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the amadan of the dough. My fkuraa> M' Minus. ,\u'hor of 1 “In Chimney Corner*." Through the Tiirf-Binokant oth er storie*. il>yright, by Hrumn M.icManua. There a king once on n linn' that i Ia ion that was an Amutjun Uialf , ||sh fellow). The Amnlan'i mother l. ami th<' king marrleil again. Hl* rl.pmalher wn jinny, iifral'l of t-n tsating her children, he *n grow- I g no t'lg nl strong, at to keep him t m growing) and weaken him. she had , fed on dough made of raw m> .il and ~ iter, and for that he callsd "The ,\ nadan of the Uoogti." ,;jt Ins ead of Betting weaker, It wa* ■mg strong-r the Amadan was on thta -, r and he wta able to thrash all of s'ephrother* together, t I nitlli Ills st- pmother tobl his f t f r that Ih- would have to drive the iioail.il) away. The f.ilh'-r conaented to put him away, th- Amadan tefiise-t to go till hi- I , 'u-r would give him tv awotd so sharp it would cut a pack of wool, falling on It vflrr a great 'l-al of time and trouhle ut In getting *u<-h a sword, the fa - r got this and gave It to Ihe.Ama and when the Amadan tried It and i e I It what he wanted, he hade Hu m goeethy and set off r aavin day* and aeven nights he • , • led away before him without meet- "-i j Hi. He fffit down by the giants* corpses to watch their coming to life again. ! trythlng wonderful, but on th** s**\- fitgitf hi* cam** up to ti Bt**at cast’.* ; • a ciit in •ni found no one there, but I found a grnt dinn* r spread on the ’. In the ball So to b** m iking th of hi • tltr.4 . uown the Arnadan sat • table and whackd away. Mien h bad finished with his dinner * the castle came three young princes ? ut, strong, able fellows, but they wer** * vry ii* !. atm bleeding from l ill over them struck the cot|e with a flint, and * • once the whole caeile shone as it m on fire. Amadan sprang at the three of rn t*. kill them. He said. What do i rr® an by putting th* castle on fire?" Xtnadan.' they said, "don't Interfere v h and for we are nearly killed as It Ti castle Dn't on Hie. Every day we * \* g. out to fight hrce giants Hlvt ,\! .r *t Miirr and Hint <leag We fight in ill day ong. and Just as night is i . ? we have ttuan kille*! But, how r it omes. In the night they always ti. to life again, and If they didn't ii* existte lit up, they'd *ome In on t l <•: us and murder US while we slept . v -ry night when we come back from ht we light up th** cattle. Then v n si* ‘p In peace until morning, and ' 4 •' t =e Jg C' ‘fe 1 ’ \ •*#*> P > -ffc4 •a#.. ’ '•' *}f %✓%*, He threw the cloak on the rock and hid behind II ■f the morning go off • ami fight tho • ■ol* again Wbw tin- Am.i.tun heard thl*. he won " ••<!. and hr raid hr should very much in help Ihrtn kill Ihr giant* They •I they would Ik> very glad to have such •* nr fellow help, and o It war aar* and ' the Ama-lau should so with thrro to fight next day, lorn the three |>rlni'C washed them "l'> and took ihalr atipper, and they •l the Amad.tn went to bed. In uie morning all four of them aet ■ f and traveled to the tJlen of the Kelt***. ' re they met the three glan:. Non." aaya the Ant.idan. "If you three engage the two rmulier alnnls. Sl'i 1 hr and Mat Beac. I ll engage Slat Mor 1 '-if an< i gm him," T tey agreed to thle. N ‘w n, amalfeat of the glanta wa* r nigger and morr terrible than any "g ever the Amadan had aeen or heard h> hla life he for r. ao you may fancy *'h< Slat Mor must have t>een like. the Amatlan waa little concerned 1 ihk He went !o meet Slot Mor, and • two of them fell to the fight, and a i 'eat, great fight they had, •bey made the haul ground Into aoft. and the aoft Into aprlng well*, they made :n " rocka Into pebbtea. and the P*t*bb' ■ u - travel and the gravel tell over tue country like hailstones All the hlr.ls of the air from the lower end of the world to the upper eisl of ihi- world end all the wild heatsi- and tame from the four end* I°l earth, * inn* Hocking to see the I light, mid in th- . isl the Amadan ran ihe ( A. ii M.ir taroug , wun hi.- svv.-rd and lat-l I bun tkmi) •|* 4.| I hen hv I'.rn. ti to h Ip the three prince* i very #Kn he !-■*• the other two giant* |own dad for them a*-*. 1 i Then the thre* prtn aM they would ill co horn* The Arnidan -ipl f,>r them 1 1 go hut w.itmd them no# to light up | the cattle thl, night and he w.xikl sit bv | th* . u te' i .)fp*. nn| watch if th“> would come f* life again. The YhVf ton • of him not #.* !1o this, for ih* three Blunts would com* ; *•> Ilf*. hi | then he. having no help. w<mM ! be killed. Th* Amadan was angry with them and orders! them oft Instantly. Then he -at down by the glint.**’ corptm to wtiich th* Ir coming t.* Ilf- again. But h** wag Ht> t* r ' I from ht" gi it days fighting that by and by he fill uU c|. \fout 12 o r #i k night, when th* Am •dam wai. vle-iunß soundly, up com** t’ll- II i (oM hug i and fmr H#di.h# (tin wieldly big fellow hi and the rilli. n h ai n* il with her a feather and a bottle of l-vshialnle (ointment of mealth) with which she be* m to rub the giants* w i Minds. Two of the glint* w. re dready a!l\‘ when the Amadan awoke, and the third i wa# Je*t opening hi** eye# Up sprang tne Am ml.hi. and-• • him leaped them all Sl*i Mor, Slu( Marr, Hl.it Hcg, the Gal lia* h and th/* four Be!i< hs j If the Amudun had a bard fight during the lny, t ils on* surely fen time** harder. Andi brav* anl a bold fellow he vs is. nnd not f* b*‘ daunt* and by iium hers or ehuw-rs of blows. They fought for long und long. They mab* th* hard giomd lnt* ffoft, ;*nl tlu s*ft into spring well*; the) mod* the rocks Into pebbles, and the pf-hbb .- Into gravel, and the gravel fell over the country like hail stones. All the birds of the nlr from the lower •nd of th* world to the upper #*id of the workl. an*l all the wild b* astw and tam*- from the four corners of the earth cam*- flocking to set* the fight, and one after the other of thm the Amadan ran his sword through, until he had every on. of them stt* i tied on tfa* ground, dy ing or <l*od And when the old Ctliiach was dying she called the Amadan to her and put him under geasa (obligation tnat he could not shirk) to low the |*>wer of his feet, of his strength, of his sight and of his memory If he did not go to meet and fight tne Black Bull of the Brown Wool When th* old hag died outright the Amadan rubbed soni of (he locshlaint** to his wounds with the feather, and at once he was os hale and as fresh as when th** tight began. When the (*ftllfta< h was dead the Ama dan took her feather and her bottle of locahlalnle. buckltd on hla award end atari* <1 away before him to fulfil hi* g* He trovele I for the length of all the lee-long day. and when nlghl waa falling he ,m‘- to little hut on the edge of a wood, ami the hut had no ahelter InsM* or out. but one feather over It. ami there wax a rough, red woman atandlng In the door. "You’re welcom'd." eaya ene. Amedan of the Hougn. the King of Inland's eon What have you been doing or where are you going’" . . ... let.-t nlghl.” aaya Ihe Amarloii. I f, ,ight a grt.it fight amt kill'd Slat Mor. SM M.irr. Blit Ileag. the Calllloch of the Id. k. ami four Badach*. Now I'm un ■ier geaaa to meet ami lo fight the Black Bull of iha Ilrotvn Wood. Can ygu tall me where to find him”" "I can that.” aayu ahe. "hot It's now nigh*. Come in and eat ami sleep." So ahe spread for the Amadan a fine a upper and made a aoft bed. and he ate heartily and alept heartily that night. In the morning ahe < died him early and the directed hltn on hla way to meet the Hla k Mull of the Brown Wood. "But my poor Amadan." ahe said. "no otie haa ever yet met that Hufl and come hack alive." She told him when he would reach the place of meeting tho Bull would come THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER Ift, 1000. tearing down tne hiU like a hurricane. Here e cloak * say# site. 1 throw u|*.*ii the rock (twit | standing there. You bide yourself behind ihe rock. iid win'll the Hull com* tearing down, he will du*.i at the (look and blind himself with the crash against tire rook Then you Jump on the Hull e iia-'k ami Ugh# for life. If. ufiet the tight, you are living, coma back and see me, and If you ilea*l. I'll go and see you." Th** Amadan rook the cloak, thanking her fin*) *.<*i off. amt trave I**l on and on until he tame to tne pine* of meeting \N hen the Amadan came there, he saw #*•• Hull of the Hrnwn Wood com* tar ing donti the h|!l like a hurri* an*. and be iblew the cloak on the ro* k and hid be hind |i # in.l with the fury of hi* dash ag tlnet the cJcHtk, th*' Hull biln-b-l him '• If and the* roar of his fury split the ro k T* Anu-liii b*t no time Jumping on h| ba k. nd with his sword liegan In k mg ami Mtt hing him. but b* wis no easy mill to 'onquer, and a great fight th** Amadan had They m.ile the hard ground ln;o soft, •nd the soft into *prtitg wil . they made the **> k* Into pebbles on.l the jm ble# Into gravel, aml th gravel f**il over •he *.untry like hailstone A i the bird* of the air from the lower end of the world to the upper end of the worbl, and ill th** wild i>euets and t m** frm the four ends of t.ie *arth. etinw* flocking to s-e the fight, and .it length after ti long dine the Am.nl.in run his >w.*rd tight through the Bull s h* art and the Hull Ml down dead. Hut l*efo*r he died he put Ihe Anu> .hi undr r g* .ten t* in* t *n>d to hgut ihe White Wetner of the Hill of the Wnlerfalls. Then the Amadan rubbed his own wounds with the !o * hallnie and he was a* fr*-h und hab* when he went into th** fight. Thru he set om and traveled buck to th* little hut Again that h.d no shelter without or wflhln. only one feather over it. and the rough red woman was stand ing In the door, and she welcomed the Amadan and nk*d him the news 11* told her all about the flgh# and that •he Black Bull of th* Wood had put him under aeiis* to meet and to fight the White Wether of the Hill of Waterfalls. I m sorry for you. my poor Amadan," ■ The wether came up and risked the nmi dan what gr*a' fea* he lvn*l done that mad** him Impudent enough to dare to come here. says ah**, "for no one ever before met that White Weiher und came back alive. But < ora** In and eat und re#t anyhow, for you must be both hungry and sleepy." Ho sh*- spread him a hearty tin il and made him u soft bed, and the Amadan ate and slept heartily, and In the morning •he directed him to where he would mtt rhe White Wether of ihe llill of the Wa terfalls. And she told him that no steel was tougher than the hide of ih* White Wether, that a sword was never yet made that could go through It. and *h-# there was only one place—a little white *pot Just over the Wether's Heart -where he ••ould be killed or sword could cut through. And she told the Amadan that hi* only chance was to hit this spot. The Amadan thanked her and set out. He traveled nwav and away before him uni 11 he came to the Hill of the Water falls. and as soon a* he reached it he saw the White Wether coming tearing toward him in a furious rajr*. and the earth he was throwing up with his horns was shut ting out the sun. And when Wether came up and asked the Amadan what great feats he had done that made him impudent enough to dare to come here the Am-tdan said: "With thl* sword I have killed Slat Mor. HU# Marr, Hist B#Mig. the Colllbtch of the Hock* and her four Badachs. and likewise the Black Bull of the Brown Wood " "Then." said the Whits Wet bar, "you’ll never kill any other." An l ot the Amadan It sprang. The Amadan struck at II with his sword. V i7.Cs '-S * „ Jm* T He smothered her with kle*** and drown ed her with tear*. and the sword glanced off It a* It might off steel. Both of them fell to the tight with all their heart*, and such a tight never tva* before or aim-*. They made th<- hard ground Into aoft. and the *oft into pebble*. and the i>ebblee Into gravel, and the gravel fell over the country life hall ■tone*. All the bird* of the air from the lower end of the world to the upper end of the world, and all the wild leant* and the tame came from the four end* of the earth, came flocking to see the fight. hut at lengtn and at la*t. after a long ami terrible tight, the Amadan. seeing the ll*- tle epot above It* heart that the red wo man had told him of, struck for It and hit It. and drove hi* aword through the White Weather - * heart, and It fell down And when It wa dying It called the Amaden and put him under a gea*n to m**t and fight the Beggarman of the King of Swe den. The Amadan took out hi* hotlle of loceh lalntc and ruhbed hlm*elf with It. ami h wu a* fresh and a* hale a* when he had begun the tight Then ho net out again, .and when night wa* falling he reached the hut that had no shelter, within or without, only one feather over It. and the rough, red woman wa* standing In the door. Right glad ehe wa* to er the Amailan comtng hack alive, ami *he welcomed him heartily and a*ked him the new*. He told her of the wonderful fight he had had, and that he wa* now under gra*a to meet and fight the Beggarman of the King of Sweden. Sh made him come in and eat and ele-p, for he wa* tired and hungry. And heartily he slept, and 111 the morning she called him curly, and directed him oil his way to ui**et th** Heggarman of the King of Hweden. Hlu (old him that when he would roach a certain hill, #h Beg warm an would come down from the sky Iti a cloud; that he would #*■* the whole world between the Hcgitornmn's leas and nothing above he head. “If ever be find* himself beaten." she said, "he govs up into the sky In u mist and stays th* i* #*> r* fresh himself You may let him go up once, but if you let him go up the n 1 time he will surely kill you when he comes down. He in* ml** r that If you nr.* alive when the tight Is over come to e c me If you arc *l* **l I will go to sec you " Tne Amadan thank'd her. parte*l with h-r, an l travel**! awav and away befote him until he rchd the hill whl* h j*h* hu t told him * f Aid when he came (her* he mo a great cloud that shot out of the sky <ie- riming on the hill, and When It atn - down on the hill and melted away, there it led the lieggarman of th** King of Sw* bn standing, and bet warn his leg* the \ma l.in ?*aw th whole world and nothing over his h* ad. And with a roar and i run the Hegg r man mad* for the Amadan. and the roar of him rattled the st.irs In the sky. He ask*d th* Amadan who h was amt w hat Ik- had done to have the impud* n* * to come thr<? and meet him 11. )-.i!d "They • all mo the Amadan of th* Dough, ind 1 have killed Slat Mor. glut Mat r. HI It lie Ig. til* Calllla. il of th i•. • -i Hull of Hie |(r wn w. o.t and th* Whit VY-ther of the llill of ili. Waterfalls, and befoto night 1 11 have killed the Beggar** man of the King of Hwdet." 'That you never will, you miserable object, ' eavs th** Hegkarman. "You're going to die now. and I’ll give you your choice to die either by a hard sipieeaw of wr* *thog or a strek* **f Hk sword." "Wall." says the Amadan If 1 have to ii*. I*l sooner die by a stroke of th*- swoid." "All rigid ' says the lieggatman. anl drew hU sword Hut the Amadan drew his sword at the sain*- tllll*. and both w*m to H. And if his fights l-efoie had been bard this one was harder and greater *nd more terrible than th** 4 others put to** tier Thev made tin hard ground Into soft, and the soft into spring wells; they mad* ♦h* ro* K Into pebbles, and the pebbles Into gravel, and th* gravel fell over th* country like hatlston* s All the birds of th* air from th. 1* wer #-.d of the world to th- u.uwr end of th* world, and fill the wild bc.nta an*l (am** fr-m li foot ends -f th* , rth, oatne fin king to s ** tin ftghl. and at length the tight was putting so iiar.i upon tie H**gg arm an. atul he was g**tttng s* w ak. that he whlstbd. and the mist n. atound liim an*l he went up Into th* sky b-fore th Amadan knew ll*- remained there until he refresh and himself and then .am* down again, and at it again i* went for the Amadan. and fought haider an*l harder than n* fore, and again it w is putting too hard on him. and h whistled as b fore for the mist to come down gnd take him up. Hut the Amadan remembered what the red woman had warned him. h* gave one leap Into the air. and coming down, drew ids sword through th* Begaarman's heurt. and Hie Beggatman fell d*d But before he died, h* put geasa on th. Amadan, to m-et aiwl fight the Silver <’ai of the Seven Glens. The Amadan rubbed his wounds with (he locshlalnte, and lie wms as fie-h and hale ns when he had la-gun the tight, and • hen he set out him! when night was fall ing. he reached ihe hut that had no *hel -i within or without, only one feather over It. and the rough red woman was "landing In the. door. High# glad she was to see the Amadan • •ming back alive, and she welcomed him r giil heartily and add him *hi news. H- tobl h*r that he had killed the Beg acrinan. and Ui.d he was now under g*a u to meet and tight the Silver CmX of the H\.-n Glens. "Well." sh** said *Tm sorry for you. for no one ever before wen# to meet th* -Silver (’at and came ba k alive. Hut she sav . * 'Ou re loth tlr* .1 an J hungry, *me in and rest find sleep." Bo in th Amadan went and had a hear ty supjKT and ; soft b*d. on*! In the m*ni ing ane calle*! him up early, and she gave him directions when to meet the Cat, and how to find |t, and she tokl him there whs only one vital spot on that Cat. and it was a black #pe.-k on th* bottom of ihe *at' stoma h, t*i • I unlew* he could hap pen to run his tvord right through that, (tie Cut would surely kiU him. rihe *nt*l M>- Amadan. I'm very much afraid you'll not com*- back alive. I .unnoi go to help you tnvaelf or I would, but there I* a well in my garden, and by wat-hlng (hat well, I Will know how the fight goes with you. While there is honey o#i top of the well, 1 will know you are getting th be;ter of the Cat. hut If th** blood come* on top. then the Oat I* getting the better of you. ami If the blood r*ay* there. I will know, my poor Amadan. that you ar de id.” The Amadan lotde her goodby. nnd so oyt to travel to where the Seven (lien* met at the *ea. Hero there wa* a preci pice, nnd under *he precipice a cave. In Ihla rave, the Sliver Cal lived, and once a day It came out to *un Itself on the rock*. The Amadan let him** If down over the precipice by a rope, and lie Killed until the Cat c.ime out to Min Itself. When the Cat came out at 12 o'clock and raw the Amadan ehe let a roar out of her that drove back the water* of the era and plied them up a quarter of a mile high, and he aked him who he wa* and how he had the Impudence to come there to meet her. The Amud.tn laid: "They call me th* Amadan of the Dough, and I have kill'd Slat Mr. Slat Marr, Slat Dag. th Cal liach of the Rock* and her four Bsdachs. the Ida. k Hull Of the Brown Wood, the White Wether of th Hill of the Water fall*. the Beggnman of the King of Bwe. den, and before night I will have kill, and the Silver Cat of the Seven Glen*.*' "•That you never will." say* *he, "for a dead man you will be youiwelf." And at him *he pprang. But the Amadan raised his sword and *lru '* at her. and both of them fed to the tight, and a great, gn-St fight Ihey had. They made the hanf ground Into soft, and the *oft Into spring well*; they made the rock* Into pebble*, and the peb bles Into gravel, and the gravel fi ll over the country like hll*tone* All the bird* of the air from the lower end of the- world to the upper and of the world, and all the wild beasl* and lame from the four end* of the earth, cam* flocking to *ee the tight, and If the tight* that the Amadan had hail on the other day* were gre; ■ ltd terrible, this one wa* far greater ami far more terrible than all the others (wit together, and the poor Amadan sorely feared that before night fell he would be a dead man The red woman wa* watching at the well In her garden, and ehe wa* sorely distressed, for though at one time the honey wa* uppermost, at another lime It wa* all Mood, and again, the Mood art.| the honey would ! e mixed. *o ehe felt bad fur the poor Amadan. At length the blood and the honey got mixes! again, and II remained that way until night, so she cried, for he believed (be Amadan himself wa* dead ** well as the Sliver Cat. And so he wa*. For when the fight had gone on for long and long the t'at. with a great long nail which whe had In the end of her tall, lore him Often from hi* mouth to hi* tore, and aa ehe tore the Amadan open and he wa* about to fall, ehe opened her mouth eo wide that the Amadan saw down to the very bottom of her stomach. *nd there he eaw the black pcck that the red woman had told him of. And Jual before he dropped, he drove hie sword through this spot, and the Silver Cat. too. fell over dead It wa* not long now till the red woman arrived at the place and found bolh the Amadan and the Cat tying side by aide dead At tht* the poor woman wa* fran tic with sorrow, but suddenly h# saw by tha Amadan * side the bottle of toesh latnta and tha feather. bhe took theta ut*. and rub U-d the Amadan with the h* shlalnte. and t; Juni|M-d to bis f**et alive and well, aiul flash as when he had begun the tight lb n*thcred h-r with kls<** in l drowned her with tear** !le look h • re*l wttnian wtih him and s* ( out on his Journey lack, and f raw lei l amt traveled on ami on until he came to the Castle *n Fire Here he m**t the three young Prince*, who were r*>w living happily, with no giants t mo *st th*ti They had *ne sister, the m"t beautiful young mal<i*n that the Amadan had evrt b**h* I*l They gav- h* i t* the Amadan in mamas*-, and save her half of all they owned for fori tin* The marriage lint..! nine d*Vf and nine night* There weie nine huiHltcd f!*kller-. nine hum I red Outers and nine hundred pH** rs, and tl *ia i la\ and night ot the wedding were b* #i than th* first. WOMAN'S WORLD. Continu*'*! from page 13 slty and also *f n Krent h college of en gineer* Mi- David was a pretty, plump little woman of 2.1 She had been a stu dent In Wfllesley College and sp**nl three years In l**iris .it an art lu 01. But fortune did not favor th • eminent ly deserving young people Their Invest men# - failed, their house was burned and young David fell hi Hist fall the doctor * told Mrs David that there w> still a eham-e nf her hush ind r* ov. rlng his health If he could go to a high, dry spot and live Just as Bober# lannis Mtevenaon lived m deserted mining camp In Cad fornl*. ns h* has told ab*>ut in "Bllverado H*piatters," Mr** ltvi*l began thinking md planning very lard There was Just $1 asm of their little fortune left. tne day she drove fifteen miles out into th* country and went on foot ail over #h* lonely foothill at th* base of the towering Han Bernar dino mountains Then she found an Ideal spot. #lx miles from any settler, but near a spring of water The land had been token up as * government cla.m and could h** li *l for mere nothing. When she re turned to her home she told her husband that she had se|e,*i#>.l site f*c their fu ture home and would at once set about building a house, ami the next day she proved that she meant what she said Weaiiag a blouse ami blue overalls her blonde locks hidden beneath n wide rimmed hat. wwb a dinner pall In her hand, she* rode with an old carpenter on the loads of !unii>cr that were carried to her new home. Kor many days she and rh- carpenter work*-*! side by sll- and at* their luncheon together .it noon And th** work was well worth while, for one day Mrs David was able to tell her huslMiid that Ihe house was done The ne*t day the little family moved. Now the invalid Is Improving and the energetic little car penter beams with delight at wha# she has Hi omp.lshed. "I ►hall never forget the day I drove out here to the house," said Mr David as he ►at on the new porch and looked proudly about him "I had lain (here in bed day after day wondering what sort of a thing my brave wife was trying #n get together for our bom** But w hen I turned yonder foothills urn! saw from the ca triage* this house an l knew that It was (be product of mv own wife's skill and hard labor 1 could scarcely control my emotion We moved up here five week* ago and I don’t know whether 1# U my pride at having the nv-# wonderful wife that every lived m whether It's Ihe high, dry climate, but I'm recovering my health up here faster than anyw-here ever before." Thl*. according to a clever man, le the day of the plain woman There was a time, he eaya. when all th* heroine* of romance were beautiful—when those ladle* had eye* of hc.iven - * own blue, or of ru**et blown, or prn<y purple according a* the author moet affected blonde* or brunette* Moreover, their hair wa* never a nondescript brown, a* so much hair la. but wa* pure golden nr black a* night, and their skin w.ia with out a blemish, their leelh without a flow. That - * all changed now. regular tea lure* are out of fashion and the heroine of to-day ha- a let rouse* nose, a promi nent chin, even teeth that project a trifle —any defect. In fact, that will impress ih* reader a* lending character to her face. Beauty went out of fashion, this man sa.v*. and hi* Idea* arc by no mcang orig inal. because It* owner wa* usually spoilt*! by the attention she received, and bec ame rapti lou*. and fllful In her mood and overbearing, and conceited, end many other thing* that were disagreeable. Tha plain girl, on the other hand, ha* grown In favor yearly la-cause she had nothing to rely on for popularity but "winning ways." *nd Ihese he cultivat ed assiduously and was always so bright and so ready with clever little stories and *o prompt to respond to an Invitation to go fishing or blcyt It rldhtg or boating tvtn If It was hot, that she hit* usurped the beautiful woman almost entirely. This I* whal the man say*. mind you The truth of the matter seem* to worn ii to be that the pretty girl still has a liltl- the best of It. *o far ** masculine attention* art* concerned The average iiH-d of crhatlon will a*k to met a beaut Iful woman while he will pass a plain one by without nothing her at all. The servant girl question, say* the Phll adt lphla North American. I* agltnting Milwaukee, and housekeeper* arc sighing tor handmaid*, good, bad or Indifferent The demand l* nowhere near the tipply. and until recently no possible a-dutton wa* thought of Ho great wa* th* is resslly for household a*sl*t*nee that the demand* of the girl* Increased In pmpot lion to the anxiety of the housewife to secure them The number of evening* out w.re bounded only hy the day* of the week, and wage* had reached their limit. Hornethlng must l* don*, the housekeeper* ull. but they had said It often before wl'hout result. At the crucial moment an Idea cam* to some holy Bh* went to a char liable as sociation. on# branch of which wa* for th* pui|*>se of securing employment for needy person*, and asked for a boy for general housework At first other housewives I*Kik<-I aghast, but soon. In utter despair, they followid her example Now tn a number of families hoy* ranging In age from 14 to 1* are on trial. Bo far the re sult 1* that they do fairly wMI. with a laomlse of doing much better In the fu ture. They ar* not so quirk to learn their new duties a* the glrle. so say the house keepers. but they are possessed of better memories, and seldom have to be told the sc ond time what to do The hoy* ate willing lo work for lower wage*, 100. nd demand fewer privilege# than the girls Altogeiher. though the - heme le Mill too new for lie tuereea lo be aestired. It looks as If II were |*>-****d of poeelhllitlre. And *o. In Milwaukee, at least, the hoy may revenge himself on the girl who has dilven him out of the facto rise by driving her out of the field of houeewnrk. The sewing machine, mye Harper - * Ba gar. should be got In readiness at least a day before nny protracted work I* under taken. In order that th* oil may penetrat* about every Intricately placed acrcw Sev eral needle* of a proper six* to "take" Ilia fabric ehould he provided In advance. In order that an accidental delay through breakage may be precluded Hand or machine* needle* should be carefully **- leered with a view to securing Implements that will carry the chosen thread well, hut will make no unnecessarily large punc ture* In sllkior cloth. A small emery cush ion ehould b* kept at hand that th* point* of needle* may b* sharpened nnd cleaned hy running through It from time to time. Horn* dressmaking n*ver should he begun until aach needed article requir ed for the new gown* has been purchased and I* held In ridln*e* Lining*, whale hones sewing silks and cotton*, batting thread, tape*, helling, canvas or crino line, hooks and eye* or buttons, ar* among the necessities; also buttonhole twist for buttonhole* for #he making of loops, or for the tiny "taek*” that are so frequently employed upon cloth or tailor ] ‘‘MILITANT” the STRAIGHT-FRONT sryie of THOMSON’S * “Glove-Fitting" Corset ~nfi n quality, durability, com- Tr IIWIB *r toi • tw lUr'f* ■<. For sale by all dealers throughout the t'nitni States. A handsome catalogue - C. Balthtller & Cos.. J4S R'ay, New V.rt, THE FALL GOODS ARE COMING IN Every Day! Nt w things arc now or exhibition in DRESS GOODS, NOVELTIES, LINENS and WHITE GOODS. The balance of our summer stock goes at unprece dently low figures. You can find many rare bargains here. Don’t forget that Oct. 1 is near, and the School Children must be provided for. We can fit out the chil dren and save you money. Look Out for Our Fall Announcement Later. DANIEL HOGAN. The corner Broughton and Barnard Sts. yy\ r\ v ■ The Under Buyer W\W.O*oY^<kSan( Under Sellßr - RIBBON DEPARTMENT. The lateat. beet and cheapest all-lelk heavy aatin and taffeta ribbon, assorted color*. Write for simple* No, 1 Baby Ulhbon lc yd; 45c spool to yds No. 2 about '-ln wide. 2V yd. 2l)c pie *. No. 4 almut Vki. wide, 4>: yd. 3* pie-•. No. 5 about l-in wide, Ic yd, 45c pie,#. No. 7 alsiut llt-tol. wide. 5c yd. toe piece. No. 2 about ltg-ln. wide. He yd. 75c piece. No. 12 about 2-In wide. Its- yd; *- pin e. No. I about 2t*-ln. wide. I2>- yd; II l> pc. No. 22 mlmiiii 2ffi In. wide. !5c yd 1125 |e . No pi almut git-in. wide. 17'*? yd. II Mi pc. No. to about 4-ln. wide, BtV yd; 11.55 pc. No. lnu about 5-in. wide. 25c ytl. 12 25 p All above run fit yards lo the piece. \V* madrlbbon free to all purl* of ihe I’. H gown*. Nor miiat Ihe Important shields b forgotten. A word as to finishing material*. The lower edge of a bodice la often a moet troublesome hit In the prnce** of home dressmaking Just what to select for bind ing It, or whether to hind It at all. and how to put on a binding. If this I* decided upon. I* a problem likely lo dismay even the bravest amateur. The first step nec essary I* to trim th edges evenly with a large sharp wlttart, and then baste (In order to prevent lining and outside mate rial* from displacement!. If the hodlc* I* to be worn outside of kirt a half Inch Mas strip of canvas next shnu'd he basted lo the edge of the bodice. In some In stance* a "May tape -- may- be preferred, but her* the dressmaker must uee her own dlacrelton. Over this a blaa facing of silk must he turned so that no edge Is visible from the right side. Thl* may be h*mm<d by hand neatly upon the wrong side. If the garment 1# to be worn under the skirt, the edge should lie stay ed With silk only Bom* of the best tall- J or* venture to put ttie bodice binding on from Ihe wrong side, turning It upward upon the right side and ornamenting It with two row* of machine stitching The London Chronicle asserts Ihst En land boast* a woman spoken of "• lady healer." who has the courage of her assertion*, which I* more convlm Ing In her - esc than conviction*. Bh<- tirofe**** to have discovered anew system of die tetic healing, and to prove that th* ordi nal y mode of feeding Is wrong offer* lo make of herself "an awful example -- of ll* pr-rnldou* effect*. 8b will underfeed, and presently will he of -- ghaMly white, anaemic, wrinkled appearance, with or without distended stoma h.” snd then rushing to th* other extreme of overfeed ing will show a "red face, akin and erup tions and swollen toen," Then, of course, site wilt appear perfectly lovely when nourished on Ihe diet *be recommend*. Thl* le "before and after" with a ven geance. Thl* obiistng woman makes th* extraordinary offer* In a periodical urllbj the name of "Life* and Beauty, - ' i I t ash paid for Old School Book* J A f*. Coat'# Beet Hiksil Threed tor do*. Men - * Black and Tan Hone TV pr: HP- tig. I laid lee ' IIIm- k Kina Mo* e |oc and lppi pr. 1 Children - # Rib Hose, g pairs for 2V-. Good Strong Comb 5r and 10c. t|.K| Garter Kinetic 5c and 10c yard. Mandolin Hirings 10c i*t Hire Button* Ic rani; lor doxen lanllnC and Genla - Handkerchief* Ic each; j tor dogeb. l.clb'V la-other Ptv-k el hooks 20c. Brush Kdge Skirt Binding 4- yard, laidle* - Hilk Umbrella tor each. Reel I-n*l tee’ and Genie* Hhoe Dressing made Ic bottle; Mr dogen English Needle Canes 4c each; lie dogen. Klnr line Toilet Hap 2 for lb-. 1 Meet Hafrly fin*. I tlosen for Ic. 4 NOIMKLKft* NINO OINK. i A Game ta He Played With the Web ber lllna* of Preserve Jar*. Th* email rubber rings that ar* u**d in every hourehold with which to seal preserve Jar*, may be made the mean* of much amusement when a lively gam* I* desired for Ihe amusement of friends. First obtain a amooth head of a flour or sugar barn I, and are that th* piece* are all fastened loplKtr, forming a circular hoard: or any smooth board about a Square foot In else will eerv* the purpose Procure ten coat honks of medium sis* and secure them Into the board, arrang ing them as shown In th* accompanying How to use rings and hooks. llluatratlon. end mark above each book Its number aa ehown, tanging from No. t to No 10 A hole tnay be mad* In th* uifer end of the hoard, or a * rew-eye Invert'd by which to hang It upon tha nail In the wall No. 10 la serf of a "hull’a eya," and each player being given three of _the rubber rlnga, take* turna in throwing" them from a poaitlon about ten feet away, endeav oring to "hook'' aa many on the board a.- poealhle. A wore l kept of the points gained by each player, the one first get ting one hundred point* being .the winner. However, exectly one hundred point* must be made, for instance, if a payer hae ninety-nine, he haa to work for "hook No. 1." aa any other hook would carry him over the mark. This difficulty add* to the Inter*** of the game. An advantage of the game Is that no ; : ■ bn. 'ha rlnga. ami It may by any boy or girl. —Quest—What's that’-Some stranded actor frying to beat you out of hla hoard? Hole! Proprietor—No; those fellows don't give ua any trouble. That's one of those rascally million* tree—paid his hill, but he'* trying to *kip without feetng th* help; they're on to bta UtUe game, though. -Harlem Uie 17