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Newspaper Page Text22 THANKS IN GOOD CLOTHES. CAY LITTLE TOILETS THAT WILL GRACE THE DINNER TABLE NEXT THFHSDAY. •„ VomrnAr< DressingThrir Hair Low Till* Season and a Bluck Velvet Bow la an Adjunct ol Every I'olf fore—Velvettne 1* the Moat Pi>u lar and Inespenaive Fabric Worn by Leaders of Fashion at Present. • Radical Departure in Cutting Skirts for Coat Costumes— How to Clothe Boys and Girls to Combine Good Sense and Good Style. ifew York. Nov. 22.—As the years go by Thanksgiving becomes more and more a period for social festivity in New York. The more fashionable part of the ■world prefers 7 o'clock for the dinner hour, and cut their clothes according ly. So when candles are lighted come the prettiest frocks, in light materials, bare shoulders and arms, shining here and there, and perhaps some knowing .coquette showing in her dark locks a bunch of bitter-sweet or some other jay autumnal berry. But for the'most Cirt these dainty evening frocks are gh necked and long sleeved, which is perhaps accounted for by the fact that country houses are not the warmest places in the world, yet all classes love to go out of town for the Thanksgiving feast. l‘pn!ar and Inexpensive Velvets. Without a doubt the most bewitching material that shall do honor to the joy ous bird this year is velvet, for never was velvet, velvetine and corduroy more fashionable as gown textures Borne of the velvet gowns seen are rav ishing enough to make the unblessed woman break the Tenth Commandment every hour of her life. In line they are an effective compromise between the too flaring styles of a season ago and the severe tailor built eohfection. For skirts, the much abused circular tpXih J *# J ~4. EtX'aVv'Vl %\ ■\ & V\ V\. m\ Vi X exTsV. • jPI a/V*l *yQ*y^* ’A'X e >C*/VVv4 1 W* W * - 'tVJ W* flounc# hat given way to a dimple gor- Ing, which brings the desired foot flare without too much of it. Bodices are made with beautiful bolero effects, which fall over contrasting blouses, and reveal the rich braids and appli cations which ornament the Jupe (Sometimes the trimmings are of taf feta silk, put on In swilling bands or In odi detached designs, round or cres cent moons diamonds or leaves Not Infrsquantiy these ere Inserted bodily In the velvet, the edges of the In set being outlined with narrow Her cules braids or hand embroidery. I **et l oelatoea- Loute XV t<lattes are of a plain- MiH toigMy •<4H#4 ti> t itvir i •* yti lifie** cniiiy ihf iightiy OultuMi nkif i* !>#• H* enttrai* without trowing <t>< iMt fuWt m mtusi *st4#t y imm m , t A f y#. u * pdSStSU"tt*e for Ik, ' i.qd'a,* q A *-• 6/ —vk t ,f.i her younger sisters seem to prefer the trimmed skirts and bolero-bodice ef fects, which so charmingly set oft a pretty figure. A Typical Toilet. A graceful velvetine gown displayed on this page will give one idea of what smart dressmakers are doing with this becoming material. It is In black and marigold yellow, this glowing note ap pearing in a black-dotted silk, which forms the blouse, undersleeves and pleated pieces under the side slashings of the skirt. These slashings, which are caught together at the top by two velvet straps, are, along with the rest of the skirt, outlined by a black sou tache braid, put on underneath to show only a narrow - edge. Odd applications in black taffeta, outlined with black embroidery, is the other trimming, a single ornament showing on the front of the skirt. At the hips a highly decorative yoke is outlined with the silk and embroid ery, and with this treatment, in a rich bordering, the charming bolero fas tens at the left shoulder and under the left arm. The slashed belt sleeve is one of the most effective seen for velvet. A smart hat for such a gown is made with a brim of marigold panne, and a crown of black chenille. Two large black pompons deck it at the left side, which, after the approved fashion, lifts higher than at the right. ELEGANT VELVET COSTUME. Hats of Coquettish Beauty. Few hats are seen nowadays with out this jaunty side lift, but, however, much there is of it, the hat is worn pushed away over the forehead. Some of the chapeaux on the Tam order—those that seem all crown—have an edge swathing of lace, that softens the face adorably and dangles ends over the hair. A black one on this or der seen sported a crown of satin braid, threaded round and round with che nille, which, in fluffy loops, composed the fall at the back. Other round hats of this draped description sink so deep, ly. with their lace tails, at the back that they seem to he pinned to the hair at this point. In truth, some of them are for this rear droop and flatness is one of the most distinctive features of DAINTY DINNER DRESS. winter millinery; and If it is not al ready marked enough the girl of the period helps It along with her bare bod. kin. A Striking Color Cantblaatlaa. A smart walking gown of cardinal red serge, with bands of white taffeta worked with black, la the second out door costume This trimming outlines the rront gore of the skirt and sim ulates a flounce, two suspender sirups of It jolng over the shoulders of the bodice and edging the neck a n <| but ton Up. A '-rush stock and chemisette of while silk spotted with black is dainty throat finish, snd ss usual the liitfiow belt U n**4 of fli# Bminr M*#— lm Hi* fuffM u Uu<}Hjc I# #|| un fj}* Alt b#Ui lor (iH lowly i of (M t/f t|*V guv |i IRAlfj |g| Qf of fH# §|in ifii iMiil UMMiilgA Mm>l |f THE MOHNING NEWS: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1901. them are heavily stitched and cross at the front with pointed ends, held in place by a simple brooch or stick pin of some sort. The line of them is rounder than formerly, the down ward front dip being not quite so ex travagantly emphasized. An Ideal Thankiitlvl ng Drew. A dainty dinner dress in pale blue Loulsine, spotted and crossed with crinkled lines of black, seems Just the thing for the Thanksgiving function that begins at 7 o'clock. The simplest model is chosen for this pretty frock, which seems suited to both young ma trons and maids. The skirt has a bell front, that there may be no ugly seam ing to mar the checking of the Loulsine and this, cut on the bias, shows a care ful fitting of check to check at the two back godets. Black velvet "barrettes”— dressmakers' slang for little bars—put over white mousseline, and between rows of yellow lace, appear on the Jupe ir, a rich foot band. A becoming hip yoke is made entirely of the barrettes SMART WALKING GOWN. over mousseline, and bordered by a sin gle row of the lace; a straight band of them encircles the round bodice and ornaments the bottom of the elbow sleeves are of white mousseHn*> em broidered with black dots, and a but terfly bow of black velvet, cut bias, Is placed at the left bust. Hair Ornaments. The smart and perky little velvet bows, which have so long appeared in evening coiffures, continue to have the approval of fhe fashionable world. But the hair must be worn high for this species of ornament, and since the lat est fashion is to dress it low at the neck more flat velvet bows are seen than stand-up ones. These are placed directly over the knob, puff, or bt-aids— whatever the back arrangement may be—the long, limp loops falling each side as a framing to the face. The ef fect is very charming, especially when the front locks are parted in the mid dle and puffed over the ears. The fourth picture depicts the young sters of the family on their Thanks giving holiday to the country, which FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN. abounds in squirrels, leaves and other precious treasures, and which, to be thoroughly enjoyed, needs the plainest toggery. Many a mother errs in deck ing her rebellious offsprings too finely for the rare outings winter school life permits; so, since young blood must have its fling, it Is no wonder that much expensive finery is spoiled on these occasions. If the Thanksgiving dinner Is to be discussed ala compagne see that your small daughters are provided with long, warm coats simply trimmed with stitchings or braid. The children's out fitters show these coats In stylish loose back models, some with triple capes, and others displaying smart pointed revers and turnover military collars. With them so smartly warm wool dresses in brilliant colors, showing a few rows of braid, and cut with full skirts and low waists, with which gamps of several sorts may be worn. A stylish hat for girls up to ten Is a rolled brim shape or angora felt, whose sole trimming is a wide ribbon In the gayest plaid. This is tied about the crown sash-fashion, the square cut ends streaming to the waist. For boys of all ages pea Jackets are natty outing and school overcoats, and the smallest little chaps will find the new corduroy leggings more comforta ble and quite as warm as his old leath er oneß. They sell from 85 cents to t*! the pair, and are warranted Jack Frost proof. Mary Dean. —The corridors of the Academy of the Beaux Arts, In Parts, are fairly covered with sketches snd caricatures done by some of the most famous ar tists of the time during their student days. These sketches are precious in the eyes of the present students, but there are some iconoclasts among the directors of the Academy, who seem to think that a coat of whitewash would look better. At any rate, it hes been determined to whitewash the din gy walls, and. as this would cover and destroy the sketches, the students have entered an Indignant protest They have signed a petition to the authoii tie* asking them to leave the wells dirty and spare the sketches —The ttalvatton Army te floating an issue of 1160.060 of bonds to provide homes Ist the worthy poor, The bonds sjs secured by < oionlsstioti tends of the si my In rihio. <''dorado and faflfornla, valued at 11160,000 On die are applica tions front mote <hu a thousand font lie tat Ip siiits land Aawm>g subs* rib- Jr. tbwt si *'♦ lob WOMEN OPTICIANS. THE IMI E WORK A NEW YORK LP-STATE GIRL IS DOING. Optics a Popular Science Among Women Seeking a Profension—Sev eral Prosperous Female Physi cians Have Worked Into This Lu crative Specialty From Their Gen eral Practice—Good Schools Throughout the Country From Maine to Nebraska. New York, Nov. 22. —Many women of late have taken up optical work with success. The optician is very nearly as essential nowadays as the butcher or the baker. Some of the polytechnic institutes are giving regular courses in cptics and the young women graduates secure places with jewelers or depart ment stores that deal in optical goods. If ever a business needed conscientious, honest practitioners, this business does, and the woman optician finds fresh subjects for study every day. One of the three incorporators of an Indiana optical company and eye in stitute is a woman, who formerly sold optical goods for a wholesale house. In order to sell the goods intelligently she studied something of the priaci ples that applied to them. It has not been many years since the optician's business came to be regarded as a sep arate profession from eye treatment in general. There are so many un schooled, ignorant venders of specta cles abroad that the woman who is alive to the importance of her busi ness has much chance of notice. Thus it was with the Indiana optician. A young woman in upper New York state has a unique optician’s shop. The front ;>&rrei of her mother's cottage is the eye-testing office, and her pa trons are friends and neighbors who are glad to get individually fitted glass es so near at home. This girl was ad vised by her family physician to study optics as a profession eminently suited for women and one of the few callings not overcrowded. He provided her with books dealing with the anatomy of the eye and the diseases and inju ries likely to afflict it; also treatises on mechanical manipulations, and next books based on the experience of op thalmic surgeons. Having mastered these books she attended a Massachu setts school of optics. She continues her studies still, after four years' prac tice. The dealers in optical goods know her efficiency by the supplies she or ders. In several cases women physicians have studied optics with advantage. A prosperous woman phyisician in an Ohio city came into the profession by this door. Competition was too strong in her original profession, but well grounded medical knowledge has con tributed greatly to her success as an optician. A woman ltindergartner, whose young pupils frequently showed defective vision when playing with col or blocks, was induced to interest her self in optical studies, and has now be come a regular practicing optician. Charleston, S. C., has a woman optician successfully established who studied opthalmology in the office of her fath er, himself an authority on such mat- ters. The daughter had a good g-n- | eral education and was afterwards sent north to get ideas as to new inventions and conveniences in optical instru ments. She has had an independent business of her own for several years. The schools for instruction In optical science are scattered through the coun- | try from Maine to Nebraska, and vary from the thorough going Institutes that seek to uplitt the profession to the flimsy pretenders who value noth ing but the students’ fees. Many of these colleges admit women as well ag men. A New York woman graduate in opthalmology has an office in the Wall street section, amply stocked with optical goods, and gets much patron age from the bookkeepers, auditors and eye-tried clerks in the immediate neighborhood. The authenticated professors and teachers are anxious that all compe tent opticians be promptly registered and the incompetents be weeded out. These authorities welcome women in the profession, experience having dem onstrated that they are fair-minded in their dealings and will not sell worth ‘tss spectacles or tell a patient that they can provide glasses to relieve Ills eyes when they know that his com plaint Is deep-seated and comes within the oculist’s province and not the op tician’s. A knowledge of physiology, anatomy and chemistry Is indispensa ble to the expert optician. Great ac curacy and discrimination are needed In the measurement and fitting of the ' spectacle frames, and for this reason skilled professors of optica frequently select women for their chief assistants. Owing to the quick profits and In creased opportunities In this trude many unscrupulous people are engaged *n It. ' The science of optics taught |in one week by mall. Fees, including degree of Oph. D. and diploma, *IR, - ’ la the announcement issued by one ! unique school. Ten-day courses to the ! same end re common. There are ex barbers now flourtahtng In the opti cian's business; also ex-cobblers, x- I nth dealers and ex-fut niture slots keepers, the rapidity with which the I rudiments of eye-testing can be sc. I qulred tempting endeavor. A barber ! m Topeka wen* to Manila with the Kansas lagiment. On returning to Ban Fran' n o be decided to abandon Ills trade took a "course" In the study of I opths developed Into a full-Hedged ' pinfeeeot end la now doing a lively business, ail in a fats months time. (ration of educated, eat (test women in ( ssstt'h of all liitateatmg *nd lemur*. ' a*#uve or. Ugauon btuv# v, ijuvur. t MRS. HAWKINS TOOK CENSUS. A Her Struggle! With the Law and an Old Soldier. Raleigh. N. C., Nov. 22.—The first time that the census was taken by a woman was in 1890, when such was done with unusual accuracy and skill by Mrs. Marie E. Hawkins of Macon county. North Carolina. Ten years lat er Mrs. Hawkins again was commis sioned to do this work, and started for the second time on a task which re quired her to walk between two hun dred and fifty and three hundred miles through the rugged, wild country of the Blue Ridge mountains. The supervisor of the district told Mrs. Hawkins plainly that a woman could not be employed as enumerator. "Such a thing,” he said, “was unheard of.” Fortunately, however, Mrs. Haw kins read the newspapers, although to secure them a walk of eight miles a day to the nearest postoffice at High lands was necessary. She was, there fore, enabled to reply promptly to the supervisor that Miss Phoebe Cogzens of St. Louis had been appointed super visor of a district, and that what could be done as a whole could surely be done in part. To this, he answered that he would appoint her husband, provid ed that he was an old soldier, and add ed that he might then delegate her to do the work. Mrs. Hawkins replied: “The work can not be delegated, who scever is appointed and takes the oath must do the work.” At this critical point in the decision a rival for the place presented himself, a physician and old soldier who claim ed it through an order issued by Por ter, the commissioner, which stated that ex-soldiers should 'have the pref erence above anyone else. When, how ever, Mrs. Hawkins heard her adver sary boldly assert. “It is the law that a soldier is to have the place in pref erence to anyone else,” she concluded, as she says, that a man who thought an order from the head of a depart ment constituted, cm made a law, and did not know that such must be ac complished by an act of Congress, was not a very formidable opponent. There was a good deal of underhanded work on the part of the old soldier, but final ly through sheer mastery or the sub ject, Mrs. Hawkins received the ap pointment, not, however, until about the third of June of the year IS9O. She had then long passed her fiftieth birthday. Week* of Hard Work. From Mrs. Hawkins’ home, an eerie, high place far away from the sight of other human habitations, the township reaches out fourteen miles in three di rections. At the beginning of each week she would go up the Blue Ridge to make her start, and not until the sun was well down the following Sat urday would she again darken her own doorway. From cabin to cabin she walked, they being sometimes twenty and thirty miles apart. At the close of the day she rested wherever, night overtook her. In Macon county the two Carolinas and Georgias come together in a sort of triangle. This makes it quite pos sible for justice to be evaded by the simple means of stepping over the bor dering line. Here strange things oc cur and desperate risks are run. In fact, in certain parts the district is very much of a criminal settlement. It might also be termed the heart of the moonshiners. This practice, the curse of the mountaineers' life, of dis tilling illicit whisky, makes them sul- len and reticent before strangers and afraid of exposing themselves to the criticism of the outer world which dim ly they realize to be different from their own. When strangers pass by they slink away into their huts, or curiously peer out from the doorways. It is only in the most modern of these cabins that there are windows. Truly in the lives of these people the strang er is usually an unpleasant incident. “Whar’s he come,” is their mental question as their brain conjures up evil. But stronger even than their suspicions is their inate sense of hos pitality. Happily Mrs. Hawkins was able to proclaim at once the object that had taken her to their homes, and in every place she was treated as an honored guest. The best that they had was laid before her, consisting often of saleratus biscuit soaked in the fat of pork. But questions these peo ple abominate, and only that they knew she meant no harm would they make answer. "Married?” Mrs. Hawkins asked once of tjie mother of half a dozen children. "Don't reckon I be.” was the answer. "Thar ain't no money hyere fur preachers.” And then a womanly muttering of conscience prompted het to add: ’T’ve hyerd tell In books thet out In the world them ere children would be thought ill on, but Faint no difference hyere.” Finally as though ashamed of her loquaciousness she 1 turned and spat out out tobacco Juice. ' For here even little girls of 6 and 7 years old practice expectorating as an accomplishment, and tobacco, Instead of sugar plums. Is put Into the mouths of infants to keep them from crying. Divided lulu rians. Seldom could Mrs. Hawkins make them confess that they had any bus ineaa. Often It seemed that to get enough to eat and a single garment to cover them was thsir only care Even the secret business of "stilling" brings j them no rest benefit. Among them the proverb runs. "etlUers' wives go nuked snd their children barwfooted ” This. , of course, is greatly owing to u,eii ut' i ' (-salty of treating their friends. It was Mrs Hawkins who perhaps first rtsllssd that through these parts the people ore divided into risns. something ss they are In Scotland In 1806. when ehe took the lost census St S School house Item S' Otte Frees 1 fen pupils out of 86 responded ty thi num, of Parker This liuWj u m . 1 ttvlotll des Its people belitg eiebtel ,sd tot theit proves* In lying taeir I itv.tgrful spirits end ih.it • latunstM Old* •! Uufti U*# U|4IUMI ##j#fg WHY PHYSICIANS FAIL To Cure Many Cases of Female Ills. Some Sensible Reasons Why Mrs. Pinkham is More Successful Than Many Family Doctors. A woman is sick —some disease peculiar to her sex is fast develop ing in her system. She goes to her family physician and tells him a story, but not the whole story. She holds back something, loses her head, becomes agitated, forgets what she wants to say, and finally conceals what she ought to have told and this completely mystifies the doctor. ’ Is it a wonder, therefore, that the doctor fails to cure the disease ? Still we cannot blame the woman, for it is very embarrassing to detail some of the symptoms of her suffering, even to her family physician This is the reason why hundreds of thousands of women are now in correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. To her they can give every symptom, so that when she is ready to advise them she is in possession of more facts from her correspondence with the patient than the physician can possibly obtain through a personal interview. Following we publish a letter from a woman showing the result of a correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham. All such letters are considered absolutely confidential by Mrs. Pinkham, and are never published in any way or manner without the consent in writing of the patient • but hundreds of women are so grateful for the health which Mrs. Pink ham and her medicine have been able to restore to them that they not only consent to publishing their letters, but write asking that this lie done in order that other women who suffer may be benefited by their experience. Here is Proof of the Value of Mrs. Pinkham’s Advice. “Dear Mrs. Pinkham: —I have been taking your medicine for two months and write to you for some advice concerning it. I am in very poor health and have been for nearly three years. lam troubled with a pain and soreness in the back of my head and neck which develops into an almost un bearable headache at time of menstruation. Since last August I have been confined to my bed a great part of the time. In January I was taken very sick with one of my awful headaches, and lay for five weeks in a critical condition. Our doctors were unable to tell me the cause of my illness. I had i slow fever seemingly in my nerves with a marked bilious affection. I was completely prostrated. My physician did nothing for me but to put me to sleep, said it was the condition of my nerves at the time of menstruation. I was advised to take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and would like your advice and to know the cause of my bad feelings.”— Mrs. Frances I. McCrea, Sheridan, Mont. (April 27, 1900.) “ Dear Mrs. Pinkham : I wish to testify that I have been greatly bene fited by the use of your medicine. After taking four bottles I felt better, my head and neck were greatly relieved. After reading the testimonies in the book you sent me, I believed that I had a tumor, and a while after when something the size of an egg passed from me, I was convinced of the fact. I now feel like anew creature, can go to my work, and can eat and sleep well, a privilege that I appreciate very much.” Mbs. Frances 1. McCrea, Sheridan, Mont. p* REWA KD. We have deposited with the National City Bank of .Lynn, fJOOO, V~ 11 i 111 which will be paid to any person who can find that the above testimonial letters 1111111 are not genuine, or were published before obtaining the writer’s special per- HrV w w W mission Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Cos., Lynn, Mass. that the original Parker of the moun tains was one of eleven children of an unmarried mother; that in colonial days his ear had been cut as a pun ishment for bearing false witness and hence the irregularities of his descend ants. Since that time their blood has been mixed with that of the Indian, the negro and the low, white. Tha Heddens constitute another large clan. They are most boastful of their truly beautiful blonde women. But little Intermarrying takes place between such clans, for party feeling and a sense of clinging to one’s own is strong ly a characteristic of these mountain eers. By birth Mrs. Hawkins is not a Southern woman, being proud, she says of her Yankee ancestors, they having been among the first fourteen families that settled Bridgeport, Conn. She herself was “raised” and lived 40 years in Northern Ohio. Her husband, now deputy marshal of the district, Is a relative of Gen. Grant. In the cen sus work of 1890 she received the greatest help from a beautiful and ac complished woman, a descendant of Gen. Lee and her husband, the srand son of the Secretary of the Treasury, under Davis. So in this work did ex tremes meet. LADY HEART STANLEY AT HOME. An American Girl Drinks Tea With the Wife of the Great Explorer. One of the many houses in London at which Americans are sure of a cor dial welcome is that of Lady Stanley, the wife of Sir Henry, the explorer. It is, not only Americans, however, who frequent her charming Sunday after noons at home. The Stanleys in their wanderings have learned to know and be tolerant of many nations; they have had a broad experience with men and with things, and are perhaps for this reason rather a common touching stoae for strangers in London. As Dorothy Tennant, the magnetism and brilliancy of Lady Stanley was acr knowledged. With artistic and literary people, as well as those fashionable, she held her own. as naturally would the talented daughter of a more than usually talented mother. For Mrs. Ten nant Is still in every sense of tha woid an interesting and handsome woman It was always said of Dorothy Tennant that she would do something out of the ordinary. Her mother was caution ed to "have sn eye to her,” and by this was meant simply that she would hard ly submit to the humdrum, monoton ous life which eveme to bs tha hsritsge of many English woman. Hits did un doubtedly do something out of the or dinary when the married the great eat explorer of the age. In all Kir Henry's undertakings Lady Stanley aids snd abets him Khe is interested, she says, in everything In teresting- of English and Amtrirati literature she Is especially fond, while with that of Chius snd other distant countries sirs Is wonderfully runver- H ’ii Ji Is, In fact* eaii sMdinsry i hat she can find-Sin** to do sn much trading and ya* not negte*i het home o* social duties, About <he latter no oue is toots punctilious, tisops for tbs women l tower keeping In England te ne* • metis ao worrying ae |i is lit America, it. liui inr j y#i is not the same necessity for them to stint themselves in the matter of serv ants. One at least is stumbled into at every turning. On Sunday after noons, for instance, when one drives up to the Stanleys house in Richmond Terrace,-and here be it understood that it is not in any way a pretentious mansion, there is standing outside a rnan servant to help one out of the carriage or hackney and to pull the bell. The door Is then opened by an other, who passes the cards on to a third man, who proceeds one up the stairs and indicates the location of the drawing room. Here another comes forward, takes the card and announces to Lady Stanley the name of the visit or. Should this individual be a strang er with a letter of introduction, he would be shown in the small reception room while the letter Is being read. Lady Stanley would then either go herself, if disengaged from other guests, and fetch him into the drawing room or else she would signify to the man servant on the spot that the vis itor was to be shown Into her ores enee. Such a retinue of men servants as this would naturally mean ruination to any in America but the most wealthy, while in England it is but the customary requirement for a simple day'at home lasting through the whole season. Once reached, for it is up a Ion? flight of stairs, the drawing room at Lady Stanley’s is such a spot as where one likes to linger. It is of good pro portions and well filled, but not over crowded with artistic bits of furniture and bric-a-brac collected from various place®. Everything is more or less, of a rarity. Furniture is not here Just becnue it is furniture. Of old enam els and miniatures there is In one cor ner a collection, while In another are many choice bits of old porcelains. On Sundays there stands always in front of the mantle shelf a large square table. Here usually some friend of Lady Stanley or her sister makes tea and attends to It that all who drop in have a helping of spread bread, as the I thin buttered slices are called. Cold ! tea Is never offered, as on the table is i a capital Russian arrangement for keeping water at the boiling point. The lady that sits at this table and serve* has usually on a hat. Lady Stanley herself most often wears white or grey, or soft and clinging material, which suits her tall and essentially English figure. Very often she stand* throughout the whole afternoon. There | Is, however, nothing formal or over -1 reserved In her ladyship’s manner, bn* appears frank and girlish to u marked degree and looks at times scarcely n years of age. She impresses one a* being always full of energy snd nw ; ardently does she admire un adven turesome spirit. A number of h*r very good friends are Americans. AmO 1 a her Intimates also at# those who hue'*' well the Klondike snd those who can apeak fluently of Tasmanian, "bill*** snd Indian customs Those the* *** Inipi easterns feel assured, they say. that one Is nevtr dull with i*sd> Stanley Americans sometimes a* who pis**" letters of Introduction In London. *"'> it Is imsw very < tMunonlg do*** • *•“* realise that, having been wire at s 1 1 1 .‘f— — and the visit nnii* i, e 1 mlr liM l# 11 ** 1* ’f* * tit** in b tw* 4l ' v##!# ll.#y lftiCl'Vl’Uff ft Ul • I****** in I f|fit*if t* 4 * 1 tf*