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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. ’ itud 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. p » ® p .lo s C. © 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. ® 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, "‘?. : " s :_).',_______,,__ et WOMEN & ’;:‘ § . . v 7 7{" New York City.—Fancy waists make 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 Ko f((“s e ‘ . 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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 ing, R 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, 00 17 AR o b 1890145/ 7577 ) 7 / /,/,;/» Y, ) ;f/yy%g o 7 //;/«é %% W J/{%/ /’4 7/ 7 ///// I i i) sl S oy By -ot -2 -'-a\\‘ ‘fx pos i 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