i;;,OM)E JIANDICAIMII)
WOltKlNQ fJlltl.S I A CITY.
WOM)KIW OF llt MAX HAI.
LATFST A!l TO SWIMMINO-
lH)i:s not si't t'KKii ix ni rsii:s3
as wkMj as r.ut ni:tti;.
Thf Most llepcndablo the Woman
Willi tiray Kyes and llnrk Hair -Point
Considered by tin Kinplojr.
rr III Engaging Klliployccs.
Just why light hair find fll,htl
ness of character should be associ
ated la not clear but that there la a
1 latlon between the two Is the be
1' f of business men and business
i:pu of long experience.
.! proof of their theory they Bay
. the great majority of the wo
5. i occupying places of responsibility
stores, factories, offices and
. ;,ls have dark hair. The ex-
.tions, or most of them, it wan
i. crted by a manager of a large
i Publishment are of German or
Swede decent and hive hair of a
dull straw color, not the tint associ
ated with the genuine blonde. The
manager added that even a German
woman who has arrived at the top
In business Is apt to have dark hair.
l'lace the blond German In a de
partment store and she will advanco
to a certain point and stop, It Is as
serted. Seldom or never will she
take the command of a department
oi assume high responsibilities. She i
may not bo frivolous, but she al
most always lacks Initiative.
On the whole, however, she wears
better than the employee of Ameri
can, Irish, English or French birth or
decent with light hair; but that, it
seems, is not saying a great deal In
her favor.
"When engaging help references
and experience are the two main
considerations," said the manager.
"Next I take In the applicant's gen
eral makeup.
"If she has holes in her gloves or
other Indications of luck of neatness
I am apt to pigeonhole her applica
tion on the chance of some one else
turning up for the Job. I don't care
hat color hair she bus.
Another applicant Is dark haired
not a trifle untidy and shabby and
not so well set up as the blond girl.
But my twenty-one years of experi
ence tells me to give to her, not to
the blond the place, provided her
references are equally good. This
describes the class of employee who
gets from $8 to $10 a week.
"Twenty-five years ago, when tho
department store business was young,
employers laid fur more stress on
good looks than they do now. I
don't know but what at that time
! 'Jen hair might have got a young
v ":in a Job at any time. 1 do
w that It won't get her a Job
in this store, anyway. The
.h is I fight shy of golden haired j
li.pioyees.
T.'o, it's not because they want
to run and look in a mirror oftener
than dark haired women do, or that
they are more on the lookout for
admiration or more vain than others,
but only that they are less valuable
In a business way, less ambitious,
less original, less capable, not such
hard workers.
"The most dependable of the high
est paid women in this store, with
one exception, have brown, dark
brown and black hair, gray, brown
end black eyes. The cleverest one
of all, to my way of thinking, has
brownish hair and rather small gray
yes. And, by the way, gray eyed
women, I find are smarter In busi
ness than brown eyed women as a
general thing.
As regards intelligence and per
spicacity the light haired girl Is not
without a champion. A man who
employs quite a large force of steno
graphers was of the opinion that
young women with blond hair were
In these respects fully the equals of
the darker haired type. Said this
naan:
"I venture to say there Is no
hade of hair that ever grew on a
human head but has been seen In
this office during the last seven
years, and I oan't say that I am pre
pared to give the palm to the brun
ette shades more than to the blonds.
In fact, come to think of It, the
fastest dictation a private stenogra
pher has ever allowed me was given
to a girl with bright yellow hair.
She was a rattler at the type writer,
too.
"Keep her? Well, no. The troub
le with her was she took too many
days off. Just when I was at the
bueleBt along would come a note
that Miss Smith was not well or that
her mother was ill or that a relative
had died. Perhaps It was all true,
but I decided my work needed some
one less unfortunate and who I
could be reasonably sure would turn
uj every morning.
"And I succeeded. The one who
replaced her Is steady as a clock;
never aska for or takes an hour off.
"Her hair? Well, come to think
of It, It's quite dark." New York
Sun.
Pleaching Panama Hats.
Sun-spoiled Panama hats which
have done duty In preceding years
can be given a fresh lease of life at
Tery little expense. A little Am
erican oornmeal should be procured
and made Into a paste with the Juice
of a lemon. This should be applied
all over the surface of the hat with
a very stiff brush, and then rubbed
off, when a second application should
be made and the paste left to dry on.
If finally the hat is covered with per
oxide of hydrogen and bleached In
the open air the renovation should
be complete.
The Type Who Will be Successful
And the Ono to Slay At Home.
There are several sorts of girls who
fchould not attempt to come to a
large city to earn their living.
One Is the sweetly dependent girl
the tlrl for whom the folks at home
particularly an adoring circle of men
have always fetched and carried.
The girl who is sentimental or
supersensitive has a difficult light
to make when she comes Into the
city. Those who have positions to
offer want thn best possible service
for the money they are paying. They
do not ask why you are earning
your living, nor will they express
the idea that It Is noble of you to
support your mother.
They may And that out In time and
respect you the more for It, but the
great question in their mind is "Can
she do the work?" "Will she keep
our Interests uppermost in her mind
There are hundreds of harassed,
nerveworn employers in every large
city who are willing to pay salaries
to girls who know how to spell and
punctuate, and are willing to take an
interest in the business. Dut they
haven't a single moment for the sen
timental, supersensitive girl.
The girl who gives as little work
us posible for the money she receives
had better not attempt to live In a
large city or she who feels that a
salary of six or eight dollars entitles
her to do half-hearted work. i
The girl who has not plenty of
good clothes and u little sum of mo- '
uey saved to tide her over tho per- '
lod of waiting a position had better
give up the Idea of comng to a
large city until she has acquired ,
both.
Hut the girl who has a trade at her I
finger tips, who has come to realize ! Jolts and violent blows may lie sue
that in her home town she can rise ! ce.ssfully resisted and no injury done
no higher If she Is an expert steno
grapher or book-keeper and can keep
the affalrB of her employer locked
in her breast, who has neat clothes
and some money, If she has faith in
herself as a worker, she will make
a much better living and have better
opportunities In the large city than
would be possible in tho small town.
Philadelphia Press.
, !
(.iris Jumper Dress .
The Jumper dress Is quite as pro- '
nounced a favorite for tho younger '
I
girls as Is the Jumper blouse for
their elders and here Is an exceed
ingly charming little frock that ex
emplifies the style peculiarly well.
In this case It Is made of plaid
French gingham and la trimmed with
a simple binding, but any of the
heavier weight materials can be
used, It Is worn over a white gulmpe.
The model, however, Is one of those
useful ones that can be converted
from a simple morning frock to one
adapted to afternoon wear as one
material or another in chosen, the
design lending Itself to almost all
occasions.
The dress consists of the waist and
the skirt The waist is gathered at
the lower edge and Joined to a belt
while It Is held In place by means of
straps and is laid In backward turn
ing plaits.
Thn Child Who Contradicts.
A natural habit of every child is
to contradict, and this should be
overcome as soon as a boy or a girl
developes It, for of all disagreeable
and overbearing persons those who
aggressively contradict are among
the worst. Parents cannot be too
particular in teaching their sons and
daughters to disagree courteously,
which Is not at all Incompatible with
doing It postlvely. "I beg your par
don, but you are mistaken." hi quite
as much of a contradiction aa say
ing "It Isn't," and It is far better
manners. "I think you are mistak
en" U another way of expressing the
opinion. A mother need not be
afraid of making her child a prig
by teaching him such little things.
They are as Important to him as t
knowledge of how to speak grammatically.
Serves Many Purpose l"iinierted
Hy It Owner.
' Aristotle termed tho human hand
the Instrument of Instruments,
which enables mnn to mnle nil oth
ers, to manage and apply them to
divers uses, and to product' the most
powerful and most delicate efforts.
The markings on tho barks of th"
fingers are of four classes: arches,
loops, whorls, and the composite.
These lines make a pattern which
never changes from Infancy to old
i;e, and which Is different in the
case of every Individual. The chances
; ngalnst two persons' finger-prints
! being alike are one In sixty-four bil
lons. This means that if the popula
tion of the earth were forty times as
I creat as it Is to-day, you might look
I In vain for two people whose finger
: murks were Identical.
; The finger-nail of a person In good
! health grows at the rate of about
; one-sixteenth of an Inch each week
! slightly more than ninny authorities
: believe but during Illness or after
an accident or during times of men
tal depression this growth Is not
' only affected and retarded so far as
I Its length Is concerned, but also as
' regards Its thickness. The very
lightest Illness will thus leave aa ln
I dellble mark on the nails, which
may be readily detected its tho nnil
g'-ov out. If one has a sudden nt
tack, such as acute rheumatism,
which sends the temperature, hound
ing upward to 104 or 103 within the
spaci) of two or three hours, it will
ho found on the nails, Indicating the
difference In thickness of growth bc-t-.veen
the time when health was en
Jo.ved and the thin growth of the ill
period.
The palms of the hands and the
;:tii s of the feet nre composed of
cushions of fat, In order that sudden
! .ei the muscles and bones nndor
j neath.
1 The thumb Is an unerring index to
the mind. If a person is trying to
' deceive you he will invariably draw
his thumb In toward the palm. On
the other hand, if he Is telling tho
: truth the thumb will relax unj point
away from the palm.
The blind, us we all know, hr.vo
I the sense of touch most singularly
sensitive. A writer In a medical
cn,oml,ornr. now du, ,ho cas of a
post-mortem examination of a blind
man which revealed the fact that in
the nerves at the end of the fingers
well-defined cells of gray matter had
formed Identical in substance and in
cell formation with the gray matter
of the brain.
Tho radical difference between the
hand of man and of tho monkey lies
In the thumb. In the human hand
I tho thumb has the "opposing power."
which means that the thumb can be
made to touch the tip of each or any
of the other ringers on tho same
hand; the monkey's thumb Is non
opposable. Tho white lines which cross tho
finger-nails, particularly the thumb
nails, are signs of disturbances in
organism at the time they were
formed. A German scientist's ob
servation is that forty-six per cent,
of the criminals have these lines,
forty-three per cent, of idiots, and
fifty per cent, of lunatics.
The growth of nails Is more rapid
in children than in adults, and slow
est In the aged. It goes on more
rapidly In summer than In winter, so
that the same nail that Is renewed In
one hundred and thirty-two days In
winter requires only one hundred
and sixteen in summer. The increase
of the nails on the right hand is
more rapid than on the left; It also
differs for the different fingers, and
in order corresponding with tho
length of the finger. It Is more rapid
for the middle finger, nearly equal
for the two either side of this, slow
er for the little finger, and slowest
for the thumb.
About ninety-four per cent, of
otherwise normal people use th9
right hand In preference to the left;
six per cent, are left-handed, and It
la a curious fact that one-third of tho
six per cent, are ambidextrous.
The fact that there Is what Is
known as the "thumb center" In the
brain, recognized by all surgeons,
demonstrates the Immense Import
ance attached to the thumb by medi
cal science. If there Is a tendency
toward paralysis, the physician notes
It in the thumbs long before the mal
ady shows Itself In other directions.
An operation to avert the calamity,
If possible, is frequently performed
on the "thumb center" of the brain,
and thumb itBelf is watched for re
sults favorable or otherwise. It Is a
matter of record that the thumbs of
Idiots and those mentally weak are
undersized, characterless, and usu
ally cling closely to the aide of the
hand.
Spunlsli Sheep,
There are said to be 10,000,000
migratory sheep In Spain which
travel on occasions us much as 200
miles from the plains to the moun
tains. They are known as trans
humanates, and their march, rest
ing places and behavior are govern
ed by special regulations dating
from the fourteenth century. At cer
tain times no one may travel tha
same route as the sheep, which have
the right to graze on all open and
common land on the way.
CASTortIA
For Infants run Children.
he Kino You Have .v.qs Bought
A Means by Which the Timid Wo
man May Learn to Swim.
Hecanse a person cannot swim Is
! no excuse now for not venturing Into
d cp water if he uses tho el"ctrto
! propelling machine shown in the 11-
lus'.ratlou. This uiathino does the
i work for him and can he used us a
life-saving apparatus or an automatic
swimming machine.
The main body or case of the ap
paratus consists of a light aluminum
box about twenty Inches high, which
SWIMMINO MADE KASY.
Is adapted to be curried on the back
of the swimmer. In ths box Is a
motor, which Is used to drlvo thj
propeller, situated In the rear of thn
box. On each side of the latter ara
bags for keeping the appartus and
tho swimmer afloat. The apparatu.i
li made as light as possible, and
every precaution taken to Insure tin
perfect working of the motor untie:
water. Of course the swimmer, after
the motor has started, can very
readily steer any course ho desire
by means of the hands and anna,
Attachments are also provided for
regulating the speed through tin
water. A good distance can be cov
ered, even by a novice, being regu
lated by the size of the fuel tank.
U IDKS TO IIKALT1I-
When tired, drink hot water as a
tonic. When hot and thirsty, drinlt
ll is a cooler for it never dissup
poiuts. Headache almost instantly yields to
the simultaneous application of hot
water to tho feet and back of th
neck.
Wrinkles in the neck aro among
tho first signs that go to prove that "i
woman is no longer in her first
youth, and when they do come they
should never be neglected, but
should be carefully massaged.
A good fattening emolient is, one
ounce of cocoa butter, two ounces of
lanolin, rub in well, forcing the
pores to absorbe all they will. Bathe
in the morning with cold salt water.
Japan's F.mprcss A Teacher.
It was Haru-Ko who first suggested
to the emperor what is unknown 1p
oriental history, "tho equality of men
and women." With her own money,
she sends every year five of tho
most talented woman of the land to
study in an American university, and
thcbe ladles are officially known aa
tho empress's proteges. Accord
ingly to her wishes, primary and sec
ondary schools have been established
in all the principal towns. A col
lege has been founded which does
not exist In any other country, and
in which the empress takes the keen
est lnteest, namly, a school for
noblmen's daughters. To become a
lady-ln-waltlng, or take any part in
court life, It is necessary to have
been a pupil at this school, and the
curriculum comprises all the arts,
from painting and poetry to needle
and household work. Court eti
quette In Japan is quite a science
apart. It must be commenced be
tween the ages of ten and eleven,
being long and complicated.
HOMU COOKIXU.
Halted Apples and Bananas.
Core five apples, fill the core with
sugar and put about a two-inch piece
of banana in euch core; sprinkle
with sugar and a dot of butter. Hake
until tender through.
Hot Creamed Cabbage.
Heat a rounding tablespoon of
butter and sugar with' one cup of
vinegar and add one cup of sour
cream beaten with one egg and a
rounding teaspoon of flour. Let it
boll two or three minutes, then pour
ou two quarts of flnely-choppod cab
bage seasoned with salt and pepper
and dry mustard.
Hot Ginger Bruad.
Dissolve one level teuspoonful of
soda In one cup of sour cream and
one cup of molasses add one level
teaspoon of ginger, one-half level
teaspoon of salt, and two and one
half cups of flour. Bake In a shal
low pan.
Delicious Fruit Punch.
Put one pound of granulated su
gar and one pint of water over the
fire. Bring to a boll, skim and strain.
When cold, add one cupful ofatraw
ebrry Juice, the Juice of one lemon,
three tablespoonfuls ot orange juice,
Freese.
!'" .!:" 'J T"I,V 'tliiill ill.
AVcgclable Preparation for As -similat
ing Hie Food anrillcg ula -ting
the Stomachs and Dowels of
Promotes Dlgcalion.Chcvrfur
neas and Rest .Contains neither
Opium.Morpliine nor Mineral.
ISOT IAH C OTIC .
pv aroida-SiHvnmaaR
Jlx Smnm.
C'nW.I)ftM
hfwi navort
Apcrfccl Remedy for Constipa
tion, Sour Stonuich, Diarrhoea
Worms ,( Oimitsions ,Fevrrish
ness and Loss of Sleep.
Facsimile Sttfnnlure of
NEW YORK.
EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.
Automatic Cigar Machine.
Automatic slot machines for al
most every conceivable purpose :.r"
to he seen everywhere. From the au
tomatic restaurant, large enough to
feed an entire community, to tN
penny candy machine, they h:iv.
been well patronized, to the detri
ment of the small storekeeper. Thfl
latest is a cigar-vending machine,
similar in all respects to the old-
time chewing-gum machine. Tho
customer Is not compelled to pur
chase any one cigar, but has tin
choice of a 3 or 6-cent cigar or a .".
or 10-center. It remains only Tor
the owner to provide good cigars,
and the machine will prove equal to
the emergeency and prove a goo-J
salesman.
A Living Sundlul.
In the grounds adjacent to Went
worth Castle, England, Is to be seen
a unique sundlul, which Is composed
of a fine yew tree for the pin, und
closely cropped box bushes for tho
Roman figures and borderlngs. It
was plunted over 200 years ago, and
Is still In a good state of preserva
tion. Its timekeeping, moreover,
compares favorably with sundials of
more modern construction.
Five Varieties of (kiffe Plant.
According to recent French lnves
gatlons there are at least five va
rieties of coffee plants, the berries
of which contain no caffein at all,
and one variety which contained but
a very minute percentage. On the
other hand, a sample of the berry of
the botanical variety, "Coffee arabl
ca," showed considerably over on
per cent, of this active principle.
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For Over
Thirty Years
lMshcViucii arc almost unanimous
in their ass-crtion that the mx inch
limit is too large by an inch. They
point out that the creeks are full of
trout five and a half inches long,
and that it is no trick at all to
catch them, and that if they were
allowed to keep the five inch trout
they could have dead loads of fun.
The I ruth of the matter is, the law
was passed to protect the fish, not
to enable fishermen to have fun. If
the law fixed the limit at five inches
instead of .six, all the five inch
trout would have been caught long
ago, and there would be nothing
but the four and a half inch fellows
left by this time. The story about
hooked trout all dying is also effect
ually discredited by the fishermen
themselves. They all catch enor
mous numbers of five inch trout,
and as all fishermen are law abid
ing, they throw them all back.
Now, if they all died as has been
asserted, the creeks would be de
void cf fish. The situation points
plainly to the fact that at least
ninety per cent of the short fish
caueht and thrown back, survive to
bite the hook of the next angler
who comes along.
to paraphrase a well known
couplet, we will say :
"The fish that bites, anil Rets away
Will live to bito another day."
Our devil savs that he ran im
prove on this, and here is his con
tribution :
"The fish that bites, and off does squirm.
Will live to chaw another worm."
D u shore Reritw.
KloM)8-''Yes, I fell in love with her
at lirst sight." Slobbs "Why, you
don't know her." lilolilw "Perlmiw
Hint's the reason."
Quick ch anukh from hot to cold and
back ugain try strong constitutions ami
cause, among other evils, nasal catarrh,
a troublesome and oileiislve disease.
Sneezing and siiuflling, eoughing and
dilllcult breathing, and the drip, drip
of the foul discharge, into the throat
all are ended by Ely's Cream Halm.
This honest and positive remedy con
tains no cocaine, mercury, nor other
harmful ingredient. The worst eases
aro cured in a short time. All drug
gists, 50c, or mailed by Kly Hros , 6i
Warren (Street, New York.
Some fellows never know w hen thev
are licked, and others won't stay lick
ed when they do. '
They Stand Alone.
Htnlldillir out in hold relief nil nliine.
and as a eonspiclous example ofojieii,
frank and honest dvuling with the sick
and uftlicted. are Dr. Pierce's Favorite
rresenption for weak, over-worked, de
bilitated, nervous, "run-down," puin-
riteked women, riu! llr l'lereu'iifliililell
Medical Discovery, the famous' remedy
u wen Kioinncu, indigestion, or ciys-
DellHlll. tol'tllll livnr nr lilllrillunouu nil
catarrhal nttVctloiiu uln.tlw.f r the
stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder,
. niwtti passages, inioat, uroueliia, or
I other mucous passages, also as an eHeo
j tive remedy for all diseases arising from
thin, watery or impure blood, us scrofu
lous and skin affections.
! Knelt bottle of the above medicines
bears upon Its wrapper a badge of hon
esty In the full list of Ingredients com
posing It printed in plain English.
This frank and open publicity places
these medicines in a class tilt by them
selves, and Is a strong guaranty of their
merits. They cannot be classed as
patent nor aecret niediulnw for they
are neither being of known composition.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation, headache and biliousness.
In vials, a convenient vest-pocket
remedy,
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