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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
Mrs. Amelia Gere Mason discourses in
the August Century of “The Decadence of
Manners.*’ Some of keenest shafts
are levelled at the girl of the period.
It seems a trifle unjust to the clever
and well-bred American girl to dwell upon
a familiar type so much en evidence as
o overshadow all the others and pass
everywhere as representative, but it is a
question of tendencies. This typical girl
of the day puts on mannish airs with
mannish clothes, spices her talk with
slang, not always of the choicest, tosses
her pretty head In proud defiance as she
puts down her parents, her elders, and
her superiors—lndeed, she admits no su
periors, though this scion of equality
does admit inferiors and snubs them
without mercy—pronounces a final opin
ion on subjeots of which she does not
know even the alphabet, shows neither
respect for white hairs nor consideration
for favors which she claims as a right,
and calls all this “swell," or “smart,"
and a proper expression of her fashion
able, or unfashionable. Independence.
The same spirit runs through the entire
social gamut. There Is nothing more con
tagious than bad manners; it is so easy
for the selfish instincts to come upper
most when the pressure of a law, written
or unwritten, is removed. The insolenoe
of servants is sufficiently emphasised.
Even the shop girl waits upon you with
half-guised impertinence, often imperti
nence without any disguise, and replies
to your civil word with a lofty stare, as
much as to say, “Since you are polite to
me you cannot he of much consequence.”
The causes are not far to seek. A po
tent one is the rush and hurry of life
in whioh everybody is intent upon doing
the most in the least possible time. There
Is no leisure for small courtesies. It is
a heterogeneous scramble for the loaves
and fishes, in which the survival of the
fittest resolves itself Into a survival of
the strongest. It is something akin to
brute force that gains the prize, whether
it be a scat in the car or a seat in
Congress. Indeed, we claim, as a part
of our national glory, the trait so well
expreseed by the word "push.” It makes
little difference what one pushes so long
as it stands in the way. Men in the
garb of gentlemen do not scruple to
thrust aside delicate women who happen
to be moving before them in the pro
cession. Well-dressed women run over
one another. It is the same spirit ap
plied to the minor morals as that which
prompts the Wall street magnate to walk
over his weaker rival, and the laboring
man who has organized in the name of
freedom and human brotherhood to crush
out of existence, if he. can, his poorer
neighbors who have not—the spirit of in
stinctive, though sometimes unconscious,
selfishness, whether it be crudely clear or
hidden under some high-sounding name.
Nor is the faot without its significance
that women, who are natural arbiters of
manners as well as conservators of mor
als, have been driven by necessity into
the hustling crowd. It is an alternative
between struggling for a foothold in the
world or sinking; and success, nine times
out of ten, is the triumph of aggression.
This in lteelf is fatal to the. self-efface
ment which is so strong an element of
good breeding, arid tends toward a radi
cal change In the habits and tradilions
of womanhood, which must react more or
less upon society.
By “society woman” I do not mean the
type that first present* itself, the brilliant
compound of style, daring-, and Paris
gowns, whole life begins and ends with
entertaining and being entertained, who
puts the fashion of a hand-shake, the por
celain. and cut glass of the dinner-table,
and the cost of an equipage above the sim
ple graces and fine breeding which betray
the choice life of generations, or the in
born taste and nobility that af*k nothing
from inheritance. T mean something that
compares with it as the rare old lace com
pares wkh the machine-made imitation,
as the rich and mellow- tones of the Cathe
dral window, which the light of centu
ries has tempered and softened, compare
with the crude and garish coloring of Its
modern copy. There are society women
upon whom tlve mantle of the old-time lady
has fallen, through nature or heritage,
whose social gifts are the sum of many
gifts, the crown of many womanly vir
tues. One finds them everywhere, women
who cherish the fine amenities, who are
gracious, Intelligent, tactful, kind, and ac
tive in all good works, who understand the
art of elegant living, as well ae the in
trinsic value of things, and like to open
their hospitable homes for the pleasure of
their friends. It is such as these who
represent the finest flower of our woman
hood and help to preserve the traditions of
gentle manners, which are in the way of
being trampled out In the mad march of
something wo call progress. It is for these
to ostracize vulgarity-, to put up the deli
cate barriers which have been permitted
to be let down between the pleasant com
radeship of men and women, and the loud
note of familiarity, to temper the sordid
spirit of commercialism with the refine
mams of that higher class of intellect
which sees things not only as they are,
but as they ought to be.
Live for Something—
Live for something have n purpose,
And that purpose ke*p in view;
Lrifting like a hclmless vessel.
Thou can't ne’er to life be (rue.
Ilaif the wrecks that life’s ocean,
.If some star had been their guide,
Might have now been riding safely,
But thty drifted with the tide.
Li\e for something, and live earnest,
Though the work may humble be,
By the world of men unnoticed,
Known alone to God and thee.
Ev ry net hss priceless value
To the architect of fate;
*Tls the spirit of thy doing %
That alone will make it great.
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live for something—God and angels
Are thy watchers in the strife.
And above the smoke and conflict
Gleams the victors crown of life.
Live for something; Gcd has giv< n
Freely* of his stores divine;
Rich*st gif1 3 of earth and heaven,
If thou wiliest, may b Q thine.
R brrt Whitaker in the New York
Tribune.
The restless spirit of the age, says Ella
Wheeler Wilcox 4n the New York Journal,
has produced, and is producing, various
types of women at once curious and in
teresting to n student of human nature.
When I say interesting I mean the word
as 1 would In its application to a peculiar
Vegetable growth of an eccentric plant.
There is, for instance, the woman with
“high ideals." She must posse* them, be
cause she talks so much about them.
Khe has a horror of the commonplace
and of the crude. The majority of human
brings annoy her with their elemental,
undeveloped natures. She Is always **eok-
Ir.g for rare souls with "high Ideals” like
her own. She despises society and the
Individuals who compose It, and she feels
unutterable contempt for moneymakers.
Any kind of art which poys the hills
of the arttst she considers vulgar. “Art
for art’s sake,” is her cry, and poverty
I* picturesque and the badge of a great \
Mul. This is what she says. Yet no
can you find, look ae you may in
the most worldly and frivolous circles, a
woman who Is a greater toady to the
“smart **t“ or ultra-fjshionob> than this
creature of “high Ideals.” her meet
one of the social leaders In the uo*t css*
uol manner, and she frill drag the occur- ,
fence Into her conversation on every pos* j
•ibis occasion, and should ahe receive so 1
invitation to any smart function she
would fly to it with the eagerness of a
debutante and talk more knowingly than
ever afterward of her utter Indifference
to society.
Greatly as she despises money, she is
ever ready to accept the benefits' in the
; way of hospitality from those who pos
sess it, and all the pleasures and distrac
tions which wealth offers she is more
i than willing to share.
~^ et s * le * s forever discoursing upon her
“high ideals" of life and begging us poor
mundane mortals to despise money and
position and to Ignore gain if we would
! be worthy of the smile of Art.
There is a great deal of talk of late
years in the newspapers, says the New
J York Tribune, of strange insects and the
effect that their bites have on the human
j constitution, and we have all v heard of the
j fabulous tarantula, whose sting causes its
j victims to dance in madness. The Scotch
expression of “a bee in his bonnet” has
become an accepted term for any marked
eccentricity, and now we have the “so
ciety bee,” that numbers its victims by
thousands. It is curious the effect that
this society bee has on the character. It
is undoubtedly very stultifying. A man
or woman who has the craze for purely
social recognition and prominence is apt
to attach such undue importance to the
really petty distinctions that their nobler
ambitions and aspirations become eom
ifietely stifled by the growth
that creeps over and destroys the health
ful interests of life. This may sound ex.
treme, but it is really curious to note how
many clever people appear to feci that to
achieve an acknowledged place in the
fushionable world is the acme* of human
good. They will devote time and ener
gy towards an object which they
know.- to be puerile and unworthy of such
efforts. To be asked to Mrs. Tiptop's
dinners; to be on terms of familiarity w ith
Mrs. Smart and her set; to be intimate
with the Croesuses and Midases—in short,
to “succeed socially,” seems to be the
goal which is worth the greatest striv
ing.
Some of the best known symptoms of a
person who has been bitten by the “so
ciety bee” are as follows; Old friends are
forgotten and lost sight ot; relatives, it
not in the sw-im, are ignored; scheming
and calculation takes the place of honesty
and loyalty; snobbishness and arrogance
of kindliness and true friendship, while
every act seems subordinated to the one
great object of getting nearer the charm
ed circle of high society! This may seem
an exaggeration, but in thinking over the
changed character of some friend who has
been bitten by the “society bee” do we
not recognize at least some of these char
acteristics? It is the social aspirants to
whom these charges are applicable, and
those who wear the purple by natural
right note with languid interest the efforts
of those w-ho seek their society.
"I took quite a fancy to that little Mrs.
Clymber at one time,” said one of these
great ladies recently. “I used to meet
such clever people at her house. She really
had the elements of a salon if she had
been wise enough to see it. Through some
of her relatives she was connected with
the stage, and her husband, who was a
publisher, knew many celebrated authors,
and she herself went with a musical set
that was, delightful. I always made a
point of accepting her invitations, as I
felt sure I would meet someone w-orth
knowing. Now that she is what is called
socially launched, she has entirely chang
ed her guests, and if I should go to her
house now I would meet only vapid, wouid
be fashionable, whom Mrs. Clymber, with
her short sighted policy, fancies to be
‘smart’—peqple whom we know and have
to tolerate, but who certainly are not
worth the trouble of meeting. It seems
a pity that a really clever woman like
Mrs. Clymber should have played her
cards so badly, and instead of becoming
a personage, which she might very easily
with her opportunities have succeeded in
doing, she is only a quasi-fashionable, who
hangs on the skirts of society.”
"What has become of young X ?”
asked a college professor not long ago. “I
always predicted a successful future for
that young man. What is he doing with
himself?”
“Dancing attendance on Mrs. Topnotch,"
laughed the person whom he addressed.
“He has been bitten by the ‘society bee,’
goes only with smart people, and has for
gotten, or rather appears to forget, his old
friends. In the meanwhile he gets a
small salary in some office that pays for
his clubs and his clothes. You might as
will give him up. A man that has got
into a grove like that never gets out of it !’*
The women of China, says the New
York Sun, are said to favor the Boxers,
because, like the women of most other
lands, they are the religious sex. Look
ing at foreigners, whether they be en
gaged in evangelizing or commerce, as
the -enemies of their religion, they want
them driven out of the country. They
look to the Boxers to accomplish this.
Women in China have in several in
stances shown themselves capable of acts
of great heroism, measured by the stand
ards of their own country. The great LI
Hung Chang petitioned the Empress to
reward two women of position for acts
which would never have been selected
here for particular distinction. One of
these was a daughter of the Chinese min
ister to London, who married at a very
early age a man whom she had scarcely
known, for, in accordance with the Chi
nese custom, she had no hand in the se
lection of her husband. Her family look
ed after that and she married him at
the appointed time. . It is a lucky thing
for the women of a country that has
such customs that they are sometimes
able to fal! In love with their husbands
after marriage. This 17-year-old bride
was nble to do that and her devotion to
this husband took a form that seems re
markable to Western ideas. When he was
ill and could eat nothing she cut off a
slice of her arm and put it in the broth
prepared for him. Wheher she thought
this treatment would cure him or not, he
died. Then she took poison and when
the physicians saved her life against her
will she refused to eat and starved to
death. I<l Hung Chang petitioned the
Empress for some mark of Ihe esteem
in which such a faithful wife should be
held and it was granted to the woman’s
family and also to her sister-in-law, who
was sister to no less a person than the
Marquis Tseng. This over, she tried 1o
kill herself after her husband’s death,
but after several unsuccessful
attempts, to the persuasion of her rela
tives and consented to live on condition
That She he allowed to devote her time
to managing estate* of her husband’s
fatherl who was at the time Chinese am
bassador to London. This privilege was
granted to her and she felt that by dedi
cating her life to the material good of
her husband’s family she had accom
plished something better than committing
suicide in honor of his memory.
Explanation of the pase with which
women may fail In love with husbands
thev have never known before marriage
may ho found In the Chinese system of
education for women. From their earliest
youth they are taught to do their duty as
daughters! wives and mothers. That is
demanded of them before everything else
and is even Ihe most Important feature of
their education In schools. At the age of
12 they are isolated from companionship
to await the time of their marriages. The
advent of a girl Is never looked upon with
delight In a Chinese family. They are us
ually dearest to their famine* on the day
they leave tiie home as brides.
q-{,e Chinese woman is taught do believe
In a threefold otvdlenre. She must obey
her father In the first Inst inee, und after
that Iter husband and her son. These rule*
of life prepare her to accept with grati
tude any marks of favor from the second
man ahe Is to obey, Ir would follow
•c hill she has been taught. If She Is gen
tle and kind all* l likely to fall In Jove
wiili Mm when her own idenis of * hus
band are metely that he Is one of the
’ „ „he nni-i obey. As Chinas* hustwnds
arc? likely to he good In certain particulars
in ih-dr wives, the women are often abl*
to fall In love with than. Even foreign
women who marry Chinaman praise them j
a |junwinds, London baa a Chinatown I
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1900.
AN EXTRAORDINARY ENDING
of the Great Removal Sale. You know what this signi
fies—it signifies still further and much greater reduc
tions—it signifies that from to-morrow at Bup to the
last hour Friday it will be
Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!
We mention just a few items that we have a limited
quantity of and will no doubt be sold on Monday:
78 Crash Skirts at lie each. One to a customer.
1 case of Prints at 2/jC yard.
Misses’ Black and Tan Hose, 7 pairs for 25c*
30 dozen 4-ply Men’s Linen Collars (slightly soiled).
5c each or 50c dozen.
Also choice lengths and remnants at one-third their
value.
P. T. FOYE
SUCCESSOR TO
FOYE & MORRISON.
and a number of its merchants have mar
ried women of that quarter of London,
and tho women -who tried tho experiment
are said to have fared bo well that their
friends followed their example until a
large colony of English wive 9 lives in the
London Chinatown. They are all content
ed with theAr lot, although their affection
does not seem wholly unselfish, when one
reads that they can especially recommend
their husbands because the average China
man would rather do his own cooking than
intrust it to his wife, and would also pre
fer to clean up the house and take care
of the baby. Tn spite of their emphasis of
these qualities, the English wives are said
to live happily with their Chinese hus
bands and the same thing is true of the
raro instance of the same sort of mar
riage here.
But the lower elansof? of Chinese life, to
which such men a these belong, are too
completely separated from all American
sympathy and understanding ever to be
interesting. All that is even compara
tively elevated and civilized in Chinese life
is found among the upper classes, who,
inscrutable and opposed to our views a9
they are, at least offer some phases of life
that are worth contemplation.
A house party with the thermometer
over 100 in the shade, soys the New York
Tribune, argues anything but pleasure for
either hostess or guests. Fancy the ag
onies of tho visitors and visited during
the hot wave which recently made life
almost unendurable in the immediate vi
cinity of New York!
“Never will I forget that miserable
week!” exclaimed tho hostess afterward.
“Ten utterly wilted and miserable young
people, whose lives I did not dare risk
out in the blazing sun until after 5 r>. m.
No sailing (there was not a breeze in the
Sound, and the sky looked like copper),
no riding, no golf—nothing wherewith to
amuse them. To eit on the shady side
of the veranda and partake of cold drinks
and talk of the heat was the one occupa
tion. Approval of the ‘shirt waist man'
was passed by acclamation. I gave free
permission to the young men to come to
dinner without coat. And very well they
looked, by the way, with neatly belted
waists and white ties. We all voted the
attire most becoming. The nights were
the worst, for it was impossible to re
main indoors, and outside the mosquitoes
were lively. Someone proposed a roof
party, and we all climbed out on top of
the house, taking cushions and mattresses
to make ourselves comfortable. That was
not so bad. The young folks sang and
told stories, and really seemed to enjoy
it. I let the girls stay up until long after
midnight, and then we left the young men
to their slumbers, for the latter refused
to return to their rooms and slept on the
roof. Well, everything must come to an
end. My house party and the hot wave
departed together, and left me resolved
never again to entertain in the dog days!”
The present King; of Italy, says the New
York Sun, was not in demand as a hus
band in spite of the great career that has
come to him sooner than anybody ex
pected. None of the Princesses with
whom his father tried to arrange a match
cared much for the honor. The Prince of
Naples, as he was called in those days,
was declined with thanks in many quar
ters just after he reached his majority
and his parents decided that it was time
for him to marry. The present King of
Italy is much better looking than he was
a decade ago. He seems to be in bet
ter health and has acquired an appear
ance of greater authority and distinction.
In his early youth he was discouragingly
puny and insignificant in appearance. Nat
urally, a Princess near his own rank was
sought, but as none of them was willing,
the former King allowed his son to follow
in the direction that his heart led and
marry Princess Helene of Montenegro.
She was one of Prlnoe Nicholas’ seven
daughters, poor, and reared in the little
capital of Cettinje which probably con
tains fewer inhabitants than West Brigh
ton, Coney Island, at this moment. She
is a beautiful woman and her ambitious
father’s plans for her career almost suc
ceeded. She was beautiful enough to
marry in a way that would help her fa
ther's kingdom and her six poor sisters,
and it looked nt the time as if she would
rule over one of the greatest countries in
Europe. When the father of the present
Czar of Russia set out to conciliate the
Montenegro people, he thoughts of Ihe
beautiful Princess Helene as a wife for the
present ruler of the country. His wife
agreed with him and the Princess Helene
was taken to St. Petersburg to live.
There she soon lost all trace of the life
she had led in her own rude country and
developed into one of the most beautiful
women in the court of St. Petersburg.
But that did not serve to make the pres
ent Czar Nicholas willing to marry her
when it became necessary for him to take
a wife. The Princess Helene had the
mortification of feeling herself deliberate
ly rejected in favor of the Princess All*
of Hesse. The Princess returned to* her
father's humble court, crushed but not
desperate. Alexander of Servia nroposed
to her father that their marriage would
he of advantage to both kingdoms, but
the Princess refused him haughtily. After
the Italian heir apparent had made sev
eral attempts to marry a princess of one
of the great European houses and failed,
he met the Princess Helene at Athens
while he was on a cruise. He met her
several times during the next two years
and determined that she should be his
wife. Politically this plan was not con
’sldered promising. Tho Italian cabinet
opposed the marriage of the fuiure King
of Italy to ihe penniless daughter of u
monarch with a small country In the
(hountaln* of the Balkan peninsula. But
the lat' King Humbert gave his permis
sion. probably. a It was said at the time,
because he wa* weary of looking about for
a wife for Ihe hdr apparent. The two
were marrb 1 four year* ago in Rome after
,l, n ambitious Helen* had bectome a Cath
olic. The ministers w ere oppOx and toil and
the* Quean Margherha delighted. The
young people have t>*en happy. But view
ed a* a political expedient lb# mat. it was
a failure, for to tide d*y thara la no hair
to tb* kingdom of Italy in th direct Una
of succession. The eon of the Due
d’Aostu is now the tieir apparent.
The following are some of the Chinese
sayings in respect to women:
Respect always a silent woman; great
is the wisdom of the woman that holdeth
her tongue.
A vain woman is to be feared* for she
will sacrifice all for her pride.
Trust not a vain woman, for she Is first
in her own eye.
A haughty woman stumbles, for she
cannot see what may be in her way.
Trust not the woman that thinketh
mere of herself than another; mercy will
not dwell in her heart.
The gods honor her who thinketh long
before opening her lips. Pearls come
from her mouth.
A woman that is not loved is a kite
from which the spring has teen taken;
she drives with every wind and cometh
to naught but a long fall.
A woman and a Child are alike; each
needs a strong, uplifting hand.
A woman that respects herself Is more
beautiful than a single star; more beau
tiful than many etars at night.
Woman is the ease for that which
pains the father; she is balm for hi"?
troubles.
A woman who mistakes her place can
never return to where she lirst was; tho
path has been covered tip from her eyes.
A woman desirous of being seen by men
is not trusiworthy; fear the glance from
her eye.
Give heed to her to whom children have
come; she walks in the sacred ways and
lacks not love.
When brst a woman loves she fears,
she fears not that to which sho has
become accustomed.
A mother not spoken well of by her
children is an enemy" df the state; she
should not live within the kingdom’s
wall.
A woman without children has not yet
the most precious of her jewels.
Give heed to the vcice of an old woman;
sorrow has given her wisdom.
A beautiful woman knows not her
charms, therefore Is she beautiful, more
so than the colors of the s<a
Speak not ill of any woman; If a
woman he not righteous what she is
speaks for itself.
Like sheep that be leaderUss are many
women come together for much talk.
Throughout Morocco, and especially in
Tunis, the capital city, many* of tho adult
| members of the population follow pro
; fesslonally the pursuit of fattening young
j women for the matrimonial market of
j Barbary’. The Moors, like the Turks and
i most other orientals, give a decided pref-
I erence to "moon-faced” wives over lean
| ones, and are more solicitous as to the
number of pounds which their brides
weigh than about the stock of accom
plishments they possess.
A girl is put under the process of fat
tening when she is about 12 years of age.
Her hands are tied behind her and she
Is seated on a carpet during so many
hours every day, while her “papa” stands
over her with a matraque, or big stick,
and her mother at times pops into her
mouth a ball of cous-coussou, or stiff
maize porridge, kneaded up with grease,
and just large enough to be swallowed
without the patient choking.
If the unfortunate girl declines to be
stuffed she is compelled, so that ere long
the poor girl resigns herself to the tor
ture and gulps down the boluses lest she
should be beaten.
"S Beach seems an Ideal place for
children and young people,” remarked
a society woman who was discussing, ac
cording to New York Tribune, the merits
of several watering places with a view
to renting a house for the summer, "but
what is there for the married woman to
do?"
"Oh, my dear," exclaimed her friend,
who was a resident of tho place, “'we
have the most delightful times’ We dine
out at each other’s houses every night,
wear our best clothes and afterwards play
bridge whist. I hear people say we are
the best dressed lot of women anywhere.
Even at Newport they do not wear better
clothes!”
“But what do the husbands do?” said
(ho old-fashioned wife In astonishment nt
the new order of things. "Surely they are
not away at business during the sum
mer!”
"Oh, you know, they wouldn’t enjoy It,”
returned the other. "Men hate dinners in
summer, and, besides, it is much nicer to
be by ourselves. I believe they are getting
up a club called the married men’s club.
They say It is in self-defense, but that
is all nonsense; they like to be together
Jut* as we like to be together.”
The tendency of women to give social
functions exclusively for their own sex is
certainly on the increase. Women’s lunch
eons have always beenpopular, but It is
only of late years that evening enter
tainments composed exclusively of women
have obtained vogue. Now, however,
women’s dinners and card parties aro an
accepted fact and are even more fre
quently given than men’s affairs of the
same kind. Moreover, as It has nlways
been an undisputed axiom that women
dressed for one another much more than
for men, the gowns worn at these assem
blages are smart and in consequence the
latter are exceedingly brilliant. Women's
golf tournaments have also brought this
feature of the social life of our day Into
great ‘prominence In almost every com
munity the golf club represents the best
society of tho place and at a women’s
tournament the entertaining is necessari
ly almost entirely for women. House par
ties are given for those who have entered
for the tournament, and dinner* and
luncheon* nr given in ihelr honor.
"What did we do?" answi-red a young
woman who had been on* of a largo par
ty of girls at a well-known country house
during a tournament, “Why, It was Just
the same a* at other house parties, only
there wer# no man, except our hos*. We
had lovely $ o'clock tea* at which we
wore our prettiest tea gown* and hud dr
llcloue think* to eat-such a Itsi after
our arduous days! Wa hud lute dinners,
too, at whlob wa war* low necked gowns
in the usual conventional manner. Of
eburse, we all went to bed early, as we
were all pretty tired, but otherwise it was
just the same as any other party, except
as I said before, thero wero no men. No
great los9, either, as we all agreed.’*
Tho girl who never before wore silk
tlockings wears them this season. It is
In the alr-a statement less improper than
it rounds. Wbmen have suddenly devel
oped a mania for fancy and beautiful
hosiery, and the stoqklng counter of a
good shop would make a rainbow feel
fided. The open-work stockings have
reached a point of lilmlhess that is more
marvelous than beautiful, and the most
modish women prefer fine silk in solid
color, hand-embroidered or with inset lace
or applique over the ankle. One woman
at Newport lia9 started a fad for plain
silk stockings in one solid color and with
tho owner’s monogram exqultely embroid
ered on the ankle, and stocking embroid
ery is becoming a favorite fancy work
of the summer girl. It Is prophesied, too,
that next Christmas, Instead of a deluge
of embroidered suspenders and drees shirt
protectors, men will receive dainty boxes
of silk hose, each pair embroidered at
the tops in front with elaborate mono
grams. Of course, the men would rather,
far rather, have bright purple hose zig
zagged with scarlet llglitnlng, but they
will have to endure the affliction the best
they con.
It happened, says the London Tele
graph, at a hotel not far from the fa
mous, busy Strand. lie wo* a man of
eertous intentions and numerous atten
tions, and the was rich and wedabl*\ On
Monday night he was there, and they sat
in tho hall under the stairway. It was
a nook for lovers. There wasn’t a soul in
sight, and he thought his golden oppor
tunity had arrived. Down he flopped
upon his kne*s and clasod her hand.
“Dear one,*’ he whispered, not very
loud, but loud enough. “I havo loved you
with the wholo totrength and ardour of
a man’s nature, whim it is roused by all
that is pure and good and lovely tn wo
man, o?id I can no longer restrain my
pont-up feelings. I must let you know
what is in my heart, and tell you that
never yet has woman heard from my
lips tho secrets that aro throbbing and
Just then a rustle was* h r ard on the
stairs above them, and a card fastened
to a ill read swung down and dangled not
two inches from the lover’s nose. On it
were these portentlous words: “I am
something o? a liar mysolf.”
Then the awful truth flashed upon him
and ho fled. As he w<nt out of the door
sixteen girls at tho head of tho stairs
sent sixteen laughs out into tho damp
night air after him. He makes no love In
hotels now.
“All women are more or less supersti
tious.’’ *aid a business womnn to a writ
er of the Washington Post recently, “but
it isn’t of hen you come across one who
la so frankly ready to admit it as was
the old schoolmate with whom I spent
last Sunday. She has a charming house
in the country, whure she lives with a
husband and a family site has collected.
I arrived late Saturday afternoon, apd
wo sp r nt moiit of tho evening with the
cards. We didn’t play—not exactly—but
eh© told my fortuno and r*ad the cards
for me as she used to do for the girls in
school. I had gone to my room and was
just putting my curl papers on, when my
hostess came to the door.
“ ‘Do you know where the cardswe had
aro? she asked. ‘I can’t find them finy
where.’
“ ‘No, I don’t/ I answered, ‘but I’ll
help you look for them in the morning.’
** That won’t do,’ said she. ‘I must
have them to-night!’ r—
“So I went with her, and eventually we
found that I had put the pack behind a
photograph on the mantel. 1 made her
tell me what on earth she wanted with
cards at that time of the night, and fin
ally she laughed shame-facedly and told
me she wanted to sprinkle salt on them
over Sunday. The old mammy who taught
her to read cards had cautioned her sol
emnly never to leave them unsalted over
Sunday. It brings bad luck, or the evil
spirit gets into the pack, or something—
I don’t know what, hut I do know that
girl, with a University of Minnesota A.
B. to write after her name if she likes,
wouldn’t for worlds leave the cards un
salted. ”
A fashionable woman living near Phil
adelphia recently gave a dinner in honor
of her daughter's engagement, and after
it was over it was pronounced a splendid
success in every respect. She decided to
have scarlet for all her decorations, and
She chose us the flower that was easiest
to procure and most effective to manage
in red geranium.
Her centerpiece was arranged in the
form of a heart. A tinsmith easily man
ufactured a pan four inches high in the
shape she wanted. This was closely filled
with her chosen flower and trailing vines
were deftly arranged to conceal the pan.
You have no idea, unless you have tried
it, what a charming coloring scariet and
green makes on white napery.
For every man there was a boutonniere
of scarlet geranium against a leaf of the
variety that is called “sweet.” Corsage
bouquets of the same flower tied with
scarlet ribbons were at the other places.
The candle shades, of course, were scar
let. The place cards were flaming hearts,
with names on them in black, outlined
with gold, and, whenever it was possi
ble, tile color was carried out In the
dishes that were served.
Although It may seem paradoxical to
say so, the average Frenchwoman spends
both more and less on her clothes than
does the English sister. To give an ex
ample: Tho young French matron, com
pelled to keep within a small dress al
lowance, will generally manage at any
given moment to look as well turned out
as does a very rich friend. The reason
for this Is not for to seek, considering that
she goes to the same dressmaker and pays
very much the same price; but whereas
the wealthy Frenchwoman will, of course,
Indulge herself in any number of pretty
costumes, she who Is compelled to study
economy will rigorously restrict herself
to three, or perhaps, four frocks a year.
Of these, two will probably be home
made. Thus It will be seen that the fem
inine half of the French nation has real
ized Ihe two principles of economy, and
it is from necessity rather than from
choice that so many French girls early
become really good dressmakers, and even
the most frivolous Parlslenne is very gen
erous in allowing her friends to copy her
garments.
The pretty widow—
There was a pretty widow,
With a string of handsome beaux,
Who told her of their longing—
So tho story goes.
She had a perfect figure.
And wore a graceful skirt,
While round her wait* a llver bolt,
Set off her dainty shirt.
Her hair was richest auburn,
Her eyes a changing gray,
Her lips like (he ripe red cherry,
I held the other day.
But she was n heartless woman,
The true end artful flirt,
That takes all hearts as pastime,
To crush and sorely hurt.
—Anna Mclntosh Beville.
Off the Track.
This mean* disaster and death when ap
plied to a furt express train, It is equal
ly serious when It refers to people whose
blood !h disordered und who consequent
ly have pimple* and sores, had stomachs,
deranged kidneys, weak nerves and that
tired feeling. Hood's Sarsaparilla puts
the whe<l* back on the traek by making
pure, rich blood and curing these trou
ble*.
constipHtion is cured by Hood's Pill*, i
SSc.-ad.
SKIRTS AT A SACRIFICE.
Every Crash Skirt, Every Duck Skirt, Every Denim Skirt,
Every Linen Skirt, Plain or Trimmed, must be sold this
week. Prices range from Si to $2. We Will SCll any Of them
At GO Cts.
Mail orders should be sent in at once to secure choice.
WAISTS AT A SACRIFICE.
White Waists, Black Waists, Black and White Waists,
Fancy Waists, Pique Waists, Large Variety, Every Size,
Values range from Si.oo to $2.00. Will go at the uniform price
At 50 Cts.
Come quick and pick up the plums that await you.
ANOTHER LOT OF WAISTS.
Fine Tucked and Embroidered White Lawn Warsts,
Clean and Fresh, This Season’s Choicest Productions,
Values S2OO, $2.25 and $2.50. Throw-ti out at one price
ONLY ONE DOLLAR.
Nothing so tempting has ever been offered in Waists.
$1.50 POCKETBOOKS AT 75c
$12.00 Ladies’ Tailor-made Suits at—so.ll 50c Children’s Parasols down to 250
$20.00 Ladies’ Tailor-made Suits at 57.88 75c Children's Parasol* down to 20c
$7.50 Ladies' Taffeta Petticoats at ....$3.88 $1.50 Children's ParnsOla down to ~„...550
SIO.OO Ladies' Taffeta Silk Waists at. .SS.OH $1.50 Men’s Gloria Umbrellas down t0..08c
$5.00 Imported ’Marseilles Quilts at $3.39 $3.00 Ladies' Fancy Parasols down to $1.50
$4.00 Pure Linen Dinner Napkins at.. 52.50 $5.00 Lortles’ Fancy Parasols down to $2.50
$4.00 Snow While Wool Blankets at $2.69 $7.00 Ladies’ Fancy Parasols down to $3.30
$5.00 Ladies’ Hubber Coat, with cape.s3.33 Tho very best Fan’y Parasola down to $5.00
FRUIT .8! LOOM BLEACH W SI D Tc
10c YardwMe Percales.. O'ic Roller Toweling* 4c Nice Wash Rags 60
10c Dress Ginghams.... 7c Shirting Prims 4c Pure Linen Dollies ~ 5c
150 English Percales.... 10c Handkerchiefs .....3c Yard Aide Bleach Bo
120 White Dimities 7c Fancy Laces 3o Fine Sea Islands 5o
30c Corded Piques 30c 350 Infants’ Caps 7c Fine White Lawns •.... To
15c Colored Ducks 10c 15c Japanese Be Nainsook Checks tfc
100 Embroideries Be Machine Oil *3o, Tjso Sheer Lawns 10c
35c Embroideries 8c Petroleum Jelly Sol 35c Turkish Towels Dc
$6.00 "IS Blankets at $3.99
This week we offer a superb lot Fall Dress Goods
in all-wool smooth and rough textures, black
and all desirable colors, usual SI.OO goods, very wide,
At 6© Cts.
Our sale “Men’s Shirts” will continue this week.
You are sure to get every article as advertised.
GUSTAVE EGKSTEIN & CO.
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c f and have your stove in foil jw Ep| IP
\ blast in a second. ft Mb pgg|
SNo Waste of Time. f|i
No Waste of Fuel. - IRH
• i No Extra Heat, ufl ;
[ An Economical f
k Non-Heating 1 Stove.
The only stove for hot days. ([■ 1
S Rents for $1 a month.
7AS LIGHT COMPANY, r
7 a.r-1 wrt. jj| jp
£\ tjhe Ribbon King,
viw 14 East Broughton St.
Ribbon, tho latest, best and cheapest.
All-silk, heavy satin and taffeta, assort
ed colors. W'rilo for samples and prices.
No. 1 Baby Ribbons, lc yd., 48c spool.
No. 2 Ribbons, 14-In., 2>,4c yd,. 20c bolt.
No. 4 Rlbboim. 74-In., 5c yd., 38c boll.
No. 5 Ribbons. 1-In.. 5c yd.. 45e bolt.
No. 7 Ribbons, 114-in., 5c yd„ 50c bolt.
No. 9 Ribbons, lVj-ln., 8c yil„ 75 bolt.
No. 12 Ribbons, -21n., 10c yd., 90c bolt.
No. 16 Ribbons, 24-in., 1214 c yd.. sl.lO bolt.
No. 22 Ribbons, 2%-ln., 15c yd., $1.35 bolt.
No. 40 Ribbons, 3*i-in., 1714 c yd., $1.60 bolt.
No. 80 Ribbons. 4-In., 20c yd„ $1.85 )>olt.
No. 100 Ribbons, 6-In., 25c yd., $2.25 bolt.
All above run ten yards to boll. Wo
mall ribbons free all over United Statee.
Bel! telephone ..o. 1170.
A GRIM RACE WITH DEATH.
Fa tally Injured Miner AVantrd to
Klee Wife Good-flye.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Ml. Carmol, Pa., Aug. 23.—John Yetzke
was fatally injured nt Natalie colliery last
evening, and knew he was going to die.
After being lifted In an ambulance he
told the. men that ho would try to keep
alive If they would whip up th mules so
that he could reach home In time to kiss
hi* young wife goodby. He lived here,
a distance of three mllea from the mines.
The mules wer® urged to their best
speed, and despite the rocking of the am
bulance down the mountain road, the dy
ing miner kept crying to his comrades lo
hurry up. When the Lehigh Valley Rull
road on ihe suburbs of tide place was
reached a long freight train blocked the
tracks. When Yetzke learned of the delay
he fell back senseless.
Shortly afterward the track was clear,
ami when the home of the miner was
reached his wife rushed out and, placing
her arms about the blood-stained neck of
her husband, kissed him a number of
tiroes. The miner's eyes opened and,
wfih a faint smile ot ronognttiou, he gave
a few gasps and wa* deed,
The Wheeler &, Wilson Improved Hew
ing Machine No. 9at cut prices— 1 75 c per
■week until paid for. Lightest and beat.
Hox Paper and Envelopes 4c, 10c artd lie
box; 40c, 60c, 75c, 900 and $1.20 doz boxes.
Fine line Ink labb ts 4c each; 400 dozen
Envelopes. 5 and 6i-ln., XXXX, 2 pkg Do
Writing Paper, nice goods, 120 sheets sc.
Lead Pencils lc to 2440 each; 714 c to 20c and.
Men’s Black and Tan Seamless Sox 7140
pair; 76<: dozen.
Ladies’ Black SoamlMM Fine Hose 10
1214 C pair; *1.05 to $1.35 dozen.
Children’s Black Rib Hose 9c pair; 960 and.
Fine line Toilet Soap, 3 cukes for 10c.
J. & P. Coates’ Best Spool Thread *oc doc.
H. & B, Sewing Silk 4o spool; 400 do*em.
Fine line Tooth Rrushes 9c each( 96c do*.
A ROSY COMBLEYIOY
Adds Greatly to Woman's Beauty.
“LAIRD’S ROSE BLUSH”
An entirely new liquid Toilet Preparation.
Gives a natural, healthy, rosy color to the
cheeks. Will not rub oft unless washed
with soap and water. Perfectly harmless.
Its use defies detection. It will be mailed
upon receipt of EOc In stamps. Geo. W.
Laird A Cos.. 9 Rust t:M st., New York.
Limes!
Tor Llliieatles other beveragM. |
Superb for Iced Tea. Wholesome and
refreshing. c
yy. D. SIMKINS_& Co.__
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