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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
Would women, If they could—lf It were
pood form, If It were fashionable, If there
were no one to crltilclse—would they adopt
masculine garb? eay9 Dorothy Dix In the
New Orleans Picayune. Those o' us who
are worn out with the dlothes question
say, "Yes, we’d jump at the chance;’’ but
would we? Would we take freedom at the
price of grace? "Would we exchange frills
for pockets? Would any amount of com
fort reconcile us to garments that weren't
accordion pleated and furbelowed? In a
word, after all our abuse of our own
clothes and their manifest lack of adapta
bility to our new occupations and pursuits,
would we adopt the costume we have so
long envied men?
An interesting- commentary Is offered on
the subject by the experience of the wo
men of Pitcairn Island, a lonely spot In
the Pacific, settled by the descendants of
the mutineers of the Bounty. In this col
ony there are about 100 women, and a ship
which hss recently arrived in Philadelphia
from there brings word of the piteous
plaint these forlorn sisters make for wo
men's clothes. It seems that the supply
of petticoats, waists and other feminine
apparel gave out. The few ships which
touched at the island at unfrequent Inter
vals carried no chiffons for the fair sex,
and the women, many of whom are young
and pretty girls, were forced to don trous
ers and the other habiliments of the ster
ner sex. Here, one might think, were the
ideal conditions for women to break away
from slavery to dress that has oppressed
their sex so long. Here were none to Jeer
at the amateur Dr. Mary Walker. Here
thera was no society to criticise, for so
ciety, so to apeak, was on its uppers. One
couldn’t even be accused of being strong
minded for adopting masculine attire,
when it was the only attire there was.
How we can picture the joy with which
these women, emancipated from custom,
and fawnion, reveled for the first time in
their lives in a rational, sensible costume,
admirably adapted to the situation in
which they lived. Unfortunately, nothing
of the sort happened. The Pitdairn wo
men, It seems, do not desire freedom. They
want frills, and they sent, through the
captain of the ship, a moving and urgent
plea to their sisters in civilization to tsend
them some women’s clothes, the more be
rufiled and furbelowed the better.
So perishes another theory when con
fronted with actual experience. What is
the lesson of it? Does it mean (hat wo
men's souls have been absorbed so long
by the passion for clothes that nothing
else on earth can (ake the place or re
pay them for the lack of appliques, and
passementerie, and pattern hats? Or does
It mean that we who are loaded down with
long-tailed skirts have been wasting envy
on the wearers of trousers? Is man’s
vaunted freedom In dress merely an idle
boa?*? Evidently it isn’t all that it has
been cracked up to be, for the Pitcairn
women the only women of our race who
have had a dhance to try it—won’t have
It at any price, and are in haste to join
themselves once more to the god of their
Idolatry, and want to get back their stays
and long skirts and other impediments to
health and comfort as quickly as possi
ble.
It is an old truth in life that a great
deal that we ardently desire turns to dead
*** fruit once we get it in our hands. We
women are experimenting with a great
many things just now. It may be that
when we get them—when we get the bal
lot, and prove our right, and our ability
to have careers, and run business enter
prises. and be just as free and indepen
dent as men, we will find out that the
theory of It all was good, but it didn't
work out just right somehow in experi
ence. and we will be like the Pitcairn wo
men. Wa'U give up trying to wear the
trousers, and go back home and rock the
cradle and darn stockings and get us the
frUlest, womanliest dress that money can
buy.
•o
St,
Ball
Th beauty of American* women, says
the Sun of New York, Is a fact so well
settled here that it is accepted without
comment Nobody thinks, for instance, of
remarking that the women are beautiful
In this city, or that they are better look
ing In one place than another. The beauty
of American women is so pervading that
It is likely to be lost sight of, or merely
regarded as one of the incidents of exist
ence here, as much a matter of course as
aome of the other blessings for which
Americans have cause to be thankful. It
la to foreigners revelling in the sight of
1I this feminine loveliness for the first
time that the preponderance of It all is
most surprising. ‘The teauty of the wo
man in New York is almost cloying,” one
of them said the other day, “and where
one would see abroad a single woman
beautiful enough to attract attention, they
pass here in such rapid succession that
there Is scarcely time to take in, their
looke." Beautiful, regular features, ex
quisite teeth and hair, lovely complexions
and figures that combine feminine tender
nees and the suggestion of youth and
strength more charmingly combined than
It Is in any other counny, make the beau
ty of the American woman incomparable.
These wonderful creatures are not seen
at occasional Intervals. Every other wo
man to be met with on the street has
claims to beauty that would make her
conspicuous in any other country, and
nearly every face has some distinct phy
si'ai beauty. They escape attention here,
because the Americans are tco accustom
ed to good locks in their women to re
gard them as anything mo-e than a mat
ter of course. The distinct type of tall,
fair womanhood and the dark-skinned,
roft-eyed Italian r-. present disilnct anti
theses in woman's icoks and are marked
forms of feminine beauty; and the Amer
ican is Just as distinct as either of
these, although its attributes may not be
so strongly marked The American beauty
has the sugges in of strength and health
that is a feature of the E’ gllsh type. She
has also the gentle lovel ness that is a
quality of the wcmtn of Southern nations.
All the varl and types that are united in
this country undoubtedly had their effect
in making the loveliness of American wo
men so representative of the beauty of all
w men.
' But one quality that most women with
any claims to beauty in o her countries
possess, the American beau y lacks com
pletely. She rar ly has striking or even
excessive eyes. When the eyes of Amer
ican women are expressive they do not
usually Indicate the characbr that ap
peals most to a man. They arc—what shall
I fal it?-a Idle hard and businesslike
1 oklng Thty seem to have been affected
• y the hmry and rush nd and sire to get
along in the world that are so character
idle of the Ameilean Softness, gentle
b‘ss ard affec ion are rarely seen In the
of Aireri-an women Dark eye* are
fare. Light Mu* and a steely gray seem
to be the colors that predominate. Dark
brwn and eep gray ey's are rarely met
w lth. I,la k i yes wh n hey are not
fltilte express!'nl ss, are snapping and vi
'•clous, never dieemy, \ngu and deep.
The expression of the American beauty's
sye la too alert, too eager, t o calculat-
I 'l'i if I must use ihe word, for feminine
claim. But it was rot to be expected that
ahe would have all he g fta. Her abao
lute heauly Is abundant and general
enough to make her pr eminent, with the
added chaim that would c me from eyes
of a lovelier color and deeper expresalve
ne.se.”
To the average society girl, say* the
New York Tribune, who lakes a carriage
from the livery stable to convey her to
and from her numerou* entertainments,
ihe question of protection nowadays la
sometimes a difficult one. A maid I* all
that Mrs, Grundy now requirea to make
It proper lor a girl to go about In a hired
carriage at night in New York, but it is a
question whether such meek guardianship
is really as safe as the masculine escort
which was allowed in more primitive days
when the young men of the period took
the carriage and invited the r ’‘young
lady friends’’ to g) with them to dances,
the theater and other evening functions
of their day. This custom had at least
the advantage of au adequate protection
in case of any accident. Of course, when
people Keep a sufficient number of horses
to use tneir own carriage for night work,
and a footman sees that his young mis
tress and her maid are safely put into the
equippn ?e, of which the family coachman
is in charge, the most nervous parent
feels that his daughter Is as well piotect
ed as she can possibly be; but there is
something decidedly uncomfortable for the
mother who is unable to give her child
these luxuries to feel that she is driving
about Npw York at night in a hired car
riage with another young woman quite as
inexperienced as herself and much less
intelligent. It also sometimes happens
that tlie maid and mistress do not meet,
and every season there are a number of
awkward little happenings in consequence.
“I think a maid is more bother than
she is worth!” exclaimed an independent
young woman recently. *‘l am always
losing her, or she misses me. and we have
to hunt around for each other in conse
quence. I tell mether I would be much
safer alone, but she will always insist on
my having one with me. My last contre
temps was very funny, although poor
Jane, the maid, failed to see the humor
of it. Mrs. S. asked me for a theater
party. We were to meet in the vestibule
of the theater, and afterwards go to her
house for supper. I did r.ot know' wheth
er she expected us to go with her or in
our own traps, so I told Jane to return to
the theater with the carriage. Mrs. S.,
however, had an omnibus, and wanted us
all to go together, so I gave Jane the
street and number of the house, which
was only a few' blocks off, and told her
to follow me. After supper was over I
went up to the dressing room, expecting
to find her, but there was no one there.
Of course, I knew that something had
happened, so I went down and told my
bostew, who sent her son home with me
in a trolley car. You know I live in
lOlghty-sixth street, and Mrs. S.’s house
is in Eighteenth street, so the distance is
immense. I thought that Jane had failed
to find the house and had gone home, so
I let myself in with the latch-key and
went up to her room. No Jane! I felt
really frightened. What had become of
her? ‘Are you all right?’ called out
mamma, as I passed her door. ‘Yes,’ I
answered, not daring to let her know I
was alone. Then I went down and opened
the front door wide. Imagine the fam
ily’s horror if they had known it. Then
I drew an armchair up at my window,
which was over the entrance, and waited.
Two hours at least went by and then I
saw a dark figure wearily climbing the
steps. It was poor Jane, nearly dead witji
fatigue and terror. If seemed that she
thought I expected her to walk to Mrs.
S.’s, and that the latter would take us
home, so she dismissed the cab and then
found she had got the number wrong.
For some time she went from house to
house, but as it happened she had made
a mistake in the street as well. Of course,
he never found the place. Then she con
cluded to go home, as she understood I
was in Mrs. S.’s charge, when she found
to her consternation she did not have even
n nickel in her pocket, so the poor old
thing walked the entire way.
’That comes of giving me a maid to
take care of,’ I eaid to mamma next day.
‘lf you would only let me go about alone
I would be all right. J would have given
old Patrick, who drives the brougham,
the correct number and would have come
home without the least trouble.’ Of
course persons in Jane’k class always
make a mess of it, and whey they are con
sidered a protection I cannot see.”
"Entertaining conversation Is not alone
dependent upon a well-stored mind, a
ready wit or broad culture.” writes Mrs.
Burton Kingsland, in the August Ladles'
Home Journal. "It lays under contribu
tion qualities of heart as well as head, and
should reveal sincerity, sympathy and sim
plicity. We must feel an interest in our
subject before we can inspire It, and en
husiasm is contagious when it is sincere.
It gives animation to the face, vivacity to
the manner, and has a thought-compelling
power that aids fluency of expression.
Sympathy and adaptability are created in
a measure by the desire to please, but one
must be sensitive to the moodofone’saudi
enoe and quick *o perceive when some
one else wishes to speak. There are talk
ers who metaphorically take the bit be
tween their teeth and run away with asub
ject. When they Anally cease no one has
anything to say. despairing of opportuni
ty. Without simplicity no conversation
has charm. The moment we perceive that
it is labored, or that the speaker seems to
calculate the effect of his words, if un
necessary mention is made of desirable ac
quaintances or there is a display of at
tainments or mock-innocent vaunting of
advantages—that moment do we feel only
contempt for the affectation and pretense.
Truth has a marvelous power of making
itself felt, In spit of what Is said. Sclf
coneclousness is but egotism under a less
severe name, and self must be forgotten
before we can add to our speech the grace
and dignity of simplicity.”
Prudent Malden and the Man—
HE.
Since you have smiled I find the world
A place all beautiful and bright;
I've heard you sigh—things once despised.
Now fill my heart with purs delight!
To-day I look upon the fields
That once with weeds were overrun.
And lo! I see fair flowers there
Serenely nodding In the sun!
I see you smile and lofty hights
Whereon T long have sought to stand
Soon, soon shall lie beneath my feet
If I may hold you by the hand!
SHE.
And since I hear your praise the sky
Has eeemod a fairer, deeper blue,
And all the birds have seemed to sing
Enchanting songs concerning you!
I hear you speak and gaze around—
Unlovely things appear no more—
The scene has changed to fairyland
That looked so bare and brown before—
But first go on and gain the hlght
And when upon Its peak you stand.
Then beckon down to me, and I'll come up
And let you hold my hand.
—Chicago Tlmes-Herald.
London differs from New York in the
possession of a group of women who have
made a reputation for themselves as con
versationalists, and independent of what
their other charms may be are famed in
this respect. Their presence at a dinner,
says the New York Sun, is said to be
argely sought by hostesses more Interest
ed in the success of their entertainments
than in the Impression they may make
personally. The woman now accounted
ihe most brilliant conversationalists in
London is iAdy Dorothy Neville. She is
said to be equal to the task of supplying
animation and wit at the very dullest
kind of a dinner, and while It Is n little
hit discouraging to read that she i* famed
for the quality and quantity of her anec
dotes, her claims to wit must be well
founded, as she has held her place In
London society for some years without
dispute. It is Improbable that a woman
In New York society would ever become
famous because she told anecdotes at din
ner, and invitations In her case would
probably grow lees frequent, instead of
more numerous as they have In the case
of Lady Dorothy Neville. But London
standards ore evidently different, as the
reputation of Miss Helen Hennlker, sister
of Lord Henniker. considered one of the
most brilliant of women talkers, will
readily show. She Is wild to have made
her reputation chiefly through the wonder
ful brilliancy of her riddles that have
been known to keep smart London diners
guessing through the greater part of a
meal It is doubtful if that gift would
serve to make a reputation for clever
ness In New York society, unless there
were some quite unusual quality in the
riddles. The former Margot Tennant, now
Mrs. Asquith, la another woman who
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THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 12. 1900.
maintains her abilty to talk entertaining
ly. without possessing any of the marked
peculiarities of the other two women who
ehare her reputation. The conversation
of Mrs. William James is said to be the
secret of her great success, and it was
once potent enough to gain for her and
husband the honor of a visit from the
Prince of Wales, who is said to take a
great delight in Mrs. James’ wit. Sever
al other women have gained the reputa
tion of brilliancy of talk, and one of these
made a visit several years ago to New
port. It was admitted there that her con
versation was vivacious and interesting.
Some evidence of its character may be
had from an experience that befell her at
Newport. She was Just beginning to tell
an anecdote when one of the women in
the group arose and went toward an open
window'. ‘‘Don’t you want to hear (Mrs.
X.’s story?” one of the other listeners
in the group tactlessly asked. “Yee,” was
the answer. ”1 don’t mind hearing it my
self. But my daughter is sitting on the
piazza and I'd rather close this window
before it is told.” The conversationalist
with a reputation smiled, as if she thought
that rather a tribute to her powers, and
went <\n with the anecdote.
The New York Press remarks that So
ciety and Matrimony are never at home
when Truth calls.
The devil invented platonic friendship,
and then ho sat dow'n to watch the fun.
A man can respect a bad woman w’ho
does a good act; he cannot respect a good
woman who does a bad act.
Before he asks a woman a man can
never understand w'hy he doesn’t; after
ward he can never understand why he
did.
There are tw r o kinds of men; one who
wants to be a lover and doesn’t know
how; the other who knows how, but
doesn’t want to.
In a small town not far from New York,
recently, says the New York Times, one
of the natives was in a store, shopping.
As she waited for her change there en
tered a finely dressed woman,with a gen
eral appearance of wealth and patrician
origin. Many of the residents of the
town are people of wealth, and summer
visitors are usually persons of money and
position. She was visiting the shop because
she wished lett r paper. “Would she have
a box of paper?” the shopkeeper asked.
“No,” the woman replied, hesitatingly.
Why. she only wanted a little paper; she
was visiting in town, and had a few let
ters to write. Well, what did she want
to pay, the proprietor continued, trying
to discover and to fill her exact wishes—
-5) tents, or 15 cents? ..o-o-o, the woman
demurred, she did not think she need pay
50 cents or even 15. Why, she only wanted
a few sheets of paper. “Well,” said the
shopkeeper, politely, “I think you will
find jv st what you want in that little
shop across the street where they sell
supplies for school children.” And the
richly dressed stranger departed, and in
a few moments emerged from the little
shop with a small parcel In her hand
and a contented expression upon her face.
The waiting native, who had witnessed
the incident, feeling rather ashamed for
her sex, remarked apologetically to the
shopke* per:
"Women are peculiar sometimes, aren’t
they?”
“Bear me,” exc’aimed the shopkeeper,
heaving a sigh of self-sympathy, ’’that’s
nothing to some of ’em. Why, a woman
came In here the other day and wanted
some soda water, but she didn t want a
full glass, and what’s more, she didn’t
want to pay for one, and wanted to know
if we couldn’t s 11 her half a glass of soda.
We did, and chaig and her three cents for
it, and she w’tnt away happy.”
A number of New Tork womai are just
now discussing the subject as to whether
the average man is not more particular
about his appearance than the average
woman. This queetion has come up over
bathing suits. There have been a series
of bath ng parties to one of the beaches
by a little party of friends. The women
have all gone into the water, some with
their own bathing suits, the others wear
ing any they happened to get through the
little window in the bathing house. But
while the women were always ready to
take the chance of being made guys, the
two sedate married men of the party ab
solutely refused to do so. They were as
anxicu-; to £0 into the water, apparently,
but they were not willing to go unless
there was a certainty that they would
have a suit broad enough In the hack and
long enough in the log to give them the
dignifbd appearance they felt they should
present. If that doesn’t prove positively
that men have more vanity than women,
the women say, what proof could you
have?
"Alas,” sighed he woman whose one in
spiration to eloquence is dress, “how few
women worship that subtle thing called
cut! They confound it with fit which Is
another virtue. A good cut is the most
rare and moat economical thing in dress
making. A gown of a good cut may be
easily reflted to almost any normal figure,
while a gown of a poor cut fits no one but
her for whom it was made; and though it
fits her like a glove; It is a fit and nothing
more. A gown that Is of a god cut will
outwear by seasons that costume of which
the cheap dressmaker says; "There isn't a
wrinkle in it. madame. Fits like a glove.'
That fitting like a glove is but a poor
workwoman's cover for lack of cut. If
there must be a choice between cut and
fit, chose cut.
•But to have both is the Ideal of dress
ing. Cut Is the sweep line, the individu
ality, the grace of curve or rigor; and cut,
like all other artistic finish, will long out
live the day after the seams have sprung
and the web itself has worn away. It Is
what may be called the atmosphere of a
gown, that still hangs about it. beautify
ing the very wreck, and, like all such sub
tle and Individual atmospheres, cut costs.
That is, the initial cost Is great, but in the
long run cut pays for Itself in the added
wear it allows, and the fact that the gar
ment It decorates is wearable so long as
a shred of it remains.
"It Is the great mistake of many women
to be dissatisfied unless they have room
for change In their wardrobes, and yet it
is impossible for a woman of moderate
means to have many gowns that carry the
stamp of cut upon them—that unmistaka
ble stamp not to be had without price. To
be well dressed with but little outlay re
quires some sacrifice, and if the pennies
have to be considered It is the wiser econo
my to sacrifice the love of variety and pay
the first price of a good cut.”
"Ladles and gentlemen may be supplied
with Ice cream by their humble servant,
ojseph Crowe." This advertisement ap
peared in "The New York Post-Boy" of
June 8, 1786.
Someone who has been hunting up the
history of ice cream saye that pyramids of
red and white Ice cream, with punch and
liquors, rose, cinnamon and parfait amodr,
were served by a Mrs. Johnson of New
York, at a ball given by her on Dec. 12,
1788. But tee cream was at that time a
novelty here, although It was becoming
the fashion In Europe. It having first ap
peared as “Iced butter" in Paria in 1771.
The first receipt for making Ice cream ap
peared In the Modern Cook, which was
published In London by a Franch cook In
1776.
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton was the first
to Introduce Ice cream in Washington.and
It wasaiwaysaflerwarda delight to her to
tell how President Jackson had no sooner
tasted it that he declared that In the fu
ture It should form a part of the White
House menus. Guests at the next social
function at the executive mansion are said
to have tasted very gingerly the frozen
mystery. Those especially from the ru
rnl districts eyed It with especial suspi
cion and melted each spoonful carefully
before swallowing it.
At Mrs. Hamilton's suggestion, a negro
by the name of Jackson, who kept a con
fectionery store In Washington, filled
quart cans with custard and Imbedded
them In tuba of ice. These he aold for 11
each. Other* followed him. but he retain
ed the reputation of making the best lea
cream, and became rich as a result. It
came to be hawked about the streets Ilka
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the present hokey pokey but remained an
expensive luxury.
Saltpetre was first used in Italy to cool
drinks in the middle of the sixteenth cen
tury. As early as the first of the seven
teenth century fruits were frozen in 'ce
by the French, and ice cups became com
mon. Iced liquors were introduced by the
lemonade sellers of Paris in 1660. About
1774 the Due de Chartres was surprised to
find his coat-of-arms moulded In ice.
A white rose and an orange played star
parts in a romance which began Tuesday
In the Grand Central depot and ended Fri
day in the marriage of A. O. Dalby, a mer
chant from Winnipeg Junction. Minn., and
Mrs. Carrie Salverson of this city, says
the Chicago Chronicle. The latter k* said
to be worth SIOO,OOO, invested in real estate
and Colorado mining shares.
Mrs. Salveraon, who was a widow, re
ceived a letter from Mr. Dalby with whom
she has been corresponding for nearly a
year, saying that he would arrive over
the Great Western Road Tuesday at 9:30
a. m. He said hje would wear a white rose
on the lapel of hie coat, so that she would
recognize him, as Mrs. Salverson and her
suitor had never each other.
The widow replied that she would be at
the depot to meet him at the appointed
time. She promised to carry an orange in
her* right hand, that he might identify
her.
Mr. Dalby purchased ills white rose from
u florist at the station along the road, but
the precious flower dropped from his lapel
as he neared his destination. He did not
discover his loss until after he had been
sauntering through the lobby for
nearly fifteen minutes in vain efforts to
locate his intended wife.
When he noticed that the rose was gone,
he hurried out after another flower. After
a search he purchased another rose
During the evolutions Airs. Salversor
had called at the depot and was searching
its rooms for her fiance. At last they
spied each other and a hearty handshak
ing marked this first meeting between the
two. The tale traveled quickly through
he station arid a crowd gathered around.
The smiling pair left the depot after re
ceiving many congratulations from the
depot employes.
Mr. Dalby secured a marriage license
Thursday and they were mauled yester
day morning.
A reporter for a London daily papet
asked the following question of Miss Hal
lie Erminie Rives: “And do you think
your upper-class girls—the girl in smart
society, the ‘summer girl,’ the graduate of
’Vassal-, or of ‘Wellesley’—are good read
ers?”
Miss Rives answered: “No; not the or
dinary society girl. 1 don’t think she Is
half as well read as your society ladies
are over here. They have ceased to re
alize that work—mental or physical—is at
all necessary. They are not brilliant eith
er in speech or thought as society leaders
should be. Our society women have no
real influence on the life of the nation.
I think a great deal of my own sex—every
American woman does—but I am equally
convinced that each particular ago Is
stamped, as to its great character linos,
by its men. But all the same, I think that
if our men make too much of their wo
men, you think too little of yours. I
wouldn’t marry an Englishman for worlds,
because he would count me as second, and
I want to be first all the time. I don’t
want to be an Englishwoman, but I think
an Englishman makes her a good husband,
for she knows no better.”
Gray hairs may be, as tradition has
taught us that they are, honorable, but
aiso they may be unbecoming, and. If a
weman values admiration above cold es
trem —as what woman docs not?—she will
gladly sacrifice the respect compelled by
siivery locks for the praise won by the
pristine brown or gold or black of her
hair.
Moreover, says th New York Press, a
woman whose hair by nature Inclines to
chestnut may have an Intense longing for
auburn tresses, or the maid with dusky
locks may long for golden hair.
To meet the tastes of all ages and con
ditions Innumerable washes and lotions
have been put on the market, enabling the
brunette of yesterday to appear as the
Monde of to-day and the gray-halred wo
man to be transformed into a second edi
t.on of her ycu'hful self.
A few years ago this work of transfor
mation was done In such a crude and
bungling manner that the words dye and
bleach were in deep disrepute; hut the
hairdressers and others who treat the
hair have become more cunping and skill
ful and It Is not so easy to detect their
work in this line as formerly,
"Hasn't the coloring of the hair gone
out of fashion?” a prosperous hairdresser
was asked.
"By no means,” he replied, "It Is only
that the coloring Is done so well that It
does not advertise itself as far as one
can see It. You would b : surprised to
know how many fashionable women color
their hair regularly.
"Some of them have no gray hair,
neither do they want any radical change
In the color of their hiir, but they simply
want the natural tone enriched and bright
ened. There are many, of Course, who
want the color changed, but extreme
changes are not go popular as they were
a few years ago.
"Society women's hair doesn't turn gray
you may have noticed. Well, their maids
and the people who dea! In 'restorers’
could tell you why. If gray hair happens
to be peculiarly bee mirtg to a woman she
may encourage the whiteness In her
'crowring glory,’ and even hasten It, but
not otherwise.”
If a woman wants a change the color
of her hair she may chocse any one of the
following bints: Black, da k brwn, light
'town, medium brown, daik drab, light
drab auhutn or blonde Drab does not
sound ep c ally attract ve as the color
for ore's hair, but It may full a certain
e mplexlon and shade of <yes. Blonde
and auburn hav- had their day. Brown Is
popular now. and hack may come next.
It Is possible to apply the wash onc’3
self but It Is far better to have the first
application, which has to be extremely
'hoiough, mode where the dye Is pur
chased This will c at ( ora $3 to *lO, ac
ro'dlrg to the luxuriance of ihe hair. In
all ca*f* the head muat b" thoroughly
thump o<d and dried, to rid it of all oil
before the dy* i< applied. The "touching
up'.' process. which ought lo he done at
least once a menth, la simpler, and can
te attend'd to at home. If don, by a pro
f. salonal It will cost 12 or *3. All Hrst-
Cflts places have accommodations for col
oring the hair under the seal of secrecy.
Mlmral dyes should be avoided, be
es u* • In the ftist place they are likely
to Injure the scale, and In the next place
the red and greinl h cast that follows aw
soon as their flia eff ct b gins to wear off
Is moat unlovely This has become so well
recognized that few mineral dyes are sold
nowodavs, and the most of the coloring
materials placed on ihe market by reputa
ble dealers are harmle s, whatever else
may be sad of them.
Another Improvement thv has been
made Is that the dyes agpld now do not
stain the scalp nor give the look that
dyed hair formerly wore. Ordinarily they
do their work so gradually that the
charge set ms to come aoout naturally,
and do<" not reveal the secret of why one
is growing younger or handsomer day by
duy.
“I find him very annoying.” remarked
Miss Cayenne, according to the Washing
ton Star.
“He means well.”
“I suppose so. Rut he is one of thos?
people who honestly believe that their
duty to society is fully met if they keep
saying ‘excuse me’ every time they yawn
or sneeze or make themselves otherwise
conspicuous.”
INSECTS AS WEATHER PROPHETS.
Pees, AVnp>, Ants, Spiders, anil
Other Creepers and Crawlers Eore
tell the Weather.
From the London News.
A great deal of our most popular weath
er lore is wholly superstitious, ascribing
prophetic virtues to the weather of par
tit ular days of the week, saints’ days,
and even to the movable feast days. Al
though It is interesting enough in its
way, that kind of weather lore can hard
ly be taken as a reliable guide. It is
fnpm the habits and instincts of animals,
properly observed, that we can learn more
weather wisdom of the scientific sort than
from almost any other source, and, of oil
animals, insects are among the most in
teresting to study in. this connection.
liees ore excellent weather prophets.
There is a common country saying that
"a bee was never caught In a shower.”
When rain is impending, bees do not go
fur afield, but ply their lal>or in the imme
diate nolghtK>rhood of their hivew. This
well authenticated fact Is set forth in
the rhyme which tells us that
When bees to distance wing their flight.
Days are warm and skies are bright;
But when their flight ends near their
home.
Stormy weather is sure to come.
Virgil was evidently aware of tills heo
instinct for coming rain, and describes
(in Georgies IV), the Insects an "search
ing the skies to find out breeding storms.”
Just before rain the homing bees may be
observed entering the hive In large num
bers, while none comes out again. When
that is observed, the observer may confi
dently follow the *TOOd example and se* k
shelter. And, again, when bees are seen
vigorously at. work very early In the morn
ing, nusettied weather may ho expected
later in the day; the weather instincts of
(he little creatures apparently leading
them to make up time in advance.
Wasps and hornets are said to have the
weather Instinct over a tftill longer range.
The hanks of streams are favorite nesting
places for these Insects. If the nes4s in
any season are generally placed high up
in the bank, k is always taken by country
people as a sign of a wet season, the po
sition of the nests being taken in order
to avoid floods. When the nests are near
down <o tlie level of the water, they fore
tell a dry and worm season.
Ants, too, are credited with an instinct
for the weather of a wlio!e season. When
they are observed at midsummer enlarg
ing and building up their dwellings, it Is
s.iid to be a sign of an early and cold
w inter. The daily habits of the ant, how
ever, yield a number of more reliable ob
servations at closer than a season’s range.
For instance, when ants -that have been
located in low ground are observed mi
grating to higher, it is a sign of heavy
rains. The entrances to their underground
dwellings are always worth noticing; for
an open ant hole means clear weather,
and a closed one means that a storm in
approaching. I is also said that the di
rection from which the prevailing rains
of the season will come may be told from
the position of the entrances to ants’
nests, the opening being made with the
aspect that will be driest. This is also
said of wasps’ neats; and, since the south
west is our wettest quarter, if follows
that when many nests are found with a
southwest aspect, the season is likely to
be a dry one.
There Is a wealth of weather wisdom to
be got from observation of spiders. Those
insects cannot spin properly In a high
wind. Before a gale they may be observ
ed strengthsning their webs. The shape of
the web is also a valuable Indication.
When the frame lines are short and stout,
the insects's instinct has told U that wind
and rain are coming; while long and slen
der frame lines are a very reliable sign of
calm and fine weather. The duration of
a storm can often be fore'told by observa
tion of spiders. If they remain active
during rain, you may be certain it is onlv
a shower and will very soon be over.
When, a-t the beginning of the rain, they
retire into complete Indolence, the unset
tled weaiher will almost certainly last for
some time. The time of day at which
spiders mend lheir nets is also a good
weather sign. If the mending Is observed
going on during a summer evening there
will be. no rain that night. A curious ob
servation, but well authenticated, Is that
w’hen spiders are seen in large numbers
crawling on walls Instead of attending to
fhelr nets, wet weather Is Impending. The
same expectation follows when they are
seen falling, without apparent reason,
from their webs. In time of drought
spiders are often the flr.st creatures to
give us a hint of a change coming, for in
a long dry period, if closely woven and
funnel-shaped webs begin to he seen In
sheltered positions about the hedges, the
drought is about to break up.
Mrst people have observed gnats with
a view to fortell‘ng the weather, and
aware that, ae the o’d “Husbandman’s
Practice" puts il. “if gnats be seen to
hover together about the beams of the
sun before It set, and fly fqge her. mak
ing. as It were the form of n pillar, it
Is a sure token of fair weather.” If the
columns of gnats sport up and down, as
cending and de-eendlng in the evening
sunshine. It foretells h*at. The higher the
swarms are observed, the more settled is
the weather likely to he. When, however,
shade, ard trees, you may expert
rain; and If thry sting viciously you may
he quite sure of it. The excessive chirp
ing cf crickets Is ano her Insect sign pf
rain Glow-worm**, too, are rain-bringing
The more numerously and hrilliant’y they
sh’nc, the more likely Is wet wcather;and
U Is said that rain is a certainty within
twenty-four h-urn If they are seen shin
ing after midnight Instead of shutting ofT
their light, as usual, an Jiour or two be
fore twelve.
One of the moat curious beliefs about
SOUTHERN GIRL
VinltlriK Friends In Knoxville.
"I had been greatly troubled by being
kept awake ns night whenever I drank
coffee. It nlso disagreed with my diges
tion. Last summer I was vlsl'ilng a friend
Ir. Knoxville who had been suffering from
rheumatism, caused by coffee drinking.
Hhe had quit using coffee and was using
Postum and had recovered; also her deli
cate daughter, who had been an Invalid
for a long time, was grqatly benefited by
the use of Postum Pood Coffee.
"I found while I was there nnd using
Postum regulurly that I slept much better
and grew so strong In my nerves that the
change was wonderful. I trust my testi
monial will be the means of Inducing
others to try your magnificent beverage
These are true and honest facts." Miss
Frances Smith, G 32 Douglas street, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
The reason Miss Smith and her friends
Improved In health is that coffee acts as
a poison on many delicate organisms.
When It Is left off the cause of the trouble
Is removed, then If Postum Food Coffee
Is taken, there la a direct and quick re
building of the nerve center* all through
the body, for Postum Food Coffee con
tains the elements needed by the system
to rebuild the nerve centers.
Made at the pure food factories of the
Postum Cereal Cos., Ltd., Battle Creak,
Mich., and sold by all first-class grocers.
EVERY MAN IN TOWN
Should come here for Stylish Cool Summer Shirts. An
immense variety to choose from. Every Taste can be
gratified. Beautiful Material and Prices are Way Down.
39 cents Will Buy a Shirt Made to Sell at 60c
44 cents Will Buy a Shirt Made to Sell at 65c
65 cents Will Buy a Shirt Made to Sell at SI.OO
99c Will Buy the Very Best Shirts Ever Sold.
EVERY WOMAN IN TOWN
Will find it to her interest to come here for clean
fresh, perfectly fitting Shirt Waists. They all ask,
“Why do you sell so cheap?’’ We answer, “We DlllSt Sell.”
25 cts. Will Buy a Shirt Waist Made to Sell at 50 cents
39 cts. Will Buy a Shirt Waist Made to Sell at 75 cents
75 cts. Will Buy a Shirt Waist Made to Sell at $2.25
$2.50 Will Buy the Loveliest White Waists in the city.
AND WE DON’T STOP HERE.
QQ route Wlr irf c I ilGenuine Fruit of ihe Loom Bleached. 7c
O J CClllS lot 4OL KirtS ! U aßt wrok of 10c Yardwide Percales. 6*40
fwwi* C I fWI C|/i|*t c !| Last week of 10c nice Dress Ginghams 6‘ 4 o
lilt \/vx olYll lb , i Last wpftk of 15c English Percale* at. 10c.
mm r *4-43 f lT i r’/v oi • a Solid Color Ducks and Vertical Piques.lOo
4 0 CIS lor Jl, t)U JMvIPtS liDouble Pold Woven Madras Shirtings. 150
Pure Linen Dinner Napkins, dozen at.79ci iif rz n f.. r A r f U^ or f c
$4.00 Linen Dm musk Napkins, doz. at $2.50 AeJC- lUI I l nCul lb
Ready-made Sheets for Single Reds, at 35c A 4- 1 ;
Ready Made Sheets, largest sizes, at..6oc! Bu-C IOP JpA /VI t
Full size Hemstitched Sheers, special. .88c i ir.***—^
Ready-made Pillow Gases, nice article. 9c| IOP /Vpt lilllCllS
$2.69 2 A $4.00 BLANKET
$3.39 will buy a beautiful $5.00 large Marseilles Quilt
$3.98 will buy fine quality $7.00 Silk Waists, latest style
$5.44 will buy a $12.00 Ladies’ Tailor-made Cloth Suit
$3.99 will buy a White Wool Blauket, usual $6.00 quality
$7.88 will buy choice of sls and S2O Ladies’ Cloth Suits
$5.98 will buy choice of $lO best quality Silk Waists
$3.88 for s7.so"!Petticoats
SflPf ifll KnibrnidpriP 5 ? 11 j Last week of Irish Linen Lawns at 190
Linwruiucnea ... ou week of French Dress Ginghams 19c
1 o _ ! iLftst week of Sheer Butlste Mulls at. .19c
opCCIRI ivinbroicleries .• . oC J jS C Sheer Fine White Indian Llnons at.loc
C* • ItN 1 • 1 * -r> ' 2f<’ Forded Check White Dlmilleu at,..150
opecial 111brOKleriCS .• • IDO || 30c White In<Ma Llnons, very special, at 140
Ladles’ Culico Wrappers, nice styles, at 50c ;||TD n i] p r Trwxrnl i n cri 4.r
Percale Wrappers, light and dark 76c 1 il AXolier i-OWClingS 4C
Ladles' Wrapiws, reduced from $1.50 to $l! T> * 4. I
Wrappers, reduced from $2.50 to $1.50 'oilirtlUfJ 1 TltllS .... •••• •4C
Mosquito Canopies, ready for use 76c||| T t ji 1 r
8-yard piece White Mosquito Nets 35c] 1 11 1111(1 kCrCIIICIS • • . . oC
Prompt Attention to Mailorders
Visitors find this a profitable place for shopping.
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an Insect as a weather prophet I* con
cerned wl'h the latva of the (leads, com
monly known as the cuckoo spit This
Insect Is cnvclop-d In a white fioth. If
it lies In the fioth with Its head down
ward, the summer will he dry; If down
ward wet. This Is said to be an Infallible
Mgn. We are content to mention the In
fallibility without In any way guaiantte-
Ing It.
II ALIJ IIB.W) ISI OBBATB.
\ m using Pnrllniiicntnry Dlscnsslon
In tlie Canadian House.
Ottawa, Aug. 10.—Occasions sometimes
arise In legislative bodies when, from mo
tives of political expediency, It Is desired
to prolong the debate and delay the tak
ing of a vote. Of course, what to said
by these time-killing orators is not of the
least importance, and Is often so frivolous
as to afford amusement to such specta
tors as happen to be in the galleries at
the time.
These vote-staving debates are not In
frequent In the Canadian parliament. And
there are several members who shine con
spicuously on such occasions. The mem
ber who has the greatest reputation for
wit Is 'Mr. Nicholas Flood Davln. His
name has sometimes been facetiously
twisted Into Nicholas Blood Bpuvln, and
some have gone so for ns to call him
familiarly Old Nick. But he takes it all In
good part, and Is a fine Irish gentleman
of learning and culture; and Is more than
a match for his adversaries In any en
counters with the tongue. Not only Is
Mr. Davln the wittiest member, but he
has the further distinction of having the
baldest head to be seen In the assembly.
In the course of one of these time-parsing
debates, Mr. McMullen thought he would
touch up Mr. Davln a little on the subject
of hla bald head. It was the first time in
history that a bald head was ever dis
cussed from the floor of Parliament. Mr.
McMullen alluded to Mr. Davln as having
.1 skating rink on the top of his head, and
even intimated that there were rooms to
let In that gentleman’s upper story.
To keep the ball rolling. Mr. Davln re
plied in parliamentary form as follows
"Mr. Speaker, my honorable friend haa
told you that I have a skating rink on tha
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top of my head. And lam free to admit
that on and In my head there Is ample
roonj for several such heads as the hon
orable gentleman’s to move about with
perfect freedom, If endowed with powera
of locomotion. He did not, however, tell
ihe house the difference between himself
and myself, and the difference Is that,
though I am more bare-headed than he Is,
he Is more bare-faced than I am. The
honorable gentleman said that In my up
per story there are a large number of
rooms to let. Again he did not tell the
difference between us. There may ha
rooms to let in my upper story, as there
are rooms to let In the honorable gentle
man's upper story; hut the difference la
this, that mine are furnished and his ara
unfurnished."
From the above we may Infer that with
such a defender bald-headed statesmen
need fear no loss of prestige In legislative
assemblies. William H. P. Walker.
A neeelvmg Teller.
A receiving teller at a good bank said
that ns was about to get stek. He felt
Uretl all time; aleep did not refresh
him; Celt aa If he ought to take vacation.
A pharmacist put him on Graybeard and
two bottles completaly overhauled him
and made him about as good as nsw.
Get Graybeard at all drug stores. Gray
beard pills are treasures—2So the box,
Kespese Drug Cos., Proprietors.—ad.
Liwtr.
We have a nlca line of cider In bottles,
pure and genuine, from tha celebrated
establishment of Molt & Cos., of New
York.
Ths Russet Cider and tha Crab Applo
Cider are vary good. Llppntsn Bios., cor
ner Congress and Barnard streets, Sa
vannah, Us.-six.
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