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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- IJMTuW t Silk Petticoats 13 M $13,V0 Taffiea Silk Petticoat# 17. J $7 on Taffeta Silk Walds WSW ?!*> i H:lk W.ikM fcW SI MI-w*' Klsiuiel Heefera SI 01) $3.01* 1-adle*' Macintoshes ...............$3 $3 f.YOo 1 ..lij;* MuiMfllft Quilts I* 3* S3 00 Kim at (Holla I "mbreilos s2®) Thamwli'a Olove-Kitting Corsets ....110) TtMmi.ao'i. Knoll'll Malel OoraiH 13.00 slo*l Leather h* k'llwk* at TUi 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- Contlnued ou page IT, 13