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WOMAN’S WORLD. . mania smong literary foimn for m'n younger % than themselves |,• rtrst wji thought to t merely a „ -*ys Dorothy Pat In to* New lv Journal, appenrs to be becoming a ■ rmetl liablt. Daily Randolph Church- Mti France* 110-lgmat Burnett and i langiry have done It, Mis* Wilkins ;,l v Cruger threaten to do It. Strict l . .iking It I*, of course, a j>ersonal , (I ii y A woman of forty ami over ■ ,y bo presumed to know her own mind. . . us to marry a boy anil ralee up ..ml lu the way *h want* hint to :* har own affair. 'anting the right of every on* *° .er own taste In matrimony—no , i i-r lu-w blaarro—atlll. a woman we-l -,J ~ u man mucjt her Junior la always , . . lacle of auch rash aral reckless It is bound to challenge the at , .n of the thoughtful. . - gin with. It le much easier, as ~ r> woman knows, to catch huaband in It is to hold him after you get him. , e are animals you can never be sure .., • avo thoroughly domesticated umtl - r they are dead Men belong to this , |ius. i Irs. there are few two-handed t , ,nat nr continuously eiclthig I Vl i, uie woman who holds the trump (J j of youth and beauty doee not 1- i ,vs w.n out. What. then, must be the , ■ i ties of the situation when, with .ir second sight that comes after the youthful brUlegroom per mat he has let himself tn for on , ■ l ,r.rf with n*i mure thrills to It than , , , ertbh4ge with his mother? Ii.. there Is the burden of perpetual , , w it. h the woman must assure •I, prlvl.ege of grown* old. with all Its sit. s. Is ono we do not aulhclently late. From this blessing the ma m e woman with a young husband Is for . , r it t arred. She must always lie eti t it in a frantic effort to be young, or If ie can’t be young to be as young as .*■ - an. l ivery n w wrinkle Is a i-alnni ,,, . .ry gray hair a catastrophe: every ~.1:11 il inch of belt measure Is a tragedy .n n ver loffo enjoy that luxti* } lndian mmmu rof life '"h*u \vom i a out het* **ay*. *ma*he* her i*r , v i. bottles, p;t h s her m>u’ pot in th. * • r. ! iti andonti her*elf to b i lng fr nk lv middle aged, orxl no better looking than <j<*<i in *de her. Irr htr romance the elderly bride 1?* con temned to be feminine I’onoe ck I.# <n. forever rearchlng for the fountain of eterral youth Her r*th lend* by way of the cortot maker, the dMist, the com* pi, via : Ml. iallMt and he mj**ageur. Wn.it Che .iduic- at their hand* will nev r t >ld Men ha.v l>een martyred and c.tr ••iiizi and as saint* for Iren suffering* lea* Ii rulc a.ly endured. The \ uhk husband must d*o be amu*- fd There Ik the awful alternative of t-irntng him over to the tender mercy t f n pretty girl of hi?* own age or of t tu ft M r)y wife treading the measure of hi* mi, ;m mi fit* alt;, him. Alas. after fortv v *re no long,. to young we w.*r._ \V <li n’t take the same in vU w* fit m Ugh von** that we did when we ,1 if>- avoirdupois and more breath A. more rheumatism than romance foggy nights on the water. e begin r. alue that the Orientals know what • * y are abou' when they hi:e other peo io do their da min s for them Pare she [jive in to her natural yearn for a comfortable rocking chair, and forty wink* to which her age entitle** r? Never. Kh* mum trip the two . p. despite twinge* of incipient gout e mint be •£>’. giddy and girlish at ever cost Mho rnu*t keep him in efttad and amused. and entertaining uth 1* the hardest ond least rumun>r \*> work ever undertaken by a eober i a iult of a sound mind Xone of iis are lnretialbla to the charm.* rf youth. It in |erhap* only natural tha; lady novelist who ha* spent many year* • pioting hv r e* who were young, hand* ... and gallant, should at last daatfa to ' j die we admire the intrepid spirits K .owe, we .an but *!• plorc the Judgment j nt prompt* her to marry him. A young .sband un t really worth the trouble he | .j*ta. In an article on ‘■fcstravaHsnca In Prwi" n the Nineteenth C.ntttry Lady tiuendo ; ini Ramsay, nay* the New York Sun. suni' Interne inu estlmaie*. B<>e - there >r people who nre wall dressed ..xty pound* a yaw and aome who nra ■ v to *•••• on la** Mar .-*tlmatn for the , ihlr dr. * account of "wealthy peo- I who ro out Into society" I* i3OO, but it the pin money la no more than that, of It should ha anouKh for clothe* HOT* shall tM am ha twaatt Here are the apeclflcuttona: W inter— *• *• i uu- tailor-made droaa 10 10 ‘ i *n*- rotipth coat and skirt f fi i iiw Indoor smart tlreaa W H 'I wo evenlnß dresses e smart hat 33 every-day hat 1 “ (hi warm cloak or cool 12 *2 Hi.rlns or dress * 5 Autumn— .ait and skirt ' m vo t-wry-day dresses - r > (IU Tw . < vermin dreasea -• 2- hi I >r tea sown I® best hat or two nice ones 3 • two uimmon hats * J 1A la and shoe* for the year * W Tol.l '• 1 | l.ut for extra* and underclothing. if JO , A formidable ffioufh list l<> the uniti ir . ted mnertilin.- mlr.il. ml yet the ■l in -and fall ore singularly alighted in Til' 1 prl M .11*' time, of 1 alloc* and 1 * makers of fojihlciKiWc habits If tho thing* ar* l in tile at home the cod run be ■ I to 1126 IBs., mat there wit be left extra* and tuidCfclothlßl 1122 t*.. a I '..liable sum, but extra* might eat It nil ,ip. lukU- fluemtolen’* 160 pro ,mni*. e.-mel rearer the earth: ' "He mat and skirt 6 5 Two skirts 2 n ' hat * 1 ® ' i home-made smart drea * " e warm Jacket or mantle 6 0 ■ evening dres* * ® Hummer— • ■<> . oiton or muslin home-made dr*.*,,, 1 1 f, r.e -m.irt dress 2 ® ie evening dres*. made out 1® 1® Two hat* (one belt, one common) ..3 0 hoots and shoe* for the year * * Total ...I S3 6 Her, again the calendar knowa no r.ng or fall, and the extra* are pltl ' dly pinrh/d. * *upl*ose, if we may be allowed to i • -*• i* to a subject o mysterious and 1 rmsei-ullne, that th< rr are hundred* -:in*l*. in fact million* of American "I who ma-nig* still to be neat, utlll dr. <-d on • Rood deal le*a money ‘*n 1-td.v (iuendolert'a lowe*t eatlmate ler I’.rliop* they have more of a ' k than the Kngitah. women, and cer- Ihey have o more aesthetic en*e he* philosophy. ■ !y Ouendolen I* very *arn*st in urg women to pay their dreasmarker* 1,1 tailor*. but a* *he *ay* truly "the u owing to tailor* gr# not all In t jrred by women." * '■ a married woman’* luncheon recently. ’* the New fork Tribune, a sprfchtly v ' n* matron challenged ech of lh# •cth.anj to relate the way aba became Excursion Special Sale MORRISON'S 1 iTi. Napkins and Children’s wis 23 BROUGHTON, WEST. (J " d — This Week. This v ' eek. The Carnival is a thing of the past. The visitors have all re turned to their homes, many of them returning home happier by hav ing bought their DRESS GOODS and other dry goods fronrvus. Now that the excitement is all over we wish to inform the HOME FOLKS that we are still doing business at the same old stand and ever on the alert to secure new and beautiful weaves and shades in DRESS GOODS AND SILKS. We have just received a lot of new stuff that' we wish to show you. Among the lots just received is a line of IMPORTED BROAD CLOTHS in the new shades, Rose, Plum. Reseda, Castor-Brown and Pearl Grey, which will be a pleasure to us to show you. DRESS GOODS. At $1.13 Fifty Dr*** Pattern* lo Ilalf-tvool Serges. These goivlx are in Ma. k. green, navy, jrray and garnet. and are worth $1.75; sales price $1.13 At $1.33 Fifty Dress Pattern. In Brocaded Noveltle? Thee good* are In cas tor. brown, green, navy and gar net; aro cheap at 12.2 c. soles price. 5V.33 At $1.69 Fifty Dress Patterns In Fine Novel ty Hutting*-, These good* are In black, brown, green, navy, grey, new blue, • ,-mtor, iurpb and garnet, and are worth $2.50, mle* price.... $1.63 At 49c Our 4?c flat comprises all the new weaves and popular shades of the senaon i*-nch Plsek Henrietta* 40-Inch Colored Henriettas 40-Inch Kngl.sh Homespuns 40-inch Venetians * 48-lneh Brocades, all worth 05<\ to go at 1 At 75c All of our Kxtn Heavy 54-1 r. oh Kng- Hah Homespuns and Gilbert Cloth#, comprising almost every shade, sold everywhere at $1.00; our price 75c At 98c Our line of 11.25 Broadcloth* and Venetian*. 5t Inches wide, rutin finish, beautiful colors, nil the new shade* **c At $1.50 Our entire stork of $2.00 Imported Venetian* and Broadcloths, 5$ inches wide. comprising all the r.ew -hades, Including th* new bis cuit shaUes, all to go a.t $1.50 rntragf-tt. “A* for mywlf.” *h contlnu*tt alrtly, “I will confc**. to glv* you all ■mirage, that 1 |>ro|>o**d to Jack—and 1 will lw willing lo wg*r tnot two-third* of the women here. If they aid not aet nally 'ioi> the quetlon.' at IcnM gave very- timely and neee*ary help." At thl* lh*rt an a *torm of pro‘.**t antt much latighicrbtit when the proposition wis made to “*wear lit" each narrator to tell the ' whole truth, and nothing but the truth ” there w.u, much coneelou* anti biuihing illeevnt. . "Mt-Ihlnk* you all protest too much" raid the hr*! epeaker. "1 am ,ure that nearly every one of you are thinking thl* minute of bow you helped on your re spective husbands at the erudal moment. Will. Mr*. Dlank. am I not right?" *he a.ldett, turning suddenly to her vD-a-vl* arroes the table, whore expresrlve face Khowid Inward appreciation of the charge. "How was It with you? 1 feel sure thm you assisted your Wllllstiv- how did you do li7" And *fter a little urging and the promise from her neighbor* to l*; equally trank. Mr*. Blank begin her con fesalon. „ .... ... ' •T knew that William really liked me. #he began. **Oh. of court*, that go*# without pay ing. *’ laughtd tbc #e!f-conitltute*l grand Inquisitor. ••Oihenrl#** I would navrr have dreamed of helping him.” continue.! Mr. Blank with dignity; "but he was very Howl H>r month* I walled, hut h* went on. send ing me flower* and taking me to drive, and devoting hlm*elf to me at dance* without any result. You see. the poor fel low hadn't the courage to risk a refusal' she explained, half defiantly-evidently rather repenting her confidence*—but her listener* nodded under standingly, and she went on. ■ So 1 concluded that I would first show him that then would be no ilsk. you un derstand. 1 thought and thought how to manage it, and finally an Ida* struck m-, I wrote a suppor-d cpl*tle to a girl 1 knew out West, who had been my most Ultimate friend at school, and of whom I had often spoken, and left a sheet from the letter In a hook that 1 lent Wll.latn to re and A* 1 thought he might hesitate to r ad’ a private letter. I began the page with hi* name. 1 knew no man would re-ist that If he s'r* In love and wanted to know what a girl thought of him. t wrote as If my friend had been tca'lnr me about Mr. Blank; and. although 1 dl.l not actually say I liked him. t *td enough to make him feel pretty sure he could have me Anyway. It answered. William wrote hit proposal that very night, and after wa were married I lold him all about It!” The girl who never wore silk stockings wegrs them this season. It Is In the air— a statement less Improper than It sounds. Women have suddenly developed a manta for fancy and beautiful hosiery, and the stocking countet of a good shop would make a rainbow feel faded. The open work stocking ha* reached a point or nitnln.-u. that I* more marvellous than lieautlful. and the mod mollsh women prefer fine silk In solid color, hand-em oroldered. or with Inset lace or applied over the ankle. One woman at Newport ha* started a fad for plain silk stockings In one solid color and with the owner’s monogram exaulsltely embroidered on the ankle, and siocklug embroidery Is becoming a favor lie fancy work of the summer girt. It Is prophesied, too. that the next Christmas Instead of a deluge of erobrold. ,r,d suspenders and dress shirts protec tor*. men will receive delnty boxee et ■llk hose, each pair embroidered at the tops In front with elaborate mono* ram* Of course, the men would rether, far rather, have bright purple hose sigaagged with scarlet lightning, but they will have THE MOUSING NEWS: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER Ift, 1000. DRESS GOODS. At $4.49 Twelve Extra Heavy Plaid-Back Skirt Length*. hougnt to sell at |6.30; all to go at k ® At $2.89 TMrty-flve Fancy Brocuded Colored Silks Fa;terns In Waist Lengths, no two alike; bought to sell at ' $4.00; all to go at 2.K) At $3.96 Our entire stock of Kxtra Heavy Bmaded .Silk Waist Lengths, comprising all the new pastel shades bought to sell at s•■ or. this week to go at At 49c Our P.ainette Cloth I* the talk of th town; very heavy; need* no Un in r* *• OUR LINENS. Hourekeepcr* in need of Table r>am.t?k. Napkin*. Deylli* and Towel* come to us. and we will show you the best value* In there goods ever shown In Savannah. 56-tneh Bleached Damask 21c KMnch Linen Damask 2'"' h-lnch Iknen Damask *3" -lnch Linen Damask t?c -2-lnch Linen Damask *sc. 75c, Ssc T2-tneh Batin Damask 9*c. SL2S flb-tneh Heil Damask 19c. 25c, c. <9- 5-* Linen Napkin*, per doxen K* 3-1 Linen Napkins, per doxen SI.OO 3-1 Satin Damask Napkins 91.D0. *2O, $2.50 12x12 Cliecked Doyile*. |wr tain .... **' to endure the affliction the best they can. The New York frees has the folios Ins rt flection* of a bachelor: Very few men nt their souls. There never was a real fat woman and a real Inin woman who loved each other Women so by opposite*. It * generally one that> the hardest to marry oil that | has twins. The only thine that make* more nol*e thon two women at a reeeptlon t# three women at a pink lea Every woman ha* on idea that . If It wasn't for her. her husband wouldn't have any kin.l of social standing In the t..n No soman is satisfied with a man un less he can get up some fuss ore some thing that will make It seem romantic when she does marry.him When a man first kisses a girl, she ir,e to look Indignant and he tries to look re proachful as If she oughtn't to have made Itlm forget himself. Happily for our humanity, say* the New York Tribune, there Is mu.ti truth In the poet's assertion that "hope springs eter nal In the human breast.'* And now that the summer Is actually over and gone, and we must face Ice-ttonnd winter, the true bouse mother, although she gives a sigh of regret for her garden and the happy outdoor life, cannot but feel dis tinct pleasure In thinking of the many comforts that are possible to add to th ■ warm home nest. Here a set of new cur t.tlr.s will Improve die dining room. VVhnt an air of cheerfulness can be given t the hall by one of those velvet stair car pets which contrast so well with tli white baluster. What dainty a.-ce—ortes can be added as surprises to her daugh -1,-1 ' . : t . Wl.il ' i • V * r .ti> husband, who has lived without the real comforts of hnm>- n et. Hut While we think of the material comfort of our family, do noi let us forget that the great essential after all Is a rheerful spirit. In beginning the winter, and open Ing our home* for the season's duties, let every house mistress make the r> solution not to And fault, and not to complain, and while she ministers tt> the creature com forts of her household, let her with th* ,nme faithful, iinte lllshners * he. k every fretful remark or a tart reply. Those hur rle.l breakfasts In dark Deeemher. with the children to get off to sch*iol, and the hue hand to business, will be far less try ing If kind, good humor pour* out the coffee ami And* missing nrth ••*. It Is astonishing how many really good, unaeiilsh women have a habit of constant fi**fu!ness Shat Is almost Intolerable. The cares and worries of their lives cling closely to them. Even their cheerfulness Is querulous, and gives no real warmth or comfort. Thackeray evidently esteems good humor as one of the highest feml- I nine attributes, for ho continually refers so |t when he desires to make his hero | |r.es attractive— the expression. "kind good humor" occurs again and again In hls books, and he always pul* It In with a little tender touch, as If he valued It! Certainly It Is the sunshine of our hom*-. and miserable. Indeed. Is she household that has not the warmth and light of Its influence. The Paris dressmaking district la prac. ! t ically confined to the lrierular are i hounded hy the Boulevard II a us* me- n I the R'ue de Richelieu, the Hie do Kiv II | and the Rue Royals Evsry American ! who Is familiar with the "hops o' this neighborhood knows that the Rua and la palz is the most attractive and expensive atreet In It. Some of the largest of the eetab Isb menta devoted to the manufacture of wo men's luxurious drees, ays the New York Sun, employ a many as 140 women, rang ing from the head saleswoman down to UNDERWEAR. The cold weather Is here and you need heavy underweir. We have It. Men's Krtr Heavy Fleece Lined V* ts and Drawers J&e, 49 • Men’s Extra Heavy Kleec# Lined Lined V* stn and I‘anta 43c Men's Heavy Wool Vata and Drawers 75c, sl.hrt LidSef* Hoff Wool Vests and 7.V. SI.OO I toys* Heavy Grey Fleece Lined Vest* and Drawers 30** Boys* Heavy Grey Wool Vests and Drawers fibr M Fl • *e Lined Bibbed Vests and Pants t&e and 25c Misses' Grey Wool Vests and I’.tnU . WV Children’s I'lerce IJned Gr y Ribbed Ves sand Drawer* .. 10c,12**c,15c,l$c.2ftc BLANKETS and COMFORTS. ii*-4 Grey Blankets 49. 10- Grey Blankets * 11- Grey Blankets V 4S 1-4 W hit* Blankets 11-t While Blankets 11-4 White W’*o| liiutlkets L.s2 9* !M WTilte Wool Blankets 9x 11-4 W’h t. W 00l Blankets 4.9^ Largtt 5.7. c < Vtmforis •*' Ixtra Large Hue Comfort $1 43 DOMESTICS. Yard wile H<*n Island U-incb Tw Dad Cra-h IS‘‘ Mat tress Ticking* •* i t Can on Flannel r>r rc-ini h Cretonne Heavy Fletced Outings Extra Heavy Fleeced Outings *’v Cotton Klderdowtis llxtra lliHivy Cotton Eiderdown* ... Ilk M* r r.z* and Outings U* French Flanneleltes 12%'' th** link* girl who hold* the pin?* for the titter* The cxtabilihmenis In thl* |**rt of Faria that rater to worm n w th mot o> ar.l t t*te alt over the world are dlffr-rent from any • xlatlng here; they are roi like otn prlvata ■ aimtftri* litibllttottiii nor yet Ilk* the <1 ftartni*n: *tore.. They are something between the two. The hr*i- known house* are able to sui ply a woman with everything to be worn fr ni the fltust linen to m opera c loak, aiwt ye| they .ir more like the private lr<jt-m k er * lit New York than the <!e;artment store*. Few places of the mor* exclu Ive and exr* naive k!nl In New York m ike any attempt to provide women with any thing more than their drraaea. although the hrst<kn<>wn Paris shop* of the k!n<! usually furnish lingerie and millinery as well. The beat patrons of these high-prl e-1 place# In I'atis are the women who llv# there, in • of the lomimn Imp r sl>n that only Americans and other foreigner# spen l money ei o igh for their dret*es to iwiy th* price* asked by the French mo diste. Parisians* pay them mu h more willingly and frequently. The women Who are thought to he the leader# of fashion, the wive* of wealthy 1 ank**r actrenses with large sums nt their com mand. and women who are Wealthy, with out having husbands. *or having bean on the stage will pay regularly for t:i*ir stum*** sums (hat would istonlsh any but the richest Eng lish w .men or American*. To worn n of this very varied Parisian class, w.ilch .neludes dtiche*s* well an singe s of couplets in music hails, there is nothing unusual in paying $!/>• for a Irea* or s2b> for a .*l.k |M*ttlr.iiit For an o. era loak SSHO Is not considered extortionate, ard for a nightgown there though to nothing excea-ivc In SMO a * a price. Tlkw suniM, a>kel by the moat fash ionable Parts dressmaker#* mean, of ourrn*. immense profit to them iiltlnrugh it Is said that the average profit it not m*re than 15 |er cent. Home of the famous dressmaker# |retenl to make no more than H per cent., and it la said that the average Is not more thou 1. Thl* I*, of court**, difficult to believe when the cost of material** lx taken Into conoid '*nit<Vt and one remembers Unit the most expendve item 4n the making of a gown nr ar.ythiiM? else for woman's wisr is the taste of Its designer. More Is paid for that feature than for anything else, for It alone <-annot le dopliqpted. while the rarest materials can usually he found If enough lie paid for them. Nothing, how ever. can toko the place of the genlua in fashions. The cost of the labor of making up a dresw which aeJls for |#oo Is wild to be only $lO. and the l*alance tnrludaa ihe profit of the proprietor, the cost of the material and every other incidental ex pense. At least SIOO is (bought to be the share allott*d to the designer for his unique qualities. Then there Is the cost of the maintenance of the expensive es- considered nec*a*ary to-day. Not only ar* the rents In this particular quarter of Pare high, but the decoration nnd general Style of the rooms of fash ionable dressmaker must now be little short of. magnfflceent. He must have a l*ol!te, well-dressed, capable staff of assistants and they are through! to rep resent $l6O on the coat of the dress. Interest on th© capital Invested and outstanding debiA will exhaust S4O more, and for bad debts, w'hlch are more fre quent in that* establishments than the wealth of thair patrons would land any body to iuppoae. the sum of S7O la allowed With $l4O for mntertal. the total coat of a SOOO gown would be $5lO, leaving a clear profit of s#o That is about 16 per cent, and most drear makers art aald to earn no more. In view of their great outlay and (he amount of risk they take In fit ting up and conducting auch expensive establishment#, at smaller prices there would b* UiUe or no opportunity for profit to make their worth while ll will le seen from these figurtsi that there is • ni truth in the belief Ihnt the persons who buy it the most expensive | places p*> f>r the rent, the decoration# and the other costly features. “A genuine lave of sport.'* remarked a social crltf n anilv. * is. In my opinion, more ellb i* us in keeping either a man or a w*nmn > ung than anything else 1 know of 1 can pFk out i* w tivng my acquaintan-es at least half a iloifti wo men who should, bv r ason of th* .r age an<t tumors its** of them being graml mothrrsl. be quite venerable, but. Mess nv * they .treas keen to win game, w hether It 1 golf h; idge or even a hlM's round gome, a* if gre.it things deiH*nle*t upon it And it is Just that. 1 firmly t*e lleve. tha kf'ts them so young In pearance Htui manner It Is the youthful , exerels** of t<L tnd initnl that such i thing* excite which influence# the l and- \ vidua But such a lovi for pastimes can- ■ r.ot be cultlvattl or assumed to have th*' result I s|H*ak of It imp: be the genuine artlcl The frailty of advancing years cannot contend against any Giam enthu siasm it must be very real indeed, spon taneous. Inborn But to those who Pte• sess It* Is certainly a great K*on. * pil- Unn them to put as Ida the twres of this lift and r- new their >outh under !;* In* rtuenca." Adipose ti ue. s.ya the New York S in ha* Mlway*< be*n the pr.tna tl nna’s enemy iil.d few them have escape*! it The young Am* riean stngef dia* liarg* I the Other day because her figure uas conskt ered too heroic U>r appearances In Ktig lt*h opera, grew stout somewhat earlier In her caret i than most worn* n do, and that sevm* t* have bin her prtnci*al mlsfortun* Tho# reveni I i*sl f the ft prlnm <k>nna has t*een the German, al *h*mgh In former In.s h was the stout Italian who created much amusement, rictfolomlnl. *luring the later year# of her career, grew to enormous site, and some of the oth* r Italian singers were Ju*t as unwieldy. But it later • am** to be the German soprano who was A g.r l*-d as the **ne pi'tson cert dn to be f.t. wiiatever e|e she might be Sonic of the w'oinen w lio came here during the days of th** Gorman regime ludf- l t* strengthen this |ofular n. which so far a* tier many is concerned rests on a certain I asl •f f.it. Anullf Malerna sang Isolde at Vienna *nl Kundrx at Bayreuth when she lwil !*• < me mi'h a monster *-f flesh that her appearance w*>uld have teen ludlerouw under nny >thcr clrcumatanccs But ifh* was aivntre<l for years In Ger tn my although it*|s 4uMful If sh* could ever la\e ma<l a reputation h-re when el* w.-. *if .-uth a rlx* llosa Huder had | grown very stout luring th- later la\s j of her car*- r and Ther**ea Malten b b w o • u.xMitntng raps liy the heroic prop**rt;on commonly associated with the Wagnerian heroine. These women were examples of the short German singer sttlking enough to keep alive the tradition that Wagner needs fat interpreter*, or iha the proper performance of Wagner mifid makes sin gers stout Whatever the relation bet woe n cause and effect may le lure. It is err tain that th* Get man women have tk* m the preeminence* In avoirdupois associated thirty years ago with the soprano from Italy. None of these women ever come to th*- Metropolitan nowadays, b* iuse th* public does I*l take kindly t< them Thev may grow stout In the presence of th*dr admirers, but they never succeed In ** Ing friends when they com*- here sir* i*ty colossal. The latest example *f the disad vantage* of flesh was a dramatl sopran who nun.' to the Metropolitan live years .go anil nui'lt an rx.fll-tU IW n ' l lirunnhlld- In every i.*nlrul*r i l“,r *onal appear Mice Ph* etttlrciy too .tout to 1.0 atlf*ctory In look*. *nrt tn.- public rcfuc<l lo overlook hl. cxc. un*l think only of h, " r talent*. An oWrvant writer ha* thl* to *ay with reference to th* modern woman ••How voting the e.t women of 45 or 50 look, how free from care amt re lKii*it.lllty There le bo eln*le ilelachett wool in our lunguago l.rxe rnou*h to ex urc., the complex Impro-aloei mwi- t th— tr.ivlnK motror.* of hl*n The IminctiMic nt of wealth, of habit ual tolf-m.lula-nce, of cuatom to m -mini, the unmistakable expectation f heinir olMutjulouely waltwl upon, which brine* hra.l wilier * *<irely * fa miliar wnDtlc call* a <to*--all ehi* i In tensely imusing. and the woman 4*vo *i of footman ami luttvV nil< make* an interoetinK atuAy Knvlrexitnent in** eer mini) ma.le .an<l .lamet. of thee tattle* witn*ot .tnuM or eontroverey. "Anti the malilen*. typical hlxh- 'laes young women of the b*t*of the cenitir>. what a strange ,levebp*nene they are from the clreutWftaneaa. the trtolitlons ontt the | opinion* of their grantt-moiher*' Htralght ' ithletle, nn*l unttl*turh<l by rowtl*. or puahing, half-tllecoiirteou* men. how lotol |y 4hey laugh, how ttl*tlnetly anti freely they talk, of the nenwn. of tire,, of the coming w,titling, or th* ln*t bnttien at g.igement. Ho*' brown they are. epc •tally their hantt*. brilliant with tlaxxiUig no" ARGUMENT NEEDED. Every fttifferer from < ntnrrti Know* Thnt Halve*, l,llon*.Mnalie*.SprayX • nil Utinelie* Da \t t lire. Powder*, lotion*. *lve. spray* mvl In ' haler* cannot really cure Catarrh, tie ! t-aueo thl* <llea*e I* a blood ttl*ea*e, and Real application*. If they accomplish anything nt: all. almply give Iranslen ‘ relief. The catarrhal poleon Is In the blood and th* mufu* meir.hnme* of the no**, ihro.it j and trachea trie* to relieve the *y*tem by eecretlioc large titmnlltle* of mucti*. the ill.-' harge nometlmca cloving up the n.m trll*. droptttng Into the throat, coming tteafneaa by chalng the Euaiacnlan tube*, j and after a time causing catarrh of Momach or xerlou* throat and lung trouhlea. A remedy to really eur- catarrh mu*t !. an Internal remedy which will cleanac the blood from catarrhal poleon an.l re move the fever and congeatlotl from the mucou* memljrane. The beet ami mint modern remetlle* fo, this purpOM at*- antlept|c aciemltliwlly | known a* Eucaiyptol, Ouala 01, Suiiguln aria ami Hydraxtln. and nlilie each of the* nave htrri successfully used sep arately, yet It ha* been difficult to get | tl.,m all combined In one palatable, con v*nl**nt and * (tlclenrt form. The manufacturer* of the new catarrh ! cure. Stuart's Catarrh Tablet* have sue t-eedrd admirably Ui act omjttl-hlng thl* result. They are large, pleasant tasting lozenge,, to be dlolved In the mouth, • thu* rtruchlng every |.art of the mucou* membrane of the throat and finally th* j stomach. ! Unlike many catarrh remedies. Stuart's j Catarrh Tablet* cnntaUi no cocaine, opiate or any Injurious drug wttver ami are r<|tially benellclsl for little children and adults. . Mr. C. R Rembrandt of Rochester. N. Y,. says: "I know of few people who have suffered as much a* I from Catarrh of the hand, throat and stomach. I used sprays, inhalers, snd powder* for month* at a time with only s.ight relief and hatt no hope of eure I had not th. mtaii* lo make a change of climate, which seemed my only chance of cure. Last spring 1 read n account of surge remarkable cure* made by Stuart* Ca tarrh Tablet*, and promptly bought a tlfty-oem bog from fny druggist and ob tained uch positive benefit trom that on. [ckage that i continued to use them ttady until 1 now consider myself entirely dee from the ulsgus.lng annoyance of catarrh; my head ta clear, my digeatlon all I could ask and my hearing which had begun to fail as e result of th* ca tarrh has greatly Improved until I feel I can hear as well as ever They are a ;ioueeho.d necessity In my fsmlly. { Stuart's Catsrrh Table', are sold by druggist* a. W cant* For complete treat- Iment and for convenience, safety and prompt r-etitta thay are undoubtedly the locg lookcd-ior catarrh cure, .- . ECKSTEIN’S 13 an<l 15 Broughton St., West, The Oldest Established and Best Dry Goods House in the City. W e say this, knowing; that our patrons will substan tiate our claim. Our prices are the lowest; our goods and assortments the best, and under the present man agement we guarantee everything as represented or money refunded. ALL SPECIALS THIS WEEK. 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GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & GO. r*nge. and how rough nd unkempt their hair! When curioue. fanciful clothes they wear, and what wonderful comb** and buckles. Aim! tf she chances to lunch next a trio of 4.es© very Independent young girls no elderly woman will fall to sur prise.! at what they ent while they laugh and chaff each other like sc.ioolboys and restlessly put up ihelr hands to press mi certain •-otribs into their loose rolls of fluffy hair. They are fine specimen* of physical health, with firm shoulder# and quite astonishing, muaculur arm*, but they are not fascinating, mu *!h'S the new olert. commanding manner harm.’* I’ncut I*eaves !>h. a wonderful book Is the linok of life. Whether the Mndtrig be rich and fair With luminal lone, sntt gildings rife On the finest vellum, thick ami rare. Or whether the binding !*• ioor. an.l moan. Faded and cheap, and flimsy withal. • The veriest prose that was ever seen. To le found for a trifle In any stall. And still th discerning spirit grieves To know thwi #a’h volume has uncut leaves. "Tl* a wonderful wtrk from A master's hand. Whsrs ••om*ly. IraiSy, *mlis* "twl tear* Bwlftly tr*A<l on fho shlnlnc rind. A* th* n.' tiM aro hlf<o>l by (>a*irtn* yor*; And thoro from Iho llrfht of day aro hid All thlna* trooullful, *<>d and fair. In iho brlff lncio*uro, from 11*1 to lid. WhatfVt-r tho hfirt tloslro*. I* thorn; But oh. how tho *r>lrit irrlov* and xrlovo*. O'or tho idtiltii |*ith.> of uncut l.avo*. Thoro Is fair flur. o** with her barkonlna hand. And Health, with her may and laufthlng fane, There I* homo, and urate, and a omllinx land. Whore hoaT.mho, never can find a plime Tfiero tiro hwautlful fhlUlren between tho leave*— The rrowndn* irlory of motherhood: And a wealth of kno for earh heart that xrleve*. A love that 1* never misunderstood: Yet forever .he watchful *plrlt arleve* O'er the niyatcry here of our uncut leave*. For every volume, whnt'er it he, Ha* leave* which never shall e# the llßhi, Their xruelou* beauty anv rvmmelry Are never dliicloeed to tho lonstng *l*ht; And live* era clouded, and eye* am dim. • For Sack of th*. which I* near to ail; With those uncut leave* they ore foaled tn. Arvl they cannot respond to prayer or call: And tlm tiahout life the spirit xrleve* For only on* yllmiwe of those uncut leaves. When shall we ee that the Author'* hand Which fashioned the volume we hold fh fee— With a wisdom we canned understand. Above and beyond our msetery— Cut* with a loving torn each leaf. Never forgetting the end In view. Ell!* out each story, howevsr brief. With a kind Intent ar.d a purpose true: And who can doubt that the Author grieve* When we queettan hi* love by our uncut leaves? —Clara Treadway Weir In the Interior. Although the Prince of Wale*, say* the Inti>n ttketeh, ha* not vtslted th# Paris Exposition, I understand that His Royul Highness fully * tends to make his usuil holiday trip to Nice In tho coming spring, tinlea* of course, unforeseen circumstance* ■should arise to prevent him At Nice the Prince I* thoroughly at home though on on* occasion he wa* th* victim of n terrific boro a explosion. Let me haeten to explain. . On a certain day It happened thatch* hetr-*PP<rent had bidden the Orand Duch ess of Mecklenburg-dtrelltx to lunch, and the proprietor of the hotel had requisi tioned Mr. James Oordon Bennett's chef to eeelst In preparing the featt to which hja master was not bkMen. Mr. Gordon Utnnctt thereupon invited tira Grand Ducheee to t< for a morning sail on hie yacht, and tigk the cordombleu with him. The luncheon hour arrived, but Her Itoyat Highness had not returned, and as the Prime never wait* for any one he ordered Hie r|*l to be served The landlord was In desiwlr. for among the "surprlsee" of .Mr. Bennett's Ttief was w Irombe glacee, which, on the application of a match, would slowly unfold and •lleplay its treasures divided into Adored quarters. However, at tin aid moment, thinking id make sure of the effect, the landlord ■ rammed three cartrhlges Into the tills* ami applied the llgln. Instantly thera was n terrific rsplunlon The windows were ahntlered. and the I‘rlnce end Out other guests wtre drenehrd with Ice cream The confusion was allayed only by ths hearty Inushtrr lnso which Hls Royal Highness broke. As lo the landlord, ha fir*l amt hid himself for three whole days. Hut the noise had attracted the nolle* of the authorities, and messengers were, when the explanation was given, sent off In hoi haste So (he telegraph offices fo stop any dispatch which Imaginative cor rt s|*indent * might heed "AtiemiK osi tho I-lfo of the Prtnce <>f Wales." Hut only those in the mom knew of iha affair. My Informant was on* of them. The lata King Humbert, of Italy, at the time of hie marriage, hail a wide spread reputation for gallantry. Not even the beauty of the young Queen could prevent hi* seeing that the ladles of the court were fair, and saying so, Wlh more zeal than deaeration. Merg herlla. his cousin ami Ids bride, V* | pruqd us well us beautiful, and stormy | time* were predicted The tale they tell, says a former let ter In the Philadelphia Iteeord, le how Marghertla, In the full splendor of her youth and royally, passing through tha I*l*tf palace apartments to some stats hall, surprised the King, young, too, and still more a soldi* r than a prince, pour ing fldtcrle-s Into the ear of the pretflmt of her gentlewomen. Not one word did ■Viargherlta say, but. lifting her splendid fun, she broke it with ony blow on the offending lu.Bj-uf honor's shoulder and lssed silently on to the ballroom. One vflrslon—and the prettiest-says that Humbert gathered the pieces of, tha fan. hawed low to the lady and pamed a silently after. The walls of the palace shook with rumor* Hurt night, the floors Vibrated with whisper*, everybody fore saw u scandal—a horror. Kveryihlng hod is “polltleal conse quence" In those days, and while-hatred ministers trembled t think of the amount of mischief a g.rl'a resentment might lead to. And what Iwippened’ The only thing for which nobody was prepared— nothing.. The young Princess pursued her Mata-ly way without a word or murmur: The young Prince became a royal lover. The Queen from that flrwt youthful trl of womanly dignity to the moment of her nverwhelnVngly woman ly grief, has never forgotten that she la a Queen, or. rather, she lias never need ed to retnembed It. At the city clerk's office In T*>weU, Maas., there was tile,l last week thf *ec ond marriage of John J Burbank, eg 4 *O. and hls former wife, two years hlg Junior. The couple were divorced flfy years ago ami each had marr ed nine* that time and lort ih*|r mates through death. The reconciliation was brought about by a son. He has spent the brat ' part of hls time lit an --ffo.-i to unite the lives of hi* parents. The newly welded Mrs. llurbnnk was a neighbor of Sir Burbank In Haverhill, N. H.. wnere he'll we re born and where they grew up side | by side as neighbors. They were married In 184* and when j Burbank. wh< was a stalwart young far mer became the father of boy not a patch of darkness was to be seen up* their cloudless horizon. But dlfferencew arose between them These cu mi s eel In drastic measures, when Burbank fil'd a bid for divorce agalnat hls wife and the mother of hi* Infant boy A few years after the divorce Mrs. Burbank came to Howell end was married to a man named Barnes. Bhe toon was left a widow, and later In life made her home at Intervals with Prank J. Burbank, her eon. who la a prominent business man Continued on Paga 2b, 15