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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 VICTIM F)TQF A SFS the other - When tbe blood is health y and stron g the skin will be smooth, clear free {rom a jj eru p t i ons; but when acid and other poisons gain access to the ADTC TRJ A 'T'F IN blood ’ the x are forced alon S throu S h the little drain-pipes, burning and irritating the WlAj.vJilN/l. A s kj n and causing various skin troubles, such as Eczema, Tetter, Erysipelas, Psoriasis, -npTjp t>T OOF) Salt Rheum, Acne and many others. The skin is affected by external as well as internal 1 FIE* DLk/VJiy* causes; it absorbs poisons, and it frequently happens that a simple skin disease is aggra vated and becomes serious from applications containing arsenic and other poisonous drugs, for it is an easy matter for 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 effects of many soaps, salves, lotions and powders prescribed and used in skin troubles are almost as bad. Do not interfere with the skin’s action, but allow the impurities to escape through the natural channels. The original cause of the disease is in the blood and far beyond the reach of cxternaTtreaTment S S S. cures skin troubles of all kind and in all stages, by neutralizing the acid poisons floating in the blood. S. S. S. makes the blood active and strong, the entire physical sewerage system is T'T-T’FT Cl TPF flushed, and all effete matter is forced out. The skin, no longer aggravated and poisoned by I friZ. escaping acids, resumes its functions, and all disfiguring sores, pimples and eruptions of MI TCT* PFr TM every nature disappear. A smooth, glossy, healthy skin is possible only when the blood IVIUaJ I DJZtVJ'IIN j s i n perfect order. S. S. S. stimulates the excretory organs, and all do their part TM FT ODD towards keeping the body free of impurities. It is the only guaranteed purely liN I ITIZ jDUVyWLy* vco . etablc b i oo d purifier known; there are no minerals in it to ruin the digestion and add to vour discomfort. S. S. S. cures thoroughly and permanently, without any shock to the system the worst cases of Fezema Tetter. Psoriasis, Salt Rheum, in fact any and every disease hat originates in the blood. It has been tested and found to do all wc claim for it; for nearly fifty years it has been used m the most obstinate and deep-seated blood !" skin troubles and cures where all other remedies fail. If you or any of your family are suffering from any ood ands i ' physicians fully about your case; we make no charge for medical advice. Book on BSZd to a'n/one desiring it. Address ' THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., AtUota, Ga : 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.” A TEXAS WONDER Hull** (ii'cnf Dincovery. One small bottle of Hall s Great Pis covery cures all kidney and bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, s minal emissions, \\ak and lame backs, ihcumatism and all irregularities of tlie kidneys and bladder in both men and women, regulates bladder troubbs in chil dren. If noc sold by your druggist will to sent my mail on receipt of sl. One small l o tie is two months’ treatment, and will cure any cast' above mentioned. Dr. E. W. Hall, solt? manufacturer, I*. O. Box 629, St. Louis. Mo. Semi for testi ng nials. Sold by all druggists and Solo mons Cos., Savannah, (3a. Head Till*. Dr. E. \Y. Hall, St Louis, Mo.: Dear Sir—Please ship me three dozen Hall's Great Discovery by first express. 1 have sod over one gross. It gives perfect sat isfaction. and I recommend it to my customers. Yours truly, H. C. GROVES. Prop. Anti-Mon |>oly Drug Store. 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. Smashing All Price Records. The entire stock oi Summer goods is headed for the doors 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 10c Printed Percales 6L4C. 69c Men’s Shirts at 44c 15c English Percales 10c. 75c Men’s Shirts at 50c GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO. 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. Bleached Roller Crash. Heavy twill. 18 inches Wide. at $3.33. 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, 13