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I N the child story hooks of people who are now grown was the de scription of a fairy Ice palace built centuries ago for a great em press of Russia. By day its crystal walls glittered like one huge, dazzling, scintillating diamond In the rays of the ■un, which were reflected from the ice in myriads of rainbow colored shafts. At night the palace was Illuminated with a thousand lamps, making the scene if po: stifle even more splendid than in daytime. Water colored green, red and yellow wa^> frozen into various decorative shapes to adorn and give brilliancy to the structure. The empress' h-e palace was consid ered so wonderful il: .• it was thought worthy of a record u, history, and that Is how wo come to know about it. A famous English poet was inspired by its novelty and beauty to write sonic versos about it, and these, too, have been handed down to our utilitarian generation. * « In the line of winter diversions the erection of that ice palace was the greatest thing which over happened— In those cays. Who could predict then, however, that In the centuries to come plain North Americans, Canadians and Yankees would not only equal the Rus sian Ice enterprise, but go It at least ten better—that, too. without half try ing? Within the past twenty years ice palaces have been Iguilt in Quebec, in Montreal, in St. Paul, at Niagara and on Saranac lake, beside which the Rus sian affair was a mere tallow dip light ed shanty. Our ice palaces are Illumi nated by electricity, and those who make merry within their walls are whirled thither In sumptuous automo biles. Next thing we'll be sailing to an evening’s entertainment In the ice pal ace in an airship, each of us in his or her own private conveyance. ft ft Of recent years the numerous wealthy winter campers in the Adlrondacks oc casionally hold an ice carnival there. They say it is more fun In the Adiron- dacks In winter than In summer—after you get used to it. The chief festivities take place at Saranac lake, the popular wlifter resort. There gather annually hundreds of hunters from all over the country. Hundreds of hapless mortals. disease have fastened on them, go to Saranac i lake for the winter to find if haply 20 j to 10 below zero may not freeze the poison germs cut of them. At Saranac I dwell many of the guide.', and these ! swell the population. Besides all these. ■ hundreds more stay in Saranac ail win- ' ter -hrough sheer enjoyment of th? cold which makes the fur clad individual's blood tingle In his veins, the cold which brings s>igh riding, f hating 1 , toboggan ing. skeeing, ice hockey and ice boat- , ing—wedi. come to thin . there are more | winter sports than summer ones, i The Pontiac club has chatgz of winter •gayci*-.-- at Saranac that •gain quite | dwarf any ice shows if the old lime. | Ther-. wasn't any sk.-.ing by r-»d and j green incandescent Ugh at the Rus- ■ Man ice i alace rink. At Saranac the | winter through there it, a l.irg • skating i | rink kept ir. perfect order night and) ! day. An ice fort was a feature of one ! of the ice chows. It was bu,lt of huge | j blocks of ice cut fr-un the lake and ce- . ! mented together with .- now. Gay ilags I not only of the United States, but of all not.one. waved from its glittering bat tlements. ft ft j Ice hockey matches are always a fen- | ture of the Adirondack winter colony's I sports. At times u Canadian hockey 1 club’crosses the border and shows its! ' skill to players on this side. During! i the season, too. there :: always a fancy J ! dress chating party on the rink. Same - i 1 times as many as :;00 skaters, dressed j as knights, cowboys, Indians, puritan | maidens, gypsies and ladies of the olden | ; time, make night merry over tne dark | j lake with their songs, laughter and! bright costumes. ft ft Tobogganing is a favorite winte. sport in the Adlrondacks as elsowkc>-e 1 in America, but it has never reached j such development here as in the En- gadine in Switzerland. It is one of the 1 most fascinating of all winter sports,' | but sometimes attended with a little | danger. That makes it all the more at- | j tractive however. The colony of foreign residents, large- i iy English, at St. Moritz, in the Enga- j dine, have brought tobogganing to p- • faction. John Addington 'Symonds, U;v j English author, spent many winters there, and his interest in the : rt brought about its development. A spi - , rial toboggan track has been made. A ! Symonds silver cup is annually com- ! peted for by men toboggan racers. I There is also an annual ladies’ co ,:• t, and the women have attained a -kill little short of that exhibited by the bast : men. A speed of forty to fifty mil r, t hour is frequently reache 1 in these p r- ilous downhill slides. An American who tried skidding down the almost per; --u- dicular ice track at St. Moritz says he never was so scared in his life he ' was the first time he did the feat, but he was eager to try it again ;;!! the' same. Rob sledding by crews of men j and women together is a favorite I amusement at St. Moritz, just as it is ! among American boys and girls. There are frequent bobsled races in the En dine Alps. ft ft It is well worth while spending a win- ‘HGOP-LA: CLEAR THE TRACK! - ’—the toboggan girl. men have to do is to cut a hole through , been disliked for the same cause. Mod- the ice perhaps a foot square. In the ' ern fashion gtvos a very wide choice wooden floor of the shanty a hole has \ regarding color, but we all love to see been cut of the same size, and the i a young and pretty bride clad in soft shanty is moved so that the hole in its! white raiment, do we not? floor is directly over the hole in the ice. j Regarding jewels, n-.any brides re- A little sheet iron stive is always one fuse to wear anything bur the engage- ot the furnishments of the ice fisher’s ment ring, a decision which is to be shanty, so that he has just to make a commended. Opals are said to bring fire in his stove, let his lines down bad luck, and French brides never through the double hole in the floor and wear pearls, as they consider them to the ice and wait for a bite, “warm as i toast.” See? Little trenches the length of the shanty sled runners are d ig in the ice, j the runners are put into these and wa- ! ter is poured on them, so they freeze fast. Otherwise the wind might blow j be the emblem of tears. In Scotland New Year’s eve is a fa vorite wedding day among the country folk, and Irish Molly choose Shrove Tuesday for that happiest of days. English brides are warned that "to marry between the sickle and the j the whole irap away, fishermen, shanty ] scythe will never thrive." and the I and all. The house is additionally sup- j month of May and during Lent and | ported by being tied to upright sticks ! advent are unpopular seasons, also frozen fast in the ice. Often holes ■ A bride naturally wishes for a bright, are cut in the ice outside of the shanty sunshiny wedding day—“Happy is the j and lines put down through them, so | bride that the sun shines on." There- i that one fisherman my attend to a ; fore, we are told that in older to gain j dozen lines. Spearing fish through the \ her wish she must be watchful never ice Indian fashion is also common on our northern lakes. Iceboat sailing is one of the most ex citing of all winter divert ions and one requiring nerve and skill, it is becom ing every winter more popular on the northern lakes and rivers. The upper I Hudson i'd its larger tributaries have a nunieroiis contingent of ice yachts men. The sport itself is really much like skating silting down. The largest ! iceboat fleet in this country is probably j that at Oshkosh. Wis.. and the scene of | its exploitation is Winnebago lake, thir- [ 1’uckets may omit iliis precaution and ty miles Ion?: and fourteen wide. An must face tlio oomso-nionces. iceboat * in a strong wind sometimes' Years ago it \va> considered the pro to ill use cats, for if she does so she will not only have a wet and stormy wedding day. but ill fortune and sick ness will follow. Sunday is a favorite day for rural weddings in England, and the after noon. of that day is not a time of rest for the pastor of a village church, es pecially during the summer. In Wales it is said to b«' an evil omen if the bride stumbles going into church, and to insure good ha k ever after the bridegroom is advised to carry to church a horseshoe in his pocket. The fashionable man who dislikes bulging travels at a speed that takes away the breath. An eighty mile an hour rate • has been reached. “But a sixty mile an j hour jog is fast enough for me,” says j an iceboat sailor. ! ing for the bride to cry. This arcely b^ understood, if she is g the “only man in the world for per can wed nor.” In some ou f of the way districts tho people say that the best time for a wedding is when the moon is young, If wo should have the fortune to he f an( ^ ’ n many parts a marriage which able to visit Yellowstone park in win- ’ t fl kes place with a waning moon is re- ter we would find the soldier guards P^rded with sorrow, there making their rounds upon order to witness the scenes there in the frozen season. Fishing through the ice is both a sport and a business upon our inland For the rich man it is sport: for “wooden wings of Norway.*’ otherwise skees. A skee is a piec e of polished ash wood strapped to the foot. The regu lation length for army men is ten feet eight inches. Skees are something liko long, thin sled runners strapped one to each foot. The skeer carries a balanc ing pole, and in addition the Yellow stone army skeer carries fastened upon his hack a pack of some forty pounds weight while making his rounds. And the falls they have and the fun they have, those soldier boys who come as green hands and essay skeeing! But the eternal boy in them grows as fond of the sport as if the man were yet a boy in years and stature. For skeeing down a mountain side Is the most thrilling winter sport of all! JESSIE M’BURNIE. PUNISH AND PARDON. East night my little son was sent Uukiss'od to hod with angry eyes And lips that pouted willful wise; This was his mother’s punishment. A gentler woman docs not live, But yet she tarried to forgive. i Tho childish fault, the passionate deed They must he cheeked. : o in the gloom I I fo stumbled to his little room: j He was too proud to weep or plead. I saw Ins mother's eyes grow dim In tender yearning following him. i But in the silence when he slept ; I’ndried the tears lay on his cheek, > The little face seemed very meek, j How piteously perchance he wept Before he took to Slumberland The grief he could not understand! laborers’ wages may be obtained by t planned for tlio ice fishermen they are the winter fisherman, for" (ho fish al-i not at all uncomfortable, ways seem to bite when locked in under An ice shanty is simply a large wood- the ice. Women as well as men enjoy en box mounted upon runners to be ice fishing, and some of them become hauled over the ice. Arrived at the ter alone the edge of our great lakes in the poor, business. Much more than expert. In one of the shanties specially. fishing place, tfce first thing the sports- BRIDAL LORE. Here are a few old superstitions and traditions interesting to prospective brides. Every girl is familiar with the old couplet: Something old and something new. Something borrowed and something blue. Green has always been considered an unlucky color, and so also has black Then tenderly his mot hr The fair tossed hair ba» And kissed the lips so But woke him not since i And there besid She knelt and pray smoothed ; from his brovr issive row, soothed, little 1 awhile instead. Ah. so. dear God. when :it the last We lie with closed and tear stained eyes And lips too dumb for prayers or sighs. Sorry and punished for tlio past. Surely thou wilt forgive and bless, Being pitiful for our distress! $ $ $ Cbc Self Hsserttve Girl and Some Others I T'S a great mistake to try to euro ■ a girl of seif assurance. I It may be a trifle unpleasant at tlm.s to feel that one’s daughter knows It all. It may be also delightful to see her “come a cropper” because the went on ahead without the advice of her elders, but most of us forget on. thing— We have learned mighty little from advice and a precious lot from experi ence. Advlce7 Bah! We all of us ask It, but how many of us follow it? And can’t we remember that at least two out of the three times we followed it we were sorry afterward? At least if you lose from following out your own ideas you learn some thing, and often if you win from follow ing other people's instructions you are] 'no wiser than you were before and Wouldn't be able to do the same stunt over again to save your soul. ft ft Then there Is another point worth considering—for one woman who has the ability to decide for herself in this world there are fifty others who can't make a move without consulting their uncles and their cousins and their aunts. So you can sec for yourself that i golf assurance is a valuable asset and! not one to be nipped lightly in the bin'. | 1 could give you a dozen Instances i offhand where women have lost most valuable opportunities through inabili ty to decide quickly through lack of a.lf assurance, of confidence in them- aelves. ft ft It .earns to me if I had a daughter tho first thing I would teach her would bo to think for herself, to reason out ATHLETIC MRS. JAMES R. GARFIELD, Ltomed fUe mrl of setting stones. ! A bright, merry, most attractive face has Mrs. James Rudolph Garfield 1 whose husband is now secretary of the interior. She is an example to Ameri can mothers in her love of active outdoor life and sports. A ten mile walk is said to be nothing to her. No wonder she has an animated, winsome face. It has the sparkle that results from good health and good muscular trim. Mrs. Garfield is bringing up her children to be athletic too. she was Miss Helen Newell of Chicago. Her father was a railroad president. • she was ;ah!o ys- grew older and that meanwh acquiring one of the rn •: t v. sots a woman can y.r. : - >ess. one which would stand her in good stead in many a pinch. * * h*r own plan of action and to depend on herself. Then if she became a trirte •'cocky*' and self assertive because of thia at times I would try to stand it, knowing that it would wear off as she the year, arid women have been most successful in designing artistic pend ants. chains and rings. For instance, j have seen pendants of seroiprrcions stones f r $30 and $40 which were really beautiful. >'n° of Well, to change the subject, one of , gi\ cnish stone similar to .iade was set the newest ways in which women are in old silver. It had one cetvral stone making a living consists in the silver- , and three others, rear shape 1. lumping smith’s art. frem it. Th^n there are wonderfully Originality in jewelry is the cry of carved bits of coral and tourmalines POINTS CONCERNING WOMEN AND THEIR INTERESTS. tmn into a deor> saucer, bury the nose in the bat* 1 and inn. ]r. p,r.-t througn Mrs. D. O. Eland d echned to prose- j hatbox and every other sort of true’: one n---M ’ md :t-cn through. ' a• other, cute her husband for theft of $101. | of box that you inay^need. all of which The third Ft n r woman to h called •'But," said site, handing him a $10 bill, ; can be unlocked with one key. to the her : Mmo. Renezech. whose "take this, and if ever you darken my! In Mexico a newspaper or a sheet of husband is !.-.» > i ivy Hr two do&r with your hulking bulk 1 will have ! paper fixed on a window or b Fenny of : r.-de- • >• in the pr .fession are Mile, you sent to jail.” i a dwelling house is an anniun.-'ni.cnt Clixrv.ir, .Vine. P-: i. the f u-mer a Now comes a London trunk dealer that there are room? to let in ti • house, sister and the latter the wife of a bar- ; who for ingenuity and true business] Fxoel'r-nt wash fer the nos* 1 : To a rister Instim t puts all his Yankee brethren J tumhieifu! of lukewarm watet add a The Fcv. Daniel Steel, ohr. g t 0 to tho b! ash He has imenied a series I qua; ter r f a latlespoonful of .-alt. and th' -t • • . •. ;■• - ‘ i v- pf trunks, skirt trunk, bodice trunk,'when it baa dissolved pour the solu-, an Alumni Regard shawms the gain! dd and peridots set in most eccentric de-1 She never throws away a picture | signs. ; frame no matter how old or battered i One woman I have in mind devotes it is. her entire time to designing curious Narrow frames of dark wood she en- • shapes and forms in necklaces, nr i .is atnels white, and she replaces the old (society women desire quaint things fashioned picture with some good print I above everything else she makes quite in dainty pastel tones harmonizing-with I a profit. Site bus reprodvet several tho room in which the picture is to be i historical bits of Jewelry seen in Euro- , hung. ' pean museums with great success, ery summer when, she goe= to Eui she comes 'home with enough sketches to more than make up her penses. She halearned the art of sot ting stones thoroughly and does all the work with her own -hands, thus insur ing its fidelity and incidentally not di minishing her profits. ft S? ! It seems to me as I observe my own [sex that a great many women commit j the enormous 'mistake of spendin; all ; they get upon their hacks. Now. clothes • count for a I Armed with a small brush and some good quality gold paint I have seen her revolutionize the appearance of a lot of dingy old frames and then put them in the drawing room. When she wanted an artistic effect on the green wall facing the front door thing 1 krrotutioiiue flic appear i a.u-e of old frames. | happiness—no, I will .-ay o i for she isn't happy. .She.wants to see more of life, net realizing . a it is her ; own fault that she dor not have the , opportunity. Now, how much better for her it i would be if she only -*nt half her! money on clothes and devoted the rt st 1 travel, amusement and m< king-' Some "■omen are like that, don't you know? Th“y arc shy on car fare and ! never have enough chr.nee to treat you to an ice cream soda, but they -'an spend $40 for a fancy waist without even winking. ft ft Before I close I want to tell you" of the pet economy of a friend. she took amold black frame, painted it forest green and put into it an art print in colors showing an orchard in the springtime. Total cost, 75 cents. It’s a good idea. Try it yourself. hjitZ. New York. CARE OF CHILDREN’S HAIR. At bedtime a little girl’s hair should be loosened and shaken out—in order that the air may pass through it—and afterward be carefully combed and brushed. If the hair is worn plaited during the day it should be simply tied together during the sleeping hours, but if the locks have hung loose all day il is good for them to be loosely braided at night. Each child should possess a brush and comb of its own. which must be kept scrupulously clean and washed frequently in warm water to which a little ammonia or a lump of washing soda has been added. Some children catch cold very easily after having their hair washed. In or der to dry it quickly and prevent this use for the final rinsing quite hot watei to which a few drops of alcohol hav* been added. Then rub the hair wel, with alcohol and wring It out as dry as possible. Next take two or three towels, divid* the hair and wipe each strand separate* ly. Let tne child sit In a warm room, or. if possible, in the sun, fan the hair for a few minutes and it will soon be perfectly dry. Th“ wife of the present secretary of commerce and labor is the first Jewish woman to i,e a member of the cabinet social circle. Phe is well fitted to do the! honors of her new position. She has traveled extensively. While her husband ; was minister to Turkey she was with him at Constantinople. Mrs. Straus i lrot.,- y.- iirgcr than her husband. She has two daughters married. At home in Nov. York city she is active in philanthropic work. She is president of the; Clariua Home Kor Working Girls. 1 CURE FOR 8CANDAL. It is told of Hannah More that she had a good way of managing talebear ers. It is said that whenever she was told anything derogatory to another her invariable reply was, “Come, we will go and ask if this be true.” The effect was sometimes ludicrously pain ful. The talebearer was taken back, stammered out a qualification or else begged that no notice might be taken of the statement. But the good lady was inexorable. Off she took the scan dalmonger to the scandalized to make inquiry and compare accounts. It is not likely that anybody ever a second time ventured to repeat a gossipy story to Hannah More. One would think her method for treatment would be a sura cure for scandal. in the membership of all professions, ! excepting the ministers, proposes that tho Methodist denomination shall have a ministry recruited by ordained wo- ; men. Mrs. Cyrus Adams of Tilnkhanno-.k. i Pa., noted huntress, lias this season! bagged 55 rabbits. 117 squirrels', 10 | pheasants and mis- c-lianeous gam". Queen Victoria of Fpsin is the gra cious mistress of a number of most L-'autiful h'Ties 'id r Faces. 17- royal palace at Madrid la by ccomsu - cjio of the most handsome and ' are made to a large extent out of doors, I the lartest i-\v.il domiciles inland Miss Corelli has a rustic seat in a It tva: built by Philip V. j sunny corner of the pine woods, which sad ora Ceoghr-gan is the third i she regards as her out of door “sanc- iu ho District of Columbia to turn.” lannncj- certificate. Fhe hopes Mrs. Ella Thurlo of Marion. O., ap- -i drug store. pointed receiver, is now running the ,vdia Kirby, superintendent of! Holcomb flour mill with good result, ti Philadelphia public schools, I Miss Jeanne Gordon has been ap- in making boys expert with | pointed by Mayor Behrman of New i ;< lOrl'ans factory inspector on behalf of! Fur - i] per v -'rk in th" women and children, between 10 ana -. Bencii notes i “Will you take this man?” askad the ! pastor of Fannie Crawford of Terre Haute, Ind. “No.” she replied, and there was no wedding. Countesg di Brazza, a beautiful Ital ian woman, came to America recently to establish a bureau for distributing through the south and west the vast, throng of Italian immigrant laborers who land at New York. We. may hope, if not expect, that for a few years at least, rich American girls will be a little shy of marrying foreign fortune hunters with titles. |indistinct print