Marrying on Expectations Brings Woe
to Many Thoughtless Couples
By LAURA
(Copyright, 1916.)
"Oft expectation tails, and most oft
there
Where most It promises, and oft it
hits
Where hope Is coldest and despair
most sits."
, It seems strange to me how many
young men and women of good sense
are utterly lack
ing in judgment
when It comes to
marrying. A man
meets an attrac
tive young woman,
courts her as
many weeka as
his father gave
years to his court
ship, and off they
go to get the holy
knot tied which
admits of no un
tying. The young man
may have but a
meager Balary,
but the bride Is
sanguine that be
cause Harry Is so
mart he cannot help but succeed.
Harry knows that his salary is hardly
adequate to support two comfortably,
but he has sanguine hopes that dad-tn-law
will come to their rescue, provid
ing his own father proves a bit stub
born about helping out.
Another weds on the haphazard be
lief that his rich bachelor uncle is to
A Few Smiles.
Dad's Inquiry,
Dad came to the
city to visit his son
a young man of
fashion and stylo,
whose coat was a
very elaborate one,
and so were his
collar and tile.
Said he: "Dad,
you plainly can see
It 1b true, how well
1 now prosper and
t h r 1 v e." "Yes,"
aid the old man,
I see that you do.
But where Is the
hack that you drive?1
Easy.
"I see where a firm advertises BO as
sorted hotel labelB for $1. You stick
them on your suitcase and pose as a
widely traveled man."
"What If people ask you questions
about the places you pretend to have
TlBlted?"
"Oh, you simply memorize the name
of the principal hotel In each city and
thoro Is nothing 'more you need to
know."
Hoplnj AgalnBt Hope.
"Your wife is troubled with a pe
culiar throat ailment," Bald the phy
sician. "She must talk as little as
possible."
"Say, doctor," queried the anxious
husband, "la there any possible chance
cf its becoming chronic?"
No Wonder.
' "Wow!" exclaimed the victim In the
Chair, "that razor puIIb!"
" 'Sense me, boss," snld the ton
orinl artist as he paused to examine
the piece of hardware, "Ah ows yoh
all a pology. Dis am de razzer Ah
wore f de ball las' night."
Like Cures Like,
"My
heart Is
filled with bitter
ness," said the fair
but ftckle maid.
"What you neod:
rejoined the young
physician of the
homeopathic
school, "1b a big
dose of quinine."
An Honest Dealer.
"Is that marble?" asked a customer,
pointing to a small bust of Kentucky's
famous Btatobjian.
"No. sir," repllod the conscien
tious dealer, "that's Clay."
The Masculine View.
Singleton Women seem to bo born
with the bargain Instinct.
Wederly That's right. My wife
has Just reduced her age from thirty-
Ave to twenty-nine.
Collars Remain Low.
In any well-thought-out scheme of
dresB the collar Is of paramount Im
portance. Last year It rose to unpre
cedented eminence, threatening even
to hide the face of the wearer from
the gaze of an admiring world. But
there are limits even to fashion, and
this year s compromise has been ar
rived at. While It points an upward
way at the back and at either side
the collar remains open in front, the
intervening space across the neck be
ing frequently bridged by a couple of
narrow bands of silk or velvet fas
tened by fancy studs. A novelty In
neckwear Is the stole-end collar. Made
of tulle or ribbon, or chiffon, or lace,
tt fastens close and high round the
throat and Is provided with long, flut
tering ends reaching to the waist or
below tt.
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JEAN LIBBEY
make him bis heir and that he can
struggle along somehow until Uncle
John's fortune comes to hand. Expec
tancy gets a crashing blow when Uncle
John brings home a wife himself. But
there's his wife's Aunt Sally. She
will not play them such a trick. Her
fortune will come to aid them when
they will be in the most need of it.
Who can account for the whims of
ancient aunts? Spinster Sally takes on
a noV lease of life when a well-to-do
widower commences to call upon her
and bids fair to outlive the bride and
groom and their children after them.
In her case, expectations tremble in
the balance. A woman who is not a
man-hater can usually be induced to
wed under the right ausplceB.
Those who wed In the expectation
of getting support from outside sources
more often than not are forced to "sup
sorrow with the spoon of grief," as an
old philosopher has tersely sized up
the situation and expressed himself
thereupon, Rich old fathers-in-law may
become bankrupt or, if widowers, wed
again, which is quite as heavy a blow
to an expectant son-in-law. Aunts and
uncles have hobbles and pet charities.
Brothers and Bisters prove that they
are only Interested In looking out for
No. 1.
There's only one way to succeed and
that is to roll up one's sleeves and hoe
his own row paddle his own canoe
vigorously against the tide and, as T.
R. has knowingly phrased it, "Trust
to Providence, but at the same time
depend on yourself."
Mother's Cook Book.
Custards.
There are no more wholesome des
serts for both the young and old than
various custards. The flavor and man
ner of serving may be varied so that
they seem at each appearance like
Bomethlng new. Some like chocolate
flavor, others are fond of caramel,
while nutmeg, cinnamon and flavoring
extracts make a variety of flavors.
If a molded custard Is desired it
must be rich in eggs, if a simple
steamed or baked cup custard, two
eggs with a pint of milk gives a smooth,
nice consistency. One of the secrets
of a smooth velvety custard is to cook
It Just enough, and always over water
or the cups set In water. A coarse cus
tard that has separated into curds and
whey la neither attractive nor whole
some as the egg and albumen of the
milk are both overcooked. Set the
cups Into water and put into a moder
ate oven, and when they are firm near
ly to the center remove, for the heat in
the custard will usually be sufficient
to finish cooking It, after it has been
removed If It is not taken from the
water. Many fall In cooking custard
because they forget that the egg and
milk still cooks if left in the water
bath even after taking from the oven.
When making caramel it la well to re
member that the custard needs sweet
ening besides the caramel, as brown
ing sugar destroys some of its sweet
ness. Round Steak en Casserole.
Place two pounds of round steak on
a board, Beason with salt and pepper
and pound a cupful of flour or more
into it turning on each side and using
a meat pounder or the edge of a sau
cer. Whon the flour Is all used cut
Into serving Blzed pieces, put Into the
casserole, adding Just enough water to
cover the bottom, cover finely chopped
onion, place the cover over and bake
three hours. Add water occasionally.
If nocessary. By browning the meat
In a little hot fat the flavor of the
dish is changed and adds variety. The
meat will be tender and there will be
a delicious gravy.
Lamb Broth With Barley and Vege
tables.
Soak a third of a cupful of barley
In a cupful or more of water over
night; set to cook early the next
morning, pouring over the barloy and
water a quart of boiling water; let
cook on an asbestos mat and add wa
ter as neoded. Half an hour before
dinner, add one-fourth of a cupful each
of carrots cut In cubes, onion in
shreds, celery In bits, and a table-
spoonful of finely minced parsley. Let
cook until the vegetables are done
add two quarts of lnmb broth with salt
and pepper to season.
Add a half a cupful of ripe olives
to fricasseed chicken and note the im
provement In flavor.
Hit or Miss.
The goodness of some people Is ex
ceedlngly tiresome.
Analogy Is merely a mothod of con
vincing without proof.
A man's shoes may get tight from
taking water, but he doesnt.
If the donkey were king of the brute
creation more men might truthfully
boast of royal blood.
One writer says that Satan's fall was
probably due to his having accident
ally slipped on a peal of thunder.
It takes the wasp to make a lazy
man get a move on himself. All it has
to do Is back up against him and push,
The average man does Just as many
queer things when he isn't In love as
when he is, but they are not Quite so
conspicuous.
GAY COLORS BANNED
UNIFORMS OF SOLDIERS ARE NO
LONGER CON8PICUOU8.
Elaborate Costumes That Were Worn
by Combatants of the Last Two
Centuries Are No Longer Seen
on the Battlefield.
The soldier's dress has been simpli
fied to bare necessities. It was other
wise in the old times. The military
regulations of the eighteenth and the
greater part of the nineteenth centu
ries furnish one long record of altera
tions of costume, of solemn injunc
tions as to laces, loops, frogs, buttons,
facings, epaulets, "wings," and what
not.
The dressing cf the soldier's hair
was a special object of concern. Un
til the end of the eighteenth century
the hair was an elaborate arrange
ment of grease and powder. Three
shillings per man was the allowance
in 1794 for these two toilet adjuncts,
and the cost to the country four shil
lings four 1 pence for pipe-clay and
whiting with which to furbish up his
white breeches and leather appur
tenances. To make up for this out
lay he was expected to make shift
with the renewal of only half of his
waistcoat the fore part the hind
part having to be made out of that
of the preceding yearl So ran the
regulations of 1783.
In 1795 powder was discontinued by
the non-coms and the rank and file,
but it was still the regulation for
officers. When the Twenty-ninth now
the Worcestershire one of the trim
mest regiments In the army, was sta
tioned at Weymouth In 1797 an order
was Issued directing that the hair was
to bo dressed "with one curl on each
side; the toupee turned and not too
long; the club to be tied high and to
be more broad at the top than at the
bottom; the rosette to be all ribband
and not more than eight inches in di
ameter, the ribband and rosette to be
perfectly black and put on after pow
dering.'' The Grenadiers and light infantry
officers were to have their hair dressed
'the same as the men, excepting their
side locks, which may come down bo
as to cover the open part of the ear,
but never lower, and must be frizzed
so as not to blow about." Queues were
worn until 1808.
The soldier's hat has been the sub
ject of continual experiment and
change, from the picturesque hat of
1686, with its broad brim turned up
on one Bide and ornamented with
white ribbon, to the mean looking
Brodertck cap. In 1751 the 'three
cornered cocked hat was in favor;
then came the imposing miter cap,
converting the wearer into a sort
of miniature pope; and this was fol
lowed by a bearskin of a similar
shape. In 1778 light infantry wore
leather caps almost as small as skull
caps, with a large round peak. The
officer's hat of 1798 was a most elabo
rate and expensive affair, ornamented
with the finest black ostrich feathers,
with a standup feather of red and
black.
The shako, the most hideous hat
ever contrived, .commenced its long
reign In 1800, when it supplanted the
cocked hat. Originally it was of
lacquered felt, with a peak, a large
brass plate in front and a red and
black tuft on the crown rising from a
small black cockade; and after many
variations It disappeared In 1878,
when the cork helmet became the
regulation hat, In Its turn to be su
perseded by the khaki cap, which, all
things considered, Is about the best
headgear yet dovlsed. London Globe.
Opportunity for Americans.
It is reported to Washington from
Pekh.g by Commercial Attache Julian
H. Arnold that an American bank
Is needed in China if American trade
is to be extended. He declares that
there are splendid chances in China
today for Amcricen capital, and that
never In the history of China have the
Chinese been better disposed to Amer
ica and things American. Mr. Arnold
says that there are numerous chances
for Americans to establish industrial
plantB, "China offering the best field
In the world for cotton manufac
turing." There are tens of thousands
of niiloa of railroads to be built; there
are tramways, telephone Hues, elec
tric plants, glassmaking establish
ments, oil mills, and flour mills to be
erected, while there are rich mineral
deposits to be mined and native prod
ucts to bo exported.
Costa Rlcan Industry.
The decline' of the banana Industry
in Costa Rica for several yeara past
has becomo very noticeable and its
effects are Btrongly felt in the busi
ness life of the country, for Costa
Rica formerly led In the production of
bananas. Plantations have become af
fected by an incurable disease, and as
a result the largest growing and ship
ping company has found It more prof
itable to cultivate new plantations in
other countries, building new wharves
and constructing new railways, than
to attempt to stamp out the disease,
Tho banana business is therefore
gradually leaving Costa Rica.
How Double Windows Save Coal,
Experiments show that when fitted
with doublo windows an equable tem
perature of 70 degrees can be main
tained with tho samo amount of coal
formerly required to maintain a tem
perature of 60 degrees. It is estimated
that the cost of fitting the lower story
of a house with double windows can
bo paid for in five winters by the sar
in e in onaL
PUTS THE INTELLECT FIRST
Educator Asserts That Its Training Is
of More Importance Than It
That of the Body.
Commenting on the theory, now bo
popular, that educators should concen
trate on the training of hands rather
than the training of minds, if the
young persons of our land are to grow
Into useful men and women, Mary
Leal HarkneBS, writing in the Atlan
tic, gives it as her opinion that "it is
a tremendous fallacy that the pos
sessor of only the trained hand can
hope with any well-fcunded confidence
to be included in that desirable com
pany which Is both interesting and in
terested. 'If you could persuade every wom
an to sweep a floor properly, I doubt
much if she could still be guaranteed
an agreeable companion for a rainy
Sunday," continues the writer. "If
you could teach every 'white wing' in
any city to remove the dirt of the
streets in the most dustless and sani
tary manner known to science, I still
question whether you would wish him
to come to your library for an eve
ning of uplifting conversation. And
he would be equally lacking in re
sources for self-entertainment in his
unemployed hours.
"If there Is anything beneath the
stars more pitiable than the elderly
man or woman with no intellec
tual resources from which to draw
occupation and interest, I have not
yet seen it. On the other hand, there
is nothing which so effectively robs
the prospect of old age of its terrors
as the Bight of the scholarly wearer of
whitened hair which crowns a head
still vigorous and young through the
happy preservative agency of a
trained and much-used intellect
"No mechanical process can guar
antee to us an interesting life, or
Insure us against boredom. But Just
because it ia something more than a
mechanical process a college educa
tion of the right sort comes nearer
doing this than any other agency we
know certainly nearer than any drill
in cow-milking or scientific cooking.
Its value to us and to the future of
our country is beyond estimation. If
the time ever comes when 'vital' is
taken to be synonymous with 'lucra
tive;' when the life of the mind and
the training of the mind are set be
low those of the body; when intelli
gence, as a means to a full and sat
isfying life, is superseded by prophy
laxis and hygiene then we may well
wish that we had listened to a wiser
teacher."
Servant Problem Solved.
Just to show how lucky are those
parts of France which the Germans
have overrun with fire and sword, an
Ingenious German press agent has in
vented the following story, the scene
of which Is laid in what is left of a
once smiling village in the north of
France. A worthy dame whose house
has survived the gunnery practice of
the kaiser's artillerymen possibly be
cause of Its remoteness irom me
quaint old village church, now a heap
of ruins Is talking to another of her
species, presumably equally fortunate
in having a roof over her graying
head.
"You've no notion," says the first
dame, "how clean and In what perfect
order everything is In our house. I
never in all my born days saw the
Dlace so sole and span."
The Becond dame nods to show her
natural and proper Interest In this bit
of housewifely gossip.
"I'm so glad, my dear!" says she,
"that at last you've got a really good
servant."
"Servant!" exclaims the first dame
with Gallic vivacity. "Who said serv
ant? It's the dear German soldiers
that's billeted in the house. They
done the cleaning!" New York Eve
ning Post.
Guncotton as Bait.
A part of the equipment of some
cavalrymen Just returned to France
from a few days' furlough In England
Is a fishing-rod and Beveral varieties
of floats. But there are others who
prefer to fish for the pot In more sud
den and ruthless manner. Their meth
od is very different They operate in
those parts of the canals where roach
and dace are thought not always
with reason to be numerous. The
final attack, as in all modern aggres
sive operations, is opened by the ex
penditure of explosives. But In this
case the expenditure is not great. A
small wad of guncotton neatly ex
ploded under water is enough to ac
count for all the fish within a consid
erable radius; and a few moments
after the discharge the undersides of
the roach and dace appear on the
surface. The Idea was suggested by
the accidental havoc wrought among
the fish by a certain Jack Johnson.
The Lion of St. Mark's.
The famous winged Lion of St.
Mark, symbol cf the old Venetian re
public, which was endangered by the
Austrian air attack on the city of the
lagoens, is one of the most composite
monuments in existence. It is of
bronze with eyes of white agates
though Venetians tell you they are
diamonds and it is believed to have
ornamented some ancient Assyrian
palace before It came to Venice and
was raised on the top of a column in
the Square of St. Mark.
The whole figure, as it now stands,
belongs to many epochs, renovated
again and again, and the only portion
of the original animal remaining is the
head except the crown and part of
the body. When last renovated in
1S91 the whole lion was found to be a
mass of disconnected fragments bound
together with iron bands.
Afternoon Gown
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A photograph sometimes fails to
picture that which makes a pleasing
Impression in a gown. This occurs
when blending of colors, or contrasts
In the texture of materials used, pro
duce effects which the lens cannot re
produce. Blue and white striped silk
Is made up with blue chiffon in the
frock pictured. The particular shade
of blue used makes a fine contrast with
white, and' the two seem blended in
ornaments of silver braid and silver
tassels used for trimming the bodice.
The photograph does not convey the
value of the colors.
The skirt consists of two flounces
of the striped silk, corded at their
lower edges, set on to a full skirt of
chiffon which terminates at the upper
edge of the lower flounce. There la
in underbodice with full sleeves, of
the chiffon. Shaped pieces of silk are
corded at their edges with a small
cord covered with bias strips of silk
and set on to the underbodice. The
bodice is given a Jacket effect by
pieces at each side set on at the waist
line under the ornaments of silver
braid. They form, with the back and
Favorites on the
In the moving picture show of fash
Ions the small hat continues to be pro
jected upon the screen for a public
that shows no sign of lessening al
legiance to It. It has been a star in
the world of millinery, made of every
Known millinery material and trimmed
with every sort of trimming. Now
there is nothing further to do but to
begin all over again at the beginning,
and the beginning is a small shape of
Btraw or silk braid trimmed with rib
bon. Three smart models in which ribbon
amounts to more than an adornment
are shown here. In the first one a
shape of milan hemp has a narrow
brim that droops over the brow and
rolls up at the sides and back. It is
wide enough to shade the eyes. A
handsome faille ribbon lies in a cas
cade over the crown. At the front
little apples made of straw are set In
varnished leaves. From the same
position at the back three loops are
posed. One long and two short loops
are held upright by a small wire run
in a tuck, which is sewed In length
wise along the center of the ribbon.
A narrow braid Is sewed along the
tuck on the outside of each loop.
In the second hat a wide satin sash
rtbbon is folded about a wire frame
to form the side crown. The top of
the shape is covered with a small
plaque of straw braid. Narrow braid
forms a binding for the edgewire and
xtsnds in rows all about the hat to
Mil I Si V
1 ""iffiJiP
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of Two Materials
front, a Bhort peplum.
The collar and cuffs are of white
chiffon edged with bias bands of the
striped silk. There is an odd and orig
inal feature in the shaped ruffle of Bilk
set on at the elbows.
This gown suggests a practical way
for remodeling a silk dress that is too
antiquated in style to be worn without
altering. Four yards of chiffon or
georgette crepe will make the under
bodice and short skirt that serve as
the foundation. Where the amount of
silk is not sufficient to make two
flounces one flounce may be set on to
the short chiffon skirt without gather
ing. In this case the upper edge of
the silk flounce is cut into shallow
tabs, or battlement pattern, bound
with silk-covered cord and stitched to
the chiffon. The skirt of the old gown
is converted into a flounce for the
new one. Out of the bodice and
sleeves the silk for draping the new
bodice of chiffon is supplied.
Screen of Fashion
the top crown. It outlines the brim
where it Joins the crown. Two long
loops are supported by wire and
mounted at the back. They are fin
ished with a knot and short ends
which rest on the hair.
In the third hat, as in that Just de
scribed, ribbon forms a part of the
hape and makes the trimming. It Is
made, over a wire frame, of moire rib
bon and silk braid. Strips of ribbon
overlap to cover the top part of the
shape, and the lower half Is covered
with rows of braid. Loops of ribbon
spring from the crown, and a small
straw ornament is applied at the left
side.
Leather Baskets.
Morocco leather in a heavy grade la
used to make collapsible baskets. The
sides should be about two inches deep,
and when placed to form the basket are
fastened at the corners with metal
clasps. The handle Is run through two
leather slides on the Inside, and falls
flat when the basket la closed. It can
be made of covered cardboard as well
as of leather.
Patent Leather Motifs.
Patent leather motifs form a decora
tive scheme on some ot the gabardine
suit. , . .
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