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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
The question of the amount on which
* man and his wife can live per month
is attracting a good deal of attention in
different cities of the country. Tha New
York Journal says that In Kansas City
an Interesting discussion has been going
on about how much money a young man
should earn before marrying. Clergymen,
business men and prominent women have
made estimates of all the way from S3O to
S7O a month.
"A young man can marry on S3O a
month if he gets the right kind of a girl.
It isn’t what the man makes, but what
the woman saves that counts,” says Fa
ther Dalion, pastor of the Church of the
Annunciation.
"I have never had a case of genuine
poverty in my parish ond 3 know what
can be done The trouble now lies in the
spirit of extravagance and display that
prevails. Twenty-nine years ago. when
everything was higher, men came here to
Kansas City and supported a wife on
$1 25 a dav. These men raised large fam
ilies and some of them are now wealthy
citizens,
"To-day a young couple think they can
not start out in life without ostentation.
Instead of paying as they go they handi
cap their life journey by the instalment
houses. The woman of to-day holds the
solution of the question. Social conditions
are such that her life is drifting away
from household instincts. Where mothers
used to come tq me and ask me to place
their daughters in good families where
they could work as domestics, they now
ask me to get them Jobs in department
stores, and forget how to accommodate
themselves to the plain necessities of life.
' Young men tell me. they can’t afford to
marry, and consequently the percentage
of matrimonial connections is decreasing.
“Why, a man and woman can live on
less than S3O and support a family. Of
course it is an effort, but life is an effort
at best. Everything is an effort.
"During the Civil War, when everything
was high, laborers supported families on
$25 a month. Of course there are allure
ments and extravagances now that did
not exist then.
"A man can worry through on S3O a
month if he finds a sensible woman who
will economize.”
Mrs. Gage of 'the Athenaeum says:
"A young man can live nicely on $45
a month if he wants to marry—4i depends,
of course, on the young man.
"It is the young man and his habits.
Just think what several fine cigars a day
amount to and similar expenses? Cer
tainly the young woman plays an Import
ant part in the economical scheme, for
the majority ore not properly trained for
housewives, but If a young man is ex
travagant everything is lost.
”1 know of instances where young men
have married on $45 a month and lived
pleasantly."
Rev. S. A. Northrup of the First Bap
tist Church, expresses this opinion:
‘"I have married 1,700 couples, and I
ought to know something on the subjeot.
Young people to-day want to start out on
the same scale that old people finish with.
There Is too much flourish and false as
pirations.
"No young man should contemplate
matrimony until he has SIOO saved. A
young man can live, though, on S3OO a
year, and If he marries the right kind of
a girl he can get along well.”
G. F, Damon, of the Provident Asso
ciation, has had plenty of opportunities
to study the eoonomical situation, and his
views on the subjeot are based on per
sonal observation.
"The average couple will spend every
cent of the salary,” he says, "whether It
be S3O or S7O. Of course, 1 have seen fami
lies live for less than S3O a month, but
that amount is the minimum on which I
think a young man should marry."
Between the girl that Is "out" and the
girl that is not "out" there is a great
gulf, fixed by the unwritten laws of fash
ionable society. The latter Is the grub,
and the former the butterfly, says the
New York Tribune.
"It is really amusing to see the change
{which Is, of course, purely convention
al) that a year will bring forth in a girl
of 18." remarked, a man of the world re
cently. "About a year ago I stopped at
the Z.'s, in (Jldport. After dinner, when
the men went into the dining room. I
noticed a tall, attractive looking young
woman gowned in a high muslin frock
whom 1 had not seen at dinner, and to
■whom I was not introduced. At first I
thought she might be a governess or
companion, us she seemed entirely grown
up; but upon inquiry 1 was told she was
the second daughter of the house, who
was not ’out.’ ’But she may be spoken
to?' I queried, rather Interested In meet
ing a pretty, new species of womankind.
’Why, of course,' laughed her relative,
who had given me the information. T am
sure she will think it very nice of you
to notice her.' Thereupon I went up to
the young woman and tried to engage
her In conversation. Well, I could hardly
get a word or a look from the demure
maiden. Bhe replied to all my observa
tions In monosyllables and seemed so
painfully shy that I finally gave up the
attempt and left her to amuse herself
with her work, which she had brought
with her into the drawing room.
"During my visit, which lasted a week,
it was always the same. I met Maud, as
they called her, frequently, but never
seemed to make any headway, and left
the house with the idea that she was
either exceedingly stupid or hopelessly
diffident. So you can Imagine my aston
ishment when this winter at a dance a
brilliant looking young woman beckoned
to me from a little distance. ’You do not
remember me, Mr. Smith,’ she cried,
laughingly, when I had obeyed her sum
mons. ’Well, no wonder! But I remember
you very well, and how good you were to
me last summer at Oldport.’ I stood petri
fied with uetonishment! Was It possible
that this vivacious young creature with
the aplomb of a veteran aoejety woman
was the shy, shrinking girl that I had
tried to talk to In vain only eight
months before? ’But what a transforma
tion!’ I exclaimed at length. ’How Is It
possible that you could have so complete
ly changed in so short a time?' 'Why,
you stupid man, I have "come out,” ' she
returned, 'and I shall expect you to be
very nice to me. Will you?' she added
coquettlshly. ‘But which la your real
self?’ I went on. ’The quiet little malfi
or the society girl of to-night?* 'Ah, that
is for you to find out!' she answered, and
danced ofT with her partner.”
Apropos of complexions, the great se
cret of one of Paris's favorite actresses
has Just been feloniously disclosed by a
spiteful French newspaper. This actress
has been "no longer young” for years.
But she has the complexion of a girl of
37, much to tha chagrin of her rivals and
the mystification of every one who knows
her. The story Is afloat now that It Is
not the lady's own fair skin which has
so marvelously withstood fell tln.e's de
facing hand. The credit for the victory
is said to belong to un inventive hair
dresser. This great artist has made nn
epidermis of goldbeater's skin which Is
perfectly transparent and exquisitely sup
ple. it is delicately and carefully tinted a
beautiful pale blush-tote hue, and hoe
the toft texture of the peach
The aitlat, says the New York Adver
tiser, has turned out a atook of thou
sand" of these wondrous masterpieces,
each of Whteh la flaorteaa A freah one is
worn by tha actress in question every
day It absolutely escapes detection, as
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every dimple of the face. It cannot crack,
and it yields to every movement of the
face—except those produced by laughter.
Thus the lady, though she cannot be
boisterously merry, can smile gayly, sad
ly. or archly, as circumstances may re
quire. It Is to be noted (so goes the story
still) that she only wears her artificial
skin In private life, never on the stage,
presumably owing to the fact that it
would prove a serious hindrance to facial
expression of any pronounced kind, either
comio or tragic. The price which the lady
Is said to pay for the privilege of eter
nal beauty Is $5 a day.
The story of "The Boshing Kate Chase
and Her Great Ambition," Is told by Wil
liam I’errine In The Ladiesf Home Journal
for June. Born In 1840, she early began
to exhibit a masterful spirit, to study
polities, and to dream of the possibilities
in store for her when her father, Salmon
P. Chase, was proposed as a candidate
for the Presidency in 1856, and again in
1860. When he was called to a cabinet po
sition he had been married' three times,
and it was whispered that he was about
to make a certain lady his fourth wife.
But the resolute Kate ha<s made up her
mind that no one should step In between
her and her father, and one day when the
lady called she was made so keenly to
fed that she was an Intruder that the
budding romance was blighted, and Chase
remained a widower.
Even after Kate's brilliant marriage to
Senator William Sprague, of Rhode Is
land, she still cherished the ambition to
see her father Installed In. the White
House, and was most gracious to those
who were likely to be Influential In help
ing her to advance his Interests. When
he wag appointed Chief Justice she saw in
It only a scheme to head off his Presiden
tial aspirations forever, and said so, half
jocosely, half reproachfully, to Senator
Sumner, who had voted for the appoint
ment: "And you, too, Mr. Charles Sum
ner, in this business of shelving papa! But
never mind, I will defeat you all!”
In 1808 she nearly succeeded in getting
the Democratic National Convention to
carry out her wlshe9. It was in session
\n Tammany Hall, New York city, and
she kept In communication with' It by
messengers, waiting anxiously for the mo
ment when It was believed her father
would carry all by storm. On the fourth
day the moment seemed: to have arrived,
and her heart leaped with joy. But the
expected stampede did not come, and the
impatient daughter was almost mtn-ed to
go herself to Tammany Hall. Indeed,
there were afterwards some politicians
who observed that If she could have gone
among the delegates on the floor, she
might have been able at the cruclcal point
to have swung the convention to the
Chief Justice. Instead. Horatio Seymour
was nominated; and Kate Sprague that
night was the most unhappy woman In
the land.
Fashion this season, says the Millinery
Trade Review, favors Innovations In all
things, and milliners desirous of combin
ing something particularly elegant, will
order for Its trimming flowers not hitherto
seen on the market. I have only ns yet
eome across one hat ornamented with a
wreath of ivy geranium, but the idea fs
certain to take on. the foliage of litis
plant being extremely decorative, and the
flowers lighter and more graceful than or
dinary geraniums. In this case they are
In two colors, very pale pink and red; the
capeline brim has a foundation of green
tulle entirely hidden by the foliage, where
as the crown Is In pink chip. Sometimes,
It mußt be owened, the desire for novelty
lead® astray.
I cannot recommend the Idea of sewing
small bunches of cherries all around the
brim of a hat so that the berries dangle
over the edge, although in the special in
stance referred to harmony of color Is
maintained, the straw shape being green
nacre with mauve, and the cherries deep
purple, almost black, with a white bloom
upon them. Much more becoming Is an
other hut In dark nacre tones wreathed
round with bnamltle, the leaves varlgated
In tone and the berries red and black.
A lady visiting Paderewski’s villa In
Paris recently, says the Dodger Monthly,
noticed a e.horry-rtone on the mantel
piece. She took possession of it, and had
it set In pearls and diamonds as a relic
of the master. A few weeks later Pad
erewski met this lady, who. In the course
of conversation, showed him the cherry
stone, with Its elegant setting. “But,
madam,” said Paderewski, stroking his
locks, "I never eat cherries. The one you
found on my mantelpiece must have been
left by my servant.”
It will cost those who desire to be "In
the swim" the coming season a pretty
penny to keep themselves In gloves. It
is announced that one of the costly dress
accessories ol a grande toilette this sum
mer Is to be long, fingerless gloves of
real lace, dressing up the arm in two
lengths—one to the elbow, the other hav
ing the same length ns the longest of
evening gloves. Exquisite duchesse lace
seems to have b%en chosen for the finest
of these novel gloves. They are specially
designed at the top of the arm In a fit
ting border, and over the top of the hand,
where the lace folia, that border edge is
equally suitable and beautiful. The long
est of these gloves ore *IOO a pair, while
those of elbow length sell for SSO and S6O
the pair, owing to a trifling Increase of
the arm length between the two, and a
$lO advance in price for that reason alone.
lotcemakers no doubt will be kept busy
making over Chantilly barbs and scarves
or flouncing lace Into these gloves, both
In black end white. In fact, all our real
laces in short lengths may be turned to
account In this way at a moderate cost,
compared to those on sale.
"You may say what you like, dear gran
ny. Bbout Jack doing his duty in society
and making hlmseir liked.” quoth a young
woman of the period, says the New York
Tribune, "but all the same, an out and
out selfish man la much more popular
than an unselfieh creature, who Is always
trying to please people! Tske Rupert
C for instance. He never for one in
stant dreams of suiting any one but him
self; he never goes where he does not
want to. never aciVpts an Invitation with
out finding out whether the 'crowd' that
is going Is completely to hi* mind, and
never talks to a girl or dance® with her
longer than he likes. The consequence la,
as he Is really an attractive man, and
can be extremely agreeable If he chooses,
every one Is flattered by hts attention*,
and the women who give affairs are al
ways anxious to secure him. On the other
hand, there Is Willie 8 , who la fairly
goo<l looking, and who, probably, la quite
aa Intelligent, and talk* as wall as Hupert
C , and yet he la always considered aa
a last rewort. No girl likes to daiww the
cotillon or to go to supper with him. ha
i-aiiaa It looks as If she could gt no one
else, and he Is never asked to house par
ties or smart dinners unless there Is a
place lo be filled up, and It all ntmu
because he began his social career un
selfishly. Ha acquired the reputation of
| dancing with all the neglected girls, and
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JUNE 2. 1901.
of course, we all felt that to be seen with
him meant that we might be considered
a® wallflowers, so none of the girls wanted
to have him as a partner. Then, every
one said he went everywhere he was ask
ed without any discrimination, and mis
tresses felt It was no compliment when
he accepted their Invitations. The con
sequence Is he has quite ruined hlmoelf
socially. So, granny, dear, it sounds very
sweet of you to preach to Jack, and to tell
him to be chivalrous and always rescue
the neglected, but, unfortunately, the
world is so constituted nowadays that a
knight who rescues distressed damsels Is
very 'moyen age,’ indeed, and does not
work In at all well with up-to-date so
ciety!”
Mrs. McKinley first met Mr. McKinley
in 1870, when he was at Canton on a visit
to his sister. The suitor for her hand was
at that time struggling for recognition at
the bar, says the St. Douls Post-Dispatch.
They met at first while going to church—
he bound for the meeting house, where he
superintended a Sunday school; she bound
for the Presbyterian Church, where she
had charge of a class in a similar school.
"She seemed frail and splritue|e," Mr.
McKinley said long afterwards, "and with
my mind bent on religious thoughts she
fell harmoniously into my mood. She did
not seem quite earthly to me, I remember.
And in that I was right, for God gave her
more than the usual allowance of spirit
ual excellence and beauty. She suggested
then the line; 'The grass stoops not, she
treads on it so light.' We met often after
ward, and the first impression remained.
I have It yet. I shall always have It."
In 1871 they were married, and in the
little frame cottage on Market street In
Canton was where their honeymoon com
menced. To that house, too, their two
children were born, and from the parlor
of that modest little house they were
burled. The funeral services over the re
mains of each of the little ones were held
at the same church, a short distance
away, that had been opened to worship
for the first time three years before on
the evening that William McKinley anti
Ida Saxton were married.
After the birth of their last child Mrs.
McKinley was told that she might never
be able to walk again. She was young
then, and hope was bouyant and saw be
yond any tragedy, but the doctors’ proph
esies were true. For over a quarter of a
century Mrs. McKinley has never walked
unsupported.
A curious little stone Is on view at the
Dore Gallery, Bondon, says the Daily
Mall. When placed In a certain light It
shows a finely-carved face, and many peo
ple aver that the face Is the face of the
Redeemer as depicted by some of the old
masters.
The stone was discovered by an Ameri
can lady on Mount Kopfel, overlooking
the village of Oberammergau, famous
for the Passion play. Geological experts
guarantee that it Is natural and that no
tool has carved It.
Among those who have examined It are
Dr. Garnet, of the British Museum, who
calls It "a great natural curiosity, more
curious than anything of the same nature
with which I am acquainted, and the his
tory of Its discovery 1® more curious
still;” and Sir W. H. Fowler of South
Kensington Museum, who describes It as
“a small fragment, the broken surface
of which shows a striking resemblance
to a human face.” According to Mrs.
Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes), the en
larged photographs of the stone do not
give “the same sensation of astonish
ment and. Indeed, reverence which the
original irresistibly conveys."
No matter how large a salary a woman
earns as typewriter, amanuensis or pri
vate secretary, she is seldom able to com
mand a dollar three days after payday.
They are always in financial straits, and
nine times out of ten their salaries are
mortgager! before they are earned. A few
—a very few—manage to have their lives
insured for small amounts and a propor
tion are sufficiently practical to Join so
cieties that pay sick benefits, but that is
all. The remainder of their earnings is
spent for pretty frocks and parasols and
falfals for matinees and summer trips.
To be sure, women do not make large
amounts generally. There are few who
draw a weekly stipend of even $25, but
whatever they earn they spend. One
young woman who always resolve* that
the next time her salary Is raised she
will put the extra amount In the bank
each Saturday finds Invariably when the
addition to her wage comes that her ex
panses increase In proportion and the
whole is spent before she knows it.
Another young woman known to a
writer on the Chicago Chronicle who is
paid $33 a week for her labor spends every
cent of It, while her brother, who re
ceives but $25, saves $5 each week, and
has made a tidy little sum by Invest
ments. The sister excuses herself by de
claring that women’s clothes cost far
more than men's and that, while her rela
tive can dress well on SSOO a year, she
can barely maintain a good appearance
on the SBOO she sets apart for tailor, din
ner and evening frocks.
The remainder of her Income goes In
board, laundry bills, the small entertain
ments she gives and her annual trip to
the seashore for a month’s rest.
In contrast to this case Is that of a
young woman who was endeavoring to
live on sls a week, but whose efforts were
frustrated by the good offices of an el
derly friend who swept down upon this
unprotected female every Saturday and
wrestled from her willfully $3. This the
elderly friend put In a bank in her own
name, so that the girl couldn’t draw It
out when she saw a love of a boa. It
drew Interest at 3Vi per cent. Then when
a year later the young woman had an
excellent position offered her In Chicago
she tound to her amazement that her
long-headed friend hod something like
$l6O to give her for the expenses of the
trip.
This sounds like a dream ora fairy tale,
but It Is perfectly true, and It only
proves that each "working woman" would
be better off If she had someone to
sweep down upon her and rob her tempo
rarily of her hard-earned lucre. Left
alone, the chances are she won't have a
cent.
In telling about "Some People I Have
WHERE'S THE USE?
Dragging with Coffee nml Keeping
Sick All the Time.
A coffee drinker Is liable to a smash
almost any time and without much warn
ing. A New York man, C. W. Bedford,
1065 Lex. ave., says that when he was In
apparently perfect health, weighing
about I*s pounds, with good appetite, hi
suddenly had s severe attack of gastritis.
He lost his appetite and the doctor put
him on a rigid diet and gave him reme
dies. but all to no purpose. He says "Ev
erybody I met had a cure and I tried a
lot of them. I lost weight until I reach
ed 144 pounds. 1 had those nasty gastric
staggers.
"About the middle of the summer, when
on a vacation, a friend asked whether I
drank coffee or not. Being told that I
did, he suggested that I quit It and take
Postuni Food Coffee and Grape-Nut*
breakfast food I laughed at him and
told him that I was through with special
artloles of diet.
“On® day the nerves had another bad
smash and I concluded to quit coffee
and see If that was really the cause of
the trouble.
"Next morning I had Postum for break
fast and It was well made, and tasted
good. I also had Grape-Nut* for break
fast, and from that day my troubles be
gan to fade away.
“I am steadily gaining In flesh, can
sleep naturally, and can eat whatever 1
want. What Is the use of a man's drink
ing an article Ilk# coffee that poison*
hint and cause* such trouble* ■ • I have
had when you ••an have delicious Food
Coffee like Postum that builds up In
stead of tearing down?" Health Is worth
mors than atl the coffee on esrtb.
pTjB Pain Leaves Its Mark.
3 /I Pale faces and haggard eyes tell of female suffering. They tell of weak blood
KSjfflaEsk / I and shattered nerves, sleepless nights and drowsy days- There are a million women
H in America suffering as Mrs. Keith suffered. They have headaches, pains in the
/ 'N| stomach, in the legs, arms and back, are dull and drowsy by day, nervous and sleep
tD I less by night. If you have these symptoms you have "female troubles". Wine of
j), fa ■ Cardui has completely cured hundreds of thousands of such cases. It stops the pain
j 1 1 an< * insures perfect health. Do you realize what a Joy perfect health would be?
L? \| WINE® 1 CARDUI
jjfc. In invigorating the organs of womanhood, fits a woman for every duty of life. Try ftl
* M All druggists sell SI.OO bottles. Thedford’s Black-Draught, tha companion medicine,
performs the important function of regulating the stomach and bowels. TbIJ has
much to do with a cure.
Valley Creek. Va., August 4- 1900.
It is with pleasure I write you in regard to my good health. In the spring of 1899 I was very low. My friends thought I could not
live. In fact. I thought so myself. I had used so many kinds of medicine without getting relief. At last I decided to try your medicine. I
commenced to use Wine of Cardui and Thedford’s Black-Draught and in a short time I began to improve. I gained 26 pounds in weight
I am enjoying better health than 1 have in years. Mrs. N. B. KEITH.
For advice and literature, address, giving symptoms, “The Ladles’ Advisory •
Department,” The Chattanooga Medicine Company, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Married," In the Ladies’ Home Journal
for June, the Rev. D. M. Steele says:
"Being an Episcopalian, I always use the
formal printed service of the Prayer-Book.
In this the greatest stickler is 'obey.' One
day a couple came to me, bringing as wit
nesses the parents of both bride and
groom. Everything proceeded smoothly
to the point 'love, honor and obey,' when
the bride refused to say the last. I re
peated It and waited. Again she refused,
and I shut up my book. Then there was
a scene. They talked it over, and the
more seriously they argued and discussed
the more stubbornly she refused. The pa
rents bedame angry, the groom excited
and the bride hysterical. To humor her
he joined In the request to have me leave
It out. But I liked the other fellow and
decided that a little sternness from me
In the present might be a favor to him
In the future. So 1 told him that I had
no authority to change it and would not
do so. I tried to show the foolishness of
her objection, but it was no use. Final
ly I said to him: ‘Well, this household
must have a head somewhere. I will
leave It out for her If you will say It.’
Then It was his time to refuse, which he
did. He gathered up his hat and started
for the door when, presto change I she
sprang after him, led him back by the
hand, looked meekly up at him and said
It."
There was quite a pleasant little ro
mance in Brooklyn the other day. Mr.
Ltneburgh and his son Clarence, both
well-to-do residents of tthe city of
churches, were at dinner, when the fa
ther, turning to his son, asked: "Clar
ence, why don’t you get married?”
“Would you really like to have a daugh
ter-in-law?" returned Clarence, smiling
ly-
“ Why, yes,” answered the father.
"All right, I’ll bring you one home,”
said Clarence.
The old gentleman laughed, and then
the conversation took another turn.
Now*, it happenel that young Mr. Llne
burgh, who is a builder and prominent in
Masonic circles up town In Brooklyn,
had been only waiting for a chance to tell
his father that he was engaged to marry
Miss Louise Fox, who lives on Grand
avenue. After dinner on Friday evening
he left the house and went direct to the
home of Miss Fox, whom he surprised by
telling her he wanted her to come right
out with him and get married.
While the prospective bride, to whom
the situation had been explained, was get
ting ready, the coming bridegroom made
use of the time by telephoning his friend,
William Heiser, to attend him as grooms
man. Mr. Heiser. on his part, called up
Rev. Dr. Cornelius L. Twlng of Cavalry
Protestant Episcopal Church on the tele
phone, and got him to come to the Heiser
residence. There they were Joined later
by the bride and bridegroom, and the
marriage ceremony was performed.
An hour or so afterward the newly
wedded pair rang the door bell of the
Lineburgh residence. Mr. Lineburgh, Sr.,
opened the door.
“Father," said the bridegroom, with a
happy smile, "permit me to present to you
the daughter-in-law I promised to get
you early this evening.”
The elder Lineburgh gasped with as
tonishment. When he recovered he gave
them his blessing and then there was
a quiet little celebration. Mr. and Mrs.
Lineburgh are now on a wedding trip
The views on "The American Woman
and Dress.” expressed by Helen Watter
son Moody, in the ladles’ Home Journal
for June, are based on the marked dif
ference in the way the different national
ities of women visitors at the Paris Ex
position last summer treated the problem
of clothes. The English women were
gowned with the utmost regard for util
ity and comfort. The American and
French women appeared In toilettes of
silk and satin and lace which properly
had no place whatever in the exposition
grounds. Rut while the French women's
clothes were as beautiful as the American
women'*, and fuller of that Indescribable
charm called style, they were not nearly
so costly. The cost of dressing grows
greater every year, and the shifts of
fashion are prompter and moro impera
tive. Where the English woman goes
plainly dressed with a serene mind the
American woman "keeps up with the
fashion," but lines her face with anxious
thought as to how it shall all be managed.
Our last season's gowns, perfectly fresh
and Just as pretty and suitable as ever,
are altered and recut and retrlmmed at
the cost of many dollars and much time
and liurd work, not because they need it,
not because we want tp eflher, but sim
ply because Mrs. Wood across the way,
and Mrs. Pope In the next street, are
doing the same thing—and they are doing
It because we are! The truth Is, we
American women not only lay too much
emphasis upon dress, so that It takes
quite too prominent a place In our scheme
of life, but we also spend too much money
on dress.
A practical man, says the New Orleans
Tlmes-Demoorat, admired the hat hts
companion was wearing, taking the lib
erty of a long-standing frienship to bs so
personal.
"I am glad you like It.” she said, preen
ing herself like a proud peahen, “for it
la more than commendation, what you
are saying; H Is approval of my econ
omy."
"It doesn't look like a very cheap hat,"
observed the man who saws wood, and
who ha* always been afraid of that girl;
she Is *<• charming and soextravagant,
opposed conditions In the mind of a strug
gling money-sver.
"That's Jut where the beauty of It
comes tn!” she exclaimed. "Rather, If
that were all the beauty of It I shouldn't
wear It. of course, but I have proved the
possibility of having nice things for a
mere song "
"How do you do It?” asked the man
with ardent Interest. She was Indeed
charming.
"Three autumn* *go I bought an im
porter hat, an affair for tea fight* and
that, warranted to he the then capsr In
Parti. I wore thnt hat to auch occasions
that Art winter, and last winter I had
a panne velvet shape that bettered the
first on style and had a milliner trans
fer the feather buckles and chiffon to it.
I used It for my dressiest hat, and—why,
of course, there were others, you stupid
man—l have just had the chiffon and
feather put on this pancake straw, and
I think I have a very nobby traveling
hat, don’t you? The chiffon, being mili
tary blue, will stand still another trans
fer, I reckon.”
The man who saws wood fell to think
ing. Here was a girl of girls, full of
expedients and quite frank to confess,
without false pride, her method of saving.
A girl to admire, a girl to marry—
“ May I ask what the original cost of
that hat was?” he asked, indulging an
Investigating propensity usual In his
business life.
"Certainly. The importation cost *25."
"Pretty steep, wasn’t it?” thought the
man audibly. “Still, it has served you
three seasons.”
“Yes, mamma always trained me to
buy good material; she says there Is a
saving In such. And the second year the
hat only cost, to renovate, twelve and a
half.”
"Twelve and a half what?” gasped the
man.
"Dollars, of course. You see, panne vel
vet is so expensive. But there I had that
lovely plume and the chiffon and French
paste buckles that would have been wast
ed otherwise. The original shape had gone
out of vogue.”
"And this summer's hat, the furnish
ings being already in hand ”
"The straw cost only $3; one of the
rough kind, you see, but of stanch qual
ity. The chiffon has been used In folds,
you see, and the feather Is slightly fad
ed from its rich blue. But the buckle
is all right, the hat practically new and
the straw and trimming have brought the
confection to only $6. Isn't It wonderful?”
The man who saws wood fell to think
calculator. Twenty-five, twelve and a
half, six—the total was plain as day,
$43.50.
“I should think you could have bought
at least five brand new hats for that!”
he said, bluntly. “Is there or not a mil
liners’ trust ”
"I did have five brand-new hats be
side.”‘she said, “but I thought you only
wanted to hear of my economies."
They occupied two $3.50 ceata at the
opera—those two women did, says the
Chicago Tribune.
They high and costly hats on their
heads and an aspect of grim determina
tion on their faces.
For the young woman In a $3.50 seat be
hind them had said;
“I beg your pardon, but will you please
remove your hats?"
And each had answered:
"No, I will not."
When the first scene was over she asked
them again, and again they answered,
"No.”
Then she went to the head usher and
made complaint.
"Yes,” he eaid, “it is a hardship, mad
am, but I hesitate to ask them to take off
their hats, for I know them, and I know
they would refuse, and if should under
take to compel them there would be a
scene. But I can do better for you than
that. There is a vacant seat directly In
front of them. Cos and take that and I
will se that you are not disturbed."
She took It.
With her face wreathed In smile* she
turned to them and said:
"Keep your hats on, ladles, If you
choose. You will not Incommode me In
the least.”
Then she put on her own hat, a close
Imitation of a Gainsborough In Its de
sign, make-up and general scope, and sat
serenely with It on her head through all
the rest of the performance.
For she was onlv human, and the prov-
mUSi FM MB
A HOUSE MADE OF GRAPEVINE ARBOR.
A summer house I* more I* n a de
light If there Is room for It. It need
not be u costly affair. Little folk vet
even more good out of n rough lath con
atruvtloA, thickly ever-run with vino,
and floored with nothluv more costly
thaa clean earth. The baby oan sprawl
ocation was great.
It is curious, but perhaps not so un
common as might be at first thought that
a man should go to an almshouse to get
a bride. A Pottsville (Pa.) paper asserts
that the almshouse at that place is visited
almost every month by some man who
wants to find a wife among the girls
whom fortune has for the time being
thrown on the charity of the county.
Marriages of this kind frequently occur.
It Is always required, however, by the of
cials, that a man contracting a marriage
with an inmate of the almshouse shall
give a bond to support her. Experience
has demonstrated the need of this, as in
a number of casus In the past female in
mates of the almshouse have been mar
ried only to be abandoned In a short time
and ultimately to return, sometimes with
children, for the county to support.
All the eight women who acted as train
bearers to Queen Alexandra on her wed
ding day thirty-eight years ago are still
alive. All save one are married. Lady
Victoria Howard Is the exception, says
the Chicago Chronicle.
Holland has her Carrie Nation In Mrs.
Wesklewiez Sehlefgaarde, who wages per
petual but apparently vain crusade
against the Dutch rum demon. She has
announced her intention to visit England,
where she means to do aggressive tem
perance work.
Miss Mary Phllbrok, New Jersey's first
woman lawyer, appeared before the New
Jersey court of errors and appeals re
cently to argue the case of a client. It
was the first time In the history of this
court that a woman appeared It its bar.
Miss Beale has been elected to the Sen
ate of the University of London as a
member of Its matriculation board, hav
ing received the largest numbers of votes
of the seventeen candidates for the posi
tion. Miss Beale is the founder ond prin
cipal of the Ladies' College, Cheltenham.
Mrs. Milford Brady operates an old
fashioned water power mill In Morrow
county, Ohio, her only assistant being a
boy, and she lives in a log hut adjoining
the mill ond has no Intercourse with her
neighbors except In a business way. The
mill, bvfllt a century ago, was owned by
her father and she has kept it going since
his death.
Miss Josephine W. Chapman, who occu
pies a high position among Boston archi
tects, has been selected as a designer of
the New England states building at the
Pan-American exposition. The plans for
this building, according to an official of
the exposition, surpass In dignity and ar
tistic merit those of any other state
building. Miss Chapman won her appoint
ment on the merits of her plans, having
entered into competition with other prom
inent architects. ,
Miss Ethel Puffer is the only woman
member of the Harvard faculty and holds
the position of osistant to Prof. Munster
berg. instructor in psychology. Miss Puf
fer is a graduate of Smith College and
was the youngest member of her class.
After teaching a few years she studied
psychology with Prof. Munsterberg In
Freibrug, Germany, and when the profes
sor accepter a call to Harvard he appoint
ed Miss Smith as his assistant.
Miss Marie Hemdl, a young ajMst re
siding in Milwaukee, is winning distinc
tion and wealth In anew field, her spe
cialty being ornamental church windows
of colored glass. The colors are burned into
the glass In a huge oven, the work be
ing done by the artist herself. Miss Herndl
was born In Munich and received her art
training in that city. She came to New
York a few years ago, Where she did por
trait work and window designing. Bhe
has lived In Milwauke since 1899.
One otf the Fifth avenue hotels In New
York has been the first to take cogni
zance of the woman smoker In public.
There smoking Is, of course, forbidden in
' the main dining-room and It was formerly
there upon his blanket through tire hot
test summer daye, or the toddlers play
games. Build It low and broad, with door*
upon four rides and In either square,
round or octagon shape. Orape arbors
yield ns inn h profit as pleasure. If one
la at the pains so to prune the vines as
a l *1 ei.gf
taming unfruitful wood, fruit buds. It
necessary for persons desiring to smnka
to dine in the men's cafe. This w.% not
always to the taste of the diners and fre
quent protests against the rule havn i <( j
the proprietors to put on all the tables
card bearing these words: “Ladle? and
gentlemen may smoke in the blueroom
adjoining the dining-room.”
HOW TO TREAT OATS.
Give Them Raw Heat, Efeg* ud
Milk.
Cats are by nature dainty—even In their
cruelties. There is all manner of feline
grace in the way they play with mica
Cats suffer much less from constant hous.
ing than dogs, although they run wild
much more readily, and never quite get
over their murderous Instincts. A cat
of fancy breed, as Maltese, Angora, Coon
cat, or Manx is a possession more fash
ionable than precious. Each and several
they are no end decorative, but In affec
tion, Intelligence and playfulness, they
rank below their black, gray, tiger
marked and tortoise-shell brethem.
White cats are In general more sav
age and. less intelligent than gray or
tortoise-shell. Many of them have blue
eyes, and ell such are eaid to be stone
deaf, hence they are less desirable In
the house. Unlike dogs, cats require to
have their meat raw, but they must
not have too much of it. Milk should
constitute at least a third of their food.
Crumble stale bread in the milk, and
now and again beat up a raw egg in It.
A bit of raw liver as big as two fingers,
or a fish head, is meat enough for a
day’s ration. Supplement it with milk
and break, or milk and mashed pota
toes, a cracker or two, or a bit of hard
bread, lightly buttered, and a few small
bones, as from chicken, gams or chops.
Cats as well as dogs suffer a plague
of fleas. Oddly enough cat fleas are un
like dog fleas, and If the two sorts of
Insects meet upon one poor beast there
is a fight to a finish, ending commonly
in victory for the cat fleas, which ere
much bigger, and more voracious than
those found on the dog. If left to ravage
unchecked they soon reduce a sleek,
healthy cat to a miserable skeleton., suf
fering all over from eczema. To get rid
of the fleas, wash with sulphur soap
any good brand which the nearest shop
affords—comb out the fleas with a fins
tooth comb, while the hair Is still wet,
then rinse the cat Well In milk warm
water, dry it with soft towels, and give
It after the bath a saucer of warm milk
with a teagpoonful of brandy or whisky
in it. A kitten should have only a few
drops of spirits, and bo kept snug In a
clean basket an hour after the bath. When
the hair is very dry, blow in all along
the back bone, some sort of good fine
Insect powder—either larkspur or pyre
thrum. Rub behind the ears with the sul
phur ointment directed for dogs. Next
brush out all the powder with Ana
close brush, comb the coat lightly, then
part It along the backbone, and rub with
sulphur ointment.
For mange rub all over with the sul
phur ointment. Keep the cat confined
so it cannot lie in the dirt, and after
twenty-four hours, wash It well in hot
soapsuds—Just comfortably hot. not scald
ing, rinse dry. and leave alone; In three
days If the mange persists, repeat the
ointment, and after the treatment, give
the cat plenty of catnip, either green or
dry, with milk and bread diet. Catnip
Indeed ought to be given always twice
a week. Bum infected bedding, and fumi
gate sleeping baskets, or else wash the®
well In bichloride of mercury. Let them
stand six hours after washing, then sea" l
plentifully with boiling water, and
well before letting the cat sleep In them
again.
should not be forgotten, come out n ? n T'j
wood—that Is to aay wood of last
growth. The nearer the roots the ” r< V
growths come out, the more rh hi'
fill they will prove.' A vigorous *'• W
will often grow fifteen to twenty
long. Thus culling away the oil *"■
need not mean spoiling ins ('■ *- ‘V
shads. ■