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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 >) 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 MUNYON’S GUARANTEE. Itrong Assertions as to Jo Whsl the Remedies Will 1 , _ ft'unyoa gnsrsntees tbt his Rbwunutteio CM . will cur. Dear!/ all <:.<•• of rbruiu.' tlm in a tew hour.; mmr wßh the: hi. D/spepcls Curs ®SL wtl cor. ludtgeetion sod os.iatocu.rh troubles; that hi. Kldn./ Curs iT wil will curs 00 par cent. X of #ll ot kldne/ \ trouble; that bis Cs- Jilt. tsrrh Owe will eurs ostarrh no matter how 1 ig standing; that hie Hefdache will cur* auj kjnd of headache la I ■ i’sW minute*; that * ■ his Cold Curs wiij quickly break up an/ mtm of cold and so on through the entire list of rsu.dl.a At Sli druggist., 26 cent, a ?mi. If you awd medical a It!., write Prof. Munyos, UWO Arch at.. Phils. It is absolutely Craa. 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. 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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. GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO. SAVE DOCTOR’S SILL TAKE ONE BOTTLE OF SMITHS CHILL AND FEVER TONIC. POSITIVE CURE FOR All Malarial Fevers’. NO CURE, NO PAY. SMITH’S CHILL TONIC IS THE BEST. 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 1 IOY roIIPLRXKM Adds Oroaily to Woman's Beauty. A “LAIRD’S ROSE BLUSH” An entirely new liquid Toilet Preparation. Olvaw a natural, healthy, rosy color to the cheeks. Will not rub off unless washed with soup and water. Perfectly harmless. If yon cannot get It from your druggist. It will be mailed on receipt of six- in stamps. Geo. W. Laird & Cos., East -tad street. New York. 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. 13