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A CALICO REVIVAL
INEXPENSIVE PRINTS THAT ARE AS
LOVELY AS FO CLAUDS.
Milk Maid till mi. Woven on Ameri
ca n UomK, After Yankee Desitfnß,
Apr F.iqnillrly Pretty, anti Hair
Been Taken I|> Entlinalnntteally
by Fashionable Dressmakers Thin
Year—A Mid-Spring Madness for
Mohair Shirt Waists—The Correct
Length of the Train Is Decided.
New York, April 26.—There is a sort of
flurry in a good material revived for use
once more after years of neglect; this is
the welcome hack given to French prints.
In days of yore every woman In summer
wore calicoes anti was crisp and content,
nut the simple cotton age has been super
seded by the luxurious silk wearing era,
end for the first time In fifteen years or
more rea! French prints are demanded
and supplied in the shops.
No such effects as the looms and dyes
produce In calico can be found in sing
ham, dimity, or percale, and from France
and England and our own domestic cot
ton mills they are turning out calicoes
that are as lovely as foulards. The French
send us true prints, that Is cotton of a |
soft finish, its background white with
clear pale blue rings and black dots there
on. or faint yellow cottons that are print-
X TOILET OF ROSE AND GRAY
TAFFETA.
ed In black rings and blue dots. From
England we gladly receive the true old
style cottons, spriggled over with the
same quaint and daring mixture of very
bright flowers that are seen on Minton
and old fashioned simple Worcester china.
Most of these English and French calicoes
are woven with borders that are happily
utilised In the makeup of the country cos
tume, for it is hardly the best taste to
use lace and embroidery in the garnish
ment of a simple print dress.
Yankee Designs.
From our own looms they are turning
out the loveliest cotton goods flowered
over In bold brocade and cretonne de
signs. Furthermore, these American cal
icoes are treated with a rich surface fin
ish that gives them the gloss of silk, but
does not injure the simplicity and soft
ness of the fabric.
There is no need for the rich and proud
to turn up their noses at this popularity
of pleblean cotton, for the dressmakers,
wiho know their business are lavishing
on some of these milk-maid chintzes the
best efforts of their art. A pretty bor
dered French print substantiates in ade
quate illustration this very point. A
gown sweetly ornate enough for a garden
party or a lively spring luncheon Is this
one. On Its slightly glazed cream white
surface rings of bright blue enclose tiny
black beans at short Intervals, with points
of black sprinkled at large here and
there. Two wide, full gathered stroked
flounces are beaded by the calico’s own
border, in which larkspur and vivid blue
A PRETEXT CAUCO ORNATE ENOUGH
FOR A LIVELY SPRING LUNCH
EON OR GARDEN PARTY.
and purple sweet peas and bright, green
leaves are mingled. At the top of the
skirt, on the collar and sleeves, the bor
der Is again used, and a black gros-graln
ribbon laces the (runts of the waist over
the yoke nd vest of white hand-tucked
nainsook. A black straw, surrounded with
pink roses, makes the study com
plete.
Chameleon Serge.
Beside glased English chintzes, milk
maid calicoes and French prints, in this
era, when a certain simple style of dress
is more or less In vogue, we have gone,
back again to serge as the best of the
light summer wools after ail. Women
who are going to the seashore and moun
tain resorts where hot days are delight
fully few are having the smartest chame
leon serges made up. These are of the
close, fine Fisnch weave in navy blue,
changing to green In the folds, or of leaf
green, showing warm violet In certain
lights. For the decoration of this nice
goods taftrla strapping Is very popular,
aid ■ gown accompanying this teat shows
how a changeable brown and red setge Is
strapped In bands of dull chameleon red
taffeta. A cheerful rag blouse >t taffeta
• hoe** Us full lower half and bishop
starves below the abort coat null th* brief
• leave* thereof.
Mohair Hblrla.
Now that arc have tried flannel waists
ft vety cu* and < oiut, lb® intd-spring
in lines* is for shin wahata of mohair.
Tlief* a sew** a daiiger that before the
ever lore cueing number of ea i ill dotted
Ucikeg. iatgid strapped iirnatiu
•Ml amUtagered mumoat ghirt woiala Usair
fBELICATE ENTREESJ
and delicious tauccs easily made by M
■ using a little
i LIEBIG 1
flannel predecessors will be wholly for
gotten. The mohair blouses are truly
beautiful and wonderfully serviceable,
and. according to the very latest mode
of cutting these garments, they are made
to slip over the head, as a man’s shirt
does, with just sufficient opening down
the back from the collar band to the
shoulder blades to enable the wearer to
put her arms safely Into the sleeves.
When the shirt is drawn on it must have
its fullness of tail regulated by an expert
drawing of gathers under the skirt’s
band, and though many women cavil at
the nuisance of a garment which must be
so awkwardly entered, 'the fit thereby
ensured is none the less quite beyond
criticism.
To the m iking of tralna there is no end,
though health boards protest and the
women themselves have sadly sprained
wrists because of the necessity of sup
porting yards of dress goods out of the
reach of the too familiar street microbes.
A Gray and Hose Taffeta Toilet.
Just about the proper train for a walk
ing suit is showed in the picture of the
smart grey cloth trimmed with bands
of changeable grey and rose taffeta. A
half dozen inches more would have been
added to the tail of this skirt bad it been
designed for house wear, and nearly ten
inches more if its role had been cast for
A SUMMER SERGE WITH TAFFETA
STRAPPINGS.
an evening function. Even the new night
dresses, when made of coarse or very del
fcate material, and the dressing gowns
have tails that would try the patience of
a mermaid. All these lengths are signs of
the times, signs that the survival of the
comfortable thirty-eight and forty-inch
melton rainy day skirt is threatened. A
tailor who makes a speciality of short
skirts that Just clear the. ground, and no
longer for those that will just sweep the
grass tops on a rarely mowed lawn.
Let the merchants advertise as wash
able a goods that has never had the
stamina to endure the washtub before,
and from the farthest end of the subur
ban trolley lines the women will accumu
late joyously to feel, ravel, twist, spy
upon, then welcome and purchase the
now comer. Washable silk and washable
gloves, though never good wearers, have
always been prime favorites with the
shoppers, and wash ribbon, though It al
ways fades and stiffens, sells equally well.
Now the bargain rush Is for wash crepe
de chine a brand new and undls
guise.dly an Improved wash silk.
The crepe has yet to pass through the
water ordeal and prove that it can
maintain its silken softness, luster and
durability. As to the new silk, It is as
crisp as taffeta, as strong as pongee and
as wide as percale. It Is not corded, and
It Is dyed In the most enchanting con
trasted stripes of dull blue and cafe au
lait, green and russet rose, purple and
pale lavender. It comes from India, and
is called Bombay tissue, when it Is not
more plainly and descriptively entitled
wash silk of the highest class yet seen.
Mary Dean.
CONTROLLING KITCHEN ODORS.
How to Cook AVtthont Having Un
pleasant Smells In House or Flat.
Odors are subtle withal searching. In
dealing with those in the kitchen an
ounce of prevention is worth at least &
ton of cure. The heavy small of stale
grease, most clinging and most offensive
of all, comes more than anything else
from slopping or sputtering over, which
a very little care In range management
prevents. The acrid smell of burnt or
scorched things is positively painful—so
much so that a cook’s first lesson ought
to be that fire was given for cooking, not
burning. Leaving unwashed pots and
stew pans to dry and simmer on the range,
is a friutful source of ill-odors, easily re
medied. Dissolve two pounds of washing
soda In a gallon of boiling water, and
keep a bottle of It handy. As you empty
cooking vesesls pour in soda water an
inch deep, shake It well all around the
sides apd leave until washing time. If the
A TRUMTBT VENTILATOR FOR CAR
RYING OFF THE UNPLEASANT
ODORS FROM COOKING.
pots and pans keep warm, ho much the
better- th* soda WIM do it* work more
perfectly.
Onions, turnlpa. an,} nil the cabbage
trll<e, which mud lo licaven, may have
i their scent aomewb.it abated by a little
I care In tli< isjtllng. The oriot comes from
I their essential, oils, which voiatize. If tha
vegetables are prepared some hours be
fore they are wsnted, and left to aook In
; weak, coid water, rinsed and put over tha
fits. In fr< ell. cold Water, they throw up
sum lad llk 111 COMM ta a hud lief or*
After the salt le in. aid a dash of cold
wale r tt wilt throw up a second p uts,
add* h must t> reenovid ul one* r ‘ouk ail
i sip* teasesbia* uiiiotvriU, a Ud aratt||tfc*
THE MOKNING NEWS: SUNDAY, APRIL 28. 1901.
ene the odor tenfold, and makes It more
offensive.
Another preventive Is a bread crust,
very hard, and very stale. Drop it into
the water Just as it strikes a boil and
let it stay ten minutes, then skim it out.
Most of the oil will come with It—further
the spongy crust will have kept It from
vaporizing. Cauliflower not quite fresh,
always smells tremendously. The best
thing for It Is a scald in weak salt water,
boiling hot, before the cold soaking. If
the heads are big. cut them Into pieces,
so as to make sure of removing every bit
of discolored <'urd.
Even when summer heat puts an open
fireplace out of commission, a quick flare,
as of stray, excelsior, light shavings, even
newspapers, will set up a purifying
draught, and help to free the kitchen of
unpleasant odors. Falling an open fire
place the kitchen ought to have a range
hood. Ther are hoods and hoods—at al
most any price you choose, from the big
burnished copper afTairs, In the great
hotels, to the modest sheet Iron contriv
ance, which Is an integral part of so many
among the newest stoves. There Is a mov
able hood, working up and down like the
shutter of a roll top desk, that Is, theory
all a hood ought to be—with something
to spare—but in practice, has proved much
less satisfactory than the stationary ones.
No mechanical contrivance can wholly
make up for the lack of care and intelli
gence In the cook—notwithstanding it is
a fact that a tiood well set, In a large
measure, carries away the fumes of food.
The manner of welting will depend on the
size and location of the flue. The lower
edge ought to be high enough to be quite
out of the way, yet not so high as to
either miss or defect the as-lending hot
air column. It may seem at first a cost
ly betterment, for no direct material ben
efit, but a year’s use will show the money
to have been well spent. Not to name
present and every-day comfort, all things
keep much better in a well-aired house.
Smells are but the cognizable signs of air
conditions that breeds mould, rust and
must. Metal tarnishes and fabrics decay
twice as quickly in heavy and musty air
as in that which is clean and bracing.
A kitchen with neither hood nor fire
place should at least have a trumpet ven
tilator. This is only a tin tube with a
widely flaring mouth, crooked body, and
narrow upper end, It should be set in
the wall above the range, with the flaring
mouth,/which curves over end downward
against the ceiling. The narrow ends
goes inside the flue, projecting Just enough
to secure a good draught. The efficacy
of this device, a makeshift at best, de
pends mainly upon the size and smooth
ness of the flaring mouths and the tight
ness of the setting In the flue.
SMART RIDING CLOTHES.
The Black Habit la Reserved Ex
clusively for Park AA^ear.
New York, April 26.—The severely plain
black riding dress is now by a feminine
ukase, as powerful as any the Czar ever
Issued, announced as suitable only for
A CEDAR BROWN HABIT WITH CERISE RED VESTING RELINEiD BY
DIAMONDS OF BLACK SATIN.
wear in the city parks. For country roads
brown is the color that is acknowledged
to be the proper uniform. The brown rises
in tone all the way from the richest ce
dar, earth mould, nut and reddish russet
to kahki, biscuit and in some habits
worn by very slim and graceful women,
to a rich cream yellow. When a deep
hued tweed is used the sober coloring is
brightened Vy a vivid shade of red picked
out in black, and this combination Is
adequately set forth in the accompanying
sketch. Here the gay waistcoat is of ce
rise vesting and relieved by tiny dia
monds of black satin woven on the
smooth surfaced cloth. Very small black
buttons and a huge black satin stock and
Ascot fold tie are the very modish points
In this severe but charming costume.
When the heat of the season Is such
that cloth habits are a bar to all com
fort and profit when riding, pale brown
and light weight soldier's serge worn
with smart little red silk or linen waist
coats are aH ready for the trade; and yet
more commendable and summery are the
habits of brown silk linen, the new goods
that has weaned feminine affections quite
away from Russian crash. The silk linen
is Just twice as cool and durable as any
fabric we have yet had, end, worn with
tailored skirts of red linen, it produces
the most attractive type of sporting
dress seen up to date.
Continuously up to the first of June
flaring brimmed, round crowned brown or
black derb)f hats of satin surfaced felt
will be worn, but with the serge and linen
habits straw bowlers will come Into serv
ice. The sailor shape has been at length,
and wisely too, voted uncomfortable and
most unbecoming for riding, and the dull
brown straw bowler with Its black or red
or light brown and red crown latnd haa re
ceived all the enthuaiustlcsrupport ft de
serves.
Over in France we hear there Is a strong
tendency toward the restoration of the
old style picturesque costume for women
who ride. The Ouches* rvt'aea and a
number of equally prominent and modish
and sport-loving women, have adopted
long skirted lands quint coasts of forest
green doth or velvet for riding. Rig
stelnklrks of lace frill out in front and
their ruffe ara broad with ample laue
frills Small fiat Utrsi -cornered felt hat*,
irimmed with knots of rlbboii adorn ths
fair hunt teases' heeds, but the skirts are
s* short and plain and aenaibie a* aver.
Mo far in Rngiand tills nove.ty lit oet fash
ions has tae >et found an entering wc'lge
of approval, and a* tse si 111 get our styles
in ahebtfs from in* log-buniing im<ttei<4
I untiln s tt is eat* to ploptun that tee*
and valvar wilt not os worn a nvisakevk
Utig aaa *vtt
[WESSON]
ODORLESS J
lOOKINV
11 OIL M
Goes Twice as Far
as Lard or Butter!
IT IS EASILY DIGESTED AND
ALWAYS CLEANLY, WHICH
LARD IS NOT.
Wesson’s Salad Oil
i> far greater value than the finest im
ported olive oil and has the same flavor.
Ask your friendly grocer for it and save
good money.
MRS. PECKHAM’S
FEATHER BOA.
The Slory of a Small Extravagnnce,
a quirk Repentance and a Birth-,
day Present.
By Susan Brown Robbins.
Mrs. Peckham stood before the look
ing glass tying on her new feather collar.
It was a long one, made of turkey feath
ers, and as she fastened it about her
neck she nodded approvingly at her re
flection.
“It Is becoming,” she said aloud. “Yes,
it is dretful becoming, but I mustn’t let
Jason see it. He’d think I was awful ex
travagant and foolish, and I’d never hear
•the last of it.”
She looked apprehensively out of the
window and saw hec-liiisband taking the
last sticks of wood out of his cart and
placing them on a pile in the yard. When
she saw him get into the cart and drive
away she began to put her gloves on,
hurriedly. Her eyes fell on a plant on
the window sill.
“There,” she said. “I’M carry that ge
ranium to Mary Ellen. I’ll have enough
things to carry—my bag and umbrella
and the plant.”
She got a paper to put around the pot,
then gave one more look In the glass and
straightened the feather boa, which had
in some way become askew. Picking up
her belongings, she started, but outside
the house she had to put the geranium
on the ground while she locked the door
and hid the key in the usual place.
She had walked but a little way up the
road, when, upon looking down, she no
ticed that her feather collar was slip
ping around out of place. She went on
a little further, till one of the long .ends
hung over her shoulder.
She was a very prim persdn, and she
could not endure to see things awry, so
she stood still, put her geranium, um
brella and bag on the ground, and
straightened the collar.
Then she walked on again, but almost
•t once she could seem to feel the boa
slipping and slipping. She held her neck
very straight and tried not to move her
shoulders, but all in vain. In a few min
utes she had to stand still again and
puli the collar in place. The third time
she paused for this purpose she began
to have a harassed look, and her face was
flushed.
"I thought |t was a chilly day," she
said, "but I declare. I feel about melted.
They told me this thing would be warm,
but I did not believe It. There,'i’ll tie It
looser and maybe It will stay some
where."
She walked on briskly for a little way,
but soon came to a halt.
"What ails the thing?" site cried, Im
patiently. "I should think It was alive.
I'll pull it way round the other wide, and
see If that will do any good."
She had lost count of the times she had
stopped to straighten the boa, When she
heard the noise of the cur she was to
have taken, and looking up, she cwugnt
a glimpse of it as It flashed by the'end
of the etreet.
"There," she said, "you've made me
lose my car. Now I whall have to wait
llftem minutes. 1 shall lose the next
one, too, if I have to atop every three
minute* to fix you." She untied (lie
string# "I won't b* bothered by the
horrid tiling any longer. I'll crry it
on my ariu, and If I’m cold I D put It
on and hold It by main strength,"
liefor* slit reached the oorner the tsis
slid off her atui and she stood ngiHirx
It a* It lay on tit* ground Itjera was a
posxisd look on iter fa> e
"I’ll tilde It in the hush** till f p<
back," sin said gt Ungth, and after m
was dot,* alu *Mn< on Mior* tusppily.
tI sough sit* Mas #ttil UMogittg of It a# * ,
Malted lot it** •a * “It glvs* ittr tlia
I'tssps to thing tf ft," she sasd. ’ slit It
o*l tt* tse rigid to iisit atHi a tlHta with
It when I knew Jason wouldn't approve
of my getting It.”
It was nearly dark when she returned
and a careful search In the bushes where
she had left It failed to discover the
feather boa.
"Well, I don’t care,” she said as she
gave up looking. “It Is a relief to have
it off my mind.”
When she reached her own door a dark
object lay on the step.
"Why, Dinah,” said Mrs. Peckham, as
she got the key, "did you want to go
in?”
Usually the black cat would have aris
en and rubbed against her, but this time
there was no movement. Mrs. Peckham
stooped, looked closer, gave a startled
exclamation, and picked up her feather
boa.
"My soul!" she* gasped, staring at it,
"How did It know the way home?”
That night she dreamed of being chased
by a big blacksnake that wore feathers.
The next day a neighbor told how she
had found the collar beside the road. "I
knew it was yours, as I saw you go by
with It on. So I brought it back and left
it on the step.”
“Suppose Jason had seen It.” thought
Mrs. Peckham.
After that the boa worried her. She put
it in various places of concealment, eac
of which seemed not quite safe. She
thought of burning It, but that would be
wickedly wasteful, and besides Jason
would be likely to smell It.
“I’m going to get rid of it to-day,” she
said at last, in desperation.
So she put it on, sighing regretfully, as
she saw how becoming 1t was, and wore
it to the store where she had bought it.
There she took it off and carried it on
her arm.
She went to the counter where lay a
little heap of feather collars and when
no one was looking she dropped here
among them. Then she went out of the
store. At the door she met a friend com
ing In.
“I saw you when you came In,” she
said, “but I thought you had on one of
those feather things.”
"I did,” said Mrs. Peckham, in a little
flutter, “but it was so hot in there that I
took it off,” and she made an indefinite
motion toward her bag.
On the way home she caught a slight
ctold, and for a week she had a very stiff
and painful neck. Mr. Peckham tried
to find out how she came by it, but her
answers were not satisfactory.
One evening in January he came home
from the village. He seemed in excellent
spirits, and after supper he went out to
the barn, coming in again with a large
paper bag in his hand.
"You are going to have a birthday pret
ty soon, ain't you, Mary?" he said. “Well,
here's a present from you.”
She took the bag. It was very light.
She gave him a quick glance, then low
ered her eyes, and untwisting the ton of
the bag, drew forth a long feather boa.
“Oh, Jason!” she murmured, confused
ly, "thank you.”
"Try it on,” he urged, and he took it
from her hands and put it about her neck.
He stood off to view the effect.
“The girl said they are becoming to
everybody; and I declare, they be,” he
cried, enthusiastically. “Why', you’ve no
idea. Mary, how good it looks on you.
It makes you look five years younger,
sure. They say they are awful warm,
too, and so it will keep you from hav
ing any more of those stiff necks. Come
and look in the glass and see how you
look. You never’d believe how becoming
it is. I wonder you never thought of
getting one yourself.”
Mrs. Peckham gave her husband an
other quick glance, but she saw that he
was entirely unsuspicious and guileless.
So, as she followed him to look in the
glass, she sighed slightly, for her feel
ings were very mixed.
A JEWEL CARETAKER.
She In an Expert on Preciona Stones.
New York, April 26.—There Is a woman
In New York city who has made herself
famous and invaluable among the wives
of the millionaires by taking care of their
jewelry. This is no small charge nor a
slight responsibility when in the season
thousands of dollars worth of diamonds,
invaluable pearls and elaborate orna
ments of other precious gems must be
kept in condition for use at a moment’s
notice. The reason that her popularity
and patronage are so great, Is that In
these days nearly every rich American
woman owns a lot of fine stones, and
though It Is one thing to possess them it
is quite another matter to keep them
glittering and safe in their settings.
Ladies’ maids nor the owners them
selves are experts at this delicate work,
and In consequence the professional jewel
cleaner has all the work that she can do-
Once a week In the hight of the season
she makes a round of the jewel boxes and
carries ail her cleaning appliances with
her. When she takes on anew customer
she shows her first just what sort of a
case the jewels should be kept in. All the
satin, lined, velvet covered boxes in which
the jewelers alluringly display their
wares she frowns upon. The diamonds
she wraps in silversmith’s tissue paper In
order that they may retain their brilliancy
after cleaning, and If there Is a Jewel
safe she orders it made air tight and lin
ed with pure wool. The fumes from a fur
nace, sewer gas, moisture and the pecu
liar quality of sea air all affect jewels
to their detriment and safes for holding
the valuable possessions must be made
proof against these damaging Influences.
When the jewel cleaner settles down to
put a case in order she fastens about her
waist a big apron of chamois skin, and
then opens a half dozen different bottles
and boxes of cleaning fluids and pastes.
Every woman loves to think of the
time when a soft little body, all her
own, will nestle in her bosom, fully
satisfying the yearning which lies in
the heart of every good woman. But
yet there is a black cloud hovering
about the pretty picture in her mind
which fills her with terror. The
dread of childbirth takes away much
of the Joy of motherhood. And yet it
need not be so. For sometime there
has been upon the market, well-known
and recommended by physicians, a
liniment called
Mother’s friend
which makes childbirth as simple and
easy as nature intended It. It is a
strengthening, penetrating liniment,
which the akin readily absorbs. It
gives the muscles elasticity and vigor,
prevents sore breasts, morning sick
ness and the loss of the girlish figure.
An intelligent mother in Butler, Pe..
aayei " Were I to need Mother's Krieno
• gain, I would obtain 8 buttles if 1 had
to pay |S pr bottle for it.'*
et Mother’s I ricrid at tba drug
store. It pr bottle.
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l.r Style Album “ *• high .bdeeu,
C s, ; ’ri t?.i^S2.so.
Diamonds In spite of their hardness must,
she says, be treated with great care.
Though they can hardly be scratched they
nevertheless do chip and when roughly
treated are easily loosened in their set
tings to fall out at the most unexpected
moment.
With a little Instrument she first tests
the settings and then dips the ring or pin
repeatedly into a little eau de cologne.
While she works she uses a powerful
magnifying glass and for a stone that
has an accumulation of dust, or grease,
or soap on its under side, as often hap
pens with rings, she dips It alternately in
soapsuds and cologne, and occasionally
uses a very fine, sofe camel’s hair pencil
point brush to reach in delicately between
the prongs of the setting. When the stone
is thoroughly clean it is gently burled in
a jar of fine saw dust to dry out. This is
all done after the gold’ or silver mounting
has been carefully rubbed with jewelers*
rouge, dried off and polished with tiny
chamois covered pads.
When diamonds and turquoise are set
together the most equisite care is taken
that alcohol only is utilized with whiting
to clean both the setting and the dia
monds, and as little moisture comes near
the blue stones. If a turquoise has been
carelessly treated and is turning green
from the effects of water the cleaner
sets it to soak in stale beer, which treat
ment will frequently revive the pure azure
color.
Emeralds and other green stones she
cleans by soaking wads of absorbent cot
ton in pure alcohol and burying the gems
therein until all the alcohol has evapo
rated. Naphtha and chloroform she also
uses in her cleaning and pearls she holds
In her warm, dry hands, drawing the
beads slowly back and forth through the
half-closed member, the human contact
and heat heeps pearls In good condition.
Once In every season she restrings the
necklaces of pearls under her care, and
when the owner cannot arrange to wear
a fine string of these gems at least once
in a fortnight, the cleaner lays them in
a cup of warm wheat flour, or lukewarm
fresh milk, just to keep their skins in
good condition.
Besides the care she gives the jewel
caskets of the very rich this enterpris
ing woman is highly regarded by her pa
A BLOND BEAUTY OF THE. NORTH.
LADY HENRY BENTICK.
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trons as a jewel expert, and often enough
she Is invited to give advice when ex
travagant purchases of fine gems Is to be
made. It is by touching a diamond with
the tip of her tongue that she not only
distinguishes it from paste, but lestimates
the quality of the stone. A fine true
pearl can be detected, she says, by hold
ing It In the hand and passing the fin
gers over the skin—that is, providing the
person who does so possesses an acute
sense of touch, and a great deal of dex
terity.
Very naturally the rich women who
employ this expert Jewel cleaner pay her
a fancy price for her services, for she
carries a large Insurance on her honesty
and is very well aware that Just such
a profession as hers is only followed by
one who possesses a unique love for and
knowledge of precious stones.
Fanny Enders.
—The ups and downs of fortune In the
lead mining region are thus described in
The Galena (Kan.) Republican. "On our
streets we can point to men who could
not draw a check for 10 cents six months
ago. Now they can draw their check for
slo,ooo—and the bank wouldn’t accept it.
Yonder is a man who walked in Galena
as a tramp a year ago. To-day he is a
porter in a hotel. Here comes a man who
borrowed 10 cents of us last week to get
a glass of milk. Now he wants to bor
row 10 cents more. He says he wants to
buy a meal. He dines on liquid meals.
Another, who was put in the lock-up and
borrowed money to pay his fine, was ar
rested again the other day and sent to
Jail. He couldn’t borrow anything this
time. Here’s another man who cams
here with his last cent in his pocket. Last
month he drew a check for $20,000. He,
too, is in jail. He signed another man's
name to the check. Such are the ups and
downs of lead Ufa. Here to-day, in jail
to-morrow."
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—Public l indignation In Michigan has
forced the Legislature to recall from the
Governor and refer to a Committee for a
hearing the bill rushed through a few
days ago whereby the Democratic Mayor
of Grand Rapids was made ineligible for
re-election because of a deficit in his ac
counts as city treasurer some years ago.
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