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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
Th# twin ay* I.ady Violet Ore
vl le. m lb* New York Journal, I* derived
(r n> 'be Anglo-Saxon, meaning the given
rr dtpenr of the loaf. It wax a title
IgituUly applied to a woman whose hus
u>nti was of no lower rank than a knight.
lies father's rank was equal or higher
inert an earl who had the rlgh* to sail
iterself dame (as a knight's widow still
no, and who possessed refined manners
and a good education. The knight s cry,
!>|eu ee urn Dame," meant that he was
i lepored to do battle to the death for his
atfe or his sweetheart—persons his equal
In station.
The origin of things being the last
irstlon to Interest the vulgar the term
udy has, Ilk# the term gentleman, com
; etsly lost Its meaning constantly
hear that tha lady hns called for the
washing, that a lady Is brought up at the
IVl.ce Court for giving another laJy a
black eye; while the dispenser of tspes
or tha waitress nt a restaurant must In
srtably be addressed by the prefix young
lady.
The "lower” classes, always apt at an
rpiihet. and conscious that even In rank
there ts a difference, have, however, In
vented the letm, "a real Ifdy” and the
definition of this title Is as vagus as Its
application. A "real tarty." in trades'
pittance, Is one who pays promptly with
out haggling; a real lady, according to
f.rvsnts. Is one who breakfast# In tiel
and never speaks to the maids on the
stairs, a real lady, ai the milliner's, does
rot bargain anil talk In mincing sccen's.
Not that money alone makes a real lady.
8- rvants know the mushroom nobllltay to
T They have a special Instinct for
detecting the impostor, and rarely make a
mistake In their dlagnonsis or gve honor
where It Is not due.
But the real lady.an Interesting type and
survival. Is nowhere In the race with the
"lady." She Is übiquitous. She stares
at you In a battered bonnet from Ihlrrt
ijis carriage windows, trails her muddy
skirts In the streets, displays her curl pa
t!> ra. baby In arms.ln the slum.- and alley,
or adorned with sham Jewelry flaunts It Ifl
the station burs.
The Kngltsh people, the most practical
|da in the world, are yet eaten up by
shams. Making believe Is part of their
til.Sion, it Is very pleasant when one Is
i. child to live In a land of vivid dreams,
t Is absurd and unbusinesslike when one
t grown up. If to be a lady means any
thing. It means a great deal It meant
to be the perfect complement of the gen
tleman.
!,et us hear how Cardinal Newman, a
g tty authority, defines the gentleman;
He Is one who never Inflicts pain. H*
carefully avoids whatever may cause a
jur or a Joll In the minds of those with
whom he Is cast; all clashing of opinion
or collision of feeling; all restraint or
suspicion or gloom or resentment; hi*
great concern being to make every one
si ease and* st home. He makes light of
tutor* while he doe* them, and seem* to
hr receiving while he I* conferring, lie
twi- no ears for aland. ;- or gossip, and In-
rprels everything for the best. He has
too much good sense to he affronted at
tiiMilt. he Is too busy to remember inju
ries. and to Indolent to bear mailer"
Manners, or the essence of Christian
spirit, which desires neither to hurt nor
offend others, no longer form s part of
* lialton. and the brusqueness and ruds
p. •- of independence has assumed Ita
pi,, e It may have Its advantages; It
may be more sincere; it may be less cum
lo-rsome, but it Is not ladylike.
Why. then, the supreme desire to pass
a-, a lady?
If It sprlngt from th© republican a*-
scrlion of the equality of all mn. It I©
i ompreheiurtble. If unpractical. If It ufo*
- Us from i wish to ap© and Imitate. It
I* vulgarity. pure awl simple.
They vmy that In a hundred years most
woi-tl*! have lo#t their meaning. Ju*t as
tli* Americans still us© ©om© old Kngllßh
, v * - ons thn very heart of tb* people*
11 , igiii s. wht h arc now incompr*h©n©l
hh* to u- In a few year* more, no doubt.
HP word lady, entirely diverted of he
original meaning'. la: atin yhe
mi- *of time, will merely be the
lent of th© feminine gentler, the female of
Hit* male, and then the genii*- bird and
wiser of the ex will exult In calling
themselves, bravely, women.
Till hcn we must be content to see la
d;. out at heel, trailing dingy. ragged
>kirt In the mud and haggling at fish
stall*. boxing their children s ear* and
gossiping on the doorst* P* We must talk
of the youqg ladlr* of ih** ballet, the la
ilT* of the mar. the counter, the emporium
and the typewriting office. We must put
Up with the lady who goes out chartng.
the tadv helps and lady cook. and lady
swindler*, the ladle* of all kind* and de
scription*, hepnlnted and bedrjggled, b**-
< uri-papered. b%flounced —lucky If# jo the
end. we find one of the old original sort,
the complement of the gentleman, to pre
side over our hearth and home.
. In Now York. say* Dorothy Dl* In *h<*
N- I Irleana Picayune, the servant gin*
hiivr mot and organised * tru*t. wtth
b. i.lquarter* and a walking delcxate and
„ rrtovunro ami all the olhor paraphor
pnlla for a atriko. and a Mrs Homebody
or other Beale has boon making addressee,
ailrrlmt them up to resent Hrlr wra*.
conttrm lo report. >lr*. ** * rirh
woman, who dhuuhhwl herself a* * ®** r '
vant and hired out to get personal ex
pa, la,, oe. She went out hunting for
trouble and he found a-plenty, and h*
coma tank with a late of oppression* of
the hired girl that makes the aulterlng*
of the ancient Christian martyrs look like
thirty cent*.
The-e may he Isolated casea of bad
trratmetit. of course. One doesn't like to
question on the veracity of a reformer.but
general experience and observation go to
show that Ihe downtrodden servant girl
l u- much a myth a* the *• serpent
We have all heard of It. but no llring
man has yet beheld It. Asa matter of
fact. Mary Ann Is the boss of the earttv
She Is the tyrsnl befote whose swfut
threat lo leave otvlllxalion trembles, and
the suggestion of oppressing her I* all
rank nonsense. Nobody could do It- All
she has lo do, wrtien she l displeased, le
lo put on tier bonnet and walk out of your
house Into somebody else’* who has
wrestled with the servant question until
they are so worn and exhausted they ere
ready to lake anything I hat come# along.
The very Idea that *ny one Is going to
maitreat a good servant I* absurd and
pre|KMiterlous on Ihe face of It She Is too
n~ esenry to our peace and comfort to be
trifled With. She la too precious a Jewel
to run any risk of losing, and there ere
100 many other people standing ready to
snatch the treasure out of our kitchen.
If we give them the chance. It Is a sol
emn fact that most of us are a deal more
poll!# and conelderate lo our servants
than we are to our friends, because II t
so much easier lo supply the one loss than
the other The world is full of companlon
shlp and sympathy, but thara'a precious
little good gravy living hutnau. there are
time* when even tha most amiable of **■
neu loses her temper and spanks the baby
md talks bark to her husband, hut none
If ua are rash enough to "aaas" a good
ook She has the means of retaliation
N had) She cun leave wMlt we are
our.d to stay. "*
In this country, at laaat. It la the
■ who la the downtrodden victim, end
any tale of woe la to be told she he •
ght to the floor. All of ue nan relate
tort rending stories of cooks who always
at drunk whim we had company, of o*r
\nts who took French leave In time* of
hkness. of moots whom we hod helped
*U mooey aad food and cloths* during
some time of trouble in their own family. |
hut who ha©ly •• rtrd us in our hour of |
need, when a rrllubt© servant would have |
been the gmtest boon on earth to u |
<oulti pre*. nt bankrupting account
of *<**l fooi! that is 'lolly wasted in our
kitchens, without one pang of compunc
tion ftom the df-spober. of silver fork* and
*loon* cnrelesely thrown into the garbag*
twx of fine chlnu ami' hric-a-hrac heed
leesly fiMh*'<l iiml not even drpiorei by
the vandal who** broom ami dusting brush
can hit everything in a room except the
dlrst and the cobwebs.
Th* r* ts not one of us but who can re
call a long procession of ignorant, ln©!11-
cunt. shlftlesto servants who have filed
tft rough our house*, to whom we hav©
paid good mot.* v for |>oor work, and who
could never be trusted to do anything but
the wrong thing Bur©ly. If there I* any
sympathy going to waste In the communi
ty. some of it should go to the mi*tr©m
who spend* her Ilfs in s frantic end In
effectual struggle wMh hirelings who don't
even pretend that they take any Interest
ift their business, or who have any sense
of honor or honesty about It. The Impoe
*iblo millennium that every housekeper in
the land I* looking forward to Is finding a
house mu id whom she won't have to fol
low to see that she sweep* under the bed.
and a cook who can strike some sort of
a good average. and whose culinary efforts
won't be raw one day and burnt to a cin
der the next And when a women does
and such a maid nobody need worry over
her abusing her. Philanthropy may fail
at time*, ami the milk of human kindness
turn to clabber, hut selfishness never fall*,
and we may be safely trusted to cherish
the per.-on who holds our txsllty comfort
and mental peace In her hands.
“I have lived one long life of mixed
laundry," raid Mrs. Klihu Hoot, wife of
the Secretary of War. th© other day,
"and now I am .in advocata of middle
names. Everybody shoutd have a mid
dle name ’*
Mrs. Hoot's troubles have arisen from
the fact that her husband s name Is Klihu
Hoot an*l her children's names are Klihu.
Edith Mid Edward All laundry Is marked
"E. K." and Mrs. Hoot's many dilemmas
can easily bo imagined.
Him J E Murphy, a milliner of Fulton.
N Y.. Is rejoicing over having come Into
a tidy little fortune of ffr'.uOu Miss Mur
phy was engaged in trimming a hat for
an exacting ustomcr when th© good new*
came In the form of a letter. She sus
pended the mental strain of determining
whether a continental shape or a straight
back sailor was th© more t** . ocuing to her
prot*ertive buyer and took time to read
the letter. It bewildered the llttl© milli
ner at first and she was still trying to
grasp th© meaning of the great new*
when she wus brought to her senses by
the banging of the shop door. It was the
Indignant customer taking her departure.
"Now. I e pos© I've lost that sale," med
itated Mi*s Murphy, ruefully watching
the back of her customer disappear into
the rival hat store across the way. "Bh©
knows I'm watching her. too,'* she added
mentally.
Hut when sha looked again at th© let
ter announcing that ah© was th© ben©-
fleiary of th© will of the woman frlnd In
California and that MO.MO was to b© her
thare. Miss Murphy decided that sh©
didn't care a mite about losing th© sale
of th© hat.
The January brides are searching for
novel Idea* to be carried oul In the mak
ing of their trouo*‘aux. ami can mmh I
som putts after thoM of Mies Daisy
Foal, the favorite niece of Mrs Fret
Vanderbilt, who, recently married Mr J.
Lawrence Van Alen, a grandson of Mrs.
Astor. the head of the “Four Hundred’
in New York It is interesting to note
also tnat among her gtfm was an fftO.OOl
house on Hast Fiftieth street, presented
to Daisy Post by her uncle-in-law, Fred
erick W. Vanderbilt, and all the orange
blossoms for the wedding had been for
ward ed from Florida.
Her most expensive dinner gown, re
marks a writer in the New York Jour
nal. as made of cloth of gold, as fine
as gauge. fashioned over pale blue satin,
veiled with chiffon In the same snade.
Both he skirt and low-cut bodice are ex
quisitely embroidered in pearls, bits of
turquoise ami real gold threads. The Jew
eied embroidery has the appearance of
being carelessly scattered over the golden
skirt, but on ths bodice It is arranged
in band*.
The sleeves are of chiffon, reaching to
the elbow, and are crossed with Jeweled
lands From the shoulder, at the back,
to very near the hem of the gown hangs
a filmy drapery of golden gauze, embroid
t-.ed with JcwcSr. and the goMen wing
like draperies give a marvelous floating
effect to the costume
One of the first dinner dresses Daisy
Post Van Alcn will wear Is a gorgeou*
gown of yellow velvet, sable and Jeweled
Kusstan lace. The velvet |h that exqui-
Ite silky panne In a pale shade of yellow
With this ve4vet is combined heavy cream
Russian lace, the design picked out with
stones in Imitation of sapphires. Cop.tse
and rubles. The sable fur Is used to
define the long train, to simulate a bolero
on the bodice and <o act as a heading for
the flounce on the skirt A novel touch
of color Is given the gown by a sapphire
blue panne velvet girdle.
A charming feature of a lace tea gown
Is a ruche of silk and chiffon petaied pink
poppieg around the skirt and train. The
(lowers are exquisitely made, and trim
the satin petticoat and train A vine of
poppies ts aaso used at the shoulder as a
hi admg for the novel lace sleeve
The sleeves of the gown are of ecru
lace and are unlined They cling to the
arm closely to the elbow, where they are
threaded with black velvet rlobon. which
tics In i bow From the elbow the lace
Is loose ami flowing and Is shaped much
like the ‘ angel*' sleeves of some years
ego. Ths bodice portion of the robe In
Lee. threaded with black velvet, which
stsrts from each shoulder in a little but
terfly bow and ends at the waist line In
another bow. which has long streamers
The hack of the gown Is arranged In s
graceful Watteau plait.
!,lfe Is full of disillusion*. Anticipation
fulfilled, say* Ihe New York Tribune. Is
seldom satisfactory, ami the pleasures
which we have looked forward to with
so much eagerness often prove but Dead
Ha fruit to our taste, causing us'to won
der why It was we ever longed for their
fulfilment. Somewhat In the nature of
the above sentiments were the comments
of one of this year's dsbutanto* on her
flrt dance. "And 1* this what I have
looked forward to for year# and year*?"
she exclaimed. "I have talked of 'com
ing out' with my friend* ever since I
could remember. It seemed like a fairy
tale to have a beautiful ball dress and to
dance a whole evening Well. I had the
beautiful gown and I went to the dance,
and 1 came home as blue a* Indigo' Didn't
I have partners Oh. yes. I had plenty of
partner*, and I danced the whole evening,
es I expected, but It was all so different
from what I had fanclad It would be.
It was such an sffort. tnd nobody seem
ad natural or really Interested In each
other It was all hollow, a sort of tinsel
and sawdust, don't you know? When I
came home I could have cried I was to
disappointed, and I felt I would never go
to anthore dance? I appear to be over
that Idea, you ssy? Oh. yes; what I* one
to do? lam going to four dinner* thl*
week, a ball and two other dance*. It la
a sort of treadmill we all have to go
through, and. besides. I like It all well
enough. It le only that It la not at all
what 1 axpertad. Thera la something
wanting I don t exactly know what, but
it Is Just that something that makes stl
the dlfferanoe!”
"Tee." said the srtUl l leather goods,
looking lovingly, says tho New York ■un,
at a Anger puree he held In hie hand. It
It a beauty and 14 It a small prlea for It.
lfa the latest thing in Anger purse*. Cu
rious Isn't It. how that particular kind
of purer cam# Into favor. It wasn't an
invention, you know simply on
tlon We have had Anger puraee n this
shop Iw w * <u4 ° 1
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them finger purses, though. You've seen
men use them a hundred time**.
"Thai's the original of the finger purse."
he continued, taking from the show case
© leather purse similar to the one he held
In his hand, but smaller. "This Is what
ni*n hav© been using. The English form
of It. from which probably we borrowed
ours. Is called a buckskin. The buckskin
has no strap by which to hold it. though.
Now*, just trace the evolution of the finger
purse. It was adopted in the first place
from England, and In our edition of It
was furnished with a strap. The man's
purse, you see. has no pocket In the back.
The idea was to use It only for silver. The
flap down. But one day som© absent
minded womun, playing with on© of th©©
puVses. slipped the strap over her fore
finger. saw the convenience of It and
straightway turned an accidental discov
ery Into a fad.
"At first women had to take men's
purses as they found them A w *man
can't rel.t she temptation of stuffing her
pecketbook with %all sort of thing* She
puts her cards into It fir*4. then slips In
the address that tier friend gives her In
the street. Hhe must have in It. too, the
bill she Is going to pay that morning, and
where is she going to put the half dosen
sample* she has culled out of th© store©
ns the result of n morning s work, if not
In her pocketbook** The linger purse was
not adapted to such usage, so gussets
were put In to allow stretching room for
the compartments. The next improve
ment was mad© this year Manufactur
er* saw* that a coin pocket Inside, shutting
with a clasp, would render the little purse
mui'ii more practical, and now almost any
flr.ger purs© you sec has that pocket."
"I# Is © wonder to me." remarked a rnn
to the New York Tribune, recently, "that
women ever keep their ring*, they are so
very careless* with them My wife i con
tinually leaving hers on the w ishstand
when she washes her hand*. Once she
had them returned to her from a hotel
where we had been staying, another time
she recovered them from th© dressing
room of a sleeping car. and several times
she has left them at private house* Hhe
deserve© to lose them, she Is so card**©*,
and yet she always g**ts them back*
Have you ever noticed at she seashore
the way women pull off their ring* lie
fore going into the surf, giving them In
© loose handful Vo any chance acquaint
ance. who. If ©he wishes to go away, woon
passe* them on to someone else** They
may be holding In this way thousands of
dollars worth, and no on- sterns to feel
any responsibility about it! Yet such tiny
thing© can be easily lost, and It would be
very unpleasant to be the last custodian
of a l>*t jewel. Apropos of this, a cu
rious Incident hapfx-ned on the bea h of
s well known watering place © couple of
summers ago A fashionable woman, who
was going in bathing, brought over
heap of g.listening rings which she hsd
drawn off her finger© to a friend. 'Will
you k©t* these for m* 1 '" ©he asked. ’Yes.
if you count them,’ said the other. *How
absurd" ex- *aftn©<! the owner of the jew
els *Of course they will be all right.*
‘But I Insist,' persisted the friend 'Oth
erwise I will not take them ' Bo the ring©
were counted (eight or nine In all) and
were left In her charge. Returning from
th© hath. Ml©* B . the owner, stopped
for her rings. 'Count them again.' In
sisted the person who had taken them
Into her keeping, and once more the ring*
were laughingly counted and found to te
all right Hut when Miss B reached
her bathhouse one of the most valuable
jewel© was missing. It had ©lifpcd from
her finger* on her way across th© beach,
and although <i large reward was offend
ami the sands wore thoroughly searched,
the ring was never seen again. If the
count had not been made she loss would
natural.y have been ascribed to the per
ron who had the ring* in charge Borne
women have the habtr of slipping on and
off their ring* as they talk That. too.
Is extraordinarily carele©©. In fact, a* I
•aid before, there seems to be a special
providence protecting women and their
rings, ror they certainly are most reckless
In their handling of <*>*ly ornaments."
How many women know how to get off
a car in the proper way, or. knowing,
practice It? When the paper* record u
frightful accident on one of th* city lines
says the New York Mail ami Express, w*
fall to speculating on how many acci
dents there are of which one never hears
*T used to wonder In what manner I
would die." said a timid lady, "but I won
der no longer, for I know I shall be klllod
by a surface car."
Instead of conjecturing on the proba
bility of accident, why do we not think
some way to lessen the chances of in
jury? There cookl be no better way of
doiag this than off if aching women how to
get off a car. for they all get off differ
ently. and almost fill their ways aro
wrong Boom get off—and these are In the
majority—by edging the rear* handrail
In the right hum! and stepping away from
the direction in which the car Is travel
ing If It starts before the lady Is qutt
released, she |s thrown down.
The woman who wishes to avoki a
signed ankle, a bruised head or other
discomfort* that result from unsklllfully
leaving the car. must study the methods
of her free-handed brothers. Without
package, purse or skirts to hold, they nat
tally adapt themselves to the motion of
the car amt. In alighting, face the way It
Is ’.raveling. The left hand holds the for
ward guardrail, and the right fopt steps
firs* upon the pavement. Thus, in case
of a sudden unexpected start of the car.
the danger of being unbalanced is great
ly lessened.
A word ss to gecting on fha ear Is nor
superfluous In this connection A woman,
b/lng hampered with things to carry,
takes the high step without catching the
handrail Tost is very wHI if the car
stands still until she Is well on iiut only
the conductor of a crowded car knows
how impossible H 1* to see if passengers
are all on or off before signaling to go
ahead when the streets arc dark and
le Is collecting fares forward The car
may atart Just as the lady has reached the
atsp. in which case, unless her hand
grasp* ths rail, ahe is thrown violently
backward Bo have a care, ye careless
I idles and help yourselves and others
by a little caution!
The almost universal furore for bridge
whist, which In the latest fashionable
"wave" pervading the social atmosphere,
says the New York Tribune. h* brought
a .great many amusing developments to
the fore. To treat "bridge" flippantly snd
to play a hand carelessly Is to It* devotees
an unpardonable aln. such being the sa
cred estimation In which the game I* held
by It* votaries.
“It was too awful!" exclaimed a pretty
young debutante recently, "when they cut
for partners at Mr*. 2 '# the other even
ing. and 1 got obi General Martinet for a
partner He looked perfectly disgusted
when he found whom he was to play with,
and. of course, that did not add to my
composure of mind, so I played worae
then usual, and Anally became so rattled
that I lost him the game on a beautiful
trump hand. 'Bridge Is not Intended for
children.' I overheard him say afterward
to an older woman ‘lf they wish te
amuse themselves why do they no! sit
down on the floor and roll marble*?*
Wasn't that horrid of him? I'm aure I
didn't want to pIV with him'"
"Where did you get that lovely ■lock’* 1
asked a fashionable girl of one of her
friends.
"Why. I bought It from Molly Hrjpth
Hhe made It." answered the other. "Sue
ha* real'y fairly Anger* for that sort of
thing, and the ha* taken a contract from
one of the big dressmaking concerns for
a hundred " I
"Why. what do you mean?" exclaimed
the llrat speaker. "The Hmltha are very
well off. Why should Molly need to do
anything like that?'
"Oh," returned the other. "It la on ac
count of her gambling debts at ‘bridge.'
Her father has refused to pay them Bho
baa spent all of her winter a allowance,
and ehe says there la nothing also tor
h *Tm perfectly furious!" exclaimed little
Mrs Bharps, bustling Into a roomful of her
friends. “Where do you think Mr* A
placed me last night at her 'bridge* par
ty? Why. among th© beginners! And t*h©
knew ierfectly well I was among ih©
very firs: to ha\* bridge whist played at
my house, and that 1 have had b -. n*
from th© best teacher*. What did I do?
Why, naturally. I could d* nothing but a
capt the situation gracefully like a well
bred woman, but 1 will never go to her
house again! "
Wiiecn WUhelmina Is rapidly converting
her run lon to temperance in the matter
of drinking Drink is one of the curses of
Holland, and the Queen's own father wan
accounted the champion royal drunkard
of Europe. The young Queen*© mot nota
ble convert 1© her intended husband. Hen
ry of Mecklenburg-Bchwerln. This young
man's action I* eschewing luiqor Is a great
surprise to his former regimental com
rade*. by whom he has been known as one
of the mo*4 |m rsbtrnt drinkers in the
corps of young officers.
Queen WUhelmina never touche* any al
coholic liquor The most coaly wines fig
ure on the royal tables at all dinner* and
state twinqueis. but neither Queen Wtlhel
mlna nor her mother. Queen Emma, aver
even permit their glasses to be filled, and
the lndl<t and gentlemen of the Dutch
court hav© discovered that the surest road
to the favor of the young sovereign is to
follow her example.
The Heart of a Hose
"He in so cold!" she said and sighed;
"■HI* heart is shut within
The shell enchanted of hi* old
Oremotm violin **
They met and passed—and as she went
She dropped upon the stair
A rose that opened In the silk
And sunshine of her hair.
%
Th- maid forgot her dr-am of love.
Another man to *r-d.
Y-arn after came dawn that found
The white-haired minstrel dead.
WMh violin upon hi# breast.
His soul hM<l taken win*#-*-
And. lot a rose, withered rose,
Was larurlrrt In th- eerinas.
—Mina Irving. In New England Mj
alne.
In Calico—
They've sung the aong of the girl In pink,
Aud (he song of the alrl In white.
But the singers ara few who have pratee.l
th- true
(TsKiess of k>ve and light;
The household fairy wnom we all know
And knowing her lova her th# better
ao—
The girl in the garment of eallro.
Dainty and sweet ami bright.
The hloom of her cheeks, the light In her
eyes.
Is her beauty arid title of health;
An.l day after day In modest way
ll.u- to-Hites# 1* baiter than wealth.
Old-fashioned? Yes. amt we wieh her so,
For Juet like her mothrr ki calico.
With the gentle trail- of the years ago
Bln'# taken our heart# by stealih.
So. In a nectar of rosea I pledge
Our .tear girls In pink and in white;
To their eyes amt their hair and their
way# debonair
I offer my homage to-night;
Ye! deep In my hear! ! feel and know.
A loftier feeling eontinues to grow
For the girl In the wrapper of calico
Dainty and sweet nnd lu*ght
—John H. Bracelanrt tn New York Sun
Ho called "smart'’ have generally
nice manners lo those whom they consid
er their Inferiors in station, and will on
verse most affably with any chance com
pany on the road, feeling, nevertheless,
that their superior position Is very |atertf
to all beholders, and that their affablkty
Is In no danger of being mistaken for
mere <lass familiarity. Bo that when
Chappie'B took a weat with the driver
In a station trap, offered the latter a ci
gar and conversed with Ijim In friendly
fashion on Ms way over from the station
to Mrs. Tiptop's, where he hail been In
vited to Join a house party over Bnnday,
he was considerably astonished when his
Jehu. Instead of driving him up to the
front door of the large country house,
took him by a circuitous way toward the
kitchen. "Where are you taking me?" he
queried sharply, when he became aware
of the mistake. "To Mrs. Tiptop's,
said." replied the man, not mnipretfrmd-
Ing the drift of the questlm. "Then why
don't you drive me lo the door?" de
manded hi* Irate fare. "Shure, and It’s
to the back entrance I’m driving you."
said the man. "Ain't you the new foot
man ?"
Another wtlll funnier mistake was that
of which Mrs Lofty, one of Manhattan’s
best known society leaders, was the vic
tim Bhe, too, was due at a country house
and a Ktato carriage with two men on
the Ik>x. was sent over to the atatton to
meet her for the appointed train. It re
turned. however, empty, and. as Mrs.
Lofty had said her coming was uncertain,
her hostess gave her up and thought no
more of (he matter. As It happened, how
ever. she simply missed the train, and
took the next, and finding that the car
riage had been there and gone, she went
out to the platform and engaged a ha k •
man to take her to Mrs. M 'a. Mrs
Lofty is large and stout, and red of coun
tenance. and, as It happened that Mrs.
M—— had word that she was axpeel
ing anew cook, and that he was to he
brought over whenever she arrived, It
was hardly to be wondered at that the
hack in in supposed Mrs. Lofty to be tne
female In question and drove her also to
the bark door iiut. as the servants* en
trance at the M ' Is a very good one,
and Mrs. Lofty had never been there tie
fore, she got out without any question,
particularly aw a footman ran out ami
took her wraps "I will tell Mrs. M
you have come." he said, and left her In
a small sitting room Mrs. Lofty begsn
to think It very odd. The room was neat,
hut It certainly was not a reception room
Still, when Mrs. M came In, and with
a start of surprise greeted her with effu
sion and conducted her to her bedroom.
h# did not suspect, either then or ever,
tnat she had been mistaken for tha new
cook.
The young Kmpreaa of Kussla Is one of
the mart advanced women In Kurope and
does not attempt to conceal her opinions.
Hhe Is a strong believer In female suf
frage. woman's dubs, the higher educa
tion of women and In her right to enter
any and all of the profession*. Hhe Is an
enthusiastic advocate of the many move
ment a started by women for lh<r better
ment of society. Hhe has frankly staled
that If she lived In a land where court
regulations were lees strict she would
l>e an avowed female suffragist.
Of all Ihe royal ladles of Kurope the
(‘aartna stands out most strongly a* the
champion of her sex. Hhe holds that al
most all of the great reforms of the world
have been brought about by women, and
that they are Juat becoming 1 conscious of
their power and possibilities, Under her
Imperial patranoge societies for tha edu
cation and development of female* are
growing numerous In HI. Petersburg and
ewnmspresdlng through Ml* Jealously
guarded realm of Ihe ( tar.
"I have great anal abiding faith In my
own sex.” she sold recently. "Women
are ever busy sowing the seed from which
good springs up all over tha world."
Hince the Purine ha# become so deeply
Impressed with the Importance of womens
clubs anal societies Ihe r**r ha* order*!
■ hat full reports of all such meat Inga
shall b* prepared for her perusal
“Tha Young Man Out of 'Business
Hours" la tha theme upon which Senator
Hevsndga of Indiana discourse* In e re
cant article In tha Saturday Evening
Tost. In Ihe course of which he says:
"There la positively nothing of such
value to young mon—yea. and to old man.
too—as the chastening and powerful tnflu
tnce for good which women bring Into
thalr live*. I should he the last man
tn tha world to suggest that a young man
should keep himself 'tied to Ma mother's
apron string*.' a* Is the saying of lb*
people, and this la not what I mean when
I earnestly suggest that he keep aa clois
to his mother's opinions, teachings and
Influence * the circumstances of life will
permit. The same thing, of course, may
Ih* said with reference to a man's wife
even more strongly. 1- |o*dhle. Hut the
conversation and opinion of any good wo
rn in nre. as a practical matter and •
measure of worldly wisdom, simply le
yond price. Hoc Is wise with thin subli
mated reason called ‘woman's Instinct '
"Thsre Is. too. w human quality k*pt
alive and growing In your character by
woman's association and influence that, as
a matter of huslne-s power in m*tlng ilia
Wftrld and Its problems. Is far nod away
beyond the value of the ensft of the trick
iest ammeter of affairs and business and
I-.lines who ever lived. It Is a saying of
the furntpr folks among whom I was rais
ed that BUch and such n i*r*on *** de
scribed Is upright, trustworthy. Judicious
that such a person’s attitude toward
Uod and man ami tie* world Is correct.
"Woman have principle In precisely the
sense In whi h that term * used by the
country people. They wit k*-ep you lru*
to order of thng—to the constitution of
the universe. They will do this, not so
much by preaching at you as by the In
fluence of their very personality. The man
who has got out of touch with woman
kind Is tint to be feared. He Is to be pith'd
r than feared for he Is out of har
mony wHIi the world he i dh irn*-d No
matter, how large his mind and great hh
courage, he Is neutralised for all natural,
proper-proportioned, and, therefore, en
during effort.
"I know a physician who. still young,
has reached lj)e h**ad of his profession In
this country. Bundays and the evenings
wdth hla wife and children are not enough
for him He takes Wednesdays also Pre
cisely this same thing Is done ly the great
young captain of finance and affatra whom
I deacrtlied first In this paper as being a
total abatatner. This is not done for the
rest It gives these men. or If It Is done for
l)Mt It Is red the greatest benefit they get
out of It. They t ome hack to their work
with clearer and stronger conceptions of
human character and of truth In the ab
stract and the concrete, with which all
men. no matter what their profession or
business may he. must deal. They have
new tenderness, a larger tolerance, a
broader vision of life snd humanity, and.
therefore, of Iheir business, which Is
merely a phase of life and affairs."
A t'MIOl) OP I \ IH? 1.1 HI.I', IN Kfl.
ti ti ml red* of Attempts of Falfll the
l-oatofttce Iteiiniremrala.
From the Washington Btar
"A number of year* ago. when I was
chemist In Ihe PostofflO* Department."
said a prominent scientist Ihe other day,
"an effort wai made to find some Ink for
cancellation purpose# which would prove
absolutely Indelible. Teat# were made of
all the so-called indelible Inks, hut with
out success, unt-l through some unknown
means the report was c rcuhitnl that It
would he werth about lo any m-m
who would supply Ihe deportment with
an Ink that would stand all testa a* to
ks Indelible qualities. You ran Imastne
Ihe result of the circulation of such a
report. It was only a .matter of a day or
to before the department was divided wtth
Inks—black, Muc. purple and every color
Imaginable. Home few were product*
which showed that the party submitting
them reslly had some knowledge of chem
istry and the properties of the various
ingred'eols of n good, stable Ink; but for
the most par' the concoctions were merely
colored solutions made up In any snd all
ways, without the slightest knowledge of
the character of the resulting solution. In
the hope that by some rhanre an Indelible
fluid m'ght be obta ned Crank* naturally
came to the front with their product*, and
gave more trouble than all the chemist*
and legitimate Ink manufacturers <vn
btned. but all sample# had lo be lasted,
t’nder the rule# of the department each
competitor could submit two samples only,
giving him a chance to correct any pos
sible (rrors made In hla flrst sample. In
several Instances, however, this rule was
set aside.
“Naturally, among so many competitors,
some purely fraudulent scheme* were re
sorted to. although all were detected soon
er or later I‘nqueetlonably. lha most
inter coring of these sraa submitted by a
nan who In year* prevloua had occupied
a seat In the United State# Senate. His
Ink reemblcd hufldreds of other sam
ples. except for a sediment that collected
In the botHe after a'andlng awhile. On
analysing this Ink 1 found the sediment
to he nothing more nor less than pulver
taad glass As you may recall. aU Inks
ewra tested In tha Washington oily post
office. and thta man had gone to the ean
oellttig Mark who used tha sample Ink*
WE SUGGEST
NECKWEAR.
HOUSE COATS. a
. UMBRELLAS.
GLOVES.
SUIT CASES.
SMOKING JACKETS.
MEN’S SUITS.
EVENING DRESS PROTECTORS.
SOFT FELT HATS.
COLLARS AND CUFFS.
UNDERWEAR.
FANCY HALF HOSE.
TUXEDO COATS.
MEN S OVERCOATS.
DRESSING GOWNS.
MUFFLERS.
MACKINTOSHES.
.BOYS' SUITS.
LINED GLOVES.
PAJAMAS. . ’
GOLF HOSE.
REEFERS.
FANCY SHIRTS.
RAIN COATS.
SILK SUSPENDERS.
BATH ROBES.
SWEATERS.
CANES.
HANDKERCHIEFS.
DERBY HATS.
PLENTIFUL VARIETY
HONESTLY PRICED.
The Metropolitan,
A IIROt (IMTON STRRBT, WEST,
hav ANN AM.
ONE PRICi: AND PLAIN FIGURES.
anl ©niioavoml to hell** him to gtv© th©
Mump a turn or iw*t aach tlm© a ran
cHl.Hioti wj ma<lc, lwf’tng lharoby to
hav© thi fin* partl-'b of gla groutiil
Into th© fMiprr. Insur-ng an IndHlW© mark,
or toorly so lint th** cl rk was not to h©
brlhrri and In turn r©porud th* can© to
th© t|©|*ur<m**iit. Not at all (Viiinint at this
ittariflaur©, thw am© • x 8* tuttor took a
Hirnpl** of hi* own Ink and mol© a num
lM*r of mark* h© bak'd th© s©v©ral l©ttcr©
for two hour*. In th© hot*© of ©©fling fh©
Ink If© than Bulmt©d ho*© aamplo*
Bo th© il©|Mrtm©nl. claiming they fulfill©.!
MODISH MUFFS.
Carried With All Toilets Except
for Dining and Dancing.
NEW TEAK MUFFS.
New York. Dec. ll.—The fluffy muff
of long hair ad fur and the elaborately
decorated chiffon, velvet or birds breast
muff are all larger than *er this seaaon.
The modish woman carries a muff with
all save her dinner and dancing gowns,
and If It 1# to the opera or theatre she
Is going her muff Is of pineapple or dia
mond plated silk muslin, garnished with
chenille or ostrich feather clipping and
resplendent with a knot of really ex
quisite artificial flowers. These are the
muffs that accord with the lace and
chiffon evening coat* and It la no un
usual sight to see a woman sweep Into
the play house carrying a muff of ash
grey chiffon from which a shower of
bright flower* aid gold tipp'd ribbon
ends drop nearly to the floor. Such muffs
do also appe.tr at the afternoon recep
tion* though a trifle more fashionable
ara larger trumpet shaped hand wanner*
that glory In frill* but not In flower#
and dingle-dangles They are strictly
carriage muff* witt| narrow waists ami
end# flaring widely open, aryl It t* very
obvious that they are Invented to har
monise with ihe lt*> savor #o vtelblv In
fluencing all departments of dress. When
eloping shoulder*, underaleeve# and small
waists were esteemed, big bellmouthed
muffs prevailed and thay are now making
these In fur and cloth
A cloth muff. 1f k l* properly shaped
and trimmed, goes Jus* aa far toward
establishing Us owner * reputation for
careful dressing and general elegance
a* does a round Anger comforter at sable,
seal at broadtail. The cloth muff must.
all requirements. The remarkahla part of
It all. however, was that after all tha
grind ng and uil the baking hla cancella
tion- washed out. le tvug no trace
whatever. Wi d'd not know for yssra
that hi* own aamples had been baked,
the storv Itaving been given out hy an
old friend In whom ho had non tided at
the time. Tide Just show*, however, to
what strait* aome |teop|e will go in tha
hope of defrauding Uncle Ham. In spit*
of fraudulent tneina and rghars, no abso
lutely Indelible ink has yet been found*
and probably never will bo.”
however, hqaet elaborate ornamentation
Its two end* should show wreath# ot
lace frills, and on the exterior of it*
shirred or puffed body a flashing high
art buckle, through which Liberty rfb
ln are drawn, must appear: or a hand
some knot of violet flowers ts-ioog* In
this !►)* of honor. When ribbons play
ii n Important part in the deooratkma
tlietr ends are ripped with gold ferrate.
On the street the fur muff la naturally
enough at once Ihe most elegant and
useful protector for tha hands The moat
splendid effect In fur Is still secured by
the use of the ever rarer and coalite**
silver fox: though any cleverly dyed
fox fur given this magic name answers
almost as well, and ousts one-fourth the
price, of Ihe right rare and royal rey
nard's coat. The proper foa muff I* ampin
In girth with the silken brush of tit*
least hanging from one end, and Ms
head and forepaw# depending from tho
other. A lamb skin muff la graceMttjr
finished with clusters of tine black fog
tall* drooping from a handsome jeweled
ornament In the center of the < apactoo*
cosy satin lined fur cylinder. Home gor
geous sable muffs display a <-asc*d* of
eight of nine hundred dollars worth of
tine tails tailing In an oxpenstve show**
to Ihe knee* of the luxurious owner.
It is a special fancy of many NMg
this season to carry fluffy fox or Alask*
sable or lynx muffs with their Persian
lamb coats, aid the most charming muff
for Its very moderate price * made at
black ells and then covered wtth count
less looping* of blaok aim chenille. From
the center of this a mass of -benill*
lengths drop tlietr end* flnlshed with loop*
•r gIK ferret*.
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