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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. 4 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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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.__ IF YOU WANT apOD MATERIAL and work, order your llthncraphed and printed stationery and blank hooka Iraas Homing News, Havannati, Ua. 13