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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
Two men sat behind the vines of a se
cluded veranda to smoke their after-din
ner cigars the other evening. As they
smoked, says the Buffalo Express, they
gie w confidential and told each other some
secrets that were burdensome to their
comfort. A woman sat within the house,
near a window that opened on the veran
da.. It was a warm night and the win
dow was open. But the woman was sup
posed to be reading and the men forgot
her existence. Snatches of the conversa
tion floated in to her, and as the theme
was particularly interesting to femininity
the woman listened. It oouldn’i be wrong,
she argued, because one man was her hus
band and the other was her dearest
friend'6 husband. Their talk amused and
interested her so much she told it to a
friend and that person repeated it in a
newspaper office and so it was a secret no
longer.
The theme of the men’s conversation is
not anew one in Buffalo this month. Doz
ens of other men could take part in it if
they chose. The dearest friend’s husband
was trying to keep house while his wife
and the children were in the country for
a few weeks.
"You know’, Clifford, I can make a cup
of coffee and broil a steak as well as the
next person, but when it domes to washing
dishes I flunk, that’s all. How the wo
men keep the dishes in shape is moie than
I know. Then it beats all how r untidy the
bedroom gets. I can’t understand it, for
I never had any difficulty in keeping my
shoes, ties, collars and those kind of things
in their places before. I suppose I forget
to put them away now that I have the
breakfast to cook.’*
The woman listening, laughed, for she
knew all about certain bags and boxes
which her dearest friend had in which she
stowed away her husband’s soiled linen
and handkerchiefs and kept his neckties
straight. She remembered, too, her friend
telling her she had left everything in ap
ple pie order for Herbert. “He’ll get along
nicely,” the little woman had said, “for
the flat is in perfect order, there isn’t a
soiled article anywhere and I’ve left a
supply of cooked things and have told
the milkman and baker to call every morn
ing in time for breakfast.”
“It wasn't so bad until I made my first
breakfast,” the voice on the veranda went
on, “that was not a sudeess, for after I
hud made the coffee and put on the eggs
I sat down to read the paper a minute.
What’s a minute when you want to find
out about the situation in China and if the
Democrats have agreed on their platform!
But it was long enough for the coffee to
boil all over the range and the eggs to get
as hard as bricks. What coffee was left
tasted queer and I hadn’t time to wash
the dishes. I am sure I had used only
one plate and a cup and saucer, but there
was < ugh for half a dozen persons. Af
ter 1 tidied up the kitchen I though I
would look over the evening paper, when
1 remembered I hadn’t made my bed yet.
I could have sworn burglars had been In
the room, for there were more shoes and
neckties and things lying around than I
could wear in a week. I couldn’t begin
to put them away! Marion has one of
those long, narrow’ boxes for my neckties
and I tried to straighten the things out
and put them aw’ay as I usually keep
them, but it took too long.”
Again the woman on the other side of
the window laughed softly, for she re
membered her friend telling how' Herbert
always tried every pair of shoes he owned
before he could decide which ones to w'ear
and how his necktie box had to be tidied
every morning as regularly as the bed
was made.
• It is two weeks now since Marion went
Disease^^^^^
The human skin is provided with millions of little spiral-shaped glands or tubes, forming a great drainage system
twenty-eight miles in length. It is estimated that an average of three pounds of water and an ounce of poisonous matter
is pumped out of the blood by a most delicate and complicated apparatus, and forced out through these little drain-pipes
every day. Certain other glands pour out upon the skin an oily substance that keeps it soft and clastic, otherwise it
would become hard and dry from exposure to the air and sun. Should these little passages be entirely closed, almost
instant death would result, and even when but partially obstructed great damage is done to health. The blood and skin
are so closely connected that whatever affects one has a corresponding effect upon
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them to enter the mouths of the little
openings and be taken into the blood.
Mercury when rubbed into the skin
will produce salivation, and the
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and powders prescribed and used in
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away.” the man continued, “and though
I. have written her that everything is all
right and that I enjoy housekeeping, I
sr.ali bo mighty glad to see her back.
Every dish in the house was used nearly
a week ago and I have given up trying to
wash more than the plate and cup I need
for breakfast. After this lam going
down town for breakfast and I am going
to send for the washwoman to come and
clean up the house. I cold Marlon it
wasn t necessary to have any one come
in; that I could keep things going for a
month all right. Our flat is so small
there never seemed muc'h to do, but either
1 am too busy at the office or I haven’t
telt so well as usual, for this housekeep
ing beats me.”
\ou 11 be glad w’hen It is time for your
wife to come home, eh?” said the friend,
as he knocked the ashes off the end of his
cigar, and the woman who listened made
up her mind she would write her friend
that very night and tell her how’ glad Her
bert would be to see her and the children.
Many of the customs in vogue in the vil
lages of Russia appear supremely non
sensical to the majority of people, yet
they seem to be firmly rooted among the
people. They have, in fact, prevailed for
centuries, and are likely to continue for
centuries yet to come. The peasants have
a peculiar way of testing a prospective
member of the family.
When the parents of a young man In
Russia decide that a certain young lady
would make a suitable mate for him they
say nothing about the matter to anyone,
but on some evening they will drop around
unexpectedly at the prospective bride’*
home and will stay for supper. During
the meal they will keep a close watch on
the young lady.
If she eats fast she will perform
work speedily; if she goes neatly and
cleanly about her plate she will perform
her work neatly and cleanly; if she does
not talk much she will work and not talk
and prove a faithful and obedient wife
to her husband; if she prefers rye breed
to white she will be satisfied with her
lot; if she does not gaze and stare nt
the visitors she will be a wife that will
not continually pry into her husband’s
business, and if she immediately proceeds
to clean up the dishes after the meal she
will bring prosperity to her husband and
will be economical with his money.
A most peculiar thing about the mar
riage ceremony is the fact that when the
couple enter the church both groom and
bride make, a dash for the platform on
•which is the pulpit. It is believed that
the one whose foot touches the platform
first will live the longer end that the
children will take after that one In size,
heaith and beauty.
You must meet Americans in their own
homes, says the New York Telegram, to
find how gracious, kindly hearted and
hospitable they are. I mean,
not only in giving you the best they can
afford, but In going out of their way to
give their guests a happy time under their
roof.
Say you are Invited to a dinner party.
You discover an air of geniality and gay
ety directly the street door closes behind
you. No stiffness or formality or stand
offishness mare those sometimes cold and
ghastly moments that precede a dinner
party at home. The introductions are
cheerfully done and often with a sense of
humor. The conversation at once becomes
general and animated. You are in a hap
py family circle > in less than five min
utes.
You are asked to be the escort of some
highly educated lady, beautifully dressed
and in excellent taste, as ail Americans
are, and, in nine cases out of ten, with
the glorious hair of every imaginable tint
and shade, from gold to red, which is the
pride of the American race.
You will have, believe me. to hold your
own with this delightful dinner compan
ion. It will not be the casefof a cold and
cheerless statue and having to draw her
out. Quite the contrary. She w’ill do her
utmost to draw you out and test your
knowledge on every conceivable 6ubjecr,
and you will find her well informed on
almost every topic, social or literary, that
generally occupies conversation.
It is the rarest thing to find any Amer-
ITCHING ECZEMA.
About two years ago I experienced by
times patches on the inside of my hands
that itohed and burned causing much dis
comfort. As time went on it grew more
troublesome. I had read medicine in my
early twentiea (now fifty years of age),
and soon concluded that I was afflicted
with a variety of Eczema. I consulted
notod phyaicians and specialists. I used
several external applications, but received
only temporary relief. I began taking S.
S. B. A change for the better was soon
noticed, and in throe months all symp
toms had disappeared, and I found myself
cured perfectly, and have never bad any
return of the disease.
W. P. BBUBH.
Station A, Kansas City, Mo.
THE MORNING NEWS. SUN DAY, JULY 29. 1900.
ican woman who does not know some
thing and that something accurately, on
a variety of subjects, ordinary and ab
struse. Your partner will argue with
ski.l and acumen, never dogmatically, and
will end by making you as pleased with (
yourself as she very likely is with her
self.
Then the ho6t and hostess do their ut
most to make the conversation amusing
and general. It is a ease of give-and
take all around. Whenever we drove
home from an American dinner party
there was but one remark, ‘What a de
lightful eventing.’
American women love to congregate and
discuss matters dear and interesting to
them. They never waste time or frivol.
A pretty story is told about the child
hood cf Princess Charles of Denmark.
When she was quite a little thing a lady
or.ee asked her if there was any truth in
a story which stated that the Princess of
Wales had once pub ic ly boxed a street
arab’s tars because he was ill treating a
kitten? The 21 1 tie Princess Maud replied
frankly: "Oh, no. I don’t think it’s true;
but it’s just what mamma would have
wanted to do.”
Too much polite attention, says the New
York Tribune, and an excess of manners
are exceedingly tiresome, just as a sur
feit of sweetness is cloying to the palate,
and there Is a good deal of danger that
he little girls who are generally com
mended for their “pretty manners” may
grow up self-conscious and rather bore
some.
“I do detest a ‘sweety, sweety girl,’ ex
claimed a lively society woman recently.
And it is easy to imagine the kind of
young person to whom the newly coined
adjective might have reference, and how
the obvious efforts to please of such a
society aspirant might irritate one of
the frank mannered women of the world
of to-day. On the other hand, rough, hoy
denish manners are undoubtedly even
worse, and it behooves a mother who Is
training her daughter to be a social suc
cess to steer clear of this Scylla on the
one hand and Charybdls on the other
rocks that might wreck her chances of
popularity if she swerves to either ex
treme.
It is apparent that society at present
resents self-consciousness of every sort.
The old days of gentility and fine man
ners have been completely relegated to
the past, and one cannot deny that their
substitutes—kindly frankness an good
humored tolerance—are more attractive,
and the theory is that one should not
have the veneer of good manners, but the
actual manners themselves, which, of
course, is the correct idea, bul one w’hich,
owing to the selfishness and indifference
of our mondaines, is not always appar
ent.
But to return to the subject, too much
manners on the part of a young" girl is a
mistake. It Is all very w<ll to rise, for
instance, w hen an older women enters the
room, but remain standing or o jump
up whenever she moves Is annoying. Ex
treme deference shown to women by oth
ers not much younger than themselves is
often resented by the former as empha
sizing a difference that does not exist.
At a debutante dinner recently the hos
tess literally could not get some of the
girls out of the room, as they had been
taught that they should not precede an
elder woman; they had not gained suf
ficient savoir faire to know that at a din
ner ihe hostess always goes last, so they
stood aside and huddled together at the
door with what they thought, poor things,
extremely good manners. 11l vain Mrs. A
motioned to them to go forward; they
c uld not think of going ahead of her, so
with a shrug of her shoulders and a eom
'ical little grimace for the benefit of the
young man who had opened the door
she walked ahead and left (he overpunc
tilious damsels to follow as best they
could.
"What is that model?" asked a fashion
able woman of a well-known dressmaker,
pointing to a shrouded figure standing in
the corner. The French woman, says the
New York Tribune, hesitated. "Oh, it is
an unfinished robe, impossible to show un
til completed,” she answered, but there
DANGEROUS ERYSIPELAS.
Erysipelas afflicted me in a most
fearful manner some eight years ago,
causing me untold distress and mis
ery. I was advised to use S. B. S.,
with the assurance that the medicine
was the most excellent blood purifier
in the world. My disease, Erysipelas,
being caused by bed blood, I began
taking It, and early realized that tbo
medicine would do the work, as its
influence over my system soon assert
ed itself. After a short course of the
remedy I was completely cured, and
think that 8. S. 8. is the greatest
medicine in the world.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. MARY S. BAYLESS.
1833 Fifth Ave., Huntington, W. Va.
was a little confusion in her manner. Mrs.
X., who was quick, detected It at once,
and knowing that she was too good n cus
tomer to give an offense, she walked over
and pulled off the paper muslin covering.
"Why, it Is the prettiest gown of the
whole lot'” she exclaimed, and then sus
piciously: ‘‘Why did you not show it to
roe, cnadame, and why did >ou try to hide
it? I think it is extremely odd. '
The dressmaker looked perfectly miser
able; she was evidently cn the horns of
a diteinrna. "But what was I to do!” ehe
cried, clasping her hands together. "Mad
ame knows that I am her devoted ser
vant. but Mine. A.” there Mrs. X.’s eyes
flashed ominously as she heard the name
of her greatest rival for the fashionable
leadership of their set)—"Mine. A., ns 1
was saying,” faltered the dressmaker,
who knew of the keen competition be
tween the two women, "came here yester
day. ordered anew gown for the great
garden party which is to he given by
Mme. Croesus on the 20th, and chose that
model, making me promise that I would
on no account show it to any one until
that date was passed. ‘After that,’ she
said, T do not care, as mine will be the
first, and all others will be copies.' ’’
"Well, you kept your promise, for you
certainly did not show it to me," laughed
Mrs. X , and then coaxingly, "Now,
madante, I will tell you what you must do.
You must sell that model to me Just as
it stands. If you will not do it, I will go
at once over to H. & J.‘s, the newr Eng
ltsh firm, and order tny costume from
there."
"Madame protested, but Mrs. X. insis
ted; "You can copy it for Mrs. A. just
the same, and you can say you made no
other copies. She can wear her copy at
the garden party on the 20th, and I will
wear the original at Mrs. 25.’s wedding on
the 18th.’
: "Of course, Mrs. X, gained her way
and scored a point against her rival. The
latter was furious, but she had no re
dress, as the dressmaker had neither
shown the gown nor made another copy."
A well-known society lady is responsible
for the following which is doubtless good
advice to those in the position lo follow
It: "When I get overworked with my
social duties, when things go wrong gen
erally and when 1 get into that mood
with which every woman is familiar when
life does not seem worth living and one
hates one's best friends, I simply go to
bed and stay there till things come
straight and I begin to feel anew zest
of life. 1 come back into the world In
the most beatific frame of mind with
all my Incipient wrinkles gone and every
body glad to see me. If women would
just try this prescription they would be
surprised to find out how U lengthened
their youth, soothed their nerves and
made them far more agceeable compan
ions and friends.
The daytime nap should always be
taken In • a dark, but well-ventllnted
room and under sufficient bed covering.
In a seep like this a weary housekeeper
gains enough strength lo enable her to
feel fresh and bright In the evening when
so many women are worn out. Where one
must trespass upon night hours usually
alloted to sleep the daytime nap should
be prolonged.
As fresh air is the best tonic, It Is said
that a window may be opened at the
top on a sunny day, no matter how ill
the patient he. If In the opening a wooden
frame covered with flannel is fitted. On
this point, however, the doctor should he
consulted. An umbrella covered with a
shawl makes a good screen when the win
dows are open, the patient being shel
tered under it as If in a tent. A folding
clothes horse may also be utilized as a
screen frame.
Asa person lying on his back is de
prived of the protection of his eyelids
from the light, the blinds and curtains
should be adjusted with regard to that
fact. A room a iittle shaded it more
restful to a person in illness, but If a
patch of sunshine can be let in eome
w'here in the room it makes a cheery
spot for the patient to turn lo if so mind
ed. The Italian proverb says, "Where
the sun does not enter the doctor does.”
A New Orleans girl tells the Timos-Dem-
POISON OAK.
MR. JOHN FRIEL.of Bear
Btation, Del., writes: “I was
poisoned with poison oak,
which went through my
blood, and my condition be
came so serious that the
doctors all said I could not
get well. I remained in a
precarious condition, con
fined to the house for six
months, when 1 saw S. S. S.
advertised, and began its
use, soon realizing that it
was doing me good. I con
tinued tho medicine, and
was cured entirely. I think
it is the host blood medloins
made.”
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Ocala, Fla., Dec. 13.
ocrat of this on herself: She went up to
the inaugural ball at Baton Rouge in a
party. Ferdinand—we will consider him
as such—was with them, the dear fellow
who has been so “nice" to her ever since
she came out, but who has never com
mitted himself. Beauty determined to
evoke something besides admiration from
him at this last event of the season.
They waltzed a turn or two and vnre
moving toward her chaperon, when Ferdi
nand leaned toward her and murmu.ed In
that only-for-you voice: “May 1 tell >ou
something?” Beauty was on the point of
telling him that it was not necessary—
that she knew, felt all he would speak—
but no girl wants to miss the *oy >f a
proposal, so she dropped her head and
murmured: “If you want to.” “You are
sure you won't mind?” he went on. “I
don’t think I shall." she whispered.
Just then mamma signaled with her fan
—for they had begun to waltz again—did
Beauty murmured, “not now; Just wait till
we resume dancing," and permitted her
self to be taken to her mother. You have
left one of your curls up In its paper, my
dear,” explained mamma. “Put your head
down as if I were talking to you and I’ll
take it out.”
Mamma was very good to notice that
marring detail, and the episode was over
in a moment. She joined Ferdinand quiet
ly, as if nothing had happened. They
moved along quietly behind; an avenue of
palms. “And now?” she said, a
world of emotion in her voice. His eyes
melted over her. “It's all right now,’’ said
he; “your mother took it out.”
The frequent larceny of valuable jewelry
at social functions throughout the coun
try has led many women of fashion and
wealth to adorn their persons with very
cheap and practically worthies* Imita
tions of gems of every sort. They do It,
too, without concealment, although the
women of a former generation would
have considered it beneath their dignity
to wear a iotie that was false. It might
be that an amethyst or a garnet was the
extent of a woman's jewelry thirty years
ago, or she might have nothing more val
uable than a pin. But she was very much
better satisfied with such things than she
would have been with a string of fulse
peurls that came to her knees. The wo
man of to-day would rather have the false
pearls, however, and the probabilities- are
that she would have very little objection
to letting her friends know that she was
not adorned with the genuine article.
Pearls in particular are very becoming
to certain women, in chains and neck
laces they produce effect that are not to
he had from any other kind of jewelry. It
is not in the power of every woman who
knows that her looks would he Improved
by a string of pearls to pay the piohibl
tive price asked for them. So with pearls
began the wearing of false jewelry which
years ago would have been thought in
conceivably vulgar and In hopeless bad
taste.
It is not wholly economy that has made
these false stones popular. Women who
might own the genuine prefer to have the
newest and most becoming settings. For
less than the average Jeweler would
charge to reset stones, it is possible to
buy the imitations, which in many cases,
notably pearls, are scarcely to be distin
guished from the genuine. Anew view of
artificial Jewelry is also chara< ter:stlc of
the women who w*-r it to-day. They da
not as a rule intend that the jewels shall
he mistaken for gohuine stones. Often the
Jewels are worn by women who could not
begin to afford to pay for such stones if
genuine, and their intention is not to de
ceive their friends into believing that they
have become possessed , of anything bo
valuable.
That this custom has become common
among women of high social position Is
proved by the story of a Polish princess
that comes from I/Ondon. Bhe was re
ported to have been robbed of $.7),000 worth
of pearls at a recent ball, but she begged
the jwlice not to trouble themselves about
the matter, as the thieves had taken not
her original gems, but reproductions of
them.
I saw a girl thle morning ready for her
plunge, saya a Narragansett Pier writer In
the Brooklyn Eagle. She wore severe
black satin that helped the whiteness of
her skin. Her akirt tight about the
hips and stopped Just below the knees.
It flared like flower petals. The bodice
was plain. If was made with Utile gath
ers In the front and back, and it had a
sailor collar—a big one. of pale green Agra
linen. A pale sea green chemisette tilled
In the bosom, and there was a deep, point
ed green girdle.
The girl wore black silk stockings and
a green and black checked kerchief. She
had white teeth and red lips. In the
waves she was only a black speck, but
when she had done bathing she sat at the
edge of the water and let down her long,
black, shining hair.
Then she was a siren. Her eyes sparkled
and her smile dazzling.
The wind blew her hair dry and she
braided it and threw about her shoulders
h long cloak; then she left the beach, but
it did not forget her.
All day the sun bleached and blanched
the blues and the scarlets and the yellows
that challenged it, but If the girl in black
had reappeared it would still have be2n
kind.
And yet she was not pretty; but she
was wise.
Black mohair Is cheaper than satin and
better than a color. aipaca is not
bad, nor black flannel, unless clumsy. But
if there be no gloss to a girl's skin, ro
grace to her movements, she would better
sulk, like Achilles, In her tent than dare
the water at Narragansett in aught but
black satin.
There are girls who can wear red—a
collar to a black suit; no more If the
bather passed 20—or perhaps blue.
Dark blue is not a bad color, unless It be
made commonplace with white braid. An
all white collar Is better—a splash of color
raiher than timid experiment!.
Gray is a better color than white—gray
mohair adorned with broad white bands.
To ihe right gray there’s a complaisance
that makes It fit. in with nature that is
harmonious and not aggressive. Gray and
white are the gull’s colors and they flash
like the sea bird itself, and lend them
selves to grace and strength and the feel
ing of power and s*lf-command.
If I were a pretty girl arid seeking a
bath suit, If I didn’t wear black, I'd wear
gray.
The hair is the great problem.
A bandana kerchief, Ilka a bird's top
knot. is gay and becoming, but before it
is worn it must be soaked In briny water,
so that the colors may set and not trickle
down your face in sticky rainbows.
Some of the girls here who wear fancy
bathing hats and caps that are rather
pretty, particularly so the little affairs
of checked rubber tha; are m< ml lor
diving and swimming and all the uth
letic sports that make good fun of bath
ing.
All th# pretty girls havt bare arena.
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No effort will he spared to make them go! ibe ladies Will reap
the advantage of Great Price Reductions by buying Now.
at 8 cts.
All our 10c,
Never sold as Cheap! An absolute Shunter! \ (|DiCk Sale.
$7 Ladies' Silk Waists $3.98
at a cts.
&ice Handkerchiefs
For Ladies and Men. |
sl2 Ladies' Soils $5.44
at $7,88
Ladies Tailor-made Cloth Suits. A veritable Gift.
They were sls. $lB, and S2O. Sale is Positive.
$lO Ladies' Silk Waists $5.98
. *' 53.88
Ladies Silk Petticoats,
Reduced from 57.50.
$2 50 Lawn Wrappers at ,11.50
50c Ladies’ Laundered Percale Waists! A gift! 25c.
75c Ladies’ Laundered Percale Waists! A gift! 39c.
$2.00 Ladies’ Clean White Lawn Wiists! Sellin,t{ ill SI.OO
$3.00 Waists at $1.50. The SUQ now $2.00 The $5.00 now $2.50
Isc White Linon Clair at Bc.
15c Infants’ Caps at 7c.
15c Solid Col. Lawns at 7c.
12c White Dimity at 7c.
50c Linen Towels at 25c.
Irish Dimities, Irish Linen Lawns. Pencil GilhjilJini at 19c.
Green, Red, Blue. Pink, Vertical Corded Piques at 10c.
25c White Dimities at 15c: Sheer Batiste Mulls at 19c.
Black Cigna Silks at 99c, at 69c, at 49c. at 39c, at 33c.
10c Dress Ginghams at 6*4C. 60c Men’s Shirts at 39c
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15c English Percales 10c. 75c Men’s Shirts at 50c
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which moke their stockinged feet the more
conspicuous.
The stockings can be made the great
feature of a bathing outfit, though it
must be strictly plain. Even openwork
effects are not permissible—not permis
sible at all since the actresses have taken
to them.
A fine black silk stocking is the de
light of the bathing girl, and Joy Is hers
if it lit perfectly and if she have the feet
of a Trilby.
On those feet may be worn slippers,
but by preference sandals that tie with
ribbons.
A swimming belt is allowable—for a be
ginner— but the belle of the km thing beach
i trim and dapper, and not one of her
coquettrlea appears until, tired by her ex
ertions, she struggles from the water and
her bright silk bathing cloak is cast about
her, and she lies, like a gay ribbon of sea
weed, prone on the sands.
These bath cloaks are the feature of
the season—long, loose affairs that ehim
mer as if tropical Jellyfish of miraculoua
hues had been cast up by the tide.
All the New York world, sayu the
Times of that city, knows the trouble the
Brooklyn teachers have had about their
salaries and the steps they have taken to
got them In some cases. The other day
u bright girl who has suffered financial
ly with t.he others had a chance to get a
little* mental satisfaction for her wrongs.
She was to be advanced and was taking
an examination for a position as head
teacher. Examinations, nowadays, are
fearful and wonderful things, and no one
knows where they will begin or where
they will end. Many subjects are taken
up which are apparently irrelevant. So
In the course of this examination the ex
aminer put the following questions:
“Were you ever in a lawsuit?’’
“Yes.’’ answered the girl, with a feel
ing that there was a possible pleasure In
store for her.
“What part did you take?”
“I was the plaintiff.”
That sounded interesting and looked as
if there was to be something out of the
usual dull routine In the answers, and
with a pleased and Interested smile the
examiner went on:
“And what was the case?”
“I sued the Board of Education for my
hack pay,” answered the teacher with
amiable promptness, and no more ques
tions were asked on the subject of law
suits.
"I would rather photograph a 2 months
old baby than a June bride," said a fash
ionable photographer, to the New York
Sun. "It la very difficult to get a good
picture of n bride. Somehow a girl never
looka her best on her wedding day. She
Is apt to he nervous and pale and the
white costume Is trying. Hut there la a
new fad for these bride photographs and
this month is the time we have our rush.
“They usually come In the day before
the ceremony and bring a host of rela
tives, bridesmaids and sometime* the
brldegroom-to-be and the best men to
worry the photographer by suggesting all
sorts of Impossible thing*. Sometimes
they nil swoop In on their way to the
church and they are more nervous to
handle than a fox terrier.
"The bride Is always anxious to look
timid and shrinking and modern and the
bridegroom wants her to roll up her eyes
like a Madonna, Between the two and
th conflict as to whether she shall carry
a prayer book or a bouquet It Is Impossi
ble to get a bright, happy expression on
the face. Nearly all our photographed
brides have a sad, far-away expression;
'mothcr-l-am - going- to-leav*-you-for
ever’ look.
“At limes the Idea of getting the bride
photographed occurs during the festivities
following the ceremony, and the entire
bridal purty descends upon the studio,
scattering rice and flowers everywhere.
They take possession of the place nnd all
other business miist be suspended while
they turn tho gallery Into a wedding an
nex. Do 1 think It a good Idea? No,
candidly, T don't. I always advise moth
ers not to have their babies photographed
on a fur rug without any clothing on,
nnd I don't think the bride pictures are as
successful as others. A tranquil, happy
state of mind is necessary for a good
photograph, and there la always a great
at 4 cts.
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Ladies Macintosh Cloaks.
Prices marked down. Were $5.
50c Shopping Bags at 29c.
50c Lisle Hosierv at 29c.
$1.50 Gloria Umiir llaf at 98c.
deal of anxiety and nervousness about a
wedding day.”
The little new babies at hospitals receive
treatment which in a surpilse to non-pio
fesslonals. The first and great essential,
says the New York Times, Is to make the
lungs act and the child cry heartily.
When this is not done nuturally extreme
measures are taken. The baby is taken
Immediately an 1 put Into water so hot
that the hand can hardly be borne in it,
then in extremely cold water, and finally
is given a course of gymnastics. This
is done by swinging the little body some
time* by the shoulders and again by th®
heels until it Is thrown upright.
“But why don't the bones break?”
asked the novice who saw these peculiar
measures, in a tone of horrified surprise.
"1 should think you would kill the poor
baby.”
“There arn’t any bones to break In uoh
a little baby,” answered the professional
serenely. “Babies don’t have them. They
are only Jelly. This Is the only wAy to
help them. They would die certainly if
extreme action was not taken. What do
you think of spanking these small babies?
That i what we have to do often. A
nurse who attended a little baby the other
night spanked It at intervals of two hours
all night. You will see on a prescription
for one of them 4 Q. 4 H.’ That means
‘spank every four hours/
“The baby is spanked and with the first
blow it shrieks, receives another blow and
Bhrleks louder with anger. That is Just
exactly what we want It to do. It is fin©
lung exercise, and will bring a little baby
through safely.
"I met with an accident when I was a
small girl of six or seven which illustrate®
the principle. I fell from a window a dis
tance of at least sixteen feet, striking on
my stomach. My mother, not knowing
what wos the matter, but hearing a dif*-
turbonce, rushed out into the yard, and
eeelng my brother screaming and me ly
ing on the ground, took it for granted
that 1 was the cause of the trouble. She
picked me up and gave me a good spank
ing then and there. When she learned
what had happened she was horrified and
s nt for the doctor, but I should not
probably have been alive if she had not
previously given me the spanking which
set me to breathing. Hpanking Is a good
thing at the right time.”
"How shall we keep our hair decently
dressed?" In the cry. the actual wall, nays
the New York Tribune, that Issues from
women's lips on every side ‘The moat
striking Nature of Newport.” said a man
Just returned fiom a few days there, ' ll
the beauty of the women's hair dressing.
In town everybody's hair looks damp, and
all ihe short leeks that are curled In cool
w<athr now sand out In unattractive
little wlspa.' Hut In Newport every wo
man's hair Is as soft and fluffy and wavy
as when the tin imometer was at 60 de
grees In the shad- Ins ead of V 0 degrees."
The young man's sister answered, with
pardonable tarin s-: Y<s. that is easy
enough when one has a maid to 'dry
shampoo' her head < very n ght and tnorn
li g. fan ii until eviry rerr.flant of mois
ture Is remnvid, wave It while ray lady'
fans hers If nuie ly. and dress It dexter
ously. Without the n cesslty for exerting
one’s self an atom, any one could keep
her hair lit <0”dl lon."
Perhaps there Is a h'nt conveyed In the
Irritated lltle protest that inay be useful.
The dry shampoo Is too little used, yet
may be made one of ihe most efficient able
to an attractive coiffure. The process Is
simple, particularly If one can get a sls
tr or other accommodating somebody to
do It It consists merely In massaging
Ihe scalp thoroughly with the lingers (sep
ara lng the hair Into locks facilitates tha
rubbing) then brushing the hslr with
rriual thor ugliness, so that every part
of the scalp Is stimulated. A gentle rub
bing of the roots of the hair with a soft
towel dipped tn alcohol fo'lows, and a
light application of a dry towel completes
the process, which does not of necessity
occupy more than twenty minutes. By
this time the lead Is perfectly dry, and
the dust accumulation that holds the
moisture Is removed. If curls are desired,
dampen the locks with alcohol and roll
lr "kids," and ths hair will be dry and
Continued on Fourteenth Fugs,
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