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pect of her ever having a home of her
own. , ''
Still, things do not always go by con
traries. and the girl graduate whom yon
may chance to observe as she makes hel
bow to the world this June may tuin
ont just as you expect. Anyway, it:will
be most interesting to wait and see to
what account she turns the brain a®
muscle of her higher education.
. —T C f2£C8 SVXiVESTHS
young women the physical training is
ho longer an elective but a compulsory
feature of the curriculnm. It is also one
of the most popular. The time which
the mothers of the college girls of to
day-spent in eating chocolate creams
and reading forbidden French novels
toe latter employ in playing basket
ball, in doing lOO yard dashes or prac
ticing the giant swing on the horizontal
bar.
Her mother made .fancy work” and
plastered the furniture in her room with
tidies. The. daughter adorns the wall*
of her * ‘den** with trophies of hard won
victories ou the tennis court or the grid-'
iron. Her mother took an occasional
carriage ride or a desultory walk. - She
thinks nothing of . taking a 50 mile spin
on her bicycle. Her mother wore silks
and linen, and every draft of chilly ai»
meant a cold, site wears a sweater and
stout boots, and the cold, wet days of
spring have no terrors for her.
I had heard much abont the athletic
college girl, but 1 had rather suspected
that she merely played at being mus
cular. Yon see, the girl graduates that
1 had known were of the old type. But
one visit to a field day carnival held at
a prominent woman’s college swept
away all my prejudiced doubtinga.
There was no mere pretense, abont the
young woman who madedhe 100 yard
dash in 15>£ seconds.
There was no doubt, either, about the
muscularity of the young women who
pulled the oars in the college shells and
made the long, narrow boats sboot
through the water at amazing speed.
The girls who took part in the hurdle
racing, Jn the jumping and in the basket
ball contest evidently were not the
kind who would think it fashionable to
appear perfectly helpless in society.
But still I had to have a suspicion of
some kind, so I asked of an undergrad
uate:- '
“Bo these athletic champions of yours
ever amount to much iu the classroom?”
She looked at me over her glasses in
a superior sort of way and then proceed
ed to crush me:
4 ‘That depends ou your point of view.
You saw the girLwho just won the bas
ket ball event?”
“ Yes. She made a splendid throw-
over 50 feet, wasn’t it?”
“It was 62 feet 6 inches. She is also
entefed in the 220 yard ruu. Well, she
stands No. 1 in languages, with 118 be
low her, and she took one of the honors
in Greek.”
“An exception, perhaps,
suggested.
4 4 Out of the nine girls in the senior
boat crew five are honor girls iu various
departments of study. That girl who
came in second in the hurdle race has
captured one of the fellowships and is
going to take an advanced course in
comparative biology. The young lady
who won the pole vaulting is one"of. the
best . astronomers in her class, and the
one who was third in the broad stand
ing jump will probably stay here as in
structor of mathematics. Oh, no,
they’re not all dunces.”
• If .any more Suspicions had occurred
to my mind, I should have hidden them
deep, but I*was too thoroughly squelch
ed to have any farther doubts concern
ing the absolute perfection of one of
those college girls.
Yet they are not masculine, these
college girls. When their sweaters,
their short skirls and their bloomers are
hung ug* they appear in costumes
which at® delightfully feminine. There
air: - She locked bp and down the road
way, but if she expected somq one there
Was no one In-sight. And _then she did a
curious thing.-- She held her handkerchief
In her mouth and stood a moment—only a
momentr—with clasped hands, looking to-
'ward the upper- windows of the housa
Then she hurried across the road,, dropped
har ~ handkerchief and stopped to pick it
up, turned one swift glance up again to.
the house and ran quickly down to the
Servants’ entrance of the house next door.
“I-believe thatfs Kate! I believeit’B
Kate! ItiSI It is! Itiisl” -
- Daylight had glinted over the housetops
before Clarence. Arniitage left his vigil
ground and stole softly back to his desert-
edchamber. ■ ■-•■-- -L I --
Next morning he was in a feverish, rest
less condition, uncertain what to do, what
to think, what to -determine. : He coaid
not go to his office, he could not remain at
home, he could not go out.. What would
happen that niglrt? L,LCould beget to speak
to-her? This was the cry that arose in his
heart and kept upleapmgthere-all the
dreary day long.,
At last the day was done, at last all were
gone to their rcst,-4m& a full.hourbefore
^esfast post time
wiwm tfieujfifteway of the squarqaSk-
den and just opposite to the pillar box of
the postoffice. Wpuld she come? .That was
the eternal question asked and answered
during this slowly moving hour. Yes, at
last the black figureandwhite-flowing cap
came along in the direction of the. pillar
box. Clarence Armitage trembled and
almost shook, in his excitement.. But a
new event calmed him. As she approached
the letter box and- posted the letters she
held in her hands a mad came around the
ecraer his evehtnisf diress showing. uzuL»r-
neath tin half open overcoat, his step un
steady and gay. As he approached the girl
he seemed to recognize her. i L’L
“Ah, Annie,” he said, “is it you, my
dear? Come for a walk.”
“No?sir; certainly not’.’
Clarence gave a fearful start, for it Was
his wife’s voice. L' -
“Bosh and nonsense!’’ replied the map..
“You must come. You area devilish good
looking girl, Annie.”
word REGULA TOR is not on
. The most conspicuous materials for little
gitisH&est dresses are sheerorgandy, batiste,
opmsook, Swiss and Libertysilk and ribbon
and lace me so skSfully used, in .their
decoration:that fascinating effects are evolved.
The , cost of getting . up a pretty, party
dtess, such as is pictured in the sketch,
is not much and the mode -is quite practical
as it may be made with the neck high and
with full length sleeves, A lovely effect will
be achieved by - making up the thin goods
LOVE’S FUGITIVE.
The red fox knows his cover
When hot the hounds pursue,
But where ahall rest the lover
Lashed by the lpye of yon?
Oh, where shall rest the lover racked
By love your bpsosn scorns.
And in the worn and midnight tracked
By love o’er bleeding thorns?
On the wild lion’s lair, love,
The black storm breaks in vain,
Bat night bat brings despair, love,
And the red stars burn my brain!
And where shall rest the lover sent
To mourn that loves remain?
A paradise were banishment
And palaces were pain 1
The red fox knows his cover
When hot the hounds pursue.
No world can hide a lovor
Lashed by the love of you! •
-Frank L. Stanton in Chicago Times-HeralA
Absolutely. Pure.
OVERDID THE BUSINESS.
Celebrated for its great leavening
strength and healthfulness. Assures
the food against alum and all forms of
adulteration common to the cheap
brands. Royal Baking Powder Com
pany, New York.
to form straps that reach to the bottom of the
waist The double puff at the top of the
coat sleeve, the graceful full-front between
the boleros and the stylish sldrt which com
prises seven gores combine to produce a most
atteacfiVe tiwcOTife.. The costume . is ^styfish^
for visiting, reception, church or concert wear
and is adaptable to a wide range of. fabrics.
The fino plaiting* of silk are no w popular'and
beads ef velvet: ribbon add a more dreiqy
decorative touch. y.o',--
< The Butterick. pattern ,is costume No. 9*71;
10 sizes; bust measures, 39 to 42 inches; any
sec, 49 cents. “ - “s?'
‘‘With a little more horse sense
I might have been Governor of a
great State-once,” laughed a man
who is so; thoroughly out of poli
tics that he usually forgets to
vote. “I was popular at home,
was widely known, had held sev
eral minor offices and had my eye
on the Presidency. I was a bach
elor, well off $nd thought mighty
highly ot myself.
“When nctminated foriha^jfi^BB
emsMp^-started right out to help
do my own campaigningT -Wo '5e- -
eided to clean up the country dis
tricts first and mass our forces on
the big cities at the' finish. My
first date was at Hillside. I call
ed upon several of the local lead
ers, not Yorget ting to dandle the
babies tuid vow that each was the
handsomest little thing I had seen
in many a day. When I came to
speak there was a goodly sprink
ling of rural maidens in the au
dience. I threw all the admira
tion possible into my feature^ ad
mitted the solitude of a bachelor’s
existence and vowed that the rea
son I had never married was be
cause I had never been to Mill-
side before. There was great hi!-
A TALE OF DIVORCE
ifrrst Shipwrecked One—I’m hungry.
Is there anything?
'Second: Shipwrecked One—Nothing
June is not delightful except to those
Who can -he delighted, and Mr. Clarence
Armitage of H Som'ivset square was not a
man to whom June or any other monii,
was delightful. He had just seen his three
little children off to their school olose by,
watohing them across the square^andhe
came back to the dining roorU^JVhere
breakfast was laid for him and where his
letters, a great heap of theih, awaited him.-'
He wearily stood sorting them out, and at
last picked out one written in a lawyer’s
handwriting and bearing tho monogram of
Messrs. Clarke & Russell. He waited mo
tionless almost while the servant brought
in hot coffee, bacon and eggs, and, reply
ing to her question that he wished for
nothing else, he took up the letter and
slowly opened it as the door was closed
It read as follows: - "
The Girl Graduate of Today Not
Only Sweet, but Athletic.
SHE HAS PEW PEILLS AND FAU0IES
Feints of Difference Between the New
Type of College Girl and the Old—Eon-
dred Yard Bashes and Football Scrim
mage* Fart of the Higher Education.
In a fluffy white aureole anffwith the
Scent of jack loses about her comes the
sweet girl graduate to add to glorious
June a crowning glory.
That is the way we outsiders view
her advent. At least those of us who
have the least bit of romance left—and
most of us have more than we suspect,
even in this nicrceuary era—look at it
thus. She is a sweet scented chimera of.
the new summer. She comes like the
meteor and fades out of our vision like
the rainbow.
Tt is is the time honored and leg
endary view of the girl graduate. It is
Supported by all the annals of poetry
X V ..^4 a-
The variety of gauzes bearing tinsel .thread 8
or metallic devices is extensive, and, though
' pronounced in effect^ they are decidedly pop
ular. Striped black gauzes are animated by
heliotrope, blue and other colored- metal
threads, introduced in short dashes in the
solid stripe. In colored gauzes of the same'
class the tinsel matchtothe stripe in hue.
Lace-striped gauze is alai> effective in pale-
. blues, greens, pink, etc. . - - :.
Malinesis included in the trimming of a
small bonnet with long sides suggesting the
Dutch head-dress. Three, bandeaux .of riv
eted steel form, the bonnet, and at the front
and sides are fixed large black Ifaiinrs ros
ettes, a steel ornament shining from the cen
ter of Leach airy knot. A trio of black tip3
spreads like a fan at the. back, and a single.
small one droops over a brilliant jewelled err
nament. > ’
Black tulle is used for rosettes upon a
toque of geld net embroidered with,black
chenille and fan qy je t spangles . The btimis
rolled . all round, but Jnfrontik’is pointed.
Rosettes-are disposed ail about.the crown,
which is rather highland at the left side a
whiteMgrettb is fastened among the black
One of the daintiest gauzes presentswhite
silk sfripesoa a white surface and d^utin&sti
detached roses in blue, rose apd Breen. * It
was chosen in-conjunction with.-]!fiJe*greea
velvet;. being, mo anted on a. pale-green, taffeta
lining.; anexquisite background for the delicate
French'color scheme unbodied in the design.
- Brocaded velvets arc used, wholly or in
part, for basques worn with skirts ol moire
antique fjfonne and other silks. Some of the
new operaclcakinrmaterials suggest:crepona.
The. ground « mixed sftk-and-wool in tight
shades, and upon it are raised crepy silk con
ventional figures in self colors. Thesefabrlcs
are adaptable to short and long wraps.
Corduroy, velvet, bro d cloth, zibcline and
other napped fabrics are invariably madewith
He had got up to the girl and hadTaken
hold of her arm, roughly too.
“No, sir; you mustn’t talk like that,
and you hurt me. ”
“Hurt you? Nonsense!” was the reply,
thickly spoken, partly from passion, partly
from drink.
- “Let me go! You must let me go!”
Clarence Armitage stepped forward, and
as the fellow took hold of the girl’s bodice
in a rude, rough fashion he strtick him
full in the face and then turned to his wife
and hastily whispered:
“Don’t cry out, darling! I have been,
watching for you so long. Come home to
me again—come home! Comemow, -while:
there is yet time to get in quietly. ”
Kate Armitage stood dazed, but allowed
her husband to carry her rather than lead- .
her toward the house. Fortunately no one
was about. Hastily opening the door with
his kej, he draw her inside and shut t-ho
door.
“Oh, Clarence, I cannot, I cannot!” she
cried as she covered her face with her hands
and slid down on to the floor of the dining
room, where he had taken her. 44 You have
found me- out, and now you-are' goiiig.to
torture me, to send me away from my
Oh, don’t do that!
over an inexpensive slip of taffeta silk of a
bright color, or percaline or lawn of,pretty
hue may be used; the ribbon should match
the slip in color. The full, soft folds in which
the dress falls are becoming yet'it is made
trim by a fitted body over t^hich the skirt
upon him.
22 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, \7. C., June 1, 18—.
Dear Sir—Wo hasten to inform you that the
rule was made absolute this day in court, and
that, therefore, the case is now finished in
your favor.
We are, deax eir, yours faithfully,
Clarke & Bussell.
Clarence Armitage, Esq.
“Oh, my poor wife! My darling Kate!”
he cried ont to himself. “Why did I go to
these lengths?. What is my life worth to
me now? Why did you leave me?. Why
did you leave me?”
Perhaps these questions are isked more
often than one would suppose. Perhaps the
dreary silence of the reply to them tells as
strongly upon the nerves of others as it did
upon those of Clarence Armitage. He
boro it all, though silently and apparently
unmoved. His life was very methodical.
He saw »fter everything himself. In the
morning be was down early dnough to see
that the ‘ hree younger children had their
breakfast properly and tu nffcCTWaawt speeds
thorn on tl- -ir'Way to school and then to
greet- his elder boys as they set out for
Uni versify college. He was a reserved man,
and yet there was a world of affection for
his four boys and little girl, youngest and
daintiest of them all. The children seemed
to recognize it,, for they loved their father.
After settling with the housekeeper the
necessary details of the day he proceeded to
his office, and then, at 6 o’clock, upon his
return he had high tea with his ^children,.
helped them in their lessons, sometimes
saw them in their- bath and always at tbei
last, whon all the house was quiet, went
up to oheir bedside and saw that they were
comfortable for the night.
Once, about three months after Mrs*
Armitage had bpcome free from the ties of
wifehood, he had said good night and had
gone to his study, when up stairs there
arose a screaming from little voices and
harsh, angry notes from the lips of boys
who were nob Controlled yet by the world’s
heavy hand of repression. M»* Armitage
flung his cigarette-down and rose to go tip
stairs, when the door was thrown open and
Ralph Armitage stood there panting and
, raging in his youthful heat.
“Father,” he cried but, “you have not
forbidden Katie and”--
The poor. boy burst, into tears. Some
thing bad turned his first flash of indig
nant defiance of his father into a burst of
heartfelt grief. ~ »
“Well, Ralph, what does all this mean
and what are all the crying and noise up
stairs about?”
“ Oh, father, dear little Katie was say
ing her prayers, and slio said—she said,
: God bless dear mother, ’ and—and’ !—
The boy stopped abruptly,' and Mr.
Armitage turned deadly pale. 1
‘UWell, Ralph,” he"said kindly, “tell me
all about it, my boy. Forbidden her to
pray for her mother? No, certainly not. ”
“Oh, I thought not, but Mrs. Cookton
said she mustn’t do so, and that it was
tricked to think anything more about
mother, and . that Katie nor any of them
laps at the front and backto within square-
yoke depth. Double frill caps edged with
lace fluff stylishly over the tops of the puff
sleeves which are furnished with a frill of
lace edging. f L ' : ' "" ' - v
The Butterick pattern is dress No. 9270 ; 8
zes; ages, 2 to 9 years; any size, 20 cents?
36* RUSSIAN BLOUSE COSTUME FOR
* ' A BOY.
There never was a time when the small boy
was so liberally provided for as now; his suit
may be of linen, duck, Galatea,.8eige, fiahnel
or doth, hut there -is a jaunty air about it
whatever the uu^ial, and its shtipelihess is
arimowtedged and admired. The costume in
the fiketdh is simple and easily made, twn
shades of flannel being associated—blue-and
red, withhraidfor deporatidn._The blquseis in
the popular Russian style, closed at ' the right
ride-of the front, and droops in the usual blouso
I faintly
watchhouse next door.
Be merciful dear, for our old love’s sake;
for our children’s sake!”
“Katie, dear, be calm, be calm,” he re
plied soothingly. “ You shall never leave
me again, never again, I swear! Oh, how
I have longed-for yon again { How I have
sought for you! How our children have
prayed for you! There now, do not cry,
darling. Be quiet, and all will yet bewell. ’ ’
He took her all over the house, pointed
out that everything stood just as it used to
stand, took her into their bedroom and
showed her her dresses still hanging in the
wardrobe, her jewel case, her hairbrushes,
her linen,
bad mad&.a bit. I bad oaptnrgd.
thi) girls, and each one of them
could control at least a single
vote., -
“But it was such a good thing
that I decided to push it along.
In every village and hamlet where
I went I made the same assertion
fund secured the same evidence of
approval. But there came the
day of judgement. My opponents
got hold of what I had done. They
told the stoiy from the stump and
through the press, charging me
with insincerity toward the ten
der sex and toward every one else,
for that matter. - It became notor
ious that I had said the. same
thing to all babies and lasses.
THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE OF TUE PAST.
and fiction and is generally accepted as
the true one, but as a matter of fact
'there is really a great deal less of non
sense and frivolity about berthan she is
generally credited with. Probably it
used to be so. There mnst have been
some foundation iu fact on which to es
tablish the romantic notions that wc
cling to so tenaciously. ,
But just consider. The young woman
whom we see only as a rosy vision has
an A. B. or an A. ’M. tacked to her name
now. She has wrestled with logarithms
and calculus and the dead languages for
four longyears. She has struggled for
the higher education, and she has cap
tured it. Under those soft masses of
hair which crown her shapely head
there are plans—deep, serious plans—for
the future. True, they will probably be
lost sight of at the first sparkle of an
engagement ring, but for the present
they are there.
This is where the girl graduate of to
day differs from her prototype of a
score of years ago. Iu days gone by the
heroiagr- bf commencement day was a
creature of frills and fancies. She knew
a little table French, a little music and
had a nodding acquaintance with the
classics. A few other elements went to
make up the 4 ’finish” which the semi
naries of that day gave their graduates.
Her ambition was to “shine” in society
and to marry after her second . season.
She was frail and spirituelle. A surplus
of confectionery and pastry had ruined
her digestion, and lacked exercise had
ntqde matters worse. It was not so
jaach brain fag as indigestion which
made a year’s rest necessary for her. to
recuperate. No wonder she had roman
tic notions and was called sweet in a
half sarcastic way.
The average girl graduato of today
deserves a better adjective. She has few
frills and fewer fancies. Not only does
she possess a better mental development
than her sister of 20 years ago, but die
has muscles that the other neyer dream
ed of. She has biceps and triceps. They
are part of the higher education. It is
likely that the girl who stood, highest
in political economy was the same who
pulled stroke oar in the senior boat crew,
fcast arear the i>es.t running high jump
In a sketch cf Sir William Martin
Conway, the mountain climber and ex
plorer of the Himalayas, The English
Illustrated Magazine says that he has
the “climber’s walk”—-that is, a gen
tle roll of the body, with no unequal
steps, but swinging his legs with rhyth
mic precision. He is a slim man, hut
tough, full of energy and with iro®.
will be inharmonious. ~
Plain chiffon, cKiffonette—also familiar as
glace chiffon—and mott stltne de aoie are ex
tensively worn. at. cqtiUens and other Me-
tions. Silk or satin is the invariable choice
as a foundation for such goods, and frequently
they are made up-in combination with em-
broidefed fnowsseilne de soie.
A rarely beautiful specimen of the latter in
white shows large daisies wrought with white
silk and gold forthe centers, the flowers being ‘
strewn asby a careless hand upon thesnowy,
diaphanous Surface.
Silk Brussels net in white, black and light
colors is largely used for evenuig wear over
plaid or .figured taffeta. Yhe net is- rather
newer 'than chiffon and kindred fabrics.
In woollen dress- goods, taste inclines to
just as she had left them.
Finally, after a night of such painful joy
as is not known to any but such as these,
he let her say a prayer over her sleeping
children. L' And then he once more folded
her in his arms, Ted her down stairs to the
study; where of old they generally sat, and
talked of-the practical side of the question
that remained to them: She had assumed
the position of a domestic servant ■ next
door because she wanted to be near. She
had preserved . her secret all these months
and had seen and known his watchful care
of their Children, : r :
Only one thing he insisted upon—-that
they should be remarried at once; that she
should change her dress, and he would
muscles. When climbing the Himala
yas, he spent 84 days on snow and gla
cier. During that time he traversed
from end to end the three longest knows
glaciers in the world outside the polar
regions and landed on the summit of
Pioneer peak, 22,000 feet high, the
greatest bright yet reached by man.
me ‘to a man,’ and I was lost un
der a landslide, though the re
mainder of * the ticket won. I
quit polities and the State.”—-De
troit Free Press.
takelier to a hotel as toon L as the day had
begun; that she should go down into the
countiy the day after, and he would bring
the children to her for their^"summer holi
day. . \ -
“Yes, my love, my love,” he paid as he
held her at urm’s length and surveyed her
in her black dress, “my beautiful love, we
Will keep this dress sacfed.to.this night.”
* And while her tears flowed fast and it
Seemed impossible to make the throbbing
heart peaceful again he reverently put - on
her one of her old drCsses, and them once
more they talked .of their, old, old love, and
he once more declared she must never leave
him. 'They left the house before the serv
ants began to stir,and their strange woo
ing ceased until once more they were hus
band and wife.—Sketch.
way... A wide saflor collar is a pretty neck
completion; it falls deep and square at the
back- mid its -fruhfrendB are prettily rounded.
The sleeves are cool and comfortable and the
little skirt Js laid in kilts all round A con-
trasti^; color for the collar fe very pretiy and
generally becoming and either braid or velvet
will be appropriate garniture.
The Butterick pattern is costume No. 9227;
4 sizes; ages, 2 to 5 years; any size, 26 cents.
won ner degree as bacaeiqr or arts is
shoulder-and wont up' stairs. : There was
still crying going on there, still hot, defi
ant words of the raging . boys, and then
Mr. Armitage stood in their midst. He
took - his little. daughter in his arms and
kissed her again and again. _ f T
“LWeD, Katie darling,” he said, “say
your prayers over again, dear, will you,
and let me hear them?’ ’ ‘
4 *But, father, Mrs. Cookspn says it’s
wicked,” said the child, looking over to
the housekeeper, who'stood folding up the
Napoleon Learns His Business.
A few days after the thirteenth Ven
demaire I happened to be at the ofiSee of
the general staff- in the Rue Neuve deg
Gapucin'es, when General -Bonaparte, who
was lodgingLin the house, came in. I can
still see his little hat, surmounted by a
chance plume badly fastened on, his tri
color sash more than carelessly tied, his
coat cuto anyhow, and a sword which, in
truth, did not seem the sort of weapon, to
make his fortune. Flinging his hat on a
large table in the middle of the room, he
went up to an old general named Kriegg,
a man with a wonderful knowledge of de
tail and the author of a very good soldier’s
manual. He made him take a seat beside
him at the table, and began questioning
him, pen in hand, about a host of facts
connected with the service and discipline.
Some of his questions showed such a com
plete ignorance of the mostrbrdinary things.
Picturesque and delicate effects are achived
in the silk costumes now in'vogue by the
judicious use of contrasting fabrics and the
disposal of trimming. Decoration is now
used on the skirt, wflist and sleeves and the
ribbon stock and belt are unfailing adjuncts.
The costume shown: in the sketch is of silk
and has knife plaitings of silk and velvet for
The Savage—Yon shall be executed
at once. By what means do you prefer
to die? M
The Victim—I should like to be
burned.
The Savage—That was our—
The Victim—In effigy, if you plsase.
—•New York JournaL
wrong. But it is a most fascinating
game' to speculate on the paths which
the graduates will take in thfe future.
We may safely guess that the young
woman tirho calmly.ditoects modern fic
tion and gives us some new views on
literature has 'ambition to do something
herself in the field of letters, but wheth
er or pot she will otiange her mind aft
er reading a few dozen “returned with
thanks” missives who Can tell?
The essay which she reads when leav
ing college may be a fair- indication of
her hopes and sentiments at that time,
but even abundant precedent can furnieh
us no clew to the future. I remember
some girl graduates of ten years ago
whom i knew very well and most of
wlTom I have kept track of since. There
was the literary one. Her friends all ex
pected her to become famous at once.
But she didn’t. She ran away from home
and married her music teacher, and now
they live by giving music and dancing
lessons,' for her parents disinherited
her.
There was the sensible, matter of fact
girl who read an essay iu which she
claimed for her sex a fair chance in the
business world. She married a well to
do manufacturer and is now something
that several of my comrades smiled. I was
myself struck by the number of his ques
tions, their order and their rapidity. But
what struck me still more was the spec
tacle of a commander in chief perfectly in
different about showing his subordinates
how completely ignorant he was of various
points Of the business which the junior of
them was supposed to know perfectly, and
this raised him a hundred cubits in my
eyes,— 44 Memoirs of Baron Thjebault. ’’
She Bid, "
“My dear madam,” said the custom
house inspectress, “you mustn’t blame me.
You”— LV “
Here she smiliugly pointed to a pile of
tablecloths, silks, kid gloves, etc.' . -.
—“brought it all on yourself.”—New
York Sunday Journal.
The figure of a girl, dressed in (he black
and white costume of a housemaid, ap
peared crossing the toad from the hous.e
next door. Evidently she was going to the
post'. *- ■ 'r'" ’.^Lt-
44 Well; that is curious,” he mused
“How startlingly like her walk! Bah!
How stupid and morbid I grow in my lone
liness! I am always imagining I see Kate
—always, always imagining, but never
realizing. What has become of her?”
The girl was walking back very slowly
and with a dragging sort of step, as if she
expected someone, thought Mr. Armitage.
She came opposite the house, and he could
that she' thought woman’s sphere was
in the home, who commended to her
companions the domestic virtues and
advised them to become good house
keepers, is, alas, an old maid school
teacher, and, although her case isnotal-
toeether hopeless, there is little pros-
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