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WOMAN’S WORLD. In the vacation schools opened lost week children and young people are being taught how to cook. sew, swim, dress the baby, care for the wounded and a dozen other matters of practical import ance. Every year,says Margaret Holmes Bates In the New York World, some new ? sub je tis added to the course of study. Why not engage a staff of dompetent matrons to open a vacation school for lovers? If such a school were patronized as it ought to be Madison Square Garden would be too small to contain the class. president Elliott of Harvard believes that business should be taught in col- and President Tucker of Dartmouth recently said that every college should have a shalr of politics. If, therefore, we are to include business and politics in our curriculums why not teach also a science of courtship? It would do infinitely more good by adding immeasurably to the happiness of married life. It !s a common mistake to suppose that young people between the ages of seven teen and twenty-five are old enough to manage their own love affairs. The truth is that all lovers are children. Love and reason are like a pair of horses that can be driven single, but not double. No matter how worldly-wise and clever a young man and woman may be, the mo ment they fall honestly in love they be come fit pupils for a kindergarten. Most lovers know only the pleasure-loving side of each other’s character before mar riage. After marriage the serious, work s-day sides of their lives makes different human beings of both of them. If ever there is a time when young peo ple need common sense and have so little of it is when they are in love for the first time. Watch a pair of lovers as they sit on the beach and touch hands in the soft sand, or as they coo by moonlight on a bench in a secluded corner of a park. What do they care about rent, or rates of wages, or the price of Ice or the gas bill? What do they know about laying carpets or stopping leaks in refrigerators? What to them are the subtle laws of tem perament, upon which four-fifths of do mes<ic happiness depends? Ae they whisper the old, sweet, silly questions and answers, do they realize for a moment that a time will ever come when love will become a matter of course, like one’s meals, and when the only sub ject of conversation will be the toughness of the steak or the weakness of the cof fee? No. there is no place in love’s young dream for practical calculations. Every thing Is gilded with hope. Even the S2O --month flat with a geranium in the win dow is transfigured into a veritable bow er of delight. The young lovers move in an unreal world of their own. as widely different from the actual work-a-dav world as “To Have and To Hold’’ differs from the multiplication table. Yet these young dreamers are making decisions that will affect their whole af t*r lives for better or wo r se. Not many days ago a young Hebrew was engaged to be married to a eirl who was a devout Roman Catholic. His par ents objected to the marriage and made the young lover’s life so miserable that he bought a revolver and ended his life. This is one case out of scores where a little sympathetic instruction might have prevented a tragedy. Half of us become engaged and married before we are acquainted with ourselves. When it is too late we discover that wo have made what Mrs. W. J. Bryan has called “a horse and cow marriage.’’ We have chosen for our life companion one who likes what we dislikt and dislikes what we like, and so we go pulling and jerking and jangling together througt the remainder of our lives. Of course, the divorce court Is always open, but it can only change the future, not the past. And so we come back to the original proposition, which is not as foolish as it first appears—why not have a vacation school for lovers? Conventionality, says the New York Tribune, is in a great measure a tiling of the past among fashionable people, who, secure in their own position, do as thfy please and defy the cut and dried traditions of gentility which to be the unwritten laws that governed society, and which our grandmothers not have dreamed of transgressing. Fancy one of the latter receiving a visitor, who was a comparative stranger, in this man ner: "Madame is taking a bath." ex claimed the French m?id, who came down to the caller after the footman had taken up her card to his mistress, "hut if mademoiselle does not mind ze wailing madame Mill descend in an instant." The "instant" stretches out to several min utes, but in a wonderfully short time, considering the clrcums.ances, "madame" ap eared, clad in a fcalh robe—a glorified hath robe certainly, dainty with silk ruf fl n? and embroidery, but an unksirable sortie du lit" and no tea gown intended obviously for company. "Madame" was o-.e who could well s-and such deshabille. *'■ l doubthSi she kr.cw it. She was a fresh, rosy creature, and around her white forehead and neck clung little wet r gs of curly hair, the rest of which was tl and up on the top of her head, ala Chi mis. I really wanted to see you," she ex chimed with frank kindness to her visi ’or, "and, of course, could not think of keepog you waiting, so I iump°d out of my tub and put on this. I hope you do no- mind." Ard then, with The adapt t'h 1 tv of a woman of the world, she ap parently forgot all about her unconven tional garb, and talked of this and that In the asiest way imaginable, and bade he:- caller goodby without any further reference to the subject. Japan has recently issued anew series Cl f P stage stamps that will he of great I'iterest to philatelists. They commemor * '* the recent marriage of the prince im- P f, riai. which was described in these col umns s veral weeks ago Tn the oval frame is pictured a low Table spread with ' • er the place where all Japanese mar •hhii: are solemnized. The table is doc ,,r t 1 \v th bamboo stalks and plum nd blossoms, and at each corner • i spray of pines. The pine and the a i o being evergreens, represent that ' w hich there is r either var'ability nor 1 w of Turning; the plum, on the other 1 ml. stands for that which buds, blos * hi? and fruits for the good rf man. The *' orations of the paper table cover are r-rane and the tortoise; of these the ' lr, l is symbolic of 1,000 years and the * p 1* o'* 10,0 0 years. Here st th rt bride J, ml bridegroom and pass each other cups sakl to the number of nine and so * ' ’ are marrifd, for the nine drinks to rrf fT symbolize The perfect Japanese fhftiTiage. in Japan is the embb ni of wedlock ft 1 for that reason It has b n reproduced m tho commemorative stamp issue on the doing of the crown prince. At Just table sat he and his bride, and b •• bilks of bamboo and sprays of pine nr, l the b ooms of tb<* plum all Joined In *Hung them both all health wealth and U ‘ pn ss wlthcut ehang ng. and the r " a ue and th* l turt e fixed a son of gen f n us time ]| m tt to all the pood wishes by *KRost:ng that It might posdbly come ' an . rul r.OOO or 10 000 years hence. I,lnt is the way the Japanese set forth nv-nnlng of the picture on the new * Qrn r> and for confirmation they point to '• ,r *end, which They stoutly aver Is a dement of the name of the prince and the princess and the date when they sip ped the nine cups of saki. Manufacturers and says the Millinery Trade Review, are anxious to place their new productions In satin and velvet brocaded, warp-printed, and velvet striped ribbons, which are extremely rich in design and varied in combinations of color. That they will be adopted to an extent by some mlllinere, there is very little doubt; still, the majority may continue to give their preference to plain textured ribbons. There is a question of moire ribbons coming in again, but milliners have not yet had their say in the matter. Ribbon velvet Is in considerable demand, and gives every promise of remaining m favor. Rather wide widths are asked for. and this branch of business is decidedly flourishing, whereas milliners are shy of ordering wide-width fancy ribbons in the present uncertain state of fashion in re spect to them, as the really handsome ar ticles are sold at a very high figure, and if there is a question about the best qual ities, there is little or none about the in ferior weaves. A good plain ribbon pleases far better than a second-rate figured article. I am informed, on good authority, that the coming season promises exceedingly well for the velvet trade. The girl who is everybody's favorite is generally a girl of average attractions. She is not wondrously beautiful nor as tonishingly clever, nqr so wise that she knows other people’s business better than they do themselves, yet she is beloeved by all, young and old, and she will be sought for when the pouting beauty, with her matchless hair and eyes, is left alone, and the student who can tell you all about the things of science sits moping in a corner, while the all-wise person is shunned as the plague. This universal attraction is a gift which is born with one, and, al though I will not say that It could not possibly be acquired, it is not often the result of education. We see babies who toddle into our hearts with their first trembling steps, whose dimpled hands hold our fondest, warmest love as firmly as they clutch our hair. They may be among the dearest things in the world to us all through childhood to maturity, and some day w*e awaken to find that the laughing baby was developed in to the beloved woman, whose voice is mu sic in all ears, and who has fond hearts scattered so thickly along her path that the whole road seems colored. The old people regard her as a sunbeam; the young think no gathering so complete or enjoyable without her. and the children bang after her with adoring eyes and hearts, which are not the least of her tri umphs. She can always get what she wants, and the paradox is that she doesn't want things half as badly as other people who are never gratified. She Is content to take what comes her way, and she never sighs after the unattainable, which might as easily be hers, if she wished, as the most ordinary, everyday things of life are owned by other mortals, says the Pitts burg Press. This girl is a puzzle. The girls wonder why she is so beloved by their brothers and cousins. “Of course," they reason, “she is a dear, sweet, little thing, but then there is nothing extraordinary about her,’’* never dreaming that it is Just that qual ity which is admired end loved. Extra ordinary things are all very well when we go sight seeing, or take a day’s Journey into some curiosity cabinet to see the queer articles which are in the world, but for the everyday purposes of life we want something like ourselves, something not above sympathizing with our ills, ailments and tempers. Woman's influence in China, says the St. I ecu is Globe-Democrat, is greater than is commonly supposed. Records of the great Flowery Kingdom are full of examples of women famous for their learning, nerolsm and high principle. Sometimes women achieve absolute power over the household, for there is a popu lar paying, ''She eats rice with her hus band,” which is used to express the rule of the female tyrant. The most aston ishing instance of feminine power to-day is. of course, the career of the Dowa ger Empress, Eszi-Chi. It is said that to-day the greatest mandarin of China would far rather face the Emperor Kwangsa than the secluded lady whose firmness has often been tried and never been broken. She is still the power which rules the colossal country of 300,000,000 people, a country subject to colossal dis asters of Hood, famine, epidemics, earth quakes and insurrection, and which Is now in the thi-oes of revolution and warfare. As an instance of the Empress Dowager’s strength, it may be recalled that she de posed her strongest vizier, Prince Kung, in 1865, by a mere decree in the Pekin Ga zette, because “he overrated his import ance." In common with all other nations, the women of China represent the most fervent religious element. They are said to indorse enthusiastically the Boxers’ movement, and to be fighting with pas sion to help rid the country of the detest ed missionary. That the women of China do not lack courage is proved by the fact that they sometimes seek suicide as belief from un happy marriages, and uncongenial hus bands would frequently be murdered were it not for special punishments, "ig neminous and slow,” devised for all wo men who should attempt homicide. The mere existence of this law proves the ne cessity for it. Again, not long ago, fif teen young girls of Canton threw them selves into the river to escape from mar rying the husbands chosen for them. Two other recent examples prove the heroism of the Chinese women of high degree. A daughter of the Chinese min ister to London, Kwo-Sung-Taon, was married at the age of 17. When her hus band fell ill and all food failed to nourish him she cut a s.ice off her own arm and put it in the broth. When he died she tried to commit suicide, out of grief, and would eat nothing but gold leaf, to induce death. It tailed to poison her, and she then starved to death. Her sister-ln-ilaw, Mrs. Kwo, a sister of the Marquis Tseng, tried also to follow her husband to the land of spirits, but the use of quantities of gold leaf failed, and she finally took compassion on her children, agreed to live, and managed her father-in-law’s property while he was In London. Li Hung Chang penned a memorial to the Dragon throne, requesting that these two wom<;n should be awarded a sign of im perial approval. Notwithstanding the degraded condition of women of the lower classes, the female Idea Is high In China, and the annals of (he past show a long series of virtuous and heroic women, who have made an In delible impression upon the national mind. The mother of the great sage, Confucius, is held as a model, for, os his father died when the child was 3 years of age, his training was accomplished by his mother, who. It Is said, gave him the foundation for his great moral maxims. The next philosopher of importance, Men cius, was also indebted to his mother for the foundation of his character and mind, as well as Ills philosophy. Woman s lot In China Is, however, not an enviable one. She Is r.ot received Into the world with Joy and Is given very lit tle education. At 12 6he Is banished from all companionship, to become "the young girl who sits In the house," until her mar riage, when she weds someone she has never seen. Then she must obey her hus band and her mother-in-law; she may not come Into contact with men In the out side world; and, as o rule, she cannot rca d She may, however, receive ladles and return their calls. The patrlarchlal system Is so universal that the father Is a despotic ruler over the family, and a married woman becomes so entirely a part of her husband’s family that she has to yield her duty and her obedience to her husband’s parents, who frequently treat her more as a slave than a? a dnughter- In-liw The doctrine inculcated In the Chinese classics Is that a woman has thtee stages of obedience; first, to her father; second, to her husband (after sh W married!; and third, to her son (If her husband dies), when he reaches manhood. The old proverb goes; "Men wish their THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 22, 1000. A TEXAS WONDER* HnlPn Great Discovery. 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HQRTON, Ex-Marshal. boys to be like wolves, and fear lest they should be timki; their girls they’ wish to be like mice, and fear lest they should have the boldness of the tiger." The laws established 2,300 years ago are In favor to day. and among them no rules are strict er than those which provide for keeping the women in bondage. Chinese books of instruction for girls consist chiefly of exhortations to dis charge their duties a© daughter**, wives, mothers and daughters-in-law. The “Girls’ Four Book*?," to which two famous Em perors wrote prefaces, contains the beet idea of how the female tnind and char acter must be trained. Modesty, gentle ness, self-sacrifice, wisdom, respect for ekiers and a virtuous dlsposhion must be a woman’s equipment for life. There is no pressing need for intellectual educa tion. However, about 100 in every 10,000 women read, and that means read with understanding the great books of philos ophy and literature, the works of China’s sages and poeis. Such cases are found among the aristocratic classes, and men of letters frequently teach their wives and daughters not only the art of reading, but that of writing, and go so far as to pub lish their literary effusions. All the women at the church social, says the Washington Post, had acknowledged their utter inability to manage their hus bands, when a timid looking little mat ron who had been ignored by the rest was observed fidgeting In her chair. At last she spoke, at first with hesitation, but growing bolder as she progressed. “My system is an old one," she said. “It’s bas ed upon the natural horn contrariness of the human male biped. “We will suppose that I am just perish ing for a new’ tailor-made dress, although I have one that Jack thinks ought to see me through the season. Very well. I make up my mind to have anew tailor made dress and 1 hunt around among my women friends to find out w r lio has recent ly acquired a stunning tailor-made dress. I tell her my little scheme and she comes and visits me while Jack is home and she wears her new tailor-made dress. She looks tremendously fetching in it, of course. When she goes I don’t say a word. I wait for Jack to say what I know he’s going to say: " ‘By Jove, my dear,’ he’s bound to re mark, ‘wasn't that a swell rig, though, she had on?' Say, I wonder how much those togs cost—anything within reach?’ ” 'Oh. X say, 's4s or so, but I wouldn't care for a dress like that; 14’s too tight and too conspicuous, don't you think?’ “ 'No, I don’t think anything of the sort,’ my brave Jack is almost bound to say. 'I think It's Just the real thing, and It's a wonder you wouldn’t dress the way T want you to dress, tny dear. Now, I like that dress, and I'm blamed if I'm not going lo have you get ones Just like it,' etc. Result: 1 get the dress, which is just ex actly the kind of dress I’m perishing for. "Another case: Supposing I am partic ularly anxious to see some theatrical star who is going to be in Washington next week and I feel that Jack isn't very en thusiastic about going. “ 'I see So-and-So's going to be here next week. Jack,’ I say casually. ‘I never thought much of his—or—her acting, did you?’ "Jack drops his paper and regards me from a very great height Indeed. “ ‘Now, my dear, that just shows how vitiated you have permitted your theatri cal taste to become,’ he will reply in nine cases out of ten. 'So-and-So’s 'way at the top In my estimation and I wouldn’t miss seeing him—or—her next week for anything. What's more, I’m Just going to take you along to see if you can't learn to appreciate,’ etc., etc. Thus I go to pre cisely the theatrical attraction next week that I’ve been waiting to come around this way all the season. “Still another Illustration; Supposing I want to go to the seashore this summer Instead of the mountains. I begin about now attacking the seashore to Jack—not violently, hut In n mild sort of way. " 'I think it’s stupid at the beaches,' I say to him, and I keep on saying similar things until he hursts out with: ” 'That’s a queer way to talk. Isn’t it? If it’s stupid at the beaches then there must he millions of stupid people In this country that have all kinds of fun at the seashore every summer. I don’t know where vou're going this summer, but I’ll tell you one thing, I’m going to put In my vacation at the seashore.' Thus that Is accomplished. "The poor human male biped can't help It- he's born contrary, but he's so dread fully, hopelessly easy when you know how to make out of his very contrariness a tool wherewith to manage him.” Every now and again. It happens that twins grow up with such a strong resem blance to each other than their best friends are often deceived as to their Identity, while strangers find it impossible to dis tinguish them from each other. This, says the New York Tribune, naturally gives oc casion for amusing mistakes, out of which the principals derive great entertainment. Sometimes, however, the cases of mistak en Identity are more serious, as one of a pair of well known society men from a neighboring city found out not long ago. Hut as all's well that end well, the affair is now regarded by all parties concerned as a fortuitous Incident, as well as an ex cellent joke. The B— twins, who were good looking, clever and socially desirable, scored a suc ce*B wherever they went. At school, col lege and afterward in their world they were immensely popular, and It was im possible to decide which was the favorite. In character, however, they were decided ly different, one being altogether what Is called a man's man, while the other was devoted to the fair sex. and had contin ually some serious flirtation on hand, to one of which, to the great dismay of Ms twin (as a marriage would involve a sep aration for the first time In their lives), he succumbed and became engaged. Even having a ligilimate owner, however, did not entirely cure our young man of his flirting propensities. U happened that on one of his business trips out West he met a certain charming young woman, and as he was thrown almost dally In her Society he became, quite unconsciously on his part, seemingly quite devoted. To hl surprise and embarrassment, however, lie found himself, for the first time in his life taken seriously. Here was a dilemma! He could not In cold blood Inform her that she had misconstrued his attention, and that he was already engaged to another attractive young woman whom he loved devotedly, nor could he make up his mind to go away and leave her to suppose he had l>een trilling with her affections. The girl herself was all that the most exacting person could desire-good, beautiful and clever—and with a sufficiency of this world's goods to moke her in the estima tion of Mrs. Grundy un excellent match. “There Is only one way out of It," he exclaimed hopefully as a happy thought struck him. “I must make Harry lake my places It will b* • capital thing for the old fellows, for he will never have the courage to make a start for himself; he ought to be grateful to me all his life if I can secure this awfully nice girl for him,’’ with which Jesuitical reason he jus tified his subsequent proceeding, for, if the truth be told, he carried on his vicarious courtship with a good deal of energy, and left the young woman quite at ease re garding his “intentions.” The next step, that of convincing his brother that he must take the good the gods, or rather he himself, had provided required considera ble tact, but he found the former quite melancholy over the idea of their ap proaching separation, and a he was an- in tensely shy man and unused to women’s society it was not altogether difficult to persuade him finally to accept the charm ing bride provided for him. and to keep the appointment which his brother had made in his name and return a fortnight later. The subsequent proceedings were easy enough, for, like men of his temi>erament. he fell hopelessly and completely in love at first sight, and he became the slave at once and forever of the lovely Westerner, who on her part never detected the ex change, and treated him with the sweet familiarity of an old friend.‘From being an exceedingly timid man the supposed woman hater developed into an ardent wooer. Matters were hastened up. The double wedding day was appointed for an early date, and it was not until he had his wife safe and sure that the substitute brother made his confession and received absolution, “particularly.*' said his wife, half in mischief, end half in revenge, “as I am such a gainer by the exchange!’’ The woman of 45 who owns to her age, says the New York :Sun. and could there fore presume to give advice to others wn* talking seriously to the comparatively young woman of 30. “Don’t ever allow yourself to reach tha stage of affability,” she was saying, “at which people will call you a good fellow. I know that many a girl likes to have that reputation and men are all likely to be attentive to the sort of girl who is called n good fellow. She is generally sure of having a good time. Mon will take her out, always he glad to have her In a party, be very attentive to her at dances, and make her seem like n belle. All these rewards come to the girl who is a good fellow. But I have rarely heard of n men who wanted to marry her. “Of course some man usually does mar ry her. been use the girls who are good fellows usually find husbands. But the demand for them ns wives is not relatively so great as- their popularity with men. Girls with half the amount of attention that the good fellow gets are going to be married first. Men don’t want for wives the women who are companions. They want women who appeal to their af fections. not to their sense of what is agreeable socially. I have seen good fel low girls who waited for years to marry, even -when they had more men around them than the other type of woman who was married at the end of her first year out. “Don’t get the reputation of being a good follow, whatever men may think of you. I dont mean rot to he fast. I do not take that into consideration at all, because that Is vulgar, in the first place, and the cocktail-drinking, loud-talking type has nothing whatever in common with the sort of girl I meant "when I spoke of her as a good follow. The type T meant lias nothing in common with the girl who is rapid. She can be as good form, as well bred, and as modest ns the most shrinking type of Intensely feminine wo man. “The popularity of the girl w’ho is called a good fellow' can usually be explained. I heard a man say. the other day that he would always rather be with a woman than with a man. If he goes out to din ner. he prefers to be with a woman, and if he goes to the theater, feminine society is more agreeable to him. He confesses frankly that Jhe principal reason for this preference is hi ability to do as he wants to. when his companions are wo men, whereas he would be compelled to do as the rest of the party wanted, if he were not with women. If he goes to dinner with a woman, he selects the res. taurantg that he prefers and orders what he cares to eat. A man may do that adroitly, even while pretending to consult a woman's taste most assiduously. If he goes to the theater, he selects the play that he likes, In the majority of cases, and the woman has to like it too. “Now the good-fellow girl is likely to find a good many admirers among men of this class. who wrant a woman compan ion merely because they have things more their own way than if they go with men. But it is not worth w’hlle, for the sake of any. pleasure to be got out of it, for a girl to acquire the reputation of be ing a good follow. I is likely o interfere with some of her more important aspira tions for the future, and you know matri mony and a good husband will compensate a girl for missing a great deal In the way of a good time before the wedding.*’ 4 Mrs, C. W. Wood of Madison, S. D., says the Chicago Inter-Ocean, is the possessor of a valuable diamond ring which has an Interesting history. About a year and a half ago the ring disappeared. The house was searched from top to bottom, the ash heap was placer mined, and every nook and corner of the premises thoroughly in spected, but the jewel could not be found. Mrs. Wood gradually forgot her loss. She Is. however, once more In possession of her ring. About a year after the disappear ance of the Jewel Mrs. Wood sent a bed steed to a second-hand store to be sold. A farmer named Merrlam, living several miles from Madison, was the pruchaser. The bedstead was taken to his home and placed in position for use. The otehr day a brilliant object In a crack of the panel of the bedstead at tracted the attention of Mrs. Merrlam, and, plucking It out, It proved to be a dia mond ring. The Merrtams, instead of keeping their discovery quiet, at once com menced a search for the owner. They vis ited the second hand store where they had purchased the bedstead, when they were infermd that the bedstead with the dia mond setting had been the property of Mr. and Mrs. Wood. They called on Mr. Wood, and when he had been informed of the object of their visit, he stated that he be lieved he had "heard something” about his wife having lost a diamond ring a year or two ago. The Jewel was given to Mr. Wood, who suitably rewarded the farmer and hit" wife for their honesty. He wore the ring home on his finger end ate dinner without attracting Mrs. Wood’s attention to it. After dinner, while In an argument over the Chinese war. and while making many sweeping gestures, Mrs. Wood caught sight of the ring a nd soon hastened to tell her neighbors of h*r good fortune. How did the ring get lost In the panel of the bedstead? It was Mrs. Wood’s cus tom to take off her diamond rings at night and place them under her pillow to pre vent them falling Into the hands of bur g'ars. The ring evidently slipped from lie place under the pillow to the crevice in the panel of the bedstead, where It re mained concealed far a year and a half, until accidentally discovered by the far mer’s wife. Apropos of housekeeping, says the New York Times, there Is a story of the Quern which Is being told by the English papers which Is Interesting. It Is, of course, un derstood that Victoria R. Is a devout be liever In housewifery qualities, and In every woman her own housekeeper, though a Queen. The Queen looks well to the ways of her household, so, as the story goes, In passing through an unused suite of rooms at Windsor one day she found the place undueled, and one tuble In par ticular white with dust. The Queen understands not only the big hut the little practices of housekeeping, so in silent dignity, as a compelling re proof. she wrote In the dust with her finger, "Victoria R.” But, alas! this subtle rebuke was wast ed, and the following day when Her Maj esty passed through the room she saw the dust a trifle thicker and her name as she had written tt the day before. Per severing. the Queen then asked the name of the untidy housemaid, and learning it. wrote that also below her own. This last effort was rewarded with suc cess. and the third day the dust and the names had both disappeared, "and,” as the story goer*, “the silent rebuke from her sovereign was never forgotten by the neglectful maid." Outsiders do not, of course, understand the workings of Her Majesty's household, but to almost any one it would seem that though the maid may have been culpa ble. there must have been some superior, that much boasted capable English house keeper whose business it was to see that the maid performed the duty of dusting if it were hers, and if a table could have remained long enough untouched to ac cumulate dust In sufficient quantity to serve Her Majesty for an autograph tab let it would wem time for the housekeeper to be reduced to the ranks. Another way to look ut the story is to consider the Inestimable value of that ta ble after it h;.d been honored by the Queen, its further value to the maid with her own name upon it. and what a won derful relic it would have been preserved under glass to snow not only Her Maj esty’s handwriting, but her frame of mind. And ell swept away with one whisk of the dusting cloth! What would they not have giver* for such a relic in one of the Fourth Avenue Antique shops in this city! What an object for domestic science school pilgrims it would have made! Hartley Davis, in writing of Newrport In Munsey’s Magazine, says: "All summer homes In Newport are called cottages. Even that magnificent palace built by W. K. Vanderbilt, Marble House, which rep resents fin expenditure of perhaps $3,000,- 000, is called a cottage. “Everything in Newport Is measured by the scale of millions. Even the flowers preach the gospel of wealth. Nature made It the most beautiful summer resort in the world; man ha mad© It a monu ment to his colossal vanity. But it has the merit of being a beautiful and mag. nittoent monument. “For about six weeks In the year New port Is the society center of America. The gathering Is even more representative than can be. found In New' York during the opera season. A majority of the cot tagers are New York millionaires, but Boston. Philadelphia. Chicago, San Fran cisco and other cities semi their most fashionable folks to take part in the fes tivities. It has popular as n sum mer resort for a century. It has always been aristocratic and exclusive, although the aristocracy is largely that of wealth." No woman Is pleased at the thought of growing old. But age is not Indicated cllh er by wrinkles or gray hairs. Both are frequently visible upon girls of 20, while the woman of .V) can sometimes claim ex emption. Aids to beauty have obliterated the marks that once told tales, so thnt even mirrors with their reputation for truthfulness don't "give one away"— n.v ful phrase—even to herself. There are, however, ways hv which a woman knows she's growing old. FV>r In stance, when Miss Jones refuses invita tions to picnics and all-day excuisions thai she once considered great fun, preferring a wrapper, n hammock and a novel to an hilarious crowd, melted butter and buss of all sorts in edibles of all kinds, she feels a qualm, for she knows old age is descend ing upon her. Again, when she hesitates between an organdy that will not launder, hut that Is “too dainty for anything,” and a gingham that’s as much more serviceable as It Is less beautiful, and finally chooses the lat ter, she rushes home in great perturbation of spirit to look 1n her glass and see If this proof of advancing antiquity is con firmed there. A desire to learn new patierns In fancy work and to talk about servants are also deplorable symptoms, and the woman who works out directions for a lace in a pa per may take it as |x>*ltlve proof that she's growing passe. There are other signs, such as losing the Idea that lee eream is the ne plus ul tra of delight in diet, and choosing rather for a steady regime the substantial sand wich, but any one of these is serious and should be looked to at once, for they are all, in the vernacular, "give-aways." A certain young man In Washington, D. C., society was very fond of discussing sciological and moral questions, arid once started in this hobby could scarcely he headed in any other direction. He had been quite devoted in his attention to one young woman for .as much as six months, but she had been unable lo tiring him to his senses, though she was willing to con fess that she had tried repeatedly to do so. Of eouise, she had done It In the deli cate ways women have in those matters, but what he needed was a club. Not a gr, at while ago he was calling, as usual, and as usual he was neglecting sentiment for something that only make a girl tired. This time he was moralizing on the temptations of life and the prone ness of people against them in whatever form they might appear. "However," he said, In conclusion, dis playing a commendable spirit of charity for the weak, "it is a very difficult thing for anyone to say 'No.' ” Here was an unexpected chance for her. "And conversely," she responded slow ly, so he could get the full force of It, "It should be very easy for one to say ‘Yes.’ ” He looked her straight In the eyes at last, and a hush fell upon the scene. "Um-er-um, ' he hesitated, "Miss Kate, am Ia chump?" ■ "It Is very difficult for one to say 'No/ ’’ she said with a pretty little smile, and later she found It quite easy to say "Yes.” One of Philadelphia’s most distinguished portrait painters asserts that tho necks of American women are becoming longer and more slender year by year. The high collar, he declares. Is responsible for It. All the life studies and portraits of wo men seen at students’ exhibits demon strate this. "I know a man," ho said the other day, "who took a tape measure to the last exhibit at the Academy of Fine Arts and succeeded In getting data for a comparison of women’s necks painted ten years ago, five years ago and at the present time. He claims that the average feminine neck has become elongated to the extent of nearly an Inch during the last five years. Remember, this Is his claim, not mine, although It doesn't seem altogether unreasonable when you come to think of it. —At the present time the United States have more warshp tonnage under con struction than ever before In the history of the country In time of peace, The new vessils building or authorized. Include seventy of all classes, twelve of which are battleships, six armored cruisers, nine protected torpedo-boat destroyers, fifteen torpedo-boats, seven submarine gunboats and one lake gunboat. Cures Weak Hearts. Palpitation and other heart Irregular ities arc* nearly always caus'd by a weak stomach and a disordered digestion. Tyner's D>sptpsia Remedy cures weak stomachs, regulars the gastric Juices, builds up the appetite and Invariably cures palpitation. Intermittent pulse, and other heart lrrgul&ritlts. For this purpose It has no <qual. It cur s all stomach trouble* ar.d insures good health and sweet refreshing sleep. A GOVERNOR'S OPINION. Gov. Robert Taylor of Tennessee says: ”1 find Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy an ad mirable all to digestion. It Imparts a vigor and easiness of feeling which is very desirable. It 1* a first-class remedy for ad ng digestion.” Price 50 cents per large bottle. For sale by druggists. Six bottles for $2.50, or sent by express on receipt of price by TYNER’S DYSPEPSIA REMEDY CO~ Send 5c to pay postage for u sample bottle. A CYCLONE OF BARGAINS The Summer Goods are doomed to go. We must make a clean sweep. We disregard all values and marked them at Prices That Will Please the Closest Shoppers. A DROP IN CHINA SILKS. 45c Black China at 33c 50c Black China at 39c 60c Black China at 44c (>sc Black China at 49c 85c Black China at 59c 90c Black China at 69c 2 Cakes Buttermilk Soap 5c 13 cents Quality White Corded Dimities at 7 cents 15 cents Black and White Printed Lawns at 7 cents 15 cents White Satin Stripe Fine Lawns at 7 cents 15 cents Solid Color Lawns and Organdies at 7 cents 15 cents Odds and Ends of Printed Lawns at 7 cents 15 cents Clean Fresh Infants' Mull Caps at 7 cents 50c l ;r Shirt Waists 25c 25c White Dimities at..lsc 8c White Lawns at 5c 12c India Linnon at 8c 15c India Linnon at 10c 20c India Linnon at 14c 25c Batiste Mulls at... .19c 35c Batiste Mulls at... .25c 10 Yards 24-inch Diaper 55c $2.00 Clean White Shirt Waists, now Half Price.... SI.OO $2.25 Clean White Shirt Waists, now Half Price $1.25 $3.00 Clean White Shirt Waists, now Half Price $1.50 $4.00 Clean White Shirt Waists, now Half Price... $2.00 $5.00 Clean White Shirt Waists, now Half Price.... $2.50 Colored Shirt Waists Recklessly Slaughtered at.... 25c sl£ ? Dress Goods al 50c 15c English Percales at 10c 10c Dress Ginghams at 6 %c 60c French Challies at 39c No Fake Here! Every Article As Advertised! GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & GO. MID-MET FIGURES PREVAIL -AT . . HOGAN’S . . Inducement* in every ilriwrtinrnt. Greater reduction* to meet the de mnml for good good* cheap. A positive moving on every Item. This I* the cool ■ I ore—Cool ear* top nt the door. Yon save money and dis comfort when you shop here. SI MMER DRESS GOODS. 10c Colored Dimities 7Vic. 15c Colored Lawns and Dimities 10c. Imported Madras Cloth and Gingham 25c and 30c grades, at 19c. 65c Grey Homespuns at 45c. 63c Black China Silks 49c. 25c Black Serges at 50c. White Striped Madras, suitable for walats, 20c, Instead of 30e. LACES AND EMBROIDERIES AT VERY LOW FIGURES. Machine-made Torchon Laces and Inser tlngs—assorted patterns. Fine Valenciennes and Point de Parts Lores and Insertings; large variety of patterns. Cambric, Swiss and Nainsook Edging snd Inserting; neat and open work pat terns; choice collection, LADIES’ HOSIERY. Special bargains In Misses’ Black Riche lieu Ribbed Hose 16c; worth 30c. Bargain Ladies' Black Lisle Lace Hose 26c; worth 35c. Bargain Ladles' Black Lisle Lace Hose j 69c; worth sl/0. Bargain Ladies’ Black Lisle Hose, silk \ polka dot, 47c; worth 7T>c. Bargain I-adles' Polkn Dot and Fancy I Striped Hose 19c and 26c. DANIEL HOGAN: The corner Broughton and Barnard Sts. Ribbon, the latest, best and cheapest. All-llk, heavy satin und taffeta, assort ed colors. Write for samples and prices. No. 1 Baby Ribbons, lc yd., 48c spool. No. 2 Ribbons, H-ln., 2 Vic yd., 29c bolt. No. 4 Ribbons, Y*-ln., 5c yd., 38c bolt. No. 5 Ribbons. 1-in., 5c yd., 45<- bolt. No. 7 Ribbons, IV4-ln., 5c yd., SOo bolt. No. 9 Ribbons, lVi-ln., 8c yd., 75 twit. No. 12 Ribbons, -21n., 10c yd., 90c bolt. No. 16 Ribbons, 244-In., 12'/jc yd., sl.lO licit. No. 22 Ribbons, 2%-in„ 15c yd., $1.35 bolt. No. 40 Ribbons. 3V4-ln.. 17‘F yd., $1.60 boR. No. 80 Rlblions. 4-in., 20c yd,, $1.85 bolt. No. 100 Ribbons, 5-in., 2.1 c yd., $2.25 bolt. All above run ten yard* to boll. Wo mall ribbons free all over L’nitcJ States. IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL AND WORK ORDER YOUR LITHO GRAPHED AND PRINTED STATIONERY AND BLANK BOOK! FROM THE MORNING NEWS SAVANNAH. GA. 1 40c White China at 29c 50c White China at 35c 60c White China at 44c 65c White China at 49c 75c White China at 59c $1.25 White China at.. .89c 30c Colored Dimities.... 19c Irish Linen Lawns 19c 30c Imported Dimities.. 19c 35c Silk Ribbons 19c 40c Embroideries 19c 30c French Ginghams .. 19c 30c Ladies’ Hose 19c ! 60c Men’s Shirts at..... 39c 69c Men’s Shirts at 44c 1 75c Men’s Shirts at 50c UNDER.WEAR CHEAP. Ladles' Silk Vests in white, pink and blue, 75c quality for 50c. Ladles' Little Vests, 40c quality for 25c. Ladtee' Lisle Vests, 26c quality for 15c. Ladles’ Out Size, 26c quality for 19c. Ladles’ Ribbed Knee Pants 26c. SHIR/IT WO REDUCED. 36-tnch Wamsutta Bleached Shirting 1044 c. Splendid S-4nrh White Shirting 644 c. RED SPRE ADS AT COST. White Summer Bed Spread 68c. Splendid White Bed Spreads for SI.OO. Splendid White Bed Spreads for $1.25. BEST TONVEL IN THE CITY. Fine Large White and Colored Borders Damask Towels for 2oc. MEN’S SHIRTS. Special line Men's Madras Shirts 15c; regular $1.25. 60 dozen Colored Shirts, regular 69c, 500. MEN'S UNDERWEAR, MEN’S NECKWEAR, MEN’S HALF HOSE, AT ABOUT ONE-HALF ITS VALUE. Gent*' Half Hose, regular 50c, this week 25 cents. Gents' Half Hose, regular 35c, this week 19 cents. Gents’ Fancy Half Hose, regular 30c, this week 13c. Wheeler & Wilson No. 9 Ball-Bearing Sewing Machine, guaranteed to be the lightest and fastest running, easiest and less trouble with threading and filling the bobbin, and can do more work in a day than any other sewing machine made, at prices never heard of before. Listen: We will give you a $53, S6O and $65 Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine at S3O, $35 am] S4O for next 30 days. Tills is s saving of $26 on each machine. Don’t fall to call and see those ma chine* at 14 East Broughton street. 13