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16 WOMAN’S WORLD. It seems likely that women always over valued the effectiveness of tears. Tears Were supposed to always be an unanswer able argument so far as men were con cerned. Unfortunately, few' women dan weep effectively. In poetry a pearly drop, that makes a blue eye look like a violet drowned in dew, gathers slowly and rolls greatly down the alabaster cheek, and the man goes down before It. In everyday life the woman who weeps gets red-eyed, end her nose swells, end she looks purple end apopleptic, and the man gels up, slams the door behind him and goes down town until the waterspout is over. In these prosaic and common-sense days weeping has played out as a fascination, end tears are a failure. No man wants to be salted down in brine as if he were a dried herring. Tears were always a coward’s weapon. It was playing upon the best and tender est in other people for your own selfish ends. 1 heard a woman say not long ago, Bays Dorothy Dix in the New Orleans Picayune, that she always got her w r ay in the family by crying. "When I want a thing.” she said, “I just go to bed and have hysterics until 1 get it.” One un derstands, of course, how a man gives in to that kind of a woman—hla very man hood makes him powerless to deal with her as she deserves, but w hat a withering end blighting contempt he must have for her. How he must despise the little soul that trade* on his pity, his c'hivairy, his Very reverence for womanhood. In an humble rank of society I have Been that kind of a woman permanently and instantaneously cured by a sound thrashing, and when I have observed other hysterical and unreasonable women til a more exalted station of life, it has occurred to me that perhaps we are un duly prejudiced against wife-beating, and that there may' be times and occasions when it makes for peace and righteous ness. The trouble with women’s tears in the past has been that they wept too much, and in the wrong way. A tear as a tear is as ineffective as any other drop of salt water, yet people make the mistake of reverencing it as if weeping over a thing was going to perform some kind of a miracle. You might Veep over a starv ing family until you shed an ode an of tears, yet it wouldn’t keep them from perishing of hunger. It Is only when you begin to sob with your poeketbook that you do any good. It isn’t the peo ple who come to weep with us when we are unfortunate and poor and downcast who help us. It Is those who have learned to sympathize with their bank hook and personal interest and assistance. Noth ing else on earth is so plentiful and cheap and useless as tears, but until they are backed up with good deeds and money nobody’ has a right to attempt to sustain n reputation for charity on them. Plenty enf people do. I have seen women sit up in a fashionable church and sniffle into a point lace handkerchief all through a charity sermon, and then drop a plugged r.irkle Into the contribution plate. Then there’s poverty. If all the tears women have shed over being poor had been brought to account it would make a water power that would turn the wheels of the machinery of the world. Ad it’s all been wasted. Tears toll hack no van ished dollars. Nobody ever heard of a woman lamenting herself into a fortune, yet they go on making themselves perfect Niobes over their spilt milk. I had a frieryd once who lost her money, and who thereafter did nothing but weep. "What shall 1 do?" she demanded. "I shail starve.” “If you would put in as much time and energy mopping a floor as you do in mopping your eyes yon could make a. fortune as a charwoman,” I answered, brutally. She never forgave me. People never do when you tell them the truth, but it is a fact, nevertheless, that the only' tears that can conjure back pros perity are the tears we weep with our hands at shine good, honest labor. • Sometimes I amuse myself by speculat ing on what the state of affairs would be If mothers wept less over their wayward children, and spanked more. Every wo man speaks of her children, when they turn out badly, as a mysterious dispensa tion of Providence. It’s a sneaky way of trying to get out of her responsibility. She has been too weak, or too selfish or too lazy to raise them right. Then the day comes when she discovers that the girl Is meeting fast young men on the sly, or the boy comes home staggering drunk. It Is one of the tragedies of life when the young lives are dearer than her own, and the young souls that she would give her own to save hang trem bling in the balance, and the mother can meet the situation with nothing but im potent tears. * Sentimentalists have embalmed a moth er's tears in song and story, and made them sacred, but I tell you the tears a mother sheds over an ill-raised son or daughter are shameful. There should be no cause for them, and there would be no cause for them once in a million times if she had done her duty. When I hear of a heart-lwoken mother trying to float her non out of the penitentiary on a stream of tears, I don't pity her half so much as I pity him for having his life wrecked by an injudicious mother. In strict justice, the mother ought to be indicted as an accomplice l>efore the crime. Weep with strict authority, moth ers, sdb with a switch while your chil dren are little, and when they are grown you will not have to shed salt and bitter tears over sons and daughters who have brought shame upon you. The genuinely tactful married woman of the present day, says the Washington Post, doesn't portray her husband's short comings to him in a direct manner. She tells it all to the baby, when he is sitting tn the same room. The way this scheme works was illustrated hi a happy little 122.50 per month home on Capitol hill the other evening. The man and his wife had had a fetv words. He was sitting by the front window reading, the paper, and she was goo-goo-ing to the baby In her lap. "Tes," she rrooned to the baby, "its father is a nasty, ill-tempered brute, Isn’t he, tum-tums, and he’s always snarling and growling around the house, isn't he, tnania s ltty oopsy-woopsy?" Then she gtaneed at the husband and father out of the corner of her eye, in %r --der to ascertain if she had succeeded in getting a rise out of him. He only crack led the* paper nervously,, however, and went on reading. "And lie’s getting to be as stingy as a tnlwr, too, isn’t he. mama's oylsty-boy btry?" she w<-ni on, dandling the haby up and down "And he makes a big row over every penny I spend for the house, down i he. mama s pet, and ti knows that l've made over the dresses I had when I married him over and over again until they're nothing but russet, do* n't la-, mama s ltty tipay-wlpsy T‘ Again she giarwed over at him to ere if she has had him going, but he went right on reading th a* ins I ins of tii# **rji* fjoiiii' Hi h for (lit im fourth fill** when Mht reuftiMf: AM 4r+' Bk* * twitch i M*, #t ium * ooo#> 1 H • imir at w>l h* >r4# tuor** ssnjt>ey ou at n* a*4 <***• loan U !*<• fo* ha lot a wank • gi<r+ty <*)!#, iM m ;<m* •*)jr know# vtnf Itiiß o*M wntM riotfl 2 & t'dot’k Hi lor tnojf< Um Uwer #u tax* u*+ •*<♦* •<(<! t* I * *<H• • M> ft n*o#h*r I k* • 1 0tuu Hii h* turn a civil out** 4 fw 9*>9 Ik4 f sue, it* is Peg lose g la deink Mgs a ret la i,isiwi and I,so bis family tea* na wttaas tayay wop** t" ksliaf, 1 trtvg* ip iita luifiwid m 4 fsd.w I at this point, throwing down his paper, I "that’s a durned pretty way for you to talk to me, Isn't it?" She looked up at him with an expres sion of intense surprise. "I haven’t said a word to you,” ehe said in a W’rongfully accused tone. "I waa only talking to baby, I suppose you will permit me to talk to my own baby, won't you?” Why, of course, a woman has a right to talk to her own baby, hasn’t she? This system of hammering him on his weak spots, involving, as it does, much les danger of a tierce and noisy comeback than if he is addressed in direct fashion, is worthy of the highest recommendation. A woman residing on one of the Boule vards, says the Chicago Chronicle, has a new colored maid of all work who is not the brightest of her sex. The other day she served at iunch clad in a shabby black skirt and a faded pink waist. After the meal the mistress approached her. "Haven't you a black waist you can wear in the dining room. Frances?” she asked. "You don’t look at all tidy that way. Please wear a black waist this evening." Frances smiled, showing all her white teeth. "Yessum," she said. "Yessum, suht’nly I will; suht’nly." There was guests for dinner that night and so ihe soup had been served before the hostess had a chance to look at the maid. Her attention was attracted then by a choking sound from, her eldest son. She looked at that young man and found him convulsed with laughter, his eyes Ruled to the form of the waitress Then she looked at Frances, who was at this moment handing a plate to the master of the house. The maid was remarkably neat in her dark clothes, and her mistress was just congratulating herself on the metamorphosis she had accomplished, when something in the waist part of the costume struck her as familiar. She looked again. Then she caught her son's eye, and both became red with sup pressed mirth,for Frances was wearing the top piece of the young man’s pajamas for a bodice. How she had come to select so unique a garment fdr her own wardrobe she was never asked to explain. The next day she was sent away, originality and all, and so the Interpretation of her singular choice Is lot to the world. In modern times no princess has receiv ed as much or as valuable Jewelry on her wedding as did Princess Louise of Wales when she married the Duke of Fife. The total value of these gifts was estimated at $750,000. She bad a ruby horseshoe pin from her brothers, a diamond bracelet from 112 girl friends and seven diamond stars from n number of men friends. When the Duke of York married Prin cesß May, who had been engaged to his brother, the Duke of Clarence, who died before the wedding, it seemed that the people of Great Britain vied in pouring Jewels at her feet. The Queen gave a necklace and tiara of diamonds, the wo men of England a diamond and pearl necklace, while the girls of Ireland and England gave a suiierb diamond and pearl tiara. Innumerable smaller, but no lees lovely gems were included in the list Princess Beatrice on her marriage was the recipient of various pieces of hand some jewelry from her own family. As the Queen's favorite daughter she had many friends. No English princess ever had so mafiy books given her or so many email artistics presents. She has always been interested in tho artists on the Isle of Wight, and they sent her a white mo rocco-bound album containing a water color sketch from each. The women of Bristol gave her an elaborately carved linen chest, says Cassell’s Magazine. When Princess Louise was married to the Marquis of Lome, now the 'Duke of Argyll, she received some curious pres onts. The Queen gave her the custom ary set of opals and diamond# bestowed on English royal brides and also a couple of emerald and diamond centers for brace let or necklace. The bridegroom's parents gave an emerald and diamond tiara. Clan Campbell sent as a gift to the wife ol their future chief a lovely diamond and pearl necklace, with n pari and sap phire locket, while a most curious brace let of barbaric appearance came from the tenantry and peasants of the Loch of Mull, mode of pieces of the odd green ser pentine of lona mounted on a gold band. Time and thought and money are all well expended on surf going and still water lvathlng costumes, so various and charming are the colors and the cut of the newest models. For a half a dozen seasons back pure mohair has been the material preferred for the salt water dresses, and flannel, the standby of other days, has been curiously absent from the beaches. This year a mohair flanrfPl has been put forward, and, as It possesses the virtues of both true flannel and true mohair, it is probably destined, like Bri tannia. to rule the wave for many sum mers to come. Mohair flannel, says the Pittsburg Dis patch, in many attractive colors, is made up in designs so graceful and fanciful lhat many women, who have no liking at ail for salty dips, and look upon buffet ing waves with terror, have enthuslasti cally purchased bathing dresses, along with all the paraphernalia that nowadays is considered necessary for the smart beach toilet. A distinctly charming gown, of the newest mode yet seen, is a white mohair flannel, relieved with touches of green. The green is prettily adapted in lines of zigzag braid, edging skirt and sleeve puffs and pointed collar. With this is worn a white silk head handkerchief di versified with big green polka dots. To all the ladles now on land it la as well to suggest that on the fashionable beaches It will be considered necessary for a bathing suit to tit with all the ele gant preciseness of a calling coetume. At Newport, Narragansett, etc., the bathers last summer began to adopt the French fashion of carrying down to the • bathhouse every’ morning a pretty white wicker hand satchel, containing all the small etceteras that serve tn the grace ful completion of a swimming gown. The handbag is itself a special feature, and it holds a becoming silk mackintosh cap. salt proof; silk hose, white linen bathing boots and a pair of linen bath- CURES EZEMA THROUGH THE BLOOD. ITOHINO SKIN HI MOK9, JMROFIX.%, UOIL4S, SCAB® AND SC A LBS, ETC. COSTS NOTHING TO TRY. Doe* your frkln itch and burn? Do Beak)* anti *cal* form on your . kin. hair or scalp? It then a conaUnt desire to nctatch? Bczf'fnt*? Hkin tor** and t< k#d? Rath form on h* *kln? f'rUkllnte jmi n ilia tkin? lioUn? Hone pain*? Swollen Joint*? Hcrofuhft? I'mllli,# hair? All run down? 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These last are all-important articles, for the mohair flannel suits are now so cut and fitted that they cannot be properly or presents bly worn without stout, short and very flexible stays, that lace up and have not a bit of metal about them. Though it Is perfectly safe to predict that white bathing dresses wdll outnumber all others, none the less will many col ored ones be worn. Startling bright red and Yale blue, black and orange, scarlet and white are some of the flamingo and parrot-like studies in color that the fair amphibians will patronize, and there is a very marked inclination toward the in troduction of vivid Roman stripes and bold Scotch plaids in the more showy gowns. Roman are prominent in the majority of the flannel and Turkish toweling bath wraps, without which no well equipped bather pretends to con sider her sea-going toilet complete. Professor Caesare Lombroeo, a distin guished Italian scientist, Is probably n trusty old bachelor. At any rate, he has undertaken to rob the youth of the world of their most blissful enjoyment—that of kissing—by undertaking to prove that the practice Is of heathen origin and Is mewt ln vogue among savage peoples. Accord ing to the professor, the kiss, as a token of affection, was unknown to the old Greeks, and neither In Homer nor in He rod do we find any mention of it. Hector did not kiss his Andromache when he bade her farewell, neither did Paris press his lips to those of the beautiful Helen, anil Ulysesses, who was more cosmopoli tan than any man of his day,never dream ed of kissing the enchanting Circe, and when, after long wanderings, he returned home to his spouse, Penelope, he satisfied himself by putting one of his stalwart arms around her waist and. drawing ’her to him. The people of Tierra del Fuego, says Lombroso, have taught civilized nations the origin of the delightful art of kissing. Drinking vessels are unknown In that country, and the people, when they are thirsty, simply lie down beside brooks and drink the water as It flows by them. It Is evident, however, that infants could not satisfy their thirst in this primitive fashion, and therefore their mothers have for ages supplied them with water by filling their own mouths first and then letting it pass through their iipn Into the' expectant mouths of their little ones. In some places the banks of the brooks and rivers are so high that water cannot be obtained in the usual manner, and the mothers in such places draw it up through long reeds. Birds feed their young ones In a simi lar manner. They first fill their own mouths with water and then transfer It to the wide-open mouths of the little ones. This very ancient maternal practice is, acording to Lombroso, the only source to which the modern practice of kissing can be traced. The custom of pressing one mouth to another originated with the wo men |i* Tierra del Fuego, who could only supply their infants with drink in this manner, and it is presumable that they learned the lesson from the birds. Fin ally, we are told that kissing Is an evi dence of atavism and a memorial of that early stage of our development "during which the wife had not yet triumphed over the mother nor love over maternity." “I know two girls of nineteen,” remark ed a woman, who had been discussing so cial ethics with a representative of the New York Tribune. "Both are good look ing and healthy, and have presumably the same desire for youthful pleasures, one is as cheerful as the day Is long. She goes about the house with a face like a sun? beam. She Is always neat and attractive looking, and apparently never gets out of temper. The other girl, who lives in the same house, is by no means happy. She is continually finding fault with the condi tions of her life, and, although her natural love of excitement and change keeps her ever seeking for pleasure and distraction, she indulges constantly in what she calls fits of the blues, but what are really only the outcome of selfishness and egotism. One of these girls has all that seems nec essary to make life pleasant—kind parents a charming home, money enough to grati fy all reasonable desires, and plenty of recreation and gayety in the way of so ciety. The other Is separated from her family by the broad Atlantic. She is very poor. She works hard, whether she is feeling well or ill, from morning until nignt. Her future is precarious, her pres ent a round of monotonous duties, and she seldom if ever sees a friend. Which ot these girls is the happy one? Naturally, one would suppose the former, who is sur rounded by all the conditions of an en joyable existence, rather than the latter, whose lonely position and life of toll cer tainly do not seem conducive to good spir its, but, oddly enough. It Is the one who has least who seems to N enjoy existence the most—the little Swedish servant, who has nothing, not the young woman of the house, who has so much, to make her hap py. 1 was visiting at the house recently, and I could not help being struck by the contrast. The little maid brought me my breakfast every morning on a tray, and it was a pleasure to see her pretty, smiling countenance and trim little figure in Us neat, fresh cotton frock. Between 9 and 10 o’clock the other girl would saunter Into the dining room In a dressing gown, generally in one of her ‘moods,’ as the family called them, which consisted of an unpleasant display of snappiness and irri tability, and full of her own plans and requirements for the day. Which of the two would you call the higher type of womanhood and which fills the best place in the world's economy—the mistress or the maid"? Although the former attends service every Sunday, and is charitable in her way, 1 think old Bishop Hober, who tells u that sweeping a room can be made ’an action fine' it done with cheerful con scientiousness, would not take long to de cide.” The sharp nosed man, says the New York Herald, looked dubiously after the retreating figure of the stenographer. “I am In a quandary what to do with that girl,” he said. "I don't know whether to fire her or raise her salary. I don't know what to make of her. She Is the quintes sence of either Innocence or deceit, I can't figure out which. Anyway, she's got me into a pretty pickle. About two months ago some misguided member of a certain benevolent society sent me two tickets for a charity ball to be given at a well known hall in Harlem. I was surprised to get these tickets, for I supposed that everybody who knew me knew my senti ments in regard to charity. ”1 don't believe in It. I don't believe In giving things away. I have to work for every cent I have and I expect other |>eo ple to do the same thing. To my mind these folks that dance for charity and sing for charity and cut ail sorts of di does for benevolent purposes are only de grading the masses they air sup|>osed to. benefit. 1 had expressed thin opinion so often that I was amazed that anybody should a*k me to countenance a benevo lent scheme by buying tickets for s bull. Naturally, f hastened to send the the tickets back. I put them Into on envel ope and handed them to the stenographer. “ 'Here, Miss Drew,' I said, ’you know whsl to do with these.’ ’’ “ Yes, sir,’ she said, 'Thank you.’ "It struck me then that there was no eras ion for her to thank me for request ing her to |>erform tier regular itsiMp* of i dull* s. but I didn't give the matter a sec- I olid thought until Hirer weeks iater when a le|sr>-*ent stive of the benevolent so. tety j ■ ailed to collect $!0 for the l<all tickets " Hot I didn't use the tbketi ' I said. "I don't believe In charity.’ " ’Pardon me/ be raid 'they were used | H<<e are tisr numbers sent you at. I here ■re tbe tickets l#esi mg the same number r ji|i stir <ak> u In at lit d**n If you rtlda t ward li*ew you ought lu l ive re* j turned 11*era to us at ore e SS t q'Uo4set tn our >4sssis -oafwo ta you ’ lin J did return liisrs' t argued ll.n. | ..Ic!4 in the oofrsgbet Mies plea/ | Mtld. dutu t I give you two tot I Ivluu eoMc MSS t# returned td Wbr So# stye eotd ' tW gave me tbe . $1 Mb, but f* s dedtt t say •njioibfJ about returning them. You said I knew what to do with them.’ “ ‘And what did you do?’ I asked. "‘I went to the • ball,’ said she. *1 thought that was w'hat you meant.’ "I was furious, but I saw the benevo lent society had the drop on me and I paid them the $lO. Hie worst of it is, the girl seemed so sweet and Innocent and sorry that I haven't had the courage either to discharge her Of deduct the money from hef salary. I can’t make up my mind to this day whether she really thought I meant to make her a present or whether she notified the society to send me the tickets and then deliberately work ed me for a good time. But, whatever her motive, there is one charitable organiza tion In town that Is now growing fat off $lO of my hard earned money.” All right-minded persons, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, must be shocked at the news that young girls have been so foolish as to commit suicide for fear they may become old maids. Being an old maid is by no means a sad lot. No one but an old maid can get the fuM enjoyment nature lntenned us to get from keeping pets such as dogs, cats, par rots and canaries. Now, this may seem a little strange, and yet we know that many persons In captivity have gladJy made pets of rats and spiders. So the old maid, with lib erty and the opportunity to keep a dozen pets, is highly blessed. The old maid does not have to get up a dozen times in the night to administer paregoric or rub liniment on n child’s bumps. She Is in no danger of losing the sight of on eye as a mother did a few days ago from being poked by a baby’s finger. Old maids are spared the misery of help ing to fill the number of the 23,472 divorce cases that are granted in the United States in a year. Consider what opportunities an oM maid has for joining clubs, for growing flowers, for reading, for traveling and for gossip. Max O'Rell has discovered only two countries where men are In leading strings—bis own and the United States. The French woman, he affirmed, in a recent lecture In London, is supreme In the politics of matrimony. She knows it is a question of remaining, not beautiful, but Interesting; hence her little bustling ways and her varied manner of doing her hair. In this ‘coutnry, he said, marriage was looked upon as the end of love-mak ing, but in France, after marrying your wife, you bad to win her—a process very pleasant. If so many kisses were not in dulged in before marriage in this country, there would be more afterward. In France not more than one man In every 500 be longed to a club. As for momen's club— ugh! American girls Mr. O’Rell praised with out stint. The animation of their features, the brilliance of their conversation, their freedom from affection, the picturesque ness of their language—oh, they were glo rious and unique, he avowed. The Amer ican girl of 17 or 18 was allowed almost every liberty, and she took the others. In conclusion, Mr. O’Rell enthusiastic ally remarked that if he could be born anew, selecting his sex and country, he would say, "Please make me an Ameri ican woman.” The wife of a Gordon Highlander, says Tit-Bits, received some time ago an in vitation to visit him at the barracks in Scotland. She did so, taking with her their little 6-year-old girl. When they arrived, as it happened, t-he husband was engaged on sentry duty, and so they could not approach him. The child eyed her "daddy” with a sor rowful but amazed expression, as he paced up and down the square shoulder ing his rifle and wearing a kilt. She had never before beheld him thus arrayed, and for a few minutes the spectacle seem ed to be quite beyond her; but for no longer could she keep silent. "Mamma,” she said, in a voice that be trayed a trace of childish covetousness, "If daddy finds the man what stole 'ees trousers will he gimme dat little frock?” The following Interviews with a distin guished writer and observer appeared in the New York World: "Dp you think that, in addition to bring ing a taller, stronger average of women, the new century will produce women with better complexions?” "No; most decidedly not. There are many women now whose complexions It would be impossible to improve upon. But I think that the average will be higher. "That all women will Improve I believe, but above all am I confident that our American women will continue to lead the world, as they do r.ow. Say what you will about Old World culture, the Ameri can woman is the highest type known, both physically and Intellectually. That she Is the latter one can read In the splen did forehead, whiah practically every American girl has.” In one respect, the American type Is different from all that have distinguished past times. It is democratic. Foreign observers In New York or Chi cago often remark upon the aristocratic bearing of women who would be slow to claim the adjective for themselves. It is a product of the American spirit. What will It bring forth in a century—not In se lected specimens, but In the average—the type? The latest undergarment designed for fair women, says the New York Journal, seems really all things in one. It’s the most surprising bit of underwear Imagin able. It is silk petticoat, corset, short under skirt and drawers, all in one. At first glance to the casual feminine observer it looks like a Princess silk petti coat. But. on further Investigation, it proves to be a silk petticoat and corset combined, and If It were not for the bones of the corset It would be Impossible to tell where the corset ended and the skirt be gan. It forms a perfect foundation over which to fit a gown, and, of course, does away entirely with that almost obsolete onee-upon-a-time dress necessity—a skirt band. Bui the novelty of the garment does not stop in making corset and skirt in one piece. To the lining at the bottom of the corset, by means of buttons and button holes, a filmy short underskirt and pair of drawers In sheer nainsook are fastened. In this way the modern woman of fash ion may put on all her underclothes at one and the same time. But this little luxury must be denied her unless she has a well-tilled purse at her command, for this combination gar ment costs anywhere from SBS to S2OO, ad cording to the way It Is trimmed. Lingerie was never more luxurious than at present. The nightgowns, with their appljqu<s of lino lace, hand embroidery and la-autlful ribbons, are very lovely. Many of the newest are a mass of tine lucks and lace insertion. Those cut dee ollcte and with short or elbow sleeves are much the fashion. The newest chem ise Is shaped prettily to the figure and has lace straps over the shoulders, which fasten by means of a button and button hole. Accordeon pleated chemises are among the lingerie novelties, and all the latest mndelH are trimmed with lade. Although white satin |s thn traditional fabric for brides, crepe ds china Is In high fasjilnnatile favor, and many of the wedding gowns of proapeut |ve brides will be of this lovely material, which readily adapt* Uself to Ihe graceful, clinging nodes lhat now prevail, Folloalog the lead of I’arls and London, malty of the alH'tiig brides will wear rohes 1 of bce and chiffon. What I lows gown* !■> a of the slat* lines* and aristocratic rtiMim of satin they nilt up in 4e|lca-fl i y. gi■ * and |M. Witling > Oullif oluesa and I Italian" ■ The diesee* of organdie Orel poiia *1 esprit are I-at • pni*lve, but t hay 0 1 g. vi) f#f iiiy Mfi4 oinlii#, *l*4 ♦* MtMi Nil •! fctfV# re< - I Jfttfti M h i<l io** *l*irv#i f* 4# M* tk gal at y Mbs la Mi bavu g lasetM-MM ' 9 Ly dia E. Plnkham ’s Vegetable Compound Cures Painful, Profuse, and ' e rCiTa Irregular Periods. 'MmanS. MRS. E. P. CUSTER, Brule, Wis., writes: “Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—Your Vegetable Compound hag 45been of much benefit to me. When my menses first appeared they gejjpt- pSgjfejjr > were very irregular. They occurred too often and did not leave for f|f|*y raß a week or more. I always suffered at these times with terrible SSL '-4m pains in my back and abdomen. Would be in bed for several days fll anc * not exact l.V rational at times. I took Lydia E. Pink atn's e £ eta ble Compound, and menses became regular and paing mo s *th!y sickness reflects the eon- I dltlon of a woman's health. Any woman whose menstruation Is unnatural may look tor yraraT serious trouble to develop at any time. MRS. ANNA LACY, Ross, lowa, writes: i“Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—l was troubled with female weak* jjft ness, irregular and painful menstruation. I suffered so every ' \ Vi WMmk month that I was obliged to go to bed, but thanks to your medicine \ 'vk \ VfcPm lam now well. I would advise all women who suffer as I did to vWc \ ML NH use Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound.” MISS MARY DAMROTH, 2167 Washington Ave„ Tremont. jfiSfegjijP “Dear Mrs. Pinkham When I wrote to you I suffered WPfjfaPji untold pain in the lower part of abdomen, had headache, baokache, MaSjjpTuLVKN rafcgJSS and my periods were very painful. I have taken four bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and have no pain at all, IwHl I kUsHs lam a working girl and recommend your medicine to all women.” ’ W* \ Pjjffifpll Mrs. Pinkham*s advice Is Invaluable help H Ffjij \ Ssff|f9Ejj to all women who suffer. It is absolutely M (C. VfIKSSsI free. Her address Is Lynn, Mass. if**) l WT MRS. EDNA ELLIS, Higginsport, Ohio, writes: ■ 'Shi® A ten years. My nervous system was a wreck. I suffered with pain LI fS&Ph J§r in my side and had almost every ill known. I had taken treat* IftfKwf Y ment from a number of physicians who gave me no relief. One ] specialist said no medicine could help me, I must submit to an Y operation. I wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, stating my case, and received lWiv a a prompt reply. I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound \ and followed the advice given me and now I suffer no more. If |*2 \ any one cares to know more about my case, I will cheerfully an i Zy diaE. Curas SCHfM REWARD:S'3I Pinkham's AU b liglllftl tioned the gtauincaeu of the totimeaUl ■I or . mm mm m m* !?>,* BJI letters we are constantly publishing, we |ygl#fgKF4S Iff ggg Mt tSMSSSSmta ” ™ W have deposited with the National City Sr mmamWa SS " %2aMS<Sma*m Bank, of Lynn, Mass., $5,000, which will be paid to any person who will show that the above testimonials are not /■AMtMOhlfMfl t genuine, or were published before obtaining the writer’s special permission.— ft# fUfSiipUUßßst MafSm Lydia E. Pinkham Midiune Cos., Cyan, Mas*. bunch of orange blossoms on the wedding slippers. The shops are showing lovely designs in bridal stockings of white silk in open work and embroidered effects. Lace veils are worn, and they are un deniably handsome, and, if family heir looms, there is a touch of sentiment at tached to their use; many brides, how ever, prefer the tulle veil, either plain or with a lace border, which is always sure to be becoming. A pretty idea ds to attach one of the jeweled gifts received by the bride, the present of the bridegroom it may be if suitable in form, to the big. fluffy bows of tulle which ties the wedding bouquet. Glace kid gloves are the smartest, al though the suede gloves are worn. The Game That is Worth the Candle— There was never a rose without a thorn, Never a cake that we ate and had, The cow had ever a crumpled horn To toss the maiden all forlorn Until she was yet more sad. The apples over the farmer's wall Were probably grafted from Eden's tree, But when we had eaten them after all, Trespassing somewhere about nightfall. They commonly failed to agree. And love, my Phyllida, love, the rose. Love, the apple that tempted Eve?— Because of the thorn that about it grows, Because of the greenness that nothing shows, Apple and rose shall we leave? No, my Phyllida, come what may. Bleeding fingers or broken hearts; Live and love for our little day. Tear off armor and cast away Shields against Cupid’s darts! —Westminster Gazette. Perhaps the recent discovery of a well known physician, says the New York Tribune, will bring even more Influence to bear against bridge whist than the openly expressed disapproval of the clergy. The former aflirmw that Its effects are distinctly aging: that those who are ad dicted to constant play acquire new lines and wrinkles in an Incredibly short space of time; that there is a painful contract ion of the brow that permanently mars the smoothness, and a set look about the mouth that is not becoming, and effects the expression afterword. If the fair de votees of the game once realize this truth they will probably hesitate about spending six afternoons a week over their card ta bles, as mqny of them have done this winter. But this is not all. It not only affects your beauty, mesdumes, but it is also, they say, very bud for your health. One of the best whist players of her set has been positively forbidden by her doc tor to play any more, the constant strain having proven 100 much for her nerves. It is easy to believe both assertions If one watches a partle carree over the ab sorbing game of the hour. The interest seems to be Just as Intense whether a money stake Is played or not. The lines of t>erptexed thought on tho face and the nervous manner proves that the doctors are right, and bridge whist played us it often Is now—to excess—might easily be detrimental to lmth looks ami health. "And It’s only ’bumhlepuppy’ whist that the women iiiay, anyway.” laughingly said a clubman. ”1 will tell you a futtn/ Incident apropos of their play. You know Mrs. ’/. ami Mrs. A. ore lmth very touch stuck on the game. Well, the other even ing I was dining at the ll.’s, and after din ner, when we went up to Ihe drawing room, we found four of the women (th above mentioned among them) playing ‘bridge.’ Under preiensa of shuffling for tin in, I abet!anu*l four cards, one Of them a king, another a Jack, With two smaller tales, all of different suits, of ■ sense, that made Ihe deal ■■Hue rigid,] Ho ihey cut, <*• alt and played without die- | covering tin* different* One or two oilier I Ite'ii who cane Up to watch dts<,v,-ied j tlte shortage at ome, ond when I showed • lot,, Hie <ails up in* s’aev# acre hugely j ■#nu* I Hut tie MNIISU Wei l oil |,la>ihg> In iUseful ignorance until they had tin-I tailed tbet, rubber.’ Then l tool them, and ii t *i i<lota tea* angry they were! I I sin slisMMnt / ail u,ei forgite me f. eto gave a barge dmr Up- o . , da> j and yulMelh left M* OHM, A MODEL CHINA CLOSET. 1 111 <U> ' lilii t fe£, y *.4= — ' ir f*i fffi • f CORRECT ARRANGEMENT FOR CHINA. The china closet In nt least half the houses is built Into tho wall. This dis poses of location. Homemakers have to accept the goods and the ills the landlords provide, but wherever located It is im perative to have good shelves and plenty of them. Very many built-in closets have shelves much, too far apart. But it is sometimes possible to make Ihe high shelves answer by putting screw hooks all over the under sides and hanging there cups and mugs, little pitches, etc. Hang the saucers against tho wall buck of the cups by means of flat wire china raoks. There may be a double or even a treble row of the racks. In filling them study colors us much as possible. With saucers of various sizes, put the biggest at the ] bottom, unless such placing ruins the . closet color scheme. Well arranged and full of handsome Wares, a china closet Is among (lie best ornaments of a dining room, 'lint the walla to match the general lone of the room, or else cover them with a very j thin, hardwood veneer, accurately fitted 1 and lacked in place with the smallest size braids. Varnish the veueer, and keep clean by weekly wipings with a soft cloth wrung veiy dry out of tepid water. 10-avn the shelf surfaces plain and cover tilMll with linen, ■ ill to lit, and ornament with a line of drawn work. Heavy bui> U erg' linen la heat, though the soft toned art linen* may be effectively used HH i one shelf apart for glasses, preferably the | upper one. Out Urn linen for It twice the j shelf width. Item It aH ground, then | double 11, Tliu* then, la a llrhl pa I all over the. atiHf. 11 can la kept a* fresh as the single covers, and will safeguard expctislvo glass. Klg pieces of cut glass, esp** lufly punch an 4 saia4 bow la, may brisk under tht jar of oe,.iug down Ufwnt a lc>4 surfs,* M>e than thst, t,uy l,g v e been known to la,ok ' I IMS VI * fits>ion dug tu heavy ,p■ er traffic ciosO about the house. Jarring; of any kind Hb deed may induce a fracture. The linen pads stop all this. It Is moreover a fit and dainty base for flue crystal. Never set anything; inside a piece of cut glass. To do so is to invite calamity. With a crowded glass shelf, put down small pieces first, Inverting them, then turn bigger pieces over tihem, taking care that they do not touch. But before risk ing a big bowl thus upon Its own margin, it is well to test it, and see if it presses equally nil around. The slightest inequal ity may mean destruction. Pressed glass and colored glass may h* Piled together with comparative impunity. But if when the idle is jarred any piec# in It gives out n harsh rattle, it is wish to recast It. The rattle portends break age, since it shows that something presses unevenly! Blender-stemmed wine glasses look pretty tied in clusters of three, ths stems crossing and suspended by bright ribbons from screw hooks In the top They need not hang low enough to men ace other things, t'laret Jugs can •’* likewise hung and other fiat thingw may go in racks across the back. In that case itie back needa a padded Until, Ilka the shelf proper. Test hanging things by setting them swinging. *o as to maka certain they wtil not strike anything el* 1 ’ Keep plates carefully sorted, and piled slse and pattern together. Give big plet terg room uiton the lowermost shelf •• It i not properly grooved, tack strips of lath along It, and cut lb* linen for It wide enough to go In misl out. Stand me pi n levs i;n edge, lh biggest nest the wsl graduating them toward tha front "''b a very high gtielf s|*are they look pert tier on end, ths highest hi the niiddl' and gelling lower toward ths ends. Hand some < over ad dtshes ft best sat it* • r<> * In flout of In* dst ones. I'se JoJgmeni glut all eys for teOtf 40 lit pladfllfe. I slush, > tear >•!has tat again*-' s • * g> mind ol -lull blue, lllu'iiii'ao oterythisi • mmiml lit