it up.
He passed her twice, swinging hb lloner
lipped jKiper truncheon; then he got in front.
setting it up ognint his coat tails anil wag
ging it ns if he was old dog Troy and pleased
to meet her. Half a dozen women he pur
siitd iu liko manner, till finally, about 4,
he gave it up as n bad job, and wo lost him.
Then wc sat down and wrote this:
"Yesterday by 110 strategy could Igetout
that horrible old woman put her bonnet on
and vowod I shou! 1 not .stir a step without
her. I was iu despair. 1 had no ono to send,
and then you wero disappointed. But, dear
friend, don't desert me; lw at that same place
to-uinrrow, ana 11 at ten minutes past S
o'clock I nm not here, como right around to
the next street where I live, though I didn't
mention it Iwfore. Go up tho stejw of No. tifl,
ring the liell, inquire for Mrs. Jones yon will
Ik? shown into tlio parlor, nnd 1 will como to
you. Just hjienk of having como from Mid
dletown lately. Talk alwut Julia and the
Iwys. Kpcak up loud and say tho 'new barn
is nearly done.' Talk nlwut anything till I
tell you it is safe, becauso that old dragon
will siiri'ly lw listening."
srooKjiut than nvun,
Thb was splendid. Around in tho next
street nt !1 lives 11 woman named Jones, Em
just deteste. Only think what a situation
this brought about.
At ;i, punctually, thero was our awful
Veritas," spookier than over. Tho wretch
waited nnd looked nt a Wuterbury watch
several times. Of courso thero was no Cor
nelia, so ho braced himself and headed for 20,
tho next street. Wo had our hats on, and
wo Hew out nnd after him. Up tho steps
bold as brass no went. Ho pulled tho bell uud
was admitted. Wo watched nnd waited cer
tainly fifteen minutes. Then tho door banged
ojk'ii. i no servant cnino out and looked up
and down tho street. "Hho is after tho
police," said Em. Then out bounced Veritas,
his hut 111 his hand. Ho was bald as n pound
of butter, that i-i, ho had just a few hairs. He
was gesticulating wildly, and his poor old
face was red as. spanking, behind loomed up
r.m s in to noir, .Mrs'. Jones-, looking like u tur
key who seas n red lint.
We sent Em's hired girl over to interview
tho Jones girl, and wo heard all nboiit it
how he got into tho imrlor, and, when Mrs.
Jones came iu, talked hko a crazy man about
liarns, and Julias, uud cou'j, uud kppt looking
ut tho folding glass doors, and kept whisper
ing "is it snfof Can I expose my identity
AWT
And Mrs. Jauos at last shrieked for the
girl, and they put tho crazy creature out.
Uh, Em and I linve had n lovely time. Wo
nro going to write him to-night, uud vow
that Mrs. Jones was tho iiiother-iu-hiw, nnd
ho has Cornelia locked up, mid lxg him to
invoke the law, and save tho money in tho
bank and 11 sweet, young, old grocer's widow.
Clara Belle in Cincinnati Enquirer.
An Actor's , I'lr t Appearance.
Tlw retired jmrfonner ilubht uhisadvioo
to the would lw actor by somo memorandum
ou how He should conduct himself tho first
n:ght of lib apiwiraticc.
"hliould you l very nervous after ilivsslng
you hud b.t not appear in the green room,
as you will naturally distress or lldgot tho
IHTformers concerned In tho s.vnes, which
(net will rnthor tend to augment your mal
ady. Having given tho prompter an opor-
utility to olisurvo that you nt randy, it is
IeiituiM n well for you to proceed to that
part of the stage from which yml aro to enter
aud walk quietly up nud down; or, ns tho
piny goes on, oliservo tho inso and coolness
with whieli tho netoitt gu ou with their jiarts,
un I you will doubttoM catch spirit nud con-
fhlence. Muko your eiitnim-o easily nnd
coolly, wlih.your IhmuI nud eyeso Unsl as to
avoul seeiug tho footlights which, until you
aro acruttoined to tlmni, uro ajit to bewilder
Um sijht. magnify overy objact about ami
ucoutou diasitMe and couftiidoti iu tuo brain.''
H. A. Jhwitt, Iu N. Y. Mall aud Kxprac.
Ex (ii-it I-aUdla. f Himiii. is sloinsr"
I'u.is i i 1 1 ht 1 oval st!e. n she is said to U
p. tiding :no:u at the rat.-of .'uu,ix.iu jvoj
! appealed from the chair.
now Parliamentary Insubordination Was
Quelled in the Limekiln Club.
For some weeks, past EWer Shin bone Whit
beck has exhibited signs of Insubordination.
Tbb b said to be owing to the fact that he
drew 13 in a lottery and wants to estabUsh
a club of hb own a society with less form
ality and more lemonade. It was evident
from hb actions when the meeting opened
that he had an iron hot, and the triangle had
scarcely sent forth its stricken voice when ho
was on hb feet and addressing the president.
"Bradder Whitbeck, you out of order,"
replied the chair.
-Does do cca'r decide dat I ar1 out of
order P
"It does, sab."
"Den I 'peals from tho decishun of do
cha'r."
"Your 'peal am oat of order, sab!''
"I afcx "peals from that decishuu, an' I axes
fur a vote of the lodge.'
It was piain to all members that Shinbone
was out of order, and that be was seeking to
force some issue. Brotbtr Gardner looked at
him in a dazed sort of way for a minute, and
then asked:
'Docs Braider Whitbcck know dat he b
liable to a fine of from six to 'lebeu thousand
dollarsP
"No, sah! I demand a vote on my 'pcair
"Does you intend to Inilldoso db chaYP
"I intend to bev my rights under the con-
stitushuu an' bvlaws of tbfi club. I bev
"pealed from your decishun."'
"Does any pusson second dat 'rxsalP asked
the President as ho looked up tuid covrn th
aisles.
No ona did.
Tho old man slowly removed til? spectacles
from hb r.050, took tho rhinestono pin bvr.i
hb bosom and calmly descended the pktt-V.Tn
and approached tho cider. Tho litter started
to pull a brickbat, wrapped in cJliator rkin,
from hb hiad pocket, but licforo ho could r et
it out something serioa-: happened- From the
reporter's desk it oocmxl as if hb heeb bit the
ceiling and hb head tho floor in rotation. One
of hb shoes sailed iuto tho couthwest conirr
and srinck State Riht Grc?:i In thrrio-nnch.
and the other fiew in tho cast aad cw: CoL
Pan HanKo Jcckson. Button.-, buckles.
broken suspenders, boot orr.T3 jid :??iiie5 for
making root Ix-er fli'ed ihc rir c.v l rrrro
drawn toward: tho cprn window.-, rjiu tho
bumpcty-bumps on U:e 2cov co rdsnned tU"
gixwerdown stairs that ho ran cut cr.il nosr,!:!
to turn in r. Ore alarm. 3v end hr a de?n
hush fell ujx;:i Paradka hall. Sro:ho;' Gcri
ner returned to hb chair. Givcauani Jones
put his coot uaunr tho head of the pulvcrire.-l
man and the floating frasaentsslor. I v drifted
out into tne solemn night.
"All guv'ments should ruk tiy Is
the president, as ho toyed with hb spoetr.eJc.-;,
out wnen suoiects def y too law r.u' uo niv'
ment too, do guv'mcnt should bo c!:el io u
occashun. Does any one elso in db hail trail
10 -peni irom ue uecisuun or dis chaV utiucv
do head of 'Communications?'"
Not a hoof moved. Detroit Frco Pres.
rasliionnblo Englinli on the Continent.
But what fashionable English noonlo 2iE I
do at tho end of their season is to go to tl
i-oiuineiu ior a moniu or two ncioro tno grci.
country lifo of tho autumn sets in. Tho ken
. .... 1 . . . ....
esi 01 me sjiortsmen, 01 course, will not rive
up grouse shooting, which becins on Aus. PJ
out, aucr an, every Douy lias not a giouso
moor, nor is everybody elso mvitc.l to 01
and somo even of tho fortunate do get tirr:
of grouse shooting; nnd in July when tho
tractions of parliament and politics cud do
bates lxgi:i to wane for tho men; when tho
women nro tired of balls, nnd dinners, ai:d
visits-, and shops, and cricket matches at
'Lord?,'' nt:d garden parties nt Mnrlboroanh
house, iM haps a third of tho very great ami
gay world turns its faco and feet toward tho
continent. Nearly every English pereoil of
rank or quality makes theso visits oneo in two
or three years. They go to Carlsbad, and
Kissingen, and Wiesbaden, and Homlmnr.
nnd Air lo Bains, and the other ioint.s wkeru
iicaniig waters nro rejiorted to restore or re
vive the failed strength and spirits and nu-
Ieiiicsoi tuoso wiio tuo called tlio "world."
mey uvo iiiero tlio simplest nud most
regular of lives; ns dill'ercnt ns ikksiIiIo from
that at an American watering place. In
deed, except In Arkansas, or somo other
placo to w hich only tho severest sufferers ni-o
sent, I doubt if thero exists at any public re
sort in America nny such lifo ns the niiwt
fortunate of Europeans in cireumstaneo nnd
station submit, to nt tho ordiimry German spa.
ineynvo 111 1110 plainest quarters', thev ea
mo plainest, unci commonest tare, often such
as their own servants at homo would refuse,
1 hey put aside nil their finery and go about
111 tlio plainest garb. 'I hey rise nt 0. ?ud
sometimes at 15 in tho niorning, and ro to h
i. v hi, nigin. .iney ini;c 1110 wnter bom
some spring 10 wuicn tliey nro obliged to
walk, and they must go out in nil weathers:
tho water may not lw brought, or it loses its
torce; tliey stand en queue, in bus trains.
mixed with what they consider tho 'common
people ;'' ambassadors mid princes, often
among shopkoyjierj nnd greasy Bohemians,
sem, 10 xno springs ior obesitv. They some
t.nies, as at tnrbbad, carry their own runs
I.... .. . . 1 .... 1!, lw. . . .
out 111. oiuer pinces, 111:0 ivissiuireii, tliev uro
tho sanio glasses as tho mass, nud the muss is
often very massy. Adam Badeuu's Loiter.
Courtcsj uud Courage.
I know of a fit. Paul nrtbt (ho onlv claims
to 1 an amateur) who not long nco inwtd
several lady mends to visit his studio and
inspect his works, as well as several rare pur
chases that ho had mado in Munich Hia
deal's came, nil hi a flutter, to spend n pVti
aiit hour. On nu ncl was restimr one of the
llmt of kb foreign collection, though to the
unpracticed eyo it would seem oidy to much
color. It had cost him quite a turn, and he
intended eventually to present it to hb
mother. His guests gazed on evervthimr.
admired and chattered nud talked until they
camo to this. Tlien one. nn innocent ilnrlin-
with tho liluest eyes, cnrelesslv jabbinir her
iwrasol jioiut net only nt it, but through' it,
remarked: "Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean
to do that. Pray forgive me, Mr. Blank."
"My dear niodnm," ho replied, "don't worrv.
Thot is only nn olT hand work of my own
not worth anything nt all." Wasn't that
courtesy and courage t That "oft hnu,u"
picture liad only cost him S-NX). Pioneer
Press.
Tlio Stealer of XcwitpupcrN.
Guests iu largo lxxirdiug houses find it difil-
cult to wuid their papers unless they sit up
all night and watch tlw front stoop when it
comes. 1 hnvo tried the plan of having my
naino marked 011 the imiHir, but tln has
availol 1110 nothing. The sjiot on which was
placed my luimo woulii torn olf nml tho
gentleman who was complacently lending
and iuiuioK)lizlug my ironrty would look up
from Lis plate as I came iu nnd, iu a voico of
anxious inquiry, nk ma w hether I had rend
tho news. Ou 1 reviving a negative answer
ho would olitely hand 1110 tlie )mR-r hf-ld b
him with the remark that I was at Utvrtv to
ilw "hi impel. M Without exaKcvratioii this
sauto thing bus nocurml to iim fur weeks at n
tlmo. IhosaiiMt fellow wUi daily steab my
pcr I uudeiDtaml jwrfonns the tame p.ty
bttvuy at hu, liai l-er's and 111 the cafe wiielo
ho is l.nnw ii Thut he i I IV.7V II tlu subk-ct
of sl.-uUii-m siWMTs I bmo liolth-. suvrhteiLi
uU. - B. it-kly u Eali',
TltlP WITH A PRIEST
AMONG THE AVERAGE
THE GSEAT EAST
POOR OF
SIDE.
A Tour Anion! Typical Tenement rami
Ilratlbnrilerly Condition of a Washer
nnman'i Home A Neat I'lace A
Jlotlier nnd Utiughter.
It was about tho middle of tho nfternooii
when the priest topped before a big tene
ment building not far froi the East river.
An alley ran directly through this building
to tho back yard. Tho passage was low,
dark and narrow. The yard was about fifteen
feet square. It camo to mi end nt a live story
building, which stood." therefore, off tho
street and between blocks, ntirely sur
rounded with solid rows of tenement houses.
It seemed like n house in n well. Thb struc
ture swarmed with the life of twenty fami
lies. Besides ser lug as a habitation for up
ward of 100 human beings, it had been found
convenient n n hitching jo-.t tor numerous
clothes lilies. From nil the buildings by
which it was surrounded ran Hues that wero
attached to it In various places. Theso lines
wore double, running around a pulley at tho
further end, so that a woman In tho third
tor" by pulling ou tho empty line could
bring all her drying linen within her reach
one piece at a time. Certainly n convenient
arrangement, but it was productive of a
picturesque array of clothing of nil sorts sus
pended nt heights vnrying from ono to six
stories, and by so much the more shutting
off light and air. Such is one of the most
common features of the tenement districts.
Were it not thus thero would lw no placo
whatever for tho hanging out of a wush, for
the i-oof.s ond lck yards combined would
not go around to one-quarter of the tenants;
and it saves going up nnd down ktairs with
big baskets of clothes to roof or yard, ns tho
case might lc. But it does not save going
down stairs even from tho seventh or eighth
or tenth stories to dispose of refuse, for the
onlv connection with the sewer for theso
dwi lling places is through outhouses in back
yard-.
"Let us go in here." said the priest, leading
tlie way to tho door of tho nnrrow building at
tho back of tho yard. It need not lw said
that the stairway was steep and dark. At tho
top of tho fifth flight the priest knocked at a
door.
"IComiu," exclaimed n strong, hearty voice,
ami tho nritst and his companion entered.
Nothing short of n photograph mid cataloguo
could do jutIro to tho confusion of that room.
Imagine, in the first place, that it is nbout
ten feet npiarc. The door, when pushed j-art
way ojien, comes to a stop against a mass of
clothing, or if not clothing odds anil ends of
cloth; iu the heap, which is about two feet
high, may bo detected remnants of shirts,
trousers, quilts, skirts, stockings, shoes, sheets,
towels, mosquito netting and nondescript ar
ticles, apparently without number. They aro
not the evidence that tho woman who stands
nt the other sldo of tho room is iu the wush
ing business, for tho things iu this heap nro
hopelessly ragged, very dirty and unfit for
use. The heap is crowned by a broken down
market basket, in which is lying a baby leys
than n year old. She is covered with tho
shrills of a quilt and she looks indifferently
out of her dull eyes at the visitois. A similar
heap of clothing is under tho window at tho
end i' tho room. Pots, shoes, plates, pans,
coal, kindling wood (a very little of each),
bottles, n brush, a pieeo of so.-ip and somo
other articles that havo slipd from tho
memory uro on tho lloor. Ono cannot step
without treading upon something besides tho
bends of tho lloor. Thero are n small stove,
a ltox cupboard in which a few dishes uro un
systematically arranged and a mantel shelf nt
0110 sido of tho room. Severn! cheap pictures
are on the walls. From a smaller and win
dowlcvs room in equally hopeless confusion
comes 11 child of about five years to sturo
glumly at tlio priest. Tho woman conking at
tho stovo is a stalwnrt German, clad appro
priately to her surroundings. Slio smiles
pleasantly and talks with all tho gusto mid
volubility of a typical gossip.
Tlio next placo visited was scrupulously
neat, A young woman with n grave laco
presided there. She had threo children, Her
husband was aw ay at his work. Ho is ti shoe
maker, nnd gets from his regular employ
ment $."nr week, lie pays $10 a mouth for
rent, and tho priest said that ho lielieved tho
young man added somewhat to his income by
coublmg until late at night iu his tenement
for his neighbors. Tho only child present was
n bright littlo youngster just able to walk.
Ho looked healthy. As tho priest wont out of
tho building n 0-ycar-old boy ran up to him
shouting, "Hulloa, Father!'' Ho belonged to
tho same family.
Up four flights in another building was nn
elderly woman w hoso room was fairly neat.
but crowded with kitchen and bedroom
furniture, fc'ho told how her son had fallen
into a collar tho day boforo and had to lie
taken to n hospital, nnd how throo days Iw
fore her husband had gono down with a stag
ing and injured uimxeir so that ho had to stay
la bed.
"Whore is ho now?'' asked tho priest.
"Oh, ho got up this morning uud went to
won: agnm."
Thb family consisted of husliand, wifo and
five children. Tlio husband, when ho did not
lose time from calamities, mndo Sl'J a week.
nud, with tlio work of tho mother i-:id tho
eldest Ihiy, the total income por weok roso to
t i 0. Tho writer itked :
'V6uld it be poMsiblo by a moro sensiblo
ouUry of the incouio for the.so people to livo
iioro eoritort'.uijyi is any of it wasted in
arink or othe:1 form of dissipation.-"'
Unov pjoplo are temperate," implied the
rciesl r.ravciy. " lietlier they might not, if
thoy know moro aliout domestic economy,
manage to get moro for their money, I do not
know ; but there is an aged father niul mother
whose support, rent and all, has to como out
of that SIS a week."
At tho very top of n lofty building within
a stono's throw or tho water front wero n,
mother nud her daughter nt work makinc
shirts. Tho daughter was about 17 years old,
nnd 1111 dor Iwtter circunistniicus sho might
havo Iwan pretty. Sho roso with a smilo to
greet tho priest, who inquired nbout her
health.
I uni fooling well, today, father." sho said.
'but tlie reason 1 havo not boon to church for
two Sundays b that 1 was sick nbeil. I can
not go out every dny now, as I cannot toll
when I hhnll lw better. I was so sick last
night Hint they thought I would not livo till
morning."
Yus," interrupted tho inothor in n tromn.
lous voice, "wo thought sho would surely die."
.nu yoi you nro nt work nowf' ho asked.
"Yes," was the cheerful reply. "Wo must
do nil wo can or wo shall not get rich."
Hirtherquestioiw developed tho fact that
theso two, who had only theinselve to depeuil
upon, maungo.1 by coiititiuous work during
the light of twodays, to do seventy-two cents.'
worth 01 work. And i&ey sighed ns they ex
plained that work was not alwavs stmdv.
Tho gii T voioo was wk, lier frame thin aud
wasted, bet face colorktw, nud ns tlw nritjst
nml lib roiniwcion want down atairs thoy
could on'y look signlftcautly at ieh other,
Itoth silently wondering wkUwr sho would
live to tnk her communion ut church on tha
cxmuig Sunday. New York Suiu