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WOMAN’S - WOKLI).
When Marla Starts the Fire.—
At the unholy hour of four, the time when
all the world should snore, I'm awak
ened by a slamming door.
By my Maria.
She rises Phoenix-like from bed. rots on
a rig to knock you dead, then in a
moment she has fled
To build the tire.
I hear a rumble and a roar, like wrecks
upof, a roekbound shore*, then bang,
down fails a ton or more
Of coal for that d—d fire.
I hear a rattle, a roar, and slam, a mut
tered word that sounds like clam,
she's wrestling with that fiendish pan
Of ashes from the fire.
Then into the cold world she goes, and
bumps against a wind that blows
about her from those misfit clothes.
O, my, that blasted fire!
The pan of ashes veers about, I hear a
wild, blood-curdling shout, the con
tents have been emptied out
On my Maria!
She rises in her fearful wrath and kicks
the ashpan up the path; then comes
the rest, the aftermath:
She. sails In on the tire.
She works an hour and maybe more; I
hear the contest through the door; I
hear her struggling o'er the floor;
At last she builds the fire.
Then when It blazes cheerfully, ray dear
Maria steeps the tea, and cooks the
buckwheats hot for me,
On that old kitchen fire.
No sign of conflict in her air, how calm,
how sweet beyond compare, is my
Maria, so dear, so fair,
Who builds the kitchen fire!
—New Haven Register.
The finest articles of underwear are
made of silk, nainsook and linen lawn. It
makes a woman glad she Is a woman Just
to look at them, whether she can afford
to indulge herself In a single piece or not.
For a time silk lingerie fell somewhat into
disrepute, but is now possibly more fash
ionable than any other. Word comes from
Paris that the latest fad there Is for un
dergarments of flaming red silk in all the
new shades, varying from the soft reds
to the brightest scarlets, but these Me
phistophelean freaks have not yet reached
this shore. It Is said, however, that they
will be landed next fall. Pale pink, pale
blue, purple and yellow china silk sets,
both figured and plain, are displayed in
some of the most exclusive shops and
are being much worn. They consist of the
regulation pieces and two underskirts, one
being very short. No two sets are made
exactly alike. One designed of plain white
silk is particularly ethereal looking. The
chemise is cut very low and trimmed with
fine white lace, introduced In a square
shape over the bust. It has very short
Sleeves, merely a puff. Just such as our
grandmothers thought requisite to modes
ty in this, the prettiest of all woman s
garments. These little sleeves are a fea
ture of both muslin and silk chemises
this spring, and are also used In many of
the corset covers designed after new
models.
While tea Jackets do not properly come
under the head of underwear, they are
close kin. The newast models are made
of handsome brocaded silks, yellow be
ing in the lead when It comes to color.
They are cut with a straight box back
and a loose front, and are trimmed with
handsome lace or plaited chiffon and lined
with thin, soft silk. Jackets of silk and
wool mixture or fine French flannels are
trimmed with trillings of wash net. edged
with wash ribbon.
The most expensive bicycle suit on rec
ord has just been ordered at one ot the
swellest tailors In New York.
The girl who meets the bill Is worth a
million in her own right, is an athletic
beauty, and a reigning belle in the ultra
smart set.
The suit which makes the bill is the
most elaborate ever designed in this coun
try. It is lined with silk, finished with
jewels, and will cost a lump sum of *711'.50.
Two "Scott and Adle" shawls at $75
apiece will be employed in making the
skirt and jacket. And, by the way, these
English shawls are the very latest thing
for any sort of fancy outing suit.
The skirt will be stitched half way to
the knees, with the lines of stitching not
over a sixteenth of an inch apart; this is
the new device to stiffen the lower part
of the skirt without adding to the weight.
The edges of the Jacket are also stitched
and. together with the skirt, is elaborate
ly braided, which latter touch adds some
$25 to the expense.
Bloomers and linings of suit throughout
will be of silk—not less than sixteen yards
of silk to be used, which gives another
Item of $22.30. With the bloomers have
tieen ordered a half dozen Interlining of
the finest lawn, at $2.30 a pair.
boose Jackets are no longer the correct
thing for the crack bicyclist. The newest
waist is -tight-fitting always, and worn
with a series of vests and shirt fronts.
It.sounds very simple just to say, “I
shall order at least three vests for my
m w bicycle suit,” doesn’t it? Well, that
is what the "millionairess" in question
did, and these three vests are going to
cost her $23 apiece. The principal color
In her suit Is green, so she has ordered
one vest of sage green, one of geranium
red, embroidered in black and gold, and
one of white brood-cloth, embroidered In
► liver. With these vests she will wear
►now-white linen shirt fronts and black
satin ties.
And $23 is not so very extravagant for
a vest, when you stop to consider that
the garment is made when the material
Is wet und was to be moulded to the fig
ure.
A Panama straw hat, fawn color ami
trimmed with scarlet and green, will add
mie $lO item, and bicycle boots of finest
bather will add another of sls. Golf
■ .locking* In mixed greens and tans will
be worn In place of the high-top boot.
An entire box of these stockings have
b< en ordered, a* It is difficult to match
them exactly, fifteen dollars a half do
zen will buy the softest and best in the
shops.
Hut the crowning extravagance of this
purstrular "hiking" maid Is yet to come.
Her licit of elephant green bather Is
i laspetl with a buckle of oxidized stiver set
with i nurahls. The buckle Is In the form
of two bicycle whorl*; the rim of each
wheel I- bordered with small green stones,
single large emerald forming the hub.
The, trifling decoration to adorn the
"►lender wslst" of the pretty wheelwoman
will * i nd treble the prie, „f her wheel;
th.it is to suy. exactly srnxi.
Home one has been h inting up old rcc
oi l* regarding soeiety doings at the whlta
bouse, and finds (hat Martha Washington
lound. and whit has In these days erne to
o<- known as the reception, an Institution
nut known in the afternoon In the early
•.*> * of the republic. Mra. Washington
received from h to it. o'clock on Friday
tunings, lhe affairs being modeled on the
drawing rooms then known to the court
of France.
None was permitted to attend, rays an
old chronicle, except those who had high
social and diplomatic rank, and full dress
w as required of ail who passed the ordeal
of social Inspection. At Mrs. Washing
ton's drawing rooms “Mrs. Morris always
sat at her right hand, and at all dinners,
whether public or private, the venerable
Robert Morris was placed nearest to the
hostess.”
When Dolly Madison was the wife of a
President. In 1815, she was described as in
the meridian of her life and beauty. Radi
ant and beautiful, she dispensed hospitali
ty and exchanged courtesies with unrival
ed grace, according to the New York Com
mercial Advertiser. She looked and mov
ed like a queen. Her dress or) one occa
sion is described as of yellow velvet, with
garniture of pearls, and she wore an elab
orate headdress of feathers, "a Paris tur
ban, with a bird of paradise plume.” One
of her characteristics was that she never
forgot a face.
It was the custom of the day to take
snuff, and the beautiful Mrs. Madison ac
quired the habit by being too polite to re
fuse the frequently offered box. When
she was given a Jeweled snuffbox for her
own use she was diplomatically familiar
with Its service.
“Her snuffbox,” wrote a friend, "had
magic Influence; who could partake of the
offered dainty and remain at enmity?”
There was no lack of social splendor, and
six horses were not considered too many
In those days to convey a President and
his family from one scene of festivity to
another.
There was a much closer line drawn In
regard to rank than there ts at present, in
spite of the clever remark of a brilliant
society woman of that day, that "the only
rank In America was rank mutton.” The
effect of a social gathering was made
more brilliant than it is by the dress of
the men. who followed the style of the
court of France. Imagine a “light blue
French coat with high collar, broad lapels
and large gilt buttons; a double-breasted
Marseilles vest, nankeen-colored cassi
mere breeches, with white silk stockings,
shining pumps and full lace ruffles on the
shirt bosom and wrists, with a white cra
vat inflated with a ‘pudding,’ as it was
called.” A powdered wig and a gold-laced
coat of ruby velvet were worn by another
one of the cavaliers of the first ladies
of the land.
“What next I wonder?” said the woman
who sat on my left yesterday at a lunch
eon, says the Philadelphia Press. She
was not talking of the first course which
had that moment been brought upon the
table and which consisted of a delicious
melange of grape fruit,wine, malaga grapes
and sugar, but of something avstly differ
ent.
“The walls of my studio were damaged
a few days ago,” she said, “by a leak In
the pipe. This morning early I went out
and selected some rolls of new papering—
a very charming variety. Then I sent
around to a paper hanging shop and asked
to have a “hanger” as soon as practical.
"In half an hour the hanger appeared.
Who do you suppose they had sent? Or,
I should 6ay, what? A young woman!
Such a pretty, trim, opened-eyed girl, too.
I was so astonished that I had hardly
enough breath left to wish her good morn
ing.
“ 'Are you the—the paper hanger?’ I
stammered out.
" ’Yes, I am. Have you any objection
to having your room done by a woman?’
" ’None at all, 1 rather prefer it. But
It Is the first time I have heard of women
in this line.”
** ‘Yen,’ she said. ‘I believe lam a pion
eer. But the business is a good one. It is
odd that more girls don’t go in for it.’
“The two saw horses were brought in,
with a number of boards, the paste ma
terials, buckets, brushes and so on—and
my paper hanger went to work. With the
boards laid across the horses she Impro
vised a table in a Jffy, on which to lay out
the paper. She descended promptly into
the kitchen and returned carrying the
cook’s small ladder. She prepared her
flour paste, her brushes and all of it with
a quickness, a most authoritative air. She
mounted the ladder nimbly to brush the
wail before painting, and X saw they had
sent me an expert.
"My room is beautifully done. I have
not a prettier papered one in the house.
And I have certainly never seen a ’hanger’
who went about things so quickly and so
well. We talked quite a little about the
mysteries of paper hanging—for I was
thoroughly Interested by that time and
wanted ‘ to get the hang of the thing.’
She told me that women are considered
especially fitted for it. With the excep
tion of the tired feeling which comes at
first and which Is soon overcome the work
is in no way difficult.
I Inquired whether the work was lucra
tive, and learned that a good "hanger"
earns on an average from $4 to $8 per day
when thoroughly experienced and compe
tent. The reason, she said, why women
are considered as especlaly fitted for this
work is because women understand the
need* of home rooms. Because they are
especially quick and deft and conscientious
about work.
"In fact," continued the bright speaker,
“I have gone about all morning with the
reflection of that pretty figure upon the
ladder. If I find poor young girls, as I
often do. struggling for some means of
money-making. 1 shall certainly Insist up
on their becoming hangers.”
I give you the suggestion as she gave It
to me.
It may not be known to many readers—
and especially to those whom the Inner
life of a girl’s boarding school Is a scaled
book—that at the present moment there
are hundreds, and, indeed, thousands, of
cases of two girls who genuinely "love”
one another, or, at any rate, act as If
they do, and believe they do, says a writer
in Tlt-Blts.
This “love" Is. as far as Us signs and
symptoms go, as fervid and soul-stirring
as the love between the normal lad and
lass; It Is characterized by similar Jeal
ousies and heart burnings, and Is of equal,
if not greater Intensity. In one respect
these Irregular "love affairs’* differ from
the normal ones. It Is almost always the
case that the love on one side is much
more demonstrative and passionate than
on the other—that Is to say, the "lovers ’
seem always to remain at the wooing
Btage. the one being coy, "standoffish."
or cold, while the other Is ardent, aggres
sive almost, and Intensely Jealous.
The typo of girl who "falls In love" with
one of her own sex la usually not difficult
to recognize. She Is highly nervous, or
"highly strung," os It is called, and is
characterized by weakness of the emo
tions, hysteria and morbidity. She Is gen
erally extremely diffident In the presence
of those of the opposite sex, to whom she
Is an object of little
ticularly. perhaps, as she is usually plain
In face and awkward and clumsy in car
ridge.
She affects the weaker and more emo
tional of our poets und novelists, nnd la
seldom quite robust in health or active In
outdoor sports. The girl for whom she
develops the tender passion Is nearly al
ways older than herself, often consider,
ably so, it having been noticed that tho
governesses in schools arc often marked
out for adoration by these girls who love
girls. The wooed one Is somewhat the
same type, but her greater age and often
her greater seif-reHpeet prevents her from
manifesting her feeling In quite so mark
ed a manner as her more Juvenile wooer.
I have recently read some letters writ
t< n by one girl to another, which are for
all the world cast In the same mold a* are
THE MORNING NEWS, SUNDAY, MAY 23, IS'jT.
the passionate and often senseless epistles
which are read to the huge amusement
<f jury and s;iectators alike on the occa
sion of breach of promise trials. "My
dearest.” one runs. "I lay awake thinking
of you alone nearly all last night. 1 won
der if you were thinking of me! I do wish
I were certain you loved me as I love you!"
and so on ad nauseam. The letters are
really all on a par, and It would lie un
interesting to quote from them.
Rut it is not in letters alone that these
extraordinarily weak-minded, foolish, hys
terical girls reveal their maiden “love.”
An acquaintance of mine, who is a gov
erness at a girls' boarding school, over
heard the following sensible dialogue be
tween two girls, aged, respectively, 15 and
17: Younger Girl: “Oh. Katie, I wish
you knew how I adored you! I love you
better than any one in the whole world!”
Elder Girl: "Hush, Lucy, dear—think of
your mother!”
There is no exaggeration in this picture
of girl lovers. Every boarding school fur
nishes examples of this morbid and ab
normal affection: and, although the nor
mal, healthy minded, tennis playing, cy
cling, athletic, studious or domesticated
girl would shudder at the bare Idea of
such foolishness, there are many and
many girls who possess none of these
steadying and physically and mentally
strengthening attributes. These usually
become the typical, confirmed old maid,
whose affection is ultimately bestowed
upon a favorite cat or an overfed dog,
which she probably ’’adores" in much the
same way as she loved her school com
panion in her younger days.
Cycling has become both a science and
an art, science being merely a big word
for "knowing how,” and art, “the best
way.” Misapplied effort never met with
less encouragement than it does awheel,
says an expert in the New York Journal.
It means visible discomfort, loss of pleas
ure, and. eventually physical injury to the
rider, to say nothing of tho distressing
spectacle she presents or the ridicule and
amusement afforded the passers-by.
O, wad some power the giftie gle us
To see oursels as itbers see us!
The beginner, who has been told to ”slt
up straight," assumes a painfully erect
position. If the saddle Is not properly ad
justed the tip of the spine comes in con
tact with it, and the jarring is most in
jurious to the spinal column. Again, the
rider in this posture depends upon the leg
muscle alone for propulsion, as the weight
of the trunk ts thrown entirely upon the
saddle. This is a great loss of power.
The opposite extreme is affected by
would-be scorchers, never by the genuine
one. The correct far-forward posture de
mands the lowered handlebar, so that the
arms can be extended. The bend Is at the
hips, the chest Is not contracted, nor the
shoulders rounded. This posture may be
used for a short distance occasionally by
women, but is dangerous In the extreme
for habitual riding. No position should be
taken that admits of the downward press
ure on the abdominal contents.
An awkward position is sure to result If
the saddle is too far back and too low.
There is also great waste of effort. The
knee is in painful evidence; no good ank
le movement is possible; the shoulders are
apt to be rounded in the effort to reach
the handle-bars, and hill climbing is al
most impossible. Overstout women fre
quently assume this position because of a
desire of being near the ground, and
mounting and dismounting are easier.
Then there is the girl with her saddle
too high. The fault in position is not so
easily detected. If you notice the foot
on the pedal at the lowest point, you will
find It is only reached tiptoed, as it were.
There is also a slight lateral twist of the
lower back muscles and hips, which be
comes very apparent In hill climbing.
With the handle-bars too high, the
arms are too much bent at the elbow, and
there is a loss of steadiness.
The position is regulated mainly by (1)
the inclination of the trunk forward; (2)
the relative position of trunk and saddle;
(3) the adjustment of handle-bars and sad
dle.
With body and saddle In the proper rela
tive position the weight is supported
where the pelvic bones rest on the saddle,
and there should be no pressure at any
other point. The tilt of the saddle should
correspond to the inclination of the body,
and the trunk and saddle should always
form a right angle.
A good test of the hlght of the saddle Is
made by first placing the saddle far
enough forward to put the rider well over
her work—the forward tilt to correspond
with the Inclination of the body. If. sit
ting in the saddle, the foot can be placed
under the pedal so that the pedal will
rest on the Instep, but almost in a hori
zontal line with the toe, the hlght is right.
These are some things that a saddle
should not be:
For the average woman rider—
It should not be soft and springy.
It should not be too hard.
It should not be too narrow.
It should not have a long peak or horn.
It should—
Give equal support to both sides of the
body.
Be so adjusted that there Is no anterior
pressure.
There must be perfect freedom of move
ment at the hip Joint. A saddle with too
broad a horn restricts the free action of
the thigh muscles.
My first and last advice to women Is;
Bearn to use your wrench and adjust your
own saddle, bearing in mind the best po
sition for the saddle and yourself.
That time-honored subject, the kitchen,
has become anew fad In this city, and
a bachelor woman has made It popular,
says a Cleveland writer In the New York
Press. Miss Mary C. Qulntrell is a wo
man of independent fortune, who lives
alone in a large house in the moat aristo
cratic part of Euclid avenue. While
Miss Qulntrell Is by no means at the me
ridian of life, she ha* reached that period
where she is not afraid to carry out her
own Ideas, particularly where comfort la
concerned.
"Tho kitchen,” Miss Qulntrell says, "Is
the most healthful and ought to be the
most cheerful room in every house. I be
lieve that the steam which rises from sav
ory stews and from the tea kettle, and the
odor of cooking food, such as a broiled
beefsteak, are nourishing to those In deli
cate health and stimulating to the strong.
If I had a family of children their cradles
should be kept In the kitchen and they
should take their naps there. I think It
Is a mistake to give the kitehen to the ser
vants and debar the family from Its en
joyment. With a little thought and ears
the kitehen can be made the coziest place
In the house. Every members of the fam
ily ought to he fond and proud of it."
In furnishing her own kitehen Miss
Qulntrell has carried out some unique
ideas. The hard coal range is an old
fashioned one, made In Boston. The
grate Is open, giving a clear view of the
bright lire. The oven and plate warming
compartments are ulmve the top of the
part where ihe cooking in done. Th#
range is built into a red brick chimney
and reaches half way to the celling. There
Is a shelf above, on which are placed a
half dozen blue delft plates and two vases
filled with feathery grasses and tiny
bunches of ripe grain. The floor is of
oak. scoured and covered hche and there
wllh rap carpet rugs. There Is a long
wooden table at one side of the room,
which la used In preparing meals. At the
opposite side there is a round table cov
ered with a white cloth and ornamen’ed
with a vase of cut flowers.
Impromptu lunches are served on this.
The rest of the furniture consists of two
easjwrocklng chair*, more than fifty years
old, a couch, a refrigerator and a sink.
One corner of tho room has been fitted up
with ►helves, where Miss Qulntrell keeps
magazines and papers, which are sent In
by her friends, nnd which she distribut e
In the city hoaplials.
The ceiling ot the kitchen is
WOMEN’! DON’T WAIT.
If You Have Any of These Symp
toms Act at Once.
Do you know the reason why you will
go to the hospital, tnv poor friend?
Because you have allowed yourself
to go from bad to worse. You did not
know that that heat, swelling and ten
derness in your left side were all signs
of congestion of the ovary.
Any intelMgent woman could hove
told you that congestion is fatal to the
uterine
system,
lion, .nd 'g/'f
rr >\i#
were 1 T
danger.
you will have
to undergo the opera tion of ovariotomy,
the cutting out of the ovary.
Yes, you will recover, at least I hope
you will; but you will never be quite
the same woman again. Congestion of
the ovaries is fatal to health. If you
have any such symptoms he advised
in time ; take a medicine of specific
powers! You can find none better
than Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound, prepared especially to meet
the needs of woman's sexual system.
You can get it at any good druggist’s.
Following we publish a letter from
a woman in Milwaukee, which relates
how she was cured of ovarian trouble:
“ Dear Mrs. Pinkham: —I suffered with
congestion of the ovaries and inflamma
tion of the womb. I had been troubled
with suppressed and painful menstrua
tion from a girl. The doctors told me
the ovaries would have to be removed.
I took treatment two years to escape
an operation, but still remained in mis
erable health in both body and mind, ex
pecting to part with my reason each
coming month. After using one bottle
of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound and a package of Sanative Wash
I was very much relieved. I continued
to use your remedies until cured. The
last nine months have been passed in
perfect good health. This,.l know, I owe
entirely to the Vegetable Compound.
My gratitude is great, indeed, to the
one to whom so many women owe their
health and happiness.”—Mbs. F. M.
Knapp, 563 Wentworth Ave., Milwau
kee. Wis.
white, but the walls are painted
a elate color and are utilized
as blackboards. Here the mistress of the
kitchen writes out the declension of
French verbs, lessons In parliamentary
law. quotations from favorite authors or
whatever she wishes to particularly im
press upon her mind. Just now she is in
terested in science, and the walls are
covered with Greek numerals, cabalistic
signs and formulas. Chalk marks do not
cover the entire wall, though, for there is
a picture of a Swiss calet, a view of the
Yosemite, a bit of Holland scenery and
Whittier’s “Barefoot Boy.”
Near one of the windows hang a church
calendar, an almanac and a book of en
gagements. Two large pantries are con
nected wtih the kitchen. In one china is
kept and in the pother the preparation of
vegetables and other things which would
roako a litter is carried on.
Miss Qulntrell makes a den of her kitch
en.. She takes her easel there and works
near a large window. She studies there
and does needlework. Tho ordinary ac
quaintance hears nothing of this retreat
and knows only the reception rooms, which
are filled with curios and brio-a-brac,
picked up in Miss Quintrell’s travels in
this country and in her trips abroad. In
timate friends. howe.vcr, are admitted to
the kitchen. Many a sick or fretful wo
man has meen ensconced in the easy chair
In front of a cheerful fire and singing tea
kettle and nursed back to health and good
spirits while watching Miss Qulntrell pre
pare a dainty bit of roast, and eappetlzing
salad and delicious cup of tea.
In addition to being a good cook, Miss
Quintrell is an enthusiastic club woman.
Bhe has been elected delegate to the Na
tional Convention of the Woman’s Health
Protective Associations, which will be held
in Philadelphia next month.
Fashion Voles.
Guaze ribbon. In all colors and shades,
with narrow satin or velvet edges, forms
a most graceful trimming for large or
small summery hats.
White lace veils will be worn with walk
ing hats all through the summer. Only
those that will wash are considered quite
correct.
The jewel of the coming Bondon season
js the emerald. Good specimens command
high prices, and recently a single stone
of seven carats sold In the English metro
polis for SIO,OOO.
The color burst scheme Is to be seen
everywhere. Ribbons, plumes, silks and
parasols are shaded from the palest tint
to the deepest tone. Some are worked up
with two or more colors and have the
old-fashioned ralnbciv effect.
Nearly every new dress of thin material
will this summer be made with the airy
outside fabric of th* skirt cut separte
from Its silk, lawn or dimity lining. This
may not be as substantial a way as the
old one, hut the effect of lightness is bet
ter attained.
Swiss muslin Is auggested by the de
signers as being a very smart and effec
tive material for accordion pleated sum
mer gowns. If we are to have a sultry
season, no more delightful fashion could
prevail.
Orcnadlne, both plain and fancy, takes
high place among summer drees fabrics.
Canvas is still very popular and seems
stoutly to resist tho Invasion of double
faced cashmere and mohair—two rivals of
canvas now in tho field.
Benora, the new bright shade of Bpnn-
Ish rel, ts slightly less vivid than cherry
color, but more brilliant than either (he
geranium or llanleh dye*.
Gray omhroldered tulle, orange velvet,
Venetian laee, a cluster of Mermet roses,
and a very unique buckle of French bril
liants form a ’ovely model for an evening
hat made by Vtrot.
Cafivus lined with color Is very attrac
tive, and matron* even of quiet tastes may
Indulge in gowns of this dewcrlptlorv. If
choice inclines to black, canvas lined with
lime-green, certain shades of blue, or oven
rich tones In red. are used for elegant
gowns for middle-aged w omen as w ell as
for younger wearers. Iridescent garni
tures may finish tho bodice und sleeves, or
Jet If preferred, but always Jet of the
finest quality.
Black grenadines, In various conven
tional pal tern*, mads over colored silk,
at* very fashionable gown* thl* season,
and the variety of fancy grenadines ha*
no limit. One novel des'gn is a fine blaek
ground with a scroll design in black silk
threads all over It. Other kind* are col
ored In bright colors
Tho English tailor-made coat has no
gathers at the top of the sleeves. It has
a little fullness, which is arranged in
small dart seams covered with fancy
braiding. Many of the coats are elabo
rately braided, and several different
kinds of braid are used on one garment.
Household Hints.
The French have a way of making even
an inferior quality of table linen look well
without the aid of starch. When the nap
kins are washed and dried and ready to be
ironed they are dipped into boiling water
and partially wrung out between cloths.
They are then rapidly ironed with as hot
a flat iron as possible, without burning
them. Treated in this manner, they be
come beautifully glossy and stiff.
If the children are "dauncy” and do not
eat as children should, get some sassa
fras bark and make them a strong tea.
Fix it up with cream and lots of sugar,
and they will like it, and it will clear up
their blood. It is an excellent thing for
everybody to drink in the spring.
Oil cloth Is ruined when it is washed
wi?h soap. Have a tub of warm water
and a large clean flannel cloth. Go over
the floor carefully with that first, then
rinse the flannel cloth, and dip it in skim
med milk and wipe the oil cloth all over
again. In this way you can keep your
oilcloth fresh much longer.
So many people find that nuts are inju
rious to them, and yet they like to eat
them, digestion or indigestion. Pick the
kernels out of the shells, and put on a
dish, over which sprinkle fine table salt.
It is said that this will correct any ten
dency to indigestion after eating them.
A broom may he toughened for much
longer wear by dipping it in boiling suds,
once a week or oftener.
One a week at least you should look
after the kitchen sink and purify it. Plug
up the drain and let the sink run full of
hot water. Have it boiling hot. Then stir
into it a quarter of the contents of a box
of concentrated lye. Punch out the plug
ging, and let the hot stuff pour down the
drain. It will carry off all the grease and
other filth, if it is good and hot. To finish
the business, run it full of water again
and dissolve a lot of copperas, then let it
down the sink drain. After than you can
feel pretty sure that no poisonous gases
well come up to hurt your family if your
plumbing is all right.
Corrosive sublimate, mixed In alcohol
and put on bedsteads, will soon abate the
nuisance known as bedbugs. To carefully
varnish the bed slats and all rough por
tions of the bedstead will help prevent
their getting a nesting place.
LIFE IS A HAREM.
Story of an English Shop Girl Who
Became First Lady.
From the New York Herald.
Here Is an Arabian Nights tale. It is
not one of the famous thousand and one
told by the first lady of the harem, the
beautiful Scheherezade, to beguile her
royal spouse from his announced inten
tion of chopping heT head from her lovely
shoulders, but is quite new, quite modem
and altogether fascinating. Hike Schehe
rezade’s, it is told by a first lady of the
harem, and it deals with her Ufe in Per
sia. It is a romance that mixes up prosy
England and the sensuous east In the
most delightful fashion, for the heroine
of it was a London shop girl before she
became one of the four wives, and later
one of the four widows, of a Persian no
bleman.
Seven years ago Miss Frances Blackman
was a stall girl at the Crystal Palace, and
sold ivory bric-a-brac to whosoever would
buy. She was a rather pretty girl, and at
the time of the shah’s visit to England
captivated the fancy of a dark 6kinned
nobleman In the potentate’s party.
This man proved to be Abdullah Hus
sein Khan, a cousin of the shah, and a
man of great wealth and influence in his
own country. Stopping one day at the
stalls he was greatly attracted by Miss
Blackman and bought some trifles from
her. He returned the next day and
bought some more.
When he appeared the third day Miss
Blackman perceived that it was she, and
not her wares, that attracted the dark
skinned stranger, and thereupon the ro
mance began. History is silent upon the
details of the courtship, but it is known
that he gave her many costly gifts of ex
quisite eastern workmanship and event
ually proposed, was accepted and married
her. The ceremony was celebrated In a
Roman Catholic church in the beginning
of 1890.
Abdullah Hussein Khan was from the
beginning exceedingly fond of his pretty
English bride. He obtained permission to
remain in England when the shah went
home, and hired a handsome flat at Hyde
Park Mansion, where he lived in supreme
happiness for nearly two years. He had
told his wife of his rank and his wealth,
but he had not yet mentioned the fact that
he already had three other wives at home.
But in 1592 there came a command from
the Shah to return home. Abdullah had
by this time decided to make England his
home. He was a man of cultivation and
had found European civilization much to
his taste.
But, under penalty of forfeiting his es
tates, he was obliged to obey the shah'a
orders, and when he reached Teheran he.
had to tell his English bride that she was
only No. 4. One can imagine the scene, the
tears, the protestations and all the rest.
But there was nothing for the young wife
to do but to submit, and she had the sat
isfaction of being the preferred wife, the
first lady of the harem.
When it was known to the English at
Teheran that one of their countrywo
men wus in the harem there was consid
erable excitement, and many English la
dies visited her. She became at once popu
lar in court circles, and the shah gave her
the name of Beebee Khanung, signifying
“the lady of ladles.” But favor and popu
larity cost her trials and dangers, as will
be seen.
A few months ago Abdullah suddenly
died, much to his wife’s grief. His eldest
son, Jealous, because his father had settled
so much property upon Beebee’s little son,
seized the house and sealed the doors.
Beebee broke the seals, and was arrested
and three attempts were made to poison
her, the last so nearly successful that an
English doctor barely succeeded In saving
her life. Through tho Intervention of the
British legation she finally obtained her
property and sailed for London, where she
lias Just arrived with her boy.
This little boy, Allah Nasrlt, or the
"Gift of God,” has exchanged the baggy
satin trousers and loose silken coat set off
with diamond buttons, of his own country
for the sailor costume of a British tar. He
is a handsome, clever boy, and at the age
of four already displays the autocracy en
joyed by his sex in Persia.
"Me much needs the discipline of an
English school," says his mother, “for in
Persia his word was law. Being co-helr
with an only brother, he was lord of the
village In which we lived, and every vil
lage child was his slave. When brought In
to amuse him. If their hows were not suf
ficiently reverential and conduct Irre
proachable, he Issued Instructions, and the
small offenders were promptly beaten, for
Persian boys are taught tyranny from the
cradle.
"When bored, a band, with the Inevita
ble dancing monkey, w.ia brought in for
hla sole delectation. He has been only
two weeks in London, and It is impossible
yet to make him understand that piano
organ and street musicians are not under
his atwolute authority. He perpetually
orders them. In native Persian, to remain
playing as long as he la pleased to be
pleased, and exhlhlta the utmost disgust
when they move on regardless of tala lord
ly commands.
' Sometimes I am glad h* cannot speak
English, for In Persia he was taught to
class Europeans with monkeys, and he
has no hesitation in addressing them as
such if they offend his prejudices. Fortu- '
nately, his language is so pretty that the
opprobrious title frequently passes for a
term of endearment.”
Nasrit is a devout Mussulman, and was
intensely horrified to find the familiar
terms on which dogs, so abhorred by Mo
hammedans, are admitted to English
households. The friendly’ nose of a dog
thrust into hia hand was the signal for a
flood of tears and vehement Insistence on
a triple scrubbing of the member so de
filed. The love of animals inherent in
hoy nature has changed the spirit of
Nasrit's prejudices, and he now scampers
prettily about a lawn with a sympathetic
English bulldog as friend and confidante.
At dinner he looks askance at a half
glass of water, insisting, Persian fashion,
that it shall be filled to the brim as ocular
proof that the glass has not been touched
by other lips. After drinking claret he
washes out his mouth three times, this
precaution alone enabling a devout Mus
sulman to partake of alcohol. Sitting
cross legged at the table contentedly eat
ing his cutlets, his bright eyes wandered
incessantly round the room, noting novel
ties, and between times he asked eternal
questions as to the habits of tha “English
mot.keys”—his fellow guests!
So that Allah Nasrit Khan is a most
interesting little person to invite to din
ner!
After the period of widowhood prescrib
ed by the Mussulman faith, conveniently
limited to four months and ten days, had
expired, several Persian noblemen made
Beebee offers of marriage, for it is now
regarded somewhat as a murk of fashion
to marry an English wife.
“But my experiences of a Persian harem
were so unhappy as to remove every wish
to prolong them,” she say’s. “Everybody
is astonished that my child and I left Per
sia alive, for it is a country of intrigue,
plot and sudden death. But Sir Mortimer
Durand, whose kindness I can never for
get, sent daily from the legation to my
house, and I constantly reminded my sur
rounders that I was an English citizen.
Notwithstanding this, three attempts were
made after my husband’s death to poison
our food, and but for the protection of
the British minister we should certainly
not be In England to-day.’’
Asked as to her daily life, Bebee said:
“Although much was terribly unhappy,
there were some pleasures. My husband
built me a pretty English looking house,
and we sent home for seeds and plants,
and grew English flowers, most success
fully. The climate is lovely, and I fre
quently rode out on horseback, closely
veiled.
“The demeanor of Persian men toward
women is very insulting, and though in
our walks abroad we were preceded by
a soldier and guarded by four black ser
vants,we had very unpleasant experiences.
So we preferred to drive or go on horse
back. Sometimes we ventured on expe
ditions to shops and other public places
proscribed by Persian etiquette, and on
such occasions disguised ourselves in ser
vants’ clothes and saw the sights of the
town without detection. Persian women,”
she added mischievously, "manage to get
some amusement from the outer world
without the permission of husbands. Thus
we visited the public baths and mixed
with many interesting and forbidden
phases of life."
"Are Persian women very beautiful?”
“The veil gives an Impression of su
preme loveliness. In reality the faces are
most disappointing, and figures square
and ungraceful. The ideal of beauty in
Persia is to have dark eyes—blue or gray
eyes are rarely seen—and black eyebrows,
painted so as to meet across the fore
head. If the hair is naturally light, eti
quette demands that it shall be dyed
black, this being done at the baths. A
bath In Persia lasts from early morning
till late at night, the hair alone being
washed seven times with soap and water.
Fair haired children, even, must have
their locks stained black. Persia is the
land of paint, powder and dyes, and mag
nificent dress. A favorite dress trimming
consists of a bordering many inches deep
of real pearls, and our beds and the cush
ions on which we lounged were heavily
beaded and adorned with pearls of price.
When I went to Persia my gowns attract
ed interesting attention, the ladies being
particularly amused at the number of
seams In my bodices.
“ ‘Look,’ they said, ‘Beebee had so little
stuff she was obliged to Join and patch
her dress.'
"But they soon understood that these
seams caused the gown to fit and show
off the figure, and the shah's sister was
so pleased with the innovation that she
introduced the many seamed bodice at
court, so that I can claim the distinction
of setting the style to fashionable Per
sia.’’
"It Is a prerogative of the Shah that
every woman In the kingdom must unveil
before him, and any woman he takes a
fancy to forthwith belongs to him—be she
the wife of the most powerful nobleman in
the country. I knew every one of the
Shah's one hundred and sixty wives, as I
constantly visited his harem.
“Persian women dress their hair in doz
ens of tiny plaits, and on very grand oc
casions these are unplatted and the hair
combed to stand out in a hideous thick
friz round the head. My sister and I de
lighted the Shah’s sister and several prin
cesses by teaching their black maids to
dress hair In English fashion. Nearly all
the servants are Arabian slaves, but It
Is becoming very difficult to buy them. My
boy's nurse was an Arab whom we bought
|lH||i§ Women •
' Hesitate :>
about taking medicines internally when * j
[PfjjWCT* * ytl I lUfl the y cx P ect shortly to become mothers. J,
Well ma V they hesitate. Think of the j,
Byv; danger of swallowing drugs when in
iW MOTHER’S _ ... |i
H friend * ;|
, / *3 is the only safe preparation in the world 1 j
, j for expectant mothers. It is not to be '
' / jfl taken internally, but applied externally. ],
fi-A "" \ f The effects of its use are really wonder- ((
ful. It softens the muscles and allows ( i
them to expand without discomfort— ( i
P3 yS y 7 VLJ'J prevents morning sickness and headache i •
WTIJy/ / 7KBT —stops all danger of rising breast—puts i J
J jfi/f the whole system in perfect condition for < |
Wa / I the or deal—and makes the birth of baby 1 1
jPffl x an occasion shorn of all dread. Itscon-J,
EM ■-'I fCy stant use during most of the period of
HI / pregnancy insures safety to both mother ((
gf | Ris not an experiment. In thousands ( i
■ I FJNQ of homes it is a household word. Not i >
00.,,;? to use it is the greatest mistake of a f
P'H • married woman’s life. Sold at drug*
trSlki v Stores for SI.OO a bottle. Send for an <
llWy illustrated book about it. ]i
The BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. <1
f ATLANTA, Proprietors, f** J [
for 400 francs, and we had absoluteTT
over her. lule pow w
“It Is common enough to h.v
beheaded for trifling offenses Ind*' 1 " 3
people make their children be'ha-- most
by whipping the nurses for the mLf’ 7
of the children. Consequently “ I3do ‘ngs
Inculcate good mangers and force
dren to bow the regulation th r J> , a ‘
whenever they tee their mothers Ume *
"Persian mother* of the better ',
very little interest in
black nurses have enUre cham-I , h ° s o
sponsibility. Property in Persia Is if:
equally among sons, while each glr! ', 4
a half share only for her dot, out of
when married she buys her drew
luxuries. This accounts for the S 3nl
of dress among harem women he r
rhTdfwry. 19 aePendlng ° n th 6 arno ‘nt of
“But remember, Nasrit she
you are English now, and civilian f, 31 ' 1,
boys here do n„t smoke U l®
Whereupon Nasrit demanded to be tv-,
back to his own country.’*
GHEEK MILLIONAIRES,
They Have Donated Large Sum, Fo ,
t urioun Noble Purposes,
From the New York Commercial- M Vf .
User. "
Greece Is a poor country, but It r,,.,,
sesses a number of very wealthy men
who are devoting their fortunes to patrlo!
tic and Philanthropic purposes. I n ti]
present war, for example, they have con
tributed large sums, which have enables
Greeoe to mobilize its troops. The fore
most Greek millionaire is George Averoff
of Alexandria, who is said to have con’
tributed $6,000,000 to the Greek war fund"
He gave 1,00,000 drachmas to restore the
famous Stadion In Athens, where the
Olmypian games were held last year. He
was bom in Mezoro, a village near Jani
na. In his youth he went to Alexandra
and won the favor of the Khedive Ismael
He laid the foundation of his Immense
wealth by a number of real estate ant
other speculations. He was enabled there,
by to establish important commercial re!
lations with London. Bombay and Indu.
and largely through his efforts Alexandria
became the leading commercial center 0 f
the orient. His fortune is estimated at
100,000,000 drachmas. Through this i m
mense wealth he has been enabled to de!
vote large sums for various noble pur.
poses. He founded Greek schools in Alex
andrla and established a number of chart,
table and educational Institutions in
Athens. He gave large sums for the mi.
rine school where the officers of the
Greek armies receive their education. No
man of modern times has done so much
for the political and social development
of his country as Averoff. He was an in
timate friend of the great Prime Minis,
ter Tricoupis, and when this statesman
endeavored to raise a loan for his coun
try Averoff guaranteed these sums on his
own responsibility.
Averoff leads a simple and retired life
In Alexandria. His clothing is the plain
est, and he has continued the same modest
mode of living shown in the beginning of
his career. He did not attend the Olym
pian games. However, a number of en
thusiastic telegrams were sent to him. to
which he replied: “I am happy at the
magnificent success of the games, and
hope that the political and military af
fairs of my country may reach the same
condition.” He contributed 50,000 drach
mas to the Cretan fund. The city of
Athens erected a monument in his honor,
and last December a silver laurel crown
was presented to him by a deputation.
The majority of the rich men of Greets
have made their money in foreign coun
tries and have returned to their father
land with great wealth, a large part ot
which they are spending for public pur<|
poses. All public institutions, hospitals!
libraries and universities of Greece hava
been established by these men, and evei*
the marble sidewalks of Athens have been
built by their munificence.
The University of Athens has recently
been especially favored by the philanthro
pists. Demetrius Benardakls contributed
1,000,000 drachmas, 25,000 drachmas were
given by Plataghinis, and 60,000 drachmas
were received from Papadakis. Dumpas
gave 80,0i0 drachmas to pay for the erec
tion of the outer portico of the new uni
versity building. Benardakis also contrib
uted 2,000,000 drachmas to the National
Museum, and the widow Sturnara gave
75,000 drachmas to the same Institution.
A wealthy family named Tosttzas gave to
the Polytechnlcal School of Athens 1,500,000
drachmas, and the late Viennese Baron
Simon Sina spent a vast sum on the mag
nificent academy building of Athens. The
Ralli family, merchant princes, who do a
large business with India, England and
America, subscribed £25,000 for the building
of a national theater.
A favorite son of the Greek people U
Andre Sangros, who made his money in
Constantinople. He established a people's
theater, hospital, church and central pris
on. Stefanowitch-Skllizzt gave a Byron
group to the city, and hundreds of others
have done much to make Athens one of
the most beautiful cities in the old world.
Many of the Turkish cities have large
Grecian populations, and .Greek million
aires are to be found in Constantinople,
Smyrna, Salonica, Myrtilene and other
cities on the Mediterranean.