SHYNESS AND BLUSHING. Two Trylni; Drfrrta IVlil<-ti Have Their OrlKlii Inn I.nt'k of Selfol'oaNoalou. There is probably 110 defect which causes so much anguish of spirit and discomfort as shyness and blushing. Nobody who has not personally suf fered from it can even begin to conceive what torture it may cause. Shyness may proceed from one of two causes —the one physical, the other mental. It is often an affair of health. The nerves are out of order, and the will becomes weak. People shrink from their fellow-creatures, and are filled with an unreasonable horror of meeting or speaking to them. This is oftea the case after an illness, or when one has been overworking, and strained the physical powers too much. The best cure for this kind of shyness is fresh air, exercise and cheerful society. But there is another shyness, and one harder to cure, which comes from men tal causes. Its afflicted possessor may be in robust health and yet so tor mented by this inward enemy that she finds all intercourse with other people positively alarming. To meet stran gers causes her a severe struggle. In either case, the root of the matter is self-consciousness, and it is only by losing that self-consciousness that self possession and confidence can be gained. As long as one thinks about oneself at all, one will be liable to shyness. The only cure is to thrust all recollection of oneself into the background as much as possible, when one will gradually be come natural, happy and at ease. To overcome shyness and blushing there is nothing on earth like going a great deal into society, and every effort possible should be made to achieve this. This does not merely mean social life, but intercourse with one's fellow crea tures. Force yourself to speak to every one you come in contact with, no matter what it costs you at first. Goon brave ly; never mind how much you may blush and stammer. Fersist in it, and it will jrrow ess'er and easier. Never shrink from putting yourself into posi tions which may draw attention upon you.—N. Y. Journal. HAS VOICE. y Anfl<*r»on IVnvnrrn, Once Qaeen of lliv Slmte, Milken Succeaafut Debut UN Sinner. Mrs. Mary Anderson Navarro, at one time the most popular actress in Amer ica, recently appeared before a large audience in London, England, as a vo calist, and scored a tremendous success. She possesses a rich, clear contralto voice, developed during the past three years by Francis Korbay, the famous Hungarian composer and instructor. Mr. Korbay has been staying with the Navarros at their quiet country home MARY ANDERSON NAVARRO, at Broadway, England, where they have as their next-door neighbor Maude Va lerie White, and it was with songs writ ten by the latter and Mr. Korbay that Mary Anderson chose to make her reappearance, although she says she will never again adopt the stage or plat form as a profession. The great actress persistently denies that she will appear In America this season in a series of readings, although the announcement of her appearance has been made with many evidences of truthfulness several times this summer and fall. Main for Ihe IV • -i,- 1 - the depth of tha ■titchcs. MARY'S CLEVER IDEAS. How She Trnn*forme«l n L.ot of Fnnoy llaiitlkercliiefN Into Prett? 1 la rlm tin UN Gifts. One day Mary bought at a bargain sale a lot of pretty fancy kerchiefs. Some were a trifle damaged, and were sold for about one-fourth the regular price. Being a very clever girl, she soon transformed them into a number of pretty gifts for her Christmas-box, for it is her habit to begin to plan for Christmas quite awhile beforehand. One pretty scalloped-border kerchief had a hole about the size of a dollar in the middle. The illustration will show you how she cut it up. The piece with incurved edge, that runs along one full side of the kerchief, and the two other corner-pieces were put together to form a dainty turn over collar. This was done by plac ing the cut side of the small piece un der the scallops on one end of the long piece, the scallops buttonholed down to the under piece, and the raw edge iof linen cut away. This gave an odd double-corner effect that was very pretty. The two curved strips were narrowly hemmed, crossed in the mid dle, and tied loosely, and when the collar was set into ba,nds of muslin the little bow made a fitting finish for the front. A hemmed-edge, fancy embroidered kerchief was made into two collars [ ;7\ ■. ? A CLEVER GIRL'S IDEA. for two small sisters, it being nearly large enough togo around their necka as it was. A ruffle of inch-wide lace finished the edges. After cutting the collars from the two opposite sides, there remained a strip about five Inches wide through the center. The hand kerchief was scorched down the middle fold, but was otherwise good. So this strip was divided in two, each hemmed, and made into tiny bows for the closing of the collar. Two embroidery-edged ones had the scalloped edges a little defective, so of them she made a sofa-pillow cover. Two squares of prettily colored cloth were chosen, each being about four inches larger than the kerchiefs, and one kerchief laid in the center of each. Then with a contrasting shade of silk thread the scallops were fas tened to the foundation with button hole stitch. A cord finished the edge of the pretty cover. One that was perfect she used to fashion an odd hat-pin cushion. She procured a round pickle-bottle about six inches tall, and filled it with slipped felt and woolen bits. Then she cut a 13-inch circle of pale blue silk, gathered it along the edge, and, slip ping it over the bottle, drew the strings tightly around the neck of the bottle. A little round cap of blue was drawn smoothly over the top. and sewn firm ly to the gathers at the neck. This gave a sort of full-skirt appearance tc the bottom of the cover. The kerchief was laid over the top of the bottle, with the center exactly in the middle of the opening, then with a bit of No. 2 pale blue ribbon it was tied about the neck of the bottle, and fin ished with a fluffy bow. As this was a deeply embroidered pattern in a very "holey" design, the effect was very dainty. It can be kept dainty, as the kerchief cover is easily re moved and washed. Another "whole" kerchief helped beautify a little basket. This was an embroidered silk one, of the style now used for nothing save fancy work. She chose one of the little Japanese "jinko," or ball-baskets, and measured the distance from the mouth, clear around the basket, and back again to the other side of the mouth. Then she added two inches to that measure, and drew a circle on the kerchief that was the same as this in diameter. She gathered along this line, using the over-and-over stitch, and doing it on the right side of the handkerchief. The handkerchief being white, with pink embroidery, she lined the basket with a bit of pink silk, bringing the lining edges well over to the outside of tha basket. She then set the little basket into the bag made of the kerchief, and drawing the string until the bag opening Just fitted that of the basket, she caught it fast with invisible stitches. A string of small pink beads was sewed on as you would apply a cord finish. This was for use on the dresser, to hold collar-buttons.—May Myrtle French, in Farm and Fireside. How IJnir-DreHNiiiß lilen. Hair dressed well forward and on the top of the head is once more becoming the order of the day and of the evening, too, for that matter. It should be drawn up rather close to the head at the back, taking care, however, that it is not toe tight just behind the ears, for this de tail, slight as it may seem, often cotisll tutes the difference between a becom ing and a dowdy coiffure. The froni should be puffed well forward, but not too low down over the forehead, as this is rather apt to give a scowil/ig aspect to the most genial of countenances. The width of the head should be accentuated as little as possible, except In those ( cases where the face Is already very long and requires a broader effect to be Imparted by the hair. —Chicago Exau ln«r. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1903. TO DESTROY DERELICTS. Concrcaa Kipcrlril to Provide for the < oiia(ruelloii of n Vessel to 111(1 the Sea of DnnstroiH Craft*. It is more than likely that at the coining session of congress an appro priation will he made for the con struction of a derelict destroyer for the bureau of navigation of the de partment of commerce and labor. A vessel of this sort would not cost more than $200,000, and should be an enlarged model of the present ocean going tujj, its mission being the tow ing to shore of derelicts rather than their demolition on 1 lie high seas. About a decade ago a proposition to have the several powers co-operate in tlie construction of such a vessel met with a decided repulse at the hands of European countries which were invited to enter ihto the scheme, the I'nited States being as good as told that the large majority of the derelicts that were encountered on the Atlantic by liners and merchants' vessels were boats of this country, and that it.was the business of the United States to destroy them and not to suggest that other nations as sist in the work. Although this was in a large measure true, the menace of such abandoned vessels was as great to other nations as to the United States, and this country at that time thought that those placed in jeopar dy should take upon their shoulders a portion of the cost of ridding the seas of them. Nearly all of the abandoned vessels found in the lanes of the Atlantic and along the coast of the I'nited States are lumber-laden American schooners. 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