Bemorralic
Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 24, 1893.
HER HOME MUST NOURISH FREE-
. DOM.
1 meta little woman as I wandered down
the street;
Indeed, where’er my footsteps lead we
always chance to meet:
And I wondered if all knew her for her
rare intrinsic worth;
For she bears no blazoned banner when
abroad she walketh forth.
But to-day she stands the bravest of all
guardians of the peace;
At her coming fierce contentions, male-
dictions silenced cease.
Would you know her? Sheis only just
a wife and mother plain ;
And the dress her busy fingers have made
‘ever once again.
Tells the story all too plainly of the cles”
ing of the miils;
‘Ofthe fear of coming winter with its train
‘of nameless ills.
-And her brain is racked by
+ ways summing up in dou
.As to what by needs demanded cam be
somehow done without.
Froblems, al-
And the man who walks beside her, gath-
ering courage trom her faith,
Braves the world, ne'er jostle driven from
the straight and narrow path ; {
Downing demons of rebellion, ever rising
in their might,
For the sake of one foved women who is
simply doing right.
Not an army with equipments such a sure
defense as she,
*Gainst all foes of law and order born of
greed or anarchy.
Honor her where'’er you meet ‘her, though
but calico her dress;
Pray the Lord to give her courage and her |
patient waiting bless.
With return of wide-winged plenty to her
basket and her stcre ;
With the hum of wheel and spindle
through the widely opened door ;
For ner boys must be the bulwark of our
nation’s pride and stay,
And ner home must nourish freedom, now
forever and for ave.
Mgrs. T. P. Rynpez.
Erie, Oct., 1893
AN EVERY-DAY STORY.
BY HARRIET SMALLEY.
“Death ended his troubles.—At 9
o'clock last evening the body of a re-
spectably dressed man was found in the
river near Ninetieth Street. Quoly a
few cents were in his pockets, and it is
presumed that money difficulties led
the man to commit suicide. The body
was discovered by river boatmea and
taken 10 the:morgue.
: i,
@
Ove more drop in the ocean of eter-
nity! An every-day tragedy of the
police items, yet :pitiful in 1ts meagre
details. How many readers of our
morning papers, ‘who see such para-
graphs between the sipping oftheir cof-
feeand the puffs of their cigars, can
imagine the sad history which preced-
ed that frenzied plange into the relent-
less waters of the:river ?
; * * a
“And you can give me mothing to
do ?
“Unfortunately, sir, nothing.”
“I am willing "to do anything, auny-
thing whereby I can earn a little money
—even though it be ever solittle.”
“I am sorry, but we have 20 vacan-
cy.” And the well-to-do merchant re-
turned to his office.
For twe long, “weary moaths he had
tried in vain to find employment, en-
tering each hopefully only to leave
with the feelingof despair tugging at
his heartstrings with greater torce at
each sucsessiverfailure,
Robert Seymour was & robust man
and had “a right to work.” Indeed it
was his persietency in preaching this
doctrine that had brought him to his
present pitiful condition. ‘He was an
ardent-advocate.of the right to demand
good wages for good work; in short, to
live like 2 human being; ard not exist
without.a ray of sunshine era drop of
comfort to lighten the burdens of life,
and eo he fonght against the sickening
round of itl-paid. drudgery :and monot-
onous toil. But:might prevailed, as it
alwass does, and the.men were forced
to yield to the influence of capital and
the still mere forceful arguments writ-
ten on the faces of ‘their careworn
wives and hangry«childres. The lead-
er who fought for them -was leit to
starve.
Was this enisery never to-end ? Was
ke compelled to die, like arat of star-
vation? His home #ras not:ithe same aa
two months ago. Every article of
~value had, one by one, found its way
to want's last resort—the pawa-shop.
And nearer. ever nearer,.erept the
horrible speetre—THuager.
* * * *
As Seymour left the large .establish-
ment he passed an elegantly appointed
restaurant, through the large doors and
windows of which he could see the
waiters darting hither and ‘thither
laden with the choicest food and deli-
-cacies. Menand women were sitting
:at the tables, and the popping of chiam-
(pagne corks ever and anon broke
sthrough the merry laughter and the
smurmur of well-bred voices. In aveth-
«r apartment sat young men of the
awerld. They had barely touched (the
foed which failed to stimulate their
jaded appetites, and as they listlessly
leaned back in the luxurious chairs
they looked the personification of bore-
dom, a realization of the lines. 7
“Wow the glory of life has departed,
Wee have emptied the gourds of delight,
We complain of the night, ‘It is weary.’
Ang we cry of the day, “it is night.’
The pleasant odor of the choice
viande was waited out to the despair-
ing man on the sidewalk. Oh, if he
could only take some of that food
home to his starving children. And
then came over him that blind fury
which is born of disappointment and
desperation, What had these people
done that they should exist in luxury,
while he and those dearest and nearest
to him were perishing for the want of
bread ?
“Oh, is there mercy in heaven ? Is
there a God in the sky ?”” he moaned.
“Should these people have all that
money can buy, while [and my family
are starving ? Is this divine love and
justice?”
He wandered on. Were these men
and women honorable and righteous,
wallowing in luxury, wasting what in
their extravagance would sustain hun-
dreds, while the life-blood of thousands
was being slowly and surely sapped
from their miserable bodies through
the lack of bare necessities ?
He hurried on, looking neither right
nor left, but the maddening spectres—
Hunger—Starvation—kept ever before
his eyes.
Many of the people who saw Sey-
mour he had met at meetings, where
they were foremost among the labor
agitators. And, fired by the harangues
of these people, and their recital of Lis
own wrongs and those of his fellow.
werkmen, he had become an ardent ad-
yocate of the “*Rights of the Masses.”
And then came the strike.
Atter that bis friends one by one,
had fallen off and when they met him
on the street would look the other way.
As Napoleon wrote when the evil days
overtook him : “The hairs are falling
from my head ; they are leaving me
one by oue.”
He toiled wearily on till he reached
a tenement building in a squalid
portion ‘of the town, staggered up the
steps and rang the bell. The door was
opened by a thin, pale-faced little wo-
man, Three children scrambled up
from the bare floor and ran to meet
him, crying “Papa's here |! Papa’s
come home.
Hesaid not a word, but sorrowfully
shook his head. The hopeful look on
the woman's face faded away, and she
sadly wiped away the tears which
forced themselves to her eyes—but by no
‘word or look did she reproach her hus
band. Surely he had enough te bear.
1 He had made a great mistake, but was
he not being bitterly punished for it?
But she could not repress a sigh as she
brought in what was to be their midday
meal—watery soup, potatoes and dry
bread, How different it was when he
was working !
Robert with difficulty swallowed a
few gpoonfuls of the soups; his mind
was on the drawn, pallid faces about
him and the little uncomplaining wo-
man opposite him. But to the child-
ren the coarse fare was appetizing, and
they ate heartily, which only served to
make their father further feel the pov-
erty he had brought upon them.
“I pawned the last of our bei lineg
to-day,” said the wife when they were
finally alone.
He gazed straight past her in ‘blank
despair,
“What was the use? It ‘matters
little whether we live a couple of days
longer or meet the worst to-day.”
“Robert” said the pleading voice,
“don’t talk se.”
“Why not? Haven't 1 tried to
find work day after day without suc-
cess ? Nobody wants me, and what
does the Workman’s Union care? Do
they look alter me? I only ask for
work, anything to bring you and the
little ones food. It's enough ‘to drive
one mad!”
“Keep a good heart—don’t give up,
Robert!”
“Ab, you always say that, Mary.
You.are an angel—always hopetul—
but we can’t live en hope.”
“Have you tried Matthews?”
“Three times, but couldn’t see him.
When a maa’s down he can never see
his friends of better times.”
He lay down on ths tattered couch
and tried to sleep. But it was of no
use. Much as he needed rest he could
nou close his eyes. At the window sat
the patientbeing who but afew years
back had stood at the altar and prom-
ised to love, honor and obey him.
Shewas turning the leaves of ber much
loved hymn-book, but when she came
to the lines, “How great is God's good-
ness to all here below,” the book slid
from her hands and she barst inwo
tears. Aadthem from the courtyard
below was borne up the voices of the
children as they played—their child-
ren. Ah, how glad she wasithat they
couldn’t realize the great trouble that
was hanging ower them. Bat it
couldu’t be kept from them much
longer. The last thing of value was
gone, and soon the little money she
got for it would tbe apent—then what ?
She shuddered at the thought ef it.
But a ray of hope came to her:in the
assurance that Robert would surely get
something to do.
Seymourarose aud carefully brushed
his clothes.
“Good luck, Robert dear,” said his
wife,
He shook his head sadly.
“Good-by Mary ; you are not angry
because I—you have been brought «0
low by me?”
“Oh, Robert! when I love you so
much. Ob, Robert and she threw
hos arms around his neck, aad kissed
him,
“Good-by, Mary,” he said, kissing
ber. In the court yard he kissed the
children long and passionately. :
“Good-by, papa ; eome back soon,”
Aud he passed out into the street, and!
walked on and on until he came to a!
fashionable house—the residence of
his old friend Frank Mathews. He
had risen in the world and become
wealthy, How? Such a questica is
never asked. The end justifies the
means. The “end” is success—the
“means” whatever methods are neces-
sary to reach it.
The white marblesteps were covered
with Turkish rags, while inside a de-
licious coolness pervaded the air and
every evidence of wealth confronted the
visitor,
This time Seymour was admitted and
was wehered into the luxurious waiting:
room. Costly paintings, beautified by
the subdued light of the afterncon sun,
hung from the walls.
The contract struck Seymour pain:
fully. What a difterence between the
two men! One wealthy and self satis:
fied, with a face on which meanness
alone had marked ite lines, while with
his fat white hands he played with a
massive watch-chain. The other tall
and narrow-chested, on whose care-
worn face trouble and want had leit
their ineflaceable mark,
Mathews expressed his sorrow for
hie friend's misfortunes, but did not
eee his way clear to do anything for
him at present,
“Nothing doing just now,’’ he said;
| whose front legs are mere paws, has the
“business is at a standstill. Later on
perhaps ; but couldn't find room for
you at once. You must bave patience |
—no use hurrying in these matters,
Sorry I haven't any ready cash on
hand, or I might tide you over.”
Seymour nodded mechanically. For- |
merly he would have raged over such
contemptuous pity. Now everything
was indifferent to him. He left the |
house with a saddened smile, and turn.
ed his steps homeward along the side of
the river. Home! What a burlesque
his seemed. |
Hestopped and gazed into the wa. |
ter. How sluggish and dreary it look- |
ed! Justlike his life | |
If he were dead, would the world |
take care of his wife and children ? |
Fortunately, in his prosperous days he |
bad had his life insured. The policy |
hadn't lapsed, for it had been paid up
a year ahead. His dear ones would |
get that, and be better off without him. |
But he shuddered at the thought of |
never seeing them again, and walked |
on. He could not shake off the terri- |
ble influence the dark waters at his |
feet had exerted over ‘him, and he |
trembled at his weakness. The sun
had long since gone down, and he
gazed, tascinated, into the dark waters,
He grasped a rail with his feverish
hands. His brain realed and the
whole scene changed to one, pleasing to
theeye. He saw, in the glimmering
waves, a brilliantly lighted room in the
centre of which was a table richly
laden with the choicest viands. His
darling patient wife and children,
healthy and happy, were seated around.
His youngest child, his little baby,
-geemed to raise a piece of bread to him
as she called “Papa, papa!” Robert
stretched out his hand eagerly to grasp
it, but the vision retreated. He leaned
forward, there was a splash—and a be-
ing had gone to his death unless
gnatched from it by human hands.
People on the bank who heard the
splasb hurried tothe spot, and some
sailors in a boat nearby rowed over to
where the unfortunate had disappeared.
The tide was running pretty strong at
the time, and it was some tune before
they could find any trace of the man.
They finally found the body beneath
the surface of the water wedged be-
tween two huge wharf beams, whither
it had been driven by the force of the
tide, and when they brought it on land
it was nothing but a liteless body. By
some letters in his pocket his name
and address were ascertained.
# * *
It was 10 o'clock. Mrs. Seymour
was putting the children to bed.
“Wiil papa come soor, mamma ?”
“Yes, dears ; be quiet now and go to
sleep. Papa will soon be back.”
“Will he bring home something
good ? I'm awfully hungry 1”
“I’ve nothing else to give you, dar-
ling. Try to sleep, there's a good
boy.”
There were footsteps outside, and
then the bell rung.
“There’s papa, now !”
Mrs. Seymour quickly opened the
door and was comforted by a police
man,
“Are you Mrs. Seymour ?”’ respect-
fully asked the officer.
“Yes—but—"
“Your husband—"'
“For God’s sake tell me!
it ”
“Your husband--"
hesitated—**has met
dent.”
She seized his arms.
woret,” she cried.
“Come with me.”
“Mamma, hasn’t papa come yet?’
“Not yet, darling.”
As in a dream Mrs. Seymour follow-
ed the officer to the morgue, and when
she saw the dead body of her husband
she threw herself upon it and covered
the dead face with kisses. It wasa
pitiful sight and one which stirred the
hearts of the sturdy officers and
brought tears to their eyes.
The sergeant finally induced her to
go home, reminding her of the little
ones, who now more than ever needed
her presence, and those who saw her
leavethe stationhouse will never fogot
her heartbroken cry and parting look.
Papa never came home, but his little
ones are taught to pray for him every
night so that some day they may go to
meet him up there beyond the
clouds.— Home and Country Magazine.
What is
the policeman
with an acci-
“Tell me the
How an Elephant Fights.
The elephant although a very large
animal, is not a great fighter. A lion
can jump upon his back and tear off his
big, locse hide in a way which will
make the elephant roar with agony, and
the tiger and the panther can do the
same to him. Hven the kangaroo,
advantage of the elephant, for it can
Jump underneath him and scratch vig-
«orously with its two powerful hind legs,
while its forepaws dig deeply into his
sensitive trunk. So the elephant, in
warfare, bas to resort to strategy. One
of his tricks is to stand very sull, until
the lion or the tiger, as the case may be
hae jumped upon his back, and then,
before there has been time to do much
damage, Mr. Elephant lies down and
rolls over, crushing his enemy.
There is a pretty story told by an
African explorer of how an elephant
killed a whole family of lions by back-
ing with them, one by one, into dee
water, until they were so far in the
stream that they could not swim to the
shore. The elephant, who was a cun-
ning fellow, would dip very low into
the water and the lions would have to |
give up their grip upon his back. Ele- |
phants are very intelligent fellows, and
goad -hearted, too if not provoked.
Awiul Work of Floods.
Over 600 Persons Drowned and Thousands of
Homes Wrecked.
Sax Francisco, Nov. 19.—Further
particulurs of the recent floods in Yoka-
bama, Japan. show 644 deaths from
drowning, 444 injuries, 207 houses |
wushed away, 6,742 houses nearly or
{ fair 1s & movement to transfer a dozen
| or more of the smaller State buildings
p i Chieago.
The State Buildings.
Various Plans Adopted in Regard to the Dispo-
sition of Them.
One of the developements since the
to a tract of land immediately south of
Jackson Park. The prime mover in
the scheme is Dr. Willoughby, a mil-
lionaire Hyde Parker, wno owns 40 acres
of unimproved land directly south of
the Fuir grounds. Dr. Willoughby has
been bidding for several of the State
buildings with a view to removing them
bodily to this tract of land. Hae pro-
poses a colony of buildings that will
have a direct association with the great
fair, and which will be the nucleus of
other handsome residences to follow.
He has already purchased the Rhode Is-
land building, the papers having been
drawn up a few days ago. Rumor has
that the New Jersey and possibly the
Delawarejbuilding will go to the same
purchaser, although the Delaware peo-
ple are anxious to perpetuate their
building in some choice locality in their
State. The Connecticut building was
sold some time ago to Mr. Richards but
the latter purchaser is said to be willing |
to let Dr. Willoughby have it for a!
premium. There are more of the New
England buildings that could be moved |
at comparatively small cost, and the
commissioners are now considering bids
from various owners of land near the
fair grounds.
Of the larger buildings, California’s
has been sold outright to a wrecking
company, which will at once convert
the huge structure into a temporary
warehcuse. The purchasers being the |
World’s Fair Wrecking, Salvage & |
Warehouss company, of which Joseph !
Cummins of New York is president.
The company.proposes to do a general
salvage business on the grounds and will
use the California building for storage
purposes. The California commission-
ers got $500 for the building. Former
bids were that the commissioners should
pay from $14,000 downward to a
wrecking company and give the latter
the building besides. The choicest of
the California exhibits will go to the
mid winter fair, and packing begins
this morning. But for the mid-winter
fair the Columbian museum would have
received these exhibits. The California
commission will retain possession of the
building until December 1, but the sal-
vage company will also use it during
November.
The Illinois building and exhibits
will go--the natural history, geological,
forestry, archaeological and educational
exhibits to the State university at
Champaign. It is probable that the
fish exhibit will go to Lincoln park,
Chicago, as a permanent exhibit. Ne-
gotiations with the park commissioners
are on foot to that end. The Iliinois
fish exhibit was one of the star features
in the building. The mortality among
the ish was practically none, in marked
contrast to the government fish exhibit.
The artistic nature of the Illinois
aquarium has led to reproduction in
various parts of the country, including
one in Madison Square park, New
York. It the transfer is made to Lin-
coln park there will be additions and
improvements, making it one of the
ficest aquariums in the country.
Washington’s great building offered,
as it stands, to the trustees of the Colum-
bian Museum for a permanent forestry
exhibit. Tbe museum trustees at once
entered into conference with the park
commissioners, regarding permission to
preserve the building. If the park au-
thorities agree to its preservation, the
gift of the building and exhibits will be
supplemented by expensive additions
and alterations offered by the Lumber-
men’s association of Washington. A
few of the Washington exhibits, includ-
ing the natural history group, go back
to the State university, and the State
Agricultural college, but most of the
exhibits are included in the proffered
gift to Chicago’s new museum.
Ohio’s building was sold to a Cincin-
nati contractor, who will take it down
for the salvage and a few hundred dol-
lars. The Ohio commissioners will re-
move the fixtures, and expect to make
about $1,000 profit out of the building.
Montana’s building was sold to Thom-
as J. miller of Parkersburg, W. Va.
who will ship the framework and fixt-
ures east to be rebuilt. The taxidermy
and other exhibits are being packed for
removal to Montana, although a geod
quantity has been sold to the private
collectors.— Chicago Herald.
A Museum of Natural History for Chi-
cago.
The Art Palace of the Columbian
Exposition will be retained as a Mus-
eum of Natural History. A process
has recently been discovered by means
of which the staff covering way be
made permanent by the application of
a soluble glass paint. The proposed
Columbian Museum was made possible
by a gift of one million dollars made
by Marshall Field, the millionaire
merchant. There is material evough
in the Fair grounds to start one of the
most complete museums ever organized.
The ethnological department under
Prof. Putman obtained $200,000 worth
of specimens gathered in all parts of
the world. This magnificent collection
will be presented to the musenm and
will form the nucleus around which the
later addit'ons will be placed. Most of
the rare woods in the Forestry building
will also be presented to the musenm.
The new museum will be within easy
walking distance of the University of
Don't Brag.
There is no more childish trick than
the too common one of boasting. One
encounters it everywhere, particularly
where one’s antecedents are not realized
by the listeners. Older people indulge
in it more than their children who seem
to have a keener sense—in this way--of |
the ridiculous, and women are more |
prone to it than men. This is, however
.candy for you*
ET PG SS TT I A A TR ETO (SE SS An SINT
Over Horse Shoe Falls.
Two Young Men Lose Their Lives While Duck
Shooting at Niagara.
BurrarLo Nov. 19.—Two young men
went over the Horse Shoe rapids of
Niagara at dusk last night. The bodies
have vot been recovered, so that the
identity of the men is not well establish-
ed. When the Michigan Central train
stopped at the new station the passen-
gers saw two men in a boat in the
Horse Shoe Rapids, opposite the third
of . the Sister Islands. They were
making frantic endeavors to reach some
rocks and it looked as it they were
about to reach them.
When the train brought the report
to the city a great rush was made
across the Goat Island bridge to get a
glimpse of the men. The gates were
closed which caused some delay. The
first of those to get in sightof the
rocks saw the men swept away from
the last chance by the swift current of
the river. The bodies were quickly
carried over the talls.
It is known that one of the young
men was John Supple, of Niagara Falls.
The name of his companion isnot
known. They started up the river
duck hunting in the afternoon and per-
! mitted their boat to float too far with
the current, Search is being made for
the bodies,
Eaes Upon Toast.—Put a good
lump of butter into the frying pan.
When the butter is hot stir in four or
five well-beaten eggs, with pepper, salt
and a httle chopped parsley. Stir and
toss for three minutes. Have ready
someslices of buttered toast, cut round
with a tin cake cutter before they are
toasted. Spread thickly with ground or
minced tongue, chicken or ham, Herp
the stirred egg upon these in mounds
and serve in a hot dish garnished with
parsley or pickled beet.
TriPE AND Ovsrers.— Fifty oysters,
one pint of cream, one tablespoonful of
flour, one pound of boiled tripe, one
tablespoonful of butter, salt and pepper
to taste. Boil the oysters in their own
liquor one minute; drain. Put the
cream and a half-pint of the liquor on
to boil. Rub the butter and flour to-
gether and stir into the boiling cream ;
stir constantly until it boils, add the
tripe cut into pieces about one inch
square; let come to a boil, add salt and
pepper, and then the oysters, bring to a
boil again and serve very hot.
—— Cuba promises to make 1,000,000
tons of sugar during the season of 1894.
Large tracts of new land have been
planted with cane, but as the time ap-
proaches for making sugar the problems
of necessary help and money face plant-
ers and millers. Much of last season’s
crop is still unsold, though the stock in
the Havana warehouses is less than half
hak it was at the corresponding date in
1892.
Mamma-- “What's the matter, John-
nie 7?” .
Johnnie—¢*Boo-hoo-0o! yesterday I
fell down and burt myself,”
Mamma—“Well, what are you cry-
ing today for ?”’
Jobnnie—*You weren’t home yester-
day 7”
——Mamma (going oft on a jouroey)
—And now, Ethel, what shall I bring
you from Washington ? Ethel (prompt-
ly)—A box of cindy. Mamma (who
doesn’t much approve of sweets)—Oh,
something better than a box of candy.
Try again. Ethel (after a moment's
serious thonght)--Two boxes of candy.
—— A large golden eagle was cap-
tured in Greene county a few days ago
and is now confined in a dry goods box.
‘When discovered it was peacefully
walking about with a flock of turkeys.
Golden eagles are very rare in this sec-
tion, their habitat being the Rocky
mountains and upper Canada.
—— The estate of the late Edwin
Booth is valued at six hundred and five
thousand dollars, and the greater part of
it is left to his only daughter, Edwina
Booth-Grossman. A hfe of Booth,
written by his friend, William -Winter,
is soon to be published.
* ——DMrs. Dugas, daughter of Gov.
Pickens, of South Carolina, died lately,
and her body was borne to the grave by
ex-slaves, not one of whom left the ser-
vice of the family, notwithstanding the
emancipation act.
——*No, Johnny, 1 can’t buy any
It's bad for the teeth.”
(After some moments of profound
thought—“Mamma, what would the
dentist do for a livin’ if every family
was run like ours ?”’
——“Why should a soldier never
lose his head in battle ?”’ asked a Ger-
man captain of a private soldier.
“Because if Le did he wouldn’t have
any place to put his helmet on.
——Ada—No ; Priscilla will never
marry unless she finds her ideal.
Ida—What sort of a man is her ideal ?
Ada—A man who will propose.
—— Charles—There’s the doorbell
ringing I wonder who it is.
Edward—A man. I justsaw Sister
Nellie run to the looking glass.
Better Late Than Never.
A lady of Jusper county, Mo, over
{80 years of age has just oined the
church.
because they care more for the pomps
and vanities of this world than do men |
in general. If a man has a weakness
for fine things, for swell society and!
acquaintances he is pretty sure to allow !
his folly to creep out in the form ot
brag. Such folks should serve as object
quite destroyed, 47,429 buildings parlly
wrecked and 7,519 acres of land more or
less damaged.
lessons for their fellows. In that sense
they are of use in the world. —Philadel-
phia Press.
——The expan:ion ot water in con-
gelation is such that eleven feet of wat-
er make twelve feet of ice.
— Tt is estimated the apple erop of |
‘Wayne county is worth at least $25,000.
——A Pottsville baby has five fin-
gers and a thumb on each hand.
For and About Women.
The correct thing for a lady to use is
a white linen handkerchief, hemstitched
and having a monogram in white em-
broidered in one corner.
Behavior is a comprebensive little
word that means kindness, politeness,
civility, consideration and whatever eu-
ables one to be a credit to himself and a
comfort, help and companion to bis
fellow man. If boys and girls and to
become gentlemanly and ladylike they
must learn good manners by observing
and imitating the behavior of those
whom they know to have been educated
and carefully trained. They can ‘learn
how to hold tueir knife and fork, how to
drink quietly, how to eat with their lips
closed, how to taste without smacking
their lips, how to sneeze and yawn with-
out making a noise or offending people’s
taste, how to sit up straight, how to
walk gracefully, and how to wear their
clothes. It is offensive to blow the nose
or touch the hair at table ; it is offen-
sive to discuss painful subjects; it is of-
fensive to eat with the knife, cr to grasp
either the knife or folk below the hand-
le ; it is offensive to eat greedily or to
try to talk with the mouth full.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has re-
eeived a lurge increase of income since
the death of her husband, She was al-
ready rich, as her father-in-law at his
death three years ago left her an income
of $85,000 a year and the London
house,
It was a heliotrope cloth. The skirt
was quite plain, but the waist made up
for any defiency in that line. It had
large black satin sleeves and a fan-tail
back that reached haif-way to the
knees. The front was draped over a
vest of cream broadcloth studded with
jet.
It has been the fashion for several
years for children to wear the bair loose-
ly hanging around the face, but it is
now quite a fad for the locks to be de-
murely parted, in keeping, perhaps,
with the old-fashioned names of Doro-
thy, Ruth, Margaret, Esther and the
rest.
. ———
Aay one who labors under ths de-
lusion that the uses of braid are limited
should have seen the enthusiastic throng
of women who crowded about a braid-
trimmed frock the other day and ex-
clamed more over it than over the gold
and silver braiding on its neighber,
It was a dark green broadcloth, and
the black silk braid with which it was
trimmed was put on in festoons. Near
the foot were three rows and near the
hips three more. The jacket, which
was only a simple Eton affair, was trim-
med in the samo way. And the vest
worn with the dress was a bright red
one, made in narrow tucks. A black
satin belt, fastening ina bow in the
back, finished the bodice.
—
Mrs. Leland Stanford is one of the
busiest women on the Pacific Coast.
Since the death of her husband, with
immense wealth at her command, and
with no one 1n the world who is espe-
cially near and dear to her, she has de-
votad her time to managing personally
her late husband’s vast interests. She
is at ber desk almost continuously from
8 1n the morning till 4 in the afternoon.
She is 68 years of age, but as spry and
keen as a woman of 50.
The high collar is now more en evi-
dence upon swell gowns than at any
former time. Veritable ‘chokers’” are
some of the neck bands, and stiff enough
to give the most perfectly moulded
throat a painfully stilted effect, as if the
wearer has been put in the stocks for
some misdemeanor.
To wear this collar with anything
like grace the head must be held high
and the chin up-tilted. Even this
superbly, disdainful position does not
amount to much unless a woman has a
neck as slim as a swan’s, However.
this does not trouble the fleshy, short.
necked woman in the least. She builds.
up a barricade of crinoline and buckram.
to her eartips, and is actually delighted:
with the results, imagining, as she does
80, that she is smartly collared.
The most fetching part of these state-
sists sometimes of a multiplicity of soft:
folds finished by a coquettishly flaring
bow at the back or side, or a series of
rosettes or loops buckled into place by a
glean of silver or gold, sparsely. jewels
ed.
A costume in blue and green plaid,
having thin lines of yellow silk crossing
the squares, 1s garnished with bias. vel-
trimming is alike in back and: front:
beavy fabric and is cut od the bias and
trimmed with three bias folds of velvet.
The puffed sleeves are laid in two deep
pleats and the centre is. lengthened to
form shoulder straps reaching to the
base of the collar and piped with silk.
The bodice is garnished with bias folds
of velvet and the standing collar and
folded belt ure made of yellow. silk.
Many of the new bodices. are double
breasted, fastened by large buttons. and
cut short at the waist, with extremely
short basque finished with a.heavy cord
Waistcoats ure not so much worn in
winter as summer, but they still appear
in dark colors of Tattersall patterns.
The novelty in waistcoats is watered
silk in light. or dark.shades. with hand-
some buttons. Also rich brocade is used
and a soft tie of silk with small knot
and broad ends or the lace. or batiste-
stock.
—
A “brownie dress” is a novelty for the
small boy.
It is made of brown cloth, with a di-
minutive jacket cut away to show a
white linen shirt waist, which has broad
collars and cuffs, turning over the out-
side and edged with Irish point laee.
The little knee breeches, as well as
the jacket, have several rows of stitch-
| ing.
| An orange silk tie and brown stock-
| ings and shoes complete a. very ‘‘fetch-
ing” little suit, and one which a skill.
ful mamma can easily make it at
home.
ly bands is the garnishing, which con-.
vet folds piped with yellow silk and the-
The skirt must be lined with some.
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