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I - Uw uj ttbf ' o k Z J er l *" I < . IsSSt W* Ei '-■ -i w p a ; ! >i -8 k 4- t- o S O J H / ~ ''x. K m ■ ui / *'k m w a. D F a. < m If YOU LACK THESE ESSENTIALS OF 9 PULCHRITUDE THEY MAY BE SUPPLIED- ■ ADORSSB: The Schiles Laboratory, F L . Dipt. Box 208. Cinoinn* ti, O- Jg * Him/ can be made by a woman Ml fl A Wrr K in every town doing writ- WIU M if L>Lil\ ing for us. Address HAAS, MILLER & CO., Canal Dover, O. s|l A Big Bottle; ONIONITE. Sure Cure Con sumption, LaGrippe, Hay Fever, Sore Throat, Colds,Bowels & Head Regulator, Catarrh,Kidney & Liver Trouble. A. E. Peck, Naugatuck, Conn. I AFIItQ can make good salary by writing for us at LAUILd their own homes. Address WHITE’S TOILET CO., South Bend, Ind., proprietors of Wltite's “Lily of the Valley,” for complexion. In close stamp. I I nI fO Receive »18 a Week to do writing for me I n 111l“\ at home. Send addressed stamped enve- Ln U I LO lope to Ethel A. Sprague, South Bend, Ind. SOME BARGAINS-Cheapest place on earth to buy; Knee pants, 14 cts; Men’s jeans pants, 49 cts; flannel overshirts, 19 cts; smoking tobacco, per lb., 10 cts; boys suits, 89 cts; send for price list. C. A. Willard Co., Wonewoc, Wis. nf*|| 50 cents in silver for a beau -111 Al t if u i specimen of off-hand flourish- shorthand fresh from the nf*|| SHpen, and bearing your name. Size fl N ■ '■loxl2 inches, on cardboard ready Li 11 l f for framing. This offer good for a lIIAH If if short time only. Address at once Inf lln K 11 Williss College of Shorthand, 11 Ullll Springfield, Ohio. M Paid for OH Stamjs I ■'”> buy all kinds of old Postage Stamps, especially old United States and Confederate Stamps used during the civil war! High prices paid! There are a great many stamps for which we pay from $5. to $l6O. each. Address with samples of what you have. I A niCQ I have a secret which will insure the LAUILu happiness of your life. Send stump. MM3!. LeNOIR, Hampton. Va. wtfvWW 4p> «« wk These Health Reform JUWLa' Garments, made in Jean, ■VlfliKT Satteen and Lace, to .W&g gether with other spe cialties, comprise one of ble for Lady Canvassers. Agents wanted every where. Write tor terms, Catalogue and Price Lists. Mention Woman’s Work. RELIANCE CORSET CO., Jackson, Mich. ALL FREE TO YOU We have Imported an immense quantity of beauti ful handkerchiefs, same as used by the Japanese. These handkerchiefs are made of what is known as sAi/u --silt, a peculiar they can be made up in unique and tasty combination!. The Design* are mostly floral, and of several colon. Ladle* are de- T T -• ' J ■' Y V » ~ •» .J lighted with them. We also call attention to the beautiful Table Mata, il lustrated here. These are also «Japanese, made of crepe, and are hand painted by skilful artists. One of these mats is a delightful ornament on any parlor table. In order to introduce Amkbican Nation in thousands of homes where it does not now go, we will give 18 handkerchiefs and one Table Mat and one beauti- ful 18k rolled gold plated Ring (U articles in all), absolutely f.ee to any person who sends 25 cents for a six months’ trial subscription to • American Nation, or if you send 50 cents for a yearly subscription, we will send you two dozen H and - kerchiefs,five Table Mats and two Ring* (31 articles in all). We guarantee satisfaction. We want you to become a subscriber, and therefore we do not offer the goods for sale, but will give them away on the voisditiona named above. We pay postage. We will do exactly as we advertise or for feit S 10.00. Send postal note, money order, registered letter or stamps. Address: AMERICAN NATION, Box 1729, Boston, Mass. For Woman’s Work. SUNBEAMS. The sunbeams creep through latticed bars And o’er my oaken floor, These golden lances reach to me. The breezes with soft footsteps Glide through my open door, My guests to be. These wander to and fro at will. The ticking of the clock, Grown dim with age, disturbs them not, They often cross my window sill, They never fail to knock At my low cot. It mattersnot uncarpeted The threshold is, and bare, Their whisperings are low and sweet, They fan and cool my fevered cheek, And sunbeams gild each faded chair And window seat. It matters not that ivy twines In place of costly bands Above my curtains, thin and white. Where sunbeams fall, where breezes soft Caress the tired hands, Toil Beemeth light. Matilda J. Meader Smith. .for Woman’s Work. LILIAN McILVAIN TELLS HOW TO GIVE A TEA. dear, you look so troubled. What is it! Surely Tommy has cut bi® last tooth,” said Miss 6 Lilian Mell vain to her friend, Mrs. John Kane, as they sat sewing and chatting in the latter’s pretty sitting room one bright winter morning. “Yes, Tommy is all right—sweet boy,” answered Nora ; “but lam worried about something. John told me to-day that his friends, the Whelans, would be here next week for a short visit, and that I must give them a tea party.” “And you don’t want the bother ?” queried Lilian sympathetically. “No, I don’t; but not only that, it is hard to decide whom to invite, for our dining room is small, and I owe lots of tea parties. Really, since Tommy was born I have had no one here in the evenings. Now, if I ask the Browns and the Greys, the Smiths and the Thompsons will feel cut; or should I reverse things, the result would be the same ; I am sure to offend some one.” “Easily settled,” cried Lilian, eagerly, “give a tea, not a tea-party, and invite ev erybody.” “Why, what do you mean by a tea ? You have just come from Baltimore and are acquainted with the ‘smart set,’ as the English say. But, remember, we live in a small village, and such goings on would startle the natives.” “Nonsense,” argued Lilian, “really, it is time they were startled; joking aside, Nora, why should we work ourselves to death over a hot supper, and then only make enemies, when a simple, afternoon tea will be a novelty, comparatively little trouble, and no one need be left out. Be sides, it is cheaper in the end. Do try it.” “Well,” said Nora, with awakening in terest, “if I knew how to go about it I would be tempted, for, as you say, a hot supper is troublesome, expensive, and in variably gives offense. Tell me just what to do, and how to arrange things.” “Begin at the beginning, as the children say,” quoted Lilian. “In the first place, write an informal note to each person, such as this : Dear Mrs. Will you’and your husband take afternoon tea with us at four o’clock Thursday, to meet Mr. and Mrs. Whelan from Philadelphia ? Cordially yours, Nora Kane. That is the idea ; or, if you like, you can word each note differently. “Delightful,” declared Nora; “what next?” “You must have two or three tables in your parlor, for you need not use the din ing room at all. Cover each table with one of your pretty embroidered linen cloths, or a large, fine napkin. Put one of them in a corner near the fire-place, and the others a little further off. One would look well near the window. On the first table have your brass kettle, with its alcohol lamp ready for use, your little sil ver cream pitcher and sugar bowl, and your Japanese tea pot; also put on five or six of your daintiest cups, and have near them slices of lemon, with some extra tea in a small caddy.” “I suppose the lemon is for the Russian tea, which is so fashionable?” inquired Nora, now quite delighted with Lilian’s directions. “Yes, of course ; on the next table, what can be nicer than Maryland biscuits, made into sandwiches with potted ham or tongue ; or, if you don’t mind being slight ly extravagant, pate-de-foi-gras can be gotten at the grocer’s, and is simply deli cious when spread on the biscuits. Then you might have thin ginger cakes, or jum bles; or, if you like, one of your nice lady cakes with hickory nuts in the icing. This fibrous material, the secret for mak ing which is known only to those clever arti sans, and they jealously guard the se cret, so that thesa goods cannot be made by any American manu facturer. Bach han<l k e r - chief is between 15 and 17 inches square, and is decorated by pretty designs. Many of the wealthiest people use them for par lor decorations, as WOMAN’S WORK. I would cut in small slices. On two or three glass dishes I would have different kinds of bon-bons. Your nut candy would be good, or some of your lovely caramels, and don’t forget to buy some large, old fashioned mint drops—they are quite a ‘fad’ ata tea now. Then, if you have room on this table, you could put on some fancy plates, doylies, and anything pretty in the way of odd spoons or small pieces of sil ver. On your third table have extra plates, cups, &c., and on each I would have a few flowers in china vase or glass bowls, as nothing adds so much to the beauty of these things as flowers scattered carelessly about. “Oh, how easy it sounds.” exclaimed Nora, now deep in the spirit of this (to her) new entertainment. “But what about the colored teas I have heard of so often; how are they managed?” “Nothing more simple,” continued Lil ian ; “get a dozen or so of large pink roses, and place a few on each table; use your pink china as far as it will go, with your tray cloths worked in pink—which I know you have; add a plate of small ‘lady fin gers’ cakes, and tie them in bundles with narrow pink ribbons. Put on each table one of your fancy candlesticks with a pink candle, and shade your lamps with pink paper. Then suppose you have pink icing on your lady cake, and some ribbon can dy in that shade, or buy some pink al monds. If you like, a bow on your kettle and on any high dish would not be a bad idea. But sometimes there is danger of overdoing it by having too many fur belows; so, judge the effect as you arrange the room and the tables,” continued this wise instructor. “I am going to try it, and you must help me. But,is tea enough, or would you have chocolate as well, with whipped V j *-'*J| W & - jt ' Jr r x>yz^x 7 \JT •• £'/’'/ f - x£*Z- •-Sotyuvyix/f BEAUTY IS BUT SKIN DEEP Will Your Face Bear Close Inspection? Get a Hand Mirror and take a good look at yourself. Your features may be perfect and your form all that anyone could ask, yet you are not pretty when your face is covered with Freckles and Pimples, or disgusting “Flesh Worms” and Black Heads. There is no good reason why your skin should not be as soft and white as a Baby’s. It was that way When You Came Into The World, And would be so now if you had taken care of it. Freckle discolorations are buried under the skin, and to be removed, the skin must be softened, the pores opened up, when these unsightly secretions will exude through the skin and disappear. What is true of Freckles, is also true of Black Heads, Flesh Wormsand Pimples. It is only necessary to open up the channels of Perspiration, when nature throws off all Skin Imperfections, and a lovely complexion is the result. Every year hundreds of dollars are paid out for blood medicines by persons whose faces are covered with pimples. If these people stopped to consider, would they not know that these pim ples do not come from imperfections of the blood? If the blood caused them, would not the whole body be covered with similar pimples, as the blood courses with equal force overthe whole system? Do they not know that the trouble is only a local one, and must be treated locally if they would be cured ? Does not common sense tell them that the pores of the face have been clogged up—that when the skin is hard and stagnant, that these small masses of corruption must be the result? Madam De Pompadour’s Lanolate of Roses is nature’s own remedy for skin imperfections. It does not cover up and gloss over, but strikes at the root of the disease and dispels it. It is put up in china cases, presents an attractive appear ance, and is really delightful to use. It softens the skin, when the pores open up naturally, and all imperfections disappear. Price by mail, postpaid, 81 per box. Address, LANOLATE ROSE COMPANY, Box 430, Atlanta, Qa cream ?” “Interested motives alone would make me say chocolate, by all means. It is a good plan. I will pour out the tea; have the chocolate and cream on the last table, and get Nellie Brown to serve it.” ‘ Every suggestion will be literally fol lowed,” assured Nora, “and I long to get out my invitations for the first ‘tea’ given in Sleepy Hollow; so you must help write my notes for this easy way of entertaining. Amy D'Arcy Wetmore. I ARIFQ WILL you address circulars for us at Ln UI Lu home? Good salary and work the entire year. Inclose addressed envelope —own writing. Ladies Co-Operative Toilet Co.,Kalamazoo,Mich. Qtlin RHaIo To C. W. Moulton, Buffalo, N. uLNU uUului Y., for a copy of “Too Much For The Colonel,” by Rose Heath. MLf AkI TFITI To exchange correspondence in WW Ari I K*U German for practice. American, Beloit, Kan. runTEDA is coming Examine your food V n ULCH A and drink, with the little wonder combination microscope. Useful and instructive. Price, $1 by mail. N J. Specialty Co., Jersey City, N.J. Any Book you want to read Loaned to You in city or country, anywhere in the United States, for long or short time, as you de sire, at an average cost of about One Cent a Day. Catalogue, 160 pages, and full particu lars sent for a 2-cent stamp; you are not limited to this but may order any book suit able for general circulation. Newsdealers, Booksellers, Postmasters and others act as Agents. Club Agents wanted everywhere Address, American Cooperative Library, 57 Rose St., New York. Mention this paper. 13