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BRIDAL CUSTOMS IN JAPAN.
Now that Japan is brought promi
nently before the public, the quaint
customs practiced in that far away
land are of added interest. And the
wedding rules are, perhaps, the most
iron bound of all the peculiar prac
tices among pzople of the Flowery
Kingdom.
The average Japanese girl rarely
knows that fher hand has even been
sought until all the arrangements have
been made between her father and
her suitor. The latter, however, does
not manage this in person, but leaves
all the arrangements to some trusty
‘emissary, genc<rally an intimate
friend.
When the preliminaries have been
gatisfactorily concluded the young
oouple are introduced to each other
in the most formal! manner and ex
change gifts either of money or
clothes, as a rule. There is no en
gagement ring, but, strange to say, it
is easier to get a divorce afier mar
riage than it is to break the betroth
al. After the introdueticn the con
tracting parties are considered bound
to marry, says the Chattanooga Times.
In one particular only does the Jap
anese bridal resemble ths western
ceremony. This is, too, a small mat
ker. The Japanese bride, like her
western sister, wears a veil; but there
Is absolutely no religious ceremony
and no legal oaths are administered.
But the young people sit in the Japan
ese fashion upon the cushions an the
floor, separated by the father of the
bridegrcom and the friend who has
carried on the negotiations. In front
of them stands a little table with a
Symbolic palm branch laid on it
THE SENSITIVE wWOMAN.
- Bvery one knows her. She has two
deep lines between her eyes and a
plaintive droop to the corners of her
mouth and to her eyebrows.
covery.—Harper's Bazar.
YOUR GLOVES,
They must be clean. :
They are worn large.
Tiy on very carefully at first,
Choose a soft, pliable leather.
Too often cheap gloves are cheap.
Be sure the fingers go in straight.
Benzine is as good as any cleaner.
Gloves are cleaned on the hand or
a form.
Gloves io keep should be wrapped
in tissue paper.
An expert says the cleaned glove
should dry on the hand.
It is a mistake to let white gloves
become really dirty.
The new gloves offer a great selec
ti~=—~fam _=aar with brown.
The careful woman tries them on
before the time she is to wear them.
Tan shades of the warmest possible
sorts appear in mannish handgear.
White gloves are elegant, if perfect-
Iy clean, for all dress wear. If dirty,
they are horrible.
With a pink evening dress a dead
white glove is not so pretty as one
faintly tinted with pink.
Pasted fawn gloves are attractive
with dresses of brown, castor or tan
color, or with dark green.
Suede kid is too soft and pretiy 1o
be cast aside, and pastel shades look
well with clothes in dark hues.—ln
dianapolis News.
PERSIAN LAMB WITH O‘I’iI;IEB
FURS. 4 # ",
Persian lamb is again fashionable;
but in its reappearance it is usually
managed with accessories of som=
other fur. For this the Rus<ian sables
are in high demand, with their cousins
of the Hudson Bay region a close sec
ond choice. Ermine, too, makes a
charming contrast; and since vests
and revers are so fashionable, the cor
rect thing is to fashion them after
some contrasting fur g
Pt ey Wavaewm ALCD asa v Uny
threes and fours are still noticeable,
but the long, sweeping kind hold very
well. ®
Unique match holders aré made by
sawing a coccanut in half and screw
ing the dry shell to the wall.
Pongee silk to be successfully laun
dered must be hung on the line with
out wringing the water out and allow
ed to thoroughly dry. Press with a
moderately warm iron without sprink
ling.
The most fashionable gown of the
season is a black taffeta, with a large
black, raised silk dot. The collar is
made of velvet, as are the cuffs, and
there are pipings of turquecise blue
satin to finish both.
Pipings are more than ever the
style, and, to pipe a gown with blue
and white is a pretty sure way to se
cure its general style. The little line
of white gives it neatness and finish,
while the blue gives it the required
note of color.
Here is an imperian: thing to re
member, also: Let there be some em
broidery or a lace application upon
the afternoon shirt waists.
You cannot buy a whip in the city.
of Moscow since a local law prohibits
the use of whips on bhorses. The re
sult of this humane law is seen in
the beauty, good conlition and good
behavior of the horses.
A correspondent suggests a use for
old denim, either ovemlls or that
which has seen service pa the stairs,
.y braiding into rugs for use in the
-itchen. The denim stould be wash
-4 before cut.
Oileloth tacked across the mottom of
a sereen door will strengtkan the
netting and prevent rain beatizz in.
About $lO,OOO worth of gaime cocks
are shipped into Mexico annually
from the United States. : i
To the Point. st
‘_‘}t I 3 oft@ said,” remarked Miss
Coy, “that there is no marrying in
heaven, but | wonder what the author
ity for it 1s?” :
“‘Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread,’” replied the savage bachelor.
: 1
Changed His Mind. :
Swaddlecomb—Last time [ saw
you, if I remember rightly, you told
me you were about to be married.
Yipsley—l did intend to be, but at
the last moment another rich relative
died and left me a lot more money,
and I haven’t spent it all yet.—Chica.
go Tribune. 3
On the oceasion of the hundredil an
niversary of the deathk of Schiller
(May 9, 1905, the Swiss Government
intends to give every pupil in the pub
lic schools a copy of that poet's play,
“Willlam Tell.” The sum of $20.,000
has been set aside for {his purpose.
Dealfness Cannot Be Cured
by loeal applications s they cannot reachths
diseased portion ofthe ear. Thereis only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition ¢f the mucous lJining of
the Eustachian Tube. Whenthis tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling=ound or imper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, ond unless the inflam
mation can be taken out and this tube re
siored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
arecaused by eatarrh, which is nothingbutaa
inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Doilars forany
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)thal can
notbe cured by Hall’s Catarrh Care. Seénd for
circularafres. F.J. Cuexey & Co., Teledo, O,
Sold by Druzgists, 752,
Take Hall's Pamily Piils for eonstipation.
A man brought up at St. Albans as
an incorrigible rogue was proved to
have married his aunt, His children
are, therefore, his Jrst cousins and he
is his own uncle. His grandmother
and bher mother-in-law are the same
person. Apparently the judge syin
pathized with him, for he was dis
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