The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, September 30, 1900, Page 15, Image 15
WOMAN’S
WORLD.
Tlw propriety of the cigarette for wo
n-en may by eternally disputed. Certainly
minion a* to whether they ihould emoke
or not I# * varied ae It ever wan. It Is
j,; an true that the women who enjoy
„ igarette persevere and do not eppar
,nt.y suffer from Indulging this taste with
, .-retton. >foat women, says tha New
York Sun. know the overgrown college
, dent who aays patronising!)-, "Oh. no.
I don't mind women's smoking; but I
Wouldn't at all like to see my sister
emoke or my wife. If I had one." This
ismlilar oracle Is usually too youthful to
have It make much difference what he
~v or thinks and only the most faint-
I, .r ted smoker would ever abandon her
retie because of hta disapproval. Men
- experience are either Indifferent to the
earclte question, holding that a woman
l .is a right to do aa aha wants In such a
so long as she never forgets what
j. due to her position, or they are de
, slvely opposed to It. with no toleration
~i the habit In tha women they hava a
ht to control. Thera Is practically no
,** that owns to a delight In seeing wo
men smoke.
Smoking among women la more common
Europe than In the l.’nlted State* und
, .-re tt Is much more frequently seen In
N-w York and the Eastern cities than In
West and South. In Europe any sug-
K . -non that smoking 1 Improper for
.imen would tie received with •man
i:i.nt. It might be thought unhealthful
. expensive, but Jfs Impropriety would
, ..t he discussed There could be no room
i r such an opinion In countries where
•neklng Is common among the highly
, i od as it Is In most of the European
rations. The Princess of Wales set the
-eat of the highest approval In Great
Britain on the fashion of smoking nearly
n seme of years ago. when she had her
servants hand shout at a dinner for wo
men small cigarette* of a kind he had
smoked for year* before that. This made
(he habit permissible to all women In
li ..it Britain. If It had Indeed needed any
su.'ti countenance. Queen Victoria’s well
known opposition to the practice was not
enough to discourage Its votaries sfter
e Princes* had given It her frank ap
proval.
Only one of Queen Victoria's daughters
ever showed how little she eared for the
royal opinion In such matters by smoking
whenever she wauled to. This was the
Princess I>Mitre The Princess Alice, on
The other hand, shared so fully her moth
. r's prejudice and transmitted It to her
aughters so fully that tha present Oxar-
Ir.u of Russia has asked the ladles of the
Russian court not to smoke In her pres
. non This was natural.)- an unpopular
l rohtbltion tn a country that offers the
-mulshing sight of women driving
i trough the streets In open carriages and
• Ij<>)lng cigarettes as freely as In the
~ii|et of their own boudoirs. Middle aged,
I nlnly dressed women do not hesitate to
iile through the streets of Bt. Petersburg
,and Moscow smoking cigarettes as uncer
• montously as a messenger boy on the
car seat of cable car. The Russian
women throughout Europe make very llt
• allowance for the prejudice of other
K.untrlea in respect to their favorite
t 'bit. They even smoke cigars In restau
rant* and hotels, as unconscious of anv
t ing unusual In the proceeding* as the
men seated about them.
Smoking Is much commoner among the
'umrlan women than among Hie Germans,
probably because the late Empress made
t o concealment of her taste for cigarettes.
I h Is said to have led her to smoke
< n number that would have upset the
t. sand slomadh of almost any man.
i. n Margherlta Is another popular sov
• . ,gn who I* a frank user of tobacco tn
e. form of mild and small < Igarette*.
.1 -o Is the Queen of Spain, who. as an
\ i tan. might have Isen expected to
• the habit even If It had not been
t r fate to rule over a country tn which
.■igarette ts almost as popular with
• women ns It Is with the men. The
tytteen of Greece and Wurtemberg were
loth Russian grand duchesses and their
'.T'.iKneas Is for tobacco In the form of
lather strong Russian cigarettes that arc
mad* after the custom tn At. Petersburg
a rdtng to the formula they haw al
woya used.
Tna Queen of the little Balkan eoun
trin could not be ex pa- ted to dispense
V It this attribute of royalty, which they
. v tn courts wo Imttortant to them as
r Austrian and the Russian. They have
► O little that belongs to the queenly sla
besldes the name, that they con I*l
forgiven for acquiring any hobtt they
K—w to be itopular with what W. 8. Gll
i■ rt calls "regular, regular, downright
queens." So Carmen Sylva of Koumanln
and ex-Queen Natalie of Servla are In
. led In the Ust of queenly smokers,
liven the aomewhat austere Henrietta of
Hvlglum la said to lie u confirmed cig
arette smoker In motjeratlon. With such
camples before their eyes It Is not sur
prising that women who smoke are much
more numerous abroad than they are tn
tne rutted State*. There Is one other
marked difference between them and the
American women who take pleasure In a
Igarette. Here the habit Is nearly always
aii assumption among all but women of
• certain claws. In Europe the feminine
. rnokers do It because they enjoy the ef-
I *of a cigarette Just as m*n do It l
• much habit with them as It Is with
ten It Is not taken up there because tt
l rsmopoittnn or smart or the proper
t .ing to do Just at the moment. Here It
usually some such i-ause lhal makes
u woman a smoker. Rut In Europe It Is
the enjoyment to be hod from the effects
of tobacco.
A group of women. any* Dorothy Dig
I th. New Orleans Picayune. were talk
lot! about charity the other .lay. and afier
i acy hid rather threshed the subject out
ai-mg eonvefiiional llnrt, one of them mM.
Sometime* I think there (e nothin* of
which we hove n cruder or a more dis
torted comprehension than of charity.
*ur picture of need tnny be eaid to be
i-presented by a whlsky-soaks-d tramp
who always retjutre* a dime, kind lady,
to get u night * lodging. or a frowsy
woman who prtoent* a filthy paper elat
ing she 1* the mother of half a tloatn
ttnall children, nil under S yearn of age.
t<* whoa* * ll prior t oil Christian people are
i'quested to contribute. It la *o much
• ‘*ir to give than It I* to look Into
sea Of destitution that we permit our
t Ive* t 0 be held up on every afreet cor
f. and profenslonal beggars flourish like
• greet! bay tree. More than that, we
•" our way with a vlrtuoua aenac of hav
-1 K ikme our full duty, for our Idea of
arlty la o elemental lltal It Include*
‘ thing more than giving money, or mote
* worth. Yet, the great exemplar
1 * all mankind never gave money. He
• ' e wine to make merry the marriage
<s. lie gave pity to the outraat wo
n. H gave tear* of sympathy to the
ten-hearted Me gave healing to (he
He gave hi* life ou Calvary, but
1 ;ave no money.
t'a queer, anyway, when you come to
’’ k of H." put in another woman, "how
we are to graap thla Ideal of a
>y that haa nothing to do with giving
| ; y, when most of u* have had e*pe
e* in which we felt oureelvee as truly
'• for the pity and benevolence of our
>v-creature* a* any mendlcatit who
"* a i| n r up and solicits alma I
' mber ona time, for Inatance. when I
' '' "Irk. alone |n a atrange clly. and in
■ rang* hotel I had everything T need
*"■* food physician, a trained nurae, and
a lever dellrarlea 1 was permitted to eat.
' 1 felt myself th* greatest object for
urnpasalon. I had nothin* to do all the
mtc.-mjnabU day* but watcb th* *un
ereep along the wall. list*, tft , h *
nurses little cut and dried conversation
ths* always set me like doctor s prescrip
tion—cheerful. but not exciting, and thet
boree you to death. Outs.de I could hear
tne brisk footsteps of people coming and
going and I used to lie there and almost
pray for mi • gw In and talk
to me. on.l bnwk the deadly monotony It
would have been Just a- much a charily
•or a worn in to have come tn and beguiled
a weary half hour for me a* It would
have been to pi k up a fanning wretch op
the street and feed him. but nobody cam*.
1 made no epical t>> their purse
nobody thought of me us being an object
of charity, and even the good Samaritan
turned by on the other ebb ."
W hen you talk shout worthy ohjerts
of charity." suUI ihe little woman in the
smart tailor frock, ••don't forget the
strangers, and the better off they are and
Ihe finer house they have, and the more
Itishlonahle the neighborhood, the more
they need 11. People who hive always
lived In the same city, who have their
own family and a circle of friends whom
they have known since childhood, can
have no comprehension of Ihe agonies of
k>ne-ometies a woman rndurew who
moves to a city where she doesn't know
one single, solitary human Is Ing. except
her husband. He can go out and mci •
men, and get acquainted with incm. bui
there* nothing for her to do but Just
sit at home and wait to lie visited. t'|**i
mv wool, I don’t think there's any mor
pitiful situation than that of a young girl
who comes to n strange city os a brld-
She nat> always been made so much of
and been such a figure tn the goclely of
her home town, and she comm with suen
high hopes. She's so Interested 111 getting
her new home fixed up, and It's so artis
tic, and she's so anxious to show tt off
Her husband, ne n general thing, doesn't
know anybody but the men In the same
office or biislmv*. and a few of hta old
ronles come mound lo call on her. and
that erst* It Day afier day she sit* up
alone tn solitary state, and peeps wist
fully out of the window at the other
women In Ihe nelghliorhood as they go
by. but It never occurs to them thut it
would be an act of heavenly charity to
go to see tha poor, lonesome little crea
ture. who hoe so many pretty clothe* aid
tiueh a pretty house, and no they let her
alone. I know nil almut It. and I use-1
to think If tt was reported lhal a woman
was dying for lank of food on his Mock,
there wouldn't be a woman In the neigh
borhood who wouldn't he here before night
IO see what she could do towards reliev
ing the distress, but because I am sim
ply prrlstjlng for companionship nobody
seem* lo think It worth while to take
compassion on mv sufferings. Relieve me.
there Is no charity that goes more surely
to the right place, where tt will <l<> Ihe
most good, than that of the benevolent
woman who rails on her new nelghlmrs.
There are times when a go-si gossip ts
just as much aim* to the needy ae a soup
ticket."
The W*dn<lay rOTIIIOTIs for Sonlhr'rA
rra In N>w Y’ork will l.*> < onilnuo.l this
season at Da monlro s Tha ill?a will ho
D*i'. 4. Jan 2. anil 2), an.l Koh. 13. The
number of patronesses hos iieen rerluceil
from 10 to * They are Mrs. Samuel
Spencer, Mr*. Alirernon 8 Sullivan. Mrs
William L. Trenholm. Mrs. John W
Roothhy. Mr. John Rurltna Isiwrenoe
an I Mrs. Oliver Llvlnet-.t .tones. Tho
patrons Include Dr, Robert C. Myles. Dr.
Oliver Livingston Jones, M.-sxrs. Hugh 8
Thompson John During I-nwrenoe. \V -|e
II Washington, Francis G. latn-lon.
James Ltmlsay Gor.lon, George Gordon
Rattle. John 11. Ingram. IVIIIIom M Ai
ken. Harwood Huntington. Harry It
Lockwool, Frederick H. Ttlghnian, W
Hunt Ttlford. Samuel B|>encer. Robert K
|.cc I.cwts. Wm. L. Trenholm and Archie
Quarrler. The member* of tha hoard of
governors are Dr. Grorge R. Lee.
Messrs. Heth Ixjrton. Arthur Governenr
Morris, Richard Francla Goldshorough.
Grorga H. Sullivan. Archie R Quarrler.
Montgomery Schuyler. Jr.. Jamea L.
Johnson and Harry C Adams.
Fjvniklng about s. hools. says a writer
In the New York Times, th-ro was one
teacher who was caught napping the oth
er day. There Is one little girl In Ihe
school who perhaps belongs to the das*
lorn tired. At any rate, she was to be
found continuously siting with one elbow
on the desk and h-r head resting on her
hand greatly to iHe annoyance of the
teacher, who spoke without avail.
"What would you think If you should
s.e me silling t my desk In that posi
tion?" she said finally In reproving tone*
"Now. If you over ace me sitting with my
elbow on Ihe desk. I will give you my
permission lo do Ihe same; yes. every girl
In the room."
Ihat was apparently a safe promise to
make. but. unfortunately, a few days lat
er. before the children had had time io
forget, the teacher herself had a tired
day She felt eo woiry and languid )h<t
she could not hold up her head She put
her arm cn the desk and rested her h-oid
on ter hand. There was a slight rustling
movement In the room that seemed to run
from the front seats back like the pann
ing of a gentle brevxe and then perfect
silence. Tho teacher raised her tired head
to see what It all m-ant. and saw every
naughty little girl In the room with her
elbow on her derk and her head resting
on her hand.
Here's a true story which shows how
absolutely women are maligned In what
la suppos'd to he their weaktst point. atiya
(he New York Time*. The. man was a
bookkeeper, not always tn these (Jays,
when hralnwork Is at a discount, such an
Important position. Hut this was a man
of rather more than middle age, who had
taken hts position in the old days, when
book keepers were considered worth while.
He had never been confined io hours, for
he would not keep them. It was really
not essential, for his work was done so
quickly fist in half the time he could a
compllsh twice the work of other men.
Even with the short hours, he had a large
amount of leisure at his disposal, and be
ing an Opinionated Individual, he always
had Important subjects to discuss with
hts fellow-laborers. But. alas! they hod
no spare lime. It took every minute for
them to finish a day's work In a day s
hours and even though the conversation
introduced by the veteran bookkeeper de
veloped Into a monologue, still they could
uot complete their lasks. And the look
keeper would lalk. The end come finally
After alt hts years of service ihc took
keeper was told that he must leave. It
w it not that his work was not everything
that It should he. but he talked
It made no difference If his work was
done, If that Of a doten other men ln the
on me room was unfinished, andi ha
obliged to succumb to the Inevitable. And
stl MK-ople *! aajr that one of the grear
2i"fcX of women Is .he uncontrolled
"gift of gab.”
A group of women stood together on the
veranda Of the golf club. They wera all
dressed very much In the same fashlon
that I* to say. tn short, neatly fitting tail
or made skirts, well out and beautifully
..„ n ,i*red shirt waists and straight brim
med hats, eliher trimmed or plain, with
brown veils thrown back from heir faces
V. would have been hard for an onlooker
O Zl!£ “her. the Mg* s of the respective
members of the group hsgan or ended.
vT the New York Tribune, so similar
was their general appearance and topic
Z conversation, which was the usual
2nlf talk about "hard luck. 'difficult
(L* •• "wonderful shots" and all the oth
c 'argot” of the links, which to the un
initiated sounds like such gibberish and
" to them so utterly uninteresting
••r-raelous'" ixclalmad one of the we
’ r *M..u ting a tiny watch which she
around her
SR "I had no Idea It was so late I
. km off on mv whe<l 10 see my grand
-15, fid'rin-' •"<! detaching herself from the
roun # shs moved .owsrd a hlcyels which
Tmtle d’rky held ready for her on th.
id As she left the others one could see
is f .h! wTs not In her first youth, but
her*straight figure end fresh complexion
!' r * her occupations were certain
pathos, generally aoc;.Ud with wo-
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER HO, 1000.
SOME THINGS THAT
WOMEN SHOULD KNOW.
By MARGARET L. BRIGGS.
{ALB RIGHTS RESERVED.)
Tha apparent Idlfference of women approaching motherhood, regarding their
physical condition. I* past understanding. It Is really not until the event 1* about
to occur that heed Is given to the most ordinary precautions.
I wish to impress upon them the vital Importance of a clear bill of health In
so far as the female organs are concerned, and especially also the kidney* While
any vestige of Inflammation or derangement of the generative organs wilt exact
some kind of a penalty of the mother, end probably also of her child, perfectly
healthy kidney* are Indispensable. Indeed, the dangers resulting from kidney
trouble during the pregnant period can hardly be exaggerated.
This statement will surprise mory women who have sever* dally backaches,
and who have never discovered the almost certain connection between backache
and kidney trouble.
The woman who la about to become a mother, and who has for a considerable
time suffered with those wearying backaches, which nothing has helped, eho Id
take earnest heed to herself, and that promptly.
This Is a proper subject upon which to speak with emphasis. Certain phases
of kidney trouble at such a lime are fatal, and any kidney disorder very dan
gerous.
Disregarding the dictates of prudence, women, for the sake of appearance, lace
too tight during this period, and In Hit* way Increase tha tendency to kidney
trouble. They have never been told that backache la a mere symptom of eom*
grave trouble, and pay no attention to It. except lo succumb to tta persistent
weariness. • I | ,
The other symptoms of kidney trouble are many, but backache la the most
common. Women at any time In their live* will do well to distrust backache and
hunt for Its cause, but during this trying time u ts Important beyond all wotds
to express.
fhe person to whom women can always turn with freedom and confidence at
such a time Is Mrs. Ptnkham. Indeed. It la not likely that from any one else ran
the exactly correct advice he obtained. Certain ll Is that no living person has
had Mrs. Plnkham'a expeilence nor her amt ess. Mi*. Ihnkh.itn Is always ready
lo give advice to sick or perplexed women, and those can best appreciate her ad
vice who have been buffeted atound from one physician to another without getting
help.
The Importance of giving heed lo backache at any time In a woman's life Is
shown conclusively In Mrs. Plnkham's correspondence with women. PrAbably the
one medicine that can be depended upon to relieve and cure the condition that
produces backache t Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound. Its record la the
warrant for this statement, and no woman who has backache or Indication of any
other female 111 can make a mistake when she takes Mrs. Tlnkham a medlotn*.
The tendency of druggist* to advocate some unknown preparation when Lydia E.
Plnkham's Vegetable Compound Is asked for. Is a matter which every purchaser
should understand- The reason druggists do this Is not that the medicine they may
suggest Is a worthy one. but because they mak* a larger profit on It. Do not lie
deceived by such method*. Insist on getting exactly the same medicine that ha*
cured the women you have heard about and read about. That medicine U no* the
compound of Brown, or Jones, or Robinson, but Is Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable
Compound.
men who feeYeven ever so lightly any dis
advantage iTOtu advancing years.
"Goodby, girls!" she railed out laugh
ingly lo the rest, some of whom might he
her contemporaries. "lion't forget that I
expect you all over to my house this even
ing for 'bridge.' " ar.d taking her machine
from the little boy she tossed him a coin
and rode off to see he %-nn Ichlldren!
In a small way there Is nothing that Is
more remarkable In the conditions that
will accompany the beginning of the new
century than the change that has tak-n
place |n the last couple of decades In the
physical condition of women and the pro
longation of the good years of their lives.
Whether they actually Ive longer Is a
matter of statistic* which we have not
Inquired Into, hut certainly they keep their
youth far long'r than they used to. and
enjoy outdoor sports and pleasures In a
wav that would have been Impossible a
couple of generatlona ago In all nges
there have l>een undoubtedly remarkable
women, who retained their youth and at
tractions much further than the allotted
period, but It remain* for our time to
give grandmother* * a cl**s th# privi
leges of young women, and lo pul In
practice the French *aing that a woman
Is only a* old a* she looks and feels. How
Impossible a sc ne sw-h as we have de
scribed would have been eveti twenty-five
years ago! And yet now It Is token ns a
matter of course for the grandmothers to
drive thetr automobiles, r de their wheel*
end ptay golf In the meanwhile, too.
Just lock at the gianddaughtern them
selves, these tall slips of girl* who do not
stop growing until they overtop their
brothers, misses of six feet and even more
who unt.lushingty confess to wearing *
and even * for thetr shoes and 7 and up
ward for their glove*.
"Where t* all this going to end'" ex
claimed an old bachelor recmtly. "I was
at a dinner for debutantes not long ago.
in.l the shortest girl there was r. feet It
Inches, while the tallest was feel 2 Inch
es I am & feet 10 Inches myself, which I
have slway* considered a good hlght.
hut by Jove 1 felt like a manikin among
th.m 1 can t aay I envy the young frl
l.rws with these amesons." he continued
with a Chuckle. "In my opinion. It I* omy
a matter of time, and not a very long
time, either, before the women will get
the best of us In everythyig '
The summer girl, say* the Chicago
Chronicle, ha* been remarkable (luring
lhe last season for her lack of hesllancy
In borrowing from her friends. The feel
ing of good fellowship among the sex nw*y
from home seem* so well developed thus
its members have no compunction In ask
ing one to lend them her diamond rings,
her boil to of ammonia or any of the var
ious articles that come between these
"I came away from home this summer
very well equipped.'' writes n girl Just
returned from the seashore. "I thought
I had with me a few simple remedies and
a goodly supply Of toilet necessaries, yet
when I wanted a lisrie cold ream 10-day
my large Jar of that ointment had disap
peared. After diligent thought I remem
bered that 1 had loaned It to Mrs. Bmlth
When Johnnle'a legs were burned.
"J went to her for It. hut she hsd loan
ed It to Mr*. Jones. When I finally eor
ruled Mr* Jones that lady declared amll
ingly. that she had Jusl used the last bit
for Florence. Bhe said It certainly was a
delightful cream and ahe was so pleased
that II had lasted until Florence's face
was about well, with which piece of
praise I was fain to 1* satisfied, though
1 had no balm for my own Ills.
"It was th* same wsy with my boxes
of powder, the same with my mint drop*
and hay rum and the eaoic way with the
small fisk of brandy I had brought to
ue medicinally when occasion* demanded.
Knelt Of these articles was borrowed by
someone not so provided and passed on
someone else, who chanced •£.
until It had made th# rounds of the hotel,
and the content* were exhausted
"Of my supply one Piece of camphor Is
alone left to tell Ih# tale. *n Invidious dla
.Motion that I don't understand, unless
Xr U dlataateful to the feminine
"""why" #v my tUppe™ ,nd kimono
have been confiscated •" occasions by my
neighbor snd I've been left to
scramble along without them a. be.t l
and at thla very moment my wnlk-
In /skirt I* worn by a young woman whom
{ Enow but slightly, but who seemed *o
think U thing for her
lo wear on the pedestrian expedition ahe
Joined this morning
"I'm going home." said the Bright Otrl.
decisively. "I'm going home where
there's not *n much freemason
ry In the community, and where
on* can keep one's property
to oneself. JvVxt year no one, not even
my dearest friend Is going to know the
resources of my medicine and toilet boxes.
I’m going lo he selfish as selfish can be
nnd keep them all to myself.
One of the most prominent and success
ful photographers of Ihc vast always lell*
his sillers of Ihe fair sex that they ought
lo tie photographed with as few clothes
on ss possible. He wants Ihem not lo
make Ihtlr dies* 100 modern and char
; nclertstlc of the styles of the moment.
Nothing makes a picture look so much out
of the mode as soma rosiume of fifteen
or twenty year* ago. which may have
tieen the smartest thing |*>sstble at that
lime. But fashions change so positively
that, few of them are tolerable lu look at
after a deende. l>n Ihe olhr hand, a wo
wan who has been photographed wlih on
ly the head and bust revealed will never
give any sign of Ihe passing of lime In
Ihe appearance of the picture. Hhe will
not have the antiquated, out-of-date look
mat makes some photograph* ridiculous
Buffed sleeve* were worn only five year*
ago, but the picture of it woman taken In
one of these dress** is really absurd.
liven greater than Ihe ehangts in the
style of gowns ls the difference that
i ones In hats. Women who had thilr
photographs taken In the style of bonnet
worn llflten years ago must feel like
laughing nt themselves now. riven Jewelry
has Its effect, as the picture of ti woman
that I saw the other tiny plainly showed.
Hhe had on an nld-fa-hlon<d set of torsi
earrings, hta elets, pin and everything
that used to belong to th* "set." She was
disfigured by these ornaments. Nobody
would have thought of paying any atten
tion to her face, as the coral Jewelry ab
sorlred all of the attention of the specta
tor. •
"It Is for such reasons as this," says the
authority referred to, "that I always toll
women who want to continue satisfied
with their pictures lhal they should have
only Ihe head and shoulders taken, him!
drape them with a lace scarf or something
else that might haw belonged to any time
or period nnd Is not going lo look absurdly
out of fashion after a year or two. Hx
tremely simple dress slmrtonra may ac
eompllsh th<- dime purpose. Hut the light
draping Is always more certain. I can re
member when women had a fashion for
being photographed In snowstorms The
heavier Ihe storm Ihe more lh*y liked It.
and the more closely they clutehed Ihe
fur* muffs they always carried In these
pictures. It Is only necessary to look at
one of them now to realise how mis
taken all such attempts at eccentric pic
ture# are."
The Dowager Duchess of Argyle Is one
of the few women |n flreat Britain, say#
the Chicago Chronicle, who has openly
defied the wishes and mandates of Queen
Victoria Hhc woe a lady In waiting to
the Quern when the aged duke aougtil
her hand In marriage. The disparity in
their ages was great, the Duke being 71
and his would-be bride. Miss McNeill,
less than 30. Htlll a strong affection ex
isted between them. When the Duke
died the Marquis of Isms and hts sisters,
who had been summoned to thetr father's
deathbed, left the caatls posthaste. This
seemed a strsnge proceeding, even for
th* Campbell family, wrhtrh enjoys the
reputation of being one of th# most dis
united of Great Britain, hut more sur
prises were In store. The Marquis named
an early date aa the pro ha Ms one for the
Interment. But h* had reckoned without
Ida stepmother, to whom had been left
the entire control of the funeral arrange
ments.
Determined to mk the most of her ad
vantage. the trots lady not only declined
to arrange for th* day suggested hy tlie
Marquis, hut absolutely refused to fix any
day for the ceremony at all. Day after
day th* family w*l*sd at Roseneath—th*
Marquis of Irn*' residence on th* es
tate—ln Ih* vat" expectation of th# Invita
tion which never came Finally Ih# Duch
ess fixed upon th* date of th* Queen's
drawing-room #a that on which th# fun
eral Should take place Of course, fi
would b* contrary to all precedent to hold
a reception on the data of th# burial
ef the senior peer of the realm, and at
thoujrh th* fMtlvftlM ht<l already begun
whin the nemo of the wiknv* decision
arrived tna *cnnian> wa *il*uil-*<t
Duehrm It* iipfOlcfn i > *ay, l(l OU (
fvor t court but aha Ip i laity of m
• !e| iMirnt spirit. who order* hr* life tn
h*r own way. The present I>*ike ha*
the privilege 0 f poyinc her n
towr. which, with her other f hirg.e „f
the fwtate amount* to u u a i-um that
hr Ims lei Inverary caett. never before
in the poMPi'ion of a atranger -to I mw >m
Johns tom-. who ni.uk> hie fortune In tr-ob
®very one ha* had difth'Slty, *v\* the
<~*hl' ago Ghimiit lr, at one time or another
In <!l*tlrfulMhirg married from ptriglc wo
rn* n In European capital* hereafter a
manorial distinction I* to be m.tde to h*
end that emttarr*irg mUt.tke* may be
avoided Hitherto ihe only dletlnguitihlnir
tmtrk between the married and unmarried
woman ha* Iren the wedding ring, of no
prrtlcular con*4|uevti'e at vening func
tion*. where, with Hie exception of dinner*
a woman’* hand* are never uncovered.
Now all I* changed Coiffeur* Input th.it
madam must wear h* r aigrette on the
tight side of her head, ma irmol*e||e on
the Jeff. If mademoiselle dealer* to en
hance h r hrauty by a flower InMead of an
Aigrette let her have It by all mean*,
tucked In with ** tnittjt artbs* grace, but
let her make pure It i. the left side of
her profile *h* *tudie* while arranging
the effect lent Liter on *he be accueed of
entleavoilrg to ecm that which he I*
no*
Ire*wfn.ker* are following the same tin*
wrlltrn law with flower* on the huge
ebon bow po lnd.*|o n-able till* easoti to
all *mart fr k* Let no unpracticed hand
!••■ *o tnlPgoMcd a* to Imijiinc that thl*
chou ran he car*le*fily put on either the
right or left ride I'* proper adjustment
I* enough to ruin an otherwl e chic gown
The x of the chou ehoul I bear iotn>-
relation to the figure of the woman who
I* lo weir it. It I* prettiest inode of lace.
I ut may be of chiffon, or even *dlk or v I
ve#. If dcjtired. Commonly It |* the *i*e
of a penny, of to'ttraxting color to the
gown arnl many had cud* or not a* one
like*. Oft a plunder, flat cheated woman
•n N that fall below the ua■ tlltie are
mn*t de*|rab|e; a woman of good curve*,
on the contrary, prefers the chou without
end* Itui. with or without, on matron
fight or tniidefi left, Ihe thou tn**t be
down on to aide of the I* dlce Jul be
low the drcollet ig
T overheard a Mi of eon versa t lon on n
fhevy t'hwse car the other evening |h it
put me in a good humor for nil th* rest
of the week. *w>* n wilier in the \V *h
li.gton Post Hh* was i pretiy gill ami .hl>
belonged to the number of tho*e pret '
girl* who iv fore\* r longing to b>- to|*l
of their b* auty Hhe wa* with a blue
eyed young man who looked n* If he ha\
*• en twenty-one summer* i*t gr* t
many other thing* more ediiciitonal. Bh*
wa* talking of girl colleil M md
“Iton't you think Maud i* awfully pret
t> ?*• she asked.
"Hhe** a peach.** answered th* voting
man The girl dangled a bait more ob
vious.
**! and he perfectly happy.’* she aald. "If
I were a* pretty a-* she Is.’*
find fishing went her. The young man
merely settled hls lie a trifle
“Oh. well, he remarked.’* "there’a no
use being unhappy about thing* that can’t
be helped
I don't know whether It was simple lack
of tact or utter absence of good breeding
which brought upon another wealth.'
Washington woman the effective rebuke of
an ambassador, hut I dt know that she
deserved precisely what befell her. Hhe
gave a series of dinner parties last win
ter. and for the entertainment of her dis
tinguished guests she engaged n man to
sing after one of them He happened o b?
a man of the bluest Virginia blood and
the most perfect cosmopolitan breeding
When he arrived at th* appoint**! hour
mimic in hand, the hostess took him aside
and explained thing* to him
••I’ve had the piano set near th* hall
door." she said. "*o that you can step
right out into the hall after each number
You’ll find a very comfortable chair there
and I'll l*t you know when 1 uni ready
for you."
Ho. after hi* flrat song the singer went
Into the hall, for he was sufficiently the
great gentleman to b* amused rather
than offended lie found the chair, but
in fore he hod Ume to seat himself the am
ha**Nd<r <ro*od the drawing-room and
joined him
“I want to Ihnnk you for the great pleas
ure you have given me." said ths diplomat
’*l>ld 1 understand the name to be Thus
arsl-!k? Yes. ! thought I caught It cor
rectly. and M Is familiar to me. for I
think I was at s* hool with your father.”
And fancy, if you can. the feelings of
the hostess when th* am Mwador's sup
position proved to lie correct.
To be the wife of the ruler of Egypt is
not n wholly enviable position, hut th*
woman now occupying that position has
many prtvlieg*** for which she I* to le en
vied In the first place, her husband is
greatly attached to her. It w* wnd.*
the slave of the valid (dowageri khedlvah
that the present khedlvah, Ikbai Ilanem.
won the a*lmiration of the kh||ve. Hh
a of the Circassian race and possessed,
It Is said, of unusual e*,,uty.
Her management of her household re
isfflMni much the tCtinopnin custom*. Eu
ropean servant* perform the duties and
European governnease* instruct her three
daughter*. Hhe avoid* the points ami
powder# so much In vogue among the Ku
ro|ean women and In the matter of dr*
prefers European clothing. Her progres
sive Idea* have led her to share the ♦du
ration of her children and keep pore with
their atudies.
"No. I cannot sny that my garden was
a success that year," said little Mrs. HmtM
plaintively, to a visitor from Ihe New
York Tribune. "'lt whs a great disap
potnlmwl. as we had Just moved Into our
llttla place out of lown. and I so wanted
It to tie gay with flowers. Neither Jack
nor I know anything about planting, bu'
we thought It woual be easy to have a
good vegetable garden and flower garden,
so we bought lots of books and sent for
all the catalogues wa could get. We fair
ly revelled |n the rich masse# of flowers
and splendid looking vegetable* that, in
order to have, according to the catalogues.
It was only necessary to put the seeds into
the ground. Our man Mike, who was a
newly Imported, good nature,! Irishman,
seemed a* Interested In the place n* to
wer* ourselves, ami mad" Ihe flower
beds around the house ami the little veg
etable garden hack of Ihe kitchen wllh
Ihe greatest '•are. Jack went to the seed
etore himself and asked the salesman lo
he sure and give us good seeds, ao we
felt ns If success were certain. Jus
shout sowing lime, however, my sister
w a taken 111. and I hod to go home to
be with my mother, so I left the seed#
wish Mike, who promised lo plant them
• arefully and to follow mv Instructions
iraplk-ltly. When I relumed the need#
were all planted, and I eagerly awaited
results They showed themselves, to my
great Joy. very soon, but the flowers, to
my surprise, seemed coarser and more vig
orous than She vegetables. They sll p
-■•eared lo be thriving, and I praised Mike
to hts great delight, for hts successful
gardening. After they had tieen up a
couple of weeks Mrs. Brown, a neighbor
of ours, whose pretty house and grounds
were one of Ihe show pMreti of the neigh
borhood. came to make me a visit.
•* *1 see you are very utilitarian. Mr*.
Bmlth.' she remarked, looking at my nice
ly growing fiower teds around the houso.
" ‘How so?' I naked, not understanding
th* why and wherefore of her remark
•' 'Why. you have onions and turnips
and iadlsh* growing In your lads instead
of flower*. I think It Is really quite an
original Idea!”
"I literally gasped wllh dismay as a
dreadful suspicion occurred to me.
“ 'Are you pure?" I faltered.
"Mr*. Rrown looked at me In aurprla*.
and then could not keep her face straight
as th* situation became apparent io her
•• 'lt I* a mistake." she exclaimed.laugh
ing 'And you thought all along they wera
flower*? Exeua* me. my dear, but I never
heard anything so funny In my life,' and
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ths horrid woman sat down on a veran
da chair and laughed until she ertsd.
'Why, those are onions!* she exclaimed.
I thrulng lo a bed that I thought was com
posed of the must carnations, ‘and that
Is parsley, and those are radishes, and
the big oval Is full of beets! Oh, dear. It
Is too dioil! Excuse my mirth, hut you
should se your face!* And then, when
ahe saw I was really becoming offended,
she changed suddenly Into sympathy nnd
kindness, promised ine enough seedlings
from her own gar ten to fill my bed*. ami
was nally very nice. But 1 couldn't get
oiver It. 1 called Mike. who. poor fellow.
Mock'd puxxled and unhappy.
" 'Hhure, an' I did Jusl as yex tould
me!' he exclaimed, ruefully, scratching
his head. "The package with Ihe red rib
bon.' eex you. 'around the h use. and the
luehage with the green Obtain back of
the kitchen.' Of rouisr. what I told him
whs directly opposite, hut what was the
good of blaming him? Th* deed was done,
my garden was spoiled, and Mrs Brown
had a story that would delight Ihe neigh
borhood. Of course, we tiansferred the
vegetables and replanted the beds, hut
Ihe weather was hot and things faded
away, ami, as I said, my garden was not
a success. But t.ne thing, however. I did
succeed In obtaining, and that Is expert-
Rochester, N. Y. t>naata a woman
butcher. Miss lal*y Stevenson, said lo
be a con versa linn < that and an excellent
executive, who for Iwo years and a half
has nr lei (led the cleaver, at first *ultl
tullng for her strk father. Bather than
allow stranger* to take the business, this
young Isdy. not yet thirty, o|M*ned Ihe
market and ha* marie It a success.
There la one other In Ih* trad*, a lady
In Syracuse, N. V. Whan ask'd how sli*
liked her task, she rcplMd "It I* not
through choice Out! I do the work, but
because It Is a ill cane of support for (be
family. It was difficult at first, but now
It does not seem harder than home work
1 am my own bos*, which mean# a great
deal. J ~(..11 Hie irairkel at H.SII In winter
and H In euturner 1 find tt difficult to get
good help, anyone can ** II good < uts. but
It is the wills anil end* which go lo make
up the profit, ami which must be disposed
of a well. I very seldom lose anything
from trad account*, as my customers aro
prompt. If I semi ■ statement and re
reive no return, I Immediately drop three
people from my roll ami refuse lo trust
them again."—September Success.
"I am glad from Ihe hottom of my heart
that 1 pit over being a child before Ih*
modern theory of cdm-ntlon set m." said
a young man wlsr writes for Ihe RhHadel
phln Press.
"I was asked recently hy a publishing
firm lo write a llllle hook of (ale# for
very small children. ItememlM ring Ihe
stories I lik'd when I was a child. I set
gayly lo work, and In a short space of
time submitted my first story. It had
the incvrtaMe prlm-c Charming In tt. In
less than a week my manuscript was r#
lurnpi.
"W* Ilk* your story very much,* the
publisher* wrote. " and wMh a trifling
alteration will he able to use |t. We do
hot wish to publish any chlldreu'e stories
that have a love Interest in them '
"Well, I killed off Brine* Churmlng and
put In a nicked stepmother. The pub
lishers promptly told me that they could
not use any stories thnl portrayed cruel
ty In any form They especially ohjwt
to emel stepmother#, at lending to give
children who might have stepmother#
of one kind or another false and unjust
Ideas
"1 murdered the cruel stepmother and
trimmed the slory to fit a glam. The
pubdsher# politely objected They rout,l
publish nothing that might waken a spirit
of murdcroueness In their lltlle reader*—
I’d had the hero kill the giant -and they
didn't like giants anyway, because they
frighten children, and modern educator*
disapprove. Well, In my laat reeori, I
changed ihe tale so |l hinged on Ihe
devotion of a hoy to hts sick mother.
They sent me word by return poet that
advanced thinker# in the kindergarten
line will not permit the u* of hook# in
which llln##s is menstoned In any shape or
form 'We want to present to our Ill
tin reader# only the beautiful and Improv
ing truths of life *
"I gava up then. I thank goodr.es# I
had a chance to read a fw old-nme chil
dren's stories befor# th* reign of the
beautiful and th* Improving' set la."
There was once a woman, says Harper's
ttax.ir, who understood her fellowmen very
thoroughly. This siulrared her to many
of them, tail as she was very particular
In her taste#, they #el<lom suited her. Fln
all\. however, he found a man who per
fectly sillied all her requirements. Hh#
then brought lo hear upon him all her
information concerning his sex. whb.ti was
great One day III* nun's sister called
on her and said: "It Is a <•>! thing that
you are so strong, for so Is he, and ha
does not like delicate women."
At Hits the woman smiled. "I should ha
very foolish were It act on thla hint,"
sold she “My knowledge of m'-n teach**
me that such men invariably prefer wo
men of ,j,|Hislte dhqioelflon from them
selves," Bo when he next saw her sha
told him thel she was terribly afraid of
mb-* anil could not walk far.
Again his staler called on her and said:
"It's a good thing that you understand
politic* so well, for lie Is much Interested
In ihem. and says that all Intelligent wo
men should Iw, too ”
The woman smiled wlaely. "I should be
mote than foolish were I to allot* myself
to he deceived by Ibis." ahe said. "When
a woman admits lhal she can master poli
tic#, then It I* nil up with her. A man's
Inst claim lo superiority la gone, and llfn
won | he unendurable to him without
that." Ho when he next saw her sha
ask'd him If ll were true Oral Republi
cans were belter dressed than 1 e-murrats.
and why so many people were betting M to
1 on Ihe election.
By and by he stopped calling, and sha
krarned. to her horror, that he had en
gaged himself to a woman who had writ
ten a pamphlet on the silver question. Sho
tv rre If had given a great many Ideas on
this subject io the other woman. Thus
she realised that th* man was peculiar.
This teaches us lhal things ars some
times what they aeem.
A ha> helor uncle, says Ihe New York
Commercial Advertiser, asked a girl he
knew what he should send his brother's
Imhy for a birthday present "I've never
■urn the chap,” aaul the bachelor uncle,
"Me a use they live out West, but ha's
1 y. a a old Not a rattle or a silver howl.
I suppose ?*’
"Oh. my no," said tji* girl. “Hs's much
100 old lor such Ihlugg Buy him some
thing to play with." And. being In a hur
ry. she illsmi>*<-d the bewildered uncle
aril continued on her way. A Tew daya
lalrr she met him. Ills distracted, wear
led look was go.ie. ll# brained wllh lira
beaming air of a m.tn who feels that ha
has ditto ho duty well.
"I hcaighPlt,*' he announced. Th* girl
look'd puxxled. and then ahe remembered.
"What did "U buy*"
"I paid VI fur It and ll’e a beauty. All
leather and celluloid and fits In a box—"
"Fold',era?" ,
"No."
"Animals?"
••No." 1 *V n*VT”rTT'I!
"Blocks?"
"No. indeed. A checkerboard!** and the
bachelor uncle dr, w lumseir up proudly.
IP Inx a really nice girl, she smiled—bat
did not laugh.
I -on* A go
just a# the gold wa# turning to gray.
And the shadow* held the moons faint
r y. „ _
I could hear your laughter, sweet and
low.
Just a* It rippled long ago.
And o'er you stole a gallant air.
As you softly said: "I love you. dear.**
And I heard your laughter, sweet and
low,
In the mellowed light of long ago.
I
And though you are no far away.
Yet the ghostly past came bach to-day.
While your voice, and laughter, sweat
and low.
Are a beautiful dream of long ago.
Anna Mclntosh lleviU*.
A llellrtoae smoke.
The Herbert Bpem-er la an elegant cigar
and It truly a delightful enjoyment ta
t H.ia# 'll . . •>. tt
la evhllarattng-and delicious.
Bee that ths name of Herbert Spencer
la on every wrapper of every cigar, with
out which non# are genuine.
The Herbert Bpencer cigars are only
aold by th# box of (0 Concha* at *i.. and
Parfectoa. M SS at IJppman Brow. whole
aal# druggists. Barnard and Cong ret*
gtraata, of ihle city.-ad.
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