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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
Margaret Holme* Hale*, writing In the
Sew York World on the subject; "Why
l>o* Love Cause Trouble?" rays: My at
tention has boeri iwlied to the fact that
in u elngla Issue ot the World of la*t
.-ek there were chronicled no lc.-* than
live different erlmea or Iswsußs, every
one of which le said to have been caused
by lova.
What can Oi pld *ay for hlmeelf?
Surely In the above Instance* hi* arrow*
■mat have been poisoned or else very bad
ly aimed.
Thla bring* to our attention a question
whl h no phlkwopher ha* been niw
enough to an*wer. It Is a question which
I,a* heeu aaked for thousands of years
and will probably remain unanswered lor
centuries yet to oofue. Sooner or later
It comes to every one. It I* this: Why are
I atrod, Jealousy mid suffering ao often the
a companlments of love?
Why must the highest and tenderesi
passion be linked with the brutal passions
ivt.uh lead inevitably to crime?
For example, a week ngo a young man
In Columbus. 0., killed and robbed his
11lend ao that he might have money to
give o his Intended bride. Prior to his
lulling In love he appears lo have hern
h hurtnlesß and easy-going youth, but the
desire to gtv his sweetheart money and
presents transformed him Into a cold
-14, sided, pitiless criminal.
Can It ba that lose for a single Individ
ual tends to make some people Indifferent
to the claims of all others?
A she-bear Is never en dangerous as
tvien she has young cut*, to protect. Her
affection for them rills her with suspicion
and dislike, of all Intruders.
I’orhapo such Is also the rase with
human beings. Any Intense feeling I* ap
to arouse In our natures all the sluralwr
ing possibilities of either good or evil.
It spurs u man on nlotig the path of
a tlon. though It may lead either to a
illippy fireside or to the gallows.
There is no doubt whatever, though,
ihat love la often blam'd wrongly. We
• could not blame the river for the rock"
that make navigation upon It dangerous.
If the course of true love loea not run
smoothly. It Is very generally the fault
of aortal customs end prejudices to tvhlcn
> pay more def franco than they deserve.
Not long since an east-side mother ob
jected lo her daughter'll marriage with
u very worthy young man on the ground
ttmt bia radge.ti was different from hers.
She obtained a |roml*e from the too
oliedlent gttl thul the marriage would not
take place, and a few hours afterward
found her ilaughter lying dea<l, with an
empty bottle labeled “carbolic and" by
her side.
Here was a ease where love caused
,rouble, hut the blame should be piaced
'•pm the mother's bigoted folly and not
'•pon the legitimate affection of the young
lovers.
Ever since love was horn Into the hear**
of men and women It has had lo fight Its
way against prejudice* of creed and na
tionality and rank. Sometime* It his
Mimed as If the whole work! had con
spired against It.
Poor young Romeos ami Juliet* have
been kept apart and compelled to sacrifice
their happiness ami even their lives upon
ihe pagnn altar of family pride.
The more deeply wo study ihe question
ihe more clearly will It appear that a very
large port of our (rouble I* caused not
*-y love but by the obstacles which r, e
Place In Its road.
We transform a courtship Into a hurt)!
r * •ind marriage into blind-man’* buff
What wonder is It that our young peo
ple make mistake* or feel themselves
driven to desperation!
If naif the prophecies of the poet* come
tt He. love will some day be the masier
of human life Lower motive*, such a
military glory *nd detdre for wraith, will
become weaker as Ihe race grows wiser
and more humane.
The miseries of poverty and obscurity,
if such remain, will seem email In eom
|s.rl.on with the miseries of a lovele*"
life. The cultivation of affection and do
mestic virtue* will not he referred io with
flippant cynicism, let us hope, but as one
of the most Indispensable alms of life
It may be true then, a* the old French
"eng say*. "It I* Jove that make* the
world go round."
Amulet* and lucky stone* of one son
and another. says the New YoHc Sun. are
be. omlnir more and more popular with
women, and the bangle of detested memo
ry Is revived In a more romantic and In
teresting form. The modern girl is decid
edly up In fetlchlsm and though some
frivolous fair onea wear Jeweled cows and
pig* and lizards and shamrocks and bell*
and hoots Indiscriminately and impartial
ly. the really up-to-date young woman
choose# her talismans fastidiously and Is
learned In tallsmanic lore.
To be really wise and occult one must
go in for astrology and choose one’s tal
ismans In accordance with the symbols of
the planet under whose Influence one was
born; but It Is asking too much of the
modern society girl to Insist upon her ad
ding astrology to her already depressing
repertoire. Still it doesn't require much
research lo And out whether Capricorn or
t'iccer or some other Zodiacal sign Is
moss appropriate for one's lucky piece.
Kor general mascot purposes a white
t lephant Is about as satisfactory as any
thing one could choose. There ts nothing
exclusive nbout him. I.ike the rain, .he
Patronizes both the Just and the unjust,
and he Is a terror to evil spirits of all sort
and varieties. In the Far blast he is worn
in all sizes and materials, and the more
w-hlte elephants one can Introduce Into
household decorations the surer one Is of
domestic felicity. The Idea ought to be
adopted by Western decorators. If a frieze
of white elephants could foil the divorce
courts It would lie worth having.
The pig. too. Is a fair success as under
study to one’s guardian angel, and ser-
P*ntr bring blessings; hut a lizard Is a
hoodoo of the moss fatal sort, and the
"mount of harm being done by Jeweled
lizards la beyond calculation. Hoot and
shoo ornaments, which have liecome so
popular are almost Inimical to happiness,
n<l as for tiny bells—well, only n brave
and dauntless soul can wear them and
come out with life and morals Intact.
Thdr tinkling, as Is well understood by
•'cry student of she occult calls up all
•vll spirits wtthln hearing, and the wear
er of a hell bangle lives In a Walpurgls
Narht crowd.
The short life and violent death of the
sverage love affair Is Intelligible *vhen
one realizes that by all laws of fetlchlsm
• exchanging between lovers of ha'r or
any ornament In shape of a heart Is a
"'MV token of disaster. Some philanthrop
ist should have made a crusade In behalf
of Ignorant lovers, and have explained
the evil occult Influence of hair and hearts
In emotional matters; but men and maids
have been allowed to rush on their fate
unw arnet).
The four-b-nved clover loses all Its effl
•cv us a good omen when It leave* the
hind that gathered It; and. Indeed, no
charm green In color should be worn, a*
f ts more than likely to tiring misfortune
In Its wake. The left hind foot of a grave
-5 ard rabbit that was caught In the light
of the moon has It* virtues, hut no other
rabbit's foot Is worth pocket room: and
"n the powerful piece of rope by which
man has hanged himself will hr!*""
nothing but 111 luck to the possessor If
the suicide happened to be bom under
the Influence of Bturn.
Altogether, the Intricacies of the moscol
questions are many and devious; no on*
should go In for charm* recklessly. The
’wentytleth century Is. so say the proph
•lS. lo be sspeclaily noted for 1U fatal
accident*; and that being the care, mav
cot* should be tn great demand; but unless
one has time to ssudv the hidden myster
ies of occult lore It would perhaps be safer
to stick to the benign aud ever amiable
white elephant.
Always Tell Mother—
Always led mother. She’s willing lo hear.
W illing to listen to tale* of despair
Tell her when trial* and trouble* assail;
Seek her for comfort when sorrows pre
vail.
Take mother’* hand when tempta'iona
Ak her for counsel; seek mother’* ad-
Vk:,
Always tell mother. In mother ranflde;
Foster no secret* from mother to hide
Train your thoughts nobly, rot let your
lip* speak
Word* n at would kindle a blush on her
cheek.
Mother stands ready her aid to Impart,
Open to mother the door of your heart.
Always tell mother. Your Joy* let her
nliarc;
lelft flam her ahouldera the burden* of
rare;
Brighten her pathway; be gentle nnd
kind;
Strengthen the tlee of affection that
hind.
Tell her you love her; look tip In her face;
Tell her no other can tuke mother 1 * place.
Always tell mother. When danger* be
tide
Mother. If need be will die by your side
Though you b sunken In *ln end disgrace.
Mother will never turn from you her face.
Others may shun you. but mother, your
friend.
Stand* ever ready to shield ami defend.
Mother’s devotion Is always the name.
Softly, with reverence, breathe mother’s
name.
—Lawrence Porcher Hext, In Leslie*
Weekly .
“LafAyettc’a stay In Alexandria, Va..
ujn hi* return visit to America was a
succession of fete*, opening with a civic
and military parade," write* Mrs Thsd
leu* Horton. In the September Ladles’
Home Journal “The event io which every
one looked forward with delight—the
grand bull. It wan held tn the double
drawing room of the reddenre of Mr. and
Mr-. Csxenore, which after English fa*h
lon. occupied the second floor. The apart
ment* were richly decorated, and were
thronged with the elite of Virginia society
and muty notable guests from Washington
city and elsewhere Lafayette stood In
the rear drawing room and received with
the Mayor of Alexandria, who Introduced
the guest* to him. During the presenta
tion* n young lady from middle Virginia,
a great he||. came up. and on being Intro
duced. a -kid Lafayette to klev her. which
he immediately did. Everybody was
shock'd at such an exhibition of Immod
esty on her part, and wondered how the
general could be SO undignified as to
comply with her request. Nothing slw
was talked of Ihe entire evening but Ihl*
remarkable occurrence The ladles all
i bought It quPc -harm ful and a dtegrare
10 the ocoasloii. and b'amed both the girl
ami the Marquis The gentlemen, how
ever. thought Lafayette excusable under
the clrcumetanees."
The other day a willful. U-year-old girl.
In a neighboring city, disobeyed her par
ents. and when sh* returned home her
wra'hful father emphas zed hta rebuke by
giving her a gold *liakir.g_ Whereupon
-no went prompt’y forth land had her
s ern parent arrest'd for assault end bat
tery. In which she i> upheld by the
magistrate bef. rr whem the ease was
t led. who rontended that fifteen was post
th shaking age limit and fined the man
for Incubating obedience by physical
frreo.
Perhaps, says the New Orleans Plca
' une, th. magstrate was right. If the
girl h*d been e|>.ank and sufficiently when
"he was little, she wouldn’t have needed
a shaking so badly wheel she was older,
and It ought to be a s |emn warning to
all parents to begin In tlm on their chll
d'.n. hut the Incident . alls attention once
ni re to the hardship" of having lo treat
as reasonable and sensible human beings
hose who t-.re nothing rut -pollt chil
dren—who never outgrow th- shaking age
In mind an! character—and who fought
to be dealt with on that basis. We all
n-'W so many peorl* who ate ruining
their own and other people's lives, and
who might be regenerated and mode
igtccablc mender- of so' l'ty. If only
here was somebody who had the right
to give them a good shaking every now
and th-n, and make them behave thegt
a-lves.
And. oh. wouldn't you like to be the
lord high executioner?
Think of all our discontented, disgrunt
led friends who with all the material*
for happlnsss In thalr hands, dellheratsly
throw them away, and get nothing but
misery for them* Ives and oth*rs out of
life, and lt us. biethr n an I sisters,
h' ave a sigh over th" fact that custom
and low put a time limit to the age at
which |-eop|e can he forcibly reminded
of th r blessings. If they can't be np-
I* bed to In any other way.
There's the domestic woman, for In
stance. wh > has a good husband, and a
c mfer able home, and littleV-hlldren, yet
who Is always bemoaning the slavery of
her lot. end exalting and envying the
fr eddQi of the bachelor woman. Bhe
complains that she Is forever ordering
m ill and darning stockings, and clean
Ing up the house, and washing little facea
and tlelng up hurt Anger* "Is this an
adequate way f r an Intellect like mine
to expend Itself?" she demands tragically.
"What do I g t for my labor beyond my
fcod anl clothes, and—er—er—perhaps a
trip to the seaside or mountains In the
summer, and things like that?" The Idea
of such a woman making a bid for pub
lic sympathy, on the grounds of her mis
for tune In life Is a public outrage, yet
there Isn't w*ck we don t bar one do
I', and the qu-er ihlrg about It all Is
that site Is In and ad • arnrst and considers
herself a poor, put-upon. down-trodden
member of the community.
Presn't she n cd somebody to give her
a g,.od -bnkt. g end nmk- h r remember
her mercies? Bhe talks about the liberty
c.f the bachelor woman, and never stops
to think that liberty's other name for a
woman 1 loneliness. The woman who can
go and com. as she pleases I* the most
forlorn creature on earth, because ll
meat a that nob dy cares w hen she goes
whether sto ever comes back or not The
hou* keep ng woman complains of her
druuger>. Doesn't she have tme everv
day if her life to lay down If she feels
b,i dy? Dcesn t she have leisure to gossip
with a neighbor? Poes she have even the
-llgli'es' conception of the work of the
hard-driven woman In a store or office,
who can't oven afford herself the luxury
Of time to be sick? As for the pay. count
mot. ;.our lingers, my d"ar discontented,
domestic woman all the huslm*" and pro
fessional women you know who earn
enough to enable them to live In the style
you do. and tell me If you don't think
you have got a pretty good paying, soft
Job? Any woman who has got a good
husband and * good It me lias drawn the
capital prize In th* lo'tery of life, snd
she ha* no right to be anything but hap
py hetself and make other prop), happy.
•Another woman who would be benefited
t.y a good shaking Is the married woman
who clings to the Idea that she Is a fas
cinator, I don’t mn the wicked wo
men. who may be trust'd to look out for
thorn selves, but Just those mushy. t>ly.
-entlnr cnlal creature" who carry on mild
' <
w""> arc always talking about affinities.
Th y wear a far-away. pathetic look, and
t. c r sttong suit t* being "misunder
stood ” Their husband* never understand
th. m. by any chance. end they vaguely
hint that they are pining away under th#
withering blight. Poor, dear. John la good
of cours. They don't crittcl"# him (here
they heave s sigh) but he Is #, martial.
He lent s uiful ilk# iliey at# He couldn’t
simply live on Ella Wheeler Wilcox, he
repeal a atngle passionate Une
THE MOKNING NEWS: SEN DAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1900.
*lv a g aw |> It la on this class
Chronic Diseases mi
tAII aorta of drugs nd patent medicines and family ram. -
dte* are tried; medical “Institute*" and ’’Companies’ are
resorted to. hut the condition become* woric rather than
It t* the nature of the d!sea*e Itself, together w-lth all
Us complications which meet be studied before any sys
tem of treatment can tie prescribed. It Is an Individual
pcrrooal treatment which i* needed In every chronic case,
whether It 1., 1-088 OK MANLY VIOOK. VARICOCELE,
* BTHIf*TI HE, BLOOD I’OIWJNINtI. <>K ANY FORM OF
OCNITAI. OR URINARY COMPLAINT It I* such treat
- ment that I)r. Hathaway give* hi* patients, ami such treat-
J i ,i 1- met I I n_ht hi* l>. • n proved hv th- uni
formlty and Invariability of hi* cures for the past It year*,
a record which has placed him far tn advance of all other
J. New Inn Hathaway. M.D. |„. tullri* tn the treatment ot v’hronlr Plains.*
Call at hi* olßtc or write him for free consultation and advice, for a copy of his
new 41-page book. M.nllins*. Vigor. Health." nnd self-examination symptom blank
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j. NEWTON HATHAWAY. M. U. ~ m Bundaye to ant. to Ip. m.
Dr. Hathaway A Hi.,
Jf, A BRYAN STREET. SAVANNAH. HA.
frrm Hwlnhume io sav- hi* Ilf*. and the
only thlig that would r?lly thrill him
would b* a ruLe In Ids ? a ary. Thla type
of woman ll\*a mostly In hotels and
boarding houses. *ber *h has nothin*
to do but feed her 111-rtgulut and mind on
problem novels and erottc |Hirjr, and
that she doesn’t oft. ner coma to grief
mu*t le attributed lo the long suffering
mercy of that providence that watches
over children and Imbeciles. Btia Isn’t a
had woman at In art Bhe doesn’t really
mean to do any harm 8h? is merely sen
timental and \an. but she has wrecked
hoims and earned murders It isn’t the
Intentionally criminal who do th*' most
harm In this world. It Is the silly foole
Everybody who has hoarded about mu h
knows dosena of such women, and no sen
sible person ever sees on** without wish.
In* they could take h**r by the shoulder*
ard jrtv** her a good shaking. and act her
feet once more on the atralght path of
honest living.
I)el>orah Sam peon, who enlisted In the
Continental army as Robert fthurtleff. was
one of the most dashing and brave of
fighters for the omme of liberty. Bha en
listed in % liusotta regiment and
served thr** years before It was known
that the*brave soldier was a woman. ”Bhe
was token 111 In Philadelphia.” soys h
writer In the lanll***’ Home Journal, "and
the hospluii nurse had pronounced her
dead, but a slight gurgling attracted her
doctor’s attention: he placed his hand over
her heir, and finding, to his surprise, an
Inner waistcoat tightly compressing her
breast, ripped It open. Bh* wax Immull
ately removed lo the matron’s |wrt
ments, where everything was done for her
• omfort. The commanding officer, upon
learning that Ids aid w.s a woman, grant
ed her an honorable discharge, and pre
sented her with a letter from Wa.*h*ng
ton commending her aervb es. The Kem
ble soldier stood before him with shining
eyes tilled with tears and thanked him
many times, begging him to ask that her
fellow soldiers be told, and that he a**k
them to tell him If she had don© aught
Whet Could K* Sweeter Than This New Ball Ores# Petticoat of White Taffeta,
with Its Deep Flounce of Pal. Blue Bilk. Oarnlshed with How* of Thick Cream
Chenille snd Falling In Points t?pon Fan* of White Bilk, Edged with a Quilling
of the Same? ___
that was unbecoming n woman. This was
done and her comrades and officers de
clared their respect for her was unbound
ed Upon her honorable discharge from
the army she returned to her mother's
home, striving lo escape the calumny
which followed her singular career. After
Gen Washington became president he
wrote a most cordial letter to Mrs. Gan
nett (Deboiah Sampson—she having mar
ried In the meantime)' Inviting 'Robert
Shurtleff' to visit him. Bhe accepted end
was treated with the greatest honors by
the President and residents of Washing
ton."
Within a year Bt. Louis ha* lost by
death six bachelors, say* the Post-Dls
patch of Urns city, every one of whom
would have been considered a good risk
by Insurance companies. All the'"' gen
tlemen were clubmen and active men of
business. They were good liver*, but not
given to dissipation of any kind They
were all s hourly, book-loving and de
voted to healthy social pleasure* They
excelled In athletic exercise, but never car
ried sports to an excess. Pneumonia car
ried off five of these bachelors. th other
succumbed to throat disease after an Ill
ness of a few day*. The record Is re
markable. leading wholesome lives, be
yond the reach of want or worry, having
troop* of friends and good iro*pcct* of
long and prosperous careers, these men
passed away years before what would
have been k*okl for as the appointed
time Was It because of their bachelor
hood? I* marriage worth twenty or
twenty-five years to a man? There 1*
plenty of opinion, but no knowledge. Or
was It because they were too healthy?
Borne men are proud of tbelr heatth. Thev
recklessly expos*- themselvea to oil sortx
of weather— sometime* once too often. On
the other hand, men who cannot boost
robust constitutions guard their frame#,
husband their strength, study feeling and
often live long The suggestion Is para
doxical perh*|*s, but I* It unreasonable?
I have made not* of the lack of cordl tl
lly In women—and there Is lack—and have
quite tome to the .-oncluaton that tho
cauee of It lies In the fact that woman
kind is a bond Siave to conventionality.
Many time". riys the New York Bun, she
will not be as frankiy cordial as her heart
prompt" her lo be because of that grtm
old fear of being -ml"understood.” A re
gard for conventionality la a good thing—
provided It ts not can is J 100 far. It la
not unwomanly or unmaldenly to be hon
estly cordial. These are some women,
that you and I have met, who pride them
selves on their ability to “keen people at
u distance.” Rend down and let me
whisper this to you, that one day those
same women will learn that It doesn't re
dound to their credit as wonderfully clever
iolks to have been able to du this, for <h*
keeping of “people at distance’* Is a
very easy thing to uo Nothing la easier.
’’People” will seek the distant *• them
selves very quickly if you meet them as
though you grudged your smile*, and the
effort It cost >ou to greet them
I would not u*k the young woman I
know to bestow h r friendship w ithout
thought or caution, but I would ask her
that once she has me< agreeable congenial
people she will show toward them a cor
dial manner, aa cordial as they have a
right to expect, ll Is no algn of aui*erlor
character or Intellect, my dear girl, to
assume indifference to the workl of men
und women. Home one may have preach
ed you a little sermon about how neces
sary and beautiful Is “poise of manner
In u woman ” But poise of manner doe*
not mean, or should not mean, the stifling
of all sincere emotion. Take care lest In
cultivating poise you drop into the habit
of indiffeience. 1 grant you sometimes in
difference suvea one a lot of petty cares
that Intelsat will bring about, but some
how a woman seems the happier when !*•
Is interested in the comings and going*
and saying.* find doings of others.
It b so restful to you and to me to go
Into the home where a cordial reception
uunit* us. We are asked to take off our
hats. In reai old hospitable fashion, Just
ms though It was once taken for grunted
we were sure of our welcome aid had
come for a good long chat. When we pin
on our hatr to go away we are aa cheerily
nped on our way as we were greeted
when we came. And we are happier than
we were before we made the visit. for
down in our hearts there Is the soothing
consciousness that we had been welcome
guest*
If you sre the mistress of s home learn
to be eordlel. The men of your household,
vo-tr sons and your daughters, and the
"slrcmlet within your gales." will love
and admire you for this charming trait
Home, you know. Is something more than
just four wall*. A maker of verses has
written this that I love to quote, and
which I hope you have found true In your
own domicile:
"Home I* the resort
Of love. Joy. of peace and plenty; where
Hu|iprtlng and supported, polished friend#
And dear relations mingle Into bliss.”
Hundreds of tourist# had the opportu
nity at 1-akc George lasi Saturday of
notching the finale of a summer flirtation,
says the New York World. The young
man was about to leave on the steamer
Horleon. The young woman wae to stay
behind. Bhe had accompanied him to the
steamer, but. to hi* great dismay, lied
refused to give him a surreptitious klxs.
Thinking to tease him. she waited till
the landing plank was being hauled aboard
and called out to him:
"You can have that now.”
In n *e<-ond the agile young man had
eleared the space between the boat and
the pier, and the girl was taken at her
word tn full eight of the steamer. The
captain paused with hla hand on the sig
nal bell and walled until the young mm
was safe on board. The passengers re
ceived him with shout* of applause, end
Ihe pilot snort*d the whistle in triumph.
As for the gtrl, she was seen no more that
afternoon.
The t*n Shoe for women will soon be
rut ml vied among the things of the past.
Without n eingle exception Ihe makers
report a marked falling off In the demand
for them and some concern* have not
sent out any samplea of them for tit’s
season.
Tan shoes for women were always re
garded by shrewd men In the shoe busi
ness a* more or less of a fad and were
not expected to become on established
feature of the business. One of the entef
causes for the loss of popularity which
the tan "hoe ha* sustain*"! I* the fact that
n tan shoe. else for size, looks larger than
Ihe black shoe. That alone was enough
to bring II Into disfavor and when. In
niMltton. It I* considered that the tan
shoe, ro mat'er how 'nstefully made,
could never compare with Mack shoes of
standard make*- in style or neatness of ap
pea ranee. Be speedy decline In public
iawr as soon as the novelty of the tnno
vation had worn off followed • a mut
ter of course.
This does not apply, however, to the
more eluoora:** article* got up In fancy
t'otors, such as rd. blue. pink, ate . which
are meeting with more and more favor
The (am y i>H|n*'n* nmt xn* tu<k* lit
tfoee shade* of lent her, and furnished
with the French or Louis XV *•*! heel,
are being made N> grout number* this
seanm by Lynn mavni far Hirers, wno re
port most gratifying results In the de
mand.
Never before at Kara toga hove large
women worm i) of stature and weight or
either—been a* much In style a* during
the presedt season. Men who have been
visiting Haratog.t for thirty year* sol
emnly affirm that never during that whole
time were there an rnunv women Who
weighed fr-an 175 to 3*o pou'*l* a* r*‘
on view* thin *raon There is .il*o expert
testimony to *e tired Hmt never tm\>
there been *o many overdressed women
stel such m vast display of dt imotutr, tur
quote** amt nutr<juWc ring*.
One of the women guests at the Grand
I’nion Hotel is conspicuous for l*>th her
weight and hleht She I* at least 6 f*-t
.1 llV’lie* tail aial weigh* I?;• pound* She
I* aleo fltvounixii the moet tastefullx
garbed womnn In Saratoga, for in spite
of h*r immense proi>ortlon* she is most
ndmtrnbty at.d suitably gowned. Isth
morning rd evening The other large
ladles who sit on the piaxxas of the Grand
Futon an* dying to find out the name of
her dressmaker.
A well kr>%vn u tresr. who Is herself
well u.lvan til in the henvy-welght clan*,
saul the other evening that she had never
seen a large wrom m who was a* property
attired. *’l will find out her dressmaker, *
she sakJ. “because I need her. Bhe must
be u wonder.”
A well-known artist of Philadelphia re
cently made Ihe statement that not only
has the wvie of frmlnlne beauty changed
greatly wl h n the lost tew decade*, but
that the Gibs n gtrl f to day would have
seemed actually homely to the taste of
forty year* ago.
That thl* statement Is correct a glance
at the portrait of th* girl of to day and
that of her gtandmother will prove It
Is not m*r* ly the Infirmities o f ag* which
moke the grandmother look so frail be
aide her stalwart granddaughter. The fact
Is that American women have Increased
In hlght. breadth and weight In the last
few- year*.
Nor Is that all. When the girl of to-day
f.dnta It Is not <onsidered a sign of her
extreme sensibility nnd related to her
glory. A doctor Is onlled 111 to prescribe
for the phys cal Irang> m* nt w hich ha*
<ati**d It. Hit# no longer purses up her
mouth after the prunes and prisms fash
ion of bygone y.ars; she runs about the
campus of Bryn M iwr or th*- board walk
nt Atlantic tlty al ke without a hat until
her skin takes on ti which her an
cestors would have coldly likened to that
of a milkmaid. 8h- wnlks. wh* els and
plays golf until she cannot carry out the
traditions of the family by approaching
the altar In her grandmother’s wedding
shoes: her hands also could scarcely con
form to the rules of beauty laid down In
former years, and yet. to our eyes, she
Is much handsomer than the simpering
lirgw-rytd rr* n :urc who stood for beauty
In the portrait* of bvgone years.
What the ghost of dead ancestors would
say rouli! they step from the frame* of
their portraits Is qulta another matter.
People are very apt to believe that fin*
feathers make fine hlr.ls, say* th# New
York Tribune, end that If they see men
or women surrounded by the external
mark* of affluence they have a gore I social
position- deduction which In nine cases
out of ten lx a mistaken one. This Is
especially the case on the continent, and
Americans who lack worldly wisdom are
often taken In by showy fc-llow travelers
who In the end prove anything but de
sirable acquaintances, although they may
succeed In palming themselves off on our
credulous country worn* n us personage* of
rank and puslllon. On the other hand,
shabby people often turn out lo be per
sons of consequence.
"My dear." said a kindly American ma
tron to her daughter, noticing the weari
ness of a plain looking little old lady
traveling with a young girl In the same
compartment as themselves, ami having
th* appearance of a governes*. "ask that
lady If she will lake this air cushion for
her hark. I am sure that II will reel
you," ehe added pleasantly. The civility
was accepted, ami a conversation follow
ed which confirmed the Amerhan In her
supposition, as the old lady spoke of hav
ing com* to Italy to show her young
charge the famous |>b-turea by the great
artlsta. On their arrival at Florence they
lost sight of their fellow travelers, but a
day or two afterward. In the l'ffl*l Oal
lerlee, Miss A— exclaimed: "Mamma
there la your nice old governess with her
pupil! Buppose we go and speak to
them?" Their salutation was returned
graciously. and us the supposed governess
proved to be a delightful critic they mad*
the rounds of the picture* In her com
pany, and when they were about lo leave
Mrs. 8 as a sort of recognition of her
servlet*. Invited the governess to bring
her pupil lo luncheon at their hotel, an
Invitation which was dscllncd with
thanks..
“Perhaps you will let us Join you to
morrow," persisted Mrs. 8 . who recog
nized what an advantage It was to her
daughter lo have such an Intelligent wo
man to discourse on the technique of the
various painters.
"I am sorry," answered the Instruc
tress, a little stlflly. "but our plan* are
too undecided. But." she added, clvlly.
"I hope we shall meet again somewhere."
A* she neared the door a liveried footman
who had been salting with some traps
hastened to .tall a carriage, and the vslet
de place, who wan In attendance on Mr*.
8 and her daughter, came up with an
air of Importance "Zat Is zc English
Duchess of A he announced, ' and
se young demoiselle Is xe Udy Margar
etta ll . her graudchlld."
The next w* ek or two. says the New
Yolk Bun. will mark the mysterious pass
ing of the summer gltl Bhe Ik with us
to-day along the coast p**orta and on the
mountain tops, her arms browned lo Ihe
elbow, her hair out of curl, her conver
sation a bewildering mixture of golf slang
and country dialect, which sh*- acquire*
through mimicking thn natives, with
fr'Cklr* on her -lose and a sunburned
nick to Ihe bsd for the winter dances
ami dinners. Put she doesn't care. That
1* the key not- of the summer girl's ttt
niultuou • hul l liu **. Hhe ha* burrowed In
the sand anil been folded In the embrace
of the wives. Bhe ha* swung her ham
mock between th* grass and Ihe tree*.
*n*l the iar n*vc shone upon her at
night and the mosquitoes have sung her
to sleep and she has made nature's heart
her own.
Her going Is always one of the saddest
notes of autumn It bapp-ns suit' where
berw*en th* hotel and the town. She
leave* the place that she has made glad
with all the weird paraphernalia that Ihe
Itape a stage Her trunks and various
boxes sre disposed about her. together
withal Ithe weird imruphernalta that the
summer woman must carry home with
her Bhe look* like a traveling circus Her
bicycle, her mat <•*#.. her golf club*, her
tennl" lot. with umbrella* and .parasol*
are #ll In evidence, for these are the
things that will not peck and must he
strapp'd on somehow Thus equipped, the
aommer gtrl throws back kisses to the
other girl*. If she Is one of the popular
girl* one or two of the y uth* accom
pany her to the train While the foxy
*utnm<r woman a ways knows enough to
preserve one trig aid rim trave Ing gown
In which to return respectably to town,
the summer girl never doe* this. Bhe has
tco much on her mind during the season
to gtv.- heed t" de alb of lids sort an l
Ihe result ts that "h- goes home with a
somewhat battered hat and gtoveless.
That la how she vanishes in th<* train
that bear* her away. Whin she next ap
pears you meet her In town a demurely
gowned young woman with a dotted veil
and awn o\r her nos* and carefully ar
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No. 4 shout 4,.1n, wide, 4e yd; 38c piece.
No. 5 about 1-In. wide, Qc yd: 45c piece.
No. 7 about l*4-ln. wlda, 5c yd; Mr piece.
No. 9 about Hy-ln. wile, *e yd; Tic piece.
No. )2 nboui 2-ln. wide. Ira yd, tuv piece.
No. PI about Z'y-tn. wide, 12',c yd; t! 10 pc.
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Alt above run 10 yards to the piece. We
mailrlbbon free to all parts of Ihe IT. 6.
rar.g. and hair She carries the newest thing
In umbrellas and a tailor skirt switches
sedately about the limbs, which, silk
stockinged to tho knee, cavorted over the
sandy *k>|c or kicked out In Ihe face of
Father Neptune To talk to Iter about tlte
l.ngllsh overhand stroke or the best way
to make a double somersault dive would
se*m Ilk* profanation, yet these were her
chosen topics but a fw brl*f week* be
fore. It would seem Indecorous to ask her
II aite were still engaged lo the same
man that al.e used lo sit upon the piazza
with evenings until she was talked about,
fo- she has th# dreamy far-off look that
comes fr m face massage. Turkish baths,
manicure parlors and other method* with
which thn girl of autumn kills the last
Sommer girl germ that remains In her
system.
“I do not know how the thing originat
ed. or where It came from." observed on
A f'orner In Ihe Russian Hecllon of the Palace of Social Economy, at 4taa
Parle Exposition, Showing a tlounter of a Russian Temperance Club Room.
old resident to a Washington Star report
er. “but I do know of a custom In my
boyhood days tn Washington, say fifty
years ago. that, a* far a* I ran learn,
dor* not exist now. It was of draping
street-door knob* with purple or tfttad
rrtaored ribbon* the day a wedding was
to Is- celebrated In a house Ii was Ihe
custom certainly In the ohl First Word
all 0 f the. city lying between Fifteenth
Street and Rock Creek—and 1 am sure In
some other section#. If not all over the
city I was total once that tho custom
prevailed in Rnrope many years ago, but
h.l fallen Into disuse there. Very oflen,
t( the occupants of the house, the parent#
of the hrtaie, or others tltal not provide
the outside decoration, friends furnished
it. The mark wait hung ilke the ordinary
runertU crape from the outside door-knoo.
In the great majority of the case* a pur
ple ribbon wu* used, but I have seen s
gold-colored ribbon used. The ends hung
long always, reaching to the level of the
bottom of the door.
"I have known of this decoration being
placed on door* even without tha con
sent of the par two who were to ba mar
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Mourning Calicoes 6c j
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♦ cakes Aaat, Soup In box to bo*.
Buttermilk Heap 7c box; 85c dozen.
Turblh Haiti 8 cakes for Sr or 35c dosen.
Mountain Hose Z cakes for lt>c; Sic dozen,
t Tut nee lior Soap I cakes for 10c; 3Sc dozen.
Elder Flower Boat. 3 cages for 10c; 3to do*.
Bure Castile Buap 3 cake* for ltc; Me do*.
I’lne Tar Buap 3 rakea Tor 10c; Sto dosen.
l-o*. fllycerln* Bo >|> 1 cakes for JOc; 3Xc .1,
*-ox. Glycerine Hoop 2 cakes for lie; 75. and.
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Apple Blossom Powder* So box; 40. dozens
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Dressing Combs tc to 10c each.
Pompadour Combs 15c to 20c each.
Ilalr Brushes to lo 20c; Tooth Brusheg to.
rled, and Ohdaratood that It >• done ay
instruct ton of the cjnrgyman wtio was to
perform the marriage, and who did It for
his own protection In cases where !h*
marriage banns had not been regu.arty
made public in tho church. The custom
of reading out marriage banna was al
moet universal In the early days of Wash
ington. all denominations Joining In It.
In some churches, they were resnl on three
successive Hund.iy*, In other* on two
Bundays, ami In others one Sunday. In
ease* where the people who were lo ha
married were not churchgoer*, or who
did not desire liuit their banns sttould be
.atbllxhed tn the churches, some etergv.
men demanded that pubtto notice sttould
lie given of the wedding by lha door-knob
decoration, which was hung 'at early
breakfast time.' and remained on the
knob until after the wedding was cele
brated In rases where there were to
be weddlnge at churches I have known of
• similar sign being given. Horn* min
isters objected very seriously to the cus
tom. thouiih other* were ae strongly In
Ita favor. I have not seen anythin*, nor.
Indeed, heard any one talk even, of .‘to
custom for at leaat fifty year*, but It was
very generally ohaerved a half century
ago here, and, for all I know, In otnar
cities. *'
A woman, auya the New York Press,
never forgives a man for his klndneaa In
bringing her husband home drunk.
Probably Ihe love of the angels for man
is as tender and sweet sa the love of an
old maid for the new minister.
A woman's way of getting even with
her husband for showing her that aha
was wrong t* by not admitting It.
A man cant plenae nil women part of
the time or one woman ell of thu time,
but he cun always smile gt all of tbclr
babies.
Probably women are so fond of babies
because they alwgya act like they knew
they could get anything they wanted U
they only made row enough.
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