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Marietta Holley
'CO oman Humorist
laugh nt people and thlniin nnd bar-
ncssod it down to work out her moral
purport. That to the key to Mis* Hol
ley's literary productions. Hut for tlio
moral purpose to benefit ua by her
writing ah# never would hnve written.
To heul mankind of Ita folly ahe doses
It with the laughter cure. In her heurt
ahe thinks of herself aa ni
plonahlp are those of women nml tem
perance. Fraifces Willard said once
that Mias Holley had done more than
nnybody else to help the temperance
1 movement. Huaan IS. Anthony declared
I her booka have done great good for the
I 1 woman's cause. And once a lady mild:
"There's my husband, now. He won't
listen to a word.about wotnun's rights.
I but he'll take down Murlctta Holley's
books and rend them through and
through and laugh over them and swal
low every word of their doctrine."
There Is nothing better than giving
useful medicine In augur coated pills.
I I Ho soon tin she learned to write Mari
etta Holley began composition. Her
first published writing showed the
| trend of her mind. It was u humorous
bit of blunk verse about women's bqn-
I nets. Hht Kent It to the local puper
anonymously and*did not tell any of
tho home folk. An "Uncle Luther" vls-
| It Ing there saw the poem und praised it
highly to the Holley family, none know
ing Marietta wrote It. Then the.young
girl was so pleased she had to tell.
From that day she continued writing
vss«ys, poems, short stories and finally
I Millions have read the doings of her
lantha. Hhe has made more people
;h than any other American ever
excepting only Mark Twuln. No
woman humorist of any other land
quals her. She told me of her first
book, "My Opinions and Betsy Bob-
bett's." A publisher pad expressed n
desire to examine Kef writings.
I sent him specimens of three kinds,"
said Mis* Holley—"poems, serious es-
i—these both In good English—then
some humorous dialect sketches. He
wrote back usking me to prepare for
him a book In the dlulect talk. 1 was
bitterly disappointed. I wanted him to
choose my good English."
Nevertheless she Immediately shut
herself up and wrote "My Opinions and
<y Hohbelt’s." No one outside her
family knew what she was about.
“I have found ouC it Is not a good
plan to say anything about a book I urn
writing till the book Is done," says Miss
I lollcy.
She discovered thus for herself «tho
occult law that works through silence.
Plans und forces dr? scattered and
come to naught through being pro
claimed to ull the world. When the
book was written It hud Irmued lately
great success und was quickly repub
lished In England. -Betsy Bobbett"
was the first In a series of some of the
moat successful books written In Amer
ica In recent times. Of these "Saman
tha at Saratoga" Is an especial favorite.
Miss Holley has a lovely home at
Plorrepont Manor, N. Y.. near the spot
where she was born. She herself plan
ned the mansion and had It built to suit
herself. Into her studio, where
writes, sunshine comes all day Ion;
* tpe man's revolv
on and grounds
:usto can mukc th
ed to live near
i Holley, "so I I
y place." Thus
►me to her.
MRS. JOHN W. TIMMONS, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES WARREN
FAIRBANKS.
td." says
Jlng her
it rough
1 of her
The Republican nc
daughter, Adelaide, no
Timmons will develop
er time win show, os she*!
rled twice. Boon after le*\
rled Horace R. Allen. Th<
[followed In December. 1902.
did not, however, keep It !o
| John W. Timmons, U. S. N.
Kearsargc.
e« for the vice presidency has four sons and one
,r*. Timmons, a handsome brunette. Whether Mrs.
Intellectual force and the social gifts of her moth
Is still young, although she has already been mar-
ving school Adelaide Fairbanks ran aw ay and 'mar
ie match did not turn out happily, and a divorce
Adelaide Fairbanks resuming her maiden name. She
ong, as ahe was In a few months married to Ensign
Inslgn Timmons Is now detailed to the battleship
to see If their shirt waists were prop
erly puffed in front. But man had no
such excuse. His shl.'t waist when ho
put It on In the morning was all right
for the day; It was his hat he ceased
not to admire In the mirror. He would
adjust It Jauntily and tenderly this way
and that as the elevator shot upward
j glimpse himself in tho glass not
anxiously, after tho manner of women,
hut satlsfledly, after the manner of
men.
How supersensltlve, too, Is man over
his hat, lest perchance it be set by mis
take upon a stranger head or even upon
that of a friend. A short time ago two
masculine geniuses were sworn friends.
Neither could say enough In praise of
the godlike intellect and great soul of
the other till one day Sir Roland was
Involved In the clouds of his own
tremendous mentality that he walked
ler Sir Leollne's hat. The Inci
dent broke at one* and forever tho ties
of years. I am sure the hidden cause of
the deadly feud between Coleridge's
two heroes—
Alas! they had been friends In youth—
waa that one fellow wore off the oth
er fellow's hat without knowing It.
Now, no woman living would ever
wear a woman friend's hat without
knowing It, In the first place, und. In
the second place, her friend would not
be mortally offended if she did.
And did you ever note how fondly and
caressingly old Mr. Hunks clings to
that ancient sill: plug of his? It was his
wedding hat thirty year* ago; It has
been his choicest treasure ever since,
worn cen*f>icu»uxjy on all state occa
sions. Once hi9, youngest daughter
stole It and hid It away In the cellar to
keep eggs In, but Mr. Kunka found It
and restored It to Ita old time place
upon his head next time he went to the
county nominating convention. And
speaking bf plug hats, what says Bur
dette? "Imagine Napoleon In n plus
hat!" TABITKA SOUR'JRAPES.
NOTHING WORTH CRlNG ANGRY
OVER.
A writer says: A dear lady of my ac
quaintance confided to me on excellent
piece of advice when I asked. "Now.
tell me. how do you manage to keep so
unruffled a temper?"
"Ah," she replied, "there are very few
things in this world worth beia*j ungry
REFLECTIONS ON A
MAN AND HIS HAT. i' *
I taurant, although It Is not likely the 1
porter of the sleeping car on which he * Is
i annoyance rising
:lf quite judicially,
ngry over?* and In
lety cases out of a
m sense answers.
arrived would have allowed n,ne hundred
him to leave the coach bareheaded, thousand mj
I The' woman sex is alleged to be the In- I dear, no,
eating ferior one, yet when since the world I w >’ ou want you" husband to love you
test Inlbegandias a woman ever failed to rec- life's end, if you want him to
rant. Suddenly a stout, ognlxe her own hat? And when. O god- tu ™ to you as his best friend, if you
■tan ran to the row of dess of history, did ever a woman go want to keep him your devoted lover,
wall near me, clapped I anywhere without knowing whether ^ >‘ ou wanl *° make him a thoroughly
er upon his head exclt- she had her hat on? h»PPy man. be amiable, even If it Is
r. dapped It back upon | The man who runs the elevator has rather an effort and does not come to
went on. ejaculating to lately been amusing himself with phllo- | * ou *>Y nature,
the world thus: |sophical studies In human nature. His
i looking glasses around its
t occurred to this phlloso-
A NEW HAT FOR COUNTRY WEAR.
NO CORSETS FOR JAP LADIES.
At an official t all a rhort while ago
r ot the “lift” to watch who looked I *t Tokyo the price.*..» nnd other la
the mirror moot, men or women, die., helondmt to the court were all
™ "* much eurprteed u my read- dreered In European dartcln* frock,,
will be to find that men looked Into whereat most of the aristocracy, unofll-
ulte as much as women and actual- daily engaged, wore the costume of
>osed and .tmirked before It more their country. According to a Tokyo
i the girls did. Women, the lift modiste, the rage of Japanese ladles
osopher found, glanced Into the re- for European dresses ts dying out for
ting surface with rather an anxious j the reason that the^lluie Jap ladles
to see it their hats were on straight. I cannot accustom themselves to wearing
latter or considerable Importance In corsets, and several of the court ladles
le days of elephantine feminine head I who had been laced too tightly fainted
erlnga. The dear girls also wished I during the function.
TIIE MA
TF.T.EORAPTT: ST!XT)AY MORXIXG, JULY 31, 10041
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Kate Clyde
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Tells of the Thinils They Say
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and the Thintfs They Do
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AT LARCHMONT
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V ERY green lawns brilliant with
scarlet flowers, cottages set
bark from the road and seen
through shady driveways, a
glimpse of th< * Ler under strlpod ve-
r.'t i.« awning* -this Is Larchmont In
the summer time. Add to this some of
th«- ft rondr in the country thronged
with trn irt traps nnd still smarter ati-
tof.oblles guided by stunningly gowned
Wrtaai ids or fluttering
chiffon veils,
and quite an at-
plnk. The waist was m.i-le with a
Dutch neck—-which means that It wss
cut sway for about three Inches In a
round shape—and this was bordered
with three rows of shirring and a tiny
lace edge. The rest of the waist was
laid In two more rows of shirring about
three Inches apart, and the fullness was
gathered Into a boned belt. The skirt,
hlch was shirred At Intervals, had a
wide flounce with a heading. It was
cut round length apd allowed glimpses
of a very pretty pair of slippers and
silk clad ankles.
More "Creations.”
Another frock which graced the same
occasion was 'of Champagne colored
chiffon voile, the nock being of the
•ame Dutch description. Both waist
and skirt were composed of tiny i
■■■■■Owed vslenclennes. With
this was worn a pair of champagne col
ored kid slippers and pink dmbroJderoU
champagne colored stocking*.
A third gown which belonged to |he
afternoon order, but which wi
the less smart, was of that ex
open meshed linen which primes
a soft, creamy tint. Thf entire dress
conrsq meshed linen
tot Instance, had a
long strip down
isn, but not of
he mannish wo-
tan. There you
te automobil-
rag. yachting
nd other out
f door sports,
II most dain
ty nnd feml-
Inely gowned
Ills 1
of salmon . pink
front
A Dainty "Creation.”
ght after an entertainment at
wo went aboard one of tho
> the harbor and had supper,
no of those semi dressy occa-
Ich nre so trying. Half the
■ere In evening dress, and tho
If had retained' the afternoon
i which they had Witnessed
* worn crenm hu<
m silk openwork
THE FLOWERS OF AUGUST.
magnificent, half hardy
l.«-un. Is at Its best In,.
I.mts should be carefully
atered with liquid manure
nltat ing the old-
y having violent
r for their pains.
laches the next
V also think it
they are grown up to cultivate the
rled women.
• the poor girls have to depend on
occasional men who drift in from
r yachts, which they don’t do any
ner than they have to, for It's so
-h more fascinating out In the open.
And, besides, they have their own par
ties of friends on board.
A Married Won
Yes. indeed, the >
nan has it all her o
her making a plctur
Paradise,
married wo-
ay here. You
dashing by In
an automobile which she runs herself.
Flirting tcllh half a do
fa (rtt
A CHARMING MORNING FROCK.
This charming morning frock Is fashioned from ecru batiste und depends for
Its smartness upon the stoic piece of Russian cross stitch extending from neck to
hem. The necessary long shouldered effect is carried out on the bodice with
strips of the same embroidery that come well down on the sleeves.
bark, where tho
\ ( X. i belt fastened, by
N'H the woy. with
heavy cord la
ing. The skirl
was made with
tucked fullne
on the hips and
three wide folds
uround the bot
tom. the
tnnee
bring fllled
with band
the coarse linen
lace. With this
mm buckskin shoes and
Inga. Tho
avlng t
V. These
feathers were Joined into one, nnd the 1
(nds were allowed to droop on the hair
in the back.
The 8hoe of the Moment.
As I have said, the shoe of the mo
ment Is, above all, dainty. When I
was In town shopping the other day I
stopped In at a smart shoe place near
the Waldorf to leave an order for can
vas shoes, and they told tne that nearly
all their new shoes were made on the
low pump or garden tie order, with half
thl^ soles and French heels. There Is a
erase Just now for the champagne col
ored leather, und this may be worn
both with pongee and with .white
gowns. Next In favor come the brown
shades, and never before has there
been such a vogue of tan shoes. The
newest shoes, however, come in suede
leather or buckskin ot a rich golden
brown shade. When they are worn
with silk stockings of the same shade
the effect Is ultra smart. The proper
backgrounds for such dainty footwear
are a pongee gown with brown touches,
u^brown bow In the hair or a brown hat
and, above all, a brown sunshade. And.
really, these touches of brown are most
becoming to young und old.
The Larchmont Matchmaker,
Pity the woes of the matchmaker In
Larchmont! Hhe has a hard time. The
matchmaker Is usually some young wo
man who has married well and wishes
to do the good thing by some sister or
friend not so well provided for In the
way of the world's goods. Mammas
with marriageable daughters there are
a few, but for some reason or other not
so many. But Larchmont Is cruel to
the simple white muslin girl who is un
sophisticated; It has so many fascinat
ing women, both silk clad and sophlsll-
the most picturesque of her children
being perched by her side (or perhaps
It Is the bull pup). She also gives par
ties on bourd her yacht, or, rather, her
husband's yacht, and you ft\ay be sun
that all the young men angle for invi
tations. And at the hops you see her
in the most decollete of gowns flirting
with half a dozen men and smiling
cheerfully at the long line of young
girl wallflowers, who don’t dare resent
it, for she gives such nice parties, and
they don’t want to be left out.
And thus it is at Larchmont. Given
youth, beauty and a rich husband who
wants to flirt himself and therefore
permits you to^do so, and all things are
yours, while the maiden all forlorn may
sigh In vain. KATE CLYDE.
Larchmont, N. Y.
THE BEAUTY SLEEP.
Properly Indulged In, sleep may be
said to be nature’s beautliler, and the
woman who takes care that she rests
each night under the best conditions
possible will have little use for cosmet
ics, hulr dyes or cold creams. Bleep Is
undoubtedly the best nerve, skin and
eye tonic, and without it beauty cun
scarcely exist.
The only position which gives the or
gans a complete rest is an almost per
fectly horizontal one. If n woman must
have her head raised a little she should
choose a rather flat pillow, with no bol
ster. If one could sleep quietly on one’s
back with the arms curved above the
lieud It would be the most perfect posi
tion ot nil.
Fuchsias like the warmth of August,
but they need moisture, too, and will
bossom best if shade is given from the
hot sun. Liquid manure should be giv
en during blooming.
Two varieties of late gladiolus—the
Gandavensis and Brenchley—are in
flower In August. They like a sandy
loam.
Sweet peas may be kept blossoming
for weeks still by carefully picking all
the flowers and allowing no seed pods
to form.
Some late varieties of roses are still
In bloom. Others show buds for second
bloom. All dead blossoms must be
carefully removed.
August sees a great show of bloom
among herbaceous perennials. Snap
dragon, clematis, wall flowers, holly
hocks, asters, carnations and others are
all at their best.
The roots of polyaothus should be di
vided and replanted in good rich loam.
At the beginning of August cuttings
should be taken ot verbena and also of
heliotrope and aperatum. They ought
to be well rooted before winter. Shade
the cuttings from hot sun.
Phlox cuttings may be put in any
time in August.
Pansy cuttings should be taken from
the center of a plant. The cuttings
should be rooted in a frame, kept moist
and well^ shaded from the sun. Violet
cuttings may be treated in the same
Geranium cuttings, on the contrary,
like a fair amount of sunshine. They
are easily rooted in boxes or pots. Some
sharp sand should be placed on the top
soil.
Petunia cuttings may bo struck In
August.
MAN’S IDEAS OF WOMAN’S DRESS.
We are accustomed to pity men who
are, matrimonially speaking, “caught”
by scheming women, but the curious
part Is they are generally fairly
satisfied with their bargain, and the
home circle of such a victim Is prob
ably happier In the long run than that
ot the strongmlnded husband and his
patient but not uncomplaining Grlselda.
Ninety-nine men out of a hundred
will solemnly assert that "he prefers
his wife to wear black to any other col
or," and rhave known girls after mar
riage to condemn themselves to perpet-
uul mourning in their apparel from the
stupid belief that they are pleasing
their husbands. Man does not really in
his heart of hearts prefer black gar
ments, ahd he probably sees and ad
mires many other women In exquisite
shades of cblor, but stronger than any
artistic tendency in him Is the instinct,
which Is the outcome of generations of
conventional thought, that calls on him
to clothe his womankind in this sable
array.
As a matter of fact, man Is generally
a failure when he poaches on woman’s
prerogative In the matter of dress.. He
kiiowH next to nothing beforehand of
w hat will he becoming and what not, al-
bott h»* may he an excellent Judge when
the desired effect has been obtained by
the host of small et cetcras that go to
the making of a well gowned woman,
and If the choice of her clothes were
left to her husband the consequences
might be disastrous to the wife’s ap
pearance.
Once a man essayed to buy his wife a
bonnet for an occasion requiring slight
complimentary mourning. She grate
fully, though 111 advisedly, accepted his
offer, and when the box containing the
treasured headgear was opened by the
trusting lady under the complacent su
pervision of the gratified husband It
as found to contain a widow’s bonnet
with a flowing crape veil.
k BRONZE AND ENAMEL HAND
MIRROR.
This century Is certainly one of re-
Ivals, and many arts that have had
their day and died have been resusci
tated. Enameling Is one of these re-
ivals, and artistic Jewelers are rival
ing each other in designing beautiful
specimens of this ancient work.
The illustration shows a beautiful ex
ample which will adorn my lady’s
m.
dressing table, an exquisite bronze and
enamel hand mirror in the form of a
peacock with proudly spread tail. The
crest is set with garnets.
Artother novelty in the enamel line Is
a set of six small white shell boxes con
taining blue enamel pendants set with
pearls. An August bride will be tho
happy possessor.
GENEROUS EMPRESS OF JAPAN.
The empress of Japan has not only
promised to give at her own expense
artificial eyes and limbs to wounded
Japanese soldiers who may require
them, but she has announced that she
will extend her charity to Russian pris
oners needing such aid.
POINTS AND POINTERS ABOUT WOMEN.
Th-r.
bo i.. v-j l : . .:
The I Uc asylum In Munslngen. This la the j (s the cause of much of the. bad man-
Dr. j Cm female doctor of lunaer there. ners so prevalent In car* and restau-
hen ■ lock up one Another's secret* and In- J Mrs. Ursula N. GestefeM Is In London
hen I terchange the keys. this summer giving lectures and Bible
| Mrs. Mary Shannon Is a section boss I interpretations, which attract crowded
merion the Erie railroad—took her bus-j audience*. Her regular congregation
•ang j hand’s position when he died and has! In Chicago numbers over 400,
fend mini It will. I >t <• * to tblnlt polyruny |,
» I.K In public pieces many persons are so I the ctneral practice In Turkey. Each
bent on securing their own comfort I wife means an added expense In the
io** c^l^^t i* comfort^ another* 1 This I uue ** ua>luh;n « iu * r*U-