ONLY FOR THEE.
1 have a smile my friend to greet,
Hearty and pleasant for all 1 meet,
Hidden from none:
But | have a smile they do not know,
Litby a deeper, tender glow,
And 1 keep it in my heart below
Only for one.
1 have a song for every ear,
Leaving an echo for to soothe and cheer
When it is done;
But | have a music of truer beat,
Not to be poured at the great world’s feet,
Richer and softer and far more sweet,
Only for one.
1 have a love for all who care
Aught of its warmth to claim or share.
Free as the sun;
But I have a love I do not hint,
Gold that is stamped with my soul's imprint,
A wealth of gold, both mine and mint.
Only for one.
watered.”
There was no blade of green in the
streets she passed through, but she
bo ta pot of tulips for her room.
“ ings! You're not happy here,
are you?” she said, when she found their
life a struggle against the feebleness that
came from forced growth. And she
added, "I don't wonder!”
Then one day spring lured into the lit-
tle stone-flagged rear yard and she noticed
for the first time that along one side
there was an old border bed, long un-| sort.
cultivated and almost hidden by a lum-
ber pile. The soil was heavy and hard
and lacking all promise. But instantly
there was born in her the wish to try it,
the need to have even here something to |
tax the skill that had always been hers,
that each spring had been put toa new
test. To make a garden was for her as
natural and necessary as to mother stray
infants. Here in this gardenless place
she realized it for the first time.
Stripping bare one end of the border,
she examined the caked soil critically.
“Now for the fork!”
She was in the basement before she
realized that there would be no four-
tined spading-fork here. They might
not even have a spade. What an un-
paral) [lace was this stone-sealed part
of ea
yard exultantly. How pleasant it was to
feel the iron go cutting into the caked
earth under the foot t for all its ex-
perience would slip off the unaccustom-
ed roundness of the shovel-top. Six feet
3 he of the Pind nd J ae 1
a to ex-
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glowing and a little breathless.
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In those days the restfulness had not | necessary that everything be prepared
sesnd, It had geswed so dully Somimon, | before leaving our own home.
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now she knew what it meant to her and (Compore) orphanage and tomorrow we
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the doing of this simple, beautiful thing.
The left-over seeds had all been dis-
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children before the
first seedlings were showing
ground. But they were germinating ex-
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rance. Withina
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FROM INDIA.
By Ope on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern
Country. Off for the Hills. A Traveling Out-
fit for a Hot Country. Comfortable Stations. |
Tuberculosis. ‘‘Punka’’ Fanned
Dreaded
Churches.
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Although it is only the middle of May
and, as you see, | am already well on
my journey to the “Hills” in search of
| cooler weather, yet it is so extremely hot
in the middle of the day that, sitting un-
der an electric fan, with no more clothes
on than is necessary to keep from having
a chill, from excessive perspiration, I
Ways can scarcely endure the fearful heat.
| One redeeming feature, the nights from
the thinning was all about three o'clock to six are very com-
the fortable, making one feel “worth while”
was for the days following.
Another season I will arrange to stay
as sick | in Jhansi instead of making the “Hill”
time for a trip after cooler days, for with the “kus-
and Kus tatti” (a doorway made of bamboo
was and filled in three inches deep with dried
| grass) which is kept wet and through
Anne's gar- | which the loo blowing makes our room
delightfully comfortable, and with the
thin- | “punkah” going constantly, it is easier to
plants.and | stay at home than to get ready for the
journey to the mountains.
1 want to tell you what I have with me
for a six week's trip: A bed, roll or
ton) to be used as a mattress; four
| “hold all," in which is a comfort, (cot-
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own, and 50 she | yore six towels, four pillow cases,
shrank, | steamer rug, rain coat, sweater, pillow,
| kimona, mosquito net, rain umbrella, sun
{ umbrella, (two thicknesses of covering)
tennis racquet, (as essential as any of the
previous articles, for one must have ex-
ercise in this climate,) a native fan, the
camera; then my large hand grip packed
full of odds and ends; another basket
with everything in the way of food to
last me through my train journey; my
basket hamper, with their clothes and
steamer bunk, with heavy and light
weight apparel; two hat boxes, for one’s
head must be protected, and last, but
most precious of all, a blanket in which
lis rolled my ice supply, and a “sauri,”
which keeps my drinking water drinka-
ble.
1 have two coolies to carry my bur-
manner be short of the very thing most
needed at the journey’'s end. All these
preparations seemed absurd to me at the
| son to “us new comers,” it is absolutely
will all start for Agra, from which place
| we journey straight west toward Jaipur,
| to the sanitorium, the one here having
| become infected with tuberculosis and
must be opened to the sun, which Miss
| having the roof taken off. The Indian
child seems peculiarly susceptible to tu-
es and die in a few weeks, and as it
seems to be the girls that thus far have
The beautiful water lilly roots in the | contracted the disease, and they are the
All the fragrance
best and brighest in the school, Miss
Webb is distinctly discouraged and rushes
them away as fast as they develop the
least sign of trouble.
1 am taking this trip in easy stages
only traveling at night, as the heat by
day is too intense on the trains. Inmost
of the stations of India are very luxuri-
ous rest rooms provided with maids,
(ayahs) “punkas,” cane couches and, in
fact, all home comforts, and one is ena-
bled to get into a kimona and rest com-
fortably under a swinging “punka” for
one, two, three or four hours in the mid-
dle of the day or when one is compelled
to wait on a good connection; and you
have no idea how fresh one feels to start
again after a comfortable “siesta.”
1 have been sitting here watching the
servants clear away the debris of five
trees, uprooted during a storm last night,
the first I have experienced in this coun-
try; it was a frightful one and means
hotter weather, so on the advice of
friends I have changed all my tickets
and plans and will go straight to Simla
tonight, as it seems I am running all
sorts of risks to my health in traveling
about in this heat.
I thought of you last night in church,
and wondered how you would have fan-
cied the Methodist Episcopal church
here; a big, barren room, the only deco-
rations of which were the “punkas” plac-
ed at three-foot intervals over the entire
ceiling, and which were so arranged that
rope, keep three punkas moving. Could
you enjoy a service with that ceiling in a
constant wave like motion, added to
which the storm almost drove us intoa
um of fright. The rain, which
followed, was so hard that we all rejoic-
wrung water from our sheets, so you see
our joy was short-lived. I am writing
this en route, but the train “jiggles” so
very much that I will finish upon arriv-
ing at Simla.
Macaroni and dishes with
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
DAILY THOUGHT.
Wipe out the past, trust the future, and live in
a glorious now.—Elizabeth Towne.
a a wan
COMPORE, MAY 19th, |
knowledge that she is reckoned an au-
thority in the matter of gowning, rather
than because her clothes themselves are
| more attractive. Too many women dress
to be in fashion rather than to suit
own particular requirements, which is
feature continuing
The woman whose neck is thin, and
ps stringy, had best forego neck- |
of any sort, for they conceal
of the defects but rather call attention
to them. The dog collar, similarly, is a
ornament, and very few there
who should attempt to wear it.
shape phasizes
but should be avoided if the
face is long and thin.—Philadelphia
deep- | which is an earthen-ware porous bottle, | Bulle
aden air of day gave
sweeter air from above.
the white flowers open
of their sweetness and gave richly of a
marvelous perfume, so that Anne, breath- | dens, and have to count each piece at all
was engulfed in it.
l-remembered odor carried her
back tothe shadowed porch of a white
and a life as outwardly tranquil
was not. She heard agai
whir of night-moths and the wail of the | start, but as the water on the trains and
the call of crickets and | 54 the different stations is positively poi-
If you are caught in a thunderstorm in
the open do not carry an umbrella, and |
do not take shelter under a lonely tree or |
a small group of trees. Keep away from |
re fences. Many cattle have been
killed by lightning striking or following
stops, else I would in some mysterious | wi
There is more danger near a body of
water than in the midst of dry land, but
by keeping indoors one may feel secure
even on the shore of a lake or river.
White is to be much worn this summer,
just as it has been for several seasons
The average woman does not rea-
ize that there are several shades of white.
pariosica) sound of the
true.
The whitest white is called
nical phraser “blue white.”
color of skimmed milk—so white that it
has a tinge of blue in it. “Dead white”
comes next, and is a sort of chalk white.
Then plain “white” comesin the list, and
“oyster white” follows: This latter is a
“Cream white"
statement, it
white of a gra
and “ivory white” are other shades of
recognized as separa h
Oyster white is much favored this sea-
son, and some of the lovely cottons are
shown too in cream and ivory whites.
Japanese matti
curtains for a
makes very suitable
For an out-of-door
in the winter and
screened summer, one can have
curtains of sun-fast materials run on
small rods. The new
ward blue is beautiful
sort. One of the open-mesh sun-fast
materials is better than one more closely
woven. The effect should be very thin
n a room of that
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SAVED A DOUGLAS.
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Sir William Ramsay's Quick Wit at the
Battle of Poitiers,
In the battle of Poitiers (1356) a num-
but | ber of Scottish soldiers fought on the
making her side of the French, and several of them
is because the Parisienne | were taken prisoners by the English.
recognizes this and makes the most of her | Among them was Sir Archibald Doug-
| las. Belug dressed in a suit of splendid
, armor, the victors thought they had
| captured—as indeed they had-—some
their | reat nobleman. Several of the Eng-
a lish were about to strip off his armor
! when Sir William Ramsay of Colluthie,
who was also a prisoner, happening to
uality | catch Sir Archibald’
in every line of her dress, and knows just r Archibald’s eye. gave him a
how to make a fashion feature emphasize
every charm and conceal every lack.
If she is tall and angular, she does not
try to make herself appear
fecting bouffant hips or befrilled blouses.
Rather, by a deft arrangement of folds
io ities, bio Hv JUD the agi humbly forward and drew off a boot,
urves, a into a r- | with which Sir William began to beat
characteristic by adopting lo
Araceful trains. Nothing is more Tuck him. The English onlookers at once
crous than a tall person in an abbrevi- |
ated skirt. Even a half-inch is quite |
sufficient to make a great difference in
meaning look.
Pretending to be very angry, he cried
| out: “You rascal, how is it that you are
| wearing your master's armor? Come
here and pull off my boots!” Douglas,
seemingly thoroughly cowed, went
interfered on Douglas’ behalf, saying
that he was a person of great rank and
| a lord.
“What!” shouted Ramsay. “He a
ff
If hips and bust are unduly prominent, lord? Why. he is a base knave and, I
drawing in the waist only accentuates
their prominence, as also does a too or- |
rdle. In the piace of these
a boon. -swung drap-
eries and foot-trimmings properly treat.
ed, lend height, but panels, which com-
suppose, has slain his master. Go, you
villain, and search the field for the
body of my cousin, your master, and
when you have found it let me know,
that I may give it decent burial.”
All this was acted so naturally that
the English allowed Ramsay to ransom
the pretended manservant for 40 shil-
lings. The money having been paid,
Sir Wiliam gave Douglas another
thrashing and then bade him begone.
Sir Archibald lost no time in effecting
his escape. which he owed solely to the
ingenuity of his friend.
BULLS IN PARLIAMENT.
The Welcome Sound That Cheered
Lord Balfour of Burleigh.
It would be hard to say which of
England's two houses of legislature
“takes the cake” for committing howl-
ers, and still more difficult to pick out
the member who has taken pride of
place in this respect during recent
years. But perhaps for simple effec-
tiveness Lord Balfour of Burleigh
would be hard to beat when he said,
“The noble lord shakes his head, and I
am glad to hear it!"
Another noble lord during a debate
on Indian affairs exclaimed: “Talk of
this as a loan to India! It is a flea
bite In the ocean!" Nevertheless it
stands to reason that the lower house
is more prolific In quantity, if not In
quality, in its stock of howlers than
the upper, seeing that it has so many
more opportunities.
Captain Craig, the fiery Ulsterman,
cooked the following oratorical stew:
“The naked sword is drawn for the
fight, and never again will the black
smoke of the Nationalists’ tar barrels
drift on the home rule wind to darken
the hearts of Englishmen.” If any-
thing could kill home rule one would
think that would.
Sir W. Hart Dyke was criticising the
standing order forbidding peers from
speaking during general elections.
Some one had quoted Lord Halsbury
as doing so. and Sir William solemnly
said, “I must admit that the honor-
able gentleman has gone to the top of
the tree and caught a very large fish.”
—London Tit-Bits.
Easy.
“Henry,” she said, “1 wish I could
organize a society of some kind. It
seems to be the only way to secure
social recognition in this town.”
“Well, why don’t you go ahead and
organize one?”
“] can't think of anything that I'm
an authority on. If I should organize
a drama club some other woman who
knew more about the drama than I
would butt in and get herself elected
president. It would be the same way
with suffrage, ethical culture and child
study and music. I'm unfortunately
not an authority on any of these
things, and if I got up a soclety I
should, of course, want to be the head
of it.”
“Well, why not organize a Browning
club? You can pretend to know all
about Browning, and the other women
who pretend to know all about him
won't know whether you're fooling
them or not.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Five Varieties of Salmon.
Kamchatka has five varieties of salm-
on—chavitcha (king salmon), krasnaia
(red salmon), keta (dog salmon). gor-
busha (humpback salmon) and kishutch
(sockeye salmon). The run of chavitcha
begins about May 10 to 20 (old style)
during the _ieriod of spring rains and
the overflow of muddy water. They
run in large schools, and the run con-
tinues for several days. The fish,
which weigh twenty to twenty-five
pounds. is purely a Kamchatka fish
and Is not found in the Okhotsk and
other districts.—Consular and Trade
Reports.
He Didn't Hush.
“Mamma,” queried little Willie,
“what is ‘hush?
“Why do you ask, dear?" sald his
mother.
“ use.” explained the observing
grchin. “when 1 asked sister what
made her hair all mussed after her
peau was here this afternoon she said,
‘Hush, dear.’ ”"—Chicago News,
Deadlier and Safer.
“Let's send the czar a bomb conceal
ed in a plum pudding.”
“Why not merely send bim a plum
pudding?’ suggested the other callous
plotter. “If he eats it our work is
done and we run no risks.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
If you would raise others live your
self as a mountain.—Farrar.