weatUipeetateAle. MivMeestter; tat M raeney wan net needed up te the closing el tbe beard at 1 o'clock." ' "I am -net disappointed. 1 thank Ged that the ftesslters refused him money. It will open his eye te their real characters father and con. I would rnther go and live In a hovel than be under obligations te either of thctn." And new the turn venvrnintng down her cheek. 'Ub1 net urleVe no, Mrs. Vincent' said Lane. "I cannot believe the danger U no great. I have listened te the opinions el the strongest men en 'change this after after neon. A 'break' lu this corner was pre dicted In New Yerk At 11 this morning, and that is 'the universal opinion among the best men new." "Yes, but it may be days away yet, and Mr. Vincent has confessed te me that hli whele fortune brings by a single hair that this wretched speculation has swallowed everything that a rise of a single penny means beggary te ns, for he can no longer answer his broker's calls, i "That may have been se when lie wrote; but iJMr. Clark seems te have had a little better luck"" locally." I Infer from what he toldtnetlmt they were safe for today and could meet the rnise of that critical cent et two; se that, despite the great less they have sustained, there is net tbe certainty of ruin thnt se overwhelmed Mr. Vincent en Wednesday." "Yeu give me hone and courage," cried the peer, anxious hearted woman, as she seized and pressed his hand. "And and you come tetisln tbomldstef our troubles! Mr. Vincent was se touched by your writ ing first te him; It brought buck old days, pld times, old fashions, that he loved te re call days when he, tee, was young nud brave mid full of hope and cheer." "And I have your geed wishes, tee, Mrs. Vlnceut!' even though I am only a soldier and have se little te offer her beyond be yond" But he could net llnlsh. He bad looked Inte her face with such eager hope and de light when he began, yet broke down help lessly when he tried te speak of his great love for her sweet daughter. "I knew what you would say," Bhe an swered with quick and ready sympathy. "1 have seen hew dear my child has been tu you almost from the very first. Indeed I de wish you happiness, Mr. Lime; but Mr. Vincent told you that we once had ether views for Malicl. It is only fair and right that you should knew." "Hew could It have been otherwise, Mrs. Vinccntr Is there ntiy man quite worthy of liflrf Is there any station in Ilfe tee high for one like her? I never dared hoe that yuiireeusent could have been sit freely given I de net dare hope that she can possibly care for nit yet." "I will net keep you longer, then," said she, smiling through her tears. "I will see you after n while, perhaps. Mabel is in the library. New I'll leave you." With tumultiteusly throbbing heart, he softly entered and quickly glanced around. The tiers et almost priceless volumes, the nntiquu furniture, the costly Persian rugs and portieres, the pictures, bronzes, bric-a-brac all were valueless in his eager eyes. They sought one object alone, and found it in u deep bay window across the room. There, leaning back in a great easy reading chair, with a magazine lu her lap, her fair lieai 1 pillowed en a silken cushion, reclined the lady of his heart, Mulling a sneet wel come te him, whlle tlie rosy color mounted te herhrewsas hucame quickly forward and took her soft, wiiite hand. Hew he was trembling! Hew his kind grayejes wcre glowing! She could net meet them; she had te leek away. She had beguu some pleasant lit t le w eleemingspeeeh, some half laughing allusion te the Mowers, but sliest epped sliertin thu midst of it. A knot of half failed roses his roses nestled In her bo.sem, contra.-titigwiththe.pure white of her dnluty gown; and new these treas ured, envied flowers liegan te rise and fall, as though rocked en the billows of some clear luke stirred by a sudden breeze. Whut he said he did net knew; she hardly heard, though her ears drank in every word. She only realized that lsitli his hands were tightly clasping hers, and that, scorning te seek a clmir nnd draw it te her hide perhaps, tee, because he could net bear te rclciiMuit en for an instant that slender little hand perhaps still mere be cause of the old time chivalry In his nature that had iremptcd him te ask parental sanction before telling her of his tleep nml tender love Cant. Lane had dropped en ene knee close, licside, and, liendlug ever her, was pouring forth in broken, Inco Ince heicnt words the old, old story of a lever's hopes and. fears and longings the sweet old song" "that, day after day, year after year, ay, though sung since Ged's creatieti of the beautiful world we live In, never, never can be heaid or sung except in rap ture. K en though she be cold te him as stone, no true woman ever listened te the tale of a man's true love witheuta thrill at heart. Once, only once, in the lifetimoef men like Lane yes, and of men net half his eers in depth of character, in intensity of feeling-t here tomes a moment like this, and, whether it !h in the glow and fervor and enthusiasm of youth or the intensity and strength of matiirer jears.lt is the climax of a lifetime; It is the dnte from which all ethers, nil scenes, trials, tri umphs, take their due apportionment; it Is the memory of all ethers that lingers te the ery hint, when all, all but this aru banished from the dying brain. Heme, In her pride of place, mode the building of her rnpltel the climax of mundane histo ry; ever thing in her calendar wits "ante urlK'iii cenditain" or the reverse. The old world measured from the Heed; the, new weild our world measures from the birth of him who died upon thu cress; and the lifetime of the man who hus once deep ly and devotedly loved has found Its climax in the thrilling moment of the avowal. "Have jeu no word te say te me, Malsir net one word of hope? net one?" he pleaded. Then she turned her lovely face, looking into Ids deep ejes through a mist of tear:. "I de like jeu," she murmuied; "I de honor jeu se, dipt. Line; but that is net wlmt j'eu deserve. There is no one, lielleve me, whom I se regaidand esteem; but I de net knew I am net certain of nijself." "Let me try te win j'eur love, .MiiIkiI fiie me just that right. Indeed Indeed I lime net dared tohepu that se seen 1 could win even jour trust and esteem. Veumaku mu se happy when j-nu admit even that." "It iftfijlitUe te give in return for what j-eu hlive given me," she answered, seftij-, while her hand still lay (Irmly licit! in thu clasp of his. "Yet, it is se much te me. Think. Midiel, in four days at most I must go back te my regiment. I ask no pledge or premise Only let me write te you. Only write te me and let me strive te nrouse at least n little love in your true heart. Then by and ley six months perhaps I'll cemu again and try my fate I knew that an old dra goon like me, with gray hairs sprouting in his mustache"' Hut here she laid her lingers en his lips, nnd thcu, seizing both her hands, he bowed his head ever them and kissed them pas sionately, Tim day of parting came, all tee seen. Dutj'- the mistress te whom he had never hitherto given undivided allegiance called him te thu distant west, and the last night of hisAtny found him liuqiHjig ever her in the some-old window. IIe van te take a Inte train for St. IeuN, and had said fare well te all but her. And new the moment had . -iirhc.il Aglam-e at his watch had told him that lie had but twenty minutes In which te leach the station. She hud risen nnd was standing, n lovely plcturu of graceful womanhood, her ej-es brimming with tears. Heth her hands were new clasped In hU; she could net deny him tlmt at such e time; but but was there net something throbbing in her heart that she longed te tellr "It Is geed-by new," he uiuumired, hhj whele soul in his glow lug eyes, his Infinite loe lictiajcd In these lips quivering under the heavy mustache. Shu glanced up into his face. "Fred" and than, as though abashed at her own boldness, the lovely head was liewed again almost en his breast. "What Is it, darling? Tell mo.'Jie whis pered, eagerly, a wild, wild hope thrilling through his heart. "Would It make j-eu happier If If I told jeu that I knew myself a little lt terr" "Mabel I De you mean de you care fox mel" And then she was suddenly clasjied in his strong, yarning onus nnd strained te Ids breast, lxmir. Jeng tifterwiird he used -f:, THBiiHOAl JUi te an the trmretiBgeee et-u?eytiew from the trunk la which Htwa carefully stewed away, and wonder If If It were In deed true that her throbbing heart hail thrilled through that senseless fabric, stir ring wild Jey and rapture te the very dept h of his own. "Would I be sobbing, my heart out," at last she murmured. Ill Ud net Ioto you and could net liear te have you ger" Cbnifmied next tfct(r(fn,v A FIRST CLASS JOURNALIST. Winifred ftweet, or The San Francisce Ksamlncr, and Iter Many UlngulMs. (Special OorrcftpenUrace.) A! Francisce, July 10. The glebo trotting exploits of Nellie Ely and Miss Bislaud have made the names of these two familiar te nil uewspaicr readers. In San Frandsce is a little woman who, if less widely kuewn, is none the less active in daring expedients and qui te as successful in playing novel perta in real life dramas. Winifred Sweet was born in Chicago twenty-three years age. Ilcr father was Gen. B. J, Sweet in the late war, nnd was appointed pension agent at Chicago by President Grant during Ids tirst term. At his death his daughter Ada Sweet, wtiile but twenty years old, was made her father's successor in the office. Fer eleven years, until requested te step down nnd out by Commissioner Black, during the Cleveland administra tion, she held the position. Her refusal te resign made her famous. Winifred is thu youngest und, I lieliuve, thu only sister of ex-Pension Agent Ada Sweet. Her debut in journalism was in Chicago a little ever two years nge. She wrote some stories for The Chicago Tribune ever the uaine "Columbine." Her first regular engagement was with The Nev? Yerk Truth. In August of List year she came te San Francisce in search of employment, and took with her letters of introduction te the big boss of ene of the big doilies of this city. Tliis gentleman informed her that he would net have n woman employed in his office for anything; thet "the coast" had net degenerated te n sufficient do de do giee te give dcblc room te any woman in n newspaper sanctum. But Miss Sweet was net entirely crushed by this unprom ising outlook. She went te another of ef of fice and proposed te de seme werlc for the paper If permitted. She was given some little encouragement, nnd submit ted a story which was accepted. In a few days a flower show enme en, und she was assigned te "de" it for the pa lter. She did it te the satisfaction of the managing editor, und was seen given ii desk and regular assignments in the local room. When she hed gained n footing und inspired some degree of coufideuce she began te divulge boihe rather daring, schemes in the sensation line. Her first exploit in this direction was te answer an advertisement for ballet girls. She joined a bullet in a spectacular play at thu Grand licru house, nnd turned in sotue racy reading as the result. ?W2&V SJr.T, wiNiFKKu swxirr. Humors of bad management in the re ceiving hospital were rife, but positive proof was wanting. "Annie Laurie," for such was the uaine Miss Sweet had chosen, decided te test the matter. She dressed herself up in blinbby genteel clothes, and going into a crowded street fell in n voluntary lit. She was duly picked up nud carted off te the receiving hospital. Shu bays the treatment effectu ally cured her of fit for the future. The papers were all filled with pathetic de scriptions of the ioer and friendless maid en whohadfnllcuiuthe btreet nudledgcd in the hospital. When the reporters called te get t he cabe bhe could net sup press laughter, and hud te feign hyster ics in order te conceal her shamming. When the btately matron remarked, "Thore is a reperther, and we must knpe him away from the facts or he will lie nfther making a column of it, se he will," she had te bumuipu her wits te keep a straight fnce. She wns made te drink a het mustard decoction te re move the poison which the wise doctor declared she had taken with Btiicidul in tent. Her recovery followed in due time, and after her rolease n reporter for a rival paper sought her home te inter view her about her hospital exjierience. In the interview she posed as the friend of "peer Annie Myers" who had been in the hospital. Thu story she gave that rejiertcr un folded n tale who&e lightest breath made "each particular hair stand en end like quills upon the fretful porcupine," as it were, and awakened such, interest in the "peer girl" that bhe was Heeded with letters of sympathy and gifts of money nud clothing from kind hearted women. But when her sterj' was priuted a sensation was aroused. The governor of the statu telegraphed te have the doc tor dismissed jieudiug investigation, and when the investigation waa niude he was bounced for brutality. Next shoebtained letters and passports, nnd went te visit the leper island of Molokai, in the Hawaiian group. Here she was the first nud only woman who ever set feet en that nccursed land ex cept seme ltnlf dozen Sisters of Mercy, whose lives are spent there ns nurses te the suffering 1,200 lepers upon whose life the Mm of hope has forever set Here she found no btnrtliug episode. Onlj' sorrow, deep and dark, gathered around the victims of the vile disorder. But her sterj- of the place was a graphic) and pathetic recital. After returning from the lepers' col ony she resumed the every day work of society editor and reporter, ller last advent uie was in joining the Salvation Army, and in a hallelujah lmtinet she went te the jail with an armful of War Crj's anil a tambourine,. She peddled War Crj-s te the prisoners and took notes, while the captains shouted and prayed, and her story was a geed one. W. U. BrjJTON. The DniiKirn of I'ele Vaulting. Wenlciiincs from various places showing that accidents at pelu vaulting, mostly the breaking of the poles, still continue, and one recently at Stated Island, wheiu thu athlete landed lieavlly en bis spine, se that hu could net get up for semu time, rather daniicmsl the whole games. The main trouble is that athletes w Ishing te excel In this game use. poles f,ir tee light for them, which when grasped high up te clear n great elevation snap between the grip and the ground There are cases en recenl of athletes meeting w It Ii such mi accident having been impaled en thu lower end, falling directly down en it. At almost any competition five or six different size of poles can be found brought by different athletes, and It is net unusual te see a 1(50 pound man vaulting with his neighbor's pole, made for a VM pound man. -mcir-TEz wa -v. vvSnBSj2aiBt4. tiv'RfflKSHpiaBfcli H5HE WEALTHYBCT WIFELESS. INTERESTING GOSSIP ABOUT NEW YORK'S RICH YOUNQ BACHELORS. Men eC Ability Who Have Achieved Rue ecaa in BntliiMs, Politics, Literatim Bad Wat Yet Thfy Remain Impervious te mlnlne Charms. (Copyright by American Prcvw AapoclAtlen. Between seasons, or befere the summer gnycty of Newpert or Saratoga is nt the height, is the best tiine te beceme ac quainted by sight with the jeunesse doreo of New Yerk. Then the yenng men famous in society as leaders of the JOHN JACOI) ASTOn, JH. gennan, as originators of "swagger" bals inasqne, ns governors of aristocratic clubs, whose names fill out the now new paper reports of society's doings, have n breathing spell. They nre net yet due nt the watering places; the club festiv ities have released their held en thorn, and they nre free te tool in the park and en the Uivurslde drive, or te sit lazily in the balconies of the "Knickerbocker." Hew de they leek? The pictures of seme of them, cepied from the most re cent photographs, will help the reader better than nny descriptive writing te rccognize them when he mcetd thorn en the street. Nevertheless, the description is neces sary, for after nil the camera is net se geed n portrait painter as Kombrendt or Sir Jeshua. Loek, for, instance, nt the portrait of Jehn Jacob Aster, Jr. Wltile it affords an excellent idea of his linea ments, the observer would net be uble te tell his height, his age or his com plexion. This inheritor of the Aster millieus the future "landlord" of New Yerk, as was his grandfather befere him is 21 years of age, tall, slender, but with muscles toughened te strength like AN'DltEW A. UinilY. grapevines. His lialr is light brown, his complexion between bruue und blonde, his ej-es gra Ne tuft hunter could carry hifl felly se far as te call him handsome, but theie is a pleasant, open expression in his countenance which roashures whoever g(K-s te ask of Mr. Aster a favor. IIe was educated at Harvard, und has been trained iptite strictly te business habits. Indeed it is said ! the real estate agents who huve dealings with the Asters that this rcprnbcutative of the j-euiig genera tion possesses thu shrewdness and firm ness tli.it ought te go with the name, if thore is anything in bleed. Every morn ing at 10 o'clock, when he is in town, Jehn J. Aster, Jr., is te Ixj found in the handsomely npiieinted offices In West Twenty-etxth street. At this season, however, he loves te play truant. He is devoted te hunting, nud is n line shot. Twe weeks of May he spent in company of Lispenard Stewart, another duveted amatiuir Nimrod, at Clayten, N. Y., hunting in the neighboring hills. Mr. Aster is also fend of nil athlutie sports. He is an excellent horseman nnd bicj-clist, but prefers the latter form of exercibu. At Newport, where he is new LISt'ENAltD 8TEWAKT. with his mother, Mr. Aster is the re cipient of nil the modest favors that so ciety iiermits the fair sex te shower ujwn an eligible parti. Andrew Aldridge Blbby, being in seme dogree related te the Abtera, naturally fellows in this veridical article. Jehn Jacob Aster's undo and Mr. Bibby'a father wcre cousins en the maternal side. But a very excellent ancestry is this' yeung1 man's, his great grandfather bo be ing that staunch Hellander Jehn C. Van der Henvel. Mr. Bihhy, who Is !20 years old, was graduated at Columbia; and immediately engaged in real estate, wherein he has large personal interests. Business and pleasure seem te' alternate in just the right projiertioiis in his life. He is u-ry popular in society and de servedly w), for his manners nre cordial te n degree, and in upe.iraiice he is ene of the liaiidsome liaclu loin of New Yerk. He is n member of the St. Nicholas so ciety nud of the Sens of the Involution the old society et tlmt uaine the presi dent of which is I-'redcriu de l'eyster. Mr. Bibby has ulse lately ln-en elected te membership in thu Uiien club. The career of Mr. Llspcnard Stewart is ene tliat his peers in worldly advan tages and opportunities would de well te study. Well 1ern, thoroughly educated and puhlip spiritt-d hu has turned (initie from the bypithi of dilettanti-ism and early identified himself with the gov ernment of his btulu and country. In the full of l&j'J hu was elected w-liater from thu Kightli dlsliict. That wab but enu of thu honors the year had brought him. Society will net forget the ad mirable leadership' of Mr. Lispenard Stewart in the gerinnn of the great New Year ball. Mr. Stewart was born in Westchester county in 1837, bnt he has been n resident of New Yerk city for thirty years. Hu was prepared for col cel col lege at thu lieanliiig school of Dr. Mor Mer ris, nnd entering Yale graduated there- bLLLIbBLbW. BEKHEi iVf 8ATUBDJ UtyWIHJ rrem wuu tnu tu-gm) et A. e. u ma twenty-first year. He immediately be gan the sfndy of law, and in 1878 grad uated from the Columbia Law school with the degree of Bacheler of Laws. Owing te the care demanded by im im pertant trust estate Mr. Stewart re llniiulKhcd the practice of low te occupy himself with them nt his downtown of fice. Here, when the assembly is net sitting, he is always te lu found, ex cept, indeed, when the hunting sea son opens. Then, if he is free, Mr. Stewart, who is an enthusiast ie sports man, takes a holiday. IIe has crewed KinOWAY MOOUK. the Reckies several times in pursuit et this pastime, nnd scarcely another man in New Yerk society has traveled se ex tensively in this country. It is said that Mr. Stewart has visited every state in the Union. Mr. Stewnrt is n memlteref the Union, the University, the Hiding nnd the Down Town chilis nud ninny ethor or ganizations. In two clubs he is ene of the Ixiard of governors. IIe is a man slightly nbove the average height, slen der, but very muscular. His complexion, if ever froe from the livery of the sun, would show itself fair te match his hair, which is a chestnut brown in color. These augmentations of the portrait an excellent likeness acceiiiiwiiiying this will sorve our readers like n personal in troduction. Uidgwny Moero is a descendant of nn old Philadelphia family. IIe was born there, and left te join the nrmy during the war of the rebellion, serving ns n stall officer. He is Iho nephew of MIrs Clara Bloemfleld Moero and is the presi dent of the Moero Paper company, a fact which will surprise even seme of his in timates, for Hidgway Moero is generally considered te be the tyi of the elegant dilettante. Besides his business cares this gentleman is a true bibliophile. He is a great collector of rare books and en IXlVKI.li II. JKIIOMK. omnivorous reader. His handsome bachelor's "den" In the old Cenej- Island Club rooms is absolutely overrun with books from the library proper they overflow into the drawing room nnd even the bcdchamlicr. A splendid ath letic man is Hidgway Moere, magnifi cent In physique, tall and spare like n veritable soldier. His military training can still be traced in the way he carries himself. Cricket is his foverito game, which he practices en the ground nt Statcn Island, and for three weeks each autumn he gees south for thu sheeting. Levell II. Jereme comes next, nnd he is ii true soldier. He is thu seu of Law rence It. Jereme, whose name without further comment will call up a number of lively memories. Levell was grad uated with honei-Hiit West Point, and in actual fighting at thu west has shown himself te be ;i brave officer and nn ox ex pert Indian fighter. IIe held the rank of lieutenant under den. Miles when, re called two years age by his mother, who needed the attention and assistance of her soil ill the management of her es tate, he left thu servit e. He is thu only white man who was ever exchanged for an Indian, the exchangu having been mude in the case of Chief Jeseph, of the Nez I'cices. Levell Jereme is bread shouldered, inclined te be stout, with hair slightly grizzled and an earn est countenance, always offset by a twink ling ej-e. He greatly feels the inactivity of his life, and no doubt hu will return as seen as possible, lejecting the ileshpets of New Yerk for the bustlu and hard shin of the emit). WINNER OF THE TENNIS DOUBLES. Clarence lleliuU, Villi) TeRctlier with V, J. Hull HeIiW til" 4'tMtiipluiinlilp, Clarence Hobart Is a jeung tenuis plaj-ei who hiw recently cemu Inte preiniiieiicu through his skill with racket nud ball. He i?2 CLAUKNCi: II0HAUT. is only 20 je.irs old, but plays like n vet eran nud shows great iiiipievement ever his work of last season. He first began playing In tournaments III lSfi, when he wen the doubles in thu New Yerk ejicri tournament with (J. P. Mac .Mullen as partner in the club doubles. In 1SS7 he did net pl.iy much tennis, enter ing only two tournaments, and only win ning the singles in the New Yerk open tournament. In tdS he wen the singles at Montclair, X J., and thu doubles also, with A. W. Pest, and alwi at New Yerk and the Htateu Island Athletic club tournaments with Mr. Mnc.MiilIen. In thu tournament at Statcn Island for thu Nations' association doubles championship of lSsSf playing with Mr. Mac.MulIcii, after beating Sleeiim and Keen, who were by some considered the best team entered, Ilelmrt und MacMulleii were defeated by Hull and Campls-ll in the tlluil, I.--tliug second plai u t hemsel i us. In lssy Mr. lieb.iit played a geed deal, and wen thu New Yerk club tournament slnKlcand aUe thu singles at Hushing, Oruii e, Kngluwoed, .Mould. ilr and New Yerl.. partnered In nil with Dean .Miller. This ear lu bus only plajed lu three tour teur nam .ts, winning the doubles at New Yerk and ' range, and the, eastern championship utStuten Island, playing In nil three with V ( Hall. Agalntt Ilatucs, the Kngliili ''cfecU,'1 and MacMullen In the finals at. New Yerk he had a very close context, winning thu fifth set? 5. Mr. llolmrthes wen twenty-five prizes at tcnriK'nnd tlii jear li-vc" lipseilall hH r vl ills records, and Is iiikv ene of the u..vieinil champions in doubles, ViHBBBBBBBBrBBBK ''-tOTmfm lOflHilUiWMmw mm A HINT AT BEVOLUTION. IS LOVELV WOMAN PREPARING TO APPEAR IN MALE ATTIRE! Thti INmltillUIrt SnnMlM by the Dl vlitttl aklrt, the SwHKgrr Ceilumn unit the Urilrr te Utile Attrlile A tVnn tytranU 1'mtrat. One nftentoen net long age a hand hand hand soine young woman altghtetl frtnn her enrriage in front of a New Yerk whole sale house, and sweeping by the busy V AS SHE r.XTKUED THE COSTlTMErt's. army of clerks enteral the private office. Her husband, ene of the partners, was nt the telephene ns she opened the deer, nnd she heard him utter this sen sen tence: "Kemember, new, Fourteenth street nnd Sixth nvunue, 7:30 sharp." Mme. X. r- it is as well te call her that as anything clse chances te be et a jealous di?iositieii, and shu scenttnl nn intrigue. Therefore she dissembletl, and smiling sweetly said: "I was shopping in your neighbor hood, nnd thought I'd step n moment te learn if you had yet decided en the day when we shall start for the country." "I talked the matter ever e little whlle nge," he replied, "with the ether members of the firm, nud I think it prebable we can get nwny Monday. Will thatHUitr "Yes, I think se. Welh geed-by till dinner time, Hurry." "I'm afraid you must dine nlone to night, my dear. I shall have te stay down town e geed part of the evening." "Indeed! But of course if you must, yen must. Geed-by." By the time Mine. X. had reached nnd re-cntured the enrriage her mind was made up nnd shu ordered the coachman WATCHING POK HKIl I1U6UAND. te drive te the establishment of n noted costumer te whom in former days she had been ninth indebteil for success us an amateur actress. That evening ti dapper little man, whose features were redeemed from effeminacy enlj- by u fieicely glowing iialr of eyes, haunted thu corners of ''eurtet'enth streeX and Sixth avenue. Several times he came near getting into trouble for following couples who saun tered along the pave. At U he dls.-ip-peared. At 10 Mine, X reached her heuse. Shu found an anxious husband awaiting her. "Where in the world have yen been'r" hecxclalmed, "I managed te get through early, nud rushed home te give you a plensanb surprise." "1've been making a feel of myself," shu responded hj-sterlcally, and then, after a geed cry, explained her sus picious nud hew, in niale attire, she hpd watched and waited and found them baselesss. "But, de you knew, dearest," bhe added ufler securing forgiveness, "in nil my agony I ceuldu't help think ing hew much mero comfortable that suit felt than skirts. I wish I could wear coats ami trousers all the while." DMVI.VO A MOWKIt. Harry made no answer. He only mused grntulntingly te himself : "Deuced lucky flint appointment was made for te-morrow morning iiibtead of for to night." Mine. X.'s ilesire te "wear the breeches" is ene shared by tiianj- of her sex who have ethor incentives than jeal ousy te attract them Inward male attire. They wish equality with men in all things, nud it is email exaggeration te say that they liave achieved their pur pur pur pobe save in two directions they still clethii themselves with gowns nud their right of suITrage is limited. But in many stales they vote at local elections, nud ns te the matter of garb tliumleptinii of thu divided skirt and the vogue of the "swagger" suit m em te prcsage the ul timate aliolitieu of the present style of fcinlnlne dress. An incident of recent occurrence shows that the male, how hew how eter, will net give up his individuality of nttire without n struggle. Thu ether day Mrs. Andersen, Ihowife of a farmer living near llmmaus, Pa., riggi-d herself up In a snug fitting waist coat, a pair of her husband's trousers and a bru-ul brimmed harvest hat. Thus at tired she" went into the hay field and took chargu of ene or the mowers. Shu made u picturesque figure and she dreve well, but theiunu hands, fifteen in num ber, first protested, and, when that proved unavailing, imit work. The! lat est rt-jKirt from Evnmnns is te thu effect that Mr. Audersen can get no ene te help him unless he guarantees that his wife will "keep euten the fields" and wear the raiment prescribed by custom ujd prejudice. J!?'- Lenger nge than any ene Itvtns new cares te remember Mrs. Bleemer started the movement for iv reform se called of the fcinnlu costume. That ridicuie scotched but did net kill it is shown by the present prominence of various ques tions relating tu woman's garb nnd te such knoltjielutsas her right te smoke, tub ruirrrY caium hey. te held ofllcenud te ttse the cmw saddle. Away back in the UO's, when "old fash ioned" views obtained, AtmuJnue Thorn Thorn eon, n girl of 111. created n sensation by disguising herself and shipping ns cabin boy en n vessel commanded Iry Alexan der Burke, with whom she had fallen in love. She kept the secret of her sex for mouths. On its discovery she was promptly returned te her Kugllsh home. Sixty years nge 5Hrs Thornten's conduct was thought te be "shocking," but to day Dr. Mary Walker promenades thu streets of Washington lu tall hat, Prince AllHirt coot and trousers, nud attracts little iiotlce and less comment. Is it te Iw that in n net distant future the sexes will dress nllkfc? Pesslblj. Already there exist female baseball nines nud cricket clubs, nud seme of the daughters of Louden nre erganised into n tire brigade, In .many ways woman is intrenching en the domain that man once thought peculiarly his own. Prem the ranks of the fair sex employers new recruit n geed ticrcentage of their clerks, reporters, tyitewritcru nnd confidential secretaries. Women have claimed and secured recognition ns doctors, artists, preachers, scientists and expertB along various lines if resent eh. Their place in literature has long been an honorable ene, and recently their representatives have attained the highest collego honors. A few nre known as explorers, and ene or two make tidy incomes as commercial travel-re. Se far whatever they have done has lieen dene well, and if they storm the last intreininnent of mascu linity nud caplure the garments of the sterner sex it is prebable that they may erente waistcoats that will be eems nud invent trousers that will net bag nt the knees. Pitr.r C. D.vvreN. Nntv Yurk nn n lliiimi Alurkrt. New Yerk has cemu te 1k looked upon ns the gieat mart for blooded (iptiues, nud instead of cells und (lilies being displayed, as of yore, in their uii ceslral Haddocks thev are trunsiKirteil te that city nnd exhibited in tln?e'ii;1in. can Institute building. The dangers of ,IM travel ure mero than offnet by the larger nt tendance of rich buyers sucurcd in the metropolis mid the censeipieut Increase in prices obtained. Tlie smallest man nud the shruwdest inspector of horses at seme of the sales of last spring was Hubert Steel, of Philadelphia, the intro ducer of the Happy Medium strain into the trotting bleed of thu United States and 0110 of the first men te largely en gage ns 11 business in the breeding of fast ti otters, Ashe looked with kindling eyesujKm the glossy skins of thu j'eungsters being paraded befere him en ene occasion he said: "Hew marvelous has been the im provement in our I ret ting horses within the last ten years and, mero wonderful still, with breeders increasing Iniiumbers and ceuscspiently fast horses also, the prices of geed horses have grown enor mously. Less than ten years ngnn breed iimru which brought $1,500 was a phe nomenal animal nud thu announcement of huch figures astounded lieople. New such horses range in price from $1,000 t 15,000, nud a man who possesses a breed mare enu of whose progeny has made it great record owns enough te supiKirt him unless his ideas of living are extra ordinarily lavish. "Why is it that the price of blooded herse flesh has increased se rapidlj? There are two chief rwisens. The first is that horses today, iw n result of nddi nddi nddi tionaLliiewledg en the part of trainers and owing te constant experiments in crossing strains, are finer hied than uver Ixifore in the history of thu world, se that from the oxpresslen of twenly yearn age, '-':I0 en a plank read,' lsilng nu expression of superlutlre swiftiifs we have cemu new te a condition of eijuine affairs in which if a man's every day roadster cannot trot down lu thu twen ties hu is Miccrud at by the drivers hu brushes with ujieii Iho mad. "The second reason is that men who drive horses for plensuiekcep mero new than they did ten years age. Then few men who enjoyed this most delightful pastime kept morn than ene herse, but they found that a lameness thiy and it bereucsH te-morrow and n cough the next week deemed them te frequent disaii disaii peintmeiits, and se new geiitlemun driv ers who can afford the luxury rarely keep less than three fu terses." )n of "AiiiiIh LmirliiV I'mtn. Winifred Sweet (Annie Laurie) of Tlie San Francisce Kxainiiier lias "livened till" the Pacific coast greatly with her journalistic feats. On ene occasion she called en two or Unco lawyers who advertised te becure easy in voices. Shu played the part of it wife who sought roli-ase from matrimonial bends, but who had no tangible grounds for divorce. Shu struck it rich lead in her interviews en this line, and when "Aiiiiiu Laurie" gavu nway her in in fei inatien en '-Hew divorces ure ob tained without jii.t cause, or the knowl edge of the ether party te the wedding contract," it genuine sensation followed, One of the lawyers whose uamu she gavu sued the paper for $100,000 libel. The trial resulted In the plaintiff paying thu costs of thu action. Anether lawyer took it mero practical view of thu matter. He said thu expenu had brought him lets of business in the sham divoice line, mid had leally added u long list of clients who sought diverce "without publicity." IjxiI .Suiiiniiiu Diction. Senater Conkling was very fend of sonorous words, estiecially theso con taining the letter O pronounced with its long bound. A knowledge of this fact enabled relatives te open the box con taining Mr. Ceukling'8 will. After try ing thu combination lock with various words they hit ujieii "Heme" and thu deer Hew buck; (it once. FASraONSFORTHEFAIB; OLIVE HARPER WRITES FOR WO MAN'S INFORMATION. Tlie Mede far th Coming ' AM Gains te He Vary TatcklBg, MM BJ A ailmptn et the Geed at tka Wllsl alrrt Twe Coitemcs IUnttrat4 IRnArUt rVrtTMinntMtfiAil 1 i Nkw Yernt, July 24.-The girl -mho ! expecia ie go k ihiiib hub wiuter u cuius . j tn linvn uimu nmttv drreMM. I had B air ?'? Imwiii ni mnin ttltln i1ra tlAttema In WBll . blue, green, pink and white, with silk or "fj chenille patterns worked all ever Una. y j i'lMi n lw.fivw 1tr..1n.nf ta umaMtVlBS Qv .it. . .t..r.r. iifitvtun r,..r !.. bottom, and seme white pink nnd cream M"Ii silk lace, with all ever embroidery in silk M 'm . vi m in juitiAtii ttt ijjf t . mm u and geld thread intermingled. These also have bordering!. Among the nicest fall and winter col ored ((Kids I saw seme that would give nny woman the hcartache who couldn't lKwsibly nfl'erd te buy them. The hand-,. seuicst of these is a Uiiclc fleecy mate- ;' rLd fifty inches wide in subdued coleri.l nml in large plaid iniule by brekeaaMdiJN indistinct lines. The two handsome ,-sr out of Iho whele book of saninlee fersSS the goetls ure ns yet in the great cases lnJJSj which they have arrived is nn indigo 1 blue in rather u light shade, with brekea , liius of gray and black, forming a plald ? ilutiif iltftut Imtlind wlilil liA iltllMl im-Si of Quaker drab, with white and duk'i. brown lines. A gown and jacket of tbkt.ijj malerial would reipiire no ether trim- "$ ' ining tluin buttons, und nve yanls weniafr. make n full suit. & Among tliojievolf les nre a uamtier etf ,5 very line camel's hair relw pattenu,- '4 there lieing it woven lierder lu white, pism black and silver in irregular jieinta, lik Jtl n rugged range of meuutaliVi and In- ii'31 ilecil they are called Iceiierg jwlna. ,J-,' xj Themi ceme in gray, drab, heliotrope, 'iv old rose, etc. There nre seme stripea tikgi dull, faded colors, with combination eCj v plain camel's hair or sorge, and there '-, iir,i litiieitiirlf.sM nlievlnffl anil nnn tihMly. herds' pieldH, nil in very mtlidued cokw? cekw? Scarcely ene bright color is te be eeea.lp fs dress goeils. These and the ncn grmy. , cheviets in six different shade and wni, vi end deslinut fill tlie bill for the' eebe -m T .i r r..ll ,..! I I m TI 1 ,"" i r,r,vt'i iiiim smew ,m are te de variously trimnieil.'bat ( will lxi very little needed en theee rfaK"' nnd elegant ginnls. ''- ttlil. iiiciu t.u M,tiite, nui.u n tm)w j tliniii. nearl villi clan nlattls in retrniari. Scotch style mid weave, with all the lere-lls ly effect of a deep purplish IJuennddrk. -. green, with black as n buckgrenhd, and'f. bright white, roil nnd yellow hair linen like n mesh thrown ever the mero sem' ber sin face. These plaids, in blue nd- irrii-n. worn luuinl.ir. in fact a raaw.i'-SJ twentj'-flve years nge, in poplin. The&fcf "1 preseui weave is me regular oceceu, .4 with all the smoothness of nenlin and:, thu softness of cashmere. There are of l-rr- course many bright colors in these 'g plaids, but tlmy are Inseparable front tney design nud are already in geed demand, rjf CKY8TAM.KTTU AND CLAN I'LAID, iliu pn-ivy crjniaiiuiiu iu no iuuuu glossy folds has sprung into favor .wijjiJ.jgj lightning rapidity, nun tnere are lew i latues wee uaye 1101, enu or two such dresses. If I wliisicred te the elderly ladies that this is very bimilar te the well loved and long went silk mehnir nlpaca jn-rhaps the liking for it would Ihj explniuud. It is fully us handsome as thu finest .silk, does uet catch dust, leeks well 011 young and old, and Is worn for every puriioxe except dancing, nnd I don't see why it wouldn't de for that. Onu of the most stylish wnys of making it is te trim it with n flat band of bios plaid, mil all plain siieuia 1x1 maue mas yeke, sleeves, belt mid feet trltnuilugij elm Imi iil.iid. or mero or less elab orate patterns in red or green ' M or geld colored soutache braid. Fer btreet accordion plaitings or kilt or box plaits are very stylibh, and it is trimmed sometimes with black velvet and miiuve velvet riblien, at ethers with dark gar net, blue or green velvet, with ribliens of thu same. Ouvk H.utrat. . Caledonian Athlete. That well known Caledonian athlete, E. V. Jehnsen, who receutly had a match at 11 lengthy all round pregramme with Archiu Scott, Is out with a challenge te . .. ,.. .1 t.l ... ....i.i.il.t.i m.iilnvl. any man 111 mu worm i i"'"r'" ,....- , lilui in an nu reuiiu priK,r.iuuu. ".... U alxait -IS je.ira old, and h:u lwen com peting for ever twenty j-eara. Hu U u tall, :..i.. ........ .i.,i,,iinr. nf. 1 In. hlsh. and hN weight ill nthlotlcclethesls IM pounds. - jm. He has made seme great jumping records, "? and hit ability at throwing weignia w much Istter than the average. He wishes te compete In throwing twelve and sixteen iKjund Imiiiiiicm. throwing llfty-ulx ixiuud weight for Imlh height and distance, toss ing the wilier, wrestling, putting fourteen, ami tweiitj'-euu peiiud shot, stiiudiug and running bread juiuis, staudtng and run lug high jumps, standing nnd ruuulng hop, step nnd jump, hitch and kick, pole vault, three standing breed Jumps, 100 yard run, I'M yard hurdle race, IIe Is new residing at Terente, uni. A Deemed IlHUd. Sable Island, off the Neva Scetlan coast, famous for its herd of wild peniea. Is gradually succumbing te the actleu of the sea, and mariners say will disappear entirely within tb& UV$ &W years. -n tr 1 "its JS Hi J X-, .lll 't'lt. fT-t t&miimKJibuZ. r. . tt.& - j&L&&i--UPi .Ci1 A . i-.- . -: eik'Wi ."
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