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FOR BOYS AND GIRLSS
Undressing.
Sometimes, when father's out of town,
At bedtime mother brings my gown,
And says to me:
“The fireplace is warm and bright,
You may undress down here to-night,
Where 1 can see.”
So then sit upon the floor, Vg
And mother closes every door, ]
Then in her chair
She rocks and watches me undress,
And I go just as slow. 1 guess
She doesn’t care.
And then I stand up in my gown,
And watch the flames go up and down
As tall as me!
But soon I climb on mother’s lap,
And listen to the fire snap, i
So comf’r'bly. )
Then mother rocks and cuddles me
Close in her arms, where I can sce
The coals shine red.
I don’t feel sleepy, but some way,
When I wake up, then it's next day,
And I'm in bed!
—May Kelly in the Century.
A Smart Bear.
The captain of a Greenland whaler
being anxious to procure a bear, with
out wounding the skin, made trial of
the strategem of laying the noose of
a rope in the snow and placing a piece
of meat within it. A bear ranging the
neighboring ice was soon enticed to
the spot by the smell of the dainty
morsel. He perceived the bait, ap
proached and seized it in his mouth;
but his foot at the same time, by a
jerk of the rope, being entangled in
the noose, he pushed it off with his
paw, and deliberately retired. After
having eaten the piece of meat, being
replaced, he pushed the rope aside,
and walked triumphantly off with his
capture. A third time the noose was
laid, but excited to caution by the ev
ident observations of the bear, the
sailors buried the rope beneath the
snow, and laid the bait in a deep hole
dug in the centre. The bear once
more approached, and the sailors
were assured of their success. But
bruin, more sagacious than they ex
pected, after snufiing about the place
for a few minutes, scraped the snow
away with his paw, threw the rope
aside, and again escaped unhurt, with
his prize.—New Haven Register.
Dot’s Birthday Cake.
Once there was a little girl called
Dot. And she was just five years old.
And she had a fine birthday cake. It
was big and round, and it had five
beautiful little pink candles set in
pink rosebuds on top.
Dot sat at the big table at dinner
that day, and by and by they put a
pretty pink paper cap on her head
and then brought in the birthday cake.
And the little candles were «ll burn
ing bright. And when she saw it she
said: “Oh! Oh! how lovely! It is just
too pretty to cut!”
But her mother said: “I will cut it
for you, dear.” ;
So she cut one piece for Dot, and
then she asked Dot: ‘“Will Marie have
a piece?” Marie was Dot’s big doll.
And Dot looked at her and said: “Ma
rie says, ‘No, thank you.””
And mamma said: “Will Fuzzy have
a piece?”’ Fuzzy was. Dot’s Teddy
bear. And Dot looked at him and
said: “He says, ‘No, thank you.'”
And mamma said: “Will papa have
a piece?” And Dot said: “Oh, yes.
Won’t you, papa?”
And papa said: “Yes, please.” And
Dot said, “Mamma, you will. You
must have a piece of my birthday
cake.” And mamma said, “Yes, thank
you.”
And mamma cut the ca +ld gave
Dot a piece and papa a piece and her
self a piece. But she left the parts of
the cake where the candles were burn
ing—one, two, three, four, five. And
Dot’s birthday cake lasted one, two,
three, four, five whole days before it
was all gone.—St. Nicholas.
Honest Little Dick.
In all my iife I never saw so honest
a litle cat as our Dick. He not only
never stole himself, but he would not
allow any other cat to steal if he
could help it. The dear little felow,
however, was strongly tempted once,
and came very near to losing his good
name.
One day the cook carried out a pail
of nice little frost-fish, and set it
down in the yard. Dick was there.
Dick was always near by when there
was good things to eat. The cook
went back into the house, and Dick
sat down to wait for her return; and
two of his especial friends were at
the window upstairs looking down to
see what “honest little Dick” would
do. ’
The cock was a long time coming
back to dress the fish; and all the
while Dick kept watching—now on
the pail, now on the kitchen door. At
last be went somewhat nearer to the
pail, and nearer, then nearer., Ah!
frost-fish smell so good! Dick’s little
nose almost touched them. And then
he sat down and cried at the top of
his voice for cook to return quickly
and save him from being a thicf!
Still she did not come. Atlast Dick
put his fore paws on the edge of the
pail. Then he looked at the kitchen
door and cried again. But the door
did not open. So slowly, softly, a
paw reached down into the pail. But
before it had gone down as far as the
fish, it came back with a jerk, empty;
and its owner ran around the corner of
the house where he would not see or
gmell those nice frost-fish any more.
He did not want to be a thief; and we
believe the little fellow never came s 0
near it again.—Little Folks.
Where the Doll Comes From.
Doll making did not become con
spicnous as an industry in the Thur
ingian mountains until the middle of
the nineteenth century, when a citi
ven of Sonneberg brought from Lon
don a doll which was regarded as a
great curiosity. It had come origifi
ally from China, and its head, legs and
arms were movable. This furnished
an inspiration to the ingenious Thur
ingian toy makers, who promptly im
proved upon it. Up to that time they
had made dolls only of wood and
leather, but soon they evolved the
wax head—at first a crude article, the
wax being applied with a brush, but
later brought to high perfection,
thanks, it is said, to an accidental dis
covery. A man engaged in making
the heads dropped a thimble into his
pot of fluid wax, and, on taking it out,
found it covered with a smooth and
beautiful coat of the substance. He
was not slow to seize the idea, the
result being the adoption of the dip
ping process, the final touches of col
or being put on with a camel’s hair
pencil. Later on the movable eyes
and_ closing lids, to feign sleep, were
added, and the fleece of the Angora
goat was substituted for human hair
in the making of wigs, holding its
color and curl much beter, the doll, as
it is known today, thus assuming its
final and highly artistic form.
Dressing the dolls after they are
made has become an industry in
which numbers of women and girls
are employed. For the small inex
pensive dolls, little chemises, finished
with a rufile of lace around neck and
arms, are made by hundreds and re
quire no skilled labor for their con
struction.—Rene Bache, in The Circle,
The First Bat: A Fable,
A mouse, one time, rendered a se -
vice of some importance to one of tl.e
eagles of Jupiter. “Ask,” said the
gratfeul gird, “anything that you de
sire, and in the name of my master,
Jove, I promise to grant it to you.”
“Oh, sir,” said the mouse, eagerly,
“I have long felt the mortification of
living among such vulgar creatures as
the beasts, and have ardently desired
to associate with the more refined so
ciety of the birds. If you could but
grant me wings, my happiness would
be complete.”
“Consider well what you ask,” said
the eagle gravely. “Nature has placed
you in a certain grade of society, and
you need not hope that wings alone
will make you a bird.”
“l have considered the matter thor
oughly,” said the mouse, “and feel cer
tain that if I had but wings I could at
least associate with those I have so
long envied and admired.”
“Very well,” said the eagle, “be it
so!” and instantly wings springing
from the mouse’s shoulders, the first
bat was created.
His ambitious desires, however,
were not realized, for the birds, per
ceiving he still had ears and a tail
and was besides covered with hair,
would not associate with him, while
upon the other hand, his own pride
‘had withdrawn him from his old com
panions. &
“Alas!” said the poor, lonely ani
mal, “why was I not content with the
humble sphere that nature intended
me to fill? My very wings, that I
hoped would bhe my pride, now pre
vent me from walking upon the
ground, where I belong.”
So mortified and disappointed was he
that henceforth he ventured out into
the world no longer by daylight, but
only at night, when all other crea
tures had retired.—St. Nicholas.
The Fable of Juan,
“Juan,” said the father, “I will die
pretty soon. All I can leave you is
the little burro and a single bit of good
advice. This is ‘never attempt to
have people satisfied with your con
duct.””
“Why?"
“Come and see.”
The boy began to walk, then came
the burro, and behind this the old
man. They reached a town where
there were several men at an inn.
“How stupid,” the man said. “Why
do they not ride the burro? No doubt
the burro will ride on them tomor
row.”
Both the old man and Juan heard
this. Then the old man said:
“Now, look here, my son; jump on
the burro and I will drive him.,”
The boy jumped on the “aparejo”
and the journey was continuel.
They reached another town., Peo
ple who saw themexclaimed: “The old
man must be crazy and the boy is a
‘sinverguenza.’ The old man ought
te ride on the burro and the boy drive
him.”
“Did you hear that?” the old man
questioned. -
“Yes, father.” ;
“Well, now I will ride the burro and
you drive him.” 3
Another town was reached. Three
men were passing by, and one of
them said: “Never in my life did I see
such a man., He is riding on the bur
ro and lets the poor little boy march
on foot. That is atrocious.”
“Did you hear that?”
“Yes, father.”
“All right, jump on the burro and
we both will ride back home.”
They followed another trail and on
their road they met a number of peo
ple who came in the opposite direc
tion, each one on a burro. Upon see
ing the old man and his son riding
the burro, they exclaimed: “These
must be savages. When shall we
have a society' for the prevention of
cruelty to animals? Look at that stu
pid old man and his son riding togeth
er on that poor burro.”
“Did yon hear that, my son?”
“Yes, father.”
“Well, never from now on try to
have people satisfied with your con
duct.”—Mexican Herald.
Paris possesses the largest publie
gardens and the largest hospital,
The Cost ¢f Electrification
of All Railroads
By Clyde Fennimore Burns.
HE advisability of whclesale electrification of all the railroads in
the country has been formally considered in abstract before the
electrical engincering associations, and the question has been
AT D found so great that the meetings were marked more by conten-
E;{o:hzx‘@\") tion and argument than by definite results or conclusions. Fig
) | res presented show the éStimated expenditure involved should
every mile of railroad in the United States be reconstructed for
operation by electricity, and the rolling equipment changed to correspond.
The total cost of such a change is given at about $1,500,000,000. Electrical
powerhouses to give a total of two million one hundred thousand kilowatts or
two million eight hundred thousand horse-power would be required. Fifteen
hundred millions of dollars is a sum $0 vast that it means nothing to the
average person, and yet it represents an investment so stupendous that only
an extremely small portion of it can be considered to have any relation to
the immediate future. : . _ 2
The economy of such a change has been estimated, in prospect, as con
siderable. Present operating costs for ;he movement of every car and engine
in the country total $1,400,000,000 in one year. By electrification this would
be reduced by about $250,000,000, renresenting that much actual and net sav
ing. This last sum is indeel enormous, but it only emphasizes the magnitude
of the project of universal electrification; for the most radical advocates of
the new power have not yet dared to claim that the saving, large as it seems,
would warrant the change in its entirety.
Under certain special conditions, however, the new power will stand
supreme, and it is by the extension and more gencral application under these
peculiar circumstances that electricity will one day, in due time, come into
its own on the railroads.—From The Weorld Today.
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Count Okuma’s Attitude.
By William G. Fitz-Gerald.
= =\ KUMA commands the respect of all his countrymen, but it is
; safe to say he will never be a leader again. His remarks on
§ Peace of Portsmouth were in marked contrast to the wise and
B T practical tone of the Marquis Saionji, the actual leader of the
[‘,:(}lz‘,:f‘} Opposition, whose criticigiis of the Government were subordin-
A ated to the allaying of popular agitation and the directing of the
[ty s]wa country’s energies to commercial development.
“Our diplomacy,” Count Okuma saill, “was bound to fail when once we
accepted the invitation of President Roosevelt to the Peace Conference, Our
plenipotentiaries were in reality of wary in custody of the President; that they
could achieve no good was a foregone conclusion.”
Now it would be idle to deny that several such influential voices are
raised today to foment Japanese discontent and inflame animosity, especially
againzt this country. The press, too, is being made use of by statesmen hos
tile to America, especially Count Kato, Viscount Hayashi's predecessor in the
Foreign Office. Kato owns that immensely influential journal, the Nichi Nichi
of Tokio, which he uses as a mouth-piece to prociaim a doctrine of impericus
dictation to thig country. He is a tried diplomat of more than ordinary calibre
and cne of the trusted lieutenants of the aged Marquis Ito himself. For this
reason the views on diplomatic questions that find expression in the Nichi
Nichi afford an important gauge of Japanese public opinion.
The main point is that the old and prudent school of Japanese statesmen
is of necessity passing away, and there are signs that the new advisers of the
Emperor and his Government are of a less constructive and conservative type
than their predecessors.—Putnam’s Monthly.
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Progress in P ailippine Citiesr
By Hamilton Wright,
S LL the larger towns and cities in the Philippines show the result
of American "initiative. The local native mayors (presidents)
and councilmen are glad to adopt the suggestions of the cons
s stabulary officers, schoolteachers, army men and commercial
{:,;{t“)j“ men with whom they come into contact. Street lighting, grad
sabaad ing, pure water, sanitation, improved school buildings, and a
' thousand and one featurefare being carried«out in every gizable
community in the islands. The governor: of different provinces are doing
great work, especially in the building of good roads. There are a number of
regions where the roads are suitabie to automobiles, and incidentally, there
are a number of motor cars in the Philippines. The Insular Government has
subsidized eleven different steamship routes, and calls are made regularly at
sixty different ports in the islands. Many of their boats are modern steel
vessels, equipped in first-class shape.
Perhaps the greatest benefit from the incoming American is the fact that
he stimulates the native people to do things in our modern way and shows
. them how to do it. One firm sold almost half a million dollars’ worth of farms
ing machinery to native planters last year. The Filipino will not learn by
precept; he must see the work done in order to do it himself.—From The
Woerld To™ - - b
The Ch th i
& arm e Jrient.
By Diplomatist.
= ICH and poor wear the plaited frock coat or sombre hues, the
§ absence of a collar producing a slovenly appearance, while the
snow turban of the Arab and the red fez of the Turk are re
-5 placed by the' black lambskin kolah and the brown felt skull
~-'.,‘“2:"4' cap of the peasant. You ask why the carpenter should draw
WEPY s plane towards him, why the horse is backed into his stall,
or the boat dragged stern foremost on the beach.. You notice
the footnote at the top of the page, and that your morning egg is invariably
served wih its small end uppermost. But not, certainly, in such trivial mat
- ters does the charm of the east reside. We are nearer an explanation when
~ we acknowledge the release from care and artificial conventions which accom
panies a relapse to the conditions of a freer and more primfitive life. To en
joy an ease, ever luxury, of life we could not afford at home, to have a ser
vant for every task, to ride in Bombay or Teheran when we would walk if
- in Piccadilly, to be free from the burdens of a civilization which has created
civie responsibilities and duties to one’s fellow men, to have no Young Men's
Christian Association to support or fireman’s ball to patronize, to be able to
play the role of self-indulgence to one’s heart's content, and be, in truth, a
’ little king,~—in these things, alas, for many lies the secret of this charm.—
The Atlantie.
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Railroad Facts---By
Y A Railroad
i ailroad Man
\ By J. O. Fagan.
T HERE is practically no out on the road supervision on American
| railroads.
| : 2. Railroad managers depend upon the reports of em.
mesmesnd Dloyees for information in regard to violations of rules.
@}Q@\) 3, But employees do mot, and cannot be compelled to re-
S ¥ port their associates, consequently negligence of all kinds 18
practically unchecked. :
4. Unchecked negligence can be shown to be the root and direct cause
o nearly all preventable accidents, and loss of life therefrom, on American
railroads.
5. Here we have a conclusion worth looking into. At a glance we per
celve that negligence i 8 the prime and fundamental fact. It is the direct
cause of the trouble. The fact that the negligence is unchecked is important,
yet secondary. It should be treated as & separate issue, and it must stand or
’ fall on its own merits.~TheAtlantic.
Post Card and Fish Scale Hats.
Miss A. Leona Murphy, of Salis
bury, Md., exhibited at the Sun of
fice yesterday three interesting specl
mens of original and uniqué designs
in hats. Two of them were made
of leather postal cards and the third
‘was of fish scales. The cards used on
one of the hats bore burnt likenesses
of Presideat Roosevelt, while the oth
er bore flower designs. The scales
used ia the third hat were cleverly
sewed on a blue chiffon frame, which
was trimmed with foliage.
All three hats were exhibited as
the Jamestown Exposition, where they
exeited much admiration,
Miss Murphy, who is a milliner, has
applied for patents for the exclusive
manufacture of the hats.—Baltimore
Sun,
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an important feature of the ward
robe, and at this season when so many
coat suits are worn, are especially
in demand. This one includes a very
dainty and attractive chemisette ef
fect, and is adapted both to silk and
to all'the wool materials that are
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ground and the chemisette and sleeve
trimmings are of tucked taffeta,
Darker colorings could be used, how
ever, if something more serviceable
is liked or the chemisette and cuffs
could be made of the muslin that is
always dainty and charming and va
rious other changes might easily be
made. If the chemisette is made of
muslin or of chiffon and the lining
beneath cut away it will give the
transparent effect that always is so
pretty and so dressy,
The waist is made withthe fitted lin
ing, and consists of front and backs
with the chemisette. The front is
laid in tucks, but the backs are plain
and the cloging is made invisibly, The
sleeves are distinctly novel and are
arranged over fitted foundations.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three yards
twenty-one, two and three-eighth
yards twenty-seven or one and five
eighth yards forty-four inches wide,
with five-#¢ighth yard of silk for the
vest and five-eighth yard eighteen
inches wide for the chemisette and
cuffs, ;
s Rich Trimmings. |
Plain, inch-wide bindings, of vel
vet and of braid, one following the
other, make the richest imaginable
trimming for a suit of dark cloth,
: Fashion Names,
It 18 not the high girt gown of the
eighteenth century that is figuring in
dregsmaking trinmphg, but a modl
fication as far from its prototype as
the aleged kimono sleevz of the fash
fonable wrap is from the original Or
fental arm covering which gives it its
name. But there is an upward lift
to the girdle or. shortening of the
walst line in many of the best coats
and wraps and a large number of the
bandsomest gowns.
L White Kid Gloves,
~ Heavy white kid gloves faced with
color are the smart kind for mourne
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Ruffles on Shirts. i
Last season we had a fashion of
arranging ruffles on the bottom of
skirts that were raised on the two
sides; now we are setting them on
high in the front, in a point, some
reaching as far as the knee, where
they gradually descend to the hem,
covering it in the back. Large drop
ornaments or handsome bows of ribe
bon hold down the point in a pretty
‘way. The arrangement is a gracefal
one, but should only be attempted by
a slight and tall, girlish figure.
Girl’s Bloomers.
Bloomers such as these are exe
ceedingly desirable garments, not for
the exercise suit alone, but to be
worn in place of petticoats during
the winter months. They are much
warmer, much snugger and altogeth
er more satisfactory, while they do
away with a great deal of unneces
sary bulk. The ones illustrated are
made from dark blue serge, simply
stitched with belding silk, but they
could be made from mohair or from
light weight cloth or from silk, flan~
nel lined, indeed, from almost any
thing that is warm and comfortable.
A great many girls like them made
from soft silk witl removable lin
ings of flannel or eashmere, which
can be washed and replared, but
such elaboration is by no meang nec
essary, for light weight serge or flap=
nel are the materials most generally
used.
The bloomers are made with leg
portions that are joined and gathered
;at their upper edges while they are
finished with bands and are closed
at the sides. They are drawn up be
neath the knees by means of elastic
inserted in the hems,
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The quau’'"'; of material required
for the medium size (ten years) is
three yards twenty-seven, one and a
half yards forty-four or fifty-twao
inches wide,
Oriental Shapes Adapted,
Parisian designers cleverly adapt
Orient~t shapes and colors to their
own purposes, and without detract
ing from the plcturesque aspect of
the Chinese garments they have pro
duced coats that are ag graceful and
practical as they are plcturesque,
Guinea Wings Dyed.
Guinea fowls’ wings dyed brown
and petunia shade are in great pe
quest, Go
