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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
, re khsm Murray. who knows,
ibout American women and
rP talked to * New Tork Bun
, c other day ab->ut feminine
jo m ore women than men have
, , uatratlon?" aeked tha reporter
. they have more time for It/'
r | t rie doctor promptly. Then ehe
* . . i don't mean that alt their* ner-
Ullfn*
~* are Imaginary,” eho contln
' ;11l tne nervoue eyetem I* a klng
. which the will le mouareh, ami
t overnnlng power means loss of
It a mind Is absorbed In Import
. -u s there will be no time for pay
.impertng with the nsrvee, ami
,fn the nervoue eystem te too
Injured to respond to strong
In very many cases a strong and
. -..reet In something would banish
' , ins of neurasthenia. The aver
aisn't tune to bother about his
...ss he le really In a very bad
, |,t.. iirally. C'onaeuuenily. his will
, nerves in leaeb. but the aver
' ..can's interests, whlls fatiguing,
t absorbing. snd ehe re<-ognlse# her
That very recognition Is sneour
„ (to mutiny. To suggest an svll
, ; n bring It shout.
\ know persons have died from tak
. nr, . s powder which they believed
~ I .s Theie Is where faith cure and
sn Pciencs And the basis for their
Women think too min-h shout
ves ami I heir feelings Their Inlet
, . , <■ not great enough to lift ihem out
j|f Htialvsla. A man'a career has
i , itement and brings him into
with ail sides of the world. The
~ , \ woman'* life Is a round of potty
domestic or social. She doesn't get
• rself. If she works she is usually
to the hinds of work that Involve
worry, worst air and leas! pay
]■ . . , rh h site fritters away her
rn social and domestic derail.
. ,ie Infinitely more cases of neuras
.mi,rig society woman titan among
women, and It Is natural enough,
.iiienlly the condition Is title to folly,
often. It Is not. A society wo
rm v. o keeps up a country home and
■ tahllshmem. wrestles with the
seri.int problem, entertains. Is a good
wife and hosless. Is usually trie I
t I nerv* capacity. Without any folly
, nrdlty, her nerve force I* literally
v out by the duties that her station
I believe In education for women
tt men had more colleges, more uhjtft
"xerdse, more training of mind and
hoi;., griater and broader Interests In life,
s' utd hear less about th<* evil effect#
, f. •er-pressure and the so-called nervous
or •• ration.
M r. work as hard as women, perhaps
r, lr hut they are not called ujxtn for
• t ifllng'thlngs, the Infinite details. It
>1 Incessant call upon a woman In
" g mutters that wears her out. A
inn an nut understand that.
' Count walderses has been chosen
mtnattd the Gsrmun troupe In China
t \tt • rlcan wife has enjoyed afresh th
it of the American press, says
Ha et a Weekly. She la probably the
■ and most Influential American wo
rt Europe. and as she la to a con
i’le extent In public life, there Is
t.fhlrg out of the way In the attention
i ewspapers pay to her. Rut most of
th* urrent newsptper notices that con
r are mistaken in one or two exa*-
fs- ! p ptrflotilars Most of Ihem say
- aa th# daughter of David I.ea. of
' Y rk whh h Is true, and that she
. ,nte the mO’ganatfc wife of the Prlnee
f le wlg-Holstein. who gave up sl*
to marry her It Is true that sn.x
it.l the Prince, and that he gave
title to marry her, hut Princes do
t . tve up their titles when the make
r • marie marriages, and this marriage
"I-- f., ,i to the Count de Noer. who
. n Prince of Schleswig-llolsleln
s . not morganatic; but was a lawful
■ 'nx*' without qualification or limit
.utit ile Noer became Prince de Noer
• hi* wife at his death continued to
•ho Princes* de Noer After her first
c I’s dt ch she came back to AtiXar
■ and spent a year or more. Several
•■* after that she was married to Count
i' I. r-re. The prevalent story that she
h. t ever been back to this country since
> first went abroad Is untrue. Also the
ry that her second marriage followel
t . cat speedily after the death of her
lire hits hand.
Th Sultana of Moslna. wife of King
As , . of the Soudan, Is meklng a great
itlon In Paris than did the Bh.th of
I * Humor says that her loveliness
* ih.it of Cleopatra or the Queen of
. mil the Impression Is atrengthen
the glimpses of beauty caught
* Iter close veil. While her styles
likely to be copied, the gorgeous
of her raiment Is envied by the
u f fashion. In the Btiltanas suit
Princes of the royal bloxd. one ar
ill violet and the other In orange.
and tides are not usually artistic
• r \ . lorta Is fond of good music, bill
>• ■ eln pictures and books Is said
unworthy, of a country so rich In
*n i literature. The young Queen of
Ho.ini Ih, a gifted artist and lovea fine
always visiting the galleries of
'v she goes to. But music Wtl
'rankly dislikes. She goes to
ause she must assume an In
• very thing, but she admits that
' to <idras bores her. and she te
.tying that sbo would rather
* ' " n play the piano.
fact not generally ktv'wn that
' f of city women axrrage si' tha
tn one to three sixes larger than
f ountry women of eqistl ata
!■ ' said a prominent shoe tleal
tnufacturer, according to an rx
•• ountry born and bred woman
a No. 3 It shoe eome to the
end Inside of six months she
ting a No. 3'j C, and that be-
I of two yeotv, or say Ih s>
111 be glad fo ho able to get
1 ; iNo r, ft.
•t believe this Just Interview
rx -hrtsl women friends who
ep.j leshlents, and you will
6 ‘„ ' "tat this Is trim.
t ii I rut atone pavements are
this peculiarity '. Just as
responsible for Ihe Increased
end enlarged growth of a
f" ' The feet of the thorough -
as never cantered ovtr any*
the yielding sod of a stock
' <■ soil of the race course show
'ice after the same horse
'■"•ven several years over the
Crete. V.'ere tt not for the
r ' Tlrmrlnn# and the adjust
puls about the terrier por
tion!. they would be obliged to
i luring pain.
r., " f ' yielding earth Is the only
■" f"r man and beast to tree I
man ar*l beast must suffer
tt ’hen an artificial substance
• Men's fet are Just as
l by the transition from
vomstt'a, only they don't
'e y few men know or care
; n ’ ” * •* they wear.
Pet cf a woman who has st
ir,' 1 ,n 'ba country ths muscles
_ :1 * ippls. whlls the earns mue
ted f r 01 ® cl, y women ere firm
‘be reason of this Is that
••• . ' r woman walks those musies
thl 1,1,0 wh at you might call
—, **”rri#*g W |ih the hard pave
* ‘act, stsp tm uken. With the
hardening of the muscles there Is also a
gradual enlargement of the entire foot
"Much of the evil effect of city pave
ments upon the human foot can be neu
tralised by care and attention. The wo
man who has Just moved to town wants
to bear In mind lhat ahe must in Ume
wewr a larger shoe and that it is well to
attain to No. 4 or 5 gradually and not to
ding to the old number until her leet arc
almost ruined.
"The woman who would have a small,
neat fool, or who wishes her children *o
have such a foot, will always choose a
shoe whose sole 1s very thick but at
the same time soft "
Oddly enough, aays the New York Com
mercial Advertiser. It was the old favor
ites that triumphed at the Paris Kxpoel
tton, anil as a result of the big fair we
are having a revival of Iktuls XV furni
ture. instead of an nouveau, and anew
furore for Dresden ami Sevres china, In
stead of the newer English and American
wares. "I had almost forgotten how |
maul ful Dresden was," says one woman, j
"until 1 was brought face to face with \
the superb specimens shown at the ex- i
josltion. As for ttevre*' It is more ex
quisitely fine and artistic than ever. Th* j
tints and tones are beyond description and ,
the new undergieze process has Increased j
the beauty of Sevres twofold. When one ]
goes through the fahrtque at Sevres one ,
sees cups of Du Harry pink, of almond '
green, of certain exquisite shades of blue,
and one Is told In a sepulchral tone that j
these thus are obsolete, no rnoV to he j
reproduced, lost arts! Nevertheless, at ■
the exposition this ar they appeared and
others a thousand times more lovely."
The Dresden showing was equally brlll
llanf and many of ths- pieces were sold to
museums almost as soon as exhibited.
The china shops. In consequence, have
blossomed out In all the quaint, delight
ful designs which show the Influence of
Dresslcn and Sevres, even If they do not
bear the crossed swords and the crown
English China, with borders of |ale blue.
gar,ands of pink roses and delicate lace
work of gold ha* a Dresden mien, and
plates of |>alc*t gray, with medallions of
pabst rose and csipbls and doves perched
jierllously on golden houghs have a Dres
•len "feeling" that no connoisseur could
deny them.
A set of White dinner plates with gold
borders has one greut biuwhlng rose In the
center. Its petals shading from faintest
pink to deepest red. A set of dessert
pi lies In pale gr** n ha* s lare-llke de
sign In gold over the entire surface of the
plate, while a set In dark blue has a space
In th# cent* r for a golden monogram and
pink rose* In golden medallions all around
the border. These plates, though varied
In design and coloring, all show the re
sult of Dresden or tAcvre* "Influence.''
Women whose adopted home Is India
enjoy sports of the most mannish char
acter. and every military center h.is Its
rifle club, whose members *k> not shrink
ftom pursuing the tiger, rhlnoseeros and
buffalo. It la eaid that Lady Curton has
joined the Simla Rifle Club, und Is aim
ing to become a prize shot.
Perhaps an injuselce was done the sex
by a pessimistic old bachelor who was
speaking of flirting the other day. and
perhaps he spoke only the truth. Who
can Jell? “Dkl you ever notice." said he,
how easy it Is for a woman to flirt with
n strange man, without letting her escort
know It? I refer to the young and
tbouglftless woovun who would not think
of ‘picking up' a man, but who delights
In smlllng-the least little bit of u srnlb
a I him whose appearance pleases her
She keeps her escort on pins and needle*,
though. He doesn't know that she smiles
at the other man -If he knew It he would
not. of course, take her out—but he
notice# the peculiar, deep gase which
these men direct upon hen and hts own
experience telle him that men don't di
rect that kind of gaze on women unless
It is Invited. Therefore he suspects her.
but he cannot prove bl* suspicions. If
when a handsome man npproaches—ln
the theater, say. or on the street —If then
he keep* his eyes fastened on the wom
an she tnoy smile ansi be looking at the
tnan, but perhaps she Is merely smiling
at sonie'hing which he has said And If
he watches the man and the man assumes
that tender look he rtnesni know whether
or not the woman Is responding to It,
and. not knowing, how can he blame
her? A man can only he sure a woman
flirts by watching her and other men at
the mm* time. It Is tniposelhl* for him
to do this when he ts with her. Hence,
a flirting woman if she wishes to con
ceal the habit from a certain man. can
best conceal It by practicing li when In
his company.''
The Power of Love
A* far s are the heaven* from tha earth
Is your own world from mine;
The world which you adorn by right of
birth,
Ry right of beauty, womanhood ami
worth.
In which your talent# shine;
Wherein you nobly won what you've
Boti*ird.
And now. as ne'er before.
Are loved by young and old, sought for.
admired.
Welcomed a! every door.
And yet you tell me that you did not
. know
The love that fills my heart—
The love for you I ever strive to show I
From my own puny world so far below—
From your so far apart;
That were It not for this you could not 1
be to others what yxm are;
That you are so from what yau are tome.
From my true love and care.
ueh Is the power of love, that like the
ray#
Of summer's golden sun,
Illumines our two worlds through all the
daya.
And though our lives may follow ported
ways.
Bill! keeps out hearts ss one.
One heart In duty, sacrifice and lovs,
One heart In truth and right,
IT.I In the happiness lhat lies above
Our two worlds shall untie.
—Boston Transcript.
President Ayres of the University of
Cincinnati Is blessed with a family of
seven girls. Recently there was an addi
tion In the shape of a bouncing baby boy.
Ixist week on Inquiring lady said to one
of the daughters:
"I understand you have a little brother
at your house. How Is he getting on?"
"Oh. he's well' Rut. don't you know,"
responded Miss Ayres. "M s so hard to gel
used to calling the baby 'he.' we've been
saying 'she' so long!"
A man has written a book on the serv
ant question, says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser. He advocate# an army
of "girls." barrack* In which they shall
live, a drill-room In which they shall be
trained, and a uniform In which they shall
look "stunning " He I* an American—
Philip Verrlll Mlghels—and he ls doubt
less young snd an optimist. He found
the eervant question a poser In the United
Btatea. hut a problem In England, and he
has embodied hi# Idea* on the subject In
a love story, railed "Nella, the Heart of
the Army." Nella Is a woman who works,
and keeping no servants herself she ha*
much sympathy for the down-trodd#n
"gtrl." Bhe Is shocked to find that decent
girl* prefer to be barmaid* tuwdomesllc
servants, snd determine* to learn he rea
son why Bhe establishes an employment
ngency. ' Then she begins to sympathise
with the mistresses and to find the girl*
ungrateful Bhe becomes a clerk In the
office of a man of means, who la In love
with her. and with humanity for her aak*
Together they establish ths army
Their Idea I* to make trained servant* out
of undisciplined and Inefficient workers,
as soldiers are mad# out of "raw. dog-
Uniform I* a great
plan It Is He army s meet •* r,,n '
crulllnz officer Girls Join In or6*r Jo be
"smart " There or. except loos to trn.
rule. On on* occasion tha drUmaster
fHE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1900.
“I'M IN A HURRY!”
“I HAVEN'T TIME!”
I $
By MARGARET L. BRIGGS.
(All Right* Reserved).
Did you ever think how often you hear Ih# expressions "I'm tn a hurry"
and "I haven't time?" Could anything be more absurd than the way some
people, especially soma women, rush through life? The more trivial he Inci
dents the greater th# haste. It ts perhapa natural that women who live out their
lives at home attending to their household should regard the small matters of
every day as fit occasions for haste, but It certainly haa ll* humorous aide when
one haa been buffeted by real events In the world.
The woman who takes things at home with such seriousness Is always a nervous
woman, and no amount of coaxing will get her to let up In her feverish haste to
get things done on lima. It's hurry to get up In the morning, hurry to get break
fast. hurry to wash dishes, to sweep, to dust, to sew, to bake "If you want any
thing of me you'll have to b* quick, for I'm In a hurry." This Is tho refrain ah*
s.rg* all day long.
It'# an awful trial to such a woman to have for a husband a deliberate fellow
who usually arlves on time, but never appears to hustle. Burl wonder whsl hap
pen* In homes where both husband and wife have the same affliction? I doubt If
there are many such homes, for this haste habit Is distinctly a feminine specialty
and has a logical cause In a nervous condition, which In turn results usually from
uterine derangement.
How often have you heard If said of one of these thin, nervous women, who has
finally succumbed to the grim destroyer,"Poor soul, she's over her hurry now!"
And you actually be kin to wonder how ehe found tlmo to die, for she was always
saying she "hadn't time to be sick.”
Buch women would either laugh or get angry If you told them that their exces
sive hurry was a symptom of disease. They would suggest that they left a good
deal of work behind them any way, and tf might be a good plan If more people had
the same kind of disease.
These women do their work "by the hardest" and do unnecessary things all th#
time. Their Judgment ts faulty at all points. To accomplish trivial tasks they
boldly Jeopardise health, and harmony, and happiness. Their effort# at comfort
and pleasure are mixed up with worry for fear something "Isn't going Just right.”
They completely fall to understand how to get the good out of life, and when tha
real cause of their unhealthy activity declares Itself they are sick women. They
have really worried their lives away and have accomplished nothing for them
selves or others. You could not make a woman of this stamp take medicine for
her nervousness, yet If ever a woman needed Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound It u this misguided soul who "has no time."
Her stock argument Is. "Who'll do these things If I don't? Look nice, wouldn't
it. If dust was an Inch deep all over th* furniture and all the clothes tn th* middle
of the floor?"
Youil find such a woman “hasn't time" to keep her person scrupulously clean,
that her teeth frequently go unbrushtd for the same reason. Her personal appear
ance. too, Is secondary fo her duties. In fact, ahe "hasn't time” to wear her
clothes If she buy# them, or to make them If she doe* It herself.
It looks Impossible to convince this woman of the error of her ways; but It'z a
pity, for there are many such women.
If some on# who had influence with her would Induce her to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound on one pretext or another, and see to It that she
found "time" to take it regularly for a while, this woman's nervous strain of
haste would relax and presently she would begin to take an Interest In some
thing beside retting useless things done. This medicine of Mr* Pinkham's la th* true
help for every woman whose nerves are In any way abnormal.
Why need women wait until they are physical wreck* with long neglected female
troubles? Why not get some good out of life by finding "time" to pay attention
to health?
had ordered the equad to lock up one re
bellious soldier who repudiated her uni
form and apat upon 11. Bhe had. of course,
refused to consider herself under arrest
and to enter the guordhouae. Naturally,
a tremendous tight hud occurred when the
faithful live attempted to carry out or
der#. It wa the flrt real buttle whleh
the army hod had to fare. 'Under fire - of
the description of lhat to which they were
•uhjected they acquitted themselve# with
credit. After the bnint and shock the
prisoner was secure, but the darning
needle and no little *t|cklntf-pl*er were
In requisition. The measure, n* a whole,
however, had a salutary effect on the
•morale' of the troop#." The army was
a success, of course, after many vicissi
tudes. It grew to lie 300 strong. The
girl* learned to stand straight, to rook,
and new and scrub They wound up bv
trmrrhlng down the Strand -in fuff dress
uniform -on Lord Mayor’s day!
The author s plan of an army of Indus
try for women and girls, of militarism as
a solution of the servant problem and a*
a self-supporting barracks, training school
and employment agency, sound* pleasant
and practical. It reads very well—but will
servant* give up the "liberty" and the
"rights" they love for the protection and
privileges and benefit* of an army train
ing?
Nine-tenth* of the American ladle* who
have.returned from trip* ahroad. when
asked what they enjoyed mo#t. according
to an exchange, state: "The witnessing of
the Passion Play at Oherammergau,” La
dle# In gcneAil bought three times a*
many souvenirs there a# gentlemen did.
Anton Lang, who ploy# the purl of Christ,
received large dividends from seffltt* au
tograph poem# and photograph#, chiefly
to women admirers. It la eatlmated that
the net profits of the villagers are *500,W.
Queen Victoria and the Prince and
Princess of Wale* ate partial In bestow
ing honors upon American girls, soy# the
Cincinnati Enquirer. Borne year# ago a
Mis* Honyng* of Calif,trnla married the
Earl of Coventry, and their little daughter,
who I* 3>car old. la a godchild of Queen
Victoria * daughter. Prlnceas Christian
In a few day# the Prince of Wale* will
act a* godfather to the little aon and heir
who has Just been horn to the Vlrounte*s
and Karl of Coventry. Two years before
M.s* Honyng* met her present titled hus
band she was engaged to he married to
a much wealthier peer, hut h* was Jilted
on her wedding day. on his discovery,
through anonymous letter*, that his bride
eleet was not the daughter, but only the
step-child of Mr. Honynge. and that her
father was an Englishman who had ended
his day# in a California prison. Bhe 1*
now most highly connected One of the
present Earl of Coventry's brother* mar-
Tied Mis* Whit Chouse of New York, and
his cousin the Karl of Craven, ha* like
wise an American wife In the daughter
of Mr. and Mr* Bradley Martin.
There 1* much conjecture as to whether
the Prince#* I-outs* of Cohurg really I*
mad or ha* been placed In confinement
bv her family to keep her out of 'h mis
chief In whleh *h reveled hefo-e he
w ,* placed under restraint, says the New
York Pres# From th* latest report* It
would seem that th' mind of the unfor
tunate woman really Is unbalanced. A
house In a eeeluded district In the Houth
of France has been taken for her. where
she can pas* 'he winter amid orange trees
and In a warm climate.
Her companions ar# two women who
used to keep a mllrtflery and dressmak
ing establishment In Cannes. Th# Princes*
In her davs of pleasure and powsr used
to baa patron of thaira Th* principal
thing that th# Prince** thinks of now la
dressmaking and a good salary was oT
fered to th* two "modiste*" to *h*r* th*
exile *nd confinement of their former roy
.l customer Their situation I* no a alne
eur* however, and they will earn their
oav A* soon a* tha Prince** ha, finished
her breakfast, which happily *h* never
take* before 11, #ho #lt* down to work
with them, and tinder their direction, sur
rounded by heap# of clothe# of all sort*.
Tal'or-rnade costumes, tea-gown*, even
ing frocks, and hats are arranged In hozea
and cupboard* round the room, all be
ing the remnant* of the heyday of her
coquetry, when *h# had 3® toilets a year.
They are now partially ripped up end al
tered after the latest fashion plate*
There are three acwlng machines In the
room, enormous rheval glaseee and hlg
deal table* The poor woman rip#, cut*
and sews. Just a* If she were going to
be well paid for her work, whleh she al
ways prctethls must he ready by a certain
hour.
Hut she Is kind, talk* freely, and often
reasonably, with her companion* about
all sorts of thing* Bhe ha* a good mem
ory and grta excited on!y when something
reminds her of Queen Henrietta of Itel
gluro. her mother, for whom she appears
to have a dread and a dislike Bhe also
cries like a baby when the name of her
sister, Clementine, happen* to fall under
her eye. The poor thing evidently never
ha* forgotten the awful scene at Laeken
after It had been discovered that letters
of credit tp th# amount of l.soo tro florin*,
signed with the forged name of the Prin
ce*, Clementine, were circulating In Aus
tria
The King and Queen of the Belgians,
who for one# were of the same opinion,
had decided to risk a public acandal arul
attack their daughter luiulse. with her
friend, Keglevltch. when Princess Clem
entine quietly declared that she had eon
aulted a man of law snd had been told
that ahe had the right to acknowledge
her signature, whether forged or not, arul
that from that day she would see that It
was honored. And the money was bor
rowed by the Princess, who continues to
lay the prlncloal and Interest by means
of Incessant economy and deprivations of
all aorta.
A lamentable spectacle la preaented by
the barbarous corsets now on view al
the Part* Exhibition composed of Iron
und pieces of canvas, shapeless and with
out grace, which imprisoned the delicate
forms of queens of fashion of bygone
periods, says an exchange. The corset had
its origin In Italy and was Introduced
from that country Into France by Cath
erine de Medlcis. Mary Bloart and Diane
de Pointer* did not, however, follow 4he
fashion Hut It was admitted by all the
ladles of the French court that It wa*
indispensable to the beauty of the female
figure and was therefore adopted hy them
The corset In those days waa In It# tn
f.seibv. and It atsumed more of the rough
character of a knight's cuirass. Th* frame
was entirely of Iron, tind the velvet
which decorated the exterior hid a fright
ful ami cumbersome machine. In contra
distinction lo these Is the modern corset
made of light prelty materials embroider
ed. berlbboned and decked with Isco like
a bride's bouquet
Every word In th* Chinese language,
aays the Ladles' Home Journal, has a log
ical formation, and each word consists of
either one Individual character or a num
ber of them combined In order to make a
complete word. Take the world field, a
square divided into section* or lots. When
the word man la wrltlen by th# world
field the •’omblnatlon make* th* word far
mer, Indicating the avocation of a man
who is n*oclaied with fields and agricul
ture. Brill more suggestive Is the Chi
nese word for truth, sincerity, faithful
ness. honesty. It I* formed by the com
bination of a mtn snd word, thus express
ing that on* form of honesty constats In
a man standing hy his word. Th* word
for boor Is Indicated by a square having
four side* of equal length, while a pris
oner Is literally a man In a box. s fact
which ts often grewsomely Illustrated in
China when a criminal I* sentenced to
death, and Is carried to ths plac* of ex
ecution In a square box.
Hs stood In tbo midst of ih* crush at
the Veiled Prophet's ball and wondered
which way he should go 10 find someone
he knew says the Bt Louis Ok>b# Dem
ocrat Btiddenlv he fell a slight tug. and
looked down discovered a hit of silk thread
upon the velvet collar of hi* new drese
suit, which he tried to brush away, hut It
rmighl in the hullcn of his cuff He pull
ed at It to gel Ih# other end and found tt
was a long pink silk thread, evidently at
■ached lo the gown of some gtrl Here
was an opportunity for a bit of romance.
He noukl follow the thread, and who
knows, he thought to himself, what de
lightful vision of youth ami beauty may
be found at the end of 11. and he went on,
winding the slender thread about hi*
Anger as ho proceeded, and linally .ante
to the end of it. end a very rueful ma .ten
he met Bhe was young enough and she
wae pretty enough, bul she certainly was
In a furious humor. The ruffle of her
gown was lying In pink, foamy cloud*
shout her feel, yard# and yards of It. anti
a man was bending low yatnly trying to
extii ate her from the mass.
"iVhat Is the matter. Mary"' asked a
friend, stopping to see what the troutde
was
"This ruffle was sewed on with chain
thread and has ripped the whole thing off
and If I ever get my feet out of It I snail
have to go home " And the idlor' con
eluded not to follow the romance any
farther.
Two cases that have recently come un
der th<> writer s notice, says the New
York Evening Post, would seem to em
phasise the statement that th" making of
home-made bread, cake, and pastry offers
a profitable o > uimtion outa.de that part
cf the field that i- >\• r*>i by tha wo
meti s exchanges. In one of the case# re
ferred to. a young girl living In a subur
ban town and known lo make excellent
bread for her own family's use, w as asked
by a neighbor tn Include for her an extra
loaf or two In every baking. Other neigh
bors heard of and duplicated Ihl# arrange
ment. For this modest beginning, the
friendly service grew to a htialness
The village ls one much frequented In
summer by wealthy New Yorker* and
from May to November the youthful Iwker
has difficulty In tilling her order* for
bread and roll#, even by working from S
a m often till nearly midnight. Her
rtltlnm has made necessary- tire replace
ment of the family cook-etove with a fine
new range In whose ovens sixteen loaves
of bread may be hiked at once The sec
ond case Is In a certain neighborhood of
this city. Dwellers In the locality noticed,
a little over a year ago. a sign on the
tmaement door of a modest home tn Ih#
quarter, announcing the sale every Satur
day of home-made cake* and pies, one
after another, the housekee|ers In the v|.
elnlty made a trial of the wares, found
them excellent; and the business has
grown from a weekly to a dally Industry
The goods are delivered In neat boxes,
t’ertaln ep*ohiltle*. such as soft ginger
bread and raised biscuit are provided on
certain days of the week Undoubtedly
there ore other suburban town# and more
city neighborhood* where the service
could he introduced to the mutual profit
of supplier and consumer.
Queen Isabel!*, the hanlshed ex-Qtiren
of Bpatn who ha* been residing In I'arD
at the Palale de Pastille for twenty-three
year# past, wilt within a short time re
turn to her beloved Spain and will reside
In a palace at Bevllle. Bhe Is over 70 yeitw
of age, has alwxiy# been noted for her
love of amusement are I revelry, but In her
o!d age ahe ha* Income severely pious Kh
has an Irresistible longing for her native
land, and, feeling that she has rot much
longer to live, ha* entreated her daughter.
In-law. th* Queen Regent, to allow her *o
end her day# In Bpaln and to #ee for th-
Aral time her grand#on. Ih# 14-year-oIJ
King.
Cloth of gold haa probably reached the
pinnacle of It# perfection, say# the Bt
lul* Globe. It Is to he had tn various
weights and lustres from a thin crepish
meeh. which can be massed and crushed
In cobwebby Anem-a* awl showing rather
froatlly when placed against a deeply bur
nished piece, heavy aa gro# gain silk and
similarly woven. Other weave# are printed
In |ilm and diver* oriental and Moorish
colorings, or with dainty Marie Antoinette
sprigs strewn over Bnm are thin a#
gossamer, other# stiff are I thick and #o.
whatever the puf|*e, cloth of gold stand*
ready for the need Gold embroideries
Intersperse witol chenille, ribbon or braid
work with astonishing multiplicity of do
sign, and In opaees where neither needle
nor hair can he placed, background* are
printed and painted In gold Thl* Is ef
fectlvely shown In the new heavy hand
piece* of coarse Oriental rffecl. Kelt or
very heavy eloth I# cut out In slmp'r ge
ometrical design, stitched upon #trlpa ef
stiffened burlaps with -marl effect Borne
time# the burl#p Is washed In gill, copper
or aluminum and the stitching done in
gold or aluminum thread liaml# cpc il
ly designed for the trimming of #hlrt
walsl#, show Oriental saddle-hag* embroi
deries In dull-toned rmao-slleh. both llk
■ml wool. or wool alone, and felt upp lc i
Ilona upon burlap# are not confined to
plain-edged ha tide alone, as some an- cut
In scallope and minaret point# running
fuff five Inch*# deep. Sometimes also the
Oriental effect I# further emphasized by
the spare use of dull-llnled or Iridescent
paillettes at the Intend Ice# of the design
A housewifery congress will convene In
Chicago Ot*. 33 and continue for four dgys.
Kitchen ,-hemlstry and kindred topic#
will be dl#cuw#ed afternoon# and even
ings. The demonstrations of cooking will
not he given by professional cook*, but
by Skilled housekeeper*. Among the c*-
hlblts will be article# of utility ami
beauty, designs of special convenience*
for house and room*, fruit In all preserved
form# Invention# of women for domestic
comfort# and suggestion* for furnishing*
The scope and aim of thl* movement ts
educational and sincere, and the Execu
tive i ommlttee I* eminently fitted for the
•ucvewful management of thl* congress
Prof. Quackenbo*. In a recent treatl##.
comment# on the fact that opsomania, or
mania for certain article# of food, par
ticularly de.lrate*sen and confectionery,
D a much more common condition than
Is realized or even ••oncelvabi*. **y the
New York Evening Post. He tile* among
opsomanlc# who have applied for treat
ment a lady who look up .ooklng and be
came a glutton to the wreck of her health;
a man with an Irresistible craving for
chocolate bonbon*, and a young man who.
aide part of the time to control hi* 'Von
• tant detrtr* to eat." at other time#, "like
a dipsomaniac entering upon a debaueh.
give# way and goe# to excesses that ar*
Injurious to hi# physical well b*lng."
Prof. Quackenbo# continue# with *om
for* Iblr word# shout ih# wndy mania
•'Tbls,” he *ay*. "I# widespread In Amer
lea and. In fact, the greate t enemy of
the health of our young women L th#
manufacture of fancy confectionery The
natural liking for randy, under the atlm
ulu* of It* combination* of chemical fla
vor#. terra alba and ghirnae. develops In
to a erase with the natural consequen.w—
Indigestion, mental Indolence, chronic gas
tric catarrh, and, most to be deplored, a
fetid breath which render* the possessor
positively odious The. breath of
healthy girl of should be pure and aweet
as the May breei*. and transformed Into
a nau**ou* blast by the Intemperate u**
of confectionery It operate* aa a Justifi
able cause for consignment to Coven
try."
It la no longer fashionable, say* Harp
er’s Bazar, to have any trimming at the
hack of the collar, but women who have
long neck*, or who** neck* are beginning
to look thin. And 11 a great advantage to
tie a piece of tulle around the neck, with
a bow at th# back This gives a pretty fin
ish to a stiff ribbon etock collar, and I*
almost Invariably becoming Only white or
black tulle should ba used. For evening
tha asm* thing la often *e#n worn even
with a Jeweled collar or a handsome neck
lace. and It aaema to soften any hard
line# In a most satisfactory fashion Boa*
and ruchea worn around the nack ar*
very soft, hut not e#ry full unless Intend
ed for quite cool wastlw. A pretty an*
ECKSTEIN’S
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DISSOLUTION
SALE
And their sweeping reduc
tions is the sensation of the
times. Our New Rainy-day
Skirts, Ladies' Flannel Shirt
Waists, New Golf Capes,
New Golf Suiting, New
French Flannels, Dress Goods,
Silks, Outings, Percales,
Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Rib
bons, Hosiery, Baby Caps,
Blankets, Comforters, Rugs,
Are now on the bargain counters,
and must be sold regardless of
value. You can’t afford to miss
this sale.
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO.
i* made of liberty sarin or chiffon trimmed
with band# of while lac* amt with a lit
tle pleated edge of chiffon. Thl* fastens
at the throat, and ha* long ends edged
with lace that hang down over the front
of the gown.
There xrtff he no bedraggled skirt* up
on the women of Vienna after the present
date If they observe the law. The local
council haa directed all women frequent
ing the public park* and gardens to hold
up their skirt# lf they would otherwise
trail tifton the ground. The reason for
thl# measure I# rather puerile. The notice
slate# that these Inrlosuree are devoted
to the recreation of |>er*ons desirous of e#.
captng from the duty town, und therefore
the authorities object to the dust being
swept Into heap# hy the trailing skirts.
Even so far buck a# the reign of Ed
ward I long train# were de rtgueur Thl#
Is what one of the monk* aays: “I heard
of n proud woman who wore white dress
with n long triiln. which, trailing behind
her. raised a duet even so far aa the al
tar and the crucifix Hut aa she left the
church and lifted up her dress on account
of the duet, s certain holy man saw the
devil laughing. He asked him the rause
and the devil replied: ‘A companion of
min# wne Juat now sitting on ihe train
of that woman, using It # a chariot, hut
when she lifted It up my companion wa*
shaken off Into the dust, and so I laugh,
cl ' " Evidently Ihe torsi council* In
Vienna sre somewhat antiquated in their
notion*.
The approved method of ridding a
kitchen of rats. *#y# an exchange. Is, #r.
cording to cooking-school experts, to
starve them out Thl# statement mint he
literally construed and means closely cov
ered box'* and barrels, no ■ rtimb* nor
particle# of any food, raw or rooked, left
about on rloet shelve# or In sny other
place accessible to them Thl# treatment
persevered In will bring about, after a
short time, the desired result.
Within My Lady's Uurse—
Some ribbon sample*, blue and pink.
A glove-hook and a few small key#—
A knowledge that Ilk* coin they'll ellnk
When Jostled quite ae.xiunt* for Iheae;
A letter from some love-sick scamp
i'll bet he'# not the one she marries!—
A lock of hair, a portage stamp.
Within tho purse my lady carries.
A plain hand ring, worn quiet In two.
Once on her hand 'twa# quite a fixture.
It broke—some aald. who claimed they
knew.
Her heart did. tco'—a baby's picture.
Borne little nephew, niece, perchance,
A shattered bunch of velvet berries
From some spring hat of wide expanse.
Within the purse my lady carries.
Tt* most a garret of a place.
So far a# finding worn-out notions
And trinket# are concerned, by grace
Of Just a woman'# whims, emotion#!
Jammed In romisirlinents that adjoin
Are thing* round which some memory
tarries
In fact; there’# evsrythlng but roln
Within the purse my lady carries.
—Hoy Farrell Greene, In Brooklyn Life.
The majority of women are coming to
the conclusion, aay# the Chicago Chron
icle, that It le nothing more than proper
that there should be some badge by means
of which on* might distinguish married
men from single one*. Masculinity pro
femes It does not see the necessity for
such a mark, but then perhaps there'#
some prsjudlce In this decision. At *ll
events, a maid who hot long ago visited
an army post where she met a large
number of officer# ls still trying to
straighten these gentlemen out In her
numl and separate the goats from the
sheep—that it. the marircd men from the
unmarried.
There were only about three women at
Ihe place where the two regiment# were
stationed, and these did not know enough
about the officers to tell th* girl whether
or not they had a better half hidden
away somewhere In the East, so she had
to decide this momentous question for
herself. At first she asked them the
plain and somewhat impertinent
question, hut when all but on* with beau
tiful unanimity declared that they were
not merrled, but hinted that they were
willing to be. she began to suspect that
they were unveractoua.
Than ahe weighed their words carefully
and discovered that when a mao sheered
oft from lh<* word wife w!th Mtnordlnßrr
'■are hr w< open to suspicion. Hhe say*
that half a doxen limn someone of these
redoubtable soldiers would commnc en
<huaia*ll< ally "Whan I wrote home to
day I told my—er—ah— my >Uir," some
thing or other. or. "Bpcaklng of resem
blances, your mouth la like that of a vary
dear frlrnd of tnlna, n aort of relation,
hi fart—a wall—or—a cousin.”
Tha girl only ram*Wad a couple of
waaka Perhaps If her atny had been
lotigar tha benedicts would have dcclar-d
thamaalvae to le auah. lint whan aha waa
hating aha got each man to •'iteach'' on
hl hrothar officer, anil than aha dlsmv
arad that every one of tha gallant* who
had taken her walking and riding amt
brought liar auah good tlilnga to ant na
ware within reach waa married except
one. and this aingla exception waa a
'"ling fallow who hud dam -rifted hi a wad
ding to her with gnat >-ir< umsfnntlallty
anti waa forever talking about hi* beloved
spouse.
Hitch l tha aontrarlaty of man. and
auch I* tha raaaon. tharafora, that tho
wediting ring for men or the button or
Wtnr auch mark la favored by many of
the weak* r lag. •
"I want to tall you otia thing,” aald •
night dark at one of the largf hotel*,
according to tha Baltimore American.
"Any ona who thlnka wn hava what le
termed a an it ( > 1* moat completely mistak
en In tho tlrat place, we are conflnad bf
hlnd till* counter, generally the botfeat
place In the city, and the very coldest In
winter, and we ate supposed to be a
walking Information bureau and city di
rectory rolled Into one Huppoee we are
having n big run. and every room In tha
house nearly la crowded Ho certainly aa
auch a thing happena u fuaay old party
will walk In and want a room with halt*
attached, and nil the lateat conveniences,
from tce-waler to an automobile.
"When we try to lie polite to him hn
begins to swear at hotels, this one espe
cially. and usually winds up by abusing
us Of course, wa are supposed to take It
all smilingly; but If one of us happens to
lose his temper, lie la dismissed by tha
propMetor, for the party la generally con
siderate enough to report u, conveniently
skipping his own remarks.
'l-atlh-s coma In with romplalnts yards
long They want to know how to gat to
such and such a place, and If we don't
know, they get angry and report us 1
hava had a lady to ask me where a gooff
millinery store was Now. what on earth
do I know about millinery stores? 1 will
tell her tha name of tha tlrat place that
tomes Into my mlntl. and off she goes, re
turning In the coursa of an hour or mo,
pea-green with rage, because I directed
her to a grocery place by mistake. No,
our lives are one long, hideous night
mare, and the worst of It Is that It la not
appreciated.”
Anew kind of make-up ha* been discov
ered In I'arla, nnd la said to be doing
wonders to Improve the feminine face.
A certain drug I* Injected beneath tho
ekln by a small syringe. This rauaaa
the face to become round and hollows to
disappeared, A little rouge and powder
and the bloom of youth appear*.
At the reeetit banquet of the National
Wholesale Druggists' Association In Chi
cago. the Rev. Frank Crane compared tha
respective remedial qualities of laughter
Home of his epigram* were these;
Man Is the only animal that was tnsda
to laugh, and, as science teaches that
laugh Is sure boon In health. It I* a sin
for us to substitute excessive drug-taking
for laughter.
l-alighter Increases the blood circulation.
It enlarge* the heart.
It expands the lungs.
It Jiggers the diaphragm
It promotes the dloculatton of the
spleen
I once knew a man who laughed so
much that when he died they had to cut
his liver out and kill It with a club.
Beware of theologian* who have no
•ansa of mirth—they are not altogether
human.
Keep your chin up.
Don't take your trouble* to bed with
you—hang them on a chair with your
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