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Fashionable
—- A " d Reliable
Dry Goods.
JACKSON, METZGER
& CO.
Oonflnlnjt onr offorts to tho Dry Goods and kindred line*
proper and conducting it with the peculiar advantage of
“SPECIALTIES,” we claim to be in a position at all times
to offer exceptional inducements.
Our buyer. Mr. Jackson, has devoted his time and at
tention to the selection of the stock generally, having in
view that goods that are “bought right are half sold,” to
gether with the superior facilities for gratifying the public’s
taste we enter upon the Autumn and Winter season with
the following SPECIALS selected from the different de
partments :
50 pieces Double Fold Diagonal Dress Goods, all seasonable
colorings, the yard (Dress Goods (Section First F100r)... .12/4
40 pieces Woolen Cheviots. 1 yard wide, six different shad
ing, the yard (Ou Center Table First Floor) 25c
So pieces Melton Suiting, MS inches wide; Gray, Tan, Green
and Navy Blue, by the yard (Dress Goods Section) 59c
JO pieces Double Wary* English Tweeds. 54 inches wide;
suitable for Separate Skirts, the yard (Dress Goods IV nj
purtment) VI. Zu
pie-es Colored Reversible Skirting—Plaid ou one side,a i nr
Plain the other, the yard (Dress Goods Department) tbI.ZD
& Boys’ fh Boys* Blue and
m 3j 2s, fe‘s
70/ All Wool, stylnb $1.75 Wff J
and P Boys* 3- Piece . i * o **'
f I Suits, 11 6 to 15
~w Fancy Trimmed* $2 75 years -39 c
JUVENILE AND LADIES’ SUIT
Dept., 2d Floor, Elevator.
lftO piece Haviland Dinner Set; choice of three decorations;
worth $.‘15.00; special) Basement) (25
101-piece Porcelain Dinner Set, worth 112.75; on sale at
(Basement) $9.98
100 piece White Porcelain Dinner Set, worth |8.50; Septem
ber sale price (Basement) (6.48
English Porcelain, Flow Blue. Cups. Saucers and Plates,
worth 12|c; Monday, each (Basement)
Good Toilet Paper, roll or pkg. (Basement) 4c
Scrubbing Brushes, (Basement) 4c
Nice Bread Boards, the ISc kind, (Basement) 10c
Patent Potato Mashers; worth 50c —Monday (Basement).. 34c
Nutmeg Graters, each (Basement) |c
Japanned Salt and Pepper Boxes (Basement) (c
MILL END SALE of RED TABLE
DAHASK.
200 pieces, short ends of Red Tahle Linen, fast coloring, afllCp
factory price, (Linen Section, Ist Floor), the yard mill)
250 pieces short ends, 2,3. 5 and fi yards of Red Tahle pane
ask; reliable colors, ou sal** at —(Linen Section Ist I-loor)Q C A
—the yard
200 pieces short ends of Red Tahle Damask. 2,3, 4 und 7 A f|p
yards— Section, Ist Floor) —the yard "WW
AGENTS BUTTERICK PATTERNS AND PUBLICA
TIONS. —(Pattern Dept., Ist Floor.)
Jackson, Metzger & Cos.,
RELIABLE
DEPARTMENT DEALERS AND ADVERTISERS,
Cor, Broughton and Whitaker Sts.
ALL CARS PASS OUR DOOR.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER Iff. 1000.
WOMAN’S
WORLD.
The crying n*#l i>f (ho hour l* for
women of n*rv*'. Not sickly, nervous
women, of whom, hc.ivcn knows, ih* r
ere more then enough We want no
in ore of ilhmv lurnhy-p.imbv erratur*#
who He on m cou< h ell day. and who
• hive: end moan If anybody flaur* a looi
in the next 14> k We can also gel alone;
In peace and happiness without any ad
dition to the large elMertiood of thOsa
who call their Irritability and bid temper
nerve*, and if a merciful Provident e
ehoukl ##© fit to remove the helpless ones
who eie always primed and ready to go
off tmo hysterics whenever they might le
of son*' uae in the world, they would
never be missed. What w- need is more
women of hard, good eenee. of clear grit,
who hove the courage to look life square
ly In the face and live up to ite responsi
bilities. Women whom* love m.tkea them
strong. not Wfak Women who do not
•by a way from their duly every' lime !t
look* a little hard. Women who can work.
Instead of weep. Women of nerve.
Firm and forenx*t. sjjs Dorothy Dtx
In the N*w Oricana Picayune, we need
mothers of nerve. There Is a great deal
of nonsense talked about the retrogres
sion of the modern child. Everywhere
you go there Is a perfect wall about the
par Hies*. the lack *< discipline and obedi
ence manifested by the children, and it
Is a fact that a child who would muni
when It waaepoken to—straight off, with
out arguments, or entreat lee, or bribes—
would be a curiosity so great it would
be worth traveling miles to see. and we
would regard It pretty much like we
would a megatherium, or a dodo, or any
other wilder of nature of which we have
heard, but which we had never been priv
ileged to bt-hokl before. Things have
come to such a |*as* that even a moder
ately well-behaved child is a kind of In*
fant phenomenon, while the most cotn
l >
babe in arms who coerces the entire fam
ily and yells murder every time anybody
dures to cross his sovereign will.
Kvery day of our lives we hear moth
ers sorrowfully complaining that they
can’t control their children, and have no
authority over them “1 an* so worried
about my Susie.** one of them will say,
'peaking of her young daughter. "She
won t listen to m** at all. She wants to
!e dressed up and parading the streets
all the time, and Is growing so forward,
and rude, und bold, and making Mich un
desirable acquaintance*. I fear." "Or.
perhaps, it Is a mother who tr||* you
with t*ars about her 12 or 13-year-old
boy, whom she can't keep at home a
nights, who is learning to rmnke cigar
ettes, and use vile language, and acquire
the wavs of <t hoodlum. "Why don't you
forbid It?" you ask. "Why do you per
mit your children to do things that you
know will mean their ruin?" The wom
an turns her eves upon you In h©l|4eas
bewilderment. "Forbid It?" ahe repeats
"Why, I have a dozen time*, but It
doesn't make the slightest din>rem*e.
They go right along. Just as If 1 hadn’t
spoken." What can you say to auch a
woman? Absolutely nothing by way of
comfort. Just as far as she could she
has committed the unpar don aide sin to
w-arts her child, and It Is too late to un
do it.
Nobody In their sense* believe for one
moment that the natural child now differs
in any wav from all other children that
have been born since the creation of the
world. The difference is in the mother*
What we lack Is the strong-handed,
high-principled unsentimental mothers
of the past, who net their childrens' feet
In the right direction, ami who Inculcated
the doctrines of obedience, self-control
and respect for authority with nhysl *al
force whenever the Juvenile sinner was
tempted to otray from the straight and
narrow path. We have too irony mothers
who are too weak to make their children
obey; who are so foolishly fond they can
not see any of their darlings’ faults, and
who are too lazy to make th** struggle
necessary to curb a strong-willed young
ster. even If they did The greatest danger
that threaienes this country to-day la noi
expansion, or the silver fallacy, or en
tangling alliances abroad. It Is the ntolb
re without nerve enough to raise their
children right.
Thr.. Klf***—
Wtwn Arm I klKwd you, 'tw full on
your mouth.
K.(i nr blmhblrd'n ch*rry. Tou re
ran.
•Tw rprime, thr *oft air amrllln* of th*
South;
’ The whole world soy arul you say mwl
of all.
You inushe<A—'hot low. iweet. tender,
blrdllke trill
Whl.h made the very bobolink be still.
When next 1 kL*ed you. ’twaa upon the
cheek.
Molded )ut round enough. 'Twae au
tumn then
And you were graver grown, and did not
apeak.
But Deemed In wonder at the waya of
men.
And yet you smiled So dear a .mile It
wa
That It seemed sudden .ummer over us
I
When last I kls*ed you, dearest flwrt of
Cold.
My lips jowl brushed your forehead
You were sad.
Ami It was winter. All the world was
ok!
But at the touch, my love swelled flerce
and glad;
For then 1 felt you tremble, and saw fall
Two great, alow tears. Ah, that waa best
of oil!
Post Wheeler In New York Pres*.—
Rhe had returned rather early to her
Imme In Chicago and m shaking oul
her t-atlilng suit preparatory to laying It
away for another aeaaon. "I say, John,
1 eup(*o you Inive heard of May's en
gagem.nl?" ahe queried. "Old. wasn't
It? Rummer engagements always
Kor they're the rareat thin* on earth.
"Kor Instance, we hear an awful lot
of the apoontnn that got* on there -and
we aee an awful lot. too. And that’* Just
why we seldom hear of a summer cngage
ment."
She nodded her head very widely—as If
she hod saaat'lously thougnt out a very
knotty problem to a satisfactory solution.
"To brain with.” she went on. "no one
who goes a- summerlna roea In a serious
mood. One goes there light brained, or
If one Isn't that way when the vacation
start Is made, why It Isn't very lon* be
fore this mixing with other people cels
you in a eondltlon to frivol. And nothing
is taken seriously, least of all lovrtnuk-
Ing If n man holds hands with a girl
twenty-four hours after he has met her.
and then before three days have elapsed
he Is apoonintc with her—well, that Isn't
tho sort of girl he wants to marry. She
Is too rosy. If she'll allow him to make
love to her In three days, why, the
r-hnmv-s sre that she won't be a lilt more
{(articular with some other fellow. The
man doesn't think that way nt tlrst, for
he Is so Messed eaolislleal that he Im
agine* there's never another pebble on
the sounding beach. Hut If by sntn.o,
rhtin'o a serious though* of marriage
should eome to him while he's changing
his collar for dinner, then he thinks how
easy of conquest he found the gfrl— and
he puls the marriage question on one
vkW
"Now, the girl who doesn't spoon or
who doesn't 'talk honey' Is a very lonely
exception to well-followed rule. Ami
that's Just why a summer engagement la
as rare as • summer man with brains,
for the more a girl spoons tbs leas chance
she has of being engaged and everybody
spoon* In umm*r linn-!"
"Everything comes If a man will only
Wall" Is a proverb that applies to social
a<(grants wl a* those who are am
bitious In other ways, and If to that Is
add'd the quotation that "there comes a
Pde in the affairs of men which, taken
at the flood, bads on to fortune." the
two, taken together form an almost In
fallihb- rule i„r worldly advancement At
a fashion.ii c watering place, eaya the
Now Yolk Tribune there §u Ideitly ap
peared oi: the * n- a man who had mad**
a fortune in Wall Siro’f, who. although
very well thought of In the buMne-e com
munity. w*a quite unknown in th world
of society Fa hi onaid men. as a rule,
are bv no means cordial In welcoming
their downtown acquaintances Into their
exclusive sc*ial circles, and Mr. It. found
hlme|f to hie surprise courteously and In
definably gnubh'd whenever h made an
effort to p-hi th* Invisible barriers that
separated lilm from the smart >rt. **!
though he did what they dt l. and pu f In
a* grod an appearance - any man l*i Old
port. I.h aun ninl ll . h‘ * yacht and hi*
horses til l*efrg quite faultlc*-. A* theta
was no real rew.-on why Mt It. rhould In
kept out of the clubs, etc . he got a* far
as the threshold of the charmed circle,
and there he s emed to -top Too * b ver
to give any entertainments to wh ch Ju-t
the people he wanted would not come, or
in any way to deserve the epithet "push
ing." he acquired, on the contrary, the
imputation of U Ing extremely *h> and
rt**rv<l, and under the cloak of th so at
tribute* bitted his time. Finally his op
portunity came, and without hindrance
h* stilled his bark Into the haven where
he wou and be.
It o Iwppened that Mrs Tl|top found
that she would be obliged to go to town
In th* middle of the summer to ho'd an
Important consultation with her dress
maker. and she had arrange*! her return
so that she would be Just In tlm- to dr<
for on.* of h r most Imi-Tiunt <1 inner* of
the *•;:■ on. gi\*i for a Continental It
II As she ha l allowed for a couple of
hours' re*t and n abundance of tune for
dressing, eh** *•• n-ldere*| that she had am
id* margin, wh n an unforaren aci ident
wrecked a freight train ahead of th**m and
blocked all travel The conductor, who
had been on the r ad fur a numlw r of
v mu on l who knew a'l the cottager* of
dlt(fiction at Oldport bv sight, was con
stilted In h‘*r dilemma a- to the possibil
ity of ii "special." but that, he sail,
would be Impossible as to proceed with
th*ir own train There wa* nothing to 1>
but wait. After a while the conductor
■■ L ff*''• |rv...\ *. Y'%>'>• ■.. A t
Th#*s** ar* two mpfrb ommplM of th# now IVrwlan lamb fOiili r#r*nlly ln>ffc'rf
r.l a** will b* notwd. they f*xt*nl *•* m>ro than two ln*h*a D low tlr hl|ya. hav#
high fl.irlitg oolara and r#v#rK. fli anugly nl ahow a v#ry flight fuinewa over tha
arm hole. Mult* are of medium alae and elaborately docorolcd.
came lack. "There Is a g-ntlenan on
~„rd. a Mr B . who la going lo Old
port,’' he said, "who has sent a meaaenger
from a nearby farmhouse to the nearest
telegraph station to wire for his s'om
yacht, which he can board about half
I mile away It will probably arrive In
an hour. a. he expected It 'o moe. the
train at the next station Could he not
take Mr- Tiptop on boat’d^*'
•Oo and ask him. Tiptop, said hi wife
• , am sure the man will be only °
Ighled " eh with the arrogance
of h-r position But to her surprise her
usually complaisant husband flatly re
• No. by the Ixird Harry.' 'he ‘V-'lared
"I will do nothing of the kind You told
me. Julia *hnl you would not have hint
Introduced to you at Oldport. and now
you wmt me to go and aka favor of
him You 1-wn't expect him to be at your
b*rk aiul rx*ll. M . . ..
Mr Tiptop on th* aw tint ion
"I will it** myself!" she exclaimed with
sudden determination, and under the con
voy of the conductor she walled Into the
next l-ullman. w Introduced by the lat
ter to Mr It nnd proffered her request.
which was. of course, promptly grant'd
SUe asked Mr B to waive ceremony
ind dine with them tint evening, to meet
II It 11. As she waa miking with him
up came a couple of Oldport Society men,
who were also on the train, ami had heard
rumors of . possible rescue
"Won'* you introduce us to Mr B T'
they legged of Mrs. Tiptop, who. to he
surprise, found herself doing the honors
of an Impromptu yachting party for Mr
|) , for there were half a tfcwen of Iter
acquaintances In the -ume dilemma, and
she was too good natured to nail away
without making “ n effort to help them. A
straw ride |n ti wagon was Improvised,
nrsl on hour lalrr saw a merry, friendly
lrly waiting on the shore for the yacht's
Irtmch. which landed them safely on
Isatrd. A quick run and a eafe arrival In
time for the various functions for which
nearly all the parly were engaged com
pleted the sense of obligation which all
felt toward their kind host, and the re
sult, It Is needless to say. was all that
llr B could have wished.
Hold On In the Kunheam
Catch the sunbeam—keep It!
I-e* It never stray;
In the family clrrle
I.r* It e'er have sway.
I-rt no angry moment
H er Ms brightness mar.
Let the sunbeam, shining.
Banish strife afar.
Catch *he sunbeam—keep Itl
'TIs a beam from Heaven;
Whence not only brightness.
But all good is given.
Precious, loving sunbeam.
Never flit away;
Cheering, helping, gladdening,
liter near me s' tv
Albert Midland.
A Christian B-lentlst has tried to make
tho writer believe, nays the Chicago
Chronicle, that all through the numerous
hot spells Chicago has suffered from this
summer true Christian Scientists were not
disturbed by the heat at ull. The person
who believes that, and yet Is not himself
of the eult, cannot fall to envy the people
who hav* so far conquered matter by
mind that they can stt around and look
placid and quite as If they were surround
ed by teni|erttture of ?*) d-grrc* when
everyone i*- is perspiring and irritable
and about the color of u bailed lobster.
Mental * lence of thla delightful sort
Isn’t common .monc women, but there is
a certain kind that's u ed bv medh-al prac
titioners when they have nervous and hya
terlcal i itlcrts with whom to deal tliet
often proves efficacious.
Not long wg. for instance, n physician
who hu 1 e pa*lent of thi- sor tried r.rn
edy af'er r n dy without avail The ill one
remained w* .k and languid nnd stupid
Finally her do. tor h and .in Inspiration.
"Well. I'm going to try the I* tried
treatment now." lie remarked genkilly one
morning * 1 w nt \ou to have n couple of
i.fff sdk fro u ni !• at on-■* and to wear
them constundly. The silk may help to
eflei't a urc "
"Bui doctor. I can't stand tip long
enough t* be titte*l " tiu patient objected,
but a IT.tic animation had crept Into her
eyes.
"Oh' ves you can," replied the other,
"there'll be i dressmaker her*- to-day with
samples from which you're to select your
fro ks. ami I want you to have them
nut do at once."
Well, he had them made nt once She
go* up that afternoon nnd looked over half
,i doyen fashion books and discussed *ol
ors sud garnitures and the superiority of
sidf-plalttngH to flounces ns twenty-four
hour- earlier she would not h.tv believed
she could Then when the fro ks came
h**m* the> were so pretty and so very be
coming that ahe wh glad t. obey her
physklan' h*-hes* and wear them con
stantly. paying up arrears In culls and
going t receptions and card parties until
she was well enough to stay at home and
wear a colton frock and dust the reception
room.
Peoj lc do not always sufficiently con
sider the chances of the post In arranging
for their gu*t avs the New York
Tribune. many things mny *lelay the
reception of a letter b . nee from the
place addressed, tardy le Ivery. forgetful
ness on the part of the p*rn to whom
It Is U.trusted, etc so that every* letter
written may b* nil to have one chant#
In ten against Its prompt delivery.
"1 wish that Ju-t because I live I In
loimkvn for u few years 1 would not have
k tier: of liitioilucilon rent me by ev*rv
ttavellng Flnglish petson!" exclaimed Mrs.
A . plaintively, to a friend w!m> was visit
ing her. "I received yesterday n letter
frm an acquaintance introducing ♦ Daily
Mary Frump, who sent me the Introduc
tion, together with a not** from herself.
eaylng thnt. If convenient. f*h would
him iwi io-day with tm The globa trotting
women always fancy they can do anything
they ehoone In America: Fancy InvWing
hcroelf In that way! I wrot** at once, toy
ing 1 rear* tied m very mm li that 1 would
♦*• away iron) home trwbay, but that I
would do m>>*N the (l* a*ure of • .ailing
upon her. n* I aim ply could not aland the
lnfll-tk>n of an Fnglhh hoiimii in thl*
hent betit on 'making ropy* out of my
home and family, for I bear aha Intend#
writing a hook of travel*."
"What 1# that coming up the avenue, **
win* euddenly exclaimed. "D aurely Done
of the station trap'*; who could have *r
rlvidr* and then mu a toll Imm)v woman
emerged Ir.m the craiy old carriage arwl
pro* ceilexl to pay the driver a eu Ub n *u*-
plclon o ciirred t< her. which wn* qnFkly
verified. It wa* I*idy Mary, who had noi
received h**r # ..t who wou'd ?!nd It
on her return, and *e through her #ub
terfuge. A* Kady Mary proved. In *plte
of her #ceentrlc|ty, a very Interesting com
panion, Mrs. A. regretted more and more
her unlucky note and the emharra**lng
situation for both when lady M iry ehouUl
find It on her return to the hotel. An ex
planatWx) m-emed Impcrativa. hut bow
shou and *he m ike it? Wa.-* It beM to Invent
a rcaiM>n for b* ing at home, which would
he obvtoufdy trurnfM<l up for the occasion?
<r should ehe frankly confess her white
He. ami ad< for forgiveneea. while making
It flatteringly apparent how she had real
ly enjoyed the visit? Her good sense fin
ally tlecid<'d 141 wai t ie latter eotirse. Lady
Mary was suffl< lently a woman of the
world to understand ami lough over th#
occurrence, and the two parted the best
of friend* Now I know I eha.l he made
•copy' of In her book!" exclaim'd |oor
Mrs. A "I could sea In her eye that the
situation appeal'd to h< r frcnio- of humor,
and that she- would make u* of H."
On Madison street, says a writer In the
Chicago Herald. I iMUrrd lo |at the nose
of a beautllii! hors, which stool by the
curb, ami commiserate his misfortune, for
this beautiful animal, though sleek of coat
arid ehai-dy In body and limb, w.is appar
ently suffering from excruciating torture.
Ills head had been checked Inhunstniy
high, and the cruel bit, drawing tightly
in his mouth, disfigured an animal face
of unusual charm and Intelligence. I was
Just fancying that the horn- had begun
to understand and appreciate my words
of sympathy, when the lady who set In
the carriage holding the reins fumbled In
her pocket, produced a lump of white
sugar, and naked inn to give- it to the
horse.
"lie Is very fond of sugar,'' she ex
plained. "and I have quite won hla heart
by feeding It to him. I always carry
sugar In my pocket while out driving,
and give him a lump every opportunity.
I never knew a bon* to be so fond of
sugar. Will you please give him another
lutnpT'
"Certainly." I replied; "I see that you
are quite ua fond of the horse as he Is
of sweets."
'•yes. 1 think everything of him."
"Then why do you torture him?"
"Torture my Prince?"
''Yea. that is Just what you are doing
Do you know that the poor animal suf
fers agony because his bead Is ciiecksd
so unnaturally high? HU neck Is drawn
out straight, producing a most ungrace
ful angle, he bolds hla head awkwardly,
the bit U hurting his mouth, and that
graceful curvature of neck and carriage
QUITE A PREVIOUS SALE.
Fall and Winter Garments.
Before opening up our 1900 Garments we have
decided to slaughter without regard to value
a limited number of very meritorious and
well made Ladies' and Misses’ Cloaks and Jackets.
The Sate To Be Positive.
The poods arc to be sold to make room. There
is no other reason for selling them at these
Ridiculous Prices. We consider them given away-.
There will Be No Approval and No Lxchanjje.
100 Ladies’ Jackets, a Gift at $5.00
Tailor-Made from Best Materials, formerly ?9 to sls.
Fifty Ladies’ Jackets Now at $7.88
Genteel Styles, Finest Materials, Prices were up to $lB
100 Misses' Jackets, a Gift at $2.50
All sizes, just the thing for the Girls, Real Value $5.00.
Fifty Misses Jackets Now at 54.88
To tit every a)je. A veritable Bargain; worth $H to $lO
Twenty Ladies' Cloth Suits at 55.44
Go where you will, you could not match them for $lO.
A Few Mete “ Ladies' Suits" 57.88
They are worth Sls and S2O and will sell on sight.
One Dollar “Silks" Now 59c.
A Fine lot of Silks, including some Solid Color Taffetas.
$3 Blankets now $1.89
Special Sale of Blankets at 65c, at $2.69, at $3.49
I5 cts. Cotton Flannel at lOc.
$2.50 Black Skirts at $1.39
$2.50 Flannel Waists It $1.50
$lO Finest Skirts at $5.00
$1.50 Infants’ Dresses at $1
$2.25 Venetian Clotbs at $1.49
$3.50 White Waists at $1.75
Mail Orders Filled Promptly & Carefully
GUSTAVE EGKSTEIN & CO.
f hi which arc In hi* nature arc now
entirely loat. Why ilo you check him so
high?"
She tiltin’! know Sh* was ntH awnrt*
•hat high chocking waa • aotircc of pain
to horses, nor I hal II deauoyrtl their
natural beauty. She was araai-l at thw
discovery.
”My I trouhl* you to unloosen lit*
check?" she aaktxl.
When the strop was unsnappMt llie hotae
lmm<sJtatt-ly lowt red his heitd. siralghl
enett the cramt*- •*' o' l** l * hotulaom*
nr , k. shook himself to make eut" lhal ho
hatt actually been nMeaaed from bondage,
ami then looked round wfllh such a grate
ful. ddlghte.l expression In his Intelli
gent e>-. thai hla mistress declared no
more checking straps should bo used U|>on
him.
*
A couple of rather amusing stories, says
th*> wilier of the lamdon hater of the
N.-w York Motl ami Kgpress. conct-rnlng
the young woman who makes a point of
reading "everything” and of thinking of
nothing, have come to my notice. At
one of the Mg circulating llhrarle. a
smart nnd rather bornd-bwklng young wo
man went up to a clerk und said she
would like anew book "Not "m heavy,
she said, "hits something lhat will amusa
me In this country."
"Would you care for this one ne u k
ed- "It Is Kdna l.yall’s latest story."
"Oh yes " was the riwpnnse. a* the
prettily glm-ed hand was extended for Ihe
volume. "I didn’t know she wrote Then
turning to her friend, who was equally
pretty and equally Insipid "That s the
American girl who used to bent the
Hh ifteshury Theater. <lon‘t you remem
i-.r’’ How nlee for her to he able to write
well as slng-of course I'll take this
!♦ " . .
'llere Is another on* regarding feminine
perspicacity ns to true literary merit '
happened to b# scaled In one of the hlg
railway stations the other day beside a
couple of girls who wer- chattering about
books for summer reading.
"I ntwtyii ke*p up with th<* tiro** in my
reading *' iM on* dam***!; *'ll make# one
po much more tnierulnlnf m* a ronvenm
tlnnnlW." . .
-Yen, ■lwaye *ny dread
fully rlever," the other girl,
rather mournfully, a* If de|.reiicd by her
own stale of mentul darkness. "I suppose
you've read Marie f'orelll'* 'Boy'?"
"Oh yes" responded the literary lady
glibly,* "I always read everything that
ror.Ul writes. Do you know, though. 1
think ahe's done very little good work
imee ah. wro.e Tes." and The Chris
lust then the train came In with a roar
' ! .. rattle, and I left the two maidens
to pursue their own peculiar views re
girding the novelists of the day without
any further observation on the part of
t nv*droppyr.
If you are looking for a novel form of
entertainment. says the Hymens. Herald.
rtt whbh Will require only a eempara-
VMy small mill ty. y* cannot hM upon
, cleverer Idea than at. omelei party ron
' on. girl particularly noted for her orig
inal idea, desired to *•* formality to the
win.ls for tho occasion. and Indulge In a
harm!•** diversion
After n little serious thinking she bod It
all patnned. and on. day last w*l< •>*-
te. tiny buff-colored envelopes ttlttnd
through the mall*. The curds invited the
guests to an omelet contest, Kach recipi
ent Kit requested to wear a lou. h of
yellow in hat or her altlre. When ull wr
assembled the Interesting content began,
one by one each nvm was escort*! to
(i. feoehen by the hostess, who Inform*!
her unwitting partner that he must direct
the cook how to make an omelet. The
maid was to do nothing hut follow hla di
rections. More than one man wished he
were In the PhHlpplncs. but sadly dis
covers! that his whole duly was to make
a simple omelet.
As each omelet was supposed to be fln-
Ishad It was carefully (out of necessity),
rut lit a dish and placed on the buffet,
with the maker'* name on one side. The
women completed their omelets in lea*
than twenty minutes, the edible* being
concocted tn an adjoining room, while it
m* nearly an hour before the last sadly
bewildered man had finished bis duty.
Then the merry party came into the din-
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30 eta. laidtes' Kina L.l**l.' Iloa* Tko
I .nit room ami surveyed the liarellwork.
Such an army of terrible look In* mix
ture* has navar haforc liecn seen.
Soma of th. uiMlali looked Ilka mmli
and milk. A fa* thought till kentng wm
r.-noli a.i. anrt consequently thalra inokal
Ilka had quilt*. Tlia- haul had completely
swaikiwed aavaral up. an [he pan* •r*
displayed to khow tha sorrowful tala. Sev
eral war* fairly wall dona, whila othara rr
a.mld.'l Welsh rurahtta. ima imrorttmal*
man succeeded in mukln* Mimeiinng that
raaainhlad an ome.et, ami limn hod (ho
mlafortuna to blister •nd blacken It to
•neti an extent that It might have lion
utmost anything.
At the conclusion by onanlmoua votn tha
liana not puorant umalat makrra each r*>
‘
ota In tha wuy of rooking and n*-rvtn*.
Tha houna win prattlly decorated nllli
graana awl yi-U.nw tloo(nn. Tha floral
darorulirvin* naadnlnl of a hug* center
plMt m i*l' of dufTndtla. Jonquil*. crocuses
an.l tha t*aw vividly y. Ik.w roar* artls
thwlly banked with amall growing green*
In tiny pots hhklan l>y Ihalr own follnga.
Kggn. of rourna, want to tnakr uf> th*
fonndnlirai for imtiy of tha ili-lli toil*
dishes on th*i menu. < Iraiig.-c, latnon*.
h.inan.in and California whila grape*
arrvail In fanciful forma ailded much to
enhance lha ookir scheme.
One woman who herself atruggle* along
without any assistance of any kind, ray*
lha New York Sun. has a theory that th*
woman with the maid can always be re
i-ognlaed. The car* of this functionary
la ts I laved to show Itself always In lha
trtmness of the woman'* looks. Including
the newtnesa of hair and the exactness
with which her bow* are tied. "These ara
some of the charms In a woman's dress.“
she daclara*. “that pro*'lalm tha a.sls
tanca of a well trained makl. liar Influ
ence on dress Is unml mkable, mid with
out her It le Impossible to produco lha
•ffs Is for which she is responsible. I
have known naturally unkempt and
slouchy woman who acquired maids In
th<lr ucress of wealth who were Immedi
ately transformed Into woman of lha
most Irreproachable appearance. Their
hair no longer flew In different direction*,
and there was no longer a hiatus between
the top of the skirt and the bottom of th*
waist. The makl was responsible for all
this transformstlon. and without her aid
they would have continued as mussy look
ing as ever. Another quality of tha mmd *
service Is t Is. detected In th* keiku of
a e.itnan's dress. It Is always kept In
spick and spin condition, and there Is
never say exouse for a missing button or
a grease spot so long as the makl Is at
baud to remedy these defects. It Is In
this feature of a maids activity that ah*
Is an economy Instead of an extrava
gance A wail-train.-d lady's maid in b*
hired In New York for tM a month. Bha
will be able to keep clothes In good order,
dress her mistress properly and mills
simple dresses. How well she can do that
of course, on th* taste of th*
mistress who directs her. It would h*
rather a surprise to a great many women.
I think, to hrar how many maid* nmka
them well, Shirt waists, linens and all
kinds of Informal dresses ought to h*
wiihln the power of the average maid, or
she Is not worth her wages. The maid la
not an extravagance to the woman of
tnesns. She Is rather an economy than
other*l*r. so far as the question of ex
pense goes, and she will always be able
to give her mistress th* delightful look
of being carefully and attentively dressed
that nothing else In lha world can Impart.
My advice, therefore, lo all women who
can possibly afford It. Is to have a maid
If they can. It Is better to lop off eapens*
somewhere else than do without Ibis Leas
ure."
This story comes from Los Angeles. Cal.
•The most wonderful wife that ever liv
ed." exclaimed Kdward M. David, and
then he went on to prove up hla claim.
Mrs David had built a house and tha
building of It tutved bar Invalid husband's
life. This true story Is as follows:
In the fall of IWI Kdwurd M. David and
his wife and baby came to Southern Cali
fornia. Mr. Davkl was about 27 year* old.
an electrical engineer, a graduate of the
Sheffield Scientific School at Yale Univer-
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