THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBUPA P MARRY PLAIN WOMEN MK WOHSHIP IlEAt'TV HIT OP n: SKLKCT OTHKKS AS WIVICS. !n Proof Whereof Take a View of Hie inrrl-(l Women of Your Ac- ' niiintjnire, Many of Whom Itlsk shattering the Looking-glass. , Men will always worship beauty. ' They will like to be seen about with ! women who look like living pictures. ! Tl'ey will nit by the hour and dea- ' tM i t. upon their Ideal of feminine cl. rm, and lead you to believe that r .voman who did not look like ' A t i could interest them. j Wnen, however, they come to mar- l. ninety-nine times out of a bun- ' Ii" I. they will pick out for a wife jm.,o woman who hasn't the allghtest pivtonBe to prettlness, and nevr claimed to have. In proof whereof, tune a look at the marriod women of your acquaintance, many of whom risk shattering the looking-glass ev ery time they take a look into it. The woman who knows that her face is plain, doesn't expect to bo admired, and is so humbly grateful to every man who shows her any at tention that she is perfectly willing to burn incense before him. Hard knocks for the plain wom ar sets battered about a good deal by life teach her sympathy and un derstanding, so that, Instead of be ing a queen to be worshipped, she is a man's best friend and comrade), ready to pity him w-hen things go wrong, and rejoice with him when tSry go right, and at times to enter into his hopes and plans and fears. Good looks don't count nearly so much as some people think. To ap preciate this fact you have only to look about you and see the many extremely plain women who are making their husbands supremely hnppy. In fact, men who marry be cause of a woman's good looks alone are not so numerous as you may think. A man likes a woman to be wom anly. He does not want her inter fering in things that don't concern her. And yet he wants her to be interested 1a what Is going on In the world and if he loves her he thinks her opinion invaluable on all pubjects, no matter how great. Although an astute woman novel ist has said that no man ever mar i .ed a woman for her intelligence, this is certainly the most desir able quality In a wife, provided she understands the proper use of it and toes not let her smartness and wit :i away with her. The man with Intelligent wife surely has the ' bargain, and the fact that so ly men marry plain women would .n to Indicate that they And in .tm intelligence and sympathy ?h more than compensate for ,.io lack of beauty. It should also be noted that there is no woman on earth bo fascinating as the ugly woman who is fascinat ing. She may not attract a man at urst, but when she gets him she r -ilds him at least long enough to r 2t him to the altar. Novel Handbag. Pickpockets will be up against a 1 ar'i problem when they tackle a woman with a pocketbook equipped wtth the safety lock Bhown in the il lustration, the invention of a Penn-t.-'vanla man. This novel and use ful instruction of a handle can be er ployed in connection with, any type or form of bag, valise or other portable receptacle. There Is no possibility of the bag being opened without the knowledge of the per son carrying It. The handle is in MOVABLE HANDLE LOCKS BAO. 1 o sections which are hollow, and have locking, latches operating; in connection with a catch in the in ' lor oi the bag. To open the bag the outer hollow portions of the han dle are swung outward, releasing the la ches The bag is then opened in tho usual way. Obviously it would be imposslbla to open the bag with o removing the hand from the han dle. Naturally pickpockets could not open the bag without detection. Corn Fritters. On cup sweet corn, grated raw from the cob; 1 egg, 2 tablespoon fuls sugar, 1-2 cup milk, little salt, 1-2 teaspoonful baking powder. Add flour enough to make soft batter; fry la pork fat, or drop in lard. II Mil t In order to make a walking skirt of a correct length, namely, Jutt to clear the ground without appearing too short, measure the person to be littea.trom the waist line to the ground, and tuen deduct one and a Lu.il lachea. oxk woma imuonkt. Ine Mnrjr Holies of Oshcrton, Nut tlnhnmsliirc, Was So Honored. Tho rank of baronet was given first by King James I., as a mean f raising money. The recipients or the dignity were to be gentlemen of good birth possessing not less r.han 1.000 a year; and In times of war like the old knights banneret wer" to occupy posts of honor near the royal standard. The money payment has wholly ceased; but when a baronet la cre ated the ancient form of warrant is still retained, and a "tally" is struck at the exchequer and handed to tho new baronet by ..ay of receipt. Bar onets have no coronet or robes; but In the Kngllsr and Irish divisions they possess as a distinct badse the "Bloody Hand of Ulster," which Inva riably appears o . their coat of arms. The baronets "of Nova 8cotla," who date before the union of England and Scotland, show the arms of ova Scotia upon their shields. The bar onets of Scotland have a distinctive badge consisting of an enameled dec oration, "worn from the neck !y orange-tawny ribbon," showing St. Andrews cross upon a small shlelJ. surmounted by a crown, and sur rounded by the enameled motto, "Fax mentis honestae gloria' ("Glory, the Beacon Light of the No ble mind"), With this King Charles conferred a crest a branch of laurel held by u naked hand, and a thistle held by an armed one with the added motto, ".lunit haec, altera vlnclt" ("One defends, the other conquers"). Al later baronets are of the United Kingdom" or of "Great Britain," and possess no such pretty toys. In fact, many people who pride themselves on their famlllarty win Debrett know scarcely anything of baronets, badges, and beyond a mis ty notion of the meaning of the Uul ster Hand, are unaware of their hla tory and significance. Thei . Is one Instance of the honur being granted to a woman. Dame Mary Bolles of Oaberton, Xottlniiam shire, v s created a baronet in 1631. for "maintaining thirty foot soldiers at 8d. a day for three years n Its majesty's service." No slight help in those troublous times. "Dame," the old English word tor lady, U the almost obsolete style to be used by a ba 'onet's wife. Nowa days she is styled "lady" without the use of her Christian name. Should she prefer the old word "dame," that is always followed by the Christian name, and sounds dellclously quaint and distinctive. Modern Society. Handy Wall Cleaner. A wall cleaner especially adapted for ubo in cleaning the tops of win dows and door casings and places of WALL CLEANER, a similar character which cannot be reached without considerable labor, la shown here, recently patented by a Massachusetts man. The device is formed of two sections of bent spring wire. Girl Who Connives. The1 girl who connives not buys her clothes is at present aglow with pride over some extremely pretty brown satin slippers. "Don't they look expensive din't they?" she crows gleefully. "Wouldn't yo:i thlr': they meant Blmply dollars and dollars t I tell you the longer I live the more I'm amazed at the way I manage those slippers cost me ex actly Zl cents! Now that's the way I like to have you look flabbergast ed then I feel that I'm appreciated. Yes, my dear, 35 cents; I was walk ing along Sixth avenue and I saw a pile of trash in the window of a custom and sample shoe place and on i-,e top of the pile was a pair of white satin slippers marked 35 cents. They were .. beautiful shape but oiled. Did I pause and pass on or act any other stupid manner? I made one flying leap inside that shop and tried on those slippers. Of course I knew they'd fit me, 'cause I've a special Providence that looks after such things, and before the salesman could tell me there was a mistake In f e price I bought them and started home. I had to walk, having spent all I bad with me, but that just shows the economy of llvi ing down town, and within halt an hour after I got home, those slippers were the beautiful brown you see them now. Wate- colors, of course; I suppose you'd guessed that; and with my brown silk stockings that Aunt Louise brought me from Sor rento why, I- can feel tingles of pride li. every toe, I don't aee how any poor girl geta along without a box of water colors. I wouldn't be anything without mine; they'll dc everything except mend a hole oi clean my fun, and thoee things ol course . connive 1- other ways. Don't I make you Just gaspT" NEW COMMUNION CUP. Flow of Wine Regulated as the Yes cl Ik Paused. A new communion cup is being In troduced to regulate the amount of wine for each communicant. The oup is shown herewith and It Is the COMMUNION CUP. subject of a recent patent. The cup has a double construction, being one cup within another. One contains the main supply with a valve connec. tion cetween the two receptacles. Tlie discharge from one to the other !s regulated by a push rod extending to the upper portion near the handle. For Women Who Work. "Our confero'oe this year Is de signed to bring us Into closer touc'i with the women who, from choice or circumstances, are earning their own living. We are to discuss the eco nomic position of women. We -shall try to picture the conditions under which they work, and criticize the payment they receive." vv'th these words Mrs. George Cad bury, president of tho National Un ion of Women Workers, opened the women's conference at Manchester. j'm. Cadbury prefaced her address by explaining why she had called the paper "The Kiddle of Circumstance." "I have been overwhelmed with thoughts of the ruzzle of life and the riddle of circumstance," she nald. "Why is it that hundreds of thous ards are born Into circumstances where there seems no chance of lead ing either healthy, useful, or desir able lives? "I am afraid to trust myself to speak of the owners of slum proper ty," she said. "In London alone 300,000 to iOO.OOO people have homes consisting of one room. Can we be surprised when we hear of physical deterioration, infant mortal ity, mental Incapacity and drunken habits? "There are many evils to be con tended with in factory life. Only those who know well the daily life of a factory girl know the temptations and dangers and influences that sur round her. There are some three and a half millions of unmarried women who work for their living in England. "The employer might alleviate the monotony of work by offering prizes for suggestions. Committees of men and women might be formed to dis cuss and share responslbllltes of ar rangements. Educational facilities, gardens and recreation grounds might be provided; classes for drill insti tuted among the younger girls; game mistresses could teach hockey, crick et and basketball during the summer evenings; and evening continuation classes might be started, and the at tendance of 'he boys and girls made a condition of employment." Mrs. Beer deplored the fact that women tend to crowd Into unskilled trades and lower the general stand ard of wages. There also was reason to believe, she Bald, that the number of children who enter a Bkllled trade on leaving school was steadily de creasing. v Sbe contended that it was fatally easy for a child nowadays to enter employment iu which the Initial wages are high, but which offers no prospects for the future. London Express. The Professional Woman. "Ana there you have one great re ward perhaps the greatest et a profession. It so moulds its follow ers to Its requirements that there Is no room left in them for bemoaning the loss of the good things which It has cost them. That it does cost them good things is undeniable, and Is perhaps the measure of its own value; those are trifling benefits for which we pay nothing. My career has doubtless cost me the realization of that house and garden not of course, that I ever held sonorous de bate upon their claims, not that I ever crushed my natural Instincts at the command of ambition or subduod womanly longings for the sake of let us Bay a picture on the line. "It is, I think, only in stories that things happen so crudely. In real life the matter is more subtly ad justed," writes Ann O'Hagan In Har per's Bazaar. "We we professional womn are busy, we are interested In our work, we are profoundly in terested in getting ahead. The at mosphere which surrounds us our 'aura,' I suppose they call it In eso teric circles partakes of the nature of our thoughts and ambitions. Ours is not the atmosphere of invitation. "In the circle of our influence a man Is not led inevitably to breathe an air Impregnated with fancies ol love, passion, marriage, as be is with those unmarried women from the Im mediate foreground of whose fancies the house and garden and the chil dren have not been banished by Other temporarily more insistent Ideala. Therefore, men are not so likely to fall in love with us and we with tl cm, and marriage 1b not b likely to come to pass as In thorn youthful clrclei surcharged with sentiment." HEDGEROW ARISTOCRAT. iij Aromatic Sassafras was Form erly very useful. An arlstcciat of tiie hedgerows 1j ... ouHuu9, till) liUub of WUIUU Ml. J C...JII L..f3l llUiJ t.ii&tt'l Uj puo.UJ ...... dtO ,' LtHl.oil, JtnuW blOO.i. ,k , .... Auiui'.tsu cousin of the cuniyuoi' ...., iuu ctnuaiuon aud the laure,. -,mpuram my tew of tne many to . ..-.a busoairas Is a household word ....j. uiut it bears flowers. These up twf simultaneously with the ili'ot lu.iucr leaves, and, being of the same L.ur with them, are apt to be over iiivud by all but the nectar-seeking uuuo. Yet tueso blossoms are aiming ti.e loveliest sights of our spring, cou triuuung much to the beauty of lund fecuped. iue aromatic little tree was highly esteemed by our forefathers and b.r ed inein numerous uses now all but obsolete. The bark was employed la a variety of ways In medicine; tl.e pith supplied a mucilage from wh.iu mi eye waBh was made; aud as lor the wood itself It was thought to le bo repugnant to bugs that Bussutia bedsteads were said to be iuiiuuue from insect pests. 8tarting a Race In Missouri. The starter of the runnhig r&cca at Joplln is a big, black ne.,ro. lie has created much amusement in get ting the horses off. A half dozen or more attempts wero made, when the negro's patience be came exhausted. Most of the Jockeys were negroeB, and as a final warning to one who persisted In snapping the rubber before the others wero ready he said: "Nigger, if you does dut again I'll come out dar and knock you off dat hoBS," and ho exhibited a good sized stick attached to the end of a rope, which ho commenced to unw.nd. The exhibit of the stick had Its effect. Joplln News-Herald. Pneumatic Cap for Motor Cyclists. In France the motor cyclists have received so many broken heads that resort has been had to a pneumnt c helmet to soften the blow when the rider alights on the wrong end. it consists of a hollow leather cap which is inflated with air Just like a bicycle tire. A Strange Club. A number of women in Los Ancro les have formed a unique association known as the Hundred Year club, lti members having longevity for th9 prime object. By scientific cure for the body and mind it is expected that Its members will live to he a hundred years old or more. Women who have attained the age of ninety years will he admitted without ee and wl'l be entitled to the privileges of the clul without dues or other expense. THE POST CARD CRAZE. Rare Indeed is the Home Today thr.t Has Not Some Collection. The legitimate post cards are ure ful. They permit thousands to bs come acquainted with the fine works of art that they would never see nt all were It not for tho little messen ger that comes through the mall. They can be placed in frames arftl make a room artistic and pleasant; an album of them is the aftermath of a pleasant journey; a delicate frieze may be made around a room with them, the beautifully tinted ones of scenic panorama and those that blend or harmonize in color serving as an excellent border. And think what a revenue is ac cruing to the government of the co'irtrle8 where tho post card craze has taken possession of the people. On every pound of cards mailed Uncle Sam pockets $1.20; that Is nearly $15 a minute, $900 an hour. $21,000 a day, $151,200 a week, and nearly $8,000,000 a year. Lucky Uncle Sam! Merchandise of the same weight pays only 16 cents a pound, books 8 cents, newspapers and magazines 1 cent. In the summer time when the craze Is at its height, some of the smaller post offices are exhausted of their supply of one cent stamps and the mall bags are filled to the bursting point. Estab lishments are now being run whose stile business it is to handle picture post cards; delightful little out-of-the-way places that were never hoard of before are each season being in troduced to the public through the means of the post card; people are attracted thither, and the landlords of the place and the Inhabitants In goneral are benefited. Think what a web of scene and color Is woven across the country each summer sea son as the government's great loom of mall routes Is fed this enormous number of cards that go direct, diago nally and zigzag across the country ceaselessly, one after the other.' Rare indeed la the home today that has not some collection, be It ever so small, of these cards on the wall O" on the table. The craze will not abate; rather It will ' increase and more and more cards will be Issued, beautiful, comic and bizarre In de sign, to attract the host of purchasers.--The Pathfinder. " A . HtMtr ".at0 r: Tho Kind Yon Ilavo Always In use for over 30 years and 'Jjf-f-'1' sonal supervision alnco Its Inftwcy. (gUcA4, Allow nn one to deceive you in thin. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Jnst-ns-frood" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. If contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic, , substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays FeveriMlincss. It cures Diarrbcea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures CouHtipation and Flatulency. It asNimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowcla, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. VMM C KMT. UN eOMMM. MURRAY aTH'CT, TORR OIT. Household Suggestion". To clean :. frying-pan, rub with a hard crust if bread and wash with hot water and washing soda. Never scrub it or the next food fried in it will be likely to stick. To clean enamelled or granite utnnslls whose contents have been id lowed to burn, fill with cold water, add a piev of washing soda the size of an egg, and heat to boiling ;olnt. Wash at once, as the burned pariK will then be more easily cleansed. Tinware should be washed in soapy water, rinsed, then dried with a tow. el. Drying tinware on the stove darkens and sometimes melts It. If desired blight first wash and then clean with either whiting or some mineral soap; not sand, as this will cut through the soft metal and soon wear It out. To clean woodenware, wash In hot, -oapy water and dry thoroughly. Never dry near the fire, ns excessive heat will crack the wood. Tables, bread and pastry boards, may be scrubbed the way of the grain with fine sand, being careful to thoroughly rinse it all away afterwards. The Tea Kettle. Never use wa ter which has been standing over night in the tea kettle. In the morn ing fill with fresh water, boll and use at once. Rusted iron ware or sinks may he cleaned by smearing thickly with fat or grease, and then covered with pow dered quicklime and left for several hours. Wash off with hot water and washing soda, using a cloth tied to the sink broom for the purpose, so as to avoid touching it with the hands. "Shadow" of a Queen. Queen Alexandria of England ms been served by the same lady of the bedchamber for forty-four years. She Is the Hon. Charlotte Knollys, and in the royal household she 1b known as "The Shadow," because of her unfaltering faithfulness to the Queen. On one occasion when there was a fire at Sandrlngham she saved the Queen's life by unceremoniously drugging her from her bed. It wai shortly ttfter this ine'deut that she parted from the man to whom she had been engaged to be married for several years. She said that the choice was between her lover and the Queen and as she loved the Queen the more she was sure she did not care enough for her lover to make him a good wife. She draws a sal ary of 3,500 from the Government and $1,500 from the Queen's privy nurse. MAGAZINE READERS SUH8IT MAQAZim beautifully illuOi.ted, good done. ad uticla about CaUornia and V- 5J all tba Fai Wart. M" CAMZBA CKATT davotcd each booIA to th. as- tulic reproduction of lit, beat $1,00 woik oi amateui and proietuooal a jmf photographer. BOAD 07 A THOUSAND W0HDEBI a book oi 75 pagea, containing, 120 colored pLotographi ol &q tj pictuieaqua apati ia California v and Oicgoa. Toul . . . $3.25 All for . . . . $i.50 Addiaei all order, a SUNSET MAGAZIVB FlooJC-iji ' ' 1 laaFi Bought, and which has boon has borne the signature of has been made under his pcr- Signature of Milkman Smith, of Shatnokin or. Tuesday night went looking for a gas leak with a lighted match. He fooii found the kak, as a vio lent explosion resulted which blew out th- front of his milk depot and burned eff his whiskers. . "The Proper Study of Mankind Is Man." The new revised and enlarged edition of Dr. Gu tin's Household riiysitian,, or Ilomebook of Jfealih, containing over iooo pages, is a work that every family should possess. " The Philadelphia JVess" has made a special arrangement with the Publishers which enables them to offer this book and the Daily edition of "The Press' one year for $4.00, both mailed to any address in the United States, with 110 other expense. Dr. Gunn's Household Ph vsician. or Ilomebook of Health retails regn latly for $4.00. The saving to you in this offer is $3x0. - - Many ki kfkkkrs from nasal catarrh nay they irct Hi.lenilhi result by using an atomizer. For their benefit we pre pare Kly's Liquid ('ream Hulm. Ex cept thut It is liquid it i. in all rcHiK-cts like the lieallmr, helpful, pain-alluving Cream Balm that the public Ims 'heca familiar with for years. So cocaine in other dniiReroumlriiKln it. The sooth Inj? spray in u remedy that relieves at once. All druggists. 75, including sprayhiK tube, or mailed by Elv Hrw., m Warren Street, New York. The average man can't very well Hf ford to tip the servants and give his wife an allowance, too. To put the brake on the wnifon going down the hill is a help to tho horxe, when the wagon is heavily loaded. But what driver would think of apply ing the brake to a loaded wagon going uphill.? If he did, his sensible ho st would probably balk. Muny a iiihii ii In the condition of pulling n load up hill with tho brake set against him. When his stomach is out of order, aud the allied organs of digestion and nu trition Impaired in their functions, a friction is set up which hits to lie over, come in addition to the performance of daily duties. Afoul stomach makes foggy brain, ami the nam with a dis ordered stomach ims often to grot e bis way through the day's business likea man in a fog. He forgets appointment Problems seem presented to Ids mind "wrwng end" to." This condition is en tirely remedied by the use of It Pierce's Cloldeu Medical Discovery. It puts the stomach and digestive and nutritive fystem into a condition of perfect health, and gives a clear brain, a steady hand and a light step for tin day's duties. Dr. Pierc e's medicine do not contain alcohol or other injuri ous ingredients j they are not "patent medicines" because their ingredienti are printed on the label of each battle. Little Willie had operated on sister's doll for appendicitis. "Oh! Heft mamma,' he cried ; "all her breakfu.it food is running out." ARb'e CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm la qulrhly absorbed. Givut Raliul nt Once. Itcleunsea, sootlieu, heals uud protect the diseased mum. bruue resulting from Catarrh and drives awav a Cold In tliA I Huad uulcklv. l:.nau -tffr) store the HonHcg of HHY tV t" IWe aud Biuoll. Full Bjze SO cts. , at Drug gisti 1 or by mail. Iu if.juid form, 75 cent. tly Brothers, 6Q Wnmu Stre.t, New I m t vd TV.- . m