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10 DEDICATION OF CATHEDRAL WILL PROBABLY TAJCE PLACE ABOPT THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. Cardinal Gibbons. M gr. Martlnelll aid AJI fh Bishops of the Pro- Ttsrr Eiptcied to Talte Port In Impoaluc ln the City Church** To-dar-Rfv. W. F. Watkins to Celebrate His First Anniversary as Pastor of the Christian Church. So near completion is the Cathedral of 6c. John the Baptist that the <.iersry and congregation ran new look f rward with some certainty to a definite date when they car. again hold senv/s in r. The church, even as it stands with its hare wails and none of the furnishings of a sacred edifice, g ' r s unmistakable evidence of the great h^a tty will be irs ri.s tinguishir.g feature when finished, and make it one of tr.e handsomest:, if rot the handsome* t hurch In the South. The body of the church has been finish ed entirely, and the only work that now remains to be done the erection of the altars, which is row in progress, and the placing of the pews, and the station* of the cross The organ, which will be by far the largest in the city, has been re ceived ar.d the work ef putting it up*will Ucin with in the next ten days. The services that will attend the formal opening of the church wi It is thought, take place about the middle of October. They will be of e most elaborate < ftarao ter and will he the more impressive on ac count of the distinguished prelates who will be in attendance Among those who are expected are Cardir.aJ Gibbon- Mon fiigrior Martinelli, ar.d the seven bishops of the province. The services will consist of pontifical mass, of which either Oard.nai Gibbons or Mor.sigr.or Martinelli will he the cele brant, and a sermon by one of the visiting bishops. There w.l, b,e also pontifical Vespers in the afternoon. The musical part of the service* will be furnished by a choir of fifty voicc-s, an orchestra, and an organ. The ''hoir is now being drilled by Mr. F. E. Rebarer. At the morning service the programme will consist of Gounod’s Mass to Cecilia, Btlgeili’a Te Deum, ar. 1 the offertory, se lected. Bishop Kelley will leave for the North within a few days and will then doubt leas complete the arrangements for the dedication, ceremonies. ■— Episcopal. At Christ Church, Rev. Robb White, rector, there will be a service and ser- | mon at 11 o’clock a. m. and a service at C3O p. m. Tha Sunday School will meet at i 30 p. m. At. St. John’s Church Rev. Charles 11. Strong, rootor, there will be morning prayer and sermon et 11 o’clock, and Sun day School at 5 p. m. At. St. Paul’s Church Rev. J. h. Scully, rector, the services Will be as follows: Early celebration at 7:30 o’clock a. m.; morning prayer at 11; Sunday School at l p. m., and evening prayer at 8:15 p. m. At St. Michael’s Chapel there will be the usuai services at 11 o’clock a m. and at 830 p. m. Holy communion will be administered at the morning service. Methodist. At Wesley Monumental church there or HI be services to-day at 11 o'clock a. m., by Rev. Ed. y. Cook the pastor. At 8:30 p m. the union service of the First Pres byterian ard Wesley Monumental congre gations. will he held In Wesley Monu mental Church by Rev. Arthur J. Smith tit the Frt Pr sbyterian Church. The Bundav School will meet at 6 p m. The epedtal Bibb- study meeting will be held on Wednesday at 8.20 j> m. This service will be led by the pastor, assisted by members appointed from the Epworth League. The Junl r League will meet on Friday at 5 p. m. Art Trinity Church, Rev. Basr.om An thony. pester, there will be preaching at SI o'clock a m. and at 8:30 p. m. The Sun day School will meet at 5 p. m. The Un- Worth League will meet on Wednesday et 8:90 p m., and prayer meeting will be held on Thursday at the same hour. At Grace Church this morning the lead ers of the different parts of church work ■will make short reports and remarks on the department work All of the members of the church are urged to be present, •nd visitors, also, an Invited In the evening at 8:30 o’clock the ser vices will be conducted by Rev. Homer Rush, president of the Andrew Female College at Cuthbert. The Sunday School will m'at at 4:30 o’clock. The usual ser vices will be held during the week. Baptist. At the First BapUst Church Rev. Dr. Oohn D. Jordan, pastor, services will be beld at 11 o'clock a, m. and at 8:30 p. m. The rite of the baptism will be adminis tered at the night service. The even ing sermon will he oo "Jesus and the Children." Special music has been pre pared for each service. Rev. Lucius Cuthbcrt, D. D., will again preach at the Duffy Street Baptist Church at 11 o’clock a. m. and 8:30 p. an. The Young People's devotional meet ing will be held at 10 a. m. The Sun day School will meet at 5 p. m. Presbyterian. The usual public services will be held fct the Independent Presbyterian Church st 11 ofclock a, m. and at 8 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. Dr. J. Y. Fair. There will be preaching at the Lawton Memorial at 11 o'clock a. m. and at 8:30 p. m. by Rev. W. A. Nisbet, the pastor. Lutheran. 'At the Lutheran Church of the Ascen sion there will be preaching by the pas tor, Rev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer, at 11 o'clock s. m. and at 8:30 p. rn. The reg •iler monthly meeting of the Liidles' Guild 3*lll take place on next Friday night. At Rt. Paul's Lutheran Church the tnomlng service will be held at 11 o'clock and will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. J. Eptlng. The Sunday School will meet, at IS p. rn. The evening service will tit omitted during the summer. Christina. At the ChrlMlan Church, Rev. W. F. ‘Watkins, pastor, et 11 o’clock a. m., will fce delivered the anniversary sermon on ''Builders and Building." At 8:30 p m., it short service will be held with a plain talk to the people. on "Knocking at the Wrong Door." The Christian Endeavor greeting will lake place at 8 p. m. Christian ktieure. Christ.eri Science eervl e will he held ml the First Chur- h of Christ’s Scientists at 1! o’rjor V. m The subject of the tserrnon will let "Truth." The Sunday School will meet at 12 jn Wednesday meet ing will te- beld at 8:30 p m. All services art held at Metropolitan Hall. r. M. C. A. ■Re*. John D. Jordan, the pastor of the Tire; Baptist Church, will be the apeaker 0i that Tour Men's Christian Association the s/terrAvs) st 4 o'clock. The service grill be found short arid interesting. jJMrr, Fsd.tr Kenned/, Ret. Bonnet*/, The Quakers Are Honest People. §Th Quaker Herl Tonic 1. not only a b.ood purifier, but a Blood maker tor Pale. Weak and De bilitated peep.e who have not strength cor blood It act. aa a tonic. it regulates digestion, cures dys pepsia and lend* strength and tone to the nervous aystera. It la a medicine for weak women. It la a purely vegetable medieins ar.d ran be taken by the moet delicate. Kidney Dis eases. Rheumatism and all diseases of the Blood. Stomach and nerve* aeon succurat to its wonderful effect* upon the human system. Thousands of people in Georgia leeommend It. Price 11.00. QUAKER PAIN BALM is tha medicine that the Quaker Doctor made all of his wonderful quick cures with. It's anew and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia. Toothache. Backache. Rheumatism, Spraina, Pain In Bowela. In fact, all palo can be relieved by It. Price ISc and 50c- QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP, a medicated soap for the skin, scalp and complexion. Price 10c a cake. QUAKER HEADING SALVE, a vege table ointment for the cure of tetter, eo zema and eruptions of the akin. Price IP; a box. FOR BADE BY ADD DRUGGISTS. Rev. Quinlan, ar.d Rev. Riley returned yesterday from the St. Stanislaus Col lege, Macon. Bishop Keiley well return this morning, accompanied by Rev. Father John O’Connor of Jesuit diocese, New Or isons. who will spend some time in this city. PROA I SICE OF SHAATTIfO. The Cities and Touqi Dftvrren Pe kin, the Capital, and Tien Tain. (Copyright, 1900, by G. M. Walker.) Washington, July 13 —The Chinese pro vince of Shantung, the home of the Box ers, If, in fact a great ieland. Long be fore the cons:ruction of the Grand Canal cut it entirely off from the main land, the Great Yellow' River (Hoang Ho) rushed out of the western mountains and spilt itself against the rocky hills of Shantung, dividing the waters. One half flowed north to empty inlo the Gulf of Pel Chill, while the other half turned south into the Yellow Sea. Earlier than this the sea it self had covered the low’lands, but the de posits of silt borne down from the rich plateaus of Bhensl and Shansi by the river have graduaiy forced the salt watres back. The locaticai, soil and climate of Shan tung have been singularly adapted to the development of a sturdy and virile race, and the province has been noted as the home of China’s greatest warriors end ages. The tomb of Confucius, within its borders, is the meroa of all educated Chinamen. The province has also been noted as the place of origin of nearly all of China's great secret societies, and it has long b**en notorlus for revolts and se ditions. It Is not at all surprising, when you know the character of the people and their history, that the Boxer movement started in Bbantung. In the eastern part of the province up in the mountains which part the waters of the Huang Ho. lies the prosperous vil lage of Fai-Cheng, rear which the Box ers murdered Dr. Brooks early this spring, at the beginning of this year's anti-foreign movement. The Boxers were originally organized to protect themselves from a band of outlaws who were In the habit of plundering them occasionally, bu-t, as usual, with such associations In China, they soon found it more profitable to join hands with their plunderers and to ex tend their operations. Plunder flic Original Motive. There can be no doubt that the chief motive at the beginning of the present demonstration was the hope of rich plun der ir> the great province of Pel-Chill, whi h lies north across the marshy plains of the Yellow river. The political com plexion of the movement has been supplied by those who, like many earlier Chinese Intriguers who have simply used the al ready organized secret society to accom plish their purposes. It will not do to believe too much of wbat Is told of the rabid anti-foreign sentiment among the Boxers. At Tal-an, right in the heart of their home country, for over twenty year*, a most successful mission has been main tained and one of their largest native congregations is In the village of FWi- Chong before mentioned. Neither the missionaries nor the native Christiana at these points were disturbed. It seems strange if the Boxers were starting out oo a mission of extermina tion that they did not begin with the foreigners nearest at hand, or why, if they had overlooked these, that they should at tempt to force a difficult passage north across the flats and marshes Instead of attacking the treaty port of Chlfoo or the German settlement at Kiao-Chou, both of which were near and easy to reach. After leaving their province, the first point the Boxers struck was Chon-ting-fu, a large city lying at the foot of the mountains near the western boundary of Pel-Chili. Cheng-ting-fu Is an old city and has one of the finest ancient temples to he found In China with an Immense bronze Buddha, over sixty feet high. The Catholics here have a' large mission, claiming over SQ.OOO converts, and a fine cathedral. When the Boxers attempted to loot it, a pitched bat tle occurred with the native Christians In which the Boxers were beaten with a loss of seventy killed. The Catholics claim a million converts all told in China. Ad vancing northeast about fifty miles, the Boxers reached I’ang-ting-fu. the capital of the province, which lies about eighty miles southwest of lVkin. and almost 100 miles due west of Hen Tsin, with which It is connected by river. Pang-ting-fu was the present terminus of the Luhen Rail roud, being built by the Belgian syndicate from Peking southwest to Han-kow, a dis tance of about 800 miles. At Pang-Ung-fu the Boxers Ignored the presence of a large ledy of American missionaries, hut attacked the party of Belgian engineers engaged on the road, and pursued them when they attempted to escape* down the river to Tien Tsin, finally curling off and killing several of the party. Points About Tien Tsin. To this point the Boxers held their forces together, but here they separated, part of them following the railroad as it skirted the foothills at the western edge of the plain toward the capital at Pekin, while the others struck east across the plain toward Tien Tsin. Tien Tsin. the great port of North China, has the larg est foreign population of any Chinese city except Shanghai. Tien Tsin lies on the western bank of the Pel Ho, or North river, at Its Junction with the Grand canal, about thirty mile* from the coast. The population of the native city Is usual ly given as about 1,000,000, but If the su burbs and river population, which really belong to It, are Included. It will be found to be nearer 2,000.000. The Fekln-Tlen Tsin Railroad, which runs from the mouth of the river up to the capital, passes Tien Tsin on the opposite aide of the river, and does not cross the Pel Ho until It reaches Yang taun. about eighteen miles above Tsin Tsin. It was the destruction of the bridge at this point which prevented the rein forcement* .from reaching the relieving foxes that stopped *4 Lar, gt ang, about THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1900. forty mile* from Tien Tsin, ar.d Just half way to Pekin. From Dangfar.g the railroad makes a sharp turn to tr.e west In order to pass around the ancient royal hunting park that lies south of the capital. Passing Art-ting flfty-four miles from Tier. Tein. the next stafior, is Huang-tsun. an im portant village only fifteen miies from the capital. Huang-tsun Is particularly * Ir.g elevation with the ranging torrent of the Hun river on one side, while the head wa>r- of the Ferg and Dung rivers protect the eastern flank. Fer.g tab so frequently mentioned in the dispatches, is really of no importance except as be ing the junction of the Pekin-T:en Tsln Railroad with the branch to Pau-ting-fu. It was formerly the terminus of the main lines, though it was almost five miles from th walls of the capital city, but afterward, by strategy, the Empress was induced to “order'' it built up to the city. The foreign settlement at Tien Tsin lies a distance south of the native city and Is protected by a heavy wall of earthworks with a ditch outside. “Smothering” Foreign Intruders. Tb.e Chinese are a peculiar people and have peculiar ways of putting down their r,':rrv-r' u local insurrections Thev never oppose such movements while they are gaining strength. They put up only a passive resistance until the movement has spent its strength and shows signs of col lapse Then they jump on it with vigor. It is because of this absence of active, re sistance that China has repeatedly been conquered by smail armies and by smiJl nations. The Powers must not conclude from this, however, that the partition of China will be a pimple matter. The Chinese are largely indifferent ns to the figureheads who occupy the throne— but the persia'ency of their race charac teristics are remarkable. They know that they are helpless before their foreign foes, because, gigan'i< as their resources are, they ere unable to marshal them It'S Right Here THAT THE Low Summer Prices Meet You. And it’s here, too, that the nicest goods in town show them selves. In preparing to go away It will save you time and money to come sireignt here. Our summer goods have always been regarded as the MOST EXCLUSIVE AND ATTRACTIVE. This year they are more than ever the proper thing, and be sides we have no old stock to work off Fresh, new goods and cost prices are not often found together, but they are here for a faert, and we Invite you to come and profit by their association. We ask atten tion to these items of universal need: FOR. A COOt, ATTRACTIVE DRESS. 10c Colored Dimities 7J4c. 15c Colored Lawns and Dimities 10c. Imported Madras Cloth and Gingham 2oc and 30c grades, at 19c. 66c Grey Homespuns at 45c. 66c Black China Silks 49c. 25c Black Serges at 50c. White Striped Madras, suitable for waists, 20c. Instead of 30c. LACES AND EMBROIDERIES AT A GREAT R EDIT TTfIN. Machine-made Torchon Lares and Inser tlngs—assorted patterns. Fine Valenciennes and Point de Paris Lecea and Insertings; large variety of patterns. Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook Edging and Inserting; neat and open work pat terns; choice collection. A DECIDED DROP IV HOSE. Special bargains In Mlssee' Black Riche lieu Ribbed Hose 15c; worth 30c. Bargain Ladles' Black Lisle Lace Hose 26c; worth 360. Bargain Ladles' Black Lisle Lace Hose 69c; worth *I.OO. Bargain Ladies' Black Lisle Hose, silk polka dot, 47c; worth 76c. Bargain Ladles’ Polka Dot and Fancy Striped Hose 19c and 25c. SOME WONDERFI L UNDERWEAR FOR SO LITTLE MONEY. Ladles' Silk Vests in white, pink and blue, 75c quality for 50c. Indies’ Lisle Vets, 40c quality for 25c. Ladles' Lisle Vests, 25c quality for 15c. Ladles' Out Size, 25c quality for 19c. Ladles' Ribbed Knee Pants 25c. SHIRTING CHEAP NOW. 86-inch Wamsutta Bleached Shirting 1084 c. Splendid 86-Inch White Shirting 68*c. BED SPREADS FOR I-ESS. White Summer Bed Spread 63c. Splendid White Bod Spreads for *I.OO. Splendid White Bed Spreads for *126. THE RIG TOAVEL VALUE. Fine Large White and Colored Borders Damask Towels for 25c. MEN'S SHIRTS VERY CHEAP. Special line Men's Madras Shirts 89c; regular $1.25. 50 dozen Colored Shirts, regular 69c, 50c. MEN'S UNDERAVEAR. MEN'S NECKWEAR, MEN'S Hll.F HOSE, AT ABOUT ONE-HALF ITS VALUE. Gent*' Half Hose, regular 50c, this week 25 cents. Gente' Half Hose, regular 36c, this week 19 cents. Gents' Fancy Half Hose, regular 89c, this week 13c, Daniel Hogan, J£h4 <joopr Broughton and Barnard Sts, When they ©re invaded th©y only a feeble resistance, but once the Intruders ere well wuhln the country, the Chinese pople imply ©warm ar.d “smother" them. They are The greatest amalgamators the world has ever seen They have grown by lelr.z or.quered. The Mongols under the great Kulai invaded them and usurped the sovereignty, but a short century suf ficed for the Chinese to absorb their con querors ©nd to make their country trib utary to the dragon throne. Still later the Menchus conquered China and seized the reigns of government, but they. too. have been engulfed in the rising tide of black haired men, and their country made Into a province. Neither shall the modern invader© of China es cap© a like fate. While preser.t conditions prevail there the sphere© of influence claimed by the several Powers would doubtless fall an easy prey to th© Pow ers claim:r.g them, but when they have supplied tr.e Empire with modem facili ties for transportation, then will the Chi ne ss i jtne into tneir own ©rain and his tory repeat Pse-lf. The Cnireman will ab sorb the outsiders, and if they be not separated from him by too wide a sea, he will add to his empire. Within Us borders already dwell one-third of the ©r>- tire human, race. Its half billion of popu lation promises a trade that is recognized as thf* grand prize of future commerce. All other markets fade into insignificance beside it. It is not strange, therefore, that the Powers have been striving by threats and coercion to bring it under their con trol and that they heve jealously watched each other while seeking to secure addi tional concessions for themselves and to ei.laree- th*ir own spheres of influence. On© reason that the Chinese government ha* apparently favored the demonstration of the Boxers is that it has been hoped that it might afford an opportunity for re pudiating some of the concession© that been granted to foreigners in recent years. The common people In China are '-©b e ar.d hospitable and not opposed to the introduction of modern inventions. It is a Fight never to be forgotten to see a trainload of Chinese riding second class on open fiat cars. As the train goes faster their queues fly out behind while they hold onto their hats and shout and laugh as if it were the greatest sport in the world. YELLOW-SKIXXEJ) MONGOLS. How the Spnniith Authorities Vainly Tried to Control Chinese Immi gration to the Philippine Islands. (Copyright, 1900, by F. A. Flower.) Washington, July 14—The protest/* of Wu. the Chinese minister at Washington, against extending the provision of the Chinese exclusion law’s of the United States to the Philippine Islands are ex traordinarily interesting when considered in connection with the bloody history of the Mongolian invasions of the archipela go. This swarm of 2.000 wonderfully fertile islands was discovered by Magellan in 1521 and very soon after came under the control of Spaiik Attracted by its many beautiful streams of w’a.ter, its soft climate and its productive soil, the Chinese follow ed the Spanish into the islands in great numbers and began at once to crowd out the other inhabitants. After struggling heroically, but unsuccessfully, against in dustrial destruction, the Spanish colonists obtained a royal decree or mandate ban ishing the Chinese. The Mongolians re sisted Its enforcement, and in 1603 about 255000 of them were slain. Undaunted by this fearful slaughter, the places of the dead were practically filled In two pears by newcomers, and in 1005 the Spanish government decreed that Chi nese to the number of only might re side in. the Philippines; that each resident should pay a special tax of $8 per year, and that none should be allowed to follow any occupation save that of tilling the soil. To these conditions the Chinese as sented without demur. They went forward in their operations, however, precisely as if no condition had been made. In twenty-five years 30,000 new immigrants had Infested the most favored spots in the islands, and in 1830 they were again order ed to leave or suffer death. About 7,000 of them obeyed the decree, but 33.000 de fied It and they were slaughtered. Massacre After Massacre. Instead of checking immigration, this appalling massacre seemed to augment the flood tide of Mongolian immigration, and in twenty years the Chinese had be come so strong that they threatened to wipe out the Spanish Insular government and establish one of their own In its ttead. Again they were ordered to leave the island-*, nnd again defying the mandate, were slain to the last man. In 1875 the Spanish government sent a special envoy to the Philippines to ex amine into the Chinese problem., and his report is probably as able as anything ever published on that eubjeot. He de clared that the Chinese were irreclaim able and utterly refused to assimilate with other people After describing them and their methods in the islands, he con cluded: “They Impoverish the country’, glean ing everywhere and forwarding their savings to China They undermine and nun all labor because they live on less and .hence work for less t>han our (Span ish) people, and then follow their earn ings to China, thus making room for still more hungry swarms, which settle among u.’’ This report so aroused the government that more energetic measures of exclu sion were enforced, but without much success, since in 1709 the Chinese had again become so numerous, arrogant and oppressive that an uprising resulted In their comple'o extermination. Not In the least “feezed,” they Instantly renewed immigration from the fatherland and by 1759 had become more numerous than ever. The Spanish government ordered them to leave, giving them but a short period in which to do so or be hanged en masse, so to speak. Remembering the bloody visitations of the past, many thousands returned to China; the re mainder were executed. Extermination Did Not Exterminate. The stench of this great killing was hardly clear from the. air before this strangely persistent race began again, like rats, to stealthily overrun the Islands, and by 1776 had become to numerous that the Incumbent viceroy decreed that ev ery Chinaman found on Philippine soil on a certain day should be executed, and this decree was carried out to the letter. In 1819. having again become intolerabie, by their numbers and methods, once again every Chinese that could be found In the Philippine* was massacred. As extermination did not exterminate, ami as the burden of recurrent slaughters wan, growing too vast and too wearisome for the government, a system of extremely onerous and burdensome taxes was de vised and pressed upon the Chinese with relentless severity. This, however, proved to be ns ineffectual as wholesale killing, and the Chinese, now outnumbering all European Inhabitants more than five to one. praetleally control the trade and bus iness of the 2.don benutiful islands, and, of course, cannot be dislodged by ordinary methods. Persistence of t/ie character thus dis closed. In the face of punishment too ter rible to be adequately described In words, Is unmatched In the history of the world. It Is Inherent In the people possessing more than 60,000,000 of surplus population and whose blighting Immigrations have been controlled successfully by no govern ment except that of the United States. Can this rontrol be executed In the Philippines by the United States? Yes. By the native Filipinos? Never. Frank Ablal Flower. Cider. Wa have a nice line of cider In bottles, pure and genuine, from th* celebrated eatabllahreent of Mott A Cos., of New York. Th* Russet Cider end the Crab Apple Cider ere vary good. Llppman Bros., cor ner Congress and Barnard streets, 8a vannab, Ga,—ode The Big Bargain Sensation of the Times IS NEARING ITS END. We Must Soon Move to Our New Quarters. GREAT FINAL CUT IN PRICES. You Save the Profit and Part of the Cost. This Week’s Value-Giving Will Throw All Past LOW PRICE Records into the Shade. A REVOLUTION IN PRICES Of all kinds of SUMMER GOODS, including Silks, Dress Goods, Wash Goods, Lawns, Organdies, Dimities, White Goods, Hosiery, Knitted Underwear, Corsets, Parasols, and Umbrellas, Laces and Embroideries, Gents’ Furnishings, Towels, Table Linens and Napkins, Sheeting. Shirting, Etc.* A Terrific and Reckless Reduction In Ladies' Ready-made Waists, Separate Skirts, Underskirts, Wrappers and Muslin Underwear. Come early! Come late! Come Monday! Come every day, but by all means come. It will pay you big interest on the saving of every purchase. It is a Picnic for You, A Funeral for Us, THE GREAT REMOVAL SALE. FOYE & MORRISON OTHER WOMEN’S HUSBANDS. THEIR SHORTCOMINGS GO A LONG WAV TO RECONCILE EACH WIFE. To Her Own Matrimonial Partner. Women Are Born Pharisees When It Comes to Their Domestic Griev ance!, and Are Ever Ready to Thank God Their Lot Is Not Like the Other Woman’s. N>w York, July 13.—The greatest waste of sympathy In the world is undoubtedly that pity expended by the. public upon the woman who io not married as happily as society considers she should be. Wo men ore Pharisees when it comes to their own domestic grievances Pharisees thanking Providence in their hearts that whatever may come to them, they are at least sparod the mortifications that fall to the lot of certain other women they know. If you doubt this assertion, toko your sewing and make a round of visits in the neighborhood as I did one morning recently. Mrs. Jones of the tricky hus band was the first one I called upon. Her home was luxuriously and artistically fur nished; it had the air of material com forts; Mrs. Jones greeted me In gor geously embroidered kimona. She is a worldly woman and although the things she has found out through some lawsuit In which her husband was proved a ras cal. have furrowed hard lines of cynicism and distrust in her Ace, there beams above and beyond this expression one of material comfort and abounding self-sat isfaction. I admired the kimona. She smHed with gratified vanity. "Yes," I think Its a beauty, Tom bought it for me on his last trip from Japan.” I think Just here Mrs. Jones saw In my eyes speculation as to what sort of a underhand business venture had taken Tom to that country, for she said, with a quick flash of comprehension, “I de clare—Tom 1s the best fellow In the world to his family, so generous, so consider ate. He loves me to have handsomer elothen than any other woman, and as for bilis, he never fusses about them. Did I tell you he has Just given Mabel a diamond necklace?" "No.” I replied. "Well, he did. You know she has her coming-out party this winter and she wms crazy for one; diamond necklaces are so swell for debutantes.” "It is lovely,” I said, "for her to have such a generous father.” “Yes," agreed Mrs. Jones complacently. "I tell you a woman can stand a lot of shortcomings In a man. She has to put up at least with some dreadful fault when she marries, but I think I could endure anything better than selfishness and stlng iless. If a man is open-handed and gen erous- to his famly, other things can be forgiven. They will be human, you know.” Her hard lips gave a cold, comprehen sive cynical twitch. Then, she looked down at her glittering rings with a smile of cheerful complacency. ‘'Why," she went on, "there are some things a woman Just can't endure. Look at Mary Smith next door. Now% if I had a husband like Fred Smith, I'd have deserted him long ago. He Is what people call high-toned In a way, but I don't call it honorable for a man to live like the lilies of the field, to dress immaculately, and spend every bit of the little Inc'ome he has on his blessed self, leaving a wife to struggle and skimp out an existence any way she can for herself and a lot of children. That’s not my Idea of honor." "Nor mine, either," I agre< and. And then, after a bit of mere chat, I betook myaelf next door to see what Fred Smith's wife had to say about it. 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