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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 THE MOHNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 23, 19fKV 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*. 15