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16 WOMAN’S WORLD. One of the Incomprehensible things of life, says Dorothy Dix in the New Or leans Picayune, Is that the mothers, who themselvea have been along this rough pathway, do not try to protect their daughters from Its thorna, but they do net. You would think, from the way the average girl is raised, that her mother never expected her to marry, or have a home of her own, yet matrimony and housekeeping are the natural destiny for ninety-nine women out of a hundred, and ■what we would choose for the hundreth if we could. To send a young woman into it, fully equipped with an expert knowledge of how to run a house, Is to Insure her success and happiness. To plunge her into it without one Idea of how to manage It. is just as certainly to doom her to failure and misery. If you ■tart two ships out to sail the seas, and one ia piloted by a skillful navigator and the other is run by an ignorant land lub ber who has never seen salt water before, the dullest person alive must know which ■hip will go to pieces on the rocks. Yet this Is what millions of mothers are do ing all over the country. It Is almost ■unbelievable that any woman can be reckless enough to take such chances With her daughter's happiness. I heard a woman say once: "I never Intend to teach my daughters anything •bout cooking. They will learn when they have to. I wasn't taught, and I learned.” “Yes.” replied her husband, “but you gave me dyspepsia for life while you were learning.” We have all listened hun dred of times while women related funny Btdfles of their experiences with serv ants and marketmen In the early days of their housekeeping—stories that are •musing enough in retrospect, but that were tragedies to the poor, little, ignor ant brides—but these very women are not trying to protect their daughters from elmilar disasters. The first disillusion many—nay, most —husbands get Is from the bad housekeeping of their wives. It Is unromantic, but it is a fact, that you can drown love in muddy coffee, and choke It to death on tough sttak, nd kill It beyond the power of resurrection ■with soggy biscuit. Be sure that It Is wt a bad breakfast table that the young husband begins to suspeet he has made • mistake In marrying and mlseed his affinity, and that If there were no bad breakfast tables he would go through life without finding it out. There's no use in saying this Is putting things on a low plane. It Is simply tak ing human nature as It Is. Plain living and high thinking may be enough for a philosopher. People In novels can even exist on sentiment alone, but In real life we cannot rise much above our surround ings. We are never critical of those who make us comfortable, but there’s precious little affection that will stand the wear and tear of bad meals and slovenly house keeping. The woman who understands the fine art of making a comfortable home doesn't have to sue for our love. She can command it. This is the practical side of the school for wives, but the institution will fall short of its duty if it stops at that. A clean hearth and a good dinner are a great deal, but they are not all, and inasmuch as most women are fairly intelligent it does teem like they might be taught to avoid some of the other pitfalls of mar ried life. I have often thought that If the average wife would give as much thought and study to trying to under stand her husband’s peculiarities as she does to attempting to find out what Browning thought Ire thought, the world would be a lot more cheerful to live in. In the first place I think somebody ought to endow in the school for wives a chair of "perennial fascination." Cupid ts always painted with wings. This 19 to show that because a man loves them once he will go on doing it from the cradle to the grave. It is a cheering and comfortable faith, and they taks liber ties with it. Many a man who falls in love with a girl because of her dainti nee* and charm and wit and amiability, never sees that side of her character again after they are married. She wears her dowdy clothes for him, ehe saves her amiability for strangers, and her brightness for chance visitors. I hum bly maintain that the man who pays a woman’s bills has a right to the best she can give, and I have never yet known a single wife who persisted in regarding her husband as company who was worth fixing up for and entertaining and pleas ing, who had to complain of his defection from his own hearth and home. The arts that caught a husband will hold him. but a woman ceases to exercise them at her peril. I should also suggest a thorough and exhaustive course In the science of tact. There are some women who enjoy bump ing against things they might Just as well walk around. They are hopeless. But surely it is merely ignorance that makes so many wives run up against all the angles In their husbands’ char acters. Couldn't women be taught not to bring up dieagreeable subjects and sub pects on which they know beforehand they are going to differ? Couldn’t wife make a cast-iron resolution and stick to It. not to argue? Couldn't she be instruct ed in the art of rubbing the fur the tight way, instead of the wrong? Couldn’t she learn to praise him for the things he does well. Instead of forever harping on the things he does wrong? Kvery one of us know we can lead, where no power on earth would drive us. We know that half the lime, whether we agree to a proposition or dis agree. depends altogether on the way It is presented to us—the very words In which It to couched. I have never heard a domestic' spat— •nd it has been my ill-fortune to hgar a good many—where I didn’t feel like go ing up and givng the wife a good shak ing for being such a chump as to spring that particular subject, at that particu lar time, in that particular way. I don’t say the woman is always to blame. Far from it. Men are often very pig-headed and unreasonable, but if you have gol a pig-headed person to deal with the art of the thing consists In not treating him as If he were reasonable, and when you find you have stirred him up in an ugly tem per, to give away without a fight, for the tlmo being. The secret of great general ship Is knowing when to attack, and when to withdraw. To my mind, though,lhe most Important thing that the school for wives can teach is to imbue women with a respect for per sonal liberty. The rock on which more domestic happiness is wrecked then any other is the idea that there has to be a boss In every family. It i what makes the marriage tie the tie that blinds and chafes, and the home a Jail that every body wants to escape. The desire for freedom la the one unquenchable passion of Che human heart, and I think a wo man never makes so fatal a mistake as when she tried to Interfere with all her husband's outside interests and amuse ments. There are wives who wage an un ceasing war against their husband’s clubs and lodge meetings, and who make a scene every time a latch key U mentioned. Whether the club is the enemy to the home it it represented. I do not know, but 1 do know there is no other way so fatally sure to drive a man Into one as to oppose It. There are too many women who, when they marry a man, want to henceforth pick out his ciothea and his friends, and dictate to him what he shall eat. and what ticket he shall vota. It never oc curs to them that by the time we have reached 25 or 20 years of age we have all hit upon a plan of life we tike best, that the person who tries to upset SAVES MEAT LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT or BEBP Makes Meat Cos Further Makes Soup Taste Rtoher that runs a tremendous risk. The wisest woman Is she who recognises her hus band's right to his own tastes and prej udices, end who makes him feel that she wants to merely add to hi* pleasures, not curtail them. Having liberty to do as he pleases, he generally pleases to be bound to her, hand and foot. It Is worth while for women to remember that we seldom love our Jailors. There are a couple of girls in town who have been looking forward to the warm days of spring with a great and unuaual longing. Spring days are always to be desired, but there was a particular reason for this special desire. There wßk no aes thetic desire to see bursting buds and fresh green leaves in the souls of these two young women as they watched the thermometer. It all came from a super stitious desire on Jan. 1 to begin the year properly. It was In this way, says the New York Times: Those who are familiar with the lore know well if one puts on new stockings on the first day of the new year and remembers upon doing so to go up stairs befora going down It Is an effort aure to be rewarded. Duck will be above par the year through. The two young women knew this sure road to luck and resolved to follow It. But It was after dinner on Dec. 31. and neither had an ab solutely brand-new pair of stockings to her name. It did not make much differ ence what kind of stockings they were If they were only new, so they dispatched a uiald forthwith to get the necessary good-luck producers. The larger shops were closed, but the maid was equal to the emergency, and returned to the house triumphantly with a pair of stockings for each young woman. Beauties! She held them up triumphantly. And so nice and warm! Warm? It would eeem eo, heavy woollen stockings, and there were two screams of dire dismay. However, It would be a foolish girl who would allow a small thing like that to affect her, and sach damsel womanfully strove with her new stockings next morn ing, put them on, went up stairs before going down, and was happy to a. certain degree. Not entirely happy, for those un accustomed woollen stockings were most uncomfortable. And then, being prudent damsels a sudden thought occurred to them. Would It be safe putting on any thing eo warm In the middle of winter to take It off again Immediately. No: they decided not, and mournfully started out to purchase a supply of those awful woollen stockings, which neither one dar ed to leave off until the first really warm day. Every tulip In park flower beds, every bud on a treq has meant to them not the beauties of spring, but one more link loosened In the chain which has bound them to the thralldom of woollen stockings. The Christian Endeavor World tells this little story: In a school for colored chil dren there was a little boy who could persist In saying, “have went." The teacher kept him in one night and raid: "Now, while I am out of the room you may write ‘have gone' fifty times. WJien the teacher cam* back he looked rvt the boy’s paper, and there was "Have gone fifty times." On the other side was written, “I have went home.” The secret of perennial loveliness has been discovered at last, and now upon payment of a fee the rich, ripe bloom of healthy youth can be Indelibly fixed upon the cheeks of all who desire It , Credit for the wonderful discovery, says the London Mail, mutt be given equally to an American lady and to Mr. Suther land Macdonald, a West End tattoolst— to the fair American for the suggestion, and to Mr. Macdonald for having carried out successfully one of the most wonder ful and interesting operations of modern times. In his small "studio" Mr. Macdon ald has for many years pursued the veiv profitable profession of tattoolst. Beneath the deft manipulation of his sleotrically driven needle hundreds of ladles and gen tlemen. Including representatives of ths very proudest families in the kingdom, have been epidemically decorated with highly artistic designs in every color. Personages whose names are familiar to Ihe world have emerged from his room wilh their backs, arms and cheats em blazoned with fiery dragons, snakes, but terflies, birds, armoral bearings, regimen tal colors,and a hundred other devices. Until recent the tattoolat’s feminine clien tele had not got beyond a tiny butterfly on the shoulder or some small design on the arm About a month ago, however, Mr. Macdonald had a visitor, who in the course of a few minutes' conversation opened up a marvelous prospect for the art. “Bee here." said the lady. "I'm Just dead tired of putting color on my cheeks. Don't you think you could tattoo ma a nice healthy glow that would tay there all the time?" Mr. Macdonald was for the moment staggered by the proposal. "Well," he said, “I've never tried the experiment, but of you are willing to risk It I'll ob serve the effect of it on myself, and If I am satisfied I’ll undertake the opera tion.” The lady thanked him, and prom ised to return in a few days. Now. as a conscientious tattoolst who knows that mistakes are Irreparable. Mr. Macdonald haa in the course of many years covered himself with what may be described as “trial trips;" but, having found a vacant patch near his right an kle, he proceeded to experiment with a pigment that closely resembles rouge in color. For some days he Jabbed away without getting the desired result, but at the end of a week of close and careful observation he, to his great delight, ob tained the exact tint for facial applica tion. He furthermore discovered that It was necessary to grade the coloring so that by repeating ths process over the pig ment already inserted he was able to make a perfect Imitation of the glow of health. Then the American lady returned, and to her great delight waa Informed that If she wss still dstsrmlned to go through with It the tattooing could ba done. "Even then." said Mr. Macdonald aft erward to a Dally Mall represantative, "I was very nervous about It, for I know that If It waa a failure nothing on earth could remove the evidences of the blun der. However, I yielded to persuasion and sst to work with the finest needle I had and some carefully prepared color. How closely I watched the effect of every in sertion of the pigment and what a state of anxiety I was In Until the second tat tooing had been finished I shall always remembsr. But It was a success beyond anything that either of ua had expected. The American lady looked at herself in the glass and went away delighted be yond measure with the successful results of her own bright idea.” It Is perhaps hardly nteeisary to say that ths lsdy with the permanent glow told a close friend about It, and that within a month three other American la dles had been similarly treated. Than came un English lodsy Journalist who had hoard of the operation from the Amerl < cans, and afterward two other English | ladles acquired a perment color by the same process. Bo far aeven ladles have purchased charming complexions that will naver I fade. and many others bavo written for THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. MAY 19. 190 U particulars. But the tattoolst himself Is not keen on the new craze, and when a lady wrote the other day to ask If the color would remain upon her cheeks aft er death, Mr. Macdonald replied that It certainly would. Whereupon the lady, dreading a post mortem discovery, wrote to say that she would rather go lng pale than have people say things about her after death. The enterprising tatoolst ia now mak ing a aeries of interesting experiments upon himself In the gentle art of Insert ing small rose diamonds beneath his skin to form the glistening eyes of dragons and other weird creatures. Red parasols sing such a gay note along the highways and byways of sum mer resorts that they are chosen by many because of their decorative possibilities. Olivines ere used with charming effect In brooches made to represent natural blades of grass which, because of their seasonable appropriateness, are now very popular. A novelty In handkerchief-land is made of figured linen. It has a kind of damask finish; the figures are bowknota and fleur de-lis. Buttons are a great feature in the dec oration of the new gowns, particularly very small pearl buttons. The new-shaped, low-necked lace bole ros for evening wear are very smart, and, worn with long, plain, rather tight-fitting sleeves of lace to match, lok very chic. White petticoats of sheer line lawn have resumed their rightful sway In the world of fashion this season, and de veloped great possibilities In the way of decoration. Exquisite flounces of fine em broidery are edged with laca; lace inser tions and motifs are inset In all sorts of designs, and lace frills fall over each other quite as generously as If the gar ment were to be worn on the outside. In fact, these fancy skirts are worn for neglige with fancy sacques. Colored lawn skirts are very pretty Indeed to wear with wash gowns, and then there are dainty petticoats of thin wash silk trim med prettily with lacb. Gilt crinoline very gauzy In texture makes a charming toque with a few green leaves and a black velvet bow for trim ming. he stylish bow of blackvelvet rib bon Is the crowning touch on many of the light fancy straws, even though flowers are used, and nothing else sets them off so prettily. The simple hat is the one which gains distinction Just at present, as millinery In general Is a bewildering confusion of materials, blossoms and feathers. Platted hats of mousseline with a straw facing and a wreath of flowers for trimming are charming. The attitude of the body In sleeping has a direct influence upon the heart, lungs and digestive organs. The carriage of the body while awake is also largely affected by its position during the third or more of the day spent in sleep. One should always sleep on the right side. The body should be extended to Its full length and the head thrown way back The left arm should be thrown as far back as possible, thus expanding the chest. When one lies on the left side an un usual weight comes Just oyer the heart, which should, of course, be left as free as possible. Never sleep with the arms extended above the head or the limbs drawn up, for this interferes with circulation. It is also a mistake to iie on the stomach, for this tends to cramp the heart and digestive organs. The lower the pillow the better. High bolsters hold the head at an unusual an gle. Many people are made round shouldered by using too high pillows. The habit of elepeing with the head at such an angle is soon acquired. To cure one's self it is well to reduce the hight of the pillow gradually. It Is not enough to ventilate the sleep ing-room at night and in the morning. Draughts of air should pass through it freely throughout the day and all night long. Draperies and hanging about the bed should be done away with, as being likely to collect germs, which It is diffi cult to remove. If one Is afraid of draughts a high folding screen may be placed about the head of the bed. The rule of simplicity should hold for all the furnishings of the room. The room should be comparatively cool for a per son of normal health, but the bed should be provided with plenty of warm cover ings. There, is a dear old lady on North Charles street, says the Baltimore Sun, who for years cherished a hope that some day she might be fortunate enough to discover the mate to a splendid old andiron that had been In her possession for many decades. It was an exquisite piece of brass and it shaps and carvings were so unique that its Individuality was firmly established. Every one of the old lady’s kith and kin had searched diligently for the old andiron's fellow, but without success. The owner herself had ransacked every Junk shops and second-hand store In half the big cities of the East. A few months ago she reluctantly came to the conclusion, that the twin andiron must be in the possession of the missing Charlie Ross, and hence lost to her forever. Two weeks ago, on being Invited to contribute to a “rummage sale.” she sent the old brass—not without a tear of re gret at Its departure. That same day the old lady’s daughter, acting as one of the patronesses to the “rummage," beheld an old andiron which caused her-heart to leap Into her throat. “It is. it is the very twin of mamma's," she cried. "Won't the dear old girl be pleased!” The young matron dug down in her purse, brought up $18.65 and fairly bub bled with Joy to think that at last, after all these years, she was the one to find the missing and long-sought-for andiron. Do you think she told them to “send it vjp?" Not she. A cab was ordered and into It went the old brass and Its fair purchaser. At last the andiron was tn the hall way and the maid was bringing mamma down to "see something.” FIELD WORK. Good for Some Women. Even people who work out of doors are troubled with the effects of coffee drinking. A German woman in Egan, S. D . Mrs. L. Seng, says that she did not know what was the cause of her being sick and miserable as she bud been for some years past. Her own words are in teresting. “I bed no appetite, suffered consider ably with headache and dizziness, and was compelled to take tome pills or medicine regularly for my bowels. In this condition I lived for many years. It was poor and dear living as my doctor's bills win show. I had no Idea that cof fee was the cau.e of my ill healtk until 1 read In the paper about Poetum Food Coffee and concluded to leave off the coffee and take Postum. •I had only used Poetum a week when 1 began to feel well. My stomach be gan to work all right, headache left, end had no more dizziness. I am able to eat now and sleep and work. During the last season I have been at work in the field where before I was not able to •weep out a room.” Asa rule people engaged In active physical work can better stand the toxic effect of the coffee than brain workers who have blit little physical exercise. When a man or woman finds sickness coming on, such as stomHch trouble, weak eyes, bowel complaint, kidney trouble, etc., It le time soma attention Is given to the subject of beverages. In practically all eueh cases where coffee is the drink, one can obtain relief by leaving off coffee and taking Poetum Food Coffee, for they leave off a drink that Is sn active producer of disease and take in Its place a powerful liquid food lhat contains elements for rebuilding the nerve center* that have heretofore been torn down. IWESSONj ODORLESS 4fr fCOOKIN Goes Twice as Far as Lard or Butter! IT IS EASILY DIGESTED AND ALWAYS CLEANLY, WHICH LARD IS NOT. Wesson’s Salad Oil ii fir greater vilue thin the finest im ported olive oil and hu the same flavor. Aik your friendly grocer for it and uve good money. "There, you dear old love, there’* the mate to your old brass." "Goodness, gracious, Susan, where did you ever get it? And to think I’ve parted with mine.” “I found It at the rummage, dear. Wasn’t it lucky that I was there?” A little water and smelling salts were so effective that the old lady was able to sit up within an hour. Two years ago, says the Cosmopolitan, when Sir Thomas Dipton's Erin was fol lowing Columbia and Shamrock around the course of the International yacht races, Olga Nethersole was a member of a party on board. The Chevalier de Martino, marine paint er in ordinary to her late Majesty the Queen, leaned against the rail near her steamer chair, enthusiastic over the beau ties of sky and clouds, as they hung over Sandy Hook. Miss Nethersole turned to him and said, thoughtfully, still contem plating the distant horizon: "Do you know, Chevalier, that's a beautiful bit of blue sky just ahead of us. I’ve been studying it, and I've an Idea. I believe colors Influence temper. That blue, for instance, makes me feel spiritual; and the red over there —doesn’t; while the gray makes me dull and spiritless. I’ve been wondering why I couldn’t apply it to my gowns. To Camille, for instance, scarlet in the first act; blue in the second, re vealing a more spiritual tendency; pink In the third, symbolic of the flesh, and white for the purifying influence.” The following week, anew set of gowns was accordingly ordered for "Camille.” So Ogla Nethersole’s mind never ceases to work for her art, even when her body rests. The Americans are as unmistakable In Paris as they are everywhere else. The golf-skirted, felt-hatted ones have not come yet, and it Is hard to decide Just how you can tell your fellow-countrywo men so quickly. A friend with whom I was walking the other days, says Geral dine Bonner in a Paris Letter, told me she thought it was the shoes. We were on the Rue St. Honore, and were at tracted by a pair of tall, well-framed, rthletic-looking girls walking on the oth er side. They had muscular but slender figures, very long legs, line, broad atioul ders and large feet. They were dressed, with a sort of sleek masculine neatness, in tailor suits and turban hats, dogskin gloves and heavy patent-leather shoes. We were speculating upon their nation ality, knowing in an Instant that they were not Parisians, when our eyes fell upon their feeb and my friend exclaimed: "Americans! Cook at their shoes!” Amer icans are the only women who wear these manly looking ties Of an amazing thick ness and size. Despite these Idiosyncrasies of hers— which are regarded as the interesting fol lies of an eccentric but attractive being -•the American woman is conceded to be a very superior creature, both in looks, mind and character. All over Europe no-v her attractions are admitted. The points of beauty which all agree In praising are her figure, carriage and clothes. But I do not think It is her appearance that at tracts so much as her manner. The frank and natural manner of the American girl, especially In her converse with men, is very unusual in a country where the fem inine half of the population is brought up in the old, traditional ruts. That a girl can talk with a man, walk with him, dance with him, laugh and Joke and per slflcate with him without consciousness, or boldness, or arrlere pensee, or senti mental relations In the background, is hard for a European to understand; but when they once get it through their heads their admiration for the girl's clev erness and poise are augmented by their respect for her as a woman who knows how to use her liberty without ever dreaming of abusing It. Both in England and France her capacity to take high positions creditably Is looked upon as one of her most remarkable attributes. The English can never make out how this cu rious self-possession and aplomb have come to her. They will often speak to you of It as of a conundrum that they hove never been able to solve. Looking at her from the mathematical point of view," said the thoughtful man on the *rear platform, “she is something worthy the study of all.” "Huh?” said the conductor. “What did you say?” “I was thinking of something," said the fhoughtful man, dreamily. “Go on col lecting your fares. Never mind me." The conductor, says the New York Herald, stared unutterable things, while the thoughtful man went on, softly: "I saw her when she got on. She weighs probably a hundred pounds net. Her hight 1 should put at about 5 feet 3 inches. Her width is somewhat problem atical. Let us say, for the purposes of argument, that she could naturally occu py a 12-inch seating space and have an inch or two left over in case of emer gency. "When she got on the car there were a good many vacant spaces. She took up her position In one of these. After she had settled herself down there was no longer a gap between either of her neigh bors and herself. Before she sat down there was sn opening between the two rfeighbors of the width of two car win dows, or a total chasm of forty-eight inches. Neither of the men moved ifter she sat down. And yet there jwas now no space In sight. "The deduction Is simple. Granting the woman a legitimate width of twelve inches-* a liberal estimate—and consider ing the available space prior to her occu pancy. forty-eight Inohes, It follows that the woman Is now in possession of an overplus of thirty-six Inches, which It would be Interesting to account for. In behalf of the considerations of research and examination I shall endeavor to learn the Inwardness of the phenomenon." "Huh?" said the cortduotor. But the thoughtful man was standing before the woman and politely requesting her to make room. When she gathered In about two feet of skirting the thougatful man smiled peacefully. But the woman's eyes snapped Are. I wonder If the Queen will remain the only Lady of the Garter, or If King Ed ward will bestow this distinction on any other lady, says the Lady's Plctoral. If only for the beauty of the Insignia and the habit, I think many dames would oovet lha honor. The Inelglnla consists of the garter, the collar, and Its pendant, the George, and the star. The garter was at first of light blue ■llk, with the motto set In pearlz, rubies and iamonds. Now It is of dark blue vel vet about an Inch wide, with the motto In gold letters. It is worn In the case of a lady on the left arm, above the el bow. The collar, which was Introduced by Henry VII, is of red and white enamel and gold, and the pendant is a figure of Bt. George slaying the dragon. The col lar and George were appointed to be worn on all Important occasions, but for minor functions a lesesr George attached to a dark blue ribbon could be worn. At the opening of Parliament Queen Alexandra wore only the greater and lesser George. • The habit is very handsome, consist ing of a purple velvet mantle lined with white taffeta, the surcoat and hood of crimson velvet. The hat is of black vel vet ornamented with white ostrich feath ers, in the center of which is a lofty plume of black heron’s feathers, the whole attached to the hat by a clasp of diamonds. Every woman, says the New York Tri bune, when making her half yearly In spection of her closets and trunks has probably experienced the great difficulty of deciding what to keep and what to give or throw away as useless. Perhaps there Is no department of housekeeping In which the natural depravity of inanimate ob jects Is more exemplified than In such se lections. Some garment or piece of ma terial has been kept year after year Just because it is "too good to throw away.” It has been taken from the town house to the country house, and back again from the dountry house to the town house, and the expected need 1 for it has never oc curred. Finally the owner is quite tired out waiting until It may be useful, and gives It away with a bundle of old clothes; whereupon, of course, the long looked for occasion arrives when its need Is almost Imperative, and something must be' bought to fill a necessity for which the missing object would have been “just the thing.” Many women get queerly attach ed to their old clothes, to the various rich materials that have composed their dinner gowns and other handsome toilets. They cannot bear to treat with disrespect material that has been very costly, and the consequence is they accumulate a regular storehouse during years of pros perous living. “Mary is never happy without her rags,” laughed the husband of one of these thrifty dames. “She carts trunks around with her filled with old clothes, and yet she is forever getting new ones. We actually had to build an addition to our house to accommodate them.” "Nonsense, James,” interpolated his wife indignantly. “You know very well that you yourself suggested Shat we should copy that lovely wardrobe room in one of Viollet le Due’s interiors of an old French chateau. But I do love my things," she confessed; “my laces, my brocades and my velvets. All are quite dear to me, and I do not mean to have them divided up until I am dead.” ENGAGINGLY LOVLY HATS. Every Woman More or Leas a Plun ger In Millinery. New York, May 17.-This spring stands well at the head of Its class for the en gaging loveliness of its hats. Every wo man is a plunger In millinery, because she simply cannot resist Its undisputed charm and Its capacity for beautifying any head it adorns. There Is no draw ing a comparison between the toques and shepherdesses and Louis XVIII shapes, because they are all admirable and all apparently equal In the share they pos sess of the shoppers' affections. Perhaps it is safe to say that wide hats are a trifle more modish than narrow brimmed ones. This relates, however, only to dress hats, and the unclassifiable way In which some of the broad-eaved straws are pinched and looped and gar nished, for the undoing of a hitherto care ful and cautious shopper, Is pretty clear ly showed in a sketch of two fair girls, who are in garden party bravery. One of them wears a white oat straw, so wired that the brim stands out like gable ends over both ears, and the crown is pretty well concealed with wide, open hedge roses of a becoming pink. A big sash of black panne is tied right across the forward brim, and at the rear a huge bow of this same material shines against the half. The companion to this Is a deep cream leghorn, overlaid with an accordion-pleat ed flounce of white chiffon. This fluffy frill is made fast to the small crown by an embroidered ribbon of gold, while an irresponsible and coquettish handful of blue roses, having goolden hearts, is perched perilously on the very edge of the left-hand brim. Under the roof of this leghorn a big black taffeta bow is set and fastened with many small Jewel-head ed pins. Hats With Six Brims. Hats with as many as six brims are securing a well-earned notoriety as wel come novelties. Sometimes the brims are made of tulle gathered on wire and their edges are bound with a fine straw cord; sometimes a thin, crisp straw it self Is used, but all the brims, save the first one nearest the face, are required to stand a trifle apart to convey an Im pression of delicate and attractive fluffl ness. Only the crown, then, needs any off-setting additions In the way of roses or bows, and usually a tuft of something is set against the hair. Traveling and outing hats of all kinds have showed themselves no less progres sive In that evolution toward beauty than woman's § Life.... 1 is hard enough as A it is. It is to her that / h we owe our world, [ \\ and everything should be made as \ easy as possible for \ her at the time of w J'X \ childbirth. This n/\ \ is just what A MOTHER’S vM Frjehd^X^ will do. It will make yV/ baby's coming easy and painless, and that without tak ing dangerous drugs into the sys tem. It is simply to be applied to the muscles of the abdomen. It penetrates through the skin carry ing strength and elasticity with it It strengthens the whole system and prevents all of the discomforts of pregnancy. The mother of a plumb babe in Panama, Mo., says: “ I have used Mother's Friend and can praise it highly.” Get Mother’s Friend at the Drug Store, $1 per bottle. The Bradfleld Regulator Cos., ATLANTA, GA. Write for our free illustrated book, “ Before Baby is Born.” j||||g| Sum m e rmSMLead the Favorites fjBF World became underlinen b abso- jS lulely safe from spots of A V Mbit D*irinss oi Finish. rust and corrosion. A ' XJL { Straight-front KABO 1 Models Btaijmd dJpIC OJVLy • Long Skirt, at Have No Metal *° Eyelets. The Celebrated and aside from that are match- Form-Reducing less examples of GRACE ffL\ A v T - __ ** j|pj KABO c pri -^£ra^w.s<i. their more splendid, rose wreathed, full dress relations. For the spring that we are now enjoying a whole tribe of delight ful wool hats have been brought out. In thin, water-proof, satiny surfaced felts they make steamer yaohtlng, boating, golf, tennis and walking caps and hats of every color. Some of them are cream white, stitched in blue, belted about the crown with blue velveteen scarfs and fastened with enameled and non-rustable buckles. Postillion caps are the proper shape for bicyclists, who wear as often winged bats of rough water-proof cloth. Numbers of fair mariners, who propose to cross the ocean blue, are buying crush felts In grey or golden brown, or sailor blue. These fold up, and snuggle in a mackintosh pocket, and are sometime* HAT OF WHITE OAT STRAW. DEEP CREAM LEGHORN. fastened on with three yards of marine blue chiffon veiling, which Is wound once about the crown of the hat, crossed at the back of the head, and the ends, brought forward under the chin, are tied in a full and flowing bow knot. Vogue of the Soft Felt. To keep pace with the vogue of the soft felt the hat manufacturers have In troduced traveling straws so flexible that they, too, can be mashed or folded flat without doing any injury to their shape. By another excellent device the stiff out ing straws are, as a rule, trimmed with decorations of their own material, big straw bows and folds and.prettlly enough, small and large straw buckles are util ized In the make up of what In hot weather Is the ltghest weight, coolest and most dust-proof hat that has been yet offered the seeker after an all around species of headgear. Under no circumstance* is a cap worn for traveling or sporting, and the wool or felt sailors are the only remnants left of this long popular summer shape. Ordi narily the new sailors are made of very pliable felt, with brims slightly diminish ing at the rear, and a trifle wider in front than has been the rule. Around the crown of a sea-going sailor hat goes a scarf that is fastened at one side In a soft knot, held fast by a couple of silver pins, the heads of which represent some nautical beast or fowl. With the hats that are now seasonable it seems almost necessary to wear broad OUTDOOR AND BPORTINO HAT. black combs In order to give the head - gear the proper support, and the hatpins are more and more aggressively orna mented. Glittering jeweled pins have had ■t slight setback In popular esteem, and gold and diver headed pins, that are dis creetly dappled with turquoise or fresh water pearls, and that are also designed under the rulings of the new art move ment, are distinctly the mode. For exam ple, a charming hatpin will show a tragta end comic masque on Its head, and the eyea and hair of the masque will be set with small stones. Another popular de sign is a fat golden cupld with a Jeweled bow and arrow. Double veils of white under black have passed out. In their stead women are wearing flna meshed white net veils threaded and dotted with black. To resist the seaside dampness, veils of fine black mohair have been put forth. They are very strong and have constitution enough to resist even a heavy fog. J>. M. Census to Settle a Bel. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. Kenosha, Wls., May 7.—A special cen sus of the towns of Selma and Bristol, rival villages In this county, has been ordered for the sole purpose of deciding a wager In which the town having the larger possible population will be the ben eficiary. Borne time ago the report of the last census was given out and It showed Bris tol to be the second largest town In the county. Salem had claimed the honor, and the residents of the two towns have been sparring over the matter ever since. On last Saturday a number of people of Bristol met a number of Balem people at another village and a large wsger was laid on the population. It is stated that the wager si pul a ted that the losing town was to pay the expense of an enumeration and the winning town was to have the amount of the wager to be applied on the library fund. The wager wa# sanc tioned by the leading people of the two towns, and special census was ordered taken. The enumerators started their work this morning. By the ’nst census Bristol was give* • population of 189 and Salem 112.