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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 ■ iimuTAii LI ITU Ailf AV t/l n Office hour*: 9to 11 m., 110 5 and Tto 9 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 See the Blanket Window. Thff Pine Blankets now on Exhibition in our Eastern Window are the best bargains ever offered. The Goods are clean and fresh and will please the critical. 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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 Nainsook Checks Be India Llr.nn sc| Indigo Calicoes sc! Mourning Calicoes 6c j lie Japanese Fans ..Be 16c Infants' Caps ?cj Nice Wash Huge Sc ltk' Embmlderle, Sc BOAPA AND TOILET ARTI'’LEB ♦ 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. Domino 80.-tp 3 enk.-s for 10c; 2c dozen. IJltl# Pet Face Powders 3e box; 25c dozen, Apple Blossom Powder* So box; 40. dozens Exquisite Powders to box; tor dozen. Bweet Bye and live Cologne!:*- ool; ll.Wdl 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. 13 Bed TsMc Cloth lto Cream Damask 2to White Damask Mo •h.-ets Silo I amide Blicb toa Me Towel* UaC 115 c Bath Towels to TANARUS" yards 84-Inch Diaper..oto