ABBOT BOMPACE. Wrinkled, ascetic and grim, AN'ith little of fault or whim, !And little of sunny and human mold AVbcro the seeds of liking might find a was Father Boniface, The abbot of rich old Allonby Chase, And nigh fourscore yean old. From a life spent in tlie thick Of feud with the heretic, Cr in ruling with strong hand small and great Inside or in sight of the abbey gate, He came at last to die, .And, meek enough now, in chapel must lie In pomp he used to hale. In heaven they gave him a guide, Who, shining there at his side, aid, "Now to the great ones tint shall wo seek, Here are fathers Syrian, Spanish, Greek, And fathers, of courne, of Home; And some from the uttermost kingdoms come, And strange, unchurc'ily clique." The peace on the abbot's face At this was lessened a space, Put he said no word, and the angel tall Led on till they came to a garden wall The towers of the place were seven, And it lay on the sunset side of heaven W here twilight glories fall. 'Twas a fair place nnd a wide, And garnished on every side ,With riot of bloom, and the birds and tho bees Kept tune to the ripple of streams at ease, And many a gurgling shout From the dimpled crew on the grass fang out Iligh on the listening breeze. And hard by the open gate The abbot cried aloud, "Wait, I pray thee, O angel, and quickly tell Mhat bright ones are these! And he said, "Here dwell The souls of the children small .Who died in the 'wreck of their fathers' fall, Too young to know they fell. "Von lad nt play by the brook Was Korah's son; when they took White Ashkclon's towers, and the people slew, Like doves, all the little souls this way flew; The child Oi the Canaanite Eas a welcome here in the high God's sight As warm as has the Jew." "Gayest thou? They are orphans, then," Said Boniface; and again, "May an old man enter, and childless, too?" . And then at the answer eagerly drew Anigh an Amalekite maid Of three, who alone by a rose-tree played. She let the leaves slip through Her fingers, watching his face, Then laughing, with baby grace She held out her arms. And the guide went on To the great, if great ones he sought, alone; But Boniface in the thick Of the heathen seed nnd the heretic Found heaven and heart's ease won. William Ilervey Woods. 2 The t WBS1S. If the twins had been within sound of tho telephone bell probably they would have guessed the truth. The telephone was a new and unalloyed wonder, and the twins signified their appreciation of it by responding to its every summons and following min utely the audible half of Its mystic conversation. However, at the crucial moment Jack was engaged at a distance in Impersonating an automobile at full speed, and Phyllis, whose imagina tion in these co-operative diversions were never required to take such stately flights, had accepted the role of banana vendor, shortly to be bumped, bowled over and completely extinguished by this counterfeit ty rant of the thoroughfares. A real banana vendor had met with a ca tastrophe of this sort in their sight the day before. Two moments after the conversation by telephone, which they did not hear, had ceased, they were summoned to the house. "Why must we dress up?" demand ed Jack, when he began to realize what was to happen. He felt keenly the encroachment upon the informal ity of his Saturday afternoon attire. "Mother doesn't like to have her babies look so ragged," replied the parent, strategically. "Why don't you want us to be ragged?" Insisted Jack. "You didn't care last Saturday. Father said he never saw my face so dirty," he con tinued, piling up evidence. "But it really isn't nice 4o look like frights. After thlB you will be dressed every Saturday afternoon, just as you are on school days and Sundays." Phyllis had been wrestling with conclusions. "Is some one coming?" she asked. "May I stay to dinner?" "No, darling." And no court of veracity could have decided which question it was the mother answered. Phyllis, however, watched the ap pearance of her second best dress and experience was more convincing than parental negatives. "I think some one is coming, Jack," she Bald, talmly. "I think that's why we are dressing up." . "Is it Uncle Harry?" inquired Jack, eagerly. "He promised to bring me some marbles." The strategic parent retreated be hind the usual defenses. She as sumed her prerogative of authority, unquestionable source of decisions and commands. "Mother said," she repeated firm ly, "that she does not like to see you looking so ragged. That is the only reason you are dressing up." It sounded masterful. It was really a humiliating capitulation. "Will you hate to see us look this way next Saturday, too?" asked Jack, "Every Saturday," repeated the parent firmly. Jack wore the expression of a phV losopher who resigns himself to the Inevitable. Phyllis, however, had no regrets. She possessed the feminine adaptability to fuBS and feathers. "There," sighed the Strategic par ent, as the twins creaked out of sight around the bend in the front stair way. "Now they won't tell Harriet Van Allen the minute she arrives that I was expecting her, and they won't carefully explain that that is the reason they have on their white frocks and best shoes. I am glad they weren't near the 'phone when she called me up." Mrs. Van Allen was one of those disturbing visitors who never found virtue In uncouth and uncombed ju venility. The small Van Aliens were always spick and span and less rigor ous mothers than theirs succeeded in emulating this condition, so far as their offspring were concerned only when it was known beforehand that Mrs. Van Allen was coming. Mrs. Van Allen arrived. The twins were Introduced. Conversation fol lowed. Unluckily, at that moment the strategic parent was called to the telephone. Unluckily, also, the twins found that instrument less at tractive than the visitor. "That is a very handsome gown you have on," began Mrs. Van Allen, by way of making herself agreeable. Phyllis demonstrated the golden quality of silence. "It is her 'best one," explained Jack. "These are my best shoes, too." "Indeed!" said Mrs. Van Allen. "It must be lovely to have on one's best shoes." "Only," qualified Jack, "a boy likes bare feet better." "We're never going to have bare feet any more," remarked Phyllis at this juncture, steadfastly addressing her brother in spite of tho fact that he was already possessed of the in formation. "We're always going to be dressed up Saturday afternoons." "It's because mother doesn't like to see us so ragged," explained Jack, politely. "She didn't mind until to day, but after this she's going to." "We thought," said Phyllis, in a sudden burst ot confidence that in cluded the whole world, "we thought at first it was because some one was coming." Then she was immediate ly covered with confusion when she noted that the visitor was listening to her attentively. It was at this point that the strate gic parent hurried back into the room. "Well, babies," said she, with the benign smile of Ignorance, "how are you entertaining Mrs. Van Allen?" "Because," finished Jack, sticking to the former subject of conversation with painful tenacity, "mother used to dress us up on Saturday only when somebody was coming." Having thus creditably acquitted himself of all conversational respon sibility he beamed cheerfully upon his mother. Chicago News. Overcoat of Navy Blankets. Lieut W. R. Henderson, who ar rived last evening from the Orient on the tra -.sport Thdmas, brought an overcoat made out of two British navy blankets. Henderson Is "more than common tall," and would be no ticeable without the cream colored sack that he is taking to his home in the East to keep him warm when skating time comes. The coat is quite a startling af fair, much affected by British navy officers, but seldom seen in this part of tho world. It you see a tall, hand some young fellow, wearing a loose fitting garment that suggests mem ories of the exodus from the Occi dental Hotel on the morning of April 18, know by this that ho is not a be lated refugee, but a gallant navy officer. San Francisco Call. A Slight Hitch. Stranger "Sir, do you remember giving a poor, friendless tramp fifty cents one cold night last winter?" Jones "I do!" "Sir, I am that tramp; that fifty cents was the turning point in my career; with it I got a shave, a shine, a meal, and a job. I saved my money, went to Alaska, made a mil lion dollars, and last week I came back to New York to share my mil lions with you. But, unfortunately, I struck Wall Street before I struck you and have you another fifty certs that you could conveniently spare, sir?" Life. A Sectarian Contributor. An abBent-minded woman walked into the church, took a front seat and joined in the service vigorously. Then the collection basket was passed to her, and, putting a coin into it, she looked about. She cast glances in every direction, her mind cleared, and an expression of amaze ment overspread her face. She got up. She hurled down the aisle. She overtook the man with the collection basket. "I'm in the wrong church," she whispered, and, taking out the coin she had put in, she hurried forth. Chicago Inter-Ocean. ' The Reason For It. "Here's a story," said Mrs. Nag get, looking up from her paper,, "of a man who begged the judge to send him to jail in place ot his wife " "Ha!" exclaimed Mr. Nagget, "and yet you say we men never sacrifice ourselves for " "Wait a minute. This woman stole some clothes she was given to wash. You see, she couldn't take In wash ing while she was in jail, and so he would have had to work." Phila delphia Press. ' Australia exports 24,000,000 rab bit skins a year. To kill this great number costs about 1225,000. TO BLEACH HOUSE LINEN. Handkerchiefs and towels may be bleached by washing them In the usual manner and then letting them stand over night in a solution ot one half teaspoonful of cream ot tartar to each quart of water. CHILDREN'S DRY DOCK. In a newly fitted nursery there Is a mysterious trapdoor In the middle of the floor, which is ordinarily covered with a rug. Under the door there is a shallow tank which serves as a dry dock for the children's boats when they are not in use and as a pond on which to sail them at other times. CLEANER FOR GUITARS. An excellent cleaner for guitars. violins and other stringed musical instruments Is made of one-third each ot linseed oil, turpentine and water. These shaken together in a bottle form an emulsion or cream. Rub the instrument with a cloth dampened in the cream. Wipe dry and polish with a woolen cloth. BEDROOM DECORATIONS. A lovely bedroom which the decor ator has just completed has Its walls covered with one ot the fabric papers of homespun effect in a soft color blend In which green predominates. For the frieze, a border of roses on a light background has been cut out on the lower side around the edges jf the flower?, so that they fall irregu larly onto the paper. TO OPEN A BOILED LOBSTER. Wipe off shell, break off large laws. seoarate tail from body, take body from shell, leaving stomach on shell. Jut aside green fat and coral. Remove claws, remove woolly gills from tho body, break latter through middle and pick out meats from ioints. CruBh or cut under side of tail, draw meat from shell, draw back flesh ot upper and pull off in testinal cord. Break edgos of large claws and remove meat. TO CLEAN CHAMOIS GLOVES. Make a lather with ca3tlle soap and warm water, with a tablespoon ful of ammonia to each quart. When the water is tepid put the gloves In it. Lot them soak for a quarter of an hour, then press them in your hands. Do not wring them. Rinse in clear, cold water with a little ammonia added. Press the gloves in i towel. Dry in tho open air nfter previously blowing up to puff them out. PATTERNS FOR SILVER. The newest patterns in household silver are ot old English pewter de sign, with angles and straight edges and no ornament other than, now and then, an etched sketch of a fam ous inn on ono side. This silver is made ot the unpolished metal beaten into shape with jewelers' tools.' It goes excellently with the Mission and other severely plain furniture ot the day. It comes In tea sets, little sugar and cream sets, knives, forks and spoons, loving cup3, tankards and other dishes. Cheese Entree One slice ot Roquefort cheeso nnd butter size ot walnut; mix thoroughly and make a thin paste with three or four tablo- spoonfuls of fruit juice, when of a good spreading consistency, spread it over slices of Russet, Northern Spy or other tart apples and serve chilled. Peanut Wafers Half a cup of but ter and a cup ot sugar creamed to gether. Add halt a cup of milk in which half a teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved. Then add slowly two cups of sifted flour, stirring until Bmooth. Spread the mixture thinly In a baking pan, sprinkle tho top with rolled peanuts, bake a light brown. Pickled Sheep's Tongue Put the tongue in cold water for two or three hours; then drop them into boiling water and cook until tender. Have ready enough boiling vinegar to cov er them, adding to each quart a tea spoonful ot whole allspice, a tea spoonful ot whole black pepper and a few cloves. Put the tongues into a jar, pour the vlnecar over them and cover tightly. Fanned Tomatoes Firm tomatoes are cut in half, the cut side floured, seasoned and laid downward in a lit tle hot butter or dripping. A tight cover and the steam is confined and softens the upper side, and as soon as the floured side is browned each piece is laid on a hot platter. Flour sufficient to absorb the fat in the pan is dredged, then milk is added gradu ally to make a smooth gravy, which is seasoned and poured around the tomatoes. , Quick Cinnamon Bun Rub one tablespoonful ot lard' Into one quart of flour and add one teaspoonful of salt and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Stir in quickly half a pint ot milk. Roll out in a thin sheet, cover with a thick layer of sugar, an other of currants, and then a sprin kling of cinnamon. Roll up and cut Into buns about two Inches long. Stand these on their ends In a greased pan and bake twenty-five minutes In a quick oven. CHECKS FOB; PAPERING OFFICE. More Than 8000 Used Uniform in Color and Design. "No, sir; I'm no tile worker; you'd better send up to one of the mosaic Bhops." That's what a paperhanger said to a member ot the Stoller Commission Company about three years ago when the firm made known Its purpose to paper the walls of Its offices with cancelled checks. The idea of using them for wall paper in fanciful de signs was a whim that became a de termination later on. The third paperhanger that an swered the call agreed to do the work. And he did it artistically. The checks were all of one form and were put on the walls in panels with gilt moulding around the edges. There is no check on the walls that represents less than $1000. One is made out for $30,000. The total amount ot money represented in one room is more than $8,000,000. In another room that was decorated in this way is a small panel ot about forty checks that represent a quar ter of a million dollars. The checks are so much alike and are matched so evenly upon the walls that the extraordinary design is not noticed upon first entering the room. The panels look as It papered with ordinary wall paper ot an oblong pattern. On every check appears the signature ot Frank P. Stoller, one of the firm. "I never thought," he said, "of how much money I had signed away until I had the walls pa pered with these checks. Some ot these checks tell stories. Here's one that was given to Kirk Armour for the last bunch of cattle that he pro duced on his farm at Waldo, Mo., and this one for $12,000 was drawn to pay for the first shipload of cat tle that we shipped to Cuba after the war." More than 2000 checks were used In papering one of tho rooms. Kan sas City Star. WISE WORDS. Lots more men would be good hus bands if it weren't so mighty dull. A girl learns to love swimming very early when she has a good figure. When you see a red-headed widow it's a sign her husband Isn't sorry he Is dead. When a woman Isn't afraid of be ing rained on it's a sign it's her own complexion. A man doesn't have to mention lawyers in his will for them to get a big share ot It. The bigger hurry a man is in to get married the longer ho will have to figure out why. Any man can get a reputation for knowing more than he does If he will keep his mouth shut. One of the queerest things about being in love is the way the Idiots think they fool the people. When a girl is too refined to help make up tho beds it's a sign she doesn't think her mother Is. A man could afford to have a lot more bad habits if some of his good ones weren't just as expensive. Girls havo such finicky notions most of them would like to marry a man to match their complexions. It may be wicked to He to a woman about how beautiful she ie, but it's mighty easy to be popular that way. You could never make a woman believo a preacher who thought her child was a girl when It was a boy. A married man gets lots more fun on a fishing party than other kinds because the family never wants to go along. It isn't what you spend on a boy's college education that costs so much as what it costs you afterward to support him up to It. Either you tell people the truth about themselves and are hated by them for a boor, or you don't, and everybody else denounces you for a hypocrite. A nice thing about having your family away for the summer Is no matter how late you come home in the morning you don't have to take your shoes off to go upstairs. One of the inconsistencies of this world Is that if you have no monfey you have to spend to keep up appear ances; but if you have plenty you can let appearances go hang. From "Reflections of a Bachelor," in the New York Press. What Prosperous Newspaper Can Do. A big, prosperous newspaper can do practically everything for a city's advancement. Weak newspapers can do nothing. The Los Angeles Times, the Kansas City Star, the Se attle Times and the Indianapolis News, as representing strong, pros perous, fighting newspapers, are en titled to more credit for the great ness of their cities than any other ten forces which go to make up cit ies. Newspapers that are founded on right lines and right hands should gladly be given a fair price for their advertising, should be encouraged, not discouraged. Des Moines Capi tal. Russian Students in Prussia. By the new regulations adopted in respect ot the admission of Russian students to Prussian universities not only must such students, as at pres ent, be freo from political suspicion and satisfy certain academic stan dards, but they will be required to furnish proof of the possession of adequate means ot support Frank fort Gazette. New York City. Just as we have foresworn extreme mannish effects In street costumes. Dame Fashion, with the fickleness that Is her character istic, declares for masculine cut In bathrobes and garments ot the sort Illustrated is one nt the best ot the kind that has great merit ot simplic ity and which can be made from a blanket, from eiderdown finnnel, from the thinner wash flannels, or, Indeed, from any material that Is used for robes of tLe sort. In the illustration .striped Terry cloth is finished with a simple embroidered edge and held Dy a cord and a tassel. The bath robe Is made with fronts and back, the back being plain while the fronts are laid in ono pleat at each side of the neck. There are long sleeves in coat style with turn over cuffs and a big, wide collar fin ishes the neck. The quantity ot material required for tho medium size is seven yards twenty-seven, five and one-halt yards forty-four, or four and three-fourth yards fifty-two Inches wide. Modes of (ho Moment. Irish point or fine silk crochet lace the exact shade ot the gown material, placed upon a "transparent" ot con trasting color or finely pleated white Bilk muslin, will form pretty collars, gulmpes and trimmings for cloth and velvet dresses this season. Foreign embroideries, . fancy buttons and buckles will all be greatly worn. The latest style in belting consists of a broad silk or elastic zone, white, gray, light tan or black, with three rows ot narrow steel studded bands of cloth of a different color encircling the waist. A broad, finely studded -steel buckle closes the belt securely. Buckles and studding are in various colors, such as ' dark blue, . amber, golden brown and the natural or bright steel color. These waist belts are extremely dressy, and with lace blouse look brilliant and charming for evening wear. : Cascades For Bodice. The front of the bodice has' novel cascading revers of chiffon velvet of a darker shade than the gown. ' I'lnldcd Enamels. Enameled, metals In plalded color ings Is i new fancy In millinery jew elry. Among the devices In which this jewelry appears are the ever popular buckles (square, oblong, oval and diamond shapes), bands, bars, etc. Blender Chain Necklaces. Very lovely are the lltUe necklaces of slender chains with small pearls pendant at intervals. Browns, Blues and Grays Rule. Writes a discerning American woman In Paris to a New York friend: "Browns, grays and blues are to be the fall colors. In p-7 wood, snuff or tobacco shades. latter Is very becoming. Dark H metal grays, known in London 'smoke,' are attractive. Blues coming in. The new pony coatj making a hit with the woman wh hips are not larger than her sh dun U Inula VtV w.nt la nor. Blvaa an nlr nf nlonrlopnoaa in A woman with good shoulders a bust, whose hips are not too lar Sleeves are three-quarters lengtbf Fancy Yoke Blouse. The waist that gives the tlon ot a chemisette Is the one just now, and Is always and charming, and this one i also an entirely novel yoke. Illustration It Is made o stitched with beldlng Bilk a blned with a chemisette j with a pretty applique, bu' very generally useful model' adapted to almost all the n ot lighter weight. It would be lng in messallne or crepe do in casnmere, or, in fact, a. that can be made full with s Again, if liked, combinations o terlals can be made and the the cuffs and the girdle can be of silk, while the waist proper wool. The waist Is made with a fit lining and consists of the front s the backs. These last are laid In II pleats, and the front also Is laid Inverted pleats, while between pleats there are groups ot tucks I provide soft and becoming fulit below the stitchlngs. The waist I arranged over the lining, whicl ' faced-' to form the chemisette, a. the yoke completes the upper edy The sleeves are of moderate Blze, the fashionable three-quarter lenri finished with shaped cuffs, while girdle is smoothly fitted and the latest lines to the figure. The quantity of material required tor tho medium size is four and three- eighth yards twenty-one, four ya twenty-seven, or two and one-fou yards forty-four Inches wide, wll one-half yard ot all-over lace and a yard ot applique. Cashmere Night Gowns. Some charming robes de nult fine cream colored cashmere, trliun with silk frills and dainty motifs embroidery, are being snapped up chilly mortals who appreciate dali nesa, as well as warmth and comf Nattier Blue lint. A charming hat is of Nattier b straw, trimmed with two huge plumes, one mauve and the other old blue. V glvfcSx 'V
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